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CWEDyKSDA-V.. ■'■■■■' ■'■-. MAY 15, 1895
CITY ITEMS IN BEIEE.
• . The Oriental board of, Chinese and Japanese
:■ Tfli*->o:is met yesterday forenoon^
'.' The work of mounting the big gun at Lime
'„ Point- is to be commenced shortly. ." •
■ • , The State's big dredger was badly wrecked at
Bealje-street wharf yesterday morning. •
Subscribers to the Valley road have been
notified that the stock is ready for pooling.
■; ' The- Fire Patrol quarterly re.port issued yes
terday shows a heavy falling off of receipts." "
' The Barbers' Union has caused the arrest of a
■ barber for refusing, to close his shop on Sunday.
■" / The Freneta colony will observe the anni
versary of the- fail of the Bastile by holding a
picnic. c;'-* ■ ■" c
The winners at the track yesterday were
, Pleetwood, Nelson, Bernardo. Clacquer and
¥ eG -
A great many spurious coins are in circula
tion, notably imitations o! dollars, halves and
quarters.
A fire in a block of houses 314 to 324 Turk
6treet yesterday afternoon caused a loss of
about 5*7000.
The 12-year-oTd son of Mrs. Sophie Olsen is
missing and is thought to have been accident
ally drowned.
The Deputy Assessors are In the field, (Tollect
ing personal taxes. The costs for refusal to pay
are tremendous.
■ W. D. Magarty, an old expressman, had his
skull fractured, at Market and Sansome streets,
yesterday, aud his recovery is doubtful.
Chief Crowley has relieved the policemen
who were detailed to watch C. T. Hills, the wit
ness asrair.it Durrant who attempted suicide.
Superintendent Moulder is inquiringinto the
cleanliness or school buildings and the need
ef . repairs, with a view to a grand houseclean
ing.
. Justice of the Peace Carroll yesterday gave
Judgment in behalf oX Tod Sloan, jockey, in a
wit tor a big-tailor's bill sued upon by Henry
.Bteil.
Twenty-eight persons responded to the plead
ings pi Kvangelisr Varlev at the United Presby
terian Church on Golden Gate avenue last
night.
The meeting for the election of three phy
sicians for the new French Hospital called for
next Sunday has been postponed till Sunday,
May 26. '
• .Jean Pescho-t was arrested on a warrant last
night, issued' at the instance of Teresa Pardoni,
wife of Dr. Pardoni, 1608 Stockton, street, for
battery. ,-- : ■. ; .
The Southern Pacific Company has been noti
fi- .1 that a meeting will be held in Chicago on
May -'.i, to form a general combine on pas.sen-
Ijei rates.
The officers of the g«s and electric lisht com
panies propose to resist the recent order of the
supervisors to shutofi streetlights tor the next
six weeks.
The Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company's
businets is more pro<i"_»rous than for some time
past. Monthly dividends are being paid to the
stockholders.
George Anders was driving a team en Six
tfi-nth street, last evening, when the animals
bolted. Anders was thrown out and had his
left arm broken.
Henry Peterson, the celebrated local qars
men, put a new launch into the bay last night
which he claims is the strongest and swiftest
afloat in the haroor.
Fredericks, the murderer of Bank Cashier
Herrick, was brought over from £an Qiientin
yesterday to be resentenCed to die. He acted
as oQe violently insane.
A meeting of the deaconesses' board of home
missions*was held yesterday in the Japanese
church. The deaconesses are not yet permitted
toride free on streetcars.
The Memorial day committee ot the G. A. R.
has written to Mayor Sutro asking that flags
be raised to half-mast on City buildings and in
the park on Memorial day.
A special committee of the Civic Federation
has informed Governor Budd why the federa
tion doesn't believe Dr. Marc Levihgston would
make a good.healtii officer.
The defense in the Worthington trial placed |
Mr>. Luuise A. Worthincton on the stand yes- i
.terday, in Judge Belcher's court, and she
pleaded her past irresponsibility.
Bonds were filed with the Supervisors yester
day for the tearing up of four miles of streets
ana the laying of an underground conduit by j
the. Mutual Electric Light Company.
In the Loomis-Somers trial ye&ierday a cu
rloua statement was admitted in evidence, out
lining the line of prosecution desired by
Somers in the tirst trial against Loomis.
At the quarterly meeting of the Women's
Educational and Industrial Union at 103 Van
NessKveniM last night, there wen many evi- i
dences of the success of the institution.
