The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1895, Page 7

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895. MONDAY AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Rice’s Big “1492." CALIFORNIA THEATFR—* The Gladiator.” COLUMBIA THEATFR—“Cleovatra.” MOROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—*A. Son of Thespis.” TIVOIT OPFRA-ROUSE—“The Beggar Student.” CrraECH—High-Ciass Vaudevilie. GROVFR'S ALcAZAR.—“An Honest Girl” and <Littie John L." MACDO NOUGH THFATER (OAKTAND)—“ Wang,” Thursday evening, December 12, TTEs —Daily at Halght street, the Park Races. AUCTION SALES. 10x Co—Monday, Dec. 9, in Mills building, corner at 2 o'clock. ¥, December at 11 o'clock. December 10— rner Van Ness avenue and : & Co—Tuesday, mber 10 _ BY Eastox, ELDRIDGE & Co Dec. Keal Estate, a¢ Salesrooms, 65 4112 0'clock noi BY G H. Usmsrx & Co.—Real Estate, Saturday. December 2 O'clock noon at salesroom, 14 Montgomer: = e Duryee, General Ezeta’s secretary, has returned to this City. 1he new Cliff House may be ready for public pection by Christmas. ark Congregational Church’s disbanding was declared illegal yesterday. Some valuable donations have been made to the Golden Gate Park Museum. The Park House Railroad is in the way of the boulevard. 2 e attended the Musin concert Theater last night. can be found on ¥ morning. he Grand Jury is in possession of the name the fr hise broker of the Solid Eight. flith lectured before the Theosophists iing on “Karma, the Law of the Lord.” ison I. Swift paid_his respects to the oc- his leeture at Union-square Hall yes- ° 1dball courts we 11 patronized and several exciting games were ayec olden Ga crowded yest Park and the ocean beach were ay by people enjoying the t with increasing cloudiness” is the issued by Official W. H. »f Mrs. Katherine Dougherty has igated. It was due to valvular f the heart. Willism Rader spoke in the Third Con- 1 lastevening on “The Hand- r Sutro says he believes Saturday 1g was packed Dy the octopus wi aking it up. nto the First Congrega- hursday night and stole pulpitdesk. h an either ded” with another. N ous, however. annual election of offic and Orphans’ A cisco Police D s of the Widows' Association of the San Fran- artment was held yesterday. or Dockery and Dr. Creely met ance vesterdey while impound were feeding on unwholesome that bor uni a in the Turk-street Temple > agitating toe question of finding new sor J. J. Morse of London delivered & e last eve on “The Doctrine of Im- to & cultured audience at Bee- now housed with the Labor | Arrival of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship San Juan from Panama. CRUEL SPORT ON THE DOCKS. A Nightly Collision at Sea Between the Bark C. C. Funk and the Schooner Gotama. The Pacific Mail steamship San Juan, Captain Pitts, arrived yesterday, twenty- seven days from Panama and way ports. She left the Isthmus two days late, and lost several more at way ports. She brought seventeen cabin and seventy-six steerage passengers. Samuel Howe, a cabin passenger and a resident of this City, died on the passage up between San Blas and Manzanillo, and was buried at sea. The deceased was about 75 years old and was very infirm. Among the passengers were thirty naval schoolship Aliiance, New York, in charge of Lieutenant D. W. Hodees, U. S. N. They, as well as the officer, are bound for Mare Island to become a part of the crew of the United States cruiser Boston. The San Juan had a clean bill of health and was permitted to dock. The barkentine C. C. Funk, which ar- rived from the Sound yesterday, reports that early on the morning of the 5th inst., in latitude 38 degrees minutes north and lose aboard heading di- So and stranger she w t agonally for the barkentine’s port bow. suddenly did she drop out of the fog ALONG THE WATER FROAT, apprentice boys from the United States | longitude 1,degrees 17 minutes west, she collided with an unknown schooner. The night was dark and foggy and when the lookout saw the | [movement against impure milk in San Francisco is a case in point. It is well that San Krancisco’s reputation for hon- esty does not depend upon its milkmen. | Yet the world is full of good menr who are | not honest. They are not expected to be | honest. If they were they would fail un- der the system of competition. “There are three kinds of tenanis of land to-day—renting, mortgzage and land tenants. More than one-half do notown ‘ their farms, the other half hold the land | under moncpolist or trust grasp. In time | all these tenants will be ‘hands, not heart | or soul or brain. It will be in the time | when trusts, in their invincible conquest | of the world, turn their attention to land.” | _He inveighed against railroad monopo- | lies, referring to what he styled the *fierce | war of extermination between the Pacific | Steamship Company and the Panama | Company,” and said that the Southern | Pacific Railroaa Company could afford to | carry freight free from Vallejo for fifty | years, indeed, forever, because of the im- | mense bomus it had received from Califor- nia. | “The Pacific railroads are now before | Congress,” said Mr. Swift. “It has been predicted that they will spend more money in the pursuit of their ends than all other monopolists put together. This isno longer a Government of the people, by the people. Itisa Government of un- scrupulous monopolists through pur- chased lobbyists. The only one now rep- resented is the capitalist, for he is the only one who can afford to pay for 1t.” GENERAL SHSOTO'S HEAD | An Artistic Memento of the Late [ War Between Japan and China. | | i s A | How the Prowess of the Victors Is to Be Handed Down to Posterity. f The horrors of the massacre of Chinese at Port Arthur and other scenes of battle during the late war between China and | Japan do not appear to have affected the nndred people witnessed a 0s and 2e profes- t missionary priests, Fs Jindner, began a two i sacred Heart Church, on General Sasoto has been e artists and a cast of it u of Colonel James Orn- r for the benefit of the children’s ynducted at the Presidio by Mrs. ham last Saturday evening will be steamships San Juen and Panama yesterday. Dur- 1p the coast Samuel Howe, & pas- tantchanges coming of said 10 be ering 8 series of ig this week to non-Cath- rine end teaching at St. California street. 4 M. Ross has not yet selected ze in the controversy between P. C. Yorke, but will name the has chosen in & letter to THE CALL to- c do Don ald ent is on foot among the unions of trades to effect a combine which ¥ union der con- ve been the Gotama. jone. iris Plaetrich, & bricklayer living at 724 ion street, being out of work and in debt, a double attempt to commit suicide yes ning by shooting himself and jump- No serious damage young men were cut with a penknife A row that broke out at & dance on | street late yesterday afternoon. None 3 jously burt. The four were arrested for disturbing the peace. Money has been paid the Noe heirs for a quit- claim deed toland in the San Miguel rancho, consisting of ten lots in Sunnyside. Property. holders’ demurrers to the Noe complaint were overruled by Judge Sanderson. C. J. Oswald was arrested yesterday by George Gano, an ex-police officer and now a cial, for an assault with a deadly weapon. The row occurred while Oswald was walking with a woman on Kearny street. Smith was arrested last evening in a treet Lotel by Detective Gibson. He din Oukland to answer a charge of larceny. The complaining witness is J. R. Fearn, who claims that Smith stole $45 from him. The National Guard officers in the City were considerably siartled at the reorganization of the service at Sacramento on Saturday. The fight for colonel of the new regiment isnow on | and the situation gives promise of unparalleled excitement. A number of the men prominently cc cted with the horse show entertained Mess an, Underhill and Bloodgood. the N York horse juages, and Samuel W. Taylor, editor of the Rider and Driver, and a tallyho party to Burlingame yesterday. WITH MASONIC RITES. Funeral of Dr. W. D. Johnston From Cooper College. The funeral of Dr. W. D. Johnston too(k place yesterday afternoon from the audi- torium of the Cooper Medical College, with which institution he had been con- nected as professor of chemistry since its pening. He was extremely popular wn_h both students aud faculty, and it was their wish that he be buried from the institu- tion to which he had contributed so much of his energy and affection. The pallbear- ers were Professors Lane, Plummer, Eilin- wood, Hirs the entire faculty of the college, with the exception of Dr. Wythe, who was unavoid- ably absent. Dr. Mackenzie delivered the- fureral ad- dress, and the music was furnished by a choir from Mount Moriah Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of which order Dr. Johnston was a member. At the Masonic Cemetery the remains were placed in the receiving vault with the usual Masonic rites. There were many beautiful and ap- ) propriate floral pieces. et Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This is tne last week in which to see Mu- rillo’s masterpieces. Thursday's will be the last concert, the exhibition closing Saturday even- 1 iug,-December 14, hielder, Abrams and Steele and | THE HEAD OF CHINESE WAR. GENERAL THE SASOTO, CAST BY A MEMENTO OF THE OCCASION TO JAMES ORNDORFF [Sketched by @ “Call” artist. ] CUT OFF DURING THE JA JAPANESE ARTIST WAS SENT AS OF THIS CITY. so quickly did she approach that almost immediately she plunged the tip of her bowsprit into the barkentine’s bulwarks, smashed the rail and carried away some of the gear. For a moment she hungto the larger vessel, the banging her against the side of the b: Then kentine. she broke away, dropped astern and was quickly swallowed up in the night and fog. Not a soul was seen aboard of her nor were there any voices heard. KEven her lights were invisible, aud whatever damage she sustained cannot be guessed | at.