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DAY.:...'.*. ;.;..; .AUGUST 2,' 1897
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\~N •°' AMUSEMENTS. ■ *„'•'•
/ Bai.b'wiv.Theateb —"Rosemary." *•'.
•".- Co'ltmbia Theater-- The Case of Rebellious
Susan." . •..-•. " 2 - .] ■ " •
Uorosco'b Opeea-Ho.sk-'A Bowery Girl.*' *
*" A I.CA7.AR Theater.— "House or Home'!, and
*; "Betsy.". ._;.,. '.*._ ' VI
Tivoli Opera Horsß.-.-'Waiig. 1 ' .)"
Orphecsc.— High-Class VaudevUle.
OBERON-.^-.Grarid. Concert.; ._''.[" '„'■■
_ t-t-TRO BATHS.-Bathlns and rerformance-.'
-The Chwis AND C'Ht'TE** Free Thea-ter.-^-
Bloomer Mfnsirt-ls, every a_fiernoon and evening. ,
Oakland Rack Track.- Races Tuesday.' •
• AUCTION -ALES.
By B. VTatkisr— August 2, ; florses,
wagons, etc., at 220 Val en, .afreet, at 11 p - cibc«."
• _*■"•' J- C. Mother— This day. August '_», Pa'-ooh.
Bar lixtures, etc.. corner' Howard and lilghta
• itreets. at 11 o'cli>cl*.. • _.:• .-*!
'.By Fiiask ***•'. BrTtxßFi'rci.tJ— This day; : Au-
fist 2, Groceries 131-1;*:' KleventU SU; art It
» clock. * ■-.■■■'•". ' ":; ' *• ■
ByG. H. Vmrsen*'* Co.— Tuesday, Septpimber
• --• ite*\ Estate, at IA Montgomery St., at 12 o'*loc_
•; CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. : |
.. -7.A fair Monday, with fresh winds.. '..:'■' \ '■■ .'
■There will be several hew. attractions at the
theaters to-night. ;' .•''.'•.": •
Six more men have -been doomed td-dsath
*•> Chinese highbinders. .. .': .. •
• ThesDldlers are still practicing with, small
; trms at. the Presidio range. '■"
■: The feast of St. Ignatius was celebrated at St."
t£.natius Church yesterday. -;}, 'A ■._•..
I At St. Faul's yesterday Rev- Father Sullivan
- mnducted his first solemn high mass. '.'•
The Fifth in fan' fyjf G. C , made a good
» laily showicg at Camp Shatter, Santa Cruz. . ;"'
Lieutenant. Crofton, First Infantry„ wiilsoon
return to. the Presidio and bring a" bride with
._r ■ A,: • I
= / ->nel Miles, commander of. the Presidio !
■*• si; has been granted a month's leave Of ab
.■ I ■ -*••; ."] ' •*.'. . *;«.■.: ■'■;.'•*;■• ■ "■'.
iS In'gadier-General Shaffer, department com- j
Tinuder, has. taken up his residence at.Fort
Mason '.•.•..'■"']
" The Deutscher EriegeT Verein held its regu- I
lar monthly medal shoot at - Shell Mound j
• i*esierday, : .'..'.••' .'= •'.' •
V At the Occidental handball court, yesterday.
. ;«■ .1. Kilgallon defeated Pi J. Kelly by three j
;:iinea 10 one. 'V , '- •'jWUB
.The cricket match played yesterday between I
-.-. lie Bachelors and Benedicts resulted in' the i
formers' favor. • sESnfc'7Bfl *
Admiral J. N*. Miller, V. S. I*.. arrived from |
...she -East: last night, iind will sail for HOu.o- :
• ruin next Thursday. - "*..'-.'•-
V. The Harbor Police made a grand round up j
•i the pickpockets that have been Infesting I
..he. water front, yesterday. ■ .. *
-..The Olympic and Acme Club Wheelmen had i
. Vi Joint run to Lake Cha bot yesterday, which j
.-. was attended :hy ninety cyclers. ■ .
- The military, marksmen were in the majority |
•'••it the Shcil. Mound rifle.range yesterday, and •
'■leverAl fair scores were mad. "._.'. j
-.'." W. C. Peyton's. Flying and. Royal Buck j
... Ifvided first and second moneys yesterday at ;
; be T-ngleside cour6ihg park, meeting. .
'."-** George Powell, a rhotermah on the Potrero i
;.-llec.tri'c l-i'ne,'-d.ied-su.ddenly from heart trouble V
.'.tt the Receiving Hospital last night.
. ' .':' 'The gaherkl relief; committee of th. Odd ,
j; i Fellows .el^fctea officers' yesterday at.d.:ba__
• iue ted visitors from.Sacramento«n.d Stockton. 1
. H.uffe'rdine. a dental student, .warn
'■from.. /".ausal-ito to Belvedere : . yesterday; ■ and j
'.__ was in. the water an. hour, and twenty minutes. I
V The foreman at the Slitro Baths says no one
-in 'authority there; refused- the '---negro,:- John :
-.Harris, .a. bath;- buthe -st-ys ho -negroes are.
'.-.■; i.llbwed.to.bathe. there'; '-.- ;'•' .'.'•• •: A ■'.'■>•■
■'A line of steamer, is .to; bee established to
-.- V:d h beet San Francisco •: with Yladiyos took, the
~:\ -.'.astern terminus of, . the. Trans-Siberian-
■- :acL\\-: '■'. _;-..'.'•■..,.•. „-'. '".. ■' '..'•■■ ' .'. ' -.; i*.-*f'**
> V. ; The firs', district of ' the- League -of the Cross
'Cadets bad aurally at'.st'VPaurs-.Ch.urch yester
ftay " % ill fun McCarthy wb-n the- essay cOn=
o test-apd was -awarded a suver. medal-, * ' -' ,"---'
t;Tli;e Asßjeinbly : .Club, ft si&aifi.i' Vdriahization'.oJ'
k "'.''i:> : .1 people-, VWlllgiVe-flnailcial .backiri-g -to"
» ■-U. stiit oil John Harrisi riganut. Adoflpa Sutro-.
iv. r.Viisiiiß him the.us. of thp-baths.. '.'.':'".'
