The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1895. 7 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. At Colonel Andrews’ request the corporation of which he was the head has been dissolved. Mrs. Isabella Martin professes to be in a state of siege1n her residence on Van Ness avenue. The sealing schooner Sophia Sutherland ar- rived yesterday from Japan with a light catch, The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed é:yl-) ordinance increasing the police force to 50. Dr. Mare Levingston has petitioned to be sppointed a special administrator in the Fair estate. Judge Wailace has released Ambrose Watson, holding that he was not in contempt of Judge Conlan. Marie Louise, the baby raised inan incubator &t the Children’s Hospital, is progressin favorably. e X ven applicants for legal diplomas are xamined by the Supreme Court Com- missioners. A Fresno contractor has placed an order with the State Free Labor Bureau for 200 men to build a canal. Rev. Henry Varley talked to the Methodist ministers yesterdsy about “The Coming Sover- eignty of Christ.” A false alarm was rungin from box 52, on the corner of Fremont and Howard streets, at 9:45 last evening, The winners at the Bay District yesterday were: Major Cook, Spry Lark, Jennie S, Craw- jord and Installator. The fourth day’s session of the district synod of the Lutheran church was held yesterday at the church of St. Paulus. The investigation into the loss of the Colima ‘was closed vesterday afternoon by the Inspec- tors of Hulls and Boilers. The preparations for the mammoth celebra- tion of the Fourth of July make interesting reading for patriotic citizens. Julius Meyer, the man who made a disagree- ment in the Paulsell jury, is being examined by Judge Murphy on a charge of perjury. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald is at work on 8 plan by which he will send several hundred unemployed men to work in the placer mines. The Manufacturers’ Association has protested against Eastern poods being purchased for the Home for the Care of Feeble-minded Children. 3label Simmonds, & 15-year-old girl, charges her father with eruelty and asks the court to appoint J.W. Bird, her employer, her guardian. The moral teachings of the California and Staniord universities were discussed at the meeting of the Congregational Monday Club. Mrs. M. Barrett, Twenty-second street, is in contempt of cotirt before Judge Groezinger, and will have 1o pay the fine or go to jail to- ay. Mrs. Lillie Inman, who eontracted a runaway marriage when not 17 years of age, is now suing 10 have the union dissolved. She is 18 years old. vis R. Cummings, who was to provide ali- r his divorced wife, yesterday morning failed to do so and was ordered to jail by Judge Hebbard. William Ground made a vain attempt to obtain & warrant for the arrest of Frank M. Stone, whose family took his sister-in-iaw to the country. Thomas Heffernan, a horse-trainer at the racetrack, was arrested yesterday on the charge of stabbing William Flynn on Fiithavenue and D street Sunday night. The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed the resolution providing that $20, ap- propriated in the next tax levy {or the buila- ing of a smallpox hospital. Quarantine Officer Craw has returned from the southern part of the State, where he dis. tributed black ladybirds among orchards in- fested with the black scale. ~H. H. Fulton,;409 Cortland avenue, fell off the dummy of a Mission-street electric-car last night and had his nose broken, his lips cut and his forehead cut and bruised. iam Perrin and John Desmond, two car- 2 jured yesterday by the staging were at work on Washington and Davis streets giving way. blmn5 efforts are being made by the young wifeof J. C. Davis, the forger, to save him from imprisonment, but the polics say they will Pprosecute the charges against him. A committee has been appointed by the Pres- brterian Ministerial Union to wait on Mayor Sutro, and request him to discontinue the Sun- day entertainments at Sutro baths. Maguire and Wise, the two ‘‘green-goods’ men, were yesterday sentenced to_eight months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $250 each by District Judge Hawley. The charge of attempting to extort money preferred by the late Dr. Plouf againat J. D. L. McGaughey and Charles E. Wilson was dis- missed by Judge Campbell yesterday. The frame work of the new Cliff House, which is to be peculiarly stroug, will be completed in ten days. The hali-finished chimneys have u torn down becsuse bad brick was fur- d. A petition is to be presented to the Park Commissioners by business men in the neigh- borhood asking leave to illuminate the drive- :n,\'fmm the old fair grounds to the ocean each. Yee Doo Foo, s laundryman, was fatally shot at the corner of Baker and Sullivan_alleys, Look Wou, at an early hour ning, and the murderer was ar- Circuit Judge McKenna yesterday decided the suit of the Gray heirs against the New Al- len Quicksilver Mining Company, to secure cighths of the properiy, in iavor of the ndant. rth of July committeemen who have ormed no scrvice and attended no meet- re to be stricken from the roll and al- no favors in the way of tickets to the grand stand. Three attempts to burn down the building on the southeast corner of Market and Sixth streets have been made within the past three weeks and Fire Marshal Towe and the police are making an investigation. The wholesale butchers of South San Fran- cisco are arranging for an immense character- tic turnout for the Fourth of July. Fifty- three young ladies will occupy one Hoat, and there will be two floats of schoolgirls. The doors of the Chinese cigar-manufactur- ing firm known as the Empire Company were closed vesterday on an attachment of local tobacco firms amounting 1o $5300. The cred- itors cherge that crooked work has been prac- ticed. The decision of United States Judge Ross of the Southern District forfeiting the railroad land grants in Venturaand Los Angeles coun- ties, involving 700, acres, was sustained yesterday by the United States Court of Ap- peals. John Lapretre was arrested yesterday on & warrant issued at the ‘instance of Attorney M. 8. Wirth, charging him with embezzling which he was sent to collect for an estate man- sged by Wirth, $100 of the amount being Wirth’s fees. Mrs. Alice M. Cafferey, 634)¢ Broadway, swore out & warrant yesterday for the arrest of Charles Schussler, on the charge of embezzling #150, which he obtained from her as the one- nalf interest in a restaurant which existed in his imagination. G. Agar has been appointed special ld’xglijr’)lis!nlors in the estate of Jouephpgho- donough. Alfred Ely of 31 Nassau street, New York, has been appointed a commissioner to take the depositions of the subscribing wit- nesses of the will. transportation of ties, rails and other o ne Valley road 'from this port 1 Stockton was discussed by & committee of the directors yesterday. Prompt action will be urged on the board, as the supplies are ex- pected here any day. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors, with Auditor Broderick and Mayor Sutro, visited the Hall of Records yesterday to consider certain measures demanded by Re- corder Glynn for the better safekeeping of the documents in his care. Contracting bricklayers have started a fight to get contracts for their work away from car- penters, who in return_have combined against them on similar lines. In the fight against division of contracts Henry Rohungf & master carpenter, imported his bricklayers from Den- ver. Rev. Anna Shaw and Susan B. Anthony have returned to San Francisco, Miss Shaw saysshe did not wish to stay in Califormia till July 4, but did so because of the bitterness ot the op- osition to her speaking. She will treatof the uture. Dr. l"‘llcrl is declared by both ladies to be & curiosity. Mrs. Sarash McFadden and Mrs. Jane Van Duzen are contesting the will of their sister, Mrs. Helena Howard, who left her entire estate, valued at $8000, to her husband, C. G. Howard. The contestants allege unsoundness of mind in the deceased and undue influence on the part of her husband. In an interview yesterday Harry A. Knox stated that the Southern Pacific Company was operating & quiet but effective boycott against P Wellington, one of the jurors who ¥ for acquittal in the conspiracy case against the railroad strikers, Mayne and Cassidy. The labor unions have taken the matter up in be- balf of Wellington. The Schooner Sophia Suther- land Arrives With a Small Catch. SEAL-HUNTERS WON'T WORK Mutiny and the Breakers Almost Wrecked the American Ship Llaguno Recently. The three-masted schooner Sophia Suth- erland arrived yesterday from a sealing and hunting cruise in Japanese waters. Her catch was small—309 skins—and she comes back two months earlier than the usual return of the sealers because of the dissatisfaction of the hunters. They being paid only for the skins they take, insisted that Captain Sutherland would not sail the vessel where the game was plentiful, and they refused to hunt. The American ship Manuel Llaguno, which sailed last month in a race against the ship Tillie Starbuck to Honolulu, came near being wrecked on the Farallon Isl- ands soon after the tug left her. She struck a strong current that set her rapidly toward the rocks, and the wind being light the railway offictals for o theater train to run- every night in the week. The petition was favorably considered, for & midnight train will be put into service on July 1 from this City. to San Jose. There will be an evening train from San Jose to bring people to_town in time for the theater. It will lie at Fourth and Town- send streets till 11:30 r.u., end then leave with its party of theater lovers, arrivingin good season at its destination. The Dew train will run every night for some time. THE GRAY HEIRS LOSE. Judge McKenna Decides That They Have No Claim on the New Almaden Mines. The Gray heirs and other claimants to the new Almaden quicksilver mines in Santa Clara County lost their case in the United States Circuit Court yesterday under the decision of Judge McKenna. It has been twelve years since the liti- gation over the mining property was be- gun, the complaint having been filed in November, 1883. The attorneys for Jane M. Gray and the other plaintiffs were Henry Vrooman, Latimer D. Morrow and W. M. Plerson. In the complaint it was contended that the original title, under which the suit was brought, stood in the names of John Bowie Gray and Knowles Taylor. The title was acquired from the Mexican Government. The Quicksilver Mining Company of Pennsylvania, now the Quicksilver Minin Company, acquired the property chrougfi