The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1895. —_— 7 OCTOBER 15, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Trilby.” CoLUMBIA THEATER—* Robin Hood.” MoRO0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—"The Pheenix.’ TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE—*I] Trovatore.” OrPEEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S ALcAZAR.—* Confusion.” PrOPLES' THEATER, Howard st.—*After Dark.” BaY DisTRICT TEACK.—Races. S7ATE B0ARD oF TrADE EXHTBIT.—575 Market rtreet, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. MECHANICS' PAvILioN.—Farewell performance ©of Fritz Bcheel, Saturday, October 1 AUCTION SALES. Sy B v, ELI s¥ & Co.—Tuesday, October at 12 o'clock noo CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF, B. M. Lelong w apple in the footh Scheel will last time next The arg were cor 111 distribute & new variety of ct the Park band for the ay. the Fair estate litigation terday before Judge Slack. e sgitating the question of rectings at Golden Gate somewhat warmer,” is the forecast s weather, according to the official chools A. J. Moulder died home yesterday of pleuro- Cooper read & paper on “The flering” at the Congregational The fourth annual convention of the Cali- fornia M el s’ Association btegan at Pioneer Ha rda; The Board of Heslth reports 109 deaths for the past week, against 142 for the correspond- ing week last year. A movement is on foot among the carpen- ters’ unions to establish 8 $3 rate as the mini- mum for a day’s work. Deacon George W. Gildersleve of Napa comes to grief while hunting & housekeeper among the employment offices. The winning horses at the Bay District track yesterday were: Claude Hill, Elmer F, Model, Arnette and Tim Murphy. Samuel Perry, a professional beggar, was sentenced to ten days in the County Jal by Judge Campbell yesterday. Exccutors Bishop and Lewis of the Mrs. Miranda W. Lux estate nave been temporarily suspended by Judge Coffey. Charles A. Stevens has been appointed & Customs Inspector, vice E. T. McLean, removed. Stevens will be stationed at Los Angeles. The suit of the Noe heirs for $24,000,000 worth of land in the San Miguel Rancho will be begun within the next two or three days. The suit of Robert P. Jansen against the Southern Pacific Company for $50,000 damages was begun in Judge Hunt's court yesterday. T.J. Lynngreen and Ham Franks, members of Verein Eintracht Bieyele Club. met with serious mishaps in & club outing at San Rafaal on Sunday. A warrant was sworn out in Judge Joachim- sen’s court yesterday for_the arrest of Horace Smyth, a juror in the Durrant case, on the charge of battery. Neil MacLeod is suing the Fulton Engineer- ing and Shipbuilding Works for $20,000 on ac- count of injuries sustained while in the cor- poration’s employ. The committee in charge of the California anquet complain that certein merchants who sell Eastern goods are opposing the feast of California products. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club, formed to play the game without stakes or monetary con- ration of any kind, holds its opening tour- nament this evening. A case involving the powers of the Game and h Warden came before Judge Campbell yes- iay, and the arguments of counsel on the estion will be heard to-day. ennis O'Brien, an ex-convict, testified in e Conlan’s court yesterday that he had T been arrested before, and a charge of 1ry was registered against him. ter Olsen, who & year or so ago deserted wife and child, is now trying to purchase reedom by offering her $300 to not molest and call their married life ended. 3.3. Hallihen of the Midway Plaisance was oy sentenced by Judge Joachimsen to 100 or be imprisoned for 100 liguor without a licens foners have mot ordered teken down because they were notified that it has been attached, and if they remove it they. will be held responsible. The Country Club has bec me involved in a s of 8an Diego s representative | quailfor the preserve in Marin Connty. At the State Free Labor Bureau an order was received yesterday for seventy-five men for the Mountain mine in Shasta County. This makes 250 men sent to thismine by the Labor Burean. inst the majority in the Board upervisors awarding street paving contracts without permitting « tion in the bids was begun in Judge Seawell’s court yesterday. The Granite-cutters’ U cided to work on stor rather than let the “ir the granite work on building. The Ashbury Heights and_Stanyan-street Improvement Club held an indignation meet- ing last night over the poor car ser nished them by the Macket-street Ri Company. The third day of the Garcelon trust contestin the Circnit Court completed Judge Stanly's deposition, and showed that Mrs. Garcelon was, in her business relations, the personifica- tion of secrec Health Officer Lovelace has made out a list of the public schools which he thinks ought to be closed till the proper sanitary improvements are made. The list will be handed 1o the Board of Health t0-morrow. Milk Inspector Dockery continues his active erusade against the impure milk-dealers, Yes. terday on one of the so-called “milk ranches” he ordered a cow suffering from the last stages of tuberculosis killed et once. The serious illness of Eugene Deuprey, an at- torney in the Durrant trial, is likely to canse a protracted deiay in the big murder trial. General Dickinson will ask for & continuance when the case comes up to-day. Irving M. Scott has returned from Japan and says he is quite confident that the Union Iron Works will get some of the ship-building con- tracts soon to be let by that Government. He talks also of the couniry generally. William Srerp, who shot Manuel Moreno in Hinckley alley on Saturday night, was arraigned in Judge Joachimsen's court_yester- day on the charge of assault to.murder, and the case was continued till October 21. Seba C. Mastick, son of E. B. Mastick of Ala- meds, was admitted yesterday to practice in the United States Circuit Court upon the recommendation of Samuel W. Halliday, who appeared with him before Judge Hawley. Milk Inspector Dockery proposes to make an investigation of the milk supply of St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum. Tne mortuary record of that institution has been very heavy. Bister Mary £ays it has its own supply of milk from cows of its own keeping. Warrants were sworn out in Judge Low’s court yesterday against ten “moonshiners” for seiling liquor without a license. Among them was Margaret Pound, 435 Clementina street, in whose place Policeman Menihan was nearly killed about & year ago. Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska says San Francisco is prominently mentioned as the mext place of holding the Republican National Convention, and aiso talks of the nays, our forelgn policy and the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. The charge of assault with a deadly weapon against Patrick Croke and Charles Sherlock yrelerred by W. B. Hammill, was dismissed by udge Joachimsen yesterdap. The defendants were charged with chasing Hammill with a pitchfork at the racetrack. A charge of battery preferred by Mrs. Julia Coffey against Policeman Madden was dis- missed by Judge Low yesterday. The alleged battery took place in Mrs. Coffey’s house on Larkin street. when Madden was in search of his wife, whom he believed to be there. Miss Mamie Heffron took s leading part in the comedy “False Pretenses,” st the Columbia Theater Dramatic School performance last Sun- dey night, but by some mischance the youn; lady's name was omitted from the published acconnts of the performance. Miss Heffron ap- peared as Mme. Malingear, her stage name for the nonce being Thelmsa Wilding. ee the e S To Recover Money Loaned. Rosina Sindlinger has obtained an injunc- tion to prevent the removal of ninety-three barrels of malt. extract from the storehouse of the Overland Freight Transfer Company. She claims that she loaned $1370 to John Muth and Mrs. A. W. Mass, taking the malt extract as security, and t an etiempt is being made to defrsud her. it | AN AVERAGE OF ONE INFANT'S DEATH DAILY, Recent Mortuary Record of St. Joseph’s Or- phan Asylum. IT AROUSES MR.DOCKERY An Investigation by the Milk Inspector Now in Pros- pect. ONLY ITS OWN SUPPLY USED. Sister Mary’s Explanation of Why the Waifs Die—What Dr. McLaughlin Says. The mortnary record of St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum has suggested the idea to Milk Inspector Dockery of making an in- vestigation of the inilk fed to the infants in that institution. He proposes to visit that orphanage Thursday. At the Health Office the deathsof in- fants reported from the St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum during September were 32. During Augnst there were 14, and for October up to date there have been 12. Following is the record from sSeptember 1: September 1—George, age 6 months, cause convulsions; Lorenzo Morales, 1 month, inanition; Barney Mullen, 19 d%?'!. inanition. September 3—Harry Harris, 2 months 15 days, enteritis; Mary C. Jenkins, 2 months, enteritis. i September 4—Antone Fusleco,7 years, con- sumption; James King, 25 days, inanition. September 5—Frances Davenport, 1 month 17 days, bronchitis; Mary, 14 days, enteritis. September 9—Raymonda, 9 days, enteritis. September 12—Henry Berkl, 17 days, pneu- monia, September 13—Ruth Eveline, 2 months 20 days, pneumonia; Genevieve Miriam, 1 month 6 days, enteritis. September 14—William McGinnis, 2 months, enteritis; Petra, 11 days, inanition. ; September 15—Josepha, 20 days, bronchitis; Rose, 26 days, inanition. September 16—Lucy. 1 month 11 days, en- teritis; Li; , 2 months, pneumonia. September 17—Eugenie Carey, 26 days, en- teritis; Joachim, 19 days, enteritis. September 18—Ubianna, 18 days, inanition. September 20—Albert, 1 month and 5 days, pneumonia. Beptember bronchitls. September 24—Sophia, 13 days, inanition; Sadie Ross, 1 month and 13 days, inanition; George Silva, 2 months and 4 days, pneumonta. September 25—Josephine, 2 days, enteritis. September 26—Gabriel Perboyre, 6 months, congestion of lungs. September 27—Austin, 1 month, enteritis; Ada, 26 days, enteritis. September 28—Anne, 25 days, inanition. September 29—Bartie Condon, 5 months, pneumonia. October 1—Miriam, 1 month 13 days, paeu- monia. 3 October 2—Jannerais, 17 days, inanition; Teresa Perry, 24 days, enteritis. October 5—Thomas, 2 months, inanition. October 7—Angelina, 2 months 12 days, Jarneil, 23 days, inanition. 21—Jane, 1 month and 19 days, ack, 2 months 11 days, enteritis; Lilie, 2 months, bronchitis. Ocfober 9—Nettie Berry, 25 days, enteritis; Mary, 1 month, enteritis. October 10—Anthony, 1 month 2 days, in- anition; Harry Morrison, 4 months, pheu- monia. Enteritis is the medical term for inflam- mation of the small intestines. Inspector Dockery supposes that this inflammation is due to the kind of milk fed. The record during the same period for the Children’s Hospital, City and County Hospital and Girls’ Directory was: Children’s Hospital—September 4, Maggie Donald, 4 years, burns; September 9, Mon Bow (female), 10 months, cerebral meningitis; Sep- tebmer 14, Leah Goldstein, 9 months, bronchi- tis; September 25, Edwin Gumelin, 3 years. cerebral meningitis; October 6, Emmons Blaine, 1 year 3 months, broncho pneumonia. City and County Hospitai—September 14, child of Mary Camobell, 3 days, inanition} September 27, child of Kate Larkin, 1 day, inanition. Girls’ Directory—September 30, Catherine E. Johnston, 3 months 21 days, tubés mesenteria. There were no deaths reported during this period from any orphan asylum other than the St. Joseph’s. The statement was made off-handed at the Health Office that it was very seldom that an infant’s death was reported from the other hospi- tals and orphan asylums. ‘“They never seem to die, somehow,” observed the statistician of that department. An inquiry was made at the St. Joseph Orphan Asylum last evening. The insti- tution is in two parts. The large building on top of the hill has no children younger than 5 years of age. Very seldom, said the Sister of Charity in cbarge, does any child die there. This building was full of noisy merriment when a representative of TrE CALL visited it, and thesister explained that the children were fed the same as any children would be—on plenty of substan- tial, wholesome food, like bread, butter, oatmeal, milk, meat and potatoes. As the record of the Health Office did not show any deaths from this branch due to stomach troubles or tuberculosis, and as the shriil treble of talk and laughter en- couraged a belief in their health the in- quisitqrial visitor took a trip down to the lower building, transferring his attention to this branch, where infants only are cared for, and where the sisters are daily and nightly receiving foundlings and ‘“*castaways.” ‘‘Castaway” is a painful word, but from the statement of Sister Mary, who has charge of the infantarium, it aptly fits many of the new-born babes which are picked up on doorsteps and placed in that Institution with hardly a breath of life left in them. Sister Mary did not leave much to sus- pect in the milk supply. ““We have our own cows,” she said, ‘fourteen of them now, and sometimes as many as eighteen. We do not get any milk from any outside source at alL.” In reply to questions as to how the cows were fed and stabled, she said the house- keeper was more in touch with the milk- gemni, but, so far as she knew, they got good hay to eat,and frequent feeds of bran and shorts, and their stables were kept in good condition. However, Dr. Moses A. ) cLaughlin, the physician of the orohanage, and who certifies to all the deaths, 2 set all doubts as to the quality of milk to rest later when he was asked about it by saying that the cows were sleek and fat, fed on hay and bran, well stabled and frequently inspected carefully b{ Veterinary Egan, who, said the doctor, allows no tunerculosis-affected cows there. Sister Mary explatned the heayy mortu- ary record in the following: ‘We have about 400 infants here. T - ber varies somewhat, but it can be thliie‘nn:‘lm basis. Of course we are receiving new babie at all hours, day or night,and I don’t just ex- nctlf know now many deaths we do have with- out looking at the records, but I sy, pose it 1s, 88 you say, a1 average of dout one SRty he fact is, most of these little unfortunates are nearly dead when they are found. They are left on the steps anywhere you know sometimes in & basket, but in most cases jus wrapped up in a piece of blanket or shawl, Only the other day one was left on our lower steps, and one of our sisters discovered it by pure accident. If it had not been found 1n time it might have been killed by being trampled upon by the boys when they go out, for as boys will, you know, they always go out with arush. I'do not say we get one every twenty-four hours, but sometimes during that period we receive several, As I said, most of these little waifs are just, sbout dead when we get them. Many die by the time they reach the nursery. We do what we can, but what can we do? ’;hay come into the worid with nothing in their favor and all that heredity means sgainst their chances of living. There is no mother's milk with which to nurture them, and that is the very best food for any child. We feed them with warm cow’s milk. When we learn that the child has been fed on con- densed milk we give them that; likewise when & child custalned by apy petent food, we give it what it has been accustomed to. 'Those" that will eat we feed every two hours, and we keep two paid nurses to attend to them at night. Iam generally up two or three times a night. We keep these infants warm, free from draughts and clean, and I think our milk is of the very best. Butif a child has al- ready practically” perished through neglect, exposure and starvation, and it dies before we can induce i: to take nourishment, or if through hereditary or constitutional weakness it cannot live, it should not be surprising if & death from the St. Joseph’s Orphen Asylum is reported at the Health Office. Dr. McLaughlin had substantially the same explanation to make, save that he was a little stronger in his statements, went more into details, and argued, while condemning the parents of such children, that experiments of the past, that of the French physician, Bibiere, for example, bad proven that if 10 per cent of such foundlings were saved it was to be consid- ered as a medical triumph. He was very eulogistic of the devotedness of the Sisters of Charity to their work. Dr. David B. Todd corroborated Sister Mary’s explanation also. He was physi- cian at 'the institution for three years. Both doctors positively declared that the supply of milk at the orphanage was from its own source. Dr. McLaugblin said he had analyzed it at times and always found it of excellent quality. *‘Come up and go all through the insti- tution and ‘spend a day there,” said Dr. McLaughlin.© “I’ll show you how these infants are cared for by the Sisters, and you can also then see for yourself how the cows are kept. . No milk is'obtained from any outside source whatever. The water and general accommodations at the or- ghnnage are good. I think the Sisters eserve great praise for the work they are doing.” IN THE CITY PLAYHOUSES, “Robin Hood” Draws Another Large House at the Colum- bia Theater. ‘“Confusion” Ralses a Hearty Laugh. Opera at the Tivoli—Nobles In ““The Phoenix.” The Baldwin, For the third successive Monday night the Baldwin was crowded last evening. The fact that every seat was occupied and that the space usually allotted to the or- chestra was fitted up with seats, and that these were also filled last evening, was proof that the people are not tired of “Trilby” and that awful Svengali. The audience was wrought up to such a pitch of enthusiasm when the curtain went down on the third act, just after the death of Svengali, that it was not satistied until the curtain had been raised six times. “Trilby” will be presented at a special matinee to-morrow afternoon. Great preparations are being made for the presentation of “The Passing Show” next Monday night. This is a pleasant travesty of the dramatic and operatic suc- cesses of the past two years, and it contains nearly every feature of the amusement world. The company that will present this play is a very large one, containnig more than 100 people. Morosco's Grand Opera-House. The success of Milton Nobles at Morosco’s Grand Opera-house has been marvelous. Every night he has played to crowded houses and last night was no exception. | The production of “The Pheenix,” which by many has been considered his masterpiece, was received with well-merited applause. The action of the play was well carried out by the anthor and those who assisted him in the several parts. The numerous tableaux that are given in the three acts were exceedingly realistic. In the fire scene at the clos. of the first act several new effects were introduced, und these served to render the stage far more realistic than any heretofore shown | in this City. Of course no one can equal Nobles in the character of his own creation, Carroll Graves, the New York Bohemian, who subsequently becomes Jim Bludsoe. Maud Edna Hall was all that could be desired in her dual role of Sadie, the flower girl, and Effie Elmore, while Charles W. Swain was at home in the character of Moses Solomon. Julia Blanc | gave an excellent portrayal of Alice Black- | burn, the sister of Leslie Blackburn (Fred | J. Butler), the heavy villain. The attend- ance last evening is a forerunner of the number of big houses that will witness this melodrama during the week. The People’s Theater. The very strong melodrama “After Dark,” from the pen of Dion Boucicault, drew another large house at the People’s Theater last night. Several weak people in the cast’ have been replaced by better ones. and the performance enthused the andience to a high pitch. The turns between the acts instead of musical inter- ludes appear to Flense the audience. To- morrow night will be bicycle night at this house, and special rates have been made for cyclers. Over 500, male and female, have announced their intention of appear- ing in the audience in bicycle costumes. The management has made arrangements to take charge of all wheels. Dixey will give a matinee next Sunday at the Tivoli. The second week of the Bostonians opened last night at the Columbia Theater to.as large and almost as enthusiastic an audience as greeted the popular singers on their reappearance here last Tuesday. The only important change in the cast consisted in the substitution of Frank V. Pollock, the other new tenor, for Harold Blake, who made such a favorable im- ression in the title role of ‘“Robin Hood” ast week. Pollock proved to have a pleasant lyric voice, not particularly powerful nor ring- ing, but it was sweet in quality and he used it easily and without striving and straining after dramatic effects beyond his powers. In addition to his vocal equip- ments, the new Robin Hood acted grace- fully and brightly, though his appearance was too frail to give an heroic impersona- tion to the part of the bold outlaw. The rest of the principals aroused the wonted applause by their spirited actin and fine singing, and the orchestra an chorus were up to their usual high stand- ard. “llobin g:lood" will run all week. To judge from the size of the houses it is attracting it might run a good deal longer, but it has been decided next Monday to roduce ‘‘Prince Ananias,” a work by Vic- r Herbert, which is new to San Francisco. Aloazar Theater, “Confusion’’ at Grover’s Alcazar last night was adorned with a scene which was not in the original play, but which had a touch of dramatic profanity about it that at once reached the comic side of the au- dience. The plot hinges on a letter which a wife writes to her husband, con- fessing to the possession of an inter- esting yellow pug dog which is con- cealed in a cabinet. When the wretched man opens the piece of furniture he discovers an infant of tender years, which his servants have concealed there. Hereward Hoyte was plunged in despair over this discovery last night, when to him enterea Francis Powers made up as Svengali, who tried to hypnotize him, a la Lackaye. The scene was a rather cleyer parody of Lackaye's uliar style, and it aroused roars of laugl ter. Taken altogether *“ much oppo: acted. The heroines of the casf not | Jating in chimneys. See that distiguish them- |.preperiy cieaned ea selves, and Mrs. Fanny Young, although clever, is apt to grow monotonous, for she plays all parts alike. }{Yerewnrd Hoyte as the unhappy hus- band and Leonard Grover as Christopher were both excellent, and Master de Camp, the baby who made his first appearance, deserves the warmest praise. e did not look mature enough to have had a year’s experience of life, but he gazed placidly at all the strange faces, lay silently in the cabinet for ten minutes ‘and cried at the exact moment that his part demanded it. On Sunday the Grovers celebrated the anniversary of the beginning of their San Francisco management. At the Tivoli, The good old “Trovatore” was enthusi- astically received at the Tivoli last night, its melodious airs were applauded and re- demanded. All the tremendously heroic, as well as the villainously cruel characters, were welcomed as old friends. Raffael, as the Count di Luna, villained so tunefully that his sins were forgiven him and he was applauded as no right feeling audience would have ap- plauded such a double-dyed monster 1f he had not atoned for his ‘shortcomings by acting that was far from villainous and by singing that was pleasant to the ear. Miss aler%a was properly in- tense as the persecuted Leonara, and the vocal scene suited her voice excellently. Martin Pache was a melodramatically heroic Manrico, and sang his lines so ener- ietically that he won several curtain calls. Alice Carle, as Azucena, fairly reveled in the deep subterranean notes that a large number of people denominate as ‘‘rich” contralto, but that are scarcely legitimate singing. The choruses were good. At the Orphenm. The new stars last night proved to be quite up to the Orpheum’s standard of variety talent. Memphis Keénnedy played on an endless variety of original instru- ments, including an old broom, a tin can and a row of bottles. The new quartet was humorous, as well as artistic. Among the old people Gilbert and Goldie represented an Englishman and an American and succeeded in making the for- mer look veri small. Murphy and Mack’s game of football, though not new, wasstill about the best part of the bill, though Haines and Pettingill aroused most laugh- ter. John Higgins, the champion jumper, has recovered from his recent iliness. He inadvertently gave a proof last night that he mnll_vJ'umps on eggs, for he upset the basket and all the eegs fell to the ground like so many humpty dumpties—they could not be picked up again. With the exception of this little mischance Higgins went through all his work successfully. His Last Appearance. Fritz Scheel gives his grand farewell concert next Saturday at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. ACTORS' FUND BENEFIT. To Be Held at the Baldwin on Fri- day ‘Afternoon—An Excellent Programme. At the Baldwin Theater next Friday afternoon there will be held a benefit per- formance in aid of the Actors’ Fund of America. Theentertainmentshave always met with success, and those in charge of the coming affair have arranged a pro- gramme of unusual excellence. The pro- gramme contains among other numbers the famous second act, studio scene, from **Trilby.” This act has been chosen as it calls for the full strength of the company and some of the best scenes and situations ot the play. In this act will be seen the merry-making scenes of the artists’ models, their singing, dancing, etc. Svengali and Trilby are there also, and several strong situations between the two famous char- | acters are de}ncted. The cast of the sec- | ond act of « rilby” is as follows: .Charles H. Riegel Charles Canfield Lorimer. Rev. Thomas Bagot. Phillippe. i . Thompson .. Howard James “Miss Edith Crane -Miss Rosa Rand Milton Nobles will logue under the title of “‘Shop Talk” and is ‘said to be exceedingly entertaining. The Tivoli Opera Compan&will be repre- .sented by Alice Nielsen, Mabella Baker, Martin Pache, Arthur Mesmer, John J Raffael, Laura Millard, George H. Brod- and complete orchestra under the direction of Adolph Bauer. The singers will be heard in the sextet from “Lucia’’ and finale act I1I “Ernani.” Miss Alice Carle, | also of the Tivoli, will give a recitation en- | titled “The Glove,” to be rendered with musical accompaniment. H. Coulter Brinker of Morosco’s Grand Opera-house Company will also recite. The Orpheum | will send four features—Gilbert and Goldie, the favorite comedians; the Schrode | Brothers in their acrobatic act; Haines and Pettingill, America’s comedians; the Gotham_City Quartet, comprising Ed A. Lang, Harry E. Fairbanks, Thomas H. Humphries, H. 8. Putman, direct from Madison-square Garden, New York. They introduce solos, warbles and melodies an: also give vocal imitations of banjos, bells, steam whistles, etc. These great specialty acts will be fol- lowed by another excellent number, the singing of ‘‘Ben Bolt’” by Miss Ruth White, the young lady who has made a good impression by ber rendition of the song behind the scenes in “Trilby.” At | the benefit she is to sing it before the audience, and will be accompanied by Leo Sumner's Huugarian gypsy band, the same as during the presentation of *“Irilby.” The band will also be another feature, as it is to render some character- istic Hungarian selections. Wilton Lack- a{‘e, after appearing in the second aci in “Trilby” in his great impersonation of Svengali, will give one of his recitations. Leonard Grover's Alcazar Theater com- pany will appear in the farce-comedy, “Joe’s Girls,” with the following cast: Joe Bagstock Leonard Grover Jr. Tom Briggs. Hereward Hoyte Judge Singieto Leonard Grover Sr. Angelica Hot Tod .. May Noble elina Davis. Gracie Plaisted Sophy Simper. ..Nellle Young Caroline Jones .Ida Parks Julia Tulips dllian Clays Dorothy vaun Hallett Mrs. Knappit. Fanny Young The reserved seats for the benefit have been placed at $1, with the gallery at 50c. _—— AGAINST TEE EXECUTORS. A Petition for Removal Filed Yesterday by Heydenfeldt Heirs. A petition for the removal of Executors Charles Ashton and Julius Jacobs of the Solomon Heydenfeldt estate was filed yes- terday by Thomas O. Heydenfeldt, Fred- erick O, Heydenfeldt "and Zeila O. Hellings. The petitioners think that their interests have not been looked out for roperly. They ask that Frederick O. &eydenfeldt be appointed administrator. ——— Trying to Buy His Liberty. Peter Olsen and Gussie Wallmar, aged 19, were married by Justice Barry on April 26, 1894, under circumstances that did not sug- gest future matrimonial happiness. Four months after Olsen deserted his wife, who gave birth to a healthy young Olsen eleven months later. Mrs. Olsen” asked the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to help her find her husband and make him msg- E:n their offspring. Olsen yesterday returned, ing tired of remaining in exile, and endeav- ored to compromise the case. He offered to give his wife $300 and call it quits, but he de- clines to aanon the child. s«mu? McComb is endeavoring to straighten out the matri- monial muddle, but so far without success. Precaution. ard your homes against fires. Seventy per of re’cem fires was caused by soot aegmu- your flues 13 SWEpt ot aBge, - G erick, William H. West and full chorus | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Narrow Escape of the Crew of the Barkentine Katie Flickinger. SWEPT FROM STEM TO STERN. The Steamer China Released From Quarantine by Order of the Board of Health. The barkentine Katie Flickinger, which arrived from Karluk yesterday, had a very narrow escape on September 29 last. ‘When off Queen Charlotte Islands, a heavy easterly gale set in. It increased in vio- lence until it was blowing a hurricane. The spanker boom and spanker were car- ried away. The water tanks and every- thing movable on deck were washed over- board. The cabin and forecasile were flooded and several of the crew were in- jured. Repairs were made, but ill luck still pursued the vessel, as light and baffling winds were met with off the Golden Gate. For over five days the bark- entine was within 150 miles of port, but never a breeze could the sailors whistle up until yesterday. *‘It wasone of the worst gales I ever ex- perienced,” said Captain McRae yester- day. “The wind blew a hurricane and the seas were mountains high. We were swept from stem to stern and the men were up to their knees in water all the time. Everything movable on deck broke loose, and, as the debris was washed back and forth, several of the crew were struck and seriously injured. All are now.on the way to recovery, however, thank goodness. From Queen Charlotte Islands we made a quick run to 8an Francisco, but off port we_struck southeast light winds, calms and fog, and made Fractically no progress for five days. All's well that ends well, however, and I’'m glad to be in port.” The last contracts on the new ferry depot will be let to-morrow. 'The covers or ball- ways that will lead from the main build- ing to the slips where the steamers dock are to be bid for. At present there will be only three of them, and these will be to aprons 2, 5 and 6. They will be painted and sanded with Monterey white sand in order to look like the depot building. They will also be fireproof, and the interior will have a very handsome appearance, being finished in native woods. Stockton is to have a band on the Stock- ton steamers. Hitherto San Francisco musicians have supplied the music for the atrons of the T. C. Walker, and the mem- Eers of the Stockton band did not like it. Superintendent Cochrane listened to their complaint_and thought it well founded. Accordingly the San Francisco men have been moved to the J. D. Peters and a Stockton band will take their place on the Walker. There will be music on the San Joaquin every night in the week in conse- quence. James Seymour, steward of the schooner Una, had a narrow escape from drowning at Main street wharf yesterday. In attempt- ing to go aboard he slipged and fell from the gangplank into the bay. John F. Wil- liams, watchman for the Black Diamond Coal Company, and Gus Reimer, watch- man of the steamer Jewel, heard his cries and went to his assistance. Seymour was rescued more dead than alive. The steamer China was released from narantine yesterday and docked atthe ?’scific Mail Company’s pier. All the pas- sengers were landed, and a rush was made to get the cargo out, as she is toleave again on the 22d inst. Nothing except the mail was taken aboard at Honolulu. In the China Sea Captain Seabury saw a consider- able quantity of wreckage. A good lookout was kept and the ‘remains of a Chinese junk was sighted. Six men were clinging to it, and theg were taken aboard and landed at Yokohama. Three.of the crew, all of whom were Chiuese, were drowned. The sealing schooner Emma Louise ar- rived from Bering Sea yesterday afternoon. Captain Dan McLean did not have his usual luck, as he only secured 507 skins. The Russian sealing grounds were more | carefully patrolled than usual, and in con- sequence there was no opportunity for poaching. A dispatch to the Merchants’ Exchange says that the British bark Embassador, ashore at Port Stanley, will probably be a total wreck. She was on her way to Hono- lulu, and the captain has chartered the barks Foxglove and Bein to take her cargo to that port. CHARGED WITH PERJURY, Dennis O’Brien, an Ex-Convict, Ordered Into Custody by Judge Conlan. There was a surprise in store for Dennis O’Brien in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday. He and John Sullivan, alias “the Ghost,”” and James Gilbert were arrested in the early morning of October 11 on the water front by Policemen Donahue and Dalton. When searched a slungshot, a glass-cutter and a file were found in Gilbert’s pockets. He was charged with haying burglars’ tools in his possession and the other two with vagrancy. The cases came up before Judge Conlan yesterday. O’Brien, who gave the name of Harry Gordon, was represented by Attor- ney Tobin. He gave evidence in his own behalf, and in answer to his attorney said he had come from San Jose and did not know Sullivan or Gilbert till he met them the night they were all arrested. ‘‘Have you ever been arrested before?” asked Tobin. 3 “No, sir,”’ emphatically re?lied O’Brien. “What 1s your true name?”’ asked Judge Conlan. “Harry Gordon.”” “And you were never arrested before?” “No, sir.” 5 “%Jld you not serve & term in San Quen- tin?” “No, sir.”” - O’Btien was identified by Detective Bain- bridge, who testified that on May 31, 1884, he was sentenced to ten years in Folsom nitentiary for grand larceny, and on ‘ebruary 9, 1892, he was sentenced to five years 1n Folsom for grand larceny. On the latter occasion when arrested he gave the name of Thomas Ryan, but in the Su- perior Court he changed it to John Wright. O’Brien was convicted on the charge of vagrancy, and the Judge ordered that a charge of perjury be entered against him. Gifizen was convicted of having burglars’ tools in his possession, and was sentenced to six months in the County Jail. The case against Sulltvan is still pending. e e PROBABLY RONCOVIERL Scheel’s Buccessor for the Park Band Not Yet Definitely Decided. * Fritz Scheel, the whilom “Court Direc- tor” of the Viefna Preter, 15 to wield the baton for the last time in San Francisco at the park band concert next Sunday afternoon. T he popular conductor, who, in the days of his zenith, was the most observed star in the local horizen, has not been subject to so much astronomical observation since his Auditorium concerts languished on the coming on of the summer season, but Scheel’s conducting_has always been very much admired, and "gosmvely bis last appearance’”” on the bandstand at the ark will no doubt be the signal for a f.rge crowd to be present. Scheel leaves San Francisco next Mon- day. Hissuccessor has notbeen appointed, and as J. Redding is not expec to re- turn to town till the 25th- inst., there will probably be an interregnum of a few days, during which the assistant conductor, Professor Spadina, will be bandmaster. It is mm&m Spadina may bo offered the position permanently, but the genera! con- viction in musical circles is that the choice will fall on Alfred Roncovieri. This young conductor has been making quite a record for himself lately, and it is believed that he is well fitted to wield the baton of the park band. MISHAPS TO CYCLISTS. ‘Wheelmen of the Verein Eintracht Club Have an Eventful Outing at San Rafael. A number of the members of the Verein Eintracht Club of this City went to San Rafael on Bunday as the guests of the Bay View Club of that place. T.J. Lynngreen and Ham Franks, both members of the Verein Eintracht Club, met with serious mushaps that will cause them to remember their outing for many a aay. Mr. Lynngreen is one of the record- breakers of his club. He was scorching aloug the streets of San Rafael with his fellow-cyclists close in his wake and made too short a turn when he reached Third and B streets. As a result his wheel slipped over and Lynngreen shot through the air with great violence, lighting on his left cheek and shoulder. His face was badly torn and his shoulder was dislocated. Dr. Grove was summoned. He had no difficulty in getting the arm back in its socket, but several stitches were required to repair the wounds on the face, which will leave two bad scars. Mr. Franks’ accident occurred in a most Fecnliar manner. He rode too near the heels of a vicious horse, who, not liking the looks of the queer animal he saw ap- proaching him, let both heels fly at it. He struck the bicyclist under the “chin, scor- ing a complete knockout. There were no more serious injuries than a bad jaw and several bruises. The wheel was uninjured. HOME-BUILDERS T0 MEET The California League of Them Will Discuss Important Questions. A Brief Sketch of the Work Accom~ plished by the Forty-Four Delegate Assoclations. The California League of Mutual Build- ing and Loan Associations will convene in regular annual session to-day at 1 o’clock in the assemblyroom of Mills building. Delegates from various sections of the State are expected, and a very interesting meeting is anticipated. The league was organized in 1890, its ob- jects being to encourage legislation favor- able to the growth and prosperity of all legitimate building and loan associations; to secure a greater uniformity in their management, and to guard and promote their interests throughout the State. Ac- tive work has been done during the past five years, and the results speak for them- selves. In 1891 a bi)l was prepared by the legislative committee of the league in keeping with their announced principles and objects and promptly passed by the Legislature. This placed the associations under the supervision of the Bank Com- mission, and because no fund was provided forexpenses did not prove entirely satis- factory, so that in 1893 another bill was prepared and likewise passed creating a special State Building and Loan Commis- sion and providing for their salary and expenses being raised by a general levy upon the various associations of the State. The commission was appointed and has done some good work, its first annual re- port issued in 1894 being one of the most uomg]ele and comprehensive treatises on building and loan methods ever published. At the session of the 1895 Legislature the league agpenred again with an amendment giving the commission a secretary, so that their labors might be as effective as pos- sible, and now the associations of the State are supporting the commission with sala- ries of $6000, and expenses incident of $1500 per annum. One of the results of this legislation is that wildeat and disreputable schemes that thrive in Eastern and Western States on the misplaced confidence of the people cannot conduct business in this State. The meetings of the league have also been pro- ductive of much good in the way of a com- parison of methods, plans and ideas by the various secretaries and other officers who have come together at these meetings with papers and discussipns on the numer- ous subjects into which the business is divided.” There are now forty-four associa- tions members of the league in good stand- ing, while there are some ten others that have failed to pay their dues for the pres- ent year and are therefore not considered to be in good standing. The list of the forty-four is as follows, all of which will very likely be represented at to-day’s meeting: California Building Loan Association of Alameda, Colurabia Loan and Building Asso- | ciation of Los Angeles, Petaluma Mutual Loan Association of Petaluma, Standard Building and Loan Association ot Oakland, Security Loan Association of San Fraucisco, San Diego Building and Loan Association of San Diego, 8an Jose Building and Loan Association of San Jose, Mission Home and Loan Association of San Francisco, Metropolitan Loan Association of Los Angeles, Pacific Coast Loan Association of San Francisco, Inter Nos Building and Loan Association of San Francisco, Santa Paula Building and Loan Associstion of Santa Paula, Italian-Swiss Mutual Loan Association of San Francisco, West Oakland Mutual Loan Asso- ciation of Oakland, San Francisco and Oakiand Mutual Loan Association of San Francisco, San Francisco Mutual Loan Association of San Franclsco, 8an Joaquin Vullei Building and Loan Association of Stockton, Eintracht Social and Benevolent Verein of San Francisco, Home Security Building and Loan Assocfation of Oakland, Alameda Building and Loan Associa- t1on of Alameda, Homestead Loan Association of Berkeley, Merchants' Loan Association of San Francisco, Commercial Building and Loan Association of San Francisco, People's Build- ingand Loan Association of Oakland, Home Mutual Building and Loan Association of San Francisco, Cosmos Loan Association of San Francisco, Fortuna Building and Loan Associa- tion of ' Fortuna, Citizens' Building and Loan Association of BSan Francisco, En- cinal Building and Loan _Association of Alameds, San Francisso Home Mu- tual Loan Association of San Francisco, Enler})flse Mutual Building and Loan Associa- tion of San Francisco, Homeseekers’ Loan As- sociation of San Franeisco, Pacific Mutual Building and Loan Association of San Fran- cisco, Guardian Loan Association of San Fran- oisco, Acme Building and Lgan Association of San Francisco, Bakersfield Building and Loan Association of Bakersfield, San Luis Building and Loan Association of San Luis Obispo, Cali- fornia Mutual Savings Fund, Loan and_Build- ng Association of San Francisco; Mutual Building and Loan Association of Fresno, Commonwealth Mutnal Building and Loan Association of San Francisco, Triumph Lo Association of San Francisco, Santa Clara Building and Loan Association of Santa Clara, Santa Fe Building and Loun Association of San Bernardino, Santa Rosa Building and Loan As- sociation of Santa Rosa. Papers will probably be read at to-day’s session by Albert Meyer, Charles K. Clark, A. Sbarboro, Frank V. W;l}zht, W. Mat- thews, Jobn Bruckman, Nick Bowden, Charles E. Naylor and others. The executive commitiee for the past year was composed as follows: Frank Otis, resident; Albert Meyer, first vice-presi- ent; James L. Fields, second vice-presi- dent; John Flagg, third vice president; Charles E. Naylor, secretary; B. Harris, treasurer; Frank V. Wright, past presi- dent; C. K. Clark, A. Sbarboro, John Flagg, Thomas J. Glynn and M. L. Culver. The meeting convenes at 1 o’clock sharp, says Secretary Naylor. The first number on the Frc ramme will be the ?ening ad- dress of welcome by President Frank Otis. THE COASE OF YEE KEE. More Testimony Wanted in His Exam- ination. > Yee Kee, the Porterville Chinese who is attempting to again take up his residence in America after a three years’ sojourn in China, was.before United States Commis- sioner Heacock yesterday for preliminary examination. Kee got in safely through the affidavite of prominent Porterville people attached to his merchant’s certifi- cate and went to Porterville. Later sus- picion as to his standing as a merchant arcse, and he was arrested and held for deportation. The testimony of Postmaster Hawkins of Porterville was to the effest that Kee had been driving a laundry- wagon up to within a short time of his de- parture for China, while that of others corroborated Kee’s own statement that he had beena merchant and nothing else for at least one year prior to his leaving. Commissioner Heacock was not satisfied that Kee is a merchant pure and simpie, and gave Attorney Riordan until Thars- day to produce further testimony. RIS b i Mrs. Tierney’s Contempt Case. Mrs. Bridget Tierney, charged with contempt of court in neglecting to pay $425 belonging to the estate of Mrs. Margeret Crichton, her sister, was l&uin commitied to jail yesterday by Judge Coffey. An application’ for a writ of habeas corpus will be made. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. TO-=NIGEIT The London and New York Laughing Craze, “CONFUSION I” THAT DOG!——THAT BABY! SUPERBLY MOU LEONARD GRO GRACIE PLAISTED, I AND AN IDEAL CAST. VARK Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢ MATINEES WEDAESDAY, SATURDAY ANO SUNDAY! Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c. No Charge for Securing Seats. Telephone Black 991 Next Monday—“PINK DOMINOES." FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & Co- weses Ao marAGEhs - THE". " “OLD STORY SAME 1000 TURNED AWAY SO GREAT WAS THE CRUSH LAST NIGHT e the Famous, Original N SALE FOR PRINCE ANANIAS! *"Which will have its firsi presentation in San Francisco on Mondsy evening next. SEATS ARE N AND Ca INCORP'D MEATRE S\ PRO®S. ——LAST 5 NIGHTS 1—— srarinees | WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY MATINEES TRILBY Last Performance Saturday Nig ht. SPECIAL-Friday Afternoon, Oct. 18, Grand Composite Entertainment FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ACTORS’ FUND OF AMERICA! A Wonderful Programme, — INCLUDING — Drama, Opera, Comedy, Vaudeville,Ete. Benefit seats now seiling, Price only $1. Monday, Oct. 21—Canary & Lederer’s “THE PASSING SHOW” The Greatest Novelty of the Season. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin Amerioa. WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Lessee and Managse THIS FVENING AT EIGHT. ——POSITIVELY THE LAST WE Of the Famous Player and Playwright, “THE PHENIX” A Continuous Success for Twenty Years. EVENING PRICES—25c and_50c. Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday anda Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managae SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAY OPERA! EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, ‘Verdi's Most Popular Opera, “IL_TROVATORE '™ ——NEXT WEEK—— “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA!” Next Sunday Afternoon—Special Matinee. AN AFTERNOON WITH DIXEY. HENRY E. DIXEY, THE TIVOLI OPERA COMPANY, ENLARGED ORCHESTRA, Ete. Popular Prices—26c and 50c. PEOPLE’S THEATER. Howard street, near Third, GEo. F. CLAYTON ... Lessee and Manager. THE SUCCESS OF THE DAY ! TAMES M. WARD In Boucicault's Thrilling Melodrama, “AFTER DARK!” WAITS BETWEEN ACTS FILLED BY STAR SPECIALTY PERFOEMERS. Popular Prices—10c, 15¢ and 20c. Bicycle Night, Wednesday, October 16, ORPHEUM. O’'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and Powsil TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, Celebrated Vaudeville Featnres! 5—NEW PEOPLE!-—5 GOTHAM CITY QUARTET! Edward A. Lang, H. A. Fairbanks, T. H. Humphreys, H. 8. Putnam. MEMPHIS KENNEDY, JOHN HIGGINS, AND AN UNEXCELLED COMP A NY. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats. 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, Farewell Performance of FRITZ SCHEEL! Special Wagner & Popular Concert. 100 ARTISTS. ADMISSION TO ALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE... .. FIFTY CENTS 8 P. M. B3~ Tickets for sale at all music-stores. RUNNING % RUNRING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETINGI BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. R AR S0 g ol ges o