The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1895. 7 Tweifth Night.} MoRosco’s OPERA-HOUSE—" Harbor Lifhts.” TIVOLI OPERA-HO! Che Royal Midiy.” ORPHEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLA of Rebellious Susan,” commencing gust 13. STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXHIBIT.— Etfeet, below Second. Open daily. Admi MECHANICS' INSTITUTE—Opens Augus! 13 CALIFORNTA STATE FATR- ramento. Septem- ber 2 to 14. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. A new Bohemian Club has been forr’ed. THE CALL’S weekly resume of doing? among fraternal orders appear to-day. Elder Henry S. Tanner compared th¢ Latter- day with the primitive church Sunday was enjoyed at Sausalito oy hun- dreds of people fro Dr. Brown’s di the brotherhood According to THE C 's weekly résume of the realty. market the outlook is full nf prom- ise. Henry Varley addressed the American Pro- tective Association in Metropolitan Hall yes- terday. weeks' service for German ecial two . Buniface's s is now In the Alameda-Bohemian cricket match yes- terday, Alameda was victorious by an inning and 32 runs. Club_defeated the Bo- rierday by &0 inning people and social Moveme resorts are recorded in events in tke City to-day rock match was held at the Oakland g« Park yesterday by the gunners of the Ciub. pic Ciu n for the improvement of the railway will be consid- Stetsc rong of marksmen visited Shell sand practiced with the re- Alliance, a branch of St. Patrick’s rica, held a picnic at Shell legation of young men from Oakland rge of the Jocal Christian Association vesterday. 1k Commissioners are considering a on of assessing stockholders of the Home Bank. \e Pacific Baseball Club_defeated the Clip- rs yesterday at the old Haight-street diamond & seore of 16 nd George W. Dennis Jr, Church sbout the re- 10 won the stake at Kerrigan's Cours- terday, while Wayfarer was the Park. dence on the corner streets. Sprague, pastor of the Second Uni- lectured 1n>l‘ ming on the irectors of the Young Men’s Christian )n are trying to raise $100,000 to pay the debt upon the new building. Rev. Dr. Williams preached at the Plymonth Congregational Church yesterday upon the New Commandment.” k Enoch Talbot drifted in close to hof the Cliff House, escaped being w 1. The local Democracy in different factions, led by Popper, Lanigan and Buc e act tively organizing for the next primaries A reception will be given at Calvary Church this evening to & party of nine Presbyterian missionaries who will sail for the C morrow. Samuel Warren of 725 riding in the park yeste three other bicyclists and bruised The third week of the trial of W. H. T. Dur- murder of Blanche Lamont wiil be- There will be no new veniremen Champion Jomes of Australis was defeated Harlow, the coast champion, and George hinson, st the Sen Francisco handball cases of Mrs. Jane Shattuck and Mrs. Th Louisa Worthington will_come up in court for Both defendants are final argument to-day. charged with murds The bursting of & water-pipe on the upper floor of the Raphael clothing house last night caused a damage estimated by the firm at $30,- 000 to the stock of goods. ople living immediately south of Gol ;ate Park will request the Board of Supervisors to declare the Ciayton and Waller streets franchise forfeited. H. P. Johnston, 2016 Green street, lost con- trol of his bicycle on Van Ness avenue yester- dey and it collided with a wagon, resulfing in his left ankle being broken. J. Nelson and R. Lenihan of the Union handball court have accepted the challenge of J. Harlow, the coast champion, to play a h, the best of nine games. ne Deuprey, counsel for Durrant, denies the reort that, in'the event of Juror Brown being excused, he would ask for the discharge of the other eight accepted jurors. Irving M. Scott will leave on the steamer to- morrow for Japan. It is believed that he is going to secure the contracts for some of the new warships which Japan will build. Dr. R. H. McDonald is lingering at Carlsbad, as hishealth will not permit him to come to san Francisco. Young Dick is still in jail but does not worry. He is writing & book. The Bobemian Club is having a disruption and most of the real Bohcmians have picked up their bag and baggage and quit. John Btanton states the cause of the dissension. Ex-President Reynolds gave an account to the gingle-tax Society last night of the campaign in Delaware, and referred to & recent favorable action of the Glasgow (Scotland) City Council. Camp Gaiety No. 1, which is composed ex- “¢lusively of young iadies who go camping each year, celebrated the return of twenty of its members from Niles by a social banquet and dance. - Two colored teams, the Assemblys of this City and O K’s of Sacramento, played an exciting game of baseball at Central Park yesterday afternoon, the former winning by the score of 9 to8. Mrs. Leon Plumerel of 1717 Leavenworth sireet has complained to the police that her husband has deserted her and his three chil- dren. She is positive that he has eloped witha lzundryman’s wife. Indications for Sen Francisco and vicinity ae for fair weather during the day, becoming foggy and clondy at night; nearly stationary temperature, brisk westerly winds, increasing in force during the afternoon. Attorney T. B. Bishop, who was engaged with Attorney-General Love in & suit begun in 1875 to recover the Mission-bay lands, says the Bouthern Pacific did not comply with the con- ditions of the grant, and consequently has no right to the property- The vark Guy C. Goss arrived yesterday, 164 days from’ Baltimore. During the voyagea heavy sén boarded the vessel, smashing the rail and injuring the first officer. Five of the crew are ‘affiicted with scurvy and will be sent to the Marine Hospital. A closely contested game of baseball was played yesterday between the Occidental ane— ball Club and thie lvy Baseball Club at Baker’s Beach. The feature of the game was the heavy batting of Kenny, Shaw and Clements. The inme was won by the Oceidentals by the score —3. < Jennie Dixon and May Wilson were arrested on Mdrket street early yesterday morning by Sergeant Davis and Policemen MacLean and Connolly, on the charge of grand layceny for stealing $45 from Duncan Crotzer, a stranger. The money was found in their possession when they were searched at the City Prisun. President T. F. Burns of the Cigar-makers’ Union was arrested Saturday night for ol structing the sidewalk while addressing an open-air meeting at Third and Market streets and advocating home patronage. Resolutions condemning the action of the police were adopted by the American section of the Bocial- ist Labor party. According to the police the sale of lottery tickets in this City bas been grcnll{ reduced since the expose by THE CALL of the frauds connected with the various concerns. The chief souree of supply of the tickets, many of which are ceunterfeit, is the woman peddler with a fictitious tale of woe. The poiice are prosecutiag the crnsade vigorously. Willigm Whaien, a youth, was arrested by Officers McGrayn ‘and” Ryan at & saloon on Third and Bryant streets ycslerdni. for break- ing into M. Abbott’s stable in South Perk lane during the previous night and taking out a horse and spring cart. He was booked for Tuiglary. He had driven sround the City With the rig until the cart finally broke dowa. | captain then in command was taken sick | 2 | and such men can accomplish vastly more AROUNDTHE WATER FRONT Arrival of the Bark Guy C. Goss With Scurvy Among Her Crew. THE DOCKS GO A-FISHING. Narrow Escape of the Bark Enoch Talbot From Drifting Ashore Yesterday. Yesterday the water front went fishing. The people of the docks dropped their hooks down in the water and waited for nibbles. They sat on the pierheads, where the tides swept around the outermost piles and swung the baited snares temptingly before the finny swimmers. They strung | themselves in the slips where the waters | were still around the ships, and even fished through the cracks and holes of the plank- paved streets into the bay below. Out on Powell-street wharf they caught smelt, at | | struck out boldly into life and had not nances of the gospel, which was faith in Jesus and his work, repentance and turning from sin, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, the laying on of hands for the reception of the Holy Ghost, the resurrection and eternal judgment. All who obeyed the gospel were ‘ubjects of that kingdom, and by being true to their covenants will be resurrected unto eternal life. The preacher showed that the organiza- tion of the Later-day Saints to-day was similar to that of the former-day or primi- tive church. e VISITED THE _ASSOCIATION, ©Oakland Christians Hold Meetings on This Side of the Bay. Yesterday and Saturday a delegation from the Oakland Young Men’s Christian Association returned the visit made by the San Francisco association two or three weeks ago, and took charge of the meet- ings in the building at the corner of Ellis and Mason streets. Dinner was served in the association banquet hall Saturday evening, after which three instructive five- minute papers were read and discussed, the most practical of them being on the subject, “‘How to Usher at Meetings.” Yesterday afternoon 1. Edward Collins, secretary of the Oakland association, con- ducted the young men'’s meeting in Asso- ciation Hall. He compared life to a voy- age, and illustrated his talk with nautical similes. The men who had accomplished the most in the world were those who had kept closely to the safely beaten track of CYCLISTS ON THE WHIRL. How They Overrun Golden Gate Park and the Ocean Beach. A FAD THAT IS SPREADING. Citizens of High and Low Degree Who Have Taken to the Joy- ous Wheel, If any one doubts the fact that the “bike” fever has come to town and is rap- idly assuming the proportions of an epi- demic, all that doubting Thomas has to do is to go to Golden Gate Park, especially on Sunday, and view the array of whirling wheels with their nattily attired riders, that is from early morning until nightfall, and even after, passing to and fro through the winding paths. It has attacked persons in all conditions of life, evidently, from happy-go-lucky, e ——— YACHTS RETURNING FROM ALAMEDA-TEE CHISPA IN THE LEAD ON THE PORT TAOCK. [Sketched by a * Call ” artist.] Fisherman’s wharf they Looked every- | thing, from a bulihead to a shark; on Fol- | som street the catch was devil-fish and | young sharks, that part of the bay being alive with the villainous fry. The British ship Port Patrick, Captain | Havton. errived, 159 days from Antwerp. | At Plymouth, en route to this port, the and was succeeded by Captain Hayton. | The first officer was caught broaching the cargo of liquor and arrested. He was dis- charged and a new officer put in his place. The yachtsmen returned from their high jinks at Alameda in the morning, making a pretty picture as their jaunty craft spread out over the bay. T{m‘ were led by the Chispa, the Whirlwind, Ramona, Seven Bells, Frolic, Idler, Rover, Speed- well, Annie and others. The bark Enoch Talbot, which left here Saturday for Puget Sound, had a narrow escape from going ashore yesterday. She drifted south in light and baffling winds unti she was near the beach, about eight miles below the heads. Efforts were made to work her off shore, and finding his vessel settling steadily ashore the captain let go the anchor in three fathoms of water, with the bark’s stern within fifty feet of the beach. The vessel was seen by Captain Gil Brokaw of the tug Alertand the life-saving crew. The tug and the boats went to the rescue, but Captain Johuson of the bark declined assistance as the sea was like a millpond and the wind only a faint breeze. Using his kedges he managed to warp his vessel off into deep water and escaped the shipwreck that closely menaced ‘him. The American bark Guy C. Gass, Cap- tain W. M. Mallett, 164 days from Balti- more, arrived with a cargo of coal. From latitude 17 south in the Atlantic to lati- tude 40 north in the Pacific, the vessel ex- perienced hard weather with a succession of gales accompanied by heavyrain and thun- der-storms. On the 7th of this month the bark was boarded by a high sea which struck her a little abaft the starboard beam, carry- ing away all the sail and wrecking the quarterdeck house. First Mate Crockett was struck by a piece of broken timber and | severely injured. He is now confined to his berth in the cabin. Five of the crew, Robert Mills, Andrew Weiland, Charles Lingrent, William Brown and Ole Olsen are sick with scurvy and will | be sent to the Marine Hospital. Two of the men are confined to their bunks with sores and discolored places on their limbs. The men do not complain of ill-treatment on the part of the captain and officers, but attribute the disorder to lack of proper | fresh food. Captain Mallett states that he cannot understand why the men should be | sick, as he tried to guard against any dis- ease of a scurvy nature by giving the men lime juice, vinegar and pickle: As the boarding-house runners were hooking on to the bark Guy C. Goss when she came into the harbor, a boat contain- ing Joseph Wall and Charles Reed was thrown against the boat of the Sailors’ Home, breaking a hole in it. Both boats were overturned and the three men were soon struggling in the water astern of the bark. The men were picked up by Charles Love. boatman at Folsom-street wharf. ELDER TANNER'S ADDRESS. He Compares the Latter-Day and the Primitive Churches. Elder Henry 8. Tanner spoke last even- ing at Calanthe Hall, 90914 Market street. He said: Last Sundry evening T gave proofs of the or- ganization of Christ’s Church in 1830 and to- night I am to show what kind of an organiza- tion it was. According to the facts and figures given a week ago it was to be the same organ- ization as effected by Jesus in the meridian of | time. When Christ began his ministry he chose twelve apostles and sent them out reaching that the kingdom of heaven was at and. The work increased and he chose sev- enty others and sent them out with the same message, and they returned rejoicing that even the devils were subject to tl.efe ‘When the followers of Christ thought he was about to assert his rights and_establish an earthly kingdom he was crucified. On the morning of the third day he arose and ap- peared unto many. For forty days he was seen by them and he then sent them out with another commission, but, says he, ‘‘Tarry ye in Jernsalem until ve be endowed with power from on high.” He lifted up his hands and blessed them and was carried up into heaven. On the day of Pentecost the promised com- forter came which was to guide them aright. Paul says, “Christ gave gifts unto men,” he “gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, etc.” He alsosays Christ placed in the church *‘gifts of healing helps and govern- ments,” and all these things were to keep us from being “tossed to and fro and carried abolit by every wind of doctrine.” 1f Christ i3 our ideal, to use his system must be infa'lible, and why depart fromit? Jesus said his king- dom was ecclesiastical, not civil, he hglng the king, though he authorized Peter to stan in his piace and bold the keys of the kingdom and feed his sheep. The apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, deacons, etc., were the officers of the kingdom, teaching the laws of the kingdom and the ordi- URGED THE SINGLE ThK conservative ancestors. The great ship ac- complished much more than the little coaster, but for its work stronger masts and stouter timbers are needed. So with men. There had been in former times those who shut themselves apart that they might devote their lives to God. The need | of to-day, however, is men who would go | forth into the world to work for Christ. | Stronger characters are needed, perhaps, | than the “glass-case” brand of Christians, Industrial History Reviewed by A. H. Sanborn Before the Society. Mr. Reynolds Gives an Account of the Present Campaign in Delaware. The meeting of the Single Tax Society last night in the Foresters’ building, 102 O'Farrell street, was a very interesting one. The principal speaker was A. H. | Sanborn. Ex-President James 8. Rey- | nolds also gave an account of the single | tax campaign in Delaware and a recent action of the City Council of Glasgow, Scotland, in favor of single tax. Mr. San- born said in substance: The main purpose for which the Government | of the United States was established was to give freedom to the people. The development of the country ran slong smoothly for & while, but finally the question of slavery had to be met and settled. Only a few persons started the agitation against slavery, but the movement culminated in the election of an anti-slavery man for Presi- dent, and ultimately slavery was overthrown. With this evil done away with people naturaily looked for an era of prosperity. The wealth of the Nation wonderfully increased, population | poured in, and the material resources were de- veloped. Soon, however, industrial troubles began, the panic of 1873 occurred, and labor disturbances and strikes were the cbnse- quences. The tramp phenomena commenced. People began to look around for the causes of the business depression. The reasons assigned have been extravagance on the part of the citizen, over-production and the payment of the war debt; but none of these adequately explained the difficulty, until in 1878 Henry | George Publ!shefl his book, ‘‘Progress and | Poverty,” and showed that the depression was | due to the private ownersm? or land, the | cople being compelled to pay for the right to ive on the earth, and that the gystem of land- lordism with its collection of ground rents for the use of the Jand was the real cause, The Astors alone collect $9,000,000 annually in rents, and the aggregate rental in this coun- | try is almost past caleulation. Until this sys- tem of extortion is stopped we cannot have prosperity among the masses. The «ingle tax will stop it. Speaking ot the campaign in Delaware Mr. Reynolds said that twenty-five speak- ers stumped that State every Saturday night. Dr. R. 8. Law, he remarked, hep- Kened to have been in Philadelphia when e heard of the movement “On to Dela- ware” and went down there to see how it worked. That gentleman found the peo- ple very liberal and with minds free from any ‘“sham reform theories.” Referring to Scotland Mr. Reynolds said : The Town Council of Glasgow recently adopted, by & vote of 25 to 24, after a long and bitter contest, resolutions favoring the taxa- tion only of Jand values and ordering the Town Clerk to invite the co-operation of as- sessors and the authorities generally through. out Scotland to co-operate with the council and join in a petition to the British Parliament for an act enabling the city of Glasgow to carry the plan into effect. These resolutions had been pending in the council ever since 1890, President H. F. Dessan took occasion to commend certain