The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCIS ‘0 CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895. 7 -AUGUST 27, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. COALDIWIN TRFATER.—That Imprudent Young COLUMBIA THEATER—“Mask Before and Behind the Curtain.” MOROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—* The Coast Guard.” TIVOLI OPERA-HO he Black Hussar,” ORPHEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. THEATER (OAKLAND)-— “Too and Faces; or, " Much Johnson.” MECHANICS' FATR.—Larkin-street, near Market. BaY DisTRICT TRACK.—Races. STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXHIBIT.—575 Market #trect, below Second. Open d ‘Admission free. cramento, Septem- CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Methodist preachers discussed evolu- tion. The Olympic Club opposition ticket has made its appearance. The State Board of the Crocker building. e to be found on this page de has taken rooms in Brief City items of the CALL ever Anthony Mel corespondent i 1 Rev. George Watt e suit. v Club discussed Local items, this page of t Nath o} the bowe! flammation of ox Hotel. been sent to the’ Insane Commis- ve Association in this d by Assembly dls- pony-racing and pigeon- e Hotel del Monte, Monte- Jes of the railroad companies are e of charge in the CALL for the ac- 1 of readers. am Nrelling estate is being sued for b of property. which, it is elaimed, ght to transier. seems to be no decrease in the attend- ce at the fair, Last night the place was owded beyond expectations. was a pleasantreception atthe Crocker People’s Home last evening to Rev. W. L. Githens, the former superintendent. Judge Slack yesterday rendered a decision upholding the legality of commitments of female minors to the Magdalen Asylum. The people of Sacramento are driving out the hobos and tramps and are ordering working- men from the State’s Free Labor Bureau. le King White's deposition was taken day in the suit of the Sun Insurance pany to foreclose a $75,000 mortgage. Forecast official W. H. Hammon predicts t“fair; nearly stationary temperature; fresh to brisk westerly winds” for to-day’s weather. The police are trying to find a sneak-thief who has been stealing ornaments and robbing the poor-boxes in Roman Catholic churches. Mrs. Ann Johnson, who started for Chicago in 1893, has never been heard from since. Judge Coffey yesterday declared her legally dead, Bernard Cappell, northeast corner of Eighth and Mission streets, was yesterday fined 100 by Judge Conlan for selling liquor without a cense. Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of the Congregation Emanu-El, who has been away to Europe ona hree months’ vacation, is expected home on Sunday. Commissioner Searls of the Supreme Court vest d to give A. A. Friedlander a n his petition to be admitted to the Court. Fire Marshal Towe is investigating a sus- cious fire that occurred early yesterday ning in Mrs. S. M. Oliver’s lodging-house, a former switchman of the has brought suit against that 5,000 for injuries received Francisco and San Mateo Electric C any has filed another petition h the Board of Supervisors for a right of way to the new race trac abeth Ina Joy, formerly Mrs. Ryer, ned the court for a distribution to ts amounting to $22,556 76, from the Ryer property. icked four out of the five < vesterday. The fortunate onde, Belle Boyd, Schuitz, and Little Bob. . H, Powers, now in Europe, has i an independent professorshi omics department at Stanfor and has accepted it. mining suit of Theodore Fox vs. Mackay and others was resumed in Seawell's court vesterday,and goes on n this morning at 10 o’cloek. land has modified her claims in the xan boundary question and wiil now be if all the seaports on the waters of the pelago Alexander are yielded to ber. The Grand Jury proposes to investigate the rumor that certein Supervisors refused to lend 1 in increasing the police force till they ould get & certain number of appointments. M M. A. Arnold of the Grand Southern Ho- tel terday followed and captured James Brennan, an old man, whom she accuses of be- ing implicated in the stealing of her purse last Tuesday. The police are satisfied that Thomes O'Neil, the burglar arrested by Detective Cody on Sunday night, committed the numerous burg- laries recently in the Mission and Western Addition. Andrew J. Collins, who threatened to kill Buperintendent Fillmore of the Southern Paci- fic, appeared in Judge Joachimsen’s court yes- terday and the hearing of the case was fixed for Friday. Edward Campbell, the contederate of Sidney Bell in the murderof Samuel Jacobson fi years ago, wes yesterday convicted of vagranc by Judge Joachimsen and sentto the County Jail for six months. George Moseby, & colored man, was arrested jesterday for cutting William ' Murphy, the horge-trainer, with a knife at the racetrack on Sunday night. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The residence of Mrs. Richard Tobin on Nob Hill was partly destroyed by fire yesterday efternoon. The loss was between $10,000 and E 000. Careless painters with gasoline lamps started the blaze. The captains of the local militia are going to submit demands for the full legal quarterly lowance of $300, regardless of the agree- ment made by the colonels to submit to & re- duction to $75 a month. The Union for Practical Progress will meet this evening at 16 Post streei to formulate a plan for bringing into practica: politics the question of ~municipal ownership of gas, water and eleetric-light plants. John Murphy, 1132 York street, was taken to the Recelving Hospital last night with a lacerated wound in his scalp, He said the conductor of a Valencia-street car threw him off at the ferry without any provoeation. Harry Gordon, an employe of the City Carpet-beating Works on Eighth street, was yesterday struck by & roll of carpet which fell from a shelf and had several ribs broken on He was taken to the Receiving t again the the right ride. Hospital. In the opinion of Executive Officer Clarence J. Wetmore of the Viticultural Commission, aikali is the cause of the so-called ‘“California vine disease,” which has proved to be such a mystery to Professor Newton B. Pierce, the Governmert expert, and others. Two additional jurors were secured in the Durrant case yesterday in the persons of David Brooks, 1811 California street, and J. H. Bab- bitt, 1015 Market street, making eleven in all. But'one more is needed, and 1t is confidently predicted that he will be secured to-day. John Faulhemmer, butcher, Mason and Union streets, who was charged with grand larceny in removing & barrel of whisky from Mrs. Martha Gottschang’s saloon, 809 Third street, was yesterday held to answer before the superior Court in" $1000 bonds by Judge joachimsen. The residents of Shasta County want the prosecution of George Short dropped. He was » Populist orator ana was arrested for passinj sounterfeit money. A petition setting fort Short’s_many virfues was sent to the United tes District Atwrne‘y, but the latter says e case must go to trial. Mr. Vining Les informed the committee rep- resenting the South Side residents that begin- ning Wednesday he will give them a half- aourly service from 6 t0 10 4. M. and from 5 to L1 p. M. The committee is not satisfied, and #111 so report to the general meeting which is ralled for Wednesday night. - ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Big Ship May Flint, Form- erly the Persian Monarch, Arrives. STIFF PRICE FOR A TOW. Arbitrary Ruling of the Quarantine Officer Regarding Ship Ar- rivals. The American iron ship May Flint, the | aground on the Berkeley flats. | bind her was the steamer Kahului. | Chalmers, who had been out on the bay largest sailing vessel that has ever entered this harbor, arrived yesterday morning, | 147 days from Baltimore. She is 361 feet ! A tug from another company came to her assist- ance and towed her down to the mouth of the harbor, the medical martinet keeping alongside in his boat, but refusing to board until the ultimate fathom had been tra- versed. Last Sunday afternoon the brig Lurline was being towed in and some distance ]l;e- T, with a party of guests, steamed past the towing tug and ordered her caplain to sto) until the steamer Kahului was inspected. As the tug and her tow were in the midst of a fleet of racing yachts and at the mercy of an incoming tide running five or six miles an hour the order was unreasonable. A slacking-up of the tug’s speed would have dropped the towline down un- der the propeller or caused a swerving to one side, which among the fast sailing ves- sels of the regatta would have been a stupd movement. The doctor refused to board the brig and went on to the steamer. The Lurline was anchored in the stream off Vallejo-street wharf, and the doctor went to the regatta with his tugload of guests, leaving the passengers and people on the Lurline to await his pleasure for A BIG FIRE ON NOB HILL, The Residence of Mrs. Richard Tobin Was Aimost Destroyed. THE LOSS WILL BE GREAT. Careless House ~ Painters Gasoline Lamps Started the Blaze. With The residence of Mrs, Richard Tobin, on the southeast corner of California and Taylor streets, was gutted by fire yester- day afternoon, causing between $10,000and THE AMERICAN SHIP MAY FLINT, FORMERLY THE PERSIAN MONARCH. [Sketched by a “ Call " artist.] long, 