The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1895, Page 7

A 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895. T MAY 16, 1885 THURSDAY ... CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Rosborough has been appointed & companies are about to bind P passenger rates. sst for San Francisco for al light sprinkles of rain.” ial dey committee of the G. A. R. Charles Edelman for grand mar- rs for the Santa Cruz water-car- ee have been opened at the of Belvedere will reproduce “A e, which vwas such & social suc- r forecast for to-day is: Generall stationary temperature; fres| aners at the racetruck yesterday were Lje Dara, Malo Diablo, Tim Murphy 1 Robin Hood L. 3 The School Board will meet in & few days i ' ee of the whole to choose the methou cting new teachers. Eiordan and Feeney defeated Bonnet and chan by three games to two at the Occiden- | Handball Court last night. _The Grand Jury sent a communication to the Board of Bupervisors yesterday asking for the improvement of Laiayette Parl The M ecured a ten years’ lease of d in Mill Valley, and improvements will begin at once. n of the University of | at the Palace . missioners The conference of the and the Valley road di been post- 1 ¥ next. poned from Monday t er, the “fence” for boy burglars, d to answer before the Su- dge Low in $3000 bonds. Theodore Durrant is pleased to learn that the shaving of his moustache and the cutting of his hair have greatly changed his appearance. H. E. Huntington and Chief Engiueer Hood of the Southern Pacitic have inspected the San Joa n Val with an eye on the new rail- W e Olsen yesterday applied for asham t to frighten her husband into thinking %0 be arrested on the charge of deser- Police Commissioners last night decided tronize the local manufacturers if the manufactured would stal ¥ tes! rry Wheatley and Stephen Smith, the foot- pads whoattempted to hold up Gus Mooney two weeks ago, were indicied by the Grand Jury yesterday. . Leunise A. Worthington, on trial for her 4 second time, was cross-examined yes- Expert medical testimo: d the neces- s Fugazzi and Henry Braghetta ckion on Tuesday and were rdsy morning by & minister on has cut his hairshort and tache, so that his friends ize him, and witnesses no Colonel mander o in exile, a 4 Wrenn for ob- i liquors from The companies furnishing gas and electric lights have decided to ignore the recent order of the Board of Supervisors to shut off all street lights for the next six weeks. The final distribution of the Montgomery estate was ordered yesterday by Judge Coffey, who also cut down the claim of the attorneys of the estate from $50,000 to $30,000. Policeman L. B. Gordon was yesterday con- victed of battery upon Frank O'Brien, hay end grain merchant, and the charge of disturbing | the pesce against O'Brien was dismissed. | J. Whaittier, who bid 50 for the contract for the old City Hall, did not furnish a led check, and Mayor Sutro, thinking there had been collusion, rejected all the bids. The police are searching for Felix Marquand, 2 box 6 years of ege, who ran away from his bome in the rear Folsom™ street on Thursday last and has not been heard of since. in_the Loomis- the case will be cld’s new court- of the new City More scandals developed er: o-d Emlet, s carpenter, while at work on the building on Market street yesterday m tne second story, fracturing a5 taken to the Receiving Hos- He & has been begun by contrac around Lake Merced so ep all e waters from flowing into it waters i 11l not be used until they are fuily to puta The Mechanics' Institute is negotiating for the purchaseof the bed of Mission Creek which runs through its property at Fifteenth and | Folsom streets with & view of putting up & new pavilion. t the meeting of the Board of Health yes- térday Dr. Regensberger endeavored to have thesalarrot Dr.Grant incressed from $12 to $30 per month as watchman at the Almshouse, but | was defeated. Julius A. Palmer, the specizl correspondent of the New York Evening Post,says that the only hope for stable Government in the Haiwaiian Istands lies in the re-establishment of & monarehy. The Police Commissionsrs last night dis- missed a charge of unofficerlike conduct egainst Policeman A. J. Hamilton and dis- missed Policeman Peter Hauck from the force for befng drunk while on duty. Washington Porter of Chicago hes a plan to prevent financial crises by the issuance on the art of the Governmeni of legal-tender bonds n small sums snd to have silver take the place of li currency less than $5. B.' Alexander, who kept & shoestore at 113 Sixth street, has gone to Victora, B. C., and Bre & Lewis, clothiers at 111 Sixth street, swore out & warrant yesterday for his arrest for obtaining goods by false pretenses. The sensational telegrams from Butte rela- tive to Chinese working absndoned mining claims prove to be untrue. Only two Chinese have made applications for claims, one being the custom-house interpreter and opium ex- pert. The Grand Jury, which was to have con- tinned its investigation of the charges against the Solid Eight ring in the Board of Super- vizors, has_postponed action until to-morrow, jwhen Barclay Henley will appear betore the ury. The San Francisco CauL is giving ce to lebor matters and dealing inumgeufl‘wflgh them. There is a long-felt want in that line in this City, and we prophesy & boom in circula- tion for the paper that ils ‘it.—Cosst Seaman’s ournal. S. C. Baker has sued the Board of Education for & Wwrit 6f mandamus restoring her to her osition &= teacher in the public schools and for $1051 35 back salary. Judge Hebberd issued | Spreckels’ Sugar Fleet Some- 1 POTRERD ANDTHE SOUTH, what Delayed, but Now Coming In. BRIGANTINE IRWIN ARRIVES, | Keeping “Tab” onthe Coast Survey | Tide Gauge at the Unlon | Iron Works. For several days not a sngar ship had arrived at the Western Sugar Refinery, having been probably detained by calm weather or head winds. Australia and the brigantine W. G. Irwin arrived yesterday, however, the latter from The steamer | Association of South San Francisco will be an outing at Glenwood on June 9. TRAVEL IN THE MISSION. Mr, Vicing Has Some Radical Changes in View for Monday Next. Superintendent Vining of the Market- street Railway Company says that he will put through carson the branches of the Mission-street system about next Mon- day, in compliance with the request of the Castro-street Improvement Club. By the proposed arrangement every fourth car will run out Twenty-second street to Hoffman avenue, the first and third cars out of every four running out Twenty-ninth to Noe street, and the sec- ond out Mission street to China avenue. This will give a two-minute service on Mission street to Twenty-second street, a four-minute service on_ Twenty-ninth to Noe, and an eight-minute service on Twenty-second to Hoffman avenue and on Mission street to Chinasavenue from 5:15 to 8:30 A. M. and from 3 until 8 p. M. There is some slight objection among Castro-street_residents to the through ser- vice intended on the ground that an eight- Kahului. The John G. North, Golden Shore, Andrew Welch, Weatherwax, H. C. Wright and H. F. Glade are expected to | come in almost any time now. The two big boilers which J. D. Spreckels & Bros.’ schooner Anna brought up from the ship Crown of England, wrecked some | time ago on a reef at Santa Rosa Island, will be utilized by the Union Iron Works for the oil ship now being built for the Payta (Peru) trade. They are valued at | minute through service is not as satisfac- | tory as a five-minute transfer service, The change, however, says Mr. Vining, bas | been made at the request of a delegation of the Castro-street Club, and an eight- minute through service is the very best he | can arrange jor so far 8s the item of time is concerned. Transfers will be given to all the branches for a time. The different cars will be distinguished by flags as follows: The Noe Valley cars | will carry red flags, the China-avenue ex- THE BRIGANTINE IRWIN COMING INTO PCRT. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] about $15000 apiece. The Union Iron Works will build three tank-lighters for the oil ships. The first electric tramway ever put into any manufacturing establishment in this City is in operation at the Western Sugar Refinery. Y:is_lhe Sprague motor system, head. The motors are 7}4 horse-power, Seven tracks lead up from the dock the system of switching is said to be mar- velous. The daily product of the refinery amounts to about 1,500,000 pounds, and during a season about 185,000 tons of raw sugar are brought from the Hawaiian Islands. Track-laying along Solano street for the Bixteenth-street eiectric system is muking ood progress toward Kentucky street. arge number of teams were engaged yes- terday on the block between Minnesota and Tennessee streets. T. W. Edmonds of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey makes trigs every morning lately to “‘keep tab’’ on the self-registering tide-gauge which the coast survey has put on the water at the Union Iron Works. This tide-gauge is a mar- velous but very simple contrivance. By means of clockwork a sheet of paper run on rollers is kept steadily moving along, while a_pencil attached to a float, and ri ing or falling with the tide, records the or niih! on the paper. The tide-gauge was put there to secure data enough to enable the coast survey to predict the times of high and low water six months ahead for the annual prediction tables which it pub- lishes, and also to give the hydrographic *nrues an oppommitg to work on the bay n that vicinity and reduce their soundings to the low-water datum plane of the coast survey charts. Potrero residents are deeply interested in the bright prospects which the Union Iron ‘Works seems to have of getting the con- tract