The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1895, Page 7

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1895. : 7 - JULY 8, 1895 ATIUSEMENTS, “OLUMEIA THEATER—“The Senator.” T1voLl OPERA-HOUSE—*Tar and Tartar.” CALIFORNIA THEATER—“The Old Homestead."” MoR0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—"The Prodigal Daugh- ter.” ORPHEUM—ATTay 0f Novelties. ALcAzAR—“Hamlet.” BaY DISTRICT TRACK.—Races. CITY ITEMS IN BRIEE. emains of Ben Butler, the seal, were on ion at the ocean beach yesterday. 1 items, bright and brief, can be found on this page of the CALL every morning. The weekly resume of news from all the rnal orders appears in to-day’s issue. hteen black swan from Australia haye been added to the park collection of animals. Rev. J. B. Rideout, re of Marshfield, ro., will soon publish several books in this sterday several in- ted games were In the handball courts ¥ teresting and closely market, on Twelfth itzer's b ing and destroyed all ged the bu final tie Theater-goer: ve an attractive list of plays &t the various ment to choose from Mound were visited m yarious City com- and the California matches at the wants good roads snd ) promises improvement { the railroad companies are harge in the CALL for the ac- Church of Latter-day ning at Pythian Hall. His corganized Mormon on last evening at Red spiration.” nissioners stated yesterday cyclists who ride in the have lanterns on their . built by four amateurs, he foot of Larkin street tened by Miss Annie th annual commencement 3 nia Medical College tan Temple next Wednes- ssioner Austin says the public for removing all the rubbish ter Fair site by the execu- creditors of San Fran ication to the £ ner Verein had a picnic at k yeste: rs and fr: iends of the organi- st plans of the singie-tax slaware, explaining the mo- 0 spe to the atches vesterday the at Alameda, eaten by the e near the In # header and_ sustained & com- re of the left shoulder. Fadden, who lived in_the lied at the Receiving Hos- morning from arsenic cidal intent. ent of & State plant for crush- by good roads advocates. convict labor em- e working people. of the pi who represented n New York. h has done away with is now trving & male di the innova- ovement. Pacifie spur n Gate Park h 1o authority ition of affairs. ounced last night wurch will re-open s will be held. He ached at Simpson 1 Church last night. The cornerstone of the new temple of the Congregation Ohabai Shelc Bush and Le- guns was laid ye Rabbi Jaco ficiated and deli the address of the day aidsummer cruise of the Cori Francisco yacht clubs termin s afternoon. The cruise was one of the nts of the season and was & most glorious success. The Academy of Sciences has adopted resolutions against the removal of Professor Davidson from the Coast and Geodetic Survey Office. The memorial will be sent to Cleveland and Car United States Surveyor-General Green in an xplained how the State mas Juire title to 1,000,000 acres of Federaln lands an a profit of millions of dol 8. Maguire is of the opinion that & little crushed from Folsom might be used vantageously on county roads, but is op. posed to having State lubor compete unfevor- ably with local labor. of Brenham place was tearing erday morning at Fourth when a long spike pene- t The wound was dressed at eceiving Hospital. Mrs. Anna F. 8mith gave her views of the Fourth of July celebration to the socialistic meeting at the Metropolitan Temple last night. presented a lugubrious picture of the pres- condition cf the Republic. annual shoot of Company D, Fifth at Schuetzen Park vesterday was a The members of the compeny are prepared to challenge any ten men in any company in the National Guard. H.'N. Morse and L. W. Lees, two bondsmen of Treasurer Widber, are objected to by Mayor ) because thinks their estates do not exceed in value the amounts for hold themselves linble. e from amento was taken g Hospital yesterday suffering from internal injuries caused, he said, by & blow on the abdomen from ex-Fire Commis- sioner Ahern of that city in a saloon on Sutter et and Grant avenue. de Improvement Club No, 1 will dis- bituminizing of Folsom street at its to-night, corner of Third and Howard A. B. Maguire will explain how rc South Side can be effectually organ- tricts. , was quietly circulated yesterday that ight would take place at 2 o'clock at the 1 Gate House on San Bruno road. The ce of Secretary Holbrook stopped this ogremme, though an excellent reemanship was given. ot chart for the North Pacific issued uth of Juiy shows that San Francisco is almost on a line between Brito, the western i the Nicaragua canal, and the is 394 miles nenrer to Yokohama oi Honolulu and the rout s only ¢s in excess of the shortest practi- ute from Brito to Hongkong. cientl dom d in ¢ guire gives an interesting | THE RUINS AT THE PARK, The Commissioners Must Pay for Clearing Away the Rubbish. IT WILL COST QUITE A SUM. The Executlve Committee Does Nothing—The Southern Pacific Tracks Remaln. It seems to be a settled fact