The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895. TEMBER 6, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THFATER.—* The Masked Ball.” COLUMBIA THEATER—“A W an of D portance” and #The Major's A ppointment.”’ MoRosco's Orkma-HOUsz—* Across the Poto- Im- m TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE—“Faust.” ORPEFUM—High-Class Vaudeville. B TREET THEATER.~Capt. Cook.” METROPOLITAN TEMP orbett Grand Con- cert Company, commencing Friday, September 6. MECHANICS' FATR.—Larkin street, near Market. STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXHYBI 5 Market ttreet, below Second. Open Admission free. CALIFORNTA STATE FAIR—Sacramento, Septem- ber2to 14. AUCTION SALES. WILLIAM J. DINGEE—The Real Estate Auc- tioneer, and 462 Eighth street, will sell at Septembe; ome _ beautifal San Pablo CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. W. H. Hammon, ecast official, predicts “fair’ for to-day her The advantages of adopting the working card system_were discussed by the new Painters’ TUnion last n Woman's Press Club held of rs yesterday in . The Pac its annual electi Golden Gate Hall. Henry C. Stilw solven as filed a petition in in. fes of $43,154 74, and , the co-respondent in the , was one of the witnesses of the French Republic al society at California et last night. been arrested for forgery for me make in a bogus streetear penknife. estate has been ap- 50. Mr. Franklin was a ant avenue. ion Donnelly and R. Linehan defeated ion Harlow and T. F. Bonnet in the Oc- ntal handball court last night. executive committee of the Traffic Asso- erday and became acquainted Curtis, the new manager. vening was Half-million Club night at the Mechanies’ Fair. To-night is Chinese night and some special features will be introduced. D.J. Moynihan, G. T. Johnston, David A. Lawler and James P. Foley were appointed exira assistant weighers by Collector Wise yes- tecday. 'he police were asked yesterday to arrest two runaway boys from Sydney, Australia, who were on & coal-laden vessel en route to this port. £ Valley Water Company is said to % for the purchase of the Visiia- Water Company's plant in South San 5c0. e police are arresting all ex-comvicts ind in the Mission and in the Western Ad- on in the early morning in view of the re- nt burglaries. The old board of officers of the Olympic Club 1 its final meeting last evening. The offi- said the club was never in better standing at present. The attorneys for Alvinza Hayward, H.M. v and the Hobart estate are fighting the eme_Court judgment of $210,000 in the & Norcross case. J. F. Pelton of Fresno has sworn out war- yants for the arrest of J. F. Cummings, P. Lar- sen and L. W. Snelle on a charge of swindling his son in a land deal. The College of Dentistry of the State Uni- versity will begin the active work of the com- iny school year next Monday. The preparatory work is now in progress. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald asks the Ala- meds County Grand Jury to inquire into a complaint that Supervisor Talcott of Oakland is violating the eight-hour law. Ina suit ageinst the gas company before Justicg of the Peace Kerrigan yesterday it was wn that gas meters sometimes overcharge omers as much &s 9 per cent. The Civic Federation will present an ordi- nance to the Board of Superyisors asking that the publication of the result of lottery draw- gs be declared & misdemeanor. The Police Commissioners met last night and fined Policemen Michael Murphy, North End n, end James McGowan $50 each for king in & saloon while on duty. The condition of Miss Marion Hall and George McLeod, who were injured by the bi- cycie accident in Golden Gate Park Tuesday, was very much improved yesterday. W. P. Wilson of Wells, Fargo & Co. swore out a warrant vesterday for the arrest of W. L. Loch, & mining speculator, on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. James Gerlich was arrested yesterday for having entered the room of Frank Brown, 118 Sixth street, and carrying off his clothing. George Pickett 1s wanted on the same charge. R.T. Ward, an employment agent, threatens to protest against the paying out of State money for the support of the Free Employment Buresu conducted by Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald. All the plans of the local Native Sons for the Eacramento celebration are now complete. Reports from the capital city indicate that the occasion will be one of the granaest in the his- tory of the order. Jeft Prentice, a telegraph operator, has been committed to the Stockton Asylum by the In- sanity Commissioners. The doctors pronounced it & case of overwork and say that the patient will soon recover. The improvement cluds of the City met at B'nai B'rith Hall last night to protest against the blue-rock ordinance. The meeting Was held under the auspices of the Point Lobos Improvement Club. The Alumn of the University of Celifornia medical department will make an inspeetion of the sites for the proposed affiliated colleges building and use their influence in favor of the site chosen by them. Karl Vogt, a recent arrival from Germany, obtained a bench warrant from Judge Conlan yesterday for the recovery of a certificate of de- go‘il for $800 from Peter Reies of the Hum- oldt House, Stockton street. Thomas Joy, a forger, sentenced to six years in San Quentin, escaped from Sheriff Thorne of Calaveras County yesterday, but was cap- tured after & short run. He had a fractured arm dressed at the Receiving