The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895. 7 ALCAZAR THE B.: {am! BaY DISTRICT TRACK.—Race STA7E BOARD OF TRADE Exr1nIT.—575 Market street, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. . !-‘u’l%l.\' EXCURSION To SANTA CRUZ—Saturday, AUCTION SALES. By KILLIP & Co.—Thur July 11—Horses, at salesyard, corner Van Ness avenue and Market streets, at 11 o'clock e ——— CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. itz Schee! half dues he owes to the jans’ Un . G. W. Henning will soon deliver & series res on sociological topies. States Mint of this found correct. ce will meet at the sociation building he money in tk p Aca- Pacific Mail steams! 20 and Pansma with a large c o has gone » tender Mac r, chairman of ral Walk ty for the Pre- n explains the rict vester- e James B. Macdanough probate by Judge Troutt, act- k, vesterday. as resigned his pastorate egational Church to ac- ce, R. L. ion toward the school hers’ salaries in full. ank was yesterday held to the Superior Court by Judge e of forgery in $3000 bonds. Budd presided at the meeting of e Commissioners Yesterday and roceedings very inferesting to sev- D. Eaton of Chihuahua, Mexico, gave address on religious and political institu. s of Mexico before the Congregational Godfre; n by 2 marine firemen, who was ‘homas Tracy and P. O'Keefe ¥, isin a critical condition, erysipe- Ias having set in. The Board of General Appraisers has held nts imported from Greece, by S. 0., ,Te DOt Zante curranis and ore not dutiable, ests were held by Coroner Hawkins A verdict of “suicide” was returned em, and the other two were given cidental death.” s Fredericks was arrested yesterday on 1 street with 8 lot of carpenter’s tools had been taken from & house on Wash- ect, near Hyde. ve committee of the Republican ommittee will to-day consider srs. Foster and Castle as d discussion of Calvinism s between the conserva- 01113 Fell street swore out & ) y for the arrest of C. M. Bald- e charge of embezzling & box of car- bols valued at . of 100 acres of land has been made Francisco Orphanage, but the ladies becanse of a heavy f the new Sutro railroad i ompletion, only t i ning unfinished. Mr. Sutro thinks will be setin motion September 1. nfacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- sorate. It proposes to form over the State. A new con- by-lews will be voted on next i ury end the counting Some rather warm words suit in Judge Troutt’s court of the old s of the Travelers’ Protective Associa- 1 he holders of the new charter, ed until Friday next at 10:30 er, who formerly had a st on Grant avenue, was ar- tona dispatch from New York there to answer a charge of David Jones to recover or false imprisonment on mpt of court, has been trans- o courts of Mendocino County ity. Ciprico, Moses Greenwald, ullivan, charged with certific , was set for August w in the United States o and San-Joaquin Valley any has received bids for grad- art of the road and for lumber to They will be acted on at the who has an express wagon 1ird streets, swore out & war- rrest'of Henry Bernard of steeling his horse and wagon, ig about a lot of » down on_the steamer Queen “She’” is thought to be Smuggler W. A. McLean, and en_ investigation is to be held. 988 Howard street, fell on uspidor last night, breaking it, sharp edges cut the back of his right hand and wrist 80 badly as to sever some of the He was treated at the Receiving fon of the most mag- in th rld is to begin er Fair grand £ & seating capacity of Landstend will accommodate harged with passing connter. haives and quarters in Stockton, is ve anotner trisl. On each of the three us occasions on_which he was tried the disagreed. Howell’s trial will commence gust 6 next. Market-street Cable Company begins new electric_line running along enue to the CHT Mouse. It is company forfeited its franchise ars ago. when it feiled to begin work ac- cording to agreement. e County Centrel Committee of the Peo- arty has adopted an entirely new plan of county and assembly district organization. The new county committee is to be made up of 144 members in all, eight delegates being from each assembly district. In the Board of Supervisors yesterday eight voted 10 give a franchise to the Market-street ilway Company covering three routes to the side, refusing to open the matter to com- tition snd declining to raise the minimum ranchise above $500. E The body of Willie O'Brien, the match boy fell into the bay last week, was recovered allejo street yesterday. The father and mother of the lad visited the Morgue, and being satisfied that the drowning was acci- ntel, they waived an inquest. Habess corpus proceedings were begun yesterday by the highbinder, Charley Hung, for the possession of Ah 500, the Chinese slave girl rescued