The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895. 7 WEDNESDAY .. "CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. ralia left for Honolulu yesterday The Aib: brig Geneva is to carry away a stern- hieel steamer for the Yukon River. 1 i the Supervisors to nullify a eresotution WIlT probably be teeted 1 the cou iere will be a lawn tennis tournament on 3d and 4th of next July at San Rafael terey. ary Kane of the Society for the Sup- of Vice tells why he is going for Po- Gazettes. The Weather Bureau predicts fair weather ith a nising thermometer and brisk winds for rancisco to-day. Ihe winning horses at the track yesterday cre The Drummer, Hueneme, Mamie Scott, una and Bernardo. on to test the constitutionslity of the rance ordinance in the Supreme Court WeS commencea vesterday. Fire Marshal Towe and the police are investi- gating a supposed incendiary fire at 2712 Har- rison street on Mon night. Ret. J. George Gibson of say: the 2d, or Mon manuel Church he will not go on & lecturing tour but will Pt & call 1o preach in this cit George Lang, fireman on the ship Queen, was arrested yesterday for assault to murder upon Charles Neal, & er at 140 Minna street. will hold its ce in_Upper , May 24. pe_and cane maker, 1solvency, his liabili- 199 24 and his assets members of the Young Men’s Christian n Cyeling (¢ were tendered a n by the Ladies’ Auxiliary last even- The bod the w recovered Michael Ward, the engineer of amer Modoe, who was drowned two Sacramento River, has been he Mount Tamalpais Military r friends will enjoy & bay yon board the steaner James n attachment on the , on Ellis street, yes- s of J.J.Rauer, in the Y ict Union and the Ship-owners’ Association port is temporarily at an end and men are ship- ping at non-u ates. Charles Inman n with murdering his wife, was y guilty of murder in the first de; jury, which fixed the penalty at nment nembers of the Harmonie Singing So- b enaded Charles’A. Zinkand r-in-law, H. > contracts for supplying ire Department and pub- fiscal year. d his old residence on re_streets and taken his fam- ily to the heights. He will sell the town house, which he builtabout twen Mrs. Lucy M. Keely, 3615 Geary street, swore outa warrant vesterday for the arrest of W. H. Allen, a real estate agent, on the charge of obtaining goods and money by false pretenses. W. M. Gregory, an agent, was convicted in Judge Low’s court yesterday of personating an cer in the Standard House, 21 Turk street, 3 Monday ht, end will be sentenced to- ay. Robert McElroy has petitioned for letters of administration over the estate of Susan B. Kerby, valued at $20,000. The sole devisee is Marguret Kerby, a stepdaughter of the de- ceased. Rumor had it that the Niagara! Insurance Comyp was about to withdraw its local | agency on account of the rate cutting, but the company has merely decided not to meet the big cuts. Chief Sullivan spent all Monday in visiting the nsurance men who have refused to support ghe fire patrol, and tried fo shaw. them the ecror of their Wways. His mission wes almost ruitless. Cordial Reception Given to Bishop Walden and Mis- sionary Draper. MISSION WORK THE THEME. Pastor McClish Recalls an Incident of the Days of Gold. Good-by was said in a distinctly Meth- odist manner at the Grace M. E. Church, corner of Twenty-first and Capp streets, on Monday night, to Bishop John M. Walden of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. McClish, pastor of Grace Church, Dr. Bentley of Berkeley and Dr. Case, pastor of the Howard-street Methodist Church, assisted to make the reception one long re- membered by those who were to sail for the Orient. In his address of welcome Dr. McClish referred to the wonderful growth of Meth- odism on this coast. He had learned, he said, from some statistics, that when, in 1849, the first Methodist minister to visit California—the Bishop of Africa—arrived on a ship here, the vessel was boarded just after coming through the Golden Gate // i/ Bishop J. M. Walden. [From a photograph.] by a man who was asked by the Bishop if there were any preachers in town. His reply was: ‘No; there was one, but preaching didn’t pay, and he took to gambling. There was also a church, but it is now turned into a jail.” “They bad never seen such a creature as a Methodist,” observed Dr. McClish, “That was a generation and a half ago. Now, however, there are Methodists here of all nationalities. In this alone there are 2400 members, with eight fine church buildings. In this district there are 42 churches altogether, and 5000 Sun- day-school children. The property of the Methodist church in the district is valued at $660,000.” Bishop Walden, who had spoken at the Daniel Frawley objects to the production of “All the Comiorts of Home' by the Western | Addition Literary Club, as he is going to pro- duce the same play at the Columbia Theater | next week. i The San Bruno switch, where two passenger | trains collided Monday morning, was opened | malicio Monday night and a freight-train | that was run in upon it wes derailed at 6 4. . | yesterday. | Mayor Sutro’s