for one of the two new battleships to be built by the Navy Department. It is ‘would be :coe]fted, He is expested to take another trip East soon. An insane man named David D. Shea, who has been allowed to be at large on probation, and who has been, ever since 1891, a source of annoyance to Catholic circles and the police, was locked up by Sergeant Bennett yesterdnly at the Potrero station. Father O'Connell of St. Teresa's ihe writ as prayed ior, returnable in his court on May 24 next. At the meeting of the California Camera Club last evening E. L. Gifford gave a demon- stration in contact bromide and piatino- bromide work, and showed the application ofa new developer for negative transparencies, slides and bromide prints. The wheelmen are aroused to & sense of their politicel power, and they intend to use their strength 1o seeure smooth and durable rm ments of whatever kind is practicable. They Wwill try 10 enlist the sympathy of the teamsters and hackmen in their Liggk > The defeat of Colonel Sullivan in the election for colonel of the First Regiment, N. G. C., has Tesulted in the resignation of his ‘staff and the threstened withdrawal of & large number of the enlisted men. It mey prove that the eclec- tion was illegally held after all. Murderer Fredericks was the central figure of & scene in Judge Murphy's court yesterday, whither he was brought 1o be resentenced. He raved and howled. Owing to the absence of his attorney, who was, therefore, cited for con- tempt, resentence was deierred until Friday. tission Counefl No. 3, Young Men's Institute, entertained its members and the prominent officers and past officers o ihe order,and the clergy, at a banquet given last evening in Mis- sion Parlor Hall. It was the celebration of the trn(hfllnnlrenflv of the orgenization of the councii. . The Civic Federation Proposes Lo investigate the matter of taxes paid by the banks of San Francisco. It is ascerted that onme report is made to the Bank Commissioners and quite another to the City Assessor. This is a matter in which a1l San Francisco is interested, and the proceedings will be watched with interest. Church complained that Shea had been making himself very troublesome. Shea was formerly a blacksmith’s helper at the Union Iron Works. Burerinwendent Vining does not think it will pay to put back the horsecars on the old Fifteenth-avenue line from South San Francisco to the San Brunoroad. He will, however, carefully consider the request of the property-owners, and may haye a car or two run out there during the early mornings and late in the afternoons. The dimcun{ in the way of even this is that the 1ece of road there is not in goed con- ition, and if used for streetcar purposes, it would be incumbent upon the Market- street Railway Company to keep it in repair, which is expensive. Mr. Vinin, fears that the ivel by that route woul not be enough to compensate for the expense. South San Francisco residents feel that they are entitled to better postoffice ac- commodations than they now enjoy. They would like & enb-sm and about as con- venient a place as be secared for it would be Dr. Todd’s store, corner of Rail- road and Fourteenth avenues. Sass Bros. expect to have the new board- ing-house on Kentucky street completed soon. The steamer Colima is on the ways at Hunters Point to have her propelier re- paired. 1t_gotontofvordunu er last trip up the coast. She will be off in aday or two. The next social event of the “Q. T.” with double wires (return currenf)over- | and the cars can carry a load of from three | to six tons at a speed of five or six miles. | through the shed to the melting-pans, and | height of the water at any time of the day | understood that Irving Seott, on his last trip East, found reason to eve that one of the bids of the Union I Works | tension yellow flags, and the Mission or main-line cars green flags. Through the courtesy of the Mission l Journal the CaLw is informed that a party | of young men went from the Mission dis- | trict 1o Alaska yesterday, leaving on the | bark Marion, among them being Charles Meyer, Edward A. Born, Charles Wegrier | and Albert G. Mauerhan. Their destina- tion is 350 s up Cooks Inlet. A full stociz of provisions to last one year, ammu- nition in abundance, tools for piacer min- ing, medicines and a small boat complete the outfit, the cost of which was $200 per man. | Thirty young menaltogether went by the same vessel. Eighteen of these are from | Selma, and their preparations are as com- plete as those of our own boys. The trip_north will occupy nearly a month to Kodiak. From that point the boys will ascend Cooks Inlet and'try their fortune prospecting. A farewell meeting was held last Sunda; nightin the Emmanuel Evangelical Churc on Twelfth street, where three of the young men belong. Short addresses were given by Dr. Cordes and Dr. John A. Born, wish- ing them godspeed and a full measure of Pprosperity. i Taussig & Eisenbach will immediately begin the construction of four three-story frame buildings on the north side of Six- teenth street, between Valencia and Guer- rero. The first stories will be fitted up for | stores, with neat front, and the upper stories for flats. House-movers are already beginning to take away the oid dilapidated buildings there. : Work on. the fill in the Mission road at Ocean View is Jrogressing nicely. The high bank at the Five-mile House has been le;elled. _Folsom street, between Eighteenth an | Nineteenth, and Nine!eeugth, betweeg §I:gtwell and Folsom, are being bitumin- ized. On Folsom street, between Twentieth | and Twenty-first, two fine three-story buildings are going up. Choirmaster MacLachlan of the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, corner of Sanchez and Twenty-third streets, is looking for singers. etween Eighteenth and Nineteenth | streets, Stevenson (now called Lexington avenue) is being torn up for a pavement of bitumen which is to be laid on. Dr. Clinton will build three cottages on Mission street, below Plymouth avenue, Teams from the House of Correction have been filling in holes along the San Jose road. Messrs. Poole, Peithop and Reichenbach have been appointed a committee by the Holly Park Improvement Club to ascer- tain whether the SBring Valley Company will supply Holly Park with water from the Clarendon Helfht.s reservoir. | _Holly Park people are about to petition for a fire engine. . Brick foundations have been laid for a new store on Twenty-sixth street, above Charch. The Douglas school, Nineteeath and Col- lingwood streets, is being plastered. ——————— ‘Maguire, the American Plimsoll. Fro: ur London contemporary, the Sea- men's Chronicle, we learn that the National Sailors’ and Firemen's Unlon of Great Britain and Ireland, st a meeting of the Tl (London) branch, neid A‘prfl 26, :l;l nt:;‘: resolution of thanks to the Hon. James G. Ma. uire “for his loyal and successful advccae; Fhe canse of the seamen.” The P resolution to Judge Maguire was proposed L. M. Johnson, editor of the Seamen’s Chroni- cle, and carried unanimously with three cheers for the Awerican Plimsol! Seamen’s Journal. \ —.———— The City's Debts. Th:l %cy by I: ,:ttg;'neyl, Rhodes & Rhodes and McKinstry cKinstry, has interposed demurrer to_the suit brought .nln‘;‘:o it b: Wailace Bradford for aninjunction’in the mat- ter of civic debts. . —— e MoNEY makes the mare go and buys the Al- mighty-dellarCigar. - .ing character was in marked AT THE LOCAL THEATERS, “Sweet Lavender” Well Pre-| sented by Daniel Fraw- ley’s Company. YSAYE AGAIN AT THE BALDWIN His Second Concert Even Better Thah the First—On Other Stages. Pinero’s domestic drama, “Sweet Laven- der,” is drawing well at the Columbia Theater, and bids fair to fill tae house each evening for the rest of this week. The piece is well staged and well acted, and in “Sweet Lavender”’ Mr. Frawley's company shows to advantage. As Clement Hale, the adopted son of Geoffrey Wedderburn, Mr. Frawley does some very clever work. The part seems to | suit him and he fills it well, but does not | make as much of it as he might. Charles King, as Dick Phenyl, a broken- down barrister, is excellent, both in the comedy and pathos which run through his lines. He is particularly good in the second act, where he has plenty to do, for he does not overact his part, nor does he make coarse the scene where, having fallen once more from grace, he departs unsteadily with the bottle and glass in his hands. H. 8. Dui- field, as Geoffrey Wedderburn, the banker | with a secret, is too cold and matter of fact. He errs in not acting up to his role. The ladies of the piece, and there are | four of them, are good. Hope Ross makes | a pretty and attractive Lavender, and acts the part well. Blanche Bates, whoappeared as Minnie Gillfillian, nas improved immensely since she left this city a year ago, a novice upon the stage. She is'easy and natural and has acquired a freer, more unconstrained method of read- ;ng her lines than she had when she left ere. Miss Phosa McAllister made a good Mrs. Gillfillian, particularly in the last act, when she appears in reduced circum- stances. Belle Archer as Ruth Rolt, mother of Lavender, had the part of the woman with a history. Itisnota pleasant part nor is it a long one. | The rest of the company gives good sup- | port. It brings in several smal?er roles, notably Dr. Delany and Horace Bream. George W. Leslie as Bream, however, | raises the roie to quite an importance, and | Hudson Liston makes all possible out of | Delany. ‘‘Sweet Lavender” will run until | next Monday, snd will then give place to | Haddon Chambers’ “‘Captain Swift."” The Orphenm. George H. Wood, the comedian, after | an illness which prevented his ap-| pearance on the Orpheum boards on Monday night, has made his bow and has met with success. He