'George 'Burke;- a 'boy blacksmith, was ar?
rested early y.es:!erday morning for breaking
• i the- grocery anrt\s_Jooh of Gedrga Bchu- j .
/.'mochler-,. and Second streets- „' .'-.■' 'j
- --Dr.' Julfus Koehlg.wljl address the Rah. Fran- j
.. .vj.lico Farmers' C'7ub:this:e.vehin]*. at .o'clock, .! '
it the Mechanics' Institute. 3 Post street, V
_n? 'The Beet Sugar Industry .in.'Calif o.rnia."
The Rev I. K. Beard, CD preached last ■
' V'nizbtVat Grace M. ft* Church on "The Sting of ' '
Poverty* It was the last of a aeries of. inter- ;
*.- Mting di.courses.'oii current social problems. |
h The eleventh annual picnic of the Rebel '
V '""o'rk" ' Bawevblent AsSociatio.n' ..trait held at j'
.c'helx Mbuhd Park: yesterday. • Over 4000 .peoe *'
- ::''p:e' : wfc.re present and all had a. most en jnyable'. ;
;' .'tirrie. •'..= .';-'. ;.';'' '- .■• V". ; " -V- •-' . ' -f*":. 7.1
Mrs. 'EiviaVCrox ' f-eabr-boke is fndignaTt over -j
'h< repbm-th.atshe has!;.applied- for- a.dH.oi.**,
■■• snd dea*.'e's ; it emphatically, says she will
'■■: oot marry Ferris Hartman, for she does not . :
love him. _'.-:■'
7 ' There will be". reßu'sr., meeting -of the
'-.' Olympic Club in : the. clubrooma. this evening
'• -i.t;S o'clock, for'tne purpose of. electing;.*; com
;-m-u'tee.of.'fiveVio' nominate candidates lor office-'
•" for theensnin2"term >'! '._' '"'.*■ "'
August Matta. a jailor oh the. Jso'yo, had to
'.•bfive hisjegamputa'tedat the Branch -Receiv- j
. . -ing.Ho-pital-'y .'i.terday, ; pn .Ccouht.bf careless- '
■• ness in trying to board- a', csrof the .San- Fran- I
Cisco aad San Mateo electric'.llne. -
Rabbi Kidoi Myers lectured last evening at ,
; the. Bush-street synagogue on th© subject of
•'■'. "'Judaism vs.' Pa'gacgs.ni." He declares him
self in f_V.or ibf pure; rabbinical Judai.m with
' all i.*s ritual; and is Will ing to tolerate the. use ;
;• of organs in synagogues. -'
George. Cum ining, in a lecture before the so- .
- - ciaiists last evening, declared .that the.discov
•.ery gold of on the Kiondyke will prove curse
" Instead of a -blessing to the people ol -this i
country.* 'He asserted, that a- rich gold mine |
7- never proves to.be" a benefit to any country. •• ',
• There is still a great deal of Interest in this
City and elsewhere in the proposed .expedi- '
'" tion of the Lancing to Peru. Those most la- .
.' miliar with tne* conn try speak in. the highest!
'terms of* Its mineral and general resources.]
The hatoes'of those .back of the c trip tothe.
land of the Incas are.not known to the gen- I
eral public and the captain vi the ship is not I
77 ret at liberty .to divulge them.
4 success of the Letter-Carriers' conven
*Vtloh, which is to be held in this City next ;
month, is threatened -by the Southern Pacific, ,
■AM of the l.astern roads have offered reduced- |
'rates, but the local monopoly refuse, to do ,
anything for the carriers, and it begins to look |
: 'as though there will be -imply a sparse gath- j
cring oi delegates instead of the 10,000 or !
v more sightseers that have been counted upon.
V. ;.- — '■ — — * — * —
Bullwinkle Dead.
■■'"■'■ August Bullwinkle, who was shot by Manuel
7 Kruil at 113 Oregon street on last Friday, died
':' .at 'the.Waldeck Hospital yesterday morning,
.The Coroner was notified aud had the body
.'" removed to the Mo. ue,' where an inquest will
„ ;be held. In the meantime Judge Low had re
• ; lease- Kruli on his owa recognizance, on the
promise that he would be present fa court ou
_ • next Saturday to undergo an examination. ;
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SEW to-dat:
ECZEMA
Most Torturing, Disfiguring,
Humiliating
; Of itching, burning, bleeding, scaly skin
.. snd scalp humors is instantly relieved
-... by a warm bath with Cuticuba Soap, *
rV- a single application of Cuticuba (oint-
:•:-.' ment), the great skin cure, and a full dose
• of Cuticuba Resolvent, greatest of blood
purifiers and humor cures.
( (uiicura
Remedies speedily, permanently, and
economically cure, when all else fails.
• Pottib Dbco Air. Cbsm. Cobp. Sole Prep*., Bo<rte«.
MT "How to Cora Every Skin and Blood Humor,-' free. •
PIMPLY HBEf^WMS^t " 1
KLONDYKE A
GREAT CURSE
Antagonistic ■ Views of
George Cumming on
j the Situation.
•The: Rus h: to the . Mines De
'. 7" Glared-;' to -Be Injurious
■Ai. '-■ to -the: Country.
He Says : Tbat -Gold. Causes tho Fall
.of Nations 'and. 'ls the Evil
■;.-.:■••■■_ "-of- the Age.. '.:'■ =
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The popular .subject of the gold of the
Kiondyke was discussed 1 at the meeting
of .the Columbian branch of the Socialist
Labor party last evening, but. not in the
feverish manner in which it is talked of in
other places. -.It was discussed from an
economic standpoint, and finally the ver
dict.was that the discovery is. not in the
long fan so much of a benefit, as it is or
will.be a curse. The speaker was George
Cumnring, the manufacturer, and his sub
ject wa;?, "What benefit will result to so
ciety from the discovery of gold on the
Kiondyke ?". -Jir.C.u mining is well known
in this City, having been prominently be
fore the people in a number of progressive
and reform ' movement?. , The chairman,
R.T. ;Mclvor, introduced him as one who
is not yet a socialist, 1 but who has done
much good in aiding in the cause of
humanity,-.
• Mr. . dimming began by saying that
there are two ways of looking at the sub
ject. : One is that the discovery will add
greatly to the circulating medium of the
world;, furnish employment for a large
number of idle men and cause business to
boom. The other is from the standpoint
of the economist—what effect will the dis
covery have uoon society? Before answer
ing, bis own question the speaker re
viewed the situation in mi. State, and
cal lea particular attention to the fact that
here we have everything that the human
family could wish. Yet for all that men
are compelled to tramp the streets in idle
ness, while their children suffer for the
common necessaries of life and the women
go in rags. At the same time the State
could support many thousands of more
people.
Then he spoke of gold as a medium of
.exchange, and said tnat men have raised
this metal to the position of a god. This
excitement simply means that thousands
of men are rushing off to the new fields for
the purpose of digging more of the same
god out 'of holes in the frozen- ground in
order that they may do some more wor
shiping. .•'.''
• In regard to the effect on the country,
Sir. Cumming stated, that the discovery
will be of ho benefit whatever. - He said
that a. great gold mine was never a benefit
to a Gauntry. He cited Spain, which in
.her: palmy days had the wealth of the
world poured into her lap, but where is
she no* ? Mexico and Peru, also rich in
the wealth of precious metals, are
Countries to be pitied, for their people are
the! most degraded in the world.
. .H a '-quoted, a Mexican saying that "a
rich '• ed'id.. • mine never benefited a
country,!' Marty an ancient country, he
stated, owed its downfall to its wealth,
Which always Hows into the coffers of a
la*vo?e'd "tew.'- while . the 'masses became
.'slaves. Mr.. Cumming made no exception
Of California. He- said that it was not
her gold that made "this State great, but
.the other natural' advantages of climate,
soil, its situation for commercial purposes
and the opportunities for men to labor to
advantage. "• It is true the gold mines first
attracted the attention of the world to the
' State^ but -other features made the .State
great. He declared that the mines now
aie ho benefit to California..
The hv-draulic apparatus have torn up
' beautiful. and productive valleys and
brought: fuin'to hundreds of farmers and
or.chardi_.ts by the overflow of debris
: . washed from the hills and valleys. "In
other words," said he, "we have torn our
beautiful Slate into barren gulches and
frightful boles in order to get out a little
gold, for what purpose — to pour into the
pockets, of the Rothschilds in Europe,
leaving us the holes."
'. Mr; Cumming contended that this rush
for gold is but the gambling lever— de
sire: to become, rich all at once and with
out the long labor that alone should go
with wealth. Hi* remedy for all of these
evils is the substitution of paper money
as a representative of labor and the aboli
tion of the precious metals as a medium
of exchange. He advocated the use of
notes simply to represent labor, tbe true
wealth of-evey country. Mh___
♦
. SOCIALISM WILL COME.
Views of Tom Beresford, the Author
■'"■ -of Several Political Works.
'• Washington Hall, on Eddy street, was
filled last evening, it being the regular
gathering, of the American Branch. The
speaker of the evening was Tom Beresford,
the author of a clever book, "The Philos
ophy of Wage Slavery." His subject was
"Inevitability of Socialism." His reasons
for believing that Socialism will prevail Is
because things are working that way.
He said that the middle classes are be
ing crushed down into the wo.'kmg
classes. They then will have the same
economic interest and, ■ therefore, the
same political Views as the working class
and will unite in* order to right the com
mon enemy. He pointed out that this
industrial evolution was working precisely
as Carl Marx and Herbert Spencer had
predicted.
Mr. Beresford described some of the hor
rors of the great French Revolution, and
he said, "Some people think that social
ists are trying to bring about a violent
revolution similar to it, but such is not
the case.
"The very reverse is true; we are run
ning a race with the train of events that
produce violent revolutions. Like cause
produce like effects, and the same causes
that produced the terrible French revolu
tion are at work in .this country. Social
ism can and will be won by the ballot.
Even if violence were successful political
methods would have to be used afterward
in any case."
May Bo a Sort of Double-X Ray.
A remarkable discovery has just been
made by FranK L. Woodward of this city,
in the rinding of a new ray of light, closely
resembling the Roentgen in its properties,
but produced under entirely different con
ditions. The rays are obtained directly
from decomposed light, and Mr Wood
ward has named them Spectropic X rays.
They have great penetrative power, and
with them radiographs of the hand and
other non-transparent bodies have been
obtained.
Like the Roentgen ray, the Spectropic
X ray eludes the. spectroscope, and is
believed of very short vibrative period.
.The discovery of the Woodward rays
will throw important light upon the
nature of Roentgen rays, and prove
beyond douDt that the Roentgen rays are
waves of very short vibrative period.
The details of the method of production
of the Woodward rays have not yet been
made public. Mr. Woodward is a mem
ber of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers of New York City.— Albany
Argus. „ t j
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1897-,
NEGROES CLAIM
CIVIL RIGHTS
They Insist Upon Equal
Privileges in Public
Baths.
A Social Club of Colored People
. ' Will Back the Suit Against"
Adolph Sutro.
Superintendent Harrison Says He Has
No Knowledge of the Alleged
Kefusal.
Superintendent Harrison of tho Sutro
baths, when seen yesterday in regard to
the suit brought by the colored man. John
Harris, against Adolph Sutro for $10,000
because he was refused the privilege of a
bath in the big establishment out nt the
ocean beach, said that neither he (Harri
rison) not any one else in authority there
knew anything about the alleged refusal
till they saw the story published in The
Cat.l. If any one under Harrison had
prevented the negro from going into the
water he says the matter would have been
reported to him, but neither, the ticket
sellers at the door nor any of his assist
ants at the baths have any knowledge of
the affair.
"Negroes,'' he said, "so long as they are
•-ober and well behaved are allowed to en
ter the baths as spectators, but are not
permitted to go in the wa*er. It is not
a matter of personal feeling with us but of
business necessity. It would ruin our
oaths here because the white people would
refuse to us.- them if the negroes were al
lowed equal privileges in that way. No one
could in equity expect us to make such a
sacrifice. 1 do not think sucn a case could
ever be won against us. Public sentiment
would te too strongly in opposition for
any law to force such a commingling of
tue white and colored races. Ido not be
lieve the case will ever come to trial."
"Some of the young men in the bath,"
continued he, "might have told the col
ored man he could not go in and no ap
peal have been made to the superintend
ent. If he had applied to me," said Har
rison, "the money he claims to have paid
for his ticket would have been promptly
refunded."
As to the motive of the application for
a bath and the suit Harrison could guess
no more than any-one else. "It may have
b*en intended as a test case, as no such
question has ever come up here before, or
it may have been prompted in spite by
some enemy of Mr. Sutro. Never since
the baths were opened in March, 1896, has
a colored person attempted to mingle
with the whites in the water. I noticed id
the papers a short time ago that the
Grand Army of the Republic had consid
ered this question of mingling with the
negroes and had decided that socially
they could not expect to be with the
whites. 1 think this decision would ap
ply to bathing together."
Adolph Sutro's son, Edgar Sutro, when
seen in regard to Harris' suit, said he
knew nothing of either it or the refusal to
let him bathe until he read it in The Call.
He did not wish to be quoted as to his
opinion of the result of the suit. He was
confident that it would be ruinous to al
low negroes in the baths, because tbe
white people would be unwilling to min
gle witn them. There were not colored
people enough here to justify separate
baths for them on a large scale, ana he
could see no remedy. He did not antici
pate much trouble from the following up
of this attempt to get in, because he be
lieved the influential and better class of
colored people recognized the correctness
of the present arrangements, and had no
wish to force themselves into mingling
with th. whites when the whites did not
wish it.
The Assembly Club, which is social
organization, comprisinga membership ol
165 of the better class of colored people in
this City, is very much interested in the
suit, and is prepared as a body to back up
with financial aid and all their influence
either this case or any other brought by a
negro to teat the rights of their race in
this matter.
A. L. Dennis, president of this club, said
last night that the social organization of
which he is the head had been largely in
strumental in securing the pafsatre of the
civil rights bill in the last Legislature,
known as the Dibble b 11. They had a
fund set apart fjr that special purpose.
Therefore they are much interested in
having the new law brought to proof.
The bill was to have became operative
in sixty days after passage and sine*.
April 29 it has been the law of California
that no railways, hotels, restaurants, bar
ber-shop!-, batnboases and other like insti
tutions licensed to serve the public shall
discriminate against any well behaved
citizen, no matter what his color.
The Assembly Club appointed a civil
rights committee to work for the passage
of the Dibble bill, and when it became a
law they adjourned not to meet again till
a test case was made under the law, but
were to ro to work ass sting it in securing
subscriptions and otherwise. Tue ma
chinery therefore is all ready for an or
ganized effort to make the bill effective.
The club does not know John Harris
and has had no hand in bringing or sug
gesting the suit. But the personality of
the man makes no difference, as they will
work for the principle of the thing. They
deprecate any suit brought from a merce
nary motive and aim only to secure recog
nition of equal rights for their race.
Blaicr's Whist.
Speaking of protocols and treaties Mr.
Labouchere once /told this story: ''Years
ago I was in America and went down
with the English Minister in the United
States to a small inn in Virginia, where
we were to meet Mr. Marcy, the then
United States Secretary of State, and a
reciprocity treaty between Canada and the
United States was to be quietly discussed.
Mr. Marcy, the most genial of men, was
cross a*, a bear. He would agree to noth
ing. 'What on earth is the matter with
your chief?' I said to a secretary who ac
companied him. 'He does not have his
rubber of whist,' said the secretary. After
this every night the Minister and I played
at whist with Mr. Marcy and ids secre
tary and every night we lost. The stakes
were trifling, but Mr. Marcy felt flattered
in beating ihe Britishers at what he called
their own game. His good humor re
turned and every morning when the de
tails of the treaty were being discussed
we had our revenge and scored points for
Canada." V.
Selling Liquor from a Bicycle.
Samuel Coffee of Paulson, Armstrong
County, is in jail on charges of illegal
liquor selling. Mr. Coffee ran the original
bicycle speak-easy, vHe purchased a v ' 97
model bicycle and carted his stock in
trade about on his wheel. When he met
a party of men they all drank from the
same canteen, which was; fastened se
curely to the frame of his wheel. He was
supplied with » large bottle full .of big
sugar pills. These pills he retailed at 20
cents each. He called himself a doctor
and gave each of bis patients a drink
from "his tin can to wash the pill down.
He is said to have had the largett; and
most lucrative medical practice in' Arm
strong County. — Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
In ancient times bones were collected
from the battle-fields, ground to powder
and used to fertilise the land.
NEW STEAMERS
FOR THE NORTH
May Shortly Ply Between
Vladivostok and San
Francisco.
Rapid Progress in the Construc
tion of the Trans-Siberian
Railway. ,
When the Line Is Finished the Time
Prom Here to St. Petersburg Will
Be Twenty-Seven Days.
