The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN ¥FKANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1895. SATURDAY AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. TIVOLT OPERA-HOUSE—“Martha.” OrrEEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. BUSH-STREET THEATER.—*Triumph of Love.” STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXHIBIT.—575 Market strect, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. CENTRAL PARK.—Horse taming, baseball and vele races, Sunday, August 11. ECHANICS' INSTITOTE.—Opens August 18. AFIFQRNIA STATE FATR—Sacramento, Septem- Bay DisTRICT TRACK.—Races. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EL CAMPO—Sunday, August 11—Aquatic Exhi- bition by Captain F. Hanson. TO SANTA CRU b MOUNTAIN: August 11 By Mrs. Frank G. Woodward, ist, has begun snit for a divorc The Board of Health will meet and probably fill a numb: of the capital- Civic Federation prepsres to incorporate, and will take an active part in the mext elec- tions. Through the medium of the Labor Exchange g was enabled to find a long-lost T yesterday The ladies of paring a week in aid of the ck Charles Geraskou , & &n overdose of morphine y the Receiving Hospital. Hans Kohler, executor of the Charles Kohler . Dominic's parish are pre- 10 b held next month, 2 exile, took erday and died at ield says it 1s a very jurist who will Dr. Dille has returned from the E a t the Chris n_Endeavor Co 10 be held here in 1897. , a young Eng] has 1u with $1200 of plunder end, P. George Gow. lishman, Local items, bright and brief, can be found on this page of the CALL every morning. The winners at the Bay District yesterday ator, Corinne Buckingham, 1, Rose Clark and Ali Baba. Weller was accidentally pois- She took an overdose of a draught that contained morphine. Desmond, alias Powers, was arrested ton two el s of forgery and per- connection with certain straw bonds. Jiam Anderson, a_sailor, was shot ina er-front saloon by James Ludden yester- and the wound will probably prove fatal. nditor Broderick has refused to audit de- ds from those City departments over the ount of the allowances of the last fiscal stees of the Mechanics’ In- ed the programme for open- lay and settled the question of decora- I. M. Harter of 431 Eddy street has been de- clared insolvent. He owes $1500 on & note e of Willows, and he has no subscriptions to the fund to ling from the decision in the d Jury has been d by Attorney letter to investi- 1id Eight in grant- ee of the many streetcar lines in this heir gross earnings to are these payments have ,135 82. named Gigilio re- le with a devil h nearly resulte drawn overboard. al Society will undert 1g roses. John H. Sievers 1g of Californis-developed »wering begonias yesterday. incil held ht. Out- he auditing finance com- 55 of importance was trans- d with ’s general super- a depot at their on-house is to be metic electric appliance with a tiny as been introduced into the P: vatory to preserve the temperature at ning and shutting ciation has ad- Sourd of Prison Di g against the em- r in active competition v. Francis B. here from New 1 Pacific Coast ryivors of the wrecked sealing White arrived from the north are more or less crippled exposure in the £now at the {anufacturers’ 11 at their next y of urging intermediate nmerations. fon on irrigation district &s been largely misconstrued, accord- is statement made to Attorney R. Percy He decided that all such bonds are less of confirmation proceedings. president of the Hale & Nor- the Supreme Court and the y understand the case, and y peen deceived. He also sheds pM ht on Jere Lynch’s 4000 shares of stoc he J. N. E. Wilson divorce case has been as- signed to Judge Daingerfield for trial. It is stated that Mrs. Wilton will file a cross-com- plaint mext week, and that an attempt will be mede to obtain & speedy determination of the suit. There is to be no parade on Labor day, ac- ng to the action of the Labor Council last The celebration will consist simply of ng at Metropolitan Temple during he first Mondayin October is am the e Labor day. ited States Cireuit Judge Ross of Los An- and United States District Judge Morrow opposed to each other in the matter of ending scurrilous letters through the mail. holds that it is punishable and the other that it is not. Cupid Denforth refused to grant & marriage license to Allen Crites and Irene Decker Le- cause they were too young. They had eloped om Los Angeles, but as consent had been tele- ed to them they concluded to go home again and be married there. M. M Marinovich was arrested yesterday for receiving and presumedly opening a letter ad- dressed to Louis W. Piskulich. It was sent to the latter from Snohomish, Wash., by M. Mat- kovich and contained & $5 bill. Marinovich put up $500 bail and Commissioner Heacock Teleased him. The meeting of the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association of California, called for the purpose of adopting revised constitution and Dy-Taws, will meetin the rooms of the Cham- ber of Commerce, Merchants’ Exchange build- ing, to-day at 10 A. 3., instead of at the rooms of the association. To-day’s issue of the Wasp is devoted to the popular bicycle craze. The title page contains a representation of Californis in bloomers astride 2 wheel, whizzing along the beach below the CIiff House, tollowed by the bear on 8 dead run. The legend is: ““New Seal of Cali- fornia; Eureka Up to Date” The examinations to determine the six pupils of the Normal School eligibie for imme; iate admission to the School Department will be held in_the old school building on Powell street, between Clay and Bacramento, this morning. The examinations will commence 8t 8 o'clock, and will be conducted by the City Board of Examiners. According to suthentic information the American Railway Union is stronger to-day than it ever was and is steadily growing throughout the country. This and other mat- ters of interestare touchea upon in the eir- cular issued by President Debs and his impris- oned fellow-directors from Woodstock Jail, the text of which is given in another column. The District Attorney asked leave of Judge Murphy -yesterday to interpose a peremptory challenge to Walter 8. Brown, now sworn to try the Durrant case. Counsel for the def-r se objected to the motion and quite a lively legal tilt ensued. Juror Brown made a full state- ment of his connection with the Howell case nd told how he had been interviewed by re- porters. | drifts. AROUND THE WATER FRONT Arrival of Six Survivors of the Wrecked Schooner C. G. White. A STORY OF DIRE DISASTER. The Steamship Columbla, Over- hauled and Refitted, Takes Her Trial Run. The steamer Walla Walla, which arrived yesterday morning from Port Townsend, brought down six survivors of the sealing- schooner C. G. White, lost April 12, on Kodiak Island. Itis hard to conceive of an adventure so replete with awful disas- ter and death as that of this shipwrecked crew, buffeted by the fierce gale until strength was gone, then dropping down to perish in the biting cold of an Alaskan winter. The terrible story has been pub- lished in detail, but the sight of the crip- pled on the deck of the Walla Walla gave an idea of the sufferings endured by the men such as words could never portray. William Bail had his feet and portions of his hands frozen off, while E. J. Voisinet & charge of embezzlement for failing to make a return of $6000 or more intrusted to him as assignee of Julius Schulken’s estate, The name should have been Joseph E.Shain,and the error caused all sorts of unpleasantness yester- day to Jake Shaen, cierk of Police Court g THEIR HONORS DISAGREE. Judges Ross and Morrow Vary as to the Punishment for Mailing Scur- rilous Letters. The United States District Attorney and the Postoffice Inspectors are in a quandary over the sending of scurrilous letters through the mail. For sending obscene literature and dunning postal cards they can bring a man to bar, but with a letter it is different. Judge Morrow has held that written matter in a sealed envelope, no matter how obscene it may be, is no infraction of the postal laws. Judge Ross, in the Los Angeles District Court, has ruled differently, and a man named An- drews is now serving five years in the State prison for sending an indecent letter through the mails. In this predicament United States Dis- trict Attorney Foote does not know just what to do. A test case will have to be carried to the United States Supreme Court and the matter will then be settled once for all. In the mean time at least half a dozen people have ledged com- plaints with the Postoffice Inspectors, but they cannot assist them as Judge Mor- row’s decision bars the way. One is the case of a Central American merchant who intercepted a scurrilous letter written to his wife by his brother-in-law. It told of a state of affairs that should not exist, so the husband telegraphed for his wife tojcome home. She was in San Francisco and took THE NEW PASSENGER STEAMER MONTICELLO ON HER FIRST TRIP TO VALLEJO. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] lost a part of his feet and his hands. F.S. Murray, M. Mathiason, Gus Wickstron second mate, and Frank Swiney, the other four men. bore ind ications of the struggle they made for life. Among the heroes of this dismal drama is Dr. A. Dickenson of the Alaska Commercial Company’s station at Wood Island. This young physician, who is a resident of Berkeley, alone at- tended to all these critical cases, amputa- ting the frozen limbs and saving all but one life by ceaseless and careful attention. When the vessel went ashore in the blinaing and freezing gale the crew con- sisted of twenty-five whites and two Japanese. Of tgle!e five were drowned from the wreck, five frozen to death and one died from his sufferings, and of the sixteen survivors only two escaped the loss of some portion of their bodies. After struggling ashore through the chilling water they dragged their way in a blinding snowstorm and over the dee The weakest gave out and san down to die. Swiney’s simple story of the captain’s death is pathos itself. He said: “Leave me alone, boys, I am done.” He could not keep on_his legs. Quick as he was lifted up he would fall again, so we had to leave him. We laid bim_ above high-water mark, where he was found four days later. ‘They were unable to get any fire, as the driftwood was wet, and they dug boles in the snow for shelter during the time they hung around the vicinity of the wreck. Their sufferings made them lose their minds, and this dementia was the cause of most of the deaths from freezing, as when so attacked they conld not be made to keep on their feet and take other means of pre- serving their lives. After a three days’ journey through the snow they reachea Vood Island, where they were cared for by Dr. Dickenson. At Sitka the crew of the United States steamer Pinta ger}erously donated to the survivors $200 which they had collected amcni themselves. E. J. Vorsinet, an intelligent young man 23 years of age, who lives at 17 Laurel place, in_this City, states that the cook, Charles Lind, was washed overboard soon after the vessel struck. Vorsinet says: He was carried back on to the schooner and was found dead in the mate’s bunk. First Mate Thompson, who was captsin of the Lily L last season, was washed overboard. He hung on to s rope for some time and finally sank, murmuring the name of his sweetheart. Charles Hartman, one of the hunters, was in charge of the sealer Theresa last year, and Harry Harmsen used to run Whitelaw’s wrecker, the Sampson. We were three days in the snow holes before we succeeded in get- ting some canned food from the wreck. We also got some matches and started s fire, but it was too late to save our feet and hands, s0 the fire did us harm. It snowed all the time, and the wind blew so hard that a per- son could not walk against it. Poor Captein Isaacson died about half an hour after gettin, ashore. We were chilled all the time and suf- fered every minute till we reached the small Indian_settlement. That Dr. Dickenson at Yood Island is & noble man,and it is to his skill and constant attention that $o many of us arealive. But he had his hands full. feet are half gone, and my fingers most all gone from my hands. I've paid pretty dearly for my little sea voyage, I tnink. Some time ago Al White started a sub- scription for the benefit of the men who are €0 penniless, crippled and_helpless and about $500 has been raised. The sufferers are worthy objects of charity ana money subscribed for them is given in an excel- lent cause. Yesterday the steamship Columbia, which has been overhauled, made her trial trip around the bay and out through the heads. Upward of $200,000 has been ex- pended on the vessel and the new and rich tittings of her saloons and staterooms and the alterations in her hull and machiner, show how this great sum has been used. She has been provided with the Howden draft system used on the Pomona, which will burn less coal and show more speed. The high-pressure cylinder has been in- creased from 80 to 130 pounds. Her old electric-light plant, which was the first ever brought out of Edison’s works, has been replaced with a new plant with 400 electric lamps. The steamer went about twenty-two miles outside the heads, making an average speed of 15.02 knots an hour, using horsepower and making seventy-five revolutions of the propeller per minute. The Columbia has made 315 round trips between this City and Portland without a single accident, and so regular has been her work that she has never been but two nights at sea on each passage. To-day the steamer Monticello makes her first regular trip to Vallejo from her dock at Mission street. She will be in chargeof Captain Sam Randall, one of the oldest and most experienced ship- masters on the bay. TO-dI& the whaleback Progressist will go on the Hunters Point drydock and repairs will be made in her hull. It 1s Not Jake Shaen, In an article in yesterday’s CaLy, headed “Charges Against Shain,” it was stated that Jacob E. Shain was threatened with arreston the Colima on that vessel’s last and fatal voyage. The man who wrote the lettor is now in San Francisco, and the outraged husband wants him arrested and pun- ished. Another case is that of a young man from San Jose. His sweetheart wrote him a letter and some young fellows inter- cepted it and substituted another for it. The substitute was very scurrilous and made the recipient very angry. He wants the culprits arrested, but the District Attorney cannot do Anything for him he is going before the United Btates Grand Jury next Tuesday to have them indicted. A GIFTED YOUNG CANTOR, David S. Davis and His Work in the Choir of Sherith Israel. The Congregation Will Have a Novel Musical Programme on New Year’s Day. Cantor David 8. Davis of the Congrega- tion Sherith Israel, whose synagogue is on Taylor and Post streets, is making prepar- ations for an especially novel and interest- ing musical programme during the coming New Year festival or the 27th and 28th of next month. A epecial feature will be an orchestra of stringed instruments. When the Shofar is blown at New Year services it is customary to arrange for special music to be rendered between the intonations or blasts. Among other com- positions there will be sung by the choir a special Kedusha with organ accompani- ment. The various Hebrew hymns and compositions which form part of the ordi- nary festival ritual will be set to new music, some of it of Cantor Davis’ com- position. He will also adapt a portion of the ser- vice to the music of Sulzer, Mombach and Lewandoffsky. On the day of atonement, during the Neilah service, the El Nora,a composition particularly lgogular among Bpanish and Portuguese Hebrews, will be given. The choir will be doubled during the festival. The cantor who is directing this impor- tant departure in musical matters is a Rus- sian. He was a student at the Royal Con- servatory of Music at St. Petersburg, and left Russia a few months before he would have graduated from that institution to avoid being drafted into the army when he reached his majority. He spent four years as cantor in a New York congregation and came to San Francisco a year ago. Soon after his arrival he inaugurated a revolu- tion in the musical portion of the services and its approval has been signified by his re-election by the oongre?ntion fora further term of two years before his first term had expired. AN UNFORTUNATE WIFE. She Says Her Husband Broke One of Her Ribs Recently. A woman giving her name as Mrs. Melin and her address as 927 Bryant street com- plained yesterday to Secretary McComb of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children that her husband, Frederick, who works at Hooper’s lumber-yard at 801 Fourth street, had grossly ill-treated and neglected her. She and her husdand were married about four years ago, and about three months ago, she said, he beat her badly about the face and broke one of her ribs. Her hus- band receives $3 a day, but, according to er story, will not give her any money for er support. * She worked in a pickle factory for a week for a compensation of $1, and then bad to spend three weeks endeavoring to get the dollar. Her story was a pitiful one, ——————————— Typewriters for Cogswell College. The Cogswell Polytechnic College of San Francisco decided to open shorthand and type- writing classes. All typewriters were inspected and tharow;gh\y tested, and the directors laced an order with Leo E. Alexander & Bro., 18 Sansome street, for eleven (11) late-im- The New roved New No. 2 Bmith Premier. §o. 2 Smith is thol highest model of mentze- rt of typewriting. ments in the —————— ‘Wills Filed for Probate. Cynthia Ann Jaguith of 101 Devisadero street has bequeathed an $11,000 estate to Mrs. G. W. Prescott of this City. In her will, dated January 10, 1895, she states that Mrs. Prescott holds notes that cover the entire value O e Tatquss bequeathed & $12,000 esta enrl Jacques bequ estate entirely to his wife. 2 CLASSIFYING - OF ROSES, Work to Be at Once Under- taken by the State Floral Society. DISPLAY OF FLORAL BEAUTY. Fine Showing of Double Flowerlng Begonias Made by John H. Slevers. The State Floral Society has decided to undertake the work of a complete classifi- cation of roses. This question was brought up before the meeting of the society in the Y. M. C. A. building, yesterday afternoon, by H. G. - Pratt of Fruitvale, who read a very inter- esting paper on the subject, and suggestea the appointment of a classification com- mittee, Mr. Pratt said: Many of the points on which botanists base their classification are of so little interest to the people in genenl-—mom‘u the pity—that rose-growers, whose patient and wefl-dmewd efforts have worked outan almost miraculous tranformation of the flower, have made classi- fications of their own. It has been a sort of compromise between a& scientific and a go-as- ou-please scheme, and as the growers have one this thing with little concert of action, but for the most part each to his own liking, we have what could not well be otherwise—a most aggravating muddle. Every writer of prominence on roses has made more or less effort to improve this condition of things, but to little purpose, 8o far as I know. The trouble is fundsmental. The superstruc- ture is bnilt to a great extent on chaos. The terms of the popular classification are for the most part generally accepted, but in their application—there’s the rub. Just what is & Hybrid Perpetusl, a Tea, a Bengal, a Bour- bon, & Noisette, & Hybrid Noisette, or a Hy- brid Tea, who can tell? The same inquiry might be made in ralation to a dozen or more of the other classes which have been consti- tuted for our convenience and edifieation, and the answer would be, Quien sabe? The society has therefore decided to act on Mr. Pratt’s suggestion, and at the next meeting a committee of seven will be chosen to take up the work. Another display of his magnificent new California strain of double-flowering be- gonias was made by John H. Bievers, and the ladies were very enthusiastic over them. The original begonia came from the Andes—from Pera. It was a rather small flower compared with the size to which Mr. Sievers has since developed his splen- dia specimens in this State by careful hy- bridization. Their discovery was made about twenty years ago. Mr. Sievers read a very instructive paper on their culture and development at the July 19 meeting, and then thoroughly described how to propa%ata them, and explained their treat- ment for both indoor and outdoor culture. Those he had on exhibition yesterday were indeed marvels in regard to size and color. The_ colors varied from a waxen white to a rich pink. The strong growth of the single-flowered varieties is retained, also their large, shell-like petals. An important characteristic of them is that most of the flowers of this improved strain possess only one center. They are considered the nearest approach to per- Double Flowering Begonia. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] fect, erect flowering vet attained, and the highest development of shape and effect yet reached. A iirst-class certificate was awarded to Mr. Sievers for his begonia exhibit. The 400 chrysanthemum plants given away last month by W. H. Davis of Ross Valley are doing well, the exhibit commit- tee reported. They are to be grown for the fall exhibition, and John Hinkle will give a cash prize for the best specimen pro- duced from these plants. A number of designs for badges for the society were examined yesterday, but none decided upon. It is expected that the society’s publica- tion will be started by next February. Whether it is to be a monthly or a quar- terly has not yet been determined. UARDED BY ELECTRICITY, Exotics in the Park Hothouse Trusted to an Automatic Device. A Novel Machine That Keeps the Temperature Even by Mov- Ing Ventllators. Electricity has made its appearance in Golden Gate Park in the most unexpected manner imaginable. It did not come in the form of the much-discussed arc lamps illuminating the avenues, but as a silent guardian of theertificial temperature of the conservatory. It opens and closes ventilators with a faithfulness that cannot be surpassed, and it stands alone over the tender exotics giv- ing them warmth when the air inside the building cools a little, and cooling them when the atmosphere becomes too heated. It performs automatically exactly what is laid out for it to do,day or night, with almost human precision. For the present, however, there is a tem- orary hitch in the working of the machine. he six-cell battery after a short time in use has proved inefficient and a more powerful battery is being put in its place. On entering the room to the left immedi- ately off the main central rotunda the motor is seen on a bracket between the two doors—a silver-plated object resembling a small filter, except for the wheel at one side and a chain to the roof window. There isalso a small wooden box with electric switches and wires leading to the motor, and another long chain hanging from the ventilator with a metal weight at the end. To one side is an_ind: r and coils con- nected with the motor and batteries hid- den behind potted plants. This little in-—I strument has a dial with a long finger that covers a compass of 50 to 80 degrees, so ad- justed that the ligures represent tempera- ture markings on the thermometer. The normal temperature of the room is 75 de- f""’ and the index finger it set accord- ngly to that number by the gardemer. ‘When the temperature begins to fall below 756 degrees the water motor is set in motion, and the big ventilator lowers slowly far enough to pre- serve the normal heat. The moment the the temperature rises an opposite motion is given to the motor, and the open space overhead is enlarged to cool off the house. TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Driven by Pain and Despondency, Miss Lillie H. Tieman Blew Her Brains Out With a Revolver. Miss Lillie H. Tieman, aged 22, com- mitted suicide at the Potrero yesterday. She was employed in the lodging-house kept by P. Pfiefer on First avenue, and in the morning appeared all right except for neuralgic pains in the head. These became worse toward 9 A. M., and the unfortunate girl was heard to remark that she wished she were dead. Shortly afterward she went upstairs, and a few minutes later there was a pistol shot. When the people of the Miss Lillie H. Tieman. (From a photograph.] house reached her side she was breathing her last. The weapon was a 44-caliber Colt’s army revolver, and the bullet tore almost half her forehead away. The girl's mother was in the building at the time, and she was almost prostrated over the affair. It appears that Miss Tieman had been a sufferer from neuralgia for several years. “My daughter suffered a great deal from neuralgia, and once before threatened to kill herself,” said Mrs, Tieman yesterday, when t.alking about the sad affair. *“‘We spoke together about some remedy she was going to try just before she went up- stairs, and I had not the faintest idea that she contemnlated suicide. Seeing the pistol already loaded was too great a temp- tation in the circumstances, so she killed herself.” The body was removed to the Morgue, and an inquest will be held next week. The girl was good-looking and was well liked by all who knew her. WERE BOTH T00 YOUNG. An Elopement to This City Which Will End in a Marriage at Los Angeles. COupid Danforth has rudely refused to unite two young people who came all the way from Los Angeles to be married, and has recommended that they return home to their parents. They were Irene Decker and Allen Crites, who had eloped from their southern home and came here on the steamer Mexico yesterday morning. Miss Decker lacks a month of being 16 years old and Crites is two months short of 21. Parental oprosiuon stepped between them in Los Angeles,and they thought they couid be made one 1n San Francisco, so they slipped away upon the steamer when itlast touched at Santa Barbara. Captain Hall took charge of the young man, and the girl was assigned to the ten- der mercies of the stewardess. When they arrived here they made at once for the marriage license office, accompanicd by the stewardess. They held a telegram from the Chief of Police of Los Angeles to Captain Hall, which stated that all four parents were willing that the ceremony should proceed, but Danforth refused to recognize this as a consent. He suggested that they go home again, as their parents were all willing, and this they finally de- cided to do, particularly as the would-be bride remembered she had a wedding dress at home, and she thought it & good 1dea to wear it at the wedding. ————— Sued by the Children. Mre, Catherine J. Wallace, guardian of James J. Wallace’s children, filed & third amended complaint in her suit against the S8an Francisco Gas lfiht Company_ for $30,000 damages. In 1891 Wallace was kil by the explosion of v- at the United States bonded warehouse on ‘allejo street and it i leged that the explo- sion was on account of & leak in the