The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895. 7 MONDA 2, 1895 AMUSEMENTS, | BALDWIN THFATER.—¢ The Masked Ball.” CoLUMBIA THEATER—“A Woman of No Im- " and 7The Major's Appointment.” SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—* Across the Poto- mac.” TIVOLI OPEEA-HOUSE—“Faust.” gh-Class Vaodeville. | AIR.—Larkin street, near Market. | ‘1'nuun.-*~mm. Cook,” com- | Masicet | TRADE EXWIBIT.— id. Open daily. Admission free. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR—S: nento, Septem- ber2to 14. ’ WiLLiax J. Dr ate Auc- tioneer, 460 and 1 sell at suction Saturda; beantiful | subaivis Pablo | : | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. | for to-day in and about eather forecas atest news of the fraterasl orders ap- pears in this issue of THE CALL. SALL’S weekly review ypears in t 1 Troubles.”” He rch is entirely Dr. Case p 4 that Howsrd-strect c ter’s molds and a burglar’s Several counterfe! led .n a Howard street jimmy were found con odging-house. The fifth a Coast Wom mence t0-mOrrow. The funeral of 1 tion of the Pacific sciation will com- s held from his gion and Laguna Society gave & suc- avieta’ last night -dog _coursing erdey. The stake k was not finished. s-Pacific cricket match, >sterday_the former club i¢ Iatter by 78 runs. entsand & score or more of the Affiliated Colleges vis- nd Potrero sites yesterday. the twenty-fifth anniver- of the present French celebrated by a ball. d of Luke’s Church, terday in what spirit should be approached. F of the National Guard defeated erdey in an athletic contest on . The score was 46 to 31. al seventh month festival of the s in progress, aud the devil and spinits the dead are being feasted by the heathens. of Australia defeated J. ampion, end W. Williams Francisco handball court Jo pion 7illiam C. Belcher died at 8 o’clock ning at the Palace Hotel. His ed indirectly to an accident P ars 8go. ¢ shoot of the Union Musket Club at T sterday Moulton won the nedal and Archer the third. There econd class men. - body of Andrew Hazzard, who disap- ed from his home a week ago last Satur- s found yesterday floating in the bay oot of Seventh street. to the uncertainty thet exists concern- egality of Labor day as & holiday in e the Durraut case may have to go Owir o to-morrow. There are few new de- vel nents in the case. T Nolans_ defeated the Sullivans by a to 5 in a nine-inning gameat the day and carried off the $100 stakes. he championship of the shoe- f the Rocsies. Thompson won the club’s grounds yesterday in & 220- in which there were five fin was scratch men and L. Higgins of the First New Jeru- preachied yesterday upon “Bitter e Sweet,” and tooks bit of Scrip- bolic of the bitter truth 7 love of others. he Sen Francisco Schuetzen Verein paraded t the German flag for the first time in seven years yesterday, in accordance with the recent prociamation of Governor Budd. “O0ld Glory” was roundly cheered. The schooner Edward Parke, which sailed n this port August 23 for Grays Harl urned yesterday disabled. During a severe blow on'the 27th, 175 miles southwest of the allons, the meinmast head was carried lking metch, distance two miles, took ce in the Union handball court yesterday on between T. W. E. Power of Crockett, v, and_John Riordan, the t r, Power winning by 15 yards anson_of St.John's Presbyterian ; a and Octavia sircets, | terday after a six weeks’ | get Sound. He is puzzied with vlem of smell congregations at the vice 126}¢ Bartlett street, lost | 1c on Twenty-second street on and was thrown through I cig-street car, sustaining last night instructed o inquire why Tax slowed the County | 1892 and 1894, in- | iqualization’s. It i there is a discrepancy of over according to to have taken place pbell of the Police of the force has n declared off for the time being. Judge ampbell does not fecl well enough to make the run_to the Cliff House and reiurn, but ex- | 10 be in condition within a week. . Lucy Carlisle was brought to the City ght from Eacrainento by De- ¥ to answer & charge of felony ment. In Avril last she purchased orth of jewelry irom Louis Planendon, Market sireet and paid $65 on secount. absconded with the jewelry t A warrant was sworn ous for her arrest thony traced her to Sacramento, where | employed as a housekeeper. fon of & coal-oil lamp was the h destroyed $1500 worth of 5 Sscramenio street ‘vesterday An alarm was turned in’from box yre the department could reach the e flames had spread so that nome of | he building couid be saved. frame. owned by y M. Floyd asa ing was badly burned in- oss was in furniture. THE FIRST CARDRIVER. , Who Wasthe Pioneer of the Hayes Valley Line, Drowned. The body of Andrew Hazzard, the old man who