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SHIP OF MANY NAMES IS NOW DUE IN PORT Steamer M. F. Plant Will Gc Into Coasting Trade. Th- steamship M. F. Plant, which Is to run in the eo&stiasr trade between Fjiti Francisco axid Coos Bar. "^as fully cue yesterday, bat failed to put la an appearance. Few vessels have sailed under so many di~erent names. When j fc-uilz in IS 79 she -was called the Cocoa. Soon a^ter this her name was changed ; to the Argmauta. Later on she was re- ! christened the Cuba. Notr she rejoices j la the masculine title 11. F. Plant. How J T-aT,y more names sha •will have before ! her existence ccr^es to aa end Is a j matter cf conjecture. The steamer Is now owned by Oood •H. Perkins & Co. On arrival here she -WAI be iccked and pet Into condition fcr the northern ccast trade. She will take the place of the steamer Arcata, now ronninx befsreen here and Coos Bay- The Plant was spoken in the South. Atlantic on Xorember 6. Big Freight Carrier Dne. Tbe *te*=aii5 llisyjeaeta. tie Iars«st reesel t».» » T « r -; j-t«i tie waters cl the Pacifln. la exsected »ooq !a tb!» port. St« left CJorocei cl XowtNt 2»- Si« ta a. peat rrelctt car rier,, beuyt aila ta »«-w t»u la tier eaor buu bold 1S.000 teas of cerct*a<s:«o. Sh« U to rsa to the Orteat la cocsactiaa with tae Gre«.t Northers P.ailw*T Coaipcsy. She wtU tx? a. cr»a.t acqulsiaon to th» fiaet already ea- Cuffed ts trade in tieae ••raterm. Activity in War Risks. T£«r» has beea an tacrea»e <* sctintT la war r-*ka witfcia * few dajs. Thl» la occ*. ccsed br tcbmIs wh£c& oalXl from tb!s port <! T irirr tli« »a«t tinse weeks beiss due In t&» OrlenL «Ad at w*iere scxna of tie war vesaela oT tie Ealtic 5«t ar» also now fia«. Finder Bitten Off- John H. llcCormiek can* ta tt» Harbor p^>rg»rry Hcipital «-t 4/1 earlr hour ywtar dajr =.orzis* wlii ere of th« Cnjers of hi» Wet ha-2 rcne. Ha saiil h« inui walkta* on l£a_-ic»t »tre«t. n»ar Ttird. irh«a two Srieadi ef iiis g'Ji Inio & fi^hi. He xraated to b* t I>?ace=r-sj£er aad rusiied benre«ti th* belllffer rca to rtci> tha fray. la tha g^nerai mlx-up t:s ireer wm bittan cS. Aiter thi« be In- tendi Icteyir.* «.xr»j- fros street brawlr «.sd tnr.i.^m to fc^ owa adln. K« llie« at 1023 il:ss:oa «t?e«t. Gaelics Last Voyage. The ;:.i.Tjt:; GaeMa wia ■*«*» her final «?"•-«• frcis tfeSs sen tor the Orient cader her prewiit charter ca Dece=ib*r 13. It ti rt- Dcried that there Is a pcsalbllltT ttMX ca ar rival la :-: >-;-..rg ch* may ro l£ta th« bands c£ n*w cmeri. Visit the Ohio. *gft»;r»-<i-vi»;-y th» bad neither yester day. Petenca'B be&tbouae C14 a ttriiriag' bual c-ss carryirur cut visitor* to tba w«r«bip Otio. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ABSXVEOL Sunday. Deceaiber *. Etair Saa Feirc. Rwcrufn, 22 hours irons Ear.ta Barbara. S;rrr Punoai, =■*■»-««-. 19 hocrs from En r#k % Stair Scotia, JcEr.ara. U hers* £r«a Bow ess. Stair Arctic. Kelica, C3 ho^r* Iran Eu rek*. Bcmr Natleaal C!ty. TZttrr.rr.ar. 16 been froa Fort Br&£T- Etcr Brunswick. defsea. 14 bacrs frcsi Ftrt Era*x\ Etnr »r«?-««*_ 13 fccurs Crca Dclssar BUT Saata Barter*. Zaiiart. 20 town froo Fort H&rford, Boar MamtSeld, Dr.tstn, 81 tears from. 5a= Pedro. Scsir YTestpcrt, EwaascB, 13 hcnr* frota Tv"«*trcrt. gtn^- Macri*. TTiitaer. * hocr» frcia Hall raooa Bay. . • Sctr ilary C. C&s:;bcII. » ht«r» frcta Bo bete Bessie K, Stark, 11 henra frcn. Saa Vicente Lasi^j;. Schr Sjckas*. Ja=!esc=, 11 fiayi frcsi Pert SAILED. Su«I*y. Deeeiabcr 4. Strrr Mifyie, TTtitney. HalfaooB Bay. Ptirr Navarre. Jacob*. 'W'estoort. Etmr Eureka.. Je«sen. Eureka. grrrr -.. ■ ;. ««. A^exs.&der. Saa Dicfo as v i way ycrts. srnr.r W. B. Eraser. Ncrbery. Eureka. Star Saa P«iro. Raessaecs. Eureka. S*_=-.r Ncy.j. Eureka, with schr G«crr« E. BUUssa ia taw. Br ship Slarlbcrrjuj-h Hill. Josea. UverpooL Scfcr Endeavor. McAll«r. Pajet Sound. BcSr J*==ie GrirSr^ Gibaca, Boliaaa. - r..- <i»-onre E. BllUna^, Anderson, Eu reka, in tow «inr Ncyo. OUTSIDE BOUND DT. 12 r-uisipht— Schr desa, TEI-EGHAPHIC. FOINT LCBOS. Dec. 4. 10 p. ta.— Weather heavy; wind jf, velocity S miles per boor. Memoranda. VICTORIA. Dec. 4.— The wrecklas itmr Uauti«, b*lor.?i=«- to BuIIen Bros, cf the Vlc torU and Eequiroalt Marine Railway, arrived tMilgBt in Esquiisalt Harbor towtra; th« «tair BcEcc-vttz. which wai wrecked some weeks *fi m Kart!«-<iowTi Islasd Reef, north end of Vancouver Island, and purchasnd by Eullea Eros, a: auction tor $C20. Th* Boscowlt* has a list of U degrees to pert and it kept afloal by a l*-!acfa pt:=:p from the Maude. She »;:: ke d.>cke<J Monday and b« prepared for northern freight asd paa»en»er trade. The white funnel lirer TaErteze Is reported at C-ara.=t:r.e. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA— Arrived D*c 4 — Fr fcaxk Martha r^rux. ;rom E«-ar;*i?a. Baited Tj*x 4— Schr Mahukcna, Cor Saa Pe- Sro; schr Hcaoluiu, for Shang-hai; «tiar» V.'i;it:t:<-r and Aur^lia, for San Francisco. Arrived EVc 4 — Stxr AberJe»n. hence D«(c 1 COOS 13 Arrived D«c 4^ — Etmr Arcata, -• r. r>^- 1. Sj::mi»c 1 — Htmr Alliance, for Pcrtland. s=EATTT^E— Arrived Dec 4— Etmr UmatUla. bnet D«c 1. raiiM D«!C 1— Stair City cf Pucbl*. for San Arrived D«c 3 — Stair Rataier, heace Not 30. SAN* FEDI1O — Arrived Dec 4 — Stair Mel t.!> DcHar. from Hedosdo; stmr Chehalis. beace l«-c 2: schr Hobert R. Hind, from Pon trri: schr Prrw^er. frcm Ballari Silled I>c 3 — Stair Coqatlie niver. for San FnncLncxx. BXSTA E ARE ARA— Sailed Dec 4— Stair tut* of Cilirornia fcr San FYaaciaco EUREK A— Arrived Dec 4— Star Corcna, hence Dec 3. :-'*>•: :>r 4— Strrr Pasadeaa. for Saa Fraa oaco; «tair Vareuard. for 5«iti Pedro. FOREIGX PORT. yZCTORIA— Sailed Dec 4— Star Queen, rcr ISLAND PORT, jor no&terry, with ihlp Marlca ChUcott la OCTAX STEAMERS. r *'2?..?',t w » or *. via, vmeemtcwa. QUEFNS^UN-s.ned Dec 4 .-etar La cania. • from Liverpool, fo- v, T y. rk . -HJ- O-rrric. frcra Uvtrpok. V^ R^«^« ' r^VER-Saned^^^i^^^ke frc _ H^buxs. fc- N,w York, vu 1 Sun, Moon and Tide. Tta» lad Height cf Him aM j^ £25 ! NOTE— The elffh «ai lew «,.,_ ~~«. Binctn later Ou .t Fcrt VStofai'tS.g MOXDAY, DECEMBEK C. Moon ngg. 5:U £ £ £ Tlsie 1 iTlcrej !Tte«j ?r^l " "5 3:f»t *JJ! 9:Z& 6.1I 4:ier— O.r,ll:U! 4 1 « 3:ts; 2-CllO:l3! 6.2! 5 :«'— O.» ! ... ..I . H W| L W |H W[ |l VTl "** 7 &;06J 4.7 4:*0i SJ:iO:55f CO, 6:47*— LI fe O:SCi i.fe 5:211 3.0:11 Uttj C.S] g^lj— l.o NOTE— In the aboie exposition c£ tie tidaa tbe »ar:r mcrclsr tl.ic? are giTea la th« left fc* td calinsa «n<3 tie successive tides of th» W«tther Report. ' j ; I j ! \ [ , : . : ! ' ; i ! ■ I | , : ■ j I | : ] «12Pth Meridian. Pacific Time.) SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 4 —5 p. m. "iT.a following are ih* seasonal rainfalls t> dut-e as compared with those or the same date la*t season and th« rainfall In tho last tweaty :c«ir beers: Last This Last 5'aticna — 24 h-Airs. S-ason. ?">a»i-n. Eureka 00 9.C5 14.31 R«i JUn^t 00 10.7S 8.45 Sacramento W> 7-M :;.5«5 ten Francisco 01 S.CO 4.42 Fresno 00 5.to -«5 Ir.iepusfiwic* CO .45 .42 Sia Lais Obispo Tr. 4.73 .SO Lcs Angles 00 1.48 .« Saa Dlero CO .23 .07 THE COAST RECORD. 3 2 S 3 2 "3 e «2. 2— ? «J n 3 3 3a35l- So rs STATIONS. J I§lli?I V - Baktr 20.42 S2 S N*B Clear C*r»on 30.24 S» 12 NB Cloudy .CO EX«ka. 30.10 56 48 N Clear .00 Fresno 30.00 «2 36 JTW Cloudy .00 f.msrtm.a S.M 33 a N Pt.Cldy .02 Pocatello 20.3S 34 S W Clear .DO Ia<let>«r.il»nce .30.04 53 34 SB Cloudy .00 JLoa An««l<»»...C9.»2 TO 4» SW Cloudy .0<> Mt. Tamalpala.30.C2 43 4-4 XE Clear .02 Norta Head 3O.2O 50 49 B Cloudy .00 Phoenix ».«<i 66 44 W Clear .00 Pt. Reyes I-t..3«j.CO 57 52 N Clear .10 Portland 30.2t 44 36 SE Cloudy .00 Red Bluff ZQ.OS C2 38 XW Cloudy .00 Roeebuix SO.20 40 34 Cl«ar .00 Sh-crajaento ..30.06 52 38 N Pt.Cldy .00 Salt L*i« 30.20 38 .. N~W Ctair .CO Ean Franct»co.3y.C6 56 46 XE Clear .01 SR Farallon..30.02 5C 53 X"W Cloudy .04 S. U ObUpo. .30.00 63 44 N"W Clear -T. Eaa Dl«so 2».U2 68 50 SW Clear .00 SeatU* 30.26 45 30 6W Pt.Cldy .C<) Spokaa* 30.42 40 22 NE Clear .CO Tatooah 30.1% 43 42 E Cloudy, .00 TVfclli XTalla..30.44 30 IS SW Cloudy .00 Wlnnemueca . .30.2S 44 42 XE Clear .00 Tuiaa. 20.90 70 52 N Cloudy .00 ■ i . WEATHER CONDITIONS AKD GENERAL FORECAST. t Ocudy weather prevails over California. Art rona, and Western Washlnrton: elsewhere on the Paciflc Slcpe the weatb*r Is fair. Light ■howers feil alony the Central California, coast dtirlns the day. An area of high pressure overlies the plateau end Rocky Mountain regions and % feeble low '.a central in Arizona. The tercperatune chances have been slight In all districts. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hour* ending midnight, December S: Northeru California—Fair Monday; light northerly wind. Southern California —Cloudy Monday; prcb afcly Jhcwers In the n^untalns; fresh west wind. N«vai»— Fair Monday. San Franelscc and vicinity—Fair Monday; Ug-ht ccrtherly wind. , Lts Angeles and vicinity —Cloudy Monday; fresh w«»st -wind. Sacramento and vicinity —Fair Monday; light north wind. , Fresno and vicinity —Fair Monday. O. H. WILLSON. Local Forecaster. day la the order of occurrence as to tlae: the fourth time column gift* the last tide of the. day. except when there are but three tides, as sciftls-.es occurs. The heights riven »r« la addition to the soundings of th« United States Coast Survey Charts, except when a minos < — ) algn precedes the height, and then the nmnb-r (Tver. Is subtracted from the depth jiven by the chart*. The place of refereac* la the ceAa of th« lower low waten. , Movements of Steamers. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. j From. f Due. Gaelic ' San Pedro JDec. 5 S. Mcalca ) Grays Harbor (Dec ft Cbas. Nelson. < S«att!e & Tacoma ; Dec. 3 ', Empire.- | Coos Bay | Dec. 3 j North Fork. .- Humboldt |Dec. 5j EUxafeetfl Coa-ille River |Dec. 5 Norwood GnriHirbor (Dec. 5 Enterprise... Hllo |Dec • G. W. EMer.. Portland 4 Astoria I Dec 3 EuteofCal.. San D!ega A Way Pti.|D«c. 3 J. Hi«sl=« San Pedro !Dec. 6 Siberia ! China A Japan IDec. 0 Arcata | Coc» Bay A Pt. Orford.jDec 0 Fcmo • Point Arena. Sc Albion. |Dec 6 Alameda Honolulu [Dec. « Boclta Newport & Way Ports. IDec. « Wellington — Oyster Harbor |Dec. "I Titanla Orster Harbor IDec. 7 Eureka Humbvldt ." Dec. T| Ccrona j Humboldt jDec. 7 Sequoia Wlllapa Harbor IDec. 7 Ctry Poebla.. Ptget Sound Ports Dee. 7 Acrella -{Portland & Astoria Dec. 7 S. Rosa San Diego A Way Pts. Dec. 8! Point Arena. . | Mendocino A Pt. Arena Dec. 8i Argo - : Eel River Ports -Dec. 8 Breakwater. . \ Coca Bay [Dec. 8 1 Newport ! New York via Anccn..lDec. a Centraila ; San Pedro jDec 9 Eaxocia i Hamburg A Way Ports. 'Dec. 9 Nevadaa j Honolulu Sc Kahulul.. Dec. a; Homer • Grays Harbor Dec. 9! Coo« Bay Ean Pedro & Way Pu. Dec. 10 Columbia Portland & Astoria Dec. 10 ' Newburg Grays Harbor 'Dec. 11 G. LJndauer.. Grays Harbor [Dec. 11 Menes Seattle jDec. 12! Rainier I Seattle * BelllnKhaxa. . ! Dec. 12 ' G. Dollar 'Grays Harbor (Dec 12' Ventura Sydney & Way Ports. Dec. 12 j UxnatlUa Paget Sound Ports.... Dec. 12 Jeanle Seattle & Taeoma Dec. 12 City Peking.. New York via Anccn..|Dcc. 11 TO SAIL. " ' Steamer. |^ Deatlnatlon. - Sails. [ PlerT" !*'■ December 5. j en 1 ™------ CoqulJle Rirer 1 pmjPler 2 F. Kllborn. Portland & Way.. 4 pmjPler 27 C. Nelson.. | Los Angelas Ports. !10 amiPler 20 S. Barbara.! Grays Harbor | 4 pmlPler 2 Crarina Cocs Bay direct.... 3 pm|Pi*r 8J N'orwood...] Loa Angeles Ports. 2 pmlPler 2 Redcndo. ..; Portland Sc Way.. 3 pa Pier 2 Coos Bay., j gan Pedro & Way.. 9 amjPier U December 6. I ■ llontara , Seattle direct ....I 4 pm|Pler 0' Elizabeth.. Coqullle River 1 3 pm;Pler 20 !• C. Nebmn.. Lo» Angeles Ports. [10 am! Pier 20 Pomona.... Huinboldt |l:30p[Pi«r » Que«n Puget Sound Porta.|ll am Pier j| December 7. | I ! S. Monica.. Gray* Harbor ! 4 pm|Pler 2 Arctic Humboldt I 9 am Pier 2 Curacao Mexican Ports [10 amjPier U December 8. I | State of Cal San Diego * Way.) 9 am! Pier 11 Fcmo Pt. Arena * Albion) e pmjPler 2 Arcata Coos B. & Pt, Orfd!l2 m PSer IS K. Fork Huir-boldt I 9 amfPler 2» G. W. Elder Aftoria A Portlandjll am;Pl«r 21 December 9. I | Centraila.. Grays Harbor.. 4 pmlPier 10 Corona.... Hwsbottt ......... l:3w p Pier 9 Bonlta Newport A Way.. 9 ami Pier 11 December 10. | Breakwater Cooe Bay direct... 8 pmjPler a Point Arena Point Arena. 4 pmjPter 2 Argo Eel River Pcrts... 4 pmjPler 2 Aurelta Astoria & Portland 4 pm]Pler 27 Se<juola wtllapa Harbor.... 4 pm,Pler 20 Alameda... Honolulu 11 am I Pier I City Syonej v. Y. vU Aaccn.. 12 m, Pier 40 " December 11. j i City Pnebla Pucet Sound Ports.|ll am|Pler 9 December 13. ! ! Colcmtla.. Astoria A Portland 11 am 1 Pier 24 1 Gaelic China A Japan 1 pn Pier 40 Nevadaa... Hono. * Kabulul Pier — Homer Grays Harbor 4 pm Pier 10 December 15. I I G. Dollar. . . Grays Harbor I 4 pmiPler 10 FROM SEATTLE. i Steamer. ! Destination. I Sails. i — • — 1 Cottage City.. Skagway A Way Ports. |Dec.. i Jefferson Skagway A Way Ports. IDec 8 Portland I Cooks Inlet A Way PtslDec. lu Farallon . [ Skagway 4k "Way Ports. IDec 10 Kamboldt ! Skagway A Way Ports-iDec 13 Accidentally Asphyxiated. It. Kax!i. sailor, was brought into the Har bor Hospital early yesterday morning In an In sensible condition. ■ suffering from sas asphyx iation. He wu a. lodcer at the Ferry House. The proprietor »aid Karll*» condition was due to an accident. Karll had *2 3o In his j>ock*t when his clcthes were searched at the station. Karli &I*4 at 1 o'clock this morning. MASQUERADES IS WOMAN" S CLOTHES. Policemen Jenkins and Earle saw what they ] >uM-";-'"-i to be a woman In an intoxicated , condition on Larkin street, near the Mecaan i lc»" Pavilion, about 4 o'clock yesterday morn ing. Tn« individual wu arrested and the of Keen discovered It was a man dressed in woman's clothes and wearlsy a* vig with curia. He g&ve his name as Bernard Peder son. a laundryman. 13 years of ag«. He said he had been at the Jockeys' ball at the pavil ion. He was released yesterday by Police Judge CabanisH t^oag with tbe other ninety ■ two "drunks." an unusual number. THE SAX .FRANCISCO GALL, MONDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1904. WILLIAMS AND WALKER DELIGHT IN MUSICAL COMEDY. Li T T^i 1 *> T 7 T? J J *J IFREXCHMAX WHO IS DOING I REMARKABLE FEATS OF STRENGTH AT FISCHER'S. \ We didn't seem to mind last night that Williams and Walker had been "commanded" to appear "befo* the King;."' We know them too well for that. Besides, the royal taste in come dians is less embryotic than in — say pictures. Anyway, despite the {act that "In Dahomey" was ordered up at Buckingham Palace we took it with both hands last night at the Grand Opera-house. Not a seat lacked Its human upholstery and everybody was there. Some spots looked like a chess board, with black to win, for dark town is very proud of its Williams and Walker. Indeed, the audience was as much fun as the piece. It was worth the price just to hear the colored end of us laugh, the gorgeous roll of it, the rich, fat chuckle. But we take our own word for Wil liams and Walker. As Williams said, in his strip of a speech last night, they began here. It was not at the Grand Opera-house. Nor was it at the ten, twenty, thirties. It was in one of those humbler excrescences of democratic art where you cannot persuade those at the receipt of customs to take l more than ten. But all that is long ago. Vaudeville has intervened, and the mu sical concoction with which the come dians took the town when they were last here at the California. ~And now comes "In Dahomey," incomparably In advance of all these. "In Dahomey" is a musical com edy, written, eungr, staged and act ed throughout by colored folk. J. A. Shipp is the man of the book, the lyrics are by Alex Rogers, the music by William Marion Cook. In plot the piece is as vague as the pro ductions of -most of the blonde musical comedy makers. Something about a lost cat's eye in a silver casket, and of a syndicate for enticing unwary stran gers to Dahomey there is, but these don't matter. . - - They are simply setting for the fascinating perambulations of Wil liams and Walker, as a pessimistic Sancho and a piratical Don Quixote, respectively. The music again is notably characteristic. One rather hoped the piece would travel along in the fash ion of the prologue, with its weird jungle scene and movement. They tell me the British Museum furnished the text of the — well, what serves for costumes, the throne of horns and the rest of this scene. Will Marion Cook has furnished it with excellent music, and the dances, with the twinkling cinnamon legs and swaying bodies, are quite fascinating. The next scene is In Boston and the third in Florida. The costuming is quaint and sufficient, except in the prologrue, when it i3 splendiferous. ""■'' But one cannot but enjoy the com pany from Williams and Walker down. Your colored comedian is at his happiest on the stage. Ke enjoys every moment of it, loves to make you laugh, and you can't help loving him for loving to make you laugh. Multi ply him by — are there 'fifty or more in "In Dahomey"? — and you get some idea of the enjoyment the piece holds. Shylock Homestead is Bert Williams in the cast, always being swindled and deceived .by his persuasive friend Bareback Punkerton, George A. Walker. Anything more deadly funny than Williams here you won't see this sido of Christmas, nor more amusing than the fascinating scamp of Walker. They have a duologue; Walker has most of the talking, where Walker pretends to talk to an invisible doc tor about Shylocfc, who has an in visible stab, that is what* used to be called excruciatingr- Only it is. But the song "I May Be Crazy, but I Ain't No Fool," the joint concoction of Mr./Shipp and Mr. Wil liams, and sung by Williams to incred ible encores, will be best remembered of the fun. Walker, has a good one In "De Minstrel Man," and anyway, it is a privilege only to see the. Walker teeth and bear the Walker laugh. Mr. Shipp himself looms up comically as Hustling Charlie. One , could have done with a „ good deal more ' of Ihim. Richard Conner has a voice and sings with all of it. George Catlen's China man Is excellent, and Alex. Rogers — you see, the comedy is purely > home made— is good as the keeper of an in telligence office. , As last time, the leader of the la dies is Miss Lottie Williams," and the Good Music, Happy Comedians and Laughter. cast is now reinforced by a clever youngster, Aida Overton Walker, who does a bit of good acting as a pet child, and brings a warm, oboe-like contralto to her songs. Miss Williams is as competent and pretty as ever and the rest fill in joyfully. If you want to be happy take In "In Da homey." • • * -" • C r . I t did goi to see the other girl, other wise that exceedingly clever person. Miss Mary Shaw, yesterday afternoon at the Orpheum. But I found Phyllis. Don't miss Phyllis, which her other name is Allen. -Phyllis sings, mostly about "dear hearts" ana things. Still she might do that and be even more like the amiable calliope than she is. It is Phyllis' dire determination to act that Interests. When she sings "O Le-heave Me Nott.'Vshe isn't going to let you think that she is warbling about "Any Rags." No, sir. She wrings out her handkerchief and clutches her ribs until every man in the audience passes it up to the next. But the way Phyllis wades in to the coquetry! She hs.s all the delicate insinuation of a traction engine, a wink that works like a stream-thresher, in fact she's Just too colossally cute for anything. Which all does not prevent Phyllis having- begun with a mighty good voice. It would be worth ducats to call the kye hame. Think on't, Phyllis. Miss Mary Shaw, whose Mrs. Alving stands with Mrs. Fiske's Hedda' Gab ler, Is here in vaudeville for the first time. I think she is here also for the first time. Miss Shaw brings with her a sketch called "The Silent System" — why, is hardly apparent. It is a usual enough' curtain lecture of the Mrs. Caudle kind. The gentleman has been dining and arrives home to a cross and sleepy spouse. She talks, he doesn't, but the system of his silence is not apparent. He neither holds his tongue because she won't, nor because he intends to trump her sulks; but simply because the man that made the play gave him nothing to say. Miss Shaw, however, a highly accomplished actress and charming comedienne, car ried the thing through to a delicate triumph. She depicted the unreason able feminine in most subtle and laughable fashion, and thoroughly won her audience. Mr. Harold Cahill ren dered only meaner assistance as the muzzled husband. Marvelous Frank and Little Bob's turn, not to forget the cleverest dog acrobat seen at the Orpneum, whose honorable! name is Tip, is a turn for the discontented. Go to see what the one-leg-gf:d Frank has done before com plaining 1 of chilblains. Little Bob is as clever, on two legs, and Tip a won der on four. The DUIpns, song mak ers, also good, are new; and Howard's ponies and dogs are of the best of animal acts. But don't forget 'Phyllis. BLANCHE PABTINGTON. William West's Minstrels at th« California drew a fair house, consid- William West's Minstrels at the California drew a fair house, consid ering the report that Frederick Bow ers had been delayed oh the road and would not be able to be present to di rect his spectacular arrangement of three transformation scenes that are said to have made a hit at SL Louis during their six months' run at the World's Fair. McDevitt and Kelly bore the brunt of the show with Kar telli. the •'King of the Wire." The dancing of the pair in blackface was good and presented a contrast to the preceding numbers of the programme. Dockstader's work was revamped for the occasion and a few old songs bor rowed from other sources, but the audi ence seemed pleased with the enter tainment — and, of course, the public ought to be the best Judge... Louis Francois Klns-Ner, who Is now at I Fischer's - Vaudeville Theater for a week, is a Frenchman who does al most impossible things with his chin. He challenges < any living , person to equal his work. Among the numerous feats he performs is the lifting In full view of the audience of a buggy, a cart,, a piano, a wheel that weighs 385 pounds, five kitchen tables and iron bars that run up to almost 1000 pounds. All these he lifts upon his chin without any assistance whatsoever. Klns-Xer is a small but powerful man as his photograph shows. He 13 just 25 years of age. . • • • The Alameda Lustspiel Society ; pre sented "Im Welassen Rossi" ("at the "White Horse Tavern") at the Columbia Theater last night. The Germans of the city were present In large numbers and applauded to the echo the brilliant acting of the clever amateurs. The principals in the cast were: Josephine Lafontaine-Weckhaus, Richard ' Lenz^ Adolph Schubert, Frida Shanly, Theo dore Saling and Max Carl Weiss. 3Iaiiagers' Charity Benefit. The sale of seats for the sixth an nual benefit of the Associated' Theat rical Managers of San Francisco, in aid of their charity fund for the sick and needy in- the profession, which is to take place at the Orpheum next Friday afternoon, will begin at the box office of the theater to-morrow morning. The programme will in clude sixteen acts from the principal theaters of the city. Postponement. The Pacific* Coast Steamship Co.'s steamer Pomona, advertised to leave for Eureka December- 6. will not sail until December 12. . • Easy on First Tenner. Abolition of the striped suit for a first-term prisoner, substitution of mili tary. movements for the lock-step and the privilege of not being clipped by the barber are features marking New- York's scheme of penal reform. They commend themselves to the Judgment. That authorities should differentiate the ; novice from the habitual offender is plain. In many Instances the first wrong step has been taken in haste, perhaps ": under the spur of sudden temptation, yet punishment is due-The purpose of this punishment should be the reform of the criminal. If: he be thrust into a : herd of hardened ton victs and branded as one of them there is scarcely a hope for him.—Washing ton Times. ■ wB&SSSBSA ; A young woman prisoner in the Jail at" Lille -was kept in -a . cell all. night under such conditions 'that both her feet became frostbitten and ! had to' be amputated. An - inquiry has -been or dered. HHI LMINQ THE rOUND/aiONl OF THE KREMLIN -"'"'■■''■^"" ,- ' "" ' * "— ' ° ' " _ -|<t |g|j|||g^||||^ojj^ "Laying the Foundation of the Kremlin.'* o OUR PICTURE FOR NEXT SUNDAY IS A GREAT EX- .' j I ! AMPLE OF THE WORK OF THE WELL-KNOWN RUS- g SI AN ARTIST, DJENYEEFF. | Many years ago there existed in Russia a heathenish custom j 3 of immuring alive a human being under the cornerstone of a great j g building, the belief being that such a sacrifice -would insure its sire- S Our picture shows the laying of the cornerstone of the Krem- ; g lin, at Nijni Novgorod. The workmen have seized the young and 8 beautiful wife of a merchant and are proceeding to force her. under 1 g the cornerstone. The artist has depicted in the most striking man- S I ner the terror of the victim, as well as the stern determination of ! g the men. g From an abundance of riches, this beautiful canvas by Djen- j g yeeff, now on exhibition in the Russian section, Palace of Fine S Arts, has been selected and reproduced to be presented as the next ! & | (No. 3) picture in this splendid series, next Sunday. & ; To Be Sure of Getting Tfys Superb Picture § ?p.-... r ;£v.>^*:i g ; In the Most Exquisite Colors, | Just as It Came from the Master's Brush, I ; You Must Order the | ■ IN ADVANCE I Sold Everywhere. Price 5c a Copy. § THE NAVAL. WAY OF GETTING AROUND A DIFFICULTY Treasury Pays Expenses of Recruiting Officers in a Peculiar Fashion. Officers of the navy who have charge of the recruiting for that service have devised a means of extracting money from the Federal treasury. According to a decision recently made by Comp troller Tracewell It is unlawful to pay the expenses incurred by officers de tailed' for recruiting duty. He holds that all they are entitled to receive is their mileage, amounting to 8 cents for each mile actually traveled. Mileage will " not cover the expenses, because most of the Journeys are short and the stays. ina particularly city rather' long. The planr is >to send officers around Robin Hood's barn. "When it !s de sired'that an officer shall open a re cruiting office in Baltimore for a week or ten days he is to be ordered to St. Louis and then to Baltimore. His stay in SL Louis is to be limited to about five minutes. Then he is to- go on to Baltimore. By the operation the of ficer comes into possession of about 5160, out of which he has to pay about $S0 for railroad fare. The remainder will pay his expenses for a two weeks' stay in Baltimore. After he has "done" Baltimore Pitts bur;:: may be his next stopping place. -Instead cf going there from Baltimore and getting about $24 he, under the new plan, will journey to Denver and return before beginning operations in Pittsburg, and so on to the end of the recruiting itinerary. 'It is believed that the Comptroller will not dare question the discretion of the . Secretary of the Navy to send an officer wheresoever he thinks his ser vices are required and that the scheme will work. If it will not. then recruit ing "ill have to come to an end until Congress can act. That would be a calamity, as the navy needs 1500 men to man the ships in commission. 1 he seaboard cities are not good recruiting grounds, because there the satisfac tory nien know too much about the life of an enlisted man in the navy to be persuaded to enlist, except as a last resort or as a means of bracing- up. As there is no way for an enlisted man to get a commission so he can become a' "gentleman." there is no such incentive for an ambitious boy to enlist ; in the navy as there is . in the army.' where, after two years' service, he is eligible to be ordered up for an examination, which.; if successfully passed, . means acommisslon and a life job at good pay and a pension for his widow*; and minor '. children. — "Washing ,ton Star. • When a girl has freckles she sym pathizes with the leopard, who cannot change" his spota. ALTERATIONS OCCURRING IXOCR SOLAR STSTEM Lend Scientists to Predict That Planeta and Satellites Will Return ' to the Son- The alterations now occurring: In the distribution in the solar system have led Professor George Darwin to pre dict that the moon will ultimately re turn to the earth, which gave her sud den birth: so many ages before, and it may further be prophesied that the planets and their satellites must ulti mately yield to the gravitational influ ence of our dying sun and must re turn to the bO3om of their parent. We must conceive of the solar system of to-day,' then, as gathered into one cen tral mass, closely aggregated around that point which, from the beginning, has constituted its center of gravity. And what will be the stage of this shrunken object? It will be a. dark star, a dead sun. There are myriads such in the heavens. Sir Robert Ball has said that. to count all the bright stars that we can see and say, "These are all there are," would be like count ing the red hot horseshoes in England and saying "This is the total number." This dark to-be 'will therefore be Just such another as millions more. There will be no life upgn it. We cannot conceive the terror of its cold, for the nebula has been dissipating energy. In the form of light and heat, into the chilly depths of intersidereal space ever since the first hour of Its long aeval shrinkage. What i3 the destiny of this dead sun, among whose constituent atoms, re member, will be those in the printer's ink before your eyes and those in the eyes themselves? Are they forever — "stable in desolation," as Stevenson has it— to be borne onward through infinite space? > No; thfa shriveled globe, the common tomb of sun and earth and Mars and of the bodies of the great that once breathed thereon, may live again. Give it but the con suming' embrace of such another voy age and in a moment a new, nebula will be born. "The force of .their Im pact will suffice to evaporate their substance Into another cloud which will repeat the history of old. The p&th of the two dead suns will deter mine the position of- the "principal plane" which will form the ground plan of the new system. Foot Growlns Smaller. It is asserted by a sculptor that the human; foot Is becoming smaller. The masculine^ foot of, twenty centuries ago was about twelve Inches long- The average •man's foot of to-day is easily fitted with a No. 8% shoe, which is not more than 10T-15 Inches in length. — E»- Personal Neatness Counts. In the coarse of an address ths other day on how to obtain success the president of a prominent street railway company said: "Clothes do not make the man. but good clothes have got many a man a good Job. If you have {25 and want a Job It Is bet ter to spend J20 for a suit of clothes. <* for shoes and the rest for a shave, a haircut and a clean collar and -walk to the place than go with the monay In the pockets of a dingy suit. Pro fessional men. solicitors, salesmen, re porters and young men In general, whose business brings them Into fre quent contact with others say that it is the most short sighted policy In the world to go about wearing shabby. out-of-date or soiled clothing. Econ omy Is an admirable vlrtua and should be especially encouraged la youth, but there is a point where economy ceases to be a virtue, and it Is reached when one tries to econo mize on necessary clothing or clean linen." — New York Commercial. A pretty girl doesn't have to propose during leap year and a homely one U afraid to — but there Is the strenuous young widow. LOTERIA NAGIONAL. XJxt cf Premiums. So*. 1 to 13,000. as 3nwa ta City at Mexico. Mexico. ca. tie 3d Day of December. 19O4. Xo. Press tan. | Xo. 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