The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 7

RS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895. FALDWIN THEATER CALIEORNIA THEATE ‘Around the World “Ixion;or, The Man of High-Class Vandeville. GROVER'S Arcazan.—*The Black Crook.” £FCOT THE CnoTes —Daily st Haight street ¢re Liock east of the Park. BAY DIsTRICT TRACK.. " AUCTION SALES. & C eal Estate, Saturday, o'ciock 1oon at salesroowm, 14 Montzomery & CITY NEWS itte d ated Ol score, 14 to 12! A successful balloon ascension was made at the chutes yesterday. Bishop Nichols delivered the Christmas ser-- mon at Grace Episcopal Chrurch, 1 vere illness is announced of the Rev. Cook, the eminent divine. lounted patrolmen reported for duty in the outlying districts of the Mission yesterdey. mewhat threatening but probebly w "’ is to-day’s official weather forecast. 2 being run openly, and nized by whites are simple swindles. ions have been completed o give all ldren of the City a jolly time at Golden Gate Park to-aay. Street gamins ma ing during t toys on the sidewal; The members of the Mechanics’ Institute are putting up their nominecs for the coming elec- tion, and a lively fight is anticipated. lism Green Harrison has tendered his tion as & member of the Bohemian Club. gns as & reason a desire for private life. 3. W. Fox, who has spent so much time suing the Hale & Norcross Company, has some- thing to say regarding the Carson mint steals. Manager Kirkpatrick of the Palace Hotel has invited the entire Golden Gate Park police IN BRIEF. npic yesterday at foot- & very respectable 1i days selling mechanical foree to be his guests at a dinner at his hotel on Friday night. anuel Evangelical tmas in true old coun- The alarm fire in the hou: 1133 Guerrero known; loss about There is cor M. was for.a Hubbard, Wwas un- officers to be retired on_the tatthe next meeting of the Com- on the first Monday in January. Com s were made to police headquarters vesterdny by ladies who had been swindled by # man delivering packeges to them containing straw and cobble-stones and charging freight. L. House, hardware merchant, 14 Mont- y & and Robert Armstrong, con- rd-s ctric_car, were ar- d yesterday morning for fighting on the W, ee! A trail of blood was left through the entire ouse of Harry Goodall, property man at t T r, by burglars who ransacked ce aiter one of them had been cut g an entrance. people witr k vesterda ed the racing at Two only of the % horses were: Sir nta Bells, J. 0. C., is strest, has labor eon- ed to own The average daily number of fares collected )y the Market street Railway Company is ough on some it reaches il d, gives the com- ,000,000, and i are'the greate s in the United States, if the world. . o+ Mrs. Marceau's Christmas Tree De- stroyed—Several Other Small Fires Yesterday. There was considerable excitement about the Palace Hotel atnoon yesterday. It was caused by a fire 10 the room of Mrs. Marceau,.on the second floor of the build- ing. Mrs. Marceau, wife of Colonel Marcean, gave a Christmas tree in her rooms. It was decorated with the usual festal offerings. In some manner the illumina- tions set fire to the tree, and consternation followed. The Fire Department was called im’t fortunately its services was not ired. e flames were extinguished by the hotel force before much damage had been done. There was a fire in the basement at 517 California street early yesterday. Lloyd Tevis is the owner of the building and A. teponed & Co. occupy it as a wine and liguor store. The building was damaged to 1he extent of $100 and the contents to the amount of $1000. The cause of the fire is'unknown. At 1:48 o'clock Christmas morning an larm was sounded from box 281 for a fire in a-building at the corner of San Bruno nue and Silliman streets, and occupied Antoine Dubeher. The damage to the Iding,” which is owned by Cereghino & Debenedetti, was $500, and the contents suffered 1o the extent of $100. The fire was caused by a defective chimni The residence of H. Green, at Golden Gate avenue, was damaged by fire to the extent of §50 yesterday afternoon. The dwelling occupied by M. A. Hall and ‘owned by Mrs. J. Poole, at 136 Laidley street, wasslightly damaged by tire yester- day afternoon. The loss was covered by insurance. JACK DEMPSEY'S BENEFIT. A Great Entertainment for the *Nonpa- reil’s”” Widow and Orphans. The final meeting of the different com- mittees of arrangements of the Jack Demp- | sey beneiit will take place in the parlors of the Windsor Hotel to-night. The fol- iowing people have been chosen by the talent committee, who have taken special pains to strike out anything objectionable, S0 that ladies can attend: . Vaundevilles—Gilbert and Goldie, Cad Wilson, the Chortes, Frank Moran, Truly Snattuck, Lil- Tinn