The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895. 7 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THFATER.—* The Bauble Shop.” CoLUMRIA THEATER—* A Tragedy Rehearsed,” “Nance Oldfield” and “A Man of the World.” MOROSCO'S OPERA-HOU A Cracker-Jack.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE—“The Royal Middy.” OrrrEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. MECHANTCS' FATR.—Larkin street, near Market. £TATE BOARD OF TRADE EXRIBIT.—575 Market etreet, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. BAY DISTRICT TRAC CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR: ber2to 14. acramento, Septem- PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EXCURSION s § oT Ux1aH — Sunday, August 25. T0 —TForses, Market OITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Tke clericus will re its meetings Mon- Condensed City news on seventh page of the ALL The Italian ppe wes burned while on ‘her was to t can be found on rning. of a rallway disaster were killed. < V. Cator and Beatty o Eilver Convention hitectural classes te have now been will be harvested by and Japanese and ristian_Co-operative Society rs and adopted & constitu- r the boating annex of the probably be located at Sau- s Institute of Art has re- ection of photographs of air has obtained a lease of two m his father's estate for the re- vear. ierney pleaded guilty in Judge yesterday and was sent to the chanics’ Fair s in- erest is being taken les of the railroad companies are ce of charge in the CALL for the ac- n of readers. ghted on July 1 by the Brit- in latitute 1 deg. 40 min. south, deg. 4 min. west. otion was given last evening o C. E. Embree, supreme of the World. T Congressman Steve White could not attena | tiie Sitver Convention, and yesterday wired his Tégrets to Secretary Géorge P. Keeney. . committee of fifteen to devise ways means to organize & State anti-railroad ¥ will meet and organize Thursday. The Grand Jury held another session yester- ¢ay afternoon and did some work preliminary to.an investigation of municipal affairs. Allison Company, & produce com- n, has been orporated with & k 0f $100,000 fully subscribed. uschimel testified nearly all dey Haskins will contest yesterday, estab- lishing points to prove that the will 1s genuine. Theé.“General Insurance Company” of Aus- & trig, with an_estimated capital of $28,000,000, wilf start in to write marine risks on Monday te Floral Society is prepar- ysanthemum show in the ng the first week in No- Owing to the continued illness of Judge became necessary yesterday to take Official Hemmon predicts fair for to-day, with stationary tempera- risk westerly winds, growing cloudy The Silver Convention convened yester d 1.in Metropolitsn Hall. Delegates ent from all parts of California and neigh- ng States. 2. P. Armstrong of San Jose read por- work on *“Fair Wealth Distribution nly he Pruning Tax System” before the Cengregational Club. Presbyterian Ministerial Union has in- d representatives of the press to again be at its deliberations, “Faith Healing.” who held up two women on turday night at the point of a in Judge Joachimsen’s court ¥, and his case was continued. ers has written a book on “Scien- in which he claims that neither ver is the right material, because niodity values. He favors paper. police raided a newly established Chi- - at 816 Sansome street, near Broad- 1t and captured the Chinese pro- two white players and the outfit. atter of forming a Silver party came up ng of the platform committee yester- developed a strong sentiment among legates ageinst such a move at present. mma R.Swett has begun suit against 18’ Fraternal Accident Associatio n for aimed 10 be due asinsurance on s d by her husband, Frank H. Swett. Pacific Coast Racing Association has let gets for the grand stand, clubhouse and es for the use of horsemen. There will be stable accommodations for 800 horses. The Baptists will hold & “Soul-winners’ con- ference” at the First Baptist Church of this City on the 27th and 25th insts.and at the First church of Oakland on the 29th and 30th. George Michaelis, 8 teamster, was arrested on t vesterday at the instance of H. F. , 3130 Sacramento street, charging th embezzling $112 20 on or about 33 General Graham has placed a corporal’s guard at ‘he monument over the soldiers’ graves &t the Presidio. He says he will not change the inscription unless his superior offi- cers order him to do so. Complaints have been received at police headquarters from merchants who have been swindled by & young man who pretended he was known to their agentsin other parts and anted a temporary loan. From members who attended Unity Lodge, 1.0. B. B., Iast night, it was learned that no ghortage has been found in the accounts of Jacoh Levingston, and that his suspension was > due to gereless bookkeeping. O..W. Winthrop’s trial for the murder of . Mrs, Jennie Matthews in Laurel Hill Cemetery was begun yesterday before Judge Bahrs, Mattié, the ~ six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Matthews, was not permitted to testify. “Tlie indictments against D. M. Cashin and *.Jaicob Liebes were nolle prosequied by United Etates District Attorney Foote yesterday. The Government is satisfied that there is not suffi- cient evidence to convict either one of the ac- cused. - The’ full complement of members of the “executive committee of arrangements for Sau- salito’s coming carnival will beselected to-day, Meantime a deal of enthusiasm is being in- dulged and discussion engaged in a8 to various plans for the display. Three appeals were taken by Attorney Rick- etts of the Miners’ Association yesterday from local land office decisions in the matter of Southern Pacific land selections, Seven pro- tests are also to be filed, covering probably over 500,000 acres of land. The Masonic Hall Association has filed a pro- test with the Board of Supervisors against the assessment for the construction of & cesspool on the southeast corner of Fourteenth street &nd Railroad avenue, on the ground that the work has not been properly executed. An effort will be e this fall to revive beseball in Californis. Central Park has been leased for two months and four Eastern teams will play from October 12 to December 15. An effort-will be made to reorganize the old Cal- <. ffornia league ii the venture is successful. John O'Rourke, 10 years of age, living with his parents on Post and Fillmore streets, was severely bitten on the leit arm by a dog on O'Farrell street, between Stanyan and Pierce, Jast night. He was taken to the Receivinz Hospital,and the wound was dressed by Dr. Rinne. The boy’s father will swearout & war- rant for the arrest of the owner of the dog this morning. He said it had also severely Litten a littie girl yesterday morning. Géorge Thomas Moran, who had his sentence 51 ix months for vagrancy passed upon him by Judge Low on May 20, affirmed on appesal LyJudge Bahrs on Saturday, was resentenced Ly -Judge Low yesterday. Attorney McGrath The members dis- | VAGUE LAND SELECTIONS| Southern Pacific Not Required to Publish Necessary Details. BIG POINT FOR THE MINERS. Secretary Ralston Complains Strongly of This In His Protests. Copies of three notices of appeal and assignments of error, with briefs, were served upon the Southern Pacific yester- day by Attorney Ricketts, chairman of the mineral lands committee of the California Miners’ Association, the necessary papers being sent on to Washington. These appeals affect about 500,000 acres of land in the Redding and Sacramento land districts. Seven protests are also to be entered at various land offices involving what, roughly estimated, may be between 500,000 and 600,000 acres of land. Three will be filed at Redding, two at Marysville and two at Visalia. It is impossible now to correctly specify the exact number of acres involved in any protest without a personal visit to the particular land office at which the lands are nsted. 'This is another defect for which the rules of the Land Department of July 19, 1894, are responsible. As it is | the newspaper official publications are | very vague. An extract from a letter from Charles H. Fisher, editor of the Roseburg Review, to i\!r. Ricketts explains thisin part as fol- ows: 1take the liberty to call your attention to one matter of very great importance to the miners of this town. That is the recent in- struction of the Commissioner of the General Lend Office to the effect that the railroad lieu lana lists are no longer to be published in full by subdivisions, but by townships only. This, &s one can see at & glance, makes a mere farce of the requirement of publication in a news- paper for sixty days. Ithink it will result in the patenting by the company of much land actually being worked by miners, who have no | opportunity to visit the land offices and exam- ine the posted lists there. Secretary William C. Ralston, in his pro- tests against the applications of the rail- road company for patents to the lands, those in the Reddingland district, for ex- ample, explains this further, thus: Affiant is informed and firmly believes that a copy of the list of lands situated in the town- ship described in said newspaper publication, and for which patent has besglpplien for as aforesaid, by descriptive stbdiviions posted in | the United States Land Ofiice, for and open to | the inspection of all persons interested and the | public generally, as in said newspaper men- | tioned, is not and was not accessible to affiant | because of the great distance, to wit, two hun- | dred and fifty miles between the said place of g and the place of residence of said affi- | ant, viz.: Oakland, in the county of Alameda | and &tate of California; and for that reason affiant is unable to herein specifica:ly describe said railroad selections by legal subdivisions, te | wit, by 40-acre subdivisions; and, further, affi- | ant isnot able to know or determine from said | published notice, hereinbefore set out, what ‘{varl:culm’ subdivisions are or have been se- {lected by said corporation within sald town- | ships and ranges, and therefore he cannot de- | scribe the same nor specifically state the char- r of each 40-acre subdivision in said list of ons contained. Here is a sample of such a newspaper | publication: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCER: OTICE I8 HEREBY Central Pacil | Oregon) Ra s VEN THAT THE sor to the California and has filed in this office te wnships described be- low, and bas applied for a patent for said lands; that the list is open to the public for inspection, and a copy thereof by descriptive subdivisions has | been posted m a convenient piace in this office for the inspection of all persons interested dnd the public generally, viz.: s Nos. 38, 39 and 40 nerth, range 8 west; townships 37, 38, 39, 4 45and 48 north, range 9'west, and townships Nos. 37, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47 north, range 10 west, Mount Diablo meridjan. Within the next sixty days following the date of this notioe protests or contests against the claim of the railroad company to any tract or subdivision described in the list on the ground that the same is | more valusble for mineral than agricultural pur- poses