The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1895, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1895. Y jénuavg i Berkelea VBJ ch‘\sf\ 'ielcn Californian weather occasionally plays some very queer pranks at this season, which are particularly surprising to the newcomer from the East. For example, the 4th of January, 1888, was made memor- able to me by a variety of meteorological phenomena. At daybreak Grizzly Peak, the highest point of the Berkeley hills, was enveloped in fog, while all the visible crest of the range was white with a mantle of snow. Early in the morning a cold rain fell, but by 9 o’clock signs of clearing were observed. At noontime heavy black clouds were noticed approaching from the west and south, which burst upon usasa heavy hailstorm varied with loud thunder wd vivid lightning. The hail gradually changed to rain, which in turn became snow. The noyel effect of a thunderstorm with rapidly falling snow was one never to be forgotten, and I was particularly inter- ested to observe its effect upon the birds, During the snowstorm they betook them- | selves to shelter as best they could and seemed decidedly subdued, but on the whole quite a goodly representation of bird life was abroad during the course of th Anna’s hummer, one e frail creatures which we al- jate with the summer sun, not in the least disconcerted by v of the weather. A dis- ifornia_shrike perched upon and wondered what had with the season. In the 1d weed patches of the mead- golden and white crowned ily engaged in food-hunting etation, while flocks of American pipits were restlessly moving about in the more exposed fields. The the tiny ‘Wren Tit. Western robin, too, was abroad, while late in the afternoon I observed flocks of mead- owlarks flying from their feeding ground in the meadows to their roosting place in the hills. Qur winter birds are, on the whole, a happy colony, for the weather seldom grows so cold as the day I have described, and the rain must be exceptionally severe and driving to dampen the ardor of bird nature. During then s the white and golden crowned sparrows seem to en- joy the most perfect content, for at no other season do they sing so universally. It is not a loud, enthusiastic song, but rather a meditative, pensive strain of a fine, sweet, long drawn character. In the hedgerows by the orchard, when the birds are congregated in_ considerable numbers during the course of a dismal, slow, three weeks’ rain, there will be a perfect medley of sweet tones from these two species. Both species sing in the same pitch and quality of tone, but the succession of notes is different. The golden-crown commences with a very high sustained note, then drops half a tone, and again a half tone. Sometimes the last note is omitted, and at times the bird pauses after singing the first strain in a sad, meditative sort of way. The white-crowned sparrow commences on a slightly lower tone, then sounds the d note above, ending with a falling tri As these two birds are among the com- monest of our winter residents all who hope to know anything of our bird life should become quite familiar with them at the start. They are rather larger than the house sparrow, but of a slenderer, more graceful build. The golden-crown is slightly larger than the white-crown, but | the style of marking is, on the whole, very similar. The general coloration of the two birds is plain aull ashy and buff on the under parts, with the back streaked brown ard ashy. The golden-crown has anarrow streak of yellow on the wing and a spot of the same above the eye, while tbe full-plumaged .males may be readily distinguished by the patch of yellow on the forehead of the one species, which is replaced with white in the other. Further- more, the yellow of the golden-crown is bordered with a single broad band of California Brown Towhee. black, while the white-crowned has a double border of black separated by a line of white. As the birds appear about the garden in January the crown patches are not so clearly defined, and the novice will need to pay close attention to distinguish them. Another of our commonest birds is eculiar to the West. Itis the California brown towhee, which also beloniu to the great family of sparrows and buntings. In size it is slightly smaller than a robin, and more slender and active in manner. It is not a bird of the tree-tops, bvt prefers the shelter of the underbrush and low trees, often frequenting the ground in search of provender. In “bunting,’”” as it is so popularly called here, is a uniform brown without con- spicuous spots or markings. The throat is a lighter buff color, edged with a few in- conspicuous streaks of dark, and the under overts of the tail are rather bright chest- nut in hue. It is a cheerful, active bird with rapid, energetic motions and a sbarr. metallic ;sig, tsip, which it frequently utters as it hops about the ground among the bushes. The trees are inhabited by a gay colony of birds at this season free from all cares save those of obtaining sufficient food. Am“"g, the commonest of them are the slr_mw ird (more properly called junco), e wlden and the ruby crowned kinglet, the Western and the varied robins, and the ever present wren tit, The snow bird, or Oregon junco, is exclusively a winter vis- itor, nesting in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Range Mountains. It is a sociable little fellow of the sparrow tribe, always found in flocks during the winter season, and generally in the bushes or low trees, In manners the junco is exceptionally bright and cheerful, never showing any signs of discontent, however dreary the day. It is of a uniform slate color in general hue, abruptly broken across the breast, leaving the under parts pure white, except on the ( coloration the | sides which are of a buff pinkish cast. | The white tail feathers, constantly ex- | bibited in_flight, are also characteristic | marks of the species. | If the junco is merry the kinglets are the incarnation of feathered light-hearted- ness. No larger than your thumb, these | little midgets are full of restless anima- ion and nervous enthusiasm. From spray | to spray, branch to branch and tree to tree | they flit, with head up or down as suits | the whim or convenience of the moment. 1’1‘)\& two species are of about the same | size and general color—plain dull gray ‘bclcw and olive-green above, with large inquisitive brown eyes in their tiny head They may readily be distinguished, how- ever, by the crown which has given them their name. The male ruby-crowned king- let hasa patch of flaming scarlet on the top of his head, while his prim little mate js wholly without adornment. The male golden-crowned knight hasa line of bril- liant orange on the head, bordered with | stripes of white and black, and the female has a simple spot of yellow to replace it. Equally distinct are the notes of the two | species. The ruby-crown utters a high pensive far-away lisp of & note, which is an | invariable notice of the proximity of a | troop of these birds, while the golden- crown has a fine delicate undertone of chatter to indicate its whereabouts. I have been told that the robin is not found in this part of the country, yvet here | he is in the January rain and storms, the | same dear friend of far-away memories in | Wisconsin summers. The scientists say be is different from his kinsmen east of | the Rocky Mountains, because he has an { eighth of an inch less white on the tip of his tail, but for all this I claim him for the same. In January, when he is ranging | over the Berkeley hills in flocks, gorging | on berries and roving at his own sweet | will, he is perhaps less attractive than in the summer time when the duties of home are all engrossing, but I am_partial to him even at this season, and rejoice with him as he utters his high animated call-note, vreparatory to launching forth on buoyant wing. The varied robin is exclusively a bird of the Pacific Coast. In some shady recess amid the iiveoaksorlaurelsit lurks—silent, retiring, specter-like. I have never heard it utter a note. From its summer home in the far north it has come for the winter, but not like the common robin, full of joy and vivacity. Some deep, brooding sor- row seems to have come upon it to quench 1ts song and leave it meditativeand lonely. It seldom congregates in flocks of any con- siderable size, although two orthree are as arule in the same vicinity, In size this species is about the same as the common robin, from which it may be instantly dis- tinguished, however, by the presence of a black crescent upon the breast extending up the sides of the head. A conspicuous | stripe of buffy yellow or brown above the leveis also a distinguishing mark. The throat and breast, except where black, are | of the same yellowish or orange brown | color, while the other species is brick red or chestnut on the breast. The back of both species is slate or plumbeous. | The wren tit does its best to atone for | the meditative ways of ihe varied robin. | Considerably less than half the size it is | neverthbeless such a bustling little chatter- { box that its presence is soon made mani- | fest to the attentive seeker after bird lore. | Search the world over and youn wiil not Varied Robin. find its counterpart outside of California. Among the many popular misapprehen- sions about our native birds is one that we have no distinctive species here, unlike the birds of the Eastern States. The fact of the matter is that we have very few which are not more or less distinctive, the great majority being restricted to the region west of the Rocky Mountains, and some few are not to be met with outside of Cali- fornia. The wren tit is furthermore re- stricted to the valleys of the State, and 1 have never found in gardens or about towns, but always in the shrubbery of the canyons. Its colors are most ostentatious—dark brown upon the back and light cinnamon brown on the breast — but its manners are so characteristic that once seen they can never be mistaken. The tail is very long and generally carried erect, the wings are habitually limp and drooping in appear- ance, while the feathers of the back have also a drooping unsubstantial effect. Nevertheless the bird is very sprightly as he bobs about in tangled thickets, now concealed and again in sight, often within a few feet of tie quiet_observer, who is treated with supreme indifference. A low chatter is its usual note, but even in Janu- ary its song might be heard—a high loud tit, tit, tit, tr-r-r-r. Sometimes the final trill is omitted, when the song sounds like a fragment, as if the musician had forgotten how it ended. I have by no means exhausted the list of January birds in the vicinity of Berkeley, but enough have been described to show that our hills and canyons are not de- serted at this season. CrArLES A, KEELER. MUSI0O HATH NEW COHARMS. New Piano-Playing Device to Be Seen at a New Store on Market Street. The crowds which gather daily to watch and hear the piano at J. Harry Scott’s music-store, in the new Spreckels building, play without any one near it, well illus- trates the love of novelty, if not music, which exists in the human mind. The people are pardonable and welcome to listen. The secret of the whole thing is that this dealer in general musical instru- ments has brought to the coast the first of those much-talked-of seli-playing, almost unnoticeable attachmentsto a piano. It is adjusted underneath the keyboard, and, with a moment’s nrranfiemem. plays any piece of music with the ease, grace and precision of the best performer. Being a man of considerable means and influence, Mr. Scott secured the sole Pa- cific Coast agency for this wonderful piece of workmanship. It has a practical use in a store outside of dainf away with the necessity of advertising, for it enables one who cannot play to make a test of an in- strument with difficult pieces of wide range. The ordinary adyertising ?ent looks with astonishment on its crowd-gatherin, properties, while teachers of music an gisno—puyen in general marvel at what it oes. One thing is certain, Byron could not have bad this invention in mind when he said, “There’s music in all things if men had ears,” or he might have added there’s music in pianos if men haven’t NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. If there’s a house on this coast that’s hived more trade in the past week than Hale’s we don’t know it. We’ve got the SWEETS in our almost unmatchable NEW FALL STOCK. Besides this every day we spread a giving good returns. Don’t expect to. ©s- TO-MORROW, MONDAY, SEPT. 9, STORE ve- CLOSED ALL DAY---ADMISSION DAY. Where the Sweets Are There’s the Bees! But we don’t get the crowds and dollars without feast of rich specials. “No galvanized old stock”—new, bright, seasonable goods at such tempting prices that you feel like giving thanks to the store that started on the wrong and bountiful patronage. side of the street. We’re growing bigger and better every year—never stop trying to improve. AFTER THE HOLIDAY. Alive, Active, Pushing, We Salute You. Dress Goods. Four kinds from a store full. SWELL DRESS STUFFS in the ()0 rough effects in exclusive de- ¢ signs and fancy colorings. Yard NEW AND EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS 50C In 37-inch worsted suitings, new colorings; 5 lines o select from... Yard ALL-WOOL FRENCH SERGE, 38 QO10 inches wide, all colors and black, 2 g00d quality < Yan ALL-WOOL GE 35° SERGE In n: ) inches wide. Yard Silks. This week we will serve you unu- sually well. lines. SPECIAL VALUE IN NEW TAF- FETA silk, 19 inches wide, ele- Special prices on new 75° gant desizn’ half a dozen lines to select from. Yard SPECIAL LINES of new figured QFC Tafteta silk, 20 In-hes wide, good 0 heavy quality, worth 81 yard, for Yard FANCY CLOUDED STRIPE PEAU-DE-SOIE silk, beautiful pecial at.... 90° color effec: Yard FANCY BILKS — We have many lines entirely new, 20 inches in exciusive designs and olorings, our own bringing wide 00 Yard Portiers. At prices to quicken change of ownership. TAPESTRY PORTIERS, 814 yards by 50inches: colors, electric blue, g =.50 dark red, olive green and rose $D price.... ST 50-INCH TAPESTRY, red, terra 40° cotta, dark blue, brown and olive Yard Pair [INCORPORATED] 937,939, 941 MARKET STREET, San Francisco. Domestics. Are You Not Paying More Else= where ? UNBLEACHED CANTON FLAN. /70 NEL, very heavy and worth 12%¢ a yard. % Yard BLEACHED PILLOW.CASE MUS- ()¢ LIN, 50 inches wide, good serv- iceable quality. Bl BLEACHED TAR £C inches w 45 yard to. Yard INDIGO BLUE CALICO, best qual- FC ity, guaranteed fast colo Ry ar IRISH FRIEZE FLANNELS, good honest goods, red and biue mix- ture, value 25c¢ & yard 18° Yard VERY SPECIAL. DUCK SUITINGS, 28 inches wide, new designs, neat_patterns, first 1% quality, they are s 12340 valuefor Yard Comforters at Very Interesting Prices. COMEORTRES, warranted good cotr (8] .00 ton filling, Sateen covered, rede) L — lined, price. Each COMFORTERS, bright Chintz cover- @3] .23 ering, fancy colored lining, white D L-— cotion fille . Each COMFORTERS, Chintz covered, red ] .50 lined, white cotton filling, a fine ) value. o e Each COMFORTERS, Sateen covexed.$4.oo fancy liniug,. prices $1 75, “d hrae? n $2 50, 83, 83 50.. Each EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS, fine Sateen covering and plain Sateen (8300 Iining, light shades, prices $3 25, (DO — $150,$6 and.... Esach EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS,soft Q4] O as’ snowflakes, silk covering and Rateen lining, price $10 and. ‘Each NAVY BLUE AND SCARLE 3ne TWILL FLANNEL, you canbuy ~ ¢ it elsewhere for 50c, our price.... Yaid Prices Here Are Like McGinty— At the Bottom. L d cffa%m [INCORPORATED) 937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET, San Francisco s34 ADMISSION DAY To-Morrow (Monday). SEPTEMBER 9. Store closed all day. Tuesday morning, 8 o’clock, begins the second week’s selling from the New, Fall Stocks. Only 5 days in this week. We’ll have to be lively to tie last week’s business. We’ll scatter the sweets with a prodigal hand. Wool fiankets. Kinds for Every Blanket Want. ‘Wool Blankets. cotton iu these: White There’s 10 per cent of Sizes 58x78 Inches Sizes 66x80 inches. $4.00 pair $4.50 pair All-Wool White Blankets When we say all wool they are, and ‘wool of best quality, too. Sizes 66x80 Inches, price per paf $5.00 Sizes 68x82 inches, price per pai Sizes 68x82 inches, price per pair Sizes 76x84 inches, price per pail Sizes 76x90 inches, price per pai Sizes 78x90 inches, price per pal Scarlet Wool Blankets. Sizes 60x72 Inches, per pai Sizes 62xK0 inches, per pai Sizes 70x80 inches, per pai; Sizes 68x85 inches, per pal SEE SHOW WINDOWS. [INCORPORATED] 937,939, 941 MARKET STREET, San Francisco Suits, Waists, Hosiery. LADIES’ UNION SUITS, the most popular style made, button on shouider, natural sta¥ color, halt @ .50 wool, hal? cotton, J Hibbed, e L 800d welght.. uit LADIES' UNION SUT 5 cotton, fine quality, white or 1:20 gray, high neck, long slcev —— ankle length. price Suit LADIES' UNION SUITS, all wool, good quality, heavy weight, natu- 2.50 ral gray and white, H. N. L. 8., D4 — ankle léngth, price. T st BPECIAL—GINGHAM APRONS, New Fall Waists. LADIES' FLANNELETTE WAIST, £00d quality, large check patterns, large sleeves, full back and front, sizes 82 to 42, price Bach LADIES' DUCK WAISTS, black #7()0 ground with white stripes, large sleeves, full back and front,price Each LADIES’ COTTON CLOTH ‘WAISTS, soft finish, neat pat- terns and good colors, fancy cord- ed eages, large sleeves, full back and front, price. SRS ey LADIES' WOOL-MIXED W AISTS, all new patterns, fancy checks @7 .00 and stripes, velvet collar, large sleeves, full back and front, price Hosiery. BOYS' AND YOUTHS' BLACK COTTON HOSE, corduroy ribbed, heaviest quality made, sizes 7 10 25° Pair LADIEY BLACK COTTON HOSE, made of real Macco yarn, extra fine quality, high spliiced heels, double so'e and toe, a 40c value 25°¢ Pair Our Hosiery Stock Is Now Very Complete. (INCORPORATED) 937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. CITY FACTORIES BUSH Increased Activity in the Con- struction of Mining Machinery. California’s Canned Frults in Great Demand — Shipments to Interior Polnts. The Mechanics’ Fair now in progress at the Pavilion serves as an object lesson to those interested in the development of home industry. It is almost wholly made up of the products of San Francisco and State factories and is certain to do much in educating the people as to the merits of | home-made articles in almost every line of trade. The shops of the City have generally been kept busy the past week on orders in hand, while 2 number of new contracts were placed, and shipments have con- tinued about as usual to all points reached by the trade of the City. Special activity is noted in all establishments equipped for the manufacture of mining machinery. The Risdon Iron Works report continued activity in orders for mining machinery all along the coast. They are just shipping two more Bryan mills and four Johnson concentrators to the Bullion Beck Mining Company in Utah; also a Bryan plant to Norris, Mont., and a stampmill to Bald Mountain, Mont. During the comin week they will commence the delivery -o material for which they have the contract to the San Joaquin Vailey Railroad. Tillman & Bendell have put up 150,000 cases of canned fruit in their cannery in Qakland this season. They employ 700 hands, and will not finish the season’s work for over a month yet. As an in- stance showing the importance of canning only a first class and uniform grade of fruits it is stated that every case from their factory is already engaged for shipment abroad, and the shipments are going for- ward as fast as turned out at the factory. Since the recent fire in their spice and coffee factory they have leased a large brick building on Battery street, which will soon be ready for the continuance of that line of their trade. The Union Lithograph Company has several large orders for syrup labels in hand for local firms. This is sufficient as illustrating that the local syrup factories are getting this market into their own hands, and that the importations from the East are constantly growing less. The works of the Pelton Water-wheel Company are still running to their full capacity, both night and day. A marked feature of their business is the increase of orders from mining companies in this State, which indicates that not only the work of minedevelopment is being vigor- ously pushed, but that active preparations are being made for reducing ores by the most economical processes. The latest electric-power transmission scheme under construction is that of the Nevada County station, which consists of two pairs of Pelton wheels of 500-horse- power capacity each, which are to run under a head of 206 feet at 400 revolutions. They are directly connected to two Stan- ley alternating current generators of the same capacity. Two separate wheels are provided for the exciters, and Pelton differential {onrnon will afford necessary regulation. The power thus generated is fo be transmitted to the various mines in the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City, located within a radius of seven miles, and is intended for operating mills, hoists, pumps, etc. 1t is also intended to run a raiiroad be- tween the towns above named. The plant is located on the South Yuba River, the flume having been arranged to carry suffi- cient water to increase the plant to 2500 high pressure. $ Mr. Loftus of the Western Manufactur- ing Company reports a e amount of sawmill work on hand an several con- | Manufacturing tracts in hand for Briggs patent quartz mills to be shipped to interior points. The Union Machine Works havea con- tract from Diebert Bros. for four sets of oat-hullers, and are building some large machinery for the New York Malt Com- pany of this City, and are shipping a lot of machinery to a brewery at Benicia. During "the week Francis Smith & Co. finished the shipment of 8400 feet of pipe to Santa Clara on an order from that county. The West Coast Wire Works, the Pacific branch of John A. Roebling’s Sons Com- pany, delivered during the past week & 17,000-fcot 134-inch cable to the upper Sut- ter-street line, and a 27,000-foot 1 5-17 inch cable to the Market-street line of this City. L. G. Sresovich & Co. have twenty-five carpenters at work fitting up new quarters for the firm at the northwest corner of Washington and Sansome streets. In this new location they will have 95 feet front- age and ample depih, and it will be equipped with all the modern conveni- ences for the economical conduct of their business. H. Bohls & Co., manufacturers of the White Navy pipe tobaccos and cigarettes, are much gratitied at the increased local demand for goods in their line since the vigorous agitation inaugurated in the in- terest of home industry. Their output is larger than ever and increasing rapidly. The plant of the National Base Ore Re- duction Company at Shell Mound, recently started up, is giving perfect satisfaction, and mine-owners from msng interior points are preparing for the shipment of ore to the works for reduction. M. O’'Brien, the flour mill manufacturer, shipped’during the last week a barley mill and cleaner to Haywards and dhplicate lants to Tracy and to the Farmers’ Union, San Jose, and to W. & L. Pie-ce, Suisun. Also a large grain separator to the Far- mers’ Union Milling Company, Stockton, and a big coffee separator to Portland, Or. P. F. Dundon of the San Francisco Iron Works reports a marked increase in busi- ness. He hasa large amount of miscel- laneous work on hand and recently in- creased the force of his workmen. The Perkins Pump and Engine Company has just shipped a large pumping plant and is working on the construction of sev- eral plants for local firms. The shipment of inks from the East has materially lessened of late on account of the large output from local factories. The California Ink Company is now furnishin, all the inks used by such firms as H.S. Crocker & Co., Francis & Valentine, the Hicks - Judd Company, Schmidt Label Company, ete. The California Art Glass Company is manufacturing many unique and hand- some designs in art glass for residences and business blocks in the City. The C. H. Evans & Co. Machine Works have just completed and shipped a gnir of compound engines and otger machinery for a large towboat for Guatemala. The Stauffer Chemical Works, at the foot of Ninth street, may be considered one of our most important industrial es- tablishments. It is d%smd to the mana- facture of acids and heavy chemicals. Their sulphuric acid chambers are im- mense, containing 159,000 cubic feet, and are built to meet all requirements of the coast. Only from such large works can acids be produced cheap enough to war- rant manufacturers depending on them. This company is supplying the miners and smelters throughout the West and make large shipments to the Orient. The Dow Steam Pump Works have un- der construction five pumps_for the Gov- ernment towboat now building at Mare Island. The pumps are built special for the class of work adapted to the Govern- ment. The pump ends are buiit entirely of Government composition, while the steam ends are furnished with the im- proved Dow valve motion. ‘The plant con- sists of a fire and bilge pump, two-boiler feed pump, one vertical beam combina- tion air and circulating pump and one sanitary pump. They bave just shipped to Montague, Cal., a sinking Eum of 400 gallons a min- ute to a height of 350 feet; also boiler, feed pump and pump columns complete, and have a duplicate of the above about ready for shipment. 7 The Pacific Coast Co-overative Cigar Company, manufacturers | of the Red Seal white-labor cigar, report greatly increased inquiry for home-made goods, and predict a greater prosperity for Iocal factories than ever before. Hobbs, Wall & Co. are rushing their factory to full capacity in the manufacture of fruit boxes for closing up the season’s shipment, The Vulcan Iron Works are very busy on their specialties. Being xhorough!{ equipped for the manufacture of sawmill machinery, including the latest in band- saw plants, they have no difficulty in keep- ing their works running up to full capa- city. During the past week the Krogh Manu- facturing Company shipped two of their centrifugal l\umps to Denver, Colo., and one 9,000-gallon-per-hour pump to Soledad, two wine pumps to Fresno_and_two large mining pumps to other interior points. This company is very busy on general job- bing work. The Pacific Coast factory of the Wash- burn & Moen Manufacturing Company is doing a large amount of work for the local trade and have orders in hand for filling important contracts in Central and South America, and is shipping by the car-load lots to Oregon, Washington and Idaho. BUILDING IN RICHMOND. Pertinent Facts Relative to the Growth of the District— Greater Police Protection Demanded. Within the past year more than 200 new residences have been built at Richmond, and there are at least fifty more in course of construction at the present time. This record will, however, be swelled before the season is over, and many have deferred building until fall. At the rate Richmond has been building up during the past two years it will not be very long before the western sandhills are obscured and the district recognized as one of the most de- sirable residence sections in San Fran- cisco. Early next month Warren & Malley will begin work on a grading contract that in- volves an expenditure of something like $150,000. All the property extending from Eighth to Fourteenth avenues and from A to D streets, comprising eighteen blocks, will be graded and later on placed on the market. W. H. Crocker and W. E. Hun- tington are the principal owners. L. G. McMullen has contracted with a number of property-owners on Fifth ave- nue, between Point Lobos gvenue and Clement street, to fill the numerous chuckholes and macadamize 300 feet of the west side of the roadway. This block is in very bad condition, and as a matter of fact should be rehabilitated throughout. Mr. McMullen says the work can pe done at a imt.mmll figure—probably not over $5 per o Some of the proEarty-ownerl liable for the assessment for the cost of constructing the ovtlet to the Richmond sewer system have not yet settled with the contractor. The; gre(erred to retain the money due until the courts decided the legality of the assessment. The suit over tge fees will come up before Judge Sanderson tbis week. §)That Richmond needs additional police Erot@cnon was again demonstrated by a aylight robbery last Sunday. The resi- dence of Mr. Elliott on Lake street, near Fourth avenue, was entered and looted during the absence of the family between 1:30 and 7p. M. The thieves effected an entrance through the front basement door by means of a skeleton key. Among the articles taken was all the silverware, fiwel and a number ol heirlooms, which r8. Elliott prized very highly. —————— Park Music To-Day. The following attractive programme will be presented at the open-air concert at Golden Gate Park to-day: March, “Emperor Frederick”. Overture, “In the Italian Styl Schubert Waltz, anon”’ Genee “La Paloma” Yradier PROGRAMME TO SUITALL That of the Grand Minstrel En- tertainment to be Given by the Y. M. L For Two Nights Only at the Call- fornla Theater Will the Show Be Glven. During the past three months the mem- bers of the different councils of the Young Men’s Institute have been actively dis- cussing a proposition to secure new head- quarters and appointed a joint committee for that purpose. It is the desire of the society to secure more commodious and elaborate rooms than those at present in use at the corner of Market and Tenth streets. Many offers of accommodation from different property-owners in the cen- tral part of the City are now before the committee, and within a short time a se- lection will be made. In order to establish the nucleus ofa fund for furnishing the reading-room and library at the new headquarters a grand minstrel and vaudeville entertainment will be given at the California Theater on Friday and Saturday evenings. This en- tertainment will be under the auspices of Ignatian Council No. 35. It promises to be one of the grandest presentations of its kind ever brought before the footlights. The committee of arrangements, consist- ing of George R. Maxwell, Thomas H. Fallon, Edward B. Thomas, Frank Mc- Glynn, John H. Sheehan, T. B. McGinnis, M. J. Hynes, H. J. McGinnis, Charles E. Hildebrecht, Philip J. Lawler and David I. Mahoney, is entitled to great praise. The members have arranged a programme which merits the patronage not only of the society directly interested but of every lover of genuine fun and refined amuse- ment. The first part of the performance will consist of an old-time minstrel circle with six endmen, full orchestral accompaniment and vocal choruses. Added to the chorus will be a corps of twenty madrigal boys, grotesquely costumed, who will take part in the opening overture. John T. Greany will act_as interlocutor. The endmen will be: William J. Hynes, who has often been compared with the famous *“Billy” Emerson; Eugene Beauce, the experienced and clever amateur comedian; Robert Mitchell, who is probably the ‘‘funniest’ man outside the professional ranks; James C. O'Donnell, a great institute favorite; John Cathcart, well known for his excel- lent minstrel work; and Dr. W. H. Sieberst, who never fails to make a h This combination should maks a great hit and is in itself sufficient guarantee of a good time to those who will witness the performance. The soloists (who will also sing in quar- tet) are David Manlloyd, the well-known tenor; George V. Wood, whose grand bass voice is so much admired; Daniel M. Warde, the barytone; and William J. O’Brien, who is the possessor of a very magnetic tenor voice. Assisting these gm.lemen 1n the choruses will be: Messrs. opcroft, Van de Kun, Lawler, Knox, Do'an, tenors; Messrs. Connolly, Haynes and Devine, first bass; and Messrs. Hilde- brecht and 'McGlynn, second bass. Between the first and second parts there will be a competitive drill by a company selected from the minstrels and a company of the League of the Cross Cadets. The after or vaudeville portion of the performance.will contain, among others, the following splendid numbers: Negro specialties—Alexander Rosborough of O ind, ?flown all through Alameda County as “Oakland's pet comedias Mr. Ros- borough’s negro representatios s are simply Want to be worthy of your kind Men’s Wear. MEN'S TECK TIES, small knot, large and small ends, light and dark colors, no solid_biack, fancy silk, value 25¢ to 35¢ each, price.. MEN’S COTTON CHEVIOT OVER- SHIRTS, mnew patterns, dark colors, stripes and checks, yoke back, regular value 7bdc, special price.. . 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An imilation of the whistling of Mrs. Alice Shaw by O. Crabill, Mr. Crabill’s whistling can hardly be distinguished from thatof Mrs. Shaw herself: The Plymouth Quartet, consisting of Messrs, Frank Coffin, George E. Rice, Daniel M. Warde and C. L. Parent Jr., will sing their famous frog song, in which they appear as monster frogs. The orchestra, under the direction of Fred @, Knell, will be a specially selected one and the music will undgubtedly be one of the features of the affair. There could not be a better vonramnu of this kind arranged, and it is safe to sa; that the house will be packed on botg Friday and Saturday evenings. Tickets may be exchanged for reserved seats at the box-office of the California Theater on and after Wednesday. <] REDUCED TELEPHONE RATES. SERVICE No. 1. 014, 89 50 New, 85 50, Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT. Reduction over 42 per cent. 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