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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.
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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
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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.
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You can save enough on
your clothing, buying it di-
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and have some left over.
The largest stock and the
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the smallest prices of any
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We save you all the mid-
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the latest styles and the best
fabrics.
Boys' and Children's Cloth-
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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
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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:
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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.
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