gas com- pany’s main. ——————— A Ohinese Benevolent Soclety. The Yee Ehan Mutual Benevolent Society was in¢orporated yesterday by Sew Poy, Gook Chun, Gong Foy and others. The headquarters is at 39 Washington nfle{, and the purposes of the organization are declared to be “‘social, be- nevolent, charitable and educational.” CENSUS EVERY FIVE YEARS, Proposition for an Intermedi- ate Enumeration by the Municlpality. FEDERAL METHODS OBSOLETE. The Subject to Be Conslidered by the Manufacturers’ and Pro= ducers’ Association. Fred H. Dingle, assistant secretary of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation of California, thinks that San Fran- cisco should have a census during 1895 or 1896, and he will bring the matter before the board of directors within a few days. Not having conversed with any member of the board relative to this subject Mr. Dingle has no predictions to made as to the result. If they favor it, however, he feels assured that a few, months will see the successful Jaunching of his pet scheme. In an interview yesterday afternoon Mr. Dingle stated his position in the matter as follows: The Federal constitution provides for a cen- sus once in ten years, It must be apparent, however, that this statistical matter gathere by the Government of whatever class is almost entirely worthless five or six years after it is taken. For specific example: A man desires comprehensive and valuable data relative to the commercial or manufacturing standing of San Francisco. His source of information would naturally be the last United States cen- sus, which was compiled in 1890. Now would the figures ‘gnthered in 1890 apply to the San Francisco of 1895 ? Take the matter of popu- lation, the least important phase of the ques- tion, perhaps. Do the figures taken by the Government five years ago indicate our popu- 1ation of to-day ? " The same dlscn'Blncy must of necessity eéxist all the way through. To deny this is to hold that we are not growing at all. The old census methods were all right at the time of their adoption snd many years after. No doubt they are still sufficient for some of the slow-going towns of New Engiand and the South, but for citles like San Francisco it is clear that they are totally inadequate. My idea would be to have an ordinance passed by the Supervisors providing for the taking of & censusonce in ten years, the same to be intermediate between the enumerations taken by the Government. This would give us full and authoritative data regarding our de- velopment every five years. As to the expense of the work, there would probably be considerable difference of opinion &s to how it should be borne. But I think this could be arranged withont much trouble. Ido not suypose the City would bear the total ex- pense; but there are certain de%:nmsnu of the City government that are badly handi- eapped for the want of reliable statistics, and certainly the municipality would do its share. The Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commeree and the several City organizations now en- gaged in promoting the interests of San Fran- cisco would undoubtedly have a hand in the work. The proposed tables should be as compre- hensive as possible, including every phase of our development. I shall introduce this mat- ter at the next meeting of the directors and try to get them to take hold of it. Mr. Dingle’s proposition was laid before several well-known business and lu-ofa:- sional men, who seemed favorably im- pressed with the idea, but asked time to think the matter over before being quoted, a%ying that the question was too hlevlor an offhand expression of opinion. ith a single exception they all expressed a de- sire to talk on the subject at a future date, and it is easy enou to predict for the scheme many able advocates. Sentenced for Embezzlement. Samuel F. Gillies, convicted of embezzling money from Dr,F. L.Sweany, has been sen- tenced by Judge Murphy to San Quentin for WO years. ROYAL Baking Powder has been awarded highest honors at every world’s fair where exhibited. NEW CENTRAL PARK, SUNDAY, AUG.ST 11, 2 P. M. HORSE TAMING EXHIBITION. Handling and Driving WILD, VICIOUS HORSES. BASEBALL GAME. OK'S (of Sacramento) vs. ASSEMBLYS (of 8. F.) BICYCLE RACES For valuable prizes. Admission to all.. Reserved TWENTY-EIGHTH INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION ——o0F THE MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Opens August 13, Closes Septemberly Special Attractions in Manufactures, Art and Natural Products. Machinery in Motion Will Be a Promi- nent Feature. GRAND CONCERT Each Afternoon and Evening by an Orchestra of Forty Musicians, PROF. FRITZ SCHEEL, CONDUCTQR. THE ART GALLERY will contain the Finest Collection of Paintings and Statuary Ever Exhib- ited on this Coas.. TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ADMISSION: Double Season Ticket. $5 00 Single Senson Ticke 3 00 Children’s = eason Ticl 150 Adult, admission, daytime, 23¢: evening, 60c. Children, admission, daytime, 15¢; evening, 25¢. Season Tickets 1o Members o the Institute, half rates. Forsale at Library, 51 Post street. FEATURES i OF THE SUNDAY CALL. AUGUST n; 1298 FATHER DAMIEN OF HAWAIL, BY JOAQUIN MILLER, Poar OF THE SIEFRAS, (ILLUSTRATED: BY. J KAHLER) GOLDEN GATE PARK REVISITED, “BY CHARLES WARREN STODDARD POET OF THE SOUTH SEAS, THE WOMAN WITH FELINE (HUSTRATED BYJOE STRONG ) EVES. BY MADGE MORRIS WAGNER AUTHOR oF LBERTY BELL THE DRAMA,, BY MIRIAM MICKELS (I\LUSTRATED BY NANKIVELL) MARVELS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY BY ROSE O'HALLOR XINETIC STABILITY, BY ROBERT STEVENSO! THE ALTRUIST, BY ADELINE KNAI OTHER ‘Nnflmnes'fmc‘ NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. st s Lhunbio Ghyatie, FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & Co* LESSES ATID MAMAGLRS: LaST ONE ALL THE FINAL MATINEE OF THE FRAWLEY COMPANY A A A AP AAS A “IVIOTEIS” AND TO-NIGHT. Sunday—¢‘Farewell”” Performance, “THE SENATOR.” Monday Next—“TWELFTH NIGHT.” L MAYMAN AND Cop NCORP'D HEATRE |\ PROPS. Matinee To-Day at 2. To-Night at 8. The frresistible Comedy. n “T00 MUGR JORNSON A Stuay in Laughter, with WILLTAM G TLLETYE and ail the Originai Company. (Management of (harles Frohman.) Monday Next—Secoud and Last Week, BUSH-STREET THEATER. TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT! Grand Production of the Beautiful Fairy Operetta, “TRIUNMPH OF LOVE !” 100—PERFORMERS!—I100 Fairies, Nymphs, Goddesses, Dancing Sprites, Evil Spirits, Demons, Mortals. DELIGHTFUL MUSIC! CHARMING TABLEAUX! FAIRY AND BURLESQUE DANCES! THREE HOURS IN FAIRYLAND! RESERVED SEATS... ....$1, 75¢ and 50¢, GALLERY, 25¢c. On sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. EENESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages —TTO=NIGELT — Flotow’s Lyric Opers, “MARTHA!” MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12th, Genee’s Comedy-Opers, “THE ROYAL MIDDY !I” Popular Prices—256c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater!n America. WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessee and Managst ° EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, FIRST PRODUCTION IN AMERICA Of the Great Russian Drama, “BY ORDER OF THE CZAR!” EVENING PRICES—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powsll MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), AUGUST 10, Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 100§ Children, any pars, 10c. A GREAT VAUDEVILLE CARNIVAL! 10—NEW ARTISTS—10 SPARKLING COMEDY ! UNEQUALED SPECIALTIES ! CELEBRATED SINGERS! 19 WORLD-FAMED STARS!-19 RURNING & RUNNING RACES! RACES GALIFORNIA JOCKEX CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ¥riday \nd Satur ‘Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Races startas 2:39 e sharp. McAllister aud Geary street cars pass e gate. X7 | ——<ee—— O ATTRACTIV Ew. ., AVILION EXHIBITS EMBRACING DISPLAY of ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM —=FOLSOM TWELE BAYS RACIIN G . THE GREAT AMERICAN CONCERT BAND TREE TRANSPORT AT\OW EXCURSION RATES r?g VISITORS, Eowix ESiTH, GM.CHASE SECTY. PRES. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. LAST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON —T0 THE— 'SANTA CRUZ HOUNTAING! FIVE HOURS AT BOULDER CREEK. SUNDAY, AUGUST lith, ‘Under the Personal Supervision of Excursion Passenger Agent Southern & Pacific Company. o $1.25 oo e, 3129 “'l'lik;u on n';o B“D“a aufékfi -zr:: Grand nm.:l lock, August 7, B, § an : also ‘erry Depol foot of Market street, Francisco: Fourteenth and Franklin streets, Oakland, ana Park-street Station, Alameda, on the morning of the Excur- @ 7:45 A. M. boat from San Francisce. FOR THE sion. _Take the M. EL CAMPO—EXTRA. SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, AT 1:30 P. M., CAPT. P, H a NSON —In His Great A Il.g(e Exhibition— IN A EOYTONqB!Y BER SUIT, Cooking, Eating, Walking, Sitting and ALL IN THE WATER! Boats leave Tiburon Ferry at 10:30 A. x., 12:10, 2:00 and 4:00 7. %, Returning leave £l Campo af 115 A. 31, 1:00, 2:00 and 5:00 ». Fare, 250, U