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- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1895.- 5 QUEEREST THING 0F _Aufi How the Railfoad Suddenly Re~ leased -Its Tenacious Hold: MR. SUTRO TAKEN UNAWARES, The Big' Company Pulls. Up'. Its ‘Tracks on O’Farrell Street: One:of -the oddest tt in the history cisco happened -yesterday. Sutro was ~looking ovi the il in his office when William torney for the Southern d, was ‘announced and sub- ntly admitted to the private office. Herrin stated his business briefly. r ‘Hopor, I.have come.to e Market-street' Rail of mined to-undo their work of laying trac on‘ the half-block -of O'Farrell- stzeet which 'they discover they have no fran- chise.”. Mayor Sutro’ is not used to.th g from ' the - Southern Pac {arket-street. Railway Company. locked. at. Mr. Herrin “in the half-fooli or. the way that a man would who, seeing a foot- had in- | pad and-éxpecfing to-be. held up. d stead been presented -with a two-bit piece. The: Mayor. is also the lawyer with e Herrin " The element after the first flush, so used to , Was.uncertain whether to be A ired. 1 attorney laughed good-naturedly, for rs ‘adapt. themselves easily to- awk- ations; and sal we intend A now."’ ery well,” said the Mayor, “Fll see what I'shall-do regard. to the pr tion then for whatwas -done yesterday. I may nat pe . Frie:to. O'Fa began’ te i put: down a_few . . at work all the afternopn and got the n.a-fair way ‘to resemble its previous strect seover this blos they ate no 1pon strange ot to work sort of | and he | a trifle hard of | ed ‘the startling | ething of doubt. | the voice that. be- | 1're going o be good boys, are you?” | | the pianoforte in powerful evidence, and | thereby rather overpowered the violin. Remenyi-showed his audience how to make the most of Delibes’ ““Pizzicati” from | “Sylvia.” 1In response to a determined encore.he played one of Sarasate’s Spanish | dances. Paganini’s “Impromptu, Andante | and Variations” served to show the violin- ist’s virtuosity, and asan encore he cheered | his hearers by playing a national air, and | then announcing, in broken but perfectly | intelhgible English, that his managers | wished him to state that he would give | another concert next Sunday evening. | Miss Pauline Stein proved to have a pretty; velvety voice, high soprano in quality and very flexible. She sang “ Faure’s “Stella” and Chaminade’s “In | Summer,” as. well as a couple of encores, | with musicianly feeling coupled with good | vocal technique. ROUND THE THEATERS. Plays and Specialties That Are Drawing Well. | At the California the popular American drama, “The Girl I Left Behind Me,” is playing to large houses. The situations of the play re- | ceive encores nightly, especially that of the | climax in the third act, when the rescuing ivés just in time to save the be- people in_ the stockade from being ed by the bloodthirsty Indians whose ongs have been heard all through the just without the wails. Thisis the which \Kate Kennion, knowing the nen falling into the hands of the 1akes her father promise that he will when all hope, is gone. Girl,” & new musical extra- pen the Baldwin F. 6. Griswold. Harry Oclrichs. Wittiam Jay. Viscount Mandeville. | SHNNEY ON HORSEBACK. Opening of the Great Polo Tournament at Burlin- game To-Day. AIM OF THE COUNTRY CLUB. Ambitious to Develop All Kinds of Manly Outdoor Ex- ercise. There will be smart work at Burlingame to-day. This afternoon will witness the opening of the great polo tournament, of which there has been so much talk and in which the public has taken such a deep interest. A special train will leave the Third and Townsend streets depot for the polo grounds at 1:45 o'clock. It will re- turn after the game. Everybody will be made welcome. The club latchstring may be pulled at $1 25 a pull, including car fare. The polo grounds are within a few steps William P. Douglas. of the depot, which is modeled after the old and always interesting Spanish ’dobe, quiet way than loaf about barrooms and billiard-halls in San Francisco. You may take a train down in the evening and an- other brings you back in the morning; or you can drive’ down in an hour and a half or spin down on your bicycle. It all de- pends on your taste, youth and inclination. “Iam interested in the club because I regard it asa good thing for our young men. Life in the country tends to de- velop our youth, mentally and physically. These polo games are a splendid thing to train our young men. It