was one of the new attractions billed for this week, and he will prove to be a drawing card. Felix and Cain, acrobats, comedians and vocalists, are making a big hit, as are also Perry and Tenbrooke. “The Undertakers’ Social,” with which the bill closes, is not thought much of, however, and it might be omitted without damaging the programme in the least. Next week the big attraction will be Jules Levy, the great cornet-player. “The Fire Patrol."” Morosco’s patrons are greatly taken with the ‘‘Fire Patrol,” and each evening the house is well filled. The great scene and climax in the fourth act, where the patrol, drawn by real horses, dashes in and the patrolmen batter down a door with real axes is always greeted with tremendous applause and great enthusiasm. It will have a good run. The Tivoli. “Heart and Hand’ keeps up its first- night houses at the Tivoli, and will proba- bly make a good long run. Ferris Hart- man is changing his jokes each night, so the royal humor will not grow_familiar to Tivoli habitues, The singing is somewhat improved as the people grow more used to their parts. The Alcaszar, “Arrah Na Pogue” played to a good house for the last time last evening, at the Alcazar Theater. It seemed to have struck the pa§g\lar fancy. }t gives place to-night to “Finn McCool," Dion uci- cault’s latest American military play. The Water Oarnival. The new features introduced this week at the water carnival are meeting with much approval by the frequenters of this unique entertainment. The new floats are especially pretty, and the tableaux which have been introduced are making a hit. The Lilliputians arrived here yesterday in readiness for their production of “Humpty Dumpty Up to Date” at the Baldwin Theater next Monaay. OHARMED BY YSAYE. ‘A Great Audience Hears the Violinist at the Baldwin. There was another large and brilliant audience at Ysaye’s second concert in the Baldwin Theater last night. Many of the people in the house were present at the violinist’s first concert on Monday evening, and it was evident that'a sincere admira- tion for his great powers had attracted them to hear him a second time. A royal reception was given to Ysayc when he made his appearance to play Max Bruch'’s second concerto in D minor. It would be an exaggeration to say that the orchestra was sympathetic or pnrficulniry responsive, but it seconded Ysaye's noble ndering of the viclin solo score much more successfuily than in the Saint-Ssens concerio on Monday. All the music of the Bruch concerto is effec- tive and dramatic, and p-mcnlmr did Ysaye delight his hearers in the finale, allegro molto, which gave him the opportunity of exhibiting masterly staccato,as well as florid execution and beautiful cantabile passages. He tossed off the teehnical difficulties eas asily as if he were quafling & cup of wine Two of the most delightiul numbers on the TOgramme were the Wagner-Wilhelmj “Parsi- al’” paraphrase and the prize song from the “Ha&ters!nur," which "Lachaume accom- anied so well. Ysaye played his Wagner as if Feloved it, for his renderingof both themes breathed the inspiration. the exalted passion, which those few artists who can reveal to their hearers something of the true inwardness of the Bayreuth master put into their interpreta- tion of his works. ed, but 8s e could, indeed, imagine the exquisite theme coming by inspiration to Walter as he thought of his love. The enthusiasm at the end jof the Wagner- Wilhelmj numbers was so great that after re- peated bows Ysaye goodm-mrml* played an encore—a mazourks by Zarzyki. It helped to | messmate during the cutter’s long 15,000- accentuate his versatility, as its brilliant, dash- contrast to the cantabile of the Wagner mosie, Ysaye’s last num! e programme was Saintiaen's «“Rondo-Capriccioso,™ as beauti- ful an example of “bel canto’ in Ysaye's hands as one need wish to hear. There were ‘moments when it mreelfv‘needad much stretch of the imagination to fancy that a finished prima-donna of the good old florid Italian school was 'nhllnfl an aria full of vocal em- broideries which it is the fashion not to admire nowadays—for one reason because there are so few sipgers who can warble them. But Ysaye's singing of the florid rondo was even more periect than that of a finished prima donna of the old school, that is so rapfdly dis- aring. As an encore to the Saint-Saens nimber he gave the Sarasate dance of Monday evening. X as ste‘n notes are in all the registers, it is in_the very high notes that he particularly excels. So frequently violinists' very. mh notes, even if thay are perfectly true, are lacking in sweeiness—are scarcely music, in fact—but Ysaye’s highest notes, plenissimo, are sweet and clear. That excellent pianist, Lachaume, warmly weicomed Fesierday’ evening. was at his best in Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsodie, which the programme somewhat gnmimflaly informed the {ubnc was “for piano alone.” The unbracketed name of “Liszt” conveyed that information. How- ever, Lachaume played the rhapsodie well and worked up the climax well. His render- ing_ of Chopin was marked by more virllity than was consistent with & thorough appreciation of the melancholy Pole, who never penned a “:cherzo” in so fierce amood that it was necessary to break a string in performing it, as Mr. Tachaume appsrently did last ni- hi. However, when he moderated his ardor his fonch was playful and graceful, i In orchestra, under the direction of August Hinrichs, he played several numbers that were applauded. OLOSED THE SEASON. Centennial Club Gives Its Last Entertainment. Twice a year the Centermial Club holds social entertainments, tbe first late in the fall and the last in the spring, just before society flocks to the country. Last evening the club ‘held jts ‘‘closing of the season” in National Hall on Ellis street, near Polk. The attendance was very large. The entertainment consisted of a comical farce, entitled, ‘‘The Two Bonnycastles,” in which R. C. Altschul, | Walter H. Taisen, D. W. Brice, Miss Lillie Barron, Miss Bertha Barron and Miss M. Calligan took part. After the entertainment there was danc- ing until a late hour. The affair was under the direction of the following: Committee of arrangements—R. C. Altschul (chairman), George Appell, Jesse A. Platt, 8. J. Lazarus, Jacob . Meyer, A. Meyer. Floor committee—A. Meyer (chairman), Clar- ence L. Badt, Jncob S. Meyer. Floor manager, George Appell. Assistant floor manager, Leon Leszynsky. THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER, Miss Josephine F. Smith Sails in the Revenue Cutter Perry. was He The A Leaf From the Log of the Steamer San Franclsco, Wrecked Years Ago. Miss Josephine Fredericks Smith, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Captain H. D. Smith of the revenue cutter Perry, which sailed yesterday for Port Town- send en route to Bering Sea, is a sailor lassie and a true daughter of the service. She was her father's shipmate and sole mile voyage from New York to San Fran- cisco, sailing from the former port Decem- ber 20, 1894, and arriving here the 25th of last month. The fair revenue mariner is a brown- haired, brown-eyed, vivacious girl of medium height, a perfect Portia in mari- Miss Josephine F. Smith. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] time law and Treasury Department ordi- nances, knows a foreto’gallant brace from the signal halyards, can navigate a ship unerringly by dead reckoning, and—‘‘she is the captain’s daughter.” Captain H. D. Bmith is a native of Bos- ton and a nephew of Commodore Smith, U. 8. N., retired. He served with distinc- tion in the navy through the Civil War, taking part in many engagements on the Mississippi River and on the Gulf coast. He was appointed to a liecutenantcy in the revenue service by Secretary McCollough in 1867, taking precedence over several hundred applicants by reason of meritori- ous service in the nayy. Lieutenant Smith | was stationed on this coast a number of | vears ago. -being in command of the tug artley, and afterward was transferred to the Atlantic. Captain Smith handles a pen as he han- dles a ship—with grace and ease—and_the United Service Magazine and other East- ern periodicals are publishing his interest- ing articles upon marine topics. Bufing his- naval career he had the pleasure of chasing Captain Waddell of the rebel warship Shenandoah, and that officer while in command of the ill-fated Pacific Mail steamer San Francisco, about twelye years after, was destined to be connected with an occurrence that came near causing a life-long bereavement to his old foe. In the accounts of the loss of the San Fran- cisco on the Central American coast seven- teen years ago, published at the time, it was stated that a boatload of passengers was overturned in the surf, and when the occupants were with difficulty rescued from the breakers an infant was missing. Upon dragging the boat from the water some time after the accident and righting her on the beach the baby was found un- derneath the craft uninjured, but very wet and proseninghwith lusty cries against her salt-water bath. That small girl is the cutter Pe; en aged 9 months, en route from the East with her mother. Miss Josephine's early ducking in the sea made } a sailor of her, and eventually the smart- est and prettiest middy in her father’s vessel. ‘The Perry found the United States cruiser Newark at Montevideo a few months ;‘go, and, during a visit to the warship, Miss Smith met Paymaster Wright, the officer who rescued her from the capsized boat, and the heroine of the shipwreck was formally decorated with a Newark cap- ribbon, and the ship’s band played ‘‘Pina- fore” airs instead of the usual national music in her honor. S THE FREE LIBRARY. Number of Books Called For During the Month of April. From thereport of Librarian Clark of the Free Library for the month 6f April, it ap- pears that during that period the number of books used outside of the building was 15,793, while that inside was 13,415, making a total of 29,208, The average daily de- livery was 1079 volumes. The percentaze of fiction called for was 51, or just a fraction over one-half. The riodical room was opened on the 8th of the month, and until the end of the month ithad been visited by 1057 visitors, and the number of volumes consulted was 731. No account was kept of the use of current periodicals in this room. The number of cards issued during the month was 754, making the total number 11,410. The Mission, Potrero, Point -Lobos and North Beach branches were well-patronized. In thesethe demand for fiction was respectively 63, 78, 61 and 57. ——————— goung lady of the THERE is an article on this market seldom equtled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity. * ————————— CATARRH cured and no pay until cured. Treatment at office free. 925 Howardstreet. * CANGES IN THE BOARD, Claus Spreckels Given a Leave of Absence by the Valley Road. W. F. WHITTIER HAS RESIGNED, | The Directors Encouraged Over Their Trip to the San Joaquin. | The directors of the Ean Francisco and | San Joaquin Valley Railroad met yester- | day, although six of them had just re-| turned from a tiresome trip through the | great valley. Claus Spreckels occupied the | chair, but may not preside again over | meetings of the board for several months | to come. He was granted a leave of absence for | three months, as he goes to Europe Friday for rest and the benefit of his health. In his absence Director Robert Watt will oc- | cupy the chair. | As Director W. F. Whittier has gone on an extended tour of Europe, which will keep him away for five or six months, he tendered his resignation to the board as first vice-president, though still retaining | his office as director. His resignation was | accepted. | Rovert Watt was thereupon elected first vice-president and Captain A. H. Payson‘ second vice-president to. fill the vacancy created by Mr. Watt’s election. Committees on surveys, construetion | and equipment asked for further time to prepare reports, having been occupied | with an inspection of the country through | which the line is to go. They were | gran‘ed a continuance of time. Regarding Chins Basin the committee | appointed to communicate with the| arbor Commission reported that it had | notified that body of the rejection of the | lease and had received a request from the | Governor, Mayor Sutre and the Harbor | Commissioners that the board of directors | hold a conference meeting with them on | Monday. The invitation was cordially | accepted. % | The directors expressed their regret that | Mr. Spreckels was going to leave them for a time and wished him a Ylleasant voyage. He responded by saying that every detail | of business connected with the Valley | road was in fm‘i shape and in good | hands, so he felt assured that the enter- | prise_would forge ahead and progress | ra&idly in his absence. | No decision was reached on the trip| through the vallef', but that subject was | discussed informally and will be consid- | ered at a special meeting of the board this | afternoon. | Each and every one of them expressed | himself as well pleased at the prospects in | the Ban Joaquin Valley, and was greatly | encouraged by the enterprising ple of | Fresno, Visalia, Hanford and Sxeeoother places visited. The directors were unani- mous in their conviction that the new rail- way has created a very deep and wide- spread interest in the lower San Joaquin Valley. On every hand they were greeted with words of welcome and assurances of liberal support from the people. Chief Engineer Storey stated that the engineers in the field moved their camp a few days ago several miles to the south of | where it has been located. They have “'staked’’ about two-thirds of the distance from Stockton to the Stanislaus River, twenty-six miles southward, and within a week from to-day will have finished the | permanent survey over that portion of the | route. Then they will cross over the river | into Stanislaus County and begin at once | on preliminary surveys across the country, a distance of twenty-five miles. 