The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1895, Page 7

'\ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1895. 7 AMUSEM| FALDWIN THEATER. Cor BIA THEATER—Robin Hood.” T.05Co's OPERA-HOUSE—Bertha, the Sewing- IN BRIEF. 200,000 to relatives. was begun in the CITY NEWS n P. Clabrough leit Garcelon trust to the Napa. ers. mitted suicide 1f from the ocean rs captured an st in Chinatown s has passed an ordi- s of future buildings ot have to pay anyof the iego, as decided by the , generally northerly icn of Forecast Official preferred by Martin on was dismissed the Bay District Track iss Brummel, Gratify, IcLight. an Yacht Club will close its day with a big smoker, fol- on Sunday. Supreme Court has saved 500,000 interest on s of the 1851 issue. sion of the Baptist Asso- Califo convened et The assoeiation will close ssued by the members accusing the executive nt celebration of spirit- t was himself the.sole wit- rday. To-day his cross- mtinued. He was very ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Ship Benjamin Sewall Had a Narrow Escape Yes- terday Morning. HER TUGBOAT BADLY DAMAGED. Hopes of Saving the Belgic Are Im- proving—Sale of the Hum~ boldt’s Remalns. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu early yesterday mormings She brought up 67 cabin passengers, 39 bags of mail and 8272 bags of sugar. The run was m ade in six days and twelve hou One of the tugs of the Ship-gwners’and Merchants’ Towboat Company brought the ship Benjamin Sewali into port yesterday and moved her from point to point while she was unloading and discharging. When the bill for towing was made out the cap- tain thought it was excessive and deter- mined not to pay it but fight the matter out at long range. He accordingly engaged the tug Ida W to tow him to sea and fixed the hour at 4 A. s yesterday. The tug wason time and made fast to the big ship while lying at Union-street wharf. In backing out both ship and tug got foul of the Glory of the Seas The Sewall’s rail was badly damaged {and the Ida W lost her smokestack and steampipe that led to the whistle. The steam began to escape with a roaring noise that brought all the crews of the adjoin- ing vessels on deck. Things were patched up on the tug and the ships were gotinto the stream. Therethe Jda W’s steam gave ont and in order to save his vessel from drift- ing into the seawall the captain had to come to an anchor. The tug got back to | her dock. Later in the day the captain settled his differences with the tugboat company. Dr. McDonald of Sausalito and Quarantine sed on the stand. gainst R. K. Thompson of Napa Supreme Court vesterday by mede asking that he b dis- nprofessional conduct. ent San Francisco in the d also over the fac ad is now practic ) the French army officially | ye&- tave Braman egal 1il nd rir #f had been c blackmail. arged | er, arson & He always ry at Sixteenth and | The -oil’ tank | mp being eare- ¥ live ¢ ear z the skull of &n infant was h st Sunnyside yester- venteenth-street Poli Jctober, 1894, ssioners have filed the Board of Super- 11 take about $31 To date the bujld- p ing has cos interested in the | and Cl, tion of the s‘been offered. ng a hard fight before | ors to h their quar- | Yesterd Field, r,was arrested for refusiug to . It will be made a test case. aint of & number of labor union | borers were working more than | dio_passed als before & ary peopie. tion 1s preparing a freight £3d arguments to be presented to a_ reil- entire ;’ way cotference in Salt Lake City this month, the object being to secure low and stable rates California to Utah for the local shippers’ fit. A warrint was obtained in Judge Conlan’s | e y John Horstmann, 675 st of John Roefer. cl g Company, on the | z 390 on or about Au- vy M2Comb of the Society for the ruelty to Children will inform ors that he has heard to ichols killed John Mur- ose ig her bouse at 214 Ellis street e Court decided yesterday that D of the men cha: for immoral purpose: he Police Court on a G and -that the Superior Court ha nd Jury pre- no of tae Board of Bank Com- lained how the commission the inzolvency of the Bank of rney-General and said the and asiociates was & piece of At himself jobbery. Brodek, barber, 6 Powell street, was ) arrant charging him | ting the barbersact by keeping his after 12 o'clock T.oon on Labor duy, The complaining witness is J. J fon streets e of Dr.D. T.Ragan against | dge Nos. 81 and 82, Ancient quarterly salary is for his Justi very strong r the matter in Robert Wilson, alias John Willls, was yester- dsy held to answer before the Superior’ Court ge Low in $5000 bonds on the charge of to murder. On_September 22 he d Manuel Silver, 21 Valparaiso street, in right breast, the blade penetrating the right lung. At yesterday’s session of the Raflroad Com- miseion six complaints were considered. The nission decided to hold a session in Ban Diego on the 25th inst. to consicer those f.om part of the State. It discussed atitude of the railmad com- in feiling to notify it of changes in rates 8 reed on several important amendments t0 grain tanff1 JOEN MURPHY'S DEATE, A Peculiur Story That He Was Mur- dered by Sadie Nichols. The charge of grand larceny against Sadie Nichols, formerly of 214 Ellis street, and the recent efforts of Secretary Mc- Comb of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to secure letters of hip for the care of the woman’s ear-old daughter, has revived the f the death of John Murphy in the Nichois woman’s house last April. One morning Murphy. who was well connected | an Jose, was found dead in bed in s. Nichols’ house with the.room full of The Coroner and police made igzation, with the result thata er’s jury returned a verdict of suicide. Since Mrs. Nichois' late troubles began the statement has been made that seveval persons heard Mrs. Nichols boast that she d caused Murphy’s death. B McComb states that he will the facts as he has heard them before irand Jury so that body may make a r investigation of Murphy’s death if fit to do so. The interested parties emphatically deny %1 knowledge of the statements set forth. Mrs, hols asserts that she has letters Murphy in which the latter declarei that he would commit suicide for love ol a portion of a news- | Officer Chalmers are still at war. The former succeeded in getting two or three of the ship-owners to hold a meeting yester- and indorse his method of attending to British smps that enter this port. This he will forw: to England in answer to some scathing criticisms in Fai The Quarantine Officer has alw. the privilege of attending all foreign ves- that came to San Francisco, and the iarge has always been $40 for the term the ship remains here. McDonald asserts that $10 of this sum was always refunded | %0 the captain, and so_represented to the owners. On this showing he secured many vesseis at a $:0 rate. Now all ships that ave contracted with McDonald are made 0 obey every title of the law by the Quar- st Mrs, | @ntine Officer, and there is great dissatis- it de. | faction in English shipping circles in con- sequence. Captain Parker of the Crofton Hall refused to recognize Dr. McDonald, and would not honor his bill. McDonald threatened to libel the ship, and sooner than have his vessel detained the’skipper paid $10 into the treasury of the Seamen’s Relief Association. The steamer A. C. Freese wastowed back to Stockton by the Leader last night. She | was brought down to Sausalito for the ac- commodation of Governor Budd, but as the latter never got further than Antioch { during his run toward San Francisco the | steamer was never required. She bad been 00 | tastefully fitted out for the occasion by the | California Navigation and Improvement Company, and it was a great di i ment when the Governor could notfind it convenient to use her, A telegraphic report to the Merchants’ Exchange states that the chances of float- ing tl.e steamer Belgic gre more favorable. The men engineering the work are only waiting for high water. The wreck of the steamer Humboldt was sold at auction in the Mechanics’ Ex- change yesterday for $70. It was pur- chased by a rancher named Stearn, who lives near the place where the vessel went ashore. Speculators in San Francisco would not bid 70 cents for the remains, but the rancher will probably make money out of his venture SUIT OER LOVE TOREN Bitter Contest Between Gustave Braman and Constance Roy. Charged by the Police With All Sorts of Crimes, Yet He Has Never Been Convicted. Gustave Braman was called a ““murder- er,” ‘‘firebug,” ‘‘blackmailer” and an as- sorted lot of other names that usually begin and end in ¢ hes during the two hours’ session of Jjustice of the Peace Groezinger’s court yesterday, Theshower of epithets did not disturb his equanimity in the least. . Braman was suing Mrs. Constance Roy, the widow of the deceased secretary of the Hibernia Bank, to recover $125, the value of a diamond ring which he claimed be- longedto him. Mrs. Roy, who is many years older than Braham. claimed that he gave the ring to her. Some time ago Bra- man had Mrs. Roy arrested for stealing the | ring. " He failed to make his charge stick, and so brought the present suit. Mrs. Roy declared it was simply done to harass her. Pieced out by the different witnesses who went on the stand Braman’s career has been a remarkable one for a young man of his attainments. He has been ar- rested for blackmail, arson and murder and has been warned out of cities, but through it all he has escaped any long confinement in prison. The juries disagreed in nearly all the cases brought against him, and he stoutly insists on his innocence because he ‘was never convicted. Braman was born in Finland in 1866. In 1889 he popped up in San Pedroand the record of his troubles with the authorities of this country began. He was discovered by a sailor who returned home to his wife unexpectedly, the result being that Bra- man was given a coat of tar and feathers. The men who handled the tar and feathers were afterward fined $20 eact. Next Braman’s house burned down un- der suspicious circumstances and he was arrested for arson. The case was after- ward dropped. Braman disappeared fora time. Later on he showed up in St. Helena with a brotner, said to balf demented. The brothers mutually insured their lives for one another, the policy on Eric’s life calling for $5000 and that' on Gustave’s for $3000. The brothers moved to Santa Cruz. One night their house burned down and Eric was never scen alive again. Gustaye claimed the $5000 insurance. In reply the company charged that he had burned his brother to death. He was tried for the crime, but escaped conviction. Next Braman turned up as a conductor on the Union-streev line. The police got wind that he was in the blackmailing liné. They started after him. but were too late, for Braman had left for Texas. On his return_he took a room at Mrs, Roy’s house and the troubles began which led to the present suit. - Asked at the time why he courted her and not some younger her. He killed himself, she says, when she was down town. 2 Mrs. Blake last evening denied that she had told McComb that Mrs. hols had tried to asphyxiate her. 'Hawkins, too, denies that he'ever saw or spoke with Mc- Comb and that he never, accused Mrs. Q‘l::l;ls with having caused Murphy’s woman he replied that young women were 00 giddy for him. i Right after this courtship the police got on Braman’s trail again, but again he got wind of what was coming and escaped to Sacramento, There he claimed that a woman named Fannie Young had robbed hiro of $8000 in Guatemalan money. The police suspected blackmail. Mrs. Roy was \ ny | isappoint- | sent for and testified that Braman had tried to borrow $4000 of her just before he left for Sacramento ‘‘oecause he had no money.” That settled the smit. Braman was arrested for perjury. He got out on bonds and as usual escaped. Next he appeared in Marshfield, Or., as a diamond merchant. He had ascheme to circumnavigate the globe in a skiff. The notoriety he was gaining attracted the attention of the police, and his record set- tled his pretensions in Marshtield.« Tue police were on the lookout for him, and on his next arrival he was arrested. Again he escaved conviction. Then he took up the case against Mrs. Roy. “Spite- work” she called it, because she had ap- peared against him in the Sacramento case. Braman admitted most of these ex- periences on the witness-stand yesterday. Special Officer Anderson and Detective Anthony, who had arrested Braman on several of the above charges, testified that he was a notoriously bad character—‘‘an all-rour.d blackmailer.”” Mrs. Roy and her stepson stoutly” de- clared that Braman had given her the dia- mond ring. The case went overtill the 17th inst., when both sides will produce more wit- nesses to substantiate their stories. PROTECTING TH TEAMTS Orders the S. P. to Make Room. Ferry Superintendent White Cannot Understand What Wilder Will Think. If the benches placed in the outer wait- ing-room of the Southern Pacific Company are not so arranged to-day by 10 o’clock | that O'Rear & Co., newsdealers, can transact a certain amount of business with the reading public, Harbor Commissioner Colnon will see that they are removed en- tirely. Pursuant to a complaint filed by the | newspaper-dealers yesterday, that the pro- | fusion of benches in front of their stand made it impossible for them to do business with th2 public, President Colnon noti- fied Superintendent White of the ferry service that he was wanted at the office of the Harbor Commissioners in order that certain matters might be discussed. In the afternoon Mr. White arrived, and the foliowing conversation was the result: “I have sent for you, Mr. White, to in- | struct that the benches in front of the | newsstand of O’Rear & Co., in the waiting- | room, be removed to- morrow by 10 | 0’clock,” said the president of the board. Had you not better communicate th Mr. Wilder?” ventured the ferry | superintendent. “‘No, you will do just as well. We are talking to-day of O'Rear & Co., not the Southern Pacific.” “But shall I not tell Mr. Wild—"" “You may if you wish, but they must be removed at lecast ten” feet away by 10 o’clock to-morrow.”’ *Mr. Colnon, what am I vo tell Mr. ‘Wilder about this—" “I am ndifferent what you tell Mr. Wilder. You are all tenants at will on the | water front, and I propose that the smail occupants shall receive as much protection as the big ones. We arerunning the water front on business lines, and one man’s money is as good as another’s. Mr. White was quite abashed for a few moments, and finally ventured to remark | that it would be a difficult thing to ex- | plain such a meve to Mr. Wilder, where- upon Mr. Coluon replied that Mr. Wilder was not to be considered in the present case and it would be a good thing for Mr. White to remove the benches ten feet from the news stand and give the public a chance to read something beside the advertise- ments all over the ferry depot. President Colnon is’ very firm in his de- termination to protect the small tenants, and says they are paying rents propor- tionate to the space they occupy and that the Harbor Commissioners will see that their rights are protected in all cases. BANKERS ARE UNDECIDED. The New Tax Levy May Decrease the Rate of Bank Divi- dends. Bankers in this City are still undecided as to theeffect of the ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors of this City and County fixing the rate of taxation on moneys in the banks of the county at 2.25 ver cent, but 1t is the general supposition that the levying of this excessive rate will inevitably decrease the rate of the divi- dends. Last year the rate of taxation placed upon the banks was 1.65 per cent. Con- sidering the rate of interest on louns, 614 per cent, which has lately been adopted by the banks as the standing rate, there can {only be one result—that is, a decrease in the income of the banks, which will affect the moneys on deposit and cause a reduc- tion in the rate of the semi-annual divi- dends. Speaking of the matter yesterday B. A. | Becker, president of the German Savings and Loan Society, said: “On "account of | the duli times the banks throughout the City were forced some time ago to reduce the rate of interest on loans from 7 per cent to 614 per cent, which of course mate- nally reduced the profits. | *This proved to be only one end of the Eropozition, however, as last May the Supervisors adopted an ordinance increas- ing the rate of taxation upon the banks, which, logically speaking, makes a double cut upon the net profits of the banks. There can be but one result, a decrease in the dividends. “Furthermore, the fact that this ex- cessive tax was caused to be levied has had an injurious effect on the money market. Capitalists are rather timia with their money at present, especially Eastern capi- talists, as this new rate of taxation, which is almost oppressive in character, has af- fected business in all its branches.” R. J. Tobin, president of the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, and E. J. le Breton, president of the Krench Savings Bank, were also of the opinion that a re- duction of dividends would be necessary as a result of the increase of the tax rate. Mr. Tobin advanced the opinion that it was the presumption that the rate of divi- dends this year will net exceed 314 per cent on ordinary deposits and 4 per cent on term deposits, against 4 on ordinary and 4.80 on term deposits, which was last year’s rate. Considerable of this will be taken from the pockets of the laboring people. GENERAL ALGER DINED. M. M. Estee Invites Some Prominent Guests to Meet, Him at the Maison Riche. General Russell A. Alger was given a dinner last evening by Morris M. Estee at the Maison Riche. It was in the nature of 2 farewell, as General Alger leaves to-day for bis home in Detroit, Mich. Mr. Estee and General Alger are old friends and the guests invited were some of the host’s old comrades here, most of whom were well known to the guest of hosor. They were: Gereral Forsythe, Senator George C. Per- kins, Judge McKenna, Judge W. W. Mor- row, Congressman 8. G. Hilborn, Judge Heacock and P. B. Cornwall. ——————— A Reporter Honored. Miss Carrie Cunningham, a newspaper writer, was yesterday elected an honorary member of the San Francisco Press Club because of her refusing to give Judge Murphy information in riglxd to'an article written her, touchin, e Durrant case, ;uhou:z threatened with imprisonment for contempt of court, Harbor Commissioner Colnon [ consider the whole thing a piece of politi- PARIS KILBURN EXPLAINS, He Tells Why the Bank Com- missioners Were Arrested at Merced. CALLS IT POLITICAL JOBBERY. The Law Is Quoted and the Action of the Entire Board Is Justified by Him. Colonel Fuller, Paris Kilburn and Judge Magee, the Bank Commissioners, who were arrested on the 8th inst. in Merced on warrants sworn out by Attorney V. G. Frost, and charged with misdemeanor in having neglected to report the true condi- tion of the Merced Bank, arrived in San Francisco last night, having been released on their own recognizance. Mr. Kilburn last night entered intoa discussion of the arrest and what he deemed the cause of it. Said he: “We cal tomfoolery that amounts to nothing other than a little annovance at being ar- rested through the instigation of men who do not seem to understand the provisions of the act which created the Board of Bank Commissioners. ~ “rirst of all, the bank of Merced went into hquidation of its own volition, or sus- Mathew. A temperance programme will be presented by accomplished artists. The commissioned officers of the League of the Cross cadets will act as ushers, and a detachment of members of that organiza- tion as a guard of horor will occupy the front rows of the balcony. Several prominent citizens have con- sented to act as vice-presidents. Tickets of admission may be had on application to the Catholic clergy of the City or to adult members of the league. ———— PILING UP THE OOST. Report of the New City Hall Commis- sion on the Big Bullding. The new City Hall Commission have just filed their annual report for the last fiscal year. The total receipts were §350,207; the disbursements, $172,582. There is a balance in the treasury of $178.910. Up to July 1 last, $5,397,444. 05 was set aside for the feat of trying to con- struct the new City Hall. Of this $5,221,- 243, 17 has been successfully spent. The chief changes in the hall during the past year have been the work on the dome and the housing of the Police Courts and pelice headquarters removed from the old City Hall. Appended to the report is the following commaunication from Architect Shea on the probable cost of completing the structure: The work necessary to be performed is in de- tail as follows: A gemanam fire-proof roof zovering the en- tire building, with the exception of the Hall of Records. The carrying up of all main interior walls to proper height, & satisfactory system of ventila- tion introduced, and smoke flues raised above the lines of root ridges with all satisfactory capping, ete., complete. ne performance of all work necessary to complete in every particular the inner dome anda rotunda. The general repairiug of all injured work in rooms and especially of corridors throughout J. B. FULLER. H. W. MAGEE. THE THREE ARRESTED PARIS KILBURN. BANEK COMMISSIONERS. pended business October 6, 1894, and noti- fied the Bank Commissioners of the move. The public knew of the suspension,and when a bank is in liquidation it is evidence that there is no business being done. On April 6, 1895, we made_ an ifivestigation of the bank, and the officers on their oaths swore that the concern was insolveut. “Now, we will go further. September 12 Judge Magee and myself made another investigation and discovered that the bank was insolvent. We then took action in so far as we were able and advised the depos- itors and the stockholders to agree to have a change in the board of directors, and we fim everything started that way. Mr, Magee then went south and [ returned to San Francisco. The stockholders and the depositors had a meeting and spilt upin & row, owing to their inability to get four directors each—there being but seven di- rectors to be elected. Each side wanted to control the board, and chaos reigned. **We then instructed the cashier to cease business altogether, placed Mr. Hastings | (it being agreeable to all concerned)in as | an expert to examine the books and report to the Commissioners, the stockholders and the depositors on October 7. “It will be asked why we did not report to the Attorney-General September 10 when we first discovered the insolvency, but the law reads in section 2 of the act creating the Board of Bank Commissioners: 1f the Bank Commissioners, on examination of the affairs of any corporation mentioned in section 3 of this act, shall find that any such corporation has been guilty of violating its charter, the laws of this Siate or any of the provisions of this aet they shall unanimonsiy decide that it is unsafe for any such corpora- tion to continue to transact business,and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners imme- diately to take such control of such corpora- tion and all the property and effects thereof. “You can see, th-refore, why we did not report to the Attorney-General. There were but two Commissioners present when we discovered that the bank was insol- vent, Mr. Fuller being away. As soon as possible after the real condition of the bank was learned we all three met at Mer- ced October 7, the day set by mutual agree- ment with the stockholders, the depositors and ourselves and took the bank in charge after hearing the report of the expert, Mr. Hastings. We notified the Attorney-Gen- eral that the bank was insolyent, it” being the first time all the Commissioners were present to unanimously decide, and we re- ceived instructions from him afterward. ‘We took absolute possession of the bank and placed Mr. Hastings in as receiver. “‘The men who caused us to be arrested which reads: 1 any Bank Commissioner shall knowledge of the insolvency . or un- safo condition of any corporation men- tioned in this act and shall neglect to report the same, in writing, to the Attorney- General, as required by this ' act, he shali on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 nor less than $5000, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one year nor more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and his office shall be declared vecant by the Governor and a suc- cessor be appointed for the unexpired term. “They evidently overlooked section 4, which allows us to use our own judgment in the matter of making reports, stating clearly that we are to report if we deem it necessary. ““If the Bank of Merced had been a live bank we would have proceeded differently in the matter, but it was a liquidating bank and had suspended dusiness. 1t had simply concluded to go out of business as a banking-house, and the public is pre- sumed lo’imow that a bank in ligquidation is not transacting a banking business. The whole affair was simfily cooked up to oust us, as we are all Republicans and somebody wants to replace us with' Dem- ocrats.” Just at this juncture in the conversation Mr. Magee came in and corroborated Mr. Kilburn’s statements, and remarked that have while they “may have looked like crimi- nals and jailbirds, that they did not feel like them.” LEAGUE OF THE OROSS. Celebration of Father Mathew’s Day in Metropolitan Temple. To-day, the anniversary of the birth of Father Mathew, the great temperance apostle, will be celebrated by the League of the Cross with its annual senior ngv thisevening at Metropolitan Temple. - Most Rev. Archbishop P. W. Riordan will deliver an address on temgerance, and Johp J. Barrett will eulozi'!‘nfl:e}- did so under the’provisions of section 6, | the entire building and placing of said portion in acceptable form. The repairing of all defective plumbing. Providing each courtroom with a steel vault for the reception of valuable documents. Repairing all exterior cast-iron work which show evidences of needing it. 1;!15 cost of the above work will be about According to the tax levy $320,000 will b; fi““d this year for spending on the all. The commission have directed Archi- tect Shea to prepare plans for a new fire- proof roof from designs submitted. MIDWEEK THEATER NOTES, The Bostonians Repeat All Their Former Successes in “Robin Hood.” “ My Son-In-Law” at the Alcazar. The Popularity of Tivoll Grand Opera. The Bostonians are repeating at the Columbia Theater the success which has always been theirs in 8an Francisco. Last night was the second performance of the engagement, and ‘‘Robin Hood” was again performed, the only change in the cast being the substitution of Miss Stone for Cora Barnabee as Annabel. The house was sold out early in the evening, and late comers had to be satisfied with standing- room in the foyer. The enthusiastic ap- plause that marked the opening perform- ance was again in evidence last night. ‘‘Robin Hood” will run for the rest of the week. On Monday the Bostonians’ latest success, “Prince Ananias,” will be produced for the first time in San Francisco. Although “Trilby” has been at the Baldwin for nearly two weeks there is no diminution in the size of the audiences. Lastevening the theater held as large and representative a public as on the opening night. The demand for seats has made it necessary to announce an extra matinee performance to take place on Wednesday afternoon of next week. The last performance will be given on Saturday even- of next week and on the following Monday will be ghven for tne first time in this City, Canary and Lederer’s production, “The Passing Show,” with its cast of over 100 people. The aciors’ fund benefit is announced to take Y‘Snt'l::'i" tllxs Baldwin on Friday afternoon, the nst. The woes of “Bertha, the Sewing-machine Girl,” find s ready sympatny in the large aundi- ences at Morosco’s. The details of the play are carried out with careful fidelity. Every type of sewing girl is represented from the re- fined lady to the Bowery tough—each comes in tarn _to receive her weekly dole. The acton the Texas ranch is the most thrilling, how- ever. Miss Hale covers the villains most heroically with_her pistols, an act of precau- tion which her brother quite forgot to perform, although the villains are not sharp enough to take advantage of his negligenee. The scenic effects in the play are suggestive, the water and Brooklyn bridge being particu- larly good. *“My Son-in-Law" continues to keep Alcazar audiences in high good humor from the rise to the fall of the curtain. The numerous striking and original characters in the play are cleverly impersonated by the members of Grover’s com- pany, and the action is brisk and never flags. Orpheum audiences have pisntynf varlety in the programme presénted this week, which has been changed by the substitution of Gil- bert and Goldie for the jumping acrobat, who is still under the weather. Murphy and Mack are doing well in their speclalty, “Skeezig on the Fence,” and the acrobatic Brothers S8ehrode h_lfit proved a strong addition to the week’s ill. The dulcet strains of “‘La Traviata” are nightly drawing large audiences to the Tivoli. The work is one in which Miss Valerga and Raffacl are at their best. The next production will be the ever-popular ‘“Trovatore.” The first public performance to be given by members of the Coinmbia Theater School of Dramatic Art will take place on Sunday even- ing next at the Columbia Theater. Three short pleys will be produced. ————— Trip to Russian River. On Sunday, October 20, the 'Cross-Country Club will have an excursion to the redwoods ;n :{he Rul“l:n #ivfi:; l:cherlt ?ell;l th:n ol: cf nt. The reserved seat plan wi nna'l.opr:nrn seats for all who n?und. i NO MORE SKYSCRAPERS, Future Buildings Are Limited to One Hundred and Thirty Feet. GALLANT FIGHT OF WAGNER. Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Lottery. Advertisements Is Defeated. Future buildings in San Francisco will be limited to a height of 130 feet. This was definitely settled at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors fast night, the vote standing 6 to 5 on an amendment offered by Mr. Wagner in favor of not restricting the beight of buildings on streets 100 feet or over in width. It takes seven votesto carry an order. In the absence of Mayor Sutro, Super- visor Hughes occupied the chair. He stated that the object of the meeting was to finally pass upon the ordinance recom- mended by the Fire Committee regulating the height of future buildings. The secre- tary then read the proposed ordinance, after which the subject was generally dis- cussed, Supervisor Taylor arguing strongly in favor of his original recommendation of a limit of 100 feet, while Messrs. Spreckels and Wagner were equally enthusiastic over the no-limit proposition. There were amendments and amend- ments and when it came to the final vote it was anything but an easy matter for the Supervisor to understand just how they stood. Mr. Wagner offered an amendment to the 130-foot resolution, in which he ad- vocated taking off all restrictions on the height of buildings on streets 100 feet or oyers Thiss toymediataly. brotghk' Super: visor Taylor to his feet. “I am opposed to any buildings over 100 feet high,” he said, “‘because I believe them to be azainst the public interest, viewed financially, physically or other- wise. They are not conducive to good health, and are a detriment to the public welfare generally. “1 shall certainly vote against any amendnient which authorizes a building to be constructed higher than 100 feet.” Supervisors Wagner and Spreckels argued in favor of unrestricted height, but when the question was called the vote stood as follows: Ayes—Scully, Benjamin, Hughes, Mor- ganstern, Spreckels, Wagner—6. Noes—King, Dunker, Diamond, Taylor, Hobbs—5. Then came an amendment by Super- visor Dimond limiting the height to 120 feet, followed by a substitute for the whole by Supervisor Morganstern, placing the height at 150 feet. Both amendment and substitute were lost by the same vote of to 5. The original ordinance, placing the height of buildings at 130 feet, was later passed by the Supervisors almost unani- mously, Mr. Taylor holding out for a 100- foot limit. The lottery advertising ordinance came up for final passage and was defeated. In the committee of the whole the majority voted as a unit against the measure, while Supervisors Dimond, Taylor, Spreckels and Hobbs ranged themseives on the other side. In regular session the minonty said it had no chance of success, and so per force voted with the majority. HARRISON BANQUETED. Happy Greeting at the Bohemian Club. Oratory and Song. A delightful dinner was given at the Bohemian Club last evening in honor of William Greer Harrison's return to San Francisco from New York. About fifty members attended. Vice-president Van- derlynn Stow presided. Happy speeches were made by General ‘W. H. L. Barnes, Lucius H. Foote, Albert Gerberding, James D. Phelan, Louis Sloss Jr., John A. Stanton, Dr. Benjamin R. Swan, Colonel George W. Granniss, James A. Thompson and others. H. J. Stewart, Henry Heyman and Donald de V. Graham attended to the music. The guest related some capital stories of Uncle George Bromley’s sojourn in the East. General Barnes mentioned the complete success in San Francisco of his own play, “‘Solid Silver,” and remarked tYhnLkhe was too wise to produce it in New ork. e WHAT A OIGAR STUMP DID. Thrown Near a Coal-Ofl Tank It Starts a Fire, A “live” cigar stump carelessly thrown aside caused a coal-oil tank to explode in Von der Mehden Bros.’ grocery on the southwest corner of Folsom and Sixteenth streets last night. The result was a fire, with a loss of at least $1200. The building, a two-story frame_belong- ing to the Arsden estate, was badly dam- aged. Messrs. von der Mehden had their dwelling upstairs, The damage to their stock may run the loss up to more than $1200. Itisfully covered by insurance. The alarm was turned in from box 146 at 9:31 P. M. » MOVED TO ANOTHER SITE, The Only Remedy That Will Make the Sutro School Healthful. Sanitary Plumbing WIll Be Placed in All of the Public Schools. The Board of Education met last even- ing. A communication was read from Edmund Godchaux, directed by the Board of Health to report coneerning the sani- tary condition of several of the City schools. The Sutro Grammar School was condemned, the only remedy possible under the existing condiiions being the removal of the school building to another site. Sanitary plumbing was ordered to take the place of vaults. A request from Mary J. Cline that she be retired as a teacher, in accordance with the pension act, was received. M rs. Cline stated that she had taught for twenty-six years in this State and was advised to make this request by her physician, who had pronounced her incapacitated for per- forming her auties as teacher. The request was referred to the Commit- tee on Balaries. The report of the Classification Com- mittee with the following recommenda- tions was read and approved: That Miss Margaret Fitzgerald aud Miss Plenie 8. Bartlett, memuers of the day substi- tute class, be appointed probationary teachers in the department and assigned to the Doug- 1ass Primary chool. That Miss Edith Smith of the Potrero Pri- mary School be transferred to the Hawthorne mary. That Miss Hattie B. Steele, lecturer in his- tory, whose term of appointment terminates on the 22d {nst., be continued in her position until January 1,1896. That the pupiis of the fourth-grade class in the Richmond Primary School be transierred to the Hamilton Grammar School, and that Lollé: c% FkBlnlfll‘::!, Eluinobreg(cEwen and Au- usta E. Ke appointed teachers Evening substicute clase, inthe Attorney Miller ur, the acceptance of the offer of his client, David Keefe, for the Lincoln School lots of $320 a month excess over any other bid submitted for a period of ten years, with the agreement to stand any litigation that might arise be- tween the board and the present tenants. Mr. Miller explained how this would create a'difference of $98,400° for the ten years over aiy of the other bids. Action on the matter, owing to a minority of members, was postponed urtil the next meeting. Director Charles A. Murdock notified the board that he would move for an amend- ment to the rule which would provide that a teacher acting as principal for five days or more in any calendar month should re- ceive the salary of the position he filled. A resolution was adopted in accordance with a recommendation of the Committee ot Finance to appoint Patterson & Rogers as attorneys for the board in all litigation in connection with the Lincoin 8chool property. — - GIVEN A NEW TRIAL. Another Chance for Charles Hecker, ‘Who Killed Patrick Riley. Charles Hecker, convicted of murdering Patrick Riley, a peddler, in Humboldt County, will have a new trial. Riley camped near the ranch of a man named Briceland and turned the latter’s borses out of a corral. Hecker found them and was accused of holding them in the ex- pectation of a reward. Trouble ensued and Hecker was told that -Riley had gone to secure his arrest for horse-stealing. Hecker pleaded self-defense, but was con- victed of murder in the second degree. The Supreme Court found error in the Su- perior Judge's instructions to the jury and a new trial was ordered. * o SUTRO avoie VATICAN LBERT SUTRO, the well-known banker and Oriental scholar (who has charge of Mayor Sutro’s library), will contribute the result of some of- his recent researches in the Sutro library to next Sunday’s is- sue of the Sax Frawcisco CArL. He has translated from a rare Hebrew volume, published in 1696, extracts which bear directly on disputes among theologians as to the birth of Christ and the martyrdom of the apostles Paul, Peter and John. His discovery and researches have so inter- ested the Vatican that strong efforts have been made to buy the treasured volume, but Meyor Adolph Sutro declined to dis- pose of any of the books of the library. The paper incindes a summary of the cor- respondence with the Vatican. Read these letters in the Sax Francisco CALL next Sunday. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. DWIN = AND Cop W:NCGRP 2 HEATRE “\ PROPS. ONLY 9 NIGHTS MORE! ONLY 3 MORE MATINEES! TERIT B Y ! The One Great Dramatic Triumph of the Decade. Extra Matinee Wednesday Next! SEATS NOW SELLING- For All the Kemaining Performances. Secure Them at Once. MONDAY, CTOBER 21. “phe Passing Shovww,’” 100—PEOPLE ON THE STAGE—100 . FRIEDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LESSES AD MATAGLRS. ovER | TURNED aooco AVWAY IN TWO NIGHTS! AND SUCH ENTH The Original, F s — BOSTONIANS — o “ROBIN ETOOD!” Seats on Sale Two Weeks in_Advance. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. THE GREAT LAUGHING SUCCESS! “MY SON-IN-LAW " SUPERBLY STAGED! TEHE GROVERS And the Best Cast the Comedy Has Ever Received. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 85c¢, 500 Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢c, 25c. Next Week—*“CONFUSION.”” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, Verdi’s Celebrated Lyric Drama, “LA TRAVIATA” h 2B R R S R i e “I[L TROVATORE!” REAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CARLE: Seats Now on Sale. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lesses and Manager . THIS EVENING AT BIGHT. ————THIED WEEK e Of the Tilustrious Author-Actor, MILTON NOBL.ES! In His Famous Comedy-Drama, “BERTHA, Ficaine ‘g EVENING PRICES—250 and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. . ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowsiL TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, SUPERB NEW ATTRACTIONS! An Entire Change of Bill! THE FOUR SCHRODE BROS.! MURPHY and MACK, JOHN HIGGINS, AND A MAGNIFICENT COMPANY. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnalrs and Box seats, 50c. RURNING m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day, Racesstartat 2:00 x. P McAllister and G street cars R shamp. 3 eary pass