The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1895. 7 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, ght occasional rains to-day. s salary warrants for April will rorning. d by a creditor of the City yesterday. Budd telegraphed his views yester- on capital punishment. igar-makers of California will ention to-day at Metropolitan hias gone East, and many con- s are rife as to the cause of his 1 insurance officials are coming to San Cisco to investigate the rate war among Two prominent Eastern Democrats addressed he Iroquis Club on the subject of *Sllver Coin- ast night. 1 attachment for $407 40 was levied 1 upon the Hagemann Brewing Company, street. ket agents signed an agreement nding themselves to maintain rates at 21l hazards. roner’s juries have rendered verdicts of suicidal deaths in the casesof John Murphy, Agnes Schmidt and Jacob Dahl. The annual entertainment and ball of St. Andrew’s Benevolent Society at Scottish Hall last night was a pronounced success. An answer to an amended affidavitin the case of C. A. Spreckels vs. the Oceanic Steam- ship Company et al. was filed yesterday. Passenger T Oregon be- tween San ¥ 1 have been ed te $15 d el An iny fornia beer The Tivol s will participate in a bay excursion to-morrow on_the tugboat Fearless, The pr al points of the bay will be visited. e ticket agent at the Valencia- has been transferred to Aptos, as D. Wakelee has succeeded rike out certain portions of 1o the probate of the two rair Judge Slack’s court yester- Theodore Dur nlan ant was held to answer by ¥y before the Superior of having murdered he to turn over to T. H. Williams ty in his possession belonging to the ah Althea Terry. perative Commonwealth has secured pe t headquarters on Geary street, and will go to work at once to redeem the unem- ployed from their misery. The young people of the Presbytery gave a concert yesterday for the Italian work. *‘Ro- meo and Juliet” was given at the Baldwin for the Children’s Hospital. The San Francisco Yacht Club will celebrate its opening at Seusalito to-day and to-morrow first regatta of the season will be held under the auspices of the club. Rev. F. B. Pullen, pastor of the Third Congre- gational Church on Fifteenth street, has gone al months. Rev. Frank 8. Forbes he pulpit during his absence. dents of Stanford University visited Valley last month on an exploring ex- They returned a few days ago with s for the university museum. nere were only two winning favorites, Little Cripple and Rear Guard, at the track yester- The other winning horses were Blue , Senator Mahoney, Quirt and Harry Lewi Jacob Rosenthal, the father of Toby Rosen- thal, the famous painter, and of Marcus Rosen- ) the well-known attorney of this City, left an estate valued at $50,000. The will will be filed in a day or two. Several additions to the curriculum of the Commercial High School will be established with the beginning of the school year, next July. They will make the 8chool & very popu- lar and valuable institution. Mr. Verley will continue his serfes of lectures for men only at the association hall, Mason and Ellis streets. The second in the series will be delivered at the association to-morrow after- roonat 8 o'clock. Service for gentlemen be- tween 16 and 40 years. George H. Murray was released from a charge of seduction in Judge Campbell's court yester- dey upon his agreeing to marry the plaintiff, Margaret I. McNamee, but the girl signed a paper releasing him from all obligation to sup- port herself or her child, 'he Finance Committee of the Board of Su- ors will meet with the State Board of Squalization on Monday to discuss ways and i meeting the conditions of the new Te law, which requires a reassessment, but for which there is no money. Adolph Oppenheimer gaye new and startling testimony in the Blanche Lamont murder case yesterday. He alleged that Durrant, or a man Wwho very closely resembled him, tried to sell him one of Blanche Lemont’s rings some time between the 4th and 10th of April last. To-day is Founder’s day at Mills College and there will be held there the anuualalumna gethering. A business meejing will be held in the forenoon, to be followed by a social re- pediti union. Those going over from this City will uL;a the 9 A. 3. local boat and train to Fruit- vale. 8. A. White of Porter & Co., undertakers, was before the Health and Police Committee yes- terday with a charge against E. A. Bullis of misusing the fund for the burial of indigent soldiers and of being in collusion with the un- dertaking firm of Martin & Morrison in the matter of these burials. The Supreme Court yesterday reversed the judgment and order of the lower court in favor of the plaintiff in the case of J.J. Rauer vs. Susanna Lowe et al. The action was brought by Rauer to recover an assessment for work in the construction of a sewer and certain street ‘work under a contract with the Superintend- ent of Streets. The estate of Nathaniel Holland has been ap- raised by Louis Sloss, Georee 1. Marye Jr. and “herles C. Pennell, gratuitously, at $460. The inventory includes: Gold watch, $25; pair gold