The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 7

. THE SAN FRANCISCO €ALL, FRIDAY, JULY ' 26, 1895. 7 JULY 26, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—“The Amazons.” COLUMBIA THEATER—“The Jilt.” CALIFORNIA THEATER—“A Black Sheep.” g }ioposco’s OPERA-moUsE—*Captain Herne, T. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE—*Satanella.” ORPEEUM—H{gh-Class Vaudeville. ALCAZAR THEATER.—“Sweethearts.” BAY DisTRICT TRACK.—Races. PROF. O. R. GLEAsoN—The Champion Horse Tamer, at Central Park, Sunday, July 28 o ARITSS RAcES (Sacramento)—July 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXWIBIT.—575 Market street, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. rilling exhibi- EXCURSION TO the S CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Condensed City news on seventh page of the LL The Occidental and Iroquois clubs are organ- izing local Democrats. The Christi convene at Gar Local items, bright and brief, can be found on this page L every morning. Th © 8] lub is working in the in- hanics’ titute Fair. company of this City will rs for & franchise. jans at the Mechanies’ Fair are to 1 for the use of fantastic uniforms. gerald replies to the Company’s complaint. itural Commission’s head- emoved to the Mills build- s at the Bay District vesterday au, Encino, Crawford, Grady and 1oty has been organized on practi- the prevention of dipsomania and am J. Younger has sued Jeremish , alleged to be due for profes- rvie hobo element are frequenting the neigh- of the free employment buresu on of bemng the oldest living Oad med for “Uncle” George Lord of ther forecast for to-day in San Fran- “fair weather, stationary temperature end westerly winds.” The coopers’ union, 325 members strong, in- stalled its officers with a high jinks last night &t 1159 Mission street. fred Isson comp! tion was alienated wants $30,000 damages. An anti-cooly resolution will be introduced at the nextmeeting of the executive committee of the Half-million Club. e-tables of the railroad companies are ed free of charge in the CALL for the ac- dation of readers. The fire in the Paci caused a loss of $167, insurance on the prog Ho Tung, a Chin, ed that his wife’s affec- eorge Stierlen and he mber-mill at Scotia There was $70,000 itish subject from Hongkong, arrived y ay by the City of Peking on a tour of the world. ] Coffey has suspended Adolph Prinz, executor of Charles Moegling’s 12,000 estate, to have the accounts examined. The Grand Lodge, Sons of St. George, closed i i erday, and the members, with enjoyed a dance at night. Chief Sullivan submitted his annual report ; re Commissioners yesterday, which everal important recommendations. passenger steamer Monticello, from Se- was towed in vesterday, having been ed up off Point Arena in a disabled con- ition. San Francisco has a fair chance to secure the National Republican Convention. If Chicago to get it her strength will be thrown to rancis nce is suing the Southern Pacific Compeny for $30,000 demages. One of his legs wascut off in an accident and the other was badly broken. Special Officer G. C. Johnstone shot Sam Carter, 2 horse-trainer, in the saloon, 723 Fifth avenue, last night, inflicting a flesh wound in the neck. The residents of Belvedere are making great preparations for their coming Venetian carni- val, at which several thousands of visitors are expecied to be present. Traffic Manager Gray of the Southern Pacific Company has not relinquished his desk as as- serted, but is away at the springs for his health on & year's leave of absence. General Schofleld has reported favorably on the stationing of an artillery force at Sitka, Alaska, and it is probable the next Congress wili take action in the premises. A banquet will be given the victorious Cali- fornia marksmen who arrived from the New York schuetzen fest at President Henry Dos- s Seal Rock House on August 7. electric ore emelter was instru- ly in showing the presence of large antimony in ore which had pre- en worked for copper alone. us performer, arrived on m Arizona yesterday so Jleurisy that she had to be taken to Hospital in the ambulance. United States District Judge Morrow yester- d to arguments in the case of the f the bark Arago, charged with He took the matter under advise- James Howes, who jumped through a win- dow at 818 Third street on Wednesdgy morn- ing while suffering from delirium tremens and gashed his leg, died at the Keceiving Hospital Tast m Brown, & well-known thief, was ve held to answer before the Superior CTourt by Judge Campbell in $3000 bonds for snatching a purse from Mrs. Lizzie von Tiede- men on Market street. Coliector Wise and his men on Wednesday evening had & round-up of the Midwinter Fair Chinese actors, who are under bonds pending & decision as to whether they can fill an en- gagement st the Atlanta Fair. The residence of Mrs. M. H. Marks, 632}¢ Olive avenue, was entered by thieves Wednés- dey afternoon, during her temporary absence, and several forks and spoons, a napkin-ring and a purse containing were stolen. Henry J. Crocker said yesterday that all the stock of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club has been taken and that the ciub had about $80,000 on deposit to cover the cost of putting up the stablesand grand stand for the Ingleside Track. J. P. Thomas of the San Francisco Produce Exchange addressed an open letter to the new board of directors yesterday in which he called on them to establish some rules that will place the Exchange under reliable and strong busi- ness methods. The Maria Kip Orphanage has received a be- guest of $1000 by the will oi the late Mrs. Emily V. Johnson of San Rafael. The gift is most_ deeply appreciated, and certainly the donor’s desire to assist the deserving poor will be accomplished. Henry J. Crocker, who is secretary of the Latayeite Park Improvement Club, is in hopes that something will at last be done by the City toward making s park of the hills at Clay and Laguna streets. Title to three-fourths of the park has been cleared. J. J. Comerford, saloon-keeper at Dolores and Duncan streets, and his bartender, William Wellman, were booked at the City Prison yes- terday on the charge of assault to murder Deaniel Johnson, who is_in a very critical con- dition at the Receiving Hospital. Richmond property-owners protest sgainst the operation of the blue-rock ordinsnce. Thomas G. Parker says it will cost $200 a block 1o macadamize streets there. Both improve- ment_associations agree in vigorously com- plaining to the Board of Supervisors. A Coroner’s jury yesterday in the case of Clarence H. Barr, who was fatally cut in the Baldwin Hotel barroom, returned a verdict ac- cusing C. B. Henderson of the crime. Similar verdicts charging murder were returned in the cases of Mrs. Louise Hauser and Mock Tie. Lee Him, a highbinaer, wag yesterday hela to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Conlan on two chn;;el of mbberyinm and $3000 bonds. He made it & practice to steal gold earrings from the ears of the wives g! ?hmese ‘merchants and gold pins from their air. Judge Murphy denied Durrant’s motion for a change of venue yesterday. The excuses of jurors were heard and passed upon, and the defense presented a challenge to the entire panel on the ground that the provisions of the code had not been observed in itsselection. Court adjourned until this morning to inguire {nm the matter before disposing of the chal- enge. The Passenger Steamer Monti- cello, Disabled at Sea, Is Towed In. A NEW OIL - TANK STEAMER. A British Iron Mast on the A. G. Ropes Palnted Like Its Ameri- can Cousins. The passenger steamer Monticello from Seattle was towed into port yesterday afternoon by the steamer Bonita. Her starboard boiler gave out Tuesday after- one on the port side, completely disabled the vessel, leaving her drifting around on the ocean. She was spoken Wednesday afternoon by the schooner Minor off Point Arena. Several tugs started out and met the Monticello. coming in, having been picked up by the Bonita. Aboard of the steamer was one of the Hatch brothers, the owners, who will fit ternoon, which, being connected with the | to a plan of joint operation. A plan will be considered and adopted at the next meeting on Wednesday. A resolution was adopted indorsing the coming Mechanics’ Ins’t)itute Fair, and a request will be sent to each member of the club to be present at the openin,gI of the fair, and that the members wear their club badges. A committee will be formed to induce all members of the club who are engaged in business to make exhibits at the fair. POTRERO IMPROVEMENTS, A Better Water Supply and More Electric Lights Demanded. The Southern Heights Improvement Club is determined that the Potrero shall soon rank equal to any residence part of the city. Ata meeting held last evening on Twentieth and Arkansas streets, Presi- dent Pengelly stated that there were several parts of the heights practically without drinking water, or would be but for A. | Raymond’s private reservoir. This is | caused by the scarcity of public water | mains and the low pressure in those that are laid. : A committee consisting of E. W. Hawes, Thomas Strahan and James Glackin was appointed to visit the Spring Valley Water Company and endeavor to get the latter to connect the mains with a higher reservoir s0 as to get a better pressure