The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, iONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1895. MOKOSCO'S OPERA-HOUS TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE: CRPEFUM— GROVER'S ALC. MECHANTCS' Elks Carnival Show, com- SHOOT THE CHY one Llock east of BAY DisTRICT T Daily at Haight street, —Races. ¥ ALI—At Central Park, Thanksgiving Day, November AUCTION SALES. BY HAMMERSMITH & FirLv—Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, at 118 Sutter street, at M ISHER & Co.—Rugs, etc., Monday, 6 Post street, at 11 o'clock. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. om the beach to Sutro sroved. irel Hall Club as an organization is to women suffrage. ¥ marksmen are about to s Church yesterday. 1 closely contested games 1bail courts yesterday. 1 imurovements in Golden started on the 1st of Decem- [ 1ler preached on the erucifixion : Church of the Holy Spirit yes- t Casserly & Ker~ ng Park were be- eam may be re-en- rs when it meets a well- enly yesterday while driv: ark. eached on the sub- ? at the Emmanuel ng. purchased in Europe exhibited to the ay and tr were arrested robbing & Chi- eet. n memory of George g Men’s Christian afternoon. the Columbia Pistol rxably good scores Mound rifle range. 3 ocino County cat- Jail, serving out a empt of court. erican Mechanics at- rd-street st evening. f Chile, was arrested attempting to m: of November 1 e First Presbyterian Church er to the deserving poor at the 1 Mission on Thanksgiving day. 181 nominations for officers ot the d Orphans’ Aid_Association of the nt were held yesterday after- opez on the ni; vers of the Pacific team &n Franciseo profession- tk y®terday by a score of ay services by the new order Trinity Presbyterian 1, near Capp, yes- jacob Wagner, late chief of , 100k place yesterday aiternoon ded by Red Men of this City, Orkland end Alamed The new track of the Pacific Coast Jockey visited by hundreds Everything is in readiness for the ing day. uncertain for Iy temperature; eather bulletin is- recast official. ip San Blas arrived m Pensma snd was , 8n_officer of the vessel during the voyage. ud race on Thursday at Ingleside 1 open the aay, the fonr record e, Wernberg, Geraldine and ons at six fur- 1tions rs. the pretty Potrero girl Thereka’s Chureh for I ain at St n ember 1 ing. e Pardini, the Washington-street sh . completely lost his reason yesterday tacked his cellmates in the City Prison. ocked up in a padded cellin the Re- ospital aiming to be the son of J. T. o-dealer of 23 and 25 Fifth st evening in the act of Landers street was ocked ot v on Sixteenth and troets ls ening by the hosecartof No. 1ich was runaing to a fire. Scherer ut the chest. Joseph Dossola, died yesterday at Church. H 51 years of age. mass will be celebrated at remains be oseph S rning and the Clara for interment. ». Aspden addressed the American “uhsts in Pythian Castle last Common Mistakes,” and during the Morrison L. 8wift gave the second of Reform” at &iternoor es of lectures on ‘‘Social Hell on Post street. Burns of 2120 Pacific avenue, the tive in this City of H. E. Reynall of . Japan, explained yesterday why the i cheap Japanese labor find a ready k is country. A partial comparison e McKinley and Wilson tariffs was given some fight on the matter. scademy of Sciences has issued & book Dr. Gustay Eisen on his explorations in r California. The explorer says that the ¢ region was an unknown land, and he dis- { rivers, mountains, animals and flora rto unknown to science. His new map is the first and only one of that country. The women's mass-meeting yesterday adopted resolutions asking that the Board of Super- <ors sppointa woman “iuspector of homes” und a physician for the examination of prison- ersof her own sex. The sentiment expressed y o f the speakers,that all undertakers should employ & woman in their establish- , met with general approbation. A meet- d tor perfecting the organization s Federation for Public Good on DIED IN THE PARK. Claus Schwartz Suddenly Passed Away While Out Driving With a Friend. Claus Schwartz while driving with John ». Eggers in Golden Gate Park yesterday afternoon became suddenly ill and died before medical aid could be summoned. The cause of his death was apoplexy. The deceased left his home about noon yes 1 apparently good health. Len nearing the Cliff House he suddenly ianded the reins to Eggers and exclaim- ing, “I am suffocating,”” fell back uncon- tcious. In a few moments he was dead. Mr. Schwartz was a native of Germany, but came to San Francisco in the early 50's. He was engaged in the grocery busi- on the corner of Eichteenth and M sion streets and was well known in busi- ness circies. A widow and five children of sightseers | d Artillery Regiment | ntiful lmp}g’ offered by er to the Pest team of 0, with the guests invited | | of Mrs. Preston at 1424 | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The San Blas Arrived Yesterday and Was Sent Into Quar- antine. DEATH OF HER FREIGHT CLERK. A Scurvy-Laden Ship Gets Into Port. The Ranger and Her Hoodoo Propeller Again. The Pacific Mail Steamship San Blas ar- rived yesterday morning, twenty-six days from Panama, and was ordered into quar- antmme with her passengers by Dr. Chalmers. While the vessel was leaving Mazatlan on her way north Freight Clerk Clark Parker, living at 1911 Green street, died of the isthmus fever and was buried at sea. He wes about 26 years of age, unmarried, and had been in the employ of the Mail company a little over a year. There was no disease on board of the San Blas, but the Quarantine Officer deemed it judicious to fumigate the passengers and mails be- fore permitting them to be Janded. Of the former there are thirteen in the cabin and thirty-two in the steerage. The British ship Ancaios, Captain Ful- ton, arrived yesterday, 174 days out from Swansea, with coal. Five of her crew are down with scurvy, and several others have been attacked. The names of the sick men are Abram Denman, Charles Hocking, John Burns, John Stewartand Otto Heel. Tihey are covered with sores, which exhibit all the indications of scurvy and the crew attributed the presence of disease to the inrpoverished quality of food. Everything given the men was barely eatable, and, in the language of one of them, *‘it was take it or starve, and scurvy was the natural result. On October 7 Peter Peters, a seaman, jumped overboard and was drowned. He hadbeen acting strangely, and was prob- ably suffering from temporary insanity. He was a native of Germany, aged 54 years. Jack and James Murray, two ex-con- victs and all-round tough characters, were | arrested Saturday night for robbery and | beating a Chin Jaundryman, whose place of business is at 1024 Battery street. The precious pair, to whose general worthlessness is added the opium habit, went into the wash-house and demanded ven-shee. They were refused by the Chi- naman, who drove them out of his place. Soon atter he started down the street and | way assaulted by the Murrays, who were watching for him. The Mongolian fought his assailants, 1d would have got the best of Jack Mur- but the brother jerked him to the | grou with a strong grip on his quene. “'Iho, then beat him unmercifally, and | robbed him of $4 35. The Murrays were { arrested by Officers Dillon and McGrath of | the Harbor police, and locked up in the | Central station. . The Pioneer Yacht Club will incorporate | this week with Charles Trumps, president; David Dean, fleet captain; Albert Can- field, secretary; William Re: nd, treas- | urer. The following yachts will compose the club: Volunteer, Pride of the Bay, Elia, Dreadnaught, Pride, Majesty, Clara 8., Ethel 8., Nellie and Spy. Al White has received a letter from officer aboard of the Charleston at Naga- sakiin which the writer siates that the warship has been lying in that harbor dis- abled ever since the close of the Chino- | Japan war. She broke a piston-rod on | ber way across the China Sea to Japan, and barely managed to get to an anchor- age in Nagasaki. A new rod was ordered in the United States, and the great mod- | ern cruiser, with her 300 men and a gang of idle ofiicers, swings at her moorings and | waits. This little array of facts shows how | efficiently the Navy Department, especially | the Bureau of Engineering at Washington, is keeping warshipsin a state | of useft e steamer Ranger, | in this harbor, is going up to Mare Island | for repairs, etc., and she is another sample | | of navy | r Her propeller shaft bas be cking and thumping in its | bearings, clutches, straps, etc., and for | years the shops at the navy-yard have | been ting that big, sick bit of steel. It has been taken out a number of times, but no cure bas been found for the invalid. The engineers dare not turn the pro- peller more than sixty-two revolutions per | minute or the shaft would kick the whole | stern out of the old craft. Suc ve chief \gineers have tried their hands in expel- he hoodoo that flits through the dark alley, but without ridding the Ranger e uncanny inbhabitant. One engineer, after worrying over the mysterious dis- { order, resizned and became insane— haunted, it is said, by the nameless and unknown thing whose enmity he incurred wh he tried in vain to exorcise it. The vessel will probably go out of com- mission, be repaired and “sent East, when | she will possibly be presented to the State | of Alabama for a schoolship. RELIANCE PLAYERS. Several More Stanford Men to Join in Time for the Football Game With Butte. The Reliance team promisesto be greatly strengthened before its return match with the Butte eleven, to be played in this City December 21. Several- Stanford players | are expected to join the Oakland club in | time to participate in the contest with the i husky giants from Montana. Paul Downing, who acted as umpire in the Reliance-Olympic game Saturday, played on the Stanford ’Varsity for four years and was captain last season. Re-! marking upon the college players in the | two athietic club elevens, and upon the | fact that Porter, Kington and Nahl of the Olympic team were Berkeley men, while McMillan, Burnett, Hall and Bunker of Reliance were Stanford men, he added: “And Reliance will have soveral more Palo Alto men in time for the game with Butte. I do not wish to say now who they are, but_some of the fellows are going to join the Reliance Club before December 21. “I came down from Washington to help the Stanford men a little, and I intend to stay down here until the footbail season is over.” There is a strong probability that Down- ing himself will be one of the number to join the Reliance; for an opportunity to play football is almost irresistible to a veteran so recently a prominent gridiron character. With Walton and most likely with Har- relson, in addition to the actual Stanford students that may enter the Reliance ranks, Butte will have to meet an eleven nominally Reliance but practically a pow- erful aggregation made up of the best of the Oakland veterans, together with some strong college material. e MARKSMEN TO UNITE. The New National Guard Association of Riflemen to Be Soom Or- ganized. The discussion which began in San Francisco military circles a few weeks ago about the establishment of a rifle associa- tion in California is now beginning to re- sult in something of material value. Ar- rangements are being made by a number of commanders to call an early meeting of the inspectors of rifle practice and form an organization such as existed some years | ere left to mourn his loss. ago in California. It is proposed to estab- | cook!” lish an association upon nearly the same lines as those of the old California Rifle Association, except that the regiments and brigades will haye a more complete repre- sentation. Suggestions have been made that the association should consist of the rifle practice inspectors of each brigade and the inspector of the small arms prac- tice in the various regiments. This plan would give every regiment a competent representative, and the brigades would also be looked out for by a staff officer from each. From the number of brigade and regimental representatives selected the president and directors will be after- ward appointed. The proposed rifle association may very probably begin operations within a few weeks. The sentiment is strongly fayorable toward such an organization, and there are numerous reasons to believe that it will be quite as much a success as_the old association, which lasted from 1871 until the early '80's. Immediately after its or- ganization the association will arrange for competitive matches with rifle and re- volver and will offer trophies for superior marksmanship. From the large number of men who are expected to take a vigor- ous interest in the range work a team will very probably be selected to participate in the interstate matches at Creedmoor next year. CONVERSE AT LONG RANGE Can Perform Strange Feats. First Used on the Tug Fearless. With | Remarkable Success—A Boon to Mariners. The big tug Fearless has an innovation on board that John D. Spreckels is deter- mined to thoroughly test. It is an im- mense speaking-trumpet, and Captain Hawley claims that a vessel can be hailed ARMY AND NAVY' NOTES A Cannon Ball Knocks Over a Headstone at the National Cemetery. |A TEST OF DYNAMITE GUNS. A Crew of Fime-Looking Americans Man the Cruiser Boston—Balti. more Coming Home. The guns of the dynamite battery on the bluff near Fort Point will be tested early in December. In compliance with orders from Washington the board ap- pointed to conduct the tests met in Beni- cia November 21, but at that time Major William H. Heuer was in Sacramento. The board will convene again December 4. It is given out that everything will be ready for the tests at that time. The bat- 1ery is supposed to be completed now and ready for action. During the period of testing dynamite will be exploded, but be- fore the guns are charged with the ex- plosive the apparatus or machinery for compressing the air will be thoroughly tested, so it is not probable that dynamite will be thrown in the air on December 4. An interesting experiment in the way of a powder test was made at the Prestdio last Thursday, under the direction of Cap- tain Reid, a retired officer. The result of the test proved that the old style 3-inch Napoleons, such as_were used during the war by Grant and Sherman, are stillin it with modern ordnance. The proper wire nettings on upright posts were placed so that the time the projectile broke the net- THE NEW INVENTION WITH WHICH CAPTAIN RANDALL OF THE TUG FEARLESS WILL TALEK TO V&:SSELS IN A FOG. with it at a distance of over a mile. One thing is certain, that two blocksaway, over all the noise of cable-cars and the traffic on Market street a call can be heard as dis- tinctly as though it were only a few feet off. The trumpet is made of paper, and is in the shape of a funnel. There is no mechanism connected with it, and its sound-carrying qualities seem to be derived from its shape. Should it prove to be the success expected of it the tugboat company will place one on each of its steamers and another at the Point Lobos signal-station. Then, when the tugs are entering or leav- ing port, they can be to told exactly what to do. “A tug may be coming in from sea,’’ said Captain Hawley, “‘and-at the same time there may be a ship away out near the Farallones. With one of the trumpets the outlook at Point Lobos could easily in- form the captain of the tug where the ship was and direct him what to do. If the captain bad any news to send ashore he couid do it with his trumpet, and so all delay would be obviated.” Superintendent - Hug of the Oceanic Steamship Company and Superintendent | Hawley of the Spreckels Towboat Company had fun with the trumpet before it was ed on the Fearless. few days ago a lady was passing uo Market street, and Hug, who was in a building on the other side of the street, put his mouth to the trumpet, and in a conversational tone said: *‘dMadam, you have dropped your banakerchief.” The woman stopped in- stantly, looked all around, and seeing no one near and finding her handkerchief in | her pocket, walked on pondering. “Madam your skirt is coming off,” con- tinued Hug, and the woman made a fran- | b tic attempt to look over her shoulder to | see what hook or eye had given out. Find- ing everything was all right with her dress and that there was no one in sight she en- tered a drugstore and purchased a seda- tive. On the Fearless yesterday Captain Clem | Randall gave an “exhibition of what the trumpet could do. His steamer was lying at the foot of Folsom street, and the tug Alert was at the bulkhead. The cook of the latter was at the galley door and the captain sai him.” In hisordinary voice he said: ““Oh, The cook dropped his work and. started forward. There was no one about and in a few minutes he returned to the galley. Randall repeated: *‘Oh, cook! Why don’t you come forward when I call you?” Again the cook dropped his work and started forward. On his way he was or- | dered into the pilot-house, and on finding | no one there he was more bewildered than | ever. “Let me try it, captain,”’ said the re- porter, who was standing by, The trum- pet was handed over and directed toward gscow schooner that was passing up the | ay. “Down jib”’ was spoken in an authori- tative tone and down came the sheet, while the skipper, who was at the helm, cursed and swore like a trooper at the unfortu- nate man who had obeyed the order. In the bay and during a quiet day the trumpet is a success, but it remains to be | seen what can be done with it in a gale on the ocean. Captain Hawley is of the opin- ion that it will be most useful in foggy weather and in signaling from Point Lobos. —_————— Quarrelsome Neighbors. Mrs. Bridget Collins, & buxom widow living at 1222 Pierce street, was booked at the City Prison_yesterday afternoon on the charges of | assault with & deadly weapon and drunk. The complaining witness was Albert Brown, a baker on the corner of O'Farrell and Pierce streets. The rear of Mrs. Collins’ premises joins the rear of Brown’s bakery. Yesterday she went into the bakery, and as she was inclined 10 be boisterous Brown ordered her out. Mrs. Collins seized a glass and threw it at Brown, striking him on the right arm and cutting it in two places. She then fired four soda-water bottles at iim and retired. Brown had his wounds dres at the Receiving Hospital. skl Over $1,000,000 worth of diamonds are stolen every year from the South African diamond mines. ‘“‘Let us hail | {fipg in the first net until it pierced the wire web of the second could be registered by electricity. Thecannon ball was aimed to pass through the nettings and lodge in | a sand bank near the east side of the Na- tional Cemetery. It happened that one of | the projectiles got away and, rebounding from the sand, cavorted into the brush, | went over the graveyard hedge and tum- | bled down a headstone in the cemetery. | The Fifth Artillery monument was not hit, | but it is safe to predict that Colonel | Graham will not allow any more powder | testing on that range. The incident | caused a deal of merriment among the en- 1 listed men in the Presidio, and they still | smile when they pass the old-fashioned “Napoleon” which stands near the flag- | staff. | General Forsyth in his annual report | from the Department of California states | that the requisite number of expert sig- nalists, officers and enlisted men is re- vorted from each organization and that | volunteer telegraph work of value has been | done. All of the posts are reported to be well supplied with water and, with the | exception of Benicia, well sewered. | _Ofthe eight deathsin the department during the year four were caused by the derailing of a military train near Sacra- | mento during the strike. Dr. William L. Kneedler, formerly post surgeon at Fort Mason, goes to San Diego [ for duty at that station. |, Surgeon G. M. Welis, from Fort Bliss, Texas, has been ordered to Fort Mason. He arrived in San Francisco last week. Dr. Ogden Rafferty, post surgeon at Beni- cia, will go to Fort Ig’liss. Owing to disability Lieutenant-Colonel | Gibson of the medical départment has been retirea from active dut; Dr. Clarence Ewen of Fort Bliss will | soondreyort for examination by a retiring oard. Lieutenant Charles R. Greenleaf of the medical degartment is delivering a course of lectures before the students of the Uni- versity of California. | Troop K, Fourth Cavalry, is now in com- | fortable quarters at she Presidio. The troop commanded by Captain Alexander | Rodgers and Lieutenant William R. Smed- | berg returned from summer duty in the | Yosemite reservation November 20. Troop I, Captain James Lockett, will ar- | rive at the Presidio December 1. Lieutenant Lissac of the ordnance de- | partment fired one shot with the 12-inch | rifle at Fort Point last week. The shot | was fired to test the recoil cylinder. | The leave of absence granted to Lieuten- | ant Harvey A. Smith, First Infantry, has been extended. Commodore 3cNair, U. 8. N., who suc- | ceeds Admiral Carpenter in command of the Asiatic station, will hoist his flag on the Olympia. The Baltimore will come to San Francisco for repairs. Lieutenant A. A. Ackerman of the ord- nance bureau has been ordered to duty at the Union Iron Works as instructor of ordnance for the battleship Oregon. ———— MARE ISLAND LETTER. The Crulser Boston in Commission. Uncle Sam’s Experiment. MARE ISLAND, Cav., Nov. 23.—Hali- past 1 o’clock of the afternoon of Monday, the 18th inst., was the hour announced for putting the United States steamship Boston into commission; but a party of naval of- ficers and ladies arriving presumably in sea- son to witness the ceremony, found the function just concluded, theappointed time | having been anticipated by several min- utes and the preparations for the event | having been so periect that a brief period | sufficed for its completion. In this instance the ceremony, which varies greatly as between one ship and another, was singularly impressive— scarcely less than imposing. And the same may besaid of the procession which previously marched from the receiving ship Independence to that part of the sea- wall beyond the “‘gate” where, snow-white and gold-bright, stood the Boston. At the head of the column marched the In- dependence band, eighteen in number, playing martial strains, Next followed the twenty-six marines assigned to duty on the Boston. Her crew of 229 sailors completed the train, het twenty-five or thirty apprentice boys having not yet ar- rived from the East. Arrayed in their bravest toggery and marching with military Erecislon the pro- cession of over 250 picked men presented, in the estimation of the officers and_their familes ana friends wno atteuded the function, a fine appearance. Officers and -visitors grouped apart, marines and sailors ranged in order on her deck, the band in the midst playing the National anthem, the colors were run up to the masthead and saluted by the reverent removal of caps, every eye fixed on the flag and every head remaining un- covered until the last notes of the hymn had passed away. : In the absence of Captain Henry L. Howison, commandant of the yard, Com- mander Bowman H. McCalla, for Captain Albert 8. Barker, captain of the yard, who was detaired home by illness, read the commandant’s order transferring the ship to Captain Frank Wildes, Captain Wildes read aloud the orders of the department assigning him_to the command, Lieu- tenant Albion V. Wadhams assigned the officers under him to their respective duties, and the Boston was in commission. Clearly itis nog for nothing that Uncle Sam has determined to man the ships of the American navy with Americans. The fine set of men that marched aboard the Boston on Monday last certainly furnished astrong argument in favor of the new policy. This carefully selected crew will also furnish a fair criterion of judgment as to the success and feasibility of the ex- periment. If this finer material is found to compete in physical endurance with the average European seaman, exhibiting equal or superior mental alertness and general adaptabiiity, with the addition of greater moral stamina, the experiment will have proved a success; only the ques- tion of feasibility as regards supply and demand remaining to be decided. But if the American sailor turns out, physically or otherwise, to be the legitimate product of a home-spoiled, hothouse civilization— oreven of a free-school, cold-frame cul- ture, th e preponderance of argument will be in favor of the Old Worla supply of sailor-men — in every sense as rugged, hardy and supple as the pinesof their native mountains. NOTES. Little Elia having quite recovered from her late very serious illness, Mrs. Frank Thompson, wife of Chaplain Thompson of the Independence, is about starting home- ward from Chicago, and is expected to ar- rive in Vallejo with her little daughter and her sister, Miss Carleton, on Tuesday or ‘Wednesday next. Mrs. William P. Elliott, wife of Lieuten- ant Eiliott of the Philadalphia, left San Franciseo on Tuesday last for Santa Bar- bara, where she will spend the winter.: The two young Elliotts remain at school in Sonoma. Paymaster Henry T. Skelding was pres- ent at the banquet of the Loyal Legion, held at the Occidental Hotel, San Fran- cisco, on Wednesday evening last. Miss Skelding is visiting in San Fran- cisco. Captain and Mrs. Frank Wildes and Miss Wildes are at_the Bernard House, Vallejo. Paymaster Henry T. Machette of the In- dependence 1s about settled with his fam- ily in their new abode—the cottage vacated by Commander Charles E. Clark and fam- ily on their removal to the Independence. Captain Albert S. Barker is confined to the honse by illness. The McArthur and Gedney are still at hydrographic work in San Francisco Bay, the continued pleasant weather being favoranle to their operations. The Ranger has had to part with some of her crew in order to complete the com- plement of the Boston; also some of her officers, the last being Ensign L. 8. Wil- son, who, detached from the Ranger on the 17th, joined the Boston on the 18th. All is quiet along the social Potomac. Like a good many other people, Terpsi- chore is waiting till her ship comes in. Talking about ships, the Monterey, the Boston and the Albatross are the only ships in port that are in commission. he Mohican’s fate hangsin the balance. No doubt she is well worth the expend ture of $50,000 or $60,000, but the romantic, artistic, poetic old wooden ships are at a discount anyway. The Adams may have seen her best days, but her worst are a long way off yet. The navy-yard tug, the Unadilla, and the double-turreted monitor Monadnock, lie side by side along the seawall approach- i"f completion. between the ferry gate and the caisson of the drydock lies the Hartford, retainin her beautiful original contour, if not mncE of ber oeiginal material. It seems so rea- sonable and so desirable that she should | be restored to the exact pattern of her own historic model that it is almost in- credible that any man or body of men could be so irrational as to make a war- ship of her. The Albatross is still tied to the big buoy, and the seven other ships in port (above named) are along the seawall. Not only the dwellers along the Vallejo water front will henceforth be charmed and inspired with the music of Uncle Sam’s matins and evensong according to the new regulations, but also the hill- dwellers a long mile away, who, as the hour bells strike at night, hear the senti- nels on Mare Island cry, “All's well!” and at eight beils, midnight, “All's very well!” IvaN Dray. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. Nominations for Officers of the Associa- tion of the Police Depart- ment, The annual nomination of officers of the ‘Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association of the Police Department was held in Judge Joachimsen’s courtroom yesterday after- noon. ‘There was a large attendance. The president, Sergeant Bethel, and vice- president, Sergeant Hotaling, announced that they were not seeking re-election. The following nominatiors were made: For president, Captain George Wittman; vice-president, Sergeant Dan Hannah; treas- urer, Sergeant’ John Duncen; recording secre- tary, Policeman C. M. Janes; financial secre- tary, Policeman Samuel Rankin, Duncan, Janes and Rankin are at pres- ent holding the offices for which they were nominated. There being no other nomi- nations for the five offices, the' nominees will be declared duly elected at the annual lbn;eetmg on the second Sunday in Decem- T, Five trustees have to be elected and fif- teen nominations were made as follows: W. F. Brophy, W. L. Coles, H. Gleeson, George Lake, Gus Wolwebber, J. L. Murphy, R. M. Sil- ver, Sergeant George Birdsall, Jo%n T. Fitz- henry, H. H. Norman, Arnop Bainbridgs, Ser- geant A. A. Perrin, Joiin J. McLaughlin, Ser- geant Fred Brown and R. Ennis. Voting for the five will take place at the annual meeting. — IS IT TOBACCO? The Men of To-Day Not So Strong and Vigorous as Their Forefathers. “Men are becoming weaker.” So says the doctor. “Men are gradually losing their nerve force, their nerve energy, their nerve vigor.” Our forefathers were at one time able to stand all the fatigue of the day and yet be strong and vigorous at night. Now it is just the reverse. The men of to-day use too much tobacco. They smoke the cheap, nasty cigarettes, which eat away their nerves and make them im- potent men. Many premature men are made 80 only because they insist on smoking and chewing excessively. “I would advise,’” says the doctor, “your toning up the body with that peculiar nerve force, ‘Cupidene’" It is cer- tainly the best prescription known. Cupidene has done more good for men than all the moral lessons and all the extravagant lectures read ffering from an exhausted, f you find self puny and out of sorts; if you are unable to appear manly and_ vigorous, cease smoking our cigarettes and use the great Cupidene. ;l you are not stronger and more vigorous after using one box of Cupidene the sun will shine no more, water will flow up the hills and we shall live without air. Cupidene is the restorer, for it enters the nerves and actson the nerves. Cupidene quiets the nerves and strengthens them. Cupidene is for sale at Brooks’ Phumuey, 119 Powell street. TR From gas-tar has been extracted an oil idenficalg with that of bitter almonds. NEW TO-DAY. B « Pure and Sure.” veland's Biscuit, cake, pot pies and buns, Dumplings, puddings, Sally Luns.. Muffins, waffles, griddle cakes, The very best it always makes.’ AMUSEMENiS FOR ALL. | New Attractions This Evening in the Various Places Where the Player Will Appear. De Woli Hopper, having got rid of the white elephant he had on his hands, will this evening appear at the Baldwin Thea- | ter in the new comic opera, “Dr. Syntax,” | and will assume the title role, 1n which, it | is said, he has a greater field than he had | in “Wang” to display his power of com- | edy. Edna Wallace finpper will appear | as a Brazilian heiress. Herrmann, who has been christened the | “King of Magicians,” will appear at the California Theater this evening, and will present to the audience a number of new mystifying tricks and illusions in which | he will be assisted by Mrs. Herrmann. One of the illusions is “Trilby,” in which Herr- mann, as Svengali, will cause Trilby, rest- ing on a plank, to be suspended in midair without apparent support. | At the Columbia a laughable comedy, | “The Lottery of Love,”” adapted from the | French, will be presented, with Henry E. | Dixey, Margaret Craven and Pauline | French in the principal roles. This will | be Miss Irench’s first appearance on the | regular stage. This is a play in which | errors and trouble arise from’ the acts of | an interfering mother-in-law. i Gracie Plaisted will appear to-night at the Alcazar Theater in the title role in the play of ‘“Cad, the Tomboy,” a character | which, it is said, she will present with | much spirit. She will be supported by the Grovers, father and son, Hoyt Lothian and Fanny Young. The play has many strong, | sympathetic points that always draw a good house. The Orpheum will this evening have ten new people on the stage, all in new attrac- tions. The Mathias Brothers from Les Folies Bergeres of Parisy France, will ap- Bear in their original creation, “Fourneau iabolique,”” Alice Johnson, a prima | donna, will give operatic selections and | the Judge Brothers will give wonderful acrobatic performances. ere are many other attractions. To-night “Roger la Honte,” a celebrated “ drama from the French, translated by | Robert Buchanan, will be revived at the | Grand Opera-house. The fact that the | translation was adapted for the stage by Augustin Daly is a voucher that it is a | good drama. H. Coulter Brinker will as- sume the dual role of Roger Laroque and | Laverson, his shadow. The drama will be well staged. To-night the management of the Tivoli Opera-house will offer an opera new to San Franciscans, “The Lucky Star,” the joint {roducnon of John P. Wilson and George B, Lask, who wrote the libretto, and Adolph Bauer, who selected and composed the music. There has been some specula- tion as to what this trio has proauced. “‘Shooting the Chutes” continues to draw crowds at the Haight-street grounds. To- night there will be the usual attraction of music and sliding down the watery inclined plane and the bumping on the lake, all of which is very enjoyable. s = 3 RUN DOWN BY A CYCLIST. A Companion of Septimus De Greayer Thrown to the Ground. Yesterday afternoon, shortly after 3 o’clock, A. H. Kennedy of 605 Market street was on a bicycle on the main drive of Golden Gate Park riding in the wake of abuggy. The vehicle suddenly stopped, and Kennedy, to avoid running into it, turned to the right, and 1n so doing ran against two pedestrians, a man and a woman, who were walking and abreast of the vehicle. The force of the collision was such that the lady was knocked to the ground. : Kennedy, who was thrown from hisl wheel, as soon as possible went to the wo- | man’s assistance, ascertained that she was | not seriously injured and entered into an | explanation of how the accident occurred. At this time Officer Norton came up and asked for the names of all who had wit- nessed the collision. When he asked the woman’s companion for his name that in- | divifi\ml replied, “You all know who I | “In the discharge of my duty Ido not | know any one,” said the officer. “All T ask you is your name and that of the lady | who was run down.” 1 ““Well,” said the man in a not over| K}easnnt tone, “I am Septimus de Greayer. | y brother was murdered by one of vou | fellows in this park some time ago, but | who this lady is I will not tell you, and it | is none of your business.” | Being satisfied that the woman did not | need any assistance Kennedy was taken before Captain Thomson, to whom he gave his name and address. He stated that he was sorry for what had happened, and that | if at any time he might be wanted he would be ready to respond., There being | no one to charge him with an offense he was allowed to go. Edward Aikens, a bar-tender at Solano and Kentucky streets, was arrested by Offi- cer Kennedy yesterday afternoon far fast driving in Golden Gate Park. — - — The roasts of Homer's heroes were garnished with the entrails of oxen. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. WANT TO CHEER UP? WELL, GO AND SHOOT THE CHUTES = R Haight St., near the Park CONCERT AT 2 AND 8 P. M.—8— NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Aefubia Ghealie, FRICOLANDLR GOTTLOB & ' G- LESES ATORATAGLRS - COME DRIVE TO-NIGHT AWAY THE BLUES The Excruciatingly Hum@rous Comedy, ‘THE LOTTERY OF LOVE From the French of Carre and Bisson, Adapted by Augustin Daly. Presented by MR. HENRY E. DIXtY, MISS MARGARET CRAVEN, MISS PAULINE FRENCH, And a Superb Company of Players. Reserved Seats—15e, 25¢, 50¢ and 73, 3—MATINEES THIS WEEK—3 £ Thursday, Saturday and Sunday &y Next \ttrartinn—.lofl_y Joe Cawthorn. ‘!fl]fibfl“& Al HAYMAN ©Co., INCORPD PROPS. ALL THIS WEEK, SPECIAL MATI KSGIVING ! REGULAR MATI TURDAY! The Napoleon of Necromancers, ERRMANN THE GREAT! In His Incomparable Entertainment. For the First Time Here—Herrmann’s Hypnotic Tilusion, “Trilby,” and the Allegorical Sensation, “The Spray of Life.” Aided HERRMANN in Her New, Bewildering § ular Dance Creations. |NCORP'D BM-! EATRE N\ PROPS. Commencing To-night and Continuing One Week, MATINEE SATURDAY. g5 Special Matinee Thanksgiving Day at Popular Prices—25¢, 35¢, 50¢, 1b¢, $1. A Novelty in Comic Opera, “DR. SYNTAX” As Presented by vewor FTOPPER. And His Celebrated Lyric Organization. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE 3ins. LENESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managas —TO=-NIGET — SUPERB PRODUCTION 0f the Brilliant Spectacular Oriental Fantasie, “THE LOGKY STAR" MIRTH!———SONG!———DANCE! THEATRE IGHT AN L MAYMAN AND Co; Beautiful Scene Picturesque Costumes ! Startling Light Effects! Appropriate Accessories! Artistic Groupings! Popular Prices—25c and 50c¢. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. To-night and Thanksgiving Week! Now for a Week of Solid Fun!—That Greatest of All Successes, CAD, THE ToNBOY! GRACIE PLAISTED AS CAD. LEONARD GROVER JR. AS THE GASMAN, A Barrelful of Mirth, Songs, Imitations and Burlesque Opera—u Perfect Matinees Wednesday, Thanksgiving Day, Saturday and Sunday. PRICES—10c¢, 15¢, 25c. Wednesday “Pop” and Thanksgiving elegans 50c Book Souvenirs given toall. Night Prices—10c¢, 15¢, 25c¢, 35¢, 503. Thanksgiving Matinee, Night Prices. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Lessee and Managa: THIS EVENING AT FIGHT. ——A GREAT HOLIDAY BILL!— Magnificent Revival of the Famous Drama, “ROGER LA HONTE"” Or, A MA SHADOW. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Betv Stockion and Pows WEEK OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING WEEK CARNIVAL AL NEW: FRERES MATHIAS, MME. MARTHE IARTHY, MISS ALICE JOHNSON, THE JUDGE BROS., SADI ALFARABI And Our Great Specialty Company. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 15¢; Opera caalrs and Box seats, 50¢. BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH! | MECHANICS’ PAVILION. COMING EVENTS BRING GLAD TIDINGS. 18 Elegant and Costly Prizes for Competition. i 's Pri For lad, vith hande P et Dioytling costome, hihgrade S105 Bicycle, winner’s choice of make. ANNUAL ———ADMISSION 10 CENTS. RUNKING ' gfl S RUNHING RACES! RACGES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. ¥ive or more races each day. Racesstartat 3:00 sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pase ELXS CARNIVAL ——1In aid of its CHARITY FUND—— THANKSGIVING EVE,WEDNESDAY, Hov, 27 GRAND PRELUDE. Electrical 1llusions— A Beautiful Transformation Scene, Amazonian Peregrinations, Bloomerian Peripatetic Trilbyan Saltatories, Turkish Pirouettes, Admission, $1. 600 Box Seats, 50¢c extra, 2100 Reserved Seats, 25¢ extra. Reserved Seats on Sale at Kohler & Chase's Music Store, 26 O'Farrell street. Periormance ag 8. Grand March ai 9:30. SECOND ANNUAL HORSE SHOW ——MECHANICS’ PAVILION—— Tuesday, December 3d, to Saturday, December 7th Admission, Daytime.. 500 Evening Prices, Genera ission, 1 Reserved Seats, $1.50, 82 and $2.50. Reserved Seats now en Store, 327 Post street. e at H. S, Crocker's FOOTBALL. University of California vs. Stanford, THANKSGIVING DAY, November 28, 2:30 P. M. CENTRAL PARK, San Francisco. RAIN OR SHINE. Seats now on sale by E. T. ALLEN CO, 416 Maz- ket st., S. F.: CLABROUGH, GOLCHER & CO., 605 Market st., S. F. b