The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, i)ECEMBER 18, 1895. Big ~1492." Helena.” ay in June.” or Revenue Only.” ets of New York.” (OAKLAND) — Herr- o ¢ at Halght stree! ock cast of the " & Pac1Fic Coa AUCTION SALES. Y INDIANA AvcTioN Co.—This day (Wednes- , Japanese Art Curios, at 22 Geary street, & Co. Sutter stre H. UMBSEN & Co.—Real Estate, Saturda, o'clock noon at salesroom, 14 , 8t T:30 P BY G keepers were arrested Sciences has nominated arr Joi ent of that body. Commissioner Cole is in favor of 1 brick for the Union depot at the fe nior class of the Dental College has wer amiro, at Ingleside yesterday Time, Libertine, Ra leave for Pan- last trip as & contemplating the scale of prices for 1 transfer com- the ettention of Hope is preparing t ifor the benetit of Golden Gate novel en ilejo Home fc her purse, con- pocket at the predicts -‘partly as likely to d, having been tafire. v that clerg most inve > library- supe men ndge Wallace archite He will ma oung n. ance at the Colu -vear-olds from ere sold last price being \ Fook was indicted by rday for having t the hearing of argu Howell case the evidence is all in, and t of counsel will commence to-day. ted Stat District egin his address to th man at 4 mother haa deserted it and i Chief Crow to the necded agre ension liam F. Gov 1 before Judg & charge o As he prom 0 a month ympanies met yesterday and of & new constitu- ‘hese will be 1 & few excep- ¢ morning. It will event- action_in Mayor Sutro having made arrange- ical picte eview department of last Sunday wes from the lsst Lark, published 1 Doxey. The clever drawing was irom the of Gellett Burgess. nt Loop of the Veterans of the Mexi- »n will leave for Monterey re for agrand celebration 7 of the raising of the American flag by »dore Sloat fifty years ago. The Walkerley will case was partly argued in the 1 1 States Court " yesterda ) setion of the English Leirs to ¢ g ¢ performance of the trust which the State Supreme Court said was void. The Park Commissioners convened yesterday and awarded the contract for brickwork on rk museum extension to Thomas Butler. ntrect for the iron roof of the building was awarded to the Pacific Rolling Mills. John 7. O'Brien, who was arrested last Thurs- 1e charge of robbing John F. Ryan, had onal charge of grand larceny enfered ighit for stenling a gold watch land on Harsison street. Angeles Consoli- to-morrow, the al skit which appeare William Ro The complaint in the L ated Railway suit to be f text of which is exclusiv THE CALL, characterizes President Sherman as & fraudulent financial operator in the superla- tive degr Two more policemen were sworn in b sterday, completing the 1 y-four men required. They are Edw Chap ars of age, born in San Fran- cisco, engineer, and Richard H. Beamer, 25, Missouri, gripman. Chief of the ward ed its rates 5 and $7 50, . to take first and second class r ffect December 30. The ¢ ion with the Portland steamer company, hich will not raise rates at present. informations have been filed n John E. Lane and Leon D. them with indecent practices of the testimony taken in the There are four informations against Lane, two for rape and two for assault 10 repe, and there are two against Myer, onc on each of the charges mentioned. The will of James Haskins has been admitted to provate, and the contest which was immi- nent has been declared off. The will admitted is the second of quite a series and is written on &n old box. It leavesall of the estate, ,000, to the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth The contestants were -the nephews, based on fraud, forgery of mind. Haskins, and their contest was and unsoundne: The case of W. H. l\lm’ih{] against Charles F. Curry, the County Clerk, has been wound up by Judge Scawell’s decision rendered yester- da He withdrew his ruling sustaining ine answer to the affidavitof complaint, and has susteined a demurrer to the aflidavit itself. He has also dism:ssed the writ of mandate prayed for. This case was important because it in- voived the validity of the fee bill. A monster affidavit of Railroad Commissioner Stanton was filed by Attorney-General Fitzger- ald yesterday with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court in the Southern Pacific injunction suit. It presented exhibits of all the articles of incorporation and consolidation of the component parts of the Southern Pacific £ystem to show that they were creatures of the State and that the Sonthern Pacitic is there- fore