from a Church-alley den by Miss Williams of the Methodist Mission and the So- (-l*u y for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dre The lease ot the China Basin was signed yes- terday in the office of the Herbor Commis- sioners, the document being executed by Gov- ernor Budd, Mayor Sutro, Harbor Commission- ers Colnon, Cole and Chadbourne, and Secre- egan, for the State, and Robert Watt, ecting president, and Alexander Mackie, secre- tery, for the Valley road. The special venire of jurors which will try Theodore Durrant before Judge Murphy for the murder of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Wil lisms, was drawn in Department 3 of the Su- erior Court yesterday by County Clerk Curry. here are 150 names. upon the venire, many of which are very well known in the Cit: Seventy-five are made returnable on July z% end seventy-five on July 28. » Miss Gar- | 1 enable the department | SUTRO'S NEW CARHOUSE, The Immense Building Will Probably Be Completed Next Saturday. IT WILL HOLD SIXTY CARS. The Road Will Probably Be Open to the Public by Septem- ber 1. The Sutro railroad will have one of the handsomest and best equipped carhouses in San Francisco when the building now | in course of construction is finished. The structure is complete except, nailing on the shingles, and a score or more of work- men are now engaged in adding this essen- tial feature, The carhouse of the Sutro company is situated on the corner of Clement street and Thirty-second avenue, facing on the latter. It has a frontage of 100 feet 10 inches, with a depth of 202 feet 10 inches. Not considering the ventilators, which ex- tend considerably above the main body of T cepted for him and he disappeared from the city. Descriptions of him were sent all over the country, and about a year ago Captain Lees heard that he was in New York. De- tective Se{mom‘ at that time was going to New York ior another prisoner, and the necessary papers for Barnard’s extradition were prepared and taken to New York by Seymour, but “‘Dink” snceeeded in keeping out of the way. The papers were left in New York, and this morning Detective Whittaker will leave for that city to bring Barnard back. JONES' LITIGATION. Part of It Has Been Transferred to the Local Courts ¥rom Mendocino County. The litigious David Jones, famous in Mendocino County as a man who is never at aJoss for a cause upon which to bring suit, has transferred one of his actions to courts of this City. The case is one against Superior Judge R. McGarvey of Mendocino, J. A. Cooper and T. L. Carothers, prominent attorneys, and Nils Iverson and Andrew Olsen.” It was to recover $100,000 damages for false impris- onment for contempt of court. All of Jones’ lni?aticn has _grown from the loss of some land near Point Arena, which he mortgaged to Nils Iverson and which was taken from him on a foreclos- ure. He sued for its recovery; he sued his attorneys for damages because he lost his suit, and he sued every one who was in any way interesied, upon whatever ground appeared most feasible. He finally §ecame involved in contempt, and now he sues | | R0A0 COMPANY —o | { NEW CARHOUSE OF THE SUTRO RAILROAD. the building, the latter reaches a height of | 28 feet 8 inches. ept in the foundation, wood is the | | only material used in the construction of | | the building, the plans calling for Oregon pine. In front, and directly in the center, ndsome offices are built for the use of perintendent, receivers and clerks. In the rear of the oflices is a Jurge room, 20x | 20, for the exclusive use of motormen and conductors. In the center of the building a transfer-table is built, which is fitted up | with the latest appliances for the easy handling of cars. Running the entire length of the build- ing are six sets of tracks, capable of hold- ing sixty cars easily, though five or ten more can be sheltered should the occasion demand it. In the rear of the building is a large machine or work room, 30x49 i!ee!. The plans for the power-house of the | new road have been submitted to Mr. Sutro and accepted by him. Work will begin in a few days and pushed rapidly to its completion. The power-house will be built at the Sutro baths, just in the rear of | the system that now furnishes light and water for the bathhouse. | The Sutro Company has until October | 9 to put its tirst car in motion, but they | hope to have the entire system in oper- ation by the first of September. That is the way they talk now, and with only the power-house yet to_be built, there is no reason to doubt their assertion. “DINK" BARNARD CAUGHT. A Notorious Eastern Crook Who Secured His Release on Straw Bonds. Committed a Daring Burglary in Neuburger, Relss & Co.’s Warehouse. Chief Crowley received a dispatch yes- terday from