The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895 7 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—' Dorcas.” COLUMBIA THEATER—* Diplemacy aundeville. Chip of the O1d Bloc —Rev. Anna H. Shaw will T famous lecture, njustice of Chiv- BAY DisTRICT TRACK. ETATE BOARD OF TRADE etreet, below Second. Open Races. wImIT.—575 Market ily. Admission free. AUCTION SALES. WILLIAM J. DINGEE—The Real tioneer, 460 and 4 pth street, auction Sautrday, , the ritt Boule CITY NEWS IN BRIET. Estate Auc- will sell at e Mer- The party mak the Alaskan boundaries survey is to return in a few days. can be found on orning. Local ftems, b this page of the The Board of ¥ the lease of the L tion rejected all bids for n School property. Hammon predicts for to- cooler in the Var 1 from a burning lodg- i McAllister streets, early vher. has been arrested able material from the the C of will be held on Friday inst ifornia State d a registration certifi- lently purchased was or- ¥ Judge Morrow. oceedings are threatened by the against the Board of Super- anew tax levy. ive frogs which could not be olulu are to be sold by the cus- als this afternoon as livestock. on the Pacific Coast Joe! t Ingleside is now nearing - first Taces will be held November 1. rent, the proprietor of the famous on on the water front, has dis: reported that he is in financial 10 h Layor Sutro has vetoed the order of the Solid higranting the Market-street Railway Com- v the franchise through Sunnyside to the new racetra: Ryan, Mrs. {cMullen, artner have been y the Insanity ecial Eastern advertising juarters in New York, speake growth of ALL under the General of Mexico, 1t a party of A cans intend to try to take possession of Guadaloupe Island. He asks for Federal interierence. he Health Department has petitioned the 1 of Supervisors for six more health in yrder to Keep up with the com- 1 at the oftice. . A on_of American Railway has' recently returned from the East, he reports that the A. R. th all over the United The Union for Practic on the cost of water pla advocate & new plant than the buying of t The tale: gaining in ing 0 good day at the track vorites getting money. es were Gold Bug, A » Duchess of Towers Sam Le 5 1 emple was crowded last night hide ng statement to the jury vester y_ 8 the . suspicion Pastor Gibson thar teynolds were sing plans to free the v from taxation. reat conseq e of his leaving it near: nds. lodging-house, red yesterda u nces as made ar le of the railroa nt reply to the re- contest for h Frank place. Haven, & young man, was booked at P ¥ by Detectivi y arrested hir ng searched, sever in his pockets. y in San Fran th Irish inde; d done by on in_Chicago. isco CALL is giving the best te ts of that notable gathering. A man caliing himself Thomas arrested on Market street nd taken to the Southern poli g 10 steal & purse from Mrs. Jennie & caught him tugging at he him until & policeman terview yesterday, Rev. J. G nied that he had written any of the ting that appeared on the wrapper of the e of rings sent to Mrs. Not had done by Attorney in his opening address on behali o fendant in the Durrant murder case. W. H. Mills, head of the Central Pacific land department, responded vesterday to the agr ment submitted by the Miners’ Association. His letter is regarded as a mere subterfuge to gain time. The mineral lands committee of the association acted promptly, and forces him to show his hana in the game of diplomacy. The Railroad - Commissioners met yesterday and refused to allow the protest of the Southern Pacific Company against the reduction of rates 1o be placed on the records for the reason, as Mr. La Rue stated, it did not state facts, and, a: Dr. Stanton declared, it was an insul{ to the board, They will nieet in executive session next Wednesday to consider another adjust- ment of rate Gold Mining in South Africa. The following statement of mining opera- tions in South Africa has been received from London: GELDENHUIS' ESTATE AND GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). Results for August—A cablegram has been received from the head office atJohannesburg, stating the following results for last month: Crushed ..... . 5,300 tons Obtained from mill 075, 0f gold From tailings by cyani 0zs. of gold Total ... 7788 0zs. of gold o018, London te street Within, E. London office, 120 Bishoy C., September 12, 1895. THE JUMPERS' GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). 1ts for August—A cablegram has been received from the head office at Johsnnesburg, stating the following results for last month: 10.622 tons ..4656 0zs. of gola 773 ozs. of gold 650 0zs. of gold Crushed.. Obtained from mill....... From concentrates, equal to. From tailings by cyanide.... 7079 ozs. of gold . . ...£10,900 A. Morr, London Sec. London oflice, 120 Bishopsgate sireet Within, E. C., September 12, 1895. ——————————— A Woman Badly Burned. Mrs. Lena Scully of 15 Twenty-eighth street, a mother of several children, was badly burned about 9 o’clock last night by a lamp explosion. Her clothes caught fire. Neighbors heard her screams and went to her assistance and put out the flemes. Policeman Stoddart had her con- veyed to the City and County Hospital, where she lies in a very critical condition. Mre. Scully’s husband is in the Naps Insane Asylum. Her youngest chiid is an infant. Deserted His Wife. Mrs. Josephine Valley, 164 Kissling street, reported to the pnlicedvestexday the disappear- ance of her husband about two weeks ago. They were married seven years ago and her husband, she said, had recently treated her cruelly. 'He lost his position in the Sunset Leundry and _being out of funds she thinks he has deserted her. She believes he has left the City as he has not been seen around his accustomed haunts. Total . Profit. William | COST OF SINKING WELLS, Artesian Tubes Can Be Put Down at Comparatively Small Expense. NEW PLANT TO BE ADVOCATED. The Law on the Question of an Election to Decide on Municipal Ownership. The cost of water plants is the main question to which the officers of the Union for Practical Progress are devoting them- selves at the present time, and by the time the subject is brought before the Board of Supervisors they hope to be able to prove that the cost of a plant for San Francisco will be light—so light that the voters of the City will be startled at the tigures. ‘It has been demonstrated to us within ys past,” said John M. Reynolds | vesterday, ‘‘that this City can own its own | water pl { now paid out per Valley Water Comy he cost or borin it was in y of those in exist expense was generally about $4 per foot, or | $800 to $1000 for a well 200 feet in depth, which those of San Francisco average. I | do not know how much the cost been rednced, but it mnst be considerable. | Even should the present expense be as | great as it was ten or fifteen years ago 100 wells of the acity of some we have | located wonld cost a comparatively trifling | sum. and would furnish more than twice | as much water per day as the City actually annum to the Spring when m. Then t | 2 | now The question as to whether the union en discussed | Wi te the purchase of present | existing plants, after the matter has been | decided by the people, has been di | a great deal of late and we have come to ion that we will favor an en- plant and not that of the Spring | here are several reasons for th the principal one being that a new one an be built for much less than the Spring | Valley claims 1ts own to be worth and | because of the quality of artesian water, | | which we believe to be greatly superior to | that which is obtained from sur n | such as that contained in the rese | voirs of the company. The matter of an | absolutely pure water supply for this City | conelv f an old man named John G. Gay | is one of the vital questions of the day and | | one which must be met fairly and squarely, and as well now as at any other time. “ eat many well-meaning people who i are heartily in favor of municipal owner- | ship of water and light service seem to be | deterred from giving their support to the | movement just now by the belief that this | question and the new charter should be | decided at one time. | | “It has been suggested to us all along | thatthe municipal ownership proposition | and the new charter should be submitted | to the people together, but in view of the | requirements of the constitution that can- | not be done. It was attempted to saddle the question of the city owning its own | | we hiave & meeting they stand at the | the st nt for very few times the amount |, | it upon th fed and shamefully treated. He says that & workingman there in order not to be killed with hard work is obliged to spend all of his earnings in & saloon kept by relatives of the sub-contractors. TROUBLE AMONG BARBERS. Proceedings to Be Taken Against the Treasurer of the Parent Barbers’ Association, The Barbers’ Association of this City is at present in: a state of ferment. A schism has taken place, and anopposition organi- zation has been formed, which, according to the statement of the president, is trying to doall in its power to discredit the parent society. The president of the Barbers’ Associa- tion, H. A. Wolfe, yesterday gave a full account of the whole trouble. He saia: There has been a clique formed in the Bar- bers' Association. It first preferred charges against me, saying that I did not properly handle the money from the picnic. 1 was exonerated from the charge by the associa- tion. They were not satisfied, and called upon the vice-president and myself to resign. This we refused to do, and they threatened to quit the association if things did not come their way. The members who resigned were Messrs. Klitch, ex-president, Mil chunard (who was the employment secretary), and Hammon, the treasur Several others joined them, and they started & new organization. Every time boitom of O'Farrell street and tell Association has s of 102 members that the Barbers’ moved to 120 O'Farrell. I have called on Mr, Hammon for money nging to the ers’ Association, amou ing to from §30 to ¥33. He has refused to gi »und that he does not recognize We have consulted our attorney, and we will commence proceedings by the end of this week agninst Hamuion, and also against Schunard. The latter hasin his i ion both money and papers belonging association. There are at present in the parent associa+ tion about 397 members, while the clique eceded numbers about 50. xt meeting of the Barbers’ Association, to be held at 102 O’Farrell v night at 8:30 o’clock the members will be informed -how they stand in the matter, and businessof animportant character is expected. WANT A MEXICAN ISLAND, Oaklanders Arouse the Lega- tion of the Southern Republic. Consul Coney and Federal Officers Look for a Reported Expe- dition. A. K. Coney, the Mexican Consul-Gen- eral, has been much exercizsed by the re- ports of the expedition now preparing to go down to the coast of Lower California. His first intimation of the matter was obtained on September 10, when THE CALL printed an exclusive story in regard to the plans of those preparing for the trip. Tk article Mr. Coney at once dis- patched to Minister Romero at Washing- ton. Mr. Romero communicated with the State Department, and as a result orders were sent from Washington to the Col- lector of the Port here to investigate the matter caretully. C. M. St. Johns was aetailed by Surveyor R n\‘:\{ N N N N et AW /NN =i N N~ VNN NANNAY \NARSS T AN NAFORNS N N N NN AALANMANRNRY S RN AN 0 R AN E. LYCETT'S ABANDONED TANEKHOUSE ON SHOTWELL STREET, | NEAR EIGHTEENTH, | water service on to the last election, but| { Mr. Evans, then Registrar, refused to com- | | ply with the order of the Board of Super- | visiors and would not put_the question on | | the ballots. He then said a special elec- | | tion for that specific_purpose was neces- i sary under the constitution. | “‘Section 18 of article XI of the constitu- | tion reads as follows: | No county, city, town, township, Board of | Education o ol district shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any menner or for any purpose exceeding in any vear the income and reveuue provided for it for such year with- | out the assent_of two-thirds of the qualified | ’kfrflnn thereof voting at an election to be | held for that purpose, nor unless, before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, pro- vision shall be made for the collection of an | annuel tax sufficient to pay the interest on | such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to | ;(‘::H«Iilmv asinking fund for the payment of | the principal thereoi within twenty years irom | the time of contracting thesame. Anyindebt- or linb ncurred contrary to this pro- | | vision shall be void. | | _“That speaks for itsel,” continued Mr. | Reynolds. “Now [ am satisfied that ths Merchants’ Association and all other similar organizations will fall into Jine as soon as they see this point clearly, for the Merchants’ Association expressed itself as | in favor of it. | “‘Our men with the blank petitions are doing splendidly. We have at least 250 | out, and they are fast coming in filled | with signatures. One man, W. D. Farrell, at 777 Market street, has securea 103 names. We will probably put out 1000 more blanks immediately. We propose to demonstrate to the Mayor ard Board of Supervisors that the sentiment of the City is in favor of municipal ownership.”’ A visit to the Lycett wells, on Shotwell street, near Eighteenth, yesterday, showed that the wells themselves are intact, hav- | ing been sealed up at the time the pump- ing of water was abandoned. The 35,000 gallon tank which formerly stood on the | wellhouse has been taken down, however, and the Flnce presents a deserted appear- ance. Mr. Lycett statea that the water in the wells is still as high in the tubes as ever and that at short notice he could put 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of water per hour in the mains that are now down. They Worked Long Hours. A notice was pasted in the Free Labor Bureau yesterday warning laborers not to accept work on the Guadalupe section of the railroad in San Luis Obispo County. The Labor Com- missioner states that he has evidence and tes- timony to the effect that all men who have worked there have been overworked, poorly | oblige? Yours very respectiully, English to look up the Satana. He went to Oakland Creek Tuesday, accompanied by Consul Coney. They found the Satana, but, as announced in THE CALL of yester- day, no attempt was being made fo pre- pare her for a voyage, as another vessel was being fitted up. In a report to Mr. English Mr. Coney stated: Hon. W. D. English, Surveyor of Customs, Cit DraR Sik: Yesterday, accompanied by C. M. St. Johns of your office, I visited Oakland Creek and made an investigation of the reported ex- pedition being fitted out against the peace of Lower California. We found no such vessel called the Satana in the creek, or that has been repaired at those shipyards. But we were in- formed that an old, condemned and dismantled whaling vessel by the name of Satana is now Iying on the mud flats in aa unseaworthy con- | dition. I believe, from information which was ob- tained from reliable sources, that there is an expedition contemplated going to Lower Cali- fornia with the intention of taking possession of one of Mexico’s islands off Lower California, and also some land on the peninsula, to which they pretend to have a claim. Will you have the kindness to see that no vessel cléars from portin violation of the neutrality laws and A. K. Coxey, Consul-General of Mexico. Mr. Coney said yesterday that the island in question was Guadaloupe. It is quite iarge and is some 200 miles off the coast. He anticipated no serious trouble, as any small band of armed intruders would have to fight independently, and could soon be overcome. .. A New Wholesale House. A notable mercantile development of the past week has been the opening of the magnificent wholesale bicycle establish- ment of O. 8. Potter & Co., at No. 511 Mar- ket, opposite Battery. This firm formerly occupied a portion of the ground floor of Gregory & Co., at 48 Fremont, but an in- crease of business necessitated the change. There are bicycles and bicycles, but some, as with other lines of business, have taken the lead. O. 8. Potter & Co. have been fortunate enouil; to secure several very popular wheels, being Pacific Coast agents for the Halladay, Sylph, Overland, Pucific and the Wolff bicycles. Of the lat- ter a carload of the ’QGémtterns have just been delivered in this City. This bicycle combines many new and novel features not heretofore seen on this coast. ———— The Greeks used asafcetida in their cook- ing as a flavor. ———————— Brigandage is yet common in Italy, ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The British Dundee Clipper Miltiades and Her Splen- did Record. EVER UNDER A LUCKY STAR. Disappearance of “Bill” Brent, the Famous Bowhead Saloon Man, From the Front. The Biitish ship Miltiades, which ar- rived in this port a few days ago, sailed from London March 2 last and dropped anchor in San Francisco 198 days after. During that period she visited four ports, discharging and reloading. She sailed from London to Barry, South Wales, thence to Point Perry, Australia, thence to Newcastle, N, W., and last to this port, allin 198 days. On the passage to Aus- tralia she spoke the British ship Sailsette, Panton master, from London to Melbourne, April 18, in latitude 16 deg. 15 min. south, longitude 24 deg. 52 min. west. The vessel was on fire and signalling for help. The in the evening he returned to the fire tug and proceeded to make affairs warm aboard. He ran afoul of Engineer Terry and was quickly whipped and afterward locked up charged with disturbing the peace. Fireman Brady's place is vacant in the State employ. Y. M. C. A, WORK. Programme for the Coming Season in Eduecational Departments. The second season in the new building of the Young Men’s Christian Association will open October 1, on which date the evening college department, embracing studies as foilows, will begin its yearly worl Bookkeeping, mathematics, me- chanical and freehand drawing, stenog- raphy, elocution, German, English, Span- ish, Latin, commercial, law and the uni- versity extension curriculum. On Thursday evening, October 3, Presi- dent Gordan of Stanford University will deliver the opening lecture 1n_the educa- tional department on “‘Higher Education.” The lecture will be free to all young men. The educational classes, which continue for six months, together with other num- erous privileges, are included in the privi- leges of a member. he past season has been one of unpre- cedented succéss, and the roll of members has more than doubled since the associa- tion entered the new building. To-morrow (Friday) evening the young men of the physical department are to give a very entertaining athletic exhibi- tion under the direction of John Schenck, physical director. e Carpenters Working Overtime. R. P. Scanlon of 83 Autumn street, San Jose, bas written to Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, THE OLD DUNDEE CLIPPER HILTIA‘ES, NOW IN THIS PORT. crew of thirty-one persons was taken off and landed at Capetown. The Sailsette was consumed shortly after being aban- | doned. The Miltiades is one of the famous| “Dundee clippers” owned by George Thompson & Co. of Dundee, and is a sister | to the Aristides, Pericles and Arontes. She was built twenty-four years ago, when 3ritish ships were put up for speedy rivals of the Yankee racers. Her cost was £28,- | 000—an excessive sum for a ship now- adays. She is the richest ship in the har- bor, her old-fashioned large saloon being constructed in maple and teak wood beau- tifully carved. n along her railing and the houses on deck, the same ornamental work is seen. She is titted with long yards and carries an immense sFread of canvas. The plates of her iron hull are five-eighths of an inch thick, showing that the vessel was put up to stand the battering and | pounding of the seas. | The Miltiades is sturdy and strong. For almost a century’s quarter she has crossed and recrossed the ocean and has never cost her owners one shilling other than the usual running expenses. She has never met with an accident, never lost a sail, a | spar nor life. The salme good fortune | seems to have followed her people. Cap- | tain H. Ayling has been in the Dundee | employ for thirty years and never lost or | damaged a ship. First Officer A. Gauid | has been a sailor twenty-seven years and has never seen a disaster, never met with the slightest accident and never seen a man die at sea, The lucky star under which the Miltiades was launched has never set and while other ships go down this classic craft sails on defying wind and wave. The famous Bowhead saloon man, “Bill”’ Brent, is missing from his place at the cor- | ner of Clay and East streets. For years | Brent has been a noted figure in sealing, hunting and whaling circles, and his lace fins been the resort of Arctic sea- }nring men for years. He has spent sev- eral fortunes in sending vessels to the north, and has been the financial backer of many a hunting enterprise that failed. His last two vessels to return virtually empty-handed were the Bowhead and | Winchester, both of which were seized for unlawful sealing recently. It is reported that Brent disposed of his interestin the schooners as well as his other property and left for parts unknown, well provided with funds. About a year ago his wife | secured a divorce from him, also $2000 ali- mony and $50 a month, and it is said he has not made the payments for some time. The United States steamer Thetis sailed ‘Zesterdav on her surveying expedition, to e gone until next May. The ship Marion Frasier has cleared for England with a cargo of cotton, canned fruit and salmon valued at $372,293. The steamer Australia sailed for the islands with $61,800 worth of cargo, the brig Con- suelo for the same place with §13,200, the ship City of Delhi for Queenstown with a $32,900 load, the steamer City of Rio Janeiro with $100,000 worth of freight for the Orient and the steamer Progreso for Panama took a $219,000 cargo. The steamer Aztec left for the south with al- most 5000 tons of freight, the largest snip- loaa that ever went out of this port. EZETA IN MEXICO. The Bellicose Salvadorean Pleased With His Reception at Guaymas. General Ezeta and his comrades in arms are nearing their destination. They dis- embarked at Guaymas, in Mexico, on Tuesday. That their reception was pleas- ing to them may be gathered from the fol- lowing telegram, which was received from Guaymas on Tuesday evening by a young business man of this city: Ezeta party arrived safely. Everything looks very favorable. PIERRE DURYEE. Mr. Duryee is well known in San Fran- cisco. He lived here two years and is now acting as private secretary to General Casin, the gentleman who is supplying the money for Ezeta’s campaign. ——————— State Horticultural Society. The next meeting of the State Horticultural Soctety will be hela in the Mills building on Friday, the 27th inst., at 1 P. 3., and candi- dates for the offices of the society will be nomi- nated. The election will be held in October. Alexander Craw, State Quarantine Guardian, will make an exhibition of beneficial insects, to allow all to become acquainted with the characteristics of the imported ladybirds and be enabled to distinguish the species. Pro- fessor C. W. Woodworth ot the State University will address the society on “The Relation of Water to Plant Diseases.”” Captain H. G. Brain- ard, Horticultural Commissioner, Santa Clara County, will read a paper on “The Best Treat- ment for the Canker Worm.” President Le- long will address the society on “Preparation of Olives for Home Use and Market.” e — His Place Is Vacant. Fireman Brady of the State fire tug yesterday morning drew his monthly pay and circulated effusively around the water front saloons, Late complaining that & nomber of contractors who have contracts for the construction of school- houses in that neighborhood are working their carpenters nine and ten hours a day. The most prominent contractors in_this work are Frank Davis and Robert Shottenhauer. The Labor Commissioner states that he will notify these contractors that in so doing they are violating the State law which makes eight hours a day’s labor for all public work. HE MAKES ORE ROAD PAY, of Management Pajaro Successful Claus Spreckels’ Valley Line. A Monterey County Line That Has Actively Fought the Southern Pacific. “Nothing special but doing lots of work" is the news given out at the San Joaquin Valley road’s headquarters these days. There are meetings and conier- ences and much quiet work done without any blare of trumpets. Chief Engineer Storey and Mr. Wilbur, his assistant, are making things hum up | at the front. They are putting down a railroad that will last, and doing all work as though they were building what ite promoters hope it will be some day—a link in an overland transcontinental chain. Mr. Wilbur, who is a son-in-law of L. R. Wilbur, the right-of-way manager, has had much experience in the Northwest in work of this sort, and he and Mr. Storey were associated years ago in Southern Pacific engineering work. The building of the road is going to make many good real-estate deals, and already agents and owners are nursing in- fant booms. It may make a good many men rich, if all turns out as hoped for. It is on this sort of thing that Will Ashe ex- pects to make asnugsum. Both he and his brother, Robert, haye an interest in a farm below Stockton. The Valiey road will cut itin two, and already plans are making for the location of a town on the Ashe farm. Railroad men who have been inclined to sneer at Claus Spreckels’ attempt to ‘“‘run a railroad’’ and to suggest that he should confine his labors to lines in which he has been successful are now pondering over the recently issued report of a raiiroad that Mr. Spreckels has owned and controlled for some years. This is the Pajaro Valley road, that has been in successful operation for over three years. Itrunsfrom Wat- sonville to Moss Landing, on Monterey Bay, and from Watsonville to Salinas. The Pajaro Valley road was the result of a controversy with the Southern Pacific over the charge for hauling crude sugar from the Watsonville sugar factory to San Francisco. » Mr. Spreckels organized and built the road to Moss Landing and now ships all his Watsonville beet sugar product to this city by steamer. Afterward the line was built to Salinas, and now a first-class freight and passenger business has been built up. Last year the company paid its stockholders a dividend of 5 per cent. According to the report referred to this well-rnanaged road has cost, up to June 21, 1895, just $320,074 15. Its gross earn- ings last year were $71,864 18; operating expenses, $34,185 97; miscellaneous ex- penses, $265 53, leaving the tidy sum of $37,043 74 as the total income. Rentsand taxes had to come out of this, leaving as the total net income for the year $22,476 46. The company’s capital stock is $1,000,000, but only $300,000 has been issued. It has no bonds and no funded debt. Mr. Spreck- els is president of the road, and the other directors are John D. Spreckels, John L. Koster, W. C. Waters and M. Ehrman. - Mrs. Simmen’s Divorce Complaint. Kasper Simmen, the owner of a half interest in a furniture-store at 404 Fifth street, is the defendant in a divorce suit begun in Judge Seawell’s court yesterday. His wife, Elizabeth, says that shemarried Simmen on May 27, 1895, aud that since June her husband has treated her with extreme cruelty. Mr. Simmen de- clares that Robert Scholz, his partner in the furniture-store, entered into a conspiracy to defraud him, and that Mrs. Simmen spends her time with the Scholz family. I Overworkcd Laborers. A committee from the Labor Council yester- day called upon Labor Commissioner Fitz- gerald and complained that laborers at work in the Presidio military reservation are com- pelled to work nine and ten hours a day. As the Commissioner is only a State officer he could do nothing in the matter¥in his official upmitfl.hm he promised to write to United States District Aftoruey Foote and call his at- tention to the matter, ] BOARD OF EDUCATION. Resolutions to the Memory of Principal James G. Kennedy. MISS KING'S SALARY REFUSED. All Blds for the Lincoln School Property Were Re- Jected. The minority in the Board of Education, with its usual persistence, made an effort to stem the tide of adversity last night, and fought the majority long and hard on the report of the Classification Committee. The document wasin itself of no supreme importance, but the regular battle was waged nevertheless with the usual result— the minority went down in defeat. When the report was presented by Director Stone, who moved its adoption, Director Carew moved to amend by placing it on file. He said that he did not know that the matter had received the necessary amount of constderation. Although he was a mem- ber of the committee he had not received notice that the committee was to meet, and had not taken any hand in compiling the report. Director Ambrose seconded his motion, and said that he did not like one-man power or even two-men power in the com- mittee. He also said that he had received no notification that the committee was to meet to make changes. % “Do you mean to say that you did not receive a notice that the committee was to meet ?”’ demanded Director Stone. I did not, and you know — "' “Order, gentlemen,” said the chairman, and the two directors sat down and glared at each other. * Aside from a few small differences in which Directors Ambrose, Clinton, Stone and Henderson took part, the rest of the meeting passed off pleasantly. The board was unanimous on one ques- tion and that was the guestion of resolu- tions to the memory of Principal James G. Kennedy, who died on Monday. They were presented by Director Clin- ton, who moved their adoption in a eulo- gistic speech, in_ which he spoke of the many good qualities of the deceased and his sterling character. The resolutions recited that the de- ceased, through his long connection with the Public School Department of San Francisco and his fidelity to his duties, as well as his high capabilities as an educator, had earned the gratitude of the people of the City as well as of the School Depart- ment and that by his death the depart- ment had lost one of its most efiicient and valuable aids. Heartfelt sympathy was extended to the family of the deceased. The resolution was passed unanimously. It was also decided that as a mark of re- réspect to the dead teacher his school should be closed to-day after 11 o'clock and that the flags on the school buildings in this City should be vlaced at halfmast during the day. After considerable discussion it was de- cided not to accept any of the numerous bids for the lease of the Lincoln School property on Market and Fiith streets, which were presented at a recent meeting in response to advertisements for offers. The reason given was that as the law now stands no lease for more than ten vears can be given, and that unless a fonger period is allowed no one can be found who will agree to erect larger build- ings in place of those now on the lots, as the department desires. It was decided to allow the tenants and buildinfi now in possession to remain until the islature meets, and to then endeavor to have a measure passed allowing a long lease, the idea being to improve the character of the buildings and thus increase the revenue from the property. The matter of the salary of Miss Jessie King, the teacher who recently sued the Jity for several months’ back salary, was brought up and it was decided not toaudit the demand which she presented. Miss King was dismissed from the de- partment and subsequently reinstated, when she brought suit for her salary dur- ing the entire period of her enforced rest, claiming that she could not lawfully be re- movyed except for cause, and that the de- partment was liable for all the time she was laid off. The board combatted this claim, and she sued with the result men- tioned. In lieu of salary the board gave her a leave of absence until October 21.. MIDWEEK THEATER NOTES Miss Craven Takes the Part of Dora at the Columbia Theater. =Ernanl!” Is Well Acted at the Tivoll. Pretty Dancing at the Alcazar. The touch needed to make ‘the perform- ance of “Diplomacy,” at the Columbia Theater, a thoroughly effective one, was given last night, when Miss Margaret Cra- ven assumed the part of Dora. The play is one that circles round this young woman; her guilt or innocence is the pivot upon which everything hinges, and to have & Dora who is totally inadequate to the part, as Miss Clayton was, goes a long way toward destroying the interest of the play. Miss Craven’s girlish &nd effective rendering of Dora leaves little to be desired, Miss Cogh- lan’s magnificent gowns continue to dazzle the eyes of the spectators, and the men of the cast, as before noted, are excellent, and contribute largely toward making tne performance of “Diplomacy” an unusually strong one. At the Columbia Theater, from the 2d to the 4th of October, all tickets bought at Sherman & Clay's or ffom members of the board of managers of the Nursery for Homeless Children will carry a percentage to the funds of the nursery. ‘The piay running will be “The Magistrate.” Pauline Hall and her company are still draw- ing good houses at the Baldwin Theater. The engagement closes Sunday night, and at the Saturday matinee ‘‘souvenir” portraits of Miss Hall wil{ be presented to the audience. There is every indication that the perform- ance of “Trilby,” which opens Monday night, will be one of the most memorable events of the season. Milton Nobles’ drama “Love and Law” is well produced at the Grand this week. The author takes the partof a benevolent lawyer who espouses an ill-used girl, probably ona contingent, and keeps the fun going all through the drama. He and his partner cir- cumvent the villain in fine style and discover that he has no right to his money or his wife either, which is convenient, as_his wife wants to marry some one else. The staging and accessories, as usual at the Grand, are excel- lent. “Chip o’ the 01d Block” has all its amusing absurdity well brought out at the Alcazar this week, and the melodramatic thread that runs through it is made the most of, especially by Miss Fanny Warren as Francesca, who acts with force and feeling. Her singing, though 1t meets with encores, can scarcely be so highly commended. One of the cleverest specialties of the present production is the dancing of the children in the first act. Verita, a young girl who trips the light fantastic with ‘a tambourine, is ex- ceptionally graceful and spirited. Itisalways a pleasure to watch little Nina Cook, and Daisy Geogan gives & clever performance of the sailor's hornpipe. “Ernani” is the best production which the Tivolh has given in its grand opera %eries. The music and the dramatic style of the opera are much better suited to the per formers than “Lucia.” Some excellent work is done l')’glhe men, esrcinll by Raffael as the % Silva and Ernani- also win & Kin ough Don good deal of applause. Miss Valerga makesa capital Elvira Haines and Pettigill are showing Orpheum audiences what “The Only Poolroom Open” is like, and the ‘spirited manner in which they back the winner for bundles of greenbacks and stagger away under sacks of gold elicit the warmest manifestations of delight. Mc- Mahon and King, the plantation comedians, have also danced their way into the sympa- thies of the audience. All the other numbers of an excellent bill are winning the applause they fully desery e Probate Sale To-Day. By order of the Probate Court Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will offer at auction to-day & catalogue of business and residence property. On the list are lots in the Presidio Heights district, on Sacramento, Laurel and Walnut streets, residences at the corner of Bush, Brod- erick, Haight and Devisadero streets, flats on Turk street, cottages on Twenty-s: Chattanooga streets and Bryant avenue; also a very fine piece of business’ Tmperly on Sixth street. Asitis a probate sale,a good attend- ance and lively sale is anticipated. —_—— Blaze in a Show Window. A small fire in one of the show windows of A. Silverman’s dry-goods store, at 1410-1416 Polk street, at 6:40 P. M. yesterday, caused the loss of about $250 worth of goodsand damaged considerable plate glass. It is supposed that it was daused by the flame of one of the gas jets in the window setting some of the inflammabie material there abiaze. The building is a three- story irame and the Assembly Hall and several flats are upstairs, There was no damage ex- cept to the portion occupied by Silverman. His stock is fully insured. The alarm was sent in from box 138, corner of California and Larkin streets, ———— A Despondent O1d Soldier. Jacob Mann, an old soldier, living at 605 Broadway, attempted to commit suicide ves- terday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital, where it was found that he had narrowly misséd severing his windpipe. The wound was stitched and dressed and Mann will be all right in a day or two. He had beensick, which made him despond e i One of the American women delegates to the Geographical Congress in London— Miss E. R. Skidmore—was made much of in London. The Princess of Wales gave her a special invitation to call, and at a garden party of the Baroness Burdett- Coutts she was the guest of honor. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AND Co; INCORPD HMEATRE |\ PROPS. LAST WEEK!——LAST NIGHTS! Last Souvenir Matinee Saturday ! PAULINE HALL And Her Incomparable Company in C“CIDORCAS” A@-Last Performance Sunday, Sept. 29, EXTRA—NEXT WEEK—EXTRA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, First Time Here ! TRIT. B X! Dramatized by Paul Fotter from Du Maurier’s novel, TInterpreted by A. M. PALMER'S COMPANY. The One Great Dramatic Triumph of the Decade! SEATS READY TO-DAY (Thursday) at 9 A.M.—Regular Prices. o {Shealie, . FRICDLANDER.GOTTLOD & o+ LESSES ANDMANAGERS -+ AND STILL Great Crowds to See a Great Play and the Great Stockwell Company in Monday Next— Pinero's Funny Comedy. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. TO.NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK. —THE LAUGH-PRODUCING SUCCESS— “CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK!” ROBERT SCOTT, GRACIE PLAISTED AND GROVER'S ALCAZAR COMEDIANS. Song, Danceid. Merriment! Prices—10c, i5¢c, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Cnmmenc;& MONDAY, September 30—Grand Procuction of ¢“ROSEDALE.”” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! THIS WEEK ONLY—— ‘Verdi's Tragic Opera, "ERNANI" GREAT CAST! CORRECT COSTUMES! APPROPRIATE ACCESSORIES T —NEXT WEEK— “THE BOHEMIAN GIRL!” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manages EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. ——SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT—— Of the Illustrious Author-Actor, MILTON NOBLES! In His Famous Comedy-Drama, LOVE AND LAW! EVENING PRICEa—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powslt. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, OUR NEW, RECORD-BREAKING BILL A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ! HAINES and PETTINGILL, McMAHON and KING, MEEHAN and RAYMOND, PEARL ANDREWS —And Our Great Company— ——IN ENTIRELY NEW ACTS ! Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. GOLDEN GATE HALL. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 8 P. M, REV. ANNA H. SHAW ‘Will Give Her Famous Lecture, “THE INJUSTICE OF CHIVALRY.” Admission (including reserved seat)—50c. Seats can be secured at Sherman & Clay’s music store, corner Kearny and Sutter streets, September 24, 25 and 26. aac i RUNNING RACES! gL CALIFORKIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, - FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:00 a.x.llurp. McAllister and sireet cars pasy