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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1895. AMUSEMENTS. THEATER—School of Dramatic Arts. —+Bertha, the Sew La Traviata.” devil THEATER—" White Slave,” com- ¥, October 14. PARK—Golden Ga ark Band. ) OF TRADE EXHIBIT Market cet. below Second A n free. Ope; CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. arrived here from New gun destined for the Oregon Andrews is T to close up m business. Pala e given by Official H weather. quin Miller 1 last Channin, hmen al returned and reit- Superintendent s incorporated yes- resident and Wong for the Califor- products of this nt-keeper has dressed in order to make his Srummel, Benham, Del were the winners st the esterdny afternoon of who will play at the curebles. erfere with the social- at the open-air mass- Market streets. June 15 killed Rob- I while both of the 1 convicted of man- icert for the Ho e police did akers last ey etors doing & business of less juaricr have petitioned the s to reduce their quarterly n has sued the Market-street for $130 worth of repairs to and smashed by one of charge of the Goethe- in the Pavilion next month 0 be the grandestevent al season. n of Mrs. Marie H. Thebaud as- t that the latter gave $10,000 to Juan M. trust for_them and they have begun wes not at the “*true Bohe- t. T present dis- of forming & club, but Producers’ Associa- t the Ship-owners’ burdensome D of the o-day, and Pro- cific Theological mplaint in the g that her mar- eclared nuil and all an accident hurch on O'Farrell present from different and Oregox. : case be yre the Supr e to W bi the meeting of assed at e > of the Board Commi ng o thie le franchise matterdormall Grand Jury. Attorney M. s preparing a letter to thai bod eight S rs who voted for > are charged with mealfeasance. The Supreme Court has granted a writ of date orde Judge Hebbard to show cause why he should not settle a bill of ex- ceptions in Hale No ! petition to restrain ceeding with the e Yesterday Mi T some of milk sold the City and County Hospital and had it analyzed by the bacterioi- of the Board of Health. It wasfound to be unfit to serve a healthy mortal, to hing of the great quantities that the of the hospital consumed da ning money o ship smith on the sieamer Balauena, was ed by Judge Conlan yesterday, the de- nt pleading the statute of limitations. five schoolboys charged with till-tapping disposed of as follows yesterday by Judge and William Coburn v la 1 will be nced tc o the ier TOITOW ; s Coburn was B ' Aid Society, and Gi and Babtist Oliber were sent hs’ Directory. ——————— ) SOCIALISTS AND FREE SPEECH. No Interference With Last Evening’s Open-Air Mass-Meecting. e American section of the Socialist Labor party held an open-air mass-meet- ing last evening on Seventh and Market strects, despite the fact that on similar oc- isions several of their speakers had been ted by the police for disturbing the . peace and obstructing the public streets, It was believed that if the Socialists at- tempted to cpeak again they would meet with a similar experience, conse- utly there were many in the crowd pockets were welt filled with money the speakers out of jail if any ar- rests were made, These precautions were entirely unnec- essary, for the patrolmen in that locality eived instructions not to molest the sts. After the Salvation Army had d its open-air services Mrs. A. F. Smith announced that the Socialists were most anxious that Congress should make no law dbridging freedom of speech or the right of peaceable assembly to discuss mat- ters of public interest. _She was followed by N. E. Kelsie, E. T. Kingsley, Morrison J. Swift, a Boston So- cialist, ‘and E. Zant, who preached Soci ic doctrines to the large crowd for nearly two hours. o R AN OIf for New York. D. M. Foltz of THE CALL business department will leave this eveni = Charles M. vening for New York to join Shortridge in_that City, t He ex- Pects 10 be away for some time. JUDGE ROSS AFFIRMED A Verdict for Mrs. Stan- ford by the Court of Appeals. SUIT FOR 815,000,000. The Question of Individual Liability Is Exhaustively Considered. STATUS OF THE GOVERNMENT. The United States Supreme Court Will Be Asked to Pass Upon the Question. It is our judgment that the termsof the contract between the United States and the Central Pacific Railroad Company, so faras concerns the waiver of the individual liability will be aéxpealad to the United States Supreme Court. e REJOICING AT STANFORD. Dr.Jordan Drawn in a Carrlage by Four Hundred Students. PALO ALTQ, Cav., Oct. 12.—From the time President Jordan's telegram an- nouncing the favorable decision was re- ceived this morning until 9 o'clock this evening excitement continued to increase among thestudents. After a procession at noon enthusiastic speeches were indulged in before the co-eds’ dormitory. A com- mittee was organized to meet Dr. Jordan 2t 6:45 p. ., on his arrival from San Fran- cisco, and a thousand students surrounded the depot with torches, horns and gongs. When the train pulled in it was greeted with salvoes of cheers and with fireworks. President Jordan and his wife were escorted to a decorated carriage drawn by 400 students and taken to Roble Hall, one wile distant, where bonfires had been lighted. Dr. Jordan said: ““I understand this to_be a celebration not to me, but because -I stand for Stan- ford University. I remember having heard something last summer to the effect that ‘the glimmer of the glamour is no more.” Idon’t know that I would recog- nize a glimmer or a glamour were I to see one, but I do know that we seem to be on the winning side. I remember some five years ago having seen the President of the United States in a carriage as I am now, surrounded by a crowd like this in some respects, different in others. He didu’t look half as happy as I feel, and ap- of the stockholders of that compeny, fully meet the requirements of this exposition of the law. * * » » It has been urged upon the argument that the directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, one of whom was the defendant’s testator, have wrecked that company, have de- pleted its treasury and haye thereby acquired private fortunes of great magnitude. This argu- ment is foreign to the question under consid- eration. This suit is brought to enforce a liabil- ity, which, if it exist, is purely a creature of statute. The question before the court is one of the interpretation of the law and the con- tractof the parties in interest. The inquiry is not aided by reference to the inequitable con- duct of the directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company after the contract was entered into. The rights of the defendant in this case are to be measured by the same rules that would apply to an obscure stock- holder, innocent of wrong to the Government, and unclothed with power to direct the action of the corporation as an officer thereof. The rights of the defendant here depend upon the contract and the law applicable thereto, They may not be impaired by reason of the inequity, if any there were, of the defendant’s testator in his dealing with the United States. Ifit be true, as alleged, that the money and the land of the United States, which were given in aid of the construetion of the Central Pacific Rail- road, have been diverted from the purpose for which they were bestowed, there is, undoubt- edly, an adequate remedy in a suit brought to reach such diverted assets. There isno such remedy in thissuit. The view we have taken of the main question involved in the contro- versy renders it unnecessary to consider the other questions which were discussed. It is our judgment that the demurrer to the bill was properly sustained for want of equity, and the decree of the Circuit Court is accordingly affirmed, This was the conclusion reached yester- day in the appeal handed down by the Circuit Court in the case of the United States vs. Jane L. Stanford, executrix of the last will of Leland Stanford, deceased, for the sum of $15,000,000. The decision was read by Judge Gilbert and was concurred in by District Judges Hawley and Morrow, who sat with him. The opinion, which covers some thirty- six pages of typewritten matter, first pro- ceeds to rehearse the facts connected with the creation of the debt. It quotes the various acts of Congress relating to the building of the road and its bonding. It then continues: The question arises whether or not it was the tion of the United States to hold the stochhoiders of that corporation individually linble for the default of the railroad company in case of its failure to pay its debts to the United States when due, and whether or not sions of those statutes and the course ing of the United States with the cor- ns therein mentioned were such as to justify the stockholders of the Central Pacific Railroad Company in_believing, at the time they became stockhoiders in said company, or of the companies subsequently con- therein, and at the time the debt to the Government was incurred, ihat they were as free from individnal Lability for such debt as were the stockholders of the Union Pacific Reilroad Company, or the stockholders of the other corporations which were aided in like manner. The relation of the United States to the railroad corporations is touched upon, reference being made to the condition of the country, the situation of the territory affected by the railroad improvements and the purposes that the United States had in view in fostering the enterprises con- templated in the act. In the last connec- tion authorities are cited, one opinion given being as follows: * * * Butthe primary object of the Goverr- ment was to advance its own_interests, and it endeavored to engage individual co-operation as a means to an end—the securing aroad ich could be used for its own purposes. obligations, therefore, which were im- posed on the company incorporated to build it, must depend on the true meaning of the enactment itself, viewed in the light of con- temporaneous his The important point of the whole case— that of the individual liability of stock- holders—is treated at considerable length. It is pointed out that in_incorporating the Union Pacific Railroad Company Congress was silent upon this subject. 1t is there- fore deduced that these stockholders can- not be individually held for the payment of the debts of the corporation for the rea- son that individual liability of stock- holders is a creation of statute law,and must affirmatively appear by the pro- visions of the law controlling the corpora- tion when the debt was incurred; and further it is stated : It thus appears thai the attitude of the United Siates 1o each company was _such that it was a matter of indifference to the Govern- ment whether the Central Pacific Railroad Company or the Union Pacific Company built the road that was to be aided by the Govern- | ment bonds and subsidy. _In support of this it is stated that the United States was not dealing with the Central Pacific Railway of California solely as a corporation created under the laws of that State, but as a corporation en- dowed with the powers which the &ov- ernment had itself bestowed. Toward the end of the decision refer- ence is made to the attitude of Congress to owners of private capital as follows: But perhaps the provision of the act most clearly indicative of the invitation of Congress 10 owners of private capital to invest the same in the stock of these corporations upon terms of equality and upon the understanding that there should be to all alike freedom from indi- vidual responsibility, is that which authorizes the cousolidation of said corporations or any two or more thereof for the building of the whole or any portion of the road. If the Union Pacific Ruilroad Company had, in pursuance of this permission, consolidated with the Cen- tral Pacific, either before or after the construc- tion of the roads, it is obvious that the Govern- ment would have no recourse to the individual liability of any stockholder in such consoli- dated corporafion. It would be impossible for a portion of the stockholders to stand in one attitude to the United States while the re- | mainder stood in another. Under such con- sideration, accomplished by authority of the United States, it is manifest that all members must necessarily have stood upon an equal footing, and as Some were free from individual liability, it follows that all must have been free. It is clear that the stockholders of the Union Pacific Company, by amalgamating with the Central Pacific, wonla not have been made subject to the individual liability imposed Uponu the latter company by the laws of Cali- fornia, and it is equally clear that the stock- holders ot the Central Pacific Railroad Com- pany, going into such a consolidated corpora- tion, must have stood upon an equal footing with others, at least so far as concerned the contract rights of the United Btates, which, by the language of the statute, had invited the 1wo companies thus to join in one. _The demurrer on which Judge Ross de- cided the case was sustained, and the lower court affirmed. It is said by Judge McKisick, special ..1 counsel for the Government, that the case peared to wish he had something more tractable on his hands than thegUniled States. In conclusion, all I can say is that the glimmer of the glamour will never be no more, and this university will never close 1ts doors.” Dr. Jordan’s remarks were frequently drowned in applause. When he finished he was taken to his home,and all the students were invited to his residence. For twenty minutes the crowd passed through the house, shaking hands with Dr. Jordan and his wife. The students did not disband until 9 o’clock this evening. ENGLISHMEN AT HOME: . Joaquin Miller Discusses Them Before the Channing Auxiliary. More Liberty and Less License Per~ mitted Across the Water. Carlyle Visited. Joaquin Miller proposed to read SanFran- ciscans a few pertinent topical lessons last evening when he lectured before the Channing Auxiliary at the First Unitarian Church. The address was entitled, *Lon- don Folk Comparatively,” and the Poet of the Sierras grew enthusiastic as he de- scribed Englishmen’ in various walks of life. o Mr. Miller is an admirer of the English- man. His lecture was intended to impress his audience with the conviction that the inhabitants of this continent can learn much from the lives of their cousins across the water. “There is more happiness to the square inch in London,” said Joaquin Miller, “than either in New York or San Fran- cisco—a great deal more. Why? Because there is more heart there. There is more liberty in London for man, woman aund child"than in any city of this country. The Englishman’s house is his castle, now as it ever was. A man’s private affairs are respected. They have laws there, and the laws are respected. “I maintain that there is more liberty over there simply because there is less license. Is it not a noticeable fact that when an Englishman acquires wealth he goes home to spend 1t? The American does not. Oh, no, he goes abroad to do so. ““I want no_better iriends than the peo- ple I met in England. Immediately you enter a man’s house there you feel your- self a man—a gentleman, a king.” Mr. Miller, in describing some of the people he had met in London, touched upon = visit he paid with Lord Houghton and Thorndyke Rice to Thomas Carlyle. It was a foggy November day when they called upon the old philosopher, and the conversation in the room turned upon the immortality ‘of the soul and _religion. Said Mr. Carlyle: “‘Gentlemen, I want to say that there is one thing in the world worse than_a man absolutely without re- ligion,”” “What is that?’ they all asked. To which answered Carlyle, “‘A woman without religion.’’ The poet then described one of the Liter- ary Fund dinners which he attended. These dinners had their origin in Tom Hood’s re- fusing to accept a purse of gold, even when in dire need of it. The particular dinner mentioned by the lecturer was attended by many notables, among others by the Prince of Wales, Lord Salisbury, the Kin, fof the Belgians and the Prince Imperial: the latter being then a handsome youth. The speaker had a good word to say for the English custom of gensioning authors. ‘“‘Saturday night and Sunday in Lon- don,” was the next scene presemted by the lecturer to the mental vision of his audience. He pictured the thrifty house- wife going shopping late Saturday night, the bustle in' the streets, the immense crowds, vast and yet orderly. He com- vared the manner in which the Sabbath day is observed in London and in New York and in San Francisco, Mr. Miller before closing his address re- lated a little incident showing how the law is enforced 1n England. He said: *‘One of James Gordon Bennett's bright young men started a paper in London called The Hornet. In one of the first issues a well- known banker was libeled. He brought suit and Withinrfifteen minutes of the commencement of the action a verdict fc £5000 was returned.” i The last part of the lecture was devoted to a description of a visit to Germany, and an interesting account of the army maneuvers under Von Moltke and Bis- marck. The lecturer was introduced by John P, Irish, and among those present were: John 8. Hittell, John Taylor, Miss Kirk- land, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. Lovell White, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Beaver, John Perry Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bige- low, Sumner Bughee, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Denman, Mr. and Mrs. Edagar Kelly, Dr. stebbins, Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Johnson, David i‘nrquhar- son and Mr. Church. HERMAN OELRICHS HERE. The New Yorker Came to Look After His Wife’s Interests in the Fair Will Case. Herman Oelrichs arrived here from New York yesterday morning and took up his quarters at the Palace Hotel. His pres- ence here is made necessary by the status of the Fair will case, before Judgs Slack. Mr. Oelrichs said yesterday that business would keep him here for some time, prob- ~ AN EXECUTION BY FIAT, Way the Democratic General Committee Will Prob- ably Die. AND MAX POPPER HAS RISEN. Some Gossilp About the Watkins Committee and Its Individual Strength. The local Democratic mess iy simply fermenting now. Since the meeting of the Deuprey committee on Thursday night to begin the interesting work of making a brand-new anti-Buckley machine and the whoop-up at the Occidental Club on the same evening both factions nf_ the party have been quietly but very busily at work verfecting plans and strengthening their positions. The next formal movement will prob- ably be the meeting of the new committee of fifty within a week. When the Deuprey committee and the committee of twenty- five appointed by Chairman Watkins thus get together and coalesce it will adopt some plan of reorganization, which will by that time have been decided on by Gavin McNab, Max Popper, Sam Braunhart and one or two others of the present Junta. Then, it is expected, the present general committee will be killed and a new one created with neatness and dispatch. The method by which the McNabers will gather the entire party to qhem;elves is yet a little hazy, but the promise of it rises more clearly and definitely. The committee of fifty, half of which was some- what arbitrarily appointed at the last municipal convention and whose powers have recently been arbitrarily decided by the Junta, and the other half of which is wholly an arbitrary creation of Chairman ‘Watkins, will create a new general com- mittee by direct appointment and by virtue of the sovereignty it declares to belong to it. i In creating this new party organization of 450 three short steps will be expedi- tiously taken. The fifty will first appoint themselves members of the new general committee. Then they will add all mem- bers of the present committee who voted for A. A. Watkins for chair- man or who will renounce Buck- ley with sufficient evidence of good faith. Then they will complete the 450 by adding carefully selected anti- Buckley men, and if the other wing of the party gets so much as a cousin of one of its friends in the new general committee it will not be through the grace of the Mc- Nabers. The Junta is playing tramps now.. This plan of giving seats in the new committee to all members of the present one who will stand in with the Junta is one of them. It Senator C. 8. Arms of the Thirty-first is 1n the Mint, will do as Daggett says and is heartily with McNab and his associates. Tim Donovan of the Thirty-second, who is in the Custom-house, is” said to have been helped there by Popper. R. Lut- tringer of the Thirty-fourth is under orders in the office of Internal Revenue Collector Welburn, and McNab runs the politics of that office through Welburn. James Butler is from Popper’s old dis- trict, the Thirty-fifth, but his present affiliations are uncertain. Peter Quinn is a groceryman 1n the Thirty- sixth and 1is credited with being Braunhart's man_ then. His was about the only vote Watkins secured from that district. G. H. Thompson of the Thirty-eighth represents Watkins’ dis- trict, and is close to Watkins and Watkins’ friend, Sam Daniels. 8. Kohlman of the Thirty-ninth is in the Tax Collector’s office; thanks to Max Popper largely. M. C. Hassett of the Fortieth is another friend of Popper’s. Then in succession came the purists, Ed Lanigan and Eddie Greany, who are respectively for Welburn and the Fire Department. T. J. Pinder of the Forty-third recalls old associations with Popper, and Otto Koepler of the Forty- fourth is an Iroquois man, always asso- ciated with Popper and his friends. Clitus Barbour of Gavin McNab’s district will never be found across the street from Mc- Nab politically. - This is buta glance at the committee, but whatever other affiliations and influ- ences are there it will be seen that all around Popper would be an influence with it, and Popper is now cordially working with McNab and Braunhart. The Buckley men work hard behind the curtain, come out once in a while to see with _curious interest how McNab's new Democratic party is getting along with its birth, and listen to the Junta's death warrant with fortitude. They say that they admire one thing about the other fellows, and that is their superb “gall.” They smile sardonically and tell the old story about the three tailors of Threadneedle street who met and resolved, “We, the tailors of London, etc.” INSTALLED THE OFFICERS, Conclusion of the Forty-Sixth Annual Convention of Masons. It Was a Satisfactory Sesslon and Showed That Masonry Is Flourishing. The forty-sixth annual convention of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, California jurisdiction, was called to order yesterday morning for the last time. The only business before the con- vention was the installation of officers elected the day previous, and the an- nouncement and installation of appointive officers. The grand officers-elect installed were: Grand master, Edward Myers Preston; dep- uty grand master, Dr. Thomas Lucas; senior warden, Thomas Flint Jr.; grand treasurer, Ed- GEORGE E. JOHNSON, ELECTED GRAND SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA JURISDICTION OF THE FREE MASONS. is a reward of virtue which is_counted on much to give strength to the Junta and to keep weak fellows from straying into Buckley’s camp. The possession of the chairman and sec- retary of the general committee is a big trump, too. The situation promises that it will be played in a few minutes or so. The Junta doesn’t want any more meet- ings of the general committee. It would be simply a waste of time and it would be hazarding too much with the possibility that Buckley would be found to havea majority atanother meeting. The adjourn- ment a week ago Wednesday night was carefully taken “‘to the call of the chair.”’ Secretary Thomas P. Cusick is with the Junta, being a deputy in Welburn’s office. Without the chairman and secretary how could the Buckleyites secure a meeting that would be technically regular? Wat- kins would ignore any petition for a meet- ing and Cusick wouldn’t send out a single notice. That illustrates the decisive im- portance of that fight for the chairman- ship. If Buckley had four-fifths of the committee and the four-fifths met it would be simply a voluntary mass-meeting. So as the Junta isapparently afraid to risk another meetin§ it is not likely that one will be held. It is intimated that when the new committee is created Chair- ably six_ weeks or more. He was not ac- companied by his wife and Miss Fair, who have remained in the East. He says that they have no intention of coming out here for the present. —————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 12.—Among the coast arrivals are: R. L. Sawyer of Los Angeles, B. Rawlins ‘of Sacramento and Lewis D, Stack of Ban Francisco. Ex-Senator Felton is ex- pected here from Philadelphia to-morrow. ——————— M. Maurice Courantis authority for the state- ment that the invention of priniing is due to Htai Tjong, King of Kores, who had movable types cast as early as 1403. ——————— BPECIAL sale of trimmed hats this week, ‘“Seavey’s,” 1382 Market st. 3 . man Watkins will calmly declare the old committee out of existence, without any funeral service, and the new organization will go right ahead as though it were a very nice day, leaving the Buckley mi- nority or majority to enjoy life in its freest way. The able form of Max Popper suddenly rises among the anti-Buckley leaders. On the anti-Buckley side the forces and com- binations will keep changing somewhat likethe pretty things in a kalexdoscoge. Max is right in the fight now. Atthe Oc- cidental Hotel he and McNab_and Braun- hart oft bunch their heads. He knows lo- cal Democratic politics like one who helped make them, and the present general com- mittee is to him an open primer. People have been saying that Popper was a dead leader, but death is very uncertain in poli- tics, as Mr. Buckley is demonstrating. Max is “‘out of politics,” he says, and that is a reminder of the remarkable number of very active men who are out of politics just now. Several people politically wise pondered Eazterdny over the twenty-five appointed y Chairman Watkins, and tried to find riddles and solve them. It was decided that Max Popper’s influence would be pretty strong in that committee. It was generally judged that the twenty-five would be influenced about as follows: Of the members at large, A. A. Watkins would be largely controlled by McNab and Popper. P. EJ %-‘hrnsy. Port Warden, is especially intimate with Braunhart and Popper. ° Popper and Braunhart have been political twins for a good while, and Pop- ger is a strong influence behind Braunhart, ames Denman has been a friend and standby to POPPQX‘ ever since the Sullivan- Dwyer revolution. Joseph Leggetr, the law partner of Congressman Maguire, has no aflinity for Daggett of the Junta, but is friendly to Mang. McNab has consid- erable control over Gavin McNab. L. V. Merle has always worked with Popper in the Iroquois Club. _The representatives of the districts are sized up as follows: Henry Healy of the Twenty-eighth owes Ed Lanigan for a job under the Board of Supervisors. E. P, Troy of the Thirtieth is especially close to Popper, as is Troy’'s brother, who was once secretary of the State Central Com- mittes through Popper influences, Ex-‘ ward Colemanj Johnson. After the installation of Grand Master Preston he announced the following ap- pointments: Grand chaplain, Rev. George Edwerd Walk of San Francisco; grand orator, Jacob Voor- sanger, San Francisco; assistant grand secre- tary, Andrew J. Hare, San Francisco; grand lecturer, William E. Sloane, Elsinore; grand marshal, Edward 8. West, Santa Cruz; grand standard-bearer, H. A. Powell, Oskland; grand swordbearer, Henry C. Keyes, Stock. ton; grand Bible-bearer, Jerome B. Richard- son, Woodland; senior grand deacon, William betry, Sscramento; junior grand deacon, Ralph Lowe, San Jose; senior grand steward, James F. Bedford, Anderson; junior grand steward, James F. Drake, Rediands; grand persuivant, James B. Cooke, Colusa; grand or- ganist, Samuel D. Maher, San Francisco; grand tyler, James Oglesby, San Francisco. Committees were announced as follows; On Jurisprudence—N. Greene Curtis, A.R. Conklin, H. N. Rucker, William Johnsfon, W. J. Tinnin. On Finance—J. H. Neff, C. L. Patton, E. 8. Valentine, H. H. Knapp, C. E. Stone. “In many respects the convention just ended has been one of the most satisfac- tory we have ever had,” said_Grand Secre- tary George E. Johnson. ‘‘In attendance it has never been equaled, and everything passed off in a manner very pleasant to all concerned. The reports of the various del- egates showed that the lodges all over the State were increasing in membership. There were three new lodges instituted, all in the southern part of the State. This would be considered a very good showing for many jurisdictions, but was a little under the average for us. On the other hand, not a single lodge went out of ex- istance during the past year, and the old lodges all showed increased strength. “‘The proceedings of the convention were harmonious and the results very sat- isfactory, PEOPLE'S THEATER. Opening Performance of a Belodrama and Variety House. The house on Howard street that was once Morosco’s opened last night as the People’s Theater. There was an audience that packed every corner of the big byild- ing and left very little standing room n the aisle near the entrance, which serves as a foyer. 3 The building has been painted outside and redecorated inside, though the altera- tions in the interior arrangements are not entirely completed. The house is now lighted completely.with electricity. The style of entertainment that was in- augurated last night is new to San Fran- cisco, though it is not a novelty in_ the East.. It consists of a double bill which offers the theater-goer heavy melodrama sandwiched with a light and airy variety show. For instance, after seeing the evil genius of the play villain through a whole act, the audience can forget his deeds of darkness in watching the gyrations of the transformation dancers or the song and dance act of the Ramonde sisters, The melodrama last night was Bouci- cault’s ‘‘After Dark.” James M. Ward Blsyed his original character of Old Tom, arrell Vinton was Gordon Chumley and ‘W. T. Gleason took the part of Dicy Mor- ris, prfifiewr of the Elysium Concert Hall. 1 these old favorites were much ol grand secretary, George E. za, is evidently an_actress of some ‘ex- lauded. Margaret Reid, who played perience, but Miss Leonore White, the otherlmi of the cast, was scarcely audible beyond the footlights. he other performers were Pietro Sasso, Jean Wiener, J. C. Glenn, H. C. Bradley, W. C. Belascoand H. C. Doublesitt. In the concert hall scene, young Corbett and Billy Armstrong had a boxing bout, which caused a number of voices in the audience to make themselves heard, cheering the pugilists on with friendly advice and en- couragement. _ The variety specialtiesjbetween the acts included acrobat, dances and vocalists, among whom the Zanfarellas, the flying demons, made the best hit. COL. ANDREWS TO RETIRE. He Desires to Take Life Easy and to Enjoy the Fortune He Has Earned. Colonel A. Andrews’ famous Diamond Palace is to pass into history with the end of the current year. He has determined to retire from business, having, as he said in the course of an interview yesterday, made his fortune and being desirous of casting off the cares of trade before he be- came too old, though he diffidently admit- ted to having attained the Biblical limit of three score and ten. The colonel has been ir: business in this State for nearly half a century, the greater ggrt of that time in this City. He opened is diamond emporium at its present loca- tion with a cash capital of just 60 cents twenty-three years ago, and retires with a fortune of $500,000, which he proposes to invest in CGity property. The $34,000 which it cost to fit up his magnificent establish- ment, which is reputed to be the tinest in the world, was borrowed from several local capitalists, and his §90,000 stock of jew- elry, diamonds, etc., was given him on credit. He has had many celebrities of both continents as patrons, and many of the orders given him have run into the tens of thousands., The most notable transaction was the sale to the late Senator William Sharon of a brooch for $75,000. This was set with a 68-carat diamond valued at $68,- 000, which was sarrounded with twenty- four smaller gems. The late Mrs. Robert Johnson was also a liberal purchaser of jewels of high valune. Among her greatest treasures, which were recently dispersed at auction, was the necklace of the Empress Eugenie, which she had purchased at the Diamond Palace. Mrs. Sunderland of this City, now a resident of Washington City, is the proud owner of a quartz jewel casket for which she paid the colonel $10,000, His list of patrons included the names of J. G. Eastland of this City, General George T. Beauregard, Ex-Governor S. D. McEnery of Lousiana, naw Chief Justice of that State; Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Har- rison, wife of the ex-President, Lillie Langtry, Adelina_Patti, King Kalakaua and the late Ex-President McMahon of France. B Black serge coat, white duck trousers, Russia calf shoes, wide brim white straw hat with black band and percale shirt is Beau Brummel’s country ‘‘get-up.” 1128 Marlket Street, SAN FRANCISCO. 320 S. Spring Street, LOS ANGELES. MUNYON'S HOMEOPATHIC HOME REMEDIES At Cut Rates, 20c, 40c and 80c. |THE OWL DRUG GO. $1.25 a Bottle, ] HERMITAGE LAZELL’S PERFUMES| SOUR MASH 1n bulk. WHISKY. 200 per Ounce. | Reduced to 75e. THE OWL DRUG ©O. Ladies’ Combination Raymond's Floral Pocket-Books. Perfumes. 81 50 Books re- 1-Oz. Bottles duced to....81 00| 50c, cutto..., 35 81 00 Booksre- 2-0z. Bottle: duced to...... 75¢ Books re~ duced to. . $1, cut to..... 60 z. Bottles 50| $150,cutto..8100 | Fragrant and lasting. THE OWL DRUG CO. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Our l’re;)cript%on i Hartford epartments| fot. sveuns teareaotoin], B0 WALOT Bottles. our establishments. s \ltn:'-. o0 Soch e s el Baast. Sie seoh THE OWL DRUG CO. CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS. HAND MIRRORS, | Manicure Articles. 1n Cellulold, Plush, Flor- of all kinds. ence Polished Woods| 5O per cent less and Sterling Silver. _ |than elsewhere. THE OWL DRUG GO. DEPOT FOR Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Elastic Stockings, Etc. Country Orders filled at our regu- |II'“‘,:I:I R:tesi7 rite for Price a-Guart List. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS ONE PRICE TO ALL. THE OWL DRUG CO. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Scott’s Emul- {HARTFORD FOUNTAINSYRINGES 2-Quart sion .85¢ DEPOT FOR P::h“ a 60c ompound ... Joy'sanaHooa’s _ |Kent’s Flea Driver. Sarsaparilla ...65¢ Miles’ Nervine..75¢| Away with the Fleas. Pinkham’s Com- 40c at Dr. Plerce’s Pre- e :¥8e| 25c a Bottle, pound........... 750 VERONICA WATER THE OWL DRUG GO. OUR TELEPHONE The Best of Its Kind Painter’s Coca Wi NUMBER, Celerl Tonie. South 356. [A Tonic Remedy end o byTlephflne Regular Price 8$1.25 ler 'e] i Night or Day. o“ Pfil:tafl?so Pfil' QUININE PILIS l’ngg; Loast 2 Grain per 100..30c| Dr. Edison’s Anti- 3 Grain per100..40¢( Obesity Goods 5 Grain per 100..60¢| Pills, Salts, Bands WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. THE OWL DRUG CO0. San Franciseo and Los Angetes. l NEW TO-DAY. GRAND OPENING —IN OUR— ART ROOTIS Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 15, 16 and 17. Everybody Welcome Whether With a View of Purchasing or Not. Art Linens. Among the many articles on display will be a most extensive assortment of Embroidered Linen, Scarfs, Run- ners, Trays, Center Pieces, Tea Cloths, Doylies, etc., in entirely new designs and effects, both commenced and finished pieces, at lower prices than ever. Also & new invoice of Mexican Linen Drawn Work at Teasonable prices. Cushions. A most magnificent display of new cushions in entirely new designs in hand _embroidered, hand_painted and plain tops. These beautiful goods must be seen to be appre- ciated. Oriental Embroideries. Some of the handsomest goods ever brought to this coast, comprising Table Covers, Cushion Tops, Piano Drapes, Mantel Drapes, etc., all of which will be on display during our Artroom opening. Art Goods. Ovr elegant line of made up Holiday Go« 3s now open for inspection, and inc tdes the newest ideas in appro- pric = and desirable holiday gifts at pric 4 which place them within every%0dy’s reach. Art Materias, To our lady patrons who wish to make up articles themselves we can show hundreds of new designs and supply them with all the newest materials for fancy work. Our prices have been greatly re- duced. We do the best and most arustic stamping, and have the largest assortment of entirely new designs to be found in the United States. SPECIAL NOTICE. We wish to call attention to the fact that many of the nov- elties on display that have been imported this season are single pieces and exclusive styles which cannotbe dupli- cated ; therefore we urge our patrous to make fheir selec~ tions early. NEWMAN & LEVINSON 125, 127, 129, 131 Kearny Street. 209 Sutter Street. Fancy LADIES’ 2-CLASP GENUINE MMONARCH GLOVES. OUR PRICE 31,50 Every Pair Guaranteed and Fitted. ON SALE At Our Glove Department, 125 to 131 Kearny Street, AND ALSO AT OUR Braneh, 742 Market Streef. NEWNIAN & LEVINSON, §5000 REWARD HAVE YOU A CANCER? IT CAN BE CURED WITHIN NINE DAYS by the wonderful CANADIAN CANCER CURE! And if not we will forfeif the above sum. NO CUTTING OR BURNING, but a mild and positive treatment. No charge made until the cancer has been entirely removed. Call and examine the testimonials of those who have been cured by this wonderful discovery. They are convincing. Why suffer another dey ? R. LOWE & CO.’'S CANADIAN CANCER CURE, 1557% MARKET STREET. PER PAIR. THE OFFICE OF THE UNION IRON WORKS HAS BEEN REMOVED ITo No. 222 Market Street, Near Front,