The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1895. AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.- Dr. Syntax.” CALIFORNIA THEATER—Herrmann, the Great. COLUMBIA THEATER—“The Lottery of Love.! N 0R08C0'S OPERA-HOUSE—*Roger La Honte.” T1VOLI OPERA-HOUSE—“The Lucky Star.” CrrErUM—High-Class Vaudevile. GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—"Cad, the Tomboy.” AUDITORIUN—Corner Mason and_Ellis streets— Song Recital, given by Willis E. Bacheller, this aiternoon. MECHANICS' PaviLiox — Horse Show, mercing Tuesday, December 3. SECOTTHE CHUTES —Dally at Haight street, cre Liock east of the Park. CENTRAL PARK.—Baseball to-morrow. PACIFIC COAST JoCKEY CLUB.—Races. EAY DISTRICT TRAC] BY E. 8. SPEAR & Co.—Palm Restaurant, at 943 Market street, at 10 o'clock By HAMMERSMITH & FIELD—Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds and Silverware, at 118 Sutter street, at 10A. M. 2nd 2 P. M. BY Josepr T. T) street, on Saturd: CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Music, at 721 Marke at 11 o'cloci The Prohibition party is organizing & Na- | shoveling the unburned coal to a place of tional amendment club. Local items, bright and brief, can be found o1 | the fire-pumps, this page of the CALL every morning. A clever new device for speed and safety has | confine the blaze to the bunker in which been introduced into the City Fire Department. Governor Budd is taking an interest in the question of the importation of Japan-made good: Three thousand tons of coal afternoon. Lieutenant Wadhams, U. 8. N,, lectured last night in_Metropolitan’ Temple before the Camera Club. «Fair, slightly cooler,” s what Forecast Of- ficial McAdie prophesied last night for local weather to-da Professor Bernard Moses gave a scholar's yiew of sympathetic strikes in a lecture at the South Park College settlement. Wong Yip, the_proprietor of & Chinese lot- ter Jail, by Judge Campbell yesterday. Matt Linden, & Russian Finn, attempted 8 de at the Eastern lodging-house, 409 Drumm street, last night. He will recover. Market Inspector Ben Davis captured a wagon vesterday, belonging to D. Biagini, having on bosard seventeen immature calves. Stanford men bid Walter Camp good-by yes- terday afternoon at the Palase and “the father of football” took the evenin gtrain for the East. Printers who have lately lost their positions through the introduction of typesetting ma- ines are about to publish & new morning The subject of curing prunes by prickingand ipping processes was discussed at the of the State Horticultural Society yes- . estate of James Phelan has been ap- d at $£4,662,584 78. This is about divided between real and personal The case of Mrs. Helen Massie, charged with her husband, came up before Judge vesterday. She claimed that the shoot- g was accidental. he Federation ts own in the roposes to put a City eld at next elections, establish branches in towns State. 1of Mrs. Toland, widow of the founder Toland Medical College, has been filed r obate. Her estate 1s estimated to worth about §100,000. In affirming the decision in the suitof Au- Laver against the City Hall Commis- s reme Court has defined the missioners. Ford and Mrs. Schafer, the two women lous husbands a few days ago, are Ford was removed to terday. now pioposes to call the paving company backed by jc Raiiroad. icker and his wife traded some prop- meda for a Third-street lodging- allege fraud and want he court. ncan, wife of Kenneth J. Dun- r pastor of the Howard Presby- iiving in Chicago with her is seeking a divorce from her Attorney-General Fitzgerald has determined to file amended afidayits to_conform to the amended complaint of the Southern Pacitic Company in the latter's suit against the Rail- road Commission. Choo Foo's battery charge against Chinese Inspector Richard Williams was dismissed by Police Judge Low yesterday. From the evi- dence it appeared that the complaining wit- Dess was ihe real aggressor. Charles 8. Young, who was appointed Super- ndent of Schools by the Board of Super- asked Auditor Broderick yesterday not gn the saiary warrant of Madison Bab- cock, the incumbent of the office. Mrs. Maggie Fay and her little son live in & house on Twenty-second street and Potrero avenue, which has neither windows nor doors, all having been removed by the landlord, Louis Ahlborn, to compel her to Vacate. General Dickinson, in Judge Murphy’s court rday, concluded the reading of the large < upon the motion fora mew trial for From all indications it is extremely cbable that & rehearing will be granted The Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- begin carrying Oregon ireight at $1 xt Thursday. The steamer State of ornia will be the first to begin the war st the Southern Pacific at the reduced rederal Grand Jury was impaneled yesterday. Judge Morrow of the United States Distriet Court gaye some very pointed instruc- tions, enjoining them to the utmost secrecy in their deliberations. Evidently he had the Summerhayes incident in mind. Governor