The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1896, Page 7

\ r x THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896 T AMUSEMENTS. pwix THEATER.—‘‘Daughters of Eve.” oRNTA TEEATER— Virginius The Lost Paradis The Fugitivi Par Car CoLrynia THEA | oROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSF: Tivors Opera-Housk.—+Ixion; or, The Man of the W heel é OrpnErm.—High-Class Vaudeville. GROVIR'S ALCAZAR.—*My Precious Baby.” | ;7 THEATER (OAKLAND) — Rice's | Iy at Halght street E. F1snEr & Co.—This day (Tuesday), | T 2%, at 16 Post st., at 2:00 P. M. ¥ » & Co.— Wednesday, January 8 n racehorses, at Bay District [ ghbr ack | PN | Vox RmErs Co.—Thursday, January 16, t Salesroom, 513 California street, (ITY NEWS IN BRIEF. . Women's Federation held an interesting | lected as president of Dodge is re- “ducation ion day school will open on the n the Y. M. C. A, | lien Schumann, the explorer, tells ing adventnres. Clarke has filed a petition in insol- ith the County Clerk Dr. George L. Shearer, secretary of the | can Tract Society, is in the City. es W. Slack has been e of the Superior Court {ons and foreizn work we t preachers’ meetings yesterday. he coming field tr 0, have cted mis r Chin reports from the Wom ead yestera ntal Board. crats are mctively pre for_the of next Saturday he gitua- ¥ peaceful ension Col Police Department met a one off TOm act Miss Msttie Ove 18t the re- th are with- | the Monday | > Venezue- | | roton against | shas been sub- | ey District track yester- ed” Glenn, Red Root, L A Spray probably with showers, | southeaste: winds, | for to-day. | Sarario. & prominent | ala, died in this City d vesterday. on at the Academy of s” ticket was elected, defeated for director. v of the Halght-street 1 with the chute fever d was b vicin in opposition to the main Peace Kerrigan rendered an scision yesterday on the liabilities s 1o protect the goods of their of the Chronicle building rday for battery and ws re. 0 “recognizance by Judge > Wilson now comes forward to claim authorship of ““Dat New Bully,” which May Irwin ciaimed was written for her by Many prominent Christien ladies spent a sasant, sociable evening with the inmates of culah Rescue Home in East Onkland last nEmo rates on e Pacif nental line: ain east Mail will | hy, who comp Mever by om time. has res s offic ated the prosecu- & to file the in- ned from the Dis- 1 and Rifle Club held its svening and re-elected i club also adopted F. S new point target. Toland has enswered the contest of of tne will of hit mother, Mary B. Tola Itisa general denial of the allegations of the complaints. the aged news-dealer, upon little himself in his cell in day morning, .y and Navigation Com- keep the steamer South rvice between here aud 1 Humboldt bays. Supervisor >SS 10 pass the min- ¥ California Representa- v the board yesterday. aded * assault for which he was dge Wallace yesterday. A the information for tech- | o plovich is sefare still aiter the Bay Company, which, he claim and County of San Francisco | $100,000, back license on street- | them ein & Co. who recently incor- ©d, desire it understood that théy enter ew form of iess as importers and | dealers in carriages, wagons, materials, etc., Crowley has r J. Smith, Deca n avout Harr heir to an est d a letter from 1., asking for in- hler, a miner, who nd is believed to i | holas of the Greek well street, during the | rvices now being held there, | Father Greenkevich an archpriest snd Deacon Wasileiff & priest The people who are supposed to be benefited by the Carl-street branch of the Metropolitan | electric_line complain that they are given but the shadow of a service, and they will take steps to have the franchise revoked. No cars are running on Oak sireet. The cable live has béen ebandoned. That portion of the track between the park and Fillmore street is being converted into an electric line. T he rest of the track may be abandoned. A counter suit has been brought in the United States Circuit Court by Agent Thomas K. Stat- | agent of the £ | changes in eastbound rates. eler against Special Trustee John Chetwood Jr., 10 have himself declared agent and the ai- fairs of the insolvent California National Bank | wound up. | Richard Dixon was thrown from Powell- t car 1115 by Conductor Cosgrave on | rember 3,1895, and he has now brought | suit for $5000 damages against the Market- street Reilway Company, because he claims the conductor acted maliciously The case of the Southern Pacific Company sgainst the Railroad Commissioners to restrain them from reducing freight rates was com- menced before Judge McKenna in the United | States Circuit Court yesterday. A number of | aflidavits were read by both sides. The committee of business and commercial | men who are investigati the threatenea dangers of cheap Japanese-made goods enter- ing the United States, met yesterday. They are preparing a report which will accompany | norial