is nothing more than the old game of ‘shinney,’ that I played as a boy, except that the players are mounted. “The army has encouraged the game. 1t is played extensively in India by the army men. The officials of the army in the United States believe that the game assists in enabling the officers to become expert riders and horsemen, which is quite true. Besides, the striking on the right and left and forward is nothing more than the old saber exercise. “It is the o])inion among army men that the game will some day be introduced as a general exercise for cavalrymen, and that is the idea of the Burlingame eclub, to de- velop_all noble, manly, healthful outdoor exercise, and the ferson _who thinks polo a game exclusively for rich young men is mistaken. You can invite all the people. They will be welcome.” 5 There is now in San Francisco the man who is largely respousible for the introduc- tion of the game of polo into America, and who brought the first mallets, balls and shirts from England into the United States. The gentleman referred to is Her- man Oelrichs. In the spring of 1876 James Gordon Ben- 8. H. Robbins. John Mott. James Gordon Bennett. 8. 8. Howland. A FAMOUS GAME OF POLO. [From an engraving.] Herman Oelrichs, Fuirman Rogers. Winthrop Thorne. rge’ andiences t Miss Hall and k company, nightly nsual 3. w b ick, supporte win applause. he ot & defunct opera by the good audiences | hat are mightly enjoying the sparkling music and comical situations. The 1,and the siars of specialties, are_proving as attractive as houses are, s usual, the nightly Che spectaculer *‘Sea at the Wigwam. ever. gh Theater, Oakland, yesterday, e e 01d Times vs. Hard Times. s gave two performances at mily Bancker opens there in ‘‘Our ule, at | to compete in the tournament. 1 0 Queen” | lingame players are likewise insvired with An old file of the Darien Gazette, says | train. the Savannah Press, has been unearthed, | temporary dating back to 1819, In those days Sea ' the polo grounds. They are in splendid form to test skill and endurance to-day. There neyw features at the Orpheum are all go- | are strong players among the visitors. ast week, In TeW | Ty of them left the field of active service The Bur- | their own sinew and horsemanship. It | promises a nice struggle. The clubhouse is some distance from the u\olo grounds, and visitors to the game | from the city will not have the time to see it and get back to town by the evening When the club was first formed quarters were established near But since that time a TRACKS WHICH WER! [Sketched by @ “Call” artist.] AID ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE. ent.of ‘Streets' of what was taking place, and he called.for a posse o e and hur- ried to scene. Whe arrived the work ay. When he was eant re: he stood up under it, and left the policemen on_ guard. 1o see that it was all donein order and:no w: ckage left in the highway. THEY APPLAUDED REMENY A Large ' Audience Greeted the Great Violinist at Stockwell’s. Wil Play Again Next Sunday—Miss Pauline Steln’s Pleasing ' Singing. That the famous old violinist Edonard Remenyi_still has power to draw was shown by the size of the audience that nearly filled Stockwell’s Theater yesterday evening.” The. warmest reception was given the star'and all his solos were re- ceived with enthinsiastic applause. Althovgh age has robbed the violinist of some of his ¢unning, he is still a great art- ist, as his rendering of the most arduous part-of the ‘progranrme last night showed. Mf‘ndflls:‘ohn’s_vio]in concerto was played with Ureadth and finish, the allegro vivace movement being given with delicacy and lightness. - The ‘‘Hungarian Pastorale’’ was also beautifully played, though in the latter part of ‘the work Professor Sauvlet, the'accompanist, was too apxious to pnt | Island cotton sold at 47 to 50 cents per | pound, bacon 18 to 20 cents, flour $12 per | barrel, whisky 70 cents per gallon. These are called the “good ulws times,” yet there | were no railroads, no telegraphs, no trol- | leys, no steamships, no great daily news- »nrers, no fast mails, no electric lights. | When one pound of cotton would buy \‘nearly three pounds or bacon, or eight | pounds of flour, or three quarts of whisky | there was some sense in growing cotton and buying such things. - Now one pound io{ bacou will buy two pounds of cotton, | two pounds of flour will buy one pound of | cotton, and a gallon of mean whisky (in South Carolina) will buy thirty pounds of cotton. Tt is evidently fime to stop raising cotton and drinking whisky.