Budd and staff attended the races of the Pacific Coast J ey Club at Ingleside yesterday. The track was heavy and but two favorites got' home in front. The winning horses were: Imp. Miss Brummel, Strath- meath, Remus, All Over and Babe Murphy. D.S. Levy is suing J. Clulow to recoyer prop- erty. He saysjthat after Clulow became insol- vent, he executed to the firm of Irvine Bros. & second note for $3235, in order to make them preterred creditors. Levy wants to secure the property for the benefit of all the creditors. The Federa! authorities have discovered that express messengers on trains have been carry- ing unstampad letters, in violation of the postal laws. {Postal Inspector Erwin, having consulted wita the United States District Al- torney, warns the express companies to quit the practice. | The United States has decided to intervene in the case of the Southern Pacific Company v. the Railroad Commission of Calitornia in the suit to enjoin the defendants from reducing rates. The intervention of the Federal Govern- ent will be on behalf of the Central Pacific tailroad alone. ' At a meeting of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union No. 22 iast evening it was decided to in- crease the initiation fee from $2 50 to $5. The change will take effect on December 1. At present the membership 3s 850, and from four- en to twenty new members are taken in meeting night. The discovery of oil croppings in Napa and Sonoma valleys has led capitalists to organize an electric rallroad, hight and power company for the benefit of Napa and Sonoma counties. 11 the o1l supply is insufficient to run the plant Company will secure its fuel from the The new South California oil fields. The inguest on the bicyclist, John Mc- Menomy, was postponed yesterday in compli- e with a request of & brother of the de- P ic Menomy, The brother esed, Nicholas McMe: lyhowlhltEdwnrd Casey, the driver of the buggy which collided ith 3cMenomy in Golden Gate Park Sunday, was to blame. PHILLIP RATZ IN COURT. hopes to procuré evidence to The Complaining Witness Tells Her | sided. Story in a Convincing Way. The case of Phillip Ratz, charged with assault, came before Judge Campbell yes- | Wood secretary; T.J. Stanton, first vi terday. The complaining witness, told her story in a straightforward man- ver, though the court experienced some difficulty in getting her to answer cer! questions, x Louise Oliven aiso appeared as a wit- ness, corroborating the testimony of the | PO! Mannasso girl. The ca ase was continued until 10 o’clock this morning. I the meantime Ratzis Leld in default of $15,000 bail. Ex 50, 1805 | Lhree Thousand Tons of Fuel on com- | Targe Force of Men at Work Endeavor- in the bunkers | directly adjoin the mill. at the Pacific Rolling Mills took fire yesterday | connected by massive timbers, making it was fined 50, or fifty days in the County | the bunkers, and in all probability the rs to account for granting | EvaMlnnnso,’ gem; W. Shew, treasurer; George Brown tain | Philip Brown and A. Agaara were elected | | 147 Fire at the Pacific Mills. BIG BUILDINGS MENACED. ing to Subdue the Encroaching Flames. Three thousand tons of coal in the great bunkers at the Pacific Rolling-mills in the Potrero took fire yesterday afternoon, and if appearances are not deceptive it will be many days before the fire can be extin- guished, as it is almost impossible for water to penetrate the blazing heap. A gang of men employed in the mills was busy all the afternoon and night safety, while still another crew handled which poured great streams upon the firein the endeavor to it originated. The bunkers are situated just back of a ponderous group of boilers, which in turn All three are not only possible but nighly probable for all the buildings to be destroyed in case the fire breaks from its confinement in the bunkers and spreads throughout the ad- joining buildings. In case the coal alone is destroyed it would be necessary, in order to keep the mill running, to wait until another ship could arrive and discharge her carge into mill would have to close down during the intervening period. There are 500 men regularly employed at the mills, and if this were to happen it would be a great hardship in their case. It is presumed that the fire was zaused by spontaneous combustion. Three years ago the coal in the bunkers ignited from the same cause, and it was almost a week before it could be extinguished. Up to the present time it is impossible to ascertain how much damage has been caused as a result of the fire, and how much more it will cause remains to be | seen. SHE: FOUND A GIRL BABY, | Mrs. Rose Harris’ Discovery in a Fifth-Street Lodging- House. In an Unoccupied Room on the Second Floor a Six-Day-Old Infant Is Left to Die. Mrs. Rose Harris, who conducts a lodg- ing-house at 14534 and 14734 Fifth street, | found a babe of a week in an unoccupied | room yesterday. The two lodging-houses conducted by | Mrs. Harris, on Fifth street, are connected in the