The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 7

PHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 18Y5. SATURDAY PALDWIN THEATER. CALIFORNIA THEAT CorLvMBIA THEATZR- MOROSCO'S OPEEA-HOUSE 51v011 OPFRA-HOUSE—"The B ¢ prarva—High-Class Vau % GrOVFR'S ALCAZAB.—“An Honest Girl” and «Little John L.” T o MAcDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)— Wang. erade Ball by the ning. on of Thespls.” ar Student.” T3E CALIFORNIA V MrcraNIcs' PAvILION—Poultry Show. cpcor ToE CruTes—Daily at Haight street, ock east of the Park. ¥1c Coast Jock vy CLuB.—Races, el AUCTION SALES. 5, ELDRIDGE & CO. a), Rugs. at 625 Sutter strect, at 7 INDIANA AvCTION Co.—This day Jancse Art and Curios, at 22 Geary M. Kiiip & Co.—Tuesday, December 17— esyard. corner Van Ness avenue and . at 7:30 P. M. H. UNBSEN & C ber 28, at 12 By EAST his day (Satur- 7:30 P. M. BY BY Horses. at sal Market stree Real Estate, Saturday, BY G o'clock noon at salesroom, 14 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Hale & Norcross case will be finished by Wednesday next. . weather is promised for to-day by the official forecaster. Judge Wallace has awarded Thomas O'Don- the custody of his daughter. The Pactfic Improvement Company will sell most of its ands at auction next Janu- were held by Coroner Hawkins In four of them the verdicts were Five inqu vesterd ‘suicide The Grand J Light Superviso: nence. Mrs. Henrietta E. Brown refutes the charge the Women’s Federation for Public Good sectarian. The inmetes of the Calffornia Girls’ Training Home will give a bazaar for the building fund on Thursday. The winners at Ingleside vesterday were Theresia, Tar and Tartar, Ramiro, Foremost and Geraldine. M s convinced that the Solid do not intend to pass a pool o pass Congress. He has not decided to gn his office. The nd di of the rendez vous of the seco point of success. “‘Benney,” a newspaper boy, has turned out t0 be & sker, and pushes agood business at Lotta’s fountain. dge Slack has refused Herman Oelrichs the ody of son's interests in matters re- o the Fair estate. irt has decided that attor- ring jurors must do so in turn =4 rtis is at present en- ing commercial invasions into , Arizona and New Mexico. Art has commissioned Association R Schmid to_make & portrait of Edward F. for the Hopkins mansion. Prof Joseph Le Conte lectured before the Califc hieal Societ; n tne “Rela- tion of Ph end Philosophy.” The suit of Charles H. Young to secure the position of School Superintendent was in ar- gument before Judge Seawell yesterday. hard er was convicted yesterday and fined 10 for frlse impersonation in ri ing on a ticket issued to William McPhee. Matt Jones contradicted the Harsin story in the Howell case yesterday. Judge Morrow Tuled tne *Dear Matt” letter out of evidence. E. P. Cole is suing John ( gar, exeentor of J the Macdonough estate, for 0 Tor legal ser. vices rendered in the employ of Macdonough. Mrs. Walker Grav, who sustained a frac- i her left arm while dancing the Virginia e residence of a friend recently, is in ¥ to recover. Clarke’s writ_of habeas corpus was Supreme Court yesterday, so h ause of hisar- : Court has ruled that Aaron ver the property he con- theirmarriage in order erities convened yesterday estigating and indorsing ed from & number ted StatesShipping Com- “crimp” named James 4 by the Federal suthori- T the Maguire act. T. Burke is suing her husband, J. T. , for & divorce on the ground of extreme She says he has struck her and has rwise brutally maltreated her. ecretary Morton of the Department of Agri. culture at Washington has granted the reque: of the Butchers’ Board of Trade of this City for & delay in the enforcement of the new meat-tag inspecticn law. The San Miguel Defense Association meeting was largely attended last night at Judson Hall. The call for signers of the roll to pledge money for the expense of defense was responded to by forty-two names. Five arrests were made yesterday for selling liquor in less quantities than & quart without & hcense. They were based on the complaints of Edward Ward, one of the new seventy-five poiice appointees. Judge Seawell has ruled that Dennis Spencer is entitled to_ the position of attorney for the Board of Health, to which he wasappointed | by Governor Budd and which was held by George A. Knight. Dr. Walter R. Scroggs, & classmate of Dur- rant’s and a wi against the condemned man, has been ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian chureh, and will go abroad as a medical missionary. min H. Baird has filed an answer to ’s action for -divorce, in which he spe- \ly denies every allegation of intempe and cruelty. Thereis likely tobea con- troversy of a somewhat sensational nature. The motion of defendant in the suit of Claus Spreckels vs. Rudolph Spreckels to dismiss the fnjunction sgainst the defendant was sus- tained by Judge Slack yesterday, and an appeal was taken by the plaintiff to the Supreme Court, Governor Budd threatened to remove Dr. Fitzgibbon from the Board of Health on ac- count of alleged nepotism, but was prevented from doing so by Dr. Morse, who exer: con- siderable i nfluence with the chief executive of the State. The National Amendment Club plan, which was recently originated by Thomas S. Harri- son of this City, will be presented for adoption in all the States and Territories of the Union through the instrumentality of the Women's Christian Temperance unions. Mrs. Jalia O’Brien, who is suing her hus- band, Michael O'Brien, for a divorce, has filed a sensational affidevit, in which she charges him with being & swindler and a perjurer. She does this because he swore he had no money with which to pay her alimony. At a meeting of the executive committee of the South Side Club last nighta committee was chosen to arrange for & conference between Street Superintendent Ashworth, the Street Committee and a committee of the club on the question of bituminizing Folsom street. Governor Budd s considering the advisa- bility of granting a petition of the life-time prisoners at San Quentin, asking that he in- Pgurate the custom of exterding executive ¢lemency to one of their number every Christ- mas. Warden Aull of Folsom prison and the Prison Commissioners approve the plan. J. Woods, who formerly had the Val :fi:gnmu United States Bonded Ware- honse, threatens to_communicate With Secre- tary Carlisle and ask for information upon the manper in which he was supplanted, as he ays, by Harry Wise, son of John H. Wise, the Collector of Customs. The warehouse is now conaucted by the firm of Sanborn & Wise. MESSENGER. WANTS Mayor Sutro Asks for the Services of a Police Patrolman. Mayor Sutro sent in an application to the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday to be allowed the services of a policeman as an adjunct to his office. d He stated that it was impossible wn}: the force now at his command to investi- cate the numerous applications for charity that come into the office each day, and that he feared the bounty of the munici- pality was sometimes distributed to those who were not deserving. A patrolman specially detailed for such service would be of great bemefit to the City and at the same time relieve the overworked employes of his office. The ~atter was taken under advisement. or Sutro says that the funding bill is | de fulfilled the promi se of the first | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Oakland’s Young Elopers Failed to Get Away on the Monowai. THE POLICE ON THEIR TRACK. After Burglarizing a Saloon James Granzi Got Drunk and Was Caught. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Mo- nowai sailed for Sydney, via Honolulu, Apia and Auckland, at 10 A. M. yesterday. There was a_crowd at the dock at 8 o’clock to see their friends off, and all were glad of the steamer's delay, as it gave them two hours longer with their friends. Directly the English mail arrived the warning gong was rung, and a few minutes later, the big steamer was under way. The father of little Leila Bowen, the runaway schoolgirl, and Officer Tom Dil- lon were on the watch for the runaway couple, but they did not put in an appear- Ancs A telescope basket belonging to Miss Bowen, and a trunk, presumably be- longing to young Emery, were located in one of the cabins, but no one came to | claim them. The father and grandfatber of | Miss Bowen say that the elopers have no money and are wondering how they man- | age to live. They both gavea sigh of re- | lief when the steamer was under way, and | they at once transferred theirsearch to the | uptown hotels and lodging-houses. They { are now confident of finding the two runa- | ways before Christmas. The Monowai took away the following passengers: | For Honolulu—W. B. Edminster, W. B. Fay and wife, Mis< Fay, Miss F. G. Fay, Dr. J. Fraser and wit Flohr, Carl | Halstead, J. F, Humburg, George W Oscar F. Mahrt, C. de M. Mansfield, Miss Miller, Ovide Musin and wife, Thomas B. H. L. P. Scott ith and wi F | ge, S. Bridge, P. S. and wife. . Allcutt, Tave Berg, S. H. A M. Cogdon and wite, Rey. Father'T. , Mrs. F. X. Martin, A | Marks, C Rats, J. Rutherford, Mrs. A. M., Sperry and two children, F. F. Tuckett. A fourth interest 1n the American ship Alex McNeil was sold at the Merchants’ | Exchange vesterday for $1700. The bid- | ding tas spirited, and R. Dalziel of Dal- | ziel & Moller finally became the purchaser. | The price is considered a fair one. | The flags of the American deep-water | | ships in port were at half-mast yesterd but of respect to the memory of L. Houghton, of Houghton Brothers, | well-known ship builders of Bath, Me, The | firm owns quite a number of vessels, only | one of which, the Bohemia, is now in this | port. Mr. Houghton was known to almost | every American shipmaster in San Fran- c1sco. | The Oakland High School Football Club | went to Stockton on the steamer J. D. Pe- ters last night. They are booked fora championship game with the Stockton | ’High School boys to-da; night t.ey | | seemed confident of winning. The Peters | was stuck on a mudbank for four hours | coming down, and if she gets on another one going up the chances are that the | game will not be played. ‘ The schooner Arthur I, while beating | out of port yesterday, ran into the Powell- | street wharf and damaged her headgear, | but not suflicient to detain her. | Pope & Talbot’s new four-masted | schooner Okanogan arrived from Port | Gamble with a load of lumber yesterday. | She is a very handsome craft, and will be a tine addition to the coast fleet. | The harbor police are still langhing over | a capture made by Ofticer Courneen yester- | day morning. During the night, James | Grahzi, who says he is a sailor, broke into | | the saloon at 123 Jackson street. He se- | cufed all the available cash, and then put a bottle of whisky in each coat-pocket and | loaded the others with cigars. Before | | leaving he decided to take a drink. He | 1ajd his burglar tools on a chairand helped | himself. The first one must have been | | very good begause Granzi took another and then another. When the proprietor | arfivcd in the morning Granzi was lying behind the bar in a beastly state of intoxi- cation with the evidence of his guilt still upon him. He had to be carried to the | Harbor Police station,where he was;charged | with burgla: This is the first time a | water-front thief has practically effected his own capture. W. | The heavy winds which have prevailed off the Oregon coast for a week past de- | layed the entire coasting fleet. The last day or so steady northerly breezes have prevailed and last night eighteen coasters were all passing in at once. Among them | was the ship Columbia, the steam-schooner | | Farallon and the brig Courtney Ford, be- ides fifteen schooners of Many of them were considerably dverdue and their owners were relieved when they { werereported. Private Bartholomew of Company D, | stationed at Angel Isiana, stole a sloop yes- terday and made his escape. He was chased, but managed to make a landing on the Marin shore. For some time past some one had been robbing the soldiers’ | Tockers and_Bertholomew was suspected | and locked up. JORN- FINERTY COMING, Famous Irish Orator to Speak on the National Alli- ance. vatious sizes. | Will Address the People on the Latest Movement for Irish Inde- pendence. §7John Finerty is coming to San Fran- cisco. On March 4 the famous Irish leader will address the Nationalists of this town | on the old but ever new topic of Irish in- dependence. Yesterday Dr. M. J. O'Neill, the president of *“The O’Neill” Council of the Irish National Alliance, received a telegram from Mr. Finerty saying that he had accepted the invitation tendered him from his compatriots on the Pacific Coast to speak here and to explain from his larger experience and wider contact with the men foremost in the new movement for Irish autonomy the purposes and the scope of this last scheme looking toward the realization of the Irishman’s one hope—national liberty. Mr. Finerty is no half-way patriot. In his paper, the Chicago Citizen, he has been ever consistent and uncompromising in his battle for outright rebellion against British rule in Ireland, and in this respect has been a radical of the radicals—that is to say, from the Irish point of view. As'an orator he has always been in the forefront as a champion of Irish liberty, obtained at whatever cost, and his utter- ances have roused_the wildest enthusiasm among Irishmen in ail parts of the coun- try except the extreme West, which he has never yet visited. There is no Irishman in this country as picturesque as Mr. Finerty. As a Con- gressman of the United States from Ilii- nots he has a splend:d record as an Ameri- can citizen, and as an orator there are few who can approach him. In his own city of Chicago he is called “the goiden- mouthed Celt.” As a journalist he has earned an enviable reputation in ¥ork that the | fatigable effort that has given him the place he has now won. He was a war correspondent during the great Indian aprisings on the desert plains of the West, and rubbed elbows with the savage who knew ne distinction between a British and_an Irish scalp. In burning Mexico Mr. Finerty has endured the hard- ships of hunger and thirst, and he has sat at table and held his own with the wits of New York in O'Neill’s. He is an Irish- man with a Yankee’s persistence, a West- ern man’s boldness and a_dab of Chicago ambition, und he is certain to please his admirers in California. His coming will be of interest not only to the Irish of San Francisco, but to ail San Franciscans, and will without doubt place before the transmontane peovle of America a more definite and clearer notion of the purposes of the National Alliance than has vet been their fortune to hear. Ex-Congressman Finerty will be enter- tained during his stay in town by the local council of the K. R. B NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR. Its Owner Says It Will Revolutionize the Car System of San Francisco. A new electric-car driven by a storage badtery was tested on the water front yes- terday. The narrow-gauge track of the belt rzilroad was used, and judging by the manner in which the machine worked it Was a success. The caris driven by a storage battery, and is one of the first of its kind ever tested in San Francisco. In Woodland and San Jose the storage-battery ®system was tried, but had to be avandoned owing to the loss of power. During yesterday’s tests the batteries generated too much electricity, and in consequence the car shook and rocked when the full power was turned on. The body of the car was canvased in, and no one was allowed to even peep over the covering. The seats were uncovered, and all the afternoon they were crowded PRIZES FOR PRIMROSES, The Season Not Far Enough Advanced for Perfect Specimens. PLANS FOR VIGOROUS WORK. California State Floral Society Nomi- nates Its Officers for the Com- ing Year. At the regular monthly meeting yester- day afternoon of the California Floral So- ciety a prize offered by F. A. Miller was to have been awarded to the best specimen pot of Chincse primrose grown by an amateur. But owing to the frosts that have visited gardens vecently, and also to the fact that the season is not far enough advanced, the contestantsijwere very few, and the specimens exhibited were not con- sidered perfect enough for vrize award- ment. George F. A. Marx of this City was | nominated to membership in the society by Secretary Professor Emory E! Smith and was elected. The treasurer’s report showed a pros- perous condition of the finances, over $500 being in the treasury, the net result of the two exhibits for the past two years be- | ing $650. “Qur society stands more satisfactorily financially,” said Professor Smith, “than THE FLORAL DISPLAY AT THE Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. by those who wanted a free ride. The ma- chine is calied the Ryder electric motor, and its owner asserts that it will revolu- tionize the electric-car systems in San Francisco. A MEDICAL. MISSIONARY. One of Durrant’s Classmates to Convert and Physic the Heathen. Ordination of Dr. Walter R. Scroggs at San Anselmo Theological Seminary. A special meeting of the presbytery of Benicia was held at the San Francisco | Theological Seminary in San Anselmo Thursday afternoon to examine Walter R. Scroggs, A.M., M.D, as to his attainments in scholarship and his qualifications for the ministry, and to license and ordain Rev. W. R. Seroggs, A.M., M.D. him as a duly authorized preacher of the Presbyterian faith. The examination was long and severe, but the candidate passed the ordeal with flying colors and is now officially entitled to prefix “Rev.” to his name. The new divine isa graduateof Park College, Missouri, and he has already been accepted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions for work in the foreign field. His station abroad has, however, not yet been_assigned, and he will leave to-night for New York, where he will en- gage in hospital work pending his assign- ment. Dr. Scroggs in preparing for his lifewo rk as a medical missionary took the regular three years’ course in medicine and a full three years’ course in theology, accom- plishing both courses in a period of four years, and during that period he has also found leisure to secure the literary aegree of master of arts. Rev. Dr. Scroggs was a classmate of Dur- rant’s at Cooper Medical Coliege, and was a witness against the condemned murderer at his trial. At that time a_certain news- paper dubbed him *the only Scroggs,” an appellation which was immediately taken up by his fellow-students, and has now be- come a sort of pet name among hisiriends. = g Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This is the last opportunity to see Murillo’s famous paintings, “St. Francois d’Assisi” and required all the robust manhood and intle- “8t. Gregoire.” e exhibition will close this evening at 10 o'clock. g 3 any flower organization in the United States. It has given more and better ex- hibits than any other. We do not owea | dollar and have a snug little sum in the toe of the society’s Christmas stocking.”” There was quite an animated discussion in regard to a place of meeting. Many of | the members complained of the incon- venience in point of locality of the present | quarters and suggested some hall or room more centrally situated. A committee con- sisting of Professor Emory E. Smith, Mrs. Smyth and Mrs. Cross was appointed to select a suitable place and report at the next meeting. The question of giving an’informal din- ner to increase the sociability of the asso- ciation was discussed, but no definiteidea was reached 2s to how or where the dinner should take place, so the matter was laid | over for furtuer discussion. It was decided that in the future two Frizes would be offered at the monthly ex- hibits, one for professionals and one for amateurs, By such an arrangement it will be _possible to afford equal recogni- tion to both classes. More attention will hereafter be shown to correspondence with professionals in order that they may be prepared with exhibits. Mrs. Cross_anunounced that for March the best exhibits would be in spring fiow- ering bulbs, the Prizes to be $2 50 each. It was resolved that the exhibition of primroses should - be month. December is the month for the annual nominations of officers, the election occur- ring in January. The following officers were nominated: For president, Professor E. J. Wickson; vice-president, Mrs. L. O. Hodgking; recording secretary, Professor Emoaiy E. Smith; corresponding secretaries—Mrs, W. H. Smyth, Mrs. Austin Sperry and Mrs. O. D. Balawin; treasurer, John Hen- derson; accountants—Mrs. F. A. Bruns and Mrs. T. L. Walker; for the two direc- tors to be chosen from the member body— Mrs. J. K. Martin, John Hinkle, C. J. Ahl- born, Mrs. Austin Sperry, Mrs. Helen A. Cross and Mrs. Belle Harris. An interesting address on_the care of primroses was given by F. A. Miller. *‘Primroses,’” said he, *‘are, perhaps, the most satisfactorv flowers cultivated. A primrose will flower continuously eight months at a time. They need a light soil and a medium amount of water. The seeds should be sown on the surface and the plant, when atroni enough, should be shifted to new soil frequently. After it has done flowering it should be trans- planted.” RIGHT OF CHALLENGE. The Supreme Court Has Decided That Attorneys Must Challenge in Tarn. The Supreme Court has rendered a de- cision which is of some interest to jury lawyers. It relates to the use of the peremptory challenge. In the case of Emma Vance against Charles Richardson, for damages for assault, the jury-box was full and it was the defenaant’s turn to exercise the right of challenge. Defendant’s counsel an- nounced that he would pass the challenge for the time, reserving the right to exer- cise a challenge should the plaintiff's coun- sel be satisfied with the panel. The court refused to allow such a privilege, but ordered the counsel to say if he were satis- fied with the jurors or exercise his chal- lenge. Counsel passed the jury after ex- cepting to the ruling, and then the plain- ;.iifi's counsel announced that he was satis- ed. Defendant’s counsel asked to be allowed to chailenge one of the jurors, whom he did not name, but the court refused to al- low him. Once more he excepted, and these rulings are cited as error. The Supreme Court sustained these rul- ings. It held that counsel was not injured in any way, for if he had objsction to any jurcr he had only to challenge him; nor was he eatitled to any more privileges than the law allowed him. The code says the challenges must be entered alternately, and as it was his turn to challenge he must exercise the right or [ continued next NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” Only rounded spoonfuls are required—not /eaping spoonfuls, waive it. The mere fact that the jury-box was full cut no figure in the opinion of the Supreme Court, since it had been shown that it was defendant’s turn. NEW SUNDAY LECTURES. Dr. C. 0. Brown to Inaugurate a Series at His Church. To-morrow evening Rev. C.O. Brown, D. D., will begin a new series of lectures on *‘Jesus, the Soul of the World’s Noblest Music.” In this connection Dr. Brown The Christian has a faith that has set_the world to singing and_inspired the finest utter- ances of song. The great composers have gone up to their loftiest altitudes moved by the religious impulse to the expression of holy truths. The church is indebted to the com- posers and they in turn under infinite obli- gation to the ideals of Scripture which have winged their genius for flight. The {»mposml addresses on_the great compos- ers will be partly biographical and partly il- lustrative of the religious characters ‘and conceptions -which inspired their immortal productions. The choir, under the direction of Samuel D. Mayer, with the fine organ of the First Church, will (’n(',hc\'emn? render selections from the composer whose life and work are under con- sideration. Following will be the special themes given: December 15—Introductory, “Christian Hope and Christian Song (A. D. 1-1396).” December 22—Handel (1685-1759), the ora- torio of “The Messiah,” Christmas selections, -1809), the orato- December 29—Haydn (1 Tio of “The Creation,” New Year selections. January 5,. 1896-—Beethoven (1770-1817). the oraorio’ of “Christ on the Mount of ives.” January 12—Mendelssohn (1809-1847), the oratorio of “Elijab.” ohr (1784-1859), the oratorio January 19— of “The Last Judgment.” SPENCER GET THE PLUM Judge Seawell's Ruling in His Suit Against George A. Knight. The Attorney for the Board of Health Is Not an Elected Officer. Jl‘ldgh Seawelkhas decided that Dennis Spencer is entitled to the office of attorney for the Board of health, and by so ruling has settled the case so far as the Supericr Court is concerned. The action was brought by the Attorney- General on the relation of Spencer to place him in the position occupied by Knight and to which he had been appointed by Governor Budd. Knight refused to vacate the office, claiming that when he was placed in the position by Governor Mark- ham he was placed there until his suc- cessor should be elected. The clause un- der which he was appointed and under which he claimed to hold until an election decided who should be his successor is as follows: The office of attorney for the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby created. Such attorney shall bea) pointed by the Governor and shall hold his office as such attorney for the term of four years, and until his successor is elected and qualitied. It was upon these words elected and qualified, or, in fact, upon only- the word elected, that Kunignt based his claim to hold over. It was really a question of the meaning of the term. Knight claimed that it meant chosen at a regular election of the people and Spencer claimed it meant simply until his successor should be chosen as he himself had been. In rendering his decision Judge Seawell wrote: There is no precedent for the election by the people of this State of such an officer as the attorney for the State Board of Health or any otner board. It is unreasonable to suppose that the Legisinture, if it had intended that the successors of the first incumbent should be elected; should have omitted to make pro- vision for an election. The phrase, *‘Until his successor is elected,” is a stereotyped expression, and has no proper application to an officer who must be ap- pointed by the Governor. In regard to®the statement made in court that the office had been abolished by the amendment of March 6, 1895, the court says: Ido not think that the office has been abol- ished. There may be some.question as to the right of the incumbent since the passage of the amendment referred to to be paid anything from the State treasury, but that question is not before me in this proceeding. STOLE CITY HORSES. Discarded Fire Department Animals Missing From House of Correction. 1t was reported to the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday that three horses recently dis- carded by the Fire Department had been stolen from the House of Correction, where :pey had been sent for use by the institu- ion. The superintendent stated that he had gone to a slaughter-house across the San Mateo County line where old horses are killed and thought he recognized the head of oreof the stolen animals among a lot which had evidently recently been killed. The police areinvestigating the miatter now and endeavoring to find some trace of the thieves. NEW TO-DAY. ¢ ¢Vin Mariani’ is an exqui- site wine, a delicious remedy— pleasant to the taste and bene- ficial to the entire system.” Coquelin. THE IDEAL TONIC for all fatigues of Body and Mind Portraits OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. "Boneficial and Agrecable, Every Test Proves Avold Substitutions. Ask for ‘Vin Marlani® At Druggists and Fancy Grocers. MARIANI & CO., Baxs: 010 n. uw.mu,lnus;i‘ AMENDMENT CLUB PLAN, Women's Temperance Unions Will Push the Work in Other States. HARRISON'S IDEA AFPPROVED. National Amendment Club Plan De- signs to Unify All Working Tem- perance Forces. The National Amendment Club plan, which was recently originated by Thomas S. Harrison of this City, and which has met with general approval among tem- perance workers in California, 1s to be presented for adoption in all the other States of the Union. The Wome n’s Christian Temperance Unions will be the propagandists, the presidents of the various State unions recommending the plan to the county vresidents, and thus securing the general circulation of the petitions accompanying the outline of the plan. The matter will be presented at the session of the Anti-Saloon convention in ‘Washington, D. C., on Monday. Mr. Harrison's design, and it isin a fair way of accomplishment, is to unify all the temperance forces of the country. Per- sons not in sympathy with the third party movement may, it is claimed by the pro- moters of the plan, join the National Amendment Club withour the siightest sacrifice ot party interest. He pledges himself to work for the conversion of the prohibition question inco a National measure, but to work toward that end by individual rather thau party methods. The club aims to use all legitimate means, except through political channels, to se- cure an amendment to the National con- stitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liguors. The unification of all working forces in the temperance field. including the Prohi- bition party, is the chief aim of the organ- zation. The plan is as broad as the land itself, as it embraces all its States and Ter- ritories. It is expected by its advocates to expedite the coming of a National prohib- itory law, whose ultimate enactment they profess to not for a moment doubt. General Bidwell and other Californians prominent in the Prohibition party, and outside it, have given their hearty indorse- ment to the plan, and inquiries concerning it are daily coming from the East. The Bacon Printing Company. In the report of the interview with Mr. Agar, president of the Bacon Printing Company, yes- terday, he was made to say that the monthly installment of $150 “in_addition to the run- ning expenses of the business, had had to be left unpaid.” Exactly the reverse was true, ns this payvment being met together with the running expenses was one cause of the firm’s embarrassment. e M SR She Was Not Superstitious. @ A lady attending the auction sale of jewelry at Hammersmith & Field’s place on Sutter street yesterday defied the superstitions which hold Friday to be an uniucky day, thirteen to be an unlucky number and the opal an un- tucky gem. She bought on Friday, the thir- teenth day of the month an opal ring for which she paid $13 NEW TO-DAY. WEAK ORGANS! Eaison’s Eelt and Vitalizer Beatores Weak KA Organs. F YOUR POWER SEEMS TO BE DIMINISH- ing, if you have any unnatural discharge, if you e Rheumatism, Kidney, Bladder or Urinary trouble, if you are becoming unfitted for marriage or business, remember we guarantee it to cure 10ss of vitality in young, middie-aged and old_men or money refunded. Dr. Edison’s_Electric Vitalizer given free. Send for circular. For sale by GEO. DAHLBENDER & CO., Druggists, 14 n Francisco, Cal NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. POULTRY EOW California State Pouliry Assn., MECHANICS’ PAVILION, December 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Day Admission, 50c; Evening, 25c. NOW ON EXHIBITION THE CALIFORNIA VENUS ‘The most magnificent marble statue ever exhibitel in America, DIRECT FROM CARRARA, ITALY. No. 18 POST STRERET. ADMISSION, 25c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). DE WOLF HOPPER and His Merry Comp'y Matinee To-day at 2,“DR. SYNTAX."” To-night, “WANG” (Farewell Performance). GRAND ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL A ——OF THE—— NORDEUTSCHER VEREIN, At SARATOGA HALL, 814 Geary St., SATURDAY, Dec. 14, 1895. Grand march at § P. M. sharp. Maskers only admitted to the floor before 12 'elock. Costumes at reduced rates at M. Schafer's, 34 Third street, or at the hall on the night of the ball, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, Lo Gheatee, FRICOLANOLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LE33E3 AD MAAGERS - 2 | ASSURED GREAT TO- HOUSES DAY! Everybody Wants to Sce “CLEOPATRA!” The Beautiful Spectacle. Gorgeous Scenery and Costumes. LILLIAN LEWIS and Star Cast. MONDAY N T-SOUVENIR NIGHT! MR. DANIEL SULLY in L DAY IN JUNE.” DWYE {AL RAYMAN N Ano Co, INCORP'D mEATRE { PROPS. 1st Grand Matines To-Day at 2! Tolidh, RiCE’S BIG Sunday “14921” Night And ‘ Including the Original KILANYI LIVING PICTURES, N(“t The Great BESSIE BONEHILL, The Wondersul Week. RICHARD HARLOW. (ALIRoRA Robert DOW NING: SUPPORTED BY- A Large and Powerful Comonanv. Matinee To-day To-night. Sunday Nig Ak HAYMAN ©Co. INCORPD PRCPS. Last Performances Next Week— Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Nights and Saturday Matinee, “HE Thursday, “Damon and Pythias" night, “The Gladiator. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P. ——GRAND DOUBLE BILL!—— LORD AHD LAD@NLTG DOUGLAS “AN HONEST GIRL” AND—— “LITTLE JOXEIN Ii” MATINEE PRICES—10g, 15¢, 25c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 502. Monday—Special Engagement of JOHN E. McWADE in *>TREETS OF NEW YORK.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE 3iBS. ERNESTINE KRELING FTOPriotor & sanagas EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK. Millocker's Romantic Opera, “THEBEGGAR STUDENT " Presented in a Careful Manner. T WEEK Von Suppe’s Famous Military Opera, CPFATINITZA Y — Reappearance of ALICE CARLE as Vladimir. LOOK OUT FOR «IXION!”" The Most Gorgeous Holiday Spectac E‘ver Offered. g b Popular Prices—25c and 50¢. ORPHEUM O'Farrell Street, Between Stock:on and Povall. MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), DEC. 14. Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 10c; Children. any pari, 10c. A GREAT ALL-STAR BILL! HILL AND HULL, CLOTILDE ANTONIO, PHOITE-PINAUD TROUPE —AND OUR— UNRIVALED STELLAR COMPANY .MOROSCO‘S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. ‘The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS FUENING AT FIGHT. America’s Representative Player and Playwright, MILTON NOBLES, And the Charming Tngenwe, DOLILIE NOBLES, 1n the Beautiful Pastoral Play, “A SON OF THESPIS I” EVENTN® PRICES—26c and 5. Family Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday and Sunday. SHOOT THE CHUTES =——ON — Haight St., near the Park TWO BALLOOXS T0-YORROW! PROF. MARKEBERG AT 12 And ROBERT EARLSTON AT 3:30. OPEN TO-DAY AT 1.—SUNDAY AT 11 ——CONCERTS AT 2 AND 8 P. M.—— ADMISSION 10 CENTS. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). -~ o FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacific trains at Third and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 ». M. | Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-sireet electric line direct to track. A. B, SPECKELS, W.S. LEAKE, President. Secretarr, \