The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1895. 7 MUSEMENTS. PALDWIN THEATER COLUMBIA THEATFR— ROSCO'S OPERA-BOUS TIVOLI OPFRA-HOUSE— and “Marri ORPHEU) «The Dark Secre valleria —High-Class Vaude! Daylight.” BAY DISTRICT TRACK.—R ing. TRADE EXHIBIT.— i imission free. £1ATE BOARD OF etieet, below ¥, October BY EASTON, ELD: e 638 Market street, 2, Real ¥ , At S at 12 o'clock nooj v . SPEAR & Co. )1 Geary stree 3Y Wirt Post street a heed of lettuce be Park. t to the museum in 1onal exhibits. at work grading d college is to be Chrysanthemux are an attr _An annex iliate v cricket team was defeated lay at Alameda by seven The La Pa ke ( 1 TLos Angeles in the ark yesterday; score, » Clan Robertson, which 0ol May 22, arrived in port ce was arrested yvesterday in en $60 from W. A. Tubby f for the accommodation of large be built at the quarantine station t showers” are prophesied official weather forecaster, courts were crowded yesterday exciting of the season by Sch enPark won the diamond medal. Labor Army has been growing ast, though it hashad a 1 Trades’ Council. ited States Fish Commission steamer R ke, ar- the ng & stone at bi good scores were made b 1 Mound range vesterd h the light was at times poor and very ad the cement is made of the fall term of ty extension le s to be de et the auspices of the a. five feet and ove nuel Porte shot himself San Frar he Receiving troduced several im- on of the Police h aview to making it second continent. football match between the Em- 1 Franciscos, which was to have place on ti ou grounds, Golden vesterday afternoon, hed 10 be p t0 the rain. on th 2dai the Boys’ and last evening & box on d Sansome t fficer Boyd. He will back to the home. 12 League of the Cross Cadets of Mission Dolores parish had & ra tN. 5. G n the Durrant cese intends d bootblack called “Budd” stand w that Durrant and n the habit of taking young 1 Church. King contradicts alarm turnec ) from box 3 v frame dwelli AT THE T The Many Attractions That Are to Be HEATERS. Presented at the Playhouses This Evening. “Trilby” having had its day at the Bald- win it will this evening be followed by he Passing Show,” a combination of almost everything from burlesque to oper- renditions, that will be presented by s that have acquired an enviable repu. ion in the East. One of the strong features is a ballet in the third act. he long-promised comic opera *‘Prince Ananias,” by Victor Herbert, will be pre- sented by the Bostonians at the Columbia to-night. This comic opera is said to be bright, full of crisp dialogue and pretty airs that will meet the popular taste. The rincipal roles, La Grabbe and the Vaga- {mnd. will be taken by Eugene Cowles and W. H. MacDonald. At the Morosco Grand Opera-house there will be offered this evening an attraction that is replete with thrilling situations and has in it a number of realistic tableaux. It is “The Dark Secret . 8. Jefferson, a play founded on life in England. There will be a regatta in an immense tank. MacArthur of the Olympic will take part in the boatrace. The excellent programmes presented by the management of the Orpheum make it one of the most popular resorts in the City and crowd the house to its full capacity. The programme this evening embraces among other novelties the Eila Zuila troupe from the Winter Garden of Berlin, the performance of which has been one of the sensations of Europe. There will be two attractions at the Tivoli Opera-house this evening—Offen- bach’s operetta *‘M by Lantern Light” and Mascagni’s “Cavaileria Rus- ticana.” Ida Valerga will, for the first time appear in the role of Santuzza, and during_the week she will alternate with Laura Millard. Mabella Baker will appear as Mamma Lucia. There will be another week of fun at Grover's Alcazar. This evening and during the week will be offered ‘‘Pink Dominoes,’’ a production that will receive the full strength of the company and will enter- tain and amuse the audience each even- ing. This play was one in which Crane and Robison appeared at the California and kept the audience in a roar. The manager of the People’s Theater will give “Through by Daylight” this evening, a comedy-drama that has been presented here before, but one that is always full of interest, and is sure to draw a crowded house. Quite a number of new people have been added to the com}mny of this house, and many of them are favorites with the theater-goers. had an opportunity to witness “Trilby” as it was presented in this City will have an opportunity this evening of seeing the bypnotic play at Macdonough’s Theater. 1t will be produced by the same company that gave it here, and wiil no doubt draw as large houses as it did at the Baldwin. ——————————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—The following Californiens are in Washington: R.E. Brew- ster, San Francisco; W. D. Bowles, Oakland C.Eneed, Los Angeles. and closely contested | ¥ | pounds; co | ea, & 1ad who recently escaped from | AldSociety, was arrested | Broadway | ARNEY AND NAVY NOTES FIRING TEST OF THE TWELVE- INCH BREBCH-LOADING MORTARS. THE SHELLS FLY FIVE MILES. THE ALBATRoOSS BRINGS RARE SPE- CIMENS FROM THE SEAs OF THE NORTH. The battery of 12-inch mortars concealed in the pits between the Presidio and Fort Point was tested last Wednesday and Thursday. The experiments were highly gratifying to General Grabam and Major Darling of the Fifth Artillery. The test- ing of the 12-inch rifle recently was re- garded as a great event. The firing of the breech-loading mortars was an event of equal importance. Itis no longer theory | that massive projectiles, attaining a height of two miles in their flight, can be dropped | in the sea 9000 yards—or five miles—from the field where the battery is planted. It has been demonstrated by practical tests that the shells will strike the point desig- nated on the firing chart. It seems bardly possible, in view of the accuracy attained {in the ex fleet within five miles of Fort Point coula withstand the direct and descending iire which could be concentrated on it by the batteries now in position. Four of the guns were used in the ex- fired from each of the four. There are six- teen 12-inch mortars in the battery, and one gun from each section of four was em- ployed. Brown prismatic powder was used, the maximum charge being seventy- six pounds. The shortest range adopted | was 4500 yards and the longest 000 yards. The shells were not charged with explosive powder, but filled with sand. The pro- jectile, three feet in length, weighs 800 One observer was stationed at >oint Lobos and another on the bluff at Fort Point. They scanned the offing closely with powerful glasses to i | if the sea within the line of firing clear of large and small eraft. No chance of | hitting a pa vessel 1 The ssing ve | ) le curving through the | for some distance from | the point of firing. 1t is calculated that | the greatest height attained was two miles. | The point of contact with the water w | distinctly seen by the tremendous splash. In the long range firing the projectiles were seen quite a distance out to sea be- tween Point Lobos and Point Bonita. It is believed that a mortar projectile of this weight—800 pounds—with the force of gravity acquired in a descent of two miles, | would pierce the armored deck of the | largest warship afloat, and penetrate far into the interior of the vessel, where the | explosion would probably occur. The | great steel clad vessels now afloat carry belts of armor along the sides at the water line, but the decks cannot be armored ainst a descending projectile, because the weight of metal so far above the water | would render the vessel topheavy. Light Battery F, Fifth Artiller: Charles Morris, concluded practice firing { at Redwood City last Wednesday, and pro- | ceeded on the ‘march to Santa” Cruz and flight of the projecti air could be traced | Monterey. The battery crossed the moun= | s, & g the route via Pescadero. tions have been forwarded to Santa from the Presidio. General Forsyth, the department com- nder, and First Lieutenant Bell, A. D. C., who went to Sequoia Park October 14 to'inspect Troop I, Fourth Cavalry, were | expected to return last evening. ‘I’he following detail was made for the general court-martial which convened at the Pre Majo « idio October 17: r Tully McCrea, Fifth Artillery. ein Frank , Fifth Artillery. y illy, Fifth Artillery. Lieutenant William H. Coffin, Fifth Artillery, First L | Cavalry Second Lieutenant Milton F. Davis, Fourth Cavelry. Additional nold Jr., F h Artill econd Lieutenant Sam Fourth Cavalry, judge ad utenant Alexander T. Dean, Fourth econd eutenant Conway H. McP. Rutherford, ocate. Leave of absence for one month from October 20, with permission to apply for an extension of fifteen days, has been ;:rltl\nted Major John A. Darling, Fifth Ar- tillery. ionel Amos S. Kimball, chief quarter- master, department of California, has gone | to Los Angeles. He will return this week. | The inscription on the monument in | the National Cemete he memory of Fifth Artillery soldie ho perished in the tules has not been removed or defaced. Accounts recently published to the effect that the sentinels on night duty bad fired { at men prowling in the bushes near the cemetery are not verified at the Presidio. Firing at night on real or imaginary forms would be reported by the officer of the day to General Graham.™ Still, if a person ad- vancing to the monument in the darkness should_ refuse to halt when challenged three times or attempt to run away after the challenge, the sentinel would fire. The guards on duty at the monument carry loaded pieccs. The United States ship Ranger, Comman- der E. W. Weatson, arrived in port last Saturday. The Ranger has been on duty along ithe Mexican and South American coast for the last ten months and her offi- cers and men were glad to reach San Fran- cisco. The Ranger isa sister ship of the Alert and is not a wooden vessel, as many suppose, but one of the firstiron ships con- structed by the Government. She carries four guns and has a crew of 128 men. The Marion at last accounts was at San Diego. She will gnard American interests at points further south during her cruise. Mare Island Letter, MARE ISLAND, Car., Oct. 19.—The event of the week is the arrival from the North of the Fish Commission steamer Albatross, Licutenant-Commander Frank- lin J. Drake commanding. On glancing, as visitors usually do, at the specimens of animate and inanimate nature procured from the bed of the sea and mounted or otherwise preserved in cases and cabinets, civilians who visit the Albatross—particularly if they catch glimpse of the captain’s cozy cabin—gener- ally suppose the cruise to have been de- cidedly 1n the nature of a ple sion. It is, however, for the officers of the ship, as well as for the commission, a period of earnest work—to the command- ing officer one of considerable mental strain. The special work of the Fish Commission is conducted by a fishery expert and a naturalist, detailed by the” departmént for that dut; But the” work of the ship’s oflicers is varied and constant. Inaddition to the care and navigation of the vessel and the administration of the affuirs of the little community on board, it consiets in part of hydrographic soundings, which in- clude the observation of ocean currents, records of temperature and water densi- ties, the conformation of the bed of the sea, the existence of banks, rocks, shoals, etc. Further, the Jocation and ap- proaches of harbors; the location of an- chorages; observations of wind, weather and barometer; correction of errors in sextant charts; records of dredging and trawling; study of algae; geographical data; the production of narratives, descrip- tions, photos and charts; also fishery notes, comprehending reports of ‘‘trials for fish,” information as to methods of fishing, baits, markets (local and imerio?, prices, prospects, advantages and disac vantages, canneries, etc. Formal revorts are rendered to the de- partments at Washington by the com- manding officer, the navigator, the engi- verimental firing, that a hostile | perimental work, and three shots were | certain | , Captain | neer, the fishery expert and the naturalist. And these reports are accompanied by tabulated statements, precise and volumin- ous, covering every matter possible to sub- ject to tabulation. From all which it may be inferred that the pleasures afforded by the cruise just ended are mainly the pleasures incident to ordinary sea duty with the added exhilara- tion imparted by scientific research. The office of Commander Courtis, In- spector of the Twelfth Lighthouse District, is room 77, Appraisers’ building, San Fran- cisco. I Assistant Surgeon J. E. Page is rily on duty at the Mare Island Hospital. Lieutenant J. C. Drake has resigned, to take effect October 15. hams Mills, House, Vallejo. Captain Theodore F. Kane of the Mon- terey is at the Naval Hospital. Since his detachment from the Mohican eleven months ago Commander C. E. Clark has been almost continuously on | “board”” duty of one sort or another, as re- tiring board, general court-martial, etc. . and is at the Bernard | SOME COMING PICTURES, WORKS THAT WILL BE ADMIRED AT THE ART ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION. YELLAND ASES FOR BURLAP. How PHILADELPHIA’S ENTERPRISE SECURED PEIXOTTO'S PICTURE. All sorts of ideas and suggestions are floating about the local studios for making THE APl abimen, Brook, . [From an oil painting.] enough off to pay something, at least in insurance and freights.” ; ; Although the enterprise of Philadelphia has wrested away Ernest Peixotto’s picture that won a medal at the Paris Salon this year he will send two new poriraits to the winter exhibition here. One is a study in somber colors of a young lady painted in Paris last winter; the other portrait, which is reproduced from a sketch by the artist, is a scheme in colors in yellows and greens. The background is yellow, while the sofa and the girl’s draperies are green. Latimer will send an oil painting and a water color, both ‘“‘outdoor’’ pictures, re- dolent of the woods and showing in their sympathetic treatment that the artist’s in- spiration was caught far from the noise of a city studio. One, a large water color, showing a stream in the redwoods, has al- ready been exhibited at the Sacramento State Fair, but “The Brook,” which is an ofl painting, showing the sunlight break- ing through the trees upon a forest brook, has never vet been exhibited. R. D. Yelland will contribute two new oil paintings. One represents Monterey sands late in the afternoon, with the sun- set shining on waves and clouds and the foreground in shadow. The other picture 'i_fiLnl‘;meq 1895 Being a member of the naval examination | board he has reported concerning the | Oly:apia, Philadelphia and other ships. It | would appear that the department is ilt able to dispense with the servicesof so able . “‘Waiting orde are by no s suppose, tantamount to S\ermining to the receiving | ship Independence is one of the best in the | State—unquestionably the best outside of San Francisco, having been for some years under the leadership of Professor Carlo Contrado. On Thursday and Saturday | afternoons the band plays in the park; on Wednesdays in the hospital grounds, and regularly on Fridays, as well as irregularly | at numerons other times, on_the Inde- | pendence. The band also furnishes music | for the hops and other social functions on | the island and shivs in port, alwaysexcept- | ing the flagships, which are the happy possessors of bands of their own. rhe | officers of the Philadelphia can eat, drink and be merry to the music of an excep- | tionally fine band. | Men' that condescend to dance being | scarce at present, the regular fortnightly | hops are neither more nor less than pleas- | ant reunions wherein a minimum of danc- ing, a maximum of talking and a suffi- | ciency of dainty refection conspire to | chase dull care away. | Mrs. John A. Shearman and her daugh- | ter, Miss Leslie, are at the Bernard House, | Vallejo, awaiting news of the Olympia's | departure from ions il i they will set sail for China in order to join Lieuten- ant Shearman of the Olympia on his ar- | rival there. Among the naval colony in Vallejo is the charming family of Paymaster Henry C. Machette of the Independence. Mrs. M ette, a typical Southerner distin- | guished for herdainty gowning, attires her | little daughters in a style at once graceful | and distinctive. | On the farthest extreme of the hill lives | the family of Lieutenant William Braun- | ersreuther of the Thetis, consisting of Mrs. | and ss Braunersreuther, eminent for | musical gifts and accom and instrumental. | Ensign and Mrs. Harry George are at the | Bernard House. Chief Engineer Inch has arrived and is registered at the Bernard House. 'he news of Surgeon George P. Bradiey’s orders to join the Indiana is learned by all with deep regret. It islittle more than a year since Dr. Bradley reported for duty on | the navy-ya plishments, vocal | d, expecting as a matter of | course to remain the best part of three | years, if not fully that length of time. It rather complicates the situation that he and his family return to an Atlantic win- ter, accompanied by Mrs. Bradley's mother, Mrs. Farmer, who had expected to spend the season in this Pacific Eden. Y VAN Drav. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. Fall Term Lecture to Be Given in This City. The University of California announces a course of lectures for the coming fall term. These lectures provide an oppor- tunity to the non-collegiate student of acquiring much useful matter. They are given under the head of university exten- s10n lectures. Following is the course: Peangogy—The Foundations of Pedagogical Four lectures by Assistant Professor iday afternoons, beginning October 5. Decorative and industrial art— and Its History: Four illustrated Jectures by Associate Professor Ardley; Wednesday afternoons, beginning October at 3:45. German—The Poems of Schiller: Six critical expository readings by Professor Putz- ker; Tuesday aflernoons, beginuing October 29, at 3:45. At the College of Dentistry, Donohoe building, corner of Market and Taylor streets: Physiology—Hypnotism: Six lectures by Professor A. A. d’Ancona; Monday evenings, beginning October 28, at 8 o'clock. GIFT TO YACHTSMEN. Trophy to Be Given Annually by the Macdonough Heirs. The heirs of the late Commodore Mac- donough have decided to offer a yearly trophy, valued at $200, in memory of their father, who was throughout his life an ardent yachtsman. It will be competed for at the annual interclub regatta by yachts of not over thirty-five feet racing length. The offer- ing of the prize, which will probably be in the form of a cup, will certainly act as a stimulus to yachting men on the bay. It will be offered one year to the size yachts indicated,'and if sufficient interest is taken in the matter the object of the presenta- tion will be attained, and it will be offered to a class of yachts that is in need of en- couragement to cause its ranks to be filled up. | the winter exhi | are unusually interested in the exhibition | Art | markable manner. | otto. ition of the Art Associa tion, which opens on November 4, a greater success. The suggestions include every. thing, from burlap to line the walls of the Hopkins maunsion to the need of a $5000 prize to decoy stern artists of note into | | sending their pictures. | The 1deas may never materialize, but | two things are certain: California artists | and most of them intend to give outward and visible proof of their interest by paint- ing new pictures, instead of sending the good old veteran works that have done duty at local exhibitions so often and so | long. 1t is R. D. Yelland who is fathering the burlap proposition. In discussing the sub- ject he said: “Those hideous frescoings on the parlor walls, with their bad blotches of color, injure the pictures. They kill a little gray picture entirely; it is just as if some oné came and hammered a big drum when you were playinga delicate melody on the flute. I hope that this winter the | Association will decide to cover the | parlor walls with gray burlap.”” | Ernest Peixotto thinks that if some art | patron would come forward and offer a prize of say $5000 for the best new picture, San Francisco would see such a collection of representative American artists as has never yet been gotten together west of the Rockies. He has just been invited to send his latest salon picture to Philadelphia to | the exhibition that opens there on Decem- ber 1. Mr. fered a prize of $5000, which is having the effect of booming the exhibition in a re- “A prize like that assures them a fine representative showing,” said Mr. Peix- “American artists, even the biggest men in the country, will send when there is a chance of winning a thing like that. If some public-minded citizen would come forward bere we should be ahle to see works by our leading American artists, a thing we have never done yet. In the Eastern exhibitions they will do anything to get a picture they want, pay freight on | it from Paris if necessary and insure it. | These expenses are a big sum. It takes | $130 to send a_small picture from here to | New York, and an Eastern artist is not | going to pay out $60 for the empty honor | of exhibiting in San Francisco. In Phila- | delphia, as in St. Louis, they pay freight | both ways and insurance, and it seems to me the Art Association ought to be well Elkins of that city has of-| § s of Mount Shasta, looking from an eleva- tion into the 1yon of the Upper Sacra- mento. Shasta is seen in the soft morning light, rising like a cloud out of the mists. John A. Stanton intends to send two ortraits. One of them is the head of a handsome, dark woman against a somber backgronnd. The other, which was painted in Paris, depicts a voung girl sitting ata table in a cafe, She wears a vivid red Among them is Miss Alice Chittenden, who wili probably contribute a beautiful ‘‘outdoor” chrysanthemum piece. As for the loan part of the exhibition nothing is definitely known at present. There area number of owners of pictures who regard them as part of the furniture of their homes and object to baving them re- moved. ALONG THE WATER FRONT, NEW WHARF RECOMMENDED TO BE BUILT AT THE QUARANTINE STATION. THE ARRIVALS FroM NORTHERN ‘WATERS—A DONKEY ENGINE ‘WRECKED. Dr. Peckham of the Angel Island | quarantine station is making an effort to have a commodious wharf built at Hos- pital Cove on the island, where large ves- sels may dock. The present wharf is too small, and so located that the tide racing through Raccoon Straits would make the | mooring of an ocean liner like the China | or Peking a difficult maneuver. The place | has been examined by those experienced tug men—Captains George Harvey, Clem Randall and D. O. Driscoll—who report that a wharf built on the northern point of the cove would be the most practicable in all tides and weathers. The bark James Berlan arrived yester- aay from Fort Wrangle with 30,000 cases of salmon for the Alaska Packing Associa- tion. She also brings down the hands, 19 white men and Chinese, who were engaged in the catch. The United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross arrived yesterday from her cruise in northern waters. She has on board a scientific party which has been examining strange species of fich found in Alaskan waters. Her officers are: Lieu- tenant-commander, F. J. Drake; lieuten- | ant, B, O. Scott; ensigns—W. J. Miller, C. F. Hughes and R. H. Leigh; surgeon, E. | S. Bogard; paymaster, E. D. Ryan; clerk, | C. G. Fassett. The steamer Whitesboro has broken the record for fast coast work. She sailed from this port last Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock for Cleone, discharged, reloaded and returned to this port at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. 4 The schooner J. B. Leeds was libeled by Captain Pearson, her former master, for $111 wages last Saturday. Captain John- | son, the owner, gave a bond for the amount, and she was released pending settlement of the claim. ; | While a large donkey-engine was being | hoisted on board of the French bark Gen- | eral Mellinet at Main street yesterday the | tackle gave way, letting the machinery | come down on deck with a crash. Fortu- | nately no one was injured, but the engine was smashed almost beyond recognition. The British ship Clan Robertson arrived vesterday from Liverpool with merchan- dise consigned to J. D. Spreckels & Co. She sailed from her port of departure May 22 and exverienced moderate winds until she reached the South Atlantic, when a succession of gales were encountered. The | Tough weather continued all the way | round Cape Horn and far up in the Pacific, | with high seas and blinding rain and snow- | storms, HAD BAD WEATHER. Experienoe of the British Ship Clan Robertson South of the Equator, The British ship Clan Robertson, Cap- tain McNear, arrived yesterday afternoon from Liverpool, 151 days out, with a cargo MISS ALICE CHIT TENDEN AT WORE. [Sketched for “The Call.”’] dress, and there are some interesting light and color effects in the picture. Wilbur A. Reaser will send a pastel en- titled *Maternity.” It is the picture of a young woman holding an infant in her arms. There is a gorgeous though sub- dued Oriental background and toilet ac- cessories surround the two figures. A number of other local artists are painting new pictures for the exhibition. “PAINTING OF A LADY.” » BY ERNEST PEIXOTTO. [From a study by Mr. Peizotto. of merchandise for J. D. Spreckels Bros. & Co. She reported very bad weather from the time she crossed the equator in the Atlan- tic on June 19 until she made 21 degrees south latitude in the Pacific. The weather commenced to be very stormy and rainy in latitude 17 south in the Atlantic, and ‘the vessel, after experiencing bad wéather off the River Platte, was detained 8 days be- tween 35 and 40 degrees south with con- tinuous gales from west to southwest, ac- companied by thunder and lightning and heavy squalls. During one of the gales she lost her lower mizzen topsail. For eight days after she rounded Cape St. Johns, on the evening of July 26, she had nothing but continuous gales from northwest to southwest, with hail and snow. During one of the gales the barom- eter fell to 28.30, and for three hours she 'was tossed about in a terrific storm, with a very high sea and blinding snow. She was sixteen days coming from 50 degrees south in the Atlantic to 50 south in the Pacific. On September 13, while in 10 de- grees north and 117 degrees 30 minutes west longitude, she encountered a hurri- cane and lost a number of her sails. The British ship Niobe arrived last night with a cargo of 1989 tons of coal from New- castle, New South Wales, to J. J. Moore. A HUNTER'S DEATH. The Wound in Samuel Porter’s Arm Proved Fatal. Samuel Porter of 11}¢ Shasta street died yesterday evening in the Receiving Hos- pital. Last Thursday Porter went out in a boat upon Islais Creek to shoot ducks on the South San Francisco marshes. While in pursuit of game he started to leave the boat and take his shotgun with him. In so doing he carelessly seized the fowling- piece by the muzzle and dragged it after him. One of the hammers caught upon the seat, and in slipping over the edge dis- charged the cartridge. The full charge of shot tore through the unfortunate hunter's arm, and he fell back into the boat tempo- rarily paralyzed by the shock. A few minutes later he recovered, and, realizing that something should be done, Porter de- serted the boat and started to walk across the marshes to the road where ne could obtain assistance. He almost fainted from the loss of blood, and in trying to chfick the flow he committed a fatal mis- take. He. took a handful of the soft mud, which was more or less poisoned with the filth of the sewers and the slime from the Butchertown slaughter-houses and tan- neries, and forced it into the wound until the blood stopped flowing. He proceeded to the road, and a little later was removed to the Receiving Hospital. The surgeons told him that the arm would bave to be amputated to save his life, but neither he nor his wife would consent to have the operation performed. He grew worse, and blood-p ning set in, as expected. Yesterday morning Porter’s condition was so serious that as a last resort he and his wife gave their consentand his arm was cut off. The doctors had but little hope of saving the man’s life, as the poison had such a hold upon his whole system. He continued to sink, and at 8 o’clock last evening he died. Porter’s case was particularly sad, as he had enly arrived a few months ago from Scotland, and was married as soon as he reached this City to the girl to whom he had been engupuf for a long time. Porter worked in the Union Iron Works, and was well liked by all. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. 7 . FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOB & co- LE3SES ANDMAMAGERS - AN IMPORTANT EVENT! THIS EVENING First Production in San Franclsco of PRINCE ANANIAS Comic Opera in Two Acts, By the Famous, Original BOSTONIANS. 3 L MAYTEEN INCORP'D mEflTRE PROPS. Commencing This (Monday) Evening, TWO WEE ONLY ! LUDING SUNDAY. ATURDAY '— Cavary and Ledere! w York Casino Production THE PASSING SHOW With Its 110 People, Including John E. Henshaw, George A. Shiller, John D. Gilbert, Gus Pixley, Vernona Jarbean, indge Lessing, Cheridah Simpson, and Lederer’s Original Pickaninnles, Regular Performance Sunday Evening. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Managas THIS EVENING AT EIGHT. THE BIGGEST THING IN TOWN1 C. B. Jefterson's Grand Melodrama, “THE DARK SECRET!” See the Exciting Boat Race, tn Which Robert MacArthur of the Olympic Club Will Participate Nightly. EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 506 Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. THE PALAIS ROYAL OF AMERICA. TO-NIGHT ‘The London, Paris & New York Screaming Success “PINK DOMINOES !” BEAUTIFULLY STAGED ! HIGH LIGHTS OF THE CAST: LEONARD GROVER JE., HER! € Night Prices—10c L?c. 25¢, 35¢, 50¢ MATINEES WEDYESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c¢c. Next—“THE CRUSHED TRAGEDIAN!" TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages LAST TWO WEEKS OF GRAND OPERA! EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK! Mascagni’s Masterpiece, ‘CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA!" Preceded by Offenbach’s Merry Operetta, “MARRIAGE BY LANTERN!” SPLENDID CAST! New Scenery Correct Costumes! NEXT WEEK—REPERTOIRE : LUCIA! MARTHA! IL TROVATORE THE BQHEMIAN GIRL! Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powail TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, THE GREATEST VAUDEVILLE SHOW I¥ AMERICA! EVERY ACT A STAR FEATURE! ELLA ZUILA TROUPE, SISTERS LEIGH, MARLOW and PLUNKETT, C. W. KNOX AND A WORLD-FAMED COMPANY. Reserved seats, 26¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. PEOPLE’'S THEATER. Howard street, near Third, G0, F. CLAYTON -Lessee and Manager, TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK, TAMES M. WAaARD In the Exciting Scenic Comedy-Drama, “THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT!” NEW VAUDEVILLE PEOPLE ‘Will Fill the Waits Between Acts, SPECIAL——MISS FANNY PARKER In a Trilby Dance With Bare Feet. Popular Prices—10c, 15¢ and 20c. MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. CALIFORNIA STATE FLORAL SOCIETY. PALACE HOTEL, ~—MARELE HALL AND MAPLE ROOM,— October 24, 25, 26, 1895. Admittance (day).. Evening (select con MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). To-night—2 Nights & Tuesday Matinee, A. M. Palmer’s Entire Company in .~ I Y. SPECIAL MATINEE TUESDAY! RUNNING RORNING RACES! m RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesd: Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:00 P. . sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. BASEBALL—-CENTRAL PARK. San Francisco vs, Los Angeles. October 19, 20, 23 and 24. Sat., Wed., Thursday 3P. M. Sunda y,8