Kir Alexeieff, who will represent the
Russian. lmperial Minister of Finance
in Korea, and Lieutenant Garfield of the
Russian diplomatic service, arrived in San
Francisco yesterday and registered at the
Palace Hotel. They will sail for the
Orient on the steamer China f next Thurs
day. Russia has large and rapidly devel
oping interests m Korea, and it is the
policy of the empire to employ accom
plished and able tepresentatives in that
region. Mr, Alexeieff holds tbe rank of
Councillor of State. He has had military
as well as civil . training. Mr. Garfield is
familiar with affairs in the Orient and
attaches great importance to the construc
tion of the great railroad across Siberia,
which will, within the next three years,
connect St. Petersburg with the Pacific
Ocean. EfBHHm
Speaking of this great enterprise at the
Palace Hotel last night, Mr. Garfield said
that within twelve months a line of
steamships would be established between
San Francisco and Vladivostok, the east
ern terminal station of the great railway.
The distance from Vladivostok to St.
Petersburg is 10.000 versts or 7736 miles.
He figures steamer time between San
Francisco and Vladivostok at fifteen
days and the time by rail from Viadivo
stock to St. Petersburg twelve days,
making twenty-seven days for the whole
trip. hen this route is open to freight
and passenger the Canadian Pacific
will have a competitor jn a commercial
sense, that cannot be ignored. It is well
known to the. Russian engineers that a
port larther south than Vladivostok will
be reached by rail, and many predict that
Chemulpo, the seaport of Seoul,* will ulti
mately become the terminal station of the
Russian railway.
A volunteer line of Russian steamers
now makes the run from Odessa and Biack
Sea ports to Vladivostok. Fifteen ships
are now in the trade ana four fast steamers
will be put in service within the next
year. The great commercial triumph for
Russia will come when the lino of ships is
established between San Francisco and
Vladivostok.
Next year the Siberian road will be com
pleted from Moscow to Irkutsk. Two
large boats have been built in the United
States to navigate BaiKal Lake.
These boats will transfer trains in the
same manner that trains are transferred
at Benicia. The lake, in the mountains
of Siberians said to be the highest body of
water in the world and also the deepest
body of fresh water known.
It is predicted that the opening of the
Trans-Siberian Railway will turn the tide
of tourist travel to the route leading from
San Francisco to . St. Petersburg.- '-. Surely
travelers around the world will accept tbat
route either going or returning. What
Siberia will produce for the world's traffic
remains to be determined. It is known to
possess wonderful resources of timber and
mineral wealth.
Bicycles on Towpaths.
Sunerintendent George \V. Aldridge of
the Public Works Department bas an
overweening ambition to be Governor,
and one year ago, in his desire to have the
support of the wheelmen vote, he gener
ously donated the canal towpaths as
bicycle wheelways. As superintendent of
the canal system he threw open to the
wheelmen the use of the towpaths, and i
they were not slow to take advantage of i
the offer. Now Mr. Aldridge is being ;
pestered with complaints coming from
canal boatmen, who say that their mules
shy at bicycles and have, in some in
stances, fallen into the canal as tbe result
of a glance at a passing bicyclist. The
superintendent is trying to figure out just
what he shall do. Two courses present
themselves, either to force the canal
mules to wear toggles and blinders or else
to compel wheelmen and wheelwomen to
wear costumes on the towpaths that will
be warranted noi to .care the patient but
shy mules. — Troy Press.
■7.V\7 NEW TO-DAT. V&K^P.
GrX^S-A. x fc>-___r^-X__jJ___Li
C_»3P* ■
SCHOOL BOOKS!
NEW AND SECOND-HAND.
NOTE- Waving Extensively Canvassed the City for OLD
TEXT BOOKS we now have on hand a large supply
about AS GOOD A . NEW, which we will sell FAR BELOW COST !
QPCPIAI NnTIPPf Bring yonr m Books ' as we take
dSLuInL nUIIULi them in part payment for new ones.
600-pago T«,"l_»le- So
- - _. _ _ ■ •■—.,—_ •■-» . ■ ••_■■*__■••
Brnssl-dgo _VEe.plo Rulor ...So
Dixoii'S Xjead. -Pencils So por doz.
Dl__on's Wooden Slate .Pencils - So per doz.
100 Flag Slate Pencils. in box 100
ISO-page Composition Boolt .........Bo
Roporter*"' Nototooolts 2 for So
Best Douolo Sti'ap over offered .--XOo
VAN NESS BAZAAR,
1808 MARKET STREET.
P. S.-Open till IO X - IMC.
ft'iiiaHgi-Mii
■when "nr.w.H," for pains, obstructions,
_ and irregularities peculiar to the sex. ;
-_-_-M-Rsw^ns-«-__E--Ba---__9__l
_ Recommended ; by the leading French
Specialists for diseases of women • Supe-
rior to Tansy, Pennyroyal and injurious
drugs. One bottle of Apioline Capsules
lasts three montli.. Sold by all druggists,
or by mail, $..;.. Box -081, N. Y. Post Office.
■****"*^ — ■— -——J j
II fB3l_/-JOiil_i_B_l-*jiT__3
9 ■ _fe 1 c ____ _y_i_n ililiii _&_■_■
\___H-_a_-J_______U_-_M_Jp4--_-------__-__-*tBV
LOST HIS LIFE
FOR HIS DOG
In Trying to Save the Ani
mal James Petersen
Was Drowned.
He' Thought It Was Going to
Fall Into the
Bay, A
The Dog Did His Best to Save His
Master/but Help Game
Too Late.
James Petersen, a boy who lived with
his parents at Railroad and Eighth ave
nues, was drowned in the bay at the foot
of First avenue last evening at 5 o'clock.
It was a dog that caused him to lose his
life. In a brave but vain effort to save his
pet from a drenching he toppled into the
water and was drowned. The dog, in
turn, made a hero of itself in attempting
to save its master, bat after the waves had
closed over the boy's head for the third
time it ceased its efforts and hurried
home as though to tell the story of the
tragedy.
Young Peterssn, accompanied by his
dog, left home early in the afternoon for a
stroll. The youngster wandered over to
South San Francisco, along the edge of
the bay. - He reached the old culvert at
the foot, of First avenue, and there lost
his life.
Several planks covering the culvert are
missing and tho boy was forced to cross a
stringer that spanned the water. He ac
complished this perilous feat without ac
cident and whistled to his dog to follow.
Tbe intelligent pet be. an the journey
and had almost reached ihe opposite side
when itslipped and, as its master thought,
was about to fall into the bay. The boy I
sprang out on the stringer to save his dog
from falling, lost his balance and toppled
into the water.
The dog reached firm ground without
mishap and th-n noticed his master's
struggle. With a startled whine it sprang
into the bay and swam to the drowning
boy's de.
Petersen grasped his pet around the
body, and master and dog sank beneath
the waves. They soon reappeared, how
ever, and Petersen shouted for aid.
William O'Connel 1 , a young man who
resides in the Cole Hotel al the Potrero,
saw the drowning boy aud hurried to the
rescue. When he reached the shore near
the culvert the boy and dog had disap
peared a second time. He threw off his
clothes, nevertheless, and swam to where
he saw the boy sink, in the hope that he
would be able to grasp him when he came
up for the last time.
In this he failed, as the boy and the dog
came to the surface some distance from
him and before he could reach them they
again sank beneath the water. »
O'Connell continued swimming around
for some time until he no. iced the dog
swimming several yards away from him.
The intelligent animal was scanning the
surface of the water as. he swam in ex
pectation that the drowned boy would
again appear and was waiting to aid him.
The boy did not again come to the sur
face, however, until life was extinct.
When he went down the third lime bis
arms did not release his pet until uncon
sciousness relieved his terror.
O'Connell and the dog swam round fora
while longer and then made their way to
the shore.
The dog, almost exhausted, hurried to
his master's home. O'Connell was about
to return to his home when the body of
the drowned boy came to the surface. He
swam out and drag.cd it ashore.
The body was removed to the Morgue.
Last Night'-. Alarms.
An alarm was sounded from box 412 at 9:15
o'clock last night for a fire in a two-story
frame dwelling owned and occupied by P.
Runoury, 2526 Tayler street. The cause of the
tire, which damaged the building to the ex
tent of $1200, is unknown.
The aiarm irom box 263 at 10:30 P. M. was
for a fire caused by an overheated range in a
building owned by John Myer and occupied by
H. M. Friese as a saloon and Martin Freichs as
a restaurant, corner 01 Main and Bryant
streets. The damage to the building and fur
uiture amounted to about $1000.
Chicago has one buildinsr. known as the
Green Tree Inn, which has reached the
venerable ajr*-, for Chicago, of 63 years.
The local Historical Society has been
advised to buy and preserve the interest
ing relic of antiquity.
£20 Set -9
'^Pls IS THE PROPER DISTANCE
AT wHI(H A HORMAL EYE SHOULD CLEARLY
OlstlH.GlJl.H LETTER!* *%«f AH iHCH loHg..
CALL and HAVE Y*llß EYES TESTEP
"<{. FREE CHARGt^ ~.,r>sr , ';,/-;
642 MARKET St. \
•JJNDEJI CttH-WCLE BUU.OINS,* '
NEW TO-DAT. ;•.*'
949-951 Market Street
GREAT HI OVAL SALE
COMSEJICES MONDAY MORMG, AUGUST 2.
, On or about August 25 I will remove to the old stand,
911 and 913 Market street. Stock in present location to
be slaughtered regardless of cost. Will open up with
an entire new stock. • . - "- ■ * ' \ =
THE OLD STORE IS UNDERGOING A THOROUGH CHANGE.
I will have a larger frontage, with modern show- windows, im- •/
proved light, entire new boor, new fixtures, several-hew depart-
ments v; ill be added, and when finished it will be one of the most •_
complete dry-goods stores on the coast. . . * '
My lease expiring a few' months ago, I trad fully- determined to
give up business, but having occupied the store for over twenty-one
years the owner offered such inducements and. made such changes in
the building as I desired, and giving a. new lease under very favorable
terms, and having an abiding faith- in the. future of this great city,
and believing that we are on the eve of prosperous times, I have
decided to remain. . *'.. ' ' ■ ■ .
Headquarters for Miners' Supplies in Extra : Heavy
Colored Blankets, All-Wool Underwear and Kiondyke
Heavy Overshirts.
Everything in the store marked down. Nothing. to -"be
moved if low prices will effect a clearance. ■;
CriTPTIM 949-951
W. WW IV. I. - 1 * M _& _A.R,KE3T STREET. .'.
IfEW TO-D AT— AMUSEMENT*.' *
'rnicoLAnnt/i iorru)D* _»• tt.*^.* aid haw * -
TO-Nia-H-T- — -7 .'
And During th? Week. .Matinee Satordsy,
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY!
In the Deiigntfui Comedy, by .'
Henry Arthur Jonei,
"THE" CASE Of .
REBELLIOUS' $ilsft!!''
Mr. Worthing, Miss Bates and the Entire
Company In the cast. _g_B*?____
Next Week— "THE CHARITY BALL.**
.
BALDWIN THEATER.
ALitAYicAXA Ca (Incorporated; Fropnetun
TO-NIO-HT'. ■ •
(Monday), August
For 3 Weeks— Matinee Saturday,
Sixth Annual Tour of MR.
JOHN DREW
(Management Charles Frohman) .
In His Greatest, Triumph.
"ROSEMARY."
"That's For Kemembrance." .
By Louis N. Parker and Murray Carson. ■
Prof. Leonidas and His Cats and Dogs.
MAKY The Strongest Woman
•'-AItXIOTIS, -;-— . -_"■ on L.ir.h.
PAPINTA, Myriad Dancer, and
THE BEST SHOW IX TOWX.—
.Reserved Peats, *J.c; Ba cony, 10c; Opera Chain
and Box seats. 5.c.
, : I
TIVOLf OPERA-HOUSE j
i.to._*.\u,..\'_,, v univi Proprietor _*. -_a_i_;».' j
_-t--.& r C ___._E._E__.- —
OF THE COMIC OPr.kA StASON I
BY SPECIAL REQUEST,
The creatcst of All Comic Operas.
WITH
EDWIN STEVENS as THE REGENT.
GREAT CAST! GORGKOU** COSTUMES!
SPLENDID SCENERY!
Commencing; Monday Evening. August THE
GRAND OPERA SEASON*.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday— AIDA.
Tues, Tht<rs.. fa,. — ROM AND JULIET.
SEATS NOW ON SALE.
Popular Prices 25c and 50c.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
WALTER MOROSCO.. Lessee and Manager
Initial Production here of Ada Lee Bascom's
Great Eastern Success,
A BOWERY GIRL!
STARTLING SITUATIONS
THRILING CLIMAXES
BEAUTIFUL SCENIC EMBELLISHMENTS !
SOXGSt PAX UES I SPECIALTIES I
Evenlntr Prices— lOc. 25c and SOo.
Matinees 'Saturclay and Sunday.
Al A "7 A !__> Bexasco &La Fail*.*-, Mgrs
nLLnLftn I'rio-s-6-c. Ssc, 'lbc 15a
Evenings at 8— "Saturday Matinee at 2.
COMEDY WEEK-Two Charming Plays.
HR. FRANCIS CARLYLE
In Glen McDouou.'h's Comedy Sketch
— HOUSE OR HOME ! —
And tbe Farcical Comedy
BETSY!
NEXT WEEK— Powers' Oriental Play,
TU^KJ4EBTS_aRBBK!
OPENING OFTHE GRAND CIRCUIT
RACES! "jfegg* RACES!
TROTTOGIIORSE BREEDERS* ASS'il
OAKLAND.
(California Jockey Club's New Track).
JULY 31, AUGUST 3, 4, 5. 6 and 7.
Best Mors -8 on the Coast Are Entered. .
EXCITING CONTESTS EVERY DAT.
' Races Begin Promptly at % O'clock.
F. P. HEALD, Presidenu
. F. W. KxLLKY. Secretarr.
SUTRO BATHS.
ox-^aaiv NIGHTS.
Open i ally from 7 a. K. until 11 p. _t.
ADMIS.IOS.IOc. • -. Children, se.
Bathing, with admission. 25c; children, 20a
Concert ' Every Afternoon and Evening.
THE CHUTES d afa7. e
■— — Every Afternoon and Evening. —
BLOOMER MtNsTBEL*'. — «
Special Engagement of post and CLINTON!
10c Including Performance. Children jo
"oberonT
GRAND CONCERT EVERY EVENINO by THE
ISTERIATIO^L ORCHESTRA.
Jr'^__B_*»J_ exM - *-- ? #3 is a hon-polsonoue
_i<____W*^ ' remedy for Gonoirlnea,
_^V^lll'l>^n J'l.-t, Spermatorrhoea,
JBHr la l to it i.ys.~m whites, unnatural dis-
J*_mg G.-r»nttcd V charges, or auy inflamma-
&<B*tf not to itriciure. tiou, irritation or ulcera-
<*ft'rtst—i contagion. tion of mucous mem-
B?aITHE£vASSCHEM'f.nno. brane*. Non-astringent.
T^Ac .NCINNHTVO B J So, « by DrnKeMi,
WBk U. 3._ _J^«^''r sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, (or
*Ve_Vß_______l^V-_i 11-00.I 1 - 00 . or 3 bottles. $2.75.
e**^gggprv ■ Circutar scat .a request.
STATEMENT
.. ■'■■— rOF THE •
V CONDITION ' AWD AFF AIRS .. . \'p
'■' . '^-OF the— .*:•• * ':*•'.■"':
FIRE ASSOCIATION
OF PHILADELPHIA. I— THE STATE OF,
Pennsylvania, on the 31st day of December,
A. D. 1896, and for the year ending on that day,
as made to'tbe Insurance Commissioner of the
.Mate of California, pursuant to the provisions of
sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, con-
densed as per- blank furnished by the Cooim s-
sioner. ■ * .' -
' • ■ CAPITAL. '
Amonnt of Capital Stock, paid up In
Caah ........:. ■_. 500,000 00
• ASSET'S. 7 .* "* ■
Real Estate owned by Company... . "5208,800 00
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages:'.... '2,133,321 51
Cash Market Vaiue of all blocks and'
I'ond-i.ownrd by Company 2,333,208 00
! Amount of Loans secure.' .by pledge
I ' of Bonds, stoci-s. and other mar-
ketable securities as collateral 299.850 00
Cash in Company's Office .*....'. 6.4)1 97
Cash i" Banks... ....*..; 154.464 91
Interest due and accrued on all
Stocks «nd Loans.. ..'. :.....' 12,547 29
Interest due aid accrued on Bonds
and Mortgages .56,108 15
Premiums in due Course of Collec- •
tion ..„ '„ ' 708,20655
Due for rebates un losses paid 665 85
Rents due and accrued..- > * * 1,64. UO
Due from o.her Companies for Re-
insurance on. losses already paid. . ' 7.691 88
* • Total Assets .''.... ■■■■■■7*5923,124 24
LIABILITIES. ~ Tr 7 ". '
Losses adjusted and unpaid..,.. $102,599 23
Losses in process of- Adjustment or- • ■••**'
ln Suspens*.....'.. „.,. * . 96,443
Loises resisted. Including expenses. • 30,.27:7 74 -
Gross premiums on Fire Rts_* run- -..._*
ning for one year or less, *1.956,--
2411 40; reinsurance 50 cent... . - 978.120 20 .
