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Wist . tifoli TUX.-DAY DEiKMBEU 7,1897 AMUSEMENTS. Baldwin- Theater- Italian Grand Opera. CoLfMBiA Theater- "Othello" ItOKOaco'a CrKBA-Hoi'st- Old Glory." Alcazar Ihfatf.b • The Nomlnes " Trvou OrKRA Unrsr- Rip Van Winkle. 1 ' ORrTTKrM— Hirh-Clnsn V»uw> ■■>- Oi.ymiTa— Corner of Mnson and Eddy street*. Boston Ladies' Military Band. UrsiisT. Theater.— '■ South Before the War." llRkron — • •ran<l i <>" ••'•- Metropolitan Tkmplk. — Banjo Recital, Thursday evening, December 9. ' I'TKo iths. — Bathlnc Hrvl rvrformn-i-**. IHK ("11CTM AND CIUIKS FRKK THKATFR.— «ireat Vaudeville Company, every alternooa and tYeuing. JAtiiic Coast ri.rn.-Kaces to-day. AUCTION SALES. rv F>6ton- .* Bwbiwii.- ThJg day. Decem- ber", Turkish Kugs, at "230 Sutter street, a: 'Zr m. Hv Frank W hiTT>r.KiKLU-51otiiav. Decem- ber 18, I ersian and Turkish Bugs, a: 218 lost street, at 2 :M) and 7:30 ' • m. L\ ii.li. I'himn & fo.— Wednesday, De-ember 15. I mi J- naif, at 14 Aionigomery street, ai 12 o'clock. MYSTERY VEILS SUICIDE John W.Sims Ends His Life in a Third-Street Saloon. HE HAD BEFS DRHEIIG. A Letter Found in Which Ec Confessed to the Murder of His Wife. SAID IIE HAD DEEJ H AS ASYLUM. It Is Thought He Was Temporarily Insane — His Connections Un known, Jonn W. Sims, a neatly dressed young man, a s»ranger in the city, shot himself to death in Kaiser's saloon, 24 Third street, shortly after 7 o'clock last evening. No one knows why he killed himself, but through a letter he left adJre«s d to the editor of The Call lome clew may be found that wi.l establish ms identity and I osition in life. The letter is as follows: San Francisco. December G. To the Editor of the to/I: I wish to state a few facts to you and your reader*. It I* the ! general opinion of 'lie people that when a man commits suicuic he is insane, therefore 1 siate the following and let the people believe what they want. My name *is John ■\V. Sims. I was born an raised in Mecklenburg County. N. C. My ■nostoffice i« (.'aldwel s, >". C. I was born in 1870. I inn 27 yeais old. My people live near CaldweUe, N. C. I have no remorse oi c>r.scien'e for tbe past. I killed my wife on June 1895. I became involved in a difficulty wltli *■ me boys, whereupon I shot one of them. I has tened home and I Knew it was a caie ol ''pea" or something of .the sort. This was on .Mm. 28. 18 15 I bad been mar ried on February 2. IH'.)3. and the shooting of thi- bey was to bring about a separation be tween in- ami my newly wedded wife. When 1 came home find saw her i became a in an me. knowing that I must soon bo separated from one whi m I had loved from her childhood. B ewi s IS years old when I married her. lo stead oi bri 12; hanged, r.s I expecte | and as ! wanted to be, for the time being I was *■•■:!'. to the insane asylum hI Morfcauton, In m where 1 escaped the latter part of June, 1897, and made my way to Wago, Tex* , whtTis 1 nttempied suicide by taking cyanide of potas sium, but was resuscitated by physicians. 1 then came to Newman, Cal.,wnerc I worked nn a ranch for thirty days, and c.ime to San Franc. sco when my time was out. 1 mil simply tired of life and propose to take it w.th a new ■pistol I bought to-day. I subscribed lor the Examiner "hi c confined at Morgan ton, X. C. They will fi:id my name on their books if they ioi k. Please vend my letter to th* Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N. C., and the Globe-Dem ocrat, of Si. Louis. Good-by to nil. John \V. Sijjs. The letter i was written in a scrawling, most iilegib hand, and owing to this fact those who investigated the case are inclined to the belief :hat the suicide was either deranged or under the influence of 1 quor. At the saloon where the shooting oc curre I the latter theory is corroborated. The saloon-keeper says the dead man was in the saJoon most of tiie day drinking. They endeavored to find where lie lived, but he reused to divulge his address. .Finally he left the saloon and was gone about an hour, and it is thought that dur ing his absence he purchased the revolver with which he ended his life. He returned shortly after 7 o'clock, nnd walked into an alcove in the saloon. No further attention was paid him until the sound of the shot that ended his life rang out. The occupants of the saloon hur ried into the alcove and lound him dying. The bullet had entered below the right ear and penetrated the brain. He was re moved to the hospital, but. he died shortly aftf»r his arrival there. When the body was searched many guide- books and raalroad tables were lound on his person. Nothing besides his letter would assist in clearing up ttie mystery that vraa discovered PIEE COMMISSIONERS. George T. Bohen Klecteil President foi the Ensuing Yeai-. The annual meeting of the Fire Com missioners was held yesterday morning, when George T. Bohen and W. McDonald filed their certificates of election as Com ru.sMonerp. George T. Bohen was then unan mon-lv elected president of the loard for theensuing year, being the third ume that the honor has been conferred upon him. Struck the Conductor. Dr. W. R. Jamison of the t&uiornia flieaicai and Burg.cal Infirmary was charged in Judge ' onian's court yesterday wi'.h battery and t ilg«r language. The complaining witness is A.. Mcc, conductor on a Haight-«ireet car, • no al.eges that Dr. Jamison struck him, over the head with his cine because he uasordered c-ff the car lor refusing to pay his fare. At the docior's request a continuance was granted fui a week. St. Mary's Ch»n-h. To-morrow being the feast of the immacu late conception of the B.essed Virgin Msry, mass will be said in St. Mary's (Paulist) Church, California street, at 6:30, 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. inn high, mass will be sung, at •which a. special musical programme wilt be rendered. V. spers will be sung in the evening at 7:45 o'clock. Sermons M|i}>ropriate to the leant will be preached at 11 a. m. and 7 :45 r. m. WITHIN THE GALLOWS' SHADOW The Attorneys for Durrant Defeated in Their Efforts to Gain Time. FRUSTRATED BY SUPREME COURT. It Decides There Is No Appeal in the Case Before It at the Present Time. JUDGE BAHRS GETS A TOITHISG IP. The Justices Intimated That They Would Hand Down a Decision in a Short Time. The fight which Durrant's attorneys have been making to prolong the life of their client is drawing near an end, and the condemned murderer may soon be called upon to pay the penalty for his crime-. Unless some new complications arise, which at this time do not seem probable. the day upon which Iheodore Durrant will look his last upon earth will be set lor the last time, for the Supreme Court sit ting in bank yesterday morning virtually decided that there were no appeals in the case. The Court also indicated its inten tion to give its decision in writing without delay. T .is is just what the attorneys for Dur rant do not want. They wi-hed that they should be given the regular time in which to fil-± briefs and go through the other legal formalities usual in appeal cases. All this would take a great deal of time, and time is what the letjai gentlemen who are trying to prolong the life of their client, are striving to gain. Their hopes in that direction were crushed yesterday when the court Indicated that tne appeal from the order of Jud^e B:thrs fixing the execution of Durrant for Friday, Novem ber 12, had already been disposed of by the issuance by tne Supreme Court of a certificate cf probable cause in that mat ter, which practically amounted to a re versal oi th« order. The courtroom was crowded when the matter came up. Attorneys Dickinson, Deuprey and Boardman for Durrant were looking somewhat anxious. Acting At torney-General Carter was alone in the legal contest and conducted his end of the controversy with sKill. Af.ergiYing a brief history of the case Mr. Carter a&Ked that the appeal be dis missed. He stated that the tune for the execution bad been passed and admitted informally that there was error in the order of the court In setting the day of execution. He V7as interrupted by General Dickin son, who stated there was an appeal pend ine and that it should be allowed to take its course. "The appeal does not stay the excu