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THURSDAY ~ AUGUST 1897
AMUSEMENTS.
Baldwin- Thkatkr.— "The Heart ofMarvl and."
COLUMBIA Tjif.aTfr The Great Unknown."
Morosco's Opera-Hoi; The Train ' Wreck-
ers
Ai.ca7.ar Thkatkr.- "Jane "
Tivot.i Opera Hottsk-- carmen."
ORpnrcM — High-Class Vauaovuus.
Oberon.— Grand Concert.
fcUTRo Baths.— Bathlnt; and Performance**.
The Chutes Chutes Free Theater.—
Great Vaudeville Company, every afternoon and
evening.
Mechanics' Pavilion Mechanics' Fair now
oper.
State Fair— Sacramento, commencing Septem-
ber 6.
AUCTION SALES.
By Davis. Rkui- A Co.— Friday. August 27,
Bicycles, at 113 Bush street, at 11 o'clock,
lv (i. H. Umbsen <fc Co.— Thursday, September
'.. I p;;1 btate, at 14 Womgornerr St.. at 12 O'clocK
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
"Cloudy and unsettled weather to-day" is
the weather prophet's prediction.
Miss M. B.French was given judgment for
!?68 against James Deasy in the Justice Court
yesteiday.
Several cases of alleged discrimination were
under consideration by the Railroad Commis
sion yesterday.
The fair for the benefit of the St. Charles
parish was opened last evening in the Mission
Turn Verein Hall.
Kenneth Duncan was declared insane yes
terday, and was committed to the state
Asylum at Agnews.
A meeting has been called by the State
Board of Health to discuss the prevention of
contagious diseases.
The case of John Lundln, charged with
forgery, has been assigned to Judge Dunne's
department of the Superior Court.
The League of the Cross Cadets, under com
mand of Colonel W. P. Sullivan, made a splen
did showing at Mechanics' Pavilion last night.
M. W. llelander has sued the United Cali
fornian Finn Brotheihood lor $370, said to be
due for "sick benefits" under the rules of the
■society.
The Supreme Court yesterday admitted
seventy young men and women as members
of the bar. But four of all the applicants
failed to pass.
Dr. Shiels was the principal witness ln the
Figel case yesterday. He agrees with the
other expert witnesses for the defense that the
suicide theory is possible. .
The case of John K. Williams vs. the Prin
cess Hydraulic Mining Company has^ been
transferred from Shasta County to the United
States Circuit Court in this City.
The old steamer Eastern Oregon has reached
i'he last stage of her existence. She took her
place yesterday under Rosenfeld's bunkers
fur the first time as one of his coal hulks.
A warrant was issued yesterday for the ar
rest of Robert Loring, recently acquitted of
the charge of murdering his wile, this time
lor threatening to kill bis brother-in-law.
The Pacific advisory board of the American
Kennel Club investigated last night a charge
against B. Straus 01 having issued a fraudu
lent pedigree with a dog sold to George S. Fife.
Stanford University has drawn an athletic
prize in "Eddie" Dickson, the star and un
beaten sprinter of the State of Washington,
wno will enter as a freshman and be a rival for
Drum at Berkeley.
Yesterday was a bad day for Dr. Chalmers.
Collector Jackson was complimented by the
Secretary of the Treasury in the matter and
the doctor lost a libel case in the United
States District Court.
The stern-wheel steamer Mount Eden broke
her shaft yesterday and had to be towed to
section 3 of the seawall from Oakland, to
which place she had drifted. She will be re
paired at Little Main streeU
J. W. Wroth, formerly of Los Angeles, was
arrested yesterday morning on board the
steamer Umatilla "on the cnarge of petty lar
ceny preferred by A. M. Shields, manager of
the Equitable Lite Insurance Company.
The Board of Education hat hedged on Us
proposition of Increasing tbe number of books
in the course of study of the public schools,
and a committee of principals will assist the
Superintendent in cutting down the schedule.
The Harbor Police are still working on the
Irmgard mystery. They have discovered that
Johnson was an expert swimmer and reason
. from it that he could easily have reached the
yawl or else the Camanche had he not been
stunned beforehand.
Suit for damages has been brought by Mar
tin Adamson against the owners of the
schooner Alcatraz on account of injuries re
ceived while in the discharge of his duty as a
sailor. Adamson demands $10,000 as" com
pensation for his hurts.
Eignt men of the whaling bark Gayhead
had a hard time of it in the Arctic. They lost
their ship in a fog and had to make for land.
