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COAST REPRESENTATIVE
MAY BE W. R. WHEELER
President to Be Asked to Make
Him Successor to Calhoun.
Jobbers and Mamfacturers of Pacific
Coast by Committee Select Him as
Choice of Their Association.
WR. WHEELER of the whole
• ' Mer
rill city
. was named yesterday I
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Pacific Coast Jobbers' ai tur
»rs' Association as their unani
choice ■ :-" on the Ii
mmission, ■
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The representatlvi
mento and Mar> r sville
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tee, the permanent
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Iff and other matters S ttie
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Phey • evat
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Ity secretary; also designating the I
a ■ ; •■ isttory
: iring
on the m aaklng
tlon 1 -it McKlnli
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In the
■ ternoon i ■
by H. D.
as chairman of
Ittee «>f the jol
facturers. A dispatch had been
I from the Portland Chamb<
■ urging the association I
::imls-
Tlie matter had been talked of
In all the other cities rep
-sociatinn. The mem
imittee were ready to act
m Mr. w::
he had »ed the sec
hes to
■ma and other
Ing them to use their influence
representatives
■. .• Mr. Wheeler se
a committee was also elected to
.'. ith the California Con-
IOWANS MARCH
TO THEIR CAMP
AT THE PRESIDIO
Were Warmly Greeted
Along the Streets.
The Inwa men marched out to the Pre-
Bidlo yesterday and were m»-t at the camp
■ Washington men, who had the
mere over to dinner. It was a
famous meal, and the men from across
the water, with appetites keenly whetted
by a month on the transport, did It full
Juetlce.
All alone; tho way from the transport
do^k to th<- Prepid!o crowds gathered to
A Good Investment.
Acquiring stock in this company pre-
sents to the man of small means cr the
largfr capitalist greater opportunities
for making money than acythlnj? before
the public.
Disinterested parties representing
various associations have made ex-
aminations of our Contra Costa prop-
erty an<! report the presence of Oil in
abundance.
OIL STOCK AT $5 PER SHARE.
The low price of stock, larpe area,
oonB«rva.tl « management, close prox-
imity to market and the great demand
for r>«»tr3lc-uni makes this proposition
"g!lt-eclge."
we have bored 600 feet and expect to
strike oil in t»n days. Stock that Is
i-elllng for $0 now will then he worth
ten times that amount. Telephone and
railroad spur is now being built to the
property. .Investigate and you will then
Invest all you can afford.
Heport of the Fuel Committee of the
Manufacturers' and Producers' Asso-.
elation and prospectus sent on request.
You're Invited to call and ask ques-
tions.
American Oil and
Refinery Company
Rooms 322-323 PARROTT BUILD-
ING. SAN FRANCISCO.
Oakland Agents— O'ROUßKE &
JACKSON, 1002 Broadway.
grcssional delegation In advocacy of the
choice
V R Wheeler has long been connected
with Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson as
ratemaker. He has repeatedly appeared
la behalf of Pacific Coast wholesalers
and Jobbers before the representatives of
the transcontinental railroads and also
the Interstate Commerce Commission
concerning rates. In politics lie Is a Re
publican. The Interstate Commerce
Commission is now made up of two Re
publican: and two Democrats. Mr. Cal
houn, the recently retired member. Is a
Republican. It is probable that his Buc
vy'sor will be a Republican.
The nominee of the business men was
notified of the action of the association
md signified his willingness to n present
hem upon the commission if he should
,v named by President McKJnley.
The following members of the executive
■ommlttce were present: Waketield Baker,
A. D. Loveland, I*. Guggenheim, B. S.
Ulenthai; A. G. Towne, i 'harles Hol
irookj I. F. L'ttlpfield. C. F. : lv, B. Ev
;rett and D. E. Pond of San Francisco;
J. S. Goldsmith and C. A. Black of Seat
tle; T. S. Harmon of Tacoma; L. A. Lew
is. Harry Hahn and E. J. de Hart of
H. Cornforth of Marysville;
William Schaw of Sacramento: R. L.
«'raig. F. W. Braun, C. C. Reynolds and
.T. w. Lynch of Los Angeles. These
ers represented over 200 of the larg
est business houses on the coast.
A i.r.minatlng committee to bring in the
names of the sub-committees wls select
ed. Of the sub-committee the most Im
portant will be the committee on traffic
and the chairman of that committee will
to do the leading part in dealing
with freight rates. The committe--s will
all be named to-day, which will probably
be the last day of the session of the com
mittee. Murh of yesterday afternoon was
taken up by F-. S. Pillsbury. who has
elected the attorney to appear for
(■•■ fore the Interstate Com-
Commlsslon to oppose th>_- sait
brought by the St. Louis jobbers to make
! rates from the Atlantic coast to
: St. Louis and also to do away with the
Minis on carloads and less than
i n the \ v f the Pa
cific Coast. Mr. Pillsbury attended upon
! the invitation of the association and a
long discussion of the situation took place.
Mi I'lllsbury made many valuable sugr
; gestions.
pet a sight of the last men from the war.
There were cheers and handshaking and
greetings from every one, stranger or
i friend, for everybody wished to rush out
> into the street and clasp some soldier by
i the hand, regardless of whether or not
; he was an acquaintance. The regiment
: was reviewed at Bush street and Van
i Ness avenue by General Shafter and Gov
; ernor Shaw of lowa, assisted by a crowd
of citizens that blocked the street. The
men were assigned to one of the hill
! camps, that adjoining: the old California
• and Montana camp.
The lowa regiment comes home with a
I full list of officers, all vacancies having
i been filled Just before the men started
from Manila. The lucky ones were Sec
■ ond Lieutenant L. A. Williams of Com
pany E to be first lieutenant of the same
company, First Sergeant F. E. Over
holtzer of Company E to be sec
ond lieutenant, Second Lieutenant
William C. Mensor of Company
I D to be captain and regimental ail
, jutant, Fred P. Woodruff of Company D
j to be second lieutenant. The papers of
I the regiment are in excellent condition
! and there is not much work on the muster
j rolls left to be done.
The funeral of Mrs. Collins, the widow
j of the late Captain Collins of the Twenty
( fourth Infantry, was held yesterday from
the post chapel at the Presidio. She was
■ buried in the National Cemetery. The
pall-bearers were: Major Cowles, Seven
teenth Infantry; Captain W. N. Hughes,
Thirteenth Infantry; Captain H. C.
i Danes, Third Artillery; Captain Hork
miller, Captain Gale, Fourth Cavalry, and
Captain J. D. itch, Twenty-fifth In
fantry.
The body of Lieutenant Colonel Mllev,
which was sent home on the transport
Senator, was laid out in the Presidio
chapel yesterday under a guard of honor.
; The funeral will be held this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. He will be accorded full
military honors for his rank In the regu
lar army which was that of a first lieu
tenant. He will be buried In the National
Cemetery.
Fifteen men from the lowa regiment
were sent to the general hospital Sunday
as Boon as the vessel had been passed by
the quarantine officers. The sick men
! were: Homer W. Read, Harry N. Wood
1 and Corporal Arthur A. White of Com
pany A. Roland Mills of Company B, Ira
! Balrd, William A. McLean and Serjeant
Frank A. Buker of Company E, Joseph
Dewhlrst of Company F, Musician Riley
V Stevens and Alfred H. Lovely of Com-
I pany G, Lorenzo D. Bates of Company H,
Sergeant Walter B. Stevenson of Com
pnnv K. R. L. Dailcy, Edward Wood,
Corporal rHugh Goss and William E.
Hesse of Company L, Samuel J. Tilden,
Harry B. Brusnolts and Edwin J. Stotler
of Company M and Allen O. Garrell, a
musician of the band. All but five aro
convalescent.
Second Lieutenant James W. Lecrome
of the Fortieth Infantry reported for
duty at the Presidio yesterday. He was
a private in the Washington regiment
• ana has but recently received his pro
motion to a commission.