BGeorge T. Gsden, of the Civic Federation, !
says that body will lay before the Grand Jury
sufficient evidence to indict, convict and im
peach two or three of the Board of Supervisors.
A warrant was issued yesterday for the ar
rest of a barber at 701' Fifth avenue on the
chare» of keeping his shop open after noon on
Sundays, contrary to the provisions of the re
cent act.
f>. A. Urquhart was arrested in Stockton yes
terday, on a charge of forging the name of
Frank Frisbee. 132 Market street, to nine
checks on the Bank of California, aggregating
over .f'2oo.
Wallace Bradford brought ?nit yesterday
against the City for an injunction against
incurring any further indebtedness for the
fiscal year or the levying of a tax for the next
fiscal year.
Thomas F. Crawl, a mining man from Idaho,
talks about union miners and the conditions
of silver mining under restrictions of silver
coinnge and the probable results of a free silver
coinage law.
The regular meeting of the State BoaTd of
Trade was held yesterday afternoon. The
board will endeavor to send the entire exhibit
now in the boardrooms to the Cotton Exposition
at Atlanta, Ga.
The Half-million Club has been asked to take
part in the Santa Cruz water carnival. A letter
of thanks from the Los Angeles 1 Chamber of
Commerce for the interest in the late fiesta was
received yesterday. ' .
Members of the Board of Supervisors' say they
did not know the water-rate resolution was up
for filial actioc -when they voted "aye" at the
last meeting, and the action may be reconsid
ered next meeting: .'
Five boys, whose aces range from 13 to 18
years, confessed in Judge Low's court yester
day to breaking into seven houses within the
past month, and were held to answer before
the Superior Court. . .
The will of Calvin \V. Kellogg was yesterday
committed to probate, no. contest being filed.
The daughter, Mrs. Gilroy, is, however, un
changed in her determination to assert her
rights in the matter.
The repolutions of respect to the memory of
tite late W. \V. Stow recently adopted by the
Board of Park Commissioners having been en
grossed and handsomely framed were on last
Monday presented to the widow;
The case of John and Jacob Stateler, charged
with stealing milkcans b- longing to the' Mil
kmen's Association, was tri*d before a jury in
Judge Low's court yesterday afternoon, but
the jurors failed to agree upon a verdict.
Jndge Slack yesterday cited ex-District At
torney Page to appe'arin court oa the 20th
to show cause why he should not be re
moved as guardian of Louis Lichnecker for
embezzlement of his insane ward's funds.
Mury Nigh Ting, a Chinese, convicted of bnrg
lary in 1891 and sent to Sau Quentin for foiir
years, was released yesterday. . He. was imme
diately taken in charge by ttte United States
Marshal and deported, on the. steamer Gaelic.
The Police Department will receive *a very
favorable mention In the coming report of the
local Grand J-ury. but a recommendation will
be nyide that the City own its .own station
houses and that they be of more modern ar
rangement.
The Grand Jury will to-day investigate the
charges made e'gainst the Solid Eient ofthe
Board of Supervisors, especially in regard to
the Church-street franchise and an alleged
cinch bill, which was directed ag'aint the Milk
men's Union. . .
The Federal Grand Jury nad the case of Oscar
Bartels under consideration yestercluy. . He is
accused of stealing thesteamer Star'of Freedom
from Oakland Creek and taking : her to' La Paz,
Mexico, and if the GFtind Jury indicts him" he
will be extradited.
According to advices received from Europe
by Jofcnßiehards the Standard Oil Company is
■ on the eve of completing an international com
bination for the control of tile petroleum out
put of the world, with the prospect of an in
crease in the price of that commodity. . .
" John- Burke, a carpenter, stole a quantity of
tools from three unfinished hosses> at 310 Fell
street, 250tT Jackson street and'coriier of Cali
fornia and Baker streets, and was arrested last
night by Detectives Bee and Harper and Po
liceman Harris and booked en three charges of
- bur^fary.
( haries Pizochero, baker, Clay and Mason
streets, was attacked at an early hour yester
day morning by T. Yulbaner, a rival oak'T.
and thrown from his. wa?.ro;j, and Pizochero
swore out a warrant for his arrest. The trouble
\vas caused by Pizocbero's 6elling bread cheap
er thau Vulhaner.
BURIED UNDER THE SAND
A Portion of the OlympipClub
Athletic Grounds Sub
merged.
TEE HIGH FENCE IS GONE.
An Embankment Twenty-Two Feet
High Caused by a Street
Grade.