=The C. C. Funk was quickly put over on the other tack to heave her wounded side well out of the water and an examina- tion made. But no leak nor serious in- jury was found. The sequel, however, of this midnight collision, may be found in_the report from the log of the schooner Excelsior, which arrived from Port Blakely yesterday. On December 5 in latitude 38 deg.18 m. north, and longitude 124 deg.9 min. { west she spoke the schooner Gotama bound for San Francisco with her bow- | sprit_gone. This vessel seen so near the locality of the collision, which occurred a few hours before, must have been the ambitious schooner that dropped out of the fog to play swordfish with the big barkentine. The Gotama was not other- | wise seriously disabled, and was making good headway with a jury bowsprit. The Stockton steamer J. D. Peters broke down yesterday morning about seven miles this side of Stockton. She was bound to this v,and had a big passenger and { freight list. All were taken back to Stock- | ton and will doubtless be forwarded to San | Francisco by another boat. The ofticers of the Society for the Pre- | vention of Cruelty to Animals would find | a fruitful field for labor if they could be induced to patrol the water front occa- sionalty. Sundays, the young gamins from Tele- graph Hill and the northern portion of the City congregate arourd the docks with the water. Often the animuals are wretched | ownerless curs which evidently bave been picked up in the streets, and which have no desire for a cold bath in the bay. These are thrown in the water and forced to swim around uutil frequently they are drowned. Yesterday three small, ragged young- sters kept a little dog in the water by a string tied around its neck uutil the poor animal perished. No one seems inclined to pay any attention to orto check this astime, which isas stupid as it is in- uman. The big Pacific Mail freight steamship Aztec came in from Panama yesterday with only a water ballast aboard. The fact that so commodious a vessel is per- mitted to run idle for hundreds of miles along a coast pierced with ports appears a remarkable proceeding. SOUTHERN PACIFIC BONTUS. Morrison I. Swift Pays His Respects to the Octopus. In his lecture at Union-square Hall yes- terday afternoon Morrison I. Swift painted a dark picture of the comnvetitive system. *‘Competition is more cruel than the savage,’’ said he. ‘It would convert the world into a great slaughter-house. Its agents are commissioned by the arch evil. “The tribulations inspired by the recent Every day, and_ especially on | | their dogs, which they pull or push into | principals over there as they have the more civilized races on this side of the world. The Japanese, from the indica- tions at hand, are immortalizing their prowess to suit their own particular taste, and with their natural talent for painting and sculpture are handing down to pos- terity mementoes upon which the younger generations may look with pride as the monumentsto the valor of their ancestors. At the battle of Ping Yang. beginning September 16. 1894, and lasting a few hours beyond three days, 16,000 Chinese and 1100 Japanese were slain. During the fight the Chinese General Sasoto (as near as it can be called in Eng- lish) ran against a sword or two which | mutilated his anatomy to some extent. | The two principal wourds were a slash | some inches deep on the right side of the face above the ear,and the other a well placed swipe under the second vertabra which severed his head from his body. | _With aue regard for convenience the | Japanese left the trunk and limbs on the field of battle, but packed away the gen- | eral’s head as a trophy. It was placed in | a pickle jar and judging from the appear- ance of its reproduction asit is seen in | this City, either the pickling or the wound in the neck was not to the general’s liking. |, The head is here, not the pickled one, | but_its exact counterpart, carved in wood | by Yashima, probably the greatest wood- | carver in Tokio. | Oneof these heads has reached here as a present to James Orndorff, the weli- | known Virginia City man, who in turn | presented it to George Jennings for his | cabinet of curiosities. . | MUSIN AT THE BALDWIN. A Large Audience Appiauded the Vio- linist and His Company. | The musical public seems to have awak- | ened at last to the fact that Ovide Musin |is in the City and that his concerts are well worth attending. Last night, for the first time during his present visit, he at- | tracted a large audience; indeed, the Bald- | win Theater was nearly filled by people | who gave every sign of thoroughly enjoy- | ing the programme. | Musin himself naturally took the most | prominent part in the performance. In | the movement from the Beethoven violin | concerto, as well as in the Mendelssohn | concerto, he played, particularly in certain | passages,with remarkable fluency,grace and | dslivacf'. Fire and majesty were not par- | ticularly conspicuous in Musin’s pérform- | ance, but he was in much better form than | at his concert last Wednesday, and won | ovations at the conclusion of both the con- | certos, particularly at the Beethoven one, | where his facile execution of the cadenzas aroused the enthusiasm of his hearers. As an enco.e to the Beethoven concerto he played a “‘Serenade” by Pierpierne, and | after the Mendelssohn number he gave a “Manzanillo” by Rolbyn. Musin also played an effective “Caprice” of his own composition. | . Anuie Louise Musin’s easy vocaliation in an aria from *The Magic Flute’” and in ““The Bird Merchant” made her po?ular. | Her encores were *‘Sing, Sweet Bird” and | “Ohe Niama.” | Eduard Scharf,the pianist, played an “Etude’’ by Rubinstein ‘;nrticuhrly well. The orchestra, in addition to accom- ranying Musin, played a couple of over- ures. | ARMY AND NAVY NOTES, Heavy Charges of Dynamite Will Be Used in the Tests : To-Day. SOME NAVY-YARD CASUALTIES. Another Cruise for the Monterey—Phil- adelphia Coming to San Francisco for the Holidays. Orders from General Forsyth, Com- mander of the Department of California, were issued last Saturday which announced several important changes: Captain Parker, First Infantry, isrelieved from duty as recruiting officer and Lieu- tenant Benjamin of the Frst Infantry is detailed to relieve him. Captain Parker goes to duty at Benicia to cdmmand Com- pany B. Lieutenant Noble, First Infantry, is re- lieved from duty at Benicia and ordered to duty with Company H at San Diego Barracks. Lieutenant Kilburn, First Infantry, is relieved from duty at Benicia Barracks and ordered to duty at Angel Island, Lieutenant William R. Smedberg Jr., Fourth Cavalry, has been relieved from duty as recruiting officer in camp near Wawona. The troop to which he belongs has completed its tour duty at-Seguoia Park. z Captain Ogden Rafferty, assistant sur- geon, is retired from duty with Troop K, Fourth Cavalry, at the Presidio, and will return to Benicia Barracks. Leave of absence for one month has been | granted Captain Charles G. Starr, First In- fantry. 7 2 Lieutenant George M. Wells, assistant surgeon, is detailed as examiner of recruits in San Francisco in addition to his present duties. relieving Chaptain William L. Kneedler, assistant surgeon. In accordance with ramgraph 854, Army Regulations oi 1895, the following named ofticers are relieved from duty as depart- | mental recruiting officers: Second Lieutenant Williain P. Pence, Fifth Alcatraz Island, Cal. utenant Louis P. Brant, Adjutant st Infantry, at Angel Island, Cal. ccond Lieutenant George W. Kirkman, First Infantry, at Benicia Barracks, Cal. st Lieutenant Albert C. Blunt, Fifth Artil- lery, at Fort Mason, Cal. ; nd Lientenant Milton F.Davis, Fourth rv, at the Presidio of San Franeisco, Cal. Second Lieutenant Amos IH. Martin, First Infantry, at San Diego Barrecks, Cal. The classification of gunners of the Fifth i at the battery competition held year 1895, has beén announced. The aggrepate figures of merit are: Should the weather be clear this fore- noon testing of the dynamite battery will be resumed at the Presidio. Owing to the fog the firlng set for Saturday was post- poned until 10 a. M. to-day. The otlicers baving charge of the t ] 500-pound projectiles charged with dyna- mite will be thrown to-day. The Army and Navy Register of Novem- ber 30 devotes considerable editorial space to comment on the report recently pub- lished in Tre CaLL that soldiers of the Fiith Artillery would be arrested by civil authorities at Sacramento for killing a citi- zen during the stzike disturbance in July, 1894. The release of le on habeas cor- pus for killing Terry is cited to show that the soldiers if arrested would be at once re- leasea on habeas cor{;\l: by the Federal courts on the ground that they were acting within the sphere of Unitea States author- ity when the citizen was shot. i e MARE ISLAND LETTER. Two Drydock Accidents—The Phila- delphfa Coming Home for the ! Holidays. MARE ISLAND, CaL.,, Dec. Boston came out of drydock on Wednes- day, and on Thursday the Ranger dropped’ out into the stream prepuaratory to going into drydock as soon as her survey is com- pleted and the weather is sufficiently clear. This always delicate and often difficult exploit might if necessary be ac- complished in rainy weather, but wet hawser, slippery stones and obscured view are conditions not exactly favorable to the prosperous docking of a ship. On coming out of drydock on Wednes- day the Boston met with a couple of rather serious accidents; one man, a sailor from the Independence, breaking his leg by fall- ing, and another, a Boston sailor, suffer- ing the same disaster from the blow of a line, which broke under the strain. On Wednesday last the laboring force of the navy yard numbered 840. The seven boats assigned by Secretary Herbert to the Naval Reserve of California are undergoing repairs at the navy-yard boatshop. ) : Rumor says that the cruiser Monterey is about to take a run down tbe coast—desti- nation unknown. In the neighborhood of twenty-five men have been transferred from the Independence to complete her complement of sailors, and she is ready to g0 out of the Gate at short notice. The three;hours’idock trial of the new navy-yard tug Unadilla, which took place on Saturday last, proved highly satisfac- tory, her engines making at the rate of 127 revolutions a minute and her boilers car- ri-im: 140 pounds oi steam. The cost of the tug’s machinery,which was constructed and placed in position under the supervi- sion of Chief Knginer George F. Kutz, is reported to be considerably inside the esti- mate, which is considered a strong argu- ment in favor of shipbuilding at the yard. Yesterday the Adams went into the dry- dock for repairs. A The Coast Survey steamer Thetis con- tinues her hydrographic work on the lower coast, making San Diego her headquarters. To San Diego, then, go next week Mrs. Frank M. fiostwick, wife of Lieutenant Bostwick of the Thetis, and Mrs, William Braunersreuther, wife of Lieutenant Braunersreuther, also of the Thetis. Miss Bostwick ana Miss Braunersreuther, who accompany them, will be considered a de- cided acquisition to the gay set at San Diego, the former being a much applauded guitarist and singer, the latter a highly accomplished pianist. 3 An item of interest to the society and navy people of the coast is the order as- signing Assistant Paymaster John Irwin, son of Rear Admiral Irwin, to the Thetis on December 30, relieving Past Assistant Paymaster Z. W. Reynolds, who is granted tihree months’ leave. It is considerably less than a decade ago that Paymaster Irwin was in knickerbockers. At that time, however, well-grown lads wore ‘‘knee pants,” and those were not bicycle days. either. < Paymaster Reynolds, having lately mar- ried the daughter of a prominent San Diegan, his three months’ leave will doubtless be replete with pleasures both domestic and social. Commander Drake of the Albatross is reported to have applied to the department for orders statioping that vessel at San Diego for the winter. c Lieutenant Charles E. Fox, Admiral Beardslee’s aid, hias been detached from the Philadelphid and granted three months’ leaye, having presumably been also “‘ordered home,’’ which signifies that the department meets his traveling ex- penses. 5 Chief Engineer James Entwistle is de- announce that | 8.—The | \ NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” ' oy lands BAKING POWDER, Only rounded spoonfuls are required—nof /eaping spoonfuls. tached from duty at Bath Iron Works and ordered to the Boston. : Pursuant to repRort of the medical board Chief Engineer Robert R. Leitch-of the Boston has been granted a sick leave. _A late issue of the Vallejo Times states that there are now thirty-five patients at the Naval Hospital, a smaller number than for a year past. On November 28 the flagship Philadel- phia was at Tacoma. Itis expected that she will be at S8an Francisco for the holi- days, but will hardly be likely to come up to the island before spring. Mrs. Lester A. Beardslee, wife of Admi- ral Beardslee of the Philadelphia, has re- turned to San Francisco in adyance of the ship and is staying at the Occidental. rs. William A. Morgan, widow of the late Commander Morgan, and Miss Mor- gan, are again at the Bernard House, Vallejo, for a brief stay prior to theiran- ticipated visit to Southern California. The regular fortnightly hop which took place as usual in the sail-loft on Wednes- day evening last, was one of the best at- tended and most enjoyable of the vear; which may be explained by the fact that the Ranger is in port. Mrs. Francis E. Greene, wife of Lieuten- ant Greene of the Ranger, has, with her little son, taken rooms at the Cornelil, Vallejo. Mrs. Sumner C. Paine, wife of Lieuten- ant Paine of the Yorktown, is (en route to China) visiting her brother, Lieutenant Coffin, U. 8. A., at the Presidio. Mrs.- Paine also has a brother in the navy, Lieutenant J. H. C. Coffin of the Alert. This calls to mind other instances of naval officers who have brothers in the army. Besides Lieutenant J. H. C. Coffin, whose brother is an_army officer, there is Lieutenant C. F. Pond, whose brother, Captain Pond, was stationed at Fort ‘Worth, the last T heard; and Passed As- sistant Paymaster Edwin B. Webster, whose brother is an army officer of high character and marked ability. Mrs. Waldemar A. Rose arrived by a late steamer from China, whither she had gone to greet her husband, Lieutenant on the arrival of the Olympia at the afic station. On learning by a cable dispatch that Mr. Rose had been invalided home from Honolulu, Mrs. Rose took pas- sage on the first homeward-bound steamer. The diare Island Euchre Club met this week at the pleasant quarters of Caprain Otway C. Berryman, marine barracks. Since their return from KEurope, where they spent several years, Mrs. Berryman and her mother, Mrs. Watson, have taken part in nearly all the festivities at the yard and on the ships, and have dispensed at their attractive home that hospitality which is the genuine expression of kindly courtesy. - Mrs. Watson is the widow of the late Commodore Watson, and sister of the late H. R. Crosby, one of the most learned men and able writers of his day on this coast. 1t is with sorrow that her friends in California hear of the ill health of Mrs. Henry A. Bartlett, wife_of Major Bartlett of the Marine Corps. Mrs. Bartlett, her- self an author of some note, is the daughter of A. Oakey Hall, the old-time New York politician and lawyer. Mrs, Albert S. Barker, wife of Captain Barker of Mare Island Navy-yard, isartist as well as author. Hercharming Hawaiian story, “The Bishop’s Conversion,” is in its sixth edition. Itis understood that Mrs. Barker has another work now in press, The Vallejo Daily Timesgublished in its issue of December 3 a nighly instructive, very readable and most comprehensive and succinct article by Rear Admiral Francis_ A. Roe, U. 8. N, on_ “The Un- speakable Turk,” not only reviewing the history and character of that singular | race, but giving a clear view of the present situation, its bearing on the destiny of nations, and a statesmanlike sketch of a sible plan of action. Yvay Dray. (IN THE AMUSEMENT LINE Tragedy, Melodrama, Comedy, Opera and Vaudeville Will Be on the Boards To-Night. The management of the Baldwin Theater will this evening present to its patrons Rice's extravaganza eatitled ‘“1492.” Itis said to be bright with specialties and has a number of new ballets. Bessie Bonehill, the burlesque actress, and Richard Harlow will appear in the cast. The legitimate drama will be presented at the California Theater tiis evening. Robert Downing is to appear in the char- actor of Nero in the modern version of “The Gladiator.”” He will be supported by Eugenie Blair, who will assume the character of Neodamia. It is represented that the company he now has is better than the one he had last year. Lillian Lewis wiil appear as the Egyp- tian Queen in “Cleopatra’ at the Columbia Theater this evening, the character in which the only Sara has attained a world- wide reputation. A new feature in this groducuon will be a dance by six girls in are feet and bare limbs. Two tableaux vivants will be presented. This eveming at Grover's Alcazar two pieces will be offered. One is “‘An Honest Girl” and the other a curtain-raiser called “My Lord in Liyery.” William Gleason willyappear at this house for the first time, and Sholto Douglas, who has got over his stage fright, will be given a speaking part. Milton Nobles will make his reappear- ance at the Grand Opera-house to night in “A Son of Thespis,” one of Nobles’ pro- duction, never before played in San Fran- cisco. He will appear in a dual role. Dol- lie Nobles, his wife, will appear in this play. Twelve tableaux, basea on incidents of the Civil War, will be shown. “The Beggar Student’ is the opera billed at the Tivoli Opera-house this evening. Martin Pache will appear in the character of Symon, which has gained him much favorable comment both in Kurope and here. Laura Millard will appeiwr as Countess Laura and Emelie Melville will assume the role of Bronsilava. At the Orpheum Music Hall the bill for this evening includes a number of attrac- tive features vpresented by specialists. Signora Clotilde Antonio, who dances on her hands instead of her feet, will be one of the special attractiops. Hill and Hall will present something very amusing in the German line. A Woman Burned. Mrs. Minnie Fritzsche, who was so terribly burned last Saturday night, died at her home yesterday morning. The accident, as described in yesterday’s CALL, was caused by a lamp which exploded in Mrs. Fritzsche’s hand. Her husband and two children were in an adjoin- ing room and ran to her assistance immedi- ately upon hmrlng the e::i)ilusmn, but she was so badly burned that she died five hours after. Her death occurred at her home, 1514 Kansas street. e g o CHRISTMAS cards, souvenirs, celluioid nov- elties, children’s books and games are drawing thousands of our best people to Sanborn & Vail's every day. Such an assortment of good th.:nga at low prices are not to be found el.se‘ where. \FER THE HORSE SO, The Directors Say They Are Highly Satisfied With the Results. Rapid Changes in the Pavilion to Make Way for the State Poultry Exhibition. Half a hundred men labored yesterday to demolisk the remains of the horse show at the Pavilion. By noon there was little to suggest the ultra-fashionable exhi- bition which had drawn to a close the night before. Taesday morning there will be another | g3~ December 16—MR. change of scene. Then the Pavilion will resound with the cackle and crow of prize poultry. Leghorns and Brahmas will con- test for blue ribboas. The near approach of the poultry show made haste in clearing the Pavilion im- perative. As aresult all of the horses were removed yesterday morning except those which are to pass under the hammer | of Killip & Co. this morning. These were quaxtered in the annex, where they were given the most zealous attention by their grooms. The horses which are to be sold were all so designated in the catalogue, so pros- | pective purchasers have had ample time to inspect them. The directors and all interested in the show express themselves as highly pleased with the results. A large number of them spent the day at Burlingame, where H. K. Bloodgood, Richard F.Carman and F. T. Underwood, the New York whips who acted as judges, and Samuel W. Taylor, editor of the Rider and Driver, were the guests of Charles Baldwin, J. Talbot Clif- ton, Henry J. Crocker, Walter S. Hobart, J. D. Grant and other prominent horse admirers. The party left the Pavilion in tallyho coaches yesterday morning at 10| o’clock. Assistant Secretary Obed Horr was in the midst of a confusing array of books, papers, checks, etc., when seen yesterday at_the association headquasgers in the Mills building. “The exhibitioN’’ he said, “has been all the directors hoped for. The attendance was good and the financial | part of the show will undoubtedly be very satisfactory. OFf course we have not yet had time to straighten out everything, and it will probably be a week before we get the prizes paid off and know just where we stand.” THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.| A Burglar Breaks Into the First Con- gregational Church and Steals the Bible. There is one man in the world whom Dr. Charles O. Brown of the First Congre- gational Church on Post street especially desires to be converted. That man is the burglar who broke into the church last Thursday night and stole the Bible off the sacred desk. The tnief forced several doors in the basement and made his way to the audi- torium, where he found the book. A num- ber of other articles of more or less value were taken, but the Bible was the costliest part of his booty, it being a present to the church and highly prized by the pastor and congregation. r. Brown says if the thief took the Seriptures for the purpose of searching them to his eternal benefit the church will bear the loss with patience, but the fellow might have begun his labors without breaking the divine command in the fifteenth verse of the twentieth chapter of Exodus. / — e — OUT OF WORK AND IN DEBT. Chris Plaetrich Makes a Double Ate tempt to Commit Suicide. Chris Plaetrich, a bricklayer, living at 724 Mission street, made a deliberate at- tempt to commit suicide yesterday morn- ing at Powell-street whari. He placed a revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger. As if this was not enough he jumped into the bay, intending to make sure of his work. His actions were ob- served by a bargeman, who pulled him out of the water and sent him in the patrol wagon to the Receiving Hospital. Dr. Thompson found that the bullet had not injured the brain, and that Plaetrich would soon be all right again. Plaetrich, who is a widower, said he was tired of life. He had been out of work for some time and run up an account of $40 with his landlord for room rent. The land- lord was pressing him for payment, and as Plaetrich had no funds and no prospects of obtaining euxplo{mem he thought the best way was to seek relief from his earthly troubles in death. Heis a man about 50 years of age. FUNDING BILL FIGHT. Only the Right Kind of Men Will Be Named for the Committee of Fifty. “There is nothing new to say about the movement in opposition to any refunding bill,” said Mayor Sutro yesterday; ‘“that is, there is nothing that I can say at present beyond the belief I have that the meeting last night was packed by tbe octopus with a view to break it up. But that does not hurt me. The more they fight me the more I will fight back. ‘“About the committee? Well I cannot say when it will be named. That will take a little time, for care must be taken that the proper men are placed upon it, and the people may rest assured that none but the right kind of men will be named. Up to this time I have not heard anything from Washington beyond the telegrams from Maguire and Caminetti, which were read at the meeting.”’ ———————— New Altar at St. Jame The ceremony of blessing the new altar at St. James’ Catholic Church on Gueérrero street took place yesterday morning. There was a large attendance. The sermon was preached by Rev. Father O'Shea, the Redemptorist mis- sionary, and & musical programme was ren- dered.” The new altar is made of California ouyx and yellow marble from the Pyrennean Mountains. Its cost is $5000. ————— Children’s Hospital Bazaar. The bazaar for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital, held last Saturday evening at the Presidio, under the managemeént of Mrs, General Graham, had, owing to the attraction of the horse show, but a small attendance, and for that reason will be continued this after- noon. B Movements of Trane-Atlantic Steamers. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 8—Stmr Augusta ‘Victoria, from Genoa and Gibraliar; stmr La Gas- cogne, from Havre. HAVRE—Arrived out Dec 8—Stmr La Bour- ne. g ULENSTOW N—Sailed Dec 8—Stmr Campania, for New York. | | | | | | | LORD AND LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, Ao Ghatie, FPRIEDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & co- (E33¢5 Arid MAAGERS -+~ l IMMENSE THE BAREFOOT TABLEAUX BALLET VIVANTS — TO=-NIGEIT — The Big Production. “CLEOPATRA!” MISS LILLIAN LEWIS AND A STAR CAST. CHORUS—BALLET—AIl the Scenery Used. Cleopatra’s Barge '——The Famous Storm Scene! ——TImmense Tableaux Vivants! Gorgeous Costumes! Panoramic Views! No Advance in Prices: Reserved Seats—15c¢, 25¢, 50¢ and 75¢. DANIEL SULLY. (AL NAYMAN lml AnD Co, INCORP'D BMHEATRE PROPS. NIGHT! INC O N CLUDING SUNDAY. MA' EE URDAY RICE'S £ BlG 492 I”lmlmlhlg The Original KILANYT LIVING PICTURES, The Great BESSIE BONEH1I,L, The Wonderful RICHARD HARLOW. Adequate Scenic and Electrical Epvironmeni— Appropriate Costumes—Double Orchestra—A cogi- plete Metropolitan Production. ¢aurams THEATRE R0BERT DOWNING ———SUPPORTED BY- | Al HAYMAR vl |NCORFD PROPS. A Large and Powerful Company. TO-HGHT THE GLADIATOR ! Thurs. and Sun., Tuesday and Saturaay 3 v Eve. and _Julius Cwmesar fat......Othello .......Ingomar GROVER’S ALCAZAR. GRAND DOU E BILL! LORD AND LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS “AN HONEST GIRL” AND C“LITTLE JOEIN I MUSICAL SPECIALTY BY cdnesd: Friday WEDNESDAY ““POP” MATINEE! Last Book Souvenir Matinee. Ice-cream and Cake Free to All. Also MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MATINEE PRICES—10c, 15¢, 25c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c. OF NEW YORK.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Dims. ERNESTIN® KRELiNa Proprieior & Manage: EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK. Millocker's Romantic Opera, “THE BEGGAR STUDENT " Presented in a Careful Manner. NEXT WEEK. Von Suppe’s Famous Military Opera, PP ATINITZA Y — Reappearance of ALICE CARLE us Viadimir. LOOK OUT FOR «IXION!” The Most Gorgeous Holiday Spectacle Ever Offered. Popular Pric MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVFENING AT EIGHT. America’s Representative Player and Playwright, MILTON NOBILES, And the Charming Ingenue, DOLILIE NORBILES, In the Beautifal Pastoral Play, “A SON OF THESPIS I EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 5o Family Circle and Gallery., 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stock:on and Povai TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, A GREAT ALL-STAR BILL! MORE NEW PEOPLE! HILL AND HULL, CLOTILDE ANTONIO, PHOITE-PINAUD TROUPE —AND OUR— UNRIVALED STELLAR COMPANY alcony, 10¢; Opera chalrs d 50c. Reserved seats, 25¢; and Box seats, 50c. DID YOU SEE THE BALLOONS GO WITH A RUSH ? EVERYTHING GOES WITH A RUSH AT THE: SHOOT THE CHUTES GROUNDS, Haight St., near the Park DAILY CONCERTS AT 2 AND 8 P. M. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). Seats and Boxes on Sale To-day 9 A. ). DE WOLF HOPPFR and His Merry Comp'y. Thurs. and Sat. Ev'gs, “Wang”: Friday Ev'ng and Satarday Alatinee, " Dr. Syn! % Seats and boxes on sale 10- PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). S FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. 'L ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacific trains at Third and Town- send street Depor, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. . Fare for round trip, including adinission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric hne direct to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W. 8. LEAKE, President. Secretary.