that the Park Commissioners will be compelled to remove the ruins and debris of the old Midwinter Fair buildings. *Of course the executive committee of the Midwinter Fair promised to return the grounds to us in a satisfactory condi- tion,” ‘said Park Commissioner Austin. “You can see for yourself whether they have done so, and of course it now rests with us to clean up things as rapidly as possible. We have made pretty fair pro- gress already I think. Where the athletic groundsand the track were everything is now in good shape. Thereis a good deal to doyet, but we are short of fundsand can only work just so fast at this task.” The Park Commissioner spoke rather apologetically, as though there might be some blame resting on himself and his col- leagues in the eyes of the public. The members of the executive commit- tee promised upon their honor to return the grounds in a decent and sat- isfactory condition and that promise has been broken. Most of the cleaning up that has already been done has been performed by the park management. It has cost the public a pretty penny already and it will cost lots more before the task is complete. “Tt will take the best an of a year yet, 1 suppose, to clean up all the ruins and get things around again to their proper state,” said \ istin, +0f course, it isn’t right that we_should | be compelled to do this work,” said both | Com ne Austin and Rosenfeld, | ‘But we have no legal re- either leaving things as they them up at the public ex- e chosen the latter course. sive one and it makes v for work that should by the executive commit- vouldn’t have us leave the left them 2"’ ) left by the executive committee of dwinter Fair. Where the executive are several piles of plaster, odd bits of cks and rubbish of all Most of the plaster is in a ndition and when a stiff wind ws over the rubbish_heaps the pulver- ed plaster and brick dust wanders off and covers the green trees with a layer of gray stuff, covers the garments of pedestrians | who happen to be within reach and makes life very unpleasant for all. Rignt in front of the ruins of the Admin- istration building are the ruins of the big fountain. To the left is the now tumbling band stand and several old kiosks. To the also several piles | 1 old bric old canvas, bits of | debris of all kinds—and the Southern Pa- cific Railroad trac These have no right in the park now at all. There is not the semblance of author- | ity for keeping these tracks there now. { And what is worse, it is the intention of { the Park Commissioners to permit the | railroad to keep these tracks there. Mr. McLaren, the superintendent, said yester- day that a portion of his interview had not been printed in THE CALL the other day. “I did say that 1 would have the tracks taken away in ten days, but I added that T would have thern relaid in some other part of the park.” “We pay the Merchants’ Association from $900 to $1200 a month for its street sweepings,” said Mr. Austin. “They are invaluable to us, and we could not get | them here so cheanly were these spur | tracks taken away. hen there is a lot of loam we need. here is none to be had near at hand, and only by the railroad can we have it brought up from Baden.” So the tracks are to stay there for an in- definite time without the shadow of authority. If they can stay there a year without legal permission why cannot they remain there forever? In ten days the tracks will be shifted be- low the south drive. There is about three months’ work there, and after that some- body may intervene. Somebody ought to in the interest of the public. If the| sent convenience or neces- | ¥ Commussioners the South- ern Pacific ought at least to be operating under some legal and limiting authority. That would not interfere with the useful- ness of its tracks. But the public will always regard those railroad tracks in Golden Gate Park with suspicion. Even at the cost of some in- convenience they should not be permitted to remain there—certainly not without some manner of authority. OUR JACK IS HOME AGAIN. End of the Corinthian Yacht Club’s Great Midsum- mer Cruise. Royally Treated All Along the Route. A Few Incidents of the Trip. The Corinthian Yacht Club returned from its midsummer cruise yesterday afternoon, and a most pleased and happy .- | crowd were the yachtsmen. There was but one regret expressed and that was that the days had gone by all too soon. The amateur sailors left here on Wednes- i day afternoon last, and have been on the | water ever since. They expected to return yesterday afternoon in a bunch, but the wind willed otherwise, and the little craft came straggling home to Tiburon in one, two, three order. The Secret was the first to drop her anchor off the clubhouse, and quickly following in her wake came the Truant, the tlagship of the fleet, and then the Mignon. But these were the early birds who started from Vallejo while the et red in the sky. Jority of the fleet did not leave Vallejo until 10 o’clock, and before they rl(’ucneti\ lt)’mne‘a rc«.