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TUESDAY JV X 35, 1895
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
At Colonel Andrews' request the corporation
of which he was the head has been dissolved.
Mrs. Isabella Martin professes to be in a state
of siege in her residence on Van Ness avenue.
The sealing schooner Sophia Sutherland ar
rived yesterday from Japan with a light catch.
The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed
the ordinance Increasing the police "force to
550.
Dr. Marc Livingston has petitioned to be
appointed a special administrator in the Fair
estate.
Judge Wallace has released Ambrose Watson,
holding that he was not in contempt of Judge
Conlan.
Marie Louise, the baby raised in an incubator
at the Children's Hospital, is progressing
favorably. * *
Forty-seven applicants for legal diplomas are
being examined by the Supreme Court Com
missioners.
A Fresno contractor has placed an order with
the State Free Labor Bureau for 200 men to
build a canal.
Rev. Henry Varley talked to the Methodist
ministers yesterday about "The Coming Sover
eignty of Christ."
A false alarm was rung In from box 52, on
the corner of Fremont and Howard streets, at
9:45 last evening.
The winners at the Bay District yesterday
were: Major Cook, Spry Lark, Jennie S, Craw
ford and Installator.
The fourth day's session of the district synod
of the Lutheran church was held yesterday at
the church of St. Paulus.
The investigation into the loss of the Colima
was closed yesterday afternoon by the Inspec
tors of Hulls and Boilers.
The preparations for the mammoth celebra
tion of the Fourth of July make interesting
reading for patriotic citizens.
Julius Meyer, the man who made a disagree
ment in the Paulsell jury, is being examined
by Judge Murphy on a charge of perjury.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald is at work on
a plan by which he will send several hundred
unemployed men to work in the placer mines.
The Manufacturers' Association has protested
against Eastern goods being purchased for the
Home for the Care of Feeble-minded Children.
Mabel Simmonds, a 15-year-old girl, charges
her father with cruelty and asks the court to
appoint J.W. Bird, her employer, her guardian.
The moral teachings of the California and
Stanford universities were discussed at the
meeting of the Congregational Monday Club.
Mrs. M. Barrett, Twenty-second street, is in
contempt of court before Judge Groezlnger,
and will have to pay the fine or go to jail to
day.
Mrs. Lillle Inman, who contracted a runaway
marriage when not 17 years of age, Is now
suing to have the union dissolved. She is 18
years old.
Lewis R. Cummings, who was to provide ali
mony for his divorced wife, yesterday morning
failed to do so and was ordered to jail by Judge
Hebbard.
William Ground made a vain attempt to
obtain a warrant for the arrest of Frank M.
Stone, whose family took his sister-in-law to
the country. -
Thomas Heffernau, a horse- trainer at the
racetrack, was arrested yesterday on the charge
of stabbing William Flynu on Fifth avenue and
D street Sunday night.
The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed
the resolution providing that $20,000 be ap
propriated in the next tax levy for the build
ing of a smallpox hospital.
Quarantine Officer Craw has returned from
the southern part of the State, where he dis.
tributed black ladybirds among orchards in
fested with the black scale.
~H. H.Fulton,;4o9 Cortland avenue, fell off the
dummy of a Mission-street electric-car last
night and had his nose broken, his lips cut and
his forehead cut and bruised.
William Perrin and John Desmond, two car
penters, were injured yesterday by the staging
on which they were at work onWashington
and Davis streets giving way.
Strong efforts are being made by the young
wifeof J. c. Davis, the forger, to save him from
imprisonment, but the police say they will
prosecute the charges against him.
A committee has been appointed by the Pres
byterian Ministerial Union to wait on Mayor
Sutro, and request him to discontinue the Sun
day entertainments at Sutro baths.
Maguire and Wise, the two "green-goods"
men, were yesterday sentenced to eight
months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of
$250 each by District Judge Hawley. : 7
The charge of attempting to extort money
referred by the late Dr. Plouf against J. D. L.
fcGaughey and Charles E. Wilson was dis
missed by Judge Campbell yesterday.
The frame work of the new Cliff House, which
Is to be peculiarly strong, will be completed in
ten days. The half-finished chimneys have
been torn down because bad brick was fur
nished.
A petition is to be presented to the Park
Commissioners by business men in the neigh
borhood asking leave to illuminate the drive
way from the old fair grounds to the ocean
beach.
Yee Doo Foo, a laundryman, was fatally shot
at the corner of Baker and Sullivan alleys,
Chinatown, by Look Won, at an early hour
yesterday morning, and the murderer was ar
rested.
Circuit Judge McKenna yesterday decided
the suit of the Gray heirs against the New Al
maden Quicksilver Mining Company, to secure
three-eighths of the property, in favor of the
defendant.
Fourth of July committeemen who have
performed no service and attended no meet
ings arc to be stricken from the roll and al
lowed no favors in the way of tickets to the
grand stand.
Three attempts to burn down the building
on the southeast corner of Market and Sixth
streets have been made within the past three
weeks and Fire Marshal Towe and the police
are making an investigation.
The wholesale butchers of South San Fran
cisco are arranging for an Immense character
istic turnout for the Fourth of July. Fifty
three young ladles will occupy one float, and
there will be two floats of schoolgirls.
The doors of the Chinese cigar-manufactur
ing firm known as the Empire Company were
Closed yesterday on an attachment of local
tobacco'firms amounting to $5300. The cred
itors charge that crooked work has been prac
ticed. .-. ■'■>?''>''}
The decision of United States Judge Ross of
the Southern District forfeiting the railroad
land grants in Ventura and Los Angeles coun
ties, involving 700.000 acres, was sustained
yesterday by the United States Court of Ap
peals.
John Lapretre was arrested yesterday on a
warrant issued at the 'instance of Attorney M.
S. Wirth, charging him with embezzling $300
which he was sent to collect for an estate man
aged by Wirth, $100 of the amount being
Wirth's foes.
Mrs. Alice M. Cafferey, 634% Broadway,
swore out a warrant yesterday for the arrest of
Charles Schussler, on the charge of embezzling
$150, which he obtained from her as the one
half interest in a restaurant which existed in
his imagination.
John G. Agar has been appointed special
administrator in the estate of Joseph Mac
donough. Alfred Ely of 31 Nassau street, New
York, has been appointed a commissioner to
take the depositions of the subscribing wit
nesses of the will. 7
The transportation of ties, rails and other
materials for the Valley road from this port to
Stockton was discussed by a committee of the
directors yesterday. Prompt action will be
urged on the board," as the supplies are ex
pected here any day.
The Finance Committee, of the Board of
Supervisors, with Auditor Broderick and Mayor
Sutro, visited the Hall of Records yesterday to
consider certain measures demanded by Re
corder Glynn for the better safekeeping of the
documents in his care. $$JEJ$&^cP99!
Contracting bricklayers have started a fight
to get contracts for their work away from car
penters, who in return have combined against
them on similar lines. In the fight against
division of contracts Henry Rohling. a master
carpenter, imported his bricklayers from Den
ver. __________S_S____3SH_NM3_BB
Rev. Anna Shaw and Susan B. Anthony, have
returned to San Francisco. Miss Shaw says she
did not wish to stay in California till July 4,
but did so because of the bitterness ol the op
position to her speaking. She will treat of the
future. : Dr. Fitch is declared by both ladies to
be a curiosity.
Mrs. Sarah McFadden and Mrs. Jane Van
Duzen are contesting the will of their sister,
Mrs. Helena Howard, who left her entire estate,
valued at $8000, to her husband, C. G. Howard.
The contestants allege unsoundness of mind in
the deceased and undue influence on the part
of her husband. 7 7
In an interview yesterday Harry A. Knox
stated that the Southern Pacific Company was
operating a quiet but effective boycott against
B. F. Wellington, one of the jurors | who voted
for acquittal in the conspiracy case against the
railroad strikers, Mayne and 'Cassidy.*:' The
labor unions have taken the matter, up in be
half of Wellington.
AROUND THE WATER FRONT
The Schooner Sophia Suther
land Arrives With a
Small Catch.
SEAL-HUNTERS WON'T WORK
Mutiny and the Breakers Almost
Wrecked the American Ship
i Llaguno Recently.
The three-masted schooner Sophia Suth
erland arrived yesterday from a sealing
and hunting cruise in Japanese waters.
Her catch was small— skins— and she
comes back two months earlier than the
usual return of the sealers because of the
dissatisfaction of the hunters. They being
paid only for the skins they take, insisted
that Captain Sutherland would not sail
the vessel where the game was plentiful,
and they refused to hunt.
The American ship Manuel Llaguno,
which sailed last month in a race against
the ship Tillie Starbuck to Honolulu, came
near being wrecked on the Farallon Isl
ands soon after the tug left her. She
struck a strong current that 6et her rapidly
toward the rocks, and the wind being light
SEALING SCHOONER SOPHIE SUTHERLAND.
[Sketched for the "Call."]
it looked as though her fast trip to the
Hawaiian Islands would be cut short. 7777
Just at the moment of most danger a
number of the crew mutinied, and the at
tention of the officers was called to the
suppression of foes within as well as with
out. - It was a striking moment mates
fighting with the rebellious men/and the
splendid ship drifting on the breakers.
However, the trend of the ocean current
swept them clear, and the crew were
driven to submission.
At Honolulu the men complained- to
Consul-General Willis, who after bearing
their case reprimanded them and sent
them back to their vessel.
The Tillie E. Starbuck arrived in Hono
lulu June 4, after a run of eleven days.
The United States steamer Bennington
arrived in Honolulu from this port in
seven days and thirteen hours. ■ v.
President Colnon of the State Harbor
Commission states that as soon as prac
ticable all tolls will be removed from the
wharves, and only - such rent rates as are
necessary for paying the expenses of sea
wall extension, repairs and current ex
penses will be levied upon shippers and
other people doing business on the docks.
