The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. 7 —_— . e Ee s e s R i Sh PRl s e e e ---JUNE 27, 1895 OITY NEWS IN BRIEF, THURSDAY The Milwaukee Brewery of San Francisco has filed nrticles of incorporation, who is married toa iterest of the City ients. Commission proposes to enforce ious by means of & criminal action ielinguents. five of the forty-seven applicants for lomes were passed by the Supreme t Commissioners. exhibition of ‘pilctures given by local artists in payment of dueswas opened - day at the Art Institute, 3 e The vietorious Berkeley athletes returned f their successful trip East last night. will be feted to-night. Joseph Krauskopf delivered a farewell Hed Chinaman, and County Dr. lecture last evening on the subject of The Israelite as a Husbandman.” The Supervisors held a night session to con- sider the City garbage question yesterday, but Postponed action for sixty days. J i _The Richmond District Improvement Club Wwill petition ihe Supervisors to extend Washe ington street to Seventh avenue. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has been told that hundreds of Japanese are entering the State by the northern land route. The grand reunion and pienic of the A. O, U. W. lodges of this and neighboring cities witl take place to-day at Fairfax Park. Following were the winning horses at the track yvesterday: Rose Clark, Heartsease, Melanie, Hueneme and Installator, Elaborate preparations are being made for the outing of the Commercial Travelers at Banta Cruz, from June 29.to July 3. An exhibition of paintings was opened at the Art Institute yesterday. The paintings will be raffled at the close of the exhibition. Several men of means are willing to assist Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald in putting the employed to work in the placer diggings. Supervisor Taylor declares that the expentes of the School Department increase vear by year, but that the number of pupils does not. _Theodore Growney has brought suit to have Unity Lodge No. 27, A. O. U. W., prevented from legislating in a manner obnoxious to him. Julius Meyer, who was being examined on a charge of perjury before Judge Murphv, has been held to answer with bail fixed at $2000. The case of Police Sergeant Jesse B. Cook, charged with crueliy to Chinese, was partly heard last night and continued for three weeks. The Association of Applied Religion been denied an abiding place 1n the Y. M. hu’xlélmg, No reason for the denial was vouch- safed. C. P. Reynolds, charged with selling fake has C.A. Spanish-American’ lottery tickets, pleaded gnilty in Judge Joachimsen's Police'Court yes- terda gent at this port. has been trans- ferred to Boston. He will be succeeded by B. L. Cromwell. Tmmigration Commissioner W. P. Stradley has sent s report of the récent Japanese cooly investigation to the Immigration Department &t Washington. The Manufacturers’ Association hes sent let- ters to the school officials requesting that school supplies be purchased from California manufecturers. Governor Budd has set July 15 for the open- ing of the convention of county Supervisors, who are to raise the funds for the California ssion merchants of ing v in fruit tal their stores later in the morning present custom prescribes. San Francisco of opening than the acific Company is putting au- on_its freightears to comply tes 1aw, the purpose of which o took carbolic it snicide e is now s insane. th of July arch on M. The nre Coilec- Saturday. this port has ad- fof Police Crowley, de- nish-American Lottery to be an imposture. ave rented the house taken * Uszynski family at Co- ants live in hourly the original owners. ¢ estate of Jacob Rehder, who was drowned in the Colima disaster, has appeared in the Probate courts on & petition from the Public Afiministrator for letters. It amounts to §1700. James J. Robbins has proposed a scheme to the trustees of the Mercantile Library Associa- tion, by the adoption of which he claims the ém ution will be placed on a sound financial 8. bers of the Third Infantry Regi- C., are taking great interest in the discu-sion of who will be selected to sueceed Colonel Thomas F. Barry as commander of the regiment, The L heran Synod elected Rev. J. M. Bueh- te to the General Synod to be held at Fort Wayne, and Rev. G. Runkel was made slternate. The synod held its closing services last evening. The California Debris Commission has deter- mined to prosecute in the Federal courts L. V. Tefft, owner of the Concordia mine in Plumas Conuty, who operated without the sanction of the commission. * The