Had they not received assistance from some
otter hunters they would all have died before
the revenue cutter Grant arrived.
William Starke, the young drug clerk re
cently convicted in the United States court
for hiving in his possession and passing coun
terfeit coin, was sentenced yesterday by
Judge de Haven to eighteen months' imprison
ment ln the San Quentin penitentiary.
Wheat took an upward bound and gained 5
cents yesterday, with indications for a further
advance right alone the line. Corn too seems
inclined to enter the ring and take a share of
lhe excitement. Twenty-eight thousand tons
oi wheat changed hands on the Call Board
yesterday.
TO PREVENT DISEASE.
Boards or Health Will Confer and
' Listen to Scientific Papers on
the Subject.
A conference of boards of health and
health officers has been called by the State
Board of Health to m a et in San Fran
cisco on October 11 and 12, 1897.
The object of this conference is to dis
cuss and study preventive medicine, to
promote co-operation of State and munic
ipal boards, and to consider means of in
creasing the executive powers of health
departments.
Papers will be presented on the follow
in*? subjects: "Preventive Medicine,"
"Tuberculosis — Means of Prevention," !
"Leprosy — Means of Prevention," "Ante-
Iniectious Diseases and Prevention,"
'Bacteriological Lftbratory in Preventive
Medicine," "State Quarantine," "Adulter
ation of Food." "Milk, Jmpute and
Adulterated," ''Drinking Water,'' "Sew
ago and Public Institutions." Each pa- |
pnr will be followed by di«cussion.
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LOST IN AN
ARCTIC FOG
Experience of Eight Men
From the Whaling Bark
Gayhead.
Missed Their Vessel in the
Darkness and Had to Make
for Land.
i Would Have Starved Had Not Some
Otter Hunters Discovered Them
in Time.
A private letter received from the whal
ing bark Gayhead by W. Bent of Clay
street gives some interesting; items about
whaling and sealing in the Arctic. The
writer is Thomas H. Randeil, third officer
of the Gayhead. He and six others of the
crew had a very narrow escape while try
ing to catch a right whale. Two boats
were sent out. One was in command of
MAKING HER ANCHORAGE.
The British ship Mashona is one of the handsomest and best kept ships
in port. This is her third trip to this port, and Captain Jones brought her in
under full sail. Passing Alcatraz the sailors were clewing the lower topsails,
and when the anchor was let go some of her light sails were still drawing.
Captain Jones superintended the building of his ship and is justly proud of her.
Second Mate Hansen, the other in charge
of Randeil. Hansen's boat reached the
whale first, but when the mammal felt the
steel it lashed out in its fury and its tail
smashed Hansen's boat. Randeil came
up in time and rescued the men. An
other boat came up shortly afterward and
took on board all the men except Hansen
and a sailor.
Randeil then gave chase to the whale
and made fast. By the lime they had
made a killing it was dark ana the bark
was not in sight. As the hours went by
they could not keep the whale up and it
sank. Daylight next morning brought up
a heavy fog, so there were still no signs
of the Gayhead. They then made for the
land, 100 miles away. On landing they
were lucky enough to fall in with some
otter-hunters, who did what they could
to assist them. Five days later the rev
enue cutter Grant hove in sight nnd look
the men off, returning them to the Gay
head the same day. All the men suffered
from the hardship and second mate Han
sen and three of the men were laid up for
a month from the injuries they received.
Kanaell reports that there were only a
few sealers at Unalaska, none of which
had made a big catch, the Halcyon being
high hook with 300 skins. The report
from the Japanese fleet showed thai the
catch ranged from 250 to 1200 skins. In
his letter Randeil several times makes
mention of the great kindness shown him
self and his shipwrecked companions by
Captain ilunger of the Grant.
The old steamer Eastern Oregon is to
end her days a coal hulk. Some months
ago she was sold at public auction. After
looking her over the new owner deter
mined to take out her pair of engines,
put them into two small schooners and j
turn the old steamer into a sailing vessel.
After the engines were out be found it
would cost more to rebuild her than it
would to build a new vessel. He there
fore sold her to John ltosenfeld's bons,
who turned her into a hulk, and she went
into service to-day taking a load of coal
from the bunkers to Oakland Creek.
The stern-wheel steamer Mount Eden,
while comine out of Mount Eden slough
yesterday with 2800 sacks of salt aboard,
broke her shaft. She drifted around for
a considerable length of time until the
captain was able to send a boat ashore
and summon assistance. The tug Eliza
beth was sent after her and lowed her to
section 3 of the seawall, where she dis
charged h°r cargo. Later she was tateii
to "Little Main-street wharf," where the
necessary repairs were made.