"Some persons are striving," said the
Commissioner, "to believe that the State is
trying to make money out of its water front,
which doctrine is nonsensical. We only
desire to equalize charges, not raise them
by any means. A firm using fifty linear
feet of wharf should pay half as much as
one using 100 feet. No'burdens upon any
thing are contemplated." On the contrary,
charges will be cut when possible all along
the line. All purchases will be made and
all work done by contract, and economy on
all sides will be the rule." 7 ; '*7
WORK OF AN INCENDIARY
Three 'Attempts to Burn .. a
Building at Market and
Sixth Streets.
Fire Marshal. Towe and the Police
Are Making a Thorough
Investigation.
Some firebug seems determined to burn
down the large frame building on the
southeast corner of Market - and Sixth
streets. Three times in three weeks fire
has been discovered in the building, and
Fire Marshal Towe, aided by the police, is
using his best energies to discover the mo
tive and the firebug.
About 11 o'clock Sunday night Professor
Foster, who resides on the premises, on re
turning from the Orpheum with his wife,
discovered , smoke t issuing ■ from )an . ante
room of one of the lodge rooms on the sec
ond floor. \ He opened the door and saw a
fire burning briskly in -a corner of *• the
room. A still alarm was given, and the
fire was quickly extinguished. 7 -7 7
One of the firemen notified Sergeant
Hanna, who summoned Fire Marshal Towe
by telephone. Towe quickly responded
and at once commenced an investigation,
but did not succeed in unraveling the
mystery. • « . "7«7
■: "This is the third fire in that building
this month," said the Fire Marshal yester
day. "The first occurred on June 3, the
second on June 7. Both of these fires were
on the third floor and both did consider
able damage. ; Extensive repairs have been
in progress for some time and the place
was being repainted and repapered.
■ "I suspected that the first two fires were'
of . incendiary origin, but as they burned
through to the roof it was thought possi
ble that they might have been caused by
the electric , wires. , ; I have ; now no doubt
that they were incendiary. 7 ",
: "Last night's fire was unmistakably the •
work of 'firebugs. -Several boxes had been
piled, on each other; and: between them
were . pieces ?of J: pine wood and rags, all
saturated with } coal [• oil. '■ i%he 'wood be
tween the boxes was laid crosswise, so as to
give the flames a chance to burn freely. - I
am- still investigating ana may yet come
upon something, that may lead to an ar
rest." ' -'■'■
. The building is owned by D. Hewes and
he is as anxious as the.Fire Marshal for the
arrest of the incendiary.
Midnight* Train to San Joae. ...
7.The people living in San Mateo County along
the line of the Southern Pacific Company, and
as far out as San Jose, presented; a" petition to
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1895.
the railway officials for a theater train to run
every night in the week. The petition was
favorably considered, for a midnight train will
be put into service on July 1 from this City, to
San Jose. There will be an evening train from
San Jose to bring people to town in time for
the theater. \ It will lie at Fourth and Town-
Bend streets till 11:30 r. _„ and then leave
with ite party of theater lovers, arriving in
good season at its destination. The new train
will run every night for sometime. ' 7**~
THE GRAY HEIRS LOSE.
Judge ' McKenna ; Decides That They
Have No Claim oh the New
Almaden Mines.
The Gray heirs and other claimants to
the new Almaden quicksilver mines in
Santa Clara County lost their case in the
United States Circuit Court yesterday
under the decision of Judge McKenna.
It has been twelve years since the liti
gation over the mining property was be
gun, the complaint having been filed in
November, 1883. The attorneys for Jane
M. Gray. and the other plaintiffs were
Henry Vrooman, Latimer D. Morrow and
W. M. Plerson. In the complaint it was
contended that the original title, under
which the suit was brought, stood in the
names of John Bowie Gray and Knowles
Taylor. The title was acquired from the
Mexican Government. ' . .
The Quicksilver Mining Company of
Pennsylvania, now the Quicksilver Mining
Company, acquired the property through
an administrator's sale at the death of
John Bowie Gray. The sale was ordered
by the Probate Court of Santa Clara County.
It was this sale which the Gray heirs
asked to have set aside, claiming that the
proceedings were not carried out in proper
form and tbat at the time they had not re
ceived proper notice of the same. It took
J lace in 1865, and in that year the heirs of
John Bowie Gray were in Richmond, Va.,
and because of the War of the Rebellion they
could not hold regular communication
with those parties in this State who had
the affairs of the estate in charge.
Since 1866 the plaintiffs averred that over
$20,000,000 had been taken out of the mines,
and they laid claim to three-eighths of this
sum as their due. They also asked that,
after a proper accounting had been made,
they be given a three-eighths title to the
mining property.
Master in chancery Houghton took the
evidence in the case and submitted the
same to Judge McKenna. In deciding the
case yesterday Judge' McKenna found that
the company's title was good and that the
plaintiffs had no legal rights in the matter.
STILL IN THE INCUBATOR.
•'Marie "Louise" Is Thriving on Her
Treatment at the Children's
Hospital.