ticn," remarked Chief Justice Beatty. He inferred that ;he relusai io grunt a certi ficate ot probable cause on the rirst ap peal which was hear<t at Sacramento was equivalent to. an affirmation of the de c-ion ol the lower court. The granting of the certificate of probable cauxe in the second appeal amounted to a reversal of the order made by Jwlce Babra. Mr. Carter male an argument in which he contended that there was nothing whatever in tha case to ba litigated or dec de.l by the court aid that the time fixed for tht ex -cunon had passed. He questioned the jurisdiction of the cour. as itiere was nothing to litigate. "Isn't the place of continement of the pr;soner a question that is raised by this appeal ?" asked Justice Henshaw. "The fact that the time fixed ior the execution has passed does not affect that.' .Mr. Carter stated he aid not think that that was an issue in the ca*e. "Do you think that the last order of this court ,-tiiying the execution is still in force?" asKe.l Jus. ice Garoutte. Mr. Car ter answered in the negative, when he was again asked : "Then why do you proceed on that theory and ask to have the date of execu tion fixed? ' "Because," be answered, "it is a dan gerous thing to execute a n.an when thsre is the slightest doubt as to the legality of the proceedings. We want the question left without any doubt whatever. 1 ' Justice Bea.ty then s ated that the or der of the lower court had been reversed in effect and that the court was ready to reverse it in fortr as -oon as the papers on appeal werj hied. He disagreed with .Mr. Carter's vie ws that tne court nad no juris diction in the ense. "The judge of the lower court," said Justice Beany, '"has said in an article to the newspapers over his own signature that he could not underhand the decision of this cour;, so that it. may be as weil to wr;te one that he can understand." General Dickinson arzued that the ap peals should not t»e dismissed. "There is the q utstion of double punishment which has not yet been decided. " He objected strenuously to the submission of the ap peal. "The question of double punishment was denu-d when we reiused to i>sue a certificate of piobable cause," said Jus tice Beat'y. "Atl here is for you to do," he contin ued to Mr. Carier, "is lo submit the ap peals and let the coui t make the formal decision in accordance with the views al ready expressed." "Tnen we mustsubmit the appoal," said Mr. Carter. General Dickinson objected, and argued that they hud the rirbt to be heard on the question involved in the appeal pend- ing. Mr. Carter then made a formal admis sion of error, so as to secure a formal re version of the order of J udge Bahrs. "W« ar entitled to know," s;t;d Qjn eral D ckinson, "what is the proper time to elapse before sentence or execution ci n be put into effect after the atftrmat.on of a judgment." "We tiavo already decided that forty eiglit hours is insufficient lime, and there now remains nothing upon that score for the additional reason that the l-sue has Open passed upon In previous case.-." an swered Justice Beatty. It is believed ttiat adeciaion on the case will b? handed down in a short time, as Chief Just cc Beatty inferred as much by his remarks. Attorneys believe that the District Attorney should act in the mat ter, and have Durrant brought up a^ain for tenteric. H the proper time is allowed to elapse after the passing of the sentence and the day >et for the execution, i: is thought that there will be no more hin drance-. Dr. i>'i:v«i>- ti to Speak. Dr. d'Evelyn, president of the Geographical Society of California, will deliver a lecture en titled 'Is the Worll Ous?" at Golden Gate Hall ttis evening al 7 Ao o'clock. TIIE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. IS9T. After Peingf Euffeted Arcund Xht Horn for "Weeks the French Bark Reine Blanche Sailed Into Port Yesterday on the Wings of a Southeast Gale. The Brig Consuelo, From Mahukona, Also Sailed In on the Same Tide. A SOUTHEASTER AGAIN EXPECTED The Harbor Got a Foretaste of It Yesterday- Morning. Several Vessels Took Advant age of the Gale and Sailed In. Daylight Eaii on Whitelaw's Junk Store— Only One of the Burg lars Arrested. Another southeaster is predicted and vessels north or south bound from Puget Sound may expect another rough time of it. Coasting •chooners now in port are warned not to sail until the weather con d'tions are more favorable. « Yesterday morning It blew pretty heavily on tie Lay and vessels moored to the south of Market street bad to eet out extra lines. The schooner Tartar, moored at the bulkhead between Main and Beale streets, broke her guard and also two fen der piles. An advertising sign, 30 feet long by 7 feet broud, was blown from the roof of the ferry depot ana wrecked. Luckity there was no one about at the time. The French bark Reine Blanche after being buffeted around Cape Horn caught the storms again off the coast and had a hard time of it. Final. a pilot got aboard yesterday morning and sailed the vessel into port. The I'eine Blanche was 137 days getting here frojn Swansea and she looks as if she bad been through heavy weather. Not one of the crew could speak a word of English, and the quarantine officials nad quite a time of it getting a bill of health from the captain. ~ The brig Consupio from Mahukona also sailed into port. Her captain reports that on Sunday night he saw two ships in the distance, one a three-master and one a four master. The former was probably the Reine Blanche. The steamer Columbia from Astoria was behind hana last night, and was probably deiaved by the souineastei. There was a diphtheria scare on Alca traz I:land last Sunday over tne death of tne son of Private Collins. Dr. H. E. Me- V»y, the post surgeon, set ail douuts at ie>t by stating positively that the boy hud died from quinsy sore throat. S-ven or eight children tome over irom Alcatraz on the s ehmer General McDowell to at tend school every day. Pr.vato Collins' daughter goes to a school on Mission street, and over a vieek ago she went home complaining from a sore throat. When she began to mend her brother was taken ■ick, and finally died irom the disease lait Sun-lay night. The following changes among the offi cers of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's fleet have gone into eflec; : Cap tain Shea, late chief officer of the Pornoim, is now roaster of the Alex Duncan, Cap tain Olien of the Duncan is now master of the S&n-.a Cruz, and Captain Hinkie of the Santa Cruz has gone to Portland to take command oi the Georg« W. Elder. Captain Johnson of the latter vessel will come to Sau Francisco. The Vallejo stearrnr Moniicelio is to have new boilers put in next month and when the chance la mane Captain Hatch ?ays his ve-sel will be faster than ever. The jolly shipper is j.ist back from a visit to PiiKet Sound and, to put it in his own word;, "There is more wind than business up there." Seattle, he is "'booming on paper" and Tacoma is only a little bet ter. All in all, Captain Hatch is not very much impressed with the outlook in Washington. John Eaton was locked up In the Hnr bor Police station yesterday by Officer Croiby, on a charge of burglary. He and two companions broke into Whitelaw's junkstore and were smashing up braasei, preparatory to carrying them away in a wagon, when two of Whitelaw's men heard them at work. They summoned the police and Crosby arrested Ka:on. Tne oilier two thieves got away, but as they are known to the police their arrest is only a question of time. HAEEY COOPER CONVICTED. The Uefenie Submitted It* Case on the l'rosecutiou's Kvidence. It took a jury just three minutes to con vict "Baron" Henry Westvco I Cooper of forging and ut'.ering a check on the Aus tralian Bank i:i Judge Cook's court yes* terday afternoon. Tb« case against Cooper went on trial in the morning and the prosecution began to introduce us load ot evidence. As the check alleged to b • forged bears the si nature of Dennis «fc Will ace, who are supp s*d to reside in Australia, and owing "to the difficulty or impossibility of identifying t li*» signatures ol people living iv that iar-off land, the prosecution for a time hardly expected to secure a conviction. It introduced all the evidence at hand, however, find then cested the case. Attorney T. K. French, representing Cooper, then moved the I rourt to instruct the jury to acquit the de.endant. The court refused, and the attorney, after noting an objection, sub mitted the case. The jury filed out and three minutes later retimed and entered I a verd.ct of guilty. The ca«e will be car ried to the SucremeCourtand ihere Attor ney French horei to clear his client on technical grounds. GLINN WANTS TO DICTATE Holds a Love Feast in Pythian Castle With His Deputies. His Attempt to Further His Own Interests Proves Disastrous^ Eight Districts of the Citizens' Demo cratic Party Will Not Support Him. Recorder Tom Glynn, his deputies anri their friends held a love feast last night at Pythian Castle. The social gathering was held under the auspices of BucKley's "business men," who banded together a few weeks ago under the designation ot the "Citizens' Democratic Party." In the last campaign the Bncklev workers were enluted under :he banner ot the "Citizens' Anti-Cnarter Pnity," and with the inten tion of masquerading under false plumes, they decided to go before the public at the election for freeholders as an entirely new organization. Vice-Chairman Jame« O'Connor, who has been acting in the place of Chairman Joseph Roih^chiid, who would not be a party to the sale of the organization, called Glynn and his deputies to order. Cnder new business, 1). J. Oliver, from the Thirty-ninth Assembly District, pre sented the following resolutions: Whereas, It is a common rumor that the bosses an! corporations Intend to steal tue election of Freetraders a' ills comine ?pecial election, and, In oner to prevent the comum niHtion of any tuch plans, and more especially to insure an hones tnJfftirc uitio he Free holders nominated by the Citizens.' lie wocralic party; therefore, be it . Resolvid. That the chairman ot the general committee of the Citizens' Democratic party is hereby requested to appoint a committee 1 1 eighteen— ono from each Assembly district — Baia committee of eighteen to meet on Mon day, December 20,1897, and select one or more volunteers for each voting precinct, whose duty it shall be to look after the Inter ests of our nominees and tee that they receive a fair and honest count. The resolutions were unanimously adopted by Glynn and bi.*J deputies, and Chairman O'Connor drew from his pocket ihe following list of del~ga.tei to s^rve as committeeroen:;L. J. (onion, M. Kerwln, J. F. Sweeney, I*. T. Keilv, T. Floyd, T. Godsill. T. J. Clancey. C. J. Rvan, Dennis Barry, William Brennon, A. J. Foley, D. J. Oliver, G jorge Harvey, William Cook, T. Kaufman, S. Sullivan, D. Capuro and Art our Forcade. The remainder of the programme was | the:i carried out without in:erruption. j James O'Connor was elected chairman, and as as istants to carry out the orders of Boss (jlynn he will have the following j officers under him: First vice-chairman, diaries McCarthy; second vice-chairman, Henry Dierechor; recording secretary, Frank X Foley ; treasurer, Tiiomas Glynn, and s-er^eant-ai-arms. Liwrence Conlon. There was a iiot lime at the meititiß of j the Sullivan-Deuprey laction of the Demo- I rratic party neid At Balboa Hall, Native ! Sons' building, last night. The warmth was created by the report of the executive committee to the County ' Committee. The executive committee's report was read by W- P. Sullivan Jr., Mayor Phelan's secretary. It related to the freeholder in nomination. The ticket nominated by the Citizen Charter Co:.vendon and by the Non-Partisan party was declared to stand "for the respectable a>d honest citizenship of San Francisco," while ths ticKet nominate! by she recognized and duly authorized county committees of the several parties was denounced U3 the work of the "united bosses ana corrupt corpora tion*." The following candidates for freeholders were indorsed: James Butler, A. Cornie, Jr., P. H. McCarthy, i. Gntteand Josepd O'Connor. '1 hen came the bombshelL It read as follows: That in regard to Dr. E. R. Taylor, named by the charter convent. a.id Non. Partisan party as a .Democratic nominee for freeholder we regret Hint we cannot indorse him as a Democrat owing to the tact mat at the last election he opposed the candidacy of our party nominee. William Jennings Bryan. \\\; recognize Dr. Taylor's eminent fitness lor the rosltion of charter-maker \>y reason of his high character, scholarship and previous ex perience, and although ready to indorse hi. us a candidate for freeholder representing any other party our duty to our party com pels us to refuse to indorse him as a Demo crat. As soon as the report was read a corn mitteeman mov <i that it be arionted. Af:cr a ljeate<t discussion the report of the c iin rait ten wag adopted. In tlie report the following Republicans Jcsenh lintian, H. N. Clement, L. R. Kilert. John .Nightingale, John 0. Not> mann and Lipnian Sachs; nnd Jerome A. Anlerson, A fred R. Cridjje and A. \V* 'Ihomp'on, nominated by other parties 011 the freehold, r-' ticker, were indorsed. Among modern weapons the bayonet bus chance i 'ea* 1 a ; nrp us invention. The Soft Glow of the Tea Rose is acquired by ladies who use Pozzoxi's Complexion Powdee. Try it. A VICTORY FOR FATHER OTIS Chief Lees Takes Action at Last on Quincy and St. Mary Streets The Objectionable Tenants Re ceive Peremptory Notice to Vacate. An Exodus of the Disreputable Class Takes Place at the Midnight Hour. Father O;is has at last succeeded' Id gaining his point and Chief of Police I. W. Lees has In a measure redeemed hira se.f by taking action in the removal of the objectionable tenantry on Quiiiey and fct. Mary streets. Purutnt to instructions from police 1 headquarters Sergeant Je«se Cook with a squad of picked officers in citizens' clothes wall pockets full of p: in ud notices con taining the State law appertaining to this particular class of objec.ionable residents visited each and every house on the two streets mentioned and served a cjpy on each, commanding them to Tacate their dens by 12 o'clock last night. So sooner were the notices served than an exodu-« commenced. Tlie Japanese were the Brat to v.icate. Insi |« or twenty minutes after the notices were received half a dosea express wagons were called into requisiiion and a general thiftiag of effects to^k plac?. The white women aca the negroes hung out until the last mo ment. Bat as the big clock on the Catho lic church opposite con tinaei to revolve iti long arms toward 12 o'clock t:ie places tnat for years hal brought sh:ims and dis grace on the otherwise respectable neigh borhood became as dark and <*iunal as the mo»t remote section of ihe Klondike district. It is needles? to add tbat the Rev. Father Otis saw with much Kratiticntion tlicexoius of the people who had given him so niucu trouble io dislodge them. ijxßr v V«. v^>. — - - *-^> » i TS^^a LjUqSS K"; Ay^ I -*^i w fe^ MB B^t^r mill will bear the closest inspection and com- ■if parisons. No better tobacco is grown if ij than that used in the manufacture of if Piper Heidsieck. No other tobacco has || so exquisite a flavor. None is so care- I fully manufactured .or yields so much real enjoyment as Piper Heidsieck. These are not mere claims but facts easily demonstrated. Buy one of the new 5-cent pieces, A A LARGER THAN T-U/o FORMERLY and be convinced that Piper Heidsieck is positively the biggest piece of good i tobacco ever sold for a nickel. SMALL BOYS ARE ABDUCTED George Eose and George Southwick Taken by a Man to Stockton. They Were Abandoned on the Steamer and Brought Back to the City. The Boys Escaped From the Home of the Ladies' Protective Belief Society. The audacity of two small boys caused 'he rolice ana oilicers of the California Society for ihe Prevention of Cruelty to Children no end of trouble yesterday. When t tie stearoer from Stockton ar rivi d yesierdsy morning itie captain gave two boys into the charge of the harhor police, saying that they had been abandoned by their father. A man utui the boys had taken passage on the steamer Saturday night, the man representing that he was the father of tlie twoyoun sters. On arriving at Stockton the man left the t>oat, telJmg the captain to 1< ok afier the boys lili lie returned. He fuiie.l to return and the captain, not know ing what to do with the youngsters, de cided finally upon bringing them back to the city. The boys were sent from the Harbor I'oiice Station to the Central Station and the Society lor the Prevention of Cruelty to Ch ldren was notified. Officer McMunay questioned the boys. They said they were brothers— George Rote, 8 years of age, and Benjamin Hose, 9 years of age, and their lather was Benja min Rose, a peddler of lottery tickets, who lived on Haight street, near tht Chutes. They had an aunt, Mrs. Craskili, 10 Lang ton street. "My iather," snid George, "took us to Stockton with l.im for a trip, but when we got there he tuid us he was c ing to !h mountains and we were to remain on the boat. Our motb< r is dead and we have no home to go to." Believing that the boys had been will fully deserted by their iather MuMurray went lo Mr. Craskill's home to see if she would lake charee of them. Mrs. Craskili did not know them and refused to have anything to uo wi.h theru. McMurray returned to the boys and aga n questioned them, but they s:uck to their siory. McMnrrav saw Chief Leea nnd the Stockiun poliC3 were uotiliei to look out for tlie unnatural parent. After several hours' diligent inquiry McMurray found that tlie boys had escaped from the Ladies' Protective Re liei isociety's Home Saturday afternoon, and that their names were George Rose and George Southwicfc. When taxed with the truth the boys laughed an«i admitted that they had been Jying. After escaping from the horue they went to the water front, and a man took them on board the steamer, but they diii noi know who the man was, never having seen him before. He promised to lake them to the mountains With him. McMurray toot tbe bora lack to tbe home, and a careful watch will be kept upon them in luuire. «n:w to-dat: Dangerous, Warning of heart disease are short- # , ness of breath from goiug upstairs, sweeping or sins- *J»y<iUlvJ ing, sinking or smothering sje:s (especially at night) flattering or palpitation, pain or tenderness in the left breast, tide, arm or shoulder, irregular or Intermittent pulse, weak, hungry or fainting spells, dropsy, swell- ing of the feet or ankles, etc. There is one ■ ure, practical remedy for heart trouble*, _. »■•« • the prescription of Dr. lIP fViIIAQ Franklin Miles, and if If I • ITIII^;C3 guaranteed to benefit. Book on the ■ ■ A■ - >-> &£.*££ Heart Cure Address DE. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind. WINTER WISDOM. A Few Susreontions That Will Aid You Dur.ng the Coming Months. Don't be afraid of fresh air, but avoid j draughts. Don't go out oi denrs for a second with- out extra covering. If you wear rubbers, take them off when- ever you have an opportunity within doors. In selecting vour winter underclothing, choose that which is warm ana yet more or less open in texture. Take off your overcoat when you enter a warm place, whether orßca or private dwelling, even if your visit is to last only a lew minutes. If you catch cold or develop a cough, get rid of it at once. This is better than feel- ing 'b'ue" and thinking that pneumonia or consumption has marked you as a victim. The best remedy for a cough or cold (how- ever subborn), or a sudden chill, is pure whiskey. A doss of whiskey in water will imrarta generous wartntn to the whole body and keep off the diseases of the season. Don't forget that onlv pure whiskey should bi taken. Duffy's Ture Malt Whiskey has the strongest r commenda- tions from the leading doctors as to its effi- ciency, and from the most prominent scientists as to it? puritv. It is the only standard medicinal whiskey. Tako no oth»>rfr<>rn vonr (irugsist. * NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER. THIS TUESDAY EVENING, OTHELLO Tt.e Prince of Players, MR. LOUIS JAMES. Wednesday A CiVALIERor.FR « NCR Thursday J l i.u Si .ES.\K irlday OTHELLO Saturday Matinee PI Us O7E«AR Saturday Night BHAKTACI 3 Sunday JULIUS U.E-AU Complete Scenic 1 reductions. Our Holiday Attraction, noyt's "Milk White Fla?' COLUMBIA THEATER— Extra. Greatest Mus c;il Event In the History of •-an i-ra Cisco. THURSDAY, DKCKAIBJ£B 9, at 3 P. M.. THE ORPHEUS MUSICAL CLUB Will Give a MONSTER SYMPHONY CONCERT With an orchestra of IMS musicians, under the direction of HKRK FRITZ .-CaiSKI» Reserved seals 50c,75c, $I— now ready at box office TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Whs. KmßUtJUnnra, Proprietor cc Alanagj.' THIS BVr.NIMG! Superb Production of Planquette's Opera Comlque RIP VAN WINKLE! bKKAI CA T. Beautiful Scknkryl Correct Costumhs! NEXT — Our Holiday t'paciacle, "I^OTKHII^ QOOSEI" OR The Strange Adventures of Jack and Jill. The most perfect nome production ever attempted POPDLAB PRICKS 25c and 500. Week Commencing Monday, Dec. 6. 6 PICCIIINAI SISIKKs, Snnaulonal Acro- bais; fZITA. Oypsy Violin Virtuoso; I»AU- I.IMKTTI & PIQUO, gymnasts: I>K Flliiri'is, Eccentric Dancers; VESU- VIANO QI7AKTKTTE. the Operatic bit: SKKVAIS IiKROV, Startling IllUfiior.Ut; O. K. .SATO, Comic Juggler; STANLEY and JACKSON, Sketch Artists. Reserved scats, 2ic; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairs and Box teats, 60c. BALDWIN THEATER. ! ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. In a bezieso! Brilliant Productions. To-night, Tues., Wed., FrL livgs and Sac Mat., Puccini's Superb Achievement, u Xj-A. 3E3<3H333Vi:3D I" Thursday and Saturday Evenings •'O'i'ELLO" Prices 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, HI , 91. 50 BUSH-ST. THEATER. One Week Beginning Monday. Dec. 6th. Matinees Wednesday, oatnway uud "run lay. Harry Marten's BealUtlc Southern ProJuoiion, SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR! 50 People on th« stasre- 50. Special Scenery— Novel specialties— Pickaninny Fand ! l umier's CIXEMaIOGIUPII. It) .New Pictuies at, t-ach v< rformatHo. Special Bargain Day, Matinee W»a: estlny— 3Bc to any part of he house. Popular Prices— 2sc, 35c, 50c. \V Btoh for the p rade Monday at noon. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WAL'I'KK MOBOSCO. .sole Lessee and Mana;»r Initial production of the spectacular patrioic drama, "OLD GLORY." "OLD GLORY. By ("ha*. T. Vincent and Wnx A. Brady. New scenic, Mictianical and Klecrical KiTects. See the Great Natal Hattle Scone. bee the Great Lighthouse Scene. Evenin? Prices— loc, tie and 50 •. Matinee livery Saturday and Sunday. iA I PA7AR SEATS— i nt.v>ft£.nn i sc> o 5Ct 35c> sOc j Kvenini;s 8:15. Saturday Matinee 'i:l3. The Vast Audience Last Xight Announre IST. O. aOOD"WIN'S Farcical Comedy, THE NOMINEE THE BEST OK THE SEASON! Nnxt Week, a Comedy Satire. "WILL, SHE DIVOKCK HIM?" METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. Thursday Kvening:, December 9, 1897, On y fanio Keci al in San Francisco of MR. ALFRED A. FARLAND. Assisted br Professor ChM. IP. Graeber's M i mini in Orchestra. Reserved seat? 75c. Now en sale at Koh er A Chi-se's >uslc-Honse, 1.8 U' Fa rr«U street. Kiiabe Piano used exclujively. RACL\O ?£&0k~ RACL\6 PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (iNGLESIDE TRACK. Racing From Monday, November 29, to Saturday, December 11, Inclusive. Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shins. FIRST KACK AT 2 P. M. « S. P. R. K. Trains— 12:13 and 1:15 P. 31. Daily. leave Third-street station, stopping at Valencia street. Returning immediately fatter the races. Electric-Car Lilies. Kearny street and Mission street cars every three minutes, direct to trade without change. .HJmore-streei tars transfer each. way. B. N. ANUKUIiS, i'residenu F. 11. GREEN, Secretary. OBERON. GRAND COHCRBT EVERY EVE>'IXO BY ■ STARR'S. ;,VIEMA.:. ORCHESTRA! SUTRO BATHS. Same Graded Temperature all the year. Open Daily from 7 A . M to fi P. M. During he Winter Season. ADMISI>ON 10c CHILDREN, 50. Bathing with admission, 25c: children •JOc. OI VMPI A Corner of Mason and VJI^I IVI f 1 1\ , Eddy s.reets. >e.n Krnnclsco's Liri'at Music Hal A STKICTI.Y FAMILY Kl- SORT BOSTON LADIES' MILITARY BAND And a number of New lli^li-Class Operatic Artists THE CHUTES AND FREE THEATER Every Afternoon and Kvening. MAUD HUBIiBCBT, WALTON & GaRDKN CHUTEO-COi'E and A GREAT VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. Admission ami Performance, 10c. Children, ia 7