The British ship Toxteih has been char
tered to load wheat and went on the Mer
chants' drydock to get ready yesterday.
Two of the red slack's tu-js were at work
on her, but the strong ebb tide and the
southerly wind carried the light ship from
Harrison street away past the Camanche
before they gained control of her. Once
they got way on her, however, it did not
take them long to get the unwieldy mass
to its destination.
The steamer Umatilla sailed for Paget
Sound ports yesterday. Among her pas
sengers were forty gold-hunters, twenty
three of whom are prospectors from Los
Angeles en route for Copper River. A
short time before the departure of the
steamer a fire was discovered among the
batrcage on the dock. An investigation
showed that some corks in bottles of acid
stowed in a valise owned by Max R.
Hirschb-rg had come out and set the con
tents on fire. It was soon put out and the
only loss was that sustained by the owner
of the valine.
About 9 o'clock, or just before sailing
time, Detective Egan appeared on the
rcene and took M. W. Bishop, a grocer of
Los Angeles, into custody. Bishop failed
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897.
some time ago and his creditors came to
the conclusion that if he had money
enough to go to Klondike he certainly
had some money with which to pay part
of their claims. Hence bis arrest on an
order of examination.
TO EXPERT THE KLONDIKE.
Mining Expert Bsnt of New York on
His Way for an Eastern
Syndicate.
George E. Bent, a mining engineer of
New York City, arrived at the Palace on
Tuesday on his way to the Klondike.
He is making the trip for a large East
ern syndicate that is desirous of obtaining
reliable expert opinions on the future
outlook- on the tributaries to the Yukon
and the possible location of the mother
lode. He reports that great interest is
taken in the Klondike by the people in
the East. " ;
His purpose is to go to Juneau, and there
leave his wile, who is now with him. From
Juneau he will crops the Ohilcoot Pass,
and reach the Klondike overland this fall.
He expects to come out next summer.
THE CHECK WAS WORTHLESS.
J. W. Wroth, Formerly of Log Angeles,
Arrested for Petty Larceny.
J. W. Wrath, formerly clerk in a lumber
yard in Los Angeles, was arrested yester
day morning by Detectives Gibson and
Wren on board the steamer Umatilla as
she was about to sail for British Columbia.
He was taken to the City Prison and
booked on the charge of petty larceny.
The complaining witness is A. M.
| Shields, manager of the Equitable Life
| Insurance Company. Tuesday Wroth
' called at Shields' office and got him to
cash a check on the National Bank, Los
Angeles, for $70.
Shields wir*d to the bank and received a
reply that Wroth had no account there
and that the check was worthless. Shields
yesteiday morning swore out a warrant in
Judge Joachimsen's court „ for Wrcth's
arrest.
HE WAS A BORROWER.
Miss M, B. French Gets Judg
ment From James
Deasy.
They Had "Kept Company" and
Somehow the Money Trans
actions Became Muddled.
The troubles of a milliner and her erst
while "young man" were aired in Justice
Groezinger's court yesteraay ana caused
no end of amusement to those who hap
pened to be present.
Miffl M. B. French met James Deasy, a
shoe salesman, in San Jose along in 1895
and a strong friendship sprang up between
them. That a stronger feeling eventually
developed is evident from the fact that a
diary which Miss French kept speaks of
buggy rides and dinners at cczy restau
rants at various dates between August 13
and November 1 of the same year.
There were also money transactions
which Miss French now describes as loans
and Mr. Deasy says were nothing of the
kind. At any rate, the friendship ceased,
and Miss French began suit for $68, which
she claimed was due her from Deasy.
At the trial yesterday she Bated that at
various times when be was out of funds
she had let him have amounts aggregat
ing the sum sued for.
In support of her testimony she pro
duced her account-book and related how
whenever she gave Deasy money she
entered it under the head of "cold water
account." The prudent lady had also
kept a diary, in which she jotted down
the dates on which her "company" had
visited her in San Jose, tbe dates often
corresponding with the "cold water"
dates in the account-Look.
Deasy explained that he had often cone
out with- Miss French, and that she had
generally paid the bills, which were
usually for buggy rides or suppers. He
had never borrowed any money from tbe
lady, be said, but on one occasion she had
given him $40 , and asked hiia to play the
races.'^£Ss|*'£Jßps£fPii!i.u
Judge Groezinger accepted Miss French's
story as being nearer the truth, and gave
her judgment for the full amount asked
with costs.
Saturday, August 28. will be field day at
Camp McDonald at Uklah, where the First
Regiment Is in camp. On that day Major-
General James and staff will review the troops.
A special excursion over the San Francisco
and North Paciiic Railway will leave Tiburon
ferry at 7:30 a. m, and on the return leave
UJ-tiah at 7p. M. Only $2 for the round trip *
Fa lure of Depeir'e Planing Company.
The Charles ii. Depew Planing Mill Com
pany has filed a petition in insolvency. . Fol
lowing are the principal creditors: San Fran
cisco Lumber Company $11,348 50, Truckee
Lumber Company $1111 97, Philip Schneider
$1615. Scott & Van Arsdale $800, M. J. De
pew $540. : The debts amount to $21,000 and
the assets are worth $10,562 97.
WORKING ON A
MURDER THEORY
The Irmgard Mystery Still
Puzzling the Harbor
; '•■ Police. •
Mate Gus Johnson Was an Ex
pert Swimmer, So His
Friends Say.
From This It Is Argued That He
Could Easily Have Got Back
to the Boat.
The police are still hard at work on the
Irmgard mystery. Detective Ellis and
Officer McGlynn were scouring the water
front yesterday for further evidence. One
thing they were anxious to learn was as
to whether Mate Gus Johnson was able to
swim or not. This will be an important
piece of evidence, as Coxswain Lund of
the monitor Camanche heard some one
cry on that eventful Sunday night, "For
God's sake, Johnson, where are you?"
The police reason that if Johnson was a
good swimmer and had fallen overboard
he could easily have returned to the boat,
or even could have cot to the Camanche
had he not been stunned beforehand.
Charles Newman, second male of the
brig Lurline, knew Johnson well, and fre
quently met him in Honolulu. On these
occasions they always went swimming,
and Newman says that Johnson was the
most expert swimmer and diver of them
all. Another sailor, whose name the po
lice have, also knew Johnson, and says
tbat he was almost as good a swimmer as
a Kanaka. A^
Henry Peterson, who was talking with
Johnson, says that he was not drunk, as
he has been made out to be. He had been
drinking, but talked coherently, and was
perfectly able to take care of him-elf.
The last remark he made to Peterson was,
"I wish to that ihose men would
come down." In explanation of the re
mark he said that some of the crew were
uptown having a good time, and he was
anxious for them to come back, because he
wanted to get out to the barkentine.
Johnson then went back to the saloon, on
the other side of East street, and thero
had the row with the watchman.
John Stange, who saw the two men
leave in the boat, asserts that both the
men were able to walk a string; that they
went down the steps to the float without
{altering and got into the boat without
any trouble. As they started to pull
away he shook hands with Johnson and
bade him good-night. His opinion of the
matter is that the two men quarreled
when Johnson cursed Benjamin (Three-
Fingered Jack) for "catching a crab,"
and ordered him to leave the oars and
that he would pull.
"Johnson was a very quarrelsome man
when tbe liquor was in him," said Stange,
"and he may have gone further than
cursing when Benjamin 'caught a crab.'
Of course that is oniy guesswork on my
part, but it Johnson had taken my advice
and stayed upstairs in my room all night
he would now be alive to tell his own
story. 1 ' illiyi|l|llMiMl|fp|jil l |||il4hhfiiit''i|fl_
Detective T. Ellis and Captain Dunlevy
made another vitit to the Irmgard yester
day morning. Later in the day Detective
Ellis paid a v sit to Berkeley, while Officer
McGlynn confined his researches to Long
Wharf and its environments. Both the
officers made reports to Captain Dun
levy, but he refused to divulge their con
tents until they had been submitted to the
Chief o! Police. '.;";•
NOTES Of THE THEATERS.
Grand Opera Fills the Tivoli and the
Boys' ' Band Captures the
Orpheum.
"The Heart of Maryland" continues to
hold its own at the Baldwin. The play
will run all next week nnd there will be
an extra matiness given 'W ednesday.
Roars of laughter nightly greet the
Frawley Company's presentation of An
gustin Daly's funny adaptation, "The
Great Unknown." Next week will be the
last of tne Frawley Company. The play
will Da Gillette's" stirring war drama,
"Held by the Enemy."
"The Train-wreckers" is running
smoothly at the Grand, and the spec
tacular staging continues to win the
hearty plaudits of the audiences.
Exceptionally good performances of "II
Trovatore" and "Carmen" are being given
at the Tivoli Opera-house. Both operas
are well sung and excellently staged, ana
the orchestra, directed by Gustav Hin
nchs, does splendid work. On Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights of next
week the first performances in this City of
Ponchielli's lyric drama, "La Gioconda"
(the street singer), will be given. By
special request "Aida" will be sung on the
remaining nights.
"Jane" will hold the boards of the Al
cazar all this week. On Monday "The
Sportsman" will be produced.
The band of little Hungarian boys has
completely captured Orpheum audiences.
The brilliancy and verve of the music,
added to the tender years of most of the
performers, has created a warm sympathy
for the little musicians and they receive
an ovation nightly.
The Ladies' International Orchestra
continues to give varied and interesting
programmes at tho Oberon.
LAEGEST YET. .
A Leading Insurance Company Pays
a Big Premium.
Yesterday Charles A. McLane, coast
agent of the New York Life Insurance
Company, in the Mills building, paid to
Henry T. Scott and . Charles E. Green,
executors of the estate of the late Charles
Jf. Crocker, the sum of $10J,589. the
largest life insurance policy ever paid in
the Slate of California, igaipl
Pursuing its usual method in the
settlement of claims, the New York com
pany placed its check in the hands of the
Crocker executors within a fortnight alter
proofs of death were made. Mr. Crocker
carried a ten-year policy, which was fully
paid. ■ . . tf' ■ : ' ■' ■■ : .
The New York Life Insurance Company
has a paid-up capital of $190,000,000.
Protecting Books From Fire.
The Merchants' Fire Dispatch Company has
been organized and incorporated with a cap
ital of $100,000, subscribed as follows: Robert
H. Sawyer, $33,300; J. Alfred Marsh and
Charles L. Tilden. $33,250 each;: Edward
Brown and Charles F. Fay, $100 each. Tne
object of the corporation is in - case a lire
should break out at any time between 5 p. m.
and 8 a. m. in the premises of subscribers or
in proximity thereto to notify such sub
scribers without delay so that valuable ■ books
and papers may be rescued.
MORTON SPJSCIAL, DELIVERY.
Baggage transferred to trains, steamers, etc.
Also moved In the city.:
Furniture moved; estimates furnished.
Freight transferred and shipped. •
408 Taylor street and 050 Market street. ,
Telephone Main 40. *•
BAD DAY FOR
DR. CHALMERS
News From Washington
and Judge de Haven at
the Same Time.
The Collector Complimented for
. His Action in the Quaran
tine Matter.
A Libel Suit for the Doctor's Al
leged Services to a Ship
Dismissed.
Yesterday was a bad day for State
Quarantine Officer Chalmers. He was
defeated on two counts. The first was a
letter sent to Collector Jackson from the
Secretary of the Treasury commending
that official's action in the controversy
between the Slate and Federal quarantine
officials, and the second was a clean knock
out in the United States court of Dr.
Chalmers' libel against the ship Drum
lanrig for compensation for medical ser
vices.
Collector Jackson was very much
pleased when be received the letter from
Washington, but he would not talk on
the merits of the controversy. The letter
was as follows:
Washington, D. c, August 20, 1897.
Collector of Customs, San Francisco: Your
order requiring both copies of the bill of
health of vessels from foreign ports, together
with the National Quarantine Officer's certifi
cate of pratique to be delivered in a sealed
envelope addressed to yourself is approved.
O. L. SPAULDING.
Assistant Secretary of the 'J reasury.
In delivering bis opinion Judge de
Haven said:
lam not satisfied from the evidence in the
case that the minds of the libelant and mas
ter of the ship Lrumlanrlg ever met in agree
ment upon the terms of the contract iv the
libel.
' 'lhe libelant did not in fact render any ser
vices whatever under such contract, and was
not called upon to do so, and the evidence
shows that the services of another physician
hail been engaged for the ship before her ar
rival here.
In relation to his alleged contract, the libel
ant testifies that when he solicited the em
ployment he asked the master whether the
ship had already contracted for the services of
a physician or was to accept his services, and
to which the master replied that he had not
known whether a physician had been engaged
for tha ship or not. The testimony of the mas
ter is to the same effect, but as to the subse
quent conversation there is a material conflict
between the libelant and the master, the
former insisting that he and the master en
tered into an absolute contract by which
the libelant was to render his pro
fessional services as physician and sur
geon to the crew ol the ship dur
ing her stay in port, while the testimony of
the master is in substance that he told libel
ant that he might attend the ship, provided
the ship had not already been "contracted" ;
that Is, as I understand, provided no other
physician had been employed for that purpose.'