an administrator’s sale at the death of John Bowie Gray. The sale was ordered by the Probate Court of Santa Clara County. It was this sale which the Gray heirs asked to have set aside, claiming that the roceedings were not carried out in proper lorm and thatat the time they had not re- ceived proper notice of the same. It took SEALING SCHOONER SOPHIE SUTHERLAND. [Sketched for the * Call.”] | itlooked as though her fast trip to the | Hawaiian Islands would be cut short. Just at the moment of most danger a number of the crew mutinied, and the at- tention of the officers was called to the suppression of foes within as well as with- out. It wasa striking moment—the mates | fighting with the rebellious men, and the splendid ship drifting on the breakers. owever, the trend of the ocean current swept them clear, and the crew were driven to submission. : At Honolulu the men complained to Consul-General Willis, who after hearing their case reprimanded them and sent them back to their vessel. ¥ The Tillie E. Starbuck arrived in Hono- lulu June 4, after a run of eleven days. The United States steamer Bennington arrived in Honolulu from this port in seven days and thirteen hours. President Colnon of the State Harbor Commission states that as soon as prac- ticable all tolls will be removed from the wharves, and only such rent rates asare necessary for paying_ the expenses of sea- wall extension, Tepairs and current ex- penses will be levied upon shippers and other people doing business on the docks. “Some persons are striving,” said the Commissioner, “‘to believe that the State is trying to make money outof its water front, vfi;ich doctrine is nonsensical. We only desire to equalize charges, not raise them | by any means. A firm using fifty linear feet of wharf should pay half as much as one using 100 feet. No burdens upon any- thing are contemplated. On the contrary, charges will be cut when possible all a]ons the line. All purchases will be made ani all work done Ey contract, and economy on all gides will be the rule.” WORK OF MEEHUIAHY. Three Attempts to Burn a Building at Market and Sixth Streets. Fire Marshal Towe and the Police Are Making a Thorough Investigation. Some firebug seems determined to burn down the large frame building on the southeast corner of Market and Sixth streets. Three times in three weeks fire has been discovered in the building, and Fire Marshal Towe, aided by the police, is using his best energies to discover the mo- tive and the firebug. About 11 o’clock Sunday night Professor Foster, who resides on the premises, on re- turning from the Orpheum with his wife, discovered smoke' issuing from an ante- room of one of the lodge rooms on the sec- ond floor. He opened the door and saw a fire burning briskly in 4 corner of the room. A still alarm wssegéiven, and the fire was quickly extingunished. One of the firemen notified Bergeant Hanna, who summoned Fire Marshal Towe by telephone. Towe quickly responded and at once commenced an “Investigation, but did not succeed in unraveling the mystery. “This is the third fire in that building this month,” said the Fire Marshal yester- day. “The first occurred on June 8, the second on June 7. Both of these fires were on the third floor and both did consider- able damage. Extensiverepairs have been in progress for some time and the place was being repainted and repapered. “I suspected that the first two fires were of incendiary origin, but as they burned through to the roof it was thought possi- ble that they might have been caused by the electric wires. I have now no doubt that they were incendiary. “‘Last night’s fire was unmistakably the work of firebugs. Several boxes had been piled on each other and between them were pieces of pine wood and rags, all saturated with coal oil. ‘The wood tween the boxes was laid crosswise, so as to give the flames a chance to burn freely. I am still investigating and may yet come upon, something that may lead to an ar- rest.” The building is owned by D. Hewes and he is as anxious as the.Fire Marshal for the arrest of the incendiary. S i R B Midnight'Train to San Jose. The people living in San Mateo County along the line of the Southern Pacific Company, and lace in 1865, and in that year the heirs of gohn Bowie Gray were in Richmond, Va., and because of the War of the Rebellion they could not hold regular communication with those parties in this State who had the affairs of the estate in charge. Since 1865 the plaintiffs averred thatover 1 $20,000,000 had been taken out of the mines, and they laid claim to three-eighths of this sum as their due. They also asked that, after a proper accounting had been made, they be given a three-eighths title to the mining property. Master in chancery Houghton took the evidence in the case and submitted the same to Judge McKenna. In deciding the case yeshrdny Judge McKenna found that the company’s title was good and that the plaintiffs bad no legal rightsin the matter. STILL IN THE INCUBATOR. “Marie Louise’” Is Thriving on Her Treatment at the Children’s Hospital. Little “Marie Louise” is still living in her incubator home at the Children’s Hos- pital, entirely unconscious of the interest and curiosity that she is exciting in the outside world. So many people have vis- ited the hospital during’ the Fast week to see the incubator baby that orders have now been given by the resident physician, Dr. Overacker, not to allow any one ad- muttance to the ward where the incubator is located. The nurses who have the babies in charge and whose business it is to admin- ister small doses of peppermint water and annis tea every now and then when occa- BIMETALLIC CONVENTION, Method of Selecting Delegates From the Several Counties. TO BE A NON-PARTISAN BODY. The Bimetallic Executive Committee Issues an Address to the Peo- ple of California. The executive committee appointed ata recent meeting of bimetallists held at the Palace Hotel, for tbe\purpole of making arrangements for a State convention called for August 19,and also authorized to act as a finance committee in the matter of receiving subscriptions in aid of the American Bimetallic League, met yes- terday afternoon in the Mills building and formulated an address to the people of California. It is expected that about 900 delegates will be present atthe convention from every county in the State, without regard to past party affiliation. Bince the last meeting at the Palace Hotel two new members have been added to the executive committee—Hermann Zadig and August Waterman. This committee, which is also a finance committee, will commence tak- ing subscriptions at once, and convention work will pushed forward with all possible speed. “We want,” said Secretary George P. Keeney yesterday, “to get an expression of opinion from the people of the whole State. We know that the timeis ripe for organization, and the recommendations for county mass-meetings for the selection of delegates will no doubt meet with a hearty response. All thinking men have come to recognize the fact that silver is to be the issue of the coming fight. Asa branch of the American Bimetallic League we want to see the organization of a strong bimetallic party in California. To this end we have outlined a course which has been ursued in other States with good results.” }I"he address formulated yesterday by the committee is as follows: To the Voters of California: The undersigned executive committee, appoiuted at a meeting of citizens held at the Palace Hotel, San Fran- cisco, upon June 20, 1895, in the interestof and to promote the cause of bimetallism, at which meeting a call for a State convention of electors, regardless of party, was made, to be held in this City upon August 19, 1895, at 12 o'clock noon, do hereby ldoFt ‘the following rules and regulations for holding such conven- tion: First—Each county in the State shall be en- titled to be represented at said convention by five delegates at large and one delegate for each 500 votes or fraction thereof cast in said county at the last general election, Second—The only test required for a seat in said convention is that the delegate be an elect- or of the county which he claims to represent and bein favorof the free and unlimited coinage ot gold and sllver with equal privileges at the mints of the United States, and with equal functions as money at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for any international confer- ence or the concurrence of any foreign power, prince or potentate. Third—The delegates shall be selected in each county in such & manner as the friends of the cause in such county may determine, but as the bimetallists belong to all existing political parties and are themselves without party or- ganization we recommend that mass-meetings of bimetallists be held at the county seat of each county upon Saturday, August 3, 1895, for the purpose of selecting delegates 'to said conyention, #nd that the chairman and secre- tary of the meeting issue a certificate to the delegates selected, which certificate will be ac- cepted as credentials by the convention. t is important and eisential thateach county should have a full delegation at the conven- tion, 88 in no other way can the earnest wishes of the people upon this most important ques- tion be ful ( understood and appreciated. The time for trifling has passed and the people can and will have an inning if they demand their rights in such & manner asto convince the political parties of the country that they are in dead earnest, and will neither follow party traditions nor heed equivocal or uncer- tain promises, but insist upon candid declara- tions from candid men. It is well known that this contest is one in which the masses of the people are confronted bé the moneyed powers, both at home and abroad. The industrial and producing classes are cllmonng at the doors of Congress for re- lief against the unequal pflvilefeu awarded by legislation to aggregated capital by the de- monetization of silver. Every effort which ‘wealth can inspire or meney secure will be arrayed against the people in this struggle and hired orators and interested int: ers will be everywhere encouraged 1o resist the assanlt or stem the tide of public opinion; Pet. notwith- standing this disparagement of wealth, we have an abiding faith in the justice of our cause and in the ultimate triumph of princi- ples over pretense, of right over iniguity. We therefore request the press of the State, which can ever be relied upon to voice the sentiments of the geople, to publish this call and by so doing enable‘the voters of California to be fully informed of its contents and object. This convention will be non-partisan in poli. tics, but ultra-partisan upon the question of free coinage and the ways and means neees- sary to accomplish that result. To this end we have the promise of the at- tendance and co-operation of the ablest expo- hents of bimetallism in the United States, who TliE BABY AS IT LAY IN THE INCUBATOR IN THE ALEXANDER MATERNITY HOSPITAL. sion_requires to quell a howl from some small rebel are taking the best care of this wee baby. Her appetite has largely in- creased under their care and yet is not what might be called ravenous. ‘Marie” takes three teaspoonfuls now to one a week ago. The nurses consider this distinctly encouraging and hope_to free their charge in time from its peculiar home and care for it in the ordinary manner. The food is at present administered with a medicine dropper and consists of a preparation of skimmed milk, cream, water and sugar of milk. The babe’s size has not materially in- creased with its enlarged appetite, and it still measures twelve inches in length and could easily wear a lady’s ring anywhere on its arm. Marie Louise is probably the guietest baby ever cared for in the hospital, but jeven she makes herself heard at times with a tiny cry that sounds more like the ;:hi{p of a sparrow than the wail of an in- ant. Next Friday Marie will be three weeks old, She is motherless, as the mother died in the French Hospital a few days ago. K]Everyt!;in%eknown to modern medical science will brought to bear in little Marie's favor, and all who know of the case are hoping that the methods in use as far out as San Jose, presented & petition to will result successfully. will be present at the convention and address the people on this important issue. We_ invite all interested parties throughout the State to correspond with our secretary George P. Keeney, Mills building, San Fran' cisco, who will furnish all necessary informa. tion, together with forms, blanks and_other” organizing material, free of expense and with- O8I Baker, W, C. pri . W. Baker, W. C.Price, N. W, Spaulding, W. L. Dickinson, Hermann Zadig, Julian o oy Henry Willey, August Waterman, George P. Keeney, executive committee. De. Morr fed a lot of dogs on alum bak- ing powder biscuits. TRe alum was after- ward found in their blood. Alum.in food is a poison. Alum or ammonia is found in every baking powder except the Royal. e gt Y Worden’s Appeal. It is now several months since application 'was made to theUnited States Supreme Court for anew trial in the case of 8. D. Worden, convicted of murder in the first degree at Woodland, in connection with the ditching of a train near Sacramento last July, during the great railroad urikfle. The decision of the court s looked for any day. Dispute Over a Reward. Judge Hawley of the United States District Court will be called upon Friday to settle a rather novel case which has come up in his de- partment. Mrs. Isabella Lodge of Port Town- send and Mrs, Maybelle Greenwald of this City are quarreling over a reward of $1300 which is due one of them &s informer’s fee on a lot of opium which was recently condemned by the Government. Mrs. Lodge gave the informa- tion which led to the capture of the drug and Mrs. Greenwald furnished the evidence against the smugglers which led to its condemnation. e WANT THE PARK LIGHTED. Business Men to Ask Leave to Illu- minate the Driveways to the Ocean. A petition is to be presented at their next meeting to the Park Commissioners, asking permission to have electric lights set up along the driveway from the Mid- winter Fair grounds to the ocean. This will render the park a perfect drive for both wheelmen and horsemen. At present the driveways can be used after nightfall only at the full of the moon, when they are thronged. The illumination of the driveway will attract enthusiastic wheelmen from all parts of the City. The wheelmen, however, are not the only ones interested. 1lncreased throngs at the park and cliff means increased business for the owners of the resorts in that neighborhood. It is from these gentlemen that the petition comes. They ask to be allowed to put an arc light at every turn in the road from the old fair grounds to the Cliff. This will require fourteen lights, the rental of which will be about $10 a month each. 2 ‘The prime mover in the scheme is Henr: Doscher, the proprietor of the Seal Roc! House and the pavilion at the cliff. J. M. ‘Wilkins of the Cliff House is also inter- ested in the matter. Other restaurant and saloon keepers, the cyclery firms and some of the cycling clubs have promised to con- tribute each month o the lights. As their fund increases they propose to put in more lights. No opposition is anticipated to the roposition. Park Superintendent Me- Earen and Park Commissioner Rosenfeld both approve the lights as desirable acces- sories to the attractiveness of the park. The scheme has been considered at various times, but the funds of the commission have been so low as to make an appropria- tion for more lights practically impossible. BEFORE THE FODTLIGHTS, Success of “The Old Home. stead”’ at the California. Dampier’s Reception. A Charming Play at the Columbla. Ovation to Bauer —The Orpheum. “The Old Homestead”’ was welcomed back at the California Theater last night by a large audience that laughed at the jokes and melted at the pathos in a way that showed the play had lost none of its power to charm. The company was & good one, some of the actors making finished character studies of their roles, and all the parts being satisfac- torily filled. George W. Wilson, as Joshua ‘Whitcomb, could scarcely have been improved upon, and the eccentricities of Cy Prime and Seth Perkins were naively and humorons}{v rendered by Will M. Cressy and Charles Clark, Fine tcen:r{ and accessories were a marked feature of the performance, the view of Grace Church at night being a tflflmsh of stage setting, while the music of the ““Palms’ service was sung in a finished manner by R.J. Jgse‘. the counter tenor, and a well-trained choir. Grand Opera-House, “The Pace That Kills,” which was produced at Morosco’s Opera-house last night, is & thoroughly sporting play, the action of which is 1aid gflnclpbuy at Aintree, one of the great English racecourses. One of the chief scenes represents the sale at auction of some thorough- bred stock, when the competition is had for a thoroughbred mare, Venus, Miss Hall as Kate Meadows being one of the bidders. The last scene 1epresents the racetrack, where after an exciting race Venus wins. Frank Hatch made quite a hit last night as the Hebrew money-lender ovarflowinF wit] the milk of human kindness. The comic parts were in the hands of Charles 8wain and ?nlh Blane, who introduced Flentyo! fun; lndeed' ormence of *Mazeppa’ the rehearsal for the per convulsed the spectators with laughter., George ed the gentlemanly villain Montserrat ;l:r with a good deal of tact, and all the other parts ‘were well sustained. [The Aloasar. A large audience was present at the Alcazar last evening to welcome Aifred Dampler, and when the star appeared he was greeted with such prolonged applause that the action of the )héwu interrupted for some minutes. ‘‘Hearts and Homes” the drama in which he had elected to give his initial performance with the Daily Company. It affords him an opvortunity of displaying great versatility, as his role presents diverse characteristics in each act. The drunken schoolmaster of the first act, pleading for ‘half a pint” and spouting his dramatic;aspirations, was an admirable piece of acting. In the sec- ond act Dampier was supposed to have tried the stage and failed, and his performance of the crushed tragedian was eTll 1y as finished. His succeeding impersonations also marked the finished artist. The Daily Company afforded Dampier good support and the whole performance was a com- plete success. At the Columbia. A fashionable audience greeted the initial production of “Young Mrs. Winthrop” at the Columbia last night. Despite the many coun- ter attractions in the City the pretty little house was sold out before 5 o’clock ana those who came late had to content themselyes with adorning the walls or filling up the aisles. The play, always popular here, was admirably pre- sented. Albeit’ Miss Craven might = have rounded out the tender young wife to advantage. Belle Archer was at her best as the u%h(lem. fickle, charming Mrs. Chetwyn, a Miss Ross’ portrayal of the blind girl was an exquisite picture, made the more interesting by her violin solo. Mr. Frawley had little to do, but that little was done well. Charles W. King, who by the way, was made up as a well-known local lawyer, did a most artistic bit of work in the scene of reconciliation. The ulfe settings were fully up to the requirements of the play, harmonizing beautifully in tone and color. Next week “The Senator,” the piece in which Mr. Frawley made his first great success, will be put on, scenes of the Bauer and “Amorita.” Adolph Bauer, the popular leader, made his bow to a Tivoll audience last night for the first time in over a year and he was accorded an ovation. For fully five minutes after he took his place in the leader’s stand the audito- rium rang with applause. It was a flattering reception and was only equaled by the favor with which the finale of the first act was received. The opera was “Amorita,” and for Lou Royce's solo, “Could He but Tell,” three curtain calls were demanded. Iu the midst of the applause Mr, Baur was preseutcd with an immense floral Iyre. Miss Laura Millard in the title role es- iablished herself a fayorite, and Rafael’s ren- dition of “In Haj Moments'’ won a deserved encore. Ferris Hartman—well, he was there. The Orphenm Packed. At 8 o’clock last night standing-room at the Orpheum was at a premium, and from the time thecurtain went up till the last specialty act was concluded the rafters rang with laughter and applause. The programme this week for variety and artistic merit is one of the best which has been seen in this popular house in & long time. Manager Walter has kept his word with the public in giving them the best shows to be had, and the public is not slow in show- 1ing its appreciation of the fact. " The Water Carnival, Interest in the “Circus Royal and Venetian ‘Water Carnival” has not abated in the least, and another good-sized audience witnessed the great show last night. ————— TroueH sold}at the same retail price, Royal Baking Powder is of far greater value than any other baking powder. It is absolutely pure, and of highest -leaven- ing strength. - Mrs. McCaffery’s Mistake. Mrs, Alice McCaffery. 634}¢ Broadway, swore out & warrant in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for the arrest of Charles Schussler on the charge of felony embezzlement. Shestated that on June 20 Schussler suggtsted to her that each should put up $150 and open a restau- rant. She went to a friend and borrowed the money and handed it to Schussler. She has not seen or heard of him sinee and has reason to believe that he has left the City. Schussler ‘was a deputy in the City Hall, g THE OLD CANTEEN BURNED A Last Remaining Landmark at the Presidio Is De- stroyed. OCCUPIED BY COL. STEVENSON. It Was Used as a Post-Trader’s Store and Later as the Post p Exchange. The historic old building that had for years been occupied as a post-trader’s store and since 1889 as a post exthange at the Presidio was burned at 2 o’clock yester- day morning. The fire originated in the sleeping-room occupied by Ernest Rolff, a civilian em- ployed in the place, but the cause has not been discovered. Rolff had retired only a short time before the fire started and was believed to have been asleep at the time. He is in the hospital badly burned about the face, and one hand is so burned that it will have to be ,amputated. He was un- conscious most of the day, and in periods of consciousness he seemed to know noth- ing of the fire or how he had been injured. The steward, Peter Larkin, who slept on a bunk in Lieutenant Davis’ office, barely escaped being burned. Heand ancther at- The Post Exchange at the Presidio. The Front Left Standing After the Fire. tendant first discoverc. the fire bursting from Rolff’s room, and found the unfortu- nate man in one of the billiard-rooms nearly suffocated. The Presidio fire department quickly re- sponded to the alarm fig]iven by the sentry and did quick and efficient work in pre- venting the fire from spreading. The interior, including the rooms in the north end and middle of the building, was completely destroyed, though Lieutenant Davis saved his accounts and the money in the safe. The stock of edibles and liquids was saved. Thedamage on furniture amounted to about $500 and was fully insured. The building was considered of no value and the front portion now standing will be torn down. The ‘old canteen,” as the place was known by the soldiers, was built soon after the Mexican war and was occupied by Colonel Stevenson in the early fifties. Later Joe Barreta, who, as a boy, worked for Colonel Stevenson, became post trader. He built additions and did a big business. Barreta was succeeded by the Government under the law of 1889 which established Eosn exchanges and did away with the usiness of suttlers and traders who made fortunes in selling light drinks and lunch- eons to the soldiers. “0ld” Joe Barreta made big money in that building, but _his fortune has long ago passed down the line and he is to-day in very moderate circum- stances. The ‘‘canteen” will be re-estab- lished in umronry quarters until a new building shall be erectes EUREK SUCIEY'S FUNDS Despite Liberal Subscriptions There Is a Deficit This Year. The Benevolent Hebrew Assocla- tlon Was Overtaxed In Its Work of Charity. A deficit confronted the Eureka Benevo- lent Society at its semi-annual meeting, which was to have been held Sunday. Owing to the absence of a quorum no meeting was held, but since the members contributed so liberally toward making good the deficiency the failure to meet will entail no serious results. The deficiency this year is about $6000 and nearly the whole amount was raised by private subscription. This society has been in existence since 1850, and during the last forty-five years hasbeen the means of helping hundreds of thousands of needy Hebrews. As a benevolent organization it has few imitators. Those who contribute to its several funds have no chance or hope of getting any return except thrat which comes from the consciousness of having helped some worthy person to improve his or her condition. Itis charity pure and simple, Only those comfortably well off can afford to pay the $10 admission fee and monthly dues, because there is no possible opportu- nity of deriving any personal pecuniary benefits. President S. W. Rosenstock in his report for the last fiscal year, which was given to the society yesterday, n{s the average number of cases wherein relief was afforded by the society during the last fiscal year was 212 a month, that number being equally divided between individuals and families. “The relief embraced not only monetary contributions handed directly to them, but also the expenditure for physicians and medicine and transportation. ~ It is indica- tive of the hardship that prevails that we were required during the past year to fur- nish transportation to 245 persons.” President Rosenstock recommends that the clause in the by-laws exacting an ad- mission fee of §10 be eliminated, as the resources of the society could be largely increased by inducing people to join the society if this fee was abolished. The income for the fiscal year in the general fund was $18;198 52; expenditures, $20,168 written off members’ account, $155 20; deficit, $2114 97. Widows' an orphans’ fund—Income, $0464 41; expen- ditures, §6649 35; written off members’ ac- count, $38 80; gain, §277627. Assets, $122,- 004 48; no liabilities. The membership is about 900. ———— Tre State Chemists of New York, Massa- chusetts, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wis- consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Geor- gia, California and other States have re- ported Royal Baking Powder purest, strongest and best. MOTHER RUSSELL OELEBRATES, Feast Day of the Superioress of the 3 Order of Mercy. Venerable Mother Russell, for over forty years the head of the Sisters of Mercy on this coast, celebrated her feast day yester- day. In religion Mother Russell is known as Mother John the Baptist, and the day on which the feast of St. Jokn is celebrated is to her and the sisters of the order a day of rejoicing. Three masses were celebrated in the chapel of St. Mary’s Hospital. Mother Russell is so well known and so mfzhly esteemed that her feast day is never allowed to pass without proper recogni- tion. At the high mass yesterday many prominent Catholics were present and ten- dered their congratulations. Solemn ves- pers were celebrated in the afternoon, clos- ing with benediction. During the latter portion of the sepvices the officiating priest wore a magnificent cope, made for Mother Russell as a token of appreciation from the sisters. — L —————— A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- loyed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 eary street and 408 Taylor street. % NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. o Ghli FRICOLANBLR.GOTTLOD & Co- (23363 ATDMAMAGERS -+ AGAIN SUCCESS AND FOLLOWS AGAIN SUCCESS! ANOTHER GREAT HIT LAST NIGHT! The Prettiest Performance So Farl THE FRAWLEY COMPANY s “YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP!” Magnificent Stage Settings! New and Handsome Toilettes! —MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY l—— Reserved Seats: Night. 15¢, 25¢, 50c and 750 Matine .15¢, 25¢ and 500 July 1 and 8—“THE SENATOR.”” CALIFORNIATHEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors OPENED TO STANDING ROOM! EVERY EVENING R354Y SUNDAY, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees. DENMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY, THE OLD HOMESTEAD Management of E. A. MCFARLAND, -DOUBLE MALE QUARTET e In New Songs and Harmonies. COLUMBIA THEATER. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27th SPECIL BENEIT ——OF THE— PRESS CLUB 0f San Francisco, ASSISTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL TALENT FROM THE BALDWIN, COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, TIVOLI, MOROSCO’S, ALCAZAR, ORPHEUM and CIRCUS ROYAL. RESERVED SEATS......... $1.00 Nowon sale at the Box-office of the Columbia Theater, or at the Club Kooms, Thurlow Block. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. ‘WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manags THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, FOURTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT Author—Actor—Manager, ‘WALTER SANFORD In His Great Scenic Melodrama, “THE PACE THAT KILIS!” EvENINe PRICES—260 and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managee EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK ! ELABORATE PRODUCTION 0f Czibulka’s Romantic Opera, “AMORITA” SUPERB CAST ! Enlarged Chorus—Augmented Orchestra Under the Direction of ——ADOLPH BAUER—— MONDAY, JULY 1, The Glorious Comic Opera Success, —“TAR AND TARTAR I”"— Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Tremendous Success of Our Kew Bill! DAN SHERMAN'S JAY CIRCUS 0. ! MILLAR BROS.’ FAMOUS DIORAMA! SHERMAN AND MORRISEY, SHORT AND EDWARDS, THE WRESTLING PONY, MAJOR, LES FRERES MARTINETTI, and Other Great Stellar Acts. Reserved Seats, 25¢c; Balcony, 10¢; Opera Chalry and Box Seats, 50c. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Watergua‘{nival, Corner Eddy and Maso) Sole Proprietor Manager CLIFF PHILLLP: JOE HOLZ... cting TO-NIGHT 'O-NIGHT! ~——COMPLETE CHANGE OF BILL!~— ALL NEW SPECIALTIES! First Appearance of I, E O INI! The Aerial Marvel. Also THE RAMIREZ, SPAN- ISH TROUBADOURS. _Professional debut of the Society Warbler, MISS NEVADA FARRING- TON. ~ Look out for Novelties. POPULAR PRICES—Evening, 15¢, 25¢ and 50c; Saturday Matinee—Children’ 15c. Adults 25c. MISS SHAW AND MISS ANTHONY. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, THURS- DAY, JUNE 27, 8 P. M. “THE FATE OF REPUBLICS,” World-famed Lecture by REV. ANNA H. SHAW, THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. Address b, MISS SUSAN B. X"HONY. Admission, incluGing reserved seat. . Tickets may be secured at Sherm: Music-store, cor. Sutter and Kearny sts., on the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th, and at the Temple on the evening of the lectures. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. GRAND MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION ——OF THE— SWEDISH AMERICAN NATIONAL UNION OF CALIFORNIA. Good speaking. Choir of 75 voices. Nationa Costumes, ete. Admission.... ....10 Cents RUNNING % RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. ces Monday, Tuesday, Wed: B earnday, Erlauy and daturday fals “or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:39 .. sharp. McAllister and Gieary street cars pass PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. GRAND PICNI AND FAMILY REUNION. ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN. FAIRFAX, MARIN CO., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, Tickets, 50¢.; Children, 25c., fare and park. | | BRSO [ : i : PR 7