The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1895. Widow Jones.” the French Ball :d the World xion; or, The Man of THEATET eveni 0sKLAND)—*Helen,” Daily at Halght strect ay (Mon- Seary street. Real Estate, Saturday, 1000 at salesroom, 14 gave a pleasant Christ- in Hall yesterday. th has received a permanent Congregational Church. s plaved & 7 to 7 ntral Park yesterday. or_the Fire Department They proved satisfac- h Institute « T tie orrison L Swift s i ke in Union-square Hall erde “The Social Movementand Edu- he weather predictions for to-day are: Fair; ATy temperature; light to fresh morth: s William Rader preached on “The Com- he Christ"” in the Third Congregational Church yesterday. rstof aseries of Sunday evening Ger- performances was given at 232 Turk last evening. Several of the German rifle clubs held their ntests for this season yesterday at the ell Mound range. A number of the Protestant churches ob- rved Christmas yesterday with special ser- es and decorations. Ihe handball courts were crowded vesterday 1.2 number of exciting and closely con- ted games were played. Blodes explained yesterday to a CALL r that his ladies’ poolroom was a hig! titution and run “square.” 1. Hovey and F. Poulter_of the Columbia d Rifle Club have this year broken the s ecord with the millitary rifie. has given his version of his re- nt trom the College of Dentistry. At time he roundly scores Dr. Dunbar . est is on between the Southern pany and all the other Western emigrant traflic from New York. scroll containing the “Book of the as consecrated by the Congregation ai David yesterday at 2131 Mission street. endent Murphy of the Golden Gate Park was bus for children’s aay, children’s n Morse won e at Ocean View Park orial service held in honor of the Club yesterday, was on went up ¥ he could not cut the fell with his balloon velopment and Good Bovy the subject of gn i ting le red by the Hon. James Kidney Hail last night. . A nment" Scottish >da. in ninetieth anpiversary of the Joseph Smith, and the Mormons the occasion by commemorative evening. Irish Na- d hi; sterday against Christian Endeavor up united prayers for the co G. Ingersoll. the *49 camy hgs been cc p that was in Golden ered with loam and ed with every variety s State. Mayor Sutro s that the Committee on Pa- cific Railroads named by Speaker Reed could not please the railroad company better had ington made the selection. fornia-street Methodist E school was held last evening to be shown the ed by the Olym- pics. Butte has challenged Reliance for an- fner game, to be played Saturday. ie teachers of the Normal School and the echnic High School are much perturbed uestion as to whether or not their hools will be allowed 1o remain in existence. L'y ed before the California nmortality as an ethical m. Jordan, Dr. Le Conte, Dr. Voor- T and Dr. Wendte wiil lecture in January. ce Crowley stated yesterday that were out for the arrest of pools en, and that the Police Department is possible, to run the business The Colombian Government, through its local Consul, Adolio Canel, will soon make a demand on the United States for Colonel J. H. Pennington. He is wanted at Bogota to answer & charge of bigamy. Irish Nationalists met at K. R.B. Hall yester- day afternoon and discussed the probability of war between the United States and England. They went on record as ready to enter the field at the first call for volunteers. Tughoat captains will not tow fishing boats &ny more. Owing to the carelessness of the fishermen accidents have been very frequent of late, so in oraer to avoid a fatality all the boats will have to sail into port. The American bark Topgallant had a peril- ons experience during ber voyage from Port Blakely. Heavy seas stove in her bows, the crew by ma%, mutinied and the deck- Toad and part of the eargo had to be jetisoned. A committee of the Board of Education {s in- vestigating the expense &s compared to the utilitv of the San Franeisco Normal School d Potytechnic High School. One of the in- ns may be abolished at the begining of t school year. P. Wilcomb, custodion of the park mu- C seum; has gone East to study museums in Chi- cago, New York and W ngton. M. H. de Young on his return from Europe will visit < Calcutta, China and Japan in search s for the park musenm. ankiyn, Milton Lev three messenger-boys off duty, were discovered Officers Leonard and Riordan engaged in exciting game of crusoe in Halieck street vesterday afternoon. The game was raided, and A. Roach, the officers taking the “pot” as evidence. Atiorney Nathan Frank, who represented o) A damag Adams & Co. in the suit he Southern Pac othing may with the jury which disag 1 {ght. Hepropases to investigate the matter and begin & new trial. The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club held its - f the season yesterday at the Shell 1 shooting range. In the evening the held a banguet at_Captain L. Siebe’s umber of beantiful and valuable ymedals were presented to the winners who made the best scores during the year. policemen Wrenn and Campbell arrested B onvicts, Morris, Hines and Scott, on tavyenue Friday afternoon. The men re- ed to give theif first names, their on were found two valuablz diamond Which are now in possession of Chief 1 be detained pending John ward, a clerk in Moran’s dry-goods was Tound in his room at 633 Geary itect yvesterdsy morning unconssious from *lle effeets of gas, which filled the apertment He ajed soon after. The gas had been tu , but there was nothing among his to indicate that Ward intended to destroy eli. He Iy in Australia. The ings of yalue in his efects were 20 and a little jewelry _— Catholic Ladies’ Aid. Donations of clothing, fuel and provis- jons will be thankfully received at St. % Nary's Church, corner of California and 0 by the members of the Aid Society, branch No. uesday, for Christiaas distribution 1o the peor. G.Thurman, under the auspices of in & balloon from | ure de- | { | | | | | | headed Tugboat Captains Will Not Tow the Fishing Boats Any More. CONSIDER THEM DANGEROUS. The Cruiser Philadelphia Is Short of Men and Will Not Get Away Readily. The towboat captains and the fishermen are on anything but a friendly footing just now. The former positively refuse to tow any of the fishing craft down the river or in from sea, and the fishermen curse them n the language of every country that borders on the Mediterranean. The trouble lies with the fishermen them- selves, and it is only a desire to save life and property that makes the towboat captains insist on the fishing-smacks keeping away from them. On Friday night last Captain Dan Haskell in the big tug Fearless was com- ing down from Port Costa with the British ship Oimara in tow. When off Antioch two fishing-boats attempted to “hook” the tug, but the captain yelled to them to sheer off. They failed to catch the steamer and a few minutes later they were under the bow of the Oimara. One of the boats was smashed to kindling wood and the other, which escaped, picked up the crew. Captain Haskell stopped his vesseland ran the risk of getting the tow- ing line into his propeller in order to see that everybody was rescued. Yesterday Captain Dan Thompson of the tug Monarch was towing a ship in from sea. One of the crab_fishermen at- tempted to hook the tug just as she was passing Fort Point. He yelled to the fish- erman telling him he would be swamped, but the latter paid no attention and made the attempt. He failed, and a few min- utes later was under the bow of the ship. In order to rescue him Captain Thompson had to make a half-circle and then put to sea again before he could get his tow for San Francisco. Inconsequence the superintendents of both towboat lines have 1ssued orders that in future no fish- ing boats are to be towed under any cir- cumstan ma Railway Company’s steamer Progreso got in from Panama after an un- eventful passage last Saturday night. The settlement between the Panama people and the Pacific Mail had evidently been | s expected, as there was a very light cargo of 1250 tons only a ting the Progreso. Just what will be done with the steamer is not known, but the chances are that she will go-into the coal trade. The steamer Walla Walla of the Pacifte- Coast Steamship Company’s lime arrived from Puget Sound yesterday. There were 119 passengers in the cabin and 71 in the steerage. it would have been hard to find anywh e ce else in the world. When they left Vie- | 1y at- | toria, B. C., snow wa a foot and a half deep on the weather. It was just cold enough to let them know the sun was shining, and it did not take the majority of them long to t their wraps off and indulge-in the luxury of a sunbath. The Walla Walla also brought 1900 tons of freight, and as soon as she was docked the work of dis- | charging began. The cruiser Philadelphia will remain in the stream for several days. She is,short thirty-four men and until they are she will_not proceed on her cruise. Flag Lieutenant Fox’s time ex- pires in a few days and he will be suc- ceeded by Lieutenant George M. Stoney. The time of Captain Cochrane of the marines also expires in a few weeks and the chances are that his successor will be appointed before the sailing of the war- ship. From here the Philadelphia will go to San Diego and thence to all the south- ern ports. Harbor Commissioner Chadbourne was very indignant yesterday over the manner in which the wharfingers between Mission ana Folsom street leave their territory on a Saturda “‘Messrs. Parsonsand Jlifford are like two farmers,” said he. “‘They drop their plow in the fall and expect to find it in the same place in the spring. Just Jook at those lumber wagons and piles of lumber they have left strewn from here to Folsom street. There’s a screw loose some- where, and I'll have to find out where it 1s.”” The chances are that Messrs. Parsons and Clifford will hear a good deal more about the me and its application to iumber and lumber wagons to-day REVOLUTION” IMPENDING, Socialists Discuss the Possibili- ties of an Industrial War. Morrison L Swift's Address on “The Social Movement and Edu- cation.” Mornson I. Swift spoke in Union-square Hall yesterday aiternoon on *‘The Social Movement and Education.” , His address was an exposition of present methods and systems in the educational field, and how seldom it was that the son of a wage- earner could avail himself of higher avenues of instruction. “This is an age of business,” he said, “and the business spirit tinges every branch of society, and those whose posi- tion in life is such as to compel them to work have no time to absorb education as it is now provided.” Much of Mr. Swift’s address was devoted to a criticism of the schools and the teachers and professors in them. Profes- sory. he said, were too genteel to form a trad es union and, therefore, had no refuge from the tyranny of those over them. As to colleges themselves he said: *‘The pres- tize of the college is gone. It is being found out by the people whose cause it has mocked so long, and that servile reverence in which the higher eaucation has been beld will die ont.” Continuing he said: Most of the educators are morbid specimens, because they sold their vitality for & mess of education. Every thought they have is mor- bid, and hence education is morbid and men- dacious. One should approach education, from the little to the large, with laughter. Educe- tion is & good clown, playing many sprightly pranks, but it is not quite so wise as the clown, for it takes itself seriously. Mr. Swift spoke of the educational sys- tems of the ancient Greek philosophers as being the ideals and the systems to which modern education must come. He said: The new education will make the individual far more seif-reliant and far more uncon- cerned. Individuelity will be greater and firmer than ever, but it will not be that bar- ren, separate individuality which has left its painful wound upon the world. The comin Individual will be far more than the past indi- vidual, for he will hold society in himself as a part of his substance instead of being its an- tagonist. How much more potent will he be than the old type of man whose hand is against everybody end every man’s hand is against him. His very realization of himself #11 Tie in bullding up others, because his con- veptions and mbitions will bé so large and in- clusive. In the discussion which foliowed Mr. ‘vam.'a address the possibilities of a great ground and when they | reached San Francisco they found ideal | | A more delighted set of people | i | 1 Open eyenings. 747 Market street. revolution in this country were spoken of. The opinion prevailed that such a revolu= tion 18 impending, and there was not time to educate the people to the means of pre- venting it without bloodshed. The speak- ers believed that the feeling against capi- talists was growing more bitter, and that unless the people were willing to adopt a new order of things quietly, the revolution must surely come. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. The Many Attractions That Are An- nounced for Presentation at the Theaters. To-night ““1492" will again be presented at the Baldwin Theater, entering upon its third week. This is the best proof that it is a performance suited to the tastes of the San Francisco theater-goers, for it is sel- dom that a play canrun beyond the second week. The different performers bave all become favorites. This evening May Irwin will open at the California Theater in “The Widow Jones,” represented to be the best farce-comedy written by J. J. McNally, who hasarecord of having written many amusing pieces | Miss Irwin will appear in | for the staye. the title role, and will be supported by a company of well-known vaudeville actors and actresses. Fanny Rice and. her company of T0 ENTERTAIN CHILDREN, Juveniles To Be the Guests of the Park Commission Next Thursday. IN THE AIR ON A BICYCLE.| | An Aeronaut Who Could Not Cut His Parachute Loose—Exciting Runaway. Thursday next will be children’s day in Golden Gate Park. On that day 5000 of the school chiidren of this City will be the guests of the Park Commissioners, Those who are employed in the chil- dren’s quarters were busy yesterday making preparations to receive and enter- tain the juvenile guests. loam and this winter will be set out with every variety of oak that grows in this State. During the afternoon a spirited horse that had broken away from a buggy, with the traces striking his heels, tore down the main drive at a two-twenty clip, caus- ing those in vehicles and on wheels to hug the sides of the drive. Then followed the park police with lariats, and crowds rode after the officers anxious to see how a run- away was captured. It was a stern chase for a half mile, when one of the officers tossed his line, caught the runaway and brought him to a standstill and then led him to police headquarters. The aunimals attracted considerable at- tention, many people watching the gam- bols of the deer and the antics of the kangaroo in_the deer glen, while those who cast their eyes in the direction of the buffalo paddock spent some time in view- ing the cassowary, that fighting bird that is ready to devour everything in sight ex- cept the buffaloes. ‘ifteen thousand people within the limits of the park and 7000 within the fence that surrounds the chutes witnessed the balloon ascension at a quarter after 4 in the afternoon. Robert Earlston, who, on the Sunday pre- vious, failed to go up into the clouds be- cause his balloon sprung a leak. Yester- | day his balloon fiiled well and, when all was ready, he mounted a bicycle that was | attached to the parachute. The intlated sphere rose perpendicularly to a height of | 3500 feet, Earlston the meanwhile working +In 1893,” said Superintendent Murphy | the pedals as if he were trying to make a T Tue (AsSowaRrY GOT HIS SHARE OF G090 Twinns THE KANGARND (CMES 1N FOR PLENTY OF unComPLIMENTARY STRANGE SCE S AND INCIDE REMARKS TS IN CHUTE RIDEy P i fgu?.,’__ iy GREAT NATURAL BEAUTY“TORE SEENINTHRE PARK - AND ABOUT THE PARK ON A b e MiDWINTER SUNDAY ABEAUTIFUL LANOING WAS MADE By THE AERONAUT. = BYTHE SA0 SEA WAVES AFTERNOON. comedians will present a new play at the 2 Columbia this evening, Itis entitled “‘At the French Ball,”” and is a musical come2y founded on a woman'’s desire to see life. It is said to be full of light, pleasing dialogue, and to contain much charming music. Miss Rice will assume the character of Nancy, who wants to move in the world. The management of the Alcazar will to- night offer that oft-produced spectacular vlay, “The Black Crook,” and the an- nouncement is made that it will be pre- sented with a number of new features and new ballets, one of which is entitled “Chimmy Fadden.” Leonard Grover Jr. ;\'ill appear gs Grippo, and will make much un. “Around the World in Eighty Days.” arranged for the stage from Jules Verne's popular story, is what the management of the Grand Opera-house will offer its patrons to-night. This spectacular melo- drama has been preparea with great atten- tion to details, and one of the features wlil be twelve magnificent tableaux. At the Tivoli Opera-house there will be presented to-night **Ixion, or the Man at the Wheel,” a classical burlesque that the management of this house has been sev- eral months in preparing. Alice Carle will take the part of Ixion. There will be some fine scenery, good music and elegant costumes. A dozen new faces will appear at the Orpheum Music-hall this evening to please the patrons of this ever-popular place of amusement, “The Fringe of Society's Holiday” will be presented by the Man- hattan comedy four,-Bernard Dyllyn, the barytone, will warble some of the latest songs, and Maud Huth will giveimitations of the colored *‘pusson,” The Macdonough in Oakland will open to-night with Robert Downing, who will present “Helena” in the same style that it was presented recently at the California. The favorable notices given of it will no doubt attract many of the people of Oak- land and vicinity to this theater. -————— A Benevolent Merchant. A leading merchant instructed Groom & Hagan, the hatters, 942 Market street, under Baldwin Hotel, to send each of his salesmen an order for a fine Youmans hat. He deems this an acceptable Christ- mas present. ————— Borromean Council Officers. Borromean Council No. 129, Young Men's Institute, has elected the following officers: President, Nicholas J. Hoey; first vice-presi- dent, R.J. Dowdall; second vice-president, P. F. Dillon; recording and corresponding secre- ll?, R. E. Fazackerley; financial secretary, G. F.Lynch; treasurer, C. R. Gagan; marshal, T. Gaffney; medical examiner, Dr. L. P. Ovied inside sentinel, T. McMahon; outside sentinel, T.J. Panzini. Executive committee—C. F. Cor- rigan, J. J. Corrigan and J. A. Gaffigan, ————— GoLp pensand pencils, silver and metal ink- stands, fancy blotters, paper and envelopes in retty boxes, hn? calendars in silver and leather, Bibles and prayer-books make appro- grinte and accentable Christmas presents. San- orn, Vail & Co. have them all in endless vari- ety and at reasonable ing during December. prices. Openevery even- e Christian Young Men. There was a good attendance at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall yesterday afternoon. Frank White of London, Eng., spoke on “A Man of Position,” saying that a man’s best ition was on the side of the right. He called n;mn all young men to climb down from the heights to which their pride had raised them and seek their God with humility and child-like confidence. The association will hold a reception for young men on New Year's di ———— HisToRY, fiction, art books; big consignment Closing out for account of our Eastern pub- lishers. Must get storage charges out of them. * of the children’s quarters, “when we ha@ mile in two minutes. Suddenly the bal- | | a free day for the little ones, we made | foon moved eastward and then was seen prepar ations for a greater number than | 10 descend. Tariston, who was to have came, antt we provided so liberally sand- | wiches, cookies, candies and the like that we were forced to'divide the surplus among the orphans in the different asylums. This year we will make provision for 5000 | children, and T believe that will be as many as will attend. The school children | will be allowed to ride free on the merry- | | ;drink. cookies, cake, sandwiches, | an immense audience that listene l | 1 come down by means of the para- chute, remainéd on his bike and came down with the whole outfit on the roof of a large dwelling at the cor- ner of Frederick streetand De Long avenue. The inmates of the house, who did not know anything of the descent of the bal- loon, were startled by noticine heavy blaci smoke that was escaping from the collapsed bag surrounding their building, concluded go-round, ride the donkeys and in the { that the house was on fire and turned in a goat-carts as long as the good-natured willing animals can stand it. The littl ones will have the use of the swings and be permitted to amuse themselves to their hearts’ content. “There will be a baseball game and a football game between a team from one of the public schools and a team calling it- self the Nonpareil. There will be games for boys and girls and a lunch for each child.” There will be milk for them to candy put up in neat little boxes which can be ks};t as mementoes of the day.” The Commissioners are of the opinion that should the day be a cheerful one there will be great sport for the little ones. The bright clear day yesterday brought out thousands to the Park and "the space in front of the band stand which the Sun- day previous was deserted was crowged by with pleasure to the several numbers of popular music rendered by the band. The concert yesterday was the 994th. Should the weather permit the one thou- sandth will fall on the 2d of February next, but as there may be rainy Sundays before that time Manager Coggin is hope- ful that it may be given on Sunday, the 23d, the day following the anniversary of the birth of Washington. On that occa- sion an extraordinary concert will be given, but the details” have not yet been arranged. Charles P. Wilcomb, the custodian ef the park museum, left last Saturday for Chi- cago for the}gurpose of visiting the mu- seum there. He will go to New York and ‘Washington and visit the museums there so that be may learn something of the manner in which they are conducted and apply the knowledge thus gained to the internal arrangement ot existing buildings and the annex soon to be built. Mr. Wfi- comb is making the trip for information at his own expense. During his absence Rae Brown will be in charge of the museum. The site for the annex to the museum is being graded and it will be ready this week to enable the contractors to lay the foundation for the new building. M. H. de Young, who was the prime mover in providing the museum for the benefit of visitors to the park,is now in Europe, where he will spend Christmas with his children, who are being educated n Paris. Itissaid that he will on his re- turn_go by Ceylon, Calcutta, Hongkong and Yokohama and collect some curios for the museum. One hundred men are at work on the new music court and its surroundings, and the advance made within the past two weeks is now plainly visible, A gentle- man who has an ear for music and is a constant attendant when the band plays in the park, speaking of the Emnoaed new band stana yesteraay, said that this should be at least twenty-five feet higher than the present one, twenty feet wider and about ten feet deeper, verfectly free from all ob- struction, so that all the sounds could blend within the stand and avoid the clash of sounds sometimes noticeable within the shell in use. A force of men are at work putting the Seventh-avenue entrance into shape, and forty-eight men and six teams are putting the new bicycle track in order for the use of cyclers. Those who think that the cycling season is over would have discov- ered their error had they seen the large number of riders on wheels on the main drive yesterday afternoon. The site of the old 49 mining camp of Midwinter Fair days has been coyered with | | ummons for the Fire Department by neans of a district box. There was con- iderable excitement in the house until the cause for alarm was discovered. The aeronaut reached the ground in safety, but when getting into a buggy to be driven back