First Infantry Regiment, N. G. C., has organized & bicyele corps of thirty men with a distinctive uniform. Though the corps has not been officially admitted into the service it is attached to the regiment. The Jocel police have arrested Ivan Kovaley on the charge of murdering Mr. and Mre. F. L. H. Weber at Sacramento on the night of Decem- ber 29, and point to a strong chain of circum- stantial evidence against him, Transportation of building materials for the Valley road was given yesterday to P. A. Buell by the construction committee. Mr. Buell will carry the ties, piles, lumber, efc., from this City to Btockton on river boats. Welter Sanford, author of “My Jack,” had a Judgment entered against him in the Justices’ Court for $100 yesterday in favor of John M. Chretien for attorney’s fees in a contest of a vear ago in which the play was involved. The removal of Professor George Davidson from the Coast and Geodetic Survey as pub- lished in yesterday’s CALL was a great surprise 10 everybody who knew him. He will be suc- ceeded by A. F. Rogers, his chief assistant. The home of Cherles Smith on Edinburgh strect was burned at 10 A. M. yesterday. As the place is in the vicinity of the Five-mile House the Fire Department could lend ver: little assistance, The loss is estimated at §1500. The police believe they have captured the murderers of the Webers at Sacramento, which crime created so much horror at the time of its perpetration. The suspect is a Russian, who escaped from a Siberian prison to this country, At a meeting of the Rajlroad Commissioners yesterday the Oakland, San Leandro and Hay- wards line protested, through its attorneys, that it was not & transportation company, and consequently not subject to control of the com- mission. 5 Interest in the suits against ex-Collector Quinn and ex-Postmaster Bryan was revived yesterday oy & motion made before Judge Mc- Keuna to substitute the Stow estate for W. W, Stow on their official bonds. The motion was granted. During the hunting trip of the schooner Sophie Sutherland & hunter gamed Campell refused to paint & small boat g#een for political Teasons, and as it Was not the color of the water o “whale-killer” attacked and smashed the small eraft. Milton F. Davis hes been granted a divorce from his wife, the actress known as Blanche Bates. There 'was no contest to the charge of desertion, but the wife joined in the prayer of the husband. The decree was granted on the pleadings by Judge Troutt. W. F. Forsey, secretary of the Producers’ Reisin-packing Company, tells of a combina- tion being formed by the co-operative com- penies 1o put the sale of their various packs nto the hands of a single committee 0 he chosen by the varions companies. Professor Fritz Scheel was suspended by the local Musicians’ Union yesterday afternoon. He now threatens to have all his forty-five friends withdraw and to bring suit against the National League for $100,000. He says he will sue the local union alse and declare war generally. The_ California-street Methodist Episcopal Church, situated on the corner of California end Broderick streets, has incorporated. The directors are H. 5. Maskey, John Price, W. R. Hewitt, C. A. dwell, J. H. Northen, 8. E, Chapman, W. R. Harvey, J. W. Burtchaell and W. R. Myers. The Institute of Applied Christianity, having been denied admission into the Young Men' Christian Association building, is now demand- ing & reason. While the board of directors are silent members of both bodies declare that the association obficu to the teachings of the ads “erents of Dr. Herrou. Story of a Seal-Hunter Who Refused to Paint His Boat Green. THREAT OF JAMES WILLIAMS The Big Pacific Mail Freight Steamer Aztec Is Shipping Her Tons of Cargo. A foolish fellow pretending to be James Williams tried to get upa little excitement yesterday by dropping the following note on the deck of an Oakland ferry-boat: Steamer El Capitan, 10:30. To whom it may concern. Tuls is to certify that I am tired of life, and am going to end it all. Life is not worth living after all. Please notify Mrs, James Williams, 2231 California street, that her husband has made good his threat. JAMES WILLIAMS. Inquiry at the numbermentioned proved inst., and their bondsmen have been noti- fied to have them in readiness. The men are nearly all employed in the Jackson- street theater, and as their photographs are_in the Chinese bureau they can be easily identified. The Mongolians were given permission to remain in the United States for one year after the closing of the fair. They will ac- cordingly