secretary stopped the work of a | contractor laying & bituminous pavement on Hayes street, between Fillmore and Steiner, yesterday, because the work was not up to specifications. Deniel Lawler was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Low in | §2000 bonds on the charge of robbery at the Sutter street branch of the American’ District waph Company. The Valley-road directors ordered locomotive and will have three engineering parties in the field within another week. The trustees met and adopted a new set of by-laws. three | John Oman, while &t work yesterday in An. | derson’s shipyard az Hunters Point, fell and had his right leg broken. He was taken to the Gity end County Hospitel, where the igjured Limb was aitended to by Dr. Block. ¥ The Board of Health was to have had a meet- ing yesterday to consider the shortage of pro- visions at the Almshouse, but & quorum was not present. The superintendents of both in- stitutions reported that they could run & few days yet. Owing to the fact that'the Woman’s Con- gress will hold its meeting in the auditorium of the First Congregational Church this even- ing the regular weekday meeting of the church will be held one hour earlier than usual, 1. e., at 6.45 o’clock. Superintendent Ashworth told a CALL re- porter yesterday that he thinks the new street- paving specifications give a monopoly to & gingle firm for blue rock, while he thinks red rock best for the purpose—this despite the fact that he prepared the specifications himselt. Bids were received and Dupont-street bonds redeemed by the City and County Treasurer esterday 8s follows: Sutro & Co., five at 895750 Sutro & Co,, four. ar g@tb 50; J. Parry & Co., fifty at $947 50; J. Parry & Co., ten at $950 50; Hecht Bros., six .zsego, mak- lngdn total of $71,070 50 paid out for the nds. A new transcontinental railroad will soon reach the Bay of San Francisco. The Union Pacific system has combined with the Donahue ~ iine end will soon build a coast railroad from Portland, Or., to Tiburon in Marin County, which will be the Union Pacific’s Western terminal. Superintendent of Construction G. W. Hunt will soon put several hfldred men to work building the new coast road. Mayor Sutro yesterday appointed five trus- tees of the exempt firemen’s relief fund, as required by en act of the late Legislature. They are &s follows: Joue“)h Figel, merchant, 1414 McAllister street; Washington Irvin, oliceman, 1613 Leavenworth street; Josep) 'Dontell, United States gauger, 35 Twenty- third street; J. 8. Marshall, resteurant, 910 Clay street: J. J. Gum«;;le, secretary Exempt Firemen’s Company. 2937 Mission street. Seure(lri Gaden, on behalf of Mayor Sutro, stopped the contractors at work laying the bituminous-rock pavement on Hayes street, between Fillmore and Steiner, for the reason that the work was not done according to re- | quirements and specifications. Mr. Gaden reported that the bitumen was being spread | over a foundation of loose rock, no effort hav- ing been made to even impact or macadamize it, and the jagged edges of the rock forcing themselves up through the surface of the bitumen. Judge Slack yesterday removed L. W. Hutchins from his position as guardian of George C. Charles, an insane person. Charles recently died in the Napa Insane Asylum and the court had received a bill from that institu- tion nggreglling 55 for the care of the deceased inmate. 1t appears that Cnarles was en old soldier and had been in receipt of a ension, which the Pension Bureau of the United States Government claimed had never been applied 1o bis peeds. Mrs. Hutchins, wife of the deposed guardian, appeared before Judge Slack and expiained that the trust money had not been spent, but that her husband was iil and had been unable to attend to his business. A fire occurred about 11 o’clock Monday night in & cottege, 2712 Harrison street, owne: C. Gay and oceapied by H. H.Danz. The about $200. There was no one in the house at the time, and as coal oil was found on the carpets in two of the rooms Fire Marshal Towe and the police think that the fire was of tieplates for 120 miles of road | preachers’ meeting, during the morning, on some remarkable providential mani- festations, responded gratefully to Dr. McClish’s address. He took the oppor- tunity to praise Bishop Goodsell and to laud the Anglo-Chinese itinerant, Rev. F. J. Masters, who was- present, and the Japanese-American, Dr. E. I. Harris. He recalled his visit to the coast several years ago. “‘Methodism,” explained Bishop Wal- den, “has been a great missionary move- ment from the beginning. Oh! for the spirit of the old Wesleyan fathers! Until this great country is evangelized we can- not expect to see evangelized the lands to which I am going.” Before he sat down he referred to the fact that Bishop Goodsell had himselfa few years ago paid a visit to Japan, Korea and China on the same line of general | supervision as he was about to pursue. Bishop Goodsell then went as a suEstimw for Bishop Foster. Missionary Draper then gave his reasons for going back to Japan. e went