to the grounds one wheel of the bike was caurht by a forward wheel of the buggy and smashed. Earlston stated that when he noticed the balloon sinking he attempted to cut the parachute loose, but the rope having become tangled would not work,consequently he could notdrop as he had intended to. In the iall he bruised his right knee. There was an immense number of peo- ple at the ocean beach and a walk or ride there was most enjoyable 2s the day wasa perfect one. TFor the first time since the new Cliff House has been finished the bar- ricades were removed and whosoever wished was permitted to walk on the ground floor balcony that surrounds it. It was crowded all day long. To-Night We Show. Placing upon exhibition a greater variety of meats than have ever been exhibited in this City. Formany years the Bay City Market has been noted for the excellent quality of ments on sale, and for its superior displays during the holiday season. This year we eclipse all for- mer displays. Call and see our hundreds of corn-fed steers, mammoth hogs and tiny roast- ing pigs; southdown sheep, lambs; calves; the huge grizzly bear, the celebrated twin Alaskan bears: coons, ‘‘possum,” hams, bacon, lard, sausage of all kindsy in fact, everything in the meat line to feast the eye and tempt the appe- tite. With the compliments of the season, I MARK BTRAUSS. * am, yours truly, The aeronaut was | NEW perfect work. TO-DAY. - B e e e . «Pure and Sure.” (evelands BAKING POWDER. Each ingredient is tested before compounding, a'md it must be found of the highest standard. The baking powder itself is tested. That’s why each spoonful do es L THE ACTRESS' CHRISTIAS Holidays Are a Time of Hard | Work and Conducive of | Sad Memories. i May Irwin Talks of Her Mascot and Her Football Trophy--Death | to Cranks. | | | May Irwin is here—blonde dimpled, mag- netie, slightly increased in avoirdupois ; since her last visit to the coast, but with i | the old exuberance of spirit. { | The star of the “Widow Jones” com- | pany occupied a box at the Baldwin last | | evening and laughed gayly at Harlow’s womanish mannerisms. “I have never | seen ‘1849, ” she remarked. “Of course I am wild to see Dick Harlow. All the | adies rave over him, you know. I know | | him, but have never seen him on the | | stage.”” | | “Glad to be in California? I'm de-| | lighted,” she said in a manner that car- | riud conviction with it. “IloveSan Fran- | cisco. Indeed, I mean to live here some- | time. Let me assure you that no one calls | | it a jay town when I'm about. | “People in New York are tired of my | ravings about San Francisco, but they have | | to endure the infliction. | | | | | ‘‘Some one said at the breakfast-table | this morning, ‘Here we are 3000 miles from New York,” and I answered, ‘Yes and | | thank heaven for it.” | “Don’t misunderstand me. New York | is all right. It gave me eighty nights of | crowded houses at ths Bijou Theater. Tt called ‘Widow Jones’ a tremendous suc- cess. “YetI love San Francisco. Its audi- | ences are loyal. San Francisco theater- zoers are less fickle than any I know. I am fond of San Francisco audiences be- | cause I think they are of me.” | The merry actress’ expression grew | sober when she was asked about a profes- | sional’s view of Christmas. i *It is a time of hard work and sad | memories,” she said gravely. It is the saddest time of the year to one | | of the profession. We are far from home, | all of us, and the days are one long regret | | that it is so. It has been so many, many | vears since I have spent the holidays with | my mother.” | Miss Irwin has a mascot. She carries | | with her on her journey across the conti- | nent an ugly rubber doil. Some unknown | | New Yorker sent it for illustration of her | | song, “A New Bully,” an< she findsita | | useful accessory I would not travel | without it,”” she said, ““In fact, I am a lit- tle superstitious about it.” | " She laughed heartily as she told the | story of the presentation to her of a foot- | ball” with ‘‘real gore” on it. She was | called before the curtain at Washington on Thanksgiving day and the coach ot one | of the rival teams, who had carried on a | hot battle in the afternoon and occupied adjacent boxes in the evening, gravely | | presented her with the dripping trophy. | 1t is one of her treasures and occupies a conspicuous place in the decorations of | her room. | She dimpled charmingly when she told | | the story of the cowboy she met on her | way to New Orleans. He had stopped in | her car on his way to the diner, and as- | serted his right to saw his fiddle, which | amusement had been forbidden him in | another car, because he found her playing | her banjo. “He entertained me with moneymusk and all the country dances,’” she said, “‘and was very sorry that there was not room enough to give me two or three swings about the car, which he in- sisted he could