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Wi DNKSDAY DKCKMBKR 9, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. JUi/dwin Theatkk -"Moliere" and "Captain COD" Columbia Thkatkb— "The Cotton King. = -> .^Waco's Opeea-Hocsk - The Promised Land.' Alcazar Theateb- "Alabama . .\i-ii i pkra Housk. The Brigands. CKPHKCM-Hlgh-C ass Vaudeville. California Thkatkb.— "Rival Queens," Sat- urday afternoon. . -lit. CHUTKB AND (?KATINf» RI>TK:.-Dally at i-Mgut street, one block east of the Par*. , Hi*<. La- Kuth'ns *nrl pcrfornian-«» Acjiic t oast Jockey Club-— Races to-day. Mechanics' Pavilion— Annual Horse Show. AtC'llUA . Ai- S. By Mahioan & Co.— da?, December 9, « aeons, etc., at 1122 Mission street. 1} inimana A ttctiok Co.-Thls day. December 9, Millinery, at 1211 Stockton st., at 2 o'clock. Iv K. S. !-r>AK A Co. — This day. Decem- ber 9, Unclaimed Woods, at 31-33 Suiter street, at 12 o'clock. 1 ■* I bakk W.BcTTKKFiKi.n— This day, Decem- ber 9. Agateware, at 422 Kearny street, at 11 o'clock. By I. H. Thursday, l'ecerobor 10, Fur- ture, at 211 1 arkln street, at 11 o'clock. Iv : Kili.ip & Ca— Thursday. 1 December 10, Horses, at Van Mess avenue and Market sts., at 1 1 o'clock. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. J. R. Mitchell Is on trial for murder in Judge ■ Bnhrs' court. City (fficialsand the Grand Jury will discuss public aflairs this evening. Six new ruses oi d phtheria were reported at the Health Office yesterday. . ' Generally fair "Wednesday, with light winds- Forecast Official W. H. Hammon. The murder trial of Arthur J ackson will close in Judge Belcher's court to-day. Frank P. Dunnell has been granted a divorce ■ : from Alice Dunnell for desertion. The Rniiroad Commissioners will meet to day and may commence to fix rates. Mrs. Caroline Kusel accuses her sick old hus band, So.omon Kusel, of cruelty and demands a divorce. The University Regents yesterday postponed the election ot secretary t,f the board until next April. The Stste Board of Trade met yesterday and considered many matters oi interest to the .Slate in general. St. Ignatius College yesterday afternoon de feated Sacred Heart College at football, tee score being 8 to O. Edward A. Bagct, a druggist, has filed a pe tition in insolvency. He owes $2183 63 and has assets worth $200. Special excursion trains, with reduced fares, wiil be run to Fresno during the continuance of the Citrus Fair in that city. Everything is in readiness to rush the Val lt-y road through to Baker.- li^id as soon as the . through right of way is obtained. The winners a Ingleside yesterday were: Captain Skedance, Gre> hurst, Preston, Mt. McGregor 11, Palomacita and Cash Day. A Coroner's jury yesterday decided tha* little Ethel Kane's death was caused by bad meat or vegetables and not by bad milk. Judge Hebbard has granted a divorce to Laura A. Gage from William B. Gage on the ground of willful neglect and desertion. Dong Sun, a Chinese who was convicted of contempt in tne l)uk William;! ease, was par doned yesterday by President Cleveland. The Chamber of Commerce wants the Secre tary of the Xavy to au horize the navy-yard authorities to accept 200 more apprentices. Milk Inspector James P. Docke ry has tiled a demurrer to the charge of blackmail that was fixed against him byßuhland <fc Zimmerman. Jurer J. Donal d Robertson was excused from Judge Daingerfield's jury panel yesterday at his own request, with the thanks of the court. The Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision denying Mrs. Louisa Worthington, who shot and killed Harry Baddeley, a new trial. James M. Sharkey died on the 2d inst. and Mary 8. Barry has applied to be appointed ad miustra'.rix el the estate, which is valued at £1500. Frank R. Laumeister, who escaped from the Napa Insane Asylum in May, 1894, was rear rested yesterday and is now in the Receiving Hospital. Miss Lillie Llndo, widow of Jacob Lindo, who died in this City August 30. 1895, has ap plied ior letters of administration on her late husband's estate. Wvatt Earn has been sued to collect $1157 79 on old notes signed by the Exami ner's prize-riffht referee in Tombstone, Ariz., October 29, 1881. John Miller, carpenter, was yesterday held to answer briore tho Supericr Court for the murder of James H. Childs on Clementina street laut month. • Evelyn A. Smyth has been granted a divorce from John T. t-mythfor failure to provide. The defendant must pay $20 a month for the sup port of the minor children. E. P. Dewey, who is accused of raising amounts on advertising contracts, has been arrested and his confederate, E. H. Harris, has been located in Los Angeles. Biate Senator-elect Samuel Braunhart pro poses to introduce a bill into the Senate which Will give to the Mayor the power contem , plated in the defeated charter. The criminal libel case of B. D. Woodworth against B. F. Hudelson was partly heard before Eoiice Judge Campbell yesterday and was postponed until this aiternoon. • The Secretary of Agriculture declares that he does noL favor the estab ishmint of a weather bureau station on Mount Tainalpais, so he in lorms the Chambar of Commerce. Leading citizens of San Francisco who promised a gift of land as a site for the W'tl merding School are now requested by the Regents to make good the promise. Fred Riener, who recently fell heir to $250, -000, has Deen declared insane because ot the excessive use of liquor and has been com mitted to the Ukiah Insane Asylum. The merchants and property-owners of Third street are now agitating a movement for light ing that thoroughfare from Murket to Town send streets, with six arc lights to a block. . Intelligence has been received that A. Saba tie. an early importer, who died recently in France, has bequeathed property valued at $100,000 to the French Benevolent Society of this City. Assignee George H. Lent claims that John J. O'Farrel; turned $2320 over to Treasurer Witi bur with fraudulent intent, and he brings ac tion to recover the amount for theO'Farrell creditors. The benefit entertainment in aid of the emergency home connected with the work of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will be held in Native Sons' Hall this evening. George Williams, the confidence man, who escaped on Saturday mornii % and wbb recap tured Monday, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Corilan to one year in the County Jail, fix months for petty larceny and six mouths for vagrancy. Suits for divorce have been filed in the Superior Court as foilows: E. Williams vs. C. J. Ui.liams, Caroline Kusel vs. Salomon A. Kusel, Adeline Warner vs. Cnarles G. Warner, Ezra D. Baker vs. Mary Jane Baker, Margaret Johnson vs. Charles A. Johnson. NEW ICDAF \Sr^ '^^ f^SJ^- $Pw Womin and Wohik OniT are most com- petent to flilly appreciate the parity, sweet- ne«*, and delicacy of CimctJßA Soap, and to discover new uses for it d oily. To cleanse, purify, and beautify the ekin, to allay itch- Ing and irritation, to heal chafing, excoria- tions, and ulcerativc weakneescß. nothing so pure, so sweet, so speedily effective as warm baths with Cdticdra Soai\ followed, when necessary, by mild applications of CUTICDBA (ointment), the great skin cure. ' Sold thronehont the world. Priie. CCTICTBA, sf>c.l Soap. 28c i Hesc.i.tknt. We., anil $1. POTTER Deu« Ciifm. Corp., Pole Proprietor*. Hf»loo. _ -- or " liow to Produce LuxurUnt lUir," mailed Ire*. LONG GREEN'S BODYGUARD SWEARS HE IS A POOR MM Earp Has Lived in San Francisco Five Years and Does Not Know Where Sansome Street Is Situated. harkey Got Out of B?d and Went to Va'lejo With Lynch, His Manager. TWO DETECTIVES AT WORK. It Is Reported They H v? Discover? Enough to Send Sorm Peop.e lo the Penitentiary. The decision of Referee Earp, friend and companion of "Long Green" Lawrence, managing editor of the Examiner, is still the all-absorbing topic of conversation in sporting circles. At present the skirmish line is in the All Gasses of Craft Arc Represented in the Oakland Estuary. Whalers, Steamers, British Ships and Coasters Make Up a Motley Gathering of Over Eighty Vessels. courts, the stake-money is locked up by an injunction, and it looks now as though there will be but very little left of the $10,000 for Sharkey aiter Danny Need ham, D J. Lynch, the lawyers, court judg ments And training vxpenses are paid. Sharkey was taken from his bed yester day afternoon and went to Valle}o with his manager, Lynch. Just what this new movement indicates has not yet come to light, but it is suspected that they have received legal advice to the effect that it will be better for them to get out of the jurisdiction of the courts, in view of the present very active litigation on the sub ject of debts. Earp appeared in Justice Groezinger's court yesterday afternoon and testified that he was poor and owned only the clothes on his back. Although having re sided here tor several years he swore that ne did not know where Sansome street was. It was the opinion of many of the spectators that Long Green should take a day off and make Mr. Earp acquainted with the business part of the City. The investigation into the alleged qon »piracy to rob the betting public is being proceeded with very quietly. Detectives have been working on the case, and it is reported that the evidence they have secured is overwhelming. When Justice of the Peace Groezinger called the case of J. F. Carroll vs. Robert FitzsimmonK the courtroom was crowded with spectators. Wyatt Earp, who failed to appear at the former session of the court, was present and was the center of observation by the curious crowd. Attorney Arthur E. Mack was in attend ance to look after Sharkey's interests, vrhiie George Perry and Jacob Raver rep resented the plaintiff. Mr. Raver sat by Mr. Perry's side and suggested questions to him from time to time. Mr. Perry an nounced at the outset t at he did not wish to push the contempt matter against "Long Green's" friend. Earp was called to the stand, and in answer to a question by Justice Groezin ger explained why he had failed to obey i he subpena. He said the paper was handed to him by a deputy sheriff with whom he was not acquainted, and that having a nandful of correspondence at the time, he placed the subpena in his coat- pocket and forgot all about It. The witness was deferential to the court. "There is no reason why I should dis obey your orders in any way. 1 have been an officer lor thirty years of my life, and for that reason 1 know what it means io disobey the court." The court purged Earp of contempt and Mr. Perry proceeded to inquire abutb ut the certificate of deposit for ihe $10,000 stake ;noney. The witness said that he haJ the certificate in his hands at the time he acted as referee and when the garnish ment was served on him. He told about Lynch going out to his house on Golden Gale avenue and how they went down town to some bank, wi ere Enrp indorsed the certificate. He could not tell the name of me bank nor the street on wh.cti it was located, beyond the fact that it was Hbout a block and a half from the Nevada Bank on Montgomery street and in the direction of the bay. He denied tuat he had bad any under standing with any person or persons as to the disposition of the purse or the certifi cate o» deposit. "Do you own any property?" asked Mr. Perry. Mr. Raver looked interested. "Nothing, except the clothes on my back," replied Earp. He added that he had some race horses, but they were leased by him for three years from a woman who lives in Santa Rosa. Mr. Perry tried to find out from the wit ness the location of the bank, bat Earp, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1896. although he said that he had resided in t .is City lor several years, swore that he aid not know where Sansome street was. The case was then continued until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The suspense in this whole scandal will be relieved In the morning. Long Green Lawrence, Danny Lynch, Wyatt Earp and Thomas Sharkey, as well as the lesser stars in the "foul constellation" will be given a chance to prove that they did not conspire tn defraud Robert Fitzsimmons out of $10,000 and the public out of tne wagers made on the Sharkey fight. Colonel H I. Kowalsky, the legal repre sentative of Fhzsircmons, brought suit yesterday directly aeainst Sharkey to re cover $10,000, which the defendant is al leged to be withholding from the rightful owner. "This action," explained Colonel Kow alsky, "can settle the whole controversy in short order. If Sharkey, Earp, Lynch and that clique are in the right they can get in and prove it. If they are in the wrong they will bring up some techni cality and, en use delay. "We will appear before Judge Sanderson ami produce our witnesses. We will show that there was a conspiracy, by which Mr. Fitz-inimons was robbed of $10,000 and the evidence we have in our possession is overwhelming. "The reason we desire to put our case before the court so soon is that witnesses in affairs of this kind are of a migratory class. They are here to-day and tneir business culls them away to-morrow. While they are hore we want to hear their testimony instead of having to delay mat ters by having to send out of the State for their depositions. If the Lynch-Sharkey side wishes to act in gocd faith and hopes o present a clear case it can produce its evidence either this morning or to-mor row. There is no reason for delay in the matter. Either Fitzsimmons is right and Sharkey wrong, or vice versa." EDITOR BUNKER'S LETTER. He Contradicts a Statement,. Made, by Gibbs and Groom. Apropos of Referee Earp and his alleged -election by the National Club, on Monday last a statement from J. J. Groom and J. D. Gibbs appeared in The Call, of which the following is a part: The managers of the principals were arguing for several days over the appointment of a referee, and it became manifest as the.day of the contest approached that '.bey would make no selection, that they could not agree upon any one, and Mr. Gibbs and I talked over the matter, as it was importunt that we should be prepared at 12 o'clock, noon, of December 2 to name the referee in the event that the managers of the principals failed to do so. In discussing the matter Mr. Giobs stated that he had tn mind a man who would give entire satisfaction, as he whs reported to be fearless, cool and honest. He said that such men as Andy Lawrence of the Examiner, Mr. Bunker of :he Report and Mr. Simpson of the Chronicle spoke in terms of praiso of him, and we could make no mistake in selecting him. I said: "If he is good enough for the press he is eood good enough for me." As will be seen by the letter fiom Mr. Bunker, which is self-explanatory, he did not speak in terms of praise of Referee Earp, but on the contrary he advised the club through the Report to avoid the re sponsibility of selecting a referee. This is what Mr Bunker writes: Charles M. Shortridge, EdttorCall—T>EAVi Sib: At 4 p. m. on tne day preceding the Snirki-y- Fiizsimmous content our sporting editor tele phoned tn me mat Mr. Gibbs would call at the Report office between 4 and half-past ana leave tickets of admission for tne paper. At 5 o'CIo k Mr. Gibbs called, showed me the diagram, al lowed me lo select seats and gave me the tick ets. Incidentally I naked him if any referee had been selected. He answered in the nega tive, and added that in case the principals tailed to unit" on a man the club had some one who would surely suit everybody. I asked him who mis some one was and he told me it was Wyatt Earp, adding that Mr. Earp had been indorsed by people in good standing, in cluding several newspaper men. He asked me what I thought of the choice and 1 said I knew notnlng of Earp beyond the fnct tnat he had won a frontier reputation for courage. I iur tfaer remarked that the Reoon had iilready advised the club to avoid the responsibility of selecting a reieree.andl thought the advice was timely and pertinent. This was the on. y talk I had with anybody about the affair, and I should not have had this ink had not Mr. Gibbs called at the office to leave tickets and this talk was merely a casual chat while the selection of tickets was being made. Very truly yours, W. M. Bunker, President Daily Report Publishing Company. WYATT EARP SUED. O.d Tombstone L>tbts Bob Up Like Graveyard Ghosts. Attorney Joseph Rothschild yesterday filed a suit for J. H. Lavenson against Wyatt Earp, Marshall Williams and John H. Jackson to collect money due on two notes made in Tombstone, Ariz., over hf teen years ago. Both notes are dated October 29, 1881, the first being for $600 and the other for $510 79. Indorsements on the papers show that they were presented for payment at ma turity and that in the usual legal way they went to protest, the Examiner's noted gun-fighter and favorite priza-fight referee not thinking it necessary to provide means to protect the inte nty of his paper. In the many years that have passed those notes have been pursuing Earp, but he has dodged thera^ so successfully that nobody has been abie to collect anything on them. The usual methods of collection will be followed, and if Ea*p gets the sal ary that be ought to have for serving as the bodyguard of An ly Lawrence, the Long Green editor of Willie Hearst's Examiner, the long-suffering creditors of the discred ited referee may at last be consoled by eet tinc a glimpse of the color of his money. Earp will be called up in court on an order of examination aa to his property and his salary, when some interesting revelations may be expected. EARP AND HIS WEAPON. He Pleads Not Guilty In Judge Low's Court. Judge Low's court was crowded yester day morning, the attraction being Wyatt Earp, who appeared to answer the charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He was accompanied by his attorney, Frank Kelly. When his name was called Earp rose and pleaded not guilty to the charge. His attorney said he would waive a jury, but asked for a continuance till to-morrow morning, which was granted. It is understood that Earn will attempt to show tnat he had a right to carry the howitzer, even into the prize-ing, because ne is a deputy United States Marshal. KILLING OF BIOKS. J. R. Mitchell on Trial for Murder in Judge Bahrs' Court. The trial of J. R. Mitchell, charged with the muraer ot Edward Hides, was begun in Judge Banra' court yesterday morning. Rev. J. B. Warren testified that he was n hiß office across the corridor from the room occupied by Mitchell and Hicks. He heard the first phot, and on going into the corridor saw Mitchell standing, pistol in hand, at the head of the stairway. Hicks was distant some few feet and re treaiins in the direction of his (Warren's) office. The witness saw Mitchell fire two shots and then Hicks fell. After the shooting the witness saw Mitchell put the pistol into his pocket ana go down the stairway. Mr. Warren was the only eye-witness to the tiring of the last shot. Attorney R. A. Friedrich testified that he heard the shots and rushed to the door. He saw a man who looked like Mitchell on the stairs putting a pistol in his over coat pocket. A. S. Grant, whose office is near the apartments in which the tragedy oc curred, heard Hicks exclaim just before the shooting, "Take your hands off me!" Hick-i spoke as If laboring under excite ment. Further testimony will be taken to-day. — » ♦ » Holiday Attractions. Nearly all the stores have thelt Christmas novelties and nice things for presents well displayed, but in the lines of nice leather goods, such as plain and silver-mounted pocket-books, card and letter cases, valises, leather and celluloid albums, toilet cases, oil paintings, water colors, engravings and etch- Inss with appropriate frames, there is no store in the C'ltv that compares with Sanborn & Vail' s, 741 Market street. In this store there is not an old, shop-worn article to be seen; everything Is new, clean, sty.ish and good value. Visitors always welcome. Open even ings. • Trembles ot O'ComiKll & I>wi». Norman Parrish has sued Oso.ar Lewis, Char lotte A. Lewis, Martin O'Coaoell, Julia E. Carey, Clarence D, Vincent and W, E. Dean to foreclose a mortga< c for $9430. L«J rin tne day the creditors of O'Connell & Lewis filed a petition to have the firm adjudged l..sMiveni. NEW 10-DAY. Holiday Presents You can save enough on your clothing, buying it di- rect from the makers, to pay for your Christmas presents and have some left over. The largest stock and the most varied assortment of Clothing for Men, Boys and Children west of Chicago; the smallest prices of any store anywhere — the whole- sale manufacturer's price. „ We save you all the mid- dlemen's profit; we give you the latest styles and the best fabrics. Boys' and Children's Cloth- ing for the holidays a spe- cialty. Open Saturday night till 9 o'clock. AN IDLE FLEET IN OAKLAND CREEK Nearly Eighty Vessels Are Tied Up in the Estuary. Some of Them Have Been There for Years and Are Now Fast in the Mud. The Harbor Commissioners Discover a Job io the Bids for the Mail Company's Shed. While shipping has picked up wonder fully during: the past month there is still an enormous fleet tied up in Oakland Creek outside of those in Mission Bay, Richardson Bay and Martinez. All classes of crafts are represented. There is the whaler returned from a successful or un successful trip to the Arctic, the sugar boat that finds it unprofitable to run any more to Hawaii, the lumber schooner that can not make it pay to carry lumber from coastwise ports, British ships that have anchored there to await a charter and steamers that are awaiting better times. The etuary i* the most crowded portion of the State's water-front and no where else in America can a greater variety of craft be seen. The Lark Annie Johnson is among the fleet and the Grenada keeps her company. Tiif steamer Kahului is in the mud and the Kodiak awaits next spring to start for the Arctic. All in all there are over ninty vessels tied up in the creek and 90 per cent of them are likely to remain there until after McKinley's inauguration. Then wn-.n protection is again in force there may be something for American shipping to do. The only arrivals yesterday were the Ardencraig from Newcastle, N. 8. W. , the Win tesboro from Gre- nwood and the Mineola from Comax, B. f!. Several ves sels sailed during the day, so the fleet in port has not been increased. State Harbor Policeman Mooney had a peculiar experience yesterday. He caught a young man in the act of stealing a sack of beans from JacKson-street wharf. He had loaded it into a buggy belonging to the J. B. Bocarde Drayage Company when caught and attempted to get away. Mooney stopped him and, getting upon the seat, ordered tho iad to drive to the Harbor police station. The prisoner re fus d point blank, so the policeman had to drive himself. At the corner of Clay and East streets the young man made a jump, and before Mooney could stop the horse he was out of siuht. Captain Uun leavy has a regular officer on the case, but the chances are that the thief will never be h u ard from a -am. There is weeping and wailing and g.i. hing n teeth in Mare Island to-night. The ILiadilla makes her lost trip this week frcm Mare Island, and in future the officers, their wives, sons anJ daughters and relatives will have to pay their way Free! AT Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon Ci'.y 'Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sts. ALL BLUE SIGNS each time they want to come to San Francisco or visit the navy-yard. The whole trouble is over a anestlon of wharfage. The Harbor Commissioners have decided that in future the navy-yard tug must pay whenever she lands at one of the ytate wharves. This means an ex penditure of what the commandant is not warranted in shouldering. Consequently the officers will have to pay the wharfage or travel by the regular line of steamers. "All United States vessels pay wharfage in other ports," said President Colnon yesterday, "and why not in San Fran cisco? The Sunol, Monticello.and Herald that ply between here and the -navy-yard and Vallejo have to pay their lull dues and run opposition to a United States vessel that pays no wharfage. It wasn't fair and now all the craft are on the same footing. The Umatilla must pay wharfage just the same as any other craft." In the same connection the lighthouse tender, Madrone, will also have to pay wharfaga. Tbis means that in future she will coal at Goat Island and tne men, when they want a run ashore, will have to take a boat and row over to Lon » wharf, Oakland, and then come to San Francisco by steamer. It is hard on Uncle Sam's men, but "what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander," and the Harbor Commission will have just so ■ much more space at its disposal in future. The trouble between Captain Hicks of the Manchester an i Balfour, Guthrie & Co. has been amicably settled. The mas ter has agreed to accept the sacks in which the wheat is being placed aboard and has receipted for all that is now in the vessel's hold. Her stiffening is now nearly all in, and in a couple of days the vessel will go to Port Costa to load. The Harbor Commissioners held a short session yesterday and opened bids for the construction of a shed on the wharf De tween the Mail dock and Fremont street, now being got ready for the Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oriental Company. They were as follows: F. A.Williams, $(J098: J. H. McKay, $6070; Thomas H. Day, $5983; Healy, Tibbits & Co., $5978. Commissioner Cole had a short talk with Chief Engineer Holmes and then moved that ali the bids be rejected. President Colnon promptly put the motion and it was earned. New bids wer- ordered called for, and the advertisement will appear in the Post. It transpired later that the Com missioners thought there was collusion among the bidders, hence their action. Incoming coas ers report the sealing schooner Eppineer as doing remarkably well. She only left. here last Friday for a cruise along the coast, but even in that short Bpaceor time fifty skins have been taken. Last reports state tnat Captain White was doing well and that all the boats were nut. A year ago the Eppinger took 1363 -kiks in seven months off the Golden Gate. The Luisa D is over here from Oakland Creek but cannot secure hunters at the figure the managing owner is willing to pay. Should skins sell in London to-day at a fair figure the men will get what they ask, if not, the schooner is liable to go in to retirement again. Captain Sam Burtis, who is in command oi her, is one of the NEW TO-DAY. . / V : An idea of the daintiness of modern parlor furniture can be had from these little pictures. The frames are reproduc- tions of an old Colonial pattern. Curved back of polished mahogany, enriched by those dark veins which are never found in the more common woods. Notice how the arms come out and end in a scroll — Colonial! Give your parlor a Christmas present. California Furniture Company (N P Cole & Co) Carpets 117 Geary Street M at& JSEW TO-DAT-AKTJSEMENTS. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALIKR iIoROSCO. . .SoIe Lessee and Manager The Funny Western Comedy Drama, THE PROMISED LAND! • *A J THRILLING SENSATIONAL PLAY By Harry Meredith, author of "Ranch 10," etc. Wonderful Mechanical and Scenic Effects. . Startling • Situations; - •, Side-splitting Humor. ' Evening Prices— loo, 250 and 590. Matinees Saturday and, Sunday. O'Farrell Street," ween Stockton and Powall. Matinee To-Day (Wednesday), Dec. 9. .Parquet, any seal, 25c; Balcony, any sea., IJ3. v * Children, 10c, any pare - • NOTE THr. QUANIITV AND QUALITY, JEAN CLERMO'* \'S ANIMALS, GALLETT.'S MONKEY COHEDIANS, CUsHnAN AND MOLCOnB, KAOLY, THE THRfcE DUNBAR SISTERS, And a Great Vaudeville Company. :' COMlNU— Nllsson's r.uropean Aerial hallrt (the original flying let) in coujun' tion with Klralfy's Grand Opera Billet of fifty '■ Coryphees ' and live Piemieres— the grandest ballet ever produced la California. ■ : SUTRO BATHS. TUG-OX-WAR. GREATESf CO ■ TEST OF THK YEAR. AN I T KNATION .I, AFFAIR. STKKNGTH AMD MJKKIT TO WIN. - NATIONS KKPUKSENTJD. ■: England, .Ireland. Scotland, , Germany. It air. Norway, Sweden, 'Denmark, Portugal, Slavonia,- Cana !a and United States. : All the teams will pull at each performance. '■•. Two afternoons, Sundays," December 13 ana 20; seven nlxhts, December 13 to 19 inclusive. General admission. 25c; reserved s ats, 50c. . . • ■ MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OP ART. WINTER EXHIBITION. "*' . Open Dally from 9 a. m. 10 E> p. m. and Tuesday Evenings. ■:■■ Sundays from 10 A. m. to 5 p. m. •;;: Admission, 25 Cts. Jivenings, 30 Ct«. NEW to-day: | uy^^^^yyyyyMyyyMyyy\A 8100 d... Bubbles. Those pimples .or blotches that disfigure your skin, are blood bubbles. They mark the unhealthy condition of the blood-current that throws them up. You must get down to the blood, before you cap. be rid of them. Local treatment ■ is , useless. * It suppresses, but does not heal. The best rem- edy : for eruptions, scrofula, sores, and all blood diseases, is Ayer's Sarsaparilla. most skillful sealing masters in the busi ness, and should the schooner go to sea he may be depended upon to bring back a good catch. The Jane Grey, which was seized by the Government for illegal sealing and re leased a few days ago, will eidier go seal ing again on the coast or other hunting in Bering Sea. She is in first-class order and her owners have the pick of the hunters on the coast. Captain Fred Nelson of the Rattler is back from his honeymoon in the Sierras. If the sales in London are satisfactory he will fit his vessel out for another sealing cruise. U not, he will put tho Rattler into the coasting trade. The next of his messages preserved in the original, and which is also an auto graph one, reads as follows: SEW TO-DAY. There is other good tea beside Schillings Best — you take the risk in buying, and pay more for it. You take no risk in buy- ing Schilling's Best; your grocer returns your money in full if you don't like it. A. Schilling & Company San Francisco 476 SEW TO-I.AT— AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. AlHayman <& Co. (Incorporated).. Proprietor! Xiist Five Nights and Matinee Saturday MR. WILTON LACK AYE And his Great Company, assisted by MARIE WAINWRIQHT Presenting the Successful Unique Double Bill. MOMI-'.KK. CAPi. 808. A drama in one act. ■ Th« beautiful comedy. Last Performance Sunday Night. "V" A XVT Next Monday - One ntgtit only. X A 11 and her Concert Co. Seats now selling. tar THE BROWNIES! Thursday, December 17. CALIFORNIA THEATER. Matinee Next Saturday, December 13. RIVAL. QUKKNS! RIVAL QUEENS! . Fairy Operetta. Children's Delight. Seats 60c and 25c at Sherman & Clay's, December 10, 9a. m. • TRICDLATttILft.<iOmOD<» G>- usbEJAriDfuruatßi"- REALLY THE ONLY GREAT Production in Frisco. JOSEPH GRISMER AND PH(EBE DAVIES. First Time in This City of me Great • ■ • • Melodramatic Success, THE- COTTON KING! Calico Print Mill In Full Operation. Jolly Picnic scene, Filled With Songs, Dances and Merrymaking. Startling Elevator Scene — The Acme of Stage Mechanism. Next Attractlon-THK tRAWLKY COMPAXY. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MSS.KBXKSTINB: Krkuxi. Proprietor & Ji.aaa**c THIS WEEK ONLY. ••The Boots, The Boots. The Boots of • the Carbineers." Offenbach's Operatic Fantasie "THE BRIGANDS." NEXT WEEK, ♦♦THE BOHEMIAN GIRL." Look out for "Jack and the Beanstalk," Our Gorgeous Holiday Spectacle. "Popular Prices 25c and sOe. A MOST EMPHATIC SUCCESS ! A perfect production of the story of the Mouth, "ALABAMA! ' By Augustus Thomas. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF GEOKGE OSBOURNE & HUGO TOLAND ■•■< Order seats by telephone. Black 991. Night— lsc, 25c, 36c. 50c. Matinee— lSC, 25c, 35c. THIRD ANNUAL HORSE SHOW MECHANICS' PAVILION, December 9, 10, II and 12, 1896 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. CONCERTS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS, Conducted by VALENTINE HDBEB. General Admission, Day sOc. Evening 81 Reserved seats on sale st U. S. Crocker Co.'s, 227 and 229 Post st No seas reserved for day exhibitions except private boxes. « . : ' i.ood seats on main floor and all seats in gallery Included In price of general admission. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (NGLESIDE TRACK), The only Perfect Winter Racetrack in America. RAM Jilig RACING Racing from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, Inclusive. Five or lore Races Daily, Rain or Shine. KIKST i. ACE AT 2 P. M. ' Take Southern' Pacific trains at Third and Townsend sts. depot, leaving at 1 p. ic. Fare for Round Trip, including Ad« mission to Grounds, »1. 00. | ' Tan* Mlsslon-st. electric line direct to trace The G. H. Slurum & Co. Stakes, Saturday, Dee. 5. The Palace Hotel .Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 12. ■- > < A. B. SPRECKKLS, President . W. 8. Leaks, Secretary. THE CHUTES. Plrrl, the Chute Coaster, and Richards, th« Wonderful Diver, Every Evening— FKJSiSt NOW ON EXHIBITION, DE GEAR'S FARE AIRSHIP! The Greatest Humbug of the Century! ; NO r EXTRA CHARUE. 7