sleeve-buttons and coljar-button, $1 wearing apparel, $100; gold-headed cane, ¥ furniture, $150; law and other bo o s §50. The lease of the China Basin came up for con- sideration yesterday, when Mayor Sutro in- sisted upon his amendment being incorporated. Attorney Preston of the Valley read had a tilt with his Honor and some intemperate language was used. The Mayor refused {o sign the lease and the whole matter finally went over until Monday morning. The Federal Grand Jury filed an_indictment ggainst L. R. Clute yesterday, charging him with illegally refilling cigar-boxes and selling There were three counts to the indictment. Clute is already under examina- tion before Commissioner Heacock on a similar charge, and under that he has furnished $1000 beil. Under the indictment he will have to put up $2000 more. The te enlarged Trinity M. E. Church on Six- h and Market streets is to be rededicated by Bi Goodell and Walden. Rev. Bovard is the pastor. An entertainment was given last night at Twin Peaks Hall by the Sunda 00l classes of Miss Mary Speakman lward J. Brigden, in aid of the improve- ment fund. Mr. Bovard is president of the Chautaugua Circle in the Mission. Captein James F.Smith of the law firm of Emith & Murasky was the leading counsel in the Herman Sparf murder case, niot C. Smith, as_heretofore erroneously publl The untiring efforts of Captain Smith to & great degree contributed to the result which s Sparf of the charge of murder. Attor- Kierce’s energy was slso very marked Jout the case, and both gentlémen were :nied by Judge McKenna at tho close comp! of the trial. John F. Eng iish, the commission merchant who has a contract for supplying City institu- th potatoes, states, in reply to the o the effect that his profit 00 p- unds; that one year he supplied the City at 80 cents, under con- tract, when potatoes advanced to $3, per 100 pounds. At the end of that year he got s judg- ment agaiust tho City for $500, and s olds it. The children of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children have issued an invita. tion to their friends to attend a luncheon, vill be served at the nursery, 570 Har- , on Saturday, May 11 There wil ercises by the children, and an informal entertainment in the afternoon, and all ac- cepting the invitation will have the privilege of inspecting the nursery, of which Mrs. Wil- linm Hollis Is prosident, §frs. Clara Buriham secretary and Mrs. H. E. Wagner treasurer. Mark L. McDonald hes commenced an action sgainst D. A. McDonald for 5000, value of 7418 shares in the capital stock of the Enter- prise Mill and Building Company. The plain- Uff says he delivered the stock to the defendant as president of the corporation “to raise funds with which to carry on the business of said corporation.” This was on April 29, 1893, and the plaintiff claims the shares should have been returned about April 1, 1894, but that on that day the defendant refused to return them and converted them to Lis own use, EVERY ONE HAS A CHANCE Food and a Bed Supplied by | the Co-Operative Com- | monwealth. AT OLD ST. MAREUS CHURCH. . Mrs. Squire, the Humanitarlan, Tells What She Hopes to Do In the Near Future. The Co-operative Commonwealth of San Francisco has taken possession of old St. Markus Church on Geary street, near Powell, and instead of religion in theory there will be religion in fact, if the pro- moters of the new economic system are right in their hopes and conjectures. The old church and the dwelling-house ad- joining it on the east have been leased by the enthusiasts, Mrs. Mary E. Squire and E. J. Jeffries, both leaders in the ranks of unemployed labor. The Co-operative Commonwealth, of which much has been spoken and printed, is now an established fact in this City. The official headquarters is at 219 Geary street, in a dwelling-house that adjoins the old St. Markus Church. The operative headquarters of the commonwealth are in the old church itself, a roomy edifice that has long been vacant, but which affords and literary profmmme was followed by & dance: Piano solo, Mrs. Eaton; recitation, Miss A. C. Emery; recitation, Mabel Witt banjo selections, David Glendening; ventril uism, Charles Clark; fancy dance, Clara Vhite and Ethel Swarner; recitation, Lilian “ameron; crowning of the May Queen, by the pupils of the Lfneum ; good-night drill by six fiche girls; violin selections, Fred Jneies: Teci- tation, George Aléxander; flag drill by ten girls and ten boys; vocal solo, Nora Saloven; honographic selections, Mr. Davis; serpentine ance, 1da White. CHIEFS WILL DECIDE. High Insurance Officials Coming Here to Effect a Combine on Rates. The latest topic of conversation among local insurance men is that inspectors and high officials in the different companies are coming from the East and England to hold a conference in this city and investi- gate on the ground all reasons for the re- lentless war in rates. 