disappeared from his home at Twenty th and Folsom streets a week ago last Saturday, was found floating in the water beneath the trestle at the foot of Seventh street vesterday forenoon. Two nephews of the deceased identified the re- mains at the Morgue. They are F.and J. Cosgrove, who keep a grocery-store at Twen ixth and Folsom strects. The deceased was 65 years of age. He had lived in San Francisco more then fifty years, and, up to a short time ago, always ked as a teamster. He was very indus- trious, and by the exercise of more than ordinary frugality had laid by a moderate competency. When he died he had $4000 in bank, He wa drove the first horsecar on the cld street line over thinK years ago. The Cosgrove brothers and their mother re the only relatives Hazzard had in the Andrew Hazza Driver a cardriver in his early days, and ayes- There appeared to be mo reliable theory s to how the old man came to fall from the trestle. The nephews said he had no reason for committing suicide and did not believe he did-so, They also said they had 10 reason to believe his mind was unbal- anced. The only theory they were able to offer was that during one of the long walks which he frequently took he attempted to cross the trestle, lost his balance and fell into the water. ’ | wasbuilt by J. H. and E. M. Stack, two | fact that neither of ‘the brothers are boat- | an_Olymple Club | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, C A L Two Young Bookkeepers Build a Launch During Their Spare Hours. A WOOD-DESTROYING BUG. John Kane Exhibits Swimming Prowess and Fetches Up in the City Prison. Yesterday the pretty little gasoline launch Homer was lifted into the water with a derrick at the ferry landing. Shc} Young men employed as bookkeepers, the first with J, A. McMahon, bridge-builder, | and the other with tie Blythe estate. The | most interesting part of its history is the | builders, and when they began work on | their vessel were totally ignorant of the qu. But by perseverence in their pro- ject and asking questions of experienced workmen, they have turned out a boatihat is a credit to the young novices. ‘“Last winter,” said E. M. Stack, “my brother asked me how he could geta launch, as we were both lovers of aquatic | sports and wanted to own our own boat. As $800 or $1000 was too heav{ a tax upon our resources, I half jokingly answered, ‘Let’s make one.” He took my answer seri- ously,and began to post himself on launch- construction. I became enthused in the matter and we went to work. “We drew up our plan of the hull and submitted it to experienced workmen, who | assured us that the design was all right | and to go ahead. We were so encouraged | that nothing could have stopped us then. | ‘““Yet we were both afraia that when the | real difficulties of the job gathered around us we would weaken, so we clinched the bargain by buying a gasoline engine for $175. She was a beauty. about three horse- power, and we virtually built the boat to | fit her. Then we got the propeller, a | bronze wheel for $70, and we were ready to begin. “We conld work in the evenings and on | holidays, and we put in all our spare-time. We at first spoilt a good many feet of tim- ber in our unskillful way of hewing, cut- | ting and fitting, but we took pains, and if | a stick was badly shaped we took another and tried it again. It was tedious and we sometimes thought the job was too much, but we remembered the $210 we had spent, besides the materia: we had purchased, and kept pegging away. “So we finished and launched our , just nine_months after we began her construction. The boat has cost us about $300 and she ‘is put together in | the most thoérough manner. We know a Jot about launches now, and other experts bave passed upon this one and have rated her Al at Lloyds, and we are the proudest shipowners that sail, or will sail, the seas.” The Homer is 24 feet longand 5 feet6 inches beam. Her engine will drive her about eight knots an bour. She will con- sume about one-half gallon gasoline per nour, an expense of eleven cents. ’Ipbc Stack brothers, who are Native Sons, will g0 to Sacramento in her next Friday and will take part in the regatta on the river at the Capital City on the 9th of September. | Jobn Kane, a boatman, sprang into the bay at Powell street yesterday afternoon to | show the spectators that be was an_under- | study of Captain Boynton, the swimmer. A sailor named Charles Peterson, who was | unacquainted with Kane’s duck-like characteristics, dove overboard to save the | exhibitor’s life. Officer Ferguson did the same, only he took a whitehall boat, and soon Peterson and the policeman were har- | rying to the rescue. Kane paddled away | from the