of water. After considerable discussion a commit- tee consisting of C. M. Hawes, A. Raymond and J. T. Hamilton was appointed to rep- resent the club before the Supervisors for the purpose of securing electric lights on Connecticut and Santa Clara, Mississipp THE SHIP A. G. [Sketched by a ROPES WEATHERING A GALE UNDER REEFED TOPSAILS. “ Call” artist.] her up to run between Vallejo and San Francisco. She is a commodious vessel and will carry a large number of passen- gers, for which she is to compete with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The fine American clipper ship A. G. Ropes, Captain Rivers, arrived Wednes- day evening, 116 days from New York, and is at Union-street wharf. She was built in 1884 at Bath, Me., and is 258 feet long, 44.7 feet beam and 20 feet in depth, and is 2460.72 tons gross. The Ropes is the prettiest deep-water ship in port, with a clean run of hull and lofty tapering spars. Her yards are long, even to the skysail yard. showing that she carries an immense s pread of canvas. She has a steel foremast—a lonely ‘‘stick” among its wooden companions. During a trip to Liverpool the original mast was in- jured in a gale and the new one of metal putin. The painting of that British mast to resemble the main and mizzen, its two American cousins, is a triumph of art, The others are built masts, timbered and held together hy iron bands about six feet apart. Three colors are used on them and the steel one is painted in exact imitation of the two others. The Nautical Magazine says of the White Star line steamer Oceanic, which has been running for fifteen years across the Pacific under the charter of the O.and O. Steam- | ship Company, that for all that time she | bas never damaged a ton of coal, losta | boat or injured herself in any manner. She is now at the yard of her builders, Hartland & Wolf, Belfast, receiving new boilers and a general overhauling. 1t is reported that Chief Engineer E. T. Peak of the steam whaler Jessie died aboard of that vessel in the Arctic Decem- ber 18. The Oceanic steamship Alameda sailed yeeterdaF for Australia, via #fpnolulu, with a large cargo and forty cabin pas- sengers. ' The Pacific Mail steamship City of Peking' arrived yesterday morning from the Orient. Among her cabin passengers were Hon. A Mercer, Congressman from Minnesota, and family, who have been traveling in China and Japan: also Mrs. C. L. Carter from Honolulu, wife of Attorney Carter, the sole white victim of the revolution in the Hawaiian islands. C. A, Spreckels was also a passenger from Honolulu. Ho Tung, wife and cousin are listed from Hongkong. He is a rich Chinese merchant, a British subject, and is making a tour of the world. The strike which occurred among the grain-handlers on the seawall Wednesday ended yesterday by the men being ac- cordea the ten hours’ daily work asked for, with the concession that 30 cents an hour would be the highest price paid in any case. A new tank steamer to carry oil between Peruvian ports and Portland, named the Chesapeake, has been launched. She was built by the Anglo-American Oil Com- any (limited) of London and is the argest oil steamer afloat. Her dead- weight carrying capacity to Lloyds’ free- board is tons. Her length is 385 feet, 47 feet beam and 29 feet 3 inches depth. George Uhlers, president of the National Association of Marine Engineers, arrived esterday from Portland on the steamer Walla Walla. He is making the usual inspection of the various lodges and will meet the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers and the Association of Masters and Pilots in their rooms next S8aturday evening. HALF-MILLION CLUB. Its Hearty Indorsement of the Me- chanics’ Institute Fair. The executive committee of the Half- million Club met yesterday, and the secre- tary was instructed to prepare a complete report of all work done by the club since its organization, including a statement of | its finances. President Crocker appointed a commit- tee consisting of himself, W. M. Bunker, D. Rich and A. Bouyier to confer with committees from the Merchants’ Associa- tion, Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso~ ciation and State Board of Trade, relative . and Butte, Carolina and Sierra, Connecti- cut 500 feet south of Napa, Mississippi and | Napa and Connecticut and Solano streets. There are no lights in the neighborhood of any of these places, and with the ubpaved streets and no sidewalks traveling after dark is dangerous and difficult. The mat- | ters of securing better streets and side- walks will be discussed at the next meeting. ALLRICHMOND PROTESTS, Property - Owners Indignant Over the Blue Rock Ordinance. Both Improvement Assoclations Anxious to Warm the Super-~ visors’ Ears. All Richmond is up in protest against the action of the Board of Supervisorsin requiring that streets be macadamized only with the blue rock which Gray Brothers are taking out of Telegraph Hill. Both the rival improvement associations agree that the ears of the Supervisors should be well | warmed with the complaints of the prop- | erty-owners there. Thomas G. Parker, vpresident of the Point Lobos Improvement Club, said yesterday afternoon: “This blue-rock ordinance is a ‘cinch’ on the property-owners, and it looks to me very much as if there was a ‘divvy’ of some kind in the;rapouition. It will cost at least $4 a load to bring that rock oat here from Telegraph Hill, whereas the red rock we have been using only cost us 75 cents a load. I defy the Bupervisors to have a test made of both kiud‘:e of rock to see which is the better. “The driveways in Golden Gate Park have been all macadamized with the red rock, and where can you find better demonstrations of good macadamizing than they are? The ordinance is alto- gether in favor of Gray Brothers and against the interests of the Richmond property-owners, apd it has been the cause of a great deal of street work being stopped, because it will cost us $200 a block, and a teamster cannot bring out ! more than two loads of it in a day. ‘“The Supervisors sxf the red rock does not last. Neither will the blue rock un- less it is kept watered. The red rock will last just as long if it is kept sprinkled.” y This club will meet in Farrell's Hall on Point Lobos and Ninth avenues, on the night of August 7, and some vizorous ac- tion is anticipated. The Richmond Im- rovement Association, of which Charles . Hubbs is president, held a meeting ‘Wednesday night and the blue rock ordi- nance was hotly Genounced. A committee was chosen to formulate a protest and there is some talk of Mfavinga mass-meet- ing on the question. ’fhe uarry from which the red rock has been taken for the Golden Gate Park roads and the streets in Richmond, is located just to the south of Point Lobos avenue, and extends from Twenty-ninth to Thirty- third avenues. Part of it is City property. ———————— Injured by an Electric Car. Robert Willis, an aged gentleman living at 1112 Powell street, was injured last Monday by being knocked down by an electric car. He was crossing Powell snd Francisco streets when the car threw him to the ground, Willis . rolled from uud:;‘ the guard in time to save himself from fatal injury. As it was, his hands, head and limbs were badly lacersted and rul Mr. Lubin’s Plans Approved. David Lubin of Sacramento has telegraphed to Hugh Craig that in Bath, Maine, July 24, ‘there was an_enthusiastic meeting in favor of United States bounty on export agricultural staples and United Btates bounty to American shipping. hi!‘umm_ moyul,wmndu , packed 11;1: shipped at low rates by Morton Sm.hl livery, 31 Geary street and 408 Ta; streets THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Chief Sullivan Submits His Report for the Past Fiscal Year. 3 AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT. Important Recommendations Made for Proper Equipment and Efficlency. The Board of Fire Commissioners met yesterday, when Chief Engineer Sullivan submitted his annual report. Among the many things referred to were the losses by fire for the past fiscal year, which amount in the aggregate to $849,970 27; amount of insurance on the property destroyed, $3,- 572,046 99; amount of insurance paid, $415,135 67. The appropriation for last year was $516,000, of which $514,814 65 was expend- ed, leaving a balance of $1185 35. The total valuation of property belong- ing to the department was as follows: Real estate and improvements, $559,000; apparatus, $225,000; horses and harness, $46,000; furniture and supplies, $10,500; hose and couplings, $54,000; machinery and tools, $18,400; hydrants in use (2367), $103,171. Grand total, $1,186,071. The following recommendations were made by the Chief: 1 renew my recommendation that the de- partment be reorganized into a fully paid sys- tem with the entire force continually on duty. The force should also be increased to at least thirty-five steam fire engines, nine truck com- panies, seven chemical ens(ne companies, twWo water-tower companies and one fire-boat com- pany. A light draught, high power fireboat of good speed and large pumping capacity should be provided for the protection of the harbor front and ship ims. ‘Proper laws should be enacted to compel all electrie, telegraph and telephone wires to be placed under ground, which would preveut the danger of fire from wires strung on poles and over the roofs of houses. The office of In- spector of Wires should be created, and a com- petent person appointed to examine and compel the proper insulation of electric wires in buildings; if this be done it would remove one of our greatest aangers of fire. Certainly nothing more could be done that would be more welcome to this department. The latest Improved keyless doors should be laced on the fire alarm boxes in the mercantile Sumc: as a means of saving much valuable time in turning in alarms of fire. The water supply throughout the 017 should be increased by removing all three, four and six inch water maing, and replacing them with eight, twelve, sixteen and twenty-four inch maing in all portions of the City not already supplied with mains of large and sufieient capacity. he cisterns should be repaired, and one hundred more undersmund Teservoirs, with capacities of 100, gallons each, should be built on the cornersof streets in the hotel and mercantile districts, and should be fed by six or eight inch pipes with gate valves at- tached directly from the street mains. By this means many more engines could be stationed closer to fires, and their streams united into one large one would enable the department to fight fires more effectively. The fire of June 27 last has convinced me more than ever of the Tnecessity of these underground reservoirs for the protection of the City against fire. I further recommend the passage of & new building ordinance, as the one now in force is wholly inadequate, with & provision therein compelling the construction of fireproof roofs in certain limits of the City, to avert the dap- ger from fire now irequent)y caused by sparks from chimneys and large fires. The board received a recommendation from Mayor Sutro asking that an engine company, or failing in that, a chemical en- flnb company, be stationed at Sutro eights for the protection from fire of property in that locality, The communi- cation was placed on file. The resignation of Thomas Shields, hose- man of engine 3, was accepted and Wil- liam Bailey was appointed to fill the va- cancy. C. H. Watson was appointed jani- tor and messenger for the department, vice Black. Chief Sullivan asked and was granted two weeks’ leave of absence. BUILDER TERRILL'S WILL. A 875,000 Estate Left to the Family, ‘With Some Unusual Pro- ' vigions. Charles C. Terrill, the late president of the Builders’ Exchange, left an estate of $75,000. By his will, filed for probate yes- terday, one-half of this is declared to be community property, and the other half is bequeathed to Mrs. Terrillin trust for the children, five sons. After these provis- ions, the will continues: 1 hereb{. leave the two youngest children, to wit, Arthur Hamilton "Terrill and Chester Charles Terrill, entirely in the care and under the control of their mother, Annie Hamilton Terrill, knowing full well that she will do the best she can for their care, comfort and proper education. My eldest son, George Clark Terrill, is over 21 years old, and the other two next oldest, to wit, Harry Francis Terrill and William Albert Terrill, being, in my judgment, old enough to take proper care of ‘thémselves, I desire that they be accorded the privilege of so doing. Mrs. Terrill is appointed executrix with- out bonds, and the testator expresses a wish that the estate be kept together until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years., 2 The will is entirely in the handwriting of Mr. Terrill and is dated February 27, 1893, and there is a codicil as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 1893. I desire at this time to state that this, my last will, is made by me without any influence or dictation by any person whatever, no per- son having seen it, nor aoes any one know its contents except myself, and 1 hope and expect the provisions to be faithfully carried out. Should Idie in or near San Francisco, I de- sire my body tobe placed in a cheap coffin, without show or ostentation, and then cre- mated. CHARLES C. TERRILL. Edgar F. Preston and George T. Shaw were nominated to act as executors in the event of Mrs. Terrill's death. The chil- dren are from 8 to 24 years old. ———————— NO CAUSE FOR: ALARM. Prison Director Fitzgerald’s Reply to a Manufacturer’s Complaint. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation recently received from the Cali- fornia Cotton Mills Company a long protest against the State Prison Directors entering into the manufacture of miscellaneous goods by convict labor, claiming that to do so will injure the industries followed by free workingmen. Prison Director R. M. Fitzgerald yesterday said: No definite action has been taken with refer- ence to broadening the sco&e of prison labor, and the protestof the California Cotton Mills Company is somewhat premature. The matter Was rought up in this wl%’flwe found that in all probability we will not be able to dispose of the bags we have on hand this year, and the propriety of manufacturing something else was informally discussed. It was suggested that jute twine, bean bags and ore bags be made at the prison, s being less liable to come into competition with outside industries. No action has been taken, nor will there be with- out a full and careful consideration of the in- terest of parties interested. There is no dispostion on thé' part of the Prison Directors to compete with outside industries. However, there is & strong desire to make the prison self-sustaining, -rfi“u light a burden to the e —————— taxpayers as PROBING FOR A BULLET. Daniel Johnson, the Butcher, in a Crit- ieal Condition, . J. J. Comerford, proprietor of the saloon corner of Dolores and Duncan streets, and William Wellman, his. bartender,- were charged at the City Prison yesterday with assault to murder. _Daniel Johnson, the butcher who was shot by one of them, is in'a eritical condi- tion at the Receiving H I morn Drs. search for the bullet, but could not locate it. They were satisfied that it passed into the body, but they found it impossible to discover whether it lodged in the abdom- ina lor thoracic cayity. In either case the chnfi:e of Johnson’s recovery is considered small. STOLE HER LOVE AWAY, George Stierlen the Defendant in a Damage Suit Begun by Mrs. Isson’s Husband. Alfred Isson wants $30,000 from George Stierlen for alienating Mrs. Isson’s affec- tions. The complaint filed yesterday re- cites: “That Clara E. M. Isson, during all the time and the times herein mentioned, pre- vious to, on [or about the 27th day of May, 1895, was the wife of said plaintiff. “That within one year, nine months and twenty-two days next prior to the 20th day of May, 1895, and while the said Clara E. M. Isson was the wife of the plain- tiff, in_the City and County of San n- cisco, Btate of California, and elsewhere in the State of California, on numerous occa- sions the said defendant, George Stierlen, wrongfully contriving and intending to in- jure the said plaintiff, Alfred Isson, and to deprive him (the plaintiff) of the comfort, affection, society, aid, assistance, congenial fellowship and fidelity of his said wife, Clara E. M. Isson, willfully, wickedly and maliciously debauched thesaid Clara . M. Isson, the wife of the plaintiff, without the privity, knowledge or consent of plaintiff, the said Alfred E. Isson.” THEY SHIP IN BOND NOW. Local Liquor-Dealers Take Advantage of the Revenue Laws. Much Money Is Saved on Govern- ment Allowances and Frelght Rates. A gradual change in the liquor business of this coast has been taking place during the last four months, and where thousands of dollars were sent away to pay the revenue tax in Eastern warehouses every month, there is now hardly any cash at all transmitted for that purpose. Liquor is all shipped West in bond, and the revenue tax is paid here. There are two reasons for this. One is to take advantage of the difference in freight rates between carload lots and packages, and the other, to secure the benefit of the Government allowance for leakage. Formerly when a Western importer got liquor from the East he ordered what he wanted at the time and after sending the tax money East the packages would be re- leased from bond and be shipped west. If the order amounted to less than a carload the rate was 274 cents a gallon. If incar- load lots it was 8 cents a gallon. To take advantage of this difference in rates the dealers now order a year’s stock at a time and this is shipped west in bord and in carload lots at a saving of nearly 20 cents a gallon on freight alone. On drriving here the liquor is placed in local bonded warehouses to await the pleasure of the dealer, who pays the tax on such amounts as he wants from time to time. Another feature of benefit in this plan is the fact that it allows the dealer to take advantage of the full Governnrent allow- ance for waste, Under the former system, even in large lots, the amount of the reve- nue tax was sent east for large and small amounts. This consumed about a week in goinx east, some days to pay the tax and release the spirits and two weeks for the freight to return, in all nearly three weeks, The Government allowance for waste or shrinkage is one gallon for the first month for every package of iorti-eight gallons. For two months in bond this allowance is increased to one and a half gallons, and for three months to two gallons. Under the present system the liquor is withdrawn from bond when needed, and in paimg the tax all allowance is made for shrinkage from the time the packages were placed in bond. This is a saving of from §1 10, the first month, to 55 cents each subsequent month. A YOUNG COMPOSER. She Will Give an Evening of Her Own Music at Oakland—To ;Write an Opera. “An evening of my own music’’ is Miss Nell M, Connor’s description of the recital to be given at the Centennial Presbyterian Church at Oakland on Tuesday evening. This girl of 20 is endowed with rare mu- sical gifts. She has always manifested marked ability as a pianist, and has the gift of absolute pitch, which enables her to Miss Nell M. Connor. name the chords struck upon the keyboard of a piano with the same facility and infinitely more grace than does the colored prodigy Blind Tom. During the past year Miss Connor, whose home is in Fruitvale, has turned her atten- tion to compositions and has produced some attractive vocal and instrumental music, Among them are “My Sweet- heart,” “Smiling Eyes,” ‘“Love’s Messen- ger,” ““That Little Widow,” and, perhaps g;e most meritorious of all, “The River ng. Mfu Connor is planning to write an opera, and those who know of her persist- ence predict that she will achieve success in her undertaking. —— Meyer Strauss at Ashland. Myer Strauss has returned from Ashland, Or., where he directed the studies of the Art Asso- ciaticn of the Chautauqua Assembly at that place. He delivered a lecture on ‘““Art and Fads” during the session, in which he charac- terized the impressionist school as the greatest of the fads of artists. ber of cketches of the plomxugna regions in the vicinity of Oregon, which he promounces an almost inexhaustible field. —————— Organization Postponed. The differences betwéen the directors of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, arising from a disagreement between Poundmaster Osborn and Deputy Fleming, and the consequent ‘‘taking sides’” have not ye bunml.:gud s was cfimmwm Jof S 0 MR Orihe S e new A was postponed till Thursday J noon. Mr. Straussmade a num- NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY R. A. Friedrich Returns From an Inspection of East- ern Lines. SIX THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS. The Supervisors WIill Soon Be Asked to Grant a Franchise for San Francisco. The charter of the People’s Mutual Tele- phone Company of California contemplates the building of long distance lines through- out the State and the establishment of a complete system of communication by telephone in the City of S8an Francisco. General Robert A. Friedrich, who went East last month iu the interest of the new company, has just returned. During his absence he made a study of the Dr, Harri- son and Dr. De Younger systems in Chicago and inspected the Murphy system now in operation at Indianapolis. The workings of each system will be thoroughly tested by sample instruments and lines before any one is accepted.by the company in this City. . General Friedrich observes that all the large cities of the country have come definitely ‘to the conclusion that a mo- nopoly of the telephone service should not exist, Many lines independent of the old company are in successful operation, and the competition preseated affords excellent service at reduced cost. Patents beyond the control of the Bell company are avail- able for use on moderate terms. This competing company in San Fran- ciseo, of which James L. Crittenden is president, has established offices on the sixth floor of the Bgreckeh building on Market street. Bighteen solicitors, ap- poiuted to secure contracts, are making good progress in their work. Signatures 10 2500 agreements have been secured and the prospect of getting 6000 is encouraging. The plan of subscription adopted in San Francisco is to credit each subscriber with the amount that he pays monthly as an investment of the sum so paid 1n the capi- tal stock of the company. ~For example, if a man pays $100 a year for telephone sery- ice he gets a share of the company’s stock of the par value of $100. Many of the con- tracts /lready signed embrace a period of five years. Some prefer yearly contracts, but three-year agreements seem to be more popular. The company expects to begin its ser- vice within ten months, but the charter does not oblige operations to commence before January 1, 1897. At the proper time, the Board of Supervisors will be requested to grant a franchise to the People’s Mutual Telephone Company. In connection with this proposed application, General Friedrich said yesterday: *I do not anticipate any objection to the grant of afranchise to our company. The en- terprise projected is in the interest of the people. ~ Telephone service nowadays is almost as necessary to a community as a supf)lg of water or light, and, besides, we shall have 6000 people of the City asking the Supervisors to grant a franchise. “In time we shall solicit contracts from eople who are not using the telephone. {’Ve expect to make the rate so low and the service so complete that many new sub- scribers will avail themselves of the service.”” MUSICIANS 1N SPANGLES, Scheel’s Trick for Circumveht- ing the Rules of the Union. The Players at the Mechanics’ Fair Must Pay Dear fof# Thelr Finery. “He may make gilded popinjays of the rest of his band, but if I play with him I shall go on dressing like a free American.” It was one of Scheel's best soloists who made this spirited declaration of indepen- dence yesterday in protesting against the fiat whiclf has gone forth that the musi- cians who compose the band at the Me- chanics’ Fair are to wear a uniform. There is nothing appalling in the word uniform; it generally means something of 8 more or less military character, which every day men can wear and not make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of their fellows. But the uniforms that are to grace the fair do not answer this description. They are more gorgeous than Solomon in all his lory, and musicians who confess to being ess elegant than the Apollo Belvedere trefi_ble at the idea of wearing the dress in public. Ever since Scheel came to S8an Francis co there have been rumors of a setof gor- Eeons uniforms in his possession which he as described vaguely as rococo costumes. It has now been decided that these fancy costumes are to be adopted as'the uniform of the Fair Band this year. The costume consists of a long blue coat of a bygone pattern, heavily trimmed with silyer bul- lion. The coat is open at the front, show- ing a long loose vest of cream color. Knee breeches, silk stockings and low shoes complete the outfit, with the exception of a flowing powdered wig. Scheel will man- age to look a little more fay than his men by wearing a pale blue coat heavily trimmed with gold. The conductor declares that no musician could offer a monetary consideration that would induce him to part with one of these precious costumes, but he does not intend on that account to let his men revel in luxury for nothing. The fact is that, as in most of the guileless Scheel’s transactions, there is a joker hidden in the costuming of his men. "The proposition for making the musicians who play at the fair give %nck $4 a week towara psyinfi the conductor’s debts has been clothed in the guise of rococo uniforms, and now the money will ostensibly be paid for hire of costume. The secretary confessed yesterday that the union was helpless in such a case, as none of its by-laws legislate against the hire of uniforms. The only questfon that now remains is whether members of a labor organization like the Musicians’ Union will permit themselves to be decked out in glittering trappery, for which they have to pay so dearly. There are a few who at present say that if they play it will not be in rococo uniforms. JERRY LYNOH'S TEETH. Younger Seeks to Recover the Amount of Gold Put in Them. Dr. William J. Younger, through his at- torney, Joseph D. Redding, has brought suitin the Justice’s Court against Jere- miah Lynch for $132 50, alleged to be the balance due for the dentist’s services. The complaint sets forth that Mr. Lynch had his teeth overhauled and scraped and gold inserted in the crevices to the amount of $237 50, but he neglected and even refused to pay more than $125 for the work. ‘Wherefore the dentist "gny- for the inter- vention of justice in the recovery of the amount alleged to be delinquent. TRATTI0O MANAGER GRAY. He Has Not Relinquished His Desk in the Railway Offices. The story told in 8 morning paper yes- of | terday to the effect that Richard Gray, general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Company, had relinquished his 0] desk 1n the railway offices, was denied by Third Vice-President Stubbs. “He has not relinquished his desk,” said Mr. Stubbs, ‘“He is on a_year’s leave of absence for his health at the springs, and still retains his position as general tratfic manager and receives his salary. every monbg as if he were working. If his health Fermxgs he will resume his work after re- urning to town.” Mr. Gray was granted a leave of absence last March, at which time he went to the sgrings in Lake County,and hasnot been in the railway offices since then, though his name still appears on all freight 8, one of which was issued yesterday. 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