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SATURDAY JVLX 6, 1896
CITY NEWS IN BEIEF.
- Anthony and Miss Shaw left for their
homes last evening.
License Collector Lee? is alter the unlicensed
drugstores selling whisky.
The bay is empty of ships, all the vessels in
port being unloaded at the docks.
AY. R. Daily signed a contract yesterday as
manager of the Alcazar Theater.
Amedee Joullin is devoting his summer
sketching tours to studying the California sand.
Mrs. Helena Talerbech has applied for letters
of administration over the $-20,000 estate left
by her husband.
The following horses won nt the trark yes
terday: Monterey, Her Majesty, Thelma,
Boreas and Regal.
A new badge to identify newspaper men
within the fire lines will be issued before the
6nd of this month.
Artist Amedee Joullin has turned his atten
tion to paintiiiK sand etlectsiroia studies made
all over the Pacific Coast.
The wares of deep-water sailors have been
raised to &2O a month and an attempt Is being
mane to put the "advance' money up to $50.
Tht weekly report of the Associated Charities
shows ib any families who were victims of the
fire relieved* through that agency.
All of the downtown streets were cleared of
their holiday rubbish before noon by the street
sweepers of the Merchants' Association.
Mrs. H. Neilson, a trained nurse, living at
830 Geary rtreet, has rented the old French
Hospital as a shelter for sufferers from the lire.
The police authorities are looking out for a
swindler who has been victimizing people by
obtaining money from them under false pre
tenses.
Many of the Federal officials spent the Fourth
at country resorts. They will all be back and
Judges McKenna and Morrow will hold court
Monday.
In the case of Thomas Mcßride, who jumped
into the bay from the foot of Hyde street, a
Coroner's jury brought in a verdict of suicide
from drowning.
Lawrence Hurley was arrested yesterday
upon a charge of robbery, the complainant be
ing John Signor. Hurley's accomplice has not
yet been arrested.
The Panama Railroad Company will load the
steamer Washtenavr, now due, for the southern
coa^t route, in place of the Saturn, which is
too small for the service.
Dollie Dutton, a young woman who lived at
- - tter street, died from morphine poison
steiday. The girl attempted her life once
beiore with the same poison.
Roos Brothers sent a wagon-load of provi
sions, lett from their free dinners to tne poor
on Independence day, to the Young Women's
Christian Association yesterday.
George E. Gard of the Southern Pacific has
returned from Siskiyou County, and stated that
his men are following Brady, the outlaw. The
bloodhounds failed in Happy Valley.
It appears that the executive committee of
the Midwinter Exposition is the body responsi
ble for the heaps of ruins and debris"that now
disgrace a portion of Golden Gate Park.
The inquest on the remains of David Lesser
Lezinsky, who committed suicide Thursday
morning, will be held Monday. The funeral,
which was private, took place yesterday.
Sumner Hardy won the tennis championship
at San Rafael yesterday, defeating his brother
Samuel, by a score of 6 to 3. Officers of the
association were elected for the ensuing year.
The judgment sentencing William P. Young
of Monterey to death for the killing of Pierre
Lalistera has been affirmed by the Supreme
Court. The appeal was on technical grounds.
The old suit of Munford vs. Higgina and
Weeks, in which there was only one survivor
out of all the parties engaged or interested in
its trial, was revived in the Circuit Court yes
terday.
The annual settlement between Superintend
ent Daggett of the Mint and the Government is
now being made. There are $53,000,000 in
coin on hand and 11.000,000 ounces of silver
bullion.
County Supervisors all over the State are be
coming interested In the convention that -will
be held in San Francisco for the purpose of
sending a fine California exhibit to the Atlanta
exposition.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad agency in
this City, that resigned from the Passenger
Ticket Agents' Association, was expelled yes
terday without privileges enjoyed by agents iv
tne compact.
A civil-service examination is to be held for
Clerks, gaugers and storekeepers in the Inter
nal Revenue Service. Candidates can secure
all necessary information from the internal
revenue agent.
The motion for a rehearing to vacate the
Judgment and for a new trial, which was made
by Horace \V. Philbrook in the disbarment pro
ceedings against him, has been denied by the
Supreme Court.
The funeral of the late Treasurer, J. H. Wid
ber, took place yesterday from Pioneer Hall,
the remains being interred in Cypress Lawn
Cemetery. The services at both the hall and
the grave were very impressive.
Samuel M. Ewing, assistant claims attorney
of the Southern Pacific Company, left that
office on July 1. The only reason assigned for
the change was that there was not enough
business to keep the staff occupied.
The First United States Infantry will start
this morning for a month's field service in
camp at Monterey. Liirht Battery D, Fifth
United States Artillery, and Troop B, Fourth
United States Cavalry, will go next week.
An inquest on the remains of C. Meyers, who
shot himself in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, was
held yesterday. The verdict was to the effect
that death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage
from a gunshot wound inflicted with suicidal
Intent.
As a result of The Call's expose of tbe
shameful condition of affairs at Golden Gate
Park, Superintendent McLaren has promised
to have the Southern Pacific tracks removed
from the old Midway Plaisance and the park
before July 15.
Hans Han'sen, who was once sentenced to
death for the murder of Mate M. Fitzgerald of
the bark Hesper, is to again have the date of
his execution set. He appealed to the United
States Supreme Court, but that body has de
nied him a new trial.
President Colnon of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners says that the work on the super
structure of the new feiry-depot will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. New plans will
be called for as soon as Attorney Tirey L. Ford
returns from his vacation.
The managers of the "Black Crook" and
"Black Crook up to Date" companies were in
the United States Circuit Court yesterday. A
decision by Judge Deady in 1868 in which he
held that the "Black Crook" could not be copy
righted will probably decide this case.
During the past year the Farmers' Alliance
of California has confined its efforts to the
establishment of co-operative institutions, and
Has made a remarkable record in this field and
caused a strong revival in its work. Politics
is now strictly eschewed by the organization.
Frank ODea carried off a figure from the
front oi a clothing store on Third street last
evening, and the fact that the figure had a suit
of clothes upon it caused Policeman Kelly to
take him to the Southern police station and
place a charge of petty larceny opposite his
name.
All but three counties in the State have
already mode inquiry regarding the State con
vention to be held in this City on August 19 to
promote' the cause of bimetaliEm. This is held
to augur a widespread interest in the matter
and a large attendance when the convention is
called to order.
Governor Budd made a flying visit to the
City yesterday in regard to appointing the new
Board of Health. He will name the board on
Monday. The Chief Executive inclines to the
belief that the elecMon law is constitutional-
He also thinks that there will be a few more
changes in the National Guard.
Mayor Butro Is disposed to go slow in ap
proving Treasurer Widber's bond. The bonds
men are Henry H. Crane, Harry N. Morse. I.
\V. Lees and R.J.Techau. Morse's property lies
in Alameda County and the consolidation act
requires that the property of bondsmen for
County officials must lie in the City and County.
A petition presented by Joseph Cooper for
the privilege of conducting a fruitstand in
front of ex-County Clerk Haley's cigar-store on
Market street contrary to the direct letter of a
recent order of the Board of Supervisors was
pigned by Supervisors King, Hirsch, Wagner,
Scully, Hobbs, Dimond ana Hughes. Mayor
Butro yesterday refused to grant it.
Judge Sanderson has ordered that the $5713
for street engineering work, now being sued
for by ex-City Surveyor Fitzhugh. be paid to
the court, pending toe decision of the question
whether it belongs to Fltzhugh himseif or to
the office, and consequently ' his successor,
Tilton. Judge Sanderson also denied a motion
to make Tilton plaintiff in the action, instead
of Fitzhugh.
A bullet from a pistol was sent through a
window of the Methodist Episcopal Chinese
Minion, on Washington street, during the be
ginning of the Fourth of July celebration. A
slave girl, Ah 800, has recently been rescued
by the mission, and it is supposed that some
highbinders, actuated by a desire for revenge,
fired the shot, ' i
JOULLIN PAINTS SAND
He Says There Is No More
Varied Subject in
Existence.
STRIKING COLOR HARMONIES.
Has Scoured the Coast From Santa
Barbara to the Golden
Gate.
"I have been searching; for sand," said
Amedee Joullin, enigmatically, when he
was asked yesterday how he had been im
proving the shining hours when art schools
and studios are closed and painters tramp
atield in search of subjects.
"No; I'm not joking," continued
Joullin, with an earnestness that dis
claimed any such attempt. "People will
>vaik for miles looking for a subject. Well,
I'm not doing that. 1 am examining the
sand all round the City, and am becoming
more and more impressed with the pecu
liar color relation— th* beautiful harmonies
that exist between th; sagebrush and the
sand it grows upon. Round about San
Francisco you can find every tint of sand,
from silvery white to deep yellow. The
complementary green becomes brighter
A STUDY IN SAND AND SAGEBRUSH BY AMEDEE JOULLIN.
where the sand is tinged with red, and
where the sand is grayish in tone the
saeebrush becomes more subdued in tint."
The painter, when asked whether he had
any illustrations of his theories about the
California sand, admitted that all his sum
mer canvases were devoted to that subject.
'"That was taken over in Alameda, where
the sand is white," he said, placing a can
vas on the easel that represented a hillock
sparsely covered with saeebrush, where
the sand between the vegetation had al
most a silvery hue. The sky overhead was
a cloudless blue, and in the strong light
the sagebrush was of a fairly vivid green
tint, casting shadows tinged with purple
on the sand. The picture was keyed dv a
little figure of a girl in a blue waist.
"Do you notice the difference in the
sand and brush?" asked Joullin, placing
another canvas below the first. "That one
i 8 taken near the park, where the sand has
a yellowish tint. Nearer the ocean it be
comei almost red. But just as the sand
varies the color of the brush varies with it,
making the same perfect harmonies." The
second picture was another successful
coJor study of sand and brush and sky,
but the sand was yellow, and the brush
had none of the vivid greens of the first
picture, but instead was overcast with
gray, that partook in places of almost a
Bluish tint.
Joullin showed a third canvas that had
not a positive bit of color, affording strong
contrasts, like the two preceding pictures,
i ttt where the grasses; and sagebrush ap
peared to blend into the sand, and he
pointed out more emphatically than ever
b'f.v endless ar«» the opportunities for color
ttudies in the despised sand-dunes.
Glancing; round his studio it was impos
sible to help agreeing with him that the
California sand is well worth an artist's
devotion, for there were over half a dozen
sand studies and each was as diverse from
the other as if they had all been taken in
different parts of the world.
One was a dainty water.color sketch of
gray sand and marsh near Mare Island,
another a picture of the yellow sands and
vivid blue sky of Santa Barbara and a third
and fourth "represented the snow white
sands of Cypress Point, and the dark gray
sand and rocks of Pacific Grove. In fact
the most cursory tour of his studio verified
the absolute truth of Joullin's statement,
"I have been searching for sand."
M. D. BORUCK DIED POOR
The Well-Known Journalist
Left Nothing but Personal
Property.
His Widow the Sole Legatee— No
Provision for the Son and
Daughter.
Marcus D. Boruck. the well-known jour
nalist and politician, died comparatively
poor.
His estate consists chiefly of household
furniture and an interest in the Spirit of
the Times. According to the terms of the
will, all of which he died possessed is left
to the widow unconditionally. There was
nothing for the son and daughter.
During his lifetime Marcus D. Boruck
was supposed to be worth several thousand
dollars, but those who knew him best and
were acquainted with his openhanded lib
erality will not be surprised to learn that
he hacl so little.
As Mrs. Boruck remarked yesterday, he
always had his hand in his pocket for
other people, and gave too little thought
to his own financial interests. Mrs. Bonick
has not yet filed the will for probate, and
may not do so for several days.
"As everything is left to me," she said,
"I do not see any necessity for haste in
the matter. He always told me that
everything in the house belonged to me,
and the will, which is the essence of sim
Elicity in its provisions, could not have
een different. Of course, I am sorry he
did not leave more, but his estate stands
as a monument to his benevolence and
liberality."
The family residence is handsomely and
richly furnished, and the numerous small
items in the way of personal property will
bring the value of the estate up to a few
thousand dollars.
It costs more to make the Royal Baking
Powder because its ingredients are purer,
but it is more wholesome and goes further
than any other.
BLANK COMMITTED SUICIDE.
That Waa the Verdict Brought in by the
Coroner's Jury.
A Coroner's jury brought in verdict of
"suicide" in the case of Louis Blank, who
took his own life last Friday week. The
only witnesses examined were Mrs. Emma
Blank, the widow, and Dr. A. Newman,
and the jurors were only a few minutes in
arriving at a decision.
Mrs. Blank testified that she last saw her
husband alive about noon on the day of
bis deatb. He seemed cheerful and made
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895.
no threats. She knew of no reason why he
should take his own life. Al:out two years
ago he was troubled by some debts, but he
expected to get over that difficulty and
was not worrying. She never had seen
him more cheerful, and was horrified to
find him dead about 6 p. m. The lava tip
was off the burner and the gas was turned
on. She had been in the habit of taking
the lava tip off in order to heat things or
do light cooking over the jet.
Dr. A. Newman said he had been treat
ing the deceased for some time for fainting
spells. He was also subject to dizzy spells,
thumping in the head and palpitation of
the heart. When the doctor last saw his
patient the latter was cheerful, though
suffering from these ailments. He advised
him to go home and go to bed and get
some bromide of potassium. That was all
the evidence and the case went to the jury.
OUT OF THE COMPACT.
The Chicago and Alton Company's
Agent Denied Privileges Enjoyed
liv Other Members.
The Railway Passenger Ticket Agents'
Association met yesterday in the Mills
building and took prompt action on the
resignation of the Chicago and Alton Com
pany's agent. And now one office is out
of the combination absolutely without hav
ing the privilege of buying Southern Paci
fic blank tickets, which means that it is
practically cut off from transacting trans
continental passenger business in competi
tion with the other offices.
The association decided to expel the
Chicago and Alton agent. He asked to be
allowed to leave his deposit of $100 in the
treasury of the compact so that he might
be able'to purchase blank tickets from the
Southern raeific Company. But the ticket
men would hear of no such proposition.
They claimed that if an agent would not
i contribute to the running expenses of their
J association he should not be permitted to
; share privileges enjoyed by them. The
I deposit money was returned.
Several of the agents stated that the
matter would cause no trouble in the way
of rate competition.
NEW FIEE BADGES.
Bits of Celluloid Will Identify News
paper Men Within the Fire Lines
llfi • aft < r.
There is to be a new method of identify
ing newspaper men at future fires, and
before tiie month is up it will be put in
« force. For years the man with a busy
< pencil and an imposing wad of paper has
shown these as his credentials to those in
I charge of the tire lines and has been al
lowed inside, at the same time not one
quarter of the applicants being newspaper
men and not one-third witb any real busi
• nc-a inside the rope. It has been a privilege
belonging to real reporters which has been
shamefully ahused by people having abso
lutely no connection with the newspapers,
and to prevent snch an imposition various
means of identilication have been intro
duced. As usual, the last is the best, and
there will be no time lost in putting it into
effect.
The new idea has been adopted from
that in vogue in Eastern cities, but the
privileges which tne badge extends have
been increased. The new badge will be of
celluloid and about three inches square.
On the face of the badge there is a red
malte&e cross, and sunk in the cross in
black enamel is this inscription:
The badge will be recognized for a year,
and then new ones of a different design
will be issued. The new ones will be worn
tied to the buttonhole in much the same
manner as racing badges are now dis
played.
Badges of a similar pattern are now used
in New York, but the New York badges
include the prohibition, "except inside
the buildings." On the badges to be
issued here there is no such limit to privi
leges, and the reporter displaying one cun
fo where he pleases at his own risk. The
it of celluloid will be about an eighth of
an inch thick, apd will bear a number
upon its back for its owner's identification.
There will be about 100 issued.
It is an alarming fact that every baking
powder exhibited at the Chicago World's
Fair, except one made in New York, was
found by the examining chemists to con
tain ammonia. Royal Baking Powder is
absolutely pure and contains neither am
monia nor alum.
PHILBROOK'S MOTIONS.
The Supreme Court Denies Them, and
in Doing So Practically Knds
the Case.
The Supreme Court has destroyed the
last chance which Horace W. Philbrook
had to regain permission to practice law
before his three years' sentence of legal
silence is completed. Soon after the ren
dering of the judgment in January, 1895,
Philbrook moved to vacate the judgment
and for a rehearing, while at the same
time there was pending a motion for a new
trial. All these irons have been suddenly
withdrawn from the fire by the court's de
cision, however, for in denying one the
court denies them all.
In rendering its decision the mind of the
Justices of the Supreme Court is expressed
in the following paragraph, which con
cludes the opinion:
As it would serve no useful purpose, it would
seem to follow either that the application for a
rehearing eouM not be heard or a motion for a
new trial would not be. It would be preposter
ous to expect that a motion for a new trial
would prevail after an application for a rehear
ing has been denied upon a consideration of
the same points which were presented by the
motion for a new trial.
Justice Harrison did not participate in
the opinion, a fact which is expressly
stated in the document. It was for his
criticism of Harrison particularly that
Philbrook was disbarred.
There is an article on the market seldom
equaled and never excelled— Jesse Moore Whis
ky. Moore, Hum <bCo. guarantee its purUy.*
THE HARBOR COMMISSION.
President Colnon Outlines the
Work to Be Done by
. the Board.
WILL CALL FOR NEW PLANS.
Only the Money Drawn by Brown
Will Be Lost to the State by
the Changes.
Since the opinion of Attorney-General
Fitzgerald was rendered to the Harbor
Commissioners regarding the superstruc
ture of the union ferry depot the letting of
the contract, the furnishing of plans and
work on the foundation much has been
written which is of a contradictory nature,
and with a view of getting the exact con
dition of affairs President Colnon was in
terviewed yesterday, and he has clearly set
forth the position of the Commissioners.
"What is now the condition of affairs re
garding the union depot?" was asked.
"The Attorney-General has informed us
that we have no legally employed archi
tect," "replied Mr. Colnon. "As the pro
posed building cannot be erected without
plans regularly adopted and the services
of the designer to see that the construction
is in accordance with his formulated idea,
the first step will be to employ some com
petent person in that capacity. The reason
that the present architect is not legally
employed being that he was selected with
out advertising for competitive plans, the
thing to be done before anything else is
undertaken is to proceed to advertise, ac
cording to the provisions of the act of 1872,
for such competitive plans." mil
"In what particulars did Brown com
a breach of contract?"
"In not supervising the construction of
the foundation 'at all times' and reporting
to the board the 'manner in which the
work is done.' The language within the
quotation marks is the exact language of
his contract with the board. It is true that
he maintains that it was the business of
the chief engineer of the board to do the
supervising, but I find nothing in the law
relating to the duties of the engineer which
makes it incumbent upon that officer to
look after any construction other than that
for which he as such engineer furnishes
the plans on the order of the board.
The board did not order the engineer to
draw the plans for the ferry foundation,
but it did enter into a contract with Ar
chitect Brown to perform that work and
look after the construction."
"Can Architect Brown's plans be used?"
"I see no reason why they might not be.
But before they could be used he would, it
appears to me, have to enter them in com
petition with such other plans as might be
submitted for adoption."
"Will you follow the decision of the
Attorney-General or the judgment of the
Superior Court, and why?'"
"We shall follow the opinion of the
Attorney-General, who is by law the legal
adviser of the board. Why we shall do
this will become obvious when it is under
stood that to take any other course might
lay the members of the board liable. On
the other hand, they, ag well as all other
State officer*, are safe when they follow
the advice of the State's law officer."
"Can or will proceedings be brought
against Brown for money collected on his
contract?"
"This is an aspect of the matter that I
have not given much consideration to. As
a general proposition, however, when a
man draws money from the public treas
ury on claims at the time presumed to be
legal It is difficult to compel him to make
restitution. Besides, the architect did no
more in this respect than any other man
would have done in his situation."
"How much will it cost the State to
make the changes necessitated by a new
set of pians?"
"It may not cost the State anything to
make the change. The f 1.2,000 which the
architect has already drawn as commission
on the superstructure (I give the amount
from memory) will be lost, but that is a
comparatively small item when the total
amount of the contemplated expenditure
is considered. Thus by getting a lot of
competitive plans in we may be able to
secure just as safe, durable and ornate a
building for a good deal less money, or
taking the other side of the proposition,
we may be able to get a much stronger,
more lastinc and handsomer structure for
the same money. You must remember
that the architectural talent of even the
City of San Francisco has not exliausteu
itself in making designs for the $000,000
depot, not to speak of the talent that
might be found elsewhere than in this
City. Mr. Brown became the architect by
Erivate selection without other architects
eing consulted or knowing anything about
it probably.' 1
"When will plans be advertised for?"
"As soon, I presume, as the attorney for
the board, who is on a brief vacation, re
turns."
"How long will be the delay occasioned
by the change?"
"There should be no delay at all. We
should have the competitive plan selected
and the contracts advertised for by the
time the foundations are finished."
"Is it best to let one contract, or sev
eral?"
"We have nothing to do with whether it
would be best to let one or many. That is
regulated by law. An act passed by the
last Legislature requires that there shall be
a separate contract for the brick or stone
work, another for the iron work, another
for the carpenter work, another for the
plumbing, another for the heating appar
atus, another for the tinning or roonug,
ami another for the painting, the act being
made to apply specifically to this board by
bo stating in its closing lines."
A BOLD ROBBEEY.
Lawrence Hurley I* Arrested for Being
One of the Participants
in It.
Lawrence Hurley, a waiter, is in trouble
with the police, and from appearances it
may prove a rather serious matter for him
before he is out of it. He was arrested on
Mission street yesterday by Officers Mori
arty and O'Brien, and charged with rob
bery. There is another man connected
with the alleged crime, but the police have
not yet located him.
The person in this case who was robbed
is John Signor, an Austrian, and it is upon
his statements that the arrest was made.
He says that on last Tuesday night he
received a note, in which he was requested
to go to 648 Mission street, where a man
wanted to see him.
He went to the place designated and
upon his arrival met two men. Almost
immediately the lights were turned out
and one of the men held a revolver to his
head, threatening to kill him if he made
an outcry. He was then stripped of a new
suit of clothes, and an old shat)by suit was
given him to don in place of it. The rob
bers also took $10 in money and his hat.
After this he was thrown out of the house,
and the man with the pistol added that if
the police were notified the victim would
be killed. Signor was not afraid of being
murdered though, and informed Chief
Crowley as to what had occurred. He re
turned to Mission street with an otlicer,
and upon meeting Hurley, identified him
as one of the robbers. Hurley is known to
the police as a hard character. He has
been in jail before, and on the last occasion,
six months ago, served as a trusty.
THE POLICE WANT HIM.
A Petty Swindler Who Has Found a
Number of Victims.
The police authorities are looking for a
mau who, during the past few weeks, has
been carrying on a petty swindling game,
and who has succeeded in finding many
victims. His method of operation is to
answer all advertisements in the daily
papers wherein situations are wanted.
Upon receipt of an answer he would go to
the advertiser and represent himself as the
agent of an employment agency. He
would promise them a situation upon the
payment of $2 or $2 50. He found many
wlio were willing to give him the money.