there first fifteen vears ago with his wife, a | daughter of Bishop E. 0. Haven. Some bystander remarked at the time, ‘“‘What in the world are they sending those kit~ tens out there for?” " Mr. Draper said he | realized that they were pretty young, but | they got started in the work all right. Two years later he had to come home on account of sickness. In 1886 he and Mrs. | Draper went back to their field. They were visited by his father and mother. His father, Rev. Gideon Draper, died a short while after setting foot on Japanese soil, and is now buried at Tokio. Mr. Draper said he loved America much the best, but there were 40,000,000 people in Japan, with barely 40,000 open Chris- tians, and only 1000 native preachers. He thought he was needed there, since Christ died for all, whatever the nation. His mother, Mrs. Gideon Draper, spoke of the school for the blind she had started at Yokohama. It had commenced with only one little blind girl, and now had thirty pupils. Bishop Goodsell; Rev. Hiorata, a_Japa- nese minister, and Rev. Chan Hon Fan of the Chinese Methodist Church, also spoke. Rev, Mr. Chan explained in a pointed man- ner that there was much difference between Christ and Confucius. *‘Christ said, ‘Come unto me,’ but Confucius said, ‘I’ll teach if you pay me a salary.’ Christ said, “‘Go ye unto all the world and preach the gospel,’ but Confucius said, ‘If you do not come to me, I will not go to you.’ ” There was a general hand-shaking after the services. FOR THE HOSPITALS. Levi Strauss & Co. Send a Check for One Hundred Dollars to Dr. Titus. Dr. Titus, superintendent of the City and Cour_Aty Hospital, made an appeal to the public for funds for that institution Monday morning. He said that his sup- plies of bandages, medicines and food were running low and in aday or two his 400 patients would be ueprivcdy of what they most urgently required. The superintendent’s appeal was made through the columns of tfie CALL and was not made in vam. Yesterday afternoon the Iollovxjmg l'e:;,:r &nd a check for $100 were received at the office of th Levi Strauss & Co.: S et SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 1895. Dr. F. H. Titus, Superintendent Cit};and County Hospital-DEAR SIR: We beg to hand you in- closed our check for $100, which is to be used for supplies for the City and County Hospital; and 88 per your suggestion, we send th throngge the CALL o&oe. !’fmly yours. e EVI Uss & Co. GERLACH'S NOTE, The Subject of Muck Past Litigation Again in Court. Public Administrator A. C. Freese has petitioned for letters testamentary over the estate of Conrad Gerlach, who died on incendiary origin. Danz rented the house five months ago, and two months later his wife went to live with her wmother. Since then Danz had paid occasional visits to the house. ‘The Fire Marshai and Policeman Butterworth, who lives next door, could not find Danz yes- terday. The matter is under investigation, March 20, 1895, lenvin a $70,000 estate. His will was filed April1, 1895, the legatees being Mrs. Helena Mills, Marie E. New- lands, Louise Bee and Harry Poole. On April 16, 1892, a petition was filed by Otto tum Suden alleging Gerlach’s incom- petency and asking for the appointment of the petitioner as guardian, a prayer that was granted by Judge Coifey August 19, | 1892. In the petition the estate of the al- leged incompetent is valued at $60,000, and declared to consist chiefly of a house and lot on the southwest corner of Stockton and O'Farrell streets. It was alleged that he had resided with and bad been under the undue influence of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Newlands, a daughter, and with Mrs. Louisa Bee, the sole heir of Gerlach. SIDE ENTRANCES. Constitutionality of the Ordinance to Be Tested in the Supreme Court. The constitutionality of what is known as the side-entrance ordinance will be tested in the Supreme Court. It is order No. 2696, and was adopted about two years ago. The police recently served out warrants for the arrest of several saloon-keepers for not complying with the provisions of the ordinance in having the partitions of the rear rooms more than six feet in height. The saloon-keepers obg'ected to the pro- vision, and contended that the Board of Supervisors had no power to compel them to have their partitionsof a certain height. They also objected generally to the ordi- nance. An arrangement was made to take tha matter before the Supreme Court, and yesterday Judge Low ‘fined John H. Mar- tin, proprietor of the saloon on the corner of O'Farrell and Stockton streets, §20 for violating the ordinance. The fine was not paid, and Martin’s attorneys at once ap- lied to the Supreme Court fora writ of Bt catpia iy o havkAhe onsation determined by the highest court without further delay. et RO el WO00D AND COAL OONTRACTS. The Supervisors Let Contracts for the Next Fiscal Year. The Fire Committee of the Board of Supervisors met yesterday and let con- tracts for furnishing the Fire Department and public offices with coal and wood for the next fiscal year, as follows: For Duns- muir Wellington coal, per ton, to A. M. Ebbets, at $842. The other bids were Thomas Morton, $8 45, and P. Lynch, $9. For Welsh anthracite, egg-size, to A. M. Ebbets, $8 60. For coal for public offices and courts, Pennsylvania anthracite, to A. M. Ebbets, 2&0 SUN), South Wellington, A. M. Ebbets, 8 10. @Vood for the Fire Department, Monte- rey pine, per cord, to Thomas Morton, $10 25. Wood for public offices and courts, redwood, per cord, P. Lynch, $625; Mon- terey pine, P. Lynch, $9. WILL BUILD A CHURCH, The Danish and Norwegian Residents of This City Buy a Lot. Two Months Will Elapse Before the Edifice Is Opened for Public Worship. The Norwegian-Danish residents of this City are about to erect a house of wor- ship. Their religious meetings have been held at 909 Market street, but as the colony has increased to some 12,000 persons the need of a proper church has been greatly felt. A lot on Sixth street, between Howard | and Folsom, was recently purchased for $6000 and the building will cost an addi- tional $3500. The Norwegian-Danish Methodist Epis- VALLEY OAD BUSINESS, The Directors Meet and Take Prompt Action on Impor- tant Matters. THE TRUSTEES ADOPT BY-LAWS. Three Locomotives and the Plates for 120 Miles of Track Ordered. A desire to rush things was displayed yesterday by the directors of the San Francisco and 8an Jeaquin Valley Railway at their meeting, which lasted all through the afternoon. It was evident from the amount of work done that all matters of construction which were under considera- tion for some time past are now ready for prompt action. Anyhow, the board of directors is not allowing time to slip idly by. They have given orders for the forma- tion of two additional engineering parties to go into the field at once and survey the route up and down the San Joaquin Val- | ley. They have ordered three splendid locomotives, to be shipped at once, and tie plates for 120 miles of road, and will have engines, cars, plates and ties in Stockton by the time the steamer arrives in this har- bor with the first cargo of steel rails from New York. Then construction will begin immediately, and such arrangements have been made as to assure a continuance of the work without interruption or delay un- til the whole road is built. At the meebi_n% yesterday a resolution was adopted ordering about 8¢0,000 tie plates from a Chicago foundry. The bids for plates from several Kastern manu- facturers were considered, but Chicago got the order at a very low price for cash. Owing to the urgent demand for these articles one lot was ordered to_ come by rail, another by steamer from New York, whither they will be transported by rail from Chicago. The last lot will comeina ling ship and will arrive here in time to ep the construction men busy. Chief Engineer Storey reported that he was getting ready a second party of twelve surveyors, who will go into the field to- morrow under a competent engineer. He will then organize a third party and send | them down the valley. One of, them will begin work at Bakersfield or thereabouts and come north and the other surveyors are to operate in the vicinity of Fresno or | Visalia, while the original party will pres- ently cross the Stanislaus l¥iver and work southward through Stanislaus County. Contracts were signed with the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia for three locomotives, to be forwarded across | the continent within six weeks after receipt of the order. These engines are to be ten- wheelers, weighing sixty-five tons each, built for freight business, though they are to be used at first in construction. Thomas Magee submitted a report on the lease of China Basin, stating that his committee had sent a letter to fhe Board of Harbor Commissioners and received a reply accepting the offer for a conference meeting with the directors. The report was adopted and the communication ac- | cepted as a correct exposition of the posi- tion assumed by the directors. adopted and will be published in the local papers. 1t calls for a second assessment of 10 per cen: on the stock and contains a notification to stockholders that their shares will become del'm%uent July 2 if the assessment be not paid by that date, and the stock will be salable at auction on July 30. The “second lot of rails consisting of THE NORWEGIAN-DANISH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUROCH. copal Church will measure 40 by 60 feet. It will seat about 400 people. It will be a frame building and the two striking architectural characteristics will be two large towers at either end of the rectangu- lar structure. Tae gallery will face the it. - x The pastor of the first Norwegian church in this city is Rev. C. J. Larsen, who has been twenty years on the Pacific Coast, and has been superintendent of the Nor- wegian-Danish Mission for eight years of that time. The reverend gentleman has also seen service in the States of Oregon, Washington ana Idaho. He is now the presiding elder of the California district. Mr. Larsen was educated for the church in Bergen, Norway, afterward