43 feet beam and 25 feet in depth, and her registered tonnage is 3287 tons. Her cargo of 4320 tons of coal puts her down in the water 23 feet. She 1s commanded by Captain E. D. P. Nickels. The May Flint was formerly the Persian Monarch, one of Wilson’s Atlantic liners, and was built at Dumbarton, Scotland, in 1881. In consequence of the low steam- generating power of her engines she was found to be too slow for a passenger or fast freight racer, consequently she was pat in the cattle trade. Her great size of deck room made her especially useful for this business, as hundreds of head of stock could be taken on board. Last year she got ashore on the Long Tsland coast and the stranded steamer was purchased by Flint & Co. of New York. She was stripped of her engines, her upper deck and its houses taken off and her rig changed to a four-master, square on the three forward masts. She carries three double topsail yards, but having lost a vard from the main and mizzen mastin a Cape Horn gale she appears as a single- topsail yarder, except at the fore. The captain’s handsome quarters are in the spardeck, which is stationed amidships. The walls and bulkheads are -iron, but artistically painted and decorated in imi- tation of wood. The place is fitted more like a hotel snite of rooms, the stationary washstands and sMorelike fittings of the apartments not bearing out the idea of a ship. The skip- per’s large stateroom is provided with the ordinary wide bed instead of the usual boarded-in bunk, and Captain Nickels states that so steady is the bifiship that in all her hard weather off the Horn he was not {;itched once from his old homestead couch. On the roof of the deckhouse is a small iron structure which is the captain’s effice as well as his lookout station. It is pro- vided with deadlights on all sides. When the vessel went under the Ameri- can flag she was named after the wife of t\i\'. B. Flint, the junior member of the rm. The ship encountered head winds, and the usual rough weather near Cape Horn, and lost her mizzen topmast and three top- gallant masts. Thrée of the topsail yards rattled down on deck, and a number of sails blew away. Her passage from the equator up was un- eventful until she arrived off this port. The wind failing she drifted north, and day before yesterday she was close into Bodega Heads. Captain Nickels tried to work his ship around the point into Bo- dega Bay, but was unable to manage the big becalmed vessel, and the starboard an- chor was let go about one-half mile from the beach. It was bad holding ground, as they could feel in the sixty fathoms of chain drag- ging over the bowlders on the bottom. owever, the wind being so light the anchor held her, though there was only nine fathoms of water under the stern. The steamer Alice Blanchard came along and, seeing the great ship in a dangerous position, generously offered to tow her out for the modest sum of $12,000, finally fall- ing to $5000. Captain Nickels offered $160, and the steamer saluted by blowing her whistle and passed on. The first mate with two men in a boat went ashore to telegraph for a tug, and during their absence the Flint was enabled to slip and buoy her cable and getinto safe water, when she was found by the Alert and towed into this harbor. The wreckage of the ship James Town- send, which recently went ashore near Point Arena, has been sold to John Shep- pard, a farmer living close to the place where the vessel was lost. He psidpflOO for the lumber, $50 for one of the boats and $25 for the bull of the ship. The cargo of the bark W. H. Meyer, wrecked near Port Clarence, was soid to Captain Townsend of the bark J. D. Peters for $600. The latest news state that all hands got ashore in safety and that the crew are on board of a revenue cutter. The strict ruling of Quarantine Officer Chalmers regarding the stoppage of all foreign port vessels on the quarantine grounds until after his visit is working a great and unnecessary inconvenience to vessels entering this’ port. A heavily laden ship being towed in with the tide cannot stop below Alcatraz except by turning completely around, incurring an expenditnre of time, extra labor and extra towing expense. The officer being notified by the Mer- chants’ Exchange reporter from Point Lobos of the arrival of a vessel has ample time to board her in the bay; but the duties or pleasures of Dr. Chalmers detain- inf him elsewhere, vessels are constantly being put to the delay of awaiting his ap- pearance. ¢ When the ship Sierra Nevada was re- cently towing up the bay the captain of the tug ran under a slow bell, waiting for the quarantine boat. That vessel did not appear and the ship