Hospital, Charles Kain, the fifteen-year-old boy who lost & portion of his skull and brain matter in # runaway accident about two weeks ago, had 50 far improved as to_be removed from the Re- celving Hospital to his father’s home yester- day. United States Commissioner Heacock yester- day refused to permit Chin Ah Gim t0 land from the steamer Coptic. Gim asserted that he was a native son, but the evidence intro- duced by the Government showed that he was & fraud. William Gratz was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Low in $2000 bonds on the charge of perjury, in giy- ing false testimony before Justice Cook on Au- gust 2 in 8 suit sgainst him at the instance of Frank Homann. Louis Lafond, who was cut with a razor by William Terry at Broadway and_Dupont street Monday night, said he worked on the tug Millie. The captain of the Millie denies that Lafond has had any connection with his boat for nearly & yeer. The police yesterday discovered what are be- lieved to be blood spots on the shoes worn by Ah Ling, the assistant cook for Mrs. Dora Reede, 432 Geary street, which may lead to his ijdentification as the man who robbed and pearly murdered her. David Katz, s peddler, was yesterday fined $100 or 100 days in jail by Judge Conlan for crueity to animals. The evidence showed that Katz starved his horses, and at different times three of them had to be shot to end their suf- fering. He paid the fine. J. F. Anderson, the Customs Inspector charged by E. T. McLean, another Customs Iuspector, with petty larceny in stealing & shirt from Sam On, a Chineze, surrendered himself at the City Prison yesterday morning and was released on $500 bonds. In the Durrapt trial yesterday the uncle of Blanche Lamont testified as to the identity of the body, Dr. Barrett testified as to the causes of death, and Policeman Russell explained a practicable model of the tower and beliry of Emmanuel Church. The case goes on this morning. Lawrence McNally yesterday petitioned the Superior Court to set aside an order approving the accounts of Samuel Newman, as his as- signee in insolvency. McNally says that he assigned $40,000 worth of property to New- man, and that the affairs were managed so that the creditors did not obtain the full bene- fit of the estate. The Shainwald-Hellerand Shainwald-Davids suits were again before Judge Morrow in the United States District Court yesterday. They are the same suits that have been before the court for fifteen years. The plaintiff wants the aefendsnts restrained from disposing of certain property on Davis street. The matter was taken under advisement. The Machrihanish Arrived Yesterday With All Her Boats Stove In. RIGGING COATED WITH ICE. A Ship From Shanghal Comes In. The Old Steamer Herald Again Running. The British ship Machrihanish, Captain Sanders, which arrived, 144 days from Swansea, yesterday, had a strong and de- cided taste of the gentle breezes that hum merrily around Cape Horn. The three boats which the heavy seas leit on board are melancholy wrecks, and the smaehed and splintered woodwork around the deck is a speaking reminder of what the good ship passed through. 5 “I have gone around the Horn several times,” said Second Officer Hewett, *‘but never did I have such an experience. For six weeks we were battered by the tem- pestuous wind and waters Rails, ladders, compass and boats were all ruined. Look at those twe cutters, utterly useless, except for firewood. The remains of the gigare down in the hold. We keep them there for the insurance agents to examine. The other three are somewhere floating around the cape. “On June 11 the ship ran into a western hurricane which kicked up a sea as highas the lower mastheads. The decks were flooded to the sails and_it was impossible to get forward or ait. If a man ventured out of the forecastle he was washed around like a cork, On_the night of June 17 we caught it. While hove-to under fore and main lower topsails we were struck on the weather beam by a terrible sea which struck us a little abaft the main rigging. It took the starboard boats overboard, smashed the port boats, the bridge, tore the rails and iron stanchions out of their fastenings, and wrecked the McGregor compas: “Everything around was washed from its place; an oil tank was broken in and thirty gallons of oil were mixed with the water. The gale kept up and the ship was constantly buried under the frothy seas. “This went on for weeks, almost without cessation. We used cil bags, which did much to deaden the blows of those waves. Part of the time the ship was over on her beam enas, with the seas going over her constantly. The gale would moderate a little, to start up again with increased fury. We encountered blizzards, hail and snow storms. The ice coated the deck {inches deep, and the running gear and blocks were frozen up tight. “Before a rope would run through a sheaf the ice would have to be beaten off with a belaying-pin. For many days we were hove-to and all hands were in the afterhouse trying to keep from freezing to death. It was impossible to do anything on deck and 1t was no use to keep the men there. “July 4 we were visited by another hur- ricane which finished the forward part of the vessel as the former blow did the aft. The boats there were wrecked, the forecastle and galley skylights were stove in and the apartments flooded. Everything wasina deplorable condition aloft, sails split and | running-gear parted.” But the stanch vessel with the hard Scotch name weathered the awful gales that hurled her down in the toppling seas, and she came into port somewhat dam- aged but in good condition. The officers state that the storms were unusually se- vere off the Horn this year, and June, which is the calm month, was thirty days of ripping, roaring gales. The British ship Glenerecht, Captain E. H. Davies, arrived yesterday, forty-four days from+Shanghai. She is a splendid four-master, 320 feet long, 44 beam and 27 deeg. Her register is 2200 tons, but her hol ca(;;acity 1s over 3600 tons burden. The Glenerecht is a ship with thick plates and weights 1760 tons. An iron vessel of her size will carry about 300 tons less than a steel ship of the same dimen- sions. She has about 1000 tons of ballast in her hold, taken aboard at Shanghai, and Captain Davies says it is the richest China garden soil. The captain’s wife and two small chil- dren are passengers on the vessel. The little ones are great pets of the Japanese crew, and baby-wagons end the swings suspended from the rigging provided by the men for their two pets made the deck of the great ship look like a nursery. Mrs. Davies, who made many voyages with her husband, says she would like to get back to Eng}and and get acquainted with her three eldest daughters, who are at school. “The ship is not home,” said thisintelligent lady, “and I don’t believe I shall ever be much of a sailor. There is no glace like a place away from the sea.” The old stern-wheeler Herald is again in commission, running between San Fran- cisco and Vallejo. This ancienttubiskept bg the Southern Pacific for the purpose of choking off opposition. Whenever some enterprising steamer starts in to compete with the railroad on the bay for the passenger traffic, the Herald gets ug steanf and fioes wheezing around, with the fare at the lowest figure, until the other boat is forced out of business; then she lays up. She is now engaged in the effort to run off the steamer Monticello, which has been plying between this place and Vallejo for several weeks. When the pretty little Seattle craft has been frozen out the Herald will rest from her labors and the Southern Pacific Railroad will catch the Vallejo travel. 5 Skipper Titchworth of the trim tug Annie is now the envy of all the water front. Yesterday he let business take care of itself, and Paradsd up and down the front “‘wearing” a fine gold-headed cane, on which was_inscribed: ‘“‘Captain Caspar Titchworth; Sept. 4,1895.”” It wasa gift from the ‘“Annie gang,” a coterie of news- paier men who travel to their homes in Oakland on the tug each morning before Sun-lfi). F. H. Owens of this City has returned from a mining and exploring trip to Alaska, and from his statement it may be known that that country is a good place to keep away from. “The country is grossly overestimated,” said he, “‘and a poor man, least of all, has no business there. It is the most inhos- pitable locality on the continent, and to those who are not well provided with meansthe hardships are inconceivable. “You can’t travel throngh the dark, im- penetrable forests without cutting your way, and dangers of getting lost or falling into those deep, almost bottomless ravines menace you every step. You have to climb glaciers and ice-covered mountains, through deep, snowy valleys, until you are worn out and utterly discouraged. Several parties of explorers have been lost and their bodies are lying somewhere under the eternal white pall of everlasting winter. Only a well-equipped party with guides should everattempt that wild coun- try. There are about 800 miners at Turn- agin and Cooks Inlet and it is impossible to state how they will all get out of that region. Of course, thers are rich mines there, but difficulties surround the pros- pector at every step.” Regarding the attack made in an_even- ing paper by Captain Dan Farley, late of the State tug Governor Markham, upon Commissioner Chadbourne, President Col- non of the Harbor Commission says that Farley’s statements are grossly untrue. “Mr. Chadbourne used the Markham at my suggestion to see how fast she could get along the water front at night in case of a fire. He was accompanied by Super- intendent Heste and a party of ladies— Farley makes the contemptible insinuation that there was something else. On the trip Farley displayed his inability to han- dle the boat. e was nervous, worried and his eyesight was so poorthat he al- most bumped into the wharves several times. He rattled the engineer with his constant ringing of the bells. What he would have done during the excitement of a big fire none can tell. It isdeplorable that employes should grow old and in- capacitated, but aboard a State harbor fire-tug is no place for them. I am sorry that this must be said of Captain Farley, but his action in attacking Chadbourne as he has done puts him outside all consider- ation.” Commissioner Chadbourne characterized Farley’s assertions as being false, childish and malicious. ‘‘He was taken off the tug,”” said Chadbourne, ‘‘before he smashed her to pieces against something, and a competent man put aboard of her.” TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION. The Executive Committee Meets Traffic Manager Curtis for the First Time. Prospective Plans. The executive committee of the Traffic Association met yesteraay at 214 Pine street, and became personally acquainted with William B. Curtis, the new traffic manager. Among those present were: President B. F. Dunham, First Vice-Presi- dent Charles M. Yates, Second Vice-Presi- dent Henry Michaels, Treasurer Wakefield Baker, Harry Williams, J. Curtis, C. H. Schmidt, L. L. Bonestell, I. F. Littlefield. Beyond meeting Mr. Curtis formally nothing of general interest was done by the committee, as it was yet too early to broach questions of policy, and no doubt the committee felt inclined to wait for Mr. Curtis’ advice. This, as he explained, could not be intelligently given until the various :}uestions affecting freight rates were studied and the situation thoroughly canvassed. Letters from Germany relating to an ex- hibition of Californian products in Berlin, and asking for a schedule of freight rates from California to Germany, were read. The committee told Mr. Curtis he could reply and give the desired information. RECEPTION AT THE FAIR, The Half-Million Club Enter- tained by the Mechanics’ Institute. This Evening WIll Be Chinese Night and a Selected Mongollan Band Will Play. At the Mechanics’ Fair last evening was Half-million Club night, and the usual crowd was materially increased by the members of that organization. Words ot welcome were emblazoned everywhere throughout the pavilion, and the club’s motto was displayed on every hand. After the close of the fair about fifty of the members were entertained by the institute authorities in the directors’ room. A. S. Hallidie, president of the institute, delivered an address of welcome, in which he referred to the objects of the Half- million Cluband said many complimentary things of its work. A. Sbarboro replied in a happy vein on behalf of the club. Colonel Warren, the originator of indus- trial expositions in this State, was called on for his experience with fairs. He re- lated the history of the first exposition which he gave in SBacramento in 1852." The building caught fire and was burned to the ground, causing him a loss of $175,000. He gave two expositions in this Uity which resulted in considerable loss, and then the Mechanics’ Institute took the business out of bis hands. Other speeches were made by M. Benyaker, Howard C. Holmes, engineer for the Harbor Commis- sioners, Rodney Kendrick, William Mooser and R. P. Doolan. To-night is to be Chinese night at the fair, and the directors have secured a Mon- golian band which will render Chinese music. A fine programme will also be rendered by Scheel’s orchestra as follows: Chinese March.. .Fong Ti Tenbach Selections, ““Bohemian Girl”. “Trop de Cavallerie” MIDWEEK THEATER NOTES. Plays Now On Are Drawing Well. Some Changes Announced for Next Monday. John Drew’s company is still playing to big houses at the Baldwin, “The Masked Ball” being this week's attraction. The first three nights of next week will be de- voted to “Christopher Junior.” Thursday “The Masked Ball” will be given again, and Friday “The Imprudent Young ‘Couple.” Saturday’s matinee will be “The Butterfly,” and the evening per- formance, which will end Mr. Drew’s en- 5:““3,“' in this City, will be *“The Bauble Shop. Orpheum, The usual diversitied vaudeville enter- tainment is on at the Orpheum, with the Fabianu Troupe in Russian songs and dances and Emmet, the ventriloquist, as leadi&g attractions. Next week Dryden and Mitchell and Hines and Remington will be added as specialty artists. Tivoli. “Faust” continues to draw well at the Tivoli and will be run all next week, large sales having already been made, Miss Millard and Martin Pache will sing on Monday, and Miss Valerga and Mr. ‘Walshe on Tuesday and then will alter- nate regularly through the week. On Monday evening every woman in the audience will be given one of the Tivoli's Admission day souvenirs, which consists of twelve musical selections sung by mem- bers of the company, together with photo- graphs of the troup Orand Opera-House. “Across the Potomac” is playing to crowded houses at Morosco’s. It will be followed next week by Mark Price’s “*On the Rio Grande” by an Eastern stock com- any, which will make its first appearance in this City at that time. An extra mati- nee performance will be given on Monday. Bush Street. “Captain Cook,”” an opera with Hawaiian settings, is running the week at the Bush street and is drawing fairly good houses. It is a local company and will end its en- gagement with a matinee and evening per- formance on Saturday. The theater will not be open next week. Columbia. The Stockwell Company will give, next week, the first Km\iuctien in this City of “The District Attorney.” *“A Woman of No Importance’ draws well this week. e i Two Small Fires. The alarm from box 512 at 8:46 A. M. yester- day was for a biaze in a boxcar at Illinois and Banta Clara streets. The fire was quickly ex- tinguished, but not before $300 worih of dam- age had been done. The alarm trom box 48 at 1:42 P, M, was _for a small fire at 10 Third street. A line lamp exploded. The damage was nominal. ————— An Unbidden Guest. David Vandervoort, clerk in the American Hotel, swore out & warrant in Judge Joachim- sen’s court {uterdly for the arrest of John Kearney on the charge of vagrancy. Kearney had been sleeping in one of the bedrooms for the past five nights unknown to the proprietor or any of his attaches. ——————————— OrEsING week at Beavey’s, 1382 Market street. Magnificent display of imported pattern hats and fall milliery—wholesale and retail, THE SMALLEST MUSICIAN A Six-Year-Old Pianist With a Decided Preference for Beethoven. HAS A REMARKABLE MEMORY. Helen Dodd, the Latest Baby Prod- 1gy, Who Nevertheless