The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895. 7 1 =5 1895 thony and Miss Shaw left for their homes last evening. License Collector Lees is a drugstores selling whisky The bay is empty of ships, all the vessels in port being unloaded at the docks. W. R. Daily signed a contract yesterday as manager of the Aleazar Theater. Amedee Joullin is_devoting his summer sketching tours tostudying the Californiasand. Mrs. Helena Talerboch has of administration over the $20, by her husband. The following horses won at the track yes- Thelma, fter the unlicensed lied for letters 000 estate leit terday: Monterey, Her Majesty, Boreas and Regal. 5 A new baage to id newspaper men issued before the hin the fire lines will b his month. Joullin has turned his atten- and effects from studies made s have been 0 8 month an mpt is being the “advanc up to §50. port of the ed Charities s who were victims of the gh that agency were cleared of on by the street- All of the downtown stre: liday rubbish before e, living at the old French s from the fire. The police authorities are looking out for a who has been victimizing people by money from them under false pre- Many of the Federal officials spent the Fourth They will all be back and cKenna and Morrow will hold court case of Thomas McBride, who jumped bay from the foot of Hyde street, a s jury brought in a verdict of suicide drowning. Lawrence Hurley was arrested yesterdsy 1 & charge of robbery, the complainant be- J Hurl accomplice has not Panama Railroad Company will load the tenaw, now due, for the southern n place of the Saturn, which is for the service. Dutton, ung woman who lived at died from morphine poison- ¥ he girl attempted her life once with the same poison. others sent a wagon-load of provi- from their free dinners to tne poor dependence day, to the Young Women's ociation yesterday. George E.Gard of the Southern Pacific has returned from Siskiyou County, and stated that his men are following Brady, the outlaw. The bloodhounds failed in Happy Valley. It appears that the executive committee of the Midwinter Exposition is the body responsi- ble for the heaps of ruins and debris that now disgrace a portion of Golden Gate Park. quest on the remains of David Lesser nsky, who committed suicide Thursday g, will be held Monday. The funeral, h was private, took place yesterday. Sumner Hardy won the tennis championship atSan Rafael vesterday, defeating his brother Sar 1, by ascore of 6 to 3. Officers of the association were elected for the ensuing year. The judgment sentencing Willlam P. Young fonterey to death for the killing of Pierre ra has been afirmed by the Supreme The appeal wason technical grounds. The old suit of Munford vs. Higgins and Wee , in which there wes only one survivor the parties engaged or interested in al, was revived in the Circuit Court yes- The annual settlement between Superintend- t Daggett of the Mint and the Government is being made. There are $53,000,000 in . on hand and 11.000,000 ou: of silver Francisco for the purpc sending & fine California exhibit to the Atlar tion. hicago and Alton Railroad agency in that resigned from the Psssenger et Agents’ Association, was expelled yi terday without privileges enjoyed by agents the compact. service examination is to be held for ol gougers and storekeepers in the Inter- nal Revenue Service. Candidates can secure all necessary Information from the internal revenue agent. The motion for a rehearing to vacate the {‘udgmenK and for a new trial, which was made y Horace W. Philbrook in the disbarment pro- ceedings against him, has been denied by the Supreme Cou: [he funeral of the late Treasurer, J. H. Wid- ber, took place yesterday from Pioneer Hall, the femains being interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. The services at both ihe hall and the grave were very impressive. Samuel M. Ewing, assistant claims attorney of the Southern Pacific Company, left that office on July 1. The only reason assigned for the chenge was that there was Lot enough ‘business to keep the staff occupied. The First United States Infantry will start this morning for a month’s fieid service in camp at Monterey. Light Battery D, Fifth United States Artillery, and Troop B, Fourth United States Cavalry, will go next week. An inquest on the remains of C. Meyers, who thot himself in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, was held yesterdey. The verdict wasto the effect that death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage from a gunshot wound inflicted with suicidal intent. As 8 result of THE CALL'S expose of the shameful condition of affairs at Golden Gate Park, Superintendent McLaren has promised to have the Southern Pacific tracks removed from