Little "Marie Louise" is still living in
her incubator home at the Children's Hos
pital, entirely unconscious of the interest
and curiosity that she is exciting in the
outside world. So many people have vis
ited the "hospital during tne last week to
Bee the incubator baby that orders have
now.been given by the resident physician,
Dr. Overacker, not to allow any one ad
mittance to the ward where the incubator
is located. ) *
The nurses who have the babies in
charge and whose business it is to admin
ister small doses of "peppermint water and
i annis tea every now and then when occa-
THE BABY AS IT LAY IN THE INCUBATOR IN THE ALEXANDER
• MATERNITY HOSPITAL. l
sion ■ requires to quell a howl from some I
small rebel are taking the best care of this
wee baby. Her appetite has largely in
creased. under their care and yet is
what might be called ravenous. "Marie" i
takes three teaspoonfuls now to one a week
ago.; The nurses consider this distinctly
encouraging and hope to free their charge I
in time from its peculiar home and care |
for it in the ordinary manner. < .
a me d ic°ine iS at present administered with
a medicine dropper and consists, of a
preparation of , skimmed milk, '. cream,
water and sugar of milk.
, The babe's size has not materially in
creased with its enlarged appetite, and it
still measures twelve inches in length and
could easily wear a 'lady's ring anywhere
on its arm. -7*7 "7
: Marie Louise is . probably the quietest
baby ever 'cared l for in the hospital, but
even she <■ makes ; herself heard at times
with a tiny, cry that sounds more like the
chirp of a sparrow than the wail of an in
fant. .''■ 7'; ...» ' ' : ?3%&o%&Bßkffsß%]
7 Next Friday Marie will be three weeks
01d. 7, She is - motherless, as % the '■;. mother
died' in; the French Hospital a few days
ago.'7 ■? 7- '-• ' '■:■ :,■'-■;"',
Everything known to '■■ modern • medical
science will be brought -to bear .in little
Marie's favor, and * all who » know ' of the
case are hoping that ■ the; methods in use
will result successfully. .'; -•'---.'
BIMETALLIC CONVENTION
Method of Selecting Delegates
* From the Several
Counties.
TO BE A NON-PARTISAN BODY.
The Bimetallic Executive Committee
Issues an Address to the Peo- 7
ple of California.
The executive committee appointed at a
recent meeting of bimetallists held at the
Palace Hotel, for the purpose of making
arrangements for a State . convention
called for August 19, and also authorized
to act ,as a finance committee in the
matter of receiving subscriptions in aid of
the American Bimetallic League, met yes
terday afternoon in the Mills building
and formulated an address to the people
of California.
It is expected that about 900 delegates
will be present at the convention from
every county in the State, without regard
to past party affiliation. Since the last
meeting at the Palace Hotel two new
members have been added to the executive
committee Hermann Zadig and August
Waterman. This committee, which is also
a finance committee, will commence tak
ing subscriptions at once, and convention
work will be pushed forward with all
possible speed.- . -7, :■ c : ; :
"We want," said Secretary George P.
Keeney yesterday, "to get an expression
of opinion from the people of the whole
State. We know that the time is ripe for
organization, and the recommendations
for county mass-meetings for the selection
of delegates will no doubt meet with a
hearty response. All thinking men have
come to recognize the fact that silver is to
be the issue of the coming fight. As a
branch of the American Bimetallic League
we want to see the organization of a strong
bimetallic party in California. To this end
we have outlined a course which has been
Pursued in other States with good results."
he address formulated yesterday by the
committee is as follows:
To the Voters of California: The undersigned
executive committee, appointed at a meeting
of citizens held at the Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, upon June 20, 1895, in the interest of
and to promote the cause of bimetallism, at
which meeting a call for a State convention of
electors, regardless of party, was made, to be
held In this City upon August 19, 1895, at 12
o'clock noon, do hereby adopt the following
rules and regulations for holding such conven- <
tion:
First— Each county in the State shall be en
titled to be represented at said convention by
five delegates at large and one delegate for
each 500 votes or fraction thereof cast in said
county at the last general election.
Second— The only test required for a seat in
said convention is that tha delegate be an elect
or of the county which he claims to represent
and be in favor of the free and unlimited coinage
ol gold and sliver with equal privileges at the
mints of the United States, and with equal
functions as money at the ratio of 16 to I,'
without waiting for any international confer
ence or the concurrence of any foreign power,
prince or potentate.
Third— The delegates shall be selected in each
county in such a manner as the friends of the
cause in such county may determine, but as
the bimetallists belong to all existing political
parties and are themselves without party or
ganization we recommend that mass-meetings
of bimetallists be held at the county seat of
each county upon Saturday, August 3, 1895,
for the purpose of selecting delegates to said
convention, and that the chairman and secre
tary of the meeting issue a certificate to the
delegates selected, which certificate will be ac
cepted as credentials by the convention. .
" It is important "and essential that each county
should have a full delegation at ; the conven
tion, as in no other way can the earnest wishes
of tbe people upon this most important ques
tion be fully understood and appreciated.
The time for trifling has passed and the people
can and will have an inning if they demand
their rights in such a manner as to convince
the political parties of the country that they
are in dead earnest, and will neither follow
party traditions nor heed equivocal or uncer
tain promises, but insist upon candid declara
tions from candid men.
It is well known that this contest is one In
which the masses of the people are confronted
by the moneyed powers, both at home and
abroad. The industrial and producing classes
are clamoring at the doors of Congress for re
lief against the unequal privileges awarded by
legislation to aggregated capital by the de
monetization of silver. Every effort which
wealth can Inspire or money secure will be
arrayed against the people in this struggle and
hired orators and interested intriguers will be
everywhere encouraged to resist the assault or
stem the tide of public opinion; yet, notwith
standing this disparagement of wealth, we
have an abiding faith in the justice of our
cause and in the ultimate triumph of princi
ples over pretense, of right over iniquity.
We therefore . request the press of the State,
which can ever be relied upon to voice the
sentiments of the people, to publish this call
and by so doing enablcthe voters of California
to be fully informed of its contents and object.
This convention will be non-partisan in poli
tics, but ultra-partisan upon the question of
free coinage and the ways and means neces
sary to accomplish that result.
To this end we have the promise of the at
tendance and co-operation of the ablest expo
bents of bimetallism in the United States, who
will be present at the convention and address
the people on this Important issue.
tl . We e .. ,nvlt c ftll interested parties throughout
***&£»% Keenev* Mm« lVskS£, fl se< * e Jr ary .
cisco? who will furnish all neoeSSai ytaforaS"
tion, together with forms, blanks and other*
organizing material, free of expense and with
out delay. -> --■•,^- -„.- :,v -::,:, '-..-. . > ■_-:
\„° r v*; J^ker, W. C. Price, N. W. Spauldlng,
Xi L x£ i^' n wule?*w,« n Q*} g ' Julia / Son *'
fffe^^^^^ffi,^*?™^
, Db. Mott fed a lot of dogs on alum bak
ing powder biscuits. 7 The alum was after
ward found in their blood. Alum in food
is a poison. 7 Alum or ammonia is found in
every baking powder except the Royal.
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Word en's Appeal.
It is now several months since application
was made to the United States Bupreme Court for
a new trial in the case of 8. D. Worden, convicted
of murder in the first decree !at Woodland, In
connection with the ditching of a train near
Sacramento last July, during the great railroad
strike. .The decision of the court is looked for
any day. • ' '■' - 7 ./ -■-,-:.* ■ ,-..-.<. -..-.-
Dispute Over a Reward
- Judge Hawley pi ; the United States District
Court | will • be , called upon Friday to' settle a
rather novel case which has come up in his de
partment. Mrs.'- Isabella : Lodge of , Port Town
send and Mrs. Maybelle Greenwald of this City
are quarreling over a reward of $1300 which is
due one of them as informer's fee on a lot of
opium which was recently condemned by the
Government. Mrs. Lodge gave the informa
tion which led to the capture .of the drug and
Mrs. Green wald iurnished the evidence against
the smugglers - which led to it* condemnation.
WANT THE PARK LIGHTED
Business Men to Ask Leave to . Ilia-
ruinate the Driveways to
the Ocean.
• A petition is to be presented at their
next meeting to the Park Commissioners,
asking permission to have electric lights
set up along the driveway from the Mid
winter Fair grounds to the ocean. This
will render the park a perfect drive for
both wheelmen and horsemen.
At present the driveways can be used
after nightfall only at the full of the moon,
when they are thronged. The illumination
of the driveway will attract enthusiastic
wheelmen from all parts of the City.
The wheelmen, however, are not the only
ones interested. Increased throngs at the
park and cliff means increased business
for the owners of the resorts in that
neighborhood. . It is from these gentlemen
that the petition comes. They, ask to be
allowed to put an arc light at every turn
in the road from the old fair grounds to
the Cliff. This will require fourteen lights,
the rental of which will be about $10 a
month each. '
The prime mover in the scheme is Henry
Doscher, the proprietor of the Seal Rock
House and the pavilion at the cliff. J. M.
Wilkins of the Cliff House is also inter
ested in the matter. Other restaurant and
saloon keepers, the cvclery firms and some
of the cycling clubs have promised to con
tribute each month to tbe lights. As
their fund increases they propose to put in
more lights.
No opposition is anticipated' to the
£ reposition. Park Superintendent Mc
aren and Park Commissioner Rosenfeld
both approve the lights as desirable acces
sories to the attractiveness of the park.
The scheme has been considered at various
times, .but the funds of The commission
have been so low as to make an appropria
tion for more lights practically impossible.
BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS.
Success of "The Old Home.
stead " at the California.
Dampier's Reception.
A Charming Play at the Columbia.
Ovation to Bauei — The"
Orpheum.
"The Old Homestead" was welcomed back
at the California Theater last night by a
large audience that laughed at the jokes
and melted at the pathos in a way that
showed the play had lost none of its power
to charm.
The company was a good one, some of the
actors making finished character studies of
their roles, and all. the parts being satisfac
torily filled. George W. Wilson, as Joshua
Whitcomb, could scarcely have been improved
upon, and the eccentricities of Cy Prime and
Seth Perkins were naively and humorously
rendered by Will M. Cressy and Charles N.
Clark. Fine scenery and accessories were a
marked feature of the performance, the view
of Grace Church at night being a triumph of
stage setting, while the music of the "Palms"
service was sung in a finished manner by R. J.
Jose, the counter tenor, and a well-trained
choir. -•:*££..'". ,
Grand Opera-House.
"The Pace That Kills," which was produced
at Morosco's Opera-house last night, is a
thoroughly sporting play, the action of which
Is laid principally at Aintree, one of the great
English racecourses. One of the chief scenes
: represents the sale at auction of some thorough
bred stock, when the competition is had for a
thoroughbred mare, Venus, Miss Hall as Kate
Meadows being one of the bidders. The last
scene tepresenta the racetrack, where after an
exciting race Venus wins. =• ■ -
Frank Hatch made quite a hit last night as
the Hebrew money-lender overflowing with
the milk of human kindness. The comic parts
were In the hands of Charles Swain and Julia
Blanc, who introduced plenty of fun; indeed,
the rehearsal for the performance of "Mazeppa"
convulsed the spectators with laughter. George
Montserrat played the gentlemanly villain
with a good deal of tact, and all the other parts
were well sustained.
(The Aloasar.
A large audience was present at the Alcazar
last evening to welcome Alfred Dampier, and
when the star appeared he was greeted with
such prolonged applause that the action of the
play was interrupted for some minutes.
•'Hearts and Homes" was the drama in
which he had elected to give his initial
performance with the Daily Company. It
affords him an opportunity of displaying
great versatility, as his role presents diverse
characteristics in each act. The drunken
schoolmaster of the first act, pleading for "half
a pint" and spouting his dramatio^aspirations,
was an admirable piece of acting." In the sec
ond act Dampier was supposed to have tried
the stage and failed, and his performance of
the crushed tragedian was equally as finished.
His succeeding impersonations also marked
the finished artist.
The Daily Company afforded Dampier good
support and the whole performance was a com
plete success.
77 77 • At the Columbia. j
A fashionable audience greeted the initial
production of "Young Mrs. Winthrop" at the
Columbia last night. Despite the many coun
ter attractions in the City the pretty little
house was sold out before 5 o'clock ana those
who came late hud to content themselves with
adorning the walls or filling up the aisles. The
play, always popular here, was admirably pre
sented. Albeit Miss Craven might have
rounded out the tender scenes of the
young wife to advantage. : Belle Archer
was at her best as the thoughtless, fickle,
charming Mrs. Chetwyn, ana .Miss Ross'
portrayal of the blind girl was an exquisite
picture, made the more interesting by her
violin solo. Mr. Frawley had little to do, but
that little was done well. Charles W.King,
who by the way, was made up as a well-known
local lawyer, did a most artistic bit of work in
the scene of reconciliation. The stage settings
were fully up to the requirements of the play,
harmonizing beautifully in tone and color.
Next week "The Senator," the piece in which
Mr. Frawley made his first great success, will
be put on, :____ ,
■„.'. Bauer and "Amorita."
Adolph Bauer, the popular leader, made his
bow to a Tivoli audience last night for the first
time in over a year and he was accorded an
ovation. For fully five minutes after he took
his place in the leader's stand the audito
rium rang with applause. It" was .- a
most flattering reception and was only
equaled -by the favor with which the
finale of the first act was received. The opera
was "Amorita," and for ; Lou Royce's . solo,
"Could He but Tell," three curtain'calls were
demanded. Iv the midst of the applause Mr.
Baur was presented with en immense floral
lyre. Miss Laura 1 Millard in. the title role es
tablished herself a favorite, and Rafael's ren
dition of "In Happy Moments" won a deserved
encore. . Ferris Hartman— well, he was there.
7 -7 ,H The Orphenm Packed.
At 8 o'clock last night standing-room at the
Orpheum was at a premium, and from the time
the curtain went up till the last specialty act
was concluded the rafters rang with laughter
and applause. f The programme, this week for
variety and artistic merit is. one of the best
which has been seen in this popular house in a
long time. Manager Walter has kept his word
with the public in giving them the best shows
to be had, and the public is not, slow in show
ing its appreciation of the fact.
The i Water Carnival.
Interest in the "Circus Royal and Venetian
Water Carnival" ; has not abated in the least,
and another good-sized audience witnessed the
great show last night. . -
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Though sold* at the same retail price,
Royal Baking ;• Powder is of far greater
value than any other baking powder. It
is absolutely pure, and of highest leaven
ing strength.
• — * — •
Mrs. McCaffery 'a Mintake.
Mrs. Alice McCaffery. 634% Broadway, swore
out a warrant -in " Judge : Joachlmsen's court
yesterday for the arrest of Charles Schussler on
the charge of felony embezzlement.": She stated
that on June 20 Schussler suggested to her that
each should put up j $150 j and open a | restau
rant.' > She went to a friend and borrowed ; the
money and ' handed it .to : Schussler. r She hat
not seen or heard of him since and has I reason
to believe that he has left the City. Schussler
was a deputy in the City Ha 11 . ..
THE OLD CANTEEN BURNED
A Last Remaining Landmark
at the Presidio Is De
stroyed.
OCCUPIED BY COL. STEVENSON.
It Was Used as a Post-Trader's
. Store and. Later as the Post
> -.: Exchange.
The historic old building that had for
years been occupied as a post-trader's
store and since 1889 as a post exchange at
the Presidio was burned at 2 o'clock yester
day morning. .' /";-.'
} The fire originated in the sleeping-room
occupied by Ernest Rolff, a civilian em
ployed in the place, but the cause has not
been discovered. Rolff. had retired only a
short time before the fire started and was
believed to have been asleep at the time.
He is in the hospital badly burned about
the face, and one hand is so burned that it
will have to be .amputated. He was un
conscious most of the day, and in periods
of consciousness he seemed to know noth
ing of the fire or how he had been injured.
The steward, Peter Larkin, who slept on
a bunk in Lieutenant Davis' office, barely
escaped being burned. He and another at-
The Post Exchange at the Presidio.
The Front Left Standing- After the
Fire. *
tendant first discoverer the fire bursting
from Rolff _ room, and found the unfortu
nate man in one of the billiard-rooms
nearly suffocated.
The Presidio fire department quickly re
sponded to the alarm given by the sentry
and did quick and efficient work in pre
venting the fire from spreading.
The interior, including the rooms in the
north end and middle of the building, was
completely destroyed, though Lieutenant
Davis saved his accounts and the money
in the safe.
The stock of edibles and liquids was
saved. The damage on furniture amounted
to about $500 and was fully insured. The
building was considered of no value and
the front portion now standing will be
torn down. 'WSf*t
The "old canteen," as the place was
known by the soldiers, was built soon after
the Mexican war and was occupied by
Colonel Stevenson in the early fifties.
Later Joe Barreta, who, as a boy, worked
for Colonel Stevenson, became post trader.
He built additions and did a big business.
Barreta was succeeded by the Government
under the law of 1889 which established
post exchanges and did away with the
business of suttlers and traders who made
fortunes in selling light drinks and lunch
eons to the soldiers. "Old" Joe Barreta
made big money in that building, but his
fortune has long ago passed down the line
and he is to-day in very moderate circum
stances. The "canteen" will be re-estab
lished in temporary quarters until a new
building shall be erected.
EUREKA SOCIETY'S FUNDS
Despite Liberal Subscriptions
There Is a Deficit This
Year.
The Benevolent Hebrew Associa
tion Was Overtaxed In Its
Work of Charity.
A deficit confronted the Eureka Benevo
lent Society at its semi-annual meeting,
which was to have been held Sunday.
Owing to the absence of a quorum no
meeting was held, but since the members
contributed so liberally toward . making
good the deficiency the failure to meet will
entail no serious results.
The deficiency this year is about $6000
and nearly the whole amount was raised
by private subscription. This society has
been in existence since 1850, and during
the last forty-five years has been the means
of helping hundreds of thousands of needy
Hebrews.
As a benevolent organization it has few
imitators. Those who contribute to its
several funds have no chance or hope of
getting any return except that which comes
from the consciousness of having helped
some worthy person to improve his or her
condition. It is charity pure and simple.
Only those comfortably well off can afford
to pay the $10 admission fee and monthly
dues, because there is no possible opportu
nity of deriving any personal pecuniary
benefits.
President S. W. Rosenstock in his report
for the last fiscal year, which was given to
the society yesterday^ says the average
number of cases wherein relief was afforded
by the society during the last fiscal year
was 212 a month, that number being equally
divided between individuals and families.
"The relief embraced not only monetary
contributions handed directly to them, but
also the expenditure for physicians and
medicine and transportation. It is indica
tive of the hardship that prevails that we
were required during the past year to fur
nish transportation to 245 persons."
President Rosenstock recommends that
the clause in the by-laws exacting an ad
mission fee; of $10 be eliminated, as the
resources of the society could be largely
increased -by inducing people to join the
society if this fee was abolished. ; *
The income for the fiscal year in the
general fund was $18,"198 52; expenditures,
$20,158 29; written off members' account,
$155 20; deficit, $2114 97. Widows' and
orphans' fund— lncome, $9464 41; expen
ditures. $6649 35; written off members' ac
count. $3880; gain, $277627. Assets, $122,
--004 48; no liabilities. The membership is
about 900. ._:•;»,:.::
The State Chemists of New York, Massa
chusetts, Ohio, -Michigan, Indiana, Wis
consin, Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, Geor
gia, California and other States have re
ported . Royal Baking Powder purest,
strongest and best. . 7
MOTHER RUSSELL CELEBRATES.
Feast Day.: of the Superioress of the
• Order of Mercy.
. Venerable Mother Russell, for over forty
years the head of the Sisters of Mercy on
this coast, celebrated her feast day yester
day. In religion Mother Russell is known
as Mother John the Baptist, and the day,
on which the feast of St. John is celebrated
is to her and the sisters of : the order a day
of rejoicing. '■' Three masses were celebrated
in the chapel of St.' Mary's Hospital.
-':■{ Mother Russell is so well known and so
highly esteemed that her feast day is never
allowed to pass without '. proper recogni
tion. At the high \ mass yesterday^ many
i prominent Catholics were "present and ten
dered their congratulations. Solemn ves
pers were celebrated in the afternoon, clos
ing with benediction. During the latter
portion of the - services • the officiating
priest wore a magnificent cope, made for
Mother Russell as a token of appreciation
from the sisters; -* - .7 r *
A New Department.
Furniture moved, stored, packed and
shipped at low rates by Morton Special
Delivery. Only experienced men em
ployed ; equipment first class. Offices, 31
Geary street and 408 Taylor street. *
NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.
rr»ICOLAnBLR.(jOrrLOD* _»• u»c5A.i»nAnAOU4---
AGAIN ~~\ SUCCESS
AND FOLLOWS
AGAIN I SUCCESS!
ANOTHER GREAT HIT LAST NIGHT I
The Prettiest Performance So Far I
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY
——IN—
"YOUNQ MRS. WINTHROP 1"
Magnificent Stage Settings
New and Handsome Toilettes!
MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY!
Reserved Seats:
Nieht 15c. «sc, 500 and 75a
Matinee 15c. 25c and 500
Jnly 1 and B— "THE SENATOR."
CALIFORNIA THEATER
AlUayma.vACo. (Incorporated). . .. Proprietors
OPENED TO STANDING ROOM!
EVERY EVENING sundry!
Wednesday and Saturday Matinees.
DESMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY,
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
Management of E. A. McFARLAND.
DOUBLE MALE QUARTET — —
In New Songs and Harmonies.
COLUMBIA THEATER.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27tb
specialI benefit
OF THE
PRESS CLUB
Of San Francisco,
ASSISTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL
TALENT FROM THE
BALDWIN,
COLUMBIA,
CALIFORNIA,
TIVOLI,
MOROSCO'S,
ALCAZAR,
ORPHEUM
and CIRCUS ROYAL. 7
RESERVED SEATS SI.OO
Now on sale at the Box-office of the Colombia
Theater, or at the Club Rooms, Thurlow Block.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theaterln America. I -
WALTER MOROSCO....SoIe Lessee and Mun__M
THIS EVENING AT EIGHT,
FOURTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT
Author— Actor—
■ "WALTER SANFOKD :
In His Great Scenic Melodrama,
"THE PACE MAT KILLS!"
Evening Pbices— 260 and ROo.
Family Circle and Gallery, 10c.
Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE^
Mas. Ebnkstink Keelino .Proprietor A Manager
EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK !
ELABORATE PRODUCTION
Of Czibulka's Romantic Opera,
"AMORITA"
SUPERB CAST i
Enlarged Chorus— Augmented Orchestra
Under the Direction of
ADOLPH BAUER '
MONDAY, JULY 1, i
The Glorious Comic Opera Success,
"TAR AND TARTAR I"
Popular Prices— 2sc and SOc.
ORPHEUM.
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell.
Tremendous Success of Our Sew Bill !
DM mill's JAY CIRCUS CO.!
MILLAR BROS.' FAMOUS DIORAMA!
SHERMAN AND MORRISEY,
SHORT AND EDWARDS,
THE WRESTLING PONY, MAJOR,
LES ERERES MARTINETTI, and
Other Great Stellar Acts.
Reserved Seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairs
and Box Seats, SOc. .'.,.«■
CIRCUS ROYAL
And Venetian Water Carnival.
Corner Eddy ami Mason streets.
CLIFF PHILLIPS Sole Proprietor
JOE HOLZ .....*.. Acting Manager
TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!
COMPLETE CHANGE OF BILL! —
ALL NEW SPECIALTIES!
First Appearance of
353 KTI!
The Aerial Marvel. Also THE RAMIREZ, SPAN-
ISH TROUBADOURS. Professional debut of the
Society Warbler. MISS NEVADA EARRING-
TON. Look out for Novelties.
POPULAR PRICES-Evenlng, 15c, 25c and 50c;
Saturday Matinee— 15c. Adults 25c. •
MISS SHAW AND MISS ANTHONY.
METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. THURS-
DAY, JUNE 27, 8 P. M.
« THE FATE OF REPUBLICS."
■ s World-famed Lecture by
REV. ANNA H. SHAW.
THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE i
SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Address by S_9£
MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
Admission, inducting reserved seat .7.7 600
Tickets may be secured at Sherman A Clay's
Music-store, cor. Sutter and Kearny sts., on the
24tb, 25th, 28th and 27th, and at the Temple on
the evening of the lectures. ■ .
METROPOLITAN TEMPLE.
ORAND MIDSUnnER CELEBRATION
— or TEX —
SWEDISH 'AMERICAN NATIONAL, UNION
OF CALIFORNIA.
Good speaking. Choir of 75 voices. Nationa
Costumes, etc
Admission...; 10 Cents)
RUNNING _*&*_&„.«. RUNNING
RACES! aPffiff^ RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACSS,
SPRING MEET IN I
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
r Thursday, Friday and Saturday—
'or Shine. ■.- f ■■_
Five or more races each day. Races start at 2 : 38 '
p. if. sharp. ■ McAllister and deary street cars pass I
the gate. ■--■■■■ \ . . -
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
GRAND PICNIC
AND FAMILY REUNION.
ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN.
FAIRFAX, MARIN CO., THURSDAY, JUNE 27,
Tickets, 60c. : Children, 25c. , fare and park. :'•
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