1t is common talk that the tenor of tele- grams and letters from home offices is a mixture of surprise, deep concern and in- terrogations regarding the unprecedented demoralization of insurance business in San Francisco. ‘‘Have you lost your heads, and how?” would cover the field as gath- ered from the communications of various chiefs to local managers. But no solution for the puzzling condi- tion of affairs can be made and rates are still cut disastrously, though results appear blacker from day to day. — e Thomas Post Memorial. George H. Thomas Post will this year hold memorial services at Golden Gate Hall, Sutter street, on next Tuesday evening. The meeting will be an open one and all comrades, of what- ever post, thelr families and friends, are cor- dially invited to attend. Commander Thomas K. Siateler will preside. Colonel Lee of the MRS. M. E. [From a photograph.] SQUIRE. excellent accommodations for public meet- I ings and for the lodging of homeless men. The property In question has been | secured from the owners at half its rental value—that is to say, the dwelling-house and the church building, which are leased to the commonwealth for $75 a month. Considering the location this is very cheap. There will be no water rates to pay, as that necessary commodity has been contributed free of cost. The organizers of the commonwealth are E. J. Jeffries of Seattle and Mrs. Mary E. 8quire of Portland. The most enthu- siastic of the two is Mrs. Squire. She is| untiring in her labors, without any hope | of personal gain, and has faith in human- | kind to a degree that is both startling and | refreshing. She believes that working- | men are independent individuals, who | need only the encouragement of a few square meals to make of them men indeed. | She has forsaken wealth—or the comforts | thereof, which were offered by her richly | married son—in order to esgouse the cause of the unemployed and the hungry. Sheis in her glory now, and the firm establish- | ment of this commonwealth has made her | a happy woman. I feel like takinga trip on the light fantastic,” she said yesterday, as she sur- 1 veyed the vast roominessof theold church, | where there is nothing left except the floor | and the altar platform. “This movement, | on which I have staked my hopes, will be | a success, and the hungry unemployed | will be taken off the streefs. The home- less and hungry wanderer will be given a | home, and the prosperous will gladly help | us along because we will be a success. Nothing succeeds like success.” The plan of the commonwealth is plain and practical. Every man who isout of employment and who is willing to work will be given a home. He will have a com- fortable bed and wholesome food, and there will be no such thing as turninga man out on the street unless he proves un- worthy, One day’s work at $150 each week will insure a man his living. Tf the man fails to secure the necessary day’s work he will still have & home and food, and when his services are in demand he will be called upon to perform services sufficient to _cover any arrears that may have accrued oa his certificate of member- ship. Should he fail to work when oppor- tunity offers he will be expelled. Hence, there will be no drones in the common- wealth. The economic side of the system is based on the fact that the average wages for common labor in the Bast is §1 per day. Board, lodging and washing will cost an | unmarried man $4 per week, leaving at the | closing of the week a balance of $2. Now, | 500 or more men living together can be fed, | lodged and clothes washed for §1 per week, with as good accommodations as at the | ayerage boarding-house, and this would in- | clude $200 per month for rent. Deducting | ten cents per day for the development fund, it will leave the laborer $2 40 ahead of the yrivate boarding-house proposition, and §4 40 at the end of the week, besides insur- ing him a home when out of employment, to say nothing of his interest in the enor- mous reserve fund which would be of the | most momentous importance and destined | to greatly increase the value of his services to him. This would not anly attract the unemployed, but eventually the employed, both on the grounds of self-interest and principle. By this it will be seen that the Co- operative Commonwealth is reaching out for universal sway: _Mrs. Squire, in” the course of an inter- view yesterday, said: *‘We will get all the necessary furniture from the good people of San Francisco without immediate cost in cash, All will be paid for, however, in labor as it may be required. We propose to pick up the un- employed and put them on a self-support- ing basis. There will be a free employ- ment bureau in connection with the | concern, The basement of the church will be used for dormitories, and the back room of the residence building will be used for a dining-room. The auditorium of the church will be rented for public meetings and_the proceeds turned into the general | fund of the commonweaith; and we will have dances, too,occasionally. There will be no religion and no politics in our insti- tution.” The commonwealth has been indorsed by the San Francisco Labor Council, as | well as by many other independent labor organizations. An effort will be made to enlist the Knights of Labor in the