will be received and noted for report to the General Land Oftice at Washington, D. C. SYLVESTER HULL, Register, LAFAYELTE S. BARNES, Recelver. _“How in the world,” asks Mr. Ricketts, ‘“is any one to know what particular selec- tion the railroad has made by anything appearing in a publication like that? “It is said that anybody can go to the land office and look at the list, which may necessitate traveling over 500 miles alto- gether, and that is a great hardship to any miner away up in the mountains who iwuu!fl have to make a trip to the land office every time the railroad company makes a selection, simply to ascertain if his land is involved or not. ‘‘Let us presume that the railroad com- pany is entitled to every odd-numbered | section in a township that is not mineral land and the title to which the Government has not already parted with to some agri- cultural or mineral land claimant. There | are thirty-six sections in all in any one townshlp, each section being 640 acres, making a total of 23,040 acres. “Assuming that the railroad company has listed half of thisamount, the land coy- ered by our seven protests amounts to 665,653 acres. You could not tell anything about that if you depended upon the news- paper publications, though. All the infor- | mation you getis that certain townships | are enumerated.” The newspapers in which_the publica- tions were made were the Yreka Union, Shasta County Democrat, Nevada City Transcript and Tulare County Times. One of the Marysville lists and one of the Visalia lists show that the lands listed are within the indemnity limits, and the Miners’ Association has filed additional protests against them on the ground that the right to make such selections has not inured to the railroad company by reason of the fact that there has been no loss of lands in the original grants to correspond, and that the selections, therefore, could not be made as lieu land: ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Italian Bark Beppe Re- ported Lost by Fire in Mid-Ocean. A Derelict in the South Seas—Failure to Float the Stranded Weeott. The Italian bark Beppe, bound from Androssan to this port, was burned at sea some weeks ago. Her crew reached Montevideo in safety, and reports of the disaster were sent from there to London. The Beppe is on the regular run between San Francisco and European ports. She was here about a year ago, and left loaded with wheat for England. She was an iron ship built at Pertusola in 1891. Her dimen- sions were: Length 222.3, beam 33.7, depth of hold 20.02. The British bark Castor, which arrived here on Sunday evening from Newcastle N. 8. W., reported sighunf the abandone: hull of 8 wooden ship in latitude 1 deg. 40 min. south and longitude 169 deg. 4 min. west. She passed the derelict about 1 o'clock on the morning of July 1. Tbe hull was that of a vessel of between 1000 and 1200 tons burden, and was apparently intact. All the masts and the jibboom were gone, however, and there was no sign of life on board. satisfied .Judge Low yesterday that he ac- . cepted the bond onippe-l and also signed the Orgbr of release in_Moran’s case, but the mys- tery.of what has become of the bond and the arder is as deep 8s eyer. A dispatch to the Merchants’ Exchange from Eureka reports that the first attempt to float the Weeott, which was stranded on the Humboldt bar last Saturday night, was a failure. The attempt was made at high water on Sunday night, but the mgh’s hawser parted and before another could be made fast, the ebb set in and stoppe further efforts. Another attemvt was to have been made at high water last night. In the meantime, the dispatches say the vessel is in such a position that she is in no danger. The Dalgonar is reported from Yoko- hama, 131 days out from New York. She will load tea at that port for Tacoma. . N. H. Burnham, foreman on the State iledriver, had his right had crushed be- ween two timbers yesterday, and as a consequence he may lose some of his fingers. . e — E. McD. JOHNSTONE DEAD. One of the Publishers of the Traveler Expires After a Brief Illness. E. McD. Johnstone of the firm of John- stone & Bryan, publishers of the Traveler, died yesterday about noon at his residence at Ban Mateo. His illness, congestion of the liver, was of brief duration, having con- fined him to his bed for the past six days only. Mr. Johnstone first made his reputation through the passenger department of the Southern Pacific Company, with which he was connected for about eight years before branching out for himself in partnership with W. V. Bryan in the establishment of the Traveler. His unique ideas and origi- nality have been strikingly exemplified through that journal for the past two and a half years. He willas well be recognized as the author of those artistic publications entitled “West by South,”” By Semi- tropic Seas” and others of equal merit. He possessed a rare individualty and talent and enjoyed a host of admirers and friends. He leaves a widow and two boys, aged respectively 12 and 14 years. CASHIN AND LIEBES FREL, Indictments Against Them Have Been Dismissed by the Government. The District Attorney Satisfied There Was Not Enough Evidence to Convict. The indictments against D. M. Cashin and Jacob Liebes were nolle prosequied in the District Court by the United States District Attorney yesterday afternoon. For some months past the Government has been trying to dram up sufficient evi- dence to convict either one or the other of the alleged conspirators, but failed com- pletely. In consequence District Attorney Foote thought it wiser to dismiss the cases, Should new evidence be discovered at any time there will be no difficulty in finding new indictments. The dismissal of the charges against Cashin and Liebes brings up the old Neu- berger, Reis & Co. and Liebes Bros'. cases. The former imported silks and satins as “cotton’’ goods and the latter wrapper to- bacco as “fillers.” Vast sums were lost to the Government in duties and Reis, in order to escape punishment, paid $106,000 to the Government. Liebes Bros. never paid a cent, as they stuck out through thick and thin that the tobacco was ‘‘filler” and not ‘‘wrapper.” The Government sent out experts, who made a thorough examination of the case, with the result that the leaf was seized and Jacob Liebes indicted. ‘While all these cases were being carried on D. M. Cashin was Deputy Collector of the Port. He it was who designated what cases out of the varions shipments should be sent to the Custom-house for appraise- ment. For instance, Neuberger, Reis & Co. would have a counsignment of ten cases of ‘‘cottons.” Out of these two would have to go to the Custom-house for appraisement. Out of the ten cases two would be “cottons’” and eight “‘silks and satins.” By some means or another the “cottons’’ always reached the Appraiser’s store and the “silks and satins” went to, Neuberger, Reis & Co.’s warehouse. A careful examination showed that Cashin designated in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred what samples were to be sent to the Custom-house. He was dismissed by Collector Phelps, and fearing indict- ment fled to British Columbia. Appraiser Levy, who was also accused of being in the deal, lost his head, and Reis squared his accounts with Uncle Sam. Cashin re- mained in Vancouver, B. C., up to about twelve months ago, when his bail was re- duced and he came back. Kver since he has been asking for a speedy trial. but the Government was never ready. Collector ‘Wise could not dig up sufficient evidence to convict, so District Attorney Foote de- cided to dismiss the cases. T SSALTO FETE A Naval Battle Instead of Vesuvius in Erup- tion. An Original and More Attractive Plan Before the Com- mittee. The original idea of a *“Night in Na- ples” to be given in Sausalito has been reconsidered from the fact that it would be dangerous at this time of the year when the grasses are so dry to send off fireworks and produce streams of fire along the sides of the mountain in the rear of the Pacific Yacht Club. A more original and certainly a more interestin, night spectacle will probably be substi- tuted, and one which will be seen to ad- vantage from the shore. It will be the representation of a naval engagement, and the bay at Old Sausalito will be the theater of this naval show. Possibly the commit- tee will make the display of historic inter- est by giving the two vessels engaged the names of some ships famous in Eevoution- ary history, 'he naval vessels will be represented b two barges anchored some 500 yards of shore and abouf 300 yards apart. They will be canvased and painted so as to re- semble the broadsides of two men-of-war with the dedks cleared for action. On the shore a fort will be constructed, which will keep up a steady fire on the hostile ships. When the engagement begins the ships will fire continuously batteries of fireworks, consisting of electric spreader darts an sparks, streamers of rose, green, crimson and blue, and silver torrents and festoons of brilliant coloring, floral cannonades, in- terspersed with flights and crossfires of bundreds of rockets containing'opal clouds, shooting stars, parachutes, showers of rubies, heliotrope, the couleur de rose, having chains, weeping-willows, peacock plums and other novelties. From the fort on the shore will be pro- jected hundreds of shells from forty guns and mortars continuously, which will not alone illume the heavens, but keep up a constant cannonading, mahng the entire effect most realistic. These shells will re- lease showers of pearls, Japanese effects, Indian jugglery, rainbows, true-lover's- knots, dragoa flies, sapphires turning to rubies, gold and silver rain dripping liquid spangles, and feathery clouds and mammoth shells producing an acre of varie- gated gems of all the most brilliant mauve, rose, crimson, gold and silver effects. — iy ‘The Sworn Tormentors Of the Spanish Inquisition never infiicted tortures more dreadful than those endured by the victim of inflammatory rheumatism. The chronic form of this obstinate malady is sufficiently painful. Ar- rest it at the start with Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters and avold becoming a lifelong martyr. The Bitters will remove malaria and kidney com- ints, dyspepsia, constipation, nervousuess aud :‘5 ll?. remedy debllity and hasten con- k7 nce. Mattie, but a circumstantial case was made out, and in the Police Court the prisoner was held for trial. b Mattie was called yesterday as a witness for the State, but she was not allowed to testify. Assistant District Attorney Hos- mer tried to show that she understood the nature and meaning of the proceeding sut- ficiently to tell her story, but the defense objected that at 6 yearsold she could not be'a competent witness. “Do you remember what you got last Christmas, little girl ?” Judge Bahrs asked. “I got a doll and lots of things.” £ She could not tell what the other things were. “Do you remember who it was that last gave you some candy 2"’ “1 don’t know who it was.” “fHave you been away with your papa htelif” .“Oh, yes, sir.” “Where did you go?” “We went across the bay.” “Where did you go across the bay ?"’ “I couldn’t tell that.”” “Do you remember anybody that you saw when you went away 2"’ “No, gir, I don’t.”” Other such questions were asked and finally the Judge decided that the little girl could not properly be heard as a wit- ness in the case. This is an important advantage for the defense, as Mattie testified before that Winthrop was the man who gave her mother the gill. Mr. Winthrop’s wife and aged mother sat with the prisoner during the entire day. The opening statement of the case was made by Mr. Hosmer, who told the story as it has many times been published. Edwin 8. Mathews, the husband of the woman_ who was killed, told about his wife's departure from home at morning, in good spirits and good health, and her return in a dying condition. Gus Benboge, the laborer at Laurel Hill, is sick, and his deposition was read. He testified, as before, that he saw Winthrop and Mrs. Mathews together at the cem- etery. The story of the treatment of Mrs, CANNON ON BIMETALLISM The Distinguished Illinoian Here and Talks of Silver. NOT TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE. He Believes That International Ar- bitration Must Come Very Soon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois is at the Palace. Mr. Cannon has taken a leading part in Congress on the Republican side for over twenty years. He came out to ‘Washington to look over that State with a view to its wants in Congress, but owing to the smoke of forest fires his stay was very short. He has baen here twice be- fore. He believes that it is the duty of members of Congress to visit and become thoroughly acquainted with the different parts of the country. “It seems to me,” he said yesterday at the Palace, “‘that so little is known'of the resources of the Pacific Coast except by reading that it would be greatly to the Mathews after she had been brought home was the subject of testimony given by Dr. E. M. Griffiths of 1340 Hayes street. The dying woman’s statement about taking a pill was made to him. Mrs. Isabella Gage testified that she saw Winthropand Mrs. Mathews together after the supposed time of the poisoning. Win- throp sent Mrs. Gage to get a team for the conveyance of the sick woman to her home, The case will be continued to-day. MICHAEL DAVITT COMING The Great Irish Patriot on His Way From Aus- tralia. He WIill Be Recelved Here Before Going to the Chicago Con~ . ventlon. Joseph G. Cannon. benefit of the coast and to the whole coun- try to have the members of the next Re- publican convention come to S8an Francisco and see what you have here.” Asked what would be dome by Congress at the coming session in the way of finan- cial Jegislation Mr. Cannon said: “Under our constitution the House, the Senate and the President must agree, to legislate. The House is strongly Republican, the Populists hold the balance of power in the Senate, Cleveland is President. How can there be any economic or financial legisla- tion under such conditions? The appro- priations for the public seryice must be made and when they are made the best in- terests of the country would cause Con- gress to adjourn.” “What is the Po]iticnl outlook for the next campaign?”’ was asked. Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot, is on his way to San Francisco from Australia. His object in visiting America at this time is to be present at the convention of Irish-Americans to be held in Chicago some time in September. Before continu- ing his travels East he will spend a week or two in this City and in QOakland. His wife’s mother, Mrs. Canning, lives in Oak- land, and the patriot and his wife will probably make their headquarters across the bay. On his arrival the Knights of 8t. Patrick and Knights of the Red Branch will tender bim a_public reception, at which all the other Irish organizations will be repre- sented. It bas not yet been decided whether a_general gathering or mass- meeting will ke called, though it goes withou§ saying the representative Irish- men of the City and State will show him the proper recognition. Davitt is one of the most prominent and “The country umfl% repudiated the Democratic party and Democratic policy last fall. Those elections are a prophecy and a Fromise of a complete reversal of the policy in 1896.” “Is the silver question going to be the main issue in the next campaign?”’ “In my judgroent it will not. January 1, 1879, all obligations of the Government became payable in gold or its equiyalent. Nine-tenths of all credits in the United States have been curtailed since 1879 on the basis of our presentcurrency. The great bulk of the National debt has been aid in that cun‘enc{. In my judgment, he free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to L by the United States alone would give us silver monometallism, the money value and intrinsic value of silver being the same. In other words, $1 of our present currency would purchase sufficient silver bullion to coin two silver dollars, and with free coinage of silver gold would disap- pear and we would have a currency which would have a value one-half of the present cuneuca “The bondholders having been paid in good money I do not believe that the 1,000,000 pensioners on the rolls, who are receiving $150,000,000 from the treasury an- nually, will consent to have that which is due them decline one-half. “Nordo I believe that the 900,000 depos-| itors in savings banks, with an aggregate deposit of $500,000,000, will consent to re- ceive one-half the value of the sums they have deposited. “Nor do I believe that the great body of wage-earners will consent to receive their an in currency of less value than we now ave, especially as it would take many years to increase rates of wages to com- pensate. ey “The average citizen more readil; to the merit of a question in which gl terests are at stake. “In the Mississippi Vallev the advocates of free coinage by the United States alone, it seems to me, are not more numerous than the fiat money men were prior to 1879, and are becoming less numerous Michael Davitt, the Irish Patriot. best-known-of Irish patriots, His pres- ence at the convention to be held in Chi- cago will have an enthusiastic effect on the delegates and go a great ways toward in- ducing the Irisg supporters of home rule in America to adopt practical measures for romoting the cause over the water. He E) a brilliant orator, and as a thinker takes rank among the brightest minds of the age. He will bea powerat the Chicago gets s in- every day.” s il & bi" Jonom s gold monometallist?”’ m’f,“j,‘,‘,":;,i,‘ x;%“l:any T acompey was asked. *On the contrary, I am a genuine bimet- allist. I believe that bimetallism can only come by our continuing to use the largest apiount of silver that we can circulate and by the operation of all forces main- tain at a parity with io‘ld' This policy has already created a public sentiment in Germany and maintained a public senti- ment in the countries of the Latin Union that makes them willing to meet us in in- ternational conference to agree upon a ratio upon which gold and silver shall be admitted to free coinage in the respective countries. And if we may trust all re- ports public sentiment in Great Britain is rapidly coming to the same point. Such an agreement would give us that which all true bimetallists desire, while se arate action by the United States in_the name of bimetallism would give us silver monometallism.” WINTHROP 1S ON TRIAL The Man Accused of Poisoning Mrs. Jennie Mathews at Laurel HIil. —————————— MORE EASTERN HORSES HERE. Bookmaker Frank Phillips’ String Ar- rived at the Track Yesterday. Another string of Eastern horses ar- rived at the track yesterday, that of Frank Phillips, the well-known bookmaker and turfman. The horses arrived in charge of Trainer Merriam and include such good performers as Flash, W. L. Munson, Mar- orie, Oakley, Caundor, Le Grande, B.B. ohnson and Elmer F. Mr. Philiips stopped oyer en route at Denver, where will spend a short vacation before entering upon the California campa_xfin. The well- known jockey, J. Hill, will probably do the riding for the stable. The starters 1n to-day’s events are numerous and the running should be good. Following is the list of entries: it , five-eighths of a mile, sellin M{irr; 8 {&e C-u'ieu‘lx 97, Corporal Bueklnghs; 102, Josle G 102, Addie M 95, Tuxedo 104 Undle Giles 106, Bob Tucker 85, Little Pete 93, Monarch 104, Monte Carlo 104, Conde 110, Gondola 98, Claire 102, Lee Stanley 104, Tom Clark 97, Red Will 100, Mutineer 100, Favory 103, Rob Roy 100. B Second race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing, two-year-olds—Suffrage 101, Cardwell 104, o tiins 108, Cyrene 95, Walter J 104, Belle Pel!doydn}gs, Josephine 108, City Girl 101, m”l“;xlrd :‘:ce, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- light welter-weights—Mount Ayr 122, Abi 18, Perhaps 91, Heartsease 84, Crawford 120, Ike L116. Fourth race, thirteen-sixteenths of & mile— Warrago 98, Articus 97, Quarterstaff 112, Charmion 102, Fred Gardner 104, Royal Flush 112, Fifth race, one mile, lemngémlxh 104, Fin Slaughter 103, Little Bob 96, Nabo ser 72, Adelante 99, San Luis Rey 101, Swift Justice. Frank Stevens, alias Wilkinson, broke into the saloon of David Edwards, 341 Sixth street, early Sunday morning and stole a gallon demi- tfihn of whigky. Speé:l Officer Docherty saw im leave the saloon with the demijohn and arrested him. Yesterday the case came up be- fore Judge Low. Steyens offered no defense and the Judge heid him to answer before the Superior Court in $5000 bonds on the charge of burglary. The public library of Boston now com- prises ll)lpwltd of half a million volumes. The Little Daughter of the Dead Woman Too Young to Bea Witness. = Oliver W. Winthrop, the assistant su- perintendent of Laurel Hill Cemetery, was brought into Department No. 12 of the Su- perior Court yesterday to answer before Judge Bahrsand a jury to the charge of poisoning Mrs. Jennie Mathews. Mrs. Mathews went to Laurel Hill Cem- etery on the forenoon of May 18, accom- panied by her little daughter Mattie. ‘While there she was poisoned, and at mid- night she died. The only statement that she made while the physicians were tryin, to save her Jife was that a man had given her a pill and that she bad eaten it. ‘Winthrop was arrested on suspicion. The only direct witness was the child .¢ astonished those who have watched the fancy riders in the park, while Miss Midinetta, the female Sandow, proved a great wonder. The performing animals attracted a great deal of attention. A AT THE CITY PLAYHOUSES, John Drew and Maud Adams in the “Bauble Shop” at the Baldwin. e Before the Insanity Commissioners. 0 Ortiz, who lives at 407} Green street, had his wife, Pauline Ortiz, before the Insanity Commissioners yesterday, but the court could not arrive at & satisfactory conclusion of the case and the matter went over till this morning. According to Ortiz’s story his wife got out of bed during the preceding night, hunted for a pistol and tried to kill him and their two little children. Hegrappled with her, and after a hard scuffling bout succeeded in disarmin, her. Then he called for assistance and turn her over to the officers. Mrs, Ortiz was very quiet during her exams ination, and answered all questions freely. Neither she nor her husband speak very good hn§lish. 50 the inquiry was limitea. To-day an interpreter will endeavor to throw light on the trouble for all sides. TRIPLE BILL AT THE COLUMBIA, Comedy at the Grand-Opera—An- other Tivoli Hit—At Other Theaters. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. % : a@m@@“‘@ FRIEDLANGER.GOTTLOD & co- 1£35e3 ANDMATAGERS -+~ THE STOCKWELL SEASON. The house at the Baldwin last evening was abundant proof that John Drew has lost none of his popularity with San Francisco theater-goers. The audience included most of the fashionable people in town and many who had come up from the county to see how he would succeed in his new departure. A ANOTHER . The “Bauble Shop” is a strong play and ROUSER BRILLIANT gave Mr. Drew an opportunity to show INDEED AUDIENCE. what he could do in something beside light comedy. The play is a satire on modern English politics and hinges upon HOUSE PACKED TO THE DOORS TO SEE THE GREAT STAR CASTI 4 ’ HENRY E.DIXEY. the great influence of personal morality MAURICE BARRYMORE, on the career of public men. It recalls L. R. STOCKWE. the blasted careers of Sir Charles Dilke A and Parnell. As Lord Claverbrooke, the leader of the House of Commons, Mr. Drew did some fine acting in the strong scenes of the last two acts, particularly in the meetings with Mr. Stoach, M.P. (Harry Harwood). Miss Maud Adams sustained the part of Jessie Keber admirably, and Harry Har- wood was a capital member of Parliament of the coarser modern type from a London district. The support generally was good and all the parts well sustained. At the Baldwin next Monday evening will be ]%resented for the first” time the comedy by Henry Guy Carleton, entitled “That Imprudent Young Couple,” which the author wrote expressly for Mr. Drew. The new play is in three_acts with scenes at Tuxedo and Paterson, New Jersey. The Columbia Theater. A more pleased audience than the one that crowded the Columbia Theater last night it would have been difficult to find anywhere. Every seat in the house was occupied and many people who came after the curtain had been raised were forced to content themselves with chairs at the end of rows. And it was a very fashionable audience that greeted the Stockwell company of players that presented %ofilelhing unusual in Ban Francisco—a triple i The first vorld,” 2 COGHLAN. HTFUL PLAYS, All Three at One Performance, MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessee and Manages EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, ——HERBERT HALL WINSLOW'S— Famous Comedy-Drama. “A CRACKER-JACK!” PYENING PRICES—25¢ and 50¢. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managee —TO=INXIGEIT THE LATEST EASTERN CRAZE, “THAT'S WHAT I'D ASK OF THE FAIRIES,” In Genee's Comedy-Opera, “THE ROYAL MIDDY” HEAR “THE DAISY SONG.” NEXT |THEBLACK HUSSAR! [ NEXT WEEK | Millocker’s Martial Opera. | WEERK Popular Prices—25c and 50c. AN i ANBC@, | mEATRE PROPS. TO-NIGHT JOHN DREW IN “épETIN BAUBRBLE SEOP” By H. A. Jones. Managemept CHABLES FROHMAN. MAT&EE SATURDAY.—— SECOND WEEK, ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowelL TO-NIGHT ! MONDAY, AUGUST 19th, A PEERLESS VAUDEVILLE BILL! ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME! FOOD FOR MERRIMENT. presentation was “A Man of the lever sketch for four people written for Maurice Barrymore, in which he takes the principal character, Captain Bradley, a soldier who has traveled and seen much of the world and makes it his business to draw together a married couple that does not enjoy as much of each other’s company as they should, and also to prevent a case of platonic love between the wife and a young man in his employ. In_this Mr. Barrymore brings into play a naturalness that is so perfect as to carry inthe minds of all that it was an act in real ife and notone on the stage. He was well supported by Miss A‘B}B\lde Winter, William Beach and Charles ates. Then tollowed the clever one-act comedy, “Nance Oldfield,” in which Miss Rose Coghlan assumed the character of Mrs. Oldfield, the actress celebrated in the last century in Eng- 1and. This is the same comedy in which Elien Terry Bpfienrud at the Grand Opera-house when she was here with Henry Irving. Those whose pleasure it was to see Miss Terry in the leading character were delighted, and o were those who saw Miss Coghlan in the same role, for in this she maintained the reputation she has won in the caaracter. Miss Winter as Susan Oldfield was very acceptable, while Stockwell as Nathan Oldworthy gave an excellent repre- sentation of the country attorney. The closing piece was ‘‘A " Tragedy Re- hearsed,” which is an adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s “Critic.” It proved to be an exceedingly funny performance. Henry E. Dixey appears as Puff, a dramatic author, and he superintends a dress rehearsal of “The Spanish Armada,” a tragedy he has written, and to which rehearsal he has invited & couple of friends. Nearly all the members of the com- pany take part in the tregedy,and the blun- ers they make in reciting their lines and tge the here many absurd positions they assume kee audience in a constant roar of laughter. is a modern Trilby (Miss Dorothy Rossmore), o s nypnotized by Dizey, who Appears in R CHOICE ENTERTAINMENT exaggerated makeup of Svengall. The triple FOR ALL. bill will run during the week, and isbound to draw full houses. Morosco's Grand Opera-House. The merits of & play are not to be judged solely by whata critic may say about it but in a great measure by the approval or want of approval of the audience that witnesses it. Viewed from the latter standpoint the success of “A Cracker Jack” given at Morosco’s Grana Opera-house last night is assured. The large number of theater-goers who attended the initial performance of Herbert Hall Winslow’s masterpiece were pleased, and it was not with- out reason, for it was put on with extraordi- nary realistic effeots, while the players fell in admirably with the author’s ideas, in almost every instance carrying them out with a per- WORLD-FAMED STAR FEATURES! Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalre and Box seats, 50c. TWENTY-EIGHTH INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION ——o0F THE—— MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Opens August13, Closes Septemberl4 Special Attractions in Manufactures, Art and Natural Produci Machinery in Motion Will Be a Promi~ nent Feature. fection that was remarkable. The play deals AN TCONORAT With the times in the rough deys of Okinhoma, : o X Whon everthing was ruled. by tho. plonsers of | Sech Aftemconand' Hvsning by an Orchesirs of the Territory. It abounds in comedy and has more of that than many of the plays hereto- fore produced at this house. There are also many startling situations, which are enhanced by the artistic scenery. Charles W. Swain_was at home as Hon. Sam Derrick, a member of the Oaklahoma Legislature; H. Coulter Brinker resented & strong character as Laurance ‘handler, master of Beechmore; Julia Blanc gave a splendid representation of the landlady of the Grand Palace Hotel, and when the hotel scene was presented the audience became wild with excitement, Maud Edna Hall had & good PROF. FRITZ SCHEEL, CONDUCTOR. THE ART GALLERY will contain the Flnest Collection of Paintings and Statuary Ever Exhib- ited on this Coast. ADMISSION: Double Season Ticket. 5 Single Season Ticket.. 3 Children's Season Ticke 1 Adult, admission, daytime, 25c; evening, 50c. Children, admission, daytime, 15c; evening, 25c. Season Tickets (o Members of the Institute, half rates. Forsale at Library, 31 Post street. 883 character adapted to her talent in Christine Carrington, ‘tlg'e Bose of Beeohmors, aud she RUNNING m RUNNING acted it well. The ncl scene Aand e Borecing of the Jai 15 she third actwereex.| RACES! RACES ceedingly sensational. The Tivoli Opera-House. Many of the amusement-loving public follow the advice of Captain Cuttle, in “Dombey and Son”—*Search, and when found make a note on’t.” They search for light and cheerful entertainment, and they have found it at the Tivoli Opera-house, and from the great num- ber of people in the house last evening it is certain that they made a note of the fact that “The Royal Middy,” which entered upon its second week, was what they had been search- ing for. Genee’ssparkling comedy-opera, with- ot a dull partin it, is welcomed night after night, and were it not for other arrangements made it would no doubt continue for several ‘weeks to come, but there are other attractions ready, and the ‘“Middy” will have to retire next Sunday night. Miss Alice Carle as Fan- chette won fresh laurels, and Ferris Hartman has made a hit in singing the latest Eastern musical craze, “That’'s What I'd Ask of the Fairies.” £ Miss Ida Vallerga will shortl; this house in the character of “Faust.” 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 El.z:&lrp. DMicAllister and Geary streel cars pass e SELECT EXCURSION TO UKIAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, Under the ausplces of the ’CROSS=COUNTRY CLUB. Tickets only $2: children under 12 half rates: to be obtained only at the club’s headquarters in Brook’s Homeopathic Pharmacy, 119Powell street, daily until 11 P. ». Seats guaranteed. Tickets limited. No music, nor dancing. Good company assured. reappear at arguerite in The Orpheum, Notwithstanding the fact that there is a circus in town and that there are good attrace tions at the different places of amusement there is no diminution of the audiences at the Orpheum Music Hall. Vaudevyille is a draw- ing card and no one knows it better than Gustay Walter, whose judgment of what is f!eutng to the public is recognized by the arge audiences. Last evening there were several new people on the stage, among the number George Adams, a female impersonator, gave “Carmencita Up to Date,” a burlesque that brought down the house. Many of the favorites of the past week appeared in new acts and all were well received. Mons. Guibal and Mlle. Ortez, who for two weeks past have mystified the audience by their psycho- hypnotic performance, will continue during the week to puzzle the people and flvs them further opportunity to discover how it is done. The graceful Jordan family of aerialists have introduced new and ng feats. The Syndicate Bhows, The large attendance to witness the great syndicate shows and Paris hippodrome under the tents 1n Central Park was proof last night that the love of the old and the young for the circus is not.on the wane. The one who has once seen the spangled suits, the daring riders and the amusing clowns in the sawdust rinj is seized with a desire to see another show, an as he grows older that desire increases. From the number of people who occupied the benches last night it is safe to say that each was actuated by that desire. The programme was an interesting one and the periormers were the recipients of many marks of approval. The Martell family in trick bieycle riding Y ATTRACTIVES PAVILION EXHIBITS EMBRACING DISPLAY oF ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM ——FOLSOM.—— THEL S PAY; RACIN . THE GREAT AMERICAN CONCERT BAND FREE TRANSPORT ATION IR _EXW\BITS .« EXCURSION FOR VISITORS, Eowin ?gm,_ GM.CHASE ¥ PRES.