be sent back on the first steamer sailing thereafter. Besides this particular batch of 30 there are over 200 others who have disappeared, and no one seems to know where they are. The Collector was not allowed to take bonds for their return to China, and now they cannot be found. BARBERS' ASSOCIATION, Everything Looking Promising for the Coming Picnic on the 14th Prox. An Arrest in View. The Barbers’ Association met Tuesday night and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: H. A. Wolfe, president; H. Bernard, vice-president; I. L. Isaacs, recording secretary; I. Less, financial secretary; P. H, Hammon, treasurer; L. Reegan, sergeant-at-arms, H. Schuenett, employment secretary; Messrs. Beckely and Casoline, board of trustees. sociation is Erosnering, and finds no trouble to enforce the Sunday-closing law. The picnic committec reports everything The as- | THE BESIEGED DWELLINE, Watchmen Guard the Uszynsk House Night and Day. A RAID HOURLY EXPECTED. Strange Storles About the Mysteri- ous Lives of Former Occu- pants. The fall of the House of Uszynski as recorded in the annals of the Sheriff’s office has created something of a sensation in the vicinity of Columbia square, and strange stories are going the rounds re- lating to these two mysterious Russians, who for some time lived in & hole in the ground under the house, with the double purpose of avoiding the necessity of oc- cupying quarters that would rent, and at ' = R e it e THE NEW PACIFIC MAIL FREIGHTER AZTEC. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] that James was off his bearings regarding | his wife’s residence, as no such lady was known in the locality. The bay was closely | watched, and if Mr. Williams jumped into it nobody witnessed his advertised act. Captain Dunleavy of the harbor police, who is something of an expert on publicly premeditated suicides, believes that the lady’s husband did not make good his threat, The barkentine Archer came in from Honolulu yesterday with the ragged stump of her maintopmast sticking up in the air, the spar having been snapped off during a blow June 23. During the recent hunting trip of the schooner Sophie Sutherland one of her boats was lost under circumstances some- what peculiar. During the cruise of last year a hunter named Stolker had two air tanks put in the boat at his own expense, costing him $50. He was afraid to trust his life in the stormy waters on the Asiatic coast and took this means to preserve it. This year a hunter named Campbell had charge of the boat and when the schooner arrived on the sealing grounds he refused to paint the craft green as is the custom. This tint being like the color of the sea is not so apt to attract the attention of not only seals, but of the dreaded swordfish and whale-killer, two fish that are not slow at epringing at any object tnat comes within their vision. Campbell declined for political reasons; while notaverse to green seas he objected to green boats, and painted his crafta bright color. The first time he went out in her a “killer’” smashed a hole in her bottom and she filled to the gunwales in a few minutes. She could not sink, and the three men were enabled to cling to the waterlogged craft till they were picked up by another boat. The Pacific Mail people are busy loading their new freight steamer Aztec for her first trip to Panama and way fiorts. Over 4500 tons of cargo will be packed into the huge vessel, which sails Friday noon. he steamer, which was first called the Canterbury, was built at the Edwards shipyard "at Howden-on-Tyne, for the grain and cattle trade. She was not _satis- factory to the owners, and was thrown back upon the builders' hands. She was finally disposed of to the Pacific Mail for $41,000, a bargain, considering she is new and constructed wholly of steel, and in the strongest possible manner. The Aztec is 450 feet long, 43 feet in beam and 30 feet in depth. Her trial speed was 13 knots, though 9 knots an hour is her usual run, THE FRUIT-DEALERS. Commission Merchants Signing Agreement to Open Stores Later in the Morning. The commission merchants and dealers generally who handle the vast quantities of fruit that comes daily to S8an Francisco from the farmers’ orchards and gardens near the bay and its estuaries talk of re- ducing the hours of labor. It is now the custom of the merchants to owven up their stores for business at any time from 3:30 to 6 o’clock in the morning. J. M. Gray of the house of Gray & Bar- bieri, 309 Washington street, has obtained the signatures of twenty-nine firms to open at 