Leslie, Rose Clemance, Ciareuce Mason, Hen jsters, the Two Mecs, Peter Barlow, Cebellas, Joe Sutton, Harry de Lair, Mira de la Motie, Jaculine, Cleire Staniey, Zamora, Zau- pelles, Oscar Smith, the Blondells, Post and Ashley, Conrad Klare and many others. The letter-carriers’ band will contribute sweet music and the following boxers and wrestlers bave promised to appear. Young Mitchell, Tom Sharkey, Danicl Need- ham, Jack Kitchen, Alec Greggains, Gus Her- get, Charles Reno, F. Rafael, A. Hoffmen, £pi- Qer Keily, James Wheelan, Kelly Marlo, Joe e, George Green, Joe King, Billy Billy smith, Billy Armstrong. Gus Marony, B. L}ayrllh, Dal Hawkins, . cQueenie. e ey, George Mertes, Joo Acton, V. P. White. The splendid benefit entertainment will take place to-morrow in the People’s Pal- ace, Eddy and Mason streets, and the pro- ceeds will go to the widow and orphans of Jack Demps Blusic for Children. The special musical programme for the chil- dren’s festival in Golden Gate Park to-dsy is as follo Bey State Commande: oet and P N Ppular sel ciion, - American Overtu, Seleciion. *“Robin ‘hinese “Pll “Joily Fellows' wi b, A new march, by koncovieri Th India, at the time of the British occu- ation, foliated rings were fashionable. Loy were o large that when worn on the second finger they covered almost all the outer portion of the hand. derable speculation in police | FIRE AT THE PALACE. |} MILLIONS IN' FARES Revenue Derived From the Patrons of Street Railways. / FIGURES OF INTEREST. The Annual Toll Collected by the Market-Street Railway Company. MILEAGE AND ROLLING STCCK. San Franciscans the Greatest Street- Car Riders in the United States. San Franciscans are the greatest street- car riders in the United States. portion to her population San F pays more fares, supports a greater mi of street railways, and utilizes more street- cars than any other city in the Union, and perhaps in the world. Fow people have.a clear conception to what an extent this is true and whatit signifi daily by the Market-street Railway Com- pany, which does not operate or control the Sutter, Geary, California, Presidio and nd the San Francisco and San not one person out of a score or mole who were asked to estimate their number came anywi.ere near the recorded figures. The estimates ranged all the way from 10,000 to 60,000, but the latter only within two-fifths of the actual fizures. On ordinary days the average number of fares col ed on the various lines of the Market-street Railway Company reaches ss than 150,000, while on extraor- ccasions, such as Sundays, ramny davs and the present holiday 000 fares is not an unusual day As a matter of fact the two days preceding Christinas are the most remunerative of the year. In other words, these are day: when the number of fares paid the Mar- ket-street Railway Company are equal to half the vooulation of San Francisco. These figures mean that the annualin- come of this corpo: n reaches the hand- some sum of $3,000,000. The single-track mileage of the thirty roads operated by the company is’ and the average number of cars in 4 , and addition three ste: trains are in service. The various lines include eleven cable roads, the same number of electric line six roads that are still operated wit horses and two steam lines. The mileage and rolling stock of the different c electric and horse lines are as follow m CABLE LINES. | | | | Ellis and O’k arrel Tark and Edd Sixteenth and Sixteenth and Fillmore E Mission . Chins avel Third and K Kentucky. Carl.... Horse lines— « San Brun 330 From this it will be seen that the short- est 1s the Brannan-street electric road, Totals.. street to the Pacific Mail wharf, a distance of a quarter of a mile, and that the longest | is the Mission-street electric road, which extends from the ferries out to the new Ingleside racetrack, a distance of eight miles. In addition to the lines above specified, the same company also operates two steam lines to the Cliif House, one at the Haight- the other with its eastern terminus at Cen- tral avenue and California street. former 18 known as the Cliff motor road, ana two trains are operated, one leaving each terminus at intervals of half an hour. The other, known as the Cliff and Ocean road, has but one train in service, which leaves one terminus or the other every forty-five minutes. Each of these roads is about four miles long. Quite recently a new departure has been inaugurated in the matter of paying all men employed on the cars, those on the their respective wages daily. Those on the steam lines are paid monthly, as has been the practice heretofore. But no man receives pay until he has been employed at least three days. Inaninterview with General Manager Vining of the Market-street Railway Com- ;l)::ny on the ridini propensities of the San Francisco people he spoke as foliows: “That the people of this City are so given to riding in the streetcars is attributable, 1 believe, to the many grades and to the good service that is always at their dis- posal. We carry every vear more people than there are in the United States. Some idea of the traffic on our varicus lines can be gained from the fact that we issue 1,000,- 000 transfers each week.”’ ““Is it not the ultimate intention to con- vert all the lines that it is deemed worth while to retain into electric roads, and to abandon some of those that have been made unprofitabie by recent additions or im- provements?” ‘was asked. “‘As to the conversion of all lines to the electric system, that is something that has not been considered, but Ican state that none of the lines are to be abandoned. They ali meet a public need. Some of the horsecar lines are not profitable, but we deem it proper to keep them running, even if we make no money out of them. They afford an accommodation to the public, and as long as we do not lose any money by continuing to operate them we are sat- istied to keep them going.”’ Referring to the mileage of the combined lines Mr. Vining stated that when he came out here to take his present position he made it his first duty to ride over every mile of the system, and that it required steady traveling for a week to accomplish the task. On the subject of accidents he said: *No company in the United States has fewer accidents on its lines in proportion to mileage than ours, 2nd this is the more re- markable in view of the fact that we +have 80 mnnf/ steep grades to pass over, and when the tracks are wet the danger is in- creased by théir slipperiness. Great care is also exercised to prevent delays to our patrons. Take the Market-street roadway for instance. Here the wear and strain on the cable is something terrific owinf to the way the cars are bunched on it from Valencia street to the ferry. Only new cables are used here and these are in ser- . In the matter of fares collected | which runs along that street from Third | street entrance to Goiden Gate Park and | The | cable, electric and horse lines receiving | vice on the line only two or three months. After that they are used in some other road where the’ traffic is much lighter.” HARRISON RESIGNS. Bohemians Startled at the Sudden With- drawal of tho Poet, Critic and Playwright. The Bohemian owl winks and the wise man sheakes his head. The cause of this disturbance is the resig- nation of William Greer Harrison, poet, critic and playwright, as a member of the Bohemian Club. The reason of this sud- den determination on the part of Mr. Har- rison to sever his connection with one of the leading social institutions of the City is not known, It is this very uncertainty, however, which causes the hubbub in ciub circles. For an active and popular member of Bo- hemia to withdraw from the circle without apparent rthyme or reason is a most un- paralieled thing. It is not to be wondered |at, then, that club associates whisper among themselves matters, some pleasant and some enigmatical. The average club man is silent when it comes to communing with the outside world, but he is full to over- flowing with little tidbits of interest- ing gossip when once ensconced be- hind the big double doors which guard the entrance to Bohemia. As for Mr. Har- rison Limself his_explanation is simple | and to the point. He is tired of club life, thatjis of Bohemian Club life, and has em- phasized that weariness by handing 1 his resignation. “I'love Bohemia as much as ever,” de- clared Mr. Harrison last nigbt, “but I | bave made up my miud to withdraw from club Iife and that is all there is to it. Ido not mind saying that there is a reason be- nind my longing for a quiet Life, but in justice to my club associates it isonly proper for me to say that my course is not dictated by any personal differences. ‘At the proper time I may have some- thing to say, but until events shape them- | selves I prefer to be stated as a retiring member, whose only wish at present is to be left alone.” ATTHE CITY PLATHOUSES, Large Numbers of People Spend Christmas Evening at the Play. Fine Presentation of “Ixion” at the Tivoli—Fanny Rice and May Ir- win Make Great Hits. Long before 8 o’clock last evening the | warning “Standing room only” was hung outside the entrance to the Tivoli. It | seemed, however, to be unavailing as a | preventive to the entry of the hundreds { who poured through the doors intent upon | witnessi he magnificent Christmas per- | formance of *[xion.” "The holiday ‘‘specta- cle” has become a fixed institution in San rancisco, and “Ixion’ is oné of the finest | things of the kind yet seen here. | Inthe first act the trio between Ixion, Acropolis and Mercury was admirably ren- | dered, while the ascent of the three to | Olympus on the back of a gigantic eagle | portrayed with striking | Miss Alice Carle, albeit a thorough artist, is far too delightfully won | man’s part, though she carries the |ing role with grace and epirit. Hartman as the court poet was even gay th: ‘erri: r usual last night, bringing into his | part a number of topical songs which won him much applause. The second act, at least la by far the be. The butt y buliet was the very poetry of motion, unimpeded by superfiuous drapery, while the choruses were given with fire and vrecision. Lula Ward as Venus and Laura Millard as t night, way J Qi\'('. them little chance to shine. Miss Millard had an opportunity to render one of her charming solos, and Miss Ward had a little opening for a bit of fine acting, and made the best of it. Martin Pache as Appollo made a grand hit, his magnificent high barytone soaringabove chorus and or- chestra in his opening number, with an effect as pleasing as it was artistic. The gem of the production was the duet between Gertie Carlisle, as Cupid, and | Pearl Landers, as Hebe, both of the little ones evincing a vocal range and dramatic power far in advance of their tender years. | Mabella Baker, as Minerva, in her ridicu- lous costume of green and red, with an owl perched above her corkscrew curls, carried the house by storm more than once. The other characters are, as a rule, | well sustained, and where there appears to be any uncertainty or weakness in the | vocal parts the defect is artfully smoothed over by the well-trained orchestra. The | transformation scene at the end had some | new features last night, and was exceed- ingly effective. At the Oalifornia. May Irwin contiunes to delight her andi- ences. In “The Widow Jones” she has { found a role in which she shines, while | her bright, catchy songs never fail to take. | John C. Rice and Joseph Sparks were bright, as usual, while Ada Lewis, as Felicity, made good use of her oppor- tunities. “The Widow Jones” will run through this week and next. At the Alcszar. “The Black Crook” shows no signs of improving. The same waits and hitches i and the same wild methods which marred | the opening night still hold sway. Yet the piece has ils redeeming features. Miss Gassman’s singing is really good, while Miss Lillian Clayes, as Queen of the Ama- zons, carries herself with charming grace. As for the Amazons themselves they may be well enough, but their costumes are so would be preferable. At the Baldwin. Packed houses continue to greet ‘1492 at the Baldwin. The quaint antics of the tramp, Miss Bonehill’s catching songs and Harlow’s splendid impersonation of the “Daisy Queen” were enjoyed by an appre- ciative audience last night. The burlesque will run until Saturday night inclusive, and on Sunday night Hermann, the ma- gician, promises a sensation. He hasa new trick, in which he catches six bullets fired from the same number of guns, At the Baldwin the guns will be fired by six privates from Fort Mason, under com- mand of Sergeant Patterson. The Columbia. “Nancy,” Miss Fanoy Rice's effective play, attracted a crowded house last night. The title role suits Miss Rice to perfection, and her support has apparently improved somewhat, though some of the characters are still a little stagy. At Morosoo's, ‘“‘Around the Worid in Eighty Days” is a fine holiday spectacle, and last night the opera-house was crowded. The picce is admirably staged and for the most part well acted, so it is sure of a successful run. It is said that this theater is making preparations for introducing some new and striking specialties in the near future. At the Orphoum, A fine vandeville vrogramme, faithfully and eificiently carried out, secured a large audience at t.e Orpheum Iast night, Next week the ‘‘grotesques,” Caron and Herbert, will appear in a special perform- ance, and the De Bolien brothers are also villed to give some of their famons acro- batic specialties. The Amoor, the great stream of China and Siberia, is 1500 miles in length, but for nearly nine months in the year is ice- 1 bound. vividness. | Iy to takea | uno were very good, though their parts | fantastically ungraceful that even bloomers | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Christmas Day Celebrations on Deep-Water Ships in the Bay. THE C. H. WATJEN'S BRASS BAND Heavy Weather Delayed the Steamer China—The Baltimore in a Hurricane, Christmastide Reld full sway on the water front yesterday. At noontimeall the crews of the deep-water ships had their dinner and then there was a general exo- dus. At2P. M. there was not a sailor to be seen on East streef, and tue whole front was given over to the saloon-keepers, who, finding their occupation gone, closed up their places temporarily and followed the sailors uptowri. Even the steamers and sailing vessels bound here did not seem to care to come into port on Christmas day, and the only arrival recorded up to 5 p. M. was the steamer Eureka from Fields Landing and Arcata. The Willamette Valley sailed for Mexican ports, the State of California for Portland and the Mexico for southern ports. These were the only movements that broke the Sabba th-like calm of the day. The only vessel in vort on which there was anything like a celebration was the German ship C. H. Watjen at Union- street wharf. Ther:isa fine brass band in the forecastle and the men are clever periormers. They have fourteen instru- ments and Captain ‘Brunnings says his band is the equal of most of those to be found on men-of-war. Last night there was'a party on the ship and at midnight the band turned out and played Chrismas carols for helf an bour. Iirst thing yester- day morning the entire crew headed -by Captain Brunnings and the band asse bled in the poop. The band played a pr lude and then everybody sangin Germa All Lail the pov er of Jesus' name, Let ange:s pr st ate fell Briig forch e royui d adem And crown him Loxd of all. Then the German »national anthem was given with a will and everybody went t breakfast. Captain Brunnings is a great favorite with his men and there has not been a half dozen changesin the crew of the Watjen in s. All the coasters that have arrived dur- ing the past forty-eight hours have tales | of heaut winds and heavy seas to tell. The Topgallant bad the worst experience of i any of them, but, nevertheless, tke sk | Spartan and Louisiana did not e Both of them came in with lists to port, with considerable damage about the | decks and upper works. The storm was | heaviest off the Columbia River, and it { was tnere that the cargo ited in both instances. The Louisia was thirteen days and the Spartan fifteen daysfrom Seattle with coal. The contractors for the Pacifi wharf are making good progress work, which, when completed, w most sol.d pier on the water front, A he piles are driven a large iron cylinder | is put over them, and the space between | the pile and the cylinder is then filled | with cement. This, it is expected, will | make the piles teredo proof, and the life | of the wharf will thus be indefinite. The | work is in the nature of an experiment, | which the Harbor Commissioners are watching very closely. The steamer China encountered her first | reaily heavy gale during the last voyage. It vlew a hurricane and for twenty-eight hours the vessel was Love-to. The United States cruiser Baltimore was in the same | storm, and when the officers of the China last saw ber she was making heavy weather | of it. Commander Impey of the United States steamer Monocacy came over on | the China, and will report for duty at the Brooklyn Navy-yard. He says that every- thing was quiet in China, and that in Japan the war epirit had disappeared and the people returned to mercantile pur- suits, The British ship Drumlanrig,166 days from Dunkirk, and the Ross-shire, fifty-nine days from Newcastle, N. 8. W., got in last night. They report stormv weather, and the Drumlanrig, like other late arrivals, had some narrow escapes from icebergs when rounding the Horn. The missionary schooner Robeit Logan, which leit bere ‘last month for the South | Seas, has arrived in safety at Honolulu. Among the puassengers who went away on | her was Hugo her Jr., brother of one of THe CaLL artists, and in a letter which he sent by the China he says the little mis- sionary yacht behaved s Iy and made good time during the trir, Fisner will re- main in Hawaii, but the Robert Logan will proceed to the Marquesas and Gilbert 1slands. THEWELSH TO CELEBRATE | Introduction of an Old Institu- tion, the Eisteddfod, in This City. [Novel and Interesting Musical and Literary Event for New Year’s Day. On New Year’s day the Welsh residents | of California will assemble at Union-square Hall to hold an “‘Eisteddfod,” a literary and musical festival thatis very popular ¢ | for Olaf’; for male choruses, Dr. Roger’s ‘Welsh airs; for the quartets, “The Stars Outpeep” (Brooms), and “Good-night, Beloved” (Pinsuti). Then there are com- petitions on solos, duets and a chorus for children, Rovert Lloyd, ». P. Hughes and R. J. Burness will adjudicate the musical part of the Eisteddfod. Among the adjudicat- ors on the literature subjects are Dr. W. D. Williams, Professor R. R. Lloyd, Rev. R. V. Griffith, Moses Williams and D. A. Griflith. Professor Thomas Price will occupy the chair at the afternoon meeting, while At- torney Hu Jones will be the conductor. The evening meeting will be presided over by Attorney Howell Powell, the conductor being Dr. H. L. Jones. The vocalists enzaged for the occasion include J. C. Hughes, the well-known basso; Mrs. Hope Jones, coutraito, a re- cent arrival from Wales, and T. H. Evans, tenor, of Nevada. ——————————— SENATOR HEARST'S |GIFT. The Sum of #5000 Is Paid to the San ¥rancisco Girls’ Union. The board of directors of the San Fran- cisco Girle’ Unioa received yesterday, through Mrs. Fheobe A. Hearst, a check for $5000 as a bequest from the late Senator Hearst to the union, During his late illness Mr. Hearst ex- pressed his continued interest in this home for self-supporting girls and requested Mrs. Hearst to make a contribution for him at such time as his estate should be settled. . Fell and Broke His Neck. Francis Oliva, & gardener 40 years of age, was accidentally killed Tuesday afternoon in front of his residence at the corner of Califor- nia street and Twenty-ninth avenue. Oliva was standing on the wheel of his wagon, load- ing vegetabies, when his foot slipped and he | feil to the ground, breaking his neck. LNELY ELECTION FIGHT Members of the Mechanics’ Insti- tute Putting Up Their Tickets. The Regulars First in the Field. Phillips and Healy Expected to Come Forward. The annual election at the Mechanics’ Institute is some time off, but preparations | have already been made for as lively a | fight as ever. The ins have taken the precaution to name their ticket well in ad- vance, to prevent a scattering of their forces, and several of the smaller forces on the outside have made their preparations and some of them may unite, o as to get as much as possible in the way of minority representation through the proportional preferential system of voting. Last week notices were seut out to 150 of the oldest and most intlueniial members, many of whom are ex-directors, for a meeting to be held at the Palace Hotel. About sixty were present, including most of the mem- bers of the present board of directors. It was determined to choose seven can- didates for directors to succeed :hose whose terms are about to expire. A. 8. Hallidie, wh:o has been a director | tesn years off and on and ten years | president of the Mechanics’ Imstitute, which position he now holds, positively declined to run again. So did George Jumming, and _the following were nomi- nated: Joseph Leggett, Henry Root, B. E. Garratt, Joseph Cumming, ~G. Howard | Thompson, George H. Wallace and Oscar | Le Messrs. Leggett, Root and Garratt are members of the present board. | George H. Wallace is superintendent df the Washburn-Moer: Manufacturing Com- | any; 3G. Howard Thompson is in the | Bank of California; Joseph Cumming is a son of Georze Cumming, one of the pres- ent airectors and a member of the firm of jeorge Cumming & Co., engineers; Oscar | Jewis is one of the contractors building the dome of the new City Hali, and is one of the most active members of the Insti- tute. The ticketis a strong one and represen- tative of those who have been most active in behalf of the welfare of the Institute. At the last quarterly meeting of the members held on the 7th inst., P. J.| Healy and Attorney Phillips made an at- tack on the present management, and resolutions were offered by Puillips asking for an investigation into the affairs of the Institute. They were defeated by a vote of 80 to 3. However, both these gentlemen have made strong fights for representa- | tion in the board hefore, and they and others will probably have tickets in the field. The system of voting makes min- ority representation possible, and a lively fight may be expected. There are seven directors to be elected, and all nominations indorsed by at least twenty-five members must be in the hands of the secretary by the first Tuesday in January. The election will take pluce in Februar, NEW TO-DAY. « Pure and Sure,” eveland. BAKING POWDER., Biscuit, cake, pot pies and buns, Dumplings, puddings, Sally Luns,} & Muffins, waffles, griddle cakes, The very best it always makes. CHINESE HARD T0 TEACH, Experiences of a Kentucky Girl in the Old Walled City of Soochow. PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCES. Uphill Work Because of Prejudices. Fighting Against Malaria and Fevers. Miss Alice G. Waters, a young mis- sionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, | who has been for three years laboring | among the Chinese at Soochow, eighty- | five miles from Shanghai, is at the Occi- | dental. | Miss Waters’ health has become much impaired, owing to the malaria of Soo- chow, and she is returning for rgcovery to her old home at Murray, Ky. She says Soo Chow is one of the most aristocratic cities in China. The people are, as a rule, pretty well off, are educated after their own way, and are for these causes not as easily reached as those in many other localities of the empire. **The city has between 500,000 and 800,000 inhabitants,” she said, ‘‘and has a wall ex- tending for twelve miles around it. The wall is very old, having been built before the time of Christ. “There are between thirty and forty missionaries of the various denominations there, including Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist. Schools have been estab- | lished there, with scientific studies, and in them the Chinese may pursue mathe- matics as far as calculus. “‘Hitberto the Chinese have known noth- ing of the sciences, except a little astron- omy. Their reasoning powers were not developed. They can memorize anything, bat in reaso! , owing to their purely literary instruction, they could not reason | etall. Their education we would not call education at all. “While the people are difficult to reach | they are in no wise dangerous. We have | had no massacres as they have had north | of us. | “It is rather unhealthful about Soo- chow for the reason that the country is | very flat and wet. Itisthe center of the rice-growing district, and that kind of a | region is apt to be productive of malarial | diseases and fevers. Miss Waters is anxious to return to Soo- chow. Inthe three years she has been there she has learned considerable Chi- nese—enough, in fact, to teach init. As soon as her health improves she will as she now expects, return to the old walled city, whici is soon to be opened as a port. Among those who returned on the same steamer with Miss Waters wes Mrs, L. J. ‘Woodhull, the widow of the late Rev. Dr. Woodhull, who died of typhoid fever at Osaka two months ago. Mrs. Woodhull is accompanied by her two children. They are going to San Diego, where Mrs. Wood- hull’s relatives live. Miss Waters is at the Occidental. BAY DISTRICT OPENING. Excellent Programme Offered Race- Goers by the Old Jockey Club. To-day the Bay District track will open again for a two weeks’ spell of racing. The California Jockey Club has prepared an | excellent card of events for the opening day, the feature of which will be the G. H. Mumm hardicap for all ages at six fur- longs. The track has been harrowed and will be in good condition. Judge Joseph J. Burke will officiate in the stand, assisted by Chbarles E. Trevathan and Edwin F. Smith. ‘I'be scales will be in charge of Martin Wathanson, who re- cently arrived from Chicago. For Saturday the attraction of the pro- NEW TO-DAY. N e e e e in the Kastern States. The greatest eis- teddiod yet held in the West was at Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, when the Tab- ernacle was crowded at the three meetings. It isa very old institution among the ‘Welsh, and is supposed to have been ine stituted by Maelgwyn Gwynedd about the year 540. It is beld annually, and the best talent in Welsh literature and music takes partin the proceedings, which consist of competition in music, poetry, prose and art. At the World’s Fair Eisteddfod the Welsh supplied the only musical fensn- tlon of the exposition. At the last Naticnal Eisteddfod in Wales Sir Joseph Barnby, perhaps the greatest authority on choral singing, said, in ad- justing the competitive chorus of 250 voices from different 2pm—l.stal Wales: “I have just heard some of the most wonder- ful music that 1t hasever been the lot of any human being to listen to. Why was this not more widely known?” H’;had generally understood that the Germans had the copyright in male voice singing, but he had never heard any choirs singing abroad or anywhere eise that came within easy distance of this. Wales has fostered many able literary and mausical men, prominent among these celebrities being Sir Lewis Morris, the poet; Ben Davies, tenor; D. Francon Davies, Imr?;!one, and Mrs. Mary Dayies, soprano. The three Davieses, though not related to each other, are among the most prominent vocailsts in Great Britain to- dav, and owe their success in no small de- gree to the Eisteddfod. The poetry on the New Year’s day pro- gramme is limited toa stanza on ‘‘I'he Golden Gate” and poetical translations from Welsh into English. The essays are on “The Beautiful and Usfeul in Nature,” and “Paul at Athens,” and “What Has Cbristianity Done for Women?” On these subjects there are a great many competitors, The test musical piece for mixed voices of about forty in number is Y Blodenyer Sunshine, Fruif and Flowers... Hundreds of beautiful hal And described — the most published, giving details of Christmas present. There could be asked concerning resources that is not fully ititkinitdian it A AR AR ALY copy. Bent to any part of the U bound in I per copy. i R4 THE 'ERCURY ouvenir NOW READY. Contains 325 pages, 9x12 inches, and is ILLUSTRATED FROM 939 PHOTOGRAPHS. the aspect of the county from January to December. The Fruit Industry Illustrated Santa Clara County Fruit Industry that has ever been to market, with crops, prices and profits. A Work of Art, Suitable for the center-table, and a most appropriate CO0000000000 The MzrcURY Bouvenir will be sent, expressage prepaid, to eny part of the United Btates at the following rates: Bound in Bristol board, 75 cents per copy; bound in leatherette, $1.25 per the following rates: Bound in Bristol board, 80c per copy; therette, $1.35 per copy. The Bouvenir is sold over the counter at the MxrcURrY office at the following prices: Bound in Bristol beard, 50 cents per copy; bound in leatherette, $1.00 f-tone engravings, showing valuable treatise upon the the business from nursery dddadisdibdadardabdiniqadbiiiiaiiatidtiabisd is scarcely a question that Santa Clara County and its answered. nited States, postage prepaid, at Address CHAS. M. SHORTRIDGE, - San Jqse. California. Mm 21tperesepeye RS R gramme will be the Elinwood stakes for two-year-olds, worth $1850. On New Year day the Rosemeade stakes for fillies and the Del Monte steeplechase, in addition to two purse handicaps, will be decided. The ciub has decided upon January 4 as the date for the deciding of the Pommery Sec handicap, and the Palo Alto stakes will be run January 8. e e e - e e e NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, 9, ALCAZAR ——MATINEE TO-DAY!—— BLACK CROOKI! A CHRISTVAS PRE! T TO EVERY ONE-Big. tle, ung or Old. TOYS and Christmas Things for All! A $20 Gold Piece, a Ladies' or Gents' Gold Watch, Stem-winder Waltham, 14-Karat cases, Christmas Bo Ornate Vases, solid Silver Knives, Forks, Spoons, Napkin Rings, Rogers’ Most Elegant Plate. Jewelry, Chains, Rings, Lock- ets, Bracelets, Ear Jewels, Elegant Clocks, Pic- tures. Christmas Cards, AND, OH, THE TOYS! Laughing Dolls, ng Dolls, Pretty Dolls, Ugly Dolls, Trumpéts, Guns, Drums, Flags and everything for the WAR WITH ENGLAND, And Best Candy for Everybody. Absolutely Grand Production of THE Placlk CTroollk. 200 Artists and Specialists in Line. Prices—10c, 15¢c, 25c and 35c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢. Matinees To-day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. DN =5 AnD Co, INCORPD HMEATRE ™\ PROPS. —ONLY 3 NIGHTS MORE!—— ——LAST MATINEE SATURDAY !=—— [} #;‘;s[}’; Py RICE'S BIG With Its Array of Novelties. %5~ Remember—Good-by Performance on Saturday Night. —NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT!— The Sensation of the Season, HERRMANN the Great In His Marvelous. BULLET-CATCHING FEAT—— Catching a Volley of Bullets fired at him by a squad of U. S. Regulars from Battery I, Fifth Artillery, Fort Mason, And His Complete Entertainment of MAGIC, MIRTH AND MYSTERY. ats Ready To-day. | AL MAYMAN (LTI 2 TWO WEEKS ONLY! —— Crowde1 Every Performance! EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY, ——MATINEE SATURDAY. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS Of Everybody’s Favorite Comedienne, MAY IRNWIN Supported by JOHN C. RICE and Her Big Com- pany of Comedians, in THE WIDOW JONES. Seats now Ready for 2nd and Last Week. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE DiEs. LENESTINE KRELING Propriewor & Manages —EBVERY EVENING— A WORLD OF NOVELTY! A HEAVEN OF DELIGHT! The Gorgeous Holiday Burlesque, TIXTON” Or, 'THE NAN OF 'THE WHEEL, —Bring the Children.— GREAT CAST! GRAND BALLET! BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! OSCAR L. FEST'S ——Wondrous Transformation = “SEA SHELLS.”” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S . GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT And Special Christmas Day Matinee, Gorgeous Production of Jules Verne's Superb Spectacular Success, “AROUND THE WGRLD IN 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 Stockton and Powall. 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, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. FPRICOLANDER. GOTTLOB & G- LE35ES ATOMAAGLRS - -+ TO-NIGHT-The Hit of the Week, X As ““ITNTAINT 1In Her Latest Suceess ——AT THE FRENCH BALL!’— AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR FUN IN THE PARK THIS AFTERNOON SHOOT THE CHUTES FROM 1 TO 11 P. M. DAILY (Weather Permitting). CONCERT AT 8 P. M. AD MISSION: ——10 CENTS Children (including a Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. RACING! RACING! RACING! 2 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, December 26, BAY DXSTRIC"\I' TRs:CISr. Racing Monday, Tueslay, Wednesday, Thursday, g iy a4 S urdy. . Raln of Sbint: FIVE OR MOKE RACES EACH DAY. Races start at 2:00 P. . . Malilster and Geaty street cars pass the gate. Secretary. President. R. B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS