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TȣggPAY .AUGUST 15,1895
AMUSEMENTS.
Bazvwib Thfater.-"Too Much Johnson."
mi'.ia Theater— "Twelfth N! f lit."
MoKosiMß OrERA-HOTTSK— "Hnrbor Lights."
Tivoli Opkra-housk— "The Roysl Middy."
('FPHErv-High-Class Vaudeville.
A ; < A7.AK T h fa tkr.— "Marble Heart."
Ma. -1111x01 eh Theater (Oakusd) — " The
Amazons.'
!-tatb Board of Trade Exwtbit.— s7s MarkPt
meet, below Second. Open daily. Ad mission free.
Bay District Track.— Races.
Bt KCHAXICB' iNRTITfTK.— Opens AUgUSt 13.
California State Faik— Sacramento, Septem-
ber 2 to 14.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
Kt. Campo— Sunday. Aupust 18— Aquatic Exhi-
bition by Captain John Roaili.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
The contest of the James S. Hasklns will was
begun yesterday.
There was a good attendance at the Mechan
ics' Institute Fair last evening.
The mutinous sailor of the ship Alice will be
taken back to Germany for trial.
The California School of Design will open at
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art to-day.
Local Items, bright and brief, can be tound on
this page of the Call every morning.
The People's Mutual Telephone Company
will be ready for business July 1, 189 G.
The estate of Frank M. Pixley, valued at
?250,000, goes to his wife by will find deeds.
Mrs. Worthington's third trial has resulted
in conviction of murder in the second degree.
Weather Forecast Official Hammon predicts
for to-day: "Fair, except foggy and cloudy at
night."
Colonel Albert E. Castle of this City and Miss
Virginia Winston of Los Angeles were married
in that city.
The Naphtaly perjury case, brought up in
Judge Belcher's court yesterday.was continued
to Saturday.
Ophir Lodge No. 21 of the Independent Order
of B'nai B'rith celebrated its fortieth anniver
eary last evening.
The Half-million Club has sent a letter to the
interior press setting forth the aims and ob
jects of the organization.
William T. Tomlins, the Chicago musical ex
pert, will address 500 pupils of ten public
schools at Golden Gate Hall.
The third assessmont of 10 per cent has been
1. vied by the directors of the San Francisco and
San Jo«f*juin Valley Railway.
J. E. Chilberg, one of the survivors of the
lost Colima, arrived yesterday from Central
America on the steamer Colon.
Superintendent Moulder has prepared a
financial statement, in which he declares that
no deficit exists in the school fund.
The winning horses at the Bay District yes
tenlaywere: Benham, Bloomsbury, Red Bird,
Tim Murphy and Wheel of Fortune.
The widow of Harry Edwards, one of the
founders of the Bohemian Club, is forgotten by
the old members and unknown to the new.
The vacancies In the Republican County
Committee have been filled by the appoint
ment of Charles G. Clinch and G. W. ilcDer
mott.
The funeral service over the remains of the
late Frank M. Pixley, held yesterday morning,
were, at the request of the widow, of the sim
plest character.
The Supreme Court has sustained Judge
Slack's award of a commission to Umbsen &
Co. for the sale of a portion of the Washington
F. Ryer real estate.
Word was received here yesterday that Will
S. McMurtry, a young man well known and re
spected in "this" City and San Jose, had died
suddenly in Paris.
Soo See Juck, a Chinese laundryman , afflicted
with leprosy, committed suicide" at 1018 Stock
ton street last Tuesday night. He cut his
throat with a razor.
The sealing schooner Bowhead, which ar
rived from the north on the 7th, was seized
yesterday by the United States Marshal for tak
ing seals" unlawfully.
The California olive-oil tower that attracted
p*o miir-h attention at the World's Fair is to be
exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition in the
California Department.
The police have exploded any theory that
might have been formed concerning the visit
of Sirs. Groger to Durrant's mother, and they
will bother her no longer
James F. Kane, a saloon-keeper on Main
street, was convicted in Judge Low's court yes
terday of beating his wife and was ordered to
appear for sentence to-morrow.
Captain Douglass was presented by the men
of Company A yesterday with a diamond ring
and a pouch containing $500 on his retire
ment from the Police Department.
A scenic railway is to be built from Mill
Valley to the summit of Tamalpais, where a re
port and hotel will be established. The North
Pacific Coast Railway is back of the project.
J. C. Riley has sued Gustav Hink to enforce
the terms of an agreement by which the de
fendant was to give the Palace Restaurant on
Market street for some Glenn County property.
Two ot the men arrested on suspicion of
being "grafters" around the Police courts
were discharged by Judge Conlan yesterday
and four others had their cases continued for a
week.
John J. Hallinan, proprietor of the Midway
Piaisance, was convicted by a jury in Judge
Low's court yesterday afternoon of selling
liquor without a license, and will be sentenced
to-day.
The alarm from box 293 at 7:39 yesterday
morning was for a blaze in the two-story brick
building at 724 Jackson street. The origin of
the fire is unknown, and the loss is estimated
at $500.
Solomon Hpeflich talks about the suit he is
bringing against H. M. Levy to recover his
brother's papers, which he claims are In pos
session of the ex-president of the Hale <fc Nor
croßs mine.
.Railroad Commissioner La Rue introduced a
resolution at the meeting of the commission
yesterday to reduce Southern Pacific grain
rates 15" per cent. Definite action was post
poned for two weeks.
The officers of the First Regiment, N. G. C,
met last evening and decided that in any
event they must get into a new armory. The
captains were appointed a committee to take
the matter in charge.
The Southside Club has undertaken to finish
the boulevard to the Ocean House road and ex
pects to begin grading and macadamizing im
mediately that the driveway may be open for
the racing season at Ingleside.
An interesting and exciting handball match
was played in the Occidental court last night
between J. C. Nealon and T. F. Bonnet and M.
J. Kilgallon and R. Leninan, the two latter
winning in three straight games.
Frank Kane, secretary of the Pacific Coast
rPociety for the Suppression of Vice, swore out
warrants yesterday for the arrest of a number
of druggists on the charge of selling opium
without a physician's prescription.
The San Francisco Fruit Exchange met yes
terday and decided to make of Itself a State
exchange, with a new name and a larger scope.
It will also assist in getting -Xante currants on
the dutiable list and will try to reduce fruit
rates east.
The resident? of the West End, who have
been discriminated against by the dis
continuance of the Clayton-street car service,
will demand restoration. The effort to hurt
Mayor guiro's gift to the Affiliated Colleges will
therefore likely fail.
.1. H. Farthing, Mark Mentor and Henry T.
Welsh, well-known men of San Jose, returned
on the Colon from Panama, where t^ ev^'L ent
into a fraudulent mining scheme. G. H. tar
thing and Thomas Cooke. two cf the party,
died from fever near Colon.
Sofia E. Seimen obtained a $5000 verdict
against Jesse W. Mathers yesterday for breach
of promise. The case wrs tried before a jury
in Judge Hunt's court. The defense was aban
doned after the riling of an answer, and it is
believed that Mathers will not be found.
The most important action in connection
with the indignation meeting to be held Satur
day night at Metropolitan Hall will be the in
auguration of a movement to hold a State anti
milroad convention, whosa work shall be the
election of an anti-railroad Legislature.
Superintendent Vining: of the Market-street
Railway Company gives no satlslaction to the
K.-arny'-street merchants relative to their com
plaints as to the transfer methods in vogue.
The merchants say Kearny street is discrimi
nated against, while with Third street it is dif
ferent.
Extended interviews with a number of lead
ing Democrats of the City on the probable ac
tion of that party on the silver question reveal
the fact that there will be a sharp conflict in
the attempt to bring California into the ranks
of the National Democracy on the linancial
question as outlined by Cleveland.
tSßusalito will have a "Night In Naples." A
reliminary meeting was held yesterday, and
i general meeting has been called for Saturday,
August 17. The railway company proposes to
build a park on the water front. The plans for
the new town hall will be considered at the
next meeting of the Board of Town Trustees.
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
Arrival of One of the Sur
vivors of the Manzanilio
Disaster.
THE COLIMA'S FINAL HOTJR.
Quadman, the Mutinous Sailor of
the Alice, Will Be Returned to
Germany.
' A mute though eloquent record of the
Colima disaster was brought up from the
Mexican coast by J. E. Chilberg, a pas
senger on the steamer Colon, which ar
rived from the south yesterday. It is a
lady's small gold watch belonging to Mrs.
Chilberg. Mr. Chilberg had it in his
pocket when the foundering steamer took
her final roll and hurled him off to battle
amid the awful wreck-strewn waters. The
hands on the dial point to 11:20 o'clock,
marking the dreadful moment when the
Colima went down in the storm.
Mr. Chilberg was thrown in the water
with the splintered timbers of the deck
house, and drifted amid the floating
freight and lumber till he found the raft
and L. H. Peters, Henry Baeder, Robert
Gonzalez and Fred Johnson.
They sighted the steamer §an Juan
about three miles off, and while they could
THE ISLAND BRIO GALILEE.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
make her out plain on the surface of the
ocean the vessel went by them, her officers
failing to observe their frantic signals for
help. They landed upon the coast thirty
three hou s after the wreck and were
kindly cared for by the natives.
"We went to them looking like a gang
of pirates," said Chilberg, yesterday, and
they took us in like brothers. We were
battered, bruised and half naked, and
they never asked us who we were. The
hands of my poor little watch stand just
where they stopped when I took my plunge
off the sinking Colima.
"The crystal was broken by a stick of
lumber striking tne in the side, almost
knocking me senseless, but I kept my grip
on a piece of the deckhouse and I am
alive. Don't move the hands nor change
anything, for that watch, rusted and bat
tered and ruined and useless, is the most
valuabJe timepiece in the world to me.
It records and always will record an hour
the rcost horrible in all my life. There it
is— ll o'clock 20 minutes and 35 seconds—
and I think I'll remember that time o'
day."
Carl Quadman, the mutinous sailor of
the German ship Alice, who assaulted Cap
tain Kuhlman coming into this port, has
been turned over to the United States
Marshal. A warrant was issued by Com
missioner Heacock, at the request of Ger
man Consul-General RosenthaJ, and the
sailor will be dealt with as his Consul di
rects. As is the case of mutinous men on
board of a foreign vessel Quadman will be
kept in custody until the Alice sails, when
he will be transferred to the ship for pass
age home, where he will be tried.
The Pacific Mail steamship Colon, which
arrived yesterday from Panama and way
ports, brought up the following cabin
passengers: Jose Altmark, M. Alentor,
Mrs. J. Mainwaring, Rico Arroyo, Miss I.
Harris, H. J. Byrne, Vicente Carpio, James
Kinesland, Miss M. W. de Mathen, Mrs.
Martin, Garabaldi Carillo, Charles Dar-
Ihe Colima's Last Hour. Recorded by
J. E. Chilberg's Watch.
[Sketched by a •'Call" artist.]
bender, E. E. McCormick, Miss Peters,
Francis Juarez, W. J. Hollier, Adele 8.
Klee, Juana Garber, Victor Isabella,
Ernesto and Margarita Martlini, H. J.
Wel3h, Miss Martin. J. A. Gonzalez, J. R.
and Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. A. E. Wilson, H.
Ellis, Pedro Pelanz, Hugo Fisher, James
H Farthing, Miss L. Richards, J. E. Chil
oerg, D. Mugdon, Mrs. G. Gibson, L. W.
Stone, Senor Palanz.
John Enquist, second mate of the
schooner Dora Bluhm, now unloading at
the foot of Fourth street, was fatally in
jured yesterday afternoon. He was caught
on the* revolving drum of a donkey engine
and wound inder the large rope used in
hoisting out the cargo. When the ma
chinery was stopped and the unfortunate
man taken from under the gear he was un
conscious. He was taken to the Receiving
Hospital, where it was found that his
skull, right arm and left leg were badly
fractured. Enuuiat died at the hospital
shortly before 9 o'clock last night and his
body was removed to the Morgue.
The sealing schooner Bowhead, which
arrived here from Bering Sea August 7,
was seized yesterday by the United States
Marshal. Captain Noyes of the schooner,
in his report to the customs officials, stated
that he caught in Jauuary last nineteen
female seal m prohibited waters. His own
log convicts him of the violation of the
law governing the taking of seals within
certain dates and territorial limits.
There is a clause in the law, however,
which provides that a license may be issued
under certain conditions to sealing-vessels
to enter the waters called the "area of
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895.
award." Captain Noyes states that he
sailed without his license, though he had
applied for one prior to his departure for
the north.
Charles Mahaney, paymaster of the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, while go
ing on board the Santa Cruz Tuesday even
ing to pay off the crew dropped a bag of
money overboard containing $400. Tne
coin was recovered by a diver after several
hours' groping around on the bottom of
the bay.
The island brig Galilee arrived from
Tahiti yesterday afternoon.
RICHMOND DISTRICT.
The Police Protection Said to Be In
adequate.
The Richmond District Improvement
Association met last evening at Simmond's
Hall, corner of Fourth avenue and Cali
fornia street, Charles H. Hubbs presiding.
A communication was received from Mr.
Vining of the Southern Pacific's street
railway system, refusing to grant an appli
cation for transfers from the Sacramento
street line to McAllister street.
The secretary of the Board of Health
j also sent a letter in reply to a notice given
i by the association of defective sewage near
the Richmond Primary School, the par
ticulars of which appeared in The Call
some days ago. The writer said that the
matter should be brought to the attention
of the board at its next meeting.
It was decided to send a communication
to all contractors for sewer work in the
district asking for rates. As it is now
sorhe are charging $1 per foot and some 30
cents.
The secretary was instructed to ask the
Police Commissioners for a larger detail of
officers in the Richmond district, as sev
eral communications addressed to Chief
Crowley on the same subject had received
no attention. Several members spoke on
this matter. It was shown that the ex
tensive territory from First to Forty-ninth
avenue and from the Presidio to the park
was entirely without police protection, ex
cepting for one mounted officer on day
duty. There had been over 100 robberies
during the past two months within the
above bouncary, according to the associa
tion members, ana several persons had
,been driven out of the business of raising
chickens.
Another want of the district, as made
known at last evening's meeting, is a
grammar school. The secretary was
ordered to ask the Board of Education for
such a school. At the present time about
200 children are compelled to walk over a
mile to the Hamilton Grammar School.
OPHIR LODGE BANQUET.
Members of the B'nai B'rith
Celebrate a Memorable
Anniversary.
Forty Years Ago Ophlr, the Pioneer
Jewish Lodge on the Coast,
Was Founded.
The members of Ophir Lodge No.
21 of the Independent Order of the B'nai
B'rith, the first Jewish lodge on the j
Pacific Coast, celebrated last evening the !
fortieth anniversary of its institution by a i
banquet in the dining-room of B'nai
B'ritfa Hall on Eddy street. Covers were
laid for 100 guests, and there were but few
vacant places.
Ophir Lodge was instituted on August
14,1855. Among the early members wore !
Lewi3 Abraham, M. B. Aschim, L. I
Bevoctheimer, Joseph Danneburg, David
Torcheimer, Jacob Frankel, Levi Heine
berg, Fred Lewis, Jacob Meyer, Philip
Mann. Samuel Meyer, Louis Achs, Wil
liam Steinhardt, S. Solomon, Elias Schu
bert, Gabriel Scheier, M. Steppacher and
L. Tichner. Of these none remain, and
the oldest living members of the lodge are
William Saalhurg, who joined three
months after the charter closed, and P.
Toplitz, who has been a member for
thirty nine years.
The objects of the order of B'nai B'rith I
are folly set forth in its motto, "Benevo- j
lence, brotherly love and harmony."
When Opbir Lodge was established there
were but twenty-one lodges in the order.
Now it boasts of 447 lodges, some of which
are in Europe and in the Holy Land, and
its membership roll contains 26,000 namee.
The order has paid out $250,000 for orphan
asylums. $220,000 for sick benefits and !
$2,200,000 to the widows and children of
deceased members.
Before the banquet last night Ophir
Lodge held an executive session, at which
President Kollmann presented the organ
ization with a handsome souvenir emblem
suitably inscribed. It was a handsome
shepherd's staff with golden crook and
buckles of silver. At the feast
William Reinstein acted as toastmaster,
and the flow of soul equaled the bounti
ful 6upply of good things upon the table.
All the grand officers of the B'nai B'rith
were in attendance, and brilliant repartee,
good stories and eloquent speeches pre
vailed till a late hour. The list of toasts
and toasters were as follows: "Ophir
liodge," William Saalburg; "Constitution,
Grand Lodge,'' Jacob Greenebaum; "The
Order at Large," David S. Hirscbberg;
"State of the Order," Alexander L. Badt;
"District Grand Lodge," E. I. Wolf; "Our
Country," L. Simon; "The Ladies," L.
Herris; "Our State," Marcus Levy.
The present officers of Ophir Lodge are:
President, M. Kollman; vice-president, L.
Herris; secretary, M. Ascbcim; monitor,
William Saalburg; treasurer, L. Fleischer.
The committee in charge of the banquet
included M. Kalmucrt, William Rein
stein, M. Kollman and William Saalburg.
For Her Husband* Death.
Mrs. Fredrika Olsen, administrator of the
Peter Olsen estate, has begun suit against the
Merchants' Ice and Cold Storage Company for
$50 000 damages, on account of fatal injuries
that Mr. Olieu sustained ia a boiler explosion.
KEARNY STREET BARRED.
Merchants Get No Satisfaction
Whatever From Mr.
Vining.
STREET RAILWAY ODDITIES.
How the Transfer Methods Operate
In Favor of the Southern
Pacific.
Request after request has been made to
Superintendent Vining of the Market
street Railway Company by Kearny-street
merchants and residents of the Mission |
district, the Western Addition and Rich
mond for such an improvement of the
transfer system of the company as would
give passengers of the Mission and Sacra
mento streets lines an opportunity to ride
along Kearny street upon the payment of
only one fare. The requests have all been
unheeded.
The system in voeue will allow a pas
senger to ride all the way from Golden
Gate Park to South San Francisco via
either Sacramento or one of the Market
street lines, and around by way of Third
and Kentucky streets and Railroad aye- i
nue on the electric system for the payment
of; only 5 cents. In fact, he can get on a
car of almost any street railway line in the
City, ana ultimately transfer to the Third
street line, and continue on to the Potrero
and South San Francisco for only a nickel,
the California-street system and the Union
street and Montgomery avenue line being
about the only exceptions.
\Y T hy ?
The answer is easy: The Southern Pa
cific depot is at Third and Towneend streets,
and the Market-street Railway Company is
running its business for the benefit of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
There would probably be no great objec
tion to this, but it just happens that
Kearny street, by this peculiar arrange
ment, important retail thoroughfare as it
is, finds itself particularly discriminated
against.
Supposing, for instance, a resident of the
Mission district wants to do some shopping
on Kearny street. He or she can ride as
far as Third street, but there he or she
must pay another nickel or walk the few
blocks remaining. So also with the resi
dents of the western portion of the city.
People must pay an additional 5 cents if
they desire to ride a few blocks on Kearny
street, after leaving any of the east and
west lines.
With the residents of the North Beach or
the Potrero and South San Francisco, and
those of the South Side contiguous to
Third street it is different. Those living
southward from the Southern Pacific depot
are graciously given transfers to the con
tinuation of the Third-street line, and
those living at North Beach find the
Kearny-street line at their very doors.
Now supposing a resident of Pacific ave
nue wants to go all the way to the South
ern Pacific depot. All he has to do is to
board the cars of the Sutter-street line,
transfer to the Mission-street cars and
again transfer to the Third-street cars,
going depotward. The best he can do
with Kearny street is to transfer to Sutter
street from Polk street, and get off the
cars at one particular point on Kearny
street, that is all. He cannot transfer to
the Kearny-street line.
A passenger on the Sacramento, Clay |
or Jackson street lines can go to the i
Southern Pacific depot by transferring to
Powell strtft, thonce to Market street and
j thence to laird street, but he is barred
I from Kearny street. The Howard-street
i line transfers to the Post and Fourth street
j lines. By the horsecara of the Fourth
j street line he can get a ride for the full
! length of Montgomery street, but Kearny
street is barred again.
Doubtless a man does not mind walking
a few blocks, but with a lady it is otber
i wise, and to the Kearny-street merchants
j "it makes a whole lot of difference," to use
: a colloquialism. It affects their pockets.
! Hence ihe constant complaining.
The merchants of Kearny street did not
expect this treatment, they say, when they
petitioned the Board of Supervisors to
allow the Market-street combine to run its
trolley wires along that street. They
thought they were working in their own
business interests, and little supposed at
the time that it would result so contrarily.
So they have gone to Superintendent Vin
ing and begged and pleaded and argued
and threatened, but all to no avail. The
best satisfaction they have received for
several months was Mr. Vining's polite as
surance that "the matter is under advise
ment." It has never progressed further
than that. Mr. Vining is master of the
situation.
He gave the same answer to a reporter
of The Call yesterday, and said that he
had not been able to hold out any better
prospects to the large number of Kearny
street merchants who had called upon him
from time to time. The following question
j and answer interview then took place:
How is it. Mr. Vinlnp, that your company
' transfers from the Mis*ion and Market streets
| line* to the Third-street cars going toward the
; Southern Pacific depot, but you do not transfer
! from the same lines to the cars on Kearny
street?
Well, we have not yet thought it advisable to
do so. Our transfer system as it is at present
is susceptible of a great many abuses, aud we
don't want to open up any more loopholes for
people to get in on us and still more abuse our
I transfer privileges.
How could they take any illegitimate advan
tage of you by being transferred to the Kearny
street line?
Oh, they might ride arouud in a regular loop,
as they do in a great many instances now on
other portions of our street railway system. I
have had men show me how, by our present
transfer arrangements, they could keep riding
around and around the City for hourb, and all
for one nickel.
But that opportunity does not seem to exist
in the case of Kearny street, because you do
not transfer from Kearny street to any of the
lines crossing it. All you transfer to from that
line is the Broadway Hue going to the
ferries; and there would be no chance of a pas
! senger describing any loop by riding around
I Kearny and Broadway and back to Mission
j street, because at the ferries he would have to
pay another nickel to get on to the Mission
street cars there. Is this not a fact?
Yes, but then one never can tell where a loop
hole may be found through which a passenger
cau slip and take illegitimate advantage of us.
Of course, I am quite willing that a passenger
shall ride as far as he wants to in one continu
ous direction upon payment of the 5 cents
! fare, but we don t want people to ride all over,
aiound and around the City on that amount.
We could not stand it. No street-railway busi
ness could be run on such a basis.
Uut how is it you are not so particular when
it comes to transferring to the Third-street cars
so that passengers cun reach the Southern
Pacific depot by the payment of only one fare?
Oh, well, that's to our own interests. We
are working in our own interests, you must
suppose.
Very true, granting all that. But did you
not get the franchise on Kearny street in con
sideration of the benefit that line was to give
to the property-owners along that street and
their tenants, the merchants engaged in busi
ness there and dependent upon such patronage
as comes to their doors?
Well, as I say, we shall not make any
changes just at present. We are going over
the entire system of transfers as soon as we can
get around to it, and then we will endeavor
to correct a great many abuses that now ob
tain. These abuses simply teach people to be
dishonest and have a bad ell'tct upon the pub
lic conscience.
That was all the satisfaction that could
be obtained from Mr. Vining.
The Potrero people are liable to be made
to suffer a while longer, too, at the hands
of the street railway monopoly. They have
all along been counting upon the running
of the Illinois, Sixteenth and Solano
streets line. It is doubtful, however, if
any cars will be run on Solano street until
after the Bryant-street power-house is fin
ished. The cut from Bryant to York
street is about completed, so that it can
not much longer be used as an excuse.
The excuse that ia to be offered, though,
from what can *be ascertained at the con
struction department, is "no power," and
it is said no cars will be run on Folsom
street, besides, until the power-house is
completed and in operation.
One of the four acts of 1200-horsepower,
triple-expansion, surface-condensing en
gines — the only one made so far — was
being transported from the Union Iron
Works to the Bryant-street power-house
yesterday. Each set is to have two gen
erators of 400 kilo-watts capacity each.
Chief Engineer Forsyth of the Union Iron
Works is superintending the putting of the
engine together. It is a magnificent piece
of work.
LOYAL LEGION BANQUET.
California Commandery Installs Its New
Officers and Is Entertained at a
Banquet by Major Hooper.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Loyal Legion last evening was an
unusual event in the annals of the
California Commandery. A business meet
ing was held in the parlors of the
Occidental first, at which Lieutenant-
Colonel Edward Hall, Sixteenth Michigan
Infantry, Paymaster H. S. Bradford, late
United Mates navy, and J. M. Macdonougn,
by inheritance, were elected members.
Major W. B. Hooper, the new com
mander, and the other officers elected May
15 were then installed.
The commandary then formed in col
umns and, preceded by a band, marched
into the banquet hall, wnerethey had been
invited to a collation by Major Hooper.
The new commander was introduced by
Colonel C. Mason Kinne and given three
rousing cheers.
The banquet hall was tastefully decor
ated with the National colors. Speeches
were made by Colonel G. G. C. Lee, tT. 8.
A. ; Paymaster H. T. Skelding, U. 8. N.,
the junior rice-commander; Deputy Com
mander Charles E. Wilson of the G. A. R. ;
General P. F. Walsh, Professor George
Davidson, Colonel Charles A. Sumner,
Colonel E. C. Culp of Kansas, L. T. Hol
den of the Colorado commandary, Colonel
George Stone and A. H. Babcock.
THEATERS AT MIDWEEK
The Attractions at the Several
Houses Are Drawing
Well.
Announcements of Future Events.
A New Scenic Artist From
Boston.
On midweek night there was no decrease
in the size or character of the audience at
the Baldw ; 1 Theater, where "Too Much
Johnson" has caused so many to laugh
and kept them in good humor for hours..
This very funny play will be continued
until Saturday, when it will be given after
noon and evening.
From indications there is no doubt but
John Drew's engagement at the Baldwin,
which will commence next Monday night,
will prove a very successful one. Letters have
been received from various points — San Rafael,
Mountain View, San Jose and Oakland— asking
for certain nights for theater parties anxious
to witness "The Bauble Shop," representing
London political and society life. The sale of
eeats will commence this morning.
The Columbia.
"Twelfth Night," with Rose Coghlan, Henry
E. Dixie, Maurice Barrymore, Stockwell and
Beach in the cast, has been a most extraordi
nary attraction at the Columbia Theater. So
great has been the desire for ShakesDeare that
the house has been crowded every night. Last
evening there was only standing room before
the curtain rose. The box-sheet shows that
there has already been a great demand for
seats for the remaining nights of the week.
The next attraction at this house will be a
triple bill which will include *"A Man of the
SVorld," Barrymore's hit; "Nance Oldfield,"
which made Rose Coghlan famous; and "The
Critic, or a Tragedy Rehearsed," which intro
duced Henry E. Dixey as a legitimate artist in
fine comedy, and in which he made a great
sensation at Daly's in New York City.
The Grand Opera-Honse,
The highly rensational melodrama, "Harbor
Lights," has drawn large audiences at Mo
rosco's Grand Opera-house nightly. Lena Nel
son, the character represented by Mina
Gleason, has given that lady an opportunity to
show her powers of portrayal of the passions
and her interpretation of the part ha? won
much favorable comment for her. The several
scenes painted from photographs are artistic
representations of the scenic art, particularly
the mechanical and revolving changes in the
fourth act.
The next sensation will be "Cracker Jack,"
a story of life in Oklahoma, with Charles N.
Swain and H. Coulter Brinker in the leading
characters.
Sidney Childen of Boston, a scenic artist of
high repute in the East, has been secured for
this house, to take the place of Meyer Strauss.
The Tivoli.
That charming and much-enjoyed comedy
opera, "The Royal Middy," so accaptably pre
sented at the Tivoli Opera-house, is still a good
drawing card. Alice Carle as the Parisian
actress is a great favorite.
The next attraction billed at this house is
"The Black Husaar," which will be presented
in grand style. Martin Pache and John I.
Raffael will alternate in the leading character,
Helbert.
The Orphenm.
The vaudeville entertainment given at the
Orpheum, which has already been noticed at
length, draws crowded houses every night, and
the various members are received with decisive
marks of approval.
The German -Company.
"Die Orientreißse," by Blumenthal and Ka
delbarg, the original of "Orient Express," pro
duced last season in London by Augustin
Daly, will be given for the first, time in this
City by the Conreid German Comedy Company
at the Baldwin Theater. This comedy, its
original text, will prove very interesting to
those who understand the Grrman language.
COLONEL CASTLE WEDDED
The Ceremony Performed in
the Land of Orange
. Blossoms.
The Bride a Beauty of the South
and a Member of an Old
Spanish Family.
Colonel Albert E. Castle and Miss Vir
ginia Winston were wedded yesterday in
Los Angeles at the home of the bride, 737
Flower street. The marriage took place atl
o'clock, in tne presence of only the inti
mate friends and relatives. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Father McAuliffe.
The young couple left Los Angeles in the
afternoon for Coronado on their honey
moon, after which they will come to San
Francisco, which will be their future
home.
The bride is a member of one of the
oldest Spanish families, the Bandini-
Arguellos, and is noted for her beauty and
grace.
She is an attractive and highly accom
plished young lady and has traveled ex
tensively.
Colonel Castle is one of the best known
and most popular of the younger influen
tial leaders in this City in public move
ments. He is a member of the long-estab
lished and well-known firm of Castle
Brothers, and has come prominently be
fore the public in a number of movements
for the general welfare. He was lately ap
pointed by Mayor Sutro a member of the
new Board of Election Commissioners. In
the National Guard he holds the rank of
colonel, having been a member of Gov
ernor Markham's staff.
Colonel Castle is also vice-president of
the Half-million Club, and it was wnile on
an excursion of that organization to the
south that be first met bis bride.
VENIREMEN FOR DURRANT
Two Hundred and Fifty More
Drawn in Judge Murphy's
Court
THE VISIT OF MRS. GROGER.
Not a Bit of Sensation Lingers
About That Very Clumsy Bit
of Work.
THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE— THE
AFFAIR OF MRS. GROGER.
The police have thoroughly convinced them
selves that Mrs. Sarah Groger of 516 Leaven
worth street is not a personage of ar.y moment
in the Durrant case. So have the attorneys for
the defense. General Dickinson is of the im
pression that her vi6its to Mrs. Durrant were
made merely for the purpose of extorting a
few dollars from the mother of the accused.
This attempt, if such it was, was decidedly
clumsy, and failed of its own weight. At any
rate, the propositions advanced by Mrs. Groger
are found to have been based on fiction, what
ever her motive may have been. No further
attention will be paid to her.
Two hundred and fifty more veniremen were
drawn from the box by the County Clerk
yesterday aud will appeal in divisions of 135
each in Judge Murphy's court on Friday and
Monday mornings to answer as to their quali
fications to act as jurors.
Note to the Readeb — If yon wi9h only to
know what was actually accomplished in the
Durrant case yesterday the foregoing summary
will give you that information. If, however,
it is your desire to learn the particulars of this
Interesting trial you will find subjoined a clear,
succinct, impartial account ot all important
matters. Under no circumstances will the
offensive details be admitted. They are not
essential to an intelligent understanding of
the progress of the case, and will be accorded
no place in these columns.
The names of 250 more veniremen were
drawn in Judge Murphy's courtroom yes
terday morning by Deputy County Clerk
Piper, his Honor managing to get down,
despite a severe cold, to supervise the
drawing. The owners of them will appear
in court on Friday and Monday, 125 each
day, to answer as to their qualifications to
act as jurors in the Durrant case. Out of
this number it is confidently hoped that
the four jurors necessary to make up the
full jury will be secured.
While all this was being done Durrant
himself was taking things easy at the jail
reading in the papers the accounts of the
strange actions of Mrs. Sarah Groger, who,
it was at first supposed, had assumed the
role of a jury-fixer on a speculation. That
supposition was exploded yesterday, how
ever, and Mrs. Groger remains merely a
deluded woman and not another sensation
in the Durrant case.
"There is nothing in the story concern
ing Mrs. Groger at all," said Captain Lees,
who had examined her, yesterday. "Some
body is trying to make a mountain out of
a molehill, but I really cannot place the
motive. 1 can say now that there is posi
tively no evidence that Mrs, Groger has
made any proposals which could be con
strued into an attempt at bribery."
Mrs. Groger is merely a queer incident,
not a sensation, despite the fact that on
last Saturday she called upon Mrs. Dur
rant. At that time she could nelp the de
fense "as much as three witnesses would,"
and when questioned by the mother of
the accused she added that she "had a
relative and two friends in the case and
could influence them so they would bring
about a disagreement." She then left,
agreeing to return Monday evening.
Durrant, the father, followed Mrs. Gro
ger and saw her enter a pawnshop at 7
Turk street, after which she went to her
home, 516 Leavenworth street.
When the police located the woman
after having been informed of the visit by
Durrant's attorneys, Mrs. Groger was
brought into the presence of Chief Crowley
and there stated that she Had merely
acted for another woman, who had offered
her $5 to make the proposition to Mrs.
Durrant. She failed totally, however, in
any definite information concerning this
other woman.
The police and the attorneys for the de
fense are at a loss to know what to think
of the matter. They agree that the woman
is sane and Dickinson is inclined to think
it was simply a clumsy attempt to secure a
few dollars from the Durrants.
Mrs. Durrant is of the opinion, however,
that some enemy was at the bottom of the
whole affair, with the intent to tell the
story had she been foolish enough to have
given Mrs. Oroger any encouragement. •
Whatever may have been the reason,
everybody connected with the case is sat
isfied that Mrs. Groger made propositions
based on fiction, and she therefore drops
quickly out of the matter.
THE NAVAL RESERVE
New Battalion Formation— Changes and
Resignations Among the Officers.
Boat Drill.
A few weeks will see many important
changes in the- ranks of the Naval Reserve,
not only in the roster of the officers, but
in the formation of the battalion. Com
panies are to be merged into divisions to
correspond with the form-terra in vogue
on board of a man-of-war. The old Com
pany C and a part of B will hereafter be
Division No. 1, and the remainder of B,
with D, will constitute Division No. 2.
Company A at San Diego will be Division
No. 3, and E at Santa Cruz will be known
as -Division No. 4.
Two more boats are to be added to the
battalion, and regular squads of twenty
men are to be drilled every Thursday even
ing at the new boathouse at Folsom-street
dock.
.Lieutenant-Commander Stahle is to re
sign his position as commander of the
battalion and will be appointed on the
staff of his successor as surgeon with the
rank of lieutenant-commander. The pres
ent staff surgeon is to resign from the
service. Lieutenant Brooks, adjutant, and
Lieutenant Douglas will also leave the re
serve, the latter at the end of his term cf
office next month.
''From the Lowest Level"
A Story of Mining Life in
California.
By the Rev. J. H. Wythe Jr.
The Call has secured the right to pub-
lish this charming story in serial form, and
the first part appeared Saturday, Aug. 11.
Readers of The Call declare the story to
be one of unusual interest. The next in-
stallment will be printed next Saturday,
Aug. 17. It is customary to publish such
contributions in the Sunday edition of The
Call, but the author has conscientious
scruples against having any of his produc-
tions published in the Sunday edition of
any paper and in deference to his convic-
tions The Call has agreed to print this
story in the Saturday issues only.