The athletic grounds of the Olympic
Club are being buried under a mountain of
sand.
"When the green plat was laid out- with
cinder paths, straightaway courses, tennis
and handball courts and the necessary
clubhouses, all at a cost of some
THE OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB GROUNDS SHOWING THE SAND EMBANKMENT ON SEVENTH
AVENUE THAT HAS BURIED THE HIGH FENCE, REPORTERS' STAND, STRAIGHTAWAY CINDER
PATH AND PART OF THE CIRCULAR COURSE.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
$24,000, it was thought that the club had
made an excellent investment. It cost
$10,000 to excavate sotue ten feet of sand.
Now the projectors wished they had raised
the plat ten feet as it would then be nearer
the street level erf Seventh avenue from H
to I streets.
The grading of Seventh avenue has
raised the embankment over twenty-two
feet above the level of the athletic grounds
and the sand has buried the high fence and
is now flowing over the different cinder
paths and the green plat in the center. The
straightaway course, which was just under
the shadow of the big board fence, starting
at the reporters' stand, 155 yards in length
and 15 feet wide, is submerged in sand.
Part of the circle track has also been
buried, while the rose trees, Virginia
climbers and different plants along the
fence and in the triangle at the south end
are lost to sight.
John T. Doyle leased the property to the
Olympic Club five years ago. The lease
has five years yet to run. The monthly
rental of the grounds is $118. In addition
to this sum the club pays an installment of
$112 on the original expenditure in fixing
up the grounds, which was done in the
main by Mr. Doyle. It was he who caused
the 'dug out," though the grounds were
more than ten feet below the level of
Seventh avenue at that time.
Now the Olympic Club threatens to sue
him for damages. The matter will come
up before the meeting of the board of
directors this evening, when a course of
action will be decided upon.
The tennis court, which is terraced
about thirteen feet above the circle track,
has not been damaged by the grading of
the street, for the reason that it is only a
few feet below the level, and the fence
stands the pressure all right. The rest of
the fence, 450 feet in all, has been demol
ished, and the sand continues to pour down
the embankment as the work of grading
goes on.
"The members of the club are very much
worried over this damage done "to the
grounds," said Manager Peter Mclntyre
yesterday, "and somebody ought to be
made to pay well for it.
"The club has gone to large expense in
improving and keeping up the grounds,
and now this mountain of sand comes
tumbling down upon us. The wind out
here is very high during the afternoons and
e-venings, and every blast tends to scatter
the sand over those parts of the grounds
which are not already buried. It's an out
rage, I say, and somebody ought to be
made to pay for it. The club has taken de
light in keeping the grounds in good order,
setting out plants and keeping the grass
green. Now everything is ou the verge of
ruin."
AS TO THE PERSONAL TAX.
The Collector Slay Seize Anything.
Costs on Fifty Cents May Climb
to 825.
The Assessor's office is about the busiest
place in this County. "The men are at
work," said Deputy Assessor Herzer yes
terday, "but it will be some days before
we can tell just how the new law works or
how long it will take them to complete the
collection of the personal taxes. You see,
this is all new to the people and there is
likely to be a great deal of friction. It will
be to the jrreat advantage of taxpayers to
observe the^law and make it as easy as pos
sible on our deputies, for that will be mak
ing it easy for themselves. This new law
is really an advantage to the taxpayer, for
it relieves him of the trouble of corning to
the City Hall and standing in line, as
many have to do, awaiting their tnrn to
reach the window.
"On the other hand the citizen who be
comes obstreperous is liable to have big
costs levied against him. The deputy is
empowered by the law to seize everything
a man has if he refused to pay the tax, and
a single matter of four bits may quickly
mount to $25. The deputy is expected to
seize enousrh to realize ali the coats in the
sale. If after the sale takes place and the.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1895.
tax and costs paid there is anything left
the owner can take it away at his own cost.
"We have the same force of men at
work as made the assessment in March.
"We have not yet put the other men in
the field, as authorized by the board at its
last meeting."
PAGE IN DEMAND.
Judge Slack Issues an Urgent Citation
Accusing Him of Embezzlement
of an Estate.
The dignity of the Superior Court has
been aroused through the strange actions
of ex-District Attorney Page.
Page was appointed guardian of Louis
Lichnecker, an insane person, and took
charge of his property to the value of $4000.
Later it was ascertained that . Page had
neglected to make any accounting, and he
was cited to appear and show cause why
he had not done so. On his showing that
the money was on hand whenever wanted,
the matter was dropped, but subsequently
came to the attention of the Grand Jury.