life-savers like_a seal, but Peter- | son began to founder. He called for help, and Ferguson had to turn and haul him into the boat. He then went on after! Kane, who led him a merry chase among | the piles and under the docks. | He was good with hishands and feet, but | the officer was better with the oars, and | Mr. Kane was transferred to less aqueous quarters in the City Prison. | The schooner Antelope came in from | Alaska yesterday with 1033 barrels of sal- mon for the Alaska Packing Association. | The bark R. P. Rithet arri yesterday, | twenty-eight days from Honolulu. She | was examined closely by Quarantine | | ton Lackaye is to be *featured.” faces will appear behind the footlights. Among the number are: Hugh Emmett, a wonderful ventriloguist; Wright and O’Brien, eccentric comedians; and the Farbinaus, Russian singers and dancers. This evening there will be a grand romenade concert in the Mechanics’ Bavilion, when Herr Fritz Scheel’s well- organized band will perform some select music to entertain those who are fond of the works of the great composers., Dramatic Brevities. Miss Rose Coghlan ana the star cast at the Columbia Theater are being strongly urged by the patrons of that house and the theater-going people to give a revival of Sardou’s masterpiece, *Diplomacy.” When “The District Attorney” will be produced by the Stockwell company of players at the Columbia Theater the play will be handsomely mounted as to scenery and appointments. It was produced all of Jast year at the American Theater in New York City with great snccess. It is inter- esting as to material and it js well and tersely written. The entire star cast will be represented in the production. Alma Webster Powell, a young Aneri- can girl, recently made her debut at Fran'f’;z‘nn-on-zhe»l\{uin in Mozart’s opera, “The Magic Flute.” She achieved great success. The Berliner Couriersays: -‘She is a young American of fine appearance and much artistic feeling.” T. Daniel Frawley told the Dramatic News in New York recently that the actual | cash profits of his thirteen weeks’ engage- ment in San Francisco exceeded $15,000. He spoke highly of Blanche L. Bates, pre- dicting that she would become an impor- tant figure in this country. In the San Francisco, Philadeiphia and other big city engagements of **Trilby” Mil- is per- formance of Svengali is to be given a special prominence in the advertising matter. In addition to this concession Mr. Lackaye’s salary has been about doubled. His interpretation of Svengali is said to be one of the masterly touches which come to the stage only once ina number of yoars. “Mexico,”” the play upon which Edwin Milton Royle has been engaged for more than two years, has been completed. It was presented at the Cleveland Opera- house last Monday. The play deals with the eventful episode of the war between the United States and Mexico, which culminated in the acquisition of California to the country. The scenes are laid in Monterey, Buena Vista and Chapultepec. A new three-act comedy by E. O. Towne, entitled *‘Other People’s Money,” was produced at Hoyt's Theater, New York, Aungust 19. It is a Chicago vlay, by a “hicago author, with scenes laid in Chicago. At the Academy of Music, New York, | August 19, Vincent’s new melodrama, *In a Big City,” was presented for the first time, with Gaylor, the Irish comedian, as the star. Between the third and fourth acts Jim Corbett and Corny Sweeny sparred three rounds. Corbett is said to own a half interest in the play. AT THE PARK ARD BECH Sunday Was an Ideal Day and Thousands Took Advan- tage of It Marred by Only Two Accldents, a Stabbing Affray and a Bicycle Collision. Sunday was a perfect day at the park, and at the beach south of the Cliff House thousands were upon the sands. Between 30,000 and 40,000 persons visited the park and beach during the afternoon. There was hardly a nook in the park that did not contain its family party or its ro- mantic couple, and the walks and drive- ways were teeming with pedestrians, ve- hicles and bicyclists. The sylvan amphitheater around the bandstand was thronged throughout the | afternoon, as were the adjacent walks and sloping lawns. An excellent programme was rendered by the Park Band. The selections were as fotlows: “Nibelungen March,” (Wagner); overture, “Martha,” (Fiotow) The Skater's Waltz,” (Waldteufel); ““Awakening of Spring,” (Bacn); “Soldateska Potpourri,” (Seidenzlanz); over- oet and Peasant,” by request, (Suppe); lows’ Waltz,” (Volstedt); fantasia for 1 Masnadieri,” (Verdi), performed by THE wOOfi-BORING BEETLE DIST [Sketched by a URBED *ROM HIS HERMIT CELI “Call” artist.] Officer Chalmers, and having left the islands before the cholera made