Likes Dolls. ‘When the average six-year-old is sum- moned to play the piano for you, and forthwith mounts a stool to hammer with small but vigorous fists upon the discord- antly protesting instrument, you are apt to suddenly remember that you have an important engagement somewhere. Then, too, you are prejudiced against prodigies. The very word prodigy suggests a pitiful picture of an attenuated infant with an abnormal head and Methuselah-like man- ners. This may be the rule, but 8an Fran- cisco has a charming exception to it in the tiny person of Helen Dodd. Helen climbs to her perch on the piano stool by means of two ottomans, piled one covery yesterday morning. ' Ah Ling, the assistant cook in the restaurant, and Tom Tuck, the dishwasher, are still under arrest. Byram had made inquiries in Chinatown, but was unable to find any clew to lead to the identification of the burglar. The clothes of the dishwasher and assistant cook had been carefully ex- amined, but no trace of blood was found upon them. Yesterday morning Byram examined Ah Ling’s shoes and discovered &hsc he believed to be blood spots upon em. Chief Crowley sent the shoes to Chemist Thomas Price for an analysis of the spots on them. A _DESPONDENT GROCER. Henry Gardes Took His Own Life Be- cause He Was in Financial Difficulties. Henry Gardes, the groceryman at the corner of Hyde and Post streets, shot him- self last Monday morning. Dr. H. G. McGill was at once called in, and every- thing possible was done for the wounded man. It was thought at first that he might recover, and everything possible was done to keep the matter quiet. He died yesterday afternoon, however, and the suicide had to be reported to the Morgue. Gardes was determined to die. He took a 38-caliber revolver, and, placing it to his right temple, attempted to blow §1is brains out, The bullet ranged upward, and did not. cause instant death. He lingered for forty- eight hours, and never recovered conscious- ness. He was financially involved, and had been despondent for some time. He was a member of the San Francisco AN INTERPRETER OF BEETHOVEN, [From a photograph.] upon the other for her feet to reston while she is playing. If you are in search of a new sensation you will surely ex- perience it when her dimpled fingers strike the keys. Sheis very dainty, this musical fairy, and does notlook a day over 5. 8o, when she Elays on and on, without notes, and with a’touch so soft, so true, that you would close your eyes to listen but that you are following every movement of the supple wrists and baby- ish fingers; when you see the raptex- pression of the sweet face and the utter unconsciousness of your presence, you realize that y ou have before you a prodigy who is also one of the dearest, most natural little girls in the world. It seems incredible that a child so young should have an ear so positive that, in an adjoining room, with her back turned to you, she should be able to name correctly and without the slightest hesitation each tone of every chord you choose to strike, from one end of the keyboard to the other. This, however, Helen can do with perfect ease. After she is excused from further drawing-room duty she runs to the nursery, where she has a large and thriv- ing family of pet dolls, for next to Beet- hoven she dotes on dolls. Helen has been taking music lessons for two years. When she was four years of a;[.;e Santa Claus brought her a toy piano. 8he immediately began to pick out upon it the various tunes that she had heard whistled by the boys in the street. Every sound from the outside world had a spe- cial significance for Helen, who would run to her little piano and strike a note to har- monize with it. The fire whistle, the streetcar bell, even the peddler who lifted up his voice in a cry of “‘ap—puls,” were set to music. Before this she had showed fondness for melody by enthusi- astically applauding the stray organ- grinders that passed the family residence, and by singing in unison with tuneful street gamins, her very fraternal spirit making the sidewalk in that particular locality a rendezvous for them, much to the distress of her relatives, who were averse to notoriety and small boys en masse. It was Mrs. John D. Spreckels who really discovered Helen. One dn{ Mrs. Dodd had a number of iriends calling upon her, among them Mrs. Spreckels, who is her- self a fine musician. Helenand her Christ- mas piano_were brought into requisition, and Mrs. Spreckels, recognizing her won- derful talent, at once interested herself in her. She urged Mrs. Dodd to lose no time in giving Helen systematic training in music, with the result thata teacher was engaged for that purpose. Helen comes of a musical family.” She has two sisters, ene eight, and the other four years of age. Nonie, the youngest, is as frolic- some as a kitten and does not yet compre- hend the importance of patient practice. Frances, the eldest, thinks she would like to be a dramatic reader when she iz a iounF lady, but Helen will look at you with ig blue eyes in a rose-leaf face and tell you shyly that she is gom§ to Europe with mamma some day, to learn to be a great musician, Her future will be a bright one, unless all signs fail. Reared in a lovely, refined home by a wise, devoted mother, thereis no danger that she will be spoiled with flattery. She has not yet attended school, her mother thinking ‘that two hours a day of piano practice, with private lessons under her own supervision, is a safer plan for the pres- ent. It is one of the ambitions of Helen’s life to be able to strike an octave. She manages to stretch to one now but cannot play it. Mrs. Dodd is very modest and sensible in regard to her bright little trio, whose constant companion she is, her calm influence exerting a wholesome effect upon them and rendering them notice- ably unaffected. Their father, Captain W. M. Dodd, commands a big ship and is obliged to be away from his family most of the time, HIS BLOODY SHOES. The Police Have a Clow to the Geary- Street Burglar. Mrs. Dora Reede, who was robbed and attacked with a hatchet by a burglar, in her restaurant, 432 Geary street, early Monday morning, had so far recovered &surdx that she was removed to the rman Hospital. p 3 Detective Byram madean important dis- Schuetzen Verein, and last Sunday was over to Shell Mound Park. He was on the range and in the bowling-alley, and seemed the gayest of the gay. After the grounds closed he went home, and early in the morning fired the shot that ended hiy life. He was a young man in the prime of life, and his friends are wonder- ing why he did not apply to them for assistance instead of committing suicide. LADY WRITERS HARMONIZE The Pacific Coast Woman’s Press Club Ends Its Busi- ness Convention. For the Next Three Days Sight- Seelng Will Occupy the Jour- nallsts’ Time. The second day’s session of the Pacific Coast Woman's. Press Association was held yesterday in Golden Gate Hall. A long programme was mapped out for the lady journalists, but they transacted all the business of their organization with harmony and dispatch, listened to an in- teresting literary programme, and in the evening held a full-dress reception at the Occidental Hotel. At the business session the following officers were unanimously elecied: President, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt; vice-presi- dents—Mrs, Sarah B. Cooper, Mrs. Nellie B. Eyster, Mrs. Lovell White, Mrs. James Neall, Mrs, L. P. “'fi““‘“’ corresponding secretary, Mrs. Marion B. Foster; recording secretary, Mrs. Florence H. Miller; assistant recording secretary, Mrs. Abbie E. Krebs; treasurer, Mrs. Florence Percr Matheson; auditor, Mrs. Bar- bara Kneli; librarian, Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor; additional members—Miss Ina D. Coolbrth, Mrs. Alice K. Cooley, Mrs. George T. Gaden. A number of resolutions were adopted that had been drawn up by a committee congisting of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, Mrs. F. F. Victor and Mrs. George T. Gaden. In these resolutions satisfaction was ex- pressed at the success of the annual gather- ing, and the association was stated to be in a prosperous condition. It was also resolved that: “The efforts of this organi- zations shall evér be in behalf of woman and woman’s work in the world,”” and that, *‘we heartily indorse the suffrage amendment giving the franchise to woman, and urge every man to vote for the same.” Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper opened the after- noon literary exercises with on address en- titled “Forward or Backward—Which?" In the course of her remarks she laid par- ticular stress on woman’s intuition, which she said was a faculty shared by the angels. Professor W. L. Tomlins of Chicago gavea lecture on “Music,” which he illus- trated on a pianoforte. His object was to prove that only the mentally and morally it can enter into the real joy of music. Mrs. Emily Browne Powell, an ex- resident of the association, read an orig- inal poem, “The_Vision,” which aroused reat applause. It is not often that Mrs. %owell’s health permits her to be present at the annual conventions, and her partici- pation in & programme is always looked upon as an event. Mrs. Lillian H. Shuey, also read two original poems, and Mrs. Frances B. Edgerton read some poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson. The need for a urer press was dealt with by Mrs, Florence ardiman Miller, under the title of “An Unpopular Demand.” Mrs. Alice Kings- bury Cooley made an address upon “The Value of Dramatic Literature in the Prog- ress of Civilization.” Nearly all the members were present at the reception given in the evening at the Occidental Hotel, where a very pleasant three hours were passed in the enjoyment of music and conversation, To-day the lady journalists will visit Belvedere, while on Friday a trip will be taken around the bay on the General McDowell. For Satur- day an excursion has been planned to Mill Valley. The first Chinese drama was the death of Lin Su presented B. C. 1900, LOTTERYADVERTISEMENTS The Civic Federation Will Try to Have Regulations Adopted. LISTS TO BE SUPPRESSED. Supervisors Will Be Asked to De- clare the Publication of Draw= Ings a Misdemeanor. The strong arm of the Civic Federafion, an organization that has shown in the past what it is capabie of accomplishing, has been stretched out in the direction of the lottery-dealers, and if the aim of the fed- eration 1s reached the statute books will soon contain a measure that will finish the work that was begun when THE CALL ex- posed the manner in which the people had been swindled for years. Recently, hoping that the storm had blown over, the dealers who were driven into seclusion by THE CALL began to brave the light and carry on their nefarious busi- ness. This has brought them again under the gaze of the reformers, and action inre- lation to them is the result. The attorney for the federation, C. W. Reed, is now drawing up the measure which is intended to close the few remain- ing loopholes through which the dealers now keep themselves before the public. All measures directed toward the suppres- sion of lotteries adopted in the past have been deficient in one essential respect. They have stopped the publication of ad- vertisements o? lottery drawings to take place in the future, but have ignored the more important ‘‘ads” that tell of the *thousands’’ won by lucky ticket-holders. These induce thousands of gullible per- sons to invest, in the hope of being equally “fortunate,” and do far more harm than those that urge the reader to try his for- tune in the next drawing. It is against this particular form of ad- vertising that the measure will be directed, and when ready it will be presented to the Board of Supervisors and that body asked to declare the publication of lottery lists and alleged winning numbers, or any in- formation in relation to the drawings of lotteries, a misdemeanor. “There is no doubt,” said Mr. Reed yes- terday, “‘that there will be some opposition to this measure, but, with the public senti- ment which THE CALL has aroused against the dealers, we have every hope that the Supervisors will bow to public opinion and pass the ordinance. “It is only lately that such a thing would be possible, for in by-gone days the lotteries were looked upon as a harmliess method of gambling that might possibly bring big re- turns. fim with the expose of the bold- faced manner in which they have been swindled the people have come to look at the moral iige of the case and condemn the lotteries as_pernicious and unworthy of toleration. There is not the slightest doubt that since THE CALL began exposing the lotteries their business has fallen off fully 50 per cent. “Chief Crowley admits as much, and in doing so confesses that THE CALL bas accomplished something which he could not do. However, as long as they are al- lowed to advertise, these fakirs will find people to fleece, and we intend to puta stop to it if possible. “The Penal Code—section 322—provides a very stringeni measure against adver- tising drawings to take place in the fu- ture, but either by accident or design, probably the latter, the advertising of fake lotteries by telling in print the great amounts ‘won’ by lucky individuals was not touched upon, and the result has been very bad. *“The measure now under consideration will be very comprehensive, and will be carefully considered to cover all the points at issue before the Supervisors are asged to pass upon it. Of course, those publishing these lists will claim that they are not advertisements but matters of news, but I think if they are hauled up and questioned by the proper tribunal the true facts of the case will come out.” Emboldened by immunity from con- tinued exposure, the dealers in fake lot- teries have begun to take courage and crawl out of the obscurity into which they were driven by THE CALL. One of the most notorious swindles of the lot was the Spanish-American Lottery Company, sometimes known as the Spanish-American Guarantee Company. The rottenness of this concern was yvouched for. Soon after the expose was begun, Chief Crowley re- ceived the following letter from the Spanish Consul in this City: CONSULADO DE ESPANA EN SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 1895. Str: Persons having called on different occa- slons at this consulate inquiring about a lot- tery company pretending to be established in Havana, Cuba, and called the Spanish-Ameri- can Lottery Company and Spanish-American Guarantee Company. its president being one Louis Perez, I can now state that such com- pany is not authorized in Cubs and is conse- uently an imposture. Therefore I take the liberty of addressing you,so as to take the steps you might consider best to protect the public. I remain, sir, yours respectfully, JOrG MADRILLEY, Consul of Spain. To P. Crowley Esq., Chief of Police, San Francisco. This letter was published in this paper and, a few days later, the following para- graph: C. P. Reynolds, the “responsible’” man in this City for the irresponsible Spanish-Ameri- can lottery fraud, who was recently arrested at the instance of Detective Wright, has been fined $50 by Judge Joachimsen. He has prom- ised to seek a more honest vocation. In spite of this plain evidence that the Spanish-American_was a fraud, pure and simple, and further evidence that the concern existed onlr in the imagination of the *‘agent,” the latter was not discour- aged, and yesterday he caused the publi- cation of the following fake cablegram in an evening paper: HAVANA, CUBA, ss;t. 4.—The regular monthly drawing of the Spanish-American lot- fory took place to-day. Following are. the Jucky numbers: 85,849, ,000; 301 % 000; 60,579, $10,000; 96,512, £5000; 30,083 and 64,826, each $2000; 12,995, 23,022, 55,641, 71,491, 88,831, each’ $1000. 1f ?{y chance any reader of this article should hold a ticket bearing any of these numbers he need not trouble himself to go after his money, for he will never get it or any satisfaction from the ‘“‘agent.” Another fake has come to light after a season in seclusion, and 1s advertising its wares as of yore. This is the San Dommfio Lottery Company, that was exposed as the most barefaced of swindles in the issues of this paper of July 7 and 14. The story of how thousands of tickets were sold by advertising thata well-known saloon-keeper had won $32,000 was told, and evidence given that the man never won a dollar, but was paid for the use of his name. It also advertises the following banks as depositories of its funds: Franklin National Bank, New York. Mechanics’ National Bank, Boston. Second National Bank, Jersey City. Equitable National Bank, Cincinnatl. Chemical National Bank, St. Louis. Metropolitan National Bank, Kansas City. National Bank of Commerce, Omaha. American National Bank, Denver. Bank of Commerce, Chicago. First National Bank, San Francisco. Not one of these banks except the San Francisco institution, ever had a dollar of the alleged lottery’s money on deposit, and the First National never had enongh to pay the smallest of the prizes advertised in the following cablegram (?) that ap- peared in an evening paper on Tuesday: SAN DOMINGO, Sept. 3.—The regular monthly drawing of the San Domingo Lot- tery Company took place to-day. The prizes were the usual monthly ones—one ot $160,- 000, one of $40,000, one of gno, , one of $10,000, two of $5000, five of $2000, and 5681 other prizes. v They don’t sell so many tickets these T days these fake agencies, but they evi« dently find enough gullible people to ware rant the insertion of costly advertisements of their next “drawing.” i The proposed regulation of the Civie Federation will put a stop to all such swin« dling. WARD THREATENS TO PROTEST: Doesn’t Want State Money Used for the Pree Employment Bureau. R. T. Ward, an employment agent, threatens to protest to the State Board of Examiners against money being spent by the State for the State Free Employment Burean, which Labor Commissioner Fitz= gerald has had in operation for some time past. In his opinion the State has no right to spend money in this way. Mr. Fitzgerald when questioned aboud Mr. Ward’s threat yesterday said the Statey Board of Examiners was in full sympathy with the free employment feature of hi® office, and from his point of view M; Ward'’s protest would not amount to an; thing. The agent of the Pleasanton Hop Comm pany in Alameda County, N, F. Walter; nas’ offered to advance the fares to th bureau for all hop-pickers sent to him_b; Mr. Fitzgerald. Married men, said Mra Fitzgerald, will be given the preference® and all applicants must have references. A large number of blank anfi-Japanesa petitions are being sent out to variou newspapers and labor organizations b; the Labor Commission: NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. e e e e L MAYPEN | AND x NCORP HEATRE W PROPS. 3d Week aud Last But One of MRE. JOoHN DREW TO-NIGHT (Thursday), Friday and Saturday Nights, “THE BUTTERFLIES.") EXTRA—Monday next, fourth and last week off Mr. Drew’s engagement. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Eveningsy “CHRISTOPHER JR.” MASKED BALL® Friday—— D, YOUNG COUPLE! STHE BUTTERFEIES! ell performance THE SAUBLE “HOP?} Saturday Matinee, ‘“The Masked Ball, Thursday. “THATIMPRU. Saturday Matinee. Saturday Night (far TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mus. ERNESTING KRELING Proprietor & Mauagee SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERAR TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT! Superb Scenic Production of Gounod’s Immortsly Opera, “FATUSTY Special Scenery ! Correct Costumes) Elaborate Accessories! MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9= ADMISSION DAY, SOUVENIR NIGHT! Popular Prices—25c and 50¢c. I EVERY EVENXG FIRST PRODUCTION AT EIGHT, IN THIS CITY ? the Best of All War Dramas, ““ACROSS THE POTOMAG!" 100—PEOPLE ON THE STAGE—-100 EVENING PRICES—26¢ and 500. Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. chos: TRIEDLANOCR.GOTTLOD & Co- LESSES ANDMANAGERS =~ “AWOMANOF N IMPORTANCE”™ The Very Acme of All of OSCAR WILDE'S Great Plays. No One Should Miss Seeing THE STOCKWELL PLAYERS’ Beautiful Presentation aud the Curtain-raisely “THE MAJOR’'S APPOINTMENT.” Mondsy Next—“THE DISTRICT ATTORNE¥S ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. GRAND SUOCESS OF OUR GRAND OPENING OF THE —FALL AND WINTER SEASONI—s A MAGNIFICENT NEW COMPANY! MORELAND, THOMPSON, AND BUSH, FARBIANU TROUPE, 4 WRIGHT AND O’BRIEN, HUGH EMMETT, ONS. CEBALLOS, M FRERES MARTINETTI, ree JOBRNNIE CARROLL, Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs. and Box seats, 50c. g@~ Secure seats days in advance. BUSH-STREET THEATER. CAPT. COOK OPERAI BY BRANDT AND FORMAN. EVERY EVENING and SATURDAY MATINEB: POPULAR PRIOCES: $1, 75¢, 50c, 85¢, 25¢C. ——— GRAND MUSICAL EVENTL Torbett Grand Concert Company. MISS OLLIE TORBETT, Violinist; BARONESS VON TERMEDER, Planist; THE LUTTEMAN SEXTET OF STOCKHOLMy SWEDEN. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, Evenings of September 6, 7 and 9% Seats now on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co'fh corner Sutter and Kearny streets. 1ST CONROEGATIONAL' CHURCH% Post and Mason sts. Friday and Saturday Evenings of Thig 4 Week, MR. WILLIAM C. CARL 0t New York City, The Noted American Organ Virtnosos Initial Recitals. Two Only Here. ADMISSION, BITHER CONCERT............508 Tickets obtainable at music-stores and church °* SEE PROGRAMMES. MECHANICS’ FAIR. Music Ha-t.I: Charms. THURSDAY. .. ... . .SEPTEMBER 5, Special Engagement for One Night Only! CHINESE EHPEROR'S ROYAL BAND OF 20 MUS1OIANS! Just arrived by the steamer City of Peking, making a tour of the world and engaged at an enormous expense. Grand Programme of Chinese Musicy ADMISSION: DAY—Adults, 25¢; Children, 15¢. EVENING-Adults, 50¢c; Children, 256 FRIDAY, September 6-Italian Coms posers’ Night.