New York which has given great satisfaction at police headquarters. It announced the arrest in that city of Richard Barnard, alias “Dink’’ Barnard, alias George Wilson. Barnard is an Eastern crook and was one of the smartest all-round criminals that ever visited this City. He was only here a few days when along with Thomas King and O. F. Moore he committed a most dar- ing burglary that staggered the police. One morning in the beginning of June, 1893, the wholesale dry-goods store of Neu- burger, Reiss & Co., 516 Market street, was “Dink ” Barnard. Judge McGarvey for damages for sen- tencing him to forty days’ imprisonment, and he sues the others because, he claims, they have conspired to prevent him hav- ing the judgment reversed. AGATNST WOODEN RODES, A Proposed Amendment Con- siderably Extending the Limits. The Matter Is Now in the Hands of the Board of Supervisors for Action. S The lessons to be drawn from the recent conflagration are not merely that the water mains must be enlarged, new mains laid down and more hydrants supplied, but that the time has passed jor allowing wooden roofs to be placed on buildings, at least throughout the greater portion of the City. Chief Sullivan and Fire Marshal Towe have been discussing this latter point since the big fire and yesterday the Fire Marshal drew up an addition to section 40 of order 1917 extending the limits within which in fature no wooden roofs will be allowed. The new boundary will commence at Broderick street and the bay and run south on Broderick street to Waller steeet, easterly along Waller street to Devisacero street, along Devisadero street to Ridley street, down Ridley street to Castro streef, along Castro street to Twenty-fiith street, down Twenty-fifth street to Potrero ave- nue, along Potrero avenue to Channel street, down Channel street to the bay and along the bay to the point of commence- ment. Another clause is that in future all buildings erected and used for manufac- turing and milling purposes within the sz_‘l' and County must have a fire-proof roof. The amendments will not, of course, in- terfere with the roofs of buildings now constructed, except where any roof is dam- aged to the extent of 40 per cent, when under the law the owners can be com- pelled to put on a fire-proof roof. The Fire Marshal had the amendments drawn out by 2 o'clock yesterday after- noon and handed them to Chief Sullivan, who laid them before the Board of Super- visors. “It will take years,” said the Fire Mar- shal last night, *‘before the change will be of any material benefit, but the benefit will come in time. We are only asking for this for the protection of property- owners themselves and there should be no opposition to the change. “‘Unless in incendiary cases, the firesasa rule always start on the roofs of buildings. The sparks catch on the wooden roofs and are soon fanned into a flame. Supposethe Chief was fifhlingnfire in a big wooden building like the Pleasanton Hotel, the sparks would be carried along and would start on the wooden roofs of buildings three or four blocks away, hemming him in. “The difference in cost between a wooden and fire-proof roof will not be great, and the benetit will be in time incalculable. It may come a li!.gle heavy on small property- owners, but théy should not object. I have had builders come to me and urze me to et such an amended order passed. as they finow well how much better it wouid be to have fire-proof roofs. : “I should think at a rough estimate that the new order of things would embrace El_)om two-thirds of the buildings in the ity. “In Jug'. 1891, a similar amendment was submitted to the Board of Supervisors, but they threw it out. What they will do now I don’t know, but we will have the satisfaction of knowinf that we have done everything we could for the proper pro- tection of the City from fire. ¥he present limit for wooden roofs is from Union straet out to Lyon.” entered and several thousand dollars’ worth of stock stolen. The goods were placed in an express wagon which was in readiness and the burglars drove rapidly away with the booty. It was supposed that one of them bad secreted himself in the ware- house the previous night before closing and was, therefore, able to admit his confederates. Barnard, Kin 3 and Moore were arrested on June 8 by Detectives Whittaker, Seys mour and Coffey, and were charged with the burglary, most of the stolen goods being found in their rooms. King and Moore got five vears each in San Quentin. On June 17 Barnard was held to answer on the charge of burglary, and at the same time he was sentenced to six months in the County Jail for petty larceny. He a; pealed against this sentence am{nil bon&' were fixed at $500. The appeal papers were never filed. The police were determined to punish him, and so that there might be no loophole for his escape his case was taken before the Grand J ury, and on June 29 he was indicted on the additional charge of grand larceny. arnard’s bonds on the charges of bury rg and grand larceny were fixed at 3 nd, to the surprise and chagrin of the police authorities, “straw” bon 8 were ac- - The reports of the official Goyernment investigzuons of baking powders show the Royal be stronger and purer than any other. ———. . LICENSE COLLEOTOR'S OFFICE. Three Old Employes Were Removed and Others Appointed. There were three changes made in License Collector Lees’ staff of employes yesterday, and it is probable that there may be several others in a few days. Those who were removed yesterday wer Joseph Mansfield, Christian Reis Jr. and B. %t Roundtree. In their places were appointed Frederick Conway, Ferdinand Wagner and Alfred Morgen- stern. The only known reason for the changes is that at the time Mr. s Was re-ap- pointed certain promises were made for supervisorial support. Both Wagner and Morgenstern are sons of Supervisors. License Collector will not affirm nor deny that he will make other removals among his old employes. ‘THERE 15 an article on the market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. dMoore, Huny & Co. guarantee its purity. * The | & PIONEERS AT THE POLLS, H. N. Tilden Defeats Judge McKinstry for the Presidency. REGULARS SWEEP THE FIELD. How the Veterans Rallled Around the Ballot-Box Via the Hack Route. A spirited annual election of officers of the Society of California Pioneers was in- duiged in at their quarters on Fourth street yesterday. The polls opened at 80’clock, and at that hour the gray-bearded pathfinders, who had gone to many & ballot-box armed and ready for txouble, began to file in and de- posit their tickets. In the early morning it was pretty well understood that the regular ticket placed in line by the elected nominating commit- tee of the society was confronted by what was known as “The Members’ Progressive Ticket,”” prepared under the vigilant and practiced eye of A. W. von Schmidt, who was very active all day proclaiming its merits. About noon it was discovered by the regulars that the progressive element was pulling its devotees into line with great rapidity, and forthwith the former pro- ceeded, under Chairman Peer Tiffany, to send emissaries broadcast into the City and gather up all the regulars, who were staked out us reserves in case a contest was threatened. , All afternoon the alley heside the Pio- neer building was troubled with eruptions occasioned by the arrival of the official hack of the regulars, which dashed up to the hall and deposited a voter for H. N. Tilden, who, it scems, was their choice owing to his knowledge of the affairs of the society and his complete understand- ing of the business of the Lick trust. The Progressive ticket got out blue- printed placards announcing that they were the true representatives of progress and would beautify the halls and add strength to the society the moment they were installed in office. Further than this, it was their purpose to see that more charity where deserved was indulged in. All tnese things and others were set forth, but the regulars went them one better and got out a red placard which was placed above the blue one proclaim- ing that calm, sober thought was the thing necessary to conduct a society of pioneers and do it properly. It also averred that the old warhorses who had stood the charge before were still good enough to send to the front and just the right kind of pioneers to see that the residue of the Lick trust was properly gathered in after the final settiement, which is 8o near, had occurred. Steadily the balloting went on, and when the hack appeared with some aged and failing pioneer who had been in his early days one of the pillars of the new West, those who were still hale and hearty went to his side and extended him strong arms upon which to lean and make his way to the box. There was no bantering of words, no suggestions in an undertone, no clever swapping of tickets, but he was permitted to vote like a man and do as he pleased 1n the country he helped to found. A general atmosphere of good will pre- vailed. Judge Elisha W. McKinstry sat down in the main hall and exchanged 49 yarns with the regulars, while Tiffany and Von Schmidt, the two heads of the fac- tions, joked with each other about the probable outcome. Right up in the thick 6f the fight were the junior Pioneers, who, while they are without doubt good and valuable citizens, know absolutely nothing of the sufferin, and privation encountered by the firlzzle veterans who were clustered around them. No mother’s son of them might fully un- H. N. TILDEN, FRESIDENT OF Kinstry, W. 8. C. Mahoney and others, who said many things as rare as the his- tory that surrounds the creation of the society. The total number of votes cast was 408, as against 422 last year. THE O'BRIEN DIVORCE. The Wife’s Retusal to Live in His House the Ground of a Decree. Mrs. julia Scott Spear O’Brien has secured from the hands of Judge Murphy a divorce from Michael O'Brien. Shemar- ried Michael on November 21, 1890, under a contract signed by both and worded as follows: We, Michael O'Brien and Julia 8. Spear, this day dgree to be together as companions and will until such time as Julia S. Spear’s busi- ness and property in Marysville is sold, so as to have an income io live. 1, Julia Spear, agree to ailow Mr. O'Brien to menage his property and put it in a financial condition. When done then we decide to be married by the common law of the United States, and not until ail those provisions are complied with, and if not complied with the agreement is null and void and not binding on either party or parties and hes no force and effect. MICHAEL O'BRIEN. JULIA 8. 8P2AR. On July 21, 1893, they were married again by Dr. Coyle of Oakland, but as it turns out this second marriage was unnecessary except from a sentimental point of view, for when in her first complaint Mrs. O’Brien set the date of her marriage as July 21, 1893, she was compelled to amend 50 as to make the date November 21, 1880, The couple lived together for some time at the residence of Mrs. O’Brien’s mother on Valencia street, but O'Brien became tired of restraints and fitted up a residence for himself farther down the street. When fitted up he invited his wife to come and live with him, but she refused to leave the parental roof, and out of this division grew the suit for divorce on the ground of desertion. ‘Whenever a baking powder is sold either wholesale or retail at a lower price than Royal it is made from inferior ingredients probably from alum, and is to be avoided under all circumstances. ANOTHER E@HIE LINE: The Market- Street Company Begins Work on Point Lobos Avenue. The Company Is Belleved to Have Forfelted All Rights More Than Two Years Ago. The Market-street Railroad Company created somewhat of a sensation yesterday when it placed a large force of men at work on Point Lobos avenue, preparatory to laying an electric line from First avenue to the Cliff House. The scene of yester- day’s operations was confined to the block between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, and when night came that section bore a decided resemblance to a newly plowed field. This latest move of the Market-street people was not unexpected by those who have watched the progress of the Sutro Railroad Company. There are many who affirm that this is another Church-street grab, the franchise of the company having long since expired. Be that as it may, no attempt has yet been made to check the work, though it was strongly hinted yester- day that an injunction would be sued out this morning by a resident of the Rich- mond District. In 1892 the Board of Supervisors granted the Market-street cable road a franchise extending from the junction of First and Point Lobos avenues out the last-named thoroughfare to the Cliff House. The rail- road was to spend at least $10,000 the first year and complete the entire system within three years. Until the work of yesterday not a dollar has been spent on the road, and according to Mr. Little, Mayor Sutro’s confidential agent, the franchise is forfeited. ‘It is a blow aimed at the Sutro Kailroad THE SOCIETY OF OALI¥ORNIA PIONEERS. [From a photograph.] derstand what fortitude and energy it had taken to open up a new country and make history for civilized and comfortable pos- terity. At 5 o'clock promptly the polls closed end the judges and tellers repaired to the directors’ room to count the victors and tarn down the slain. After counting for a half hour a little lunch was served and the work was re- sumed in the presence of all those who cared to attend. Following is the winning ticket: For president—H. N. Tilden, 252. Vic?ulldeuu—mleu Searls, San Francisco, 408; H. E. Highton, San Francisco, 267; C.T. Ryland, Santa Clara, 403; T. L. Barker, Oal 1and, 280; H. H. Ellls, Sunol, 391 Treasurér—John D. Tellant, 408. Marshal—John F. Pinkham, 284. Directors—Christian Reis 267, E. M. Root 282, D. D. Harris 227, C. C. Moore 257, H. B. Russ 280, John H. Jewett 269, E. T. Kruse 264, Leon 8loss 388, C. J. King 392. The following constitutionalamendment, not recelvi;;; the necessary two-thirds vote (ayes 184, noes 142), was lost: On the death of Ill{ member in good stand- ing the preeident shall draw a warrant on the general fund in favor of the secretary for the sum of $100. The secretary shall notify the wife or chil- dren of said deceased member that such war- rant has been drawn and is subject to her or th&{:fi or(kr,‘ung if L‘I:e llll‘xfio b‘: ::os called for wi in sixi &YS S| laced edit of the rellof fund of the sodletye © o° At the hour of 8 o’clock the members returned to the hall and repaired to the basement, where a sumptuous lunch was served, and ’K]eechel were made by: Presi- dent-elect Tilden, N. B. Farnsworth, Christian Reis, Niles Searls, Major E. A. Sherman, Henry K. Highton, Judge Mec- : 8 Company,’” said Mr. Little, yesterday, *‘but it will do them little good. Our road is complete, and there is a law which pro- hibits two roads from occupying the same street for a greater distance than five blocks. They cannotoverride that, though they have done some remarkable things.” The line now being constructed by the Market-street people runs out Point Lobos avenue to Forty-third avenue, where it branches off into what is known as the Cliff House road. The line will also be built te First avenue and there connect with some of the electric systems owned by the Market-street Company. It is be- lieyed that the Turk-street lie will be built to First avenue and up that street to the jurction of Point Lebos avenue and Geary street. L The Survival of the Fittest. By retaining your baggage checks until you reach San Francisco and leaving same at any of our offices you will save money in the transfer of your baggage. Trunks, 35 cents each. Morton Special Delivery, 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland Ferry Depot. * e .—— The Condition of Mr. and Mrs. Pixley. At 9 o’clock last night, Frank M. Pixley, who is dangerously ill at hi¢ residence, corner of Fillmore and Uanion streets, was in about the same condition that he was the night before at the same hour. “He is,” said an attendant, “no betier, no worse; but what the result of his illness will be, no one at this time can tell. There is some improvement as to Mrs. Pixley, and there is hope of her recovery,” ————— CATARRE cured and Do pay until cuerd, Treatment at office free. 925 Howard street. * AT THE CITY PLAYHOUSES, Enthusiastic Reception Given to Alfred Dampier’s Hamlet. p HCE 8. Nl COMEDY-DRAMA AT MOROSCO'S, A “Suggestion” Act That Proves Puzzling to Orpheum Audiences. People seem to be just arousing to the fact that Alfred Dampier isan actor such as San Francisco does not by any means see every day. The house was not so well filled as it ought to have been for his pro- duction of ‘“Hamlet” last night, but still the audiences at the Alcazar are steadily growing in size, and what the house last night lacked in numbers was made up in enthusiasm; indeed, at the close of the play scene, there was an enthusiastic cur- tain call, with cries of “Bravo, Dampier!” on all hands. Dampier's Hamlet is essentially a hu- man one. There is no mouthing or rant- ing, scarcely as much intensity in places as one is accustomed to in most Hamlets, but the actor never forgets his own advice to the players and not once does one feel that he 18 trying to split the ears of the groundlings or is playing to the gallery for mere eifect. Dampier lays most stress on the tender loving side of Hamlet's nature. He is not s6 complex nor so deep as some other great zctors one could name, but he is always human, always possible, and his emotions can be followed with the feelinsg more, perhaps, than with the intellect. In the first act he might have been accused of a lack of intensity, but this he compensated for later. In the play scene especially Dampier worked up to a splendid climax. May Nannery made a picturesque Ophelia, Scott was an eifective Horatio, and the rest of the cast was on the whole weil sustained by the Dailey company. @rand Opera-House. “A Prodigal Daughter,” which was produced last night at Morosco's, is an effective melo- drama which is tinged with s sporting ele- ment. In one act all tHe men appear in regulation hunting costuimne, scarlet coats, top- boots, etc. Rose, the daughter of SirJ. Woodmere, is ersuaded to run away from home with the onorable Julian Belford,but appears to go with her sister's lover, Captain Harry Vernon, who is traveling to London by the same train. Rose gambles in Paris, is ruined and her lover tries to desert her. The scene between Coul- ter Brinker as Belford and Miss Hall as Rose is most tragic, and is re- ally well acted. Deepwater, adpm played ontserrat, is the villaln, and makes all the mischief very effectively. Julia Blanc {m- personates the part of a Quakeress very cleverly. Edmund Hayes plays the part of Woodmere, but as usual, whether Greek, Hindoo or any other supposed character, he is always Edmund Hayes. There is a secondary part in “A Prodigal Daughter,” which ‘consists of trying to “‘doctor'” & horee on the eve of the races. The California. No one would suppose, to judge from the large audiences that nightly fill the California Theater that “The Old Homestead” is now in the third week of its run. There is no diminu- tion in the popularity of the play, and the singing is, if possible, received with more favor than ever. Oolumbia Theater. Miss Blanche Bates, who is one of the chief attractions of “The Senator” at the Columbia Theater, hasnot been appearing for the last two nights, owing to a severe cold. Her place was taken at a few hours’ notice by Miss Adele Bel- arde, who, considering the brief time allowed or preparation, has scquitted herself very satistactorily. Miss Bates will resume her part to-night. There was the usual large attendance at the Columbis last night, At the Orpheum. The Orpheum audience was puzzled last night, for the people did not know whether they were witnessing some very clever trickery or whether the act that excited their interest was & plece of suggestion a la Trilby and Svengali. The performers that proved 8o puzzling were Fraulein Ella Kennedy and Herr Hugo Lorenz. They have come direct from Germany and have not yet mastered all the intricacies of the English tongue. But the gentleman, nevertheless, succeeded in making it perfectly clear that he intended to blindfold the Jady, and that confidences whispered in his ear by members of the audi- ence would immediately be proclaimed aloud by Fraulein Kennedy.. A number of people smiled incredulously while the blindfold{ng was going on; but their scorn changed to wonder when Lorenz, from the othex end of the hall, snatched up watches, coins, commutation tickets—every- thing, in faet, that was handed to him— and the blindiolded lady called out what they were, a8 well es the numbers of the watches and the dates of the coins. There was Do ques- tion of confederates, unless the entire audience was in the plot, for every suggestion offered was complied with, even to the singing of “Faust” end “Daisy Bell.” The questions asked by every one, after seeing the act, were: “Is it highly developed mental telepathy, or is it hypnotism?” But of course that’s Kennedy and Lorenz’ secret, and they did not explain it. Amonf the other new periormers the Swiss mountaineer trio yodeled prettily, and Block- som and Burns’ burlesques were amusing: Several of the most popular among last week's attractions are still on the bill. The Tivoli, “Tar and Tarter” opened its second week at the Tivoli last night to a larger audience than on the opening night. The opera is well staged and costumed, and the parts are well suifed to the capabilities of the company. Sev- eral new songs were introduced last night. Royal Baking Powder is the purest and highest in strength of any of the bakin owders, and hence makes more, finer an tter food. SHE MALTREATED A CHILD, Grave Charge Made Against Mrs. Jane Coon of How- ard Street. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children Interested In the Case. A case of extreme cruelty and brutality to a ¢hild, which is almost incredible in its hideousness, was brought to the atten- tion of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children a few days ago. Mrs. Jane Coon lives with her husband at 927 Howard street. She has had living with her since he was four montns old a boy named James E. Johnson, who is now almost 7 years of age. The boy’s father is & seafaring man, but the society has been unable as yet to locate him. “Mrs. Coon had been seen repeatedly by her neighbors grabbing the boy by the hair of the head and kicking and’ striking him with her feet and hands, and last Thursday she was seen to belabor him on the head and body with a piece of wood. The neighbors held an indignation meet- ing and one of them, B. Wehle, 438 Te- hama street, was deputed to bring the matter to the attention of the society. General McComb and Officer Frank Hol- brook went to the house, and when they asked to see the boy Mrs. Coon said his father was there and he.would not allow any one to see his son. They expostulated with her and asked to see the father, but she refused. They observed a crack in the door, and on peering through it saw the boy, who had the appearance of being an imbecile. They commenced talking to him through the crack, but Mrs, Coon quickly putan end to it. Yesterday Mr. Wehle swore out a war- rant in Judge Campbell’s court for the ar- rest of Mrs. Coon on the charge of cruelty to & minor child, and the society will pros- ecute the case vigorously. From statements made by the neighbors the boy when 4 months old was in good physical health, but now, through con- tinued cruelty, he is practically an idiot. The couple would not allow him to eat at table with them, but tied him in a chair with heavy straps, and he sat there while they finished their meals. Then they would throw scraps of food to him,and he would catch them in his hands and de- vour them like a dog. His body is all cov= ered with marks of Mrs. Coon’s brutality. It is said that some time ago Mrs. Coon brought suit against the boy’s father for $2000 for his maintenance, but what became of the suit is not known. ————— ‘Won in Regular Order. ' The report of Nasrullah Khan's impres- sion that, as the first race he saw at Epsom was won by the Prince of Wales, while in the second the Premier was trinmphant, they arrange matters in this way on the turf in this country, seems to be borrowed from what actually tock place at the races near the monastery in the Crimea during the war there. A purse was given by the executive to be run for by horses the property of our French allies. Some fif- teen started and finished in strict accord- ance with their army rank, the race being won by the general. the colonel being sec- ond and themajor third, butthe subalterns nowhere.—London Worl . There are believed to be over 40,000,000 watches in use among our people. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Ak N‘z’:‘." QuEE TO-NIGHT AT 3. Matinees To-morrow (Wednesday) and Saturday, Last Performance Sunday Evening Next. DENMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY, THE OLD HOMESTEAD! Management of E. A. MCFARLAND, Monday Next .nu‘y 15—Hoyt's “A"’ BLACK SHEEP!" The Latest Farce Comedy Sucgess. AT THE | Dantei (thmnn sFl’A'N'nm kT‘huur BALDWIN “ompany. First week, THEATER | THE CASE GF REBELL 0U'S SUSAN, MONDAY I SEATS READY THURSDAY. NEXT | second Week—THE AMAZONS. . 0 o @Mfi&w JONT, alie, FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & Go- LE35ES A0 MAHASERS -+ THE GOOD IS GOING WORK K Y BRAV ON ANOTHER GREAT HUUSE TO SEE THE FRAWLEY COMPANY pinii CTETE STEIN ATOIR" COMMENCING MONDAY, JULY 15th, vy Mr. l-‘!,l‘wls of In the Firgt Production in San ¥ son Howard's Most Successtul C “*ONE OF OUR GIRLS!" The Record Breaker in New York Clty. Flegant and Costly Souvenirs Presented to Every Lady Attending the Opening Night's Performance, Reserved Seats: .1b¢, 25¢, 50¢ and 75a .15¢, 25¢ and 500 MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO e Lesses and Managee EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, ——SIXTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT—— Author—Actor—Manager, ‘WALTER SANFORD- In the London and New York Success, THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER ! EVENING PRIC Family Oircle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages THIS EVENING- The Glorious American Comic Opera, “TAR AND TARTAR” A SUPERB PRODUCTION IN EVERY DETAIL. NEXT OPERA Balfe's Beautiful Work, “BSATANELIIA! “ First Appearance of MARTIN PACHE, Tenor. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Special Reliof Matinee To-day, Tuesday, in Aid of the Sufferers from the Late Fire. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 36 Children, 10¢, any part of the house. Unprecedented List of New Stars! stery and Novelty Outdone! EKENNEDY and LORENZ, THE MUHLEM A NN TRIO, OM and BURNS, THE DE FORRESTS, BARTLETT and MAY, THE MILLAR BROS., “3LISS SCOTTIE,” _BERT and GOLDIE, ES MARTINETTI. ALCAZAR THEATER. W. R. DAILEY... Manager THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, JULY 9th —ALFRED DAMPIER— A8 “ETAMLIET 7 Prices—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. RUNNING %S RURNING RACES! RACES CALIFORKIA JOfiY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. aces Monday, Tuesday. “Thnrndny. Friday and Saturday—Ra or Shine. We(lneldh{- n Five or more races each day. Racesstart at 2:30 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the ga! A FAMILY EXCURSION TO THE CHARMING CITY OF SANTA CRUZ Will be given under the auspices of the Southerm Pacific Company, aad under the personal super vision of s MR. WM. H. MENTON, [Excursion Passenger Agent, 7 O T S S SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895. ROUND-TRIP TICKETS For This Occasion Will Be Sold at the Extremely Low Rate of $2.00-TH0 DOLLARS-52.00 A speclal first-class train will connect with boaf leaving San Franciaco, foot of Market sireet, an Fourteenth and Franklin streets, Oakland, at 7:45 A. M. From Park street. Alemeda, 8:20 A. M. Re- turning, arrive in San Francisco at 8:05 . M. FIVE HOURS For Sightseelng, Bathing, Visiting the “Boys' Bri gade” Camp, etc., at Sauta Cruz. TICKETS NOW ON SALE At Grand Hotel ticket office, San Francisco; Four- teenth and Franklin streets, Oakland, and at Park- street Station, Alameda. Also at the ferry ticket oilice on the morning of ihe excursion. T H. GOODMALN, Gen'l Pass. Agh RICHARD GRAY, Gen'l Traffic Mgr,