Gross premiums on Fire. R.sksrtin- '.'. . '■ ;.*
nln-r for more than one 'year, -. •.'. .-' "■",:■■■'_.• •
i 1.85-1. 8.0 88: reinsurance - pro
rata...... .' ' ; .. ........ .971,693 13
' Amount reclalmable by the" Iri- ;.."*-
-sured en Perpetual- ire Insurance.
Policies ....J.. ..:..".....:.....;_.;..; 1,934,363 36
All other demands against the Com-
pany. ..■ .....*.*. ' 303.355 40 •
Total Liabilities......!* $-,4-16,7.40* 51.-
-' INCOME. • "TT" 5 7~
' '
Net Cash actually received for Fire - - • •
premiums.... .* .' $2, 3,1 44 .26
Received for iuierest on Bonds- and •
Mortgages «:..-. 106.285.40
Received for Interest and dividend*. ;-.
on Bonds. Stock's, Loans, an.d from
all o- her sources : 14V.532 41 •
R<ce.ved f^r Kent* :..*.....:..•..• : 3,976 7.1 .
Received lor Commissions. .*....:..,. •■'_l.J6o.oo
Total Income.. *...*... $2. 98 77 .
7* EXPEN PITURES.. " : *' . _ '. .
Xet amount paid for Fire Losses (in- '•'-■■ '■•■'•'
eluding $291,635 84. los.es of pre- • "-. ' :
vious year») „..., »1,4 84,248. • *
Dividends to Stockholders... i. ...,.>. 200,000 00 .
I'» id or allowed for Commission or
BroKerage ; ; 585,560 0_ .
Paid for Salaries, Fee., and other ■
charges for officers, clerks, etc..;.. 837,484 07 *.
Paid for State, .National and local ...
taxes '.'.- • -..67,-70.11 .'•
All o ber payments and ••....'••
dilutes..... ......: ' 42018.- .
Total Expenditures....- ..'52,679. 1.64" 33
Losses . Incurred during the., year - '. '-". . •
(Fire) ...: „$5,404,485 00
RISKS AND -PREMIUMS. = : '
Fire Risks. -I Premiums.
Net amountof Risks Sfi?_f*' -I
written during the • '•••-.
year $269,894,896 $3,283,208 18 .
Xetamountof Risks ' .= •.;.-•'
expired during the '
year 252,434,261 3,024.077.73-'
Net amount in force
December 31, 1896 853.711.536 3,8-1,101. 28- * *
■ ■ ' -■ ■
K. C. IRVIN*. President. -.'.
M. G. GARRIGUES. Secretary. . -•:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th '■
day of January, 1897.
THOMAS B. PROSSER, Notary Public. •*{.;
T. C. SHANKLAND, r ...'*■
State Ageixs), . .'■
219 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal»
W. LOAIZA SCO.,-"-'.: '
San Francisco Agents.
STOVEL & THEBAIP,
Managers Insurance Department,
218-220 Sansome St. , San Francisco.. CaL '•
Telephone Main 1597.
CHAS. W. SMiTH, - •
Special A^ent.
REFEREE'S SALEM REAL ESTATE.
BY VIRTUE OF TWO DECREES OF THE
Superior Conrt In and for the City and County
of San Francisco, state i f California (Department
No. 10), ihe first of which decrees was made and
is dated the '<•'-<* day of November, 1895, and to**
second of which decrees was made and Is da ed
the 25th day of June, 1597, and both of which de-
crees were made and entered in an action pc iding
in raid Superior Court, wherein Adam Grant is
plain iff ana Daniel T. Murphy and others are de-
fendants, being case No. 49,033 in the said court,
the undersign. d. who was by said court appointed
; referee In said action, will sell at public auction,
| at the auction- rooms of
| G. H. liabsen & Co., 11 Montgomery St..
In said City and County of San i- ranclsoo, oa
j Thursday, lhe .d day of September, A. D. 1-97, at
j 12 o'clock noon of that day, to the hiche.t b dder
! for ca-h In lawful money of the United states.
I •nd subject to confirmation by said court, all that
, certain lo , piece or parcel of land situate, Ivtng
and being lv the City and County of. aati Fran-
cisco, State of California, and bounded and par-
ticularly described as follows, to wit:
* Commencing at a point where the northerly line
of Bnsh street is intersected by the easterly line of
Sansome stree*.; running thence easterly along th.-
northerly line of Buab street one hundred aDd
thirty-seven (137) feet and six (6) inches; thence
at right angles northerly and parallel wltb san-
some street one hundred and thirty-seven . (137)
fo. t and six (6) inches; thence at tight angles
westerly and parallel with Bush street, one hun-
dre J and thirty-seven (137) feet and six (6) inches,
and to the easterly "lde of some street; and
thence southerly along the easterly side of San-
street, one hundred and thirty-seven (137)
feet and six (6) Inches to the point of commence-
, ment: together with the bulldirgs and - improve-
Stents thereon.
. '1 be pun baser shall take the said lot subject to
the rignt of John F. Mcl'auley and Henry Thorn-
ton 'lempleton, their heirs and assigns, to nse the
brick wall along the nortber.y line of said lot here-
in described as a party wall. _..._. '■__'.
Terms and conditions of sale— Cash in lawful
money of the United States of America; en per
I rent of the purchase price io be paid io the ref-
I eree on -tbe day sale, wbeu the lot is knocked
down to tbe purchaser, anl the balan c on con-
I firmation of said aale by said court.
Dated San Francisco, Cal., July 1, 1897.
"I STAVE UMBSJfiX _K«fer«'H_
' n__»n thi urn .mi .ii.i-iiirirriiTrnTniiii ii.rtii-aiiiifii-..i nim
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