The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPFTEMBER 15, 1895. CRUISE OF THE POLLIWOG, How Governor Budd Passes His Time and Finds Re- newed Health. IDLING ABOARD A HOUSEBOAT. Cares of State Are Kept From | the Floating Executive Manslon. ‘When the Czar of all the Russias seeks retirement he goes to the Peterhof, Kaiser Wilhelm to Friedrichsruhe, President Cleveland to Buzzards Bay. With the same aim our own Democratic Governor sought the Polliwog. Just the name aloneisenough to suggest recreation. It suggests bosky dells, deep dank pools or quiet waters, where the em- bryo frog and the microcosmic tadpole at bide-and-seek in real gladness for It suggests aimless idleness and ss to Nature, and those were the the Governor sought. rgent of Stockton told Governor Budd two weeks ago he must do some- thing—go somewhere, far from the mad- ding crowd. He must get far from his Hazel Colnon. friends, political and otherwise, and give Nature a chance for an interview. The Governor went, and ever since he has been oat on the Polliwog. Up where the Sac- ramento pours its tawny flood into Suisun | y, up 1n the tule-land region, where are more navigable channels than re are legs to the centipede, California’s chief executive has been idly floating, fish- ing, reading and loafing. And Nature, the dear old nurse, Took her child upon her knee,— With the result that the Governor is better—much better—and in a week or ten days more he hopes to be back in his office 8 mento, ready for all sorts of vexing | gs that he hasn’t heard of yet. All last week the Polliwoz was off Antioch, as the mariners would say. Up and down and in and out various inlets and channels she was pulled by the little | naphtha-launch Hazel. The Governor en- joved it, enjoyed the cat-fishing especially, but yesterday he ordered a change of | scene, and the floating executive mansion went down stream and up in behind Mare Island toward Vallejo. If all goes well in | a day or so the scene will again be_shifted, and the Polliwog will go down and anchor | near Belvedere. This movement would indicate the Governor’s desire for sociability, but un- less the doctor’s orders were counter- manded, unless Detective Oscar Marshall’s vigilance suddenly weakens, there will be few social levees aboard the Polliwog. It has not been entirely the public’s fault that the Governor during the past two weeks has not had scores of visitors. Butorders were peremptory, and the house- boat had to be leftalone. Newspaper men made several attempts to ran the blockade and to quiz the Governor as to whether he thought Dr. Titus must really go or if Dr, Chalmers knows all there is to know about cholera, but it was no use. The Governor has been kept as much isolated asif he had climbed the corkscrew steps up to the god- dess on the Oapitol dome and then burned the steps below him. He was suffering, according to Dr. Sargent’s disgnosis, from extreme nervous prostration, and nothing but rest and freedom from official cares could restore his normal self. Because he has had these he is better now, although the heavy rain last week brought on a slight rheumatic attack, making sleep Thursday night entirely out of the question. Life aboard the P vog for a man of Governor Budd’s active temperament has been about as violent a contrast to his usual life as possible to imagine. It was about like mfiing a San Francisco stock- broker and setting him down on Goat Island. There has been no excitement, but many pleasures, and life has run on in calm serenity. With the Governor are Mrs. Budd, Miss Todman, executive secretary, and Oscar Marshall, a Stockton detective and an old companion of the Gevernor, before he was Governor, on many shooting and fishing expeditions. Dr. Sargent took a look at his patient occasionally, but did not stay long. There’s Joe, the cook, also; but he lodges aboard the launch that forms the link of communication between the house- boat people and the outside worla. The houseboat belongs to a Stockton man, who kindly loaned it for the Gov- ernor’s use. The launch, a pretty craft, is the Governor’s property. It is named Hazel, after Hazel Colnon, Harbor Com- missioner Colnon’s pretty 12-year-old daughter. Captain Melone and an en- gineer are in charge of this craft. With this launch at her service Miss Todman keeps in motion all the State government machinery. She sends all the dispatches and letters and manages the mail depart- ment. She brings no newspapers to the Governor. None are allowed on the Polli- wog. Somehow the Governor gets the news, and only yesterday, when a friend called, the Governor expressed confidence that San Francisco's Board of Health would be able to cope fearlessly with any roblems growing out of the cholera scare in Honolulu. The houseboat is a big two-hulled, six- roomed affair, and is as capacious and comfortable as a villa at Biloxi. There are big storerooms in the huils, an ice- chest and a tank of distilled water. Aft of the main house is a wide sweep of deck like a broad porch. It is covered with awning, and forms the general dining- room and living-room. i[ere the Gov- ernor’s three dogs—Dot and Pettie, cocker spaniels, and a fine English setter—amuse themselves, and if the Governor goes ashore at Belvedere or Tiburon it wi]f be to give the dogs a stretch as much. as for. anything else. The Governor has enjoyed the fishing. Mr. Marshall knows how to cook fish as well as catch them, and ii the Governor comes back to civilization with an extra brain supply it will be owing largely to the manner in which Marshall cooks catfish, OFFICERS IN THE N G. O Troop A of the Cavalry Holds Its Biennial Election. Last night Troop A held its biennial election for commissioned officers at its armory, 1615 Pacific avenue, Major H. B. Hosmer presiding. After reading the order ixom Second Brigade beadguarters calling conference. for the election of officers, nominations for captain were declared in order. On it transpiring that the incumbent, H. T. Sime, was the only candidate for captain it was unanimously voted that the secre- tary be ordered to cast the ballot, which was done, thus making this the fifth time that Captain Sime has been elected to that position. The election for lieutenants resulted as follows: Senior first lientenant, Captain Farrell of the Second Artillery Ambulance Corps; junior first lieutenant, Captain Charles A. Jenks of Battery F, Second Artillery, while the second lieutenancy as won by Lieutenant J. Ward Eaton, the incumbent. ! The election passed off harmoniously, and Troop A can congratulate itself on having one of the finest set of officers in the National Guard. After the election the cavalrymen adjourned toa downtown restaurant, where a fine supper was served and accorded full justice by all participants. e .. FIGHTING TICKET-SOALPERS. A Conference of Train Inspectors Held in This City. The train inspectors employed through- out the Pacific system of the Central and Southern Pacific companies were called to San Francisco yesterday and held a con- ference with heads of the passenger depart- ment in the railway building at Mont- gomery and Market streets. There were: One man from Tucson, two from Ogden, five from Los Angeles, two from Portland, one from El Paso, one from Sacramento and the San Francisco contingent. N othing could pe learned from the rail- road men regarding the cause of the un- usual gathering, but it was learned, how- ever, that the train inspectors had been brought together for a discussion of the trouble with scalpers. They have been dubbed the “ejectment committee,” since it has been their duty to expel from trains all persons traveling on scalpers’ tickets. The railway company has determined to open a vigorous warfare upon the scalp- 1ing business, and will, no_doubt, on the present occasion of the inspectors’ visit, reach some understanding upon the sub- ject. The recent cases' of the ejectment of passengers by mistake, which have resulted in heavy damage suits against | the compary, are also supposed to have an important bearing upon the cause of the RE, FATHER FULTON DEAD | The Eminent Jesuit Priest Passes Away at Santa Clara Coliege. Brief Review of a Career Distin- gulshed by His Labors and Achlevements. One of the most able Jesuits and beloved priests of the order, Rev. Robert Fulton, died at Santa Clara College recently of apoplexy at the age of 70 years. He had been a sufferer for the past five years and his death was not unexpected. Father Fulton was one of those pioneers of education and religious advancement whose whole life was given up to the paths he had chosen, and where he walked his works were shown by the betterment of the people and those with whom he came in contact. His mother became a Visitation nun after his father’s death, and afterward was | Sister Superior of the Georgetown Visita- tion Convent. While devoting her life to this work her son went abroad to study and travel, but the news followed him that his mother had passed away. It was a great shock to the young priest, and it has since been the regret of his life that he was not at her bedside when she was called. The good woman was buried be- side the remains of her husband in George- town, and while Father Fulton was re- turning to California after the interment he expressed to Martin Murphy of San Jose that when the hand of death settled upon him he might be laid beside those beloved parents. Strangely enough, Mr. Murphy, a son of Hon. B. D. Murphy of San Jose, was one of Father Fulton’s favorite vgupils at Georgetown College and came West with him. The attachment between master and pupil was so strong that the latter invited the former to make his father’s home his own while in San Jose. This invitation was accepted and during the last days of the fzithful priest his burden was lightened by the attention he received from his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, her son and others. During Father Fulton's lifetime he had made many staunci and devoted friends, who were with him to the last. Ernest Dovle, a prominent attorney of San Fran- cisco, with his residence at Menlo Park, was a collegemate of Rev. Robert Fulton. The Bowie brothers, sons of the late Dr. Bowie, were pupils of Father Fulton's, and during the illness of the deceased, young Dr. Bowie attended him, doing all in his ower to({wrolonz the life of his dear pro- essor and remained at his side to the last, Attorney Loughborough was also a pupil of the departed priest, as were a great many other prominent men. They are plentiful wherever the reverend gentle- man has ever been. Father Fulton had come to California from Boston in the shope that the genial climate of this State might prove benefi- cial to his health, but it was too late. The deceased was a distinguished mem- ber of the Jesuit order, and held all the highest offices in the order except that of eneral. He was born at Alexandria, Va., §une 26, 1826, and was educated at George- town College, Washington, D. C. At the conclusion of his studies he entered the Jesuit order August 31, 1843. His labors in Boston for the advancement of literary culture among all classes of society gained him the respect of such men ns%‘l. W. Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The latter considered Father Fulton the most brilliant conversationalist in Amer- ica. While president of Boston College Father Fulton built a magnificent hall for the Young Men’s Catholic Association and fitted it up at great expense. His enthu- siasm and love for that institution was indirectly the cause of his death. He was the only Jesuit who had ever been invited to address the students of Harvara College, and his death will be felt by all classes of people and all kinds of men in America. He was a Christian at heart and a sincere man. WILL INVADE SALVADOR. General Ezeta to Sail Away Wednesday for His Home. Next Wednesday General Antonio Ezeta will sail for Central America. He will land in some Mexican port and send his proclamations across the frontier. The announcement is made that Ezeta and a number of his officers will 1and in Mexico and there be found by his old companions in arms. The plan of campai, is to mobilize the invadix;fi forces in Mexico—if President giu will permit it—and march on Salva- or. Death of James F. Paullin. The death is noted of James F. Paullin, & young actor of marked ability. He leaves a widowed mother. was & member of the Acme Club and sergeant of Company D, First Regiment, e e A Word With the Wise. Beautiful Decorated Breakfast Set, 24 pjeces.$1 85 Decorated Tea Set, 18 pieces. 100 Cuspidore, Majolica Decorated, each .20 Gold 1lluminated Lunch Set, 18 pleces. . 160 You can’t duplicate for double the money. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S BRANCH STORES EVREYWHERE. Headquarters 52-58 Market street, San Francisco. ———————— Ecuador bas 118,000 square miles; about the size of New Mexico. KEHRLEIN - OPERA-HOUSE Magnificent Theater to Seat 3090 Persons to Be Built This Fall. OF CALIFORNIA MATERIALS, An Ornamental Playhouse Flve Stories High at Howard and Sixth Streets. A magnificent theater, which will rank among the largest and most imposing in America, will be erected on Howard street, near Sixth. Construction will begin within a month from now, and no time will be lost in pushing it to completion, as the builders are desirous of opening the house at a very early date. The new thegter is to be called the Kehr- lein Opera-house, and will be owned and managed by a corporation of that name, with E. J. Holden as stage manager. It will be situated on the north side of How- ward street a short distance east of Sixth, and, with a handsome facade, will be one of five or_six blocks can be found the two rail depots and all the streetcar lines that run into Oakland. The property will be disposed of by pub- lic auction on " the grounds Saturday, the 28th, at 2 p. M., amf will undoubtedly at- tract investors and home-seekers from all around. The tract is surrounded by mac- adamized streets and cement sidewalks and is thoroughl; uipped with sewer pipes, water nm‘ly light mains, etc. The terms of the sale are to be very “fiy' only one-fifth cash being required as deposit, the balance to be paid in four equal annual payments, bearing 7 per cent interest. GROVER'S ALCAZAR. The Opening Night Under the New Management Proves to Be a Complete Success. The opening performance was given last night under the new management at Grover’s Alcazar, Before the curtain went up every seat in the house was occupied and there was very little standing room left. The house had been entirely renovated and redecorated, and it presented a very light and elegant appearance. The foyer was particularly handsome in its dress of pale blue and cream color, decorated with gold. The prevailing tints in the audi- torium were also blue and cream color, with a liberal allowance of gilding. The new draperies were blue and the drop cur- tain represented a mythical scene of cupids drawing an aerial chariot into a temple by means of garlands of roses. The opening play last night was the === THE PLAYHOUSE TO BE BUILT SIXTH STREETS. [Drawn from the architects’ design.] THIS FALL AT HOWARDP AND of the ornamental buildings of San Fran- cisco. The projectors of the enterprise, who are also members of the compauy, are Emil Kehrlein, H. B. Russ, Val Kehrlein, 0. Bozio, W. Wegener, P. Barbieri and J. P. Heilbronn. The building will have a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 160 feet, going back to Natoma street. In front the plans of the architects, Laist & Schwerdt, | show a handsome composition in the | French renaissance, five stories in beight, | with a colonade of Ionic columns or pil- asters relieving the surface. The chief feature is the grand entrance—a generous arched doorway running up through two | stories and twenty feet wide, with two Ionic columns supporting acurved balcony | overhead. The whole is to be finished in pressed red brick and terra cotta. 5 | * Special precautions in construction will be given the stafe and all its belongings, as In this as well as in every other feature |of the theater all appliancesof modern | architecture are to be adopted. The actors’ | apartments will be commodious and com- fortably furnished. Tn depth the stage | will be fifty-three feet from the curtain | line and the space across will be ninety- six feet, with a clean width of fifty-four feet between the girders. = All scenes will be dropped from above. The interior of the theater will be beautifully fitted up. | There will be six proscenium boxes of ele- gant design, fourteen loge boxes and a par- quette, dress circle, family circle and triple galleries. The seating capacity will be 3080, and with the addition of a portable floor ona level with the stage, to be used for conven- tions or very large gatherings there will be ample accommodation for 4000 persons. In all, the exits will aggregate 110 feet in width, which it has been estimated will offer sufficient clear way to enable the house to empty in 13 minutes. These exits will be on Natoma and Howard streets snd also on the sides. Looking to the comfort of patrons, the owners have determined to have only the finest guality of upholstered chairs, elec- | tric lighting only, in all parts of the build- ing, and there will be smoking-rooms, cafes, ladies’ parlors and withdrawing- rooms. The mezzanine floor will be de- voted exclusively to these parlors and rooms where refreshments are to be served between the acts. One side of the floor will be reserved for ladies, while the men will have their cafe and clubrooms in the other half. The galleries, too, will have their smoking-rooms and cafes. Considerable attention will be given to ventilation, for which a new system has been chosen. Fresh air will be drawn into cisterns in the basement, within which are coils of heated pipes, and then forced into all parts of the theatre by fans. In warm weather the air will we passed over cold ipes, and in that way_be cooled before Hooding the Interior. Foul-air ducts will be provided with exhaust fans of the same size and speed as the fresh-air fans, and by this method the air will be changed in ail rooms every twenty minutes without hay- ing drafts. éhe front part of the house will be shut off from the rear by a fire wall extending to the roof. It will be divided off into lodge rooms and offices,with the exception of the mezzanine floor and half the top floor, which will be reserved for theater ante-rooms. The main hall and staircase will be finished in marble. All the materials in the building shall be Californian, and this the owners have caused to be inserted in the specifications for contractors. The theater will be devoted to such per- formances as are demanded by the public. Even the largest troupes and special at- tractious from the East will be accommo- dated and meanwhile the stock company can be sent out for a few weeks into the country. Samuel D. Simmons Jr., who has built many stages in San Francisco, has been engaged to superintend the con- struction of the mfi. It will not be long before the public will receive notice of the grand opening. THE BOULEVARD TRACT. Oakland’s Peerless Residence Property to Be Sold. After three years of preparation, during which time a magnificentdriveway stretch- ing down the entire east side of the lake has been constructed, the Boulevard tract in Oakland is at last to be sold. The an- nouncement has caused quite a flutter in real estate circles, as it is. conceded by all that the property is the most desirable of- fered for many years. - The tract has been cut up into choice residence sites, which, from the standpoint of location and perspective, are unequaied. Each lot commands an unbroken view of Lake Merritt, with its broad expanse of water stretching over to the verdure-clad’ hills that reach out to Piedmont. The wide avenue which later on is to be ex- tended all around the lake now runs unin- terruptedly to a connection with all the main thoroughfares of East Oakland and stretches away through the picturesque Pleasant Valley. Twelfth street, the main tpomn‘ghf:re of the town, is on the south line of the property, and within & radius rattling. comedy, “Everybody’s Friend,” which had been revived and gamished with new and up-to-date jokes. Itwasex- cellently acted by the new stock company. Miss Fanny Young, as Mrs. Major de Boots, and Leonard Grover Jr., as her hen- pecked spouse, kept the audience in a con- stant state of hilarity all evening. Here- ward Hoyte gave a natural, pleasant ren- dering to the role of the man who tries to befriend every one and gets into a good deal of hot water in consequence. iss Jennie Kennark played the neglected wife prettily and sympathetically; she also wore some charming gowns. The per- formers received well-deserved curtain- | calls at the conclusion of each act. “Everybody’s Friend” was followed by a new farce-comedy written by Leonard Grover. The chief parts were sustained in aspirited manner by Gracie Plaisted and Leonard Grover Jr. Between the two plays a number of selections were sung by the Polyhymnia quartet. ““Sally in Our Alley’’ was the original number, but encore fol- lowed encore. Altogether music was made a feature of the evening. Nick Brown, the musical director, won encores for his cor- net solos. Judging by yesterday evening’s success Grover’s Alcazar has taken its placeamong the popular theaters of San Francisco. RABBI FRYER LECTURES His First Appearance Before the Membérs of His Congregation. He Discourses on the Dutles of a Rabbl—Synopsis of His Remarks. Not since services have been held in Golden Gate Hall by the Ohabai-Shalome congregation has its capacity been tested to the extent that it was yesterday, when Rabbi Julius Fryer, the newly elected minister of the congregation, preached his initial sermon and delivered his first lec- ture in this City. Unusual interest was taken in the occa- sion, owing to the fact that the congrega- tion has just completed its new synagogue on Bush street, near Laguna, and that the rabbi will formally enter upon his duties therein to-day, when the edifice will also be dedicated. . The text for his lecture was from the eighth chapter of Kings, and dealt with the duty of a rabbi to_his congregation. The first duty, he said, waythe exgounding and inculcation of the gfeat truths of re- ligion, and these shouls be instilled by the religious leader of the people, not alone by precept but by example. A rabbi's life should be an”exemplification of what the life of all the members of his flock is ex- pected to be; he should be a spiritual leader to the members of his congregation, and not be influenced by the whims and eccentricities of some of the individual members thereof. 3 Reference was made to the relation of science to religion, and views were ex- pressed that too much attention paid to the former was apt to weaken the latter if scientific ‘'study was not undertaken as a subsidiary to religion, rather than, as is too irexl;uemlv the case, making religious principles suffer where tfiey could not at once be adjusted to meet the new dis- coveries made in the pursuit of science. He also called attention to the great need of thorough co-operation and har- mony of purpose and ideas between the rabbi and his congregation. Without such a condition, he asserted, it was im- possible to accomplish the best results and make the work of the minister effective. _The young folks, he thought, should be given more consideration by both the rabbi and the synagogue authorities, as on them more than on the oider folks de- s)endgd the future of the synagogue and of udaism. More attention should be given to the religious instruction of the children by parents, and attendance at the syna- gogue on the Sabbath and other religious occasions, and all services and func- tions of the members of the congregation should be made more attractive for the younipeo le. a 1t) ou? his discourse occupied less than balf an hour it was_sufficient for his auditors to arrive at a definite opinion as to his abilities and qualifications for the responsible position he has been called upon to fill, and the general verdict of the members of the congregation of visitors was that a wise choice had been made. His voice is of an unusually -meathetle timbre, his vocabulary is rich, and his delivery, enunciation and ready com- mand of language make listeniug to him a pleasure, which is heightened by the happy turns of his periods and the clear presen- tation of his ideas. Five Spanish ordersare designated Order g‘()m Lady, the name of the place follow- DAUGHTER VS, - MOTHER, New Phase In the Celebrated ' Crooks Estate Liti- gation. MRS. SUSAN SMITH'S ANSWER. She Demands Her Share of Mat- thew Crooks’ Thousands. Her Charges. A new- and sensational element was in- terjected into the Crooks estate litigation vesterday by the filing of an answer and cross-complaint by the decedent’s daugh- ter, Mrs. Susan Smith. Mrs. Smith is the wife of one of the wealthiest residents of Santa Croz— Director-General Smith of the late water carnival held in that city. In this answer and cross-complaint Mrs. Smith accuses her mother, Mrs. 8. Crooks, of misrepresen- tation and the squandering of property be- longing to her children—the trust estate. Matthew Crooks died in February, 1879, leaving an estate worth over $600,000. Ac- cording to the will the property was be- queathed to his wife, Susan Crooks, in trust for their children, providing that out of the income from said estate the widow should pay all taxes and other expenses and maintain and educate the children. It was also provided that she should pay each one of the children $5000 when they became 21 years of age; that she should control and have the income of the estate during her lifetime, and that after her death and when the youngest child be- came of age the estate should be divided among the heirs, share and share alike. Half of the Matthew Crooks estate went to Susan Crooks, the widow,as community property and the other half she held in trust for the children. The will of Crooks senior was admitted to probate and the widow received her appointment as ex- ecutrix, as the records show. In the in- ventory the personal and real property in Alameda, San Mateo, San Francisco, Con- tra Costa and Marin counties were ap- praised at over $6000. Subsequently the decree was made distributing the estate as mentioned, half to Susan Crooks in- dividually and half for the term of her natural life. . Mrs. Crooks died in 1894. She left a will which was admitted to probate, and her two sons, Jonathan J. and Jackson G. Crooks, were appointed executors. Her estate was appraised at a little over $300,- 000. Soon after her death suit was brought by the executors, her two sons, against the other children, among them Mrs. M. J. Morifew, wife of Dr. Morffew, the dentist, and Mrs. Susan Smith, wife of the Santa Cruz capitalist, for an accounting. It was set forth that since a settlement claimed to have been made by Mrs. Susan Crooks with the beneficiaries under the will in 1889, no settlement or accounting had been made, and that it was necessary an ac- counting should be had concerning the roperty held in trust by the said éusan Erouks. That action is now pending be- fore Judge Hebbard. Messrs. Gunnison, Booth and Bartnett, attorneys for Mrs. Smith of Santa Cruz, yesterday afternoon filed the answer an cross-complaint containing the startling allegations referred to. Mrs. Smith sets forth in her cross-complaint that she and her mother had a conversation in New York in 1889 in reference to the affairs of the trust estate created under the will of the former’s father, whereby they were all to share alike. She asked her mother for an accounting ahowing the true condition of the trust estate, and the latter, the daughter says, refused to give such an account and told her she (the daughter) could get it by legal proceedings. The mother said it was merely a matter of form. The conference was {;erfectly friendly, and Mrs. Smith, after being assured by her mother that she would be provided for and share equally with the other children under the trust as under her father’s will, signed a settle- ment. And it is alleged further ‘“‘that the rela- tionship between Mrs. Crooks and her daughter, Mrs. Smith, were affectionate, and that the latter did not know the true condition of the affairs of the trust estate, and that Mrs. Crooks did not disclose them to her. In October, 1889, Mrs. Smith re- ceived a letter from her mother inclosing an instrument to be signed by the tormer, and, relying on her mother’s promise that she should be treated fairly, Mrs. Smith signed the same. Itwas alsorepresented to ber that a similar instrument waiving the right to an accounting had been signed b, the other beneficiaries.”” Mrs. Smit further sets forth that ‘“at the time she held the conversation with her mother in New York she had no idea that the prop- erty of the trust estate had been entirely wasted, and that she only learned of this a few weeks prior to the filing of thean- swer and cross-complaint; that Mrs. Susan Crooks did not provide for the said Susan Smith in her will as promised.” Continuing, Mrs. Smith says in her com- plaint: % “The instrument was signed wholly on Mrs. Susan Crooks’ representations, and had an accounting been made at that time the trust estate would have been found squandered, and, in fact, insolvent; that Susan Crooks would have been per- sonally liable on accountof her adminis- tration; that it is necessary for an account~ ing to ascertain the true condition of the trust estate, and that to the best of her knowledge and belief SBusan Crooks’ estate owes the Matthew Crooks estate $300,000, due to her wasting of the former trust estate, the management, ol which was in her charge.” She therefore asks that the insirument dated October 2, 1889, be declared null and void and delivered to the court for can- fiel(lintion, and that a full accounting be ad. This means an effort to set aside all the previous purported accountings and to rove that not a penny of Susan Crooks’ individual estate is left by reason of the charge against it through the alleged wasting of the first estate. e B MUSEC FOR ST, JOHFS The California Quartet Has Been Given a Contract for Six Months. Grace Eplscopal Church Cholir Loses ‘Two of Its Voices by the Change. The choir of Grace Episcopal Oburch is about to lose two of its voices, but the loss of the California-street sanctuary will be the gain of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, further out upon the same street, to which the two singers are going. The change means that hereafter 8t. John’s Church will devote more attention to its music, :}t‘? will have a choir to equal any in the ity. St. John’s Church has engaged what has been known as the California quartet. It is composed of Clarence Wendell, Dr. Rob- ert Smith and Messrs. Gage and McBain. Wendell and Smith have both been mem- bers of Grace Church choir, Wendell as assistant to Coffin, the first temor, and Smith as one of the second tenors. Mec- Bain, the second bass, has been singing in the St. Ignatius choir. In thus improving the quality of its music, St. John's is lgllowing out a plan which has been found most effective in in- NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. NOVELTY BLACK OODS! On to-moi‘row and following days we will exhibit the most elegant collection of PARIS NOVELTIES in BLACK DRESS FAB- RICS ever shown in this city. NOVELTIES IN BLACK MOHAIRS. NOVELTIES IN BLACK BOUCLE. NOVELTIES IN BLACK SILK AND MOHAIR. NOVELTIES IN BLACK CREPONS. SPECIAILLI One case 54-inch CREPONS, in a BLACK FRENCH variety of styles ittt s st s emss e« DLLOO Yard, We invite our city patrons to inspect the above goods at their earliest opportunity. 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. creasing the attendance at Grace Church. For two months past Professor Holt, the organist of Grace, has been adding to the choir until he had ten voices, seven of which were paid singers. It has proved such an attraction, however, that services morning and evening are always well at- tended. The same plan will be adopted at St. John’s. Music will be given a more rominent position in the services, and it E. expected that a corresponding increase in attendance and membership will be the result, as it has been at Grace Church. The quartet goes to St. John’s under a six months’ contract. Its members are all experienced in church music, and are ranked among the best choir singers in the City. This evening a festival service similar to the one given last Sunday night will be given in Grace Church. The interest which the members of the church take in the choir has led them to suggest many of the numbers to be sung, and, besides, some new choruses have been rehearsed during the week. It will begin at 7:45 o’clock. TELEPHONING ON THE OONGO. Drums With Which the Natives Are Able to Communicate Long Distances. Captain Five, a Belgian explorer, says that the people of the Congo have a cun- ous and interesting method of telephon- ing. Fora long time he refused to believe that the natives really had the power to communicate with others at a distance, though articles had been sent to him in answer to such communications, says the New York Sun. At length, one day, jour- neying on the river by pirogue and being about fifty miles from Basoko, he deter- mined, instead of stopping, to press on to thevillage. Then one of his people offered to telephone to the village that the party would reach the place toward evening and would like to have supper prepared on ar- nval. A native with a drum then began to beat it after a peculiar fashion, and pres- ently announced that he had heard a re- ply. Hethen rolled the drum for some time and tranquilly returned to his paddle. Captain Five waited with much interest to see whether his approach would be ex- ected, and was astonished as he neared asoko toward evening to recognize on bank one of his fellow-explorers, Lieuten- ant Verellen. A fire was burning ashore and a supper was being made ready. Cap- tain Five, after greeting the lieutenant, inquired eagerly how he had learned of the approach of the expedition. The lieutenant replied that the news had been brought some hours before by a negro who said that a white man was approach- ing by way of the river and would need su Eer. edrum used by the natives for this fnrpoae is a small but noisy affair of wood. t is constantly employed in communicat- ing short distances, in order to save time and trouble. In this instance there had evidently been relays of drummers alon the whole fifty miles, from the poini where the original signal was given to Basoko. The natives are able, with their drums, to signal messengers of consider- abls leng‘?. This particular instance is :gconied La Flander, a Beldian publiea- ion, . Bioycle and Chaperon. One of the problems that have arisen with the bicycle craze is where the chap- eron comes in. There are chaperons who would no more ride a bicycle than they would do a bareback trick horse riding act in a circus. But sheis not neglecting her duties nevertheless. If she cannot herself ride she gets somebody else to go with the 5&1. Teachers in bicycle schoolsdoa great eal of this agreeable duty, and it is by no means certain, when one sees a young society girl flymi nlong in the park that the gentleman at her side is not the mana- ger of a school or one of the corps of in- structors. If the chaperon happens to be & young woman she rides the wheel her- self. All that is necessary to qualify a woman for a chaperon is to be married and some American girls m; young. The mentor of the maiden m:;zve required chaperen ‘herself a few months beft having only escaped that necessity by the accident of beingp:nrfied. So that undes those circumstances the chaperon difficulty is easily solved.—Philadelphia Times. PHILAI]ELPHIA SHOE CB STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. $1,85, YOU HAVE SEEN The obstructfon at Third and Market s the tearing down of that building has certainly terfered with our business, and on that account Dhave lowered the price of évery shoe in our hot We have all grades of shoes from the finest to thel cheapest, and on all we have made a reduct and do not think because we advertise cheap s that we do not carry fine ones. But of course oy the cheap and medjum priced shoes we have estab- lished & reputation for selling cheaper than store on the coast. [t has taken years to_estal that reputation, but good shoes, low prices and | courteous treatment of customers will win every' time. Give us s trial; examine our shoes and rices, and if they are nov satisfactory do not buy. Tehis week we are selling Ladies’ Dongoia Kid Buts ion Shoes, with elther cloth or ki tops. mediumy square or pointed toes and V-shaped patent leath tips, for $51.85. These shoes are Phfluulghh make and are anteed for fit and wear. They are worth $2 80, b we are after your trade, and we are of [y ducements. We carry them inC, D, E a: Anxlous parents often complain about the wi their children wear their shoes, but this week m; can secure bargains, for we have Misses’ Fine Dongola Kid Button Shoes, with patent leathew tips and spring heels, that we will sell for I money than they were ever offered before on th coast. The sizes run from 11 t0 2, and we will them t:!..o‘om i Per palr. These shoes are just the thin scl Lsflrey look neat and tidy, and give good 'ha Call and examine them. Remember. we have not moved, A% Count: rders solicited. o o o New Tilustrated Catalogae. Address B. 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