The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1595. NOVEMBER 28, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—* Wang.” CALIFORNIA THEATER—* The War of Wealth.” COLUMBIA THEATER—Haverly's Minstrels. MOR0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—“The English Rose.” T1VOLI OPERA-HOUSE—“Carmen.” OrrEEUM—High-Class Vaudevilie. GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—“The Governor.” MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND) — ‘Robin Hood,” by the famous Bostonlans. MARK HOPKINS' INSTITUTE OF ART.—Winter exinbition of Paintings. MECHANICS' PAavirioM—Annul Elks Carnival, Thanksgiving E: November 27. SHOOT THE CHUTES.—Dal one Liock east of the Park. BAY DISTRICT TRACK.—Races. FOOTBALL—At Central Park, Thanksgiving Day, November 28. at Haight street, AUCTION SALES. BY HAMMERSMITH & Frernp—Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds and Silverware, at 118 Suiter street, a 10 A M. 8nd 2 P. . BY SULLIVAN & Doyrr—Saturday, November 28, horses, at corner Fourteeth and Misston streets, FISHER & Co.—R! Monday, at 16 Post street, at 11 0’ ox, ELDRI & state, at Salesrooms, 638 Market ck 100 , Nov. ‘street, By E 26, Real E at12 o'cl CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. | o Captain H. G. Morse gives & talk on his life | Three cases of scurvy were reported to the TUnited States Marine Hospital yesterday from | ¢ the ship Babcock. “Fair; slightly cooler; northeasterly winds,” | is the forecast for to-day's weather issued by the weather clerk. The executive committee for the Italian cele- ation gave President Calegaris a gold medal crsd night, estate of Carlton C. Coleman has been raised at $60,600 51. It consisis mostly of is and mortgages. Dr. Wells was chosen p tarian Chureh, . last nfght. iam Massey made g that he was ncc He died yesterday. ance and Olympic, the 1 settle old sc nt Rey of the Sec- ond Ur ieth h and A SALOR'S UNLUCKY DAY, Captain Carey Says He Always Wants to Arrive on a Friday. HE I8 NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. The American Ship Alameda Was Cut Down by the Steamer Indrani. “We always aim at getting in on a Fri- day,” said Captain Carey of the steamer Monowai yesterday. ‘‘Thursday is the time set down for us by the Oceanic Steam- ship Company, but then there is such a prejudice against arriving and sailing on a Friday that latterly we have been trying to combat the superstition. The fact of the matter, however, between you and me is that we were detained at Apia and Hon- olulu and then encountered nothing but head winds to San Francisco. Neverthe- less we wanted to make port on a Friday | in order to show the traveling public taat snot an unlucky day and we have ed.” | Both wind and tide were against Captain Carey, but he brought his ship alongside the wharf almost as quickly as when all the conditions were favorable, The Monowai brought the foliowing cabin passengers: : —Miss Worn, Miss Holdsworth, Miss Boucher James, Miss Moyle, ;. Skinner, John Marquardt ards and wife, Hugh Dix- Moyle and wife, C. Schwarz- son Jr. and wite, bach and sc . B.T. Lacy, F. Henwood, W. Mor- Schmid. iand—A. P. Dryden, D. P. Brandt, r, Miss Nolan, A. Birch, n Samor—Count Heinrich von Moltke, A. on and wife. 1—Mrs. R. W. T. Purvis, W. A. Nconan, Miss M. Walker, James Wossler., Count von Moltke is the commander the German cruiser Falka, aud is on I way to Germany. He says that eve thing is quiet in Samoa, and that Tamas s followers are attending to their of is plantations. Malietoa is reigning in peace and quietness, but the taxes are not being paid d in consequence the royal treasury report, and business was being conducted ed the islands. ge of the Monowai rai changesin the personnel i thicer J. McMeckan ,000, and _when the he resigned, and of the offic was left a legacy steamer reached Sydne { J. Graham was d in his place. T. McMillan was promoted to the posjtion of second officer, and W. Foster and W. Rax- s dec ded vesterdey to re Patrol and keep odified form Rabbi” Phillip H. Scheweit: W and forzer, came up day and was cont larceny he Market-street Rail- 5000 because one of its L editor from Ne- | regarding newspaper State, and how he hap- pened 1o get r Curtis is about issue a let- nts of San Franciseo, encour- m to apply for cut rates to Uiwah they find it expedient. tions congratulating Debs and his as- sop tneir release from prison are adopted by the local Labor Council. The proposed em- pioyment of convict labor is denounced. ant anpeared in Judge Mur- day, but at the for the defense Theodore Du request to get out & folder relief map of Cali- ch they will sell st $25 a thousand, printed to e name of one of the apprentice-boys that g ship Shenandosh for New i Coptain Jomes Murph McClelland and not Felix ) stated. ered by Judge Murpay to re to get & jury to try mes of 800 regularly drawn x. s at the Mechanics’ Pea- nd Wednesday were nota The managers of the Chil- and Training-school for sident of the Laurel lay gave a breakfast at the membersof the Laurel Hall, osis and Philomath clubs. 1t was ocial affair. 0,000,000 0f gold bas already been at the mint in this City this year. Tnere is about the same amount of gola at the reasury as when Mr. Berry assumed office, rs are not shipping goid. According to the State Mining Bureau the value of the minerals produced in California 1 1894 was $20,203,204 44. Of this amount 13,923,281 89 was gold, $297, 331 35 was sil- ver, and $934,000 was quicksiiver. Attorney C. Wesley Reed filed a petition for a tof mandate to test the new fee bill by hich a #3 fee is paid to the County Treasurer geta judgment in a civil smt instead of & ¢ being paid to the Justice of the Peace. Tudge Coffey has ordered William Parker to produce the will of A. B.Smith within_five davs. Elizaveth Randolph, one of the lega- tees, pefitioned for such_an’ order because she i Parker declined to file the will for probate. demurrer in the suit of Morton’s Dellv- Company against the Pacific Coast Steam- ip Company for equal privileges with the acific Tranfer Company has been overruled. ically decides the case In favor of the w there has been quite an immigr stful Chinese “native daughters, r of Customs Wise is now making #n investigation. They bring with them old rtificates which the Collector thinks have used over end over again. torney H. 8. Mackaye, counsel for the West- ghonse Company in the Freeman patent in- gement case, hias taken a sudden departure om this Clty, and the defense has practically collapsed. Warren P. Freeman has imitated Lis brother, Wallace E. Freeman, in leaving +n. Walter K. Freeman had & warrantready 1ckaye's rrest. Chief Market Inspector Ben Davis yesterday | found the carcasses of three dressed horses in &« slaughter-house neer Butchertown, and caused the arrest of P. Malarkey and J. Fioren- ““Itis beiieved that horsemeat s soid on «iocal market, and the Butchers' Board of Trade and the market inspectors are making every effort to find out if such is the case. Horse Show Gossip. Mohammed Ali Omar Khan, Naweb of Basoda, will more than liely occupy one of the private boxes at the Polk-strect end of the Pavilion during the coming horse show. The Nawab is exceedingly fond of the American horse. Now that Henry J. Crocker has returned the cffect of his trip to New York, where he wasa constant attendant at the New York horse show, is already being felt. Mr. Crocker did not overlook auything in the way of new fdeas #nd will not hesitate to use them whenever they are needed to help make the coming show 8 grand successs e | the Monowai bri He haa four d Jury is trying to ascertain why | ton filled the other vacancies. The latter | was mate of the American bark C. G. Rice, nich was lost on the coast of New Zea- and recentlv. He was anxious to get home, and took the first ship coming this way. The American from Puget So: was cut down in bound ship Alameda, harbor ng ace ort Jackson gs the folloy | of the disaster: The American ship bat nume, but & high-sided woo: b hip of 1400 tons) wes in tow the tug Newbury when she met the ton steel screw steamship Indrani, the latter | outward bound to Dunkirk and Hamburg. They were both iu the east channel, and irom the statements of the ship's people were for some time bef ton vessel, steam on, adous blow on the and_ripping open water line snd up to turally let the water into the Alameda pretty freely, and with ail speed the tug towed her into Johnstous Bay, in & waterlogged condition, Of course, olocks the entrance, but the hole is there all the same, and had the ship been loaded with conl or with almost sny other less buoyant cargo than American rcdwood and pine she would have gone down in midharbor, so fast did the water pour into her. In all other re- spects the Alameda looks a well-preserved, | well-found ship. According to reports brought by the Monowai, the Alameda will be repaired | sight of each oti | they collided. The hit the port side, her plank the rail above. The Indrani had her stem twisted and was otherwise injured, so that her captain de- cided to remain in port and dock his ship. MUST SENVE HIS TERW sider the Sentence of Summerhayes. He Gains a Point in That No Further Proceedings Can Be Brought Against Him. The Federal Grand Jury, when it ap- peared before Judge Morrow in the United States District Court yesterday to be dis- charged, made an earnest but vain plea : through stant United States District Attorn: chlessinger for the release of Harry J. Summerhayes, who was sen- tenced by the Judge to six months’ im- prisonment for contempt. who is now incarcerated in the Alameda Connty Jail was freed from the peril of further charges arising out of the trans- action for which he was sentenced, the jury having investizated the matter and decided that indictments would not hold. After the reading of the jury’s regular report, which inciuded all the business transacted by?it since its impanelment, the Assistant United States District Attorney stated the Summerhayes case as requested by the Grand Jury. Judze Morrow grew extremely serious when the case was mentioned and at once refused to make an order either to modify or to abrogate the sentence of the prisoner. He said that whether he recognized or not that Summerhayes had been exceedingly foolish and without any criminal intent, vet he could not modify the sentence. The court said that it had been extremely indulgent under the circumstances in only giving the offender six months, and that for even a more excusable exhibition of foolishness a Los Angeles Judge had sen- tenced an offender to one year and a half in the County Jail. After the retirement of the court the jury turned to Juror Burke, who on behalf of the jury presented Secretary Hess with a magnificent diamond locket. The stone was set in the center, and was a large and brilliant one. On the reverse side was en- graved in lurge capitals: “Presented to Sec- Hess by the Federal Grand Jury of ' The speaker also alluded to the king up of the jury, regretted that their association, which had been so pieas- ant, was to cease, and hoped the members would always bear pleasant recollections of each other. The jury then adjourned sine die. There is one thing in connection with the Freeman cases which is not generally known, and that is this: at the meeting of the jury of November 15 1t was resolved to find indictments against two of the Free- mans on the charges of perjury. The vote was taken to that effect. The indictments, however, were not filed on account of the lateness of the session. When the jury conveued at the next Wednesday session, November 20, a strong fight was made to quash the indictments, and was success- In Honolulu there were no changes to | as thouch such a thing as cholera had | d for Sydney, N.S. W, ! Alameda (not the mail | the cargo—American lumber— | and bring a cargo of coal to San Francisco. | Judge Morrow Will Not Recon- ! The only point gained was that the man | ful. Juror Jackson made a strong fight to have the indictments stand, but lost the struggle by a very few votes. —————— FRANK POLLOCK SANG. Concert at Calvary —Promenade Mus! cale at the Art Institute. ‘When Frank Pollock was in this City with the Bostonians he won many friends and admirers by singing at Calvary Church. Thursday evening a grand con- cert was given in the church, at which Frank Pollock was the bright particular star. An excellent programme had been pre- pared, the Treble Clef quartet sang, Adolph Lada gave several solos, Mrs. Beatrice Priest-Fine, Miss Jeanette Wil- cox and Walter C. Campbell were the vocalists who supported the tenor of Bos- tonian fame. );i D. Burness played a couple of organ solos. Krank Pollock, who received an ovation every time he appeared, sang “I'll Sing the Songs of Araby,” ifrom the cantata “Lallah Rookh” and “‘Love’s Nocturne,” by Hops Temple. The gudience would have evidently been glad to have an encore from the sweet- voiced young tenor and Mr. Pollock was liberal in satisfying them. Dr. Hemphill won great applause when he stated that in response to the request of 700 members of the congregation Mr. Pollock would end the concert by singing Steven Adams’ “Holy City.” The first promenade concert of the fall exhibition took place at the Art Institute yesterday evening. There was a large at- tendance and as usual the audience en- tered thoroughly into the spirit of enjoy- ing the pictures’and the music. The music was under the direction of Henry Hey- man, and the following programme was rendered: Organ, overture, “Der Freischutz” (von HALF A CENTURY AT SEA An Evening With the Veteran Captain Morse of the Alameda. REMINISCENCES OF A SEA DOG. | From the Forecastle of a Schooner to the Quarterdeck of an Ocean Liger. Captain H. G. Morse was greeted last evening at Golden Gate Hall by a large and fashionable audience, many of whom | had made voyages with the veteran sea captain to or from the islands and the antipodeS. The captain seemed as much at his ease on the lecture platform as ever on his own quarterdeck. He spoke for nearly two hours without notes, and kept his hearers interested to the end in his entertaining reminiscences of his long life of half a century on the sea, from the time he shipped on a Yankee fishing schooner on the coast of Maine until he retired from the command of the big modern liner, the | Alameda. He has a dry humor that gave a flavor to the lecture and kept his listen- ersin touch with him through the even- CAPTAIN H. G. [From a photograph.] MORSE. | Weber), ¥ “Traviata’ (& tinez; ‘‘Ave Maria’ { Miss 'Emma Duff, Mr: Wysham; violonceilo, ¢ (3endelssohn), Professor Policarpo Martinez aria, “Shadow Dance’’ from “Dinorah’’ (Mever- ) 0. ¥. Evans; organ, Turkish march Justice Groezinger Refuses to Ac- cept a Fee of Two Dollars. | Attorney Reed Asks for a Decision That ‘Will Make Justices Much Richer. Attorney Charles Wesley Reed proffered Justice of the Peace Groezinger $2 yester- | day. The young Justice eyed those dollars iongingly, but he shook his head firmly | and refused to take them. Mr. Reed was trying to test the new fee bill. According to the old law the fee for | 2 judgment in a civil suit given for default was $2 and this was paid to the Justice. In this way the Justices of the Peace har- vested $400 and $500 fees apiece each month. 5 Now they get a salary of $200 a month. The fee for this judgment, according to | the fee bill, is raised to $3 and it has to be paid to the County Treasurer. That was why Judge Groezinger had to tell Mr. Reed to take his §2 away. Mr. Reed at once went to the office of the Justices’ Clerk. There he met Deputy Geary. | “Here's $2 for a judgment I want in a | defaulted case,” said Mr. Reed, proffering | the eoin. “That’s all right,” said Mr. Ceary, reach- ing out for the ducats. “Hand ’em right over. The more the merrier.” Alarmed at_the prospect of losing sight of his money, Reed slipped it back in his pocket, explaining: ~I didn’t come here to have you take the money. Icame to get you to refuse to take it."” “Now, Mr. Reed, you don’t really think I'd refuse you anything, Go you? Why, of course I wouldn’t. Just offer me those $2 again, please.’” But Mr. Reed had another use for them. He explained the matter to Mr. Geary at length. That official then struck an atti- tude, and, with an exclamation of pride, ordered the attorney to withdraw with his money. This Mr. Reed did at once. 3 He retired immediately to the County Clerk’s office. There he filed a petition for a writ of mandate from the Superior Conrt commanding Justice Groezinger to accept the $2 fee and give his client a ngment in the suit of J. S. Reid vs. G.C. ape. This action was commenced November 10. The case was settled out of court, and when it came up before Judge Groezinger on November i8 the defendant failed to appear. Attorney Reed then demanded a judgment for his client, at the same time proffering $2 as the fee. 3y SRS A New Jewish Paper. “Emanu-El"” is the titie of a new Jewisn journal issucd for the first time yesterday. The paper is attractively printed and contains much matter of interest. Rabbi Jacob Voor- sanger 18 the editor of the new journalistic venture. In his opening remarks the editor emphasizes his desire to make Emanu-El wel- come in_the Jewish homes of this City and State. He also defines the melnlllf of the words “Reform Judaism,” which will be the shede of faith advocated by his paper. A nota- bly good feature of the publication complete directory to the synagogues, tions and cheritiés of the Hebrew community. - ————— A Hearty Welcome To returning peace Ly day and tranquillity at night is extended by the rheumatic patient who owes these blessings to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Don’t delay the use of this fine anodyne for pain and purifier of the blood an instant beyond the poiut when the disease manifests itself. Kidney trouble, dyspepsia, liver complaing, 1a grippe and irregularity of the bowels are relieved and cured by the Bitters. WL TEST THEFEE BILL ing. He told of making several voyages to the island of Sumatra to buy pepper long before a majority of his listeners were born, v | of trading for furson the coast of Siberia during the Crimean War and watching an English man-of-war shell a Russian port, of taking the first ice to the Hawaiian | Islands and of carrying guano from the | Antarctic. At times the captain was elo- | quent, and after a really fine passage he | said to his audience, {ow isthat fora sailor?”’ and went on with an anecdote. He told of his arrival at Samoa just after the hurricane that swept the men-of-war on the beach, and said: ‘*‘These islands have been made known the world jover by this terrible catastrophe, which was written up and photographed till the whole world thought of them in that connection, and yet when Robert Louis Stevenson died this was all forgot- ten and to-day scarcely a soul ever asks me of the wreck, but all of what I knew of the great novelist. There will be a monument placed over his grave there by man, but nature has placed a greater monument island itself in there—in the its ocean bed.” NATIVE SONS’ BALL. Successful Entertainment by E] Dorado Parlor Given at Union-Square Hall Last- Night. California’s young manhood was repre- sented 250 strong at the grand concert and ball given by El Dorado Parlor No. 52 of the Native Sons of the Golden West at Union-square Hall last evening. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion, National flags predominating, and the coat-of-arms of the order conspicu- ous. The invitations were novel, being in the form of a telegram, and the recipient was notified that the sender awaited an answer in person at Union-square Hall. The in- vitation within was of a humorous char- acter. and bore the “official seal” of the president, J. H. Schumacher, and Johh J. oly, vice-president. The programme was as follows: Overture, Bianchard’s orchestra; address, President J. H. Schumacher: vocal solo, Mrs, W. Burns, assisted oy Vocal Teacher Pro- fessor Crayen; reading, Bob Mitchell; bass s0lo, “The Two Grenadicrs” (Schumann), Her- bert’ E. Medley, accompanied by H. B, Pas- more; recitation, Engene Sullivan; selections, Geyser_quartet—J. W. Douglas, C. E. Triplett, 8. A. Douglas, E. C. Hahnj; recitation, Hon. Julius Kahn; piano solo, H. H. Hartman; dia- lect recitations, Eadie Suliivan; vocal solo, Miss Lillian Coleman; recitation, Hon. R.I. ‘Whelan; piano solo, Professor Sauvlet. Several hours’ dancing concluded an agreeable entertainment. 5 ’ld'o the following committees much credit is due: Dr. W. J. Hnwkln!) chairman; Lewis B. Mayer, secretary; EA N, P. Phelan, J. M. Cum- ming, 'John G. Joly, G. C.Gunther and W. J, Murphy Floor committee — F. A. Smitn, George Stroecker, F. T. Stroh, J. Fred Swall, F. Norton and C. A. Koster. Reception committee—Al. C. Ehrenpfort chlirmnx;}, A. Wettig, E. P. Gates, Charles Meussdorffer, L. Kuttner, Charles Maas, Joseph M. Cumming, A. Mann Jr. William Samuels, J. H. Schumacher acted as floor manager. SYMPATHIZE WITH DEBS. Rosolutions Congratulating the Re- leased Agitators Adopted by the Local Labor Council. The release of Eugene V. Debs and his associates was the subject of considerable discussion at the Labor Council last night. Those present were all of one mind. Their opinions were voiced in the followin g reso- lutions, which were adopted without a dissenting voice: WHEREAS, Upon this day Eugenre V. Debs and his assoclates have been released from their long confinement in Woodstock Jail, and whereas we believe that their incarceration was in violation of that dearest right of a free man—a trial before a jury of his peers—and whereas we recognize with grave forebodings that the unrestricted and arbitrary use by our iudlcinry of the illegalized and nnwarranted njunction is a usurpation of authority, fraught with. imminent danger to democrnl{c institutions and privileges, and calling upon the citizens of this Nation to at once and with 1o nncertain voice pronounce their eondemna- tion of its further practice; therefore be it Resolved, That the Labor Council hereby ten- ders E. V. Debs and his associates its warm congratuiations upon their release from im- prisonment, Resolved, That we heartily praise their avowed continuzd devotion to the cause of labor and equality. and Resolved, That we thank them for the self- and NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” BAKING POWDER. Only »ounded spoonfuls are required—not /eaping spoonfuls. ey S sacrificing spirit in which they accepted op- pression that the eyes of the people might be opened to the dangers threatening their liber- ties, and be it further Resolved, That we denounce in the name of American_freedom, constitutional rights and common justice the imprisonment of any citi- zen for any crime without his having had a iair trial before ajury of his peers, and declare that the American people must take immedi- ate steps to enforce the provisions of our Na- tional constitution, which gives legislative power to Congress only. A committee from the Musician’s Union complained that Cliff Phillips of the Peo- ple’s Palace employed only mnon-union men in hisorchestra, and refused to con- sider their union in any way. A boycott was declared against the theater by the council. President McGlynn called the attention of the council to the fact that certain members of the: Prison Commission were advocating the employment of convict labor on general manufactures. He thought the Labor Council should an- nounce its disapproval of such a step as strenuously as it did six years ago. A spirited discussion ensued, and the matter was finally given to the executive com- | mitiwee for definite action. POINT ON INSOLVENCY. Judge Slack Gives a Decision Affecting Homesteads of Insolvents. A case involving a puint in insolvency law was decided in Judge Slack’s depart- ment of the Superior Court yesterday. It was the case of Margaret Wheelan, an insolvent debtor, to have set aside to hera homestead on which she had filed her for- mal declaration before invoking the as- sistance of the insolvency act. The pointin question established, accord- ing to this decision, was that whether the original homestead was fraudulent or not tle right of the homesteader to its exemp- tion could not be attacked by the insol- v court. Mrs. Wheeldn, through her attorneys, | filed ber petition in insolvency a few | months ago. This action stayed the pro- | ceedings 10 nullify the original homestead. Mrs. Wheelan then made application to the insolveney court to set aside to her as exempt from execution the property on which her original declaration had been filed. This was granted by Judge Slack. There was another peculiar point in- | volved in this decision. The homestead | laws allowed the applicant but one house. | i In this case there were two, one immedi- | ately in the rear of the other. But as they | | were connected by a porch Judge Slack held that the property could not be divided. | GOETHE-SCHILLER STATUE. It Will Be of Eronze, Mounted on | Marble and Granite. The members of the San Francisco Art | Association and the local sculptors are de- sirous of having the statue of Goethe and Schiller designed and made in this City. | One of the members of the Monument | Association yesterday said : |/ Yes, we received a communication from the | Art ASsociation, but we cannot grant the re- | | quest. During the Midwinter Fair, when this | | oreganization came into existence for the pur- | pose of presenting this City with a monument | | of the two German poets, it was also decided to | have the statue & reproduction of the one at | Weimar, Germany. We can get this reproduc- | tion for §10,000 and will have nothing to pay | in duties. If we should change our plans so as | to have an original design equal in artistic | merit to the one selected it would cost at least | | $75,000. The inte fair did not net as much as we ex- pected it would, for we raised only about #7000, and shall have to devise another enter- tainment to secure the amount necessary. 1t has been decided that the statue will be of bronze upon a large base of California marble | with a granite faundation. — HUME BOUGHT THE “POST.” He Has Been the Lessee of the Paper for Years Past. The true facts regarding the sale of the Evening Post which was first made public Thursday came to light yesterday. The paper was sold to Hugh Hume, who has conducted itfor some years past under a lease from the Remington Paper Com- pany, a corporation that was compelled to take it for debt a number of years ago when a series of unsuccessful managers had placed it in a bad financial condition. The price paid is said to have beea $40, 000. The staff of the paper will probabi remain unchanged. | — ... ! No Chitdren’s Concert. The matinee concert in aid of the Chiidren’s Hospital, which was to have bcen given this afternoon at Metropolitan Temple, will not | take place, as the time in which to prepare the | same was too limited SPECIAL FEATURES| —OF—— THE CALL, Sunday, November 24, 1895. * k k * - “AT OUR GATE” (A Song of the Ocean), By JOAQUIN MILLER. * k k Xk “ ORATORS OF CALIFORNIA”—T I (COLONEL E. D. BAKER) By JOHN E. RICHARDS. * k k k “A CALIFORNIAN ART STUDENT IN : PaRis,” By FLORENCE BLANCHARD. * X * k “AMBROSE BIERCE DISSECTED,” By WM. GREER HARRISON. * k *x %k “A VERACIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE MaN WiTH A FLYING STOMACH,” By W. C. MORROW. * k k %k “SocieTy AND THE HoORSE SHOwW,” By EDWARD M. GREENWAY. | * k k X “RanpoM NoOTES,” By JOHN McNAUGHT. * k k Xk “NEew IN GOTHAM,” By LESLIE WHITACRE. * k k %k “ New YORK STAGE GOSSIP,” By A. OAKEY HALL. | * ok Kk k | | huving been cax ALL HAVE TRILBY FEET. Doubtful Chinese “ Native Daugh- ters” Pouring Into This Port. LOOKS LIKE A NEW TRICK 01d Certificates Which Collector Wise Thinks Have Been Put to Repeated Use. Collector of Customs Wise has discov- ered a new trick of the Chinese. Forsome time past he has observed that quite a number of Chinese women have been coming to this port on the various steam- ers, and claiming to have been born in this country, All they have to show to sub- stantiace their pretensions is the old red certificate that was wont to be issued be- fore the first restriction act was passed. Seven of these women—five of them are really girls—are now in detention at the Presbyterian mission on Sacramento street. The size of the foot is an important factor in determining the character of the women of China, and none of the ladies in Miss Houseworth’s charge have the dimin- utive feet which are said to distinguish the ladies of the higher clas Sixteen women arrived on the Coptic and fifteen on the Peru. The almond- eyed ladies wear bloomers after the style of their native costume. The Collector has, therefore, decided to have an inves- tigation. Speaking of their immigration, Mr. Wise remarked yesterday : 1 think there is a general business carried on of importing these women. This was done some years ago by a regular clique of enterpris- ing Chinese, but that gang has all been scat- | tered, and now & new one is taking its place, but under the surface, at least. The women all claim to be native daughters, | g . 3 and each brings the old red certificate with her. It was the custom formerly to issue blue certificates to men and red to the women. Most of them they left with their parents for China between the years 1880 and 1884, and they have the signatures of some white men in & great many cases to stand upoD My opinion is that many of these certificates have been used several times; that is, that no eled they have be mailed back to Cnina and are being used by newcom- ers the time. The portraits upon them are of little girls and it would require more than ordinary intel- ligence to determine whether these women in vhose possession they now are were the little girlsat that time when they represent them- selves to be. Many of the reputable Chinese here say they are otherwise, but these men are afraid {o coine into court and so testify. On the other hand the women have plenty of Chi- nese testimony in their favor should they go into court on habeas corpus proceedings. The slflrites of their friends dovetail in together ret e anceling every one of these red certifi- cates now as fast as the person presenting it is landed. This will prevent it from being used over again. You see, we have no record of those certiticates issued; in fact we have no rec- ordsat all that mignt enable us to tell posi- tively whether we are being imposed upon or notin this respect. The Collector is somewhat at a loss how to proceed and is waiting eagerly for some solution of the problem. Meanwhile the Wong Kim Ak test case is pending de- cision by United States District Judge Morrow. This case involves the question of the citizenship of Chinese born in this country. It is customary upon the departure of a Chinese from this country who is entitled to return to ‘‘vise” the certiticate—that is, to stamp upon it the date and steamer of departure, signed by one of the inspectors. None of the old red certificates now com- g here have anything upon them to show that their possessors ever left the United States, and the red certificate is all the credentials they bring. Inspector Williams is hard at work on the matter. The great influx of these women is 6ne of the reasons that prompted, the Treasury Department to have a census taken of Chinatown. As soon as the Chi- nese bureau can get around to it the work of enumeration will begin. A UNIQUE MAP. Half-Million Club to Publish a Folder for Advertisers. A folder is soon to be issued by the Half- ! million Club for the purpose of raising funds. On one side is to be printed a lithograph of a bas-relief map of Califor- nia. Every point of interest will be plainly indicated. On the reverse of the map will be printed interesting information concerning Cali- fornia. This will consist of authentic data concerning the products and possibilities of the Statc. The club will occupy six of the ten pages of the back of the folder in this way. On the remaining four pages will be printed anything desired by the advertiser,who will be furnished the folders at the rate of $25 a thousand. The first edition is to consist of 100,000 of the maps. The map is to be copyrighted. 5 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH! MECHANICS’ PAVILION. COMING EVENTS BRING GLAD TIDINGS. 18 Elegant and Costly Prizes for Competition. Special Lady’s Prize—For lady with hand- somest bicycling costume, high-grade $105 Bicycle, winner's choice of make. ANNUAL BEILLIKS CARNIVAIL In aid of its CHARITY FUND—— THANKSGIVING EVE,WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27 GRAND PRELUDE. Electrical Iusions— A Beautifal Transformation Scene, Amazonian Peregrinations, Bloomerian Peripatetics, Trilbyan Saltatories, Turkish Pirouettes. Admission, $1. 600 Box Seats, 50c extra. 2100 Reserved Seats, 25¢ extra. Reserved Seats on Sale at Kohler & Chase's Music Store, 26 O'Farrell street. Performance at 8. Grand March at 9:30. MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART—WINTER EXHIBITION. Comprising 120 PAINTINGS in Oil and Water Colors by Resident Artists; also 60 Works by Foreign Artists, including MURILLO'S “ST. ¥ 1S PASSISE™ and “ST. GRE- GOIRE,” the finest cxamples of this famous old master in the United States. Open Daily From 9 to 5, Admission 25¢,and Thursday evenings (including concert), admission 50c. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. s et s T s ia{ghealie o« FRICDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & (5" LESSES ANDMATIAGLRS *+* DRAWING TO | A CLOSE HAVERLY'S GREAT MINSTRELS REMEMBER— SPECIAL MATINEE o DAY AFTERNOON! MONDAY NEXT- |MR. HENRY E. DIXEY, MISS MARGARET CRAVEN, MISS PAULINE FRENCH In the Delightfully Funny Comedy, “THE LOTTERY OF LOVE’ HEATRE Y PROPS. IIATINEETI‘ AY AT 2. TO-NIGHT AT 8—LAST TIMES. ST AN G Next Monday, Nov. 25—Third Week. pe wok HOPPER And His Merry Companions. First Presentation Here of | DR. SYNTAX! | A Novelty in Comic Opera. | Special Matinee Thanksziving Day. Popular Prices (ALIFORNIA THEATRE Ak NAYMAN BCo. INCORPD PROPS. LAST MATINEE TO-DAY, 3 I TO-NIGHT and TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT, | THE WAR OF WEALTH. NEXT MONDAY, The Napoleon of Necromancers, | HERRMANN-=-. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mus. ERNESTINE KEELING Proprietor & Managse EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK! —ELABORATE PRODUCTION— 1 Ot Bizet’s Romantic Opera. ‘CARMENY ——NEXT WEEK—— “THE LUGKY STARY" | Secure Your Seats for THIS MERREY-GO-ROUND 0t Fun—Song—Dance AT ONCE! Popular Prices—25c¢ and 50c. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. Saturday Matinee To-day 2 P. M. Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢c. Remember, one of the best of the season has only two nights more. Press and public acclaim its merit. Some of you haven’t seen it. Don’t miss the simply perfect performance “THE COVERNOR” Night Prices—10c, i5¢, 25c¢, 35¢, 500, —NEXT WEEEK— “CAD, THE TOMBOY!” MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. .. .Sole Lessea and Managas THIS FVENING AT FIGHT. —THIS IS A RECORD-BREAKER! — Sims and Buchanan’s Famous Drama, “THE ENGLISH ROSE!” A Story of Ireland During the Late ‘Troubious Times. EVENING PRicEs—260 and 500 Family Circle and Gailerv. 10c. Usual Medinees Saiurday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Letween Stockion and Powall. MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), NOV. 23. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, any par:, 10c. A GREAT BILL OF NOVELTIES ! sames-THE ALLISONS-Lucy GRANTO and MAUD. AMMON’S CLERISE TRIO And a Choice Company of Artists. DON’T BE AFARMER! GO AND SHOOT THE CHUTES e Haight St., near the Park CONCERT AT 2 AND 8 P. M.—— - ——ADMISSION 10 CENTS. RURNING m RURNING RACES! RACES GALIFORNIA JOCKEX CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstarta: 3:73 P M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass FOOTBALL. University of California vs. Stanford, Tnuxs'mvxzx.;ao DAY, November 28, CENTRAL PARK, San Francisco. RAIN OR SHINE. ale by E. T. ALLEN CO, 416 Mar- keste:!l:sn.n;‘v.:on(‘!l.:xflfiol!(ifl. GOLCHER & CO., 1 605 Market st., S. F. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND! Matinee To-day at 2. ight at 8. The Famous BOSTONIANS, Presenting De Koven & Smith’s Opera, “ROBIN HOOD.” Choice scats now on sale.