The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1895. .DECEMBER 12, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Rice's Big *1492. CALIFORNTA THEAT The Gladiator.” CorLvMBIA THEAT #FR—“Cleopatra.” —“A Son of Thespis.” Che Beggar Siudent.” x—High audevilic. ATCAZAR.—“An Honest Girl 1" and CHUTES —Dally at Haight street, st cf the Parl PACIFIC COAST T AUCTION SALES, By Eastox, ¥ & Co.—This day (Thurs- . at T street, at 2:30 and day (Thurs- M. Wir L1AM BUTTERFIELD—This day (Thurs- Paintings, at 19 Montgomery street, at E 1 BY G. H. Umns cember 28, at ome ~ & Co.—Real Estate, Saturday, clock noon at salesroom, 14 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Rev. J. A. C ional Church. ator of the Rankin estate, at the Palace Hotel yesterday. concert during the fall exhibition e at the Art Institute to-night. Geary street, | zan has withdrawn from Patk fley has appointed Augustus Tilden Keramic Club opened an ex- ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The American Ship Benjamin F. Packard on the Dock for Repairs. CAPTAIN ALLEN'S RED RECORD. British Sailing Vessels Are Being Sold at Low Rates to Cash Buyers. | The American ship Benjamin F. Pack- ard was placed on the Merchants’ Drydock | vesterday and a careful survey showed that she was not so badly damaged as expected. Her stem was stove in and where she rested on the rocks in Mission Bay the copper was torn away. The false keel is warped also, and from the stem to almost midships it will have to be replaced. The entire hull will bave to be recalked and recoppered, and the little mistake made by the tugboat will cost the underwriters at least $25,000. The Ship-owners’ and Merchants’' Tow- boat Company will fight any claim for indemnity. Superintendent Grey says the channel is not correctly buoyed and that ii was due to the inaccuracy of the Light- al Manager Kruttschnitt tells of his le over the Central Pacific Railroad. Railroad Commission is preparing to ther test of its jurisdiction and power. bably ghtly wsrmer,” is the ed orecast Official Hammon house Board that the Packard was run on the rocks. In view of the litigation that is sure to ensue the Hydrographic Office had its men out yesterday and a careful survey of the channel between Mission Rock and Long Bridge is now being made. If the canbuoy on the rock in dispute is found to to-day’s weather. dge Coffey and Bailiff Finn were called be- udge Sanderson yesterday to testify in e Waters will case. ndications poi d children. and ssioners las night. The commission oprokers who deal in racing that their licenses be raised from matters ask 3 to $1000 a quarter. to pu le assa; ord in testin are unrel able. As: the delinquency of certain members. g loans and i n aratory to going out of business. High School last evening. cers of the Cou > Union n for temperance serapbooks. nty vesterday and managed to escape. * around the Police Court The opposition to the methods on in the Women’s Federation for Pub hold & ma: the 21, 1896. pbell resumed business terday, and took occasi ng 10 th alers who handle ug statements as to the birtn, & Chinese, How October 13, is en of Police Court 1 has not of duty for several days past, ccedings of the court are much lure to appear. untington of New York brought resterday to prevent am Harrison, Chris Buckley’'s nephew, cE eth, a butcher, got mixed nd Stockton streets last and were arrested for disturbing the eace Attorney Jesse W. Lilienthal is about tostart b aimost & hundred depositions from rs who are clamoring for their rebates whisky trust. The trust is now~in n amended biil of intervention is to filed States District Attorney Foote to meet cKenna's objection. 1t is to have the character of & gworn statement. 3 The great suit of the Lux heirs to compel & distribution of the Miller & Lux mil was ended vesterday at Redwood, the whole day having been occupied by the closing argu- ment of D. M. Delmi In the Howell case vesterday the presence of Matt Jones in the courtroom caused a spirited debate between the opposing attorneys, with some incidental caustic allusions. Howelt was on the stand all day. California State Poultry Association ed yesterday, at the Mechauics’ Pavilion, o distribution in a few days. There is & warm fight in the Musicians’ Union over the office of secretary. E. L. Schmitz, the present secretary, is opposed by Abbiati, Davis and Peckham. "The fight is