the old Midway Plaisance and the park before July 15. Hans Hanen, who was once sentenced to death for the murder of Mate M. Fitzgerald of the bark Hesper, is to again have the date of his execution set. He appealed to the United Btates Supreme Court, but that body has de- nied him a new trial. President Colnon of the Board of Harbor Commissioners says that the work on the super- structure of the new ferry-depot will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. New plans will be called for as soon as Attorney Tirey L. Ford returns from his vacation. The managers of the “Black Crook” and «Black Crook mp to Date” compenies were in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. A decision by Judge Deady in 1868 in which he held that the “Black Crook’” could not be copy- righted will probably decide this case. During the past year the Farmers' Alliance of California has confined its efforts to the establishment of co-operative institutions, and nas made 8 remarkable record in this field and caused a strong Tevival in its work. Politics ie now strictly eschewed by the organization. Frank O'Dea carried off a figure from the front olnclolhhlf store on Third street last evening, and the fact that the figure had a suit of elothes upon it caused Policeman Kelly to take him to the Southern police station and place a charge of petty larceny opposite his name. All but three counties in the State have glready made inquiry regarding the State con- vention to be held in this City on August 19 to promote the cause of bimetalism. Thisis held 10 angur a widespread interest in the matter and a large attendance when the convention is called to order. Governor Budd made & flying visit to the City yesterday in xeflud to eppointing the new Board of Heelth. He will name the rd on Monday. The Chief Executive inclines to the belief that the election law is constitutional- He also thinks that there will be a few more changes in the National Guard. Mayor Eutro is disposed to go slow in ap- proving Treasurer Widber's bond. The bonds- men are Henry H, Crane, Herry N. Morse, L W Lees and R.J.Techan.’ Morse's property lies in Alameda County and the consolidation act requires that the property of bondsmen for County officials mustlie in the City and County. A petition presented by Joseph Cooper for the privilege of conduciing a fruitstand in front of ex-County Clerk Haley’s cigar-store on Market street contrary to the direct letter of & recent order of the Board of Supervisors was rigned by Supervisors Kiag, Hirsch, Wagner, Scully, Hobbs, Dimond and Hughes. Butro yesterday refused to grant it. Judge Sanderson has ordered that the $6713 for street engineering work, now being sued for by ex-City Surveyor Fitzhugh, be paid to the court, pending the decision of the question whether it belongs to Fitzhugh himseif or to the office, and consequently his successor, Tilton. Judge Sanderson also denied a motion to make Tilton plaintiff in the action, instead of Fitzhugh. Abullet from & pistol was sent through a window of the Methodist Episcopal Chinese Missfon, on Washington street, during the be- ginning of the Fourth of July celebration. A slave girl, Ah Boo, has recently been rescued by the mission, and it_is supposed that some bighbinders, actuated by a desire for revenge, Bred the shot, ayor He Says There Is No More Varied Subject in Existence. STRIKING COLOR HARMONIES. Has Scoured the Coast From Santa Barbara to the Golden Gate. “I have been searching for sand,” said | Amedee Joullin, enigmatically, when he was asked yesterday how he had been im- | proving the shining hours when artschools | and studios are closed and painters tramp | unel('i in search of subjects. “No; I'm mnot joking,” continued Joullin, with an earnestness that dis- claimed any such attempt. *‘People will \\;alk for miles looking for a subject. Well, I'm not doing that. 1 am examining the sand all round the City, and am becoming more and more impressed with the pecu- liar color relation—the beautiful harmonies that exist between th: sagebrush and the sand it grows upon. Round about San ?