The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1895, Page 7

30 CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. 7 EPTEMBER 20, 1885 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—“ Dorcas.” COLUMBIA THEATER—*“The District Attorney.” M ROECO'S OPERA-HO| “The Great Metrop- TivoLr moor.” ORPHEUM—HIgh-Clas GROVER'S ALCAZAR. and “A Ringer,” ETATE BOARD OF TRADE EXWIRIT.—575 Market eireet, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. FXCURSION—To the famons Big Trees, by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Sunday, September 22, OCEAN EXCURSIONS. Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon OPERA-HOUSE—“Lucia di Lammer- Vaudeville. ybody's Friend” BY JoSEPH T. TEREY—Fu street, at 10 o'clock. By V A niture, at 747 Market Horses, at Twelfth and Harri- CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. The local Italian colony will celebrate the plebiscite of Italy to-day. Local items, bright and brief, can be found on this page of the CALL every morning. The Girls' High School Alumni Glee Club has become the successor of the Schumann Club. Ladies of the W yesterday to m . C. T. U. pledged;themselves no purchases at corner groceries. _William White, the first applicant, was pen- sioned unde schoolteachers’ retirement fund yesterday. Haraie, the prominent irer, willarrive in this City rst Chinese minister of the 1 denomination, was ordained nany Church. Fellerman has begun suit to fore- $1000 chattel mortgage on the San Francisco Tageblatt property. es were held in all of the synagogues yesterday in ish New Year. rdists do not want the next con- fruit-growers held in San Diego. prefer San Francisco or Sacramento. The weather predictions for San Franeisco to-day are: Fair, stationary temperature; fresh to brisk westerly to northerly winds. The Cutting divorce suitwas submitted to Judge Sanderson yesterday. General Cutting made no defense against his wife's charge of desertion. _TheSupreme Court declares that a Board of Education has no right to refuse, without cause, to grant a teacher’s certificate to any applicant. Deputy Survesor of the Port S. J. Ruddell has been delegated by the Commissioner General of Immigration to act s & special Immigration Inspector. orney-General Fitzgerald has rendered a ion of importance to ail counties where d of Equalization has reduced the as- ish Commissioners complain that the fishermen are taking salmon during the sed season. Many nets have been taken by 1e patrol boats. hief Deputy Reyenue Collector Louis Loupe returned from a tour of San Valley. He wasafter illicit distilleries, iled to find an The District Council of Carpenters and oi enies the statement that there wasever &n on to_call carpenters engaged on the new ferry depot out on a strike. Behrend Joost will build an_electric line to new racecourse over private property pervisors refuse the two applica- hises now before them. Grace Methodist Church will not accept the Eastern pastor that hes been assigned to that it. They want a California man, and would like to have the Rev. M. F. Colburn. A dinner pa: onor of the engagement of Mr. Sam t and Miss Holbrook was given last night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Merrill, on Washington street. Judge Garber concluded an able argument in ehalf of Mr: R anford in the Central Pacific oad case vesterday. Judge McKisick will ke his reply and the concluding argument to-day. C. Howard, 514 Folsom street, a patient at the Receiving Hospital, was nearly choked to death by & man suffering from delirium tre- mens at the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning. The Merchants’ Association will soon publish a little book on the proposed new charter. It will contain all of the pointsof interestand the effects of the adoption of the charter upon the general public. J. P. Muther, charged with passing a forged transfer check on Conductor Clayton of the Oak-street cable-line, was vesterday held by Judge Conlan to auswer before the Superior Court in $1000 bonds. M. Fleming, painter, 471 Jessie street, while working yesterday on a building at Tay- lor and_ Eddy ‘streets, fell from a scaffolding and_broke one of his ribs. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Ex-Mayor Pond discusses the powder manu- facturing industry and contends that 1t hes sustained a severe setback at the hands of the Supreme Court i the decision against the Glant Powder Company. John J. Hooper, who attempted to commit suicide at_his uncle’s residence, 733 Ashbury street, on Tuesday night, was taken before t. Insanity Commissioners yesterday morning and committed to Napa Asylum. Attorney W. H. H. Hart declares that if the Supervisors pass the ordinance introduced by Mr. Taylor limiting the height of building to 100 feet the Blythe estate will abandon its Pproposed structure on Market street. A special meeting of the Board of Education has been called for to-night to consider the sanitary condition of the public schools. The action grows out of the closing of the Rich- mond district school yesterday by the Board of Health. Mayqr Sutro is going to do all he can to block the $2 25 tax levy made by the Board of Supervisors, but he believes the banks and other big taxpayers ought to unite and fight the matter in the courts in order to insure victory. Twenty Deputy Sheriffs removed the furni- ture from the iam Tell House on Bush street yesterday and dumped it on the side- walk. ‘Tenant John S8achau owed some $3000 in back rent, and landlord Sutter thought it best to eject him. The case against Andrew Desmond, charged with manslaughter connection with the death of Michael T. O’Sullivan through a run- away accident on the water front, was dis- missed by Judge Conlan yesterday, as it was shown Desmond was not to blame. The navigable sloughs of the Suisun marshes have been blockaded with piles by the Teal Shooting Club, and the excluded sportsmen declare they will cut down the obstructions. The prominent men forming the Teal Club monopoly will be arrested when they enter Solano County. Officers of the various Southside improve- ment clubs will meet in Attorney George D. Shadburne’s office this afternoon to see what steps can be taken to either compel the City to do something for the streets south of Market street or to successfully oppose th> recent side- walk notices served on property-owners there. When the.Durrant case is taken IIE_ this morning George King will be again takén in hand by the prosecution after the cross-exami- netion is inished. He will be asked particu- Jarly concerning & clot of blood thai was found in tg)e classroom. Durrant is receiving a great many letters from females who take an un- usual interest in him. Yesterday he received one in which the writer assured him she prayed nightly for his welfare. REPUBLICANS AT WORK. Preparatory Steps Taken Toward the Organizing of a Central Club. The preparatory steps toward organizing the Republican Central Club for the cam- paign of 1896 were taken last evening at a meeting presided over by Charles Man- waring. ; He explained the objects of the meeting to be for the establishment of headquarters for a central organization, He was chosen temporary chairman and C. H. Wakeman temporary secretary. The following com- mittees were then appointed : On Membership—C. C. Bemis, W. Harrington, John Hanns, Captain Filgate, John Lyons, George Elder, John D. Daly, E. Trittenbach, H. J. Steffins, Thomas Davies. On Preamble—Judge G. C. Groezinger, Robert Ash, J. B. Cole, A. Stetson and J. Hart. On By-Laws—Colonel Eddy, C. V. Kyle, Mr. Powers, J. Cunningham and T. Doherty. Nearly 100 names were signed to the roll last evening. The club will meet again at Teuntonia Hall next Thursday evening. ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Troubles of Lieutenant Stoney and the Warlike Recruits. A NATIVE SON ON RED TAPE. Salling of the Monowal—No Land- ing at Honolulu—A Big Fish Yarn. i Lientenant Stoney is going ahead pick- ing up a crew for the Philadelphia, and before long the big white cruiser of “brotherly love” will give way to the steamer Thetis, which will ship a number of men. Only the best material is accepted, and the shipping office at Al White's is crowded with would-be recruits. A pref- erence is given to native-born seafsring men in good physical condition. Lieu- tenant Stoney states that he is besieged by good, industrious and intelligent men, who beg piteously to be enlisted. There often no vacancy on board for their peculiar abilities or some physical defect renders them totally unfit for the naval service. “Yesterday,” said the lieutenant, “a locomotive engineer of years’ experience, and apparently excellent man, wanted to enlist in an He had lost his job during the ke, and his finances were at low water. I never was so sorry for any one in my life as I was when I found that he was blind in one eye. That forever ruined his chances of enlistment.” A sturdy young fellow, fresh from a Western Stafe, presented himself for ex- amination. He was deplorably unsophis- ticated, and his manifest uselessness on shipboard was strikingly apparent. At first there was a refusal, but his earnest- ness prevailed with the good-natured naval officer and _his case wa en into consid- eration. Then he took Lieutenant Stoney unreservedly into his confidence, and was so_enthusiastic over his bare chance of | being accepted that he was told to report aboard the ship for enlistment. He then wanted to go uptown to see about redeem- | ing his goid watch, which was held by the landlord for $2—room rent. *“‘It’sa present from my mother, and I don’t want to lose it,” said he to the officer. “You go aboard theship and I'll advance the $2 for your watch and send somebody for i Then the lieutenant turned to the next subject, heedless of the fact that he had fractured that part of Congressman Ma- guire’s act which forbids the giving of an advance to a sailor. That next subject was a bold, bad man. His chin stuck out most aggressively. He was white-faced and chicken-breasted, and objected to the verbal examination as to his sailor qualifications. It was soon demonstrated that he was not fit for the service. “See here! I understand that only Americans need apply,” said he. “I'm a Native Son of the Golden West, and I'm is a-goin’ ter ship, an’ I want no — red tapeabout it. An’, cum ter think over it, I A(m'l care a cuss whether I ship or not. I’m a native son, by —!”’ ! | ta |. “So am I said the lieutenant; “and | | i if you don’t get out of here I'll hammer the head off your shoulders!”’ | The recruiting officer started for him |and the clatter of the Native Son’s bro- gans on the stairway deadened all other sounds. The Oceanic steamship Monowai sailed for Sydney, Australia, yesterday noon { with the following passengers ckland—George Patterson. For Syd- Auc iss Mary Adams, Mr. and Mrs. John P. A. Buttemer, M. Carey, P. Carter, Mr. Courage, Miss Courage, H. Daw- Featherston- Gunn, Frank J. Gunn, John .onergan, Frank Logan, Wil- Sidney Rosenfe M. Reid. T. Uttley Blake, ana Mrs. F. son, Miss Kate Egan, H. Fish, haugh, J Howell, 1 ’4_?:.— s engers nor freight were taken for | Honolulu. Only mail will be landed in that port. Neither passengers nor freight will be carried to the Hawaiian Islands | either way as long as the epidemic is rag- {ing there. Mails will be put ashore in small boats from the outside of the harbor. A funeral party of sixty-four men, un- der command of an officer, came ashore vesterday from the British cruiser Hya- cinthe to bury a shipmate. His name was John Dunn, and he had died at the hos- pital of an abscess in the ear. The vessel sailed last night for Callao on her way home. The steamer Kahului, which ran ashore on her last trip down the coast, was put on the drydock yesterday. It was found that her forefoot had been stove in, and only the compartment bulkhead saved the. vessel from going to the bottom. The steam-schooner Sunol returned from sea yesterday morning and makes a rather fishy statement about colliding with a whale outside the heads. The monster broke off three blades of the propeller and badly disabled the vessel. The mate says -the whale was eighty feetlong, and it arose under the steamer like an island. The Sunol had only been at sea about ten hours and some allowances may be made on that account. However, one of the crew says the steamer struck a buoy, and as a fine is in order the fish yarn is brought into the case. A dispatch was received in this City ves- terday, stating that the British !h’in Edin- burgshire, bound from London to Tacoma, had put into Valparaiso damaged by vio- lent gales. The mate was killed during a storm and Captain Page had been found dead in hisbed. No particulars are given, ATLANTA FAIR CHINESE. Three Hundred Attempting to Come Into the Country as Actors. The frauds connected with the landing of Chinese for exhibition purposes at the ‘World’s Fair at Chicago and the Midwin- ter Fair are being repeated at the Atlanta Exposition. It isestimated that over 250 of the Mongolians are in the Southern city as residents of a *‘Chinese village” for the time being. How long they will remain there is a maiter of conjecture. Judging by the length of time they remained in the “Chinese village” at the Midwinter Fair it will not be two weeks. Under a special act of Congress, Chinese were allowed to enter the United States during the World’s Fair in order to form a Chinese colony for the purposes of giving exhibitions and representations of real life in the most densely populated portions of China. This concession was extended to the Midwinter Fair, and later to the At- lanta Exposition. The Midwinter Fair scheme was engineered hy ‘‘Little Pete’’ and Leong Nam. They succeeded so well that only 36 of the original 300 who landed here were'ever found. Itissaid that the same couple are interested in the new deal ana that Collector Wise is after them. “Little Pete”” is said to be in New York, and Collector Wise says he does not know what will be done in the matter. United States District Attorney Foote says he knows nothing at all about the Chinese at the exposition and hasreceived no instruc- tions about the case. NO DEFENSE. General Cutting Allows the Divorce Suit Against Him to Go by Default. The divorce suit of Mrs. Christine C. Cutting against General John C. Cutting was taken up in Judge Sanderson’s court yesterday, and was submitted after a brief hearing. There was no defense to the No Y;L charge of desertion. and no appearance on behalf of the general was made. Mrs. Cutting and Cyrus N. Knudson, the latter vice-president of the Cutting Can- ning Company, were the only witnesses, and they merely declared that General Cutting had deserted his wife more than a year ago. FRACTURED HIS RIBS. Mil Captain Bingham, Injured at Valley, Brought to a City Hospital. Captain Henry Bingham of the Pacific Mail dock was brought over from Mill Valley yesterday morning in the Dun- combe ambulance and carried to the Lane Hospital, where he is being treated by Dr. Fuller of 636 Sutter street. Captain Bing- ham sustained a fracture of two of his right ribs and was internally injured'by falling from his buggy on Sunday evening. The captain and Mrs. Bingham were enjoying their usual Sunday drive when their horse fell and threw both occupants of the buggy to the ground. Mrs, Bingham was badly bruised about the face and head, but her injuries were not of a serious nature. When it was seen on Monday evening that Captain Bingham’s injuries were dangerous Dr. Fuller went over and de- cided to have the patient brought here. The captain has been singularly unfortu- nate. Two years aco he was similarly in- jured by a like accident, and the following PRAYS FOR HIM NIGHTLY, Mrs. Pangborn of Aurora, Iil., Writes Durrant an En- dearing Letter. PROSECUTION IS AFTER KING. The Organist WIll Be Questioned as to the Blood Clot Found In the Classroom. . Theodore Durrant, though confined in a prison ceil charged with two of the foulest | sympathizers in plenty who believe, or profess to believe, in his innocence. The | married woman, who, to say the least, dis- | played very little good sense, is not the | only tinstance. He receives letters almost | daily from women in different parts of the country assuring him of their firm belief | of crimes, is not without admirers and | Wwho is now serving a sentence of twenty years at Folsom, imposed upon him by Judge Wallace for the robbery of a south of Market street saloon man. ~ At the time of the Iplnt Hawley occupied cell No. 2 in the jail diagonally across the corridor from Durrant’s resting place. The length of his prospective term in prison rendered him desperate. He did not believe that any jury would hang him for killing the man accused of the Emmanuel Church murders, and he realized that the notoriety to be fiained by the crime would benefit hin: at ‘olsom, where those guilty of bloodshed constitute the prisoners’ 400. From Hawley as ringleader the con- spiracy spread till it involved men enoagh to render the attainment of its object cer- tain if only onorlunixy offered. The plan was to get Durrant ot the far end of the jail corridor at the time all the prisoners were taking exercise. Then Hawley was to make the attack, and the others were to crowd about the pair and by their very presence render rescue by the officers impossible. he first intimation of the conspiracy came in the form of a gauzy rumor to the | effect that some one in the jail intended to ‘“do Durrant.” No names were mentioned | and no particulars, and but little credence was given it. But extra precautions for “sweet pea girl,” who developed into a | Durrant’s safety were, nevertheless, taken. | | He was not_allowed beyond the door of | his cell while the other prisoners were ex- | ercising, and though his’cell door was kept ; open as usual, a sturdy deputy was placed near, and his eye never left the medical | student. i THE WARREN-AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, BOSTON, MASS., IN THE BELFRY OF WHICH YOUNG GIRLS WERE MURDERED BY THOMAS W. PIPER, THE SEXTON, T WENTY YEARS AGO. [Reproduced from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.] 4th of July had the misfortune to fall from a ladder and break his leg. FSCHER AND FINEY WD, The Ceremony Held at the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Reedy. Married Under a Floral Horseshoe. The Honeymoon to Be Passed at Santa Cruz, The wedding of Miss Daisy Beaumont Finley, only daughter of Mrs. Ray B. Reedy and the late Cornelius Finley, for- merly County Clerk of San Jose, and Carl George Fischer, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Fischer and grandson of the late L. Magenheimer of San Jose, occurred ‘Weanesday, September 18, at 12 o’clock, at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Ray B. Reedy, 816 Powell street. The ceremony took place in the drawing- room, which was prettily decorated for the occasion. The prevailing tone was pink. The bride was attended by Miss Fannie Thurston as maid of honor and Miss Alice Weller of Stockton as brides- maid. Miss Thurston wore a dainty gown of blue mull with trimmings of lace. She carried a bouquet of white sweet peas. Miss Weller was attired in pink mull and lace and carried a bunch of sweet peas. Owing to an accident to Ludwig Fischer, the groom’s brother, who was to officiate as best man, George Joost of this City, a cousin of the groom, acted in that capacity, while George Rhiel of San Jose acted as usher. The bride wore a dainty confection of white dotted Swiss and Valenciennes lace and white satin ribbons. She carried a bouquet of bride roses tied with white satin ribbons. Promptly at 12 o’clock the bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of the “Lohengrin” wedding march, played by Rosalio Salmon, and took their places un- derneath a floral horseshoe. The Rev. R. J. Briggs of the Centenary M. E. Church South then pronounced the solemn words that made the young couple one. After congratulations the guests re- paired to the dining-room, where the wed- ding breakfast was served. The decora- tions on the bride’s table were in pink and on the other tables were scattered violets mingled with sweet peas. After- ward the bride slipped upstairs to don her going-away gown of red and black boucle cloth. As she passed up the stair she tossed her bridal bouquet to_the group below and it was caught by Miss Lena Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer left at 2:15 for Santa Cruz, where a short stay will be made at the Sea Beach Hotel, after which they will return to Santa Cruz, where they will reside. —————— ‘Will Talk for Bimetallism, Congressman W. J. Bryan of Nebraska, the famous silver advocate, will lecture at Metro- politen Temple this evening under the aus- pices of the American Bimetallic League. Con- gressman Bryan is one of the big prophets of the silver movement and a noted orator. phlssm Al ey The Police Commissioners met last night to hear a charge preferred by Sergeant Monaghan against Policeman Edward Bellingham of being founa asleep at his post on Monday morning last. The chi was sustained and Bellingnam was dismissed from the force. - in his innocence and wishing they could be with him to comfort him. In every instance, thus far, the letter has come from some one whom he has never seen or heard of. Yesterday he received another. It was signed by a woman giving the name of Mrs. L. Pangborn and came from far-away Aurora, Lil. The author assured Durrant that she knew he was innocent; that her belief had come to her as an inspiration, and that she would never be conyinced to she praved nightly for his speedy deliver- ance. The letter was badly spelled and the hard words were printed in an only too apparent effort to disguise anything’ that might lead to the authorship if the letter fell into other hands than those intended. Durrant read the letter, smiled, then frowned and said he wished women would cease making fools of themselves. He said he appreciated any expression of real sympathy or friendship, but that he failed to experience the same appreciation of at- tentions that were the outgrowth of a dis- ordergd brain. At the resumption of the trial this morning Organist George King will again take the stand. When the defense has finished cross-examining him the prosecu- tion will proceed with a vigorous redirect examination. Neither District Attorney Barnes nor Captain Lees believes King told all he could tell as a witness for the people, It is not the theory of the prosecution that King was in_any way an accessory to the crimes, but_they do believe he is not telling the whole truth and that if he did his evidence would point more strongly to Durrant as the perpetrator of the nw%ul crimes. Rt The prosecution is paying particular at- tention to the spot supposed to be blood which, after the discovery of the bodies, was found on the wooden shelf undera mirror in one of the classrooms of the church, and an attempt will be made to connect Durrant with that spot by means of King’s testimony. District Attorney Barnes also has a rod in pickle for the youthful witnéss concerning his friendly %xery at the adjournment of court last ednesday as to the state of Durrant’s nerves. Mr. Barnes places no reliance in the story published yesterday to tne effect that King told friends in the Mission that Durrant drank the bromo-seltzer on that memorable occasion between gasps of “horror” and like exclamations. At the King residence last evenin, George King could not be seen. His father stated that the fio\m man had so taken to heart Judge Murphy’s admoni- tion not to discuss the case that even his parents could get no word from him. ‘When King has finished testifying he will be followed on the stand by Janitor Sademan and Pawnbroker Oppenheim and 'W. J. Phillips. Mr. Barnes is not decided as yet whether he will call the remaining witnesses subpenaed for the people in the {muecution'l case in chief, or hold them or rebuttal. He expects to close for the people not later than Tuesday. PLOT TO SLAY DURRANT. A Conspiracy Unearthed Among the Prisoners in the County Jail. Durrant has apparently been in some danger of losing his life within the walls of the County Jail. Particulars of a con- spiracy to kill him at the first favorable opportunity were made public yesterday, but the interest of the story is somewhat weakened by the fact that the plot was concocted and discovered and easily thwarted na-r? three weeks ago. The proposed attack on Durrant origi- nated with Thomas Hawley, a young man 1 the contrary. She also assured him _that | Durrant, too, was not allowed inside the prison van, but was given a seat outside or driven to the court in a buggy with Chief Jailer Sattler. This departure from the usual custom attracted much note and comment, but the general conclusion was that his exposure to general view and possible assault was for the purpose of showing how little bitter was the fiopular feeling in this City con- cerning him. But it really had a much deeper significance, and at las’ the careful and patient investigation set on foot by Sattler revealed the whole plot. Then a thorough search was made of the jail. In Hawley’s cell was found a broken table- knife, whetted to a razor edge, which had been destined to end the life of the little medical student. Other knives were found, too, but all were confiscated, and Jailer Sattler rests easier now, though his vigilance has been in no way relaxed. Mr. Sattler, when questioned about the conspiracy yesterday atternoon, would not enter info” the particulars. There had been such a conspiracy, he said, but it had been discovered and a crime pret- vented. He had kept the matter quiet- not even inlorming Durrant of it, and he was sorry that the story had become public. Durrant when seen did not appear very greatly alarmed, but, on the contrary, was as usual utterly unmoved. The intelli- gence that his life had been in danger had no more effect upon his spirits than an in- vitation to a tea party would have had. SOUTH SIDE N REVOLT. Property-Owners Object to the Notices for Sidewalk Repair. THE LAW TO BE LOOKED INTO. Meeting of Club Officers to Be Held in Attorney Shadburne’s Office. The property-owners of the South Side | do not propose to take the failure of the | Board of Supervisors to provide for the | bituminizing of Folsom street as a defeat. | They intend to show their teeth and fight | from now on; and the fighting is to be | done in the courts as well as at the polls, if | necessary. | At the last big demonstration, namely, | that at Columbia Square, Attorney George | D. Shadburne let fall a few observations | that, like the seed of the sower in the Bib- lical parable, have fallen upon some good soil as well as by the wayside, and have brought forth much fruit. The dominant idea conveyed by Mr. Shadburne’s remarks at that time was that the City could be compelled to keep Folsom street in proper repair—that such was an obligation assumed by the City when it accepted the thoroughfare. Itis this particular thought which has been fruitful of action. ; This afternoon at 4 o’clock the presidents of the four Folsom-street Improvement Clubs and Dr. T. A. Rottanzi, president of the South Side Improvement Clup, with | several other gentlemen prominently in- | terested in the_movement for good roads, | will meet in Mr. Shadburne’s office and | discuss the legal phase cf the Folsom- street question. Besides Dr. Rottanzi | there are expected to be present A. B. Ma- guire, the originator of the movement, Secretary J. Schwartz of the South Side Club, and Messrs. George L. Center, Joseph Kelly, Leon Samuels and John Rafferty, | the presidents, respectively, of the four Folsom-street Improvement Clubs. It is proposed to stand upon a Supreme Court (iecismn rendered early in the sev- |-enties. According to that decision the | streets should be properly kept in repair | from survey to survey, which means not only the streets but the sidewalks. It was | this position taken by the court which Mr. Shadburne had in mind when he addressed the Columbia-square demonstration in the particular strain alluded to. What has served to precipitate this course of action has been the step taken by the Superintendent of Streets to com- pel the property-owners to put the side- walks in front of their property into such shape as might enable pedestrians to per- ambulate in safety. Notices to this effect have been served upon Leon Samuels, Cap- tain Rafferty. Patrick Heyfron and a great many others. These gentlemen have no articular objection to spending a few dol- ars on sidewalks, but they wonder why they should be compelled to contribute to- ward a temporary makeshift of patchwork improvement, without the City itself first recognizing its obligations to property- owners in the matter of desirable street paving. So they have made up their minds to have the law looked into and then, if it is in their favor, to move in a body. Said President Rottanzi of the South Side Club yesterday afternoon: The property-owners on this side of Market street are becoming tired of the treatment they are receiving at the hands of the City govern- ment, and they think it is about time to do something more than to hold meetings and pass resolutions. It is getting to be a conun- drum with us what we are paying taxes for anyway. Now, look at these streets! Isthereone good street on this side? Will we ever in a hundred years get a decent street? Nature in one of her most benignant moods bestowed her best favors upon us. Glance at | the topography of this section and see if this is | not so. It is all as level as a floor. Yetwe | despair of having one continuous street that an ordinary vehicle might roll over without damage. It is a erying disgrace, yet in the face of all this slight and neglect, all this failure on the partof the City government to keep a moral | and legal obligation to the taxpayers here, we | are insulted with notices ordering us to put our sidewalks in repair at our own expense. I ask agein: What do we pay taxes for? Others conspicnously identified with Southside progress speak in the same vein and say that they will present a solid front of opposition if the City attempts to en- force the sidewalk notices. In short, the Southside is in revolt, and this afternoon | will determine the kind of a fight it is go- | ing to make. ON SUTRD'S SHADY LAWNS To-Morrow’s Great Charity and Dramatic Event in the Open Air. “As You Like It” to Be Played With Nature’s Settings and a Mon-+ ster Orchestra. Those who witness the performance of “As You Like It” at Sutro Heights for charity to-morrow afternoon will have an opportunity of seeing a representation that A ‘OODLAHD SCENE FROM “AS YOU LIKE IT.” In fact, he openly ex; sed a doubt as to the truthfulness of the story. He thought his riding on the outside of the van to and from the City Hall had no significance, as, when the curious public began to congregate on Kearny street at the hours it was known he would pass, he was, upon request, permitted to ride in side. Excursion to the Big Trees. Colonel Menton's big excursion Sunday will be to the Big Tree Groye near 8anta Cruz, and not San Lorenzo, as was mistakenly stated. The excursionists leave the foot of Market street at 7:45 A. M. The excursion promises to be a most _en le one and & big crowd will doubtless be tendance. % has the dignity of the court, the fragrance of a country wood and the balmy air of an outing journey. All of the car lines runming to the heights will carry double the usual num- ber of cars, and the seats which have been built will accommodate more people than could be crowded into any theater in the world. The seats have been so arranged that the stage will be plainly visible from every part of the grounds, and a greatly augmented orchestra will furnish music of such volume as to fill the most distant shady aisles. The souvenir programme for the performance is said to be the hand- somest one 1n every respect that has ever been printed in San Francisco. “As You Like It,” as it will be pre- sented at Sutro’s lawn, will long be re- membered. The loveof Orlando 1s a les- son in devotion; the friendship of Celia, the humor of Touchstone, the melancholy Jacques, the dignity of the banished Duke, and the dutiful Adam—all these are wrapped in such woodland romance and freedom that the audience will be likely to remember the presentation of to-morrow as a dream which will linger like the pic- ture of a familiar Arcadia. Tickets for this charitable entertainment are now on sale at the Columbia. MUST GIVE CERTIFICATES. The Supreme Court Says » Board of Ed= ucation Has No Arbitrary Power. The Supreme Court yesterday declared that the Board of Education of Sutter County had noright to withhold a teacher’s cettificate from Augustine Keller, when the latter had passed a satisfactory exami- nation and béen declared intellectually and morally fitted for the position of teacher. Keller had sued for a writ of mandate to compel the school board to issue his cer- tificate. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the Superior Court of Sutter County, and this action is reversed by the Supreme Court. he opinion declares that a Board of Education has not discretionary power sufficient to reject an applicant without cause any more than the Supreme Court could reject without cause an applicant for admission to the bar. —————————— For $75,000 Damages. Frank Sullivan, who was injured at Harri« son and Twenty-first streets on August 21, when his buggy was struck by & train, is suing the Southern Pacific Company for $75,000. The complaint, filed by Henley & Costello yesterday, alleges that the train was going at the rate of forty miles an hour, and that proper signals were not giv NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. | NAYPTAN M"{“Ano Co; INCORP'D BlhEATRE PROPS. TO-NIGHT, AND ALL THIS WEEK. Souvenir Matinee Saturday. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS ! —— Press and Public Unanimous in Praise! PEERLESS PAULINE HATIIL, And Her Superb Company of Lyric Artists in the Operatic Comedy, “DORCAS” By Harry and Edward Paulton, ‘Authors of “Erminie,” “Niobe,” ete. MONDAY NEXT- SECOND AND LAST WEEK OF PAULINE HALL '~ “DORCAS” Seats Now Ready for the Last Week. ' FRICDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & Co+ Le35¢S AMDMANAGERS -+ TIME | DRAWING 1S NEAR The Last of the Stockwell Players! Great Production of “THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY g Sunday GROVER’S ALCAZAR. CONTINUED AXD POSITIVE SUCCESS! Every Performance During the Week, GALA DOUBLE BILL. “EVERYBODY'S FRIEND” ——AND—— “a RINGER! Leonard Grover Jr., Jennie Kennark, Gracie Plaisted, May Noble, Fanny ‘Warren, Charles Lothian, Hereward Hoyt and the Entire New Company. Prices—10c, 15¢, 26c¢, 35¢c and 50c. No extra for securing. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10c, 15¢ and 25¢. Sept. 23— CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK."” MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. .. .Sole Lessee and Managee EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. The Greatest American Melodrama, “THE GREAT METROPOLIS!” NSRS SO See the Most Realistic Storm Scene Ever Attempted on Any Stage! EVENING PRICES—250 and_50c. Family Circie and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. EENESTINE KBELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! ——THIS WEEK ONLY- Donizetti’s Favorite Opera, “LUCIA” NEXT WEEK—— "‘ERNANIV SEATS NOW ON SALE. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, PEARL ANDREWS, The Peerless Mimic Artiste. WESTON AND HERBERT, HYNES AND REMINGTON, HUGH EMMETT A GREAT STAR CONPANY! Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalry and Box seats, 50¢. GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, Corner Geary and Scott Streets. READINGS BY MR. GEORGE RIDDLE, For the benefit of the LIBRARY OF THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, Monday and Friday Evenings, Sept. 20, 23 and 30, and Oct. 4, at 8 O’clock. Matinees Wednesday afternoons, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, at 3:30 o'clock. Single admission, 26c; course tickets, $1. DON'T FORGET The Family Excursion to the Famoug BIG TREES (Santa Cruz Mountains) Under the Personal Supervision of Mr. WM. H, MENTON, Excursion Passenger Agent Bouthern Pacific Co. SUNDAY. -SEPT, 23 $1.25 Round-Trip Tickets $1.25 FIVE HOURS of rest and quiet enjoyment among the giants of the forest. Take the A. M. boat from fe landing (narrow of Market street. Returning, leave B 4:00 P, M. Arrive at San Francisco at 8:05