rear by a narrow gangway. No. 14 is a small six-room flat, reserved for her best customers, and unless her pres- {ence 1s required by some of the guests Mrs. Harris does not visit that portion of | her property more than once each week. Yesterday about half-past 4 o’clock Mrs. Harris went over to No. 1474 to see one of her lady roomers. After the visit the landlady concluded to inspect that portion of the flat not occupied. When she opened the door leading into a small back room on the second floor, the first thing that | met her gaze was a somewhat tumbled up bed. This was strange, she thought, for the room had not been occupied in several days. Witha view of arranging the disordered covering she gave it a pre- | paratory shake, when a very small voice | from someshere fell upon her ear. { Gently pulling the covering away, the face of a little girl baby scarce six days old came into view. The infant’s body was wrapped in coarse soiled flannel, and | on this was thrown part of a much worn { quilt. The child itself was in a sad state. | 1ts little body was covered with dirt, while {the neck was a mass of sores. She had | evidently been without food for several hours, possibly days, for the limbs were n and bones. cannot imagine how the | child came there, for inquiry failed to de- velop the presence of any strange person |in the house within the past ten aays. | | She will keep the child a week or ten days | in the hope that the mother will make | herself known, or that some charitably in- | clined person will adopt the little stranger. | Should neitlier of these things happen | | the child will be sent to the foundling asylum, as Mrs, Harris saysshe is not able to adopt it herseli. ¥ REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE. The Forty-First and Forty-Fifth As- sembly Districts Form Clubs and Elect Officers. A Republican club was organized in the Forty-first Assembly District last evening under the auspices of the Republican Ex- ecutive Council. The meeting was called to order by George T. Phelps. H.C. Firebaugh was elected president, C. M. Symonds secre- tary, W. G. Chaplin treasurer and Robert Grier sergeant-at-arms. An enrolling committee was appointed, consistine of: W. H. Reynolds, chairman; W. H. Williams, Robert Grier, William Nixon and George R. Sanderson. The following were appointed vice-presi- dents, one for each precinct in order as follows: E. W. Williams. William Isham, Henry Gerlach, R. W. Thompson, W. G. Chaplin, William W.Wade, Ernest Duden, George T. Phelps, F. 8. Moffitt, William Reston, Robert Smart, E.C. Huff, Oscar Lewis, William H. Shaw, George D. Dixon,'| A. Boyer. The following were appointed a com- mittee on constitution and by-laws: Wil- liam Reston, C. F. Seaman and William Isham. - The following were appointed delegates to the Republican Executive Council: Geosge T. Phelps, chairman; James Ste- venson and Robert Smart. After several stirring speeches the meet- ing adjourned with great enthusiasm. A meeting of the Forty-fifth District Republican Club was held in_Lafayette H-’i’l, 730 Montgomery street, Wednesday night, in response toa call from Philip Brown, district organizer of the Republ: can Executive Council. Mr. Brown pre- = A roll was opened and signed by 175 SONs. pelrx. Johneon was elected president; W. 8. resident; W. 0. Scott, second vice-presi- d E. Sluter, sergeants-at-arms. ml{. Lowry,' C. 'Mygren, T. J. Stanton, an executive committee. W. 8. Wood and T. J. Stanton were ap- inted delegates to the executive council. —e———— A New Spanish Daily. Der 2. A. P. Alvarez witl be its editor and pro- prietor. He says: “The main object of the pas per wili be to strive for the development of commercial relations between the Spanish- American countries and the State of California. These markets ought to be the principal con- sumers of the products of Celifornia’s industry and soil. The Diario de California will also ublish an English section and will contain nteresting information on Mexico and Central America. This newspaper will, therefore, be the authorized organ of the Spanish-American colouists resident on_the Pacific Coast and the defender of the interests of Spanish-America.” THEY ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING. The Two Women Shot by Their Hus- bands Will Recover. Mrs. Schafer, wno was shot by her hus- band on Wednesday night last, is still at the Receiving Hospital. The attending vhysicians have succeeded in getting the fever under control, and there is now every prospect of her early recovery. Mrs. Ford, the woman who received three bullets from a jealous husband’s éislol on Sunday right, is slightly better. he was removed to St. Mary’s Hospital yesterday. John Ford, the busband of the wounded woman, was booked at the Central station last night, charged with assault to murder. ——————— JEWELS IN HER STOCKING. A New Place in Which to Se- crete Bracelets, Watches and Diamonds. Mrs. Dora Weinstock Thought It the Only Secure Place on Her Person. ‘*‘And she had diamonds and bracelets and watchesand uncut jewels in her stock- ingsand other parts of her underclothing,” said Inspectress Lawrence to Collector of the Port John H. Wise on the steamer Gaelic yesterday morning. ‘‘Of cource the goods are all dutiable and I thought it best to place her under arrest and hear what you had to say about the matter.” The “‘she” in question is Mrs. Dora Wein- stock, wife of Maurice Weinstock, late jeweler to the royal family of Java. While in that country he acquired a quantity of jewelry and gems, and when he and his wife took passage at Hongkong for San Francisco his wife concealed the goods about her person. Just how she managed to secrete in stockings a number of dia- mond studs, several bracelets, two brooches, three watches and a quantity of uncut stones and still get her feet into them is a mystery that Mrs. Lawrence, the inspectress, did not explain to the Collec- tor. sr. Wise looked very puzzled for a while, but finally came to the conclusion that he would ask no questions on that particular subject. He ordered the goods seized, however, and after hearing her story said he would decide later on whether he would simply charge the duty or confiscate the jewelry. Mrs. Weinstock tells a straightforward story and the Collector thinks she is tell- ing the truth. “My husband worked for some time in Java as a jeweler,” said she, “‘and there he secured some uncut stones and some jewelry. From Java we went to India and in Ceylon my husband secured some more genis. We were always afraid of being robbed and in order to prevent such a catastropbe, why, I carried the things where that lady found them. I had them on my person at Hongkong and he way over in the steamer. I did not know there was any duty on them and Ilmd not the least intention of evading the aw.” “Why did you not give the jewels to the purser and have him lock them up in the safe?”” asked Collector Wise. “I dxdn’t know there was a purser aboard,” was the answer, “and even if I had I would have carried the jewelry where I had it hid, because the thieving natives, who would steal the teeth out of your mouth, never found my watehes and dia- monds; so I was sure the hiding place was a good one.” At this Collector Wise laughed aud said, “But the Custom-house inspectress found them."” B Mrs. Weinstock laughed also and said, “Yes, and I guess they would have been found before if 1 had been searched.” The Coliector now has the jewels in his possession and will further investigate the case to-day. “I am inclined to believe the woman'’s story,” said he, *and 1f I find that the story she told me is borne out by facts, I will aliow her to keep the jewelry on payment of the duty. Should 1t turn out to be a case of attempt at smuggling, how- ever, she will be arrested and the jewels confiscated.” In the meantime Mrs. Weinstock has been released and she will get the Collec- tor's decision to-day. e THE TRADES COUNCIL. Unemployed Printers Will Soon Pub- lish a New Daily Paper. At a meeting of the Trades Council last evening Delegate Burns of the Cigar- makers’ Union made a report, which, he said, would serve as an object lesson to how that the times are worse all over the United States in the cigar-makers’ trade than they were in past years. He said that the internal revenue re- ports showed that during eleven months in 1894 there were 773,000,000 less cigars made in this country than during the pre- ceding year, and last September there was a decrease in the output of cigars of 2,000,000 under that of 1894. Mr. Burnsin- terpreted these figures to mean that the general public was forced to economize in many ways, and the substitution of pipes for cigars served to show that the laboring masses were every year compelled to draw the line between luxuries and the necessa- ries](l)l life much finer in order to get along at all. . Delegate Phillips of the Typographical Union 1eported that a large number of printers who were thrown out of work by the many type-setting machines were at times hard-pressed to make a living. He said that the printers had organized acom- pany and would soon publish a daily morning vaper. A paper of this kind was started in Oakland a short time ago. He expected the new paper would make its appearance about the first of the new year. —————— THE EYE. Beautiful and Pure in Woman, Strong and Penetrating in Man. Every man who loves the beautiful has at some time of his life looked deep into a wo- man’s eye and remarked its purity and loveli- ness. One of the fine charms of woman is the eye; one of the strong points of man is the eye. Now all students of anatomy have been im- pressed with the importance of the eye, and all will admit it is one of the most delicate, im- portant and structuredly remarkable organsof the body. That the eye is a sure indicator of health or sickness is so true as to admit of no contradiction. He who has a bleary eye—an eye lacking luster, an eye which is fearful to meet the focus of & strong, healthy man, cer- tainly is in a pitiful condition. He at once tells you that he IS sick. perliaps has passed restléss, tossing night. Sometimes this condi- tion is the direct result of the excessive use of SAD PLIGHT OF A WOMAW, Lives in a Ramshackle House Witheut Windows or Doors. REMOVED BY THE LANDLORD. Mrs. Maggie Fay and Her Little Son * Exposed to the Rain and Cold Winds. Out on Potrero avenue, almost directly opposite the City and County Hospital, | where the cool winds from the ocean | sweep across the hills,a woman, tninly | clad, shivers arid moans nightly in a house E without windows or doors, and draws her | scant raiment closer about her as the rain or piercing blasts enter the open portals. With her lives her little son, a lad of 7 years, who is none t0o well dressed to live in an atmosphere as cold and damp as the outside air. The landlord is responsible presence of a large number of spectators. The exercises were patriotic. In fact the day was made the occasion of a patriotic demonstration on the part of the young ladies and their teachers, and the zaffair was a beautiful tribute to the starsand stripes. The programme included the singing of ‘“‘America’”’ and other National- airs, pa- triotic songs and recitations and a proces- sion round the school. The exercises con- cloded with a general salute to the flag by ail the children of the school. 1t has been decided by the teachers of St. Peter’s to set apart thei#st Wednesday of each month as flag day. WANTS A DIVORCE. Kenneth J. Duncan’s Wife Is Now Seek- ing a Separation From the Dis- graced Ex-Minister. The wife of Kenneth J. Duncan is seek- ing a divorce from her husband. Mr. Duncan will e remembered as having caused a great scandal while acting as pas- tor of the Howard Preshyterian Church. | His wife then clung to him and attempted in every way to avert the trouble that athered. Later she went with him to ortland. There Duncan indulged himself further in low living and soon lost control of him- self. He went to the Sandwich Islands and returned a short time ago, only to plunge into a series of wiid dissipations. An account of his return was published. It reached Mrs. Duncan, who is living at 4403 North Ashland avenue, Chicago, and Al THE HOUSE FROM WHICH THE OBDURATE TENANT REFUSES TO GO. for the condition of the house, and says | that he will make its condition even more | untenable by taking off the roof unless his | wretched tenant finds some other house to shelter her. The structure is a low, one-story frame building standing on the northeast corner of Twenty-second street and Potrero ave- nue, and in its best days was never more than a ramshackle affair,with a large room in front where a corner groggery formerly flourished, and four stuffy living-rooms in the rear. The big swinging-doore of the saloon, a door on each side of the house and five | windows have been taken away, and | through them, where not partially draped | with old carpets and shawls, can be seen | the furniture and household belongings of | the inmates. For nearly six months, up to the Ist inst., the plice was occupied by Gus Miller, | a dealer in broken-down Lorses, who has removed to a place in San Mateo County. He fell bohindpm his rent, and Landlord Louis Ablborn ordered him out. Stiil he remained until the date mentioned, when he installed his sister-in-law, Mrs. Maggie Fay, in the house, took his goods and | chattels and departed. | | | Mrs. Fay was asked to vacate, but re- fused until she knew whether she was to be taken into her brother-in-law’s house- | hold at San Mateo. 1 Not caring to pay the Sheriff’s and Jus- | tices’ Court fees necessary to accomplish an ejectment by legal means Mr. Ahlborn, who, by the way, conducts a saloon on the opposite corner, took the course of liter- ally freezing out his undesired tenant. The doors and windows were removed | last Wednesday, and since that time Mr. | Ahlborn has stood day by day in his sa- loon door and watched "the effect of his | move. Mrs. Fay has not moved and does not know how she can, for she has no other place to go. 3 She is a faded, toil-worn woman of 40 or 45 years, and tears come into her eyes when she is asked how she manages to | live in the house under the circumstances. | I must live here,’” she said, “until I can | get means to remove elsewhere, or—’ and | she glanced at the gloomy walls of the | hospital across the thoroughfare. | “1 suppose the landlord is entitled to | possession of his house, but what am I | Eoing to do? When I came bLere, at my | rother-in-law’s request, I expected money from a small inheritance in the East, from which I derive an income of §120 per year, | but it has never come, and now 1 owe the | landiord for three weeks’ rent. | “Since last Wednesday the wind has been howling night and day and the rain | beating in through this house through all | these open spaces left by the removal of the doors and windows, and I know I can’t live through it many days longer. “Every day