prepared to anchor, tge tug casting off and steaming away. several hours as a vicarious punishment to the captain of the tug. A team of horses leit standing in front of the Oakland ferry landing vesterday be- came frightened, and running away col- lided with an express wagon driven by Jake Abrams and belonging to Jacobs & Co. Abrams was knocked down, and the team continuing on in its mad speed ran over Miss Grace Mclvor of 715 Twelitn street, Oakland, who was on her way home with her father. Abrams and Miss Mclvor were taken to the . Receiving Hospital, where it was found that she had her right hip fractured, a finger broken, and was bruised about the head and face. Abrams was bruised about the body and injured internally. He is the man who recently picked up the fruit that was going to waste on the wharvesand dis- tributed it around to poor people. It is not known who was the driver of the run- away team. Last Sunday a party of the employes of Newman & Levison chartered the yacht Ethel 8 for a regatta of their own. They assed through Raccoon Straits and headed or Vallejo. They did not return Sunday night, and grave fears were entertained for their safety. On Monday morning the Bartv returned, having been becalmed iu San Pablo Bay, and put in the night fight- ing mosquitoes. A smal EBWI belonging to the Corinthian Yacht Club, with several persons on board, was capsized in Raccoon Straits Sunday. They were rescued by George Flesher of Tiburon, who hurried to the scene in a launch. Henry Smith, a negro, was arrested on the water front yesterday morning, charged with having pernicious literature in his $15,000 damages, The fire was started by house-painters, who were using gasoline lamps for burning off the old paint. The men were at work on the bow-windows on the second story at the southwest corner. A high wind was blowing from the south, and the small flame started by the burning lamp was soon leaping up the dry wooden walls until it reached a smell cupola, where it flared up like a torch. An alarm was sounded from box 132 on the corner of Pine and Mason streets at 3:15 o’clock. For a time the fire held full sway in the building, which is on the top of Nob Hill, because it was very difficult to reach with the heavy steam engines. The first on the ground was the engine on California street, near Leavenworth. The Btockton-street engine was the next, while engine 2 took up its position on Pine street, and ran a line of hose up the stee; Taylor-street hill. The Broasflny hook and ladder company took a stand on Cali- fornia street. ‘While this was going on the flames were being swept by the high wind through the bedrooms of the second story and along beneath the high mansard roof. The building was erected fully thirty years ago and was built in the style of those times, with a total disregard for protection against fire, The spaces between the outer and inner walls served the fire as so many chimneys and the falling sparks dropped down to the first story, where in a short time they set fire to the building in fresh places. For a short time it looked as though the fine old structure was doomed. but the fire- men worked hard to save it. Ladderswere THE REAR OF THE TOBIN RESIDENCE WHEKE THE FIRE STARTED, [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] possession. When searched at the police station a gold watch and chain were found on him, which turned out to have been stolen from Frank Anderson, a sailor. THE FAIR WEATHER SIGNAL. It Is Smutted and Torn and Ought to Come Down. 1t is about time that the Signal Seryice Bureau call in the flag that is displayed daily from the top of the Mills building to inform the public of the nature of the weather. According to the rules of the bureau there should, for fair weather, be displayed a white square flag, but whatthe color of the signal displayed for several days past is 1t is difficulf to determine. The person who looks at it is uncertain whether it is & white signal that has turned gray with dust and smoke or & blue one th‘i is sun-faded, and during the past two days it has split in two, Some people want to know if this is a new signal the definition of which has not yet been made public. TR i L, s s Then the doctor appeared and ordered the ship back to the quarantine station. She was without & tug, but making sail tried to work back and came near going! An 85-year-old widow of Livermore, Me, last week finished weaving a carpet twentz three yards long, and has a contract fo weave two more of like size. run to the roof and several lines of hose were directed against the flames from the ww In fact they fairly flooded the house, hile saving the house the beautiful