—Charleston News and Courier, e A Patient Model. The other morning an English lady who desired to take the portrait of a ragged but ‘picturesque” Moor, whom she met on the street, got him in position, but found upon examination that she had neglected to bring an important part of her kodak. So she ran back to the hotel, two blocks away. She there met some dear friends from London, who had just arrived; so she forgot all about the Moor and the kodak. After dinner, 8 o'clock, she remembered. 8o, with an escort she hurried to the spot. There the old Moor sat, just as she had left him, facing the instrument. “Long time take picture,” he said. He had been there since 10 o’clock A. . of that day, but the business of sitting still suited him.— Letter from Algier: ————— In the sixteenth century there was a curious enactment in England whereby street hawkers were forbidden to seil plums and apples, for the reason that ser- vants and apprentices were unable to resist the sight of them and were consequently tempted to steal their employers’ money in order to enjoy the costly delicacies, L e Langley’s Directory is out and is now being delivered. Seeit. It'sa beauty. new clubhouse has been built a mile and more away among the hills, where the sit- uation is more inviting and p:ctu;e ue. “The Burlingame Club,” said Major Rathbone, the president, ‘‘was established down there on the peninsula ata short distance from the city for the convenience Major J. L. Rathbone. [From a photograph.] of those wishing to spend a night in the country and get back to the city in time for business in the morning. Tt is the same as any other club of gentlemen, ex- cept that it is in the country. A wron, impression seems to have been formed of i “Certainly it is much nicer and much more becoming for our young men to go down there and recreate themselves in a Morosco's Ogem- | at Burlingame. The acres are broad and | nett, Herman Oelrichs, Colonel Willam Y | level as a Jawn. ivoli is still proving that “Finafore” is | for the struggle between the Fourth Cav- | and some other well-known men of N York concluded that polo ought to be in- troduced into America. With these men | alry riders and the home team, which meet | ¢, jecide was to act, and as Mr. Qelrichs was going (o Europe he was commissioned to bring back from England the necessary paraphernalia. When Mr. Oelrichs returned with the outfit necessary the practicing began at Dickel’s riding academy. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Oelrichs were the prime movers. W. P. Douglas, S. 8. Howland, F. G. Griswold, Viscount Mandeville, afterward Duke of Manchester, Fairman Rogers, John Mott and Winthrop ‘Thorne all joined in the idea, and thence sprung the Country Club of Westchester. In the early fall of the same year the club had obtained the grounds just beyond Jerome Park and polo was an established fact in the United States. The first game was for a prize saddl offered by Mr. Bennett, and the players were: James Gordon Bennett, Herman and Harry Oelrichs, Dick Peters, John Mott, Fairman Rogers, Viscount Mande- ville, W. P. Douglas and Colonel William Jay. The ponies were brought from Texas by William Blessing and trained upon the newly acquired grounds of the Country Club of Westchester. They were of the extreme hronco tyve, and to the trained hunter riders of the club seemed most re- fractory brutes. There were many bets won and lost during the practice games, but the general basis of all the bets was as to who would be thrown first or stay on longest. All during the inception of the game here the interest was steadily growing and meanwhile the clubbouse and stables were being built, and the ground, as near as possible between practice games, gotten ready for the first battle. Society was all agog with interest, be- cause each player was prominent as a club and society man. It was the pick of New York society that composed the club and was represented in the teams. With comparatively untrained ponies under them and a s{:irit of strong rivalry animating their efforts the first game of polo was played with an energy little likely 1o be relproduced by the later players who have all the conveniencies and accouter- ments needed, besides having perfectl; trained ponies instead of hali-traine Texan broncos. James Gordon Bennett's side won the saddle in the first game on the Westchester Club polo grounds, and after that the same team played at Newport. Then the game was adopted by the swagger sets and since then has become almost as common as in any country on earth. While in 1876 there was but one polo club in America there are to-day more than twenty. Among them are: The Country Club of Westchester; Essex County Country Club, Orange, N. J d Brook Club, Westbury, Long Island, N Morris County Country Club, Morristown, N J.; Philadelphia Polo Club, Philadelphia, Pa. Rockaway Club, Cedarhurst, Long Island Y.; Westchester Polo Club, Newport, R. L; Myopia Polo Club, Hamilton, Mass.; Howard Polo Club, Cambridge, Mass.; Hingham Polo Club, Hingham, Mass.; Tuxedo Polo Club, Tuxedo Park, NaY.; Country Club of Brook- line, Brookline, Mass.; Country Club of St. Louis, St Louis, Mo., and the Burlingame Club of San Mateo, Cal. Smiths and Joneses. A curious gathering has been held in Ipswich, and it is within the bounds of probability that it will be repeated in Lon- don if the use of Hyde Park can be ob- tained for the occasion. The Rev. Mr. Smith determined to show the Smiths of the locality their importance and the high destiny reserved for them, and therefore called a gathering of the clan to listen to a paper on ‘“Smithology.” For- tunately Ipswich possesses a pretty large hall, and nearly all of the Smiths of the town asserted themselves in re- sponse to the pastor’s call and listened with growing pride as the reverend gentle- man expounded the strength and the num- bers of the great famil{ to which they be- longed. Could they all be gathered from all parts of the world and all nationalities their force would be so amazing and over- whelming that the other names would be afraid of being com‘;lnered. The Smiths were destined to swallow up all the fami- lies of the earth. Every year marked the extinction of one or two, but when it came to the Joneses’ turn the Smiths would have to try their level best, because the Joneses were doing pretty well and ran the Smiihs a good race. A great Fnthering of this kind in Hyde Park would be a mag- nificent spectacle.—London Telegraph. e — ‘Will Not Be Ousted by Women. Said a prominent member of Typographi- cal Union No. 3 yesterday : Theintroduc- tion of type setfing machines into the various newspaper offices has forced a number of men into other fields of activ- ity, though a number have been doing some artistic job printing. Like all sweep- ing innovations i? has brought some suf- fering, but the men will adjust themselves to the new conditions. And as for the ogen.wn of the machines being supplant- ed by the gentler sex, there is too much nervous strain connected with their manip- ulation to make it at all likely that a man will have to rely upon his to procure him a living while he attends to the house- keeping. A Missouri murderer has been, on con- viction, sentenced to ninety-nine yearsin the penitentiary. TALK COMPROMISE NOW. All of the Executors Under the Trust Will May Not Contest. FAIR’S MILLIONS AS A BAIT. Many Propositions for a Slice Read Between the Lines of Ap~ plicants. ‘When the Fair will comes up in Judge Slack’s court on the 16th inst. there may be a surprise in store for the public and for one of the execu- tors. Dr. Marc Levingston, an executor under the trust will, filed his intention to qualify as an executor under the holo- graphic will. There has been quite an amount of talk about town that Angus and Crothers would fcllow the course adopted by Dr. Levingston. None of the attorneys will admit any- thing of the sort, but there is a widespread belief that a basis for the rumor that such is their intention exists. Should such a course be followed it would leave Bresse and Goodfellow stand- ing alonelin support of the trust will, but Bresse would in all likelihood be guided in his action by Angus. An argument to support the holographic will is being advanced Wy attacking the trust will on new %munds of public policy. Itis urged that if the holograghm wilk should not be sustained, and should the trust will stand, it would tie up the Fair millions, prevent their distribution and be in the line of the English policy of keepin vast fortunes intact. A system of entai being imFossible in this country the Van- derbilt, the Astor, the Gould ‘and other estatesare kept together by other meas- ures, and the trust will would accomplish the same thing. Those who support the holographic will declare that if Crothers and Angus should qualiffl under its terms there would re- main but two things for Goodfellow to do; either to make a monetary settlement with the estate and withdraw as an executor, or to fight the holographic will. Mr. Goodfellow has declared all along that he would make no settlementon a monetary basis; that he was fighting for | principle and not for revenue, so that, in any event, there may be a prnfouged con- test. The attorneys for the children seem to believe now that neither Angus, Bresse, | Crothers nor the relatives of Fair will fight the holographic will. The beneficiaries under the holographie will are the same as those who receive | bequests under the frust will, and the amounts bequeathed do not differ greatly. The Anderson and Crothers families in- herit through the sisters of the late Sena- tor. There are two brothers, Andrew and William Fair, and James H. Fair, the nephew, and Jane Lundy, the niece, who came in for bequests. *‘From the way in which the will was de- nounced as a forgery,”’ declared Charles Heggerty, one of the attorneys for Charles Fair, “I'thought they would be ready to proceed yesterday. As they were not ready to proceed, and as they have examined the will now, I am inclined to believe that their doubts of its genuineness are not 80 strong.”’ All manner of schemes are on foot to get little scraps of the Fair estate. Several pri- vate detectives have gone from attorney to attorney on the opposing sides with prop- ositions to sell to one the knowledge ch;imed to have been obtained from the other. Knight and Heggerty are in receipt of a communication from Los Angeles, in which aresident of that city, after telling how valuable his time is, and adding that he can ill afford to spend the time fo come to San Francisco, declares that he has im- portant documents that he can hand in person only to the attorneys. He then offers to come to San Francisco. A de- mand forrevenue is read between the lines. A mysterious woman, who withheld her name, volunteered the information that the holographic will could not have been sig hed at the residence of Mrs. Craven, be- cause on the date when Fair is said to have written and signed it, September 24, 1894, she declares that she knows Fair did not leave his room in the Lick House, because she was present with him. The attorneys for the childrenassertthat if the executors fight the holographic will they will have to do so with a possible financial loss, because if the will is sus- tained,they assert that Goodfellow or who- ever enters the contest will have topay the expense out of his own personal property. till, in opposition to that have been the hints that tie executors have been pro- vided with a fund, presumably $200,000, to | meet just such an emergency, and when questioned their attorneys have said, with significant intonation, that the late Senator was a shrewd business man, and foresaw just such contingencies. | The employment of whisky as an anti- dote in cases of snake-bite seems to be nearing its end. Experiments have been | tried with strychnine in cases of this sort and the resulis are highly satisfactory. It is said to remove all unpleasant symptoms, not only of snake-bite but of mushroom poison.” On the principle of fighting fire with fire, the use of this poison shoulg be a pronounced success. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to J)ersonll enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet~ ter than others and enjoy life more, with {less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Tts excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the retreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax: ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevera -mf permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because it acts on the Kide neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will no accent anv substitute if offeres. NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. STIRLTINS XINT- HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, COLORED DRESS GOODS. In connection with numberless other attractions in New Spring Goods we offer the following POWERFUL LEADERS TO-DAY! HANDKERCHIEFS. At 2% Cents Hach LADIES’ COLORED BORDERED HEMS.(TCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, worth $1 per dozen, will be offered at 214c each. At 10 Cents Tach. LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HANDKER- CHIEFS, worth $2 50 per dozen, will be offered at 10c each. GLOVES. GLOVES. 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