That would be the last they would see of
him or their money.
Many of his victims were poor working
girls, who could ill afford to lose what they
gave him.
The man is described as a young man
about 25 years of age, with light hair and
blue eyes and about 5 feet 10 inches in
height. He claims that he is the son of a
minister.
FIXE SUFFERERS.
The Old French Hospital Kented for a
Refuge for Victims of the
Conflagration ,
Mrs. H. Xeilson paid Sylvain Weill, presi
dent of the French Mutual Benevolent So
ciety, $75 yesterday for the use of the old
French Hospital for one month. She pur
poses opening it as a refuge for the suffer
ers from the tire.
Mrs. Neilson is a trained nurse living at
830 Geary street. She is a buxom middle
aged English woman, who has seen years of
service at St. George's and Soho-square
hospitals, London. She was engaged in
nursing in New York for several years be
fore coming to San Francisco, where she
has lived for seven years.
She has a sympathetic nature and be
lieves in practical religion. She is a mem
ber of the Institute of Applied Christianity,
and is deeply interested in Henry Varley's
teachings. She has long hoped to be able
to open a home for the purpose of reclaim
ing fallen women, and still has that object
in view, but Bhe considered the needs of
the victims of the tire pressing, and thought
prompt action necessary for their relief.
Accordingly she collected the joint earn
ings of herself and husband, the janitor of
the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, borrowed $10 to make up the $75, and
secured the building on Bryant street for a
month. To-day a placard on the gate will
request donations of furniture and pro
visions. If the donations are not liberal
enough to keep the institution going tickets
will be issued to the various charitable
organizations, which will be sold at low
prices and entitle the holder to lodging
and a cup of coffee. There will also be free
baths.
THE CAZADEKO SCHOOL.
It Was Opened "With a Large Attend
ance— Patriotic Celebration.
The Cazadero Summer School opened last
Saturday night with a large attendance.
There are about forty tents pitched al
ready in the grove besides the guests at the
Elvin Grove and Cazadero hotels.
Dr. Mackenzie began his series of lec
tures Sunday.
Fine stereopticon lectures are to be given
on the evenings of July 6, 7 and 8.
On July 4 there was a unique celebration.
Large campfires were lighted and the
forest hung with lanterns. Rev. William
Rader of Oakland delivered the evening
address. The music was in charge of A.
F. Stewart, leader of the First Congrega
gational orchestra, Oakland.
Many came ut> on the Fourth to remain
over Sunday. The young people are en
joying the walks, the bathing and the fish
ing. Ail who think of coming should send
word as soon as possible in order to secure
good accommodation. Beds can be rented
for the tents.
Among the workers to address the stu
dents were the following: Rev. Robert
Mackenzie, D.D., Rev. J. Sunderland, D.D.,
Rev. W. W. Case, D.D., Rev. W. D. Wil
liams, P.D., Rev. S. J. Carroll, D.D., Rev.
E. S. Chapman. D.D., Mrs. H. I. Ben
son, H. J. McCoy, C. N. Crittenton, M. J.
Fergusson, M. I. Ferguson, Rev. William
A. Gardner, Mrs. C. T. Mills, Rev. F. M.
Mitchell, lime. Marie Marshall, Mrs. Car
rie Judd Montgomery, Rev. F. J. Masters,
Mrs. J. S. Isorvell, Rev. William Rader,
Miss Emma Reeder, Rev. E. B. Stewart,
J. S. Speare, Miss Grace Scott, Rev. Robert
Whitaker, 0. B. Smith, Rev. W. Frear,
Rev. Eric Lewis, Jee Gam, 8. A. Shehadi,
Rev. Li. L. Wirt, Rev. M. C. Harris.
BLISTEEED HER PEET.
A Man Who Used Fly Plasters to Keep
His Wife Hume.
"I put blisters on her feet, Judge, to keep
her in the house, but even then she went
out," said John Woods of Eagle street in
court while appearing against his wife,
Catherine, whom he charged with being an
habitual drunkard.
After the examination Mr. "Woods de
scribed how he blistered his wife's feet to a
reporter. "I told my wife," he said, "that
she would have to stay iv the house if she
would not stop drinking. I was willing to
care for her in the house, but I didn't want
her to be found intoxicated on the streets
and cause me a good deal more tronble
than if she stayed in the house. She in
sisted upon going out. I tried to have her
stay in by doing everything I could
think of.
"Finally the idea of blistering her feet
came into my head. I heard of it twenty
years ago as being used to keep people in
bed when the doctor or their folks didn't
want them to walk around. I bought a
couple of fly papers in a drugstore. When
I returned from the store my wife was
lying on the bed, intoxicated. I slipped
off her shoes and stockings and put a
plaster on each of her feet without arous
ing her. Twenty minutes later I removed
the plasters. The soles of her feet were
covered witn blisters. A few hours after
ward she got up and walked around as
usual and then went out. It's impossible
to keep that woman in the house." — Brook
lyn Eagle.