finishing his theological studies in this countrg. He reaches to his audiences in the Danish Pu:’gungs, though he can also deliver fluent addresses in English. Work on the new ehurch has already been commenced and is well under way. It is anticipated that it will be two months before the edifice can be nsed as a place of public worship. . Result of Jealousy. . George Long, fireman on the ship Queen, was arrested yesterday morning on the charge of assault to murder. He and his wife roomed at 140 Minna street, and Charles Neal, a painter, is also & roomer there. Long went home yes. terday morning and found Neal and his wife drinking together. A fight followed, and Lon; drew a Eoeie'rlnl!e with a_long blade an stabbed Neal three timesin the back, once in the breast and in the eibow. Neal was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where his wounds, which are not serious, were dressed. He was taken to the cugmon, and will be held as a witness egainst Long. apdehea ool B ER IR ¥or an Untenable Charge. Louis Greenberg has sued Fortunato Scatena for $10,000 damages for injury alley to ha mg worked througha uharfe’ol pefte;ll:rcen'y‘: preferred agsinst the plaintift by the defends ant on April 27 last. Greenberg declares that the charge burt his business and caused him serlous suffering. ——————— Special Baggage Notice. Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re- duced rates at our office oxLY. One trunk, round trip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents. Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland ferry depot.* 1500 tons, shipped by sailing vessel from New York two weeks ago, was paid for. The bill was $32,000. C. C. Wright and M. Hanson of Modesto nrpeared before the board representing the citizens of their city. They set forth man: plausible reasons why the Valley roat should pass through Modesto, and{ way of inducement made very liberal of{érs of rifihts of way, grading, depot sites, etc., which gave proof of an enthusiastic public spirit in Modesto in favor of the people’s railway. 3 The directors listened to them with con- siderable interest and promised to give Modesto all the consideration it deserves. The Board of Trustees met in the morn- ing and discussed the by-laws, which have already appeared in the CaLv. They were modified to better protect all interests of the popular enterprise. DR, LE TOURNEUX DEAD. Succumbed to an Attack of Appendicitis, Caused by Swallowing an Orange Seed. By the death of Dr. Thomas J. Le Tourneux yesterday the members of the medical profession in this City lose an effi- cient practitioner and an ardent student of medicine in all its branches. The deceased went to San Rafael a fort- night ago for a short vacation. While there he swallowed an orange seed, which lodged in the appendix vermiform. He felt no ill effects of it till Wednesday, and the following day Dr. Thorn was called in. The condition of the patient be- coming rapidly worse an operation was suggested, and after a little hesitation on the part of the deceased it was performed on Saturday last by Drs. Thorn, Tait and Eagnn . ut little hope of a recovery was held out by the medical men in attendance, and the patient, ti.ough saffering intense pain, roceeded to express his wishes as to his F\mem. This be desired to be as unosten- tatious as possible. Dr. Le Tourneux ex- pired at 2 A. M. yesterday, He was 49 years of }lfe. & . e was a druggist in Chicago at the . An assessment notice in l?al form was | time of the great fire, by which he lost all his possessions. He then came West, studied medicine in this City and gradu- ated from the Toland College. fter a term as house physician at St. Mary’s Hos- pital he entered into general practice. He was appointed a member of the Board of Health by Governor Waterman and re- tained bis position until the present board was appointed by Governor Markham. He was a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners for three terms, during two of which he was its president. He leaves a wife in this City and a mother, sistersand brothers in Chicago. The funeral will take place from St. Mary’s Cathedral, Van Ness avenue, on Thursday next at 1 ». i ——————— THE BARBERS' UNION. Its Treasurer Resigns—A Social to Be Given Monthly. At the meeting of the Barbers’ Union, President Klitsch in the chair, it was an- nounced that the union’s picnic will be given on July 14, providing the French citizens do not celebrate in the City on that day, Fred J. Breitwisch, the treasurer, ten- dered his resignation, stating that he did not care to make public his reasons for his act. Adolph Nitschke was appointed to act during the unexpired term. The secretary was handed the names of a number of barbers who keep shops open after 8 o’clock in the evening. It was reported that the barber in Mose Gunst’s clubroom shaves people after noon on Sundays. A committee was appointed to wait on Mr. Gunst and ask him to have that barber comply with the law. H. A. Wolfe said that an evening paper had announced that he had been arrested for keeping his shop open on Sunday, and he wanted it known that he had not been arrested, but was the one ‘who had caused the arrest of a violator of the law near the racetrack. The union will give a social once a month, and Messrs. Aubertine, Wolfe, Becklie, Less and Schunert were appointed to secure talent for the first entertainment. J. L. Isaacs was_elected secretary, vice D. Martin, removed for neglect of duty. e John P. Poole Dead. Jno. P. Poole, the well-known attorney-at-law and notary public, died at his home on the corner of Fairmount and Laidley streets, last | Monday night. On Friday he was around as usual, but toward evening he complained of a slight cold. Next day be was not at his office, on Mont- gomery street. He grew worse and gradually sank until death came. He came here from Australia twenty-five years ago, and started to practice law. Loter he was appointed a notary, and as such witnessed_some of the most important documents filed in San Francisco. He leaves a widow and two daughters to mourn his loss, CLAIM: ANOTHER VICTIM. Little Voyone Freaks Killed by the Electric-Cars Yesterday. She Came From Oregon With Her Mother and Was Here but a Few Hours. Voyone Freaks, a girl of 4 years, was caught under the wheels of an electric-car on Broadway yesterday and crushed to death. Mrs. F. Freaks, the mother of the dead baby, arrived in S8an Francisco on the steamer Oregon yesterday morning. She went to the Golden Eagle Hotel. Imme- diately the children began to clamor for permission to go out on the street. Across the way was a fruitstand, and finally Voyone secured a nickel with which to buy some cherries, The little girl and her six-year-old sister purchased the cherries and started back to the hotel. In the meantime the electric- car had mounted the hill from the ferries, and was on the children before they could run. The elder was thrown aside and escaped unhurt, but little Voyone had every bone in her body broken. Sbe died in the arms of Officer Gordon before the Receiving Hospital was reached. The dead baby’s sister says they were re- crossing the track when they saw the car coming very fast. She tried to hurry her sister, but failed, and the next instant they were struck. All the witnesses of the acci- dent lay the blame on the motorman. George T. Woodcock, who was in charge of the car when the little girl was kille%, gave himself \18 and_was charged with manslaughter. Judge Low allowed him to go on his own recognizance. BITUMINOUS ROCK. The Supervisors’ Power to Nullify a Veto by a Resolution. Some time ago the Board of Supervisors (more properly the majority of the board) passed an orcinance relating to bitumin- ous rock, the effect of which was to pre- vent competition, and only the S8anta Cruz mines could supply the material to be used for pavements. Mayor Sutro took the ordinance under consideration for several days and invited people to address him for and against the ordinance. As a result of the information thus obtained he placed his veto upon the measure, and it was believed that the scheme was buried. But_new life was in- stilled into it, and afrer Mayor Sutro re- tired last Monday night a resolution was introduced and adopted by a vote of 7 to 5. This is looked upon as 2 most extraor- dinary proceeding, and it will probably re- uire a judicial opinion to determine if the rd has the power to proceed as it did. “I have not had time to-day,” said Mayor Sutro yesterday, “to take legal advice as to this action of the Board of Supervisors in ing the resolution in relation to bitum- nous rock, but I am atrong‘liy of the opin- ion that it had no right to do what it did. Why, it is a most extraordinary piece of business that the Supervisors should pass an ordinance, and that after I as Mayor had vetoed it the board should nullify the veto by a simple resolution. If the Super- visors have the right to do that what is the use of giving the Magor the veto power? There is some law to be looked up in this matter, and it will be looked up.” WILL NOT APPEAR. A Serious Setback to the Dramatic Aspirations of the Western Addi- tion Literary Club. ‘The Western Addition Literary Clubwas to present “‘All the Comforts of Home” this evening, but unless indications count for naught the presentation of the play will have to be indefinitely postponed. The reason for this is simple. Dani®l Frawley’s company is billed to play the piece next Monday evening, an Frawley has exclusive rights to the play on this coast. Under orders from the owners of the lay, Howard and Doyle of Chicago, Mr. -awley notified A. P. Biack, president of the club, that the amateur perform- ance must not proceed, and Mr. Black, when the case been ex- lained to him, agreed to_tele;zmph East a) Howard and Doyle, asking for permis- sion to produce the play as was intended. Yesterday afternoon’ Mr. Frawley re- ceived a telegram from Howard and Doyle directing him to stop the production” of *‘All the Comforts of Home” by any one except himself. In view of ~ this telegram it is hardly possible that Howard and Doyle will consent to the amateur pro- duction of the piece, and as a consequence it is not probable that it will go on this evening. . ———— . SPURIOUS coin has no ring. Observe the ring of the Almighty Dollar (Cigar). s THAT CHANGE OF HEART. Superintendent Ashworth De- nies That He Has Had One. RED ROCK, HE SAYS, IS BEST, Worked Over Some Old Specifica~ | tlons and Thinks He Did What Was Expected of Him. Superintendent of Streets Ashworth, in a letter to the CALL yesterday, took excep- tion to an article published some days ago, in which reference was made to his “change of heart’—those words being | used—with regard to redstone in the prep- | aration of concrete foundations for bitu- minous rock pavements. | A reporter had called at the Superin-| tendent’s office before the publication to get an explanation from him, but he was | not in, and as no clear statement as to | where he was could be obtained, that fact | was stated, with the intimation that Mr. | Ashworth was not anxious to be found. | To this statement also the Superintend- | ent took exception, and a reporter there- | fore called upon him yesterday afternoon. | “In the first place, I did not run away— I want that to be understood. I was out of town on business for the Supervisors.” “Where were you?”’ “Oh, out in the country.” | “You say you have suffered nochange of | heart with regard to the red stone being quite as good as the blue for making con- crete?’ “On the contrary, I am of the same | opinion to-day that I expressed before the Street Committee. I believe that red rock is as good as the blue, if not a little betzer. | More than that, it is much cheaper, 80 | cents a load cheaper, which makes a vast | difference. Why we should pay a higher price for waat is not so good is a little | difficult to understand. The blue rock is | not nearly so good for macadamizing; it | won’t pack, never in the world, while the | red rock will. Now,” continued the Su- | perintendent, '‘the specifications say that:| either red or blue rock may be used, but they must pass the Rattler test, which | everybody knows bars out red rock, for it is too soft for the test. This practically gives a monopoly 1o a single firm—there is no doubt about that, and I am opposed to it on that ground also. The Rattler test requirements should be eliminated from the specifications and then they would be all right so far as the rock is concerned.” “But these specifications were proposed by you, were they not, under the resolu- tion passed by the Supervisors?”’ “No, sir. The specifications so far as the concrete sub-pavement is concerned were allotted by the old board. I simply inserted two paragraphs detailing the method of laying the bituminous rock.” “But the resolution distinctly set forth that you should grepare specifications such as you thought would produce the best possible streets. And yet, in face of those instractions, you submit specifica- tions which you say you do not approve.” | “I did not consider that they called upon me to go beyond the matter of laying the bituminous rock. All this matter bhad | been gone over when the late order was | under consideration. That passed and | | | asked me to prepare new specifications.” “Exactly. The whole town was makin; an outery against what it saw was a fraud. The Mayor vetoed it, and then the Super- visors asked you to prepare new specifica- tions such as would secure for the City the desired good paving, and it was expected that you would prepare such as would have no shadow oF suspicion upon them. And yet you have inserted conditions Which” you say carry with them a mo- nopoly, which do not give the best results and which cost more than a better class of material could be bought for.”” “In the matter of the concrete, yes; but I insist that I did not look upon the reso- lution as calling upon me to touch that.”” “But it calls in so many words for speci- fications for the best material and method for paving streets.” ““Well,” said the superintendent, “I have stated my position. stood the resolution to call for.” READY FOR PROMOTION, The Children of Irving Institute Held Closing Exercises at Trinity Pres- byterian Church. kindergarten classes of the Irving Institute for the Easter session were held in the Trinity Presbyterian Church at Twenty- third and Capp streets yesterday aiter- noon. An amusing but interesting pro- gramme was rendered under the charge of the Misses Featherstone, in which the fol- lowing youngsters, some of them being over 7 years of age, participated. Aura Lea Hall, Dennisou Clift, Munro Mitchell, Russell Dalton, Harnold Clark, Lottie Cuzins, Earl Grant, Marie Adler, Howard Ries, Armor Deamer, Walter Castlehun, Zefla Smith, Otho Clark, Mary McDermott, Florence Hume, Cutler Mc- Lenegan, Hazel Sobey, Salito Auerbach, Lolita Robinson, Maud Payne, Laurence Hubbard, Harry Gunnison, Ruth Stocker, Chauncey Montgomery and Carl Thomp- son. The commencement exercises of the eraduating classes of the institute will be held in the auditorium of the Trinity Pres- byterian Church on Thursday, the 23d inst. ———— An Incorporation. The firm of Michalitschke Bros. & Co. has been incorporated to do a general tobacco- dealers’ business. Capital stock, £500,000. Directors—Anton, Joseph, Louisa, Emma’ and Charles Michalitschke. was vetoed by the Mayor, and then they | did not run away, | and the specifications were such as I under- | | The closing exercises of the primary and NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNIA THEATER THURSDAY, May 23, May 24, THE ARTIST'S DREAM, A Magnificent and Novel Spctacular Entertainment. Full Orchestra and Over 100 Participants. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Ladies’ Protection and Relief Society. Admission, Inclnding Reserved Seat, $1. Box Office Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after § 4. M. When a girl wants to purchase a sacque, Of the newspaper ads she keeps tracque, © Andshe goes to the place Where they take s good space To announce whiat they have got for her bacque. AND THEN SHE GOES TO THE and FRIDAY, FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ 123yes arip ranaetss - To See the ““Gem’’ Theater of the Coast. Every Evening, Including Sunday. Matinee Saturday Only. THE FRAWLEY COMPANY In Haddon Chambers’ Great Romantic Drama “CAPTAIN SWIFT.” Magnificent production. Remarkable stage settings RESFRV 15e¢, 25e, 50¢ and > and 50c. Children to any part of the house, 25¢. , “All the Comforts of Home.”” BALDWIN THEATER. AL. HAYMAN & CO. (Incorporated), Proprietors Remember, Matinee To-Day at 2! To-Night and Every Fvening (Including Sunday). The Big Spectacular Production Has Czught the Town! The Famous and Only LILIPUTIANS &5~ Sale of Seats for next week, the cond and last of the Liliputians, begins TO-MORROW (Thursday 4 Mzs. ERNESTINE K. ® 1NG Proprietor & Manages THIS WEEK ONLY! PERFECT PRODUCTION Of Alfred Cellier’s DOROTHY! Coming——MAY QUEEN! Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Managee TO-NIGHT ! —— TO-NIGHT! FIRST PRODUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO ¥- A MAN ANONG MEN! A PLAY OF TO-DAY. EVENING PEICES—25¢ and 500 Family Circle and Gallery, 10¢. Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. ORPHEUM. WEEK COMMENCING TONDAY, TAY 20, ‘A MONSIER BILL! NOVELTIES UPON NOVELTIES ! JULES LEVY, Greatest Cornet Player Living. ROGER BROS., America’s Unique German Comedians: RICHARD & GLENROY, the Boomers of | - Comedy Flashes; | MAUD RAYMOXND, the Dashing Singing Sou- retts MONS. NIZARRAS, the Spanish Ring Athlste; WILL H. FOX, GEO. H. W MEYER COHEN, FELIX & CAIN, Etc. The Brightest Constellation in the Firmament of Vaudevillism. Regerved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chairs and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturday and Sunday. | Parquet, 28¢; Balcony, 10c; Children, any seat, 108 CIRCUS ROYAL | And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. .Proprietor and Manager TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. LIVING BRONZE STATUES, Classical and Historical-Latest European Craze and Eastern Fad ——A GRAND SUCCESS! — ROYAL MIKADO BARGE, THE DOLPHIN FLOAT, THE GREAT ZANFRELLA'S FLYING METEORS. Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circla, Re- gerved, 25¢ and 50c. | " Saturday and Sundsy Matinee—Parquet, Chil- | dren, 16c; Adults, 25¢. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. The Famous Hawailan National Band! JOSE 8. LIBORNIO, Leader. ——GRAND CONCERTS. Week Commencing Sunday Evening, May 18th, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL, Continuing daily tiil Sunday, May 26th. 40—MUSICIANS—40 Tickets on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co's and a§ Model Musio-tors today from B 4. . to 5 7. . | Popular Prices—325c, 85¢, 50c and 75c. Matinees 2 P. M. Wednesday, 22d, and Saturday, 25th. Prices, 25¢ and 50c, RUNNIRG RUNNING hioes: PSR RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesda Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstart at 2:30 .3 sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. The management take pleasure in announcing that they have succeeded in arranging for TWO MORE CONCERTS (positively the last) by - s A B - AT THE-O=% CALIFORNIA THEATER. FRIDAY EVENING, May 31—-GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. SATURDAY MATINEE, June 1-GRAND FAREWELL RECITAL. MR. YSAYE will give among other selections the “Scotch Fantasie’” of Bruch (first time in San Franclscog, the Mendelssohn Concerto (by request), the Kreutzer Sonata of Beethoven, Of ello Fantaisie by Ernst, etc. PRICES—Evening: $2 50, $2, 81 and 50c. Matinee: $2, $1 50, $1 and 50c, Seats Ready Monday, May 27, at Sherman Clay & Co.’s Store, Sutter and Kearny Sts. SANTA CRUZ VENETIAN WATERCARNIVAL June 11, 12, 13, COMBINING THE ATTRACTIONS 14 and 15, 1895, OF THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE WITH THE FLOWER FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD! PAGEANTS, SPORTS, REGATTAS, FIREWORKS, ELECTRICAL DISPLAYS AND FLOWERS IN PROFUSION. TRANSPORTATION RATES. Remember the Dates and Wateh for L 3 Further Advertisements for Programme,