newspapers to the sup- port of the members of the society. He mentioned the Star of this City and the St. Louis Single-Tax Courier as two weekly Enners worthy of support, and for a daily e said THE CALL was very fair in its treat- ment of economic questions and should be fully np{;reciated. H. L. Pleace and others closed the meet- ing with five-minute speeches, and urged monthly contributions toward the Dela- ware campaign. —————————— Ovpium Den Raided. The opium “joint” of Ah Fat was raided by Sergeant Shea’s Chinatown squad last night. Two whites, who gave the names of Charles Adams and George Lewis, were caught in the act of “hitting the pipe.” They were arrestea, together with the proprietor, and sent to the California-street station. e The Woodward Divorce Suit. In regard to the divorce suit instituted by Mrs. Frank G. Woodward against her husband, Mrs. Woodward wishes to deny the statement that she cansed her husband to be arrested for insanity. The arrest, she says, was caused by other parties. adolescent Californian to gray-haired, dig- nified Judges and business men, with a heterogeneous mass of all sorts of citizens thrown in between. That 1t ison the in- crease is evident by the scores of new wheels that flash in the sunlight each suc- cessive Sunday. Where a year ago riders could be counted by the dozen they are now to be seen by the hundred, and it is prophesied by the park policemen that, if the fever increases much more, equipages with horses at- tached will be a novelty in the park paths. Yesterday there was not only an unusual turning out of wheelmen, but there were many new faces to be seen—riders who had just mastered the intricacies of bal- ancing themselves, and had not been seen before outside the precincts of their training school. Then, too, many of these new riders were men of prominence in business and social circles and in official life. It was interesting to note their styles of riding, their varied costumes and as- sorted ‘‘brands’’ of bicycies. One of the new riders who created some- what of a sensation in the ‘‘charmed cir- cle” of the park was Clement Bennett, the stenographer of the United States courts. He was guided around by a chaperon, who gave the novice all sorts of instructions as to how to become a graceful “‘biker.” Not- withsianding the repeated assertions of his trainer that he was not in a buggv, Mr. Bennett insisted on leaning back in his seat, thereby throwing a well-rounded con- tour against the atmosphere. He expects to be able “‘to go it alone” after about five more lessons. Two other amateurs were noticed practicing in a side path, where they thought they were secure from observa- tion. One was Adoiph Dunker, brother of the Supervisor, and the other was “‘Billy” Koch, the well-known painter, who at one time gave promise of being a prize fisher- man. Neither has intimated to his closest friends that he is learning to ride or that he is the owner of gorgeous brown knicker- bockers. The members of the Red Rock Cycling Club were out in force yesterday. It is made up of prominent men about town and all its members are enthusiastic “bikers.” * Rome Harris is the captain, and he and Bill Harrison cut a wide swath along the highways. “Andy"” Smith the renowned pacemaker, who has Har- rison in training for a five-mile spin against time, followed them with Michael Lynch, also a promising record-breaker. Other members of the club who were out yester- day were Jim Cheslie, Jack Dean, *‘Pop” Suilivan, W. W. Nauchton, Fred Mackey, Louis Stockheiser, Charley Martin, Dan O’Connell, the local bard of Erin, Oscar Tollie, Tom Flynn, the journalist, James Gillman, Larry Flanagan, Fred Mulhol- land, the oracle of the Bay District Race Track, Thomas Boyle, the wnirlwind rider of TuE Carn office, Billy Driscoll, Ned Lanigan, Healy Davis, Tom Quinn, Bob Barton, Charley Flynn, Eddie Moran, Dick Sparks and others. The police force is well represented among the sufferers from thefever. Police Sergeant John Martin, who has been riding for some time, has reduced his weight from 225 to 174 pounds. Urged on by the same motive, Sergeant Michael Joseph Conboy practices daily, but he is still rotund. Then there are Otiicers Peter Richter and Jerry Dinan, who push the wheel. There are others, too, who are practicing, but have not yet appeared in public. X Many members of the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board have ceased to go out in buggies on Sundays, and have taken to the wheel. Those to be seen most are 0. V. Walker, the caller; J. M. Shot- well, C. E. Paxton, H. H. Shinn, Bert Coffin, 12d Cahilt and A. McDonald, As a relaxation from judicial du ties the Judges of the Superior and police courts are interesting themselves