-l'ing breeze was piping through the channel, giving Sthaward work, " oL ample leope The Corinthians had a most glorious time and the boys will never tire of ex- tolling the merits of the good people of Suisun. The latter took the yachtsmen to their hearts and could not do enough for them in the way of contributing to their enjoyment. A yachtsman’s suit was the open sesame to things most sacred, and “hands off”’ signs which had withstood the storms of years were torn down when the Corinthians went ashore. A grand ball was given in honor of the fleet on the night of the Fourth of July and the entire town was given over to the yachtsmen's keeping. On the other hand open house was ob- served on board the yachts and nothing Elia, Fred Ames, and Pride of the Bxg Bixby, all of the Corinthians; Frolic, Bd Bartlett, and Queen, Charley Morrell, of the San Franciscos, and the El Sueno, Commodore Leonard, of the Encinals. On the trip up-to Suisun Morrow’s new boat, the Eolus, beat everything. She has an immense spread of canvas, and with a run before the wind no boat was in the race with her. 3 The Mignon, Clara and Fen_Foillet, of the Corinthians, went up to Vallejo on Saturday afternoon to meet the returnin, fleet, and all the yachts in the bay seeme: gathered in the straits. 'The Chispa, Com- modore Gutte, and a host of the San Fran- ciscos were there on their return from Haggin’s ranch, and_the night was merry with music, song and story. POISONED BY ARSESIO. Mrs, McFadden Succumbs to a Dose of “ Rough on Rats.” Mrs. Annie McFadden, who lived with her husband in the Broadway block, on Broadway and Kearny street, died at the Receiving Hospital at an early hour yes- terday morning from arsenical poisoning. On Thursday she wasarrested for drunk- enness and while in the City Prison she became so ill that she was sent to the hos- pital, where it was diagnosed as a case of alcoholism. She was sufficiently recovered to be discharged on Saturday morning. She went home and commenced drink- ing again. About 9 o'clock that night she was driven to the hospital in the patrol wagon. She said she had swallowed a dose of “Rough cn Rats,” but as she showed no symptoms of poisoning and every symp- tom of alcoholism Dr. May did not place much credence in her story. He, how- ever, applied the usual remedies, but the poison had already taken effect. The body ‘was removed to the Morgue. DAY OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE, Large Crowds at Golden Gate Park and the Ocean Beach. Cyclers Have Lanterns on Thelr Wheels to Ride In the Park at Night. The bright sunshine and the balmy at- mosphere induced almost everybody in the City yesterday to leave home and en- joy an ideal outing. The course of the majority was westward, some going to the park and others to the beach. The warmth of the day made it a little unpleasant for people to move about, so the great majority stayed in front of the mausic-stand. Many went to Stow Lake and enjoyed running around Strawberry Hill. Those who rode in the boats, but who did not pull the oars, seemed to enjoy themselves very much. During the week the Park Cowrmission- On Stow Lake. [Sketehed by @ “Call” artist.] ers received from Australia eighteen beau- tiful black swans which for the time have been placed in Alvord Lakelet where they will remain until they have recovered from the effects of their long journey by steamer. In a short time they wil be placed in Stow Lake. The number of bicycles by night has of late increased to such an extent in the park that the Commissioners decided that lights should be substituted for bells and issued the following ordinance: Every person riding upon a bicycle, tricycle, velocipede or other similar vehicle in Golden Gate Park, at any time between sunset and sunrise, must have attached to some con- spicuous place on the front part of the machine a well-lighted lamp or lantern. Superintendent McLaren hashad a num- ber of placards printed, calling attention to this qrdinance. and they will be posted where oyclists wheel, so they may be in- formed. The ordinance will not be en- forced for thirty days from yesterday. There is an ordinance of the Commis- sioners which declares that no one shall ride a bicycle in that portion known as “the concourse’” during the hoursthat the band is giving concerts. This is the place where the carriages stand during the per- formance by the band. Yesterday after- noon asyoung man, who gave the name of A. McGreevy, rode up to the concourse, and the officers on foot who are stationed there, attempted to stop him, but he waved bis hand and flew past them. Captain Thomson started in pursuit of the wheeler, who dismounted and awaited the arrival of the captain, who placed him under ar- rest for violation of the ordinance. Commissioner Austin received through ‘Wells, Fargo & Co., two cases containing imitations of gems of all kinds. No word or letter accompanied them, and he con- cluded that they are intended for the park museum. On the outside of each caseis printed in gilt letters: ‘‘Crystalline form and color of representative minerals, World’s National Science Establishment, Rochester, N. Y.’ At the beach the crowd wasimmense. Along the water's edge there wesa mass of people of both sexes!of all ages watching the many sails seen going and coming. Ben Butler, or rather the remains of the monster seal that died last Saturday, were on exhibition in a striped canvas tent. —————— FIRE IN A STABLE. Switzer's Horse DMarket on Twelfth Street Considerably Damaged. A fire broke out in the hay-loft of George Switzer’s horse market, on the corner of Twelfth and Harrison streets, at 9:45 c’clock last evening, and an alarm was sounded from box 79. About twenty horses were in the lower part of the stable, but they were removed before any were in- jured. The upper part of the building and the roof were badly damaged and the hay wasa total loss. The damaga¥ivas about $250. It is believed that the fire was started by some one entering the loft with a pipe or cigarette. he Fire Department was called out at 8:35 o’clock last evening in response to an’ alarm of fire from box 327, on Point Lobos avenue and Boyce street. It proved to be a false alarm. Several children saw the steam issuing from one of the ferries and Cliff House locomotives, and supposing that it was a house on fire, obtained a key and turned in an alarm: ———————— Mr. and Mrs. Pixley Better. Inquiry at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Pixley yesterday resulted in the in- was too good for the hospitable inhabitants of Suisun. 3 All the yachts were brilliant with colors and illumination, and the sky was tinged a deep carmine with the glow of fireworks, There were at anchor: The Speedwell, Ed Howard; Secret, James Tracy; Truant, | Commodore Pew; Freda, Troy Lyons; Zolus, W. Morrow; Belle, Jack’ O’Brien: formation that both husband and wife were much improved in health and considered out of immediate danger. Ocean Excursions. Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon- terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. M., due back Mon- days, 5 A. M. Ticket oftice, 4 New Momnme.q street. LEASE OF CHINA BASIN, Parties Concerned Will Meet and Sign the Docu~ ment To-Day. All RIGHTS OF THE VALLEY ROAD. Steamer Washtenaw Arrives With the First Ralls for the Roadbed. The To-day the last of the preliminaries which precede actual work uvon the road- bed of the Valley Railway will be settled in the office of the Harbor Commission. The lease of the China Basin will be brought up in its final form, and the Har- bor Commissioners, the Governor, the Mayor and the directors of the new road will ratify it with their signatures. The ratification will be an incident in the progress of the road, unassuming from its lack of direct interest, but iraportant in its results, in so far as it will within ten years make Ban Francisco the terminus of the new line. The first consignment of rails has ar- rived, for the Washtenaw steamed into the harbor from New York yesterday, bearing the iron with which the San Joaquin Val- ley will be connected with tidewater. ¥’re1iminury surveys of the road have been run over river and plain and amid the greatest_rejoicing the first shovelful of earth will soon be lifted from the roadbed in the city of Stockton. The next few days will be important ones for the Valley road and the people who so eagerly await its completion and hope for its success. The lease, which will be signed to-day, has been under consideration since last January. During the session of the Legis- lature it was drawn up and as soon as the passage of the act, which, for the purpose of the lease, made Governor Budd and Mayor Sutro members of the Harbor Com- mission, the document was taken under earnest consideration by all parties con- cerned. Its terms have been modified in man, ways since the first draft was submitted. In his anxiety to make it absolutely cer- tain that the valuable privileges which were conferred upon the new road should not pass to the control of any other corporation, Mayor Sutro substituted a clause which called for the forfeiture of the lease if the Valley road ever trans- ferred the title or relinquished wholly or in part its contract over China Basin, or its rights of way. Under this, however, it was found impossible to bond the road, for it practically forbid the mortgaging of the property, and much discussion was needed to straighten it out. It was finally compromised by an agreement by the “party of the second part’’ the Valley road, not to transfer or assign any right conferred by the lease, nor the lease itself, to any other person or corporation, and that any attempt to do so would amount to a forfeiture; that it will use the property leased solely for the terminal pur- poses, and that the lease shall terminate at once should the new road come directly or indirectly, wholly or in part, under the control of any ‘‘person, cnmwpy or cor- poration having terminal facilities in San ¥rancisco Bay.” In other words it must maintain its integrity as a competing road or forfeit all privileges conferred by the lease before they shallcome into the hands of others. Another clause in the document of con- siderable importance to this City is one which requires at least fifty miles of the road to be built and be in operation at the expiration of ten years from the signing of the lease, and that one of the termini of this fifty miles or more shall be upon the bay of San Francisco and south of an east and west line drawn through Pinole Point in Contra Costa County. This is a modification of a resolution submitted by Harbor Commissioner Cole which required that 100 miles should be built in five years, with the same require- ment as to one terminus. For the present it is probable that the northern terminus of the road will be at Stockton, and that from there to San Francisco a line of steamers and lighters will transport the freight of the road. Un- der the clause just mentioned, however, San Francisco, through Oaklandj or its a year ago last February on Molasses reef, on the coast of Florida, and since then her good star has been in the ascendant, bar- Ting a touch on the soft mud in the Straits of Magellan. In February of last year she sailed from Cuba with 4300 tons of sugar for the Bpreckels refinery in Philadelphia. It was then that hercagetain discovered that there was no affinity between mnuolasses reef and its name. The Oxford laid on the rocks for thirteen days, during which time she was pounded most unmercifully by the seas. She was abandoned but afterwards icked up and towed a wreck to Newport g‘ewx nng over two-thirds of her original cost was exgended on her in the way of re- airs by the Saginaw Steel Steamship Eompmy. which corporation had bought her. The steamer was then taken to New York and it_was stated that she was com- ing to the Pacific Coast. Her name was changed to the Washtenaw and THE CALL published the fact that she had been char- tered by the Panama Steamship Company to run between San Francisco and Panama in conjunction with the Saturn and Pro- greso in opposition to the Pacific Mail. This was strenuously denied at the time by everybody but the agents of the Pana- ma Company, and events have proved that the statement was correct, ‘When the steamer discharges her cargo for the Valley road she will go to the berth of the Panama Steamship Company at Lombard street. As soon as the charter for the rails was closed Captain Holmes, formerly of the Umatilla, was sent East to bring the steamer out. Holmes is one of the oldest masters on the coast and has the reputa-. tion of knowing every foot on the bar. That is why the Washtenaw refused a ilot and came into port a free agent, as Eefited the cargo she carried. Captain Holmes joined the steamer in New York and sailed her to Philadelphia, where he took in coal. At New York she put in 2000 tons of ON THE LINE TO JAPAN, The Route From Nlcaragua‘ Canal to the Orient by San Francisco. POSITION OF THIS HAREOR. Right In the Path of Traffilc Through the Waterway—Distances on the Chart. The Hydrographic Office has just pub- lished the pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean for the month of July and in it are some very important data for this port bearing on the Nicaragua canal. It has been urged in the East by those opposed to the projected waterway be- tween the two great oceans that steamers bound for the Orient could not make the trip with profit in consequence of being obliged to carry too much coal. To stop at San Francisco, it was said, was imprac- ticable, Honolulu being the only available point, and this was too far from Brito to enable a steamer to carry a good-sized cargo through to the Orient. It has been shown, however, that San Francisco is nearly in line with a voyage from Brito to Yokohama and nearer than by way of Honolulu by 374 miles. At the request of the Chamber of Com- MAP SHOWING STEAMER ROUTES FROM BRITO TO YOKOHAMA AND TO HONGEKONG. rails and 200 tons of fisk:ip]ates and spikes. The Washtenaw passed Delaware Break- water on April 11, and on May 26 she ar- rived off Punta Arena in the Straits of Magellan. She ran on a mud bank and stayed aground for several days. The re- port reached here that she was a total wreck, but she escaped damage. On June 7 the steamer arrived at Coronel, Chile, up to which time she had to battle with heavy sa]es and high head seas. The work of ischarging the vessel’s cargo will be com= menced to-day. A CLIPPER RACING BOAT. The New Yacht Guinevere, Built by Amateurs, Launched Yesterday. Her Owners Estimate That the Natty Craft Will Be a World Beater. For six long months four young men, unaided, have been building a yacht, and vesterday afternoon a trim little craft, every proportion of which evinced stanch- ness and speed, slid into the bay from the ways that had been built on the beach at the foot of Larkin street for its launching. Fred and John Meyer and Edward and John Convey are the first young men to construct a vessel of yacht’s class on the Pacific Coast. Fred Meyer, who is 28 years of age, and the eldest of the four, isa draftsman by occupation, and drew the plans for the racer. In January the keel was laid, and THE GUINEVERE BEFORE SHE WAS LAUNCHED. [Sketched by a *“ Call” artist.] vicinity, or by way of the peninsular, will | the steady work of the builders kept specu- be the terminal point. “The lease has been under discussion for some time,” said Mr. Cole last evening, in discussing the immediate effect of signing the paper, “and it has been in shape to sign for some weeks. It was only because we could not get all parties together that it was not done before. It will make no change in the progress of the road, but of course it will give a greater feeling of se- curity, as until the lease is signed it is not binding.” C. Colnon, chairman of the commission, is of the same opinion. The mere act of signing is in itself but an unimportant thing, for the lease has long been agreed upon, but the signatures will bind all parties concerned and China Basin will then, for fifty years, become the property of the road. Governor Budd says the lease of China Basin would have been signed before had it not been for intervening circumstances. “We passed a resolution to send the lease to the president and secretary of the Valley road for their signatures” a long time ago,” said he. ‘The board had made up its mind on the matter then. Before the lease could be signed, howeyer, I had to go away because of my ill health, and the matter has been pending since.” pamy BRINGS BANDS OF STEEL. Ralls for the Valley Road Come on the Steamer Washtenaw From New York. The American steamer Washtenaw ar- rived in port yesterday afternoon with the first consignment of rails and fishplates for the San Francisco and San Joaguin Valley Railroad. The vessel was sighted outside about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and she sailed proudly in through the heads, disregarding Rilots, as if she sought to show the independence of the people her cargo represented. it The Washtenaw has quite a history out- side of the fact that she brings the first consignment of metal to sever in Califor- nia the yoke of monopoly. She was orig- inally the British steamer Oxford. Under that name she was launched in 1887, and until put under the American flag she was continually in trouble. She came ta grief | | | | lation alive among the neighbors. As she stood on the ways yesterday ready for her christening, the shapely sides, the | sharp stem and pretty bow betokened more the product of the master ship-builder than that of inexperienced though enter- prising young men. Before 1 o’clock the beach was crowded with people anxious to see the launch of the unique craft. At half-past 4 Miss Annie Convey, attired in a neat yachting costume, toolk her station on the deck, with a bottle of champaene in her hand, to christen the yacht. Then the braces were loosened and the vessel moved gracefully into the bay. During her journey to the ocean Miss Convey broke the bottle of and congratulations of their many friends and acquaintances, who had assembled to witness the launch. The dimensions of the yacht, which will be yawl rigged, are: Thirty-five feet over all, twelve feet beam and twenty-eight feet water line. She will carry 900 square feet of canvas. Her sails will comprise a main- sail, jiband jiggersail. When racing she will carry two flying jibs. The work of stepping the mast will be commenced immediately and the owners expect to sail her on a trial trip next Sun- dn{. The first gleuaure trip in the yacht will be made to Napa. SERVICES AT ST. MARY'S. Celebration of the Feast of the Most Preclous Blood. There was a large attendance at St. Mary’s Church on California street both morning and evening yesterday. At1l A. M. the Feast of the Most Precious Blood was celebrated, Father Otes being the celebrant, and Father Clark preaching the sermon. ‘The service was most impressive. In the evening Father Wyman cele- brated vespers, and his sermon on the crucifixion was an able effort and greatly impressed his hearers. THERE 18 an article on the market seidom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity. * j merce of this City the Hydrographic Office has investigated the steamer routes from Brito to Yokohama and from Brito to Hongkong via San Francisco and Hono- lulu. The exhibits are made on the pres- ent issue and the distance shown by table. The North Pacific_pilot chart, it 1s ex- plained, is on the Mercator projection. On such charts the relative distances alonggreat circles may be deceptive to the eye. To make an accurate comparison either computation measurement, according to Mercator practice, must be used. TEe table is as follows: The unbroken great circle from Brito to Yokohama (impracticable), 7022 knots. The shortest practicable route from Brito to Yokohama, 7145 knots. Brito to San Francisco, 2700 kpots. San Francisco to Yokohama, 4536 knots, Therefore, the distance irom Brito to Yoko- hama via San Francisco is 7236 knots. Excess of route via San Francisco over short- est practicable route is 91 knots. Brito to Honolulu, 4210 knots. Honolulu to Yokobama, 3400 knots. Shortest practicable route to Yokohama via Honolulu, 7610 knots. g Therefore, excess of route via Honolulu over route via San Francisco is 374 knots. The shortest practicable route irom Brito to Hongkong is 8740 knots. Brito to San Francisco, 2700 knots. San Francis~o to Hongkong, 6060 knots. ‘Therefore, the distance from Brito to Hong- kong via San Francisco is 8760 knots. Therefore, excess of route via San Francisco over shortedt practicabie route is 20 knots, Brito to Honolulu, 4210 knots. Honolulu to Hongkong, 4917 knots. Therefore the distance from Brito to Hong- kong via Honolulu is 9127 knots. Therefore, excess of route via Honolulu over route via San Francisco is 367 knots. ““This talk shows,” said Captain W. L. Merry yesterday, “how closely the Nica- ragua canal is allied to the interests of San Francisco. With the canal completed this part becomes a natural stopping place for vessels bound from the Atlantic seaboard for the Orient. It will take a steamer bound from any port of Europe or Amer- ica in the Atlantic only seven or eight hours longer to go to Yokohama by way of San Francisco than the shortest distance from Brito out. To goto Hongkong the difference in time will be less than two hours, as the difference in distance is only twenty miles. This would come near placing San Francisco right in the line of vessels bound through the canal for the Orient, and also those bound from the Orient. To go to Yokohama by way of Honolulu 374 adaditional knots would have to be traversed and 367 knots more to Hongkong than by way of San Francisco.” The pilot chart in this issue gives the best locations for crossing the equator for the months of September, October and November. It also dwells at some length on the influence of atmospheric conditions on the sound and gives some good sugges- tions to mariners on this head, Mariners are advised to study the principles which affect .the audibility of fog signals, the noises upon the ships, the noise of the wind and the waves and the condition of the nerves. Tne advice follows: They should remember that it does notre- quire a very heavy wind to drive back the sound; that a southerly wind gcnemll{ drives back the sound more than a northerly or an easterly one; that about the time of a change in the wind the sound is not generally heard as far as usual; that when the upper and lower currents of air run in different directions, or when the upper sails fill and the lower sails flap, or conversely, the signal is not to be de- Eeuded upon; that a very heavy wind tends to reak up all sound; thatif a vessel is traveling with the wind the signal will Problbly be heard better than if it were traveling against it; that behind a hill or an island the signal may be heard better at & distance than nearer the obstacle; they should bear in mind that it is hard to locate a feeble sound, and evena strong one may appear to come from the wrong direction i. it is obstructed by objects near it, even by objects not directly in the straightline between the observer and the signal: that neighboring cliffs and sails sometimes reflect the sound; that the sound may be cut off en- tirely by pessing vessels; that to estimate the direction of the sound the head should be turned rapidly from side to side, so that the sound may reach the ears alternately. NEW OLYMPIC ATHLETES, Youngsters Without Records Contest for Medals With Poor Success. Only a handful of the untried material of the Olympic Club assembled at the club's grounds near Golden Gate Park yes- terday. Many more had promised to be present, but most of them had met with accidents or had been called away from town on business. The few who appeared did their best to win the medals offered. Contests similar to those of yesterday are to be held each Sunday, with "the idea of developing unknown ‘‘wonders.” To get the new men out gold medals are of- fered for attaining a certain easy record to those who have yet to make their maiden appearance in a public contest. nly one gold medal was won yesterday. This was earned by George James, who made 18 feet 814 inches in a running wide jump. A medal will be awarded every new man who reaches the 18 feet 6 inch line. Leonard and Gill came very near the meaal mark. Howard Smith was the only one of the six or eight trying the 16-pound shot who came anywhere near succeeding. To win the medal 32 feet 6 inches must be covered. He sent the shot 30 feet 4 inches and de- vc.