itsap- pearance and having a clean bill of health, | she was permitted to dock. ° The tug Vigilant, with Al White's fish- ing party on board, returned from the Farallon Islands yesterday. The sea was | as smooth as glass and the tuE came in | loaded with great strings of the big red codfish which the passengers had hooked. Thomas McDermott, engineer of the Fourth-street drawbridge, Cniid 4 splitting up a stick of redwood found the inside of the piece of timber honeycombed by 2 large bug. The insect, which is about two inches long and three-quarters of an inch thick, bores an ample passageway through the log for himself. It is not known how much the timber of the coast has been attacked by the voracious insect, or whether it will inflict any material injury upon building materials. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. The Attractions That Will Be Pre- sented at the Playhouses. At the Baldwin this evening there will be presented ‘“The Masked Ball,” in which John Drew and his talented company will appear. Mr. Drew will take the part of Dr. Paul Blondet and Mavde Adams will assume the character of Suzanne. The attraction to be offered at the Columbia is “A ‘Woman of No Im- ortance,” that will be presented for the ret time in this City. Miss Rose Coghlan, who originally Rruduved this play at the Fiith Avenue, New York, will appear as Mrs. Arbuthnot. At Morosco’s Grand Opera-house ‘Across the Potomac,” a strong war play that has never been produced in this City, but which has the indorsement of Eastern critics, will be offered this evening. It will be presented with many effective stage effects. “Faust” will be revived at the Tivoli Opera-house this evening, when Miss Ida Valerga will, after an absence of three vears, make her reappearance in the character of Marguerite, alternsting with Laura Millard and Alice Carl. William Walshe, a new tenor, will appear as Faust. The patrons of the Orpheum will be treated to @ new bill to-night, and new A, Logar; “Recollections of the War,” (Beyer); galop, *“Tally Ho,” (Bernstein). Thoufh the avenues and driveways were unusually crowded, there were but few casualties. Onlf' one collision occurred and that amounted merely to a dished wheel and ascare. Theonly serious accident was that which befell Mrs. Johnson of 706 Natoma street. While walking along the main drive with two little children, she was run into from behind by a bloomer bicyclist and thrown violently on her face. Shtelwas removed to the Receiving Hos- pital. A row occurred some distance up the track of the new Cliff road, during the course of which one of the rioters flour- ished a knife and cut one of his_com- gunions slightly. When Policeman Harry Moran arrived at the spot everything was quiet and no one was able to furnish him the name of the knife-wielder or that of his victim. With these few exceptions the day was without incident to mar the pleasure of the thousands who sought fresh airand recrea- tion at the park and beach. It was an ideal outdoor day and thousands took ad- vantage of it to their own pleasure and to the profit of the cable and electric car companies. THE LINCOLN STATUE. It Has Once More Been Placed on a Firm Base. A few days since THE CaLL called atten- tion to the fact that the statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Lincoln Grammar School on Fiftn street was in danger of falling because the base on which it was resting had erumbled. This had the effect of causing the pros»er authorities to place a bronze base under the figure, and now the representation of the martyred Presi- dent is as firm as it was when first placed in position, and it will stand for many years. —_————— RBun Over by a Lady Bicyclist. The usual Sunday accident caused by care- less bicylists occurred in Golden Gate Park ;;rswldly afternoon. Mrs. C. Jundahl of 701 Natoma street had just left an Oak-street cur and entered the park near the Superinten- dent’s residence when she was knocked -down and run over by a lady bicyclist. She was taken to the Receiviag Hospital in the ambu- iance, and as she was in a te condition the results may be serious. AT SUTRD'S AND POTRERD Physicians and Regents Care- fully Inspect the Pro- posed Sites, OPINION OF JUDGE EVANS, Majority Strongly In Favor of Ac- cepting the Mayor’s Bid for the Colleges. If there had been any previous doubt in the minds of the gentlemen comprising the several faculties of the proposed Affili- ated Colleges as regards the proper site for such an institution, that doubt apparently gave way to certainty after a five hours’ in- spection of the only two locations which have been deemed worthy of serious con- sideration. In response to an invitation issued by Dr. Beverly Cole, who has made such a warm fight for the acceptance of Mr. Sutro’s offer to the Affiliated Colleges, a score or more of genilemen representing the several schools interested, together with five members of the Board of Re- gents, visited not only the Sutro site, but the Potrero tract yesterday. The College sirable site from a commercial standpoint, it was considered by the majority not nearly so suitable for the Affiliated Colleges for many reasons as the one just left. Singly and collectively the visitors ex- pressed their ug;yrecinion of the generosity exhibited by Mr. Center, but until some- thing better can be offered their choice re- mains with the tract first visited. E The Regents were as non-committal about the Potrero site as they were in re- gard to the Sutro tract, so far as positive expression went, though it was easily to be seen that they leaned toward Mr. Cen- ter’s offer. . “I.do not conceive how any one can ob- ject to the Sutro site, either on account of its distance, location or supposed inacces- sibility,” said Judge Evans after the party disbanded yesterday. ‘‘Naturally it is one of the loveliest spots I ever saw, and the view both of the City and Golden Gate is simply magnificent. The hills form a nat- ural amphitheater, which, according to my mind, is one of its nost charming features. I do not believe the Regents will refuse to accept it, and I am cohfident they would not if they would only visit it.” Mr Sutro is now having the library and Affiliated Colleges tracts graded and J street opened from Second avenue to Fourth avenue. ADMISSION DAY, How It Will Be Observed in This State by the Native Sons. Admission Day will be more generally observed this year by the Native Sons than ever before. Besides the general celebration at Sacra- mento there will be local celebrations at Sonora, Gilroy, San Diego, Cambria, Downieville and Weaverville. Grand Orator William M. Conley will speak at Sacramento, J. B. Curtin at Sonora, S os W, ol 0 AW . - BV - % e Sham oo £ ol — 4f~’ / ] VIEW OF THE PROPOSED SUTRO AT — ??::},,.m.,f N T 4 Z \ e’ s R Eem—— o - e CQan A b — preoL e = A O . a‘y“n ) A )0t i P SITE, SHOWING A FEW OF THE VISITORS OF YESTERDAY STANDING IN TEE MIDDLE DISTANCE. [From a photograph.] of Medicine was represented by Dr. D. M. Montgomery, Dr. Powers, Dr. McDonald, Dr. J. M. Williamson, Dr. Washington Dodge, Dr. R. Beverly Cole, Dr. A. L. Langfeld and Dr. Kehr. From the Col- lege of Pharmacy were Professor A. Beckett, E. P. Gates, J. 8. Warren, Professor F. T. Green, E. A. Bogot, R. E. White, Professor W. F. Wenzel and Professor C. A. Seifert. Dr. A.d’Ancona appeared for the School of Dentistry and Judge Waymire and Judge Evans for the College of Law. In addition to these dis- tinguished representatives of the law and the sciences were the following Regents: Timothy Guy Phelps, General J. F. Houghton, A.S. Hallidie and. J. H. Bonte. Promgtly at 11 o’clock these gentlemen athered at the junction of Stanyan and aight streets, where carriages and an elegantly equipped four-in-hand were waiting to convey them to the Sutro site. Colonel W. C. Little, as master of cere- monies, carefully reviewed with the visit- ors all points of interest, dweiling partic- ularly on the magnificent view of Golden Gate and the uninterrupted vista of the City itself. Kngineer Newberry was also in evidence, explaining in a clear, succinet way the grading necessary to be done, the Jocation of the buildings, shonld that site be selected, and the pouibllit!y of using the surrounding hills for building pur- poses should the occasion arise. All thisand much more Mr. Newberry and Colonel Little explained to the visitors, not omitting even the slightest detail. Outzide of the natural attractive- ness of the Sutro site, as seen by those present, the way in which details were presented weighed not a little in the balance of opinion. Dr. Cole was also prominent in discussing the merits of Sutro’s gift, and he was politic enough to covfine his remarks to that site alone. None of those present were apparently in- clined to nor did they utter one word of reproach against the Potrero tract. They were content to give expression to their feelings and preference only so far as it related to the ground on which they stood. The Regents were the only gentlemen present who did not openly express them- selves as favoring Sutro's offer. In fact they were perfectly non-committal, though General Houghton did say one or two nice things about the Sutro_site after the visit to the Potrero tract. Every nook and cor- ner of the Sutro property was visited, even to climbing the big hill that acts as a nat- ural windbreak. About 2 o’clock an elegant lunch was served in the ‘“forest,” which begins just where the proposed Affiliated College buildings would end. These trees, now crown to giant size, were all planted by r. Sutro, resulting in a scenic effect hardly equaled in zhe()nuntiol 8an Fran- cisco. When Colonel Little announced lunch an incident occurred that came near proving serious to Dr. Titus and his wife, and there are some who are unkind enough to attribute it to a remark made by Gen- eral Houghton. In n{plyw the inyitation to lunch, the general suggested that it could be served right there, to which Mr. Little replied that it was already on the table lmonf the trees. General Houghton incautiously re- marked, “What is the matter with the sand-which is here?” The words had bardly left his lips when the black steed of Dr. Titus started off ata rapid rate, and but for the activity of George Gaden might have done serious harm to to the occupants of the buggy, After lunch the entire party visited the Potrero site offered by John Center, and while they all admitted it wasa most de- Stephen M. White at San Diego, E. S. Rnl don at Cambria, F. R. Wehe at Downie- ville, The celebration at San Diego isto be a grand demonstration of all Southern Cal- ifornia. A rumor that there will be but limited accommodations at Sacramento during the festival is denied by Secretary Hen- derson of the Sacramento Native Sons’ oint committee. He says that he has at is disposal accommodation for 12,000 eople and that the rate has been fixed at 1 per night. MAY ASK A CONTINUANCE, Possibility That the Durrant Case May Go Over Un- .tll To-Morrow. Doubt as to the Legality of the Holi- day—The Defense Ready for Trial. Owing to the fact that there is some un- certainty as to whether or not Labor day is a legal holiday in this State, there has been considerable speculation since the hearing of the Durrant case was adjourned Thursday concerning the probability of the trial being taken up when the case is ca.ged in Judge Murphy’s court this morn- ing. On account of this uncertainty it is be- lieved that the court will grant a continu- ance until Tuesday, should one be asked for. Captain Lees said last evening that he did not believe the prosecution would ask for a continuance, but that they would raise no objection should it be requested by the defense. Such a request may or may not be made by the attorneys for Durrant. In thjs as in all other matters pertaining to their side of the case they have very little to say. General Dickinson said last evening: “Our case isall gre red, and we are ready to proceed with the trial to-morrow. }nva not ’loull‘radh 1;}30 the dmum o: the egality of the holiday, and am not pre- pared to say whether we shall wish the case to go over till Tuesday or not.” General Dickinson returned last evening from Ukiah, where his hmflx is summer- ing. and is ready for feeling strong, any kind of a siege. I‘; there is no continuance asked for and Judge Murphy decides to proceed with the trial, the prosecution will make its opening statement this morning, the sub- stance of which has been already outlined by Tue CALL, and then the great trial will be fairly on. : Durrant spent an nnnmllyfimet day at the County Jail yesterday. None of his friends called to see him,and even the ladies of the Christian Endeavor Society, who bave been wont to visit him oun Sun- day, failed to appear. The prisoner spent the day reading. He did not appear to feel neglected, but- on the contrary was uite cheerful and seemingly anxious for e day to dawn upon which his trial 'sbould begin in reality. He has apparenily but one, and that a very decided, opinion as to what will be the , 80 con- fident is bis air and manner. STANTON. MEETS CLUNIE The Railroad Commissioner Says That They Are Still Good Friends. HE EXPLAINS HIS ATTITUDE. e Why He Was Inclined to Grant the Company’s Application for Delay. Railroad Commissioner Stanton de- clared yesterday in just so many words that he intended to do his duty toward the people in the present movemeént for re- duced railway rates. Incidentally, he added that Andrew J. Clunie was still his friend, or, at least, Dr. Stanton said he be- lieved that they were very good friends. It was Clunie who made the doctor’s fight in the State Democratic convention and nominated him, and when, as Railroad Commissioner, Stanton would not vote on La Rue's resolution calling for a compre- hensive reduction of freight rates in Cali- forma at least 15 per cent, Clunie ex- pressed his feelings in strong language. In spite of this, however, they remain good friends. % A = The doctor explained his position with regard to the adjustment of rates, though he was very cautious not to commit him- self on any point which might prejudice the case in question in favor of the rail- WAy company. & “] felt 1t was the proper course to pur- sue,” said he, after some thought, “that when the railroad urged delay yesterday to give them the time asked, but mean- while to take up the complaint laid before the commission from the Salinas Valley. “There was a clear case of discrimina- tion there. It was given in T CaLL this morning, and it was one that called for prompt action. - “In matters of discrimination in rates the railroad_people are as competent to present their arguments immediately as in a week in favor of this discrimination. The whole matter of rate-making is arbi- trary, and there must be some reason for discriminating. For instance, Dr. Gon- zales complained that if relief were not given the Salinas Valley farmers they would be compelled to convert their wheat lands into cattle ranges. Here is the peti- tion: The rate of $3 per ton for grain from Gon- zales to San Francisco is manifestly unjust when but $2 50 per ton is charged for & simi- lar amount of grain hauled from Pismo to San Franeisco, & greater distance by 116 miles. In shipgflng our grain we are, by reason of the exorbitant charges, compelled to pay the Southern Pacific Company one-fourth the crop. In many cases, particularly wnen the grain is poor i, quality, we are compelled to go further and give an smount equaling one sack in every three. The producers are compelled to eventually pay the exorbitant freight rate of $6 40 per ton for the actual necessaries of life shipped here from the City of San Francisco. 1i the condition of affairs now existing is allowed to continue for any length of time we will be forced to convert our valuable agricultural lands into cattle ranges, at a great loss. “There seems to me to be no reason why the railroad should ask for time to explain discrimination of tbat sort. In this case the rates, compared with other rates, are unreasonable and unjust, and the Salinas Valley is entitled to a reduction. And, further, wherever that condition is found in the State there should be an_immediate reduction in favor of the farmer. Now my lan has been to give farmersin the S8alinas Valley, or in any other part of California where such discriminations exist, the benefit of a reduction, and then take ug Mr. La Rue’s resolution as it stands an give them the additional benefit of the 15 per cent horizontal cut. ©If it were decided to give 2 or 7, or say 10, per cent reduction to place them on an equal position with people favorably situ- ated in the matter of rates, then we would have a level plane upon which to make Mr. La Rue’s resoiution applicable. The people in the Salinas Valley don’t ask anything unfair, anything unjust, to my mind. “My argument on the La Rue resolution was that we should first have adjusted all discriminations wherever they existed, so that we could have an_equitable basis for our calculations in making a 15 per cent or other reduction.” “That might delay everything until the crops were moved, and then the farmer would have to wait for another year for benefits of the reduction,” was suggested to the doctor. It was not intended to cause delay, but on the contrary to give relief at once where it was most needed, and then to lose no time in following it up with a gen- eral reduction. If we had taken up the matter yesterday concerning the Salinas Valley it would certainly have placed the farmers there in a more favorable position at the termination of the investigation. Our time spent so far in_it should have been given to these discriminations. “Iam in favor of meeting the issue at :n] Eoint. and meeting it squarely.” ohn Boggs, a Democrat of forty years’ allegiance to his party, and a resident of Colusa County for an equal number of years, was seen at the Palace Hotel last evening. Concerning the recent record of the Railroad Commissioners he said : “T do not reside in this railroad district. Mr. La Rue is the member from the district in which Colusa County is situated. The farmers, so far as I know, are very well pleased with his course in the board. I am not prepared to say that Dr. Stanton, the member from the San Francisco dis- trict, has disappointed the farmers of this State. I understand that he solemnly gledgcd the convention which gave him he nomination that he would vote for a reduction of rates, and if he fails to stand by that pledge the farmers will be greatly disappointed.” John Boggs was chairman of the cele- brated Derrocratic convention at San Jose which nominated General Stoneman for Governor and W. W. Foote for Railroad Commissioner. EGYPTIAN RECORDS. Dr. Chapman Shows How Late: Discov- eries Befute History and Con- firm the Bible. Dr. E. 8. Chapman delivered an inter- esting lecture at the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association yesterday afternoon on the records discovered in late years in the buried cities of Egypt. “The discovery of these records,” he said, “has resulted in a yvery material re- construction of ancient history as it was handed down te us. Herodoius walked over the old buried ruins of Ninevah, yet now he is directly contradicted by some of the tablets that have since been unburied.” Speaking of the bearing of these tablets and other records found on old testament history, he said: *“First, it has been ciaimed by the enemies of the Bible that the books could not have been written when they claimed for want of a written language. But these tablets show that there were written languages before the time of Moses. Again, these records es- tablish the antiguity of the Bible by prov- ing the truth of the facts mentioned which could not have been known of shortly after the books of Moses are claimed to have been written. The records prove the historical accuracy of the Bible. “While these records have forced us to materially reconstruct history, the Bible alone has stood the comparisons. In the tenth chapter of Genesis it is said that Assyria was peopled after the flood by descendants of Shem and Ham. been ridiculed for hundreds of years, and it has been claimed that Assyria was set- tled by descendants of Japbet. But now these unburied records show that the Assyrians were of Hametic and Semitic descent. » The lecturer gave many illustrations connected with the sojourn of the Israel- ites in BEgypt. “Many of the claims of the enemies of the Bible were based on the belief that Pharoah was one of the Egyptian line of Kings,’ he said; “now these rec- ords show that he was one of the Shepherd Kings.” NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. PSS S S s e BUSH STREET THEATER. First Production of THE ROMANTIC HISTORICAL OPERA, CAPTAIN COOK LIBRETTO BY MUSIC BY SANDS W. FORMAN. NOAH BRANDT. COMMENCING MONDAY, SEPT. 2 #nrdcontinuing for One Week. TMATINEE SATURDAY. Sale of Seats Daily from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.at the Bush-St. Theater. POPULAR PRICES POPULAR PRICES $1, 75¢, 50c, 35¢, 25¢c. FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & G- Le3583 ATO nAVIAGLES A | IMPORTANT REALLY EVENT AND IT OCCUR3 — TO=NIGEIT First Production in 4 San Francisco of OSCAR WILDE'S G eat Society Drama, “XWOMNAN OF X0 THPORTANCE” THE STOCKWELL PLAYERS. HENRY E.DIXEY. MAURICE BARRYMORE, L. R STOCKWELL, WILLIAM G, BEACH L MISS ROSE COGHLAN. Preceded by the Amusing One-Act Curtain Raiser, B T o “THE MAJOR’S APPOINTMENT.” Reappearance of MR. HENRY E. DIXEY. Next Produetion,“THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY" v L NAYTTAN AND Co. INCORP'D HEATRE S\ PRORS. 3d Week and Last But One of MR. JOHN DREW TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings and Saturday Matinee, Ty MASKED BAI.I. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Ev'gs, «“THE BUTTERFLIES.” Next Week—4th and Last of Mr. Drew’s Engagement— ‘CHRISTOPHER JR.” “THE BAUBLE SHOP,”” Ete. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manages EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, FIRST PRODUCTION IN THIS CITY Of the Best of All War Dramas, “ACROSS THE POTOMAC!” 100—-PEOPLE ON THE STAGE—-100 EvENING PRICES—250 and 50c. Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! —BEGINNING THIS EVENING— With 8 Superb Scenic Production of Gounod’s Im- mortal Opera, in Five Acts, entitled “‘PATUSTY ~——TO-NIGHT ! —— 1DA VALERGA, WILLIAM WALSHE, ALICE CARLE, JOHN J. RAFFAEL, MABELLA BAKER, GEORGE H. BRODERICK, WILLIAM N. WEST in the cast. ——TO-MORROW EVENING—— MARTIN PACHE—and—LAURA MILLARD, Special Scenery!—Correct Costumes! Elaborate Accessories! Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockion and PowelL. TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), SEPTEMEBER 2, ~——GRAND OPENING!—— —FALL AND WINTER SEASON!-— A MAGMIFICENT NEW COMPANY! MORELAND, THOMPSON, AND BUSH, FARBIANU TROUPE, WRIGHT AND O’BRIEN, HBUGH EMMETT, MONS. CEBALLOS, LES FRERES MARTINETTI, JOBNNIE CARROLL. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. 8~ Secure seats days in advance. MECHANICS’ FAIR. NOW OPEN! HECHANICS FAIR! 'GREATER THAN EVER! ADMISSION : DAY—ADULTS 23¢, CHILDREN 13c. EVENING—ADULTS 50c, CHILDREN 25e. NCT2 R o ™ S OT O AT TRACTIV E~ PaviLioN EXHIBITS EMBRACING DISPLAY or ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM ——FOLSOM.,—— DAYS FRAC IN G . THE GREAT AMERICA CONCERT BAND EREE. TRANSPORT AT\ON R EAMBS\TS . URSI0 FRATES, ViSITORS, B i A