said 10 be between Davis and Schmitz. Frank Smith, Frank 8 and Frank Allen, the two Iatter ex-con vgre arrested v terday morning on suspiciot of being nected with the murder of Nevillz, the car- penter, on Greenwich and Pierce sireets. The case of Desire Lethric, who has been an inmate of the French Hospital for twenty-six vears, was before the Insanity Commission yesterd He had softening of the brain, and it was decided not to send him to an insane esylum. A motion for dissolving the_ injunction against Rudolph Spreckels in the Paauhau »lantation Company matier came up for hear- ing before Judge Sizck in Superior Court Department 10 yesterday and was continued till Friday oote, who was selected by Father Yorke as one of the umpires in the contro- versy with Rev.Donald Ross, refuses to act i H. M. Quitzow, whom be regards as being cd because of pronounced A. P. A. vities. “Dick” McDonald wasup before Judge Bahrs proc vesterday ¢ ed with embezzling $20,000 ;;rm "N:) P: ¢ Bank after it had closed its doors for the last time on June 22, 1893. The prosecution concluded its case. The defense Peing to-day. The National Board of Trade at Washington has requested the co-operation of the local mereantile organizations and the public in general in & movement to secure from Con- gress a reduction in the rate of letter postage from 2 cents to 1 cent. Mrs. Ida Ohlsen, a widow, and a seamstress by occupation, died suddenly last evening at her home, Cook street. The case was reported at the Morgue, and an _autopsy will be held, slthough it is believed that ber death was due to natural causes. Frank Hall, a mining engineer, who has spent two months on the mother lode in Cali- veras County, has returned, and says urrcnl many properties are being opened on the lode. Eastern men are largely represented. There is activity in bonding and buying. Professot Macdonald, Principal of the Lin- coln abolished, as has been suggested by the Board of Education. There are over 1500 pupils in attendance nigiitly and ull can graduate with & common school education If they desire t to a great football game ay at Central Park, to aid destitute clmen Waliwebber and Harper were pro- made sergeants by the Police Com- e defense in the Hale & Noreross case con- v to show that cer- as sprung up in the Civil Service on at the Custom-house because of | land Tel Grangers’ Bank of this City has stopped s paying off its depositors | ships w 1 committee of the Board of Edu- ed to make a complete report on the Woman’s_Christian in prizes robbed the safe’ in the 42 and 44 Steuart street, alias James Johnson, was nan Wagner yesterday aiter- | ic Good will ecting at Metropolitan Temple ted to jail by ay until he dav for Durrant’s He has de- and signed the in nis | take it to Europe and ¥ ) to ex- | 8igned before the United able opinion of the City Hali ceived at the | sailing vesse ] iling by whites | their capital in fast ocean-going steamers | 10 natives of all fur-bearing | or in “tramps’* that can rove the world | By a stipulstion | ms | R third annual exhibition. There are 2500 | birds entered and the_prizes will be ready for | be in a correct location the tugboat com- pany will have to foot the bili. If, how- ever, the buoy is many yards from the i center of the rock (and “all the tugboat captains say it is), then there will bea battle royal as to who shall pay the $25,000 | damag Captain Allen of the Packard is | trouble with his crew. The men have al been paid an ‘‘advance’ and they are seeking every opportunity to desert. The skipper’s record is not a_ good one, and the men do not reiish a triv around the Horn with him in command. The Port- -am has this to say about him: It would be a hard matter to find a deep- water seaman who has sailed on American has not either encountered or heara of Captain “Tiger” Allen. In Portland at pres- ent are at least a dozen sailors who have gone through the terrors of a voyage with Captain Allen. ship Eric the Red. It is not thought the vessel ever made a voyage to Portland, but she has | mar nes entered San Francisco. Under of the shi ti Captain Allen t m ymous with disc , for tne Red was in all respects a “bloody” ship. Men have been killed aboazd of her, others have been mai , and if the *“Tiger’”” has accumulated a dollar of this world's treasures it 18 & m,stery, rent ports of the world Alien has | been made to pay thousands of doliars to es- cape the prosecutions resulting from these cru- elties. f, One instance in Callao, where a foremast d had been killed with a blow from a mar- pike, cost Captain Allen £3000. and then | the Peruvian authorities let him off light. Had | he been in an American or English port the chances are he would have been hanged. As soon as the repairs are completed the Packard’s original careo will be put avoard, and Captain Allen savs he will h the crew he States Shipping non- Commissioner. British ship-owners are getting tired of ey have either invested | over and make a fair profit at very little Ismay, Imrie & Co., ““The White Star Line,”’ is one of the concerns which has got tired of sailing ships. Not long ago they sold tne Copley (now in port) to l a Danish firm, and they have also parted with the Garfield and Gileruix. The mag- | nificent steel ship € a, now lying at | Howard-street wharf, is said to be for | sale, and if the Southern Pacific would | make a fair offier for the Belgic, Gaelic, Coptic and Oceanic, it is under- | stood that Messrs. Ismay, Imrie & Co. would only be too glad to sell. The White Star line is not the oniy one | that is getting rid of its sailing ships, how- | ever. Williamson, Miligan & Co., whose San Francisco agents are Balfour, Guthrie & Co., have also a number of ships in the market. Their vessels are known as the “Waverly line,” and several of them have already been sold. The Roderick Dhu, now on her way to San Franciszo, was dis- | posed of a few weeks after she sailed from Liverpool. Cedric th xon, now in port, is tor sale, and the Talisman was sold some months ago. At least one of the ships changing hands will come under the American tlag. The Cairniehill, which was parily burned in | the Erie basin, has been sold to C. R. Fliat | & Co. for $45,000. She will be towed to the | Bath ion works Maine and thoroughly | repaired. Afterward she will be put in the trade between New York and San | Francisco. ‘The Cairniehill is & compara- tively new ship, having been built in Bel- | liforni 1 .| fast in 1889. She is 312 feet 9 inches long, | 41 feet 9 inches broad and 24 feet 6 inches deep. She will carry over 4000 tons in | cargo. | Two bullocks drew an enormous crowd | to the Tiburon ferry yesterday morning. The pair weighed over 5900 pounds, and | when an attempt was made to get them off the steamer they refused to budge. It | was the attempt to get them off that drew the crowd, and the runners had consider- able good-natured fun at Captain White’s | attempts to make the obstinate brutes move by twisting their tails. All of a sud- den the bullocks moved, and it did not take them long to disperse the crowd. They were fattened by Mehl & Klein of San Rafael, and will make a prime attrac- tion in one of the butcher shops on Christmas day. — The Pacific Mail Company’s steamer San Juan sailed jor Central American ports on time yesterday. She took away a very | heavy cargo, among which were several pieces of machinery, all of which were piled on jthe forwaid deck. Among the passengers was Francisco de Ojeda, who gained some mnotoriety on the Bay District Track. A couple of yearsazo he won the | Guatemala Derby with a horse he brought | | from San Francisco, and now he is after | new laurels. On this occasion he has | three horses on which he will pin his faith. If they do well he will get a big price for them, and then the lucky speculator will | return to San Francisco. Otner cabin passengers on the San Juan were Dr. C. H. Gilbert, E. C. Starkes, C. J. | Pierson and R. C. McGregor of Stanford university. They are visiting Central America on a scientific expedition and ex- vect to bring back a great amount of mat- ter and exhibits that will be of value to the university. The Union Transportation Company’s steamer Dauntless met with a mishap yes- terday morning. The tide was running strong and it swung the steamer’s stern around so that she went head on into the wharf. A number of piles were carried away, but the steamer was not very much damaged. CLARKE AGAIN IN JAIL. He Must Remain in Duarance Until He Pays 8275 to His Creditors. “Nobby’’ Clarke is again in jail, as usnal for contempt of court, the coarge this time being based upon his refusal to pay $275 to bLis creditors. The $275 was secured by Clarke on the sale of some personal property which was under attaclrment for the benefit of his Night school, does not think it should be | creditors, and this money was never turned over to Eli F. Shepard, who represents Clarke’s numerous creditors. He was called into court to explain why he thus in » For a long time the “Tiger”” commanded the | | in court while court was in’session. disobeyed the court’s orders, and not being able to give a satisfactory explanation, was sent to jail for twenty-four hours. was also ordered to pay the $275 in ques- tion to Shepard. He has not paid this, and when it so appeared to the court when the case came up for hearing, Juage Slack ordered him to jail, there to remain until the money would be paid. Clarke no sooner felt the weight of the court’s decision than he started proceed- ings to be iet out; these culminated in the afternoon with the filing, in the Supreme Court, of an elaborate petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It dealt with every phase of the case, from the time he was forced into insolvency, and he endeavored to sisow how each individual proceeding was illegal and unjust. He was granted a writ, returnable to-morrow. e GRAY WAS NOT LIABLE. The Supreme Court’s Decision in Vin- cent Buckley’s Peculiar Suit. In the case of Vincent P. Buckley against Giles H. Gray to recover the amount he claimed he lost through the negligence and carelessness of Gray, the Supreme Court has sustained the ruling of the lower court in sustaining a de- murrer to Buckley’s complaint. 5, 1883, Gray was employed by Mrs, C. M. A. Buckley, plaintiff’s mother, to draw up a will by which all her property would be left to her two sons, John P. and Vincent P. Buckley, and nothing should go to the children of her deceased son. Mrs. Buck- ley died in 1891, and it was then found that the will had been drawn so defectively tiat not only did the grandchildren in herit, but Vincent Buckley, by being made a witness to the will, w made to forfeit all ciaim to the special provisions made for him. In the meantime John P. Buck- ley had died, and the property was equally divided between Buckley and his brother’s children, who were originally slated for disinheritance. They secured | $85,000. and this amount Buckley sought to recover from Gray. The Supreme Court held ttat the whole transaction of the drawing up of the will was between Mrs. Buckley as client and Gray as attorney, and no third party had €% JUDGEL WS [S1551 cning A The complaint charged that on October | THE LEGAL ARRAY AT THE TRIAL OF THE HALE & NORCROSS SUIT. ‘CONDEMNING CAR ASSAYS, The Hale & Norcross People Attack an Old Miner'’s Custom. s THE CASE IS NEARLY CLOSED. Prominent Nevadans on the Repu- tation of a Witness for the Plaintiffs. ‘There was quite 8 number of promi- | nent citizens down from tbe Comstock in | Judge Hebbard’s courtroom yesterday as witnesses on behalf of the defense in the Hale & Norcross case. Allof the forenoon and part of the afternoon were taken up in | examininz them, all on one subject, the | general reputation in Virginia City of H. | W. Tangerman, a witness for the plaintiff, | as to his veracity, honesty and integrity. | Tangerman had given important testi- | mony as to the returns that should have | been made by the Hale & Norcross peo- | ple. Asan expert miner and millman he purpose of enlarging the fund, the first of which will take piace on the 19th inst. at 26 Hill street. All the articles on saledur- ing the afternoon and evening, and which are designed for Christmas presents, will be the handiwork of the inmates. A JUDGE A WITNESS. Judge Coffey snd His Bailiff Called to Testify Before Judge San- derson. Judge Coffey and Bailiff Flinn, who keeps order in his court, were witnesses in the Waters case now being tried before Judge Sanderson. The action is one to break the will of Elizabeth Waters, the plaintiffs being relatives of her husband, who died before she did. ‘When her husband died he left an estate valued at $109,000. He left no will, and Mrs. Waters declared he had no kinsiolk, and sc Lis entire property was turned over to her. During her administration of her husband’s affairs, which was done under the judicial supervision of Juage Coffey, she was declared incompetent and removed from her vosition as executrix. ‘When she died it was found that she had made a will distributing the property she had inherited from her husband. Then some relaiives of Albert Waters came on the scene, and now they are suing to break Mrs. Waters’ will upon the gronnd that she was of unsound wmind when she made it, and because she had no right to part of the property she divided. 1f they break the will they will bring another action to secure a share of Albert ‘Waters’ property. It was regarding Mrs. Waters’ antics in 4 e (2.9 UTHORITIES any right to interfere. Judgment was ren- dered according! THE STRIKE IS OFF. Judge Campbell Again Holds Court, but Gives His Opinion of the City Hall Commissioners. Judge Campbell presided in his court- room, in the basement of the City Hall, yesterday, and disposed of a number of cases with his usual dispatch. At the opening of the court the Judge said: For several days I have been in consultation with the City Hail Commissioners, with a view of securing ‘more suitable and sanitary quar- ters in which to hold court. My efforts seem to be of no avail. The Board of Health have inspected these quarters and have declared them unhealthy by reason of poor ventilation. his fact is_evident to any one who has been The Com- missioners have offered to rearrange the court- room, but it would only be putting the City to a useless expense and no greater advantage would be gained in ventilation by that being 1 thought at first I would not hold any court in these rooms, but the great volume of | business that comes into the Police Court de- mands that I shall in justice to the ?ubhc. as [ onsider it my duty. The City Hall Commis- sioners repose in easy-chairs and tread on vel- of Police Court 1 and those who are compelled to attend in court shall submit to their desires; but it is to be boped that this state of affairs will not exist much longer, and it is also to he hoped that a few more millions will be appro- printed toward the extension and enlargement of the new City Hall, so that they may be pro- vided with more elaborate chambers, at which time I may be given their present quarters. NOT EUGENE GIBERSON. A Story From Santa Barbara That Was ‘Without Foundation, SAN FRrANCISCO, Dec. 11, 1895, To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SiRr: in yesterday’s CALL my name is associated with & theft, to wit: the swindling of a music-dealer and the purlolning of a bicyele. I positively disclaim any connection whatever with the alleged transaction, for I have not been*ansent from San Francisco for over a month, and what motives Mrs. Dille had in mentioning my name in this connection I cannot conceive, unless it was with the intention of doing me an injury. However that may be the imputa- tion is absolutely groundless. Mrs. Dille should be more careful in the future. EUGENE D. GIBERSON. —————— SELLING FAST. The Christmas Sale of Lots a Big Success. Last Sunday Baldwin & Hammond an- nounced a special sale of lots. In the past two days they have sold fifteen. Up to December 25 any lot in the Castro-street addition can be had on $6 monthly pay- ments, no interest being charged. Asthe property is very desirable it is not to be wondered at that these unusual terms are attracting attention. ————— J. E. Slinkey’s Escape. J. E. Slinkey, the well-known proprietor of the E1 Monte Hotel of Sausalito and secretary of the Soclety of O1d Friends, met with a severe accident vesterday afternoon in front of the new racetrack..He and his wife had been attending the races at Ingleside, it being ladies’ day., They left the track about 4 p. u. and while trying to get on an empty car going to the City he was knocked down, the back of his head being severely catand hisleftshoulder sustnining o serions dislocation. Upon his arrival in the City he was attended to by Dr. F, F. Lord and then he was taken to his home at Sausalito. vet carpet, and seem to think that the attaches | I notice that in a dispatch from Santa Barbara | | | bad to testify that the returns on the ore | | should have been 80 per cent of the car | sample assays. | | The witnesses who were examined yes- terday and testified that Tangerman’s | | reputation was bad were Judge P. 8. Cor- | \hetL who was United States Marshal of Nevada under Arthur’s administration and is now a justice of the peace of Storey | County; Judge W. 8. Cook. Judge L. Lo- | benstein; H. M. Clemmons, superintend- | ent of the Virginia City and Gold Hill | water works; D. Knight, W. J. Hill, F. | P. Langan and Gotth Haist. D. M. Ryan, who stated that he was a ll merchant in Virginia City, County Treas- urer, County Clerk, and a stock broker both there and in this City, testified that Tangerman had not purchased any Hale & Norcross stock through his firm in the | years :887-1889 inclusive. | The rest of the afternoon was taken u‘)y | with the reading of depositions of A. J. Taylor, owner of the Taylor mill in Lower | Gold Hill, and W. H. Stanley, who had | been mining on the Comstock over twenty | years. |~ Taylor testified that car sample assays | were unreliable and that he never agreed | to work ore up to a certain percentage. He had tried it once on some Justice ore, and had been compelled to pay out consider- able for the dig’erence between the actual bullion returns and what had been agreed upon from the assays. He explained that the manner of taking car samples for assays on the Comstock was entirely unreliable and that they were use- less as guides tothe amount of the prob- able bullion return. W. H. Stanleys also testified that taking car-sample assays as that is done on the Comstock is not a fair way of finding the value of the ore. The men who take the samples generally pick up the finer rock, and it is well known that the richer rock | is more friable than the poorer. Conse- quently the samples taken yielded assay resuits that were higher than they should He said that he always refusea to mill any custom ore now unless the owners are present ail the time, so that they could not complain because the bullion yield falls_below the car-sample assays.” Ac- | cording to his opinion 52 per cent, the re- turn made by the Hale & Norcross Com- pany, whichis complained of as too small, was a fair return on the car-sample assays in many cases, particularly where the ore was coarse. A mill return of 70 per cent, he thougnt, on Comstock ore would be a big return, | and 50 per cent of the car-sample assays would be a good average yield. In answer to the last question asked Mr. Stanley said, “If a man wants to get into purgatory let him run a custom quartz-mill.” 5 The case goes on this morning, but is nearing an end. MEN'S ADVISORY BOARD. Novel Entertainment at the California Girls’ Training Home. The directors of the California Girls’ Training Home met Tuesday night with | the advisory board composed of Dr. Hayes | C. French, D. J. Walker, H. L. Gear, and | | also Taylor Rogers, who represented Mayor | Sutro. The conference was for the purpose of | | devimng ways and means for raising money for building on the site on A street | ;;cermy donated to the institution by the ayor. Ity was decided to establish a life mem- bersnip list of friends of the Home at §25 and an association feeal a smaller amount. Entertainments will also be given for the ATTY Woob, ATTYRix ATTyDeAL Mw.Fox. Rannfrie, court wkile her competency was being examined into that Judge Coffey and his bailiff testified. THE NEW FERRY BUILDING, Will It Be Built of Oregon, Nevada or Arizona Sandstone? Harbor Commissioners Still in Doubt as to Which Material to Select. The Harbor Commissioners did not ar- rive at any decision in regard to letting the contract for the new ferry bulding yesterday. The various bidders were pres- ent, but only six of them received any ground for hope. All the others were handed back their certified checks and told that their bids were too high. Those who areleft in are: George F. Smith & Co., who offer to do the painting, etc., for §12,600; William Cronan, who of- fers to do the roofing, skylights and gal- vanized iron work for $43,599; E. James Duffy, who offers to do the plumbing and gasfitting for$11,123; Bateman Bros., who offer to do the plastering, glazing and car- penter work for $48,400; the Risdon Iron ‘Works, who offer to do the steel and iron work for $188,000, and C. F. McCarthy, who offers to do the masonry work for $167,000. The whole matter will be settled at the regular meeting of the Commissioners to- day, and the chances are that the above contracts will be awarded to the above six lowest bidders. “What we want,” said President Col- non, “is stability, quality and price. We must have something that will stand the test of time and we want the verv best article we can get for the price. We have the choice of Nevada sandstone, Arizona red sandstone and Oregon gray sandstone. The latter is the more expensive ariicle, and I think we will decide to have a test before we accept any of them. Between the Nevada and Oregon article there is a difference of $12,000 in favor of the former, but Ido not think that would cut any figure in the allotting of the contract if we found the dearer article more durable and more to our liking. Qunhl{ is what will count, and the best material wili carry the day.” 'the principal item over which the Com- missioners are troubling is the brick and terra-cotta work and the masonry. Mec- Carthy was the lowest bidder on all points. On the brick and terra-cotta his bids on the three classes were $167,000, $173,000 and $168,000. On the masonry his offers are Nevada sandstone $218,000, Arizona red sandstone $227,000 and Oregon gray sandstone $230, The entire contract will be awarded this afternoon. GoLp pens and pencjl-holders, fountain-pens, inkstands, office-calendars, cash and bond boxes, billbooks and letter-cases make nice presents for gentlemen. We have them all in ir%n variety and at low prices. Banborn, V:ll 0. NEW TO-DAY. C “Pure and Sure.” eveland's BAKING POWDER. “Absolutely the best and most desirable baking powder manufactured.” GeN. S. H. Hurst, late Ohio Food Commissioner. MIDWEEK THENTERHOTES “1492” Is Drawing Well at the Baldwin—Downing’s Rep- ertoire. Dollie Nobles Becomes a Favorite at the Grand — “The Beggas Student.” 3 1492 has made quite a hit at the Bald- win Theater. The people of the or:-aniza- tion have found favor with local theater- goers, and the jokes and puns of the li- bretto cause plenty of merriment all through the performance. This evening Rovert Downing will play “Ths Gladiator” at the California Theater. To-morrow he will vary the bill by pre- senting “Ingomar and Parthenia.” Satur- day matinee will see “‘Othello’” and Satur- day evening “Julius Cesar.” On Monday evening Mr. Downing will open the second week of his engagement at this theater with a production of his latest success, “Helena,” a romantic play by Victorien Sardou, which has met with success in the East. Lillian Lewis’ production of *Cleopatra’ at the Columbia Theater is gaining in smoothness as the week goes by. The spectacular effects have pleased the public and large audiences are the rule nightly. Milton Nobles is a standard favorite with the audiences at the Grand, and his wife, Dollie Nobles, is rapidly ingratiating herself into an equal popularity. Sheis a winsome and vivacious actress and plays with an utter ahsence of assumption that is thoroughly acceptable. “A Son of Thespis” is a drama with a good deal of quiet and evenly sustained Taterest and the presentation it is receiv- ing at the Grand 1s calculated to show the work in its best light. Hereward Hoyte has recovered from the indisposition from which he suffered on Monday, and, as a consequence, ‘‘An Honest Girl” has been satisfactorily pro- duced at Grover's Alcazar. It is a gooa three-act comedy, and the cast is a satis- factory one. The curtain-raiser, “My Lord in Livery,” continues to amuse the audience, an:!y Lord and Lady Sholto | Douglas are still on Grover’s list of at- tractions. A good performance of “The Beggar Student’’ is being given at the Tivoli Opera-house. Mabelle Baker bas recov- ered from her indisposition and is playing the role of Countess Dalmatia. The other parts are in good hands. The Orpheum has a strong bill this week, and its strongest feature is Little Clotilde Antonio, the dancer who reverses the usual order of things and trips the stage on her hands instead of her feet. The Hill brothers have proved to be an attrac- tive team, and last week's performers are repeating their former success. ELOPED WITH A TRAMP. Mattle Jane Cole of Delano and Her Male Companion Found in This City. Chief Crowley received a letter Tuesday morning from Samuel Cole of Delano, Kern County, asking him to find his daughter, Mattie Jane Cole, who had run away with a tramp on November 22, and was supposed to be in this City. Cole said in bis letter that he haa written Secretary Kane of the Pacific Coast Society for the Buppression of Vice two or three weeks ago, but had received no reply from him. Detective Anthony and C. M. Barnes, who was sworn in as a policeman an Mon- day, were detailed on the case, and in four hours they had Mattie and her lover locked up in the City Prison. They found them in the lodging-house, 712 Kearny street, where they had been living since coming to the City three weeks ago. A dispatch was sent to the girl’s father noti- fying him of her arrest. The girl’s companion is well known along the water front, as he worked for three years on the Stockton boats. He was known as Jim Burke, but his real name is Eugene de Beers. *I am no tramp,” said De Beers yester- day afternoon. ‘‘lam a wood-turner b; trade and came here from Oregon in 1590’. I could not get work at my trade, so worked on the wharves and on the Stock- ton boats for three years. Then I went into the country, where I was doing car- penter work. I was working on Withers’ ranch, twelve miles from Delano, when 1 met Mattie, who was cook there. We lived together for a month and then came on here. She came of her own free will, I am not a married man, and never served a term in the penitentiary.” ——————— An artisan of Brussels has invented a re- volver that shoots seven times a second. NEW TO-DAY. PHYSIGIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS Should be accurately and carefully prepared from the best and freshestdrugsand chemicals. We can do this In a new store, with a new stock, and AT POPULAR PRICES!! THE WONDER DRUGSTORE FLETCHER & CO., 1028 Market Street. We Have Wonders in Toilet Articles. WONDERS IN PERFUMERY. WONDERS IN DRUGS. And Wonders in Prices All Through. And Rondss InBricea AlLTREoNaN, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. POULTRY SHOW ——OF THE—— Califernia State Poultry Assn., MECHANICS’ PAVILION, Ddcomber 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Day Admission, 50c; Evening, 25¢c. AY—AMUSEMENTS, Ak RAYMAN i AnD Co, W INCORP'D HEATRE M\ PROPS. And Again Packed to the Doors! ——TO-NIGHT! Every Evening, Including Sunday. MATINEE SATURDAY. o 22 12 2 e BI& ‘The Original KILANY!I LIV G PICTURES, The at IE BON 11.L, The Wonderfu! RICHARD HARLOW. Adequate Scenic and rical Ervironmen:— Approprizte €03 ume: able Orchestra—A com- plete Aetropolican Produciion. SXATS READY TO-DAY rorTHE 2d Week of ‘1492.” GET IN LINE EARLY. o e Robert DOW NING! SUPPORTED BY A Large and Powerful Company. JUNGHT THE GLADIATOR! and Sunday, Friday ... Jingomar Saturday Matinee. L Otnello Saturday. Julius Ciesar econd and last of G “HELENA!" Lo Ghatie Rl MAYMAN Next k. Robert DOWNIN PRICDOLANOLR.GOTTLOD & o- 13523 andraartsaths- -+ THE GORGEOUS ONLY I PECT A CLE IN THE CIT “CLEOPATRA!” With LILLIAN LEWIS and o Star Cast. BAREFYOOT BALLET and SEE THE | MWAGNIFIC NERY. NEXT MONDAY—MR. DANIEL SULLY. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. LORD AND LADY SHOLTO DOUSLAS “AN HONEST GIRL” AND- “LITTLE JOIXIN X’ ——MUSICAL SPECIALTY—— ——BY: LORD AND LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS, MATINEE PRICES-I10c, 15¢, 25¢c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 500. Monday—“STREETS OF NEW YORK.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRS, EENESTINE KRELING Proprielor « Maaage: EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK. Millocker's Romantic Opera, “THEBEGGAR STUDENT " Presented in a Careful Manner. NEXT EX. ‘Von Suppe’s Famous Military Opera, “IFATINITZA ! — Reappearance of ALICE CARLE 28 Vladimir. LOOK OUT FOR «“IXION!” The Most Gorgeous Holiday Spectacl ver Oflel?ed. ke Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS FVFVING AT RIGHT. America’s Representative Player and Playwright, MILTON NOBLES, And the Charming Ingenu>, DOLLIE NOBLIES, 1n the Beautiful Pastoral Play, “A SON OF THESPIS I’ EVENINa PRICE3—25c and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sund: ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street. Between Stockion and Powall TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, A GREAT ALL-STAR BILL! MORE NEW PEOPLX! HILL AND HULL, CLOTILDE ANTONIO, PHOITE-PINAUD TROUPE —AND OUR— UNRIVALED STELLAR COMPANY Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 100; Opera cnalrs and Box seats, SHOOT THE CHUTES —ON — t., near the Park Usual Haight S THE FUNNIEST FUN FANCIED! ——CONCERTS AT 2 AND 8 P. M.—— ADMISSION 10 CENTS. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). E - FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'l. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pecitic trains at Third and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. ». Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric line direct to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, LEAKE., President. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). 3 Nights and Sat. Mat., DE WOLF HOPPFE in their great successes. SWANG”: Friday v'ng “DR. SYNTAX.” W. S, 3