Pare baking powders are one of the chief
aids to the cook in preparing perfect and
wholesome food. While those are to be
obtained of well-established reputation,
like the Royal, of whose purity there has
never been a question, it is proper to
avoid all others.
A Useful Cigar.
A good story is told of a sea captain who
died not long ago,*and who was formerly
in command of a ship in which passengers
were carried from London to Lisbon. On
one occasion the ship caught fire, and the
passengers and crew were compelled to
take hurriedly to the boats. The captain
remained perfectly cool throughout all the
confusion and fright of the debarkation,
and, at last, every one except himself was
got safely into the boats.
By the time he was ready to follow the
passengers were almost wild with fear and
excitement. Instead of hurrying down
the ladder the captain called out to the
sailors to hold on a minute, and, taking a
cigar from his pocket, coolly lighted it
with a bit of burning rope which had
fallen from the rigging at his feet. Then
he descended with deliberation and cave
the order to push off.
"How could you stop to light a cigar at
such a moment?" he was asked afterward,
when some of the passengers were talking
over their escape.
"Because," he answered. "I saw that if I
did not do something to divert the minds
of those in the boat there was likely to be
a panic and, overcrowded as it was, there
was danger of the boat being upset. The
act took out a moment, but it attracted the
attention of everybody. I was not nearly
bo unconcerned as I seemed to be, but was,
in reality, in a fever of excitement. My
little plan succeeded. You all forgot your
selves because you were thinking of my cu
rious behavior and we got off safely."—
Tid-Bits.
It took a colored woman to brave the
somewhat brusque public opinion of Tuc
son, Ariz., in being the introducer of bicycle
bloomers in that town. Her white sisters
had the bloomers, but not the courage, as
was proved by their following the colored
wheel woman s example the very next day.
BLACK CROOK IN COURT
Rival Managers Fighting Over
the Right to Produce
the Play.
AN INJUNCTION ASKED FOR.
A JDeclslon Cited tn Which It Was
Held That It Could Not Bo
Copyrighted.
Manager Leonard Grover, representing
the "Black Crook" company, and Manager
Percy Hunting, as the representative of
the "Black Crook Up to Date" company,
were in the United States Circuit Court
yesterday. The plaintiff claims that the
defendant is infringing the copyright of
his play and wants a perpetual injunction
served.
When the case was called before Judge
McKenna the attorney for the defense re
marked that the matter was not properly
before the court, as the papers in the case
had been served by the City Marshal of
Santa Rosa and not by United States Mar
shal Baldwin. This astonished the Judge
and he asked who had authorized such a
proceeding. Receiving no answer he or
dered the motion for an injunction set
aside and instructed the attorney for
Orover to obtain the necessary order in a
le?;al manner.
The rebuke and the fact that the case was
thrown out of court made Grover's attor
ney very angjry and he stated afterward
that the serving of the papers by the City
Marshal of Santa Rosa was owing to an
agreement entered into by both sides to
save expense. When the attorneys saw
that the Judge was angry they put their
heads together and finally agreed to waive
all technicalities and argue the case.
Judge McKenna finally consented and the
argument began.
The attorney for Hunting held that
"The Black Crook" was a spectacular pro
duction, and as such was not entitled to
copyright privileges. In support of his
contention he cited the case of Thomas
Maguire vs. Julian Martinetti, decided by
United States Circuit Judge Deady in 1868.
The plaintiff in those days owned "The
Black Crook" privileges under an agree
ment with Marras, the writer of the play.
The defendant owned a play called "The
Black Rook," which Maguire claimed was
a copy of "The Black Crook." Martinetti
responded by suing Maguire for an in
fringement of his play, and so the matter
stood when Judge Deady was called upon
to decide the matter.
His Honor held that neither party was
entitled to an injunction, as both the plays
were only "a grouping of women in scant
attire," and that the different spectacles
were only strung together by means of
brief dialogue. He also held that the copy
righting of such plays was against public
policy and that he would dismiss the com
plaint and cross-complaint.
The Grover people were taken aback by
this decision and they asked for time until
next Tuesday in which to answer it.
Judge McKenna granted the time asked
for, but at the same time said that there
was no use in coming into court unless
they were fully able to answer the decision
in the case of Maguire vs. Martinetti.
l>o Flies Talk?
An ingenious inquirer, armed with a
microphone, or a sound magnifier, has
been listening patiently through long
hours to the curious noises made by house
flies, and reports his belief that they have
a language of their own. The language
does not consist of the buzzing sound we
ordinarily hear, which i* made by the
rapid vibration of their wings in the air,
but of a smaller, finer and more widely
modnlated series of sounds, audible to the
human ear only by the aid of the micro
phone. Probably "this fly conversation ia
perfectly audible to the fly ears, which, as
every schoolboy knows who has tried to
move his hand slowly upon them, are very
acute. The hope is expressed that, since
the heretofore inaudible whispers of flies
have been detected and recorded, some in
ventor may construct a microphone which
will enable us to make out the language
of the microbes, and so surprise them in
the horrible secret of their mode of opera
tions. — London Public Opinion.
A GREAT NUMBER
r ■ -
W&mm
Will be Issued To-morrow.
THE GREATEST AND THE BEST
SUNDAY PAPER IN THE
WIDE WEST. l§>
IT WILL CONTAIN
GOOD READING MATTER
FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
Alice rix, whose spicy pen is so effective in describing social •
" events, writes about the big tennis tournament at san '
• Rafael, and gives her views on the drama in San Francisco.
■;■-...: These articles are illustrated by sketches made spe- . .
cially for the CALL by FRANK A. KANKIVELL.
A HOLIDAY ON OLYMPUS BY THE CALL'S BOOK REVIEWER. -
In this remarkable production such characters as William
Greer Harrison, In a Donatella Coolbrith, Adeline Knapp,
-the poet markham, and other literary personages, appear
under transparent disguises. ■ .
ADELINE KNAPP gives an interesting monologue on Higher
Education.
DANIEL O'CONNELL tells one of his remarkable stories on
the Startling Transformation in a San Mateo Garden."
THE USUAL FEATURES OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO MEN,
, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE PRESENTED
'r,"> IN ATTRACTIVE FORM.
«
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
rRICDLAfIOtR.OOTTLOD «»• u iim a.io nAHA4tR4 • •• ~ ) ,A$ j ' •
FIRST SATURDAY MATINEE- SV$4 - 5
THiS AFTERNOON 'V'/'.Jj.^'f
Of the Perfection of All American Plays, ' *;- ■■$*&
"THE SENATOR"
by •' .:• •.•:. ..^■\ih < i\
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY
SPECIAIj NOTIOBS
SEATS ARE NOW ON SALK t< ;.O.:<
For the Important Engagement of " " '■] .'■
MISS HtLEN DAUVRAY
Who Will Appear With the Frawley Company In
"ONE OF OUR GIRLS 1"
Reserved Seats:
Nleht 15c, 25c, 50c and 750
Matinee .15c, 25c and 500
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
MBS. KMMMCnni Kkklixo .Proprietor & .Manager '
THIS EVENING ' , ; <.'
A WHIRLWIND Qf? ; ', v -
MIRTH AND MELODY I Hf;
The Glorious American Comic Opera, ,
A SUPERB PRODUCTION
IN EVERY DETAIL.
j Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc
CALIFORNIA THEATER
AlHayman & Co. (Incorporated) Proprietors
MATINEE TO-DAY AT 3
TO-NIGHT AT 8.
DESMAN' THOMPSON'S PLAY,
THE OLD y
HOMESTEAD!
Management of E. A. McFARLAND.
New Songs by the Double Quartet.
Sunday Evening Next at 8 o'clock—*
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater In America.
WALTER MOROSCO....SoIe Lessee and Managoc
EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT,
FIFTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT—— :
Author— Actor— Manager,
WALTER SANFORD
In His Great New York Melodrama,
"UNDER THE LASH"
Branra Prices— 2sc and SOc.
Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. cg|tj [i
Usual BlaUueex Saturday ana Sunday. ?;"-' 7 $
ORPHEUM. S
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell.
MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY). JULY 6.
Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10c {
Children, 10c, any part of the house.
UNPARALLELED ARRAY OF MELTIES!
The Greatest, the Best, the Latest !
THE DE FOItRESTS,
The Famous Whirlwind Dancers.
"MISS SOOTTIE,"
The Calculating and Card-playin« Scotch Collie, -
BARTJLKTT AND MAY.
Peerless Grotesque Comedians. ■ '
OSS FRERES 3IARTINETTI,
THE MILLAR BROS., Etc., Etc.
RUNNING RUNNING
RACES! Sgjgjg^g^ RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
SPRING MEETING!
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Races Monday, Tuesday. "Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain
or Shine. i
Five or more races each day. Races start at 2 :30
F. m. sharp. . McAllister and Geary street cars pass '
the gate.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
EL CAMPO,
THE POPULAR BAY RESORT,
NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY DURING
THE SEASON.
Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and
Other Amusements. Refreshments at City Prices. •■
Fare, round trip, 25c; children, 15c, Including
admission to grounds.
THE .STEAMER URIAH
Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 a.m., 12:10. 2:00. V j
and 4:00 p. m. Returning leare El Campo 11:18
A. M., 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 P. m.
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