work. Lyceum Entertainment. The Children’s Progressive Lyceum, which is composed of puptls of the Spiritualistic Sab- bath-school, held a May festival and dance at Pythian Castle, 909 Market street, last night. There was alarge attendanee of children, their | it, United Ststes army will deliver the oration. s Gilmore and the Plymouth guartet will . Adjutant H. L. Tickner will read the roll. Charles A. Sumner will present the me- morial tablet FEARLESS DENIALS. The Sutter-Street Railway Answers the Complaint to Forfeit Its Bush- Street Franchise. The Sutter-street Railway Company will file its answer to-day in the suit brought by the Merchants’ Association to have its Bush-street franchise declared forfeited. The corporat.on evidently intends to hold fast to the franchise, if that be possible, end boldly denies that upon the tracks so con- structed or upon any portion thereof, it has not at any time operated any street railroad and it denies that it has not done any other acts toward operating a street railroad, save and except the construction of the tracks aforesaid, and the running of a single car along such tracks at distant or remote periods of time, to wit: once a day duringeach twenty- four hours; and this defendant denies -that it has not operated its said railroad for the pur- pose of accommodating the public, or any por- tion thereof; and it denies that it has not | operated its railroad for the purpose of the car- rying of passengers. It denies that itsrunnin hies been for the purpose, or sole purpose, of holding, or attempting to hold said franchise, or of obstructing said streets, or preventing the use thereof by the public, and this defendant denies that it'is now, or, at any time whatever, has been obstructing said street or preventing the use thereof by the public; and it denies that its running has been, or is, for the pur- pose of preventing the granting of a rightor ranchise to construct a street railroad upon sa1d streets, or any portion thereof, as would be a benefit to the publie. VERDICTS OF SUICIDE. Coroners’ Juries Dispose of Three In- quests on the Cases of Self- Murderers. Coroners’ juries have found verdicts of suicide in the cases of John Murphy, Agnes Schmidt and Jacob Dahl. John Murphy committed suicide on April 26, at 214 Ellis street. Miss Sadie Nichols, a witness at the inquest, produced the following letter, which explains every- thing connected with the tragedy: Darling Sadfe: 1 love you too well to live, Ican’t see youdoa wrong. There is nothing I would not do for you if I could. I cannot do ,501get out of your way. If ever a man loved a woman I love you. Ilove you so well that I will die for you.” I owe Charlie Sprague $1; please pay it to him. I have $47 coming ;o n;!e fromthe club and let this be an order or it. My love, I am so sorry to leave you; it breaks my heart, but you_do not love me, §0 why shoufd I'stay? When I am gone will you please remember that I was true to you, even 10 a kiss? Oh, my God, darling, if any one ever loved a woman, I love you. Try and think kindly of me, for I will, {f I can, watch over you. JACK. P. S—Please mail this letter to my mother, box 516, Ban Jose—Mrs, J. M. Murphy. Agnes Schmidt drowned herself on April 27, and Jacob Dahl drowned himself on April 26. THE CITY’S CREDITORS. They File a Suit in the Superior Court to Test Their Stand- ing. Willlam Larkins and George McLeod, doing business as Larkins & Co., have sued the City on seven counts in the sums of $3 75, $16 25, $13 40, $197, $400 25, $307 80 and $377 90, amounting to $1323 35, for which payment has been refused. All the claims were made within the two years last past. In every case it is stated” that the plaintiff prepared a claim, duly veri- fied and with the proper indorsement, and that it was duly approved by the Board of Supervisors; that the claim was approved by the Anditor and registered by the Treasurer, but that the latter had refused payment. his is a suit brought to test the stand- ing of a large number of the City’s cred- itorsin court. If successful it will probably be followed by the filing of similar suits by all the creditors under the same conditions. ———— The people who die annually in London number 81,000, and it takes 2%}( acres of ground to give them decent burial room. —————— parents and friends, The following musical CLEVELAND can scarcely be seen through his Almighty Dollar (Cigar) smoke. » SWVING CORBETT ~ ROAD, A Movement Toward Making It a Connecting Boule- . vard. JOOST IS READY TO FIGHT. The Market-Street Company Wants It for Its New Electric Line. Behrend Joost and some other owners of property about the eastern slopes of Twin Peaks have begun an agitation to have Corbett road widened and otherwise im- proved so as to afford an attractive drive- way from the present terminus of Market street at its junction with Seventeenth and Castro over the divide to the region south of the park. Corbett road is now a macadamized high- way meandering along the sides of Twin Peaks, crossing Stanford Heights and con- necting with the Almshouse and Ocean House roads. It is the only thoroughfare reaching that region except from the park, and, asitic a route that affords magnificent views of city and bay, it is much traveled. Corbett road promises to be a subject of discussion and contention in two ways. Joost and his friends have tacked the im- provement of Corbett road on to the agi- tation for a boulevard south of the park, and said that they will fight any boulevard entzrprise that does not include Corbett road. Mayor Sutro has strong ideas about bou- levards south of the park, and wants them to run_his way. Itis said that he and Joost have agreed that they will stand together. Joost will favor the boulevard from the south entrance of the park along the Almshouse road, and southwest to Ingleside, the new racetrack and Lake Merced, if it islaid out according to Sutro’s plan, which would take it some distance west of the route proposed by W. M. Fitz- hugh and other owners of land in the vicinity : The Mayor will fayor making Corbett road a connecting boulevard, which would be a great convenience to the people of the Mission and many other parts of the City. There is likely to be a fight when the Market-street Railway Comsnny tries to get its rails on Corbett road, which the people out that way exFect 1t to do very soon. The question will be whether Cor- bett road should be saved as one of the few driveways the City has left or whether it shall beruined by an electric road. Joost, who is something of a fighter, is getting ready to join Sutro in a combat with the street railway combine when it gets ready to take Corbett road. Corbett road is just what the combine wants in the course of its extensive devel- opment of a system of electric lines. It has recently completed two branch lines, from Mission street along Twenty-second and Twenty-sixth to Hoffman avenue near the base of Twin Peaks. These branches do not reach any important des- tination now. They are to go on over the hills into the region south of the Park, and one branch will reach the park. The building of the new racetrack near Ingleside will hasten the extension into that region. Corbett road over the hills and the road to Ingleside beyond present a well-graded way to where the streetcar people want to reach, and the property- owners concerned don’t expect anything else than that the combine will advance on the hills in a few weeks. This is an historic thoroughfare, more than forty years old. It was a toll road once, and, with the connecting Ocean House road beyond, gave the only way to reach the old racetrack, the Ocean House and the beach. In those days it was a popular driveway. Along the slopes of Twin Peaks it is 400 and 500 feet above the bay, and so affords charming views. POTRERD PROSPECTS GOOD Many Mechanics Put to Work in the Union Shops and Yards. hands of any officers the power to discrim- inate against and oppress citizens. i The protest against_granting a franchise for the cremation of garbage was repre- seuted by Charles Alpers, who argued that it would trench upon the contract he held for the removal of dead animals. The committee heard him through, but decided that it need not conflict and resolved to report against the protest. THEY EXPRESS THANKS. Guests of the Half-Million Club Were Pleased’ With Their Reception. The At a meeting of the representatives of the cities of Southern California held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco yester- day the following preamble and resolu- tions were unanimously adopted: ‘WHEREAS, The Hali-million Club of San Fran- cisco, aiter visiting the leading cities of South- ern California on its mission of unifying the commercial interests of the State, did invite the presidents of Chambers of Commerce, rep- resentatives of Boards of Trade and other dele- gatesin the visited cities to be its guestson their northern tour; and whereas, our recep- tion as the guests of the club by the citizens of Bakersfield, Porterville, Tulare. Fresno, Mer- ced, Stockton, Sacramento, Orangeville, Au- burn, Newcastle, Penryn, Naps, Kenwood Santa Rosa, Los Gatos, Del Monte, Seaside and Palo Alto has been one continuous ovation, marked by mutual pledges of renewed devo- tion to the commercial development of Cali- fornia, one and inseparable; and whereas, the MRS, BERRY-FISHER SANG, Concert Managed by the Young People of the Presby- tery. THE NEW ROMEO AND JULIET Amateurs Play for the Benefit of the Children’s Hos- pital. A concert by professional talent was given yesterday evening in Metropolitan Temple under the direction of H. J. Stew- | art. The musicale was under the auspices of the young people of the San Francisco Presbytery, the proceeds being for the Italian work of the presbytery. Musically speaking, the entertainment was a success, and the audience, although small, was appreciative, Mrs. Maude Berry-Fisher, a pop- u?nr local singer, who has not been heard for some time in San Francisco, made her appear- ance and was warmly welcomed. She rendered two charming songs, arranged MRS, MAUD BERRY FISHER. [From a photograph.] Half-million Club and commercial organiza- tions of San Francisco