6 A. . and not before. Some twelve or fifteen other firms have not yet signed, but dealers generally believe that Mr. Gray will get their consent to the new arrange- ment. On the other hand, there are some mer- chants who regard the proposed departure from the old custom as extremely doubt- ful, Itis said that some of the déalers are jobbers and commission merchants, while others simply do a commission business. The jobbers go early to the boats and buy fruit in lots and sell to customers who would not buy the fruit if they knew that it was not consigned directly to the seller. Again, some customers want to come for their fruit supplies as early as 3 o’clock and all along the l':’ou'n until 5 A. . The boats which bring the orchard prod- ucts to the City begin to arrive as early as 2:30 A. M. when the fog does not delay navigation. /The day’s supply is generally in by 5 o'clock. MIDWINTER FAIR OHINESE, Thirty of Them Will Be Deported on the Next Steamer. Collector Wise 1s determined to see that at least thirty of the Chinese who came here to populate the Chinese village in the Midwinter Fair grounds shall go back to China. Their time expires on the 30th an favorable for the picnic to be given on the 14th of July at Harbor View Park. The hair-cutting and shaving contest is being looked forward to as a very interesting feature of the day. In the evening there will be a grand dis- play of fireworks and a ball to last until midnight. The committee of arrange- | ments is busily engaged and is leaving nothing undone to make the picnic a grand success. The price of admission has been placed at 25 cents and ladies free. The committee of arrangements consists of H. A. Wolfe, I. L. [saacs, P. H. Hammon, L Less, C. Hedderman, The committee on investigating shops open after 12 M. Sundays has reported one shop-owner to be arrested, the warrant baving been already sworn out. The installation of officers will take place next Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock at 102 O’Farrell street, in Foresters’ building. AT THE LOCAL THEATERS, The Counter-Tenor Jose's Singing Heard in “The Old Homestead.” ‘“The Pace That Kllls "’ at Morosco’s. Success of the Martinetti Brothers. “The Old Homestead” is drawing as steadily at the California as if it were a new success. One of the chief attractions of the pres- ent company is evidently the double quartet, which is recalled agein and again, particularly in the first act, where “The Old Oaken Bucket” is followed by a succession of encores. R. J. Jose, the leading singer, has a remarkable counter-tenor voice, which he uses well. Tne Columbia Theater. The Columbia Theater has added another pley to its list of successful productions in “Young Mrs. Winthrop,” for Bronson Howard's effective drama gives nearly all the members of the comparry an opportunity of appearing in a favorable light. In spite of counter attrace tions the little theater is filled every night. Grand Opera-House. That the love of sport is well-nigh universal in the English-speaking race is well demon- strated at Morosco's this week by the enthusi- astic reception given “The Pacé That Kills.” The drama deals with the turf, the interest turning on the endeavor of an English baronet and a Hebrew money-lender to scratch the favorite on the eve of the Grand National. The play is particularly well staged, but if the supers could be induced to take more in- telligent interest iu the development of the Plnt it would add to the realism of the play. The horses act very cleverly. The Aleazar, None of the audience at the Alcazar finds fanlt with the fact that “Hearts and Homes” is to some extent a one-actor play, for it affords Alfred Dampier oz\portunines of showing his remarkable versatility, of which he ayails him- self to the utmost. ‘Anita Bridger makes a pretty and effective Amy Castleton, C, H. Hen- derson makes a manly Paul Markham, and the Test of the cast is good. The Tivoli, The strains of ‘“Amorita” are not exactly now to frequenters of the Tivoli, but the presence of Bauer as leader of the orchestra and the new singers in the cast combine to give the work almost the charm of novelty. The Orpheam, The Millar brothers are giving an extremely interesting series of stereopticon views at the Orpheum, the blowing up of a warship by a torpedo being the sensation of thelr perform- ance. The wrestllns pony, Major, is the great raction of the *Jay' ‘Circus, end the four Martinettis continue io bring down the house with their acrobatic exhibition. The new acts at the Circus Royal and Water Carnival this week have heightened up the performance remarkably. More novelties are promised in the near future. e 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 5euy street and 408 Taylor street. * e Mr. and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling are to sail for India in the autumn. e THERE 18 an article on the market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis ky, Moore, Hunt & Co, guarantee its purity. * | { the same time holding the place against the judgement obtained from the Superior Court by Flinn & Treacy. The quarters occupied by these two strange men for months could not be called a cellar, nor even a sub-celiar. The place where they ate, slept and chuckled together over the fact that they were sav- ing rent is simply a dark, damp, ill- smelling cave, without light or air, and reached by devious passageways that would shame the ingenuity of a Chinese gambler seeking to locate a tan game, away from the alarms of the law. The neighbors are talking of strange midnight orgies that took place in this subterranean den before the House of Uszynski fell under the ban of the Sheriff. But this is gossip, and the Uszynski brothers were greatly disliked all about Columbia square. Certain it is that the children of the neighborhood came to fear the place and would not pass it after dark, or play by day in that portion of the grassy square fronting the “miser’s corner,” as they called it. As for the Uszynskis they did not ueetrln to mind the ostracism which their erratic Euards pace up and down in front of the ouse. Mr. Kennedy, a widower with five chil- dren, who has rented the lower flat, in an- ticipation of trouble has engaged a strong woman to look after his little ones. The Landers family have the upper floor. Mr. Landers is away at work all day, and from behind varred doors Mrs. Landers waits in hourly expectation of trouble. “I 2m afraid of those Russians” she said yesterday. “Iam afraid of my life, They would do anything. I wish they would settle this thing. Somebody will be killed before it is over.” Outside, the sentries pace up and down the street—Eaward Slavin and James Johanken, both of Seventh and Harrison streets, They are both strong men, and fighting men, too, as thef' are pleased to announce with a pardonable de- gree of pride, They are exceedingly handy with cobblestones and clubs, and have been known to engage in fist fights. They are there to protect the tenants, but their ideas of protection are about as badly tangled as those usually embodied ina Democratic platform. THE: BRYAN-CUINN SUITS, Revived by a Motion to Sub- stitute a Name on Their Bonds. No Shadow of Criminality Attaches to Either of the Ex~-Of- ficials. Through an evident misapprehension of the facts it was rumored last night that the bondsmen of J. C. Quinn, ex-Internal Revenue Collector, and W. J. Bryan, ex- Postmaster of this City, are defendants in a suit brought by the United States to re- cover $15,231 04, alleged to have been mis- appropriated by the two ex-officials named. The sensational story had its origin in the motion by Assistant District Attorney Knight before United States Circuit Judge McKenna to have the Stow estate substi- tuted for W. W. Stow on the bonds of Quinn and Bryan, Mr. Stow having been one of the sureties of each of them. The motion was granted. The motion was made merely to protect the Government in its suits, instituted some years nfio, against Quinn and Bryan_ to re- cover shortages in their respective depart- ments caused by the defalcations of em- ployes. Briefly the history of these crimes 1s as follows: g During Quinn’s administration as Inter- nal Revenue Collector one of his deputies, John W. Conger, misappropriated $5831 23. For this offense Conger was arrested in this City and tried and convicted in Los Angeles, where he is now serving his sentence. While Bryan was administering the affairs of the local Postofiice James Ken- nedy, clerk in the foreign money-order de- partment, embezzled $939981.° He was arrested, tried and convicted of the crime, but after serving about a year was par- doned. The suits mentioned were instituted by the Government to protect itself in the matter and are purely of a .ivil character, no shadow of criminality attaching to either Quinn or Bryan. The suits will not be pressed against the ex-officials, and the latter will be afforded every opportunity to compromise the mat- ter with the Federal authorities. Relief wili prubablg be sought by securing the assage of a bill through Congress reliey- Png both Bryan and Quinn from any fur- ther liability in the matter, SWEEPING BY DAY LABOR. The Proposition to Turn the Street Cleaning Over to Superintend- ent Ashworth, The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors will this morning take up the question of street sweeping. Superintend- ent of Streets Ashworth will report upon the specifications referred to him by the committee last week, and the committee will try to determine what it will do with them. Mr. Ashworth has been at work on the specifications a large part of the time allowed him, but_whether his recommen- dations, all of which are in the direction of the old order of things, will be adopted is another thing. The petitions, or resolutions rather, sub- mitted at the last meeting as coming from the Wageworkers’ TUnion protesting against the so-called *'‘charity basis” upon T B (1Y “‘lé)%’ Tis - gk THE BESIEGED DWELLING AT COLUMBIA SQUARE, mode of life induced. They kefit severely to themselves, and neither sought nor per- mitted intercourse with any one, They seemed to bave a special antipathy for col- lectors. Small creditors were frequently frightened away by ashower of wor&a from an unknown Russian dialect, accompanied by spasmodic iemculnuon and fantastic cantortions of the body. Once a man called with a water bill. One of the boys was away, The other received the caller with unusual cordiality and then straightway went into a trance, in which condition he remained until the bill man went away. They are known to have considerable money, and to hold on to what they have seems to be the one object and aim of their existence, 7 ‘When the Sheriff's deputies drove their teants out after a fight they moved up- stairs, laid in a stock of provisions and made preparations for a siege. This necessitated & second writ of ejectment, which was served after three days’ watch- ing by kicking the door in. Then they went away and the tenants of the con- traeting firm moved in. But they have not given up the fight, and much to the discomfiture of the present occupents thnymox%ecudm make a raid at -3 moment, Night and day two stalw: which the Merchants’ Association did the work, and, while congratulating the asso- ciation on having demonstrated the utility of hand laber over that of the big dusty machines, asking that the work nficcping the streets clean should be given into the charge of the Street Department to he done by day labor, will be brought forward and its champions be given a hearing, The resolutions were passed at the meet; ns of the union June 15, aud are transmitted by John Nelson as secretary and Walter Joyce president. t is not likely that the movement will be warmly supported by the members of the committee, as it is generally admitted that the cost of cleaning the streets by this method would be enormous and would re- sult in not cleaning them or in bankrupt- ing the City. e —— LEpGERs, journals and cashbooks, all bind- ings and allgrades, from 15¢ to $1 per 100 pages. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. * e e Two thousand patents have been taken out in this country on the manufactnre of paper alone. e CATARRH cured and no pay until cuerd. Treatment at oftice free. 925 Howard street. * SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSES, Supervisor Taylor of the Fi- nance Committee Thinks They Are Too High. FIGURES FOR TEN YEARS. These Show the Attendance of Pu- pils, Number of Teachers and Cost of the Schools. The demands made by the heads of the City Government on the Supervisors for appropriations to run the departments over which they preside and will preside during the coming fiscal year is now occu- pying the attention of the Finance Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors. At the first meeting of the board, held on the 15th of last January, Supervisor C. L. Taylor, chairman of the Finance Committee stated that there was a noticeable increase in the expenditures of the various depart- ments, notably in the School Department. He then stated that an examination from 1885 to 1893 inclusive showed an increase of about 20 per cent per capita in the mat- ter of expenses. At the meeting of the Finance Commit- tee held on last Tuesday, Chairman Taylor again called attention to the matter, say- ing that yearafter year the demands for the School Department increase, but that the attendance of pupils does not keep pace with the increase of teachers and the in- crease of salaries paid them. The Board of Education this year, he said, asks for $1,236,000, but the "Auditor had cut this down to $1,000,000. He declared that he was in possession of data that would show that the assertion he made was correct and tgat at the proper time he would present them. The following figures are taken from the municipal reports for ten fiscal years, in- cluding 1884-5 and 1893-4: T S A E T T v ® ® ® ® ® ® ® WX ® 5y 82238882238 ¢ 2 GEZSSEIER L H R R E R £ FeBEES2EIRe & 3 s $ags - gpes P < SraE s o SEHEE23EEE ouwpna 838%ggsggg| W e 88833282558 ¢ ® @ ® oo g883z2z3d 33 WA, 28552858888 » @2 e a3 a 2 ZgEgEgggdgs FSES5528E 3825 sy RN RS SR B2 22853 8| sreuwdwey sE3588&82388 gs2zEmeraxy g82285523%8 - we o ®: s 2 JEEED 58 = E| supg @ ® ®s 2228 B8 92 2| meN iog E5585i 5835 P s e SES2§: w8888 - B0 ow o e B SRESRERREER I8 S SSF 835 S| seuadxy : & 5 3 SgZ238E285 | sujuuny S 8EIREZEAS Sr2ac®oem E§85328gR8888 chteeonxxd 5 S D O e R e e e - $ESSITEEESS g 533gszgsit £ 8338583383 PR o®owe e ERs5E2EN3Isy During the first half year of the fiscal year 1894-5 the average attendance has been 32,363; the amount of teachers’ salaries during that time, $408,000; for new build- ings the amount has been $22,845 67. The salary account for teachers has been for January, 1895, $69,000; February, $59,500; March,” §72,000; April, $75,000, and May, $72,000 These figures show that during the ten years, whfie the attendance of pupils has not varied to any great extent, the number of teachers has increased, as has also the amount paid for salaries. It is estimated from the figures already in that the salary account will for the fiscal year 1894-95 amount to §840,000. The Auditor’s estimate of $1,000,000, with the amount to be received from rents of the school property at corner of Market and Fifth streets, Post streer, near Grant avenue, and other places, which will amount to $48,000, would make an aggre- gate of $1,048,000 to run the department with, It has been suggested to the Finance Committee that when the leases of the property on Market and Fifth streets ex- pire in September next, the Board of Edu- cation should ask an increase of rent ever the present rates, and the aggregate in- crease has been fixed at $25,000, but this may not be done, for, in view of the fact that the lessees upon learning that the City and County Attorney had announced that the improvements on the land shall revert to the City at the end of the lease threat- ened litigation, Director Comte at a recent meeting of the board offered the follow- ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the present lessees may have the privilege without any detriment whatever to their existing rights as to said improve- ments of continuing in the possession of said lot as tenants of the Board of Education from month to month at the same monthly rental as they are now paying under their 1espective leases, until thirty days aiter filing in the Su- erior Court of the remittitur from the Supremne Jourt of this State in this case, not exceeding, however, six months from the first-day of Sep- tember, 1805, This was passed in view of a possibility of action by the City to retain possession of the improvements. - INSURANCE POLICIES. A Suit Involving 400 of Them in the Home Insurance Com- pany. “ A suit of considerable interest to insur- ance men, and perhaps to their patrons, was tried in Justice of the Peace Groezing- er's court yesterday. It involved certain interests on about 400 insurance policies. The trial was that of a test case brought by T. J. S8awyer against the Home Insur- ance Company of New York, although Draper & Lebanon, agents for the com- pany at San Bernardino, were really the plaintiffs in the interest, i The agents bad a difference with the company and as a result of severing their connection about 400 policy-holders of the company did the same. The agents, de- siring to secure their pro rata af the un- earned policy, as they had a right to under their conditions, sent the whole batch to James Alva Watt, attorney in this City, for collection. The company admitted the liability, but insisted upon every one of them being at- tested to—that is, the signatures of the policy-holders to the power of attorney iven to the agents, Draper & Lebanon— fore a notary public. Now, this would be expensive, and At- torney Watt refused, and as the insurance cowmpany thereupon declined to make pay- ment suit was entered and the trial, or ument, took place yesterday. he defense was, as stated, that the company did not know the signatures and was not warranted in making payment until they were attested, Judge E. W. McGraw represented the company. Mr. Watt, for the plaintiff, argued that the company knew their former agents’ ulgnamre and that thal was sufhicient. The question was submitted with briefs and taken under advisement, ——————————— Marie Michel’s Suicide. A young woman who is supposed to have been Marie Michel was found dead in a room lof the lodging-house, 12 Ellis street, yesterday afternoon. She went to the house at 8 o’clock Tuesday night with & young man. Her name is supposed 0 be Marie Michel, as there was a romissory note for £600, signed by Heary Herault in her favor, in hér pocket-hook. ——— NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27th SPECIAL BENEFIT ——OF THE—c. 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 Columbla Theater, or at the Club Rooms, Thurlow Block. COLUMBIA THEATER. To clevate the stage or not ? That’s the question: o be it. Please elevate it tern feet high, So all the men can see it. Our auditorium is so constructed that everybody can see, and they do see the best performances in the city at half ihe regular prices. THE FRAWL COMPANY “YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP.” Beautiful Stage Settings! ‘and Handsome Toiletteg! ——MATINE! ATURDAY ONLY !— Night... € 50¢ and 75ec Matinee.. 250 and 50¢ Weeks of July 1 & ENATOR.”” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managee EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK ! ELABORATE PRODUCTION Ot Czibulka’s Romantic Opera, “AMORITA” SUPERB CAST ! Enlarged Chorus—Augmented Orchestra Under the Direction of ADOLFH BAUER— MONDAY, JULY 1, The Glorious Comic Opera Success, —“TAR AND TARTAR !”"— Popular Prices—25c and 50c. CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated). ....Proprietors Reserved Seats 25 15 ——TO-NIGHT AT 8.—— MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2 P. M. DENMAN THOMPSON’S PL4 THE OLD HOMESTEAD Management of E. A. MCFARLAND, DOUBLE MALE QUARTET- In New Songs and Harm MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTEL MOROSCO. ..Sole Lessee and Managae THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, FOURTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT Author—Actor—Manager, WALTER SANFORD——— In His Great Scenic Melodram: ies. “THE PACE THAT Kil1S! EVENING PRicEs—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees arday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powelt Tremendous Suecess of Our New Bill! DAN SHERMAN'S JAY CIRCUS €0.! MILLAR BROS.” FAMOUS DIORAMA! SHERMAN AND MORRISEY, HORT AND EDWARDS, THE WRESTLING PONY, MAJOR, LES ¥YRERES MARTINETTI, and Other Great Stellar Acts, Reserved Seats, 25¢; Balcony, 16¢; Opera Chalres and Box Seats, 50¢. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy apd Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. le Proprietor JOE HOLZ ng Manager LAST NIGHTS!— ——LAST NIGHTS! Positively Last Week of THE GREAT WATER SPECTACLE and CIRCUS —— CIRCUS DON'T | This house will close | YOUR FAIL |on Sunday evening to| LAST TO make alterations for the | CHANCE S«E IT | production of TO SEE. ——GRAND AND COMIC OPERAS. POPULAR PRICES—Evening, 16¢, 25¢ and_50c; Saturday —Children-15¢, Adults 25¢. 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. Bl —STATUS OF SUFFRAGE QUESTION, ‘Address by MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY, THE THE g of the lectures. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. GRAND MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION —oF TRE— SWEDISH AMERICAN NATIONAL UNION OF CALIFORNIA, Choir of 75 voices. Nationa Costumes, ete. Good speaking, .10 Cents RUNNING fi&s RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RAGES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. RUNNING RACES ! day, Tuesday, Wednesday, R’}'flfu'rfii':;. Ilasy and SaturaayeBals or Shine: Five or more races each day. Racesstart at 2:30 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass tne gate. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR EAY RESORT, NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY DURING THE SEASON. Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and, Other Amusements. Refreshments at City Prices. Fare, round trip, 25¢; children, 15¢, including admission to grounds. THE STEAMER UKIAH ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 a. ., 12:10. 2:00 - and 4:00 p. . Returning leave £l Campo 11:15 A. 3, 1300, 3:00 and 5:00 r. ¥, GRAND PICNIC AND FAMILY REUNTON, ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN, FAIRFAX, MARIN CO., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, Tickets, 50c.; Children, 25c¢., fare and park,