The transport Olympia will leave this
morning for the Sound, from where she
, will take part of tlf3 Thirty-ninth In
fantry to Manila. *The Pennsylvania
was to have left with her, but the recent
; discovery of a suspected case of small
fox on that transport has held her here.
t la not known how long It will be before
she joins the Olympia.
| Company E of the Thirty-first Infantry
THE SAN KRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1899.
WILL SEE PRESIDENT
WHEELER INSTALLED
PROF. D. C. GILMAN OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
PRESIDENT DANIEL COIT OILMAN' of Johns Hopkins University ar
rived !n this city last evening from his home in Baltimore, and is now
nt The Palacp. accompanied by his wife. He comes to witness the formal
Installation of Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler as president of the Uni
versity of California, which ceremony is to take place next Wednesday after
noon on the Berkeley campus.
President Oilman will witness nothing new in the ceremonial, as he him
self was at one time president of the same institute of learning, serving
from 1!>72 to 1875, resigning during the latter year to accept the position at
the head of the great university over which he has ever since ruled.
Upon his arrival President Oilman was met at the Berkeley station by
President Wheeler and at the Oakland mole by Regent Hallidie, and by
both of these gentlemen escorted across the bay and to his hotel. To-day he
•will leave for Berkeley, where he and his wife will remain as the guests of
President and .Mrs. Wheeler as long as they stay In this part of the State.
When seen In his apartments last evening President Oilman proved to
bo a dignified, courtly gentleman, whose chief characteristics were his great
personal magnetism and his pleasant willingness to extend courtesy to his
visitors.
He spoke of a pleasant trip across the continent and of the plans he and
his wife had ma v a short vacation, which embraces a two weeks"
stay in the vicinity of. San Francisco and then a trip to the southern part
of the coast, where they will put In a similar length of time resting and
enjoying themselves. Their subsequent movements have not yet been defi
nitely settled, but they will probably return home via the southern route.
Presidi nt Oilman refused to express his views on the question of annexa
tion, as he said he was reserving them lor his speech next Wednesday, when
they would be fully exploited.
The head of Johns Hopkins University was born at Norwich, Conn., in
lsr.l. He graduated from Vale In 1852, and then spent several years In fur
ther study attending lectures at various seats of learning in this country
and then going to Germany, where he graduated from the Berlin University.
He Has received many honors and has been proffered many public posi
tions, and is at present a member of the Venezuela Boundary Commission.
President Oilman is also an author, and two of his works in particular— his
"Life of President James Monroe" and "Introduction to Democracy in
America"— have succeeded in placing him among the foremost literary men
of this country.
determined to have a good meal of some
thing better than Government straight
before it loaves for Manila, arranged tor
a banquet last Sunday and invited its own
officers and the field officers of the regi
ment to the feast. There was roast beef
and roast pork, and sweet potatoes and
Irish potatoes and fruit, pie and coffee.
Sergeant Melvln W. Myler and Sergeant
Frank 11. Powell were in charge of af
fairs. Music was furnished by Corpora
Archie Braver on the mandolin and Pri
vate McKeen with the guitar. Captain
W H Gillen water of Company B was
made the guest of honor.
Captain James B. Hughes of the
Fourth Cavalry has been failed to act
a« quartermaster and commissary of the
stock transport Centcnnia .
The number of troop to sail on the
transport Manauense has been r
from 270 to 175 First Lieutenant ll. .ward
1 T-eubach Twenty-third Infantry, has
been assigned to the transport Pennsyl
van?a a quartermaster ancf commissary.
A detachment of ITS assigned recruit*
have been ordered to make ready t ;
i the Pennsylvania. lhe> »m "<■■
TSSfuwMnMt Charts E. Marro^
, l ,T£n/hls assignment to Manila.
IOWA BOYS' RECORD
IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Fifty-first lowa, the last except
the First Tennessee of the volunteer reg
lments to return from the Philippines
Ss had an experience that fell to the lot
of none of the others. More than one
third of the whole time since they left
here has been spent on board of a trans
port-ninety-three days on the Pennsyl
vania going out and thirty on the Sen
ator returning. The regiment arrived In
San Francisco on June 9. 1898, and after
being three times disappointed finally
got away for Manila on November 3, ar
riving there December 6.