The Call devotes a great deal of attention
to excellent articles on Western Themes by
Western men and Western women.
NEW TQ.DAY-^AMPSEMENTS.
.SO liAST 3 NIGHTS-
Last Matinee Saturday. .
"TOO MUCH JOHNSON,"
With WILLIAM GILLETTE and
All the Original Company. *.:,*
SEAT Brkhn
i sale fpnn
today Drew
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT—
"THE BAUBLE SHOP."
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mrs. ii.Ki.Es-T ink Khklino Proprietor «£ Manasee
. . i i ro-3xric3-__c i r —
Genee's Comedy-Opera,
"THE* r ~ r ~~~~~"”
royal middy"
As Great a Success as Heretofore.
SUPERB CAST ! •
i
Splendid Chorus ! Enlarged Orchestral
Beautiful Scenery ! Correct Costumes I
. ■ . . . . .• . . . ; .
Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc.
rniCDLAnOtfIGOTTLOD « 0>- u»Ei tiAiutMJ- ••
. ANOTHER T~ LAST
JAn I NIdHT.
And So It Will Continue to the End.
The Great Star Cast the Talk
of the Town.
Magnificent production of
"TWELFTH N IGHT!"
Next Monday— successes; three
I plays each night. _____
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater! n America.
.WALTER MORO&CO. . . Sole Lessee and Managtt
T ; EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT,
GUSTAVUS LEVICK
In the Celebrated Melodrama,
"HARBORJLIGHTSr
EvExisn Pbicbs— 2sc and 1503.
. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c.
. Usual Matinees Saturday ana Sunday.
ORPHEUM.
O'Farrell Streeu Between Stockton and Powell.
HOUSE PACKED~TOTHE DOORS
A MAGNIFICENT NEW BILL! /
e-IST-SX^T" STARSI-6
FAKNUM AND SKVMOCB,
CKIMMISS AND GORE,
THE S A VANS,
GUIBAL AND ORTIZ,
IHK JORDAN'S,
METROPOLITAN THREE,
STINSON AND MEKTON,
HORWITZ AND BOWERS, Etc., Etc.
Keserved seats. 25c; Balcony, 10c; Open chain
and Box seats, 50c. . _
ALCAZAR THEATER.
TO-NIGHT— AUGUST 15— TO-NIGHT.
ROSELLA LA FAILLE
as MARCO In
■ ■ ' - *:■'■'>■.•■ '% i i-.
MARBLE HEART-"
MACDONOUGH THEATER
(OAKLAND). .
TO-NIGHT— FAREWELL APPEARANCE.
Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theater Co.
To-niirht (Thursday)— 'THE AMAZOSS."
Next Monday (one night)— ''JANE."
TWENTY-EIGHTH
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
OF THE
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
I Opens August 13, Closes September 1
' Special Attractions in Manufactures,
Art and Natural Products.
i Machinery in Motion Will Be a Promi-
nent Feature.
• • GRAND CONCERT
Each Afternoon and Evening by an Orchestra of
Forty Musicians,
PROF. FRITZ SCHEEL, CONDUCTOR.
THE ART GALLERY will contain the Finest
Collection of Paintings and Statuary Ever Exhib-
I ited on this Coast. ■ -
• ADMISSION:
Double Season Ticket.. ;........ $5 00
Single Season Ticket 3 00
Children's Season Ticket 1 50
Adult, admission, daytime, 25c; evening, 60c
Children, admission, daytime, 15c; evening, 25c
Season Tickets to Members of the Institute, half
rates. For sale at Library, 31 Post street.
" EL CAM PO— EXTRA.
SUNDAY,. AUGUST 18, AT 1:30 P. M..
Exhibition of Submarine Diving and Sutmafln»
Explosions by the Noted Diver, CAPT. JOHN
1 ROACH. Record— on steamer City of
j New York, wrecked on Point Bonita: steamer Saa
! Pedro, wrecked at Victoria Harbor, Nov., 1892;
I Ship Ellenbank, afire at Union-st. wharf,' June,
! 1893, etc. Presenting complete and comprehen-
! sive demonstrations of the methods of a modern
; submarine diver, to-be followed by a Burlesque
Naval Display.' Fare, as Usual. 25 Cents. -
Boats leave Tiburon Ferry, foot of Market St., at
! 10:30 a. M.. 12:10,2:00 and 4:00 r. m. Returning
i leave El at 11 :15 a.m., 1:00. 3:00, 5:00 P. M.
RUNNING jtXkA&L.^ RUNNING
.'RACES! J&Wso&**i RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
SPRING MEETINGI
"BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. ;
. - Five or more races each day. .Races start at 2 : 39
p. _. sharp. . McAllister and Geary street cars pun
the gate. ' _\ '
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SACRAMENTO^!
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: Pavilion Exhibits
EMBRACING DISPLAY of
ELECTRICAL POWER
TRANSMITTED FROM ,
•-;',;_ i FOLSOM.'
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_fpvloyiv cr. ,
THE GREAT AMERICAN
CONCERT BAND
VW_ -XHVBVTS.
EXCURSION RATES.
_ for visitors.
Edwin F.Smith, chase
yySBSTf* PRES,
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