in cycling. There are Judges Campbell, Conlan, Barry and Troutt, already experts, and it is rumored that Judges Murphy, Hunt, Slack and several others are practicing. The boulevard by the beach down below the life-saving station is becoming a prac- ticing school for beginners. They go out early in the morning and begin their evo- Jutions, It was stated that among the visitors yesterday were John Van Ber- gen, well known in commercial circles, and ex-Chief of Police T. G. rill. Jobn is getting to be quite expert and he was showing the Chief “how to straddle the wheels.” Both were attired in biue knickerbockers and pink sweaters, with jaunty little caps perched on their heads. _Another addition to the ranksis Henry Doscher, the rmprletor of the Seal Rock House, where the cyclers gather by the score. 2 Ladies in bloomers are also increasing in numbers at a rapid pace. Theice has been broken, and now the bloomer craze is as virulent as the bicycle fever. Amateur Wheel Notes. Charles Sullivan, James McElroy, Dave Martin and Judge Barry contemplate a trip on their quad to the Blue Lakes in & few days. The five-mile road_run between Charles Martin and Billy Driscoll has been in- definitely postponed, owing to Mr. Martin spraining his ankle while Yrmficing yes- terday afternoon. Driscoll is hunting around for a match, and is willing to com- Eete with any amateur on the coast in a ve-mile race. Dick Sparks is in training at San Rafael for his coming race with Eddie Walsh. Dr. Brown has severed his connection with the Devany-Hopkins ecyclery, and, after a much-needed rest, will visit his folks in Europe. ik Mrs. Rome Harris intends going into training next week to try and beat the record made by the lady cyclist, as pub- tished in TeE CALL last week, from the Stanyan-street entrance of the park to the hencK and return. The time made was twenty-seven minutes. The Red Rocks intend giving a smoker next Thursday evening at their hall on Golden Gate avenue. Tommy Nolan and Chris Newman made the run from the Oakland mole to San Jose in four hours and twenty minutes last Friday. DESERTED HIS FAMILY. L. Plumerel’s Wife and Chil- dren Left in a Destitute Condition. The Wife Told the Police That He Had Eloped With a Laundry- man’s Wife. Mrs. Leon Plumerel of 1717 Leavenworth street told a sad story to the police Satur- day. She had been deserted by her husband, who left her destitute with three young children. More than that Mrs. Plumerel had every reason to believe that her recreant husband was accompanied by a woman, the wife of a laundryman on Polk street and the mother of three children. Plumerel was 37 years of age and fairly good looking. The wife showed the lines of care and hard work, for since their mar- riage sixteen years ago she had done ber share in providing for the household and caring for the children. The couple lived in this City for the past seven yvears. For a time Leon kept a cigar-stand, but for two years they had a novelty braiding, beading and embroidery factory at 530 Jones street. “Mi; husband left me on July 28, said Mrs. Plumerei. “I went to the shop and found that he had taken with him the best of the machines. “We had a little cottage in Chicago_and when we decided to go into this business we mortgaged the property in order to buy that particular machine for fine work. He left only the old machines. I suspected that the laundryman’s wife had eloped with him, but I was not sure until Friday, when his sister's husband called on me and asked where my husband could be found. Itold him that Mr. Plumerel had gone, and he said, ‘Then my sister-in-law has gone with him.” “T called upon Ler husband, but he only said that his wife had gone to the country for her health and for me not to say MH- thing about his wife and my husband. He thinks she may come back to him, and she is of great use to him in his business.” " AMUSEMENTS. ‘What Will Be Presented to the Patrons of the Theaters To-Night. To-night will be the first of the Stock- well season at the Columbia Theater. The opening piece will be “Twelfth Night,” in which Rose Coghlan will appear in the ALONG THE OCEAN BEACH, Riehl Does a Beautiful Kite-Shaped Trick With a String. Dr. BEAUTY OUT IN BLOOMERS. Thousands of People Watch the Annual Northward Flight of Birds. Great were the crowds and varied the attractions on the beach yesterday. From Sutro Heights to Ocean View thousands moved on foot, on horseback, in carriages and on bikes. The merry-go-round went its mad whirl to the wheezy notes of a crazy melodeon, while the rolling waves whitened into playful breakers as they washed up against the shins of the myriad of youngsters scudding under bare poles on the sands. There was the bloomer girl in blue, and brown and gray, on a bicycle built for two, and some not built that way. There was the man with the lunch basket and his wife with the young ones, grouped here and there on the sand dunes. And there was Dr. Riehl. Everybody knows Dr. Riehl, the eminent hydropath. Well, he was there, and he flew a_kite and made a speech in his bare feet and a Prince Albert coat, as he toyed gently with a dagger swung carelessly from a cord around his neck. He made a distinet hit and, as that was what he was after, the eminent hydropath was happy. First of all, Dr. Riehl was advertised to give an exhibition of hiskite-shaped life- saving device, warranted to work faster, with a string to it, thun anything in the present life-saving service of Uncle Sam. As good as his word, Dr. Riehl appeared promptly at 3 o’clock to the sow-sow-west and a little to the loo’ard of Haggerty's lunch counter, where the bikes gather in such numbers. He had in his left hand a six-foot paper kite and in his right about 200 yards of stout cord wound about a stick. He was hatless and his feet were bare. His bosom was protected by a_red shirt. He was flanked and supported by a red-headed boy, who had been snecially en- gaged to give color to the affair. The doctor’s appearance was hailed with delight, and he bowed pleasantly to the gathering crowds as he gave his instruc- tions to the red-headed boy. Curl-papers were placed on the tail of the kite, the doc- tor poised it in the baimy breeze and the red-headed boy started on a run for the sounding sea. Up, up went the kite, the doctor sprinted after the mascot and the crowd cheered. The doctor was about to show how the new scheme worked. Sta- tioning the mascot to hold the kitestring, where the foam broke in lather on the face of the rocks, the doctor began walking south, unwinding another hundred yards of string before he made the second stop. | Doffing the Prince Albert and a pair of trousers he stood revealed in crimson tights, a dagger glistening on his breast above an aldermanic paunch. He wasted no time, but, tying the cord under his arm, i proceeded seaward amid the plaudits of the multitude. i “When I raise my arm like this,” he shouted to the fiery-headed mascot, suit- ing the action to the word, “let go the string.”” Then he jumped into the briny, | breasting the waves like a Triton until he | had gone out a distance of about filtdy | yards. Up went the hand, and the red- Leaded boy loosened his hold on the cord S TwE Promct ANE S Kim T S character of Viola. She will be supported in the cast by Dixey, Barrymore, Stock- well, Maude Winter and Inez Knowlton. At the Baldwin to-night “Too Much Johnson” will enter upon its second week and William Gillette will continue to let the audiences note how well he can, by telling plausible lies, get all the charac- ters in the play in a terrible tangle and how he can get them all straight again. The play is one of the up-to-date suc- cesses. Genee’s comedy opera, ‘The Royal Middy,” is the attraction at the Tivoli Opera-house to-night. In this Alice Carle will have, 1n the character of Kanchette, an opportunity to display her talent as vpealist and actress. She will be ably sup- orted by Laura Millard, Mabella Baker, %roderlci, Raffael and others. +‘Harbor Lights,” a strong melo-drama, will be presented at Morosco’s Opera- house this evening, with Gustavus Levick in the character of David Kingsley, for for which he has been especially engaged. There will be some fine scenic effects, in- cluding the Redcliffe {)ig:x:hume and a storm and a British guni There will be no lack of attractions at the Orpheum to-night as the bill includes six new numbers. Farnum and Seymour, acrobats and high tjj;xm%ers. are New peo- ple, as are also the Savans, equilibrists and athletes, and Crimming and Gore, grotesque and eccentric comedy duo. Guibal will also appear. R et Fire in a Restaurant. The contents of a little restaurant at 321 Ellis street, owned by W.l;.l. Honihton, were destroyed by fire last might. The damage nmougced to’lbon! £200. e fire caught from a dislocated joint of & epipe, the proprietor having left a fire in the range when he closed the place at 7 o’clock, not noticing the defec- tive pipe. as the doctor turned gently over on his back, floating like a cork. The crowd shouted again as the kite shot higher into the air and the booming waves slapped against the floater’s chest. He was calm, but the crowd could not see it. That mobile face was hidden by the doctor’s Trilbies, but he came buoyantly shore- ward just thesame. He was carried high and dry by the kite and the waves, and in less than ‘no time, dripping and smiling, was recewmgflthe andshakes of admiring thousands, He resumed his Prince Albert and his pantaloons and immediately headed for the Olympic Company’s pier, where he made a speech, giving thirty-two reasons why his Kite-shaped trick with a string to it was better than Grover Cleve- land’s. “Iam a patriot,” he exclaimed; *and I love the stars and flags. I have written a letter to the superintendent of the life-sav- ing service to come and see my plan, but he will not. He was appoin by Mr. Carlisle, and he comes from Kentucky, therefore he knows nothing about water.” And the doctor smiled and got down on the sands with his bare feet, while the crowd turned its attention seaward, where from the south for miles as far as one could see thousands and thousands of birds were passing up in a steady stream. In a solid column fully 200 feet wide it had been moving due north for an hour, and in the same steady stream it passed and passed, and was still passing northward when darkness closed the day. The birds were gooneys returning to their feeding-grounds from the Farallons after having covered those sentinel rocks with their many-hued eggs. NEW WARSHIP OONTRACTS. Probable Result of Irving M. Scott's Proposed Trip to Japan. When the steamer leaves for Japan to- morrow, one of the passengers will be Irv- ing M. Scott, of tre Union Iron Works. He is going for pleasure and rest, but there is a significant fact connected w de- parture just at this time. It may be that when he returns a contract for one of Japan’s new warships will be in his pocket, and perhaps there will be more than one. Japan is just now considering the propo- sition of building a new navy, or rather of adding considerably to the one she already has. Since this determination became known, rival shipbuilders from all over the country have been seeking contracts for one or more ships, and it is generally believed by those who know of Mr. Scott’s proposed departure, that the prospect of securing some of these contracts for the Union Iron Works is the principal reason. why Mr. Scott’s head will be turned west- ward. He may be taking a pl ire trip on the ocean, but itis believed iuat strict business is what is taking him to Japan. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FPRIEDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LE35E5 ANDMANAGLRS -+ AN GREAT EVENT STAR INDEED CAST TO-NIGHET THE STOCKWELL SEASON! HENRY E. DIXEY, MAURICE BARRYMORE, L. R. STOCKWELL, - WM. G. BEACH AND. MISS ROSE COGHLAN IN A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION Of Shakespeare's Beautitul Comedy, “TWELFTHNIGHT!” MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessea and Managas EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, GUSTAVUS LEVICK 1n the Celebrated Melodrama, “HARBOR LIGHTS!” EVENING PRICES—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. (AL MAYMAN AND Cop INCORPD "THEATRE S\ PROPS. To-Night Commences the Last Weelk! Last Matinee Saturday. “100 MUCH_JORNSON," With WILLIAM GILLETTE and All the Original Company. Monday Next—JOHN DREW And His American Company in —“THE BAUBLE SHOP” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manager —TO=-NIGET — Genee’s Comedy-Opera, “THE ROYAL MIDDY” THE SUCCESS OF BOTH CON' Splendid Chorus! Enlarged Orchestra! Beautiful Scenery ! Correct Costumes! INENTS Popular Prices—25c ard 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT!—-AUGUST 12, A NEW PROGRAMME! - IWEW STARS!-6 FARNUJ AND SEYMOUR, CRIMMINS AND GORE, THE SA VANS, GUIBAL AND ORTIZ, THE JORDANS, METROPOLITAN THREE, STINSON AND MERTON, HORWITZ AND BOWERS, Etc., Etc. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER OAKLAND) 3 Nights and Wed. Mat., beginning next Tuesday, Daniel Frohman’s Lyceum Theater Co. Tuesday, “The Case of Kebellious Susan”; Wed, “The Wife”; Wed. Evg. “An Ideal Hus Thur., “The Amszons.” Seats on sale to-day, TWENTY-EIGHTH INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION ——OF THE MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Opens August13, Closes Septemberlyg 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, CONDUCTOR. THE ART GALLERY will contain the Finest Collection of Paintings and Statuary Ever Exhib- ited on this Coast. ADMISSION: Double Season Ticket 5 00 Single Season Ticket.. 300 Children’s Season Tickef 1 50 Adulr, admission, dayt 0 5 , B0c. Children, admission, daytime, 15¢; evening, 25¢. Season Tickets to Members of the Institute, hal rates. Forsale at Library, 31 Post street. RUNNING % RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. ). sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. STATE FAIGR“ EMBRACING DISPLAY of ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM —FOLSOM.—— TR O RACIN G . THE GREAT AMERICAN CONC BAND EREE. TRANSPORT AT\O™N EXRBITS - SION RATES VISITORS. GM.CHASE PRES. TOR EXCUR