furniture, books, pictures, etc., were threat- ened with destruction by water. Captain Comstock of the Underwriters’ Fire Patrol was among the first on the ground and the work of saving the con- tents of the house was taken in hand by his_crews. The walls were stripped of their ornaments and pictures, which were taken to a place of safety. All of the heavy furniture was quickly covered with rubber blankets so that it was saved from damage by the water that soon began to pour in torrents from the floor above. In the ugpat part of the house the larger part of the contents was removed to the north side of the house and covered with the rubber blankets. The valuable car- pets, however, were ruined either by fire orT?t;r. ted e house presented a sorry appearance when the flgpmes were oorrfi 553 The south wall was riddled with I boles from the first story to the roof. At least ten rooms in the second story were gutted. The west side of the building was but little better than the south, but on the north and en;t sides the structure is not badly injured. - 'he total loss will be between $10,000 and $15,000. There was only $5000 insurance on the house and none on the contents so far as can be learned. The house had been very recently in the hands of the carpent- ers who had repaired it from the bottom to the top. The painters had not been at work very long and only about a quarter of the work was done. They were removing all theold paint by the application of a gaso- line flame and as stated are responsible for the blaze. The did not remain long after the firemen arrived. Mrs, Tobin had removed for the summer to Burlingame and the house was in charge of the gardener. Assoon as the blaze was extinguished friends teélephoned to Mrs. Tobin who reglied that she would leave at once for San Francisco. She places a high valuation upon the paintings, books and bric-a-brac, which are the result of many ears of collection by the late owner and rs. Tobin THE OLD PEOPLE'S HOME. Ex-Superintendent Rev, Githens Meets His Old Friends. Rev. W. L. Githens, formerly the super- intendent and chaplain of the Crocker Old People’s Home on Pine and Pierce streets, called upon his friends in the home last evening. Many others were there and a {aleanm time was enjoyed by all. Of the ?,Saiged ladies who compose the family near! K 100 were present at the reception, and those who were not present were con- fined to their rooms by ill health. Rev. Githens entertained the friends by a lec- ture on Florida and a humorous account of the ““Ghost Cat.”’ The Misses Wier sang a duet, which was followed by “Auld Lang Syne” by the gathering, which was led by the former auperimenéent. The present superintendent, Rev. Charles McKelvey, made a few appropriate remarks and more songs followed. For half an hour Mr. Githens enjoyed a social chat with his friends. He will return to his home in New Mexico next week. THE CATTLE KING'S FIGHT, Mrs. White’s Alimony Bill for $100,000 and a $75,000 Mortgage. White Contesting the Payment of One, an Effort to Foreclose the Other Made. The decision ;which was expected from the Supreme Court in the celebrated di- vorce suit of Cattle King White last Tues- day did not arrive, but the autocrat of the Mendocino cattle ranges has been on the rack since then. Mrs. White, who secured her divorce in 1888 and was awarded $100,000 by Judge Hebbard in lieu of the monthly alimony, which the cattle king refused to pay some time prior to the award of the lump sum, claims that White has resorted to all man- ner of subterfuges in order to get out of complying with the Superior Court order. The case was carried to the Supreme Court by the defendant on an application for a writ of prohibition and a writ of re- view in the matter of the order of saie of property to satisfy Judge Hebbard’s award of $100,600. Mrs. White also claims in her depositions that the mortgage executed in favor of the Sun Insurance Company for $75,000 was a part of the defendant’s scheme to defraud his wife out of the money al- lowed her by the court. The cattle king’s deposition on the sub- ject of the $75,000 mortgage was taken in the office of Linforth & McPike yesterday afternoon. In answer to the many and leading questions mhfi“i to Mrs. White's charge that the $75,000 had not been paid to satisfy numerous small mortgages on his immense land-holdings in the north the king pleaded lapse of memory. For two hours or thereabouts he wassubmitted to the closest interrogatory concerning his numerous alleged land and money trans- fers. To nearly all questions his answers were that he could not recall—his memory was defective. Prior to_ the order of Judge Hebbard awarding Mrs. White $100,000 a receiver was appointed, who attested that the recreant cattle king spouse owned no property, that it was all mortgaged and out of his hands. On furtherinvestigation it was learned that a nephew of White's named Rough held the former's promis- aor{ notes, aggregating several thousand dollars, and that the convenient nephew was also a principal creditor. The investi- gation so far satisfied the court that an order of sale of property to satisfy the $100,000 2ward was subsequently made. The Supreme Court has not drawn its salary since the 20th of the present month the last day of the three months allower for the filing of the decision passed. And in the meantime the Sun Insurance Com- pany 1s seeking to foreclose the $75,000 mortgage. CROWDS AT THE FAIR. They Throng Alsles and Hallways in Undiminished Numbers—Some Coming Events. There seems to be no doubt but that night is the time to view the fair. The crowds which wander through the aisles during the afternoon are replaced in the evening at least two fold. The thousands of glittering lights which flash among the exhibits, the consciousness that no hour is stolen from business and the large and varied throng which streams through the entrance gates, all lend their aid to attract more and more, until the grelt building is well nigh filled. Last night was no excep- tion to the rule. There was no special oc- casion—the people just came because they wanted to, and none leil before the big bell up among the rafiers clanged a fare- well which bore with it an invitation to return. Several events are scheduled to come off during the remaining days of the fair. Solly Walter is going to lecture on art, He will speak three times, first on August 30, on pictures and the various schools of painting; then again on September 2 on local art and the position San Francisco holds in art circles the world over, and last, on September 6, on art as applied to the literature of the people, and how pic- tures are reproduced fo} newspapers, magazines and books. The lectures will commence at 1:45 o’clock each day. \ August 30 will besWagner day, at Frofes~ sor Scheel’s suggestion, and on that occa- sion the Exposition band, augmented by forty-five more pieces, will interpret some of the masterpieées of the great composer. The musicians are already rehearsing the programme. On August 3l the universi- ties will be in possession, for it will be Uni- versity d‘{' September 5 the Catholic colleges will claim the fair, and September 9 the Native Sons of the Golden West will own everything in sight. During the com- ing week there; will be a French and an Italian day. The programmes for this afternhon and evening are as follows: AFTERNOON. March, “Golden Gate Par] Overture, “Undine” ‘Waltz, “Emperor”.. Strauss “Return of the Troops’ Ellenberg Finale, “Ariele”.. ....Bacl Overture, “Athalia’ endelssohn ‘Waltz, “Gruss Wien’ . Strauss Paraphrase, “Loreley’ eswadba Selection, “Huj erbeer “Trot de Cavalle Rubinstein March, “Folku! - ++... Kretschme Overture, “Ruy Blas’ Mendelssohn Waltz, '-unr?" from Begear Student... Milloecker “I Am Forlorn’ Schwalm 'Huguenots” Meyerbeer ‘If I Were a King Adam sol Selection, “Black Hussar''. “Turner Fest Reveille”, New Car Depot. The Market-street railway system has taken formal possession of the new carhouse at Turk and Fillmore streets, and it will in future be the depot for the cars of the Turk, Eddy and Page 't line and those of the Fillmore and Sixteenth street line. . s AT THE CITY PLAYHOUSES, Delightful Comedy at the Bald-~ win and at the Co- lumbia. H. @. CARLETON'S NEW PLAY. “The Coast Guard” at Morosco’s, “The Black Hussar” Greeted At the Tivoll. “The Imprudent Young Couple” is a play from the pen of Henry Guy Carleton. Itis an American comedy, clever and de- cent without dullness. It is nota master- piece, but it is attractive, nevertheless, and abounds in bright, crisp dialogue. John Drew as John Annesley, the central figure in the piece, was the delightful comedian again and afforded a large and brilliant audience -much delight. Mr. Drew was not all of the performance by any means, for the piece displayed the uniform excellence of his company, wherein the chief strength of the organi- zation resides. Miss Maud Adams, as Marion, the young bride, was quite capti- vating in her demonstrations of affection, and the author put enough humor in her part to make it refreshing. The avdience manifested its delight by calling the leading players before the cur- tain and bestowing applause amply. The comedy is new in San Francisco. It has sufficient merit to warrant play-goers in seeing it at the Baldwin, where it will be presented every evening this week. Columbia Theater: “Masks and Faces’ at the Columbia Theater last night was a pronounced success. Tender of money for reserved pilaces had to be de- clined before the performance began, for every seat had been sold. There was quality as well as uantity in the large assemblage. Members of ongress, local statesmen, professional men and society folk paid their re- spects to the genius of Tom Taylor and Charles Reade as interpreted by Rose Coghlan and Maurice Barrymore. Appreciation of the acting_was manifested by frequent applause, floral offerings and curtain calls repeated three times for one sct. Rose Coghlan in her favorite part of Peg Woffing- ton, won much praise from the audience. The play will be given every m{;m this week. Next week Henry E, Dixey, who is not in “Masks and Faces,” will be seen again. Morosco's Opera-House, There seems to be no end to the resources at the Grand Opera-house in the staging of plays, and each succeeding one seems to be in the matter of scenic effect a decided improvement on the preceding one. The scenery presented last evening on the first productton in this City of “The Coast Guard” was most carefully arranged and so renlistic that one could scarcely realize that it was simply canvas and aint. In the first act the Point Breeze light- ouse, with & view in the distance of & sound and hotel lighted up by night, and in the second act & swamp with a river of running water and a massive dredger in actual opera- tion, are perfect realisms of scenic art. Tne play is_one of love and villiany with a sprinkling of good comedy. The hero, Jack Summit (H. Coulter Brinker), is in love with Rose Van Sicklen (Maud Edna Hall), becomes engaged to her, and at the height of his hap- iness a rival ‘appears and seeks to win the ove of Rose. Failing in this be endeavors to poison her mind against her true lover. Not succeeding in this, either, he tries to have'the one who refuses his love and Clarissa Travers (Mina Gleason), whom he had married and de- serted, put out of the way. Then there is plot and counter-plot, devotion, heroism and res- cues, sll presented in exciting and effective tableaux, and a denouement in which the good triumphs over the bad. Brinker as the hero, in the many trying situations he finds_himself placed gave further proof of hisability asa melodramatic actor, while Charles W, Swain, Edmond Hayes and Fred J. Butler give very natural renditions of the characters they as- sume. Julie Blanc as Roxey had » good comedy art and she sustained it well. Miss Hall and Miss Gleason played their parts with & great deal of spirit, and their efforts were frequentiy applauded. There was a large audience, and as each one who witnessed the play will surely lpesk well of it, it will surely prove a drawing card. Tivoli Opera-House, “The Black Hussar,” though not a stranger to San Francisco sudiences, was greeted by a full house at the Tivoli Opera-house last night. The story has oiten been told and is well known to all theater-goers. This opera, like good wine, does not lose by age; at leasi, s0 thought those who heard it last night. The character of Helbert, the Black Hussar, was taken by Martin Pache; to-night John J. Raffael will apvear as the Hussar, and during the week they willalternate. Thesingers were in good voice, the choruses were verfect, the costumes beautiful and the scenery effective. Alice Carle was charming as Minnie, while Mebella Baker weas all that could be desired as Barbarsa, the Magistrate's housekeeper. The. Orphenm, There was no end of fun and laughter at the Orpheum last night, for the new numbers pre- sented by the favorites were mirth-provoking. There was also some new mystery by Guibal and Mlle. Ortiz, and the more the audiences seek to discover how these clever artists pre- pare their acts the more mystified they be- | come, in fact what they do, and do so neatly, seemsincomprehensible. The Martinetti Broth- ers have returned to this house and gave an exhibition of their wonderful performance on the Roman rings. By Amateurs. This evening the Western Addition Club will present “‘Sunset,” a one-act play by Jerome K. Jerome, at a donation entertainment to be given by the Catholic Ladles’ Aid Society No. in Mjssion Opera-house. 