The Hollo expedition was in expectancy
and the regiment was kept on board the
ship with a view of sending it to thai
place, for which it Bailed on December
V, The men were not disembarked thr>re,
however, but returned to Cavlte on Jan
uary 31 and disembarked on February 5,
having been continuously afloat for three
months and three days, during all of
which time there was not a single death
and but two men sick in the whole regi-
m They went into camp at Cavite and
Colonel Loprr was put in command of the
district. On February 8 they took part
in the capture of San Rogue and in the
sharp fight of the 35th, but lost no men.
On February 18 Major Duggan was
ordered with the first battalion to the
south line below Manila, near Pasay.
There they were on constant duty and
in much sharp lighting until March 28,
when they were withdrawn to Cavite.
On April 16 the entire regiment joined
Mac Arthur's division at Malolos by way
of Malabon, and were assigned to Hale's
brigade. From that time until the end of
the campaign their movements were
Identified with those of the brigade. They
were under fire fifteen times, and the
casualty lists will tell the story of their
battles and losses.
At the capture of San Fernando the
lowans charged across the river in the
face Of a heavy fire, and driving the en
emy before them were the first to enter
the burning insurgent capital. When
withdrawn from the front the regiment
had but 218 men fit for duty out of the
1020 enlisted men and fifty officers. Fifty
one were invalided home, forty dis
charged at Manila and seventy-one men
and two officers revolunteered, leaving 769
men and forty-nine officers to' return.
The regiment never set foot in Manila
until It was ordered home. Altogether It
has had a unique experience.
Of Course
The Cafe Zlnkand is the place to ko after the
theater for a little supper an..l excellent music*
In the Divorce Court.
Decrees of divorce have been granted
Emma OUtzsky from Frederick Olitzsky
on the ground of willful neglect and Lillie
Mehler from Max Mehler on the ground
of cruelty. Suits for divorce have been
filed by Herman Bngel against Annie
Engel, for infidelity, and Mary K. Butler
against Benjamin F. Butler for failure
to provide.
Funeton's Fighting Regiment at Me- j
chanlcs' Pavilion to-night. Tickets and
reserved seats at Sherman, ciay&co.'s. «j
COUTH EXPOSED
TO SHAME IN A
DIVORCE COURT
His Wife Secures an
Absolute Decree.
Benjamin A. Curtaz has been divorced,
his Buffering wife being granted an abso
lute decree upon the ground of his shame
less Immorality and infidelity. Superior
Judge Daingerfield, before whom the
wife's suit for divorce was tried, granted
her an absolute divorce, awarded her $125
a month alimony and gave her the cus
tody of the two minor children, Benjamin
F., aged 5 years, and Albert H. Curtaz,
aged 4 years.
The testimony in the c;ise will not bear
repeating. Jt was sufficient to prove every
allegation of the wife and to reveal the
husband as out; false to every vow of
married life and dead to every principle
that men of honor respect.
Witnesses were summoned to the stand
to tell the story of the husband's of
fenses in many places and at many times.
The disagreeable story traced the shame
less husband from house to house, in the
city and out of town and back again into
his very home in his violation of the vows
that decency alone might have made him
respect at his own fireside. Hotel pro
prietors, servants and lackeys told the
story and linked the name of the derelict
hu.sband with that of a woman known as
May Schribner, who figured in the com
plaint aa co-respondent.
This concluded the testimony of the
witnesses summoned to substantiate Mrs.
Curtaz's charges and the plaintiff was
then cailed to the stand. In a gentle tone
of voice she told the court the story of
her sufferings, tmd said that she had al
ways tried to bo a true and devoted wift
and could find no excuse for her hus
band's shameless actions. She said that
nftor her return fram Oakland she was
unaware of her husband's degraded ac
tions until the woman in the case calltd
him up by telephone. "I insulted her,"
bald Mrs. Curtas, "and then my husband
flew into a rage and left the house." At
this point Judge Daingerflold interrupted
the proceedings by asking that the prayer
of Mrs. Curtaz's complaint be read, which
was done, and without delay the court
f ranted Mrs. Curtaz the desired relief.
Irs. Curtaz then spoke up and asked the
( ourt to make an order preventing Mr
Curtaz from ccmlng to the house after
dark to see the children, and also begged
that the court make an order decreeing
that Curtnz was not to take the children
(.lit of the house- unleps accompanied by
one of Mrs. Curtas' a friends. "My reason
for this," said Mrs. Curtaz, "is to pre
vent my husband from taking the chil
dren to that woman's rooms, as 1 know
he has done In the past." The plea was
granted and It went on record that Ben
jamin A. Curtaz, vice president of the
firm of Benjamin Curtaz &, Son, had so
reached the depths of degradation that
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IMPORTANT RULING IN
THE FAIR WILL CASE
Judge Troutt Sustains Mrs,
Nettie Craven's Demurrer.
In Addition to Hastening the Hearing of
Her Petition His Opinion Opens Up
Questions of Probate Law.
THE fighting chances of Mrs. Nettle
R. Craven-Fair for a slice of the
millions of the late Senator Fair
have not only been Increased by a
ruling made yesterday by Superior
Judge Troutt. but, if his opinion is
good law, questions of probate long since
considered settled will undoubtedly arise
to torment heirs and make fat fees for
lawyers.
Judge Troutt's ruling: was made as part j
of the proceeding on "Mrs. Craven-Fair's
petition filed some time ago for a family
allowance of $5000 a month, pending the
determination of her claim to widow
hood." To this petition the Fair children
—Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, Charles Fair and
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt Jr.— filed an an
swer, in which they Eet up that Mrs. !
Craven was estopped from claiming heir
ship by the decree of partial distribution
granted In April, 1597, by Superior Judge
Slack, In which the decision was reached
that the next of kin and sole heirs-at
law of the late James G. Fair were the
' three children. To this answer Mrs:
Craven-Fair's attorneys— W. W. Foote,
Pence & Pence, Judge Denson and A.
Rupf— demurred. Arsniroentu on thp dp
murrer by Pence & Pence for the peti
tioner and Charles Heggcrt} and \\ . S.
Wood, for respondents, were concluded
last Friday and the demurrer was bu
tained yesterday by Judge Troutt, who
holds that the question of heirship can
only be finally determined either upon
the granting of a final decree of distribu
tion or by a special proceeding, which
cannot be brought within less than a
year after the issuance of letters of ad
ministration.
"In the first and the second 'separate
answers' set forth in the amended an
swers of the children of decedent to the
petition of Nettie R. Craven-Fair for an
allowance to her as the widow of de
cedent," says Judge Troutt in his opinion,
"they claim that the decree of partial
distribution, made within five months
after the issuance of letters testamen- j
tary on their application, estops her from
claiming to be the surviving wife of de
cedent, for the reason that she knew of j
such application, and that In said decree
there is a recital that said children are I
the sole heirs of decedent.
"The aforesaid contention of decedent's
children is, in my opinion, unsound; for j
I take the view that on the hearing of
the application for a partial distribution
the court had not the power under the
statute to determine who were all of the
persons entitled by law to share In the
final distribution of decedent's estate."
Continuing the court said:
Proceedings for the administration of the
estates of deceased persons and for their
distribution to those who may be entitled
thereto. Including the determination of the
heirs of the decedent, are purely statu
tory. The Superior Court, while sitting a3
a court of probate, has only such powers
as are given It by the statute, and such
Incidental powers as pertain to all courts
for the purpose of enabling them to exer
cise the Jurisdiction which is conferred upon
them. Although It Is a court of general
Jurisdiction, yet In the exercise of these
powers Its Jurisdiction Is limited and spe
cial, and whenever Its acts are shown to
have been In excess of the power conferred
upon It or without the limits of this special
Jurisdiction such acts are nugatory and have
no binding effect, even upon those who
have invoked its authority or submitted to
Its decision. The statute permits the ques
tion of heirship and the rights and Inter
eats Of all persona to be determined only
upon the final distribution of the estate
(sees. 1634 and 1665, C. C. P.) or after the
lapse of one year from the Issuance of
Letters Testamentary. (Sec. 1664, C. C. P.
In re Oxarat, 78 Cal., 109.)
Mrs. Craven and her attorneys were
highly pleased at this quick turn of af
fairs," as it allows them to proceed at
once to trial to establish her claim of
widowhood, without the necessity of go
ing to the Supreme Court, as they would
have been compelled to do had the de
murrer been overruled on this point.
"The effect of Judge Troutt's ruling,"
he would take his babies into the home
of a woman whose actions prove her to
be among the last among women with
whom innocent children should be allowed
to associate.
LITERARY LADIES' SOUVENIRS.
Women's Press Association Holds an
Enjoyable Social.
Yesterday was souvenir day for the i
Pacific Coast Women's Press Associa- ,
tion, and each member who contributed
to the afternoon's entertainment had
something interesting to say or exhibit in
connection with hn?r travels.
Mrs. Alice Kingsbury Cooley opened the
programme with a collection of Philippine
souvenirs, collected by her son. The re
mainder of the programme was made up
of the following:
"Mementos of Hayti." Mrs. Barbara
Knell; "An T r neonscious Hypnotist." Mrs.
Percy Weetas; piano solo, Professor Mar
tinez; "The Necklace of a Cannibal
Chief." Mrs. Mary E. Hart: "A Memory
of 81am," Mine. Guido Spitz; "Alaskan :
Curios," Miss Augusta Friedrich; "A
Sampler," Miss Harriet M. Skulmore;
"Old Thingß.' 1 Mrs. Emellne M. North;
song, "Ninon," Mrs. L,eopo!dine Strffanl.
Refreshments were served after the en
tertainment. Prior to the rendition of the
programme a business meeting was h^ld,
at which it was settled that' a reception
be tendered to Howard Malcolm Tichnor,
M. A., at the Berkshire Hotel, early in
November. The meeting was presided
over by Miss Augusta Friedrich.
Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop
a cough. Never falls. Try it. 23c. All druggists.*
Suicide in Jail.
REDDING, Oct. 23.— A stranger occu
pying a cell in the jail at the town of
Shasta, where he was being held await
ing examination as to hrs sanity, was
found hanging in Jail this morning. The
unfortunate man had applied for admit
tance to the County Hospital about mid
night Sunday. After being taken in he
created such a disturbance that the
Shasta officers were sent for, who placed
him in jail. He was evidently insane.
Brown Is In town.
said W. W. Foote, senior counsel for Mrs.
Craven-Fair, "will be that we will now
proci ed to try our action to determine
the widowhood of our client in the pro
ceeding for family allowance. That is
set, 1 believe, for the l'oli of next month.
If th'- court had ruled against us we could
not have k"Hc- on with that action until
after we bad secured a reversal from the
Supreme Court. That would have taken
a great deal of time. This decision of
Judge Troutt hastens matters wonder
fully."
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THE CALIFORNIA COLLESE OF DENTAL
BUBOERT
WILL OPEN for the admission of students
MONDAY. Octobtr 23.
For further particulars address
S. W. DENNIS. M.D., D.D.S., Dean.
416 Parrott building.
GILBERT M. BARRETT. A.M., M.D.. Sec-
retary. 1121 Butter st.
AMUSEMENTS.
CALIFORNIATHEATEREsS'
SEE BURT HAVKRLY IN HIS IMITATION 3
OF SOUSA.
IN THE FUNNIEST FARCE THAT EVER
HAPPENED.
I A Breach of Promise
"The audience yelled with laughter."—
ton Stevens (Examiner.)
HIGH-CLASS SPECIALTIES, 810 COM-
PANY. MAGNIFICENT COSTUMES.
NEW SONGS.
Presented by the Original Cast.
POPULAR ! Evening, 76c, 800 and 250.
RICES I Mat. Sat. & Sun., EOo & 250
October — The Extraordinary Farce,
"BROVA/NS UN TOW/N,"
COLUMBIA «£«2
UP TO & INCLUDING SATURDAY NIGHT!
DUNNE AND RYLEY PRESENT
HOITS Most Celebrated Farce.
A Milk White Flag
NOTE. PRICES:
BARGAIN AND Entire Lower Floor.
PROFESSIO N A L BOe.
MATINEE Remainder of house
"WEDNESDAY. 25c.
NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT,
MfITHF and BULGER
In "BY THE SAD SEA WAVES."
NEW BILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED.
WRIGHT HUiNTINGTON.
MISS ADELE FRANCIS and GEO. FARREN.
A Hit From the First.
MISS LAURA BURT, SADA, VINIE DE-
WITT. WALTON'S ACROBATIC SIMIANS,
MLLE. BUNA'S TRICK AND MUSICAL
DOGS.
-L-O— T-T— Y—
The Sensation of the Season.
TOM BROWN, THE FLORENZ TROUPE.
THE MONKEYS DO THE HEGELMAN
BROTHERS 1 ACT.
Reserved Seats. 25c; balcony, 10c; opera
chairs and box seats, EOc.
Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE.
GRAND AND ENGLISH OPERA SEASON.
TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT !
Each Evening and Saturday Matinee,
Offenbach's Famous Comic Opera,
"La Belle Helens,"
Presented With an Enlarged Cast, Orchestra
and Chorus.
Moet Gorgeous Costumes, Scenery and Effects!
POPULAR PRICES. 25c and EOc.
Telephone for Seats, Bush 9.
Special!! Meyerbeer's Greatest Opera,
"LAFRICAINE,"
Will be Produced October 30, in which all th*
Italian Grand Opera Singers will appear.
SEATS NOW BEING RESERVED.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
TELEPHONE MAIN 532.
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA.
Genuine and Unanimously Conceded Triumph
of H. J. Stewart's and Clay M. Greene"*
Comic Opera,
THE
CONSPIRATORS !
Which Will Be Presented Every Evening Till
Further Notice.
A FORMIDABLE RIVAL TO
"ROBIN HOOD."
POPULAR PRICES— SOc, 35e. 25c, 15c and 10c.
A Good Reserved Seat at Saturday Matinee 15c.
Branch Ticket Emporium.
ALCAZAR THEATER.
REMARKABLE PRODUCTION.
EVERY NIGHT AT 8.
MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 2.
THE THREE
MUSKETEERS!
THE TALK OF THE CENTURY!
EXTRAORDINARY SCENERY!
Costumes made especially for this presentation.
RACING! RACING! RACING!
1899 -CALIFORNIA JOCKBr CLUB-1900
Winter Meeting, beginning SATURDAY. Sep-
tember 23. 1899.
OAKLAND RACE TRACK.
Racing Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday. Rain or .rhino.
Five or more races each day.
Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.
Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and
12:30, 1, 1:30. 2, 2:30 and 3 p. m., connecting
with trains stopping at the entrance to th«
track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound.
All trains via Oakland Mole connect with San
Pablo avenue Electrle Cars at Seventh and
Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains via Ala-
meda Mole connect with San Pablo avenu»
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in fif-
teen minutes.
. Returning— leave the track at 4:15 and
4:45 p. m. and immediately after the last race.
THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR.. President.
R. B. MILROY. Secretary.
CONCERTS AND KESOSTS.
OPEN FROM I UNTIL 12 P. M.
STEEPLECHASE-CENTRAL PARK.
Is now the funniest resort in America, Coney
Island transferred to San Francisco to make
every one laugh; everything new and novel.
Pronounced by thousands to be the real thing:.
PROFESSOR HILL, King- of. the Wire, is a
wonder. •
Admission to all attractions and ride, 10c.
HANDSOME PRESENTS FOR ALL.
Weekly Call $1.00 DerTear