To some members of that body Page ad
mitted that he had spent the money in
i riotous living while his ward accepted
j charity at an asylum.
1 But Page defied the Grand Jury, declar-
ing that he could only be called to account
by the court which appointed him. As this
view proved correct Judge Slack yesterday
issued a citation, stating that Page had
embezzled and could not be found, and
bidding him to appear in court on the 20th
inst. to show cause why he should not be
removed as guardian of Lichnecker.
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L'ALLIANOE PRANOAISE.
Giving Instruction In French to Ameri
cam 'Who Wish to Learn.
L'Alliance Francaise of this City, of
which Daniel Levy is president, L. V.
Merle vice-president, and L. Goustiaux
secretary, iiaving for one of its objects the
teaching of the French language to Ameri
can school-children, has marie arrange
ments by which classes have been estab
lished in the Washington Grammar School,
THE NEW LAUNCH OF HENRY PETERSON, THE OAKSMAN, WHICH
PROMISES TO OUTSAIL. THE ATHLETE AND SATELLITE.
[Sketched for the "Call" by Coulter.]
the primary school on P« well street and in
one of the public schools in the southern
part of the City.
At a recent meeting of ihe society Mr.
Merle was instructed to make a canvass of
the North Beach district with a yiew to
establishing a class in that section of the
City. The alliance furnishes the instruc
tors, who teach the pupils for an hour a
day after the close of the regular course of
study in the schools in which the classes
have been organized. Those who belong
to the classes pay a small monthly tuition
fee, which is used to defray in part the ex
penses of tuition, and the balance is made
up from the society's treasury.
A STBANGE CRAB.
Found by a Fliherman on the Potato
Patch.
Anton Bertoline, a fisherman, while
cruising about the "Potato Patch" yester
day, caught a crab of a species never be
fore seen in California waters. The ani
mal resembles nothing so much as a ball
of mud about the size of a child's clenched
hand. A snout or nose protrudes from the |
upper part of the body, and beneath it is
a vicious looking mouth, the jaws of which, j
open to either side. The crab has ten legs
or claws which, when it is at rest, are
folded beneath the body. Eight of the
claws are soft and only two are covered
with shell. Crabs of this species are found
in bays along the shore of Italy, in which
country they are called "padroni."
Nothing spurious Is found in the Almighty
Dollar (Cigar). •
PETERSON'S NEWEST PET
The Celebrated Oarsman
Launches a New Craft
on the Bay.
A BIG GTTN FOR LIME POINT.
The State's Blgr Dredger Badly
Wrecked— Quick Work on the
Steamer Oregon.
Henry Peterson, the celebrated local
oarsman, dipped his new launch Amy
into the water last night off the Folsom
street wharf and will make a trial run on
the bay to-day.
The new craft in appearance is strong as
George Knight's boat, the Athlete. She is
40 feet in length over all, 10 feet in beam,
has a depth of 4l£ feet and a twenty-horse
power engine. The latter was put in by
the Union Gas Engine Company, the same
company which supplied the power to the
Satellite. The hull was built by Koopman,
and Peterson says that when he desires to
open the vessel out she will make the fast
est time of any craft of her kind on the bay.
"The Amy is not supposed to be a
sprinter," said Mr. Peterson yesterday
afternoon. "She may not be able to out
run the Satellite, but I would like to be in
the race of which Colonel Knight speaks
between the Athlete and Satellite. My
boat has been built for rough weather,
and for endurance I will put her, against
any tug on the bay. For speed— well, she's
a ferryboat."
The Amy will be used as a boarding-
Doat in rough weather and as an excursion
craft in all other kinds of weather.
The last big (run which arrived from the
East for the Golden Gate fortifications is
foing to be moved very shortly to Lime
'oint. The gun is now lying on the South
ern Pacific tract below the Arctic Oil
Works, where it will be put on a truck and
pent to the water's edge and there trans
ferred to Lime Point.
Gray Brothers, the contractors of the
ferry "foundation under McMullin, have
the contract for the concrete work and
foundation of the big gun, and they have
been notified that work must be com
menced by May 25. This would seem to
indicate that the work of putting up the
third big gun is to be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
Dredger 1, in the use of the Harbor Com
missioners, created a mild sensation yes
terday morning by going to pieces off the
end of Beale street. The topping-chain of
the structure snapped and the entire head
gear went down with a run.
The escape from death of the men on
board was little short of miraculous, for
had they been at their regular stations at
least three men would have been buried in
the wreck. At the time of the accident
the dredsrer was engaged in pulling up
snags. The importance of this work is
emphasized when the fact is remembered
in view of a recent Supreme Court decision
that the State is responsible for all damage
to vessels by collision with snags at any
point of the bey. Captain Brown of the
dredger says that the damage can be re
i i-ed in a few days, when the work of
ptiiiing up snags will be continued.
The steamer Oregon sailed for Portland
and Astoria at 11 :30 a. m. yesterday. The
steamer arrived at 10 a. m. Monday and
the time consumed in discharging and
loading is considered remarkable. The
stevedores were obliged to work all night
Monday to get the vessel off, but they
accomplished their object and the Oregon
went away on time.
MUSIC AND STATUAKY.
The Art Association Will Conclude the
Spring Exhibition With a
Reception.
The entertainment committee of the San
Francisco Art Association decided yester
day afternoon upon the details of a recep
tion to be held in the home of the associa
tion on California street at the close of the
spring exhibition, which occurs on the
evening of the 28th inst.
The reception committee will be com
posed of C. P. Robinson, William Keith,
Amedee Joullin, L. P. Latimer, J. H. E.
Partridge, Wilbur A. Reaser, F. M. Ver
morcken, Mrs. Williams Davidson, Miss H.
Heyneman, Mrs. A. B. Ghittenden, Miss
Helen Hyde, Mrs. Paul Goodloe, Miss
Maren Froelich and Mrs. Albertine A.
Weelan. Mrs. Daniel Bbder, Miss Maren
Froelich, Mrs. Sarah B. Gamble, Mrs. F.
M. Pixley, Miss Eva Withrow and Mrs. A.
B. Chittenden will attend to the decora
tion for the occasion and oversee the serv
ing of the dainty lunch to the guests.
There will be instmmental music by a
selected orchestra of musicians to be en
gaged by Henry Heymann, and the re
mainder of the evening's programme will
consist of statuary," the produc
tion of which occasioned such a furor at a
Congregational church entertainment in
Qakiand a short time past.
The tickets of invitation will serve as
beautiful souvenirs of the reception and
will be illustrated by a design of Arthur
Matthews' creative fancy. The main pur
pose of the reception is to bring together
the artists and the lovers of art and thus
to furnish the guests with a bond of sym
pathy on which to hinge a "conversation
concert." Full dress is the watchword,
and the entertainment committee promise
gorgeous revelations in orchestral concert
music and dazzling visions of beauty in
bronze.
INVITED TO SANTA CRUZ.
The Half-Million Club Asked
to Participate in the
Carnival.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Sends a Letter of Thanks to
the Club.
•"The people of Santa Cruz want th«Half
million Club to participate in the water
carnival, June 11 to 15. and sent a formal
invitation to the executive committee
yesterday. H. J. Crocker, the new presi
dent of the Half-million Club, appointed
H. P. Sonntag, A. E. Castle and himself a
committee to look into the matter and re
port at the next meeting.
Mr. Castle called the attention of the
committee to the fact that June 15 was the
day for the outing of the merchants and
said he believed the club could get the
wholesalers to have their picnic at Santa
Cruz under the auspices of the Half-mil
lion Club.
E. B. Bickford tendered his resignation
as a member of the executive committee,
explaining that he did not have the time
to devote to the position it required. F.W.
Dohrmann of the Merchants Association
was elected to the vacancy.
Plans for the formation of permanent
committees were submitted by W. M.
Bunker r.nd A. E. Castle. Mr. Bunker
suggested eleven committees, to be com
posed of members of the club. Mr. Castle
suggested fifteen committees, the chair
man of each to be selected from the execu
tive committee, and the gentlemen so se
lected to choose four co-workers from the
club membership.
The two plans brought out a full discus
sion of the work the committees would do
and the manner of naming them. Louis
Sloss suggested that the entire matter be
given into the hands of a committee to be
composed of Messrs Bunker, Castle,
Crocker and Bouvier. This was so ordered
with the understanding that the committee
should report at the next meeting, which
will be announced by the chairman of the
executive committee.
The following letter was received from
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
and placed on tile;
LOS ANGELES CHAMBKP. OF COMMERCE, )
Los Angeler, May 9. S
Hugh Craig, President Half-million Club, San
Francisco, Cat— Dear Sir: It affords me great
pleasure to advise you that at the regular
meeting of the directors of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Sesoh<ed, That our sincere thanks are hereby
tendered to the members of the Half-million Club
of San Francisco for their evideDt appreciation of
the work, the methons and the policy of the Los
Angles Chamber of Commerce, as shown by their
many kindly public expressions, and also by the
unceasing and spontaneous courtesies shown to Mr.
W. C. Patterson, the president of this body, during
the recent tour throughout the Htate of California.
Rer.olvrd, That we heartily indorse the move
ment of the Halt-million Club in its efforts to bring
about a better understanding between the different
sections. We sincerely believe that great good
will result to the State at large by unifying its
people and encouraging them to make common
cause for the building up of our vast commou
wealtb.
Respectfully submitted, yours very truly,
C. D. Willard, Secretary.
A JOCKEY EIOHLY CLAD.
His Tailor Sends Him a Big Bill Which
a Court Thought Was
Unjust.
Justice of the Peace Carroll yesterday
gave judgment in behalf of Tod Sloan,
jockey, in a suit in which Henry Steil,
tailor, was plaintiff.
The tailor had sent the jockey a bill for
a suit of clothes at $70, an overcoat at $70
and a pair of trousers at $18 — total, $150.
Sloan paid $98 in tnree installments on
this bill and there stopped, thinking he
had done enough in that line. Tod is a
lightweight, as jockeys have to be, meas
uring a little above three feet high and
thick in proportion. The Judge had him
stand up, and then questioned the tailor
as to the relative cost of making clothes
for men of hia size and others. The tailor
said it was all the same.
Testimony for the defense, however, was
to the effect that it made a vast difference.
The court thought the tailor had been well
paid already, and decided for the jockey.
Mark Twain's First Lecture.
To the Editor of the CaH— Sir: In Sunday's
issue of the Call I see a very pleasant and in
teresting article on Mark Twain's lirst lecture.
Thinking you would prefer to correct what I
deem an error, I will say that Mark Twain's
first lecture was delivered some time prior to
his trip to the Sandwich Islands in the Seuate
chamber of Nevada at Carson City, Nev. I do
not remember the date, but do remember the
lecture. It was the latter part of Governor
Nye's administration, and was given for the
benefit of a certain church in Carson City.
S. A. FObTER.
San Frftncisco, May 12, 1895.
Death of Mis. Morel.
Mrs. Sabine Mai Morel, whose death was an
nounced Saturday last, was a native of Parig.
She was the daughter of A. Morel de Brevaus
and came to California while quite a child.
She was educated at the Convent of Notre
Dame at San Jose. Although a busy woman
with her home duties and business engage
ments, sht found time to devote to outside en
terprises, especially those having for their ob
ject the advancement and elevation of her sex.
She was buried in Oakland.
Special Baggage Notice.
Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re
duced rates at our office only. One trunk,
round trip, 50 cents ; single trip, 36 cents.
Morton Bpecial Delivery. 31 Geary street,
408 Taylor street and Oakland ferry depot. *
FOSTERING INDUSTRIES
An Important Meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce
To- Morrow.
LEGISLATION IS NEEDED.
The Half-Million Club and the State
and City Boards of Trade
to Attend.
An important meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce in which the Half-million
Club and the State and City Boards of
Trade have been invited to participafe
will be held to-morrow at 1:30 p. K. at tne
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. The
call issued by President Dimond sets forth
the objects of the meeting as follows:
A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is
hereby called by the trustees thereof for
Thursday, the 16th day of May, at 1:30 p. M. t
to consider thequestion of a bounty on the
exports of agricultural staples and a tonnage
bounty or differential duty in favor of Ameri
can shipping. Both of these great industries
are now unprotected, while the Government
extends its fostering care over the manufac
turing interests of the country. It is realized
that so long as the present widespread depres
sion in these two great "unprotected interests
prevail there can be no permanent commercial
and industrial revival, and that it is therefore
the part of sound commercial wisdom to secure
such legislation as will place both of them
upon an equal' footing with the most favored
industry.
The proposition of protection to staple agri
culture by an export bounty has received the
approval of the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives, the State
Grange of this and other States, and is being
widely discussed by the farmers of the country.
It was also indorsed by the Legislature of Cali
fornia at its last session in the form of a me
morial to Congress, which was read in the
United States Senate by Hon. George C. Per
kins. The idea of uniting shipping and agri
culture upon this common ground for protec
tion has been indorsed by the prominent ship
ping firms of San Francisco.
Believing that a union of the shipping and
agricultural interests will be able to accom
plish much of mutual advantage that is be
yond the reach of either unaided, this call is
issued to the members of the Chamber of Com
merce in the hope that It will be the forerun
ner of such a union. Various attempts have
recently been made in this City to overcome
the destructive tendencies' of this adverse con
dition, as is evidenced in the meeting for the
encouragement of home manufactures and in
the formation of the Half-million Club.
Praiseworthy as these efforts are they alone
are insufficient as long as the principal pur
chasing class, the producers of agricultural
staples, must still continue to pay for labor and
necessities at nearly as high rates as in former
times, and who are at the game time compelled
to receive for their products half their former
ruling prices.
It is scarcely necessary to point out the evil
results of this great shrinkage in the purchas
ing power of the farmers. These are apparent
in the decline of the demand for labor, in the
shrunken values of City and country real
estate, in the depreciation in the value of
securities, in the lessened value of our exports,
which, by forcing gold abroad, threatens the
depreciation of our curreucy.
But of far more importance is the considera
tion that the present depressed condition, un
less remedied, must tend to the elimination of
our independent land-owning farmers and
their replacement by a low-type peasant ten
antry, thereby not alone destroying the pur
chasing power of the Nation, but also endan
gering the perpetuity of the Republic. The
merchants of San Francisco no doubt keenly
realize how largely commercial success is de
pendent upon the prosperity of the agricultural
and shipping interests.
The bounty system helped the tillers of
the soil in Great Britain most materially.
It resulted, according to the writers on
political economy, in securing to them a
good price for their products at all times
and thus furnished an additional incen
tive to industry.
Excursions to Healdsburg.
The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
■will run & special excusion train to the Healds
burg fiesta, whereby passengers can take a
train at the Tiburon ferry at 7:40 Friday morn
ing and leave Healdsburg at 7 o'clock that
night. The round trip will only cost $1 50. If
parties desire to attend the entire fiesta they
can leave on Wednesday evening, May 16, and
not return until the 19th by paying $3 tor the
round trip. There will be a big time at Healds
burg and the trip is well worth the money.
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
ORPHEUM.
WEEK COMMENCING nONDAY, nAY 13,
An Entire Change of Programme.
WILL H. FOX— —
The Original Comedian Pianist, in His Satirical
Creation, "Padewhlskle."
iIEYEK COHEN
Favorite California Barytone. -• '-' '
GKO. H. WOOD
The Somewhat Different Comedian;
FELIX A CAIN. PERRY & TENBROOKE,
CONSTANZ A IDA, etc
Last Week of Reilly & Wood's Spectacular Vau-
devilie Co., "THE UNDERTAKER'S SOCIAL."
Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera chain
and Box seats, 50c.
Matinee Saturday and Sunday.
Parquet, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Children, any seat, 10c
ALCAZAR THEATER.
Walleskod Jb., Rich & Co Proprietors
TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT !
JAMES M. and CARRIE CLARK WARD
IN— '
ARRAH-NA-POGUE!
Popular Prices— lsc, 25c, 35c and 50c.
RUNNING tzS&bdh.^ RUNNING
RACES! %a&&m2g*L ' RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
SPRING MEETING!
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain
or Shine. ____
Five or more races each day. Raoes start at 2 :30
F. m. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass
the gate.
SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.
FLORAL FESTIVAL
AT
BTJR C 3 -!
FPIXDAY • : . • ...Mayi7, 1895.
51.50 FOR THE ROUND TRIP $1.50
Leaving Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 A. M. — - — Returning, leave Healdsbufg at 7 P. M.
. On May 16, 17 and 18 Ronnd-Trip Tickets Will Be Sold (or $3, - .-;
Good for Return to SUNDAY, May 19, inclusive.
H.C. WHITING, General Manager. R. X. RYAN, Gen. Pass. Agent.
SANTA CRUZ VENETIAN WATER CARNIVAL
June 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. 1895, ...'.. .
COMBINING THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE
WITH THE FLOWER FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD I
PAGEANTS, SPORTS, REGATTAS, FIREWORKS,
! ELECTRICAL. DISPLAYS AND FLOWERS IN PROFUSION; :
TRANSPORTATION RATES,
Remember the Dates and Watch for Farther Advertisements for Programme.
... - - .- : ■:
NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.
BALDWIN THEATER.
AL. HAYMAN & CO. (Incorporated), Proprietor!
A TRIUMPH IMMEDIATE AND
UNEQUAIED ! ' .
Assisted by LACHATTME and a Grand Orchestra.
August Hinrichs conductor.
ONLY THREE MORE CONCERTS,
TO-NIGHT (Wednesday) and Friday Evening*,
May 15 and 17, and Saturday Matinee.
Prices, $1, $150, $2, $2 50.
EXTRA— Beginning SUNDAY, May 19, Matlne««
Wednesday and Saturday, the Famous
and only - • >■■ ■
LILIPUTIANS I
In the Grandest Spectacular Production ever seen
in this city, "
HUMPTY DUMPTY
UP TO DATE !
4 Grand Ballets ! , Giant Kaleb I
SEATS READY TO-DAY.
MBS. Ernestine Kkelino Proprietor it Manager
FIRST PRODUCTION IN TEN YEARS ''
Of Lecocq's Delightful Comic Opera,
HEART
n J— rf/~Yjri. .1
AND
HAND
Coming -DOROTHY !
Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc.
ri\IEOLAfIDCR.GOTTLOD «r&M.t»M • • •
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE BEAUTI-
FUL HOUSE AND THE
FRAWLEY COMPANY.
The Most Perfect Organization of Its Kind
in America,
Presenting Pinero's Beautiful Play,
"SWEET LAVENDER."
POPULAR PRICES:
-served Seats— Night: 15, 25, 50 * 73c.
Saturday Matinee, 15. 25 and 500.
MAY 30-"CAPTAIN SWIFT."
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater In America. .
WALTER MOROSCO bole Lessee and Manage*
TO-NIGHT ! * TO-NIGHT !
A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION— „
Of the Great Melodrama,
"THE FIRE PATEOL!"
Stocked With Scenic Surprises.
Evening Prices— 2sc and 50c
Family Circle and Gallery, 10c.
Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
A f EEK-DAHXCURSION
TO THS • .
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS,
Under the auspices of the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,
And under the personal supervision of WM. H»
MENTON, Excursion Passenger Agent
S. P. Company,
THURSDAY, MAY 16.
ONLY ( Round \ ONLY
$1.25 {,£*.[ $1.25
A special first-class train will be run on this oo»
casion, leaving San Francisco ferry landing, nar«
row gauge, foot of Market st., at 7 :45 a. a. ; return*
ing:, arrive in San Francisco 8 :05 p. m.
The main object of this excursion Is to enabl*
those who- have In mind a summer outing an op-
portunity to inspect the many desirable
CAMPING RESORTS
situated on th« lint of the Santa Cruz division
(narrow gauge), notably, Alma, Wrights, Laurel,
Glenwood, Felton, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek
and Big Trees.
49" The train will stop at each of these points,
affording ample time for inspection. Don't forget
to take along your lunch-baskets.
SPECIAL ROIWTRIP TICKETS
Will be placed on sale at 613 Market st., Grand
Hotel ticket-office, May 13, 14. and 15, and at the
ferry landing on the morning of the excursion. For
further information apply to or add re«s MR. WM.
H. MENTON, excursion oassenger agent, S. P. Co.,
613 Market St., Grand Hotel ticket office, between
the hours of 19 and 1 o'clock noon.
RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN,
Gen. Traffic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
CIRCUS ROYAL
And Venetian Water Carnival,
Corner Eddy and Mason streets. . '
CLIFF PHILLIPS Proprietor and Manages
ROYAIi MIKADO BARGE,
THE DOLPHIN FLOAT.
NEW FACES. NEW ACTS.
THE GREAT ZANFRELLA'S
FLYING METEORS.
ARNOLD AND CASWKLL.
PREMIER ACROBATIC GROTESQUES.
MILITARY BENEFIT TO-NIGHT.,
Evening Prices— Parquet and Dress Circle, Re«
served, 25c and 50c. ,-
Saturday and Sunday Matinee— Parquet, ChA*
dren, ISc; Adults, 25c.
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
MAY FESTIVAL & ORAND PRIZE SHOOTINO
....OF TH"B
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein at Shell
Mound Park, Berkeley, Sunday .and
: Monday, May 19 and 30, 1895.
Grand public prize shooting for the amount of
$1000. Grand raffle for valuable prizes. Bowling
both days for 5175. Eagle shooting and shooting
tor King prise Monday.
Company will leave with 9 a. m. boat. Admis-
sion per day, 50c. Ladies free.
Social and distribution of prizes WEDNESDAY,
May 29, at California Hall, 6.0 Bush st.
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