‘mnc 0 you can find every tint of sand, from silvery white to deep yellow. The complementary. green becomes brighter no threats. She knew of noreason why he hould take his own life. About twqyears ago he was troubled by some debts, but he expected to ger over that difficuity and was not worrying. She never had seen him more cheerful, and was horrified to find him dead about 6 p.M. The lava tig was off the burner and the gas was turne on. She had been in the habit of taking the lava tip off in order to heat things or do light cooking over the jet. Dr. A. Newman said he had been treat- ing the deceased for some time for fainting spells. He was also subject to dizzy spells, thumping in the head and palpitation of the heart. When the doctor last saw his patient the latter was cheerfui, though suffering from these ailments. He advised him to go home and go to bed and get some bromide of potassium. That was all the evidence and the case went to the jury. OUT OF THE COMPACT. The Chicago and Alton Company’s Agent Denied Privileges Enjoyed by Other Members. The Railway Passenger Ticket Agents’ Association met yesterday in the Mills building and took prompt action on the resignation of the Chicagoand Alton Com- pany’s agent. And now one office is out of the combination absolutely without hav- ng the privilege of buying Southern Pa | ficblank tickets, which means thatitis practically cut off from transacting trans- continental passenger business in competi- tion with the other offices. The association decided to expel the Chicago and Aiton agent. He asked to be allowed to leave his deposit of $100 in the treasury of the compact so that he might be able to purchase blank tickets from the Southern Pacific Company. Butthe ticket men would hear of no such proposition. They claimed that if an agent would not A STUDY IN SAND AND SAGE. BRUSH BY AMEDEE JOULLIN, where the sand is tinged with red, and | where the sand is grayish in tone the | sag ebrush becomes more subdued in tint.” | he painter, when asked whether he had | any illustrations of his theories about the | California sand, admitted that all his sum- mer canvases were devoted to that subject. “That was taken over in Alameda, where | the sand is white,” he said, placing a can- | vas on the easel that represented a hillock , sparsely covered with sagebrush, where the sand_between the vegetation had al- most a silvery hue. The sky overhead was a cloudless blue, and in the strong light the sagebrush was of a fairly vivid green tint, casting shadows tinged with purple on the sand. The picture was keyed by a little figure of a girl in a blue waist. “Do you notice the difference in the | sand and brush ?”’ asked Joullin, placing | another canvas below the first. ““That one | | { is taken near the park, where the sand has a yellowish tint, Nearer the ocean it be- mes almost red. But just as the sand E the color of the brush varies with it, ing the same perfect harmonies.” The second picture was another successful color-study of sand and brash and sky, but the sand was yellow, and the brush had none of the vivid greens of the first picture, but instead was overcast with gray, that partook in places of almost a 1uish tint. Joullin showed a third canvas that had not a positive bit of color, affording strong contrasts, like the two preceding pictures, iut where the grasses: and sagebrush ap- peared to blend into the sand, and he pointed out more emphatically than ever bow endless are the ogportumties for color studies in the despised sand-dunes. (Glancing round his studio it was impos- sible to help agreeing with him that the California sand is well worth an artist’s devotion, for there were over half a dozen sand studies and each was as diverse from the other as if they had all been taken in different parts of the world. One was a dainty water.color skeich of gray sand and marsh near Mare Island, another a picture of the yellow sands and vivid blue sky of Santa Barbaraand a third and_fourth Trepresented the snow white sands of Cypress Point, and the dark gray sand and rocks of Pacific Grove. In fact the most cursory tour of his studio verified the absolute truth of Joullin’s statement, “I have been searching for sand.” M, 0. BORUCK DIED POCR, The Well-Known Journalist Left Nothing but Personal Property. His Widow the Sole Legatee—No Provision for the Son and Daughter. Marcus D, Boruck, the well-known jour- nalist and volitician, died comparatively POOT. His estate consists chiefly of household furniture and an interest in the Spirit of the Times. According to the terms of the will, all of which he died possessed is left to the widow unconditionally. There was nothing for the son and daughter. During his lifetime Marcus D. Boruck was supposed to be worth several thousand doliars, but those who knew him best and were acquainted with his openhanded lib- erality will not be surprised to learn that he bad so little. As Mrs. Boruck remarked yesterday, he always had his hand in bis pocket for other people, and gave too little thought to +isown financial interests. Mrs. Boruck has not yet filed the will for probate, and may not do so for several days. = *“As everything is left to me,” she said, “I do not see_any necessity for haste in the matter. He always told me that everything in the house belonged to me, and the will, which is the essence of sim- licity in its proyisions, could not have en different. Of course, I am sorry he did not leave more, but his estate stands as a monument to his benevolence and liberality.’” 2 The family residence is handsomely and richly furnished, and the numerous small items in the way of gersonal property will bring the value of the estate up to a few thousand dollars. = RS It costs more to make the Royal Baking Powder because its ingredients are purer, but it is more wholesome and goes further than any other. - — e -——— BLANK COMMITTED SUICIDE. That Was the Verdict Brought in by the Coroner’s Jury. A Coroner’s jury brought in verdict of tsguicide” in the case of Louis Blank, who took his own life last Friday week. The only witnesses examined were Mrs. Emma Blank, the widow, and Dr. A. Newman, and the jurors were only a few minutes in arriving at a decision. Mrs. Blank testified that she last saw her contribute to the running expenses of their association he should not be permiited to share privileges enjoyed by them, The deposit money was returned. Several of the agents stated that the matter would cause no trouble in the way of rate competitio; NEW FIRE BADGES. Bits of Celluloid Will Identify News- paper Men Within the Fire Lines Hereafter. % There is to be a new method of identify- ing newspaper men at fliture fires, and before the month is up it will be putin force. For years the man with a busy | pencil and an imposing wad of paper has shown these as his credentials to those in charge of the fire lines and has been al- lowed inside, at the same time not one- quarter of the applicants being newspaper- men and not one-third with any real busi- nessinside the rope. It has been a privilege belonging to real reporters which has been shamefully abused by people having abso- Iutely no connection with the newspapers, and to prevent such an imposition various means of identification have been intro- duced. As usual, the lastis the best, and there will be no time lost in putting it into effect. The new idea has been adopted from that in vogue in Eastern cities, but the privileges which tne badge extends have been increased. The new badge will be of celluloid and about three inches square. On the face of the badge there is a red maltese cross, and sunk in the cross in black enamel is this inscription: UNTIL, JULY (21896, ] ADMIT THE BEARER. } WITHIN'FIREILINE S F.G.EDWARD PRESIDENTA The badge will be recognized for a year, and then new ones of a different design will be isszed. The new ones will be worn tied to the buttonhole in much the same manner as racing badges are now dis- played. Badges of a similar pattern are now used in New York, but the New York badges include the prohibition, ‘‘except inside the buildings.” On the badges to be issued here there is no such limit to privi- leges, and the reporter displaying one can go where he pleases at his own risk. The it of celluloid will be about an eighth of an inch thick, and will bear a number upon its back for its owner’s identification. There will be about 100 issued. Iris an alarming fact that every baking powder exhibited at the Chicago World’s Fair, except one made in New York, was found by the examining chemists to con- tain ammonia. Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure and contains neither am- monia nor alum. PHILBROOK’S MOTIONS. The Supreme Court Denies Them, and in Doing So Practically Ends the Case. The Supreme Court has destroyed the last chance which Horace W. Philbrook had to regain permission to practice law before his three years’ sentence of legal silence is completed. Soon after the ren- dering of the judgment in January, 1895, Philbrook moved to vacate the judgment and for a rehearing, while at the same time there was pending a motion for a new trial. All these irons have been suddenly withdrawn from the fire by the court’s de- cision, however, for in denying one the court denies them all. In rendering its decision the mind of the Justices of the Supreme Court is expressed in the following paragraph, which con- cludes the opinion: As it would serve no useful purpose, it would seem to follow either that the application for a rehearing could not be heard or a motion for a new trial would not be. It would be preposter- ous to expect that a motion for a new trial would prevail after an application fora rehear- ing has been denied upon a consideration of the same points which were presented by the motion for a new trial. Justice Harrison did not participate in the opinion, a fact which is oxgresaly stated in the document. It was for his criticism of Harrison particularly that Philbrook was disbarred. husband alive about noon on the day of his death. He seemed cheerful and made S e e . THERE 15 an article on the market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. gusrsntee its purily.* THE HARBOR COMMISSION, President Colnon Outlines the Work to Be Done by . the Board. WILL CALL FOR NEW PLANS. Only the Money Drawn by Brown Will Be Lost to the State by ,the Changes. Since the opinion of Attorney-General Fitzgerald was rendered to the Harbor Commissioners regarding the superstruc- ture of the union ferry depot the letting of the contract, the furnishing of plans and work on the foundation much has been written which is of a contradictory nature, and with a view of getting the exact con- dition of affairs President Colnon was in- terviewed yesterday, and he has clearly set forth the position of the Commissioners. “What is now the condition of affairs re- garding the union depot ?"’ was asked. “The Attorney-General has informed us that we have no legally employed archi- tect,” freplied Mr. Colnon. ‘‘As the pro- posed building cannot be erected without plans regularly adopted and the services of the designer to see that the construction is in accordance with his formulated idea, the first step will be to employ some com- petent person in that capacity. The reason that the present architect is not legally employed being that he was selected with- out advertising for competitive plans, the thing to be done before anything else is undertaken is to proceed to advertise, ac- cording to the provisious of the act of 1872, for such competitive plans.” mit “In what particulars did Brown com a breach of contract?”’ “In not supervising the construction of the foundation ‘at all times’ and reporting to the board the ‘manner in which the work is done.” The language within the quotation marks is the exact language of his contract with the board. Itistruethat he maintains that it was the business of the chief engineer of the board to do the supervising, but I find nothing in the law relating to the duties of the engineer which makes it incumbent upon that officer to look after any construction other than that for which he as such engineer furnishes the plans on the order of the board. The board did not order the engineer to draw the plans for the ferry foundation, but it did enter into a contract with Ar- chitect Brown to perform that work and look after the construction.” “Can Architect Brown’s plans be used?” ¢ see no reason why they might not be. But before they could be used he would, it appears to me, have to enter them in com- petition with such other plans as might be submitted for adoption.” “Will you follow the decision of the Attorney-General or the judgment of the Superior Court, and why ?’ “‘We shall follow the opinion of the Attorney-General, who is by law the legal adviser of the board. Why we shall do this will become obvious when it is under- stood that to take any other course might lay the members of the board liable. On the other hand, they, as well as all other State officers, are safe when they follow the advice of the State’s law officer.” “Can or will proceedings be brought against Brown for money collected on his contract?” “Tnis is an aspect of the matter that I have not given much consideration to. As a general proposition, however, when a man draws money from the public treas- ury on claims at the time presumed to be legal it is difficult to compel him to make restitution. Besides, the architect did no more in this respect than any other man would have done in his situation.” “How much will it cost the State to make the changes necessitated by anew set of plans?”’ *It may not cost the State anything to make the change. The §$12,000 which the architect has already drawn as commission on the superstructure (I give the amount from memory) will be lost, but thatisa comparatively small item when the total amount of the contemplated expenditure is considered. Thus by geuing a lot of competitive plans in we may be able to secure just as safe, durable and ornate a building for a good deal less money, or taking the other side of the proposition, we may be able to geta much stronger, more lasting and handsomer structure for the same money. You must remember that the architectural talent of even the City of San Francisco has not exhaustea itself in making designs for the $600,000 depot, not to speak of the talent that might be found elsewhere than in this City. Mr, Brown became the architect by Erivnte selection without other architects eing consulted or knowing anything about it probably.” “When will plans be advertised for?” “As soor, I presume, as the attorney for the board, who is on a brief vacation, re- turns.” “How long will be the delay occasioned by the change?” “There should be no delay at all. We should have the competitive plan selected and the contracts advertised for by the time the foundations are finished.” *‘Is it best to let one contract, or sev- eral?”’ “‘We have nothing to do with whether it would be best to let one or many. That is regulated by law. An act passed by the last Legislature requires that there shall be a separate contract for the brick or stone work, another for the iron work, another for the carpenter work, another for the plumbing, another for the heating appar- atus, another for the tinning or roofing, and another for the_gainting, the act being made to apply specifically to this board by 80 stating in its closing lines.” A BOLD ROBBERY. Lawrence Hurley Is Arrested for Being One of the Participants in It. Lawrence Hurley, a waiter, is in trouble with the police, and from appearances it may prove a rather serious matter for him before he is out of it. He was arrested on Mission sireet yesterday by Officers Mori- arty and O’Brien, and charged with rob- bery. There is another man connected with the alleged crime, but the police have not yet located him. The person in this case who was robbed is John Signor, an Austrian, and it is upon his statements that the arrest was made. He says that on last Tuesday night he received a note, in which he was requested to go to 648 Mission street, where a man wanted to see him. He went to the place designated and upon his arrival met two men. Almost immediately the ligms were turned ouu and one of the men held a revolver to his head, threatening to kill him if he made an outery. He wasthen stripped of a new suit of clothes, and an old shabby suit was iven him to don in place of it. The rob- rs also took $10 in money and his hat. After this he was thrown out of the house, and the man with the pistol added that if the police were notified the victim would be killed. Signor was not afraid of bein, murdered though, and informed Chie Crowley as to what had occurred. He re- turned to Mission street with an officer, and upon meeting Hurley, identified him as one of the robbers. Hur‘lay is known to the police as a hard character. He has been in jail before, and on the last occasion, six months ago, served as a trusty. T g S TR THE POLICE WANT HIM. A Petty Swindler Who Has ¥ound a Number of Victims; The police authorities are looking for a | was proved been carrying on a petty swindling game, and who has succeeded in finding many victims. His method of operation is to answer all advertisements in the da)? apers wherein situations are wanted. Tpon receipt of an answer he would go to the advertiser and represent himself as the agent of an employment agency. He would promise them a situation upon the payment of $2 or §2 50. He found many who were willing to give him the money. That would be the last they would see of him or their money. Many of his victims were poor working- girls, who could ill afford to lose what they gave him. The man is described as a young man about 25 years of age, with light hair and blue eves and about 5 feet 10 inchesin height. He claims that he s the son of a minister. . — FIRE SUFTERERS. The 01d French Hospital Rented for a Refuge for Victims of the Conflagration, Mrs. H. Neilson paid Sylvain Weill, presi- dent of the French Mutual Benevolent So- ciety, $75 yesterday for the use of the old French Hospital for one month. She pur- poses opening it as a refuge for the suffer- ers from the fire. Mrs. Neilson is a trained nurse living at 830 Geary street. She is a buxom middle- aged English woman, who has seen years of service at St. George’s and Soho-square hospitals, London. She was engaged in nursing in New York for several years be- fore coming to San Francisco, where she has lived for seven years. She has a sympathetic nature and be- leves in practieal religion. She is a mem- ber of the Institute of Applied Christianity, and is deeply interested in Henry Varley’s teachings. She has long hoped to be able to open a home for the purpose of reclaim- ing fallen women, and still has that object in view, but she considered the needs of the victims of the fire pressing, and thought prompt action necessary for their relief. Accordingly she collected the joint earn- ings of herself and husband, the janitor of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany, borrowed $10 to make up the $75, and secured the building on Bryant street for a month. To-day a placard on the gate will request donations of furniture and pro- visions. If the donations are not liberal enough to keep the institution going tickets will be issued to the various charitable organizations, which will be sold at low prices and entitle the holder to lodging and a cup of coffee. There will also be free baths. ————— THE CAZADERO SCHOOL. It Was Opened With a Large Attend- ance—Patriotic Celebration. The Cazadero Summer School opened last Saturday night with a large attendance. There are about forty tents pitched al- ready in the grove besides the guests at the Elvin Grove and Cazadero hotels. Dr. Mackenzie began his series of lec- tures Sunday. Fine stereopticon lectures are to be given on the evenings of July 6, 7 and 8. On Jaly 4 there was a unique celebration. Large campfires were lighted and the forest hung with lanterns. Rev, William Rader of Oakland delivered the evening address. The music was in charge of A. F. Stewart, leader of the First Congrega- gational orchestra, Oakland. : Many came up on the Fourth to remain over Sunday. The young people are en- joying the walks, the bathing and the fish- ing. All who think of coming should send word as soon as possible in order to secure good accommodation. Beds can be rented for the tents. Among the workers to address the stu- dents were the foilowing: Rev. Robert Muckenzie, D.D., Rev. J. Sunderland, D.D., Rev. W. W. Case, D.D., Rev. W. D. Wil- liams, D.D., Rev. 8. J. Carroll, D.D., Rev. E. 8. Chapman, D.D., Mrs. H. I Ben- son, H. J. McCoy, C. N. Crittenton, M. J. | Fergusson, M. P. Ferguson, Rev. William A. Gardner, Mrs. C.”T. Mills, Rev. F. M. Mitchell, Mme. Marie Marshall, Mrs. Car- rie Judd Montgomery, Rev. F. J. Masters, Mrs. J. 8. Norvell, Rev. William Rader, Miss Emma Reeder, Rev. E. B. Stewart, J. 8. Speare, Miss Grace Scott, Rev. Robert Whitaker, O. B. Smith, Rev. W. Frear, Rev. Eric Lewis, Jee Gam, 8. A. Shehadi, Rev. L. L. Wirt, Rev. M. C. Harris. ————— BLISTERED HER FEET. A Man Who Used Fly Plasters to Keep His Wife Home. “I put blisterson her feet, Judge, to keep her in the house, but even then she went out,” said John Woods of Eagle street in court while appearing against his wife, Catherine, whom he charged with being an habitual drunkard. After the examination Mr. Woods de- seribed how he blistered his wife's feet to a reporter. ‘I told my wife,” he said, “that she would have to stay in the house if she would not stop drinking. I was willing to care for her in the house, but I didn’t want her to be found intoxicated on the streets and cause me a good deal more tronble than if she stayed in the house. She in- sisted upon going out. I tried to have her stay in by doing everything I could think of. “Finally the idea of blistering her feet came into my head. I heard of it twenty 1y;e:u's ago as being used to keep Y‘eo le in ed when the doctor or their folks didn’t want them to walk around. I boughta couple of flyfpapera in a drugstore. When I returned from the store my wife was lying on the bed, intoxicated. I slipped off her shoes and stockings and put a plaster on_each of her feet without arous- ing her. Twenty minutes later I removed the plasters, The soles of her feet were covered with blisters. A few hours after- ward she got up and walked around as usual and then went out. It’s impossible to keep that woman in the house."”—Brook- 1yn Eagle. D Pure baking powders are one of the chief aids to the cook in preparing perfect and wholesome food. While those are to be obtained of well-established reputation, like the Royal, of whose purity there has never been a question, it is proper to avoid all others. A Useful Cigar. A good story is told of a sea captain who died not long ago,’and who was formerly in command of a ship in which passengers were carried from London to Lisbon. “On one occasion the ship caught fire, and the passengers and crew were compelled to take hnrriedl¥ to the boats. The captain remained perfectly cool tbruu%hont all the confusion and fright of the debarkation, and, at last, every one except himself was got safely into the boats. " By the time he was ready to follow the passengers were almost wild with fear and excitement. Instead of hurrying down the ladder the captain called out to the sailors to hold on a minute, and, taking a ci;;sr from his pocket, coolly lighted it with a bit of burning rope which had fallen from the rigging at his feet. Then he descended with deliberation and eave the order to push off. “How could you stop to light a cigar at such a moment?”’ he was asked afterward, when some of the passengers were talking over their escape. “Becanse,” he answered, “I saw that if T did not do something to divert the minds of thosein the boat there was likely to be a panic and, overcrowded as it was, there was danger of the boat being upset. The act took but a moment, but it attracted the attention of everybody. I was not nearly 5o unconcerned as I seemed to be, but was, in reality, 1n a fever of excitement. My little plan succeeded. Youall forgot your- selves because you were thinking of my cu- rious hehavior and we got off safely.”— Tid-Bits. It took a colored woman to brave the somewhat brusque public opinion of Tuc- son, Ariz., in being the introducer of bicycle bloomers in that town. Her white sisters had the bloomers, but not the co e, a3 their following the colored man who, during the past few weeks, has} wheelwoman's example the very next day. BLACK CROOK IN COUAT, Rival Managers Fighting Over the Right to Produce the Play. AN INJUNCTION ASKED FOR. A {Decislon Cited In Which It Was Held That It Could Not Be Copyrighted. Manager Leonard Grover, representing the “Black Crook” company, and Manager Percy Hunting, as the representative of the ““Black Crook Up to Date” company, were in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. The plaintiff claims that the ; defendant is infringing the copyright of his play and wants a perpetual injunction | served. When the case was called before Judge { McKenna the attorney for the defense re- marked that the matter was not properly before the court, as the papers in the case had been served by the City Marshal of Santa Rosa and not by United States Mar- shal Baldwin. This astonished the Judge and he asked who had authorized such a proceeding. Receiving no answer he or- dered the motion for an injunction set aside and instructed the attorney for Grover to obtain the necessary order in a legal manner. he rebuke and the fact that the case was thrown out of court made Grover’s attor- ney very angry and he stated afterward that the serving of the papers by the City Marshal of Santa Rosa was owing to an agreement entered into by both sides to save expense. When the attorneys saw that the Judge was an§ry they put their heads together and finally agreed to waive all technicalities and ~argue the case. Judge McKenna finally consented and the argument began. The attorney for Hunting held that *“The Black Crook’’ was a spectacular pro- duction, and as such was not entitled to copyright privileges. In support of his contention he cited the case of Thomas Maguire vs. Julian Martinetii, decided by TUnited States Circuit Judge Deady in 1868. The plaintiff in those days owned “The Black Crook” privileges under an agree- ment with Marras, the writer of the play. The defendant owned a play called ““The | Black Rook,”” which Maguire claimed was a copy of *‘The Black Crook.” Martinetti responded by suing Maguire for an in- fringement of his play, and so the matter stood when Judge Deady was called upon to decide the matter. His Honor held that neither party was entitled to an injunction, as both the plays were only ‘‘a grouping of women in scant attire,” and that the different spectacles were only strung together by means of brief dialogue. He also held that the copy- righting of such plays was against public policy and that he would dismiss the com- plaint and cross-complaint. The Grover people were taken aback by this decision and they asked for time until next Tuesday in which to answer it. Judge McKenna granted the time asked for, but at the same time said that there was no use in coming into court unless they were fully able to' answer the decision in the case of Maguire vs. Martinetti. Do Flies Talk? An ingenious inquirer, armed with a microphone, or a sound magnifier, has been listening patiently through long hours to the curious noises made by house flies, and reports his belief that they have a language of their own. The language does not consist of the buzzing sound we ordinarily hear, which is made by the rapid vibration of their wings in the air, but of a smaller, finer and more widely | modnulated series of sounds, audible to the | human ear only by the aid of the micro- phone. Probably this fly conversation is perfectly audible to the fly ears, which, as every schoolboy knows who has tried to move his hand slowly upon them, are very acute. The hope is expressed that, since the heretofore inaudible whispers of flies have been detected and recorded, some in- ventor may construct a microphone which will enable us to make out the language of the microbes, and so surprise them in | the horrible secret of their mode of opera- NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FPRICDLANDER.GOTTLOD & o+ LES3ES ATIDMAMAGERS -+ FIRST SATURDAY MATINEE THiS AFTEENOON : Of the Perfection of All American Piays, + STETE SEN.ATOR” bt THE FRAWLEY COMPANY SPECIAL NOTICE! SEATS ARE NOW ON SALE For the Important Engagement of MISS HELEN DAUVEAY—— ‘Who Wil JEL Al;{gegr With the Frawiey Company in 1 E OF OUR GIRLS! Reserved Seats: 15¢, 25¢, 50c and 750 .....150, 25¢ and 500 TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. EENESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages THIS EVENING— A WHIRLWIND QF MIRTH AND MELODY ! 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