subject to State regulation. To-morrow | THE WASHTENAW'S EXIT, With the Everett and Progreso She Will Leave the Pan- ama Route. DEATH OF THE OPPOSITION. Three Atlantic Liners, the City of Para, Columbia and Newport, Will Come Here. | The steamer Washtenaw, which sails | for the isthmus, is the last of the Panama | Railroad boa The whaleback City of Everet: and steamer Pr southern coast, will return to San Fran- d for insubordination and may | 9 engine and four ngene West for the | f Addie Gil- | for Janu- | _ Attorney | is published in | i ciscoand discharge cargoes, and the line of | opposition freightboats that promised so | much for the shippers of Francisco | will_have passed away. This will leave | the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, in- | cidentally the Southern Pacific Railroad | this morning from Lombard-street wharf | s0, now on the | | | | accomplished fact it is proposed to ask the Secretary of the Navy to send some of the warships to Monterey, where there are two orthree of the war vessels in use fiity years ago, 8o _as to give visitors a practical illustration of the progress of our navy. TESTIMONY FINISHED. Arguments in the Suit of Fox Against the Hale & Norcross Set for January. The taking of testimony in the big min- ing suit of Fox vs.the Hale & Norcross was finished in Superior Department 4 yes- terday afternoon, and Judge Hebbard set January 27 for hearing the argument. The morning session opened with the continuation of the cross-examinaticn of Louis Janin, an expert for the defense. He stated that the sampies paid 90 to 95 ver cent of the value of the ore. F. L. Wildes, for the defense, explained the shipment of one let of ore which be had testified to on the previous day. He thought it was credited to the Comstock Milling and Mining Company. He stated that the Bullion Exchange Bank handled all the bullion deposited in the name of Peters, Brown & Bryson, and described how the Comstock Milling & Mining Com- pany paid its men in checks on the bank. The defendants then resied and H. W. Tangerman was called by the plaintiff in rebuttal for the purpose of showing the | feeling in Virginia City against the witness c of his testimony. He stated that ew that an attempt had been made to boycott him. But the objection of At- DENTAL COLLEGE SCHISM The Male Contingent of the Jun- jor Class May Be ° Expelled. ACTION OF THE PROFESSORS. ! Dr. W. F. Sharp Predicts Peaee,‘ but the Students Prophesy Pro- tracted War. The faculty of the State Dental College will consider, at its meeting in the Dono- | hoe building to-morrow evening, the ques- | tion of the reinstatement or expulsion of | the junior class. If an apology from the class to Dr. W. F. §harp, one of the in- structors, is not forthcoming, the decision is likely to be that the fifty young men must go. The trouble arose Friday evening, when two young men of pugilistic tendencies undertook to settle a vexed question by | THE STEAMER WASHTENAW, WHICH WILL SAIL TO-DAY WITH THE LAST PACIFiC-PANAMA RAILROAD CARGO. — o sl S S T the Mexican and Central American coasts, as well as the throug stern busine | Late dispatches indicate that Huntington’s steamers are to inv 2 Pacific South American coast also, into which waters those neversailed. For the purpose of covering all these routes the Pacific Mail will send three of its Atlantic liners to the Pacific—the City Para, the Columbia and the Newport. was built for the trans-isthmus in , and ran for a long time w York and Aspinwall. She ably take the place of the Zealandia, lately chartered by the Pacific Mail Company, | unless that corporation intends to push the northern comveting lines and drive off the tramp boats from the southern waters— Mr. Par. two little jobs long considered easy and contemplated by Mr. Huntington. % The Newport is an 1800-ton_vessel, built a stanch, comfortable ves- pick of the three steamers is . launched in 1892, Her reg- E 8 tons, and she is a fast, finely | equipped boat. These are the three v e the place of the W Everett and Progreso. |upon her return from linto the northern coal-carrying trade. | This vessel was the steamer that made a memorable trip through the Straits of Magellan, arriving here last July with a | cargo of steel rails for the Valley Tail | She ran aground in the straits, and w | ported lost, but came safely into port with | her valuable cargo. She then went on to the Panama route until the agreement between the Panama | Railroad and Pac Mail starts her off | again looking for a job. The Progresois a { natural born tramp and will not feel her | misfortune,but the whuleback Everett with her immense freight v, her heav | list of officers and crew must have work. he will in all probal return to the Sound and take coal cargoes. QUITE A CLEVER STEAL ?A Shrewd Piece of Sleight-of- Hand Work Accom- plished. ssels that are to The Washtenaw, Panama, will 20 The Pedestrians on the Street Not Aware of the Daring Per- formance. A clever piece of daylight robbery oc- curred yesterday afternoon on Market | street. It appears that about 2 o’clock five cases of leather goods were deposited in front of J. K. Cooper & Co.’s book and stationery store. When an employe ap- peired to unpack the goods he found that one of the cases had been opened and part of the contents extracted. Teast valuable of the stock. All the other | cases contained a valuabie consignment of | purses of the finest leather mounted in | | elai orate gold and silver. imported es- pecially for the hohday trade. So tar | there is not the siightest clew to the per- | petrator of the theft. FIFTY YEARS AGO. Proposed Celebration at Monterey of the Raising of the American Flag by Commodore Sloat. 8. J. Loop, president of the Veterans of the Mexican War Association, will leave for Monterey in a few days to ascertain how the people there feel on the matter of | holding a fiesta on July 4 to 7 inclusive. The veterans provose to celebrate on July 7 the fiftieth anniversary of the rais- ing of the American flag by Commodore Sloat at Monterey and taking possession of Califorma in the name of the United States. They intend to do everything pos- sible to make the occasion a memorable one, as it will probably be the iast grand demonstration they may expect to take art in. The railroad company has already con- sented in an informal way to make Jow rates from all points to Monterey. The Secretary of War and General Miles have been communicated with on the subject and are showing an interest in the propo- sition, and General Forsyth, commander of the local forces, will give all the assist- ance possible. If the proposition bids fair to become an In speaking of the aifair Mr. Cooper con- | gratulated himself that he had lost the | htenaw, City of | | | | | | | | | | | Company also, again in full possession of | torney Deal on behalf of the defendants to any further testimony on that subject was sustained by the court. Phil Seldner testitied as to Tangerman’s good character and reputation for veracity de the | gnd F. A. Pedlar testified to the same | effect. R. B. Mitchell, attorney, and J. F. boats have as vet | Folling also supported Tangerinan’srepu- | tation. Testimony of similar import was ad- duced from M. W. Fox, plaintiff. Mr. Fox said he had trusted Tangerman with large sums of money and always found his transactions honest. Mr. Tangerman was recalled by the plamtiff and gave a list of names of men who had expressed readiness to come to San Francisco to testify to his good char- acter, but he was unable to pay the ex- pense of their coming. The names pre- sented were: > H. 8. Beck, T. R. McGurr, M. F. Huffaker, J. Eckley, J. McKinnon, J. A. Conboye, H. Le: A. Lenhardt, J. A, Quirk, J. Bowen, J. P. Smith, Ed Yerrington, H. Fraser, D. Gunnison, Frank Higgi Rowe, Thomas Lanagan, A. Hancock. ALONG THE WATER FRONT, | Trouble Between the Sailor Boarding and Shipping Masters. Arrival of an Indian Policeman From Juneau—Probable Loss of the Lord Bressey. The trouble between the independent sailor boarding-house keepers and the old firms of shipping-masters is still burning along the water front, and poor Jack, as he is commonly known, looks on with his natural approbation of any kind of a row. The three old shipping firms in this port are those of Hunt, Douglass and Chandler & Wilson, and their opponents are the Independent Boarding-masters’ Associa- tion, at 10 Stevart street. Of course there is bitter war between them. The ship- | ping-masters extort blood-money from the sailors, a prerogative of shipping-masters in all American ports, and the boarding- masters do not, or at least they allege they do not. Douglass was arrested re- cently on a warrant sworn out before Com- missioner Gwin, charging him with ex- torting blood-money from saiiors whom he i shipped. His case came up before Com- oner Heacock Monday and was post- poned for one week. Complaints have also been sworn out Aagainst the captains of the British ships Province and Galena, charging them with having received $8 per man from the seamen they took aboard of their vessel. It was reported that Captain Wallace of the ship Aberfoyle was also to be arrested upen the same charge, but Martin Brun- son of the Boarding masters’ Association states that the report is incorrect, as his crew were shipped through the association and did not take a cent from the men. Jokn Williams, a full-blooded Alaska Indian and an officer in the Indian police force of Juneau, came down on the steamer City of Puebla yesterday. He is 26 years old and well educated, having attended the Alaska mission schools fiuring his childnood, and has been connected with the United States Marshal’s office in Jju- neau for several years. His official badge is a handsome ornament and quite unique. It is a silver American shield, with the words ‘“‘Indian Police” in raised letters across the striped portion, with the letters “U. 8.,” and a bow with cross arrows. Williams states that Alaska will soon send ten convicts to the California State prisons, three of whom were found guilty of murder and seven of selling: liguor to Indians. The British ship Lord Bressey, out 135 days from Hongkong to Puget Sound, is almost given up for lost. She belongs to the same firm as the Lord Spencer, which has been posted as missing. A dispatch from ILondon last night announces that the British ship Dum- barton, bounda from Newcastle, England, for San Francisco, was spoken in the | channel returning to London for repairs, having collided with another vessel. e Texas’ cotton crop is smaller than last year’s, but the total of all agricultural products is, in value, considerably greater. —————— WE wish to introduce our new toilet water, and to-morrow we will present to each pur- chaser in our perfumery department a bottle free. 8anborn, Vail & Co. > | fisticuffs during the progress of classin- | struction. Dr. Sharp resented this dis- | turbance and ordered the combatants to | withdraw. The measured footfalls of the relreating heroes of ti.e fray awoke a sense | of humor in the rest of the students, or the male contingent thereof, and there was a | chorus in imitation, sometimes -called “‘the devil’s tattoo.” The result was that the junior class, which sat in the rear of the hall, was dis- missed. The alleced dciscrimination in favor of the seniors, Dr. Sharp claims, | was slmE]y because the seniors were sit- | ting at the front and so under his eye. *‘There were students in both “classes who did not participate, I amn sure,” said he, “*but it was impossible to locate them. I regret that the innocent should suffer for the guilty in this case.” Before its dismissal Dr. Sharp an- nounced that the class was expected to appear for a quiz at noon “after hours” the following day. This it failed to do. The faculty determined that the perpe- trators of the breach of discipline must be punished. Accordingly it was arnounced Monday that the class was suspended. This, briefly, is Dr. Sharp’s story of the occurrence. Hethinks an apology is due him and will be made; but has entire con- fidence that justice will be done him as well as the class when the faculty makes its investigation, for both sides of the story will be heard. The doctor expressed regret that the mat- ter had been made public and said he was all concerned. *I had no intention of asking the inter- vention of the faculty,” he said, “‘but they considered that it came rightfully within their province.’” in speaking of the affair one of the students said: “Until September of this year the posi- tion of lecturer and demonstrator of me- chanical dentistry was held by Dr. Charles Boxton, a man fully qualified to hold the office and for whom the students had the highest regard. He was himself gradu- ated from the college in its first years. *‘At the beginning of the present term Dr. William F. Sharp, a young man who is associated with Dr. L. L. Dunbar, the dean of the college, was appointed to fill the position and Dr. Boxton was dis- | missed. This caused a feeling of regret and discontent among the students. “There was some comment in the press of the City at the time. Since then Dr. Sharp has not grown in favor with the students. He carried things with a nigh hand, so the students say, and wanted to impress those with whom he came in con- tact with_his official importance. “Last Friday the disturbance was caused by Student Hart reaebing for one of the turee frills that decorated the face of Student Husted, just back from the coun- try. Husted ‘smashed’ Hart and Hart landed on that side of Husted’s face where the whiskers don’t grow. They were ordered out, and it was then that the juniors began the tattoo. But Dr. Sharp and the students have been at war for come time. Monday week, during a lec- ture, they threw peas at him, and at all the lectures in fact the best of order does not always prevail. 2 “Now the students can neither operate nor attend lectures. They refuse to apolo- gize to Dr. Sharp because they see no reason why they sbould do so. They are willing, however, to apologize to the faculty. They say they will hold together and remain out. “‘There are fifty studentsin the classand the man who makes any overtures or offers an apology to Dr. Sharp will be considered atraitor. The fight promises to be a long and an interesting one.” PICKPOCKETS AT THE FERRY. Mrs. Larsen of Benicia Is Relieved of Her Well-Filled Purse. Pickpockets are, as usual, taking advan- tage of the crowds coming from the coun- try to the City to buy Christmas presents, and are haunting the ferry and relieving people of their well-filled purses. Detectives have been keeping a sharp eyeon well-known pickpockets, and asa result few reports of stolen purses have been received at police headquarters. Yesterday morning, however, Mrs. Lar- sen of Benicia arrived in the City. After she had boarded a car at the ferry she put her hard into her pocket for her purse and it was gone. It contained $48, which she intended to spend on Christmas presents. She made her way to police headquarters and reported her loss. ——— Pleaded the Pauper Act. Bridget Tierney hasbeen released from prison by writ of habeas corpus allowed by Judge Seawell. She was ordered to jail by Judge Coffey for refusing to turn over to James H. Long $1100 belonging to the estate of Marga- | Huntington to stay on his railroad. Hatch | give Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. all the | Huntington can be made to feel that the | Herald can make more money’ tied up to sure the result would prove satisfactory to_ ret Crichton, which he wai ;mbltlng. Mrs. Tierney claimed she had paid the money, but as she had nothing to show for it the order was made. She pleaded the pauper act before Judge Seawell, snd under her showing that shlv: was unable to pay the judge ordered her release. LUMBER IN THE STREET. The Supreme Court Decides That the Stacks of Boards Are Nuisances. The Supreme Court has affirmed the de- cision of the courts of San Jose awarding $15,000 damages to Elizabeth Jones and her husband for injuries received because of the neglect of the Santa Clara Mill and Lumber Company. The plaintiffs were passing up a street where the defendant company had piled a lot of lumber and in order to pass they had to drive out by a car track in the mid- dle of thestreet. When they got opposite the end of the pile they saw several more behind it, and while they were trying to extricate themselves a train came along and wrecked the buggy. Both Mrs. Jones and her husband were badly hurt. They sued for damages, and the jury awarded them §15,000. ’% ig verdict the Supreme Court upholds on the ground of negligence on the part of the defendant in maintaln- ing the piles of lumber in the street. IN FAVOR OF JORDAN. The Regular Ticket of the Academy of Sciences. The official ticket for the ensuing year has been put in the field by the Academy of Sciences. Dr. H.W. Harkness, who has wielded the gavel the past eight years, has concluded to relinquish it, and in all probability David Starr Jordan will take it up. The nominating committee recom- mended the election of the following: For president. David Starr Jordan; first vice- resident, W. E. Ritter; second vice-president, . G. Cooper; corresponding secretary, J. H. Hittell; recording secretary, G. P. Rixford; treasurer, L. H. Foote; librarian, Carlos Troye director of museum, J. Z. Davis; trustees, W. C. Burnett, Charles F. Crocker, H.W. Hark- ness, W. S. Keves, George C. Perkins, George W. Stewart and W. S. Chapman. The report of the committee was adopted, although there were some dis- senting votes. The election will take place on the 6th of next month. THE THREE-STEAMER WAR Vallejoites Confer With the Own- ers of the Opposing Boats., All Are Agreeable Except Mr. Hunt. ington, Who Makes a Char- acteristic Request. The people of Vallejo are trying to ad- just the three-cornered transportation war now in pregress between the steamers Sunol, Monticello and Herald, or, to deal in personalities, Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. of San Francisco, Hatch Brothers of Seattle and C. P. Huntington of New York. Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. want Hatch Brothers to carry passengers only and Mr. Brothers are about haif-way willing to freight the Sunol can haul, proviaing Mr. the Southern Pacific wharf than taking people to Vallejo at two bits a head. Mr. Huntington only wants his two compet- itors to take their boats and get off the earth. But that is characteristic of Mr. Hunt- ington of New York, and nobody is sur- prised. The fact that his trains take peo- Jle to and from Vallejo at $1 apiece and }us steamer was put on to catch the very small overflow from opposition boats at 25 cents apiece is in keeping with Mr. Hunt- ington's dogma, maxim, principle, that the world is his to have and to hold and to comb with a very fine-toothed comb. All that is an old if not another story. The people of Vallejo who have seen op- positions to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company spring up, flourish apace and pass away are anxious that the proprietors of the Sunol and Monticello settle their differences and run their boats 1n brotherly love. Soacommittee of the merchants of the navy-yard town—James Brownlie, V. V. Harrier and Theo F. Burnham— first addressed a communication to Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co., then to Hatch Brothers, asking under what conditions they would take the freight and let the passengers go by the board; also a note to Hatch Brothers with a vice versa proposi- tion. Then in the simplicity of their good souls they wrote to Mr. Huntington. The first two firms were willing enough to come to some amicable agreement whereby the ‘Vallejoites could get to San Francisco and home again without paying an_enforced tribute to the Southern Pacific Railroad. | However, they were disposed to spar a little for an opening, not viciously, but as becomes men of business. -The Sunol peo- ple thought the Monticello men, being “squatters,”” as it were, on their old freight business, should be first surpiicated to re- cede. Hatch Brothers wanted something Iike a guarantee—not exactly a guarantee, but something that would protect their passenger traffic. Mr. Huntington promptly filed his an- swer and that answer was again character- istic of Mr. Huntington. When Mr. Hunt- ington is not himself he is nothing else. His dictum was that the Sunol get off the bay and her owners go back to the schooner business, and the Monticello take the Hatch brothers apoard and go back to Seattle. Then be swore that he would bring Brownlie Harrier, Burnham and the rest to his railroad ticket window if he had to put half of the Pacific Mail steamships on the Vallejo route. So here the three-corner transportation war stands, and the Sunol, Herald and Monticello continue to ruffle the bay with their angry wheels. e BAD PRINCE NICOTINE. His Highness Will Be Tried by Golden Gate Band of Hope. An entertainment will be given under the auspices of the Golden Gate Band of Hope and for the joint benefit of that or- ganization and the Vallejo Home for Or- phans, at Mozart Hall on the 30th inst. There will be a trial of Prince Nicotine, who will be impersonated by Fred Palm- quist. Juage Robert Thompson will pre- side and Attorney E. ©. Ferguson appear for the plaintiff and J. Q. Adams for the defendant. Mrs. S. W. Carrigan will act as clerk of the court, Miss Flossie Collins ioreman of the jury and Jans Nelson Sheriff. The witnesses will be children from the Band of Hope, and a number suf- ficient to make up a jury will be taken from that organization. BASLER ACQUITTED. He Was Charged With Throwing Vitriol at His Wife. The wife of Charles Basler, a rancher in Tehama County, swore out a warrant for his arrest about two years ago on the charge of throwing vitriol at her while she was leaving Morosco's with a friend. Bas- ler left the City and returned five or six weeks ago and the warrant was served upon him. The case has been before Judge Camp- bell for several days and yesterday the Judge dismissed it on the ground that there was no evidence to sustain the charge. Basler says he will now institute pro- ceedings for divorce against his wife on the ground of infidelity. Sl ngieas s $100,000 worth of books to be closed out by the end of the year. Retail and at auction. 747 Market street. - COLONEL MOSBY RETURNS The Ex-Confederate Leader Had a Hard Struggle With the Appendicitis. - HE IS YET PALE AND THIN. The Success of the Republicans He Says Is Sure—Wants Walker for Vice-President, Colonel John 8. Mosby, the noted ex- guerrilla leader, and ex-Minister to China, who has been absent from this City at his old home in Virginia since October last, re- turned here yesterday. The colonel during his absence had a hard struggle for his life. Astold in a special dispatch in THE CALL at the time, he was stricken with appendicitis and for much of the time during four weeks that he was in bed his friends despaired of his recovery. “I had been visiting at my old home in Warrenton, Va., where I used to practice lgw,” said he, *‘and I thought I would like to go to the vicinity of Salem, lately called Marshall, in honor of Chief Justice Marshall, who used to have a large estate there. That was the scene of many of my raids, and where I finally disbanded my men. That occurred thirty years ago, ana I had never seen the place since and I had been seventcen years absent from Vir- ginia, seven of which were spent. in China. “We took a buggy and drove there. I knew the exact spot by an old bara which yet remained. While I stood musing on the strange things that had occurred in those times and since I began to feel some- what ill. At sul])per time the illness was very decided. took to my bed and was down four weeks. My friends nearly all believéd that I was to die and havea dramatic ending st the place which had been the scene of my raids thirty years before. Luckily the physicians were able to cure me medicinally, and thus I es- caped a surgical operation. “I am convinced the Republican party will win easily in the next National cam- paign. If I had my say I would have a Southern man on_the ticket for Vice- President and a Northern man for Presi- dent. Since the organization of the party both have been from the North, and it wouid be a graceful thing to concede the Vice-Presidency to the South. It would tend to nationalize things. “I would like to see General James A. Waiker of Virginia nominated for Vice- President. He is the only Republican in Congress from that State, and he comes from a district where there exist 500 colored voters. This shows his popularity. He succeeded General Stonewall Jackson in his command. “The interest in silver appears to have died out to some extent in the South, and es?ecialiy in Virginia. On account of the cold weather I was glad to get back, though all my children are there, and I of course rather disliked to leave them.” The colonel is looking a little thin and pale after his serious illness, but he hopes to be all right in a short time. UNDER THE STATE LAWS, Big Affidavit to Demonstrate California’s Right to Regu- late Rates. Mr. Fitzgerald Filed It for the Rail- road Commission to Offset the Federal Claims. The Railroad Commission has profited by the intervention proceedings of United States District Attorney Foote. Attorney-General Fitz erald sent a docu- ment yesterday to Clerk Costigan of the TUnited States Circuit Court for filing that, self-evidently, showed that the commis- sion was determined to offset the Federal Government's claims in the Sounthern Pacific’s injunction suit. The documentis in itself a demonstra- tion to the court that the railroad system Lere has been the creature of the State of California and is, therefore, subject to its power to regulate. It was a voluminous affidavit by Dr. James 1. Stanton, and consisted mostly of a pile of exhibits of the articles of incor- poration and consolidation of all the vari- ous railroad corporations which now con- stitute the Southern Pacific system in this State. The purpose of the doctor’s affidavit was piain, because it showed that all these different roads—and their name is legion— have been incorporated under the laws of the State of California and finally consoli- dated under its laws and are, of course, subject to State regulation. This, it is ex- ected, will meet the intervention of the ‘ederal Government. The document simply states when and how the roads were incorporated and con solidated, from the initiation of the orig- inal 8an Francisco and San Jose road in 1853 until the present time, and appends copies of all the articles and agreements ever filed with the Secretary of State. Copies were served upon Mr. Foote as the representative of the Government and ‘W. F. Herrin as the solicitor for the South- ern Pacific. —e.———— Appealed From Oregon. The case of G. W. Hunt vs. the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, involving a first mortgage of $50,000 in litigation, has been ap- pealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals from the Cireuit Court of the Oregon district. Hunt was the projector of a system ;!i r:l}’wlys through Centraland Eastern Wash- ngto NEW TO-DAY. Edison's Electrie Belt Vitalizer e Weak Organs. 5 YOUR POWER SEEMS TO BE DIMINISH. ing, if you have any unnatural discharge, if you have Rheumatism, Kidney, Bladder or Urinary trouble, if yoy 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 VRO, DAHLBRN DRI € 0O, Drugs 214 Kearny street, San Francisos, Cal MAYMAN &Co., |NCORPD PROPS. CALIFORRA: ROBERT DOWNING In His Magnificent “pectacular Pro- duction of \ iciorien Sardou’s Great Play, HELENA Damon and Pythias ..The G.adiator fur | GREAT HIT! [ Thursday Night Saturday Night. EXTRA. SALE OF SEATS OPENS TO-MORROW (Thurs- day) for MAY IR WIN et THE WIDOW JONES. First time here next Monday night. D“Yi [AL NAYTMAN Ao Co; INCORP'D MEATRE N\ PROPS. ONLY 11 NIGHTS MORE! RICH'S 66 5142 And Its Endless Features. Including The Original Kilanyi Living Pictures, The Great Bessie Bouehill, The Wonderful Richard Harlow. Every Evening, Including Sunday. Diatinees Saturday and Christmas Day. NEXT WEEK. 3rd and Last of 1402 Last Performance Saturday. Dec. 28. Seats Ready To-morrow for the last week ores ALCAZAR Wednesday “Pop” Matince To-day 2P. M. &~ Eiegant Christmas Cards, Value 10c to $8, presented to each Lady and Child. ICE-CREAM AND CAK Unrivaled Produ STREETS OF NEW YORK! Special Engagement of JOHN E. McWADE, The Ballad King. Matinee To-day, Saturday and Sunday. MATINEE PRICES—10c, 15¢, 25¢c. Night Prices—10c. 15¢, 25¢, 352, 3. Next Week—The Great BLACK CROOK. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE DiEs ERNESTING KRELING Propriewor & Managas ———THIS EVENINO— ONE WEEK ONLY! Von Suppe’s Military Opera, “FATINITZA!” o o el Reappearance of the Favorite Artiste, ALICE CARLE ——NEXT WEEK—— OUR HOLIDAY SPECTACLE! 5 (@3Nl The Most Gorgeous Scenic Display Ever Seen in This City. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ia{gheale 0] FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & (- L2355 ANDMANAGLRS - The Only New and Really Funny Play in the City, DANIEL SULLY’S A DAY IN JUNE Friday Afternoon—The Columbia The- ater School of Dramatic Art. Monday Next—DAINTY FANNY RICE, MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EV. AT EIGHT, POSITIVELY LAST WE+K OF America’s Representative Plaver and Playwright, MILTON NOBL.ES, And the Charming Ingenu-, DOLLIE NOBLES, In the Rollicking Comedy., ““FOR REVENUE ONLY” FVENING PRICES—250 and 5. Family Circle and Gallery. 102, Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunda¥- ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powall. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, OUR GREAT HARBINGER BILL FOR HOLIDAY WEEK! FRANX MOR.AIN, A Senaior at Large; EILI: and EXUILIL, G IR ANTO!: Last Week of This Famous Wire Perfermer. ANDERSE}?D SISTERS An Incomparable Specialty Comp’y Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c: Opera cnal and Box seats. 50c. P = MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). - ’Ng‘AT'l’_:'EE iT()-l)é\Y IAIT 2. 'o-ni 1, ursday and Friday E BERKMANN, THE GREATT "5 Secure Seats. Pri 25¢ to $i. WEATHER PERMITTING, SHOOTING THE CHUTES N —— HAIGHT ST.; NEAR THE PARK. CONCERTS DAILY AT 8 P. M. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. COLUMBIA BICYCLE-RIDING ACADEMY, 1970 Page Street, Near Stanyan, Park Entrance. The Most Elaborate and Complete Cyclery in America. Commodious indoor Riding and Instruction Hall, tully equipped and free from all obstructions. Luxurious Recention-rooms, Baths, Lockers, etc. Columbia and Hariford Bicycles and Tandems for Sale and Rent. Wheels taken on storage. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Benjamin C. Chapin at the Young Men's Chris- tian Association Auditorium, Mason and Ellis sts., Thursday Evening, Lec. 19,8 o'clock. _Admission, including reserved seat, 35 cents. Mr. Cnapin is d to be one of the finest Shakespearean readers before the public. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DA!LY. (RAIN OR SHINE. FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. 1. % ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 . x. Fare for round trip, inciuding admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, ‘W.S. LEAKE, President.