1t will be only a matter of a few weeks now before the rails and other building materials are at Stockton, and construction will begin. The second shipment of 720 kegs of spikes, weighing 150,200 pounds, was dis- patched from New York a week agoon the P_acket Bhl‘p Hy B, Hyde of Sutton & Co.’s ine. A NIGHT IN VENICE Belvedere to Reproduce the Social Suc- cess of Last Year. The people of Belvedere, in Marin | County, have decided to reproduce their | great success of last summer, “A nightin | Venice,” and the productlon will be upon | a much more extensive and grander scale | than the one held in 1894. | The date has not yet been fixed for this novel water entertainment, but it is ex- ! pected to be held some time in the first part of the month of Jul Newer and finer features are promised and the land decorations will far excel anything here- tofore attempted by the people of Bel-| vedere peninsula. | The inhabitants of the arks which are | moored in the storm-sheltered waters | about the peninsula are fully alive to the occasion and they also are determined to | surpass their efforts of last summer. Mzs. EBNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manager FIRST PRODUCTION IN TEN YEARS 0t Lecocq's Delightful Comic Opera, HEART Coming——DOROTHY ! Popular Prices—25c and 50c. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & CO. (Incorporated), Proprietors A TRIUMPH! IMMEDIATE AND UNEQUALED! YSAYHE, Assisted by LACHATUME and a Grand Orchestra. August Hiorichs conductor. ONLY TWO MORE CONCERTS, Friday Evening, May 17, and Saturday Matinee. Prices, 1, $1 50, $2, $2.50. EXTRA—Beginning SUNDAY, May 19, Matinees Weduesday and Saturday, the Famous and only LILIPUTIANS ! In the Grandest Spectacular Production ever seen in this city, HUMPTY DUMPTY UP TO DATE! 4 Grand Ballets! Giant Kaleb! SEATS NOW SELLING. &bt Ghealte, FRICOLANDLR GOTTLOB & co 123383 A maractRs- A THAT CONCLUSIVE MERIT PROOF WIN AND THESE PRIC 13¢, 2 ¢, 50c and c A 15¢, 25¢ and »0c at Ma - Children Anywhere A Pertect Production Beautitul “SW. Next Monday—** Seats on Sale T MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Leasee and Managsr TO-NIGHT !—— TO-NIGHT! —A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION— 01 the Great Melodrama, “THE FIRE PATROL!” Stocked With Scenic Surprises. EVENING PRICES—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday anda Sunday. ORPHEUM. WEEK COMMENCING TONDAY, MAY 13, An Entire Change of Pro, ——WILL H. FOX The Original Comedian Pianist, Creatlon, ‘alifornia Barstone. 0. H. WOOD mewhat Different Com. AIN, PERRY & g ANZ & ID Th FELIX & C t 3 Nighta—R Wood's devilie Co., “THE UNDERTAKER'S SUCTAL.” Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturday and S Parquet, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Childre: ALCAZAR THEATER. WaLLENROD JE., BIcH & Co........... Proprietors CHANGE OF BILL TO-NIGHT! JAMES M. and CARRIE CLARK WARD In Boucicault’s Drama, “FINN McCOOL!” Popular Prices—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 59c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. TO-NIGET, GLEASON’S v GREAT "' 3’{ HORSE-TAMING LR EXHIBITIONS, Admission (4000 Seats) 25 Cents. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS.........Proprietor and Managee ROYAL MIKADO BARGE, THE DOLPHIN FLOATY, NEW FACES. NE THE G W ACT: PRE MILITARY BENEFIT TO-NIGHT. Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circle, Re- e ey e s Saturday and Sunda; tin uet, Chil- aren, 16c; Adults, 256, i METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. THE FAMOUS HAWAIIAN NATIONAL BAND JOSE S. LIBORNIO, Leader. GRAND CONCERTS, Commencing Friday Evening, May 17. VOCAL AND INSTRUME AL, Continuing daily till Saturday, the 25th. 40—MUSICIANS—40 Selections of quartets and guintets. Programme every performance. walian songs and choruses. Matinee Wednesday, 22d. and Satarday, 25th. 25c_snd 50c. Ticket office open dally from 9 A. 3. t0 12 &., and from 1 010 P. 3. Admission—Orchestra 75c, Parquet 50c, Balcony 8be, Gallery 25c¢. RURRNING m RUNNING Change of Variety of Ha- RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, ISPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ¥riday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. 3. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY DURING THE SEAS Mausic, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and Other Amusements. Refreshments at City Prices. Fare, roand xrlphzbc: children, 15c, including admission t i THE St EAMER UKIAR ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 A. a.. 12:10. 2 :00 and 4:00 . a. Retorning leave EI Campo 11:16 4.3, 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 ». 3. SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. FLORAL FESTIVAL HEAIL.DSBURG! SPECIAI:, TRATN FRIDAY....... May 17, 1895. $1.50 ror THE rouno TriP $1,50 Leaving Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 A. M.——Returning, leave Healdsburg at 7 P. M. On May 16, 17 and 18 :ound-Trip Tick<ts Will Bs Sold for $3, Good for Return to SUNDAY, May 19, inclusive. H. C. WHITING, General Man:-gor. R. X. RYAN, Gen. Pass. Agent. SANTA CRUZVENETIAN WATERCARNIVAL June 11, 12, 13, COMBINING THE ATTRACTIONS 14 and 15. 1895, OF THE CARNIVAL 9F VENICE WITH THE FLOWER FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD! PAGEANTS, SPORTS, REGATTAS, FIREWORKS, ELECTRICAL DISPLAYS AND FLOWERS IN PROFUSION. TRANSPORTATION RATHES. Remember the Dates and Watch for Further Advertisements for Programme,