2 Esl GRAND. JURY LR Promoters of a Laundry In- vestment Scheme Called to Account. Neglect of Ex-County Clerk Haley to Record Inheritance Tax. The Grand Jury held a long session yes- terday and devoted considerable time toan inquiry respecting the methods of the German-American Laundry Company. The peculiar transactions of the company were exposed in THE CALL some weeks ago when the case was before Judge Campbell’s court. Bomehow the case was not pressed because the attorney representing investors who claimed that they had been swindled ‘made some sort of agreement or stipulation with the lawyer on the other side. Mr. Persey, a member of the G. A. R., ‘was one of the purchasers of laundry stock. He invested to the extent of §100. Ten office attended the session of the jury yesterday. y If any steps were taken in regard tooven tures in practical politics recently made ta Harbor Commissioner €olnon the jury kept the proceedings well guarded. Mr, G«)Ynon was not one of the witnesses in waiting yesterday afternoon. ————————— A Lively Blaze in the Mission. There was quite a lively blaze on the Missiog road, near Mondaga avenue, at 6:30 A. M. yes« terday. The onesstory frame=building occus pied by L. Raenner and Assembiy Hall and saloon adjoining, owned by Mrs. Carson, bugy occupied by R. J. Lodge, were destroyed. Raenner’s loss is about $1500 and the loss om the other building will probably amount to $1200. The cause is nuknown. g The alarm from box 137 at 8:15 A. M. was cansed by the burning of a chimaey at 917 Geary street. B 1 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. e - FPRIEDLANOLR,GOTTLOD & (o LE3SES ATDHATAGLRS *+* AGAIN| AND AGAIN | AGAIN THE CUSTOMARY LARGE AND BRILLIANT AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT. AND SUCEI A EITS NOTHING BUT ENTHUSIASM AND CURTAIN CALLS. THE STOCKWELL SEASON. Tom Taylor and Charles Reade’s Famous Comedy in Two Acts, “MASKS AND FACES DIXEY. BARRYMOREK, L. R STOCKWELL, WILLIAM @. BEACH ——AND—— MISS ROSE COGHLAN. m &, MATTTAN AnoCo, | INCORP mEI\TRE PRORS. 2nd | FCOFLINT Vet DI ES AT And First Times Here of Henry Guy Carleton’s New Comedy, ““THAT IMPRUDENT YOUNG COUPLE,” ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY ! NEXT (“THE MASKED BALL," WEEK “THi BUTTERFLIES.} TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTING KRELING Proprietor & Manageg ——THIS WEEK ONLY!— Millocker's Martial Opera, “THE BLACK HUSSAR ! st Includes: LAURA MILLARD, ALICE CARLE, MABELLA BAKER FERRIS HARTMAN, GEO. H. BRODERICK, WILLIAM H. WE: MARCEL PERRON. New Scenery! Correct Costumes! TO-NIGHT JOHN J. RAFFAEL as the Black Hussam NEXT WEEK——¢FAUST.” Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK } A GREAT STELLAR COMPANY! —A New, Entertaining Programme !~ Return Engagement of the Popular Favorites, For One Week Only, LES FRERES MARTINETTI ——aND— JOHNNY CARROLL, In Conjunction With A PEERLESS VAUBEVILLE COMBINATION} Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chaley and Box seats, 50c, MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Managag EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, MITCHELL AND VINCENT'S Great American Drama, “THE C0AST GUARD !” EVENING PRICES—250 and B0o. mily Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday ana Sull\'llyk MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND e Pzn!’er Crowded !—A Brilliant Success o-night and Wed'g Evg—Farewell Performane The Irresistible Comedy TOO MUCH JOHNSON. With William Gillette and the Original Co. - Lo 1 MECHANICS’ FAIR. GRAND WAGNER NIGHT PRIDAY, AUGUST 80. Enlarged Orchestra 52 Pieces, FRITZ SCHEEL - - Leader. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdayy Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine, Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:39 i McAllister and Geary street cars pass others, equally unsuspecting, paid their money into the business, lng when they got possession of the premisesat the south- west corner of Gough and Lombard streets, found that the business of the company was not as represented. Dummy packages on the shelves and fictitious entries on the books had misled them, When they called for laundry orders at places listed for regu- lar business, they found no customers. Fearing that the promoters of what they consider a swindle would scatter and cover up their tracks it was decided to put the Grand Jury on the trail of Mr. Jessup, the president, and Frederick Buckman, the secretary of the company. Jessup was called before the jury yesterd ersey and many other witnesses were in waiting. The jury is making an investigation of the reported neglect of Haley in the matter of attending to the return of inheritance tax while he held the office of County Clerk. The records in the office of the Treasurer and County Clerk have been examined. Alfred P. Black of the District Attorney’s £y O ATTRACTIVES PAVILION EXHIBITS EMBRACING DISPLAY of ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM F OM.—— THE S LAYS 2 A CITIN . ESETATEI TREE ‘““SV‘I;R'! AT\OW SOR. EXWMAENTS . RS R 1 y =xr [¢] CM.CHASE . PRES.