The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 30, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1895. EPTEMBER 30, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER—“The Magistrate,” MOROSCO'S OPERA-ROUSE—“From TIVOLI OPERA-HO CRPREUM-High-C GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—“Resedale,” E.\“ "l;'l'nl("l' TRAC) Races. TATE BoARD 0 g 7 : MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAK 2 3 £ D)—*] 5 commencing to-ngh L e e e e—— CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. The Alameda-Pacific cricket match yesterday resulted in a victory for the former club by 19. The Eastern agents of the Sunset colony lands have received over20,000 inquiries about them. h, a young Hollander, was 1 with gas yesterday at 514 Bush The new club of Ol unusually interesti terday. Company C of the Fifth of Petaluma yester- day won ifs rifie match with Company A of Oaklana. The sealing schooner Alton, from Ounalaska, Teports that the schooner Rosie Sparks is prob- ably lost. Four bicvelists were arrested-at Golden Gate Park vesterday, charged with fast riding and coasting. The new managers of the Baldwin Hotel will notallow the politicians to make their head- quarters there. The weath cloudy wea dense fog to-nij W. La rmpic wheelmen had an run to Souther Farm yes- orceast for to-day predicts sk westerly winds with Hen the young Assembly- man of Yolo who ran away last July, has re- turned to this City The loans made by savings banks v st week show a large increase us one. rSutro will to-day transfer the site for 1 Colleges to the Board of Regents e University. D. Aitkin of Flint, Mich., ef ger ot the ancient Order rs, is in the City. . A. Gardner, pastor of the West Side Church, délivered & strong appeal for the new woman last night. James Kier Hardie was listened to by a large ience at Metropolitan Temple last night. Mauy labor leaders were present. Charles Kracker chastised his wife with the head of a_hammer Sunday morning, and was arrested for an assault to murder. Some of the propert ners along Sanchez street want a big reduction in the official grade where the street crosses Battle Mountain, zen Verein rifle cracks, who went me ago, upheld their prestige_yes- ambitious competitors at Shell real ¢ “oroner at Seattle has telegraphed to Police Crowley asking him to assist in ing relatives of George Russell, who is dead eattle. Johfi Young, who wes recklessly run over on Mission street Saturday night by an unknown 1et the Receiving Hospital Buckley’s Occidental Club will meet to-night for the purpose of devising means to prevent & meeting of the general committee for which they were so anxious & week 8go. ‘The San Francisco and Sacramento branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day the regular Mormon Church, held a nce in this City yesterday. ae opening game of Gaelic football for this season scheduled for yesterday had to be post- poned till next Sunday because nobody had se- cured g permit for the park grounds. Jobn Young, the boiler-maker who was run ver by careless driver at Thirtienth and Saturday night, died at the T sterday morning. There are several artesian wells on Telegraph and one of them, ow by Francisco i, supplies quite a thick with the very best of drinking water. The real estate market has shown ac in vity during the past week. - This the inquiry for property, ihe attendance at on sales and the number of private sales. e annual meeting yesterday of the Pa- Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society, it was shown that the work of the orphan asylum is growing and successful and that more money is needed. pion Jones of Australia was defeated in straight games at the San Francisco hand- court yesterday by M. Dillon and George chinson, and & return match for $50 a side be played next Sunday. Forty Olympie cyclers and many other mem- bers of the Olympic Club took & 'cross country run yesterday from Fruitvale to Souther Farm and veturn. The club will soon tase part in several interesting athletic events. The sensational report of an attempt to blow up Rev. J. George Gibson with dynamite, pub- lished yesterday by another paper, turns out to be a_yarn pure and simple, the mischievous pranks of some children being its only basis. Mrs. Lucy McCannof Santa Cruz, one of the two commissioners appointed by Governor Budd to represent the State at Atlanta, hopes 10 see the commercial interests of this City ar- range for prover presentation of California’s resources there. Members of the Board of Health say the men appointed to the newly created to work on Taesday, even if they have to begin a lawsuit to get their salaries.” They explain at length the necessity of milk inspectors and a city bacteriologist. Chairman Reynolds of the committee on municipal ownership of water works, has ad- dressed & communication to verious clubs and organizations, which states, among other things, that there are only five big cities in the Unites ates,that do not own their own water supply. THE GRADE TOO STEEP. Some of the Property-Owners Want San- chez Street Hill Cut Down Twenty Feet. The property-owners in the neighbor- hood of Sanchez street who wish a modifi- cation of the established grade of that street, where it 2rosses “Battle Mountain,” held no meeting yesterday as expected, but decided to defer action a week until they shall have advisea themselves of the law on the subject of the majority’s rights in matters of street improvements. Their claim is that the present official » grade is too steep to permit of the use of that part of the street. What they would like is a reduction of the grade by a per- peadicular cut of about twenty teet at the summit of the hill, but the property- street, having already made improvements to conform to the established grade, are opposed to any change that would result in additional cost to themselves. Che Castro-street grade made a number of years ago at the expense of the prop- erty-owners two blocks on each side of the section of the street to be graded is cited by some as a case in point, while others hold that the proposed change on Sanchez street would not be an improvement nearly 80 far-reaching in the benefits to accrue to the land-owners. ) Sanchez street is west of Valencia about a half mile and runs parallel with it. Itis over eighty feet wide and is one of the widest streets the Eureka Valley, but with the impassable hill it is not a contin- uous thoroughfare. - The Pacifics Won. The Pacifics defeated the reorganized Clip- pers at the Park grounds in a hotly contested game of baseball yesterday. Score,22 to 14. The Pacifics are: H. Iberg, pitcher; Charles Drews, catcher; Charles O'Kane, first base; W. Kelley, second base; M. Murphy, third base; E. Smith, shortstop; J. Hurdy, left field; F. Kiley, right field; J. Eber, centes field. The Clippers are: Garrity, pitcher: D. Bodie, catcher; Wilds, first base: J. Johnston, second’ base; J. Bodie, third base: Pequigney, shortstop; McCarthy, Jeft_field; Gorman, right field; Muller, center field. Time of game, 2 hours 30 minutes. Um- pire, Young Johnston. — e Two Baseball Games. The fourth geame of the California Cadet _eague was played yesterday between Com- any L of Mission Dolores and Company C of t. Patrick’s, the former winning by a score of 8105. The batteries were: Comfuny 1L, Foley and Lane; Company C, MecCormick and Sheean. The Nolan Brothers' ShoeTompany defeated the B. H. Lucke ball club in a game yesterday by & score of 23 to20. They stand open to smeet any shoe club. pleces will go | ers on that particular part of the | The Sealing Schooner Rosie Sparks Believed to Have Gone Down. THE ALTON'S SMALL CATCH. Passengers on the Barkentine W. H. Dimond Wil Be Allowed to Land To-Day. Tne sealing schooner Alton, Morrison master, arrived from Oonalaska yester- day afternoon after a trip of eighteen days. She left this port last Desember and has been cruising around the Japanese coast and in Bering Sea. Seals are scarce this year, and the Alton got only 450 for the season. “In the Bering Sea,”’ said the mate, “every American hunter must kill with a spear as the Indians do, while the British subjects use guns and shoot ten seals while we spear cne.”” Last Aptil the Alton saw the sealer Rosie Sparks about 300 miles off the Japan coast in latitude 38 degrees. Since then no vessel has sighted her, and it is feared that she is lost. She carried four or five boats and left this port shorily after the Alton. A sail attached to a spar was scen some months ago drifting near the Japanese coast by the schooner E. P. Morvin of Victoria. It was torn from a vessel of about forty or fifty tons burden, possibly the Rosie Sparks The eleven passengers of the barkentine W. H. Dinond, which arrived Saturday night from Honoluln, did not land yester- day, as they had expected, but will be al- lowed to do so to-aay. The first mate say that the cholera is abating on the island, and is confined almost entirely to the n: tives, only two white cases having been so far reported. ‘‘The people have gotten over their scare,’”’ said the mate. ‘“When we left the daily average of deaths had de- creased from eleven to four, and there had been fitty-six deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. The scow-schooner San Rafael ran afonl of the schooner Prosper r~terdu¥ near Meiggs wharf and tore away the latter's jibboom. The Tivoli Company chartered the tug Fearless for all day yesterday and steamed about the bay up as far as Valiejo. The ship Yosemite, after partly discharg- ing her cargo at the Mission-street wharf, went to the Oakland City wharf yesterda; At the Union Iron Works the ship Crofton Hall discharged several large cable coils and left for Balfour’s wharf, at Port Costa. The ship Eurasia came from the Oakland wharf to the wharf at the foot of Mission street, and the steamer Umatilla moved from the foot of Beale street to the Broad- way wharf. The bark R. P. Rithet left in the after- noon for Honolulu. The bars Martha Davis after being fumigated at the Quar- antine station came alongside the bark Olympia at the Union-street wharf. The brig Geneva has gone to the Mission flats to discharge part of her cargo of lumber. The MacKinaw, sister ship of the lost Keweenaw, left yesterday from Oakland bound for Tacoma, and the English ship Macribanish went for Port Costa. The bark K. E. Wood goes to sea to day and the barkentine C. C. Funk is expected from Vallej BUCKLEY CHAGES FACE The Occidental Club Meets To-Night to Adopt Some New Tactics. The New Managers of the Baldwin Hotel Will No Longer House the Politicians. There will be a meeting of the Occi- dental Club to-night. The Buckleyites feel that they have pulled the roof down on themselves. When a week ago last Thurs- day night Jim Flynn, Buckley and the directors of the club, after the refresh- ments had been passed around several times, decided that they would circulate a petition for calling the general committee together, everything looked smiling. But circulating a petition is one thing and getting signatures is anether. The reports from the field after the canvass were to the effect that the bitterness against Buckley and the Occidental Club had grown suddenly intense and the only way to save themselves from annihilation was to prevent a meeting of the general committee. The meeting called for to- nignt 1s to aevise ways and means to pre- vent a meeting of the general committee. One of the anti-Buckley men said last night at the Baldwin: “The Buckley men are wnipped out of sight. Metaphorically speaking the meeting to-morrow night will be for the purpose of endeavoring to dis- cover a hole which the Buckley men can crawl into and pull in after them.” Buckley’s henchmen are scouring the town for a big attendance and offering great inducements. Among the rustlers out are “Pegleg” Daily, ‘‘Beacon-nosed’” Kerwin, “Split-lip” Collins, “Toughy” Boyd, Mr. Maloney, who was once osten- sibly mioxigaze clerk, Jim Flynn, Pat Dundon and Hugh Crummy. 1f a long political campaign stirs up much bitterness of feeling, as has been said, the local Democracy will have bitterness to throw at the birds long before the next election is beld, if the members keep on in the way they are going. The braves of the Iroquois Club have forgotten all about the pipe of peace smoked at 8an Leandro but a short time ago. First, Max Popper stirred up a row over the resolutions censuring Dr. Stanton, and made enemies of many of his old follow- ers. This gave the Buckley members hopes that they could throw Max down in his own home, and the resolutions of last Friday were introduced to take from him charge of organization by adding enough Buackley men to his committee to place him and his friends in_the minority. This made a very pretty disturbance in the club, but it does not stop there. Saturday evening T. Carl Spelling, who had introduced the resolutions, came into the Jobby of the Baldwin Hotel, where Popper was, as usual, surrounded by his friends and sympathizers nursing their wrath over the move in the club. ' Spell- ing’s visit was for the purpose of explain- ing his innocence of any unfriendly fecling toward Popper in fathering the resolutions. But he did not get very far. “‘You can’t explain to me,” said Popper. ““Your actions are enough explanation to me and brand you as a plain, ordinary Buckleyite. .I want you tokeepaway from me.” The new managers of the Baldwin Hotel, who take cbarge on Tuesday, do not look with favor on the getherings of political factions in the different parts of the house and will iet them go with theold em- ployes. Where Popper and Lanigan will make their headquarters now is uncertain, Buckley will make kisat Langdon’s saloon on Stockton street, where he will meet those who are willing to meet him and re- fuse to be seen at the Occidental Club. The calling of the meeting of the anti- Buckley members at the Occidental Hotel Jast Thursday was the cause of some con- fusion. Richard Akers, a member of the general committee and a stanch anti- Buckley man, was asked the next day b; Gavin McNab, “Why didn’t you atten ihe meeting at the Occidental last night? ‘We had a fine gathering and I was look- ing for you to show un.” - “Goodness, Mac!” said Akers, ‘“you don’t mean to say that you have gone in with Buckley? And did you insult me by sending me that notice?” McNab explaiffed, of course, that the meeting was called for the Occidental Ho- tel and not the Occidental Club. —————— THE SINGPB-TE SOCIETY. An Address by A. J. Gregg on the “ Basis of All Monopolies.” A. J. Gregg of Oakland deliversd an in- teresting address before the Single-tax Society at the headquarters on O’Farrell street last evenming to an appreciative audience. The subject of Mr. Gregg's address was “The Basis of All Munopolies.” Monopoly in land, he held, was the basis of all other monopolies. Do away with that and all other monopolies would surely fade away, for they were ail based upon it. The ques- <ion of interest, too, he said, was also solved by the soiving of the land question. Usury was wrong and could not exist but for the monopolization of natural advan- tages. The operation of the single tax would cure usury by the same natural law which leads water to find its level. No man would nee¢ to pay usury when he could apply his industry directly to the land. The money question, Mr. Gregg said, was of minor importance. Were land values taxed to their full value the money problem would quickly solve itself. All of the economic evils of to-day, he said, rested primarily upon the evil of land monopoly. SUTRD'S BUSY ~ SUNDAY. He Made Ready to Transfer the Affiliated Colleges Site To-Day. Believes the New Offices Created by the Board of Health De~ sirable but lllegal. There were three subjects that interested Mayor Sutro at his domicile on the cliffs vesterday. One was the Affiliated Colleges, another the tax levy and the third the ap- pointment of certain health officials, for which the Mayor says there is no money in sight. Then Mrs. McCann and others came and helped drive away the mo- notony. Judge Wallace and Judge McKinstry will meet with the Mayor at his office at noon to-day to see to the proper transfer of the site south of the park given by Mr. Sutro. Dr. R. Beverly Cole, who was chairman of the committee on location, will probably be with them. The Mayor devoted a large part of yesterday to the drafting of the necessary papers, to see that they were suitably worded, Sunday being about the only day he can find any leisure to do anything outside of munici- pal business, he says. Alluding to the tax levy he remarked: I feel pretty confident that the Supreme Court, if it has an opportunity, will sustain the | position 1 have taken. The Supervisors think they can brush the Mayor aside by adopting resolutions instead of passing ordinances, but I think when the matter comes to a judicial determination they will find that such actions fall short of legal countenance. | . This tax levy is altogcther too exorbitant. Why, they want $6,000,000 to run_this City with. I'll warrant that1 can take a contract to run the City on a one per cent b 000—and do it well. The idea of a $1 evy, and besides that revenues from other sources— licenses, etc.—amounting to £1,500,000. Of course it is exorbitant. There is no sense or reason about it. And whatever the tax levy may be, what is the constant result? No money; no money for anything! Take these appointments of Milk Inspector and Bacteriologist, which, I believe, are useful offices to the community—but where is the money to come from to pay them. It is supposed that the Board of Supervisors is to make the proper appropriations for the several branches of the City's service, but if every de- partment 1s going to roll up heavy expenses, who isgoing to pay the bills, and where is the mouey to come from? I don’t believe there is any legal authority for these appointments, If the City was managed economically and intel- ligertly there would be plenty of money for everything with our present revenue. Asit is there is Do money for anything. James Keir Hardie, the English_Social- ist, was a recent caller at the Mayor's home and spent several hours with him. “Mr. Hardie,” said the Mayor, ‘‘says so- cialism is simply co-operation. If that is so then I'm a Socialist, for co-operation is what we want. B “Isee no reason why this City should cny $1,000,000 a year profit to the Spring Valley Water Company for its water, and poor water at that, when we could have our own water service and get good water for much less cost.” ———— AT THE PLAYHOUSES. The Attractions That Are Announced for This Evening. The great attraction at the Baldwin this evening will -be “Trilby,” with Edith Crane in the character of Trilby. The pro- duction of this play, based on Du Maurier’s novel, has been looked for with unusual interest, and undoubtedly its first produc- tion will be witnessed by a crowded house. At the Columbia there will be presented “The Magistrate,” with L. R. Stockwell in the title role, a character which he makes the best in bis repertoire. He will be sup- ported by Rose Coghlan, Maud Winter, Dixey, Beach and others of the company. Miiton Nobles will appear to-night in his romantic Cabifornia drama, ‘“From Sire to Son,”” in which he will appear in the character of Alfred Armitage. The play gives opportunities for splendid ef- fects in the way of scenery, and the brush- wielders are busy preparing many realistic effects. The managers of the Alcazar will this evening present ‘“Rosedale,”” that was written by Lester Wallack in order that he might a&)pear in the uniforin of a British officer. Itisan interesting play—one that presents many phases of human nature. The ever pleasing opera by Balfe, “The Bohemian Girl,’ will be placed on the boards of the Tivoli this evening, with Laura Millard as Arline and Pache as Thaddeus. This, one of the best by the composer, will no doubt fill the house every night during the time it is kept on. There will be new faces at the Orpheum to-night. Some of them have been brought out from the European vaudeville theaters. There will be the Higgins, champion jumpers of the world; the Miller Sisters, ighiy spoken of as burlesque actresses, and Fialkowsky, a Russian specialist. Pauline Hall and her company will open in “Dorcas” at the Macdonough in Oak- land this evening. The engagement 1s for three nights, with a souvenir matinee on Wednesday afternoon. All the Alameda County bicyele clubs will attend in uni- form on dnesday night. Youthful mblers. William Lambert, Joseph Conlin, Martin Levy and Frank Rock, all Mission boys, about 15 years old, were arrested yesterday morning by Officers Riordan and Ross while playin crusoe in Columbian Park on Harrison ‘an Seventh streets. While en route to the station the Levy boy broke away from his captor. An exciting chase ensued, but the 200-pound poiiceman had the better staying powers and recaptured his prisoner, much to the amuse- ment of the lad’s companions. —————— James H. Barry's Injaries. James H. Barry will be unable to make the address at the big Catholic fair in Colusa as arranged. The injuries he sustained by a cable-car last Friday night will, it is now said l :y” nxu.' physicien, keep him confined for several DURRANT ON RIS FUTURE. His Declaration to Repay the Amount Expended in His Trial. THE MYSTERIOUS REMEDIES. el W Wants to Study In Germany and Practice Medicine in Central America. Ingratitude does not appear to be one of the traits of W. H. T. Durrant. The boyish face of the youth accused of the crime of the century-was aglow with enthusiasm as he said to 2 CALL reporter yesterday: “The one ambition of my life, when I am free, will be to make enough money to repay those who have helped me in my trouble. The expenses of this trial are heavy, but I hope to be able some time to discharge every obligation.”” A moment later he seemed to realize the incongruity between his purpose and his environment, for a giance at the narrow cell and the small window was not encour- aging to any determination but that of en- durance. He smiled slightly and said: “But there is a great difference between what one hopes ana what be expects. I hope to be acquitted, but 1 expect nothing. Oh, no! 1 do not mean that I anticipate the worst; only that I do not allow myself to expect anything definite, for I realize what odds there are against me, and the worst of these odds isVEerjury." Would he exhibit as much malice toward those whose testimony was damaging his case as gratitude toward those who bad helped? The qkues!ion was anticipated by his next remark. “I am sorry thereare some of my friends who have formed opinions and been led to say they knew what they only thought, but I bear them no malice, for T am cer- tain that some day they willfind they have made a great mistake,” There was a good deal of apparent in- genuousnessabout the remark. He looked as he might if saying: *'Allright, old fel- low! I accept your apologies. I knew you would tind you were in the wrong, but expected vou to see it sooner.”” Then he reverted to his plans for the time when he might be a free man once more. ‘‘There has been no change as to details since my imprisonment. looked forward to the time when I could follow my sister to Germany and }wurme my med- ical studies at Heidelberg for four or five years. Afterward I expected to go to Ce: tral America to practice medicine. Shortl before my arrest a lady friend, who shJ be nameless, brought me some medicines used by the Indians of that country with great success. She explained their virtues, and 1 became greatly interested in them, and was fully resolved to use them in my ractice in the South. I believe I would ike a tropical climate. “Surgery would be my specialty if I ac- complished my ambition. I found it espe- cially interesting and think I might be successful in that line, because I have ob- served that those who have mechanical skill and can make working drawings and models always become good surgeons. My studies in a civil engineering course helped to make me an adept at drawing.” « Referring to the trial, he said the most trying feature was the curiosity of crowds, He had always attended to his own busi- ness and he was surprised to find how many hundreds there are who do not do the same. *“I overhear such remarks as *He’s a fit subject for the hangman.’ isn’t particularly cheerful, you know,” he said with a laugh, in which Chief Jailer Sattler joined. The accused expressed much indigna- tion at the story published in one of the dailies that he turned pale and shrank away when Warden Hale of the San Quentin State Prison entered the court- room. “1 did not know until I saw the picture that the man who shook hands with Mr. Morse was the hangman,” he said. “I put down the paper in disgust and have not looked at it since. I did not have the least curiosity as to who the man was, to say nothing of turning pale at seeing him. ~ Neither my father nor mother knew who he was, so they could not have shown any concern.”’ he calm face looking out from the wicket of cell 29" took on a shade of firmer determination with the answer to the question whether going upon the stand would not be a severe ordeal. “I do not dread it in the least,” was the answer. “I havemy one simple story—the truth— to tell. That isall I can do. Ihave seen what a cross-examination is and I do not know whether 1 will stand or fall down under it. Iam trusting to a higher power than mine.” He had received, he said, much spiritual consolation during his imprisonment. It was that be believed which had up- held him throughout the trial and all that had preceded it. “I asked the Lord to help me to avoid any show of weakness that the newsgnpnrs might use to my det- riment, and he has given me the moral strength I needed. He has preserved my physical health. Before my 1liness a year ago I weighed 140 pounds, but that left me with a weight of 96. The morning I went to Mount Diablo I weighed 115 pounds. Since that time my weight has been steadily increasing till yesterday it reached 129 pounds. That does not indicate a tor- tured conscience,” he said, with a smile. “There is no denying that 1 have been se- verely tried,” he continued, ‘“but by a strength greater than mortal I bave been supported and led. I feel no anxiety. I do not worry about the future. Iam simply enduring what comes from day today and trusting that only what I deserve shall be meted to me.” Whether religion or a phenomenal en- durance be Durrant’s stay, who knows? There is nothing of the attitude of an ex- slted saint about him, nor is Uriah Heep his prototype. There is something sug- gestive of a grown up child repeating au- tomatically the phrases caught in st years of Sunday-school training. He does not seem to be striving after dramatic effect. Whatever Theodore Durrant does or has done is an expression of his nature, and that is a strange one. s i 5 IT WAS NOT DYNAMITE, Bomb Reported to Have Been In- tended for Dr. Gibson the Prank of Children. Another highly sensational story, the outgrowth of the Durrant case, made its appearance in the Chronicle yesterday, to the effect that “‘a stick of dynamite, enough to have rocked the structure to its founda- tion,” was thrown into the hallway of the flat adjoining the one in which Rev. J. George Gibson resides on Valencia street, at noon Saturday by a crank, whose prob- able intention was to assassinate the pas- tor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, or his private secretary, or perhaps both. Several columns leaded and illustrated even, were devoted to the article, in which the awful dismay of the horror- stricken inmates of the house was graphically described, and Daniel Arm- bruster was made the hero of the hour, it having been he who answered a ring of the doorbell and saw a hand intruded, from which dropped to the floor with a dull thud the death-dealing infernal engine. He had picked it up himself, unable to catch his breath with alarm, and after frightening the women of the household into hysterics, had hurried to the Seven- teenth-street ‘Foliu station to report his awful find, The story was emblemished with all the harrowing details necessary to the proper revelation of the fiendisb plot That | it purported to be, with Rev. Mr. Gibson’s life hanging in the haiance. There was not one word of truth in the entire tale, not a single detail of fact upon which to base the story. The dynamite cartridge consisted of a piece of a 5-cent firecracker about an inch long and half an inch thick, and a fragment of carbon from an electric arc lamp about half an inch long. The firecrackexhad been exploded, and the piece was only the butt which had not been burst. ‘rhe remnani of some boy’s Fourth of July fun and of a burned- outilluminatorof the bituminous ob!cur}tK of night, were among the playthings wit which some children had been amusing themselves on the walk 1n front of the house. As children will, one of them conceived the idea of ringing the doorbell and disap- pearing when the door was opened. This was the ring Mr. Armbruster answered, and as the door swung back another of the youngsters threw the bits inside, and all seampered, highly delighted with their mischievous prank and little dreaming of the terror they had wrought in the minds of the inmates. This is the sole foundation for the alarm- ing story that Dr. Gibson’s life was in danger from a crank. At the Seventeenth-street police station yesterday the terrible bomb was on exhi- bition, together with the written report of Prison Keeper Loftus, who received the innocent bits from Mr. Armbruster. The report stated that the occupants of the nouse thought they were dynamite. The two exhibits were the source of no end of amusement to the officers and the other persons who called at the station during the day. Captain Lees said yesterday that he did not take any stock in the report when it was first made him, but thought at theq time that it was a practical joke and did not even detail a detective to investigate it. The prosecution in the Durrant trial is prepared to meet the defense on its own grounds when experts are called to show the similarity of the handwriting of Dr. Gibson to that found on the newspaper wrapper which inclosed Blanche Lamont’s rings when they were returned to Mrs. Noble. District Attorney Barnes has a corps of experts subpenaed who he says will make short work of demonstrating that Dr. Gibson did not write either the address or the names that appeared on the wrapper. THE DRUIDS CELEBRATE Their Annual Picnic Held in Schuetzen Park, San Rafael. It Was a Most Enjoyable Affair and Was Largely Attended by Members. The subordinate groves of San Francisco of the United Ancient Order of Druids held a most successful picnic at Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, yesterday. There was a very large attendance and the whole affair was most ably managed by the fol- lowing: Honorary committee, past noble grand arches—D. Louderback, H. A. Chase, Gunther Moenning, R. T. Cottingham, E. Maginnis, P. Rohrbacher, W. A. Henry, L. ¥. Dunand, Dr. H. R. Morton, T. G. Cockrill, G. W. Loyie, E. L. Wagner, G. H. Bahrs, G. H. Buck, M. L Soren- sen, F. Cavagnaro, J. H. L. Gerckens. Grand officers—0. H. Hoag, noble grand arch; J. A. Devoto, deputy grand arch; J. J. Mollison, grand secretary: L. Chassagne, grand treas- urer; Henry Lange, grand mershal; J. M. Brand, grand guardien; D. P. Brown, grand sentinel; Philip Rohrbacher, E. L. Wagner, J. C. Bernstein, supreme representatives; F. Ca agnaro, J.J. Donnelly, George A. Abel, alter- nates; Jac ob Nickels,” H. B. Mekrmann, Henry A. Cnase, trustees. Committee of arrangemenis—Charles Lester, Charles Losier, F, Huffschmidt, Charles Quast, G. H, Bertram, E.Goetze, J. Wagner, W. Wag- ner, F. Delaruelle, J. Michel, W. Mollison, J. H. Knarston, G. D. Peckham, A.D. Currie, C. F. Molinari, H. A. Chase, C. Moncisvais, R. Gant ner, J, F. Martinoni, G. Roccatagliata, A. Cla- vere, B.Olimpie, L. Bianchi, J. L. Valente, P. J. Moliterno, D. G. Antonovich. James A. Devoto, the well-known_ attor- ney, looked after the dancing, and he was assisted by J. J. Mollison. Other committees were: On prizes—P. J. Moliterno, Charles Moncis- vais, J. J. Mollison, D. Currle, J. Michel, Ed Goetze, J. Losier. . On Printing—George D. Peckham, Charles Quast, C. . Molinari. On Music—E. Goetze, John H. Knarston, H. A. Chase. ©On Park—W. Mollison, F. Valente, J. Wagner. The dancing pavilion was the main a traction, but the races drew the entire crowd to the track. The principal contest was to have been a match race between ex- Grand Secretary John H. Knarston and Supervisor Joseph King. The latter failed to show up, however, and his place was taken by gupervisor E. L. W agner. The prize was a jelly-cake and Wagner won in a walk, The race for boys under 12 years was won by J. Badwald., The prize was §1 in cash, presented by F. O. Gerdes. The race for girls under 12, for a box of candy, pre- sented by Currie & Co., was won by Ada Smith, and the young men’s race for a keg of beer, presented by the Hayes Valley Brewing Company, was won by F. Wilson. The fat men’s race for a keg of beer pre- sented by the Washington Brewery was a great contest. Ex-Grand Secretary John H. Knarston captured the prize after an exciting finish. Julia May won the bracket lamp offared by George Peckham as a prize for the young ladies’ race, and J. M. Wolf won the case of Zinfandel offered as a prize for the members’ contest by Donnelly & Brannan, while A. McGee won anothar case of wine presented by Captain L. Bag- lietto. The jelly-cake won by Supervisor Wagner was presented by Breuss Bakery, and Wagner and Knarston are to eat it next Wednesday night. Knarston pays for the wine. For the standing high jump the prize was half a ton of Wellington coal presented by Supervisor Joseph King. Harry Ed- wards won it. For the egg race a sack of flour was offered by E. H. Goetze, and M. Kremer was the successful man. After the games dancing was renewed, and it was not until the last train was an- nounced that the picnickers consented to leave the pavilion. The Druids’ outing of yesterday will be remembered for years as one of the most pleasurable affairs held in . HE USED A HAMMER. Kracker’s Attempts at Disciplining His Wife Get Him Into Jail. Minna street was the scene of a lively fight about 2 o’clock yesterday morning. The participants were Mrs. E. Kracker of 523 Minna street and her husband, Charles Kracker, from whom she has lived apart for the past year. Kracker called on his wife at1:30 o’clock. He was drunk, and she received him in a manner that he deemed incompatible with his marital rights, He resolved to teach Mrs, Kracker better manners. The cnly disciplinary instrdment in sight was the head of a hardwood mallet. Wrapping this in a newspaper he proceeded to pum- mel her over the head with it. Mrs. Kracker’s cranium suffered many severe cuts and concussions. She resented her husband’s harsh treatment, and caused so much trouble with her fists and her lungs that Kracker ran away. - Tfie case was reported to the police, and Kracker was arrested yesterday afternoon on the Bnbn}r{ Coast by Officers Norman and Wren. He was charged with assault to murder. 4 EKENIG'S EXHIBITION in Fine Latest Novelties Footwear. Having sold out my entire stock of shoes in the last six months, I now take the pleasure of informing my customers and the general pub- lic that I have just received the best lines of the finest and most stylish ehoes manufactured in the United States and will place the same on _exhibition for two days—Tuesday and W.dnnmfl. October 1 and 2. o AT s 2 FRANK nmr‘)t.“ 5 [l Of the ARMY AND NAVY NOTES, Vigilant Sentinels on Duty at the National Ceme- tery. CAREER OF MAJOR ARMES. Incidents of Frontier Service. Cruisers Olympia and Phila- delphia. All is quiet at the Presidio Reservation. The sentinels on duty at the National Cemetery are as alert and vigilant as ever. If any persons succeed in defacing the nfonument to the memory of the soldiers who perished in the Yolo tules, they will have to resort to very adroit strategy or employ considerable force. The instructions to these sentinels are in accord with army regulations. A person approaching at night is challenged ln.the command “Halt!” The command is given three times, and if the person to whom it is given continues to advance or tries to run away the sentinel fires. Blank car- tridges are not used. General Forsyth, commanding the Dt_e- partment of California, is very clear in his opinion that the post commander has the undoubted right to keep objectionable per- gons away from the reservation. General Graham adheres to the same view. The police control must be vested in some officer with authority to preserve order and protect property. ‘‘Some years ago,” said General Graham, “I saw that the groves and thickets of the reservation would become the hiding place and ren- dezvousof thieves and rowdies from theCity if they were permitted to use the grounds ag they pleased. For protection of visi- tors, ladies and children I resolved to patrol the grounds daily with mounted men and eject suspicious characters. The duty of patrolling must either be performed by ~ the police of the Citv_ or by the soldiers stationed here. I deemed it best to have it done by the soldiers. If my orders for a man to leave the reservation are not obeyed Ishall arrest him and put him in the guardhouse. Then I shall turn him over to the police authorities of the City for trial and appear at the Police Courf against him. The other day I made a mistake in not search- ing the two men that I had arrested. A search might have shown that they had dynamite or something of that kind. “No, I do not think the soldiers of Bat- tery L would use violence against prowling strikers. The men of the battery know more or less alout the strikers who mur- dered their comrades, but they are so obedient to discipline that they would not attempt to redress the outrage of their own motion. It would ne my duty to protect strikers against the vengeance of the sol- diers, and I should perform that duty. It would be better, however, if the persons suspected of having murdered the soldiers and those who sympathize with them should stay away from the reservation.” The monument which has ‘claimed so much public attention of late was provided by citizens of Sacramento. General Gra- bam says the design and the inscription, “Murdered by strikers,” were submitted to the committee at Sacramento that raised the funds for a monumept. The memorial stone bearing the inScription was illustrated in the zcmmento papers last March and no jection was then urged. The retirement of Lieutenant-General Sciiofield and the promotion of General Miles engaged the atiention of army offi- cers stationed in and about San Francisco. General Miies entered the service Septem- ber 9, 1861, as captain in the Twenty-sec- ond Massachusetts Volunteers, and achieved well-merited promotion for gal- lantry in action. Officers prominent in this department speak highly of General Miles’ military record, and regard him as every way worthy to command the army. They doubtthe existence of prejudice against him because he did not- graduate at West Point. The arrest of Major Armes at Washing- ton last Friday by order of General Scho- field, acting Secretary of War, has created no end of comment in army circles here. Armes has had a turbulent career in the service. In 1870 the pnsers of Chicago, St. Louis, Leavenworth and Kansas City pub- lished full accounts of the escapadesof a trio of army officers—Armes, Cox and Graham. The first two mentioned were tried by court-martial and dismissed from the service for disposing of Government mules for their own benefit. % Graham gainea notoriety for sprees in Leavenworth—sprees that astounded the police and_excited the wildest admiration of the cowboys. On the plains and in Colo- rado he was a terror. is greatest exploit in outlawry was in defeating the escort of a paymaster’s wagon and robbing the pay- master of a large sum of money intended for the payment of troops. e escaped with the greenbacks, taking refuge in the mountains, where he was pursued by a posse and killed. He fought to the last and died game. As a figther, Graham was not surpassed by any of the Western des- peradoes, and the “‘bad men” of the fron- tier, with ‘‘nicks’”’ in their guns, never warbled of their prowess in the presence of a Grabham jag. Armes was not a desperado, in fact, he disliked Graham, but he achieved some notoriety by making a report to headquar- tersof a desperate fight with Indians, which took flace only in his imagination. His official report describes how he attacked, ursued, routed and killed many savages. n the stren¥ch of the report he was pro- moted for gallantry. and his example com- mended to young officers in general orders. The scene of the fight was located away out on the plamns remote from military posts, and some time elapsed before the re- ported engagement was found to be a fake. There was great indignation at army headquarters when the truth was made known. Lieutenant Conway H. Arnold, one of this year’s graduates at West Point, has arrived in San Francisco. He is assigned to Battfl:iy A, Fifth Artillery, and wi port for duty bo-dnsy. Lieutenant A. 8. Fleming, who gradu- ated at West Point this year, has been as- signed to Battery K, Fifth Artillery. Major William M. Mainndier, paymaster, has retired. Major John 8. Witcher suc- ceeds him on General Forsyth'’s staff. The examination of enlisted men for commissions is still in progress at Fort Leavenworth. Out of the twenty-one ap- plicants seventeen failed to meet the re- uirements around the chest imposed by the rules. Enlisted men should take no- tice and practice chest expansion. Colonel Edwin F. Townsend, command- ing the Twelfth United States Infantry, has availed himself of the law permitting army officers to retire at the age of 62 years. The medical corps of the army is now down to the limit allowed by law. Secretary Lamont has directed that the new army regulations, which will shortly be distributed, shall contain the require- ment that at the last note of ‘‘Retreat,” which each day marks the close of ordi- nary camp or garrison duties, and while the National flag is being lowered from the staff, the band shall play the ‘‘Star- Spangled Banner.” The regulations also contain the provision that whenever the National flag, carried by trocps, passes officers and soldiers not in rank they shall salute it. - The United States cruiser Philadelphia, Captain C. §. Cotton, left San Francisco harbor last Saturday afternoon for target practice at sea and for a cruise to Puget Sm}:,d sorts. The cmi;ier went l:ms in fine sty! isgun ing spe as she passed through the Golden Gate. - _The President has signed the commis- sion of Lester A. Beardslee to be rear- miral. The Pacific station is commanded by Admiral Beardslee. g The United States armored cruiser Brooklyn, the sister ship of the New Yorlk, will be launched at Cramps’ shipyard Wednesday of this week. Captain Henry Glass, who is well known in San Francisco, having commanded the Industrial School training-ship in 1876, when the municipality sought to reform the boys by sending them to sea, now com- mands the battle-ship Texas. e At last accounts the cruiser Olympia, Captain J. J. Read, was off one of the islands of the Hawaiian group, waiting for the cholera to subside. The captain must take on 1000 tons of coal before proceeding to the Asiatic station, where the Olympia will take the place of the Baltimore as tlagship. Irving M. Scott expected the Olympia at Yokohama in September. He was anxious that the Japanese Cabinet should see the ship, which Mr. Scoti regards as one of the best of the new American cruisers. Word comes from Honoluln that Captain Read will take no chances of cholera, but remain off shore untit the plague is subdued. Mr. Scott left Japan for San Francisco September 28 and should get home October 12. Admiral Beardslee has reported to the department that the Olympia, finding cholera at Honolulu, went to Lahina for twenty days to make repairs to condenser tubes. Medical Director Gihon, U. 8. N., re- tired September He served with Farragut during the Civil War. From 1883 to 1886 he was stationed at Mare Island. ‘Want Russell’s Relatives. The following telegram was received by the Chief of Police last evening: SEATTLE, Wasm., Sept. 29.—George Russell dead. His fatner is in San Francisco. [ will hold the body. Please find his relatives if you can. Father supposed to be in the hatter business. 0. P. K1xa, Coroner of Kings County. The directory fails to show the name of any one named Russell who is & hatter. The Chief will try to find the dead man’s relatives. e e e e NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & o+ L£35¢3 ATD FATAGLRS +++ MOST THE DELIGHTFUL COMEDY, ‘ MAGISTRATE, TO=INIGEIT, BY THE STOCKWELL PLAYERS, Rosge Coghlan, Henry E. Dixey, Charles J. Riche man, Margaret Craven, Maud Winter, L. R. Stockwell. EXTRA! The Sale of Seats for the BOSTONIANS Commences on Thursday Morning at 9 ©0’Clock. Mail orders attended to after THE LINE IS BROKEN. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. .. .Sole Lessee and Managar EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. ——SECOND WEEK Of the Dlustrious Author-Actor, MILTON NWOBLES: In His Own Romantic Drama, “FROM SIRE T0 SON!” EVENTNG PRICES—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturdey ana Sunday. L NAYMAN AnD Co, INCORP'D HEATRE | PROPS. Beginning To-night (Monday), Sept. 30, First Production Here (for a Limlted Engage- ment Only) of TTIRIT .Y ¢ Interpreted by MR. A. M. PALMER’S COMPANY, fresh from their successes in New York, Chicago, etc. THE ONE GREAT DRAMATIC TRIUMPH OF THE DECADE. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managas THIS WEEK ONLY—— Balfe’s Beautiful Ballad Opera, THE BOHEMIAN GIRI,! GREAT CAST! New Scenery! Correct Costumes! NEXT WEEK. Verdi’s Grand Opera. LA TRAVIATA: Popular Prices—25c and 50c. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. TO=INIGEIT. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday. LESTER WALLACK'S ROSEDALE LEONARD GROVER JR. HEREWARD HOYTE, CHARLES E. LOTHIAN, E. J. HOLDEN, FRANCIS POWERS, JENNIE KENNARK, MAY NOBLE, FANNY YOUNG, IDA PARK, LILLIAN CLAYES, And Grover’s Alcazar Company. Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 85¢c and 500, Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢c. MEXT, “MY SON-IN-LAW.” ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowsiL To-night, Monday, September 30. Introduetion of Celebrated European Artists Surpassing New Bill. JOHN HIGGINS, SISTERS MILLAR, LOUIS FIALKOWSKI, —AND— A STAR VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. Reserved seats, 25c; Bulcony, 10c; Opera chairs and Box seats, 50c. b MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). To-ni; ;ht (3 Nights & Souvenir Matinee Wed'y), EERLESS PAULINE HALL In the Operatic Comedy Success, “DORCAS.” Wed. evening, bicycle night. Secure Seats. GRAND REF;‘IEODUCTION ST. JOSEPH’S LITERARY SOCIETY. The popular soclety drama, “CAPT, SWIFT. ednosday Eve, Oct. 2, 1595, ST. JOSEPH'S HALL, ‘Cor. Tenth and Howara sts. BUBNKING RUNNING RACES! m RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Saturday-— ‘Rain or Shine.