I stand in the doorway watching for the postman, and my heart sinks as he goes by without leaving me any mail. That letter must come some day, but I fear it will be too late. My boy suffers, too, from the cold and fear of the night, and his cryicg hurts me more than my own discomfort. *The trouble began when Ahlborn locked the doors one day while we were out trying to get some food. When we re- turned my son climbed through a window and opened a door so that I could get in. Since then we have tived in mortal terror. | | tobacco or some narcotic or other stimulant. Be the cause what it may, this sad condition can be easily removed by the use of nature's own remedy, Cupidene. S0 much has been written of the remarkable nerve-giving proper- ties of this nerve-producing remedy that the ordinary newspaper readers know iis power. Ask any man who has once used Cupidene whether he would be willing to return the re- sults for the money spent, the answer will be No. Cupidene will stop nervous twitching of the eve, cease glimmering spots appearing bo- fore the eye, arrest any waste which may be going on in the body, and make man new, purely new and happy. Cupidene cures nerv- ous demmyh nervous exhaustion, and gives A Spanish daily paper, the Diario de Califor- nis, will be published in San Francisco Decem- strength to the organs of the body. One dol- lar per bottle, six for $5. For sale at Brooks’ Pharmacy, 119 Powe he “I cannot sleep atnight for fear that some bad men may come and harm ns. There is nothing to prevent them if they desire to come in. I hope to get my remit- tance to-morrow and then I can pay Ahl- born what I owe him and find shelter else- where.”” Landlord A hlborn laughed heartily when asked why he bad arranged the house so that the prowlers of the night could have free ingress. “Why, she owes me rent,” he said, “‘and I want her to get out. ‘“Her brother-in-law was three months in the house without paving a dollar in rent, and he merelly put this woman in to keep possession. 1 might get her out by going to the courts, but it would cost $25, nudi den’t want to go to that cost. I have tried to get her out, but she won't hearof it. Once I offered her $5 and agreed to move her furniture free of cost to her, but she re- fused to go. She has got to get out soon or I may have to take stronger measures than I have already.” The neighbors of Mrs. Fay and Mr. Ahl- born are watching the contest of endur- ance with much interest, some stding with the landlord and others with the tenant. Last evening a hot-blooded youth pro- posed a serenade to Mr. Ahlborn witli tin cans and fishhorns, as a reward for his gal- lantry toward Mrs. Fay, but calmer coun- sel prevailed and the disputants were left te settle their own affairs. SALUTING THE FLAG. The Stars and Stripes Raised at St. Peter’s Convent With Patriotic Exercises. A handsome American flag floats over Bt. Peter's Convent School on Alabama street. It was raised by the pupils of the school on Wednesday afternoon in the | erection she decided to bring suit for divorce. The case is now pending while evidence con- cerning Mr. Duncan’s acts is being gath- ered here. Mrs. Duncan has two children. She has been devoting herself for some time to the study of music, with the idea of becoming a teacher. She fears, however, that her husband may attempt to force himself upon her, as, she claims, he has threatened to do, and she therefore wishes to sever any legal claim he may have upon her. VAY BE A ROUND TOWER, Powers of the City Hall Commissioners Clearly Defined. Building Plans May Be Changed by the Commission When it Is Thought Best. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision in the case of Augustus Laver against the City Hall Commissioners, which establishes more fully the powers of the commission and more clearly outlines the scope of its powers. the tower on the City Hall and Laver claimed the commission had no power to change the design originally adopted, and so sued to have tlie commission en- joined from erecting any other. The lower court affirmed the action of the Com- missioners and the Supreme Court has ion involves the powerof the Board v Hall Commissioners to make any deviations in the construction of the building from the plans adopted by the Commissioners in 1871 ‘under the provisions of the act of This question, however, has ceased to be ot any public importance whatever, and isindeed of very little concern to the plaintiff himself by reason of the ratifying act of the last Legis- lature. which it is_conceded validates the con- tract, even if, in the first instance, it was im- properly entered into by the Commissioners. Nevertheless, we are of the opinion that the court properly sustained the demurrer. The act of the Legislature creating the new City Hail Cot 1 that the Com- missione such_plans for the of said City Hull as in their judgment NEW TO-DAY. SOCIAL LIFE Dictates the utmost nicety of expres- +sion and deportment. In your corre- spondence to be certain you are using the correct thing in Papers your selec- tion should be madein our Department of Stationery, where we make a spe- cialty of the FINEST WRITING MATERIALS, Visiting Cards, Wedding Invitations and Announcements engraved, and Monograms and Crests engraved and embossed in tke latest and most stylish manner. All the jatest styles in LEATHER GOODS Consisting of Novel Coyers, Magazine Covers, Sermon Covers, Music Rolls, ‘Writing Tablets, Portfolios, Compan- ions, Traveling Sets, Shaving Sets, etc. More than 150 different styles of Purses and Combination Pocket-books for La- dies and Gentlemen. Sterling Silver and Gold Corners mounted to order. Fine assortment of Valises in alligator and grained leathers. Make your selec- tions now while the assortment iscom- plete. A NEW DEPARTURE. ‘We have just added a full line of Im- ported and Domestic Perfumes, Soaps, Powders and Toilet Articles, and woul be pleased to have you call and inspect this department, asitis oneof the most complete in the city. Special Values in Sachet Powders and Atomizers. WEIY NOT LET US DO YOUR PRINTING ? We CLAIM to do BETTER WORK for LESS MONEY than any other house 1n the city. Get our prices before order- ing elsewhere and be convinced. Who Are We? SANBORN, VAIL & €O, 741 Market St., Opposite Phelan Building. The suit was over | NEW TO-DAY. You believe in pure food, you buy the best flour, the best eggs, the best sugar, yet you have not tried the best baking powder unless you have used Cleveland’s. ; - = s cvelands BAKING POWDER.- But judge for yourself. " Try a can. | best calculated to serve the purposes of said Ciy and County, having in view the necessity of providing a permanent building which will furnish suflicient and suitable rooms to accom- modate the different courts and boards of City and County officers, Hall of Records and also offices of the varions officers of said City nnd County.” The object of the act was to secure a. | permanent and suitable building for the pur- poses named, and the duty enjoined upon the oard of ndopting plans was to further this object. Nowhere by the act was the original board prohibited from changing or moditying the plans when once adopted. and for the proper performance of the duty imposed upon them it was necessary that some discretion should be left to them in the matter. They should heve power to cotrect mistakes in plans once adopted. They should have power to vary an adopted Plun if further investigation satisfied them that the execution of it wouid not achieve the end in view. Nothing in this act can be fuirly said to prohibit the Commissioners from changing or modifying plans once adopted if, | rjudgment, thiey believe the changes | tions would better meet the objects of he act of the Legislature approved March ) , the present Board of New City Hall Commissioners was called into being, and was directed to take charge of the new City Hall and the improvements therein, “and to pro- ceed with the construction of the building on said premises, known as the new City Hall, according to the plans heretofore adopted for a permanent building, as contemplated by an act of the Legislature,” ete. It is this language which, sppellant claims, deprives the Com- oners of ary and all discretion, and com- pels them to proceed with the work under plans adopted by a former board. | ormer | But such construction is not supported by | reason nor borne out by the language of the | actitself. It cannot be seen why the succes ors of the original board should not have the’ same discretionary powers which were vested in their predecessors, nor do we find in the terms of the aet any express declaration de- priving them of that discretion. By section 4 of the nct they are empowered to employ an architect. By section 6 it is made the archi- tect’s duty to draw specifications of the work to bedone and to make drawings therefor. Quite as much room is left for the exeercise of discretionary power in the matter ot specifica- tions asin the matter of original plans, and discretion over the specifications is expressly awarded the new bonrd, but by section 14 of the act the right of the board to change | adopted plan: expressly recognized. It is | there declared, ‘“No change or modification in the place (plan) or specification shall be made after proposals for so doing work or furnisning materials = hall be called for."” We conclude that the discretionary powers of the present boerd under the act of 1875-76 are not different from those enjoyed by their predecessors, and that the contemplated change was not in abuse or_excess of a reason- able exercise of those powers. . REVENUE FROM OPIUM Over $100,000 in Duties on the Drug Grought by the Gaelic. The duty on the opium alone brought by the steamer Gaelic yesterday from Hongkong will amount to over $100,000. Deputy Surveyor Samuel J. Ruddell fig- ured it out. The steamer had 427 cases of the drug on board. cre were 41 pounds in each cese, and the duty was $6 a pound. The full ‘weight of the lot was 17,507 pounds. and the duty $105,042. This valuable importation will go, tem- porarily, into the bonded warehouse, and in a few days the duty will pass through Cashier Chappell’s hands into the sub- treasury on Commercial street. ————— There is a man living at South Beach, Long Island, whose principal means of livelihood 1s that of hunting jor the bodies of drowned people. 5 * Kok Ak kA HRRRAK KKK ARIARRKAK :t*i*im T H E A Jololgiododotoboto KRRRAK Khkk Kk KAAFAK Kk kk KA ARAA KK Tk Ak kKA K KRRKAK KKK Tk ARA KRR Fook Rk kA kok Fokkdkokk ok Fok ko Ak HARKAAKAK | *::x***i*flmthfl*‘kttt* * FAKK XXX%% DECEMBER 1, 1895 JXXXX FERRFAAIARIAAIIRAAAAAKAIAK *X* cULLOOMAH ! cOLOMA ! X¥¥ * By JOAQUIN MILLER. * PACIFIC COAST ART PILGRIMS IN PARIS, By FLORENCE BLANCHARD. STRANGE PHASES OF SCHLAT- TER HEALING, By W. C. MORROW. BACK TO '52, By MARY WOODWARD EDWARDS. RANDOM NOTES. By JOHN McNAUGHT. HISTORICAL BOOK-PLATES, By KATHERINE DURHAM. AUTUMN WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA, By CHARLES BELKNAP. DUMAS, FILS, By ALICE KINGSBURY-COOLEY. THE ADVENTURES OF MAAROOF. BOOKS AND FASHIONS. * ; DRAMA AND SOCIETY. :] Fohek Aok ok ook ok ok ok NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FINER THAN LAST YEAR! THE SECOND ANSUAL HORSE SHOW FIVE DAYS AND EVENINGS. Commencing Tuesday, December 3, at THE MECHANICS' PAVILION. $1 5,000 in Cash Prizes. $S5000 in Special Prizes. New Features and New Programme Dally, PRICES: Admission, Daytime........ ..50c Evening Prices, General Admission, $1 Reserved Seats, $1.50, $2 and 82.50. Regerved Seats now on sale at H. S. Crocker's Store, 227 Post street, § A. 3. 105 P. M. RUNRING m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETINGI BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. ¥ive or more raceseach day. Racesstartat 2:00 . a. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. e A D L TR DT S S s e B G R R N S NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. MATINEE T0-DAY (SYTURDAY), at 2P. M. PRICES—10c, 15¢, 25c. Superb Production of CAD, THE TOMBOY ! LEONARD GROVER JR. GRACIE PLAISTED, And the Magnificent Cast. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 350, 503. MONDAY, TEE GOVERNOR, With Lord and Lady Sholto Douglass. 9 Rl NAYMAN EVERY NIGHT THIs WEEK. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2. Enthusiastic Welcome to — EHERRMANN — THE GREAT! DON'T—— The Hypnotic Iilusion, FAIL—— TRILBY—— 0 — | The Sensational Aquatic Myst THE SPRAY OF LIF1 And MME. HERRMANN New Spectacular Dance C-eations. LI B‘T HEATRE TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK, MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2. “DR. SYNTAX” A Novelty in Comic Opera as Presented by DE WOLF R And His Celebrated Lyric Orzanization. Next Week—4th and Last of DE WOLF HOPFER. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. EENESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managss —IL.ast Wishts—- 01 The Brilliant Spectacular Orlental Fantasie, “THE LOCKY STARY” MIRTH {———SONG! ———DANCE! DON’T MISS IT! ——NEXT WEEK—— “THE MIKADO!” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ; , _ éé@fl@fi!hfigfiifiié= FPRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LE35¢S AMD MANASERS This Afternoon and To-morrow (Sunday) After- noon and Night—MR. L MAYMA EXImINER . DI And His Merrv Company of Plavers, in the Fun- niest of all Comedies. THE LOTTERY OF LOVE. Monday Next—Jo'ly JOE CAWTHORN, MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lesses and Managee THIS EVENING AT FIGHT. ——A GREAT HOLIDAY BILL!— Magnificent Revival of the Famous Drama, “ROGER LA HONTE” Or, A MAN’'S SHADOW. Three Hours of Solid FPleasure. EvENING PRICES—250 and 500, Family Circle and Gallerv, 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street. Between Stockton and Powall. MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), NOV. 30. Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, any part, 10c. AL NEW: FRERES MATHIAS, 3 MME. MARTHE IMARTHY, THE JUDGE BROS., SADI ALFARABI And Our Great Specialty Company. ASSOCIATION AUDITORIUM, Corner Mason and Ellis Streets. THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON, At 3:15. WILLIS E. BACHELLER, S0NG RECITAL - - Mrs, Carmichael-Carr, Sigmund’ Beel. Admittance, Fifty Cents. CENTRAL PARK—BASEBALL! SAN FRANCISCOS vs. OLYMPICS. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, AT 2 P. M. SHOOT THE CHUTES Haight St., near the Park CONCERTS AFTERNOON ASD EVENING. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track) St GRAND OPENING NOV. 28. FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. {RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ' ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12, 12:30, 1:45 and 2:16 p.». Fare for round trip, including admis- sion to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street elec- tric line direct to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, ‘W.S. LEAKE, President. Secretary,