The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895 7 AMUSEMENTS. ALDWIN THEATER. Dorcas.” A THEATER—* Diplemacy.” {0R0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—“Love and Law..” TIVOLT OPFRA-KOUSE—“Ernani.”! ORPHFUN— Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—*Chip of the Old Block,” BAY DISTRICT TRACK.~Races. STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXWIBIT.—575 Market 1, below S, dmission free. AUCTION SALES. WiLtiax J. Dr —The Real Estate Auc- tioneer, 460 ai Eighth street auction Sautrday, September 28, the levard Tra CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Final distribution of J. Mervyn Donahue’s estate will not be del uch longer. editor of the Star, is to de- adaress at the Colusa fair, L. Gorton, who robbed ge in 1888, was dropped James H. Barr h created three new of- made a number of other Hann 1da B. Johnson have been com lums by the Insanity Commissi 3 H Bert Hyde. wk ed to pass raised bills, vleaded was se ge Morrow’s courtand < took the test preliminary eachers’ certificates at the e Richmond District are ning of the burdens created ax levy. a sailor, was badly wrecked in ) the Captain of the schooner 3 ay. ter of 44 Third street left a letter suicide because of Miss Maund 2 Fulton street. Fox was held yesterday by Judge to appesr before the Superior Court ipreme Court will lease the top floor of the Parrott building and take on ebout March 1, 1896. son of the ate William T. 1at his moth- near San Mateo. and is lying very on Van Ness avenue. Association is booming itselt hants and will interest of the State. reen street, between Du- caused an alarm to be sent vesterday aiternoon. m Mooser lost his temper rank Dunn. The trouble ia dispute in a Justices’ Court suit. es Kier Hardie talked to the Labor Coun- last night. He will address a meeting at opolitan Temple under its auspices Tues- Architect son the Sacramento River have eamboat business, and have put their own use. General Keppel of the Salvation Army contemplation s new plan for advan 1y has in ng the army work emong the poor and unfortunste women of the Cit , & painter in the employ of ¥, wes badly injured at ks yesterdsy by falling 3 as vetoed the order authoriz- first payment on the big Fell-street contract, and work has been stopped terday, capturing the opening race at odds of other winners were Topy, Han- v and Wheel of Fortune. blic schools have been declared s by the Board of Health, with recom- mendations that sanitary plumbing, with proper sewer connections, be made in them. In his prophecy on the weather for this mede last nig y-four hours enc t evening ecast Official “fair, except foggy at mid nuisances by cessful attempt has been made S woman to blackmail the Dur- offering to sell them information ning their son and his movements on 3. being cireulated for public ater, gas aud electric light n this City, are meeting with general approval, and have been signed by 2000 voters in the first week. The petition h g next month were made by the St cultural Society yesterday. Several papers on interesting subjects were read and discussed. ral & oner Fitzgerald yesterday in his in- vestigation ofthe conditions and treatment of he men at the Erickson railroad camps in Santa Barbara Count Sev Com Judge Belcher vesterday instructed a jury in | his court to acquit Manuel Morenoof a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, owing to fatal omission the examination of the complain- i s in the Police Court. has won & big point i: fight to the lottery evil. The Judiciary Com- he Board of Supervisors has Tecom- er making it & misdemeanor to s of lottery drawiugs. The fight is on between the Railroad Com- mission and the Southern Pacific Company, as the company hes refused to give blanks or data commission. Discriminations in grain will be taken up Thursday next. lfred St. Germain, a laborer, yesterday won & judgment against Moses Cerf, who tried to pay him with a sixty days’ draft. Justice of the Peace Barry held that St. Germain was entitled to cash payment when he guit work. The Merchants' Association will appoint a committee to wait upon Superintendent Vin- ing of the Market-street Railway Company, at jts meeting next Thursday, to discuss possible improvements of the streetcar trausfer system. Dr. James E. Lilienthal died yesterday morn- ing et his home on Van Ness avenue, after & short but severe illness. He was a prominent physician of this City, a Commissioner of In- sanity and a professor at the Hahnemann Col- lege. The, Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors has recommended the appoint- ment of & special Assistant District Attorney in Judge Belcher’s courtroom for three months, stasdlary of $250a month, Attorney Walter Hinkle is now acting in the position. The California Senators and Congressmen,who are examining California rivers and harbors, Teturned from their trip on the Sacramento Jast evening, and report that they will recom- mend a larger appropriation than” ever for the improvement of the State’s waterways. 0BJECT TO BUCKLEY. The Irequois Club Indulges in a Warm Wrangle. The Iroquois Club held its weekly meet- ing last night. b After adopting the report of the commit- tee on resolutions, of which Max Papper_ns chairman, favoring municipal ownership of waterworks and accepting the -report denouncing the Democratic members of the Board of Sapervisors, except Dimond, for voting in favor of the tax levy of $225 on the $100, the club plunged with vigor into a hot and personal wrangle over the organization committee. Max Popper was absent on account of illness, andpwhile one faction was in favor of discharging his committee the other preferred waiting for Popper to be pres- ent in his own behalf. E. Carl Spelling made a motion to in- crease the membership of the organization committee from five to nine. essTs. Gilden, Heenan and E. P. E. Troy fiercely opposed the measure, while Messrs. Boyd and Ford spoke for it. o There was much talk of freeing the club from the sukalgesuon that it was being ruled by Buckley. The y;venm ’s wrangle closed with & motion to hold aciion over one week. ———— Single Tax Soclety. A. J. Gregg, president of the Oakland Single- tax Club, will deliver the single-tax address at cal society meetlnog to-morrow evening at Foresters’ Hall, 102 O'Farrell street. Miss Carroll Crouse will render a short select ing, ana there will be music, vocal and instru- mental. P > @ little passengér steamer for | | davits were taken by State Labor Another Sailing Vessel From Honolulu Placed in Quarantine. THE CASE OF THE MERIONETH. A Slight Collision on the Bay—The Oscar Herrara Faston the Mud Flats. Interest in shipping matters seems to be very slight justat present, and the so-callea cholera at Honolulu is the only thing that keeps the water-front frequenters talking. | The barkentine 8. G. Wilder arrived from | Honolulu yesterday in ballast, and was promptly quarantined by Dr. Chalmers. | She will be taken into twenty fathoms of | water and her ballast discharged, after which she will be fumigated and allowed to dock. The British ship Merioneth was released from quarantine yesterday morning. Captain Rollins considers that he has a grievance against the Health Office, and in view of the fact that the China and Hono- lulu steamers were allowed to dock, he thinks it a direct discrimination against his vessel. The Merioneth arrived here in ballast from Rio de Janeiro last week, and as yellow fever was in progress there, | Captain Rollins was ordered into quaran- tine, although all his erew, save one man who was down with scurvy, were in good health. Next, he was ordered to throw his bailast overboard, and had to take in fresh in order to dock to-day. The Merio- neth is well known in San Francisco, being the proud carrier of the champion flag for making the run from Cardiff to San Fran- cisco 1n ninety-six days, and the return trip in ninety-four days. The champion flag was presented by John D. Spreckels Brothers & Co. The vessel is as spick and span as when launched fifteen years ago, and Ceptain Rollins deserves great credit 1(17}1: the condition in which he keeps his ship. The sealing schooner Mattie T. Dyer arrived from the Bering Sea yesterday, aiter a smart passage of fifteen days. This would have been considerably reduced had not the vessel been becalmed off Point Reyes two days. Captain Mockler reports the catch for the season as 900 skins and brought 140 of them with him to_ San Francisco, the remainder being sold in Yokobama. Outside the heads the Dyer spoke the schooner Alton, with 140 skins, and the Frances Alice, bound in with a load of codfish. The latter had apparently lost both her topmasts and seemed to have been through a severe storm. The Mattie T. Dyer carries the record for a fast trip between here and Japan, having made the run to Yokobama in twenty-two days. Captain Mockler says that during the war between China and Japan the manner of | the Japanese was almost unbearable. The | officials were insolent to a degree and even | when he wanted to take a pound of butter | off to the ship he had to pass it through | the custom-house. “Bill” Bendt, the well- known water- front saloon-keeper, is not bansrupt and | neither has he run away to escape paying | his wife alimony. He is now taking a | holiday on his sister’s ranch, near Clover- dale, and before leaving left the $50 due his wife with a friend, to be paid to her on | October 1. Bent has been very much who will have charge of the cooking ex- hibit and the distribution of California literature at the Atlanta Exposition under the. auspices of this committee, leaves for Atlanta this morning. W. H. Walters and his wife left yester- day. They will have full charge of 2 stereopticon exhibition of a thousand slides. Early next week Mrs, Lucy V. McCann will leave for Atlanta under the auspices of the Half-million Club. Governor Budd has appointed Mrs. McCann a Commis- sioner. Her special work will be to give a series of lectures on ‘‘Practical Features of California.” SUPREME COURT TO MOVE. A Lease of the Top Floor of the Parrott Building Will Be Taken. By March 1, 1896, the Supreme Court expects to be in new quarters, the order for a removal having been issued by a majority of the Justices yesterday. Such a movement has been contemplated for some time because of the inconvenient situation of the present building, the poor elevator service and the fact that induce- ments have been held out to the tribunal to change its quarters to the Parrott building. Clerk Ward was instructed yesterday to arrange for a lease of the top floor and attic of the Parrott building, the monthly rent not to exceed $600, and that sum to provide for lights, heat and water. It was also stipulated in the order that the lessors must bear the expense of moving the Su- preme Court furniture, erection of fixtures and other necessary expenditures, and that the apartments must be ready by March 1 next. Justices Henshaw, Garoutte, Harrison, McFarland and Van Fleet signed the | order, Chief Justice Beatty and Justice Temple declining to do so, because they are satisfied with present quarters. The court has been inits present quarters five years. ROVING FOR CURIOSITIES, A Vessel That Is Collecting Specimens From All Parts of the World. She Is on Her Way Here From the Southern Seas and Will Go to Alaska. A most unique vessel is now on her way to San Francisco en route for Alaska. On | her return to South Haven, Mich., she will be placed on the great lakes asa floating museum. Dr. W.C. Ransome, who was formerly court physician to King Kalakaua of Hawaii, is the promoter of the scheme and he expects to make a big success of it. In order to create this museum a collec« tion of curiosities and specimens is neces- sary, and these are being gathered in all partsof the world. The vessel in which the cruise is being made was built in 1885 and was for a time in the grain trade on the lakes. Sheis 144 feet long, 27 feet wide and carries 300 tons of salt ballast. There isample accommodation for the party of twenty who will make the voyage around the world in her. Each member of the party was required to fit up his own stateroom, and, to be- | come a member of the expedition, had to subscribe for at least five shares, valued at $100 each, and pledge his services to the exclusive use of the company for three DR. RANSOM’S SHIP THAT IS TO BE A FLOATING MUSEUM. worried over the seizure of his schooners Mascott and Winchester and wanted a holiday. Captain Pendleton of the Chilean bark Oscar Herrara is a very angry man. His vessel is hard and fast on the mud flats, and he blames the tugboat captain because he foilowed instructions. The Oscar Her- rara was bound from Port Blakeley with a load of lumber to Valparaiso, when she sprang a leak. She was picked up by the Vigilant in distressand rushed on the mud | flats at high water. Now the combined efforts of three tuge cannot get her off and the deckload will have to be jettisoned in order to lighten her. There was a slight collision between the ferry steamers Tiburon and San Rafael yes- terday afternoon. A dense fog hung over the bay, and a misunderstanding of signals resulted in the accident. No damage was done, and no one was frightened. The steamer Costa Rica cracked her crank shaft last Friday night, and had to put back here for repairs. She left for Nanaimo Friday afternoon, and, when off the Farallones, the accident happened. The damage will be repaired at the Union Iron Works. TALKING UP THE STATE. ‘What the Half-Million Club Is Doing at Atlanta—Wants the Wilmerding School Here. The Half-million Clab has placed itself on record as favoring the location of the ‘Wilmerding School in this City. This mat- ter was taken up at yesterday aftermoon’s meeting, and the unanimous opinion of Messrs. Crocker, Bunker, Bouvier, Castle, Craig, Sloss, Rich and the several others present was that the school should be here. President Crocker was instructed to co- |- operate with other local organizations who are working toward the same end. At Mr. Bunker’s suggestion $100 was de- voted toward the scheme of illustrated lec- tures, exhibits of California products and practical cooking lessons at Atlanta and elsewhere, which the State development committee has undertaken. The State development committee now has well-appointed offices in the Mills building. 1t was shown that the commit- tee aims to thoroughly and intelligently advertise California, not alone at Atlanta, but throughout the East, and that the ar- rangements for this work have been very carefully and successfully effected. While the work is in progress at Atlanta a lecture course will be started in Boston, and for this latter course of lectures a large num- ber of slides covering all portions of the State will be sent East from the committee headquarters. It is a creation of the Half- million Club and grew out of the t con- vention held in Los Angeles last April. F. W. Crandall, one of the gentlemen years. Time is given, however, for each member of the expedition to make a small private collection for his own use. Of the party Dr. Ransome is the chief navigator and personal director. Heisac- companied by his wife, who will chaperone the party. Among the other members are: Miss Laura Virginia Baldwin, Roy Gilson, H. E. Clippenger, F. Lee Slocum, W. A. Jennings, George Simons, W. H. Doolittle, Miss Anna Netobyby and others, Everything necessary to the collection of specimens and the study of the lands and people of the countries visited was taken along. . The voyage is to embrace all the histor- ical points in Europe and Asia, but the bulk of the time is to be spentin the Southern Seas. There the specimers of greatest interest are to be found. Japan will be explored, and then Alaska will be thoroughly ransacked for its treasures. Going to and returning from Sitka the party will “OF at San Francisco. From here they will go to South America and will make a 200-mile tour up the Amazon. Thence they will go to the West Indies and home. Only three experienced sailors outside of the captain and first mate are on board, and all the hard work of the cruise outside of the cooking will be per- formed by the men and women of the party. CARLETON COLEMAN ILL. He Is Lying at His Mother's Residence in a Very Serious Con- dition. Carleton Coleman, a son of the late William 'I'. Coleman, is lying dangerously ill at his mother's residence, 2516 Fillmore street, where he has been since his sick- ness took a serious turn some weeks ago. Several months ago his health became im- gnired through a severe cold, agnd when he ad sufficiently recovered a trip to Hawaii was tried with hope of recovery, but the change was apparently of no g{en benefit. His chest continued to be weak and with- in the past ten days his ailment has be- com e steadily worse. . His mother and brother, Robert L. Cole- man the attorney, have been in constant attendance on him for a week past and re- ported last night that he was very weak and showed no liil!l of improvement. Mr. Coleman, who is 35 years of age, has been prominent in commercial and club circles for several {eln past and was at one time closely identified with the Na- tional Guard, being lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Regiment. He has a legion of friends who are sorrowful at his condition. —————— Died of Pneumonia. An autopsy on the body of John G. Gay, the aged bricklayer who died in the room of & Mrs, Spencer, at 148 Sixth street, on Thursday night, showed that death resulted from pneumonia 1 and heart disease. HARD BLOW AT LOTTERIES “The Call” Wins a Big Point in the Battle With the Evil. LAW FRAMED AGAINST THEM. Recommendation Passed l:nyl the Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors. TrE CarLL won a big point yesterday in its fight to have an ordinance passed to stop newspapers from advertising lottery drawings, TuE CALL stopped advertising such drawings some time ago, and began the battle against big capital and great in- fluence to have the great evil stamped out. It pointed out lottery dens to the police and did what it could to force the punish- ment of those found guilty of peddling tickets. A little experience in fighting the evil soop showed that one of the strongest factors that held it temptingly before the public was the way it was daily blazoned in the public prints. THE CaLyat once be- gan a fight to havean order passed making it a misdemeanor for a newspaper to print notices of the drawings or of statements of the lucky winners. Yesterday a big point was won in the passage of this order. The Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided to recommend the ordinance proposed by the Civic Feder- ation prohibiting the publishing of in- formation concerning the setting up, man- aging or drawing of any lottery after the drawing has taken place. ‘‘Any person violating the section shall be guilty of a on the Pacific Coast as has never ygt been dreamed of. It would educate the masses in the great science of minernlox{. would bring miners and capitalists together and create a respect and confidence in mining as_a legitimate business. It would brins millions of capital to California and woul swell the population of San Francisco un- doubted(y away beyond the million mark, as well as_increasing the population, the wealth and the prosperity of the entire State. / “A grand finale to the nineteenth cen- tury would this Golden Wedding Mineral Exposition of California be—a centu: the last half of which has been of sucl momentous importance to not only San Francisco but the entire State and Nation! A 1meeting should be called and 5tern taken at once to formulate plans for it all. ‘The writer is'willing to do all in his power to make it a success, having large mining interests on the coast, and being fully aware of the vast benefits that would en- sue from it all.” DEATH OF DR LILIENTHAL Physician, Insanity Commis- sioner and Hahnemann College Professor. A Well-Known Homeopath and Physiclan Ever Interested In Charitable Work. Dr. James E. Lilienthal died at half-past 2 o’clock yesterday morning at his resi- dence, 1316 Van Ness avenue. His death was not unexpected. For two weeks he had been confined to his bea, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy, which was followed by paralysis. Dr. Lilienthal was born in South Caro- lina, October 3, 1844; he was the eldest son of Professor Samuel Lilienthal, one of the oldest homeopathists in America. After being graduated from New York ‘| eisco and lost to the community, The winning DR. JAMES E. LILIENTHAL. misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 | or by imprisonment for not more than six | months, or by both such fine and impris- | onment.” The section of the new order prohibiting persons from having in their possession lottery tickets, whether before or after the drawing of lotteries, is recommended for amendment as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession any lottery ticket, either be- fore or after the event of the lottery on which it depends, or has depended, has taken place; ticket certificate, paper or instrument re%re- senting Orgurporlhlg to represent or that has represented or purported to represent any chance share or interest in or daf)endlng ‘upon the event of any lottery; tool, instrument, | stamp, anex or device used or intended to be | used, or that has been used in contriving, set- ting ‘up, preparing or drawing any lottery or used or intended to be used, or that has been used in contriving, preparing, writing, making, srimin', stamping or getting ready for sale or istribution any lottery ticket or tickets; any book, paper, instrument or device relating to the sale of lottery tickets or giving informa- tion of the numbers of tickets in a lottery or of the distribution of tickets in a lottery, whether the event upon which the lottery depends has or has not taken place. Any persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilt{ of a misde- meanor, and on conyiction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprison- ment for not less than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In making their plea to the board the members of the Civic Federation having the matter in charge petitioned as follows: The lottery traffic is an evil of the greatest magnitude, but it has existed for such a length of time and_its managers have conducted the business with such impunity that the people of San Francisco have come to look upon it as a necessary evil, and the public conscience hn‘slhecome drilled and insensible to its enor- mities. The laws as at present framed are inade- uate. The advertisements that awaken the nterest of the people are the tales of past drawingsand the names of the lucky indi- viduals who have Xnged from poverty to wealth in a single day. It is only atding and abetting future drawings that ai present are unlawful. The two proposed laws that the Civic Federa- tion lays before you prohibit the aiding of lot- teries by singing the praises of past drawings as well as of those to come. Omne is directed particularly at the Chinese lotteries, whose agents cover the City weekiy. The letters and books of these lotteries are unintelligible to the police, the printed words have no con- nected meaning and it is almost impossible to rove thata given Chinese lottery ticket re- ates to & future drawing. The best efforts of the police are baffled by the legal technicali- ties standing in the way of conviction. These ordinances have the hearty support of Ser- geant Shes, now in charge of the Chinatown 5 ost of the lottery companies exist on paper only, and the sale of their lottery ticketsisa most shameless robbery of the poor, who buy most of the tickets. Itcan almost be said that the poorer classesof San Francisco are ad- dicted to the lottery habit; many putawaya dollar or two each month to buy lottery tick- ets till the aggregate sum invested in this crim- inal traffic amounts toover £100,000 each month, most of which is taken out of San Fran- numbers of these lotteries are advertised in the daily newspapers, and the lottery people are 80 prosperous that they pay extremely high rates for these notices. The frugal and industrious habits of our peo- ple are undermined by the presence of this evil, their moral ideas are perverted and their trust in the slow and steady returns of legiti- mate business is impaired. The new order as framed will go regu- larly before the board next Monday after- noon. AN EXPOSITION IN ’99. Suggestion That California Commemo- rate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gold Discovery. Joseph Mulhattan, a mining man resid- University he adopted his father’s profes- sion and entered Hahnemann College, in the city of New York, and completed a course in medicine in that homepathic institution. Going to Europe, he was graduated from the universities of Berlin and Vienna. In 1889, on account of his father’s d eclin- ing health, Dr. Lilienthal gave up a large practice in New York and came to San Francisco, where he immediately received recognition by being made professor of children’s diseases in the Hahnemann Col- lege and a Commissioner of Insanity, both of which positions he held until his death. In addition to_his regular practice and his official position: r. Lilienthal did much charity work, and always evinced a willingness to attend the poor. He was the founder of the little but prosperous Southern Homeopathic Dispensary on Mission street, near Third. i'or the last three years he had been consulting physician of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children. But, perhaps, the largest charity work in which he was interested and which he had hoped to live to see completed was a homeopathic hospital, to be located near the Marine Hospital. Though there is not et any building, the proposed hospital {ns awaiting it a valuable piece of lan Lake street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues. Dr. Lilienthalhad one of the most extensive libraries of any medical man in this City. g Though the deceased was a single man, he is not without near relatives to mourn his loss. He leaves a brother, Ernest R. Lilienthal, a principal owner of the Crown Distilleries; two cousins, P. M. Lilenthal, manager of the Anglo-California Bank, and ghm W. Lilienthal, the bank’s attorney. 2 The funenlvwlll be on Sunday from the residence on Van Ness avenue, and Rabbi Jacob Voornnf:r will conduct the services. The interment will be at Cypress Lawn Cemetery. A STRIKE (S THREATENED. Sailors and Ship-Owners Are Arming for Next Win- ter’s Battle. WAGES WERE CUT YESTERDAY. The Owners Strike the First Blow, but the Sailors Seem Calmly Confident. Trouble is brewing on the water front and the chances are that this winter will see another bitter war between the Ship- owners and Merchants’ Association and the | Seamen’s Union of the Pacific, The latter has recuperated after its last disastrous fight and has gaifed in strength both financially and in numbers. The mem- bers are not saying much, but there is a grim determination in their manner and intimations that means a great deal when the class of men is considered. The ship-owners are not wasting any time, and yesterday practically said: “If there is going to be a strike let it come at once. We won't wait for the winter.” Accordingly, when the bark Rufus E. ‘Wood wanted a crew for a trip to Nanaimo and return they issued the ultimatum that sailors would get only $2250 a month on coal vessels and $25 a month on lumber vessels. This is a cut of $250 on the former and $5 2 month on the latter. This schedule is now mn force and the men do not like it. The Wood was to have sailed to-day, but did not secare a crew, and in consequence members of the union are jubilant. The members of the Ship- owners’ Association, however, say they will get all the men they want in twenty- four hours. In regard to the shipping of the men and the reduction in the wages Secretary Waithew of the Ship-owners’ Association bad very little to say. ‘‘The coasting ves- sels are not paying expenses,” he said, “and the owners considered it good policy to cut down expenses. The men have re- ceived good pay all summer, and_ they should not now grumble at sharing in the owners’ losses, e do not want a strike, and do not expect one. I think the men have too much common-sense to throw up a good job when the prospects of hard times are before us. One thing is certain: There is going to be plenty of men on_the beach this winter, and if we want sailors and there is a strize we will be able to get all we want.” “I have nothing to say about the matter,” said Apdrew Furuseth, secretary of the Sailors’ Union, ‘‘further than this: I think a sailor on a coal ship more than earns his $25, and a sailor on a lnmber ship more than earns $30 a month. Our union is now stronger numerically than it ever was, and our finances are in good order. As to wars or rumors of wars I know noth- ing. You must get your information about strikes and threatened disturbances from the Ship-owners’ Associatiom.” Almost the entire membership of the Sailors’ Union is made up of naturalized or native-born Americans. The following circular, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, applies particularly to them: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, :BUREAU OP NAVIGA'HON,E WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 20, 1895. United States Sh{pping Commissioner, San Fran- eisco, Cal.—SIR: The statutes contemplate that the United States Shipping Commissioners shall secure employment for American seamen and supply masters with crews. In so faras this work ‘is assumed by private persons, it becomes a charge upon commerce and is alleged to afford opportunity for considerable abuses. You are instructed to endeavor to make your office, as it was designed to be, the center for the employment of seamen at your port as far as possible. You are furnished under separate cover with a supply of circular letters and blanks. These are to be addressed and mailed or handed by you, as occasion arises, to the master of every American vessel in the foreign trade enteging your port who, you have reason to believe, in- tends to ship a crew at your port. The letter and blark may also be sent to owners or agents if you deem it desirable. A penality envelope addressed to yourself as United States Shipping Commissioner, for return of the blank by the master free of postage, shonld be sent with the letter and blank. The notice when filled in is to be posted in a conspicuous place in the office for the informa- tion of seamen desirigg employment. If you deem proper copies may be made and posted at other places where they will come to the notice of seamen. The notice should be posted as soon as you learn that a crew is to be shipped. In the exceptional cases of steamships, where it is now the Pnoflca to ship men before you on the deck of the vessel, the notice should be changed accordingly. Any statement of the reasons why masters do not use your office in securing crews, as well asin shipping them, should be forwarded by {on to this office. Any statement or informa- ion you may offer at any time on the subject will be ®arefully considered by the bureau. Re- spectfully E)urs . T. CHAMBERLATN, Commissfoner. BREWERY SYNDICATE. San Francisco Representatives Declare That It Has No Thought of Re- tiring From Business. There was a meeting of the San Fran- cisco Breweries Limited last Wednesday and a regular weekly meeting of the Brew- ers’ Protective Association yesterday after- noon. In regard to a report that the period of time for which the English syndicate was to control she San Francisco breweries was about to expire, William Alvord of the Bank of California said there was nothing | in the rumor. As he understands it, the OUR SACRED SACRAMENTO RIVER, By JOAQUIN MILLER THE SUNDAY CALL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1895, THE BUSINESS OF AUTHORSHIP, By W. C. MORROW RANDOM" NOTES, BIRD LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, By JOHN McNAUGHT By CHARLES A. KEELER A CAMPING-OUT STORY, By MARY CALKINS JOHNSON FASHIONS FOR WOMEN AND MEN, BY MARCELLA, ET AL ing at Harbor View, has an idea which he submits for public consideration. “The year 1899,” says he, “will be the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of gold in California. What could be more fitting and appropriate than a grand golden wed- ding celebration during that year in com- memoration of that great event in our Nation’s history? It would be a world’s mineral exposition such as the world has never had befors or could excel in the future—minerals from every State in the Union and from every country on the face of the globe. “It would give mining such an impetus THE LITTLE D0G THAT HAD THE LAST BARK, BY MARY WOODWARD EDWARDS MANY OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES ON LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL AFFAIRS, NOTE—Particular attention is drawn to the fact that the SAN FRANCISCO CALL has a telegraphic news service (furnished by the United Press) different from and superior to that of any other journal pub- lished in San Francisco. Whether you take any other paper or not you must read THE CALL in order that you may not miss any of the news of the world. l syndicate was not established for any par- ticular length of time. He said: - The annual meeting took place in London two months ago, but there were no p; - ings outside of the re%\lllr order. Some of the properties purchased by the syndicate have not. Pproven as profitable as some of the promoters expected, and therefore some of the stockhold- ers are dissatisfied. Iam not the president of the syndicate, but the London parties whose interests I look aiter may address me as man- ager, agent or president. You should see Charles B. Stone, who knows all about the af- fairs of the syndicate in S8an Francisco. Mr. Stone attended the meeting of the Brewers’ Protective Association at the Flood building yesterday afternoon and was seen there. Replying to inquiries re- garding the report that syndicate control of _éoc breweries wasfabout to expire, he said: The report emanated ‘probably from some irresponsible person who has been talking to the reporters, and the newspapers have jumped at the conclusion that there is something in it. The annusl meeting was held in London two months ago. Two directors whose terms of office had expired were re-elected. I do not know of any change contemplated or the ex- piration of any time limit. 3 Mr. Stone remarked that Mr. Millburn of London was president of the English syndicate, and Mr. Alvord president of the San Francisco institution. Mr. Stone said it was highly probable that some of the English stockholders were disappointed in the investment, but that was nothing new for the English. They have had considerable experience of that kind 1n their dealings in American securi ties and ought to be accustomed to dis- appointments by this time. STREETCAR TRANSFERS. Merchants’ Association and Superin- tendent Vining to See What Can Be Done Soon. Superintendent Vining of the Market- street Railway Company and the Mer- chants’ Association will probably come to some understanding soon on the question of streetcar transfers. President Dohrmann recaived a letter from Mr. Vining yesterday, inclosing a map of the street railway system. *The Merchants’ Association,” said Mr. Dohrmann, **will act on this matter at_its next meeting, which will be Thursday. Then a committee will be appointed to talk the thing over with Mr. Vining.” Kearny-street merchants in particular hope that the Market-street Railway Com- pany can be induced to see the righteous- ness of giving transfers from the Mission- street system, and perhaps from the CIiff- house system also. e - Found No Cause. An inquest was held on the body of Miss Bertha Haake yesterday by Coroner Hawkins The girl committed suicide at her home, 14 Chattanooga street, last Friday. Neither her mother nor her sister knew of any reason for the act. The jury assigned no cause. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. . FPRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & co- LE33es A'tD MAMAGERS - TO- ~ THIS DAY! AFTERNOON! A BEAUTIFUL PLAY. DIPLOTIACY THE GREAT STAR CAST ROSE COGHLAN, L. R. STOCKWELL, HENRY E. DIXEY, MAUD WINTER, MARGARET CRAVEN, CHAS. J. RICHMAN, WILLIAM G. BEACH. Monday Next—‘‘Farewell Week,”” Pinero’s Delightful Comedy. “THE MAGISTRATE.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! LAST NIGHTS OF Verd¥’s Tragio Opera, "ERNANI!" GREAT CAST! CORRECT COSTUMES! APPROPRIATE ACCESSORIES ! —NEXT WEEEK—— “THE BOHEMIAN. GIRL!’ Popular Prices—25c and 50c. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), To-night and To-morrow, With Sunday Matinee—Last Times of —THE LAUGH-PRODUCING SUCCESS— “CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK!” ROBERT S8COTT, GRACIE PLAISTED AND GROVER'S ALCAZAR COMEDIANS. Song, Dance and Merriment! Prices—10c, 16c, 25¢, 35c and 500, Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and fSanday. MONDAY, September 30—Grand uction of ¢“ROSEDALE.’” AND “COR“"’ HEATRE \ PROPS. LAST THREE PERFORMANOES. Photographic Souvonir Matinee To-Day. o-Night and Sunday Night. PAULINE HALL IN *“DORCAS.” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, “TRILBY.” Interpreted by A. M. PALMER’'S COMPANY. SEATS NOW READY. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater!n America WALTER MOROSCO. . ..Sole Leases and Managee EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. ——SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT —— Of the Illustrigus Author-Actor, MILTON NOBLES! In His Famous Comedy-Drama, LOVEAND LAW! EVENING PRICES—25¢ and_50c. Circle and Gallery. 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowsilL . MATINEE TO-DAY A(:ATURI)AY). SEPT. 28, Parquet, 26c; Balcony, seat, 10c Childten, any part, 106, R, ‘ OUR NEW, RECORD-BREAKING BILL A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ! HAINES and PETTINGILL, McMAHON and KING, MEEHAN and RAYMOND, PEARL ANDREWS ——And Our Great Company—— — TN ENTIRELY NEW ACFS 1 RUNRING RURNIRG RACES! * RAGES CALIFORNIA JUCKEY CLUB RECES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— ‘Rain or Shine. Five or more raceseach day. Racesstartat 2:00 P. M. sharp, McAllister and Geary street cars pass Commencln, i