do in spite’ of my size. I noticed his Atlanta Exposition badge, and asked him whether it was the insignia of some secret society. It was not, he saiq, but he did belong to a new and much- needed club, a society for the extermina- tion of cranks.” A Mining Man’s Demise. i L. N. Dougherty, a mining engineer, with his | | office at 420 California street, was taken with | | & hemorrhage at his room in the lodging-house | at 331 Kearny street yesterday shortly after noon. A doctor was summoned, but came too | | late. The body was taken to the Morgue. | Dougherty is well known among mining men. He was a Mason and leaves a famity in Oak- land. i | e— - — | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. |~ SHOOT THE CHUTES! OPEN FROM 1 TO 11 DAILY (Weather Permitting). SPImCIAL! CHRISTMAS DAY ROBERT EARLSTON, The Eminent Aeronaut, In the Afternoon Will Make a Won- derful Balloon Ride and at Night an llluminated Ascension. CONCERT AT 8 P. M. ADMISSION ——10 CENTS Children (including a Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. | of art, bound in leatherette, $1.25 per copy. THE FRUIT GROWING INDUSTRY 1S EXHAUSTIVELY TREATED IN THE a, @ ouvenir ABOOK OF 325 PAGES, 9x12 INOHES, JUST ISSUED. sl el Every detail is given, from nursery to market, including crops, prices and profits. Santa Olara County, its cities, towns, orohards, vineyards and prominent people, {llustrated from 939 photographs. A work uitable for the center-table, and a most appropriate Ohristmas pres- ent. There is scarcely a question that could be asked concerning Sants Clara Couuty and its resources that is not fully snswered. Is will be sent, expressage prepaid, to any part of the United Btates at the following rates: Bound in Bristol board, 75 cents per copy; Address CHAS. M. SHORTRIDGE, San Jose, California. | EVERY | supported by JOHN C. RICE NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. o (ghealre, 4 FRIEDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & (- LESSES ATDMANAGLRS < DOYOU [THE REMEMBER|QUEEN OF ALL COMEDIENNES ? SHE RETURNS TO-NIGHT—— And Everybody Will Come to See San Francisco’s Favorite, FANNY RICE As ‘““Nancy’ in Her Latest Success, AT THE FRENCH BALL Extra Matinees Xmas and New Year's. Friday Night—The Pacific Coast Comas moreial Travelers: Association BENEF L MAYPTEN JLDWIN <5 \NCORP B HEATRE PROPS. ——ONLY 6 NIGHTS MORE!— The Big Holiday Production, 'RICE’S Rl «14921” New Speciaities for the A Closing Nights! Last Performance Sat. Night, Dec. 28. . 29— HERRMANN, the Great. Ly TWO WEEK EVENY; SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE JHR L Al RAYMAN ©Co., |NCORPD PROPS. ATURDAY e Christmas Day! RWIN! and Her Biz Come pany of Comedians, in the Tremendous WIDOW JONES. : ’ MATINF pecial Ma AY Ana s I ALCAZAR This Week the Great Spectacle, BLACK CROOKI! STAR CAST, Parisian Dancers, Capiain Beach, The Man Fish, Lo Noir, Ravel Sisters, L Pelaney & Charmion, March. Sappho Ballet. Chimy 1 mie Fadden’’ Ballet. 5 and 50c. , Thursday, ‘mas Presents Matinee Christ- dn and Sunday. Chri: rare and valuable at all the matinees. prices this week—10¢, 15¢, 25¢ and 35c. mas Matinee, night pri TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE ME ERNESTING KRELING Proprietor & Manages —TEITS EVENING — The Gorgeous Holiday Spectacle, IXTON” Or, THE MAN OF THIE WHEEL GREAT CAST! SUPERB COSTUMES ¥ " GRAND BALLET! BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! Clever Specialties! Artistic Marches? % OSCAR L. FEST'S ‘Wondrous Transformation Entitled “SEA SHELLS."” | SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY, For the Ladies and Children. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT And Special Christmas Day Matinee, Gorgeous Production of Jules Verne's Superb Spectacular Success, “AROUND THE WORLE [N 80 DAYS !” 100—People on the Stage !—100 Easily the Best Show in Town! \_ EVENING PRICES—250 and 50c. . Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion an1 Po velL. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK AN OVERTOPPING HOLIDAY BILL! MANHATTAN COMEDY FOUR, CLIFFORD AND HUTH, BERNARD DYLLYN, 3 DE BOLIEN BROTHERS, NEWELL AND SHEVETTE. ALL NEW! ALL NEW! Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera chairs and Box seats, b0c. #9" Special Matinee Ch istmas Day. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). 3 NIGHTS, Beginning TO-NIGHT, The Distinguished i J Tragedian, oy DOW NIN G To-night, “Helena”; Tuesday, “Julius Cmsar’; ‘ed., “The Gladiator.” Prices 25¢ to $1. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). Sl FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Towr - send street Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1315 p. 3. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, §1. Take Mission-street electric line direct to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, President. W.S. LEAKE, Secrelary,