have, during our stay in this City, shown us every courtesy and left no step untaken to not only make our visit a memorable one but to cement anew the bonds between all sections of the State, Resolved, That the hearty thanks of this bod; be and are hereby tendered to our hosts, an gspecially to, that royal pair of citizens, Wil- liam M. Bunker and D. M. Carman, to whom the citizens of San Francisco delegated the management of this excursfon and to whom its eminent success is largely due. The resolution was signed by William A New Postoffice Established at Kentucky and Butte Streets. The 'Potrero has a postoffice of its own. Postmaster Frank McCoppin yesterday appointed H. R. Harris as master of the station, which is called “sub-station No.1,” and is located in the drugstore, corner Kentucky and Butte streets. From sixty to seventy new men are being employed every week at the Union Iron Works. The result is the Potrero is enjoy- ing a quiet little boom. The hotel going up on Kentucky street, opposite the sugar refinery, is pearly completed. Rapid prog- ress is being made in the construction of several new stores on the same street, and not a few cottages are being built in various portions of the suburb. It is estimated that the new stamp-mill being constructed at the Union Iron Works for Haggin & Tevis’ Montana mine, the Anaconda, will cost close to $500,000 when completed. So far, only the shafting has has been cast. Superintendent Dickie says that im- provements costing about $150,000 are to be made on the steamer Columbia, which has jus t been hauled up on the ways. Four new boilers are to be put into her asone item in the work of renovation. The Government torpedo-boat to be built means about §125,000 more work, and afew finishing touches in the matter of armor-plate are due the battle-ship Oregon, which 1s also on the ways. : Added to all this is a new oilship for the South American coast petroleum trade. Her keel is already laid, and when she is completed she is to carry oil from Payta, Pern, to this port, and will make an im- sing mate for the Bawnmore, which soma & Co. have on that' run. Unlike the Bawnmore, the new vessel will be espe- cially equipped from the outset as an oil- ship, with tanks arranged on the most approved plans, whereas the Bawnmore had to be aitered from her original model 80 as to be made suitable. BURIAL OF SOLDIERS. An Undertaker Declares the Fund Is Being Misused—The Police Com- mittee Will Investigate, 8. A. White of Porter & Co., undertakers, was before the Health and Police Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday morning to file a complaint against E. A. Bullis, who has charge of the burial of in- digent soldiers. He said that Bullis refused to grant him an order for the burial of a soldier in the G. A. R. plat in the City Cemetery because he wanted the funeralto be conducted by Martin & Morrison. White declared that he could prove that Bullis was in collusion with the firm named and that the fund was being mis- used. The committee will investigate the matter. The committee decided to report ad- versely to the ordinance proposed by the Soctety for the Suppression of Vice, It was deemed inadvisable to vlace in the Niles, W. C. Patterson, C. H. Kenyon, W. J. Daniels and John Wasson. WISE GOES EAST. His Departure Is the Cause of Much Speculation in the Custom- House. Collector John H. Wise has gone East on private business, according to his chief deputy, E. B. Jerome. The current opin- ion around the Custom-house is that he has gone to Washington to answer any report which Special Inspector Dobbs, of the civil service department, may make upon his actions since he has been in office. Mr. Jerome says the Collector has gone to Boston, but that he may run down to Washington, and if so, he will certainly see the treasury officials there in regard to the Pacific Coast service, but that he has one for any other purpose than to attend 0 his private affairs is strenuously denied in his office. REMINDED OF THEIR PLEDGES. The Citizens’ Non-Partisan Party Want ‘Water Rates Reduced. The following letter was sent to mem- bers of the Board of Supervisors who were endorsed by the Non-Partisan party be- fore the last election: THOMAS MAGEE, Chairman. FRANK J. Sm?wm, Vice-President, E. J. LEBRETON, Treasurer. 'W. F. NorcRross, Secretary. HEADQUARTERS CITIZENS' NON-PARTISAN PARTY. Good Government) : SAN FRrANCISCO, Cal,, May 8, 1893. C. L. Taylor, Esq., Chris Dunker, Esq., E.C. Hufiheu. Esq., J. K. C. Hobbs, Esq., DEAR Sire: At a meeting of the County Com- mittee of the Citizens’ Non-Partisan Party held last evening, a Resolution was adopted de- manding that the Supervisors nominated by this party fulfill the pledge signed by them regarding the reduction in the present water rates, to wit:— "Resolved, That all nominees of the Non-Par- tisan Party for Supervisors shall pledge them- elve: ! 1st—To reduce all present water rates at least 10 per cent. 1 take this opportunity of advising you of their action and also enclosing & copy of the pledge signed !{’y you. (3 urs very truly, A. F. BRIDGE, 'RANK J. SULLIVAN, Becretary. ‘Vice-Chairman. OREGON RATES ADVANCED. Passenger Tickets by Steamer to Port- 1and Will Be Raised Next Monday. Passenger Tates on the steamer Oregon between San Francisco and Portland will be raised after the next trip made by her to the north. The old rate has been $12 cabin and $6 second class, but on account of a new schedule by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to the Puget Sound the Oregon line has advanced those figures to $15 first class and $7 50 second class, The Oregon was billed to sail from this ort at 10 A. M. to-day, but her sailing has geen postponed until to-morrow. e ‘When placing himself under medical advice Crrlylc told a doctor, “I'll do any- t!;lng. you tell me, but yé maunna stop ma pive, from traditional melodies of the Pyrenees, “La Boca de Pepita” and “Teresita Mia.” The handsome singer firmly resisted an encore. though she was recalled enthusiastically and presented with floral offerings. In addition to giving solos Mrs. Berry-Fishersang a duet with | Frank Coffin, as well as taking the soprano in & quartet, of which the other members were: Mrs, Etta Bayley-Blanchard, Frank Coffin and J'IC' Hughes. These performers sang voeal solos. Bernard Mollenhauer played a violin solo of his own composition, “La Sylphide,” & bril- liant, showy composition, which served well as a vehicle to his effective, if somewhat tricky style. He also played a violin solo, “Reverie,” by Vieuxtemps, which H. J. Stew- art accompanied on the organ. Mr. Stewart's organ solos, an andante movement by Grison and a “Fanfare” in E flat by Archer, Were Kllaytd in his usual broad and masterly style, iss Pearl Noble was the cornet soloist. YROMEO AND JULIET.” A Successful Travesty for the Children's Hos- pital Fund. The trayesty on “Romeo and Juliet,” which was receptly played in Oakland, was trans- planted to the Baldwin Theater last night. The fame of its successful production across the bay had evidently preceded it, for there was scarcely a vacant seat in the house, and the audience was a fashionable as well as a large one. There was no doubt about the success of the travesty. The laughter which greeted every sally, and the applause which hailed the songs hx:i deglmedl t! -lz betore medend of mel first act, and as the play progressed its popularity increased. samuel Jy 'Fu)'lflr had pg\'idcnfly been chosen to enact the partof Juliet on ac- count of his deep bass voice and massive solidity. His acting was as stolidly majestic as his appearance and aroused continual mirth, par- ticularly in the wedding scene. He arrived at the ceremony on a wheel, wearing white bloomers and a wreath and veil. Burbank Somers was a graceful and effective Romeo, and Harry Melvin as Capulet, desirous of office, was made up in excellent imitation of a prominent ity offici The apothecary, one of the chief characters in the play, was acted by Charles Dickman in Iudicrous ~ imitation of Henry Irving. Donald Campbeli’s interpretation of the nurse was excellent, and William B. Hopkins as Friar Lawrence brought down the bouse by his singing of Stephen Adams’ “The Holy City.” Nearly all the soloists had good voices, however, and the chorus was excelient. It was composed of: Messrs. A. A. Dewing, H. M. Baker, Everett Dowdle, Robert Chestnut, W. Crist, D. J. Cornell, Allen Babcock, H. B, Gaskill, P. S. Carlton, M. W. Jellett, T. Vail Bakewell, Benjamin Bakewell, Willlam Hub- bard, Charles Hubbard, W. P. Melvin, Douglas Waterman, O. Dickman, W. D. Littleton, E. A. Brodie, Power Hutchins, Charles B, Mills, Richard Mould and B. P. Ailler. B TO OUST HIGGINS. Argument in the Case of the Insurance Commissioner. Judge Sanderson sat yesterday afternoon to listen to argument for and against a de- murrer to the complaint in which the People of the State, on the relation of Henry C. Gesford, ask for the removal of M. R. Higgins from the office of Insurance Commissioner. The chief contentions of Gesford, by his attorney, Garret Me- Enerney, were to the effect that Higgins had never been appointed, as Governor Markham made the appointment before the vacancy occurred, and because he had filed an inadequate bond. It was claimed that J. N. E. Wilson was Commissioner from April 5, 1880, to April 5, 1894, and that ngl%ms was a&womted February 6, 1893, and filed a bond in $10,000 with J. R. Laine and M. Gardner as sureties, whereas his sureties should have represented $20,000, or at least that there should have been four sureties aggregatin, gv%lo,ooo. To this Attorneys Wright and Carpenter, for the defendant, Higgins, ureed that all appointments must made before the corresponding vacaney occurs, owing to custom and the time for their confirmation by the Legislature. As to the surety ques- tion, they construed the question as plainly icating that the security must be abundant to satisfy the amount of the bond, and that there was no purpose to double either the amount of the security or the number of the sureties. The matter was submitted. GONE INTO COURT. New Suits Commenced to Adjust Vari- ous Claims. Charles W. Sutro has sued Faston, El- dridge & Co. for $2400 for services rendered during the two years last past, “at the per- sonal instance and request of defendant.” Grace Copithorne has sued James Mec- Inerney, as administratrix of the estate of Richard Copithorne, to auiet title to land at Howard ang Twelfth streets. John McCarty has sued Joseph Macdo- nough for $177445 for work \in the con- struction of the Macdonough Theater and building in Oakland. The Congregational Associates have peti- tioned the Superior Court for permission to sell their land at Clement street and Seventh avenue to the Richmond Congre- gational Church for the sum of §1, for the maintenance of a Sunday-school and church. Clarence J. Weimore, as assignee for the benefit of creditors of Charles A. Wetmore, had commenced an action against John Rodda and Christopher Nobman for $1000 costs in procuring a dissolution of the in- junction against the use by C. A. Wetmore of certain labels and devices after he had assigned for the benefit of h DSOS CASOLINTE Sweeping Changes Made- by the Central Pacific Man- agers. Truckee and Carlin Headquarters Abolished for the Sake of Economy. A change has been made by the Central Pacific Company in its operating department on the ground of economy. Division superintendents were changed from post to pillar and other managers in the mechanical branch were moved around in the shuffle. The Truckee division is abolished, with ail its own independent system, extending from Truckee to Wadsworth in Nevada. It was annexed to the Sacramento division, making one division from S#cramento to Wads worth, The new department is placed under the care of J. B. Wright. Division Superintendent James Agler of Truckee 18 transfered to the division lying beyond, with headguarters at Ogden, in the place of S. W. Knapp, who is as- signed to other duties. The Nevada or Carlin Division has been merged into the Ogden Division. M. Luckett is appointed master= mechanic over the entire givisinu' between ‘Wadsworth and Ogden, and Donald Fitz- gerald, resident engineer of the Salt Lake Division, was appointed assistant divi~ sion superintendent in addition to his other duties as engineer. By the change much yard work at Truckee will be abolished. Instead of the run from Sacramento end_in% there as formerly, passenger-trains will be rated without change to Wadsworth. General Superintendent Fillmore stated that al- though these alterations are made for economy additional men will be puton the “runs’” and an equally good, if not better, service than the present will be secured. ————— As a result of a series of scientific ex- eriments in hardening steel in a rotary urnace, the Engineering and Mining Journal concludes that the elementary principle of bardening is very simple, and that the only difficulties to_be overcome are concerned with the equal heating and complete transformation of large masses of material. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Ao Mes. EENESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managas [ Hear (he Boots of the Carbingers I” TO-NICHT freaf Production! OFFENBACH'S MASTZRPIECE, THE BRIGANDS! Popular Prices—25c and 50c¢. CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HaYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2. To-Night, To-Morrow (Sunday Night), and al} Next Week. LAST PERFORMANCES OF THE AMERICAN GIRL! Excellently Acted. Beautifully Staged, A Completo Production in Every Ke speet, und One You CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS, MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. lo Lessee and Managee THIS EVENING THIS EVENING! A Distinet Dramatic Event! First Production in America of Tom Craven's Great Melodrama, THE WHITE STAR! EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 500 Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell St., bet. Stockton and Powell. To-day (Saturday), Matinee at 2. Crowded Houses! Delighted Audiences! A Powerful Variety : CONSTANZ & IDA, of Noveltles. The Peerless Equilibrists. Every Act a Fea- (:JOHN E. DREW, tus ‘The Dancing Comedian. Miss Morrisey, the Rays, the Binns, Stu~ art, Kalkasa, Brown & Harrison, Ete. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chairs and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturday and Sunday. (Farauet, 26c; Balcony, 106; Children, any seaty CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. vroprietor and Manager The Public Verdict—An Unqualified Success ONLY REAL NEW PRODUCTION FIRST TIME OF ST WATER SPECTACLE EVER PRESENTED IN AMERICA. Under the direction of two well-known artists. An arenic performance of the highest order, New features weekly. Matinees To-day at 2 P. M. Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circle, Re- served, 26¢ and 50c. Saturday and Sunday Matinee—Parquet, Chil- dren, 16¢; Adults, 25¢. RUNNIRG m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER MEETING, BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 189% Races Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Races start at 3 xri M. sharp. McAllister and Geary streetcars pasd e gate.