‘llsres that he will get a medal next Sun- ay. The record to be reached in the rg@hing high jump was 4 feet 11inches. There were three entries. The men showed lack of training. J. F. Cunningham cleared 4 feet or 6 inches and his friends expect him to be wearing a medal for this event before the fall exhibition. Contrary to expectation there were no bicycle races. e FOR THEATER-GOERS. Attractions to Be Presented at the Playhouses To-Night. This evening the play that has drawn such large audiences to the Columbia Theater will again be presented and will continue on the boards during the week. It is “The Senator,"” and the manner of its presentation deserves the patronage it has received. “The Old Homestead,” a genuine Yan- kee play, of which theater-goers do not seem to tire, will be offered again this evening at the California Theater, being the first night of the third successive week of its presentation. The naturalness of the players is a strong feature. A comedy-drama that can hold the boards at Drury Lane for one year is one of unusual merit. Such a one, “The Prodigal Daughter,” will be offered to the patrons of the Morosco Grand Opera-house to- night. It is a representation of English life und full of interest. A good variety bill is to be offered at the Opheum for this evening. No less than seven new artists will appear, among the number Miss Kennedy, who will, when blindfolded, tell the audience the names of objects touched by another person. The Martinettis will also appear. “Tar and Tartar” has done so well at the Tivoli Opera-house that the management has concluded to_continue it for another week. The principal characters during the week won tie plaudits of the audience. This week a number of novelties will be added to the performance. This evening Alfred Dampier will appear as; Hamlet in the Shakespearean play of that name at the Alcazar. His perform- ance of the great author’s play is some- what at. variance with that heretofore offered here. Miss Nannery will take the partof Ophelia. North Beach Improvements. North Point street, between Jones and Hyde, is being graded, and the soil removed from the hill portion has been used to fill in so as to bring the eastern end up to grade. At Leaven- worth street the hill has had to be cut down over thirty feet. The filling in will be on the grade of Montgomery avenue, where that thor- oughfare will intersect Noith Point street, and at that point it touches the platform in the rear of the Dolphin boat house. In order not to be swept off its foundation, the occupants of the elub house have removed'a portion of the platform. When the filling is completed, it is the intention of filling in along the line of the avenue and bringing it up to grade, from Francisco street to Beach, the terminus. In wealth, Pennsylvania ranks next to New York, having an assessed valuation of $1,683,459,016, owing largely to the enor- mous manufactures carried on within the limits of this commonwealth NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Lmlio G PRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & (o- LESSES ANDMATAGLRS -+ WE oF ARE PACKED SURE HOUSES As There is a_Great Demand for Seats for the Second Week, Which Commences To-night oF- Y4TEE SENATOR” Played to Perfection by THE FRAWLEY COMPANY DO NOT DELAY. Secure Seats at Once for the Engagement of MISS HELEN DAUVRAY. Who Will Appear With the Frawley Company in “‘ONE OF OUR GIRLS ! Reserved Seats -1be, 2 0c and 750 be, 25¢ and 50¢ Souvenir Night, Monday, July 15. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessee and Managse EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, ——SIXTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT—— Author—Actor—Manager, ‘WALTER SANFORD——m— In the London and New York Success, THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER ! EvENING PRICES—250 and_50c. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TO-NIGHT BEGI E LAST WEEK DENMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY, THE OLD HOMESTEAD! New Songs by the Double Male Quartet, Remember—DMatinees Wednesday and Saturday. Monday Next, July 15—Hoyt’s “AyBLA('K sfl l’t"y The Latest Farce Come: TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KBELING Proprietor & Managae THIS EVENING- The Glorious American Comic Opera, “TARAND TARTAR” A SUPERB PRODUCTION IN EVERY DETAIL. Success. ————NEXT OPERA——— Balfe's Beautiful Work, “SATANELIIA! First Appearance of MARTIN PACHE, Tenor. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ALCAZAR THEATER. W. R. DAILEY.... Manager COMMENCING MONDAY, JULY 8th, THE GREAT YOU The World's Beau Ideal. EXAMIET SEEN With & Special Cast. No Change in Prices—15¢, 25c, 35¢ and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Commencing To-night, Monday, July 8, Unprecedented List of New Stars! vstery and Novelty Outdone! KENNEDY and LOREN THE MUHLE BLO HE DE FORRESTS, BARTLETT and MAY, R B , ThE M!LL'(“MI SCOTTIE,”” GILBERT and GOLDIE, LES FRERES MARTINETTI. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, b50c. £3~ Special Relief Matinee Tuesday, July 9, Ih Ald 0f Needy Sufferers by the Late Fire. RUNNING m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEX CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. . Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. 3. sharp, McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate.