The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1895 7 e S MONDAY OCTOBER 7. 1895 AMUSEMENTS. PALDWIN THEATER.—“Trilby."” coouramia THEAT ER—Instrumental and Voeal oncert to Vandevill R.—*% My Son-in-Law.” EATER (OAKLAND) — “The ing to-night. TH —At h and Mission ts, commencing Monday, October 7. BaY DISTRICT TRACK.—Races. ETATE BOARD OF TRADE WIEIT.—575 Market rirect, below Second. Open Admission frea. AUCTION SALES. By Kinpe & Co.- Oct. 9—Horses, at salesyard, ¢ ‘enue and Market streets, at 11 o'clock. - WS IN BRIEF. era company made its debut ish-street Theater. twon at Casserly’s Park, Kerrigan's yesterday. imds the Park Commissioners mplated improvements n Oesterreich gave & wine fest last just as they are given in Austria. terminus of the Sutro electric close to the Sutro baths. be generally observed by a in this City to-day. :on 1aid off in Golden Gate 10 pay their wages. brough will take reenwich street. vesterday of all bieyelists e Park and the total was Tlene and Fl Belmor P. on from 904 d. v Victoria Regina is ready nservatory in Golden Gate Ir. preached at the First the “Unitarian Chureh yres were made yester- ters at the Shell Mound Ider of this City, has ¢ for use in the surf at rved yesterdsy at St. iner street. Thou- ector of schools for the t Washington, has re- <h Alaska. who has just returned from vhy his play of “‘Runnymed e” New York. nced of Mrs. Clara hn A. Darling of the at the Presidio. , one of the presiding ist Church South, v Church yesterday. e park police, who time ago while try- still confined to his ered at Emmanuel ar Pastor Gibson. ence to the Dur- returned ported the for this season es yesterday the Pa- ) as at Golden Gate, e worsted by the Ala- 7 School de- last night his fir: tin o-day’s cial G. H. Will- ors and dealers are elated 1 by the special committee ing to the suppression of »s in Central and South he Australian champion, and ad won two games the final geme was postponed till next Sunday owing to darkness sett le by Eastern newspapers m Corbett., the pugilist, is training and that he is ion as formerly are, ac- er Harrison, untrue and s of Chinatown are mselves, so that it has s of this clan to them to try to bury s if the boycott on 4 next Thursday at10 A. M. at r Goiden Gate avenue and The object of the meeting to conferabout stolen wheels and new e rates. ham is said to have made & concerning his interview with City Prison. He now says Dur- 1ad no notes and wanted a The defense o told him k copy of his to complete his alibi. &couts the probability of the story. Two exciting handball matches were played &t the Occidental court yesterday in which H. French of Oskland and T. F. Bonnet defeated T. Fennessy of Oakland and john Purcell, and Ed Maloney and L. Kenny defeated Coast Champion Donnelly and C. J. McGlynn. An electrician named Charles F. Ledwith tried to kill Daniel Rimlinger,a box-factory employe, and W. B. Amner, a machinist, in a saloon on Fourth and Tehama streets last night. He sent a bullet into Rimlinger's left side, and &lso shot at Amner, who narrowly es- caped. John Jolnson, whose skull was fractured Saturday night at Montgomery and Union streets, Tecovered corsciousness yesterday at the Receiving Hospital. Hestated that he had been knocked down and_robbed. The police, however, did not believe the story, asserting that Johnson was g chronic drunkard. When searched at the police station Saturday night, £ quantity of bread and a nickel were found in his pockets. BISHOP WILSON PREACHED. A Sermon by One of the Heads of the Soutlhiern Methodist Denomina- tion. Yesterday’s services at the Centenary Methodist Church South were conducted by Bishop A. W. Wilson of Baltimore, who is in California to organize the con- ference to be held in the southern part of the State. The services were of special significance in view of the fact that yester- day was the end of the ecclesiastic year. Bishop Wilson preached upon the rela- tions between Christ and his disciples and the attitude of the people toward him. He took his text from the words of the Savior when he questioned his apostles as to what they and the world thought of him, and from that point, when the Lord first re- vealed something of his inner nature and of his destiny to his servanis, the preacher explained the significance of the Scrivtures in their account of the sufferings of Christ. The prejudice and opposition which Christ’s teachings met with and the un- fairness with which he was judged were commented upon, and a parallel was drawn between the sentiment among the people then and that which obtains in this ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Return of the Revenue Cutter Richard Rush From Ber- ing Sea. THE SEASON'S SEAL CATCH. Life Surf Tug for Central America. Skipper Erickson’s Welrd Visitor. The revenue cutter Richard Rush, Cap- tamn C. L. Hooper, arrived yesterday nine days from Bering Sea. She is the first of the Government patrolling fleet to leave the sealing grounds and reports that the cutters General Grant, Perry and Corwin are now on their way to this port. The revenue steamer Wolcott is at Sitka, where she will remain during the winter, and the steamer Bear is at Oonalaska and will sail for San Francisco November 1. The of- ficers of the Rush are Captain C. L. Hooper, Lieutenants F. G. L. Wadsworth, F. M. Dunmoody, F. 8. Van Boskerek Jr. and J. G. Ballinger, Chief Engineer F. B. Randall, First Assistant E. W. Pedrick, Second Assistant W. C. Myers, Assistant Surgeon J. H. Ozkley. The Rush reports that about 35,000 skins were taken by pelagic sealers,which, added to the 15,000 taken at the rookeries, makes 50,000 caught in the season. The catch .of the revenue cutters were the schooners Beatrice, Shelby, Louis Otsen and E. B. Marvin, The Beatrice was taken because her log, in which her movements and sealing exploits were re- corded, had evidently b ceive the revenue officers. She was a British vessel and was sent to Victoria. The Olsen was first overbauled by the Cor- win when two miles inside the prescribed limits. She was notified to make tracks out of the sea. A few days after she was caught by the Rush ten miles inside. Her captain’s plea of false reckoning was not satisfactory and'the schooner was taken to Sitka, as she was an American. The British schooner Shelby was found without the necessary number of gun shells on board and was turned over to the English cruiser Pheasant. The shortage in the official and recorded amount of shells proved that they had been used in the sea, presumably in killing seals, and the Shelby’s work was cut short, for the season at least. Thé E. B, Marvin had several skins that showed shot-holes and, being British, was also turned over to the Pheasant for transfer to Victoria. The officers of the Rush state as an un- deniable indication tnat the seal herds are rapidly decreasing that in many places at the rookeries the grass is growing luxuri- antly where once countless numbers of seals besported themselves, the ‘“‘hauling- up” localities or spots where the animals g0 ashore always being bare, sandy wastes from the visits of the herds. The crew of the wrecked brig W. H. Meyers came down on the cutter Rush. They thought that Captain Hansen anchored too close in shore and on poor holding ground, and when the gale struck his vessel there was no chance to save her. The crew of the revenue cutter complain bitterly of the manner in which their ra- tions are served out. The Government al- lows each enlisted man 30 cents a day for | food, and the privilegze of supplying the treasury vessels is farmed out to contract- | ors, who feed the sailors for 1434 cents a day. The food at this figure is_not calcu- lated to make the men dyspeptic and they naturally want to know who gets that lost 1514 cents. The new tug EI Quizal,now lying at Main-street wharf, is a peculiarly con- structed craft. Her hull was built by George Kneass of this City for service at San Jose de Guatemala hauling lighters through the surf. Several towboats have been lost in the heavy breakers at that port, and this little steamer is intended to solve the surf problem. She will also compete with the Pacifie Mail Company’s tugs, which have had the monopoly of the towing business in San Jose de Guatemala. She is decked completely over, even the helmsman and engineer standing outside, the latter handling his machinery from the top of the deckhouse. Noone is below except the fireman, who is tightly impris- oned with his furnace in the vessel. But he is perfectly safe because there are two great air tanks running lengthwise, the vessel having a buoyancy of thirty-five tons. If the El Quizal does not roll over and spill hot clinkers on him while she is ducking through the surf he will be able 1o hold down his job quite successfully. The vessel is 46 feet long, 12 feet beam and draws about six feet of water. Her engine is of forty horse-power, and manu- factured by C. H. Evans & Co. of this City. The hullisa pretty model and put to- gether in the strongest possible manner. Skipper Erickson of the wave-defying schooner Elvina from Eureka unfolds a tale of startling weirdness. Coming down the coast he was boarded one dark night by a visitant from the watery realms of the sea-serpent. It had a boay, so he says, about four inches long, six legs, two arms, nine fingers on each hand, and had only one eye. The night was dark ,and a few pallid stars gave out a ghostly light—just the sort of time for marine spodks and old spirits to be abroad. Bold Bkipper Erick- son of the wave-defying schooner Elvina caught the creature and preserved 1t in alcohoi for the savantsof Stockholm to ponder over. I AUSTRAR VIE ST Harvest Merry-Making From the Land Across the Water. The Verein Oesterreich Enjoys It- self at an Event Pecullarly Its Own. An imitation of one of the old-fashioned harvest festivals of Austria was given in Teutonia Hall last evening by the Verein Qesterreich, the only one of the local Aus- trian societies formed of German-speaking people. The festival was the same as that which is given in Central Austria toward the end of the grape harvest, and all the customs and jokes which characterize these events were reproduced in the hall last evening. The hall was like a wine-clad arbor, for just high enough to be out of the way, and just low enough to be within reach, were wires upon which were twined vine branches heavily laden with grapes. In one corner was the burgomeister's office, with the burgomeister himself in the door- way, and alongside was the jail, with the jailer in an immense cocked bat and a heavy sword standing guard. In an opposite corner was the church, with its bell above and the parson in day. The demands made by science upon religion and the impossibility of explain- ing by mere reasoning power matters of in- spiration and revelation were also spoken of. The preacher closed with an appeal for a better understanding of the Eord ana more willingness to accept his teachings ‘without prejudice or skepticism. Just before the benediction the pastor, Rev. Dr. Briggs, asked the congregation to clear away debts amounting to about $50, 5048 to be able to show to the conference a statement which bore no record of indeht- oess. A collection yielded golden returns and more than enough was easily secured. the window. The burgomeister and the parson were the busiest men in the hall, the one in releasing prisoners on bail, the other in issuing marriage certificates. The jail was kept filled by a number of young fellows in the picturesque dress of the Austrian peasantry. They were on guard over the grapes on the arbor above, and whenever a hand was seen to reach up and steal one of the toothsome bunches the culprit was immediately hurried to jail, &mf!here he was confined until the urgomeister had collected the amount of his bail. Someof the higher officers of the society were locked up ten or twelve times during the evening, but prior convictions made no difference in the amount of bail. Did any young gallant see fit to capture and to kiss one of the dainty maids in the costume of the fatherland Ke was hurried at once to the parson, and while the bell clanged loudly he was married to her, and she was given a marriage certificate for which he paid. The bell pealed most of the evening, and the girls carried stacks of certificates to attest the gallaniry of the young swains 1n knickerbockers. During it all there was but little inter- mission in the dancing, and from 2 o’clock in the afternoon until 12 at night the ball was tbronged. The fest committee was composed of A. Schohan, president of the verein, E. Lamburg, F. Dobner, R. Riff- inger, J. Kump and R. Thoma. HE HAD LARSEN'S KNIFE. The Police Discover a Clew to a Recent Robbery. A. L. Conlan was charged at the Central Police station last night with drunken- ness. An open knife was found in Conlan’s pocket. . On one side of the knife was the inscrip- tion, ** J. Larsen, Belvedere, Cali- fornia,” while on the reverse side was a baby’s picture at one end and a double team with driver at the other. Nearly two mouths ago a man by the name of Larsen was robbed of $15 and a knife, and the police now think that Conlan may have had something to do with that affair. ITALIANOPERA COMPARY, Rossi’s “I Falsi Monetari” Per- formed at the Bush-Street Theater. A Work of the Old School Was Excellently Sung and Acted. That A new Italian opera company made its debut last night at the Bush-street Theater and covered itself with glory by a per- formance of Lauro Rossi’s comic opera “I Falsi Monetari” (The Counterfeiters). The work belongs to the old Italian school and is comic opera, in the musical sense of the expression, that is to say like the ““Barber of Seville,”” the plot is humor- ARMY AND NAVY NOTES, The Big Rifles Can Be De- pressed to Command the Channel. A LETTER FROM MARE ISLAND. A Colonel Who Was So Unfortunate as to Have Two Assassins on Hls Staff, Army officers are usually reticent in the expression of opinion concerning lack of discipline in the service, but many of them have positive opinions on the sub- ject of the Fifteenth Infantry. They as- sert that there is something wrong in the management of that regiment. An officer of high rank in this department said in commenting on the latest sensation from Fort Sheridan: “The regiment should be taken in hand by a colonel who cannot be trifled with. The rignt kind of a man at the head of the regiment would not have a drunken officer around the garrison. Whisky seems to have caused most of the trouble in the Fifteenth, and drunkenness would not be countenanced or tolerated by a command- ing officer of firmness and executive abil- ity.” Fort Sheridan, Chicago, seems to be the scene of army scandals. Chicago as a city should not present special temptations tending to demoralize a regiment. Yet the Fifteenth Infantry has furnished so many disturbances and inglorious scenes that the impression is broadcast that regi- mental demoralizaiion is the cause of most of the trouble. When an officer was killed some two years ago and the cowardly offi- cer who did the killing acquitted 1t was thought in army circles that the regiment woulfi then be reorganized or transferred to some other locality, but nothing of that kind was done. In the light of the recent attempt of Pague to kill Colonel Crofton the commanding general will be im- pelled by considerations of military ‘ex- pediency if not of public policy to under- take some regimental reform. It has been @. PANIZZI. MISS ROSE ADLER. G ALMAGIA. MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY. [From photographs.] ous, but the music is scarcely less difficult to sing than grand opera. Most of the performers in the new company are well- known in the Italian colony and have be- fore been heard in ‘‘La Traviata,” “The Barber,”’ etc., though a few of them, such as Miss Rose Adler, the soprano, and G. Bertini, the tenor, were debutauts on the operatic stage. *I Falsi Monitari” belongs so much to the old school that it was a complete novelty to most of the audience last night, but its pretty animated music and clever libretto won it many admir- ers before the end of the ~perform- ance. After a pleasing overwure, which Signor Martinez conducted, a band of counterfeiters were discovered in the cel- lars of a_palace, out of which they had succeeded in terrifying the inhabitants by giving the impression that the place was haunted. The counterfeiters who formed a small but effective chorus were led by the bari- tone Isidoro, who told in song of his love for Annetta, 8 maiden who anon was led on a prisoner, but who ngumcd her captor’s love and defied him to the extent of knock- ing his hat off his head, to all of which in- dignities the villain bowed meekly. The second act showed the exterior of the palace, which the tenor, who owned the maunsion, had offered to let ‘‘rent free.” A poverty-stricken poet and his wife saw the announcement and gladly offered to face the spooks in return for a roof to cover their heads. The finale shows how the counterfeiters, after terrifying thepoet out of his seven senses in the small hours of the mourning, were seized by the military. G. Almagia madelan excellent leader of counterfeiters, his ?reunnce was most romantic and brigand-like and his singing was very effective, particularly in the mar- ket scene, where he warned the poet of the terrors that awaited him in the palace. Miss Rose Adler sang prettily and acted wich great spirit as Annetta. If she wouid cultivate what text-books speak of as ‘‘diaphragmatic’’ breathing she would overcome her present tendency to raise her shoulders with every respiration, an action that grows monotonous to the beholders and will, if indnlfied in, weaken her really sweet and flexible voice. The tenor, G. Bertini, had not the good fortune to please his hearers, as his lady-love, Annetta, did. His voice was not lacking in power, but it was uns{mnnthetic and was apt to wander far off the key. That “bravo artista,” G. Panizza, was in his element as the despairing poet. His singing belongs as much to the old Italian school as *'I Falsi Monetari” itself, and though his voice has lost some of its pris- tine freshness, it has lost none of its art. His acting was as finished and easy as his singing, and the hearty applause he aroused was well deserved. Signora Ber- nardi also sang and acted excellently as the poet’s wife. Their scene in the market- place, where the sight of the viands for sale aroused them to despairing hunger, was an especially clever bit of comic act- ing tinged with pathos. The minor roles were weli filled by A. Grella, F. Bianchi and G. Chentra. LABOR HAS A HOLIDAY. Business Will Be Generally Suspended in This City Until To- Morrow. To-day will be generally observed in this City as Labor day. Business will be suspended to a considerable extent, and those who toil will have a day apart in honor of themselves. 1t being a legal noliday, the Federal offices will remain closed. The municipal departments will algo teke a day oft to observe the occasion. There will be no special demonstration by the labor organizations in the City, but gatherings of members will be heid variously for discussions appropriately as- sociated with the day. The Durrant trial will be delayed until to-morrow, and the courts generally have declared a holiday. Among the notable events to take place is the trap-shooting tournament which Foeu on through its second day at the Oak- and track. —————— ‘“Midsummer Night’s Dream. George Riddle’s reading of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” at the Tivoli Opera-house to- morrow afternoon promises to atiract a fash- ionable audience. Adolph Bauer, with a sym- phony orchestra of tiurty-five pleces, will ren- er Mendeissohn’s beautiful accompanyini music to the play, and the “Wedding March,’ “Scherzo,” “Iv):nee of the Clowns,” ‘‘Fairies’ Maren,” and the other numbers a1¢ assured of & splendid rendition. | suggested that five vears’ service on the frontier of Arizona and New Mexico would | be good medicine for the Fifteenth. The United States Army Register shows | that Colonel Robert E. A, Crofton was ag» | pointed captain Sixteenth Infantry in 1861 at the beginning of the war. He was born 110 Ireland and was not graduated at West Point. It is probable that be had some youthful training in the British military service and that- political influence at Washington secured him an appointment from Delaware to a captaincy in the United States army. There is no record of any promotiongluring the war period, but after the war he was made major in the Four- teenth Infantry and transferred to the Seventeenth Infantry. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth In- fantry (General Sherman’s old regiment) ; and finally apponted colonel of the Fif- teenth Infantry October, 1836, As an _incident tending to show that Colonel Crofton can invoke peaceful influ- ences at Washington, the fact is cited that the colonel’s son, Lieutenant William M. Crofton of the First Infantry, was ap- pointed from civil life to a lieutenancy in the First Infantry. Officers who have served with Colonel Crofton speak of him as a gentleman of agreeable accomplishments. Among his stanch friends in the army General Bcho- field is yeckoned as one of the most influ- ential. Lieutenant Pague, who tried to shoot Colonel Crofton, is_an Ohio man, He graduated at West Point in 1876. Lieu- tenant J. Franklin Bell, A. D. C., staff of General Forsyth, served with Mr. Pague on the frontier, but one might as well talk to the sphinx of Egypt as to interview Mr. Bell on the topic of turmoil in the Fifteenth Regiment. It is said in army circles that Lieutenant Manney of the Fifteenth, who shotand killed Captain Hedburg, graduated at the Keeley Institute once, and that Lieuten- ant Pague, who fired at Colonel Crofton, graduated from the same institution twice. If it should be proved true that the ‘“jag cure” develops such fighting qualities in the soldier, General Miles ought to organize a regiment of Keeley graduates for service in the next war. The Friday afternoon concerts of the Fiftk Artillery Band at the Presidio are becoming decidedly popular. Last Fri- day afternoon the throng of visitors from the City was noticeable. The 12-inch army rifle on the bluff above Fort Point was tested again October 2 with the highest elevation and lowest depres- sion possible in firing. With the piece fully elevated the flight of the 1000-pound projectile was nine miles. When the gun was depressed the pr:&t;cme struck the water not more than yards from the plece. A large ship could not stand in so near the shore as to be safely under the range of the 12-inch rifle battery. If the piece could be depressed sufficiently for the projectile to hit the water line the upper line of the hull and decks could be pierced by a plunging fire. _ The gun now in_position has stood the severest tests of depression and accom- plished everything that the engineers con- templated. "A big ironclad standing two miles or so off shore might get the range and smash the 12-inch rifle, as the guns of the battery do not ‘‘disappear,”.but really Eresentatarget. The guns of the lower attery of 10-inch rifles go down out of sight as soon as they are discharged, hence if hit at all they would have to be struck at the moment of firing. The mortar batteries are well concealed and protected. They are powerful guns, and cangbe worked by charts and electric- ity with sufficient aceuracy to inflict great damageon a hostile fleet. Everythini is quiet this week at the front—the National Cemetery—but the vigilance of the guard at the monument has not been relaxed. It is said of this monument to the memory of Fifth Ar- tiller{, soldiers that it has only one Inlcrif‘ tion, but there are many de;xgnl upon When anything is out of joint at the Presidio the blame is usually ‘attached to General Graham. If it be true that work- men employed on the new brick barracks have been compelled to work more than eight hours a day the blame should be laid to Colonel Kimball, the chief quarter- master of the depurtment. Colonel Kim- ball says so himself, but has no knowledge that the law in this respect has been dis- regarded. He says the men go to work at8 A. M., take one hour off at noon and quit for the day at 5 p. M. Mare Island Letter. MARE ISLAND, Can, Oct. 6.— For some reason best known to the powers that be there are, outside the marine corps and the medical corps, whose officers must of necessity be on the ground, scarcely a dozen houses on Mare Island for the ac- commodation of officers’ families. What- ever may be the case at the other United States navy-yards, it 1s not for want of room that the quarters of the few officers eligible to residence on Mare Island are mostly set like tenpins in a row, and in double houses at that. Here the Govern- ment has for its Pacific Coast naval sta- tion an island reservation. consisting of about a thousand acres, on which are dwellings designated for the following hiealds of departments and other yard offi- cials: The commandant, who may be either & com- modore or a captain, The captain of the yard, who is president of the board of lebor and chief of “yards and docks.” The captain of “equipment.” the rauk of cammln%en) The naval constructor, who has charge of “construction and repairs.” : The chief engineer, head of “‘steam engineer- ey (Generally of he captain of ordnance. (Generally a com- mlnder.}’ The paymaster of the yard. The surgeon of the yard. The medical director, in charze of “medicine and surgery,” who occupies a villa situsted in a pleasant grove near the hospital. he surgeons attached to the hospital, who have their abode within its walls. The officers of the Marine Barracks, five in number, Who occupy pleasant quarters in pretty conu‘fenol modern style; that of major being considerably more spacious and elegant than the others. The civil engineer. The chaplain of the yard. The officer (usually & lieutenant) in charge of the observatory. Beveral of these heads of department have one or two officers under their com- mand—perhaps ten or a dozen in all; and these, together with all “family men” on duty on the receiving-ship Independence and other ships in the harbor, live in Vallejo, a quarter of a mile distant across the straits. The families of the com- manders of the Coast Survey and Fish Com- mission steamers and the commander of the receiving ship, live on board their respective vessels. Vith the general exception of the offi- cers of the Marine Corps, the chaplain of the yard, the officer in charge of the ob« servatory and the surgeons on duty at the hospital, an officer must have attained a certain rank before Le can be entitled to the use of a house on Mare Island. NOTES. One of the most vopular men in the navy, Lieutenant J. W. Carlin, had a two or three days’ visit last week at the Ber- nard House, Vallejo, from the charming Miss Sherrard and her equally charming mother, Mrs. H. 8. Foote of San Francisco. The wife of Lieutenant Commander F. W. Crocker, executive officer of the re- ceiving ship Independence, has lately taken her abode at the Bernard House. Mrs. Howison, seemingly quite recov- ered from her late very seriousillness, may often be seen out driving, surrounded by a bevy of young people. Frederick C. Carlyle, pay clerk of the re- ceiving ship Independence and nephew of Paymaster Henry C. Machette of the In- dependence, is_said to be looking forward to a course of study preparatory to the sacred minisiry. Mrs. U. R. Harris is beguiling away at Belvedere the time that must intervene before the return of Lieutenant Harris, executive of the United States steamer Ranger, now on her way up the coast. The popular lecturer, Lieutenant Com- mander Albion V. Wadhams, was at the Mollenhauer concert, given at Farragut Hall, Thursday evening, in aid of that ex- cellent institution for the benefit of Jack Tar—the Naval Union. The way in which Mr. Wadhams aprlnuded the “detightful numbers showed him to be possessed of a keen appreciation of the value of applause. But then — what popular lectureris not? Yvax Dray. FOR THE THEATER-GOERS, The Attractions to Be Presented in the Playhouses This Eveaing. At the Baldwin this eventng ‘‘Trilby” will be offered. This play, that has hyp- notism for its base, proved during the past week a most extraordinary attraction, and in view of the amount of talkit hascansed it will surely fill the house this evening and every evening during the week. The performance at the Columbia to- night will be for the benefit of the com- bined German schools and it will consist of an excellent programme, including an instrumental and vocal concert and gyimn- nastic exhibition, in which a number of the German societies of this City will take part. Milton Nobles will commence the third week of his engagement in Morosco's Grand Opera-house this evening and is to present ‘‘Bertha. the Sewing-machine Gir..” He will appear as Jack Ryder, a character in which he has achieved a great reputation, and will be supported by the full strength of the company. “My Son-in-Law,”” a popular comedy that takes rank with some of the most mirth-provoking pieces that have of late years been gnt upon the stage, will be offered to the patrons of the Alcazar to- night. In this comedy Leonard Grover Sr. wfil make his reappearance behind the footlights. “La Traviata” is on the bill of the Tiv- ol Opera-house for this evening, and with the principal singers, together with the well-trained chorus, it will be an attractive presentation. Ida Valerga will assume the role of the unfortunate Violeita, and dur- ing the week Laura Millard will alternate in this role. There will be a great biilat the Orpheum this evening, one that will interest those who nightly crowd the house. Murphy and Mack, sketch artists recently arnved from Australia, the renowned Schrode Brothers, acrobats, and others will appear in specialties that are pleasing, and many of them very amusing. There will be an attraction this evening at the corner of Seventh and Mission streets. It will be a pony and dog show given by Professor Gentry, who has about one hundred well trained animals. These he will introduce to his audience, and show how well they have been educated. At Macdonough’s Theater in Oakland this evening the L. R. Stockwell Company will open with ““The Magistrate,”’ giving the people of the Athensof the Pacific who have not yet seen this play an opportunity to do so,and at the same time enjoy a pleasant evening. ———————— SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S. A Specially, Fine Musical Programme Rendered by the Quartet Choir. The services at St. John’s Presbyterian Church yesterday were particularly im- pressive. Rev. D. Hanson Irwin preached at both the morning and evening services. The musical programme was a specially good one. It was rendered by a new quartet choir. The following were the musical numbers givea: Larghetto (Mozart), Dr. Frederick, violin; linrf. B. Warburton, organist, Te Deum, “Laudamus” (Garrish), by the quartet—Messrs. Wendel, McBane, Smith and Gage. Gloria— “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” wurtez (new ar- rangement). Postilude, Mr. Warburton, from Meyerbeer’s “Hugenotts.” e Enocked Down by a Bloycle. Henry Balch, living at 314 Bush street, while attempting to cross Market street last night, was knocked down by a bicycle and re- ceived serious injuries about the head and face. Mr. Balch stated that he was picking his way acroes the street in front of the Phelan building, when without a word of warning he| was knocked down. The careless rider did not stop to investigate the seriousness of his work. B Street Parade To-Day. Professor Gentry’s famous dog and pony show will parade the streets to-day promptly at noon. All the talented little animals will appear in the displry, as well as in the first periormance to-night under the tent at Seventh and Mission streets. : T0 DEFEND THE LUK WILL Some Allegations That Will Be Made by the Accused Executors. THE POWER BEHIND POTTER. If the WIill Holds Good the Con- testant Will Lose His Be- quest Entirely. Jesse Sheldon Potter and the interests that lie behind him have had their say in in the petition for the revocation of the last will of Mrs. Lux, the mother of the | person whose name appears as petitioner. Now the other side is beginning to talk and will before long file an answer to Jesse Sheldon Fotter's petition that promises to be quite as interesting in its way as have been the sensational allegations of the plaintiffs. To begin with the other side, represented by Attorney Delmas as counselor for Thomas B. Bishop, the respondent, claim that Henry Miller is the moving power in this suit; that Jesse Potler is but the mouthpiece, and is permitting himself to be put forward merely for the purpose of retarding the long overdue settlement of the Lux estate. Jesse Potter’sallegations that hismother was of unsound mind at the time she made the will, and that she was influenced un- duly by Mr. Bishop and her niece, Mrs. Lewis, are denounced as pure fabrications that will be readily disproven. 1t is pointed out, too, that by this action of Jesse Potter, he has recklessly placed in jeopardy his entire interest in the estate, and that should his contest of the will fail he will be thrown upon the charity of the executors, whom he now seeks to dislodge. For there is a very clear and plainly stated provision in the will of Mrs. Lux which declares that whoever among the heirs and legatees seeks to contest the document | shall thereby forfeit_ their share of the es- tace, which shall “forever lapse and be null and void.” And to substantiate their claim that Jesse Potter is not acting for himself alone | in the case that is now iairly opened, the respondents point. out that the petitioner himself has nothing to gain by the setting aside of the will, under the terms of which, it is said, he and his only son were most liberally provided for, the will giving to the father the entire income from the vast estate, excepting the $250,000 bequeathed | to charity. “Each and all of the accusations.con- tained in that ition signed by Jesse Potter are unqualifiedly false in every par- ticular,” said Thomas B. Bishop yester- day. “There is not one word of truth in any one of them. Mrs. Lux was one of the clearest-headed women who ever lived. No woman was ever more competent to make a will than she was on the aay that the instrument was signed. She knew every word of its contents, and every clause in it was an expression of her wishes. *‘She understood every word of it per- fectly and absolutely, and in every partic- ular it was her will and not that,in the slightest respect, of any other person. She was a woman no one could influence or control in her judgments. In that respect she surpassed any other woman I ever knew. “Her will is very simple in its general provisions. After giving, according to my recollection now, about $250,000 for chari- ties and for the benefit of some of her kin, she beqeathed outright the sum of $100,000 to her son, Jesse Potter, together with all the income from the entire property as long as he lived. “Upon the death of Jesse Potter one- hird of the estate is to be held in trust or his son, one-half of which is to be paid him at his majority and the remaining halt when he should be 30 or 35 years of age—I do not now recell the exact age. Another third of the estate is to be divided among surviving relatives or their heirs, and the last third is reserved for founding an in- dustrial school. “She also directed her executors, pend- ing the settlement of the estate, to make the most liberal provision for her son and her grandson, giving them power, if neces- sary, to mortgage the entire estate in order to provide for them. “'Of course we shall fight the petition filed by Jesse Potter. It is false in every respect and when the time comes we will prove that.” There is a great deal more claimed b, the respondents than Mr. Bishop is will- ing to say at this time, and it is more than likely that before the case is heard in court even, there will be some very interesting developments. It is asserted by the pro- onents of the will now sought to be Emken that the present suit has been in- stituted merely to postpone and prevent, if possible, the hearing of the suit recently entered in San Mateo County by the ex- ecutors of the Lux estate, demandine from Henry Miller a speedy settlement of the one-third interest in the firm of Miller & Lux, which comprises the total estate be- %uenhed by the will, which its chief eneficiary now seeks to invalidate. W, GREER HARRISON HOME He Discusses Yachting, Theat- rical Discrimination and Pugilism. Corbett, as a Representative of Tralned Brain and Muscle, Ought to Win. William Greer Harrison has returned to this City after an absence of seven weeks. Most of the time was spent in New York. Although his absence from the Golden ‘West was short Mr. Harrison met many prominent people and witnessed many interesting events, consequently when he shook hands with his friends in the clubs yesterday he was well primed with a large stock of information and gossip of other people and incidents. He spoke of Jim Corbett, of pugilistic fame; of the great yacht race and the trouble on the waters that caused Lord Dunraven to furl his sails and have the Valkyrie IIT towed back to port. Then Mr. Harrison spoke of his play, “Runny- mede,” that received a chilly reception, even during the heat of a New York sum- mer. The production of his play, Mr. Harrison stated, was three weeks before the opening of the season. The whole affair. was unfortunate. On the first night it was as hot as pitch and raining in torrents. Moreover Fred Warde had been sick and those taking part in the play had not half learned their parts. While the audience re- ceived the production with enthusiasm, se eral of the newspaper critics assailed the gl-y with drawn swords and cut it to pieces. Their attacks were princlplll{ upon interpolated lines the actors put in, in'lieu of the lines they failed to remember. The attack of a certain New York paper was the outgrowth of an old grudge between the dramatic editor and Fred Warde, growing out ofa controversy between Warde and Harry Gu; Carleton, in which Ward stated that he wouls not bribe the critic for a favorable mention. Mr. Harrison is very angry over the treatment his play received in New York and he pluckily exclaimed: *‘Ill make a play that New York will accept, for all that no man from the West has a ghost of a show in New York. I'll bave ‘Runny- mede’ on the road within two years. It will yet be a success and New York will acknowledge its success.’’ £ Mr. Harrison was greatly surprised at the class of plays that please the New Yorkers, for the hits in that city would hardly pass as second rate in San Fran- cisco. Mr. Harrison spent four hours with Gen« tleman Jim Corbett and watched the pu- gilist exercise. He said: For four hours that man did work that would kill an ordinary person and he came out as iresh as when he entered, All this talk about | Corhett dissipating and failing in his powers is all bosh. He isin finer condition than ever and work with him is child’s play. He wrestled with McVeigh, who is & giant in_ strength, and played with the man, throwing«him whenever he wished. During the breathing spells Jim boxed with bis brother Joe. Then for an hour he played handball and then put the gloves on with O0’'Donnell. Tnis man is a fine specimen of the old-time prizefighter, but he is nowhere when Corbett gets in front 'of him. Corbett is one and a half inches larger around the chest than he was when be leit San Francisco eighteen months ago. His condition is simply periect and he is in splendid muscle from his toes to the top of his head. He is very regular in his diet and habits, notwithstanding stories to the contrary. My interest in him is not an interest in prize- fighting, but as a demonstration of the superi- ority of a man of agility &nd brains over one of bruie sirength, Corbeit has the head of & gen- eraland can change his plan of atiack in an instant. His condition and performances show what a trained athlete with a good head can do, Mr. Harrison had nothing to say of Fitz- simmons nor any surmise as to when the battle will take place. Mr, Harrison, it will be remembered, telegraphed to THE CALL some interesting reports of the great international yacht race. He witnessed the unfortunate foul- ing of the Defender by the Valkyrie IIL He says that the Defender is unmistak- ably the better of the two racing machines, He said that the New York cfubmen are divided in_their opinions as to the stand taken by Lord Dunraven in withdrawin from the contest. There were several errors and blunders committed by all in- terested parties, and all were more or less to blame for the race not being sailed without friction. However, his lordsbip is well received as a gentleman and yachts- man in all of the clubs. It was stated that the Valkyrie would be sent back to England at once, but. such is not the case. Eastern yachtsmen have revailed upon Lord Dunraven to leave the oat in New York and put her in the series of races next year. The latter has consented to do so. In speaking of athletic sports in general Mr. Harrison said that about the first re- mark made to him upon -this subject was by a gentleman who said: *“Mr. Harrison, | I assure you that whatever Englishmen can do well Americans can do better.” The truth of this was proved later by the yacht race, cricket matches and other sports of an international character. Most cordizl recentions were extended to Mr. Harrison by the clubmen in the East, and during his stay he had a most enjoy~ able time so far as the gentlemen were able to make it pleasant for him. e A Druggist in Trouble. A. B.Keene,a druggist on Valencia street, was arrested yesterday morning at 2 o'clock | on a warrant sworn to by Charlotte Johnson charging hiln with assault. Keene promptly | gave bonds for his appearance at the prelim- inary hearing, which is set for to-da: NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCH Sole Lessee and Manages THIS EVENING AT EIGHT. AND SPECIAL MATINEE AT 2, The Illustrious Author-Actor, MILTON WNOBLES! In His Famous Comedy-Drama, “BERTHA, THE SEWING. MACHINE GIRL” NTNG PRICEA—25c and 503 ily Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. BALBWEN 25 AnD Co, EINCQRPD R!‘PPERTRE PROPS. To-night and All This Week (Except Sunday). MATINEE SATURDAY. | ONLY 12 NIGHTS MORE ! ONLY 2 MORE WATINEES! TIRIT.B Y ? The Dramatic Triumph of the Decade. Seats selling for all remaining performances. October 21— THE PASSING SHOW,'" The Greatest Novelty of the Season. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE bims. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprieior & Managas SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, Verdi’s Celebrated Lyric Drama, “LA TRAVIATA” T TR PRESENTED WITH AN EXCELLENT CAST! CORRECT COSTUMES ! APPROPRIATE ACCESSORIES! Next Week—IL TROVATORE! Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. — TO=-NIGET — MATINEES—— ‘Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. “MY SON-IN-LAW THE GROVERS And the Best Cast the Comedy Has Ever Had. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35c¢, 50c Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢. WEDNESDAY “POP' MATINEE! Next Week—*“CONFUSION.” ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowsiL TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), OCTOBER. SUPERB NEW ATTRACTIONS! An Entire Change of Bill! THE FOUR SCHRODE BROS.! MURPHY and MACK, JOHN HIGGINS, AND A MAGNIFICENT COMPANY. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats. blc. FRICOLANILRCOTTLOB & co- LESSES AMDMAMAALRS -+ ——THEY ARRIVE TO-NIGHT !— The Famous, Original — BOSTONIANS — TO-MORROW NIGHT, CROBIN EOOD!’ MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). Two Nights, Beginning To-night, Miss Rons Coghlan—L. . Stookwell and Company of Players in Pinero's Great Comedy Success—+THE MAGISTRATE.™ POPULAR PRICES......General Admission, 50c. RUNNING % RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETINGI! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. ‘h Five or more races each day. Racesstartas 2:00 £ sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass e