The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1895. AMUSEMENTS. EALDWIN THEATER.—Rice's' Blz *1492.” CALIFORNIA TREATER—* Helema.” €oLUMDIA THEATZR—“A Day in June.” R} ORGECO'S OPERA-HOU “For Revenue Only.” 71VOL1 OF) ¥A-HOUSE—“Fatinitzal Crrprov—High-Class Vandevi £TOVER'S A1CAZAR.—*Streets of New York.” MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND) — Herr- mann, the Great. £3COTTHE CHUTEs —Daily at Haight street, 1€ Llock east of the Park. TACIFIC CoAST JoCK K vr.—Races to-dsy. AUCTH SALES. BY INDIANA AvCTION Co.—Thls day (Tues- @ay), Jupanese Art and Curios, at 22 Geary street, L M. INDIANA AvcTioN Co.—This day (Tues- da~). F' 11 o'clock. & Co. This day (Tues- 98 Miarket street. street, at 2:30 and “Tuesday), Horses, avenue and Market « UMBSEN & C 2 o'cicek noon at salesroom, 14 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. e football team will arrive Thursday s of the Southern Pacific <l arnes is seriously ill and it is 10t recover. The §t. Vincent de Paul Society will consider two propositions to assist the needy. is on foot to effect & combination t s of the State. id of the Bovs' Brig- M. C. A. building, lle show is being arranged by the to be presented at the Columbis ¥ 20 -meeting in protest against the es isin se of arrangment s of the ¢ lie Woman's State Federation for the Public »d metat Y. M. C. A. auditorium yesterday rnoon and adopted by-laws. Methodist preachers passed a resolution yesterday appre n of the attitude of THE CAIL on the poolroom question. saston Dambrine, the steward of the steamer shte o aw, was Killes terday by falling n hatch of e vessel. ) Japanese wares is being pushed The people are becoming iay. eno, Our Me; The ¥ ggle, Last hor: Cha Lees was handed ch Re 2 rabbi’s robe yes- Schweitz Minne: Pricon, ma and_dete City morn- sent to the principals of uesting aid for the Sal- as been hool 1 giving the poor of this Citya Collier, a_ftraveling salesman 1g ecross Bartlert street yesterday T at an adjourned with, with Secretary 2lf of Leon R.Meyers, de- an_indecent a and Judge Campb ting on-street electric line ging to W, P. Fuller & attered its load wrecked oil over Fourth street. An autopsy yesterday showed that the death Mr {ever, at 723 Kearny of the woman, Mr sireet was du causes, and not caused by po as supposed. Louis Braverman, dealer in j Post stre forced into insoivency by & petition editors. His lia- bilities ure estimated at $225,000. Toe King. the Supervisor from the First Ward, Created p storm of merriment at yesterday's reeting of the board by his ludicrous attempt 10 posé &s & moralist and reformer. A snit full of sensations is to be brought in a to set eside the foreclosure and sale =" Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Ra1l- of the stockholder: the shipyards of ely to be called of an alleged attempt to reduce the ii ing the hours of labor. ¢ the Minnie Williams case in January. s the defense is now being prepared. es of rain to-night ing; generally fair {er portion of Tuesday,” is the forecast s weather issued by . H. Hammon. e for 1¢ -de The funeral of Charles Mayne took place from the P vesterday afternoon. It was Iargely attended by business-men, who were friends and associates of the deceased in Jife. Three more policemen were sworn in yester- by Chief Crowley: Isaac Tuchler, 26 years in San Francisco; David Murphy, Ireland; William Harrison, 33, San Fran- . Feldmean, the Englishman who threatened to.shell the City, swore out a warrant in Judge Conlan’s court for the arrestof Eva Starr, the ~ariety actress, for robbing him on Saturday night. “hief Crowley has William Jackman, John en and J. D..Bawman, Eills street com- mission pool brokers arreste They will have iheir hearing this morning before Judge Joechimson. he Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associ- ation has sent a letter to the Harbor Commis- tioners protesting against the use of any stone in the new ferry depot not taken from Califor- nia quarries. Rel: s of Mrs, Ida Levy yesterday told to Sceretaiy McComb of the Society for the Pre- Vention of Cruelty to Children & ead story of the woman’s experience during the period of her merried life. There is considerable dissatisfaction among the dairymen of San Francisco over the pro- yosed skim-milk ordinsnce. Many claim that dishohest milkmen will be given greater lati- tude than ever before. bastian Ramers, the son of a Guatemala tenter, who attempted suicide about ten da £z0, was taken from the City and County Hos- pital to the City Prison yesterday and booked on the charge of burglary. The Standard Oil Company has ordered forty tank cars from the East and issoon to enter the th Lusiness of selling petroleum as fuel on is coast. It is said to control the refinery for g illuminaling oil to be built at nt Fifteen members of the Art Association met at the Mark Hopkins Institute yesterday after- Toon end decided to eppointa committee to arranrements for the preparation of a Vortiolio of skeiches to be presented to Edward F. Searles. United States District Attorny Foote said vesterday that as Attorney George W. Mon- feith’s letter on the Huntington-Stone pass nffair had been addressed to the United States Attorney-General, he was not paying any at- tention 10 it. A number of the defendants in the suit of the Noe heirs to 'flin possession of the En_n Miguel tract of jand near the county line, have filed their answer to the Noe suits. They piead.that the action is barred by the statute of limitations. Chita Jackson, who played a in the Ware murder case by prominent part bringing into it the Story oOf a Imysterions woman, Was on trial’ for grand larceny before Judge Belcher yesterday. She was accused of Tobbing Samuel Jackson, & Klemath Falls Tarmer: anxious 1o see the sights of San Francisco, of $40. The jury disagreed. The defendant was iried under the alias of Emma Cleverly. nch Liquor Store, at 346 Third street, at | by & train and prob- | Jobert J. Woods says be will | Wise partnership be- | still asserts that | ave come to an agreement | | | | | | | | i | | | | | | ager Kruttschnitt, this coast, | next run is made by the second, fifth THE NEW TRACK-WALKERS How They Will Push and Pull Themselves Along on Tricycles. ALAS! THE ©POOR PUBLIC There Is No Way to Make the South- ern Pacific Properly Patrol Their Line of Tracks. Only a person who is constantly thrown into contact with the rollinz department can understand the struggle for existence through which the recently discharged em- ployes of the Southern Pacific are going. The company let out 581 men within the past ten days, and a batch to complete the | thousand will be listed and executed be- —Real Estate, Saturday, | tween now In no one ¢; the nature of x discharge, but simply as a lay-off”” on account of the lack of business. The men who are still to lose their po tions_will be notified that their services will not be required ‘‘until affairs pick up in a few months.” This being the case the men on the out- | side consider themselves as railroad men still, and hold themselves in readiness to resume work when called upon. In the meantime the Southern Pacific people are engaging men to take the place of those who, have been let out and in a short while they wil men at their service instead of one, as they had a year and a half ago, when they found tnemselves with a strike on their hands. The shopmen who have gone out as per order and who see their é\lucos filled by green men are chafing under the hardship on of the American Railway Union. This move on the part of Gen Kruttschnitt in bebalf of the 1 Pacific wis made, pre- e of economy. The of men up to date rep- resent the company charged men a: our places if it is parely on account of economy that we were let out?’’ As a matter of fact, where half a thou- sand men have been thrown out of em- “But why is it,” the di vloyment, one-third that number have Man- been engaged to take their places. ndoing this, sav thirds of the regular wag seif a contingent of workmen to fall back on in the event of trouble on his lines. This polic it certainly unex- 2 men let out more There isanother important change being made. Mr. Kruttschnitt has called off the wajority of track-walkers who heretofore patrolled the lines. It was the custom for the track-walkers to patrol a distance of about eight miles. Now, the section-nands must do this work themselves, covering a distance of forty miles, every fourth section along the re taking up the task on the first run. he ninth and thirteenth section, and so on until all the sections have a turn at the run. get familiarized h the track and their work must necessarily be slipshod, to the great discomfort of the veling public who stop to think of the additional c v take going over the Southern Pacific These new track-walkers cannot possibly cover forty miles each day inspecting th road without some mode of locomotion other than their legs, and so they have been furnished with tricycle car these they pump themselves quickly over their forty miles, going at a speed which allows of but little inspection of the track. The Government of the United Stat has established a law requiring the rail- roads to put a brakeman to every two cars on freight and passenger trains. The rail- roads do not comply with that law. To compel them to do it would necessite hun- dreds of Government inspectors to be ap- pointed. To compel the railroads to prop- erly patrol their tracks it would first be necessary to enact a law to that effect and then to appoint deputies to compel the railroad men to do the work. In other words the Government deputies them- seives would be the track-walkers In the meantime the public take more than the usual chances of accident when traveling over the lines of the Southern | Pacific Railroad of Kentucky. FEDERAL COURT CALENDAR. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. Met and adjourned until first Monday in Jan- uary. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. [McXenna, J.) Petition of Gardner & Thornley for review of a decision of the Board of General Apprais- ers; decision of the board aflirmed, United States vs. North Bloomfield Mining Compauy, motion of defendant to dismiss as 10 Defendant Meyers; granted. Argonaut Mining ' Company vs. Kennedy Mining and Milling Company;” motion for sur- vey; continued to the 23d. Atlantic Transier vs. Woedbridge Coal and Iron Company, order to show cause; continued 1o tue 30th. Meyers vs. Gaskill et al., motion to strike out enied. Clarke, etc., vs, Kohn; demurrer; dismissed. Argonaut Mining Company vs. Kennedy Mi ing and Milling Company ; order to show caus inued to the 23d s. San Jose Fruit Packing Company; motion for injunction; continued to the 23d.’ Truman vs. Carvill Manufacturing Company, motion for interlocutory decree, etc.; denied. McGorry vs. O’Connor et al., demurrer; ar- gued and submitted. Grover vs. Hunting et al.,; demurrer to sec- ond emended bill; continued to January 6. Truman vs. Carroll Manufacturing; to amend pleadings; argued and submitted. Edmunds, etc., vs. Nolan Bros. Shoe Com- pany; demurrer; argued and submitted. Meyers vs. Gaskill et al.; demurrer; contin- ued to the 23d. For to-day—Walkerley et al. vs. Barker, ete., 1 etal. In re petition of Grace & Co. Zan et al. vs. MacKenzie. Casebolt vs. Omnibus Cable Company. Bullion and Exchange Bank vs. Ottoet al. (11,942;. Buliion and Exchange Bank vs. Otto et al. (11,943). UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. [Morrow, J.] United States vs. Howell; on tri United State: . An 8ing; continued to Jan- uary 6. For to-day—United States vs. Howell; on trial. Specially set for jo-day—Hansen vs. Shooner, Centennisal, etc. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company vs. Bark Sharpshooter. e OF INTEREST TO SAILORS. An Important Question Raised in the Douglas *‘Crimping’’ Case. A question of considerable interest has arisen in connection with the case of James Douglas, the “crimp,” who was ar- rested on complaint of United States Com- missioner Gwin for unlawfully receiving money from seamen for finding them em- ployment. The case was partially heard by Com- missioner Heacock. Attorney Riordan demurred to the complaint on the ground that the ship upon which the men were to sail was not an American vessel. The act of 1872, he argued, applied only to Amer- bave two gangs of | will soon bring the matter to the at- | rly $1000 a day to I ‘other men are put in | mething entirely newon ! In this manner, the inspectors never | On | ican vessels, as was evidenced Dy its title, and it was for the protection of 'American seamen only. The five men were to have been_shipped by Douglas on the British ship Province. Mr. Riordan called the Commissioner’s attention to a decision in the Kzllum case, of United States Circuit Judge Wallace of New York, which held, first, that the law applied only to American seamen, and, second, that the remedy, the action.for penalty, should be a civil and not a crim- inal one. . Owing to the importance of the ques- tion, Commissioner Heacock took the mat- ter under advisement until next Monday. MRS. MEYER'S DEATH. An Autopsy Showed That It Was Not Due to Poisoning—She Was Much Married. By an antopsy held at the Morgue yes- terday the death of the wom an, Mrs. A. J. Meyer, at 723 Kearny street, was found to be due to a hemorrhage, and not to poison, as supposed. | After the body was removed to the Morgue Dr. Petit informed Deputy Coro- ner McCormick that there had been §60 in the room belonging to the deceased and that among her possessions was a gold watch. As the money and watch had dis- appeared, the matter was reported to De- | tective Anthony. During the morning a | negro albino named G. M. Cogar, who had | been living with the woman. came_to.the Morgue and turned over $12 to the deputy, | saying he had paid the woman’s bills with the remainder and had taken the watch lout of pawn. Detective Anthony took ! charge of Cogar, who is a minstrel, but last | evening he was let go and nothing of a criminal nature was found against hira. The woman had -a number of aliases, | among them Mrs. L. V. Cameron, Mrs. A. J. Meyer and Mrs. L. V. Bennett. She was the wife of Bennett until 1895, when she took a second husband in This was A. J. Meyer, on electrician, now living in Oakland.” She came to San Fran- cisco from Wisconsin, having become estranged from her parents because of her waywardness. | since committed suicide, once started her in business in a Geary street resort, near Central avenue. Adopts By-Laws for Its Conduct. | Encouraging Words Spoken Regarding the Work in Progress in | This City. The Woman’s State Federation for the | Public Good met at the Y. M. C. A. audi- torium yesterday afternoon and adopted | by-laws for the conduct of the organiza- tion. The matter of incorporation was | postponed for one week. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. D, J. Spencer, second vice-president, and the record kept by Mrs. Julia M. Brown, secretary. Nine of the societies in the federation | were represented in meeting by an ag- | gregate of twenty delezates Councils Nos. 1, 2, 11, 15. W. A. P.; Girls’ Training-school, yman’s Christian Temper- ance Uniou, Council No. 2, Daughters of Lib- erty; Woman’s Missionary Society of F Cumberland _Presbyterian’ Church, Pacific Coast Woman's P: Associatio; The Woman’s Press Association js anew- comer into the federation, responding by letter and five delegates—Mrs. Blessing Eyster, ance Perry Mathesoh, Mrs, k Florence Fuller Victor and Mrs. ster. Addresses were made by Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Oatman_on the objects of the federation. The ladies were enthu- siastic, and the delegates generally ex- pressed a feeling of encouragement. The | dividually and the federation asa body should be active in urgine women to take a deeper interest in the matters com- | ing within the scope of the organization, | | Disappointment was expressed at the ab- sence of Mrs. French, who, it was hoped, would have attended to express her views. The by meetings shall be held monthly at such time and place as the executive committee | shall appoint. The executive committee shall meet on the same dates one-half | bour earlier than the regular meetings. | Annual meetings will be held in April. Special meetings may be called by the | president or three members of the execu- | | tive commiitee upon written notice to all | members four days previous to the date of the meeting. The duties of the officers shall be the usual duties of officers of such organizations, The by-laws hold members to a strict ac- countability by declaring that absence from three consecutive meetings must be | satisfactorily explained or the organiza- tion of which such absentee is a delegate will be ed to name her successor. The executive committee is to be composed of flicers of the federation and three members. ates from one-fourth of the socie- ties represented in the federation shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the members of any committee shall consti- tute a quorum at a committee meeting. The federation shall not be auxiliary to | any organization except a National one | having the same ob}ecl!. These by-laws may be amended in like manner with the | constitution. | The meeting adjourned to Monday, De- cember 23, at 2 p. M. A Union for Reform. The San Francisco Union, an organiza- tion of women for the alleged object of doing home missionary work, heard last night through its president, Mrs. Agnes B. Shepherd, a report from the committee on advertising, that success had been partially accomplished before the Board of Super- encouragingly of the work of the union. She said that about §400 had been received to aid in the work of boycotting the news- papers, or words to that effect, that are not conducted according to the notions of these particular women. They will continue their committee work and have another general meeting at Metropolitan Temple in January. e OLYMPIC CLUB AFFAIRS, A Theatrical Entertainment and Bowl- ing Tournament. The Superintendent of the Olympic Club, W. J. Kennedy, was busy yesterday arranging details for an Olympic Club en- tertainment which will be held at one of the principal theaters in_the near future. The Ciub will be stron:ly represented in and vocalists of note will appear on this occasion. The bowling tournament opened last evening, but as it will not terminate until Saturday, a surmise as to who the winners will be couid not ve made from last even- ing’s play. There are, however, some very excellent bowlers among the contestants and it is thought that records made at past tournaments will be snowed under on this present occasion. e PoruLar works of fiction, history, travel, re- ligion, etc., at retail and by anction, to close consignment. The prices will surprise you. 747 Market street. . Camera Club Slide The members of the California Camera Club were treated, in the club’s rooms in the Academy of Science building, to & new set of 100 siides, received in exchange from the Omaba ciub, the Frankford (Pa.) club and tne club of St. Louis. These represented a variety of sceres in and aronnd Omana, the far norl, in Peunsylyania, in England and in Scotland. ————— STANDARD authors, Bibles, dictionaries, en- cyclopedias, ete., at auction-store, 747 Muk;ev. treet. San Jose. | A wine merchant, who has | fOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. The Woman's State Federation Nellic | sense of the meeting was that delegatesin- | ws adopted provide that the | visors. The president spoke later quite | talent as the boxers, wrestlers, gymnasts | ATTHE CITY PLAYHOUSES, Sardou’s “Helena” at the Califor- nia Proves an Artistic Treat. DAN SULLY AT THE COLUMBIA Melodrama at the Alcazar and Grand Opera-House—Other Attrac. tions. Victorien Sardou made a play especially suited to Mrs. Robert Downing’s talents when he constructed “Hetena,” which was produced for the first time in this City at the California Theater last night. The action of the drama is laid in medieva: Italy, when the factions were raging between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, Like most stories of that unbappy epoch, there are wars and rumors of wars, running all through the plot, but the real than that of the internal factions that rent Sienna, along with the rest of Italy, in the fourteenth century. QOrso, the chief of the Guelphs, a *‘base mechanic” sprung from the people, has ! presumed to publicly throw some flowers | into the balcony of Helena Saracini, sister of the chief of tne Ghivellines, the daughter of one of noblest fam- ilies in Sienna. The lady throws them back into his face with scorn, which so maddens Orso that he arouses his faction to arms, burns Helena’s palace while her brother is defending the ortress and humbles her in the dust. A few hours later Helena recognizes Orso by his voice as the man upon whom she had invoked the vengeance of her brother. | She stabs him herself and believing him to | be_dying relents and nurses him in her ruined palace, while her kinsmen are seeking him to slay him. As Helena Mrs. Downing has strong op- | portunities and she makes the most of them. KFrom the time she entered, in- sulted and brokenhearted, to cry for re- venge, till she died from poison, given her | by her brother to end her supposed disloyalty in sheltering her foe, Mrs.” Downing was always natural, | sincere and thoroughly artistic. She was | alw ers by a false or over-acted effect. She was 1lslena to the life—a nroud, gentle-hearted girl, who, maddened by insult strikes, | and, seeing her foe at her feet, relents, and lets her woman’s pity lead her to her own | undoing. | Mrs. Downing’s appearance was thor- | oughly in keeping with her role. She ;lu.fi;e.l girlish and majestic withal, and she knew how to wear her quaint medieval | gowns with grace, which is a good deal | more than can be said for every actress “\\‘ho dons such robes. As Orso Robert Downing had a role that did not | particularly commend him to the ; sympathies of the public, but his robust | style enabled him to play it realistically. | Edwin Terry was graceful and eflicient as | Helena’s brother, and the other parts were | well sustained, particularly that of a | messenger, which was played by B. | Wilhams. In spite of some of its brutal character- | istics ‘“‘Helena” is a strongly romantic and i3 real attraction depends, not 1e incidents, which crowd thick ana fast on one another, but on the human iu- terest which surrounds its heroine. not flag. The staging is excellent and has | the commendable characteristic of being painted from Italian models, for the scenes are true to the country represented. Taken altogether ‘‘Helena makes a strong addi- tion to the Downing repertoire. It will be repeated to-night. The Columbia. Daniel Sully is one of those high-class comedians who seem to be born rather | than formed to their art. As “Bernard | Bryan” in Dan Mason’s new comedy- | drama, **A Day in June,” he carried the Columbia by storm last night. The play approaches the melodrama in some parts, which gave Miss Kate Michelena, as Helen Farwell, a chance to acquit her- self with much distinction in the pathetic role of a deserted wife. The part of Mrs. Belle Dashington, & somewhat frisky widow angling for a hus- band, was ably portrayed by Miss Juiia Hanchett. Nor was the villain wanting in the person of Herschel Mayall, who made the part of George Farwell, alias Walling- ford, one of the most finished characters in the piece. Much of the comic interest was supplied by Robert L. Robinson as Erastus, the colored servant, while the subordinate characters were all ably per- sonated. Baldwin Theater. Rice's ‘1492 continues to be a decidedly | drawing attraction at the Baldwin Thea- ter. Bessie Bonebill introduced a new song last night about ‘“‘knickerbockers,” which proved a hit. Several of the other performers slightly varied their specialties, i “For Revenge Only,”’” which was pro- duced last night at the Grand Opera-house, is a clever skit on political campaigns. Milton Nobles, who is, of course, the star, around which the satellites, great and small, revolve, feigns to be a feporter, space writer and all-round champion liar. An idea of his methods of gathering news is given to the audience when, on being refused admittance to the house of Jefferson Potter, a candidate for office, he enters by the window and succeeds in gaining Mr. Potter’s confidence. The inter- view is very amusing. Potteris enraged at a dreadful “roast’’ which;Tom Knowall (Milton Nobles) ingenuously confesses to having ‘written in a morning paper. He tells Potter toread &nother paper, where he has been Jauding him to the skies. He finally persuades him to start a paper of his.own. During the campaign Knowall writes every one’s speeches. The house was thrown into profuse mer- riment by the appearance of Cornelia Sawin, vice-president of a female suffrage leagune; it might indeed have been the first appearance of the new woman, though A\Iiss Blanc played the part somewhat in- differently. Dollie Nobles was sprightly as Rose Merrywin, and the other parts were well sustained. At the Orpheum, ‘I'he new act at the Orpheum last night was that of Frank Moran, the ‘“‘Senator at Large.” This comedian, who wearsa cork- blacked face, amused his audience hugely with a sort of stump speech, into which he introduced many puns and wit- ticisms. He sometimes introduced a little dialogue, with the people in the front rows, which was also relished by the people in the end of the house. “What is marrisge?” asked the comedian. “A failure,” answered a voice from the audi- ence. Butthis was not right, Maran as- sured his hearers. Marriage was “a mat- ter o' money’’ (matrimony)—and puns | such as this brought him much applause. Agile little Clotilda Antonio continues to be a favorite on account of her skill in dancing on her hands. Among the other acts retained from last week are those of Hill and Hull, the grotesque marvels, Mile. Marthe Marthy, the eccentric voca ist, the Sisters Anderson, Gianto, the clever performer on the slack wire, the Freres Mathias, etc. At the Tivoli, Now that everything Russian seems to be in favor it seems hardly surprising that “TFatinitza" should attract a large and ap- igterest of *‘Helena” is a more human one | strong, but she never indulged in | canting, nor did she once jar on her hear- | i The acts are shortand the interest does | preciative audience at the Tivoli last night. Like all productions at this popular resort the piece was superbly mounted, while the orchestra had no small share in mak- ing the weil-known opera a success. Laura Miilard as the Princess gave her exacting, brilliant solos a most artistic rendering, while among the men Harris and Napoleoni, though old favorites, shone with a luster undimmed by the lapse of a decade. The gay combination of Turks, Russians, Bashi-Bazouks and ballet-girls is sure to have a most success- ful week. (T The Alcazar. Melodrama showed its power of attrac- tion at the opening performance of *‘The Streets ot New York” last night. Al- though the play is an old one, 1t seems to have improved with years. The stage set- tings were all that could be desired, while the characters were, in general, faithfully and ably sustained. Frank Armstrong as Baager, the clerk, made 2 charming hero, rough and even a little uncouth, as his part requires, but so natural as to call forth applause and tears apparently at will. Francis Powers as Gideon Bloodgood, the polished villain, did some excellent work, giving a really fine stage study of artistic hypocrisy "P to date. Among the female characters Miss May Noble as Alida Bloodgood and Miss Nellie Young as Lucy Fairweather were esve- cially deserving of notice. Perhaps the best scene in the piece was the arrest of Badger at the close of the second act, while the fire scene at the end of the fifth act was exceedingly effective. Between the second and third acts John E. McWade, the well-known baliad-singer, made a great hit. His first selection, “Tommy Atkins,” was warmly applauded, but hisrich barytone sounded to far greater advanrage in the old song, “Comrades,” which he rendered asanencore. On being recalled for the second time, he gave “We'd Better Bide a Wee.”” Mr. McWade will be remembered as having sung in “Pinafore” with Jessie Bartlett Davis, now of the Bostonians. MAYSTART A POOR FARM. Propositions That the St. Vincent de Paul Society Will Consider. A Temporary Home for Those in Need. What a Practical Charity Is Doing. The society St. Vincent de Paul has in contemplation the methods of assisting the deserving poor who are temporarily out of work. One is the securing of a large building in which those who are homeless may have shelter and com- fortable beds, and the other the establish- ment of a large farm on a plan similar to some conducted in England under the auspices of charitable institutions. The first of these propositions will be considered at a meeting to be held before the close of January next, and the other will be dizcussed at another meeting. “The idea,” said Rev. Father Hannigan | of the St. Vincent de Paul Society yes- | terday, *is to secure a large building in | which we could provide shelter for those ! who are without it, and in that way we | could relieve the distressed at much less | cost than under the present system. | Every morning we have calls from thirty | or forty, who ask for assistance in money I'to procure a bed or a meal, anc the deserv- | ing ones are assisted. Would this_be for those of the Catholic faith only? No, not at all; the St. Vincent de Paul Society does not know any religion in the dis- | tribution of its charity. Often people who are not of the Catholic faith appiy for as- | sistance, and about the first thing they say is, *Father, 1 am not a Catholic,” and they are told that the society does not want to know anything about their religion, that all it wants to know is whether the appli- cant is in need of assistance. ““The matter of establishing such a shel- ter has been considered for some time and it was to have been discussed at a meeting held last Thursday, but the disposition of other matters prevented us from reaching it. It will, however, be taken up at the next meeting. “The society has also under considera- tion a proposition to establish a large farm where those out of employment may find work, food ahd shelter. “Such have been in operation in some parts of England and they have proved very successful. Not only have those who have been sent there had plenty of food and_good shelter, but they have also earned fair wages. market is found for their products and what there is over the necessary expenses is paid to the workers as wages. Those who work on these farms can remain there as long as they desire and they are at lib- erty to go whenever they find anything that is to their liking. ““This is something that the society will look into and determine if such a farm can be established here, but that will not be done at once.” RUN OOHN B 0 ThAN Probable Fatal Accident at the Bartlett-Street Cross- ing. Robert 0. Collier, a Traveling Sales- man, Badly Injured and His Rig Smashed. Robert 0. Collier, traveling salesman for George W. Caswell & Co., 406 Sacramento street, met with what may provea fatal accident yesterday at the railroad crossing on Bartlett street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. He was driving in a buggy and attempted to cross the track in front of the incoming train from San Jose. The horse got frightened at the approaching cars and balked, and before the rig could be got out of the way the engine dashed into the buggy. Collier was dragged along about forty feet and thrown into the ditch at the side of the track, and the remains of the buggy were scattered here and there. The horse was untouched and ran away ata terrific pace, and has not since been heard of. Collier was picked up from the ditch un- consctous and was_carried into a stable close by. Dr. J. H. Campbell wassum- moned and did all he could for him till the patrol wagon arrived, when he was taken to the City ana County Hospital. He was badly cut about the head and severely bruised on the right side. Blood was oozing from his right ear and the doctors fear that he Las sustained a fracture of the skull, but they are not yet able to determine the full extent of his injuries. He was semi-conscious late last night and it is hoped that the injuries will prnvs not so serious as was at first antici- ated. p The injured man lives at 1724 Clay street, and his family were promptly notified of his misforiune. 5 Disastrous Failure! We can mention no failure more disastrous than that of physical cnergy. It involves the partial suspension of the digestive and assimilative pro- cesses, and entails the retirement from business of the liver and kidneys. Only through the good offices of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can the res- toration of Its former vigorous stutus be Loped for. When this aid has bien secured a resumption of activity In the stomach, liver and bowels may be relied upon. Tha Bitters conquers malaria and kidney troubles. NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” (icveland's BAKIN G POWDER. Made of pure crystal cream of tartar—a product of the grape and most wholesome. Alum, ammonia and phosphates are cheap substitutes for cream of tartar. No adulteration of any kind in ¢ Cleveland’s.” PAINTERS N TROUBLE, Prospects of a Call-Out at the Union Iron Works Ship- yards. A Reduction of Wages and an Increase of the Hours of Labor the Causes. \ It is likely that there will be trouble among the painters and employersat the Union Iron Works at the Potrero upon the matter of wages. A report was made at the meeting of the Painters and Dec- orators last evening that produced consid- erable excitement, and which resulted in the passage of a resolution that the union rules be enforced and that §2 50 shall be the wages for eight hours’ work and all overtime be charged for at the rate of time and a half. | The trouble seems to have been caused i by the Union Iron Works people attempt- ing to follow the example of a painting contractor named John G. Edmondson of 220 Brannan street. From statements made in the mecting it seemed that the contractor had been employing any and all kinds of painters to work upon the Pacific Mail steamships and upon t{w ships being painted in the Union Iron Works. This line required skiiled and unskilled painters. A while ago he took advantage of the NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, PROPS. ROBERT DOWNING ! A In His Magnificent Spectacnlar Pro- GREAT duction of Victorien Sardou's BIG Great Piay. HIT! HELENA Damon and Pythias ...The Giadiator NEXT WEEK———MAY IRWIN In “THE WIDOW JONES.” Thursday Night Saturday Night BW R Ano Co, Nm:oafl) HEATRE N\ PROPS. ONLY 12 NIGHTS MORE! RIEE 1 4D And Its Endless Features. Including The Original Kilanyi Living Pictures, The Great Bessie Bonehill, The Wonderful Richard Harlow. Every Evening, Inciuding Sunday. DMatinees Saturday and Christmas Day. | PRICDLANDER GOTTLOD & o+ LE3505 ANDRATAGERS -+ AGAIN | AND AGAIN AGAIN ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS ! DANIEL SULLY large number of applicants that daily hang around the works in the hope of obiaining employment and h2 began to hire painters | at $250 and work them nine hoursand | fifteen minutes a day. The Pacific Mail was paying him $325 per man per day, so that he made 75 cents | on every painter on the job. When the | Mail Company learned that he was making | so much on the work it reduced Lis rate to $3 per man, and Edmondson, so the report | went, met the cut by reducing the men’s | wages to $225 for nine hours and fifteen | minutes work. The men stood it, because | they realized that there were plenty out- | side of the gates to take their places if they | alked out. Besides, the union rules did | not deal so much with the wages as the | hours, and the small number of uzion | painters upon that class of work made resistance impracticable. ‘I'he painters at their meeting last even: ing, in_addition to foregoing statements, were informed that the Union Iron Works | people have undertaken to follow Edmond- i son’s example and cut the wages. Ed- | mondson is at present painting the steamer Colon, now being renovated and repaired at the Union Iron Works. When the foreman in the works saw how the contractor operated he made a similar effort with the painters at work upon the battieship Oregon and the barges that are being made for the Russian Government for the Siberian railway. Considerable of this work is of the frst class and cannot be done by men who are only fit for whitewashing chicken coops. As a rule most of the painters em- ployed thereon are artists in their ine and they demand $3 a day. The first break was made on Saturday night, when the men were paid off and | o found that they were receiving the same wages as Edmondson’s men for nine hours and fifteen minutes’ work. A few of the first-class painters threatened to quit un- less paid $3 a day for their services. Their protest was effective and they were paid in jull. The others accepted what was given | and went off grumbling, and last evening their statements were made to the union, and as said it caused much agitation and discussion. The result of the debate was | that the union men were instructed to de- mand $2 50 for eight hours’ work and time and a half for ail overtime. Many ot the members fear that this action will result in the union men being called out at the TUnion Iron Works within a few days. —— y SCHWEITZ SACRILEGE. Stole a Saleth From a Minne- The Forger Synagogue in apolis. Rev. P. H. Schwe! who was held to | answer before the Superior Court about ten days ago by Judge Joachimsen on four charges of forgery, and who professed that he was the victim of circumstances, turns out to be a greater hypocrite than was sup- posed. Schweitz used to take his meals before his arrest at the restaurant of Morris Ossosky, 1020 Folsom street. ago he sent for Ossosky and gave hima valuable silk robe worn by a rabbi to sell for him, so that he could have a few dollars. Ossosky took the robe and offered it for sale at one of the pawnshops. He was astonished when the pawnbroker showed him an advertisement in the Jewish Ga- zette, published in New York, which trans- lated reads as follows: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, My Brother and My People: A traveler who ‘was here during thelast holideys and who alro acted as reader on New Year's and Day of ‘Atonement on Sabenacles, came in our Syna- gogue, Keneseth Isrzel, 6nd after Sabanacles he stole my good saleth, with a good orna- ment (collar), and in the middle of the saleth there is also an embroidery and lined with 0od white silk. The saleth was sent from Europe. Maybe he has sold it, and I request 10 receive information about both the theft and the possibility of its return to me, or whether he has sold it. If not we will publish his name and more yet. We will follow him up everywhere, through all the papers; but when he sends it back I promise no one shall know, and there shall be peace between us. REV. A. H. SANAL The description in the advertisement of the saleth answered the one offered for sale by Ossosky, and when he remembered that Schweitz had Jeft Minneapolis in Oc- tober for this City he concluded that Schweitz was the thief. He took the robe to Captain Lees yesterday afternoon and the captain at once wrote Rev. A. H. Sanai, Minneapolis, asking for a fuller de- scription of the robe and of the traveler who stole it. It is worth about $100. Schweitz is considered by the police the most accomplished confidence operator that has ted the coast for years. His confidence operations included every rail- road in the East, the Southern Pacific here, W. BeDell, agentof the Pennsylvania road, Greenewald Brothers, the ticket agents, and a number of grocers and others. ——————— OUR entire second floor, 50x170, is filled with framed pictures, ease's, mirrors, lamps and A few days | And His Splendid Company Score a Hat in ‘A DAY IN JUNE Thursday at 2 P. M.—The Columbia Dramatic School of Art. MONDAY NEXT, DAINTY FANNY RICE ——IN— “NANCY AT THE FRENCH BALL.” GROVER’S ALCAZAR. SUPERB PRODUCTION OF STREETS OF NEW YORK! A Great Cast! New Faces! Special Engagement of JOHN E. McWADE, The Ballad King. | mmmi WEDYESPAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! Christmas Cards at Each Matinee. MATINEE PRICES—10c, 15¢, 25¢c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 59c. Monday—The Great BLACK CROOK. MOROSCO’S | GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Femily Theater in America. VALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVE POSITIVELY EIK OF America’s Representative Plaver and Playwright, MILTON NOBLIES, And the Gharming Ingenus, DOoOLILIE NOBLES, 1n the Rollicking Comedy, “FOR REVENUE ONLY” EYENTNG PR 25¢ and 503 Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MES. EXNESTINE KRELING Proprieior & Managss THIS EVENIN———— ONE WEEK ONLY! Von Suppe’s Military Opera, “FATINITZA!” R A A T I OGRY Reappearance of the Favorite Artiste, ALICE g, ——NEXT WEF » OUR HOLIDAY SPECTACLE! “ISTTON Y | The Most Gorgeous Scenic Display Ever Seen in This City. Popular Prices—25c and 50c¢. ORPHEUM. O'Fartell Street, Between Stockton and PowalL. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, OUR GREAT HARBINGER BILL FOR HOLIDAY WEEK! FRANK MORAIN, ‘A Senator at Large; HEIDLI and EULIL, GRANTO: Last Week of This Famous Wire Performer. ANDERSEN SISTERS ——AND—— An lncomparable‘Speclnlty Comp’y Reserved seats. 25¢; Balcony, 10c: Opera chales and Box seats, 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND: ). 4 Nights, Beginning TO-NIGHT. Matinee Weduesday. 1 HERRMANN, TH GREAT! | Secure Seats. Prices, 25¢ to $i. GET YOUR BLOOD CIRCULATING SHOOTING THE CHUTES HAIGHT ST., NEAR THE PARK. CONCERTS DAILY AT 2 AND 8 P. M. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) onyx tables, selected especiaily for the holiday trade. The public cordially invited to see this exribit, whether wishing to purchase or not. Ey.en evenings. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket st. * il oA Knocked Down by a Car. John Kalpf, carpenter, near the Six-Mile House, San Bruno road, while under the influ- ence of liquor last'wnight, staggered in front of a cable car at Eighteenth oy el and was knocked down. He had his nose broken and his scalp_torn. He was taken to the City and County Hospital. FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Towne send street Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 . a. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W. 8. LEAKE, President. Secretary.