In view of the admitted fact that the master
informed the libelant that he did not know
whether any physician had been employed for
the ship or not the statement of the master
that he agreed to accept the services of the
libelant only on condition that another phy
sician had cot been engaged is quite asiea*
onable as the posing statement of the libel
ant.! „:.*-, ■-■■„■ ■,■':.;--'-■■'' -:■■'-'
1 have no reason to believe the testimony of
either of those witnesses was willfully faise.
On the contrary, I am disposed to think that
the difference in their testimony grows out of
the fact that there was a mutual mi-sunder
standing of the purport of the conversation
between tbem, and it is a matter of common
experience that such misunderstandings are
frequent incidents of oral communication be
tween equally honest and intelligent persons.
Viewing in this light the contract alleged the
libel has not been proved. Let a decree be en
tered dismissing the lib.-l, the claimants to re
cover COitS.
A FORGERY TECHNICALITY
New Tri^l Granted to John Lundin
by the Supreme
Court.
. John Lundin, alias Thompson, has been
granted a new trial by tbe Supreme Court
on the same technicality, that availed in
the case of Wbiteman, who was convicted
of forgery but finally escaped punishment
because the attorney for the prosecution
did not prove that the name signed to the
check was the name of a real person.
In the Lundin case this view of the law
is further emphasized, and it may be
recognized as the settled doctrine of the
law of this State that it is not forgery for
an individual to sign tbe name of a fic
titious person to a check and to get money
on the paper thus produced.
The words of the Supreme Court in
granting a new trial to Lundin are as
follows:
No question was asked and no testimony in
troduced tending to ?how whether or not de
lendant was authorized to sign the name of
Jdhu F. Johnson to the check. Under the
previous ruling of this court we are compelled
to say that the evidence was insufficient to
warrant a conviction. In People v<.. White
man, reported in 114 Cal., page 338, a case
involving a like question, the court, speaking
through Temple, J., said: -'There was no evi
dence that tho persons by whom the checks
were purported to be drawn were real persons,
and none that, lf they were real persons, de
fendant was not authorized to use their
names." ■■; l '*.".*
The case for retrial has been assigned
to Judge Dunne's department of the Supe
pior Court, and a jury lor the trial has
been impaneled.
Hart's Interest Attached.
The interest of W. H. H. Hart In the Blythe
estate was attached yesterday on a claim of
$1000. Hart gave Judah Boas a note for that
amount some time ago, and the note having
come to maturity without having beer, paid
Boas assigned it to M. L. Davis and suit was
begun against Hart and the lndorsers of the
note. ...
r ■_ _ _ NEW to-day;
The $100025 contest
closes August 3 ist.
Have you tried for the word ? — try again. No ? — better
hurry up.
"Schilling's Best tea is not only pure,
but it is because it is fresh-roasted.
What is the missing word?.
Buy Schilling's Best tea, "send the yellow ticket to us with the word you
select, and your name and address. .
If only one person finds the word, that person gets $1000.00. If several find
it, the money will be equally -divided.
Cut this out— you won't see it again.
Address: SCHILLING'S BEST TEA, SAN FRANCISCO.
DOGS HAVING
"THEIR DAY."
They Increase and Howl
and No Poundmaster
Interferes.
*
Eighteen Hundred More Canine
Vagrants Than There Really
Ought to Be. •'
All Because the Pound Is No Longer
Receiving Guests and the Dog
- Catcher Bests.
The dog and the owner of the dog are
now enjoying a brief season of howling
triumph. There is no pound to take tbe
former to, and in the absence of a pound
the latter retains the ?2 he otherwise
would pay for a l.CJnse, and as he passes
the office of the License Collector his mien
is haughty.
When the pound was in operation
there were taken to it each day an average
of twenty canines, taken there, it must be
I admitted, amid the execrations of the
juvenile populace, for the impossibility of
loving a dog-catcher has long been a rec
ognized fact. Tlie pound has been closed
so long that it is estimated 1830 dogs are
running the greets of San Francisco un
tagged. But lor a quarrel between the
Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty and
the Supervisors this would not have hap
pened. The pound latchstring would
have been hospitably hanging out, and
these hundreds of aogs would have been
1 changed ere this to soap and leather and
fertilizer to something at least that does
not bark and bite. The quarrel, as is
generally known, resulted from the society
getting tired of F. A. Osborn as pound
keeper and demanding his removal. The
Supervisors resolved themselves into a
society for prevention of cruelty to pound
keepers, and declared that Osborn should
stay. Then the first society closed the
pound, and the vacation of the dogs began.
on 6 result has been that applications
for dog licenses this year are 30 per cent
below those of last year. The money re
ceived, however, has been almost as much
as heretofore. Formerly there was a
"duplicate" system, whereby a man with
a ''pull" — as influence is sometimes
termed — could, on the simple statement
that his pet dog had lost its tag, get an
other for 50 cents. Oftentimes the dog
still carried the original tag, and the new
one was given to some friend. Under the
present regime these simple statements
don't go, but have to be sworn to. To lie
is one thing, but to make oath to the
truth of the lie so altogether another
that the "duplicate" arrangement is rap
idly being eliminated. The Pound will
be open at no distant day, and the har
vesting of low-born curs fill the atmos
phere with fearsome yelping.
In some mysterious way the dogs have
learned that they are temporarily im
mune, and as they do not worry about the
future they have seemed to gain greatly
in spirit, while in manners their deteriora
tion has been marked. They Bask in
every sunny spot, hold sessions in each
open court and molest the passer-by.
Some of them are cross and inclined to
sample the fleeting human leg. Others
are content merely with foraging on the
enemy, mankind being so regarded, and
encouraging the culture and dissemina
tion of fleas, a mission clearly superfluous.
Alcibiaiies was once the proud possessor
of a dog that cost him 7000 drachmas, a
sum which anybody who desires can re
duce to modern terms, thereby finding
what the purp was worth in good Ameri
can money. If Alcibiades were here now
he could have tne pick among 1800 and
never pay a c.»nt. History relates that he
cut the tail oil his dog, but if he got the
best one of the 1800 he would be apt to cut
its head off instead, giving history some
thing more tragic to record.
There is a growing local sentiment that
so many dogs are unnecessary. They
have nothing to do but bay the moon,
and a less imposing army could do entire
justice to a moon that is usually Hidden
by fog anyhow: <
And In that town a do; was found
As many dogs there be
Both mongrel, puppy whelp and hoiUlJ
And curs of law degree.
It is hard to realize that Goldsmith
wrote this without ever having visited
San Francisco. Shakespeare makes King
Lear complain that dogs bark at him. He
classifies them thus:
Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim.
Round or soa. iel, bract) or lym.
* Or bobtail tytfe, or brindle tail.
Yet careful scrutiny of back-number
hotel registers shows that Lear was never
here either. In Lear's list are some un
familiar types, and yet inspection of the
1800 would be certain to disclose every
one of them. Tbis is why people are
hoping that the Pound will soon add its
clamor to the general hum of industry.
POLICY-HOLDERS SURPRISED.
The Failure of th» Slassachuaettg As
sociation Was Unpleasant News.
The failure of the Massachusetts Benefit
Life Association, which was noticed in
yesterday's Call, was anything but wel
come news to 1500 California policy-hold
ers. The collapse of the assessment asso
ciation was the theme of eeneral discus
sion among insurance agents and others
in the downtown business jortion of the
City yesterday. .*.;.« '-..,':■
Several theories were advanced as to the
cause, but the general opinion among
tho^e conversant with the management of
insurance companies was that the assess
ment policy was about played out, so to
speafc, in this country, and that the more
legitimate way of conducting this line of
insurance is on the natural paid-up prin
ciple. . ,
xEtr to-day: :
|1/ . fff ..or diseased hearts, that
W {C^£&U£ flutter "and ' palpitate,
- j-j, X^-CJlflm .may readily and easily
be cured and become
Hearts made strong
and well again with proper treatment and
care. If you suffer from pain in the region of
the heart, if your heart flutters or palpitates, or
you are short of breath after an unusual exer-
tion, or from point; upstairs, or if you feel a
smothering, choking sensation, or have
m-*. ' H'S'l 9 weak, hungry spells,
Iff* Mfll-O^ you have heart trouble
l/l • 1T1111,9 and should get
Book on the ■■ . >■■> •
Neneslree 1 ! Heart ture
Address
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
KEW TO-D *T- AMUSEMENTS."
BALDWIN THEATER.
AlUayma> <& Co. (Incorporated; IToyrte*.*)*-!
AN UNBROKEN CHAIN of SUCCESSES!
PLAY PLAVEIIS
ANO SCENIC ENVIRONMENT:
X>-___"\7"l3D BEIjASCOS
Great Koir.nnlc Drama,
THE HEART
OF MARYLAND.
Presented by
L_:K,S. ILiHISIjIB carter
And a Superb Company.
CPTTPT A T 1 In Consequcnc*-- or the Tosl-
lO-L. JuvlAL- tive Demau l there will (>• an
EXTRA M.ITISRK SIXT WKDKLSDAY,
September Ist.
H.±31WT333Vr:833H. :
Seats art- now- on sale lor ii 1 performances
this and next week !
IrBICDLAnntR.OOTTIOD^"c>l rBlCDLAnntR.0OTTlOD^"c>- iWiArcrwiACllta-**--
YOU WILL LAVUU AS YOU NEVER
LAUGHED BE ORE when you sco
THE MEAT MOWS
Augustin Daly's irlghtest Comedy, • presented by
The Frawley Company
Cast 4 Nights. Matinee Saturday.
NEXT MONDAY
"HELD BY TIIE ENEMY."
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mrs. Ernestine Krei.ixo, Proprietor «fc Manager
THE GRAND OPEU A SEASON
Under the direction of Mr. Gustav Hlnrichs.
TO-NIGHT AT 8
Also Saturday Evening, Bizet's Romantic Grand
Opera, ,-- ■-.■■i
"CARMEN !"
To-morrow and Sunday, Verdi's Favorite Work,
"IL TROVATORE!
NEXT WEEK— Wednesday, Friday,
Sunday, "LA CIOCoNIi A" (Hist time her*-).
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday— ' -AIDA" (by
Special Uequest). . ■*.* ,tfV
HEATS NOW ON SALE.
Popular Prices 25c and 50c.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
WALTER MOROSCO... SoIe Lessee and Manager
A. REALISTIC COMEDY-DRAMA OP
THE .DAY.':
Elaborate Production of J. A. Fraser Jr.'s Success,
"THE TRAIN-WRECKERS!"
Startling Situations and Effects! Comedy and
Pathos! .Songs! Dances!
Great Railroad Strike!
Jail Break ! Explosion of Bridge!
Evenlnar Prices— Uo, 25c and 503.
Matinees uru-iv ami simitar.
KNABEN-KAPELLE !
40— NAT URAL- HORN MUSICIANS— 4O
SMITH A CAMPBELL, Talking Comedian-***;
FOX & ALLK.V in "lhe Flat Next Door": MA-
ZL'S <& MAZETT. 'Tbe Tramp and tho Brake-
man"; PROF. LfcOXlDASandlils Cats and Hogs.
Reserved Seats, i'sc; cony, 10c; Opera Chain
and Box Seats. si>e.
Concerts oy the Venetian Ladies' Orchestra
every evening in the Orpheum annex. •
A I f» A*7 A D I-'iikd Bei^asco. ..Manager
rtL-oM^/\n 'Phone Black, 1106.
TO-NIGHT ! -THU USD AY-TO-NIGHT I
Matinee Saturday at 2:15.
Snnday— Farewell to the Empress of Comedy,
!
saucy, Bright, Witty JANE,
You have n^ver seen anything like it for 50c,
35c, 25c or 15c.
NEXT MONDAY THE SPORTSMAN
MECHANICS' FAIR.
EXPOSITION BAND!
(40 pieces), led by
WALTER B. ROGERS,
Leader of the seventh Regimen: Hand of New York'
ART COLLECTION !
The choicest in years..
Lectures in Cooking, 3:30 to 4:30 Each
. Day.
THURSDAY, 2 o'clock-
BAKERS" CONTESTS.
THURSDAY, Au;ust 26-
EIREMEN' S NIGHT.
FRIDAY, August 27- ■
Rattle of Gettysburg.
Chorus of 200 Voices
Of A^ric\ilt\irsvl^
. Aec\3o\ic&l .iiva/
lrydus-tricx[ jfoo ducts
Grand Musical
f" Concepts
EXCVRSION RATES
ON -ALL RAIL ROADS.
SUTRO BATHS.
OX»EKT IXTIC3-j£l*r , «.
Open 1 a.l-.- from 7 a.m. until 11 p. v. -
ADMISMVIOe. • ■ • Children, sc.
: Bathlne, with admission, 25c: children. IIUB.
THE CHUTES^
Every Afternoon and Evenint.*— •
SCENES ON THE KLONDIKE!
AND A GREAT VAU./EVILLE BILL!
lOc Including Performance. -Children 5o
OBERON;
GRAND CONCERT EVERY EVENING by THB
UTEfiJITIOfIIL LADIES' ORCHESTRA.
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