asking Cougress to assist in the 101 of the manufacturing interests of ountry. T'he Supreme Conurt has wiped away the last of litigation in the famons Emeric- rado case by dismissing the last appeal in the proceedings. This leaves the Jund involved free to the possession of the holders under former rulm%aof the court and removed the clond which for forty years Las impaired their titles. ve Elizabeth Inness has been appointed guardian of her husband. Thomas A. M. Inness, end his estate, by Judge Slack. It was #hown thet Inness had run through $5000 in the last six months and that he would soon have nothing left unless some one was put in charge of his money. He has & good income #nd is expecting & legacy of $1200 very soon. ————— ¥air Will Decision Not Ready. J1dge Slack did not render his decision yes- terday regarding® the validity of the trust clause in the Fair will. A large number of attorneys had collected when court opened but his Honor's brief and smiling announce- ment of a deferred decision almost cleared the urtroom. He explained that he could give an oral decision, but that all the attorneys interested would probably be better satisfied with & written statement.” It would take some time for him to prepare it, and he might notify them on January 20 when it would be ready. The whole matter was postponed on the court calendar until February Transcontinental Lines Agree on a New Schedule of Freights. THE COMMODITIES AFFECTED. Their Action Will Be Promptly Fol- lowed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. By agreement among the transcontinen- tal railroads eastbound freight rates are to be advanced. Snch was the announcement made yes- terday by U. F. Smurr, general freight outhern Pacific Company. Just wnen the advance is to go into effect, | however, has not been determined, though the date is expected to be fixed to-day. It is almost ce 1 to be within two weeks. Ever since the Panama-Pacific Mail agreement the various railroads interested in transcontinental business have been in telegraphic communication on this sub- ject, seeking a basis 10 work upon that would be satisfactory to all concerned. This was fixed yesterday. It requires. ac- cording to the interstate commerce act, ten days’ notice before rates can be put in force, so that at the earliest the new rates can not govern earlier than the 17th inst. Speaking of the matter Mr. Smurr said : “It was agreed to-day to make some The date that they go into effect has not vet been settled. but will be to-morrow. The sec- retary of our company thought it best to first confer with the Central Traflic Asso- ciation lines before the rates were put inte effect in their territory. “We think we ought to take advantage of the present situsation to get something more out of the business than operating expenses and a little profit on the trans- vortation of freight. It will be, I under- stand, about three months before the lines operating via Panama will be able to supplement their present inadequate ser- vice, and we propose to take the oppor- tunity of making a profit on the business we may do in the meantime.” The commodities to be affected by the advance are those which form tue staple elements of competition between the isthmian an the overland carriers. The changes decided upon are as follows ‘The rate on canned goods to Chicago and the Central Traflic Association’s terri- tory, which lies between Chicago and a line drawn through Buffalo and Pittsburg is to be advanced from 60 cents to 75 cents per 100 pounds, and on borax to the same points from 50 to 75 cents. To New York the rates on barley. boracic acid, borax, canned goods, mustard seed, | wine in gluss and wood, beans and wheat are to be advanced from cents per 100 pounds, and on brandy in wood from 60 to 85 cents. The Chicago, points west of Chicago and to points in the territory of the Traffic | Association the rates on canned goods wiil be changed from 65 cents to 75 cents | per 100 pounds. To Chicago and points west of Chicago the rate on borax and boracic acid will be raised from Z0 cents to 75 cents, Rates to the seaboard territory, viz., that Iying between Buffalo and the At- lantic, will be a combination of the New York rate and the rate out from New York. It was known that it was only some such action as that now announced that | | prevented the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from putting its proposed change of rates via Panama into effect, and it can | now be stated that the Pacific Mail will follow closely the Southern Pa; pany in making public its proposed ad- vance. And it cknowledged that the same differential will be maintained that is now in force, $3 a ton or 15 cents per 100 pounds. This means that the 75-cent c Com, | rate of the railroad company will be met by a 60-cent rate by Steamship Company. On the rail rates the advance will range from about 10 per cent to 50 per cent, while the isthmus rates will be increased about 70 per cent. General Freight Agent Smurr stated that the advanced rates would certainly remain in force nntil the steamship people were able to handle all the businessoffered the Pacific Mail | them; but should the steamship line ad- vance the rates so as to maintain a suitable differential these new rates would be per- manent. As the Pacific Mail has signified its intention to join the railroad peopke in a movement to advance rates and main- tain them, it may be considered that the | figures quoted will remain unchanged for some time to come. ATTHE CITY PLAYHOUSES Warm Reception to the Fraw- leys at the Columbia Theater. Marie Wainwright in “ Daughters of Eve” at the Baldwin—Louis James at the California. Enthusiasm of the most cordial type marked the greeting accorded the Frawley company last night at the Columbia. The happy choice for an opemmng production | was Henry C. de Mille’s ‘‘Lost Paradise.” The play is a powerful drama in three acts and abounds in situations which give the participants as many chances to d play tine bits of work. The plot isa strange mingling of love and labor, capital and covetousness, so skillfully in- terwoven as to captivate tne audience atthe very start and keeg® its interest un- d iminished till the curtain falls. Perhaps the second act is the strongest in the piece. There is, to be sure, something ap- proaching the 'spectacular in the lurid view of the iron works in operation, but the view is brief, and the power of the act lies rather in the finely contrasted char- actr> studies in which it abounds. To- ward the close there is much loud and ex- cited talking, but, as the Frawleys never rant, this portion, while forceful in the extreme, has nothing in commuon with the barnstorming methods occasionally seen. Daniel Frawley’s best dramatic finish is seen to splendid advantage in the part of Reuben Warner, while he finds a most ex- cellent foil in Eugene Moore's portrayal of Ralph Standish, a polished, despotic, and in_general eminently villiinous villain. Miss Jennie Kennark as Margaret Knowl- ton, and Miss Hope Ross as Polly Fletcher, invest their exacting parts with a certain charming individuality which gains them much applause. As for the other members of the cast, some are better than others, but ali are good, which is saying a great deal nowadays, At the Baldwin, Marie Wainwright, always dainty and charm- ing, seemed to have taken on some new and potent fascinetion as she bowed in graceful Tecognition of the ovation which greeted her last night at the Baldwin. She appeared in Magnus’ and Lancaster's play, “The Daughters of k and sustained her part in a mauner well worthy of her distinguished dramatic ord. The plece is one of the English so- ciety dramas now so popuiar, and is by no means lacking in power. Dorothy Thorn- ton ns Lady Harlowe ana Liela Hill as Jane, | are able supports to the gifted leading lady while amoug the men, Barton Hill as Mr. Wy cherley and Alired Burnham as Dr. Vesey are deserving of mention for cficient, faithful work. The remaining parts are in the whole well taken, though in some instances a slight | tendency to stagy methods way be observed. | The piece is well staed, and the costumes | most artistic and tastetul, At the California. Louis James never fails to attract e refined and sppreciative audience; hence the an- nouncement that he would open last night in “Virginius” sufliced to secure & full house. The play is an old one, but last night's pro- duction was new and_fresh in one respect at least; it adhered in all its details to the most | correct elassical models, and scemed unmarred by a single one of those exasperating atach- | ronisms so frequently met in plays composed | on antique lines. | The costumes were rich and graceful and | the stage cffects good. As for the support, it was at least fair. Miss Kruger made a good Virginia, while Mr. Harris as Appius Claudius and Richard Waite as Marcus played their parts well. Mr. James' Virginius was of course ail thatcould be desired. and he threw him- 1i into this Toie so entireiy_as to make the character peculiarly hisown. To-morrow night “Marmion” will be presented. At the Alcazar, | French comedy is always brilliant and “My | Precious Baby” is no exception. The Alcazar | management are certainly to be congratulated | upon having secured this sparkling production | for their stage. The strange entanglements | which form the plot center about a fond | | | | | | mother’s efforts to keep her precious “‘bnby” of 21 yen set'the feetof young men. Though exquisitely funny the production is absolute any taint of yulgarity, and gives some pieces of good work. ic Cleveland, a new acquisition to the :azar Compuny, Mina Gleason and the other members of the cast did well last night, Mr. Grover Jr. ‘made & charming mam- ma’s 0oy. Messrs. Gleason and Snow made | some good hits in their respective roles, but | some of the other characters were not quite | perfect. The piece is well staged and appears destined to succeed. | from falling into the traps which be- {ree from hances At Morosco's Opera-House. | Tom Craven’s comedy drama, “The Fugi- tive,” which has the distinction of being not | only fifty years old, but at the same time the | first drama of the kind that ever had a succes | ful run in London, was presented to the first- nighters at the Grand Opera-House last night The play is sirong, inasmuch as the comedy and the tragedy are equally distributed | throughout, and the audience do not tire of | either. It is well staged, and, aside from a | bare suggestion of weakness in’the last act, is | worth seeing. those The stage settings, particularly in the first act, are better than any scen at the Grand, and indicate that ts know how to lighten upastage. hipwreek is very exciting and realistic. The cast is t0o well known to San Franciseans to need much praise. Coulter Brinker as Jack Leavitt, the fugitive, is good, while Charles u knows that he has the audience right he wants it—with him. Miss Hall as Malcolm individualizes the part and s it much dramatic force, The others are not injuring themselves or the house by their acting and the play will do a good business | this week. At the Tivoli. The spectacular burlesque | doubtedly madea h Ixion” hes un- T it would not continue to pack the There are some very clever lines in th e, and Ferris Hartmann has 10 g0 off between acts and laugh himself out for the next. Itisa caseof langh between every line and also between the acts. ouse. I 50 cents to 75 | Alice Carle looks her part and acts very { much like a man, considering the fact that she | has the disadvantage of being 8 woman. Jack | Raffrel is made up like & mythological dude in | the part of Jupiter, ex-officio King of Olympus, but when Raffael lifts his voice in song the glitter of his togs pales into dullness and the | spangles cense to shine when he takes his high notes and allows the audience to feel that they g theirmoney back. There hasn ibt about’ Raffael being a strong voli. The scenic 2 particularly the ascent of three of the ¢ the palace of Jupiter to the clouds, via the bird route, always create plentiful applause. Billy West, as the head barkeeper of the Olympians, is put to the in- convenience of handling property refresh. | ments, but dees aswell as could be expected under the strain. At the Orpheum. This week the Orpheum opens with some very strong attractions, particularly Newell and Shevette on the horizontal bars. They take the most dangerous flights from bar to bar, and one of them passes clear over the cen- tral pole, leaving the right-hand side from a giant swingland landing gracefully on the leit in a perfectly confident manner. It is risky, but he knows what he is about. | The Manhatten Comedy Four Quartet in { their tramp singing captivate the audience { and keep things merry. Clifford and Huth in their duets in dislect lose no time in getting in touch with all preseut. Miss Huth’s negro songs are very tak 1g. One of the best things on the bill is the work | of Caron and Herbert, the grotesque acrobats, | They spar at cach other playfully, and it looks | sometimes as though the police would be ealled in 1o stop the fight. | Other numbers aré strong and the whole | programme is excellent. WORK FOR YOUNG MEN. The ¥orty-Thi Annual Meeting o!“ the Christian Association. | The forty-third annual meeting of the | Young Men's Christian Association of | San Francisco was held at the building of | the institution last evening at 8 o’clock, | J.J. Valentine presiding. The following directors were elected: C. S. Holmes, Thomas Magee, J. J. Pfister, J. D. McKee, C. A. Maydwell, 1. J. Truman and Wallace | Bradiord. | Officers of the board of directors were elected as follows: J. J. Valentine, presi dent; R. V. Watt and C. 8. Wright, vice- presidents; John F. Merrill, treasurer; C. Maydwell, recording secretar | | | A. Charles Holbrook and S. E. Dutton were elected to fill vacancies in the incorpora- tion, and Charles Holbrook was elected to fill a vacancy in the board of trustees. Reports went to show a most aggressive work accomplished during the past year, and the commitiees were actively at work with the hope of securing sufficient funds to liquidate the indebtednessof the new home of the association. A large number of committees presented reports. It was | stated that $70,000 had been secured in pledges toward the indebtedness. An appeal was made through the board of | directors to the citizens of San Francisco for the balance needed in order to dedicate the building entirely free of debt. The meeting was one of the most en- thusiastic for many years. It was re- solved to inaugurate immediately a re- newed canvass for the balance of the funds necessary. The work is receivin, unqualified indorsement and substantia aid. The boards of directors and trustees will meet every Monday evening for the present for the purpose of consultation and turther arranging for the canvass, .- BIRDS ON STGW LAKE. Those Who Ride in the Pleasure Boats Interfere With Them. Some time prior to his death the late | Park Commissioner W. W. Stow ex- pressed the intention of building an open wire fence from the island in the northern end of Stow Lake to the shore so asto keep the boats south of that line and pre- vent them from interfering with the ducks, swans and other water fowl that congregate in the waters of the extreme northern branch of the lake. But before he could carry his idea into effect he | assed away and since then the matter | Ens not been thouglt of. It was his idea that if such a fence was built and maintained the water fowl would nest on the little island and there would be a continual increase, while at the same time the pleasures of those who row in boats would not be interfered with. The birds are a gieat attraction on the lake and they ought to be protected. Little Emily Min The suit of the Little Emily Mining Com- pany against William S. Couch, R. T. Harold, John King and John Levinson, involving cross claims to valuable mining property in Mono Conynty, began before United States Circuit Judge Beatty yesterday. | The Sharpshooter Has Been in | chances are that haif a do | they get their AN UNFORTUNATE BARK, Trouble for Over Three Months. NO MONEY TO PAY THE CREW. She Was Dismasted, Towed From Guaymas, and Now Libel Suits Are Threatened. Of all the vessels that have ever entered | the port of San Francisco the British bark | Sharpshooter has had the hardest luck. | She was dismasted in the Gulf of Cali- fornia, was at the mercy of the winds and waves for weeks, drifted past ports of safety that it was impossible to reach and was passed on several occusions by vessels | which did not notice the signal of distress flying from the remains of the mainmast. | Finally the bark was picked up by a steamer sent out to look for her and she | was towed into Guayma: | The Sharpshooter was consigned to | | municipal quires the owners of a street railroad ‘‘to plank, pave or mscadamize the entire length of the'street used by their track, and for two | feet on_each side thereof and between the if there be more than one, and %o keep the same constantly in repair, flush with the street and with good crossings. The resolution of the Board of Supervisors granting the right to operate this railroad over Steuart street, between Harrison and Folsom, contains a similar requirement. In my opinion the hability created by sub- division 2 of section 498, Civil Code, {s con- fined to the surface of the street, and a street railroad cannot under it be compeiled to per- form any substructural work ordered by the FIGHT OVER A MANNIKIN. Dr. J. €. Anthony Arrested on the Charge of Battery. Dr. J. C. Anthony, whose office is in the Chronicle building, was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging him with battery. The complaining witness is Conrad Krebs. | About a year ago Dr. Anthouy purchased | a mannikin from Krebs in Vallejo, but he claims he never received it from the man- ufacturers, James T. White & Co. of New York. up to the time he left Vallejo for this C He subsequently heard 1t was awaiting his orders at V: he s sending at the same time the express charges to New York. “A few weeks ago,’ said the doctor, “Krebs called on me and demanded a set- tlement of the biliand I informed him 1 would not it. He called on me at my office again_on Saturday and he became obtrus I told him to'sue for the money and he answered it was not his custom to sue deadbeats. I went to the coor with lejo and THE UNFORTUNATE POOP A FEW MINUT [Sketched by a BARK SHARPSHOO S BEFORE SHE R AS SHE APPEAR WAS TOWED TO OAKLAND CREEK. “Call” arti: Grace & Co. and when that firm Jearned of | her whereabouts they sent the tug Fear- less to tow her to San Francisco. On her | arrival here Captain Watts and his crew | thought all their troubles were over. They soon found out their mistake They had only just begun. Grace & Co. | at once took possession of the cargo and held the freight as sccurity for the towage | bill. Captain Watts could not get a cent | of money and the crew are still banging | by the ship in hopes of getting paid. For | over two months the Sharpshooter has lain at Harrison street, with the captain | and men honing day after day for the | settlement that never came. While Grace & Co., the underwriters, and | Captain Watts were discussing the situa- | tion, the wharfage bill, the grocers’ and butchers’ bills and bills for sundry olher‘} necessaries kept growine, and the ien be- | gan clamoring for their money. The cap- | tain could not satisfy them. and_the libels will be | tiled on the huil to-day. Captain Watts tinally became convinced | yesterday that there wus no hope of an | immediate settlement, so he decided to move the bark to Oakland Creek. At 1/ P. M. she was taken in tow by the Alert, | and an hour later was hard aud fast in the | mud of the creek. The crew are still| aboard, and they intend to stay there until mone, The greatest sufferer in the whole affair 1s the master. He is the principal owner in the bark, and outside of her has not & cent in the world. He is accompanied by bis wife and ckil- dren, and in order to raise money to pay come small necessary expenses he has beeni comupelled to sell many an article that was prized aboard theship. Of course | no repairs have been made to the vessel, and she is to-day in the same dilapidated | condition s when she entered port. | During the months she has lain at Harri- | son_ street she has been an object of | curiosity and wonderment to the thcu- sands who have passed and repassed her. What the outcome of the present en- | tanglements will be is hard to predict. | The chances are, however, that the hull | will be sold and when all the expenses are | vaid there will be very little left for Cap- | tain Watts. | The Sharpshooter came from Peru with | a cargo of nitrate. During the storm that | dismantled her part of the load was thrown overboard. A curious circumstance in connection with the disaster is that when all hopes failed Captain Watts wrote a let- ter and putting 1t in a bottle dropped it overboard. It reached land and was pieked up by some fishermen, who for- warded it to the United Statos Consul at Guaymas. The latter appealed to the Mexican Government and it sent out the al!)teukmer that picked up the unfortunate ark. RAILWAYS NOT LIABLE. Attorney Creswell’s Opinion on a Street Railroad Fraunchise. City and County Attorney Creswell has rendered an opinion to the Board of Su- pervisors in relation to the liability of the San Francisco and San Mateo Railway Company to repair the piling, etc., on that portion of Steuart street over which it operates a street railway between Harrison and Folsom streets. The opinion is as fol- lows: Subdivision 2 of section 498, Civil Code, re- the intention of ordering him out and he squared up at me. Believing he inteuded ault me I struck him in the face.” was released on b recognizince by Judge Conlan. MURPHY §4S RESIGHED The Man Who Complicated Leon Meyer’s Case by His Negligence. He Did Not File the Information in | Time and He Has Suddenly Retired. W. H. Murphy, the clerk in District At- torney Barnes’ office who allowed the filing of the information against Leon Meyer to iapse over the time allowed by law, is no longer in the employ of the City. “He has gone to the mines,” is the re- port from the District Attorney’s office. “‘He owns a mine in Colusa County and he has gone up there." Murphy, who is the son of Superior Judge D. J. Murphy, has been in Barnes’ office for some time. He was an under- clerk and he had in his charge the in- formations which were drawn up by the District Attorney. His principal duty was to see that these informations were filed in time—before the statutory thirty days had expired—and this did not keep him very busy. Inthe case of Leon Meyer, Murphy drew up the information and filed | it one day too late, and as a consequence the information is worthless and will be dismissed at the first opportunity. There is an indictment pending against Meyer and he will be tried on that. The general impression among the City’s peoplein the hall is that Murphy had been summarily discharged by Mr. Barnes as part payment for his negligence, but it is announced in the office that he left of his own accord. Had he lingered, tnere is no telling when the ax wouh‘f have fallen, but it was only hovering over him when, on last Saturday, be announced his inten- tion of throwing’ up his job in Barnes’ oflice and leaving for the mines. Murphy’s negligence has caused con- sigerable comment, particularly as it is a case in which public interest has centered, and it is understood that his days in the office of the District Attorney were num- bered anyway, and his resignation only saved him from a discharge, . Suit on a Foreign Judgment. Suit in the United States Circuit Court has been brought by Albert U. Wyman, receiver of the Nebraska Fire Insurance Compauy, against Samuel R. Johnson of this State for $40,954 84 on a judgment alleged to have be:vu‘ablmned in the Douglas County (Nebr.) Court. e S D’Arcy Died Yesterday. Richard 8. d’Arcy, who fell over the bannis- ter of his porch, at 9 Cook street, on Saturday, died yesterday afternoon and his body was taken to the Morgue. An inquest was waived. Deceased was a native of Ireland, married and 49 years of age. that | | The Idol of the Guatemalan nt word to return it to White & Co., | own | i it must be found of the hig perfect work NEW TO-DAY. powder itself is tested. That’s why each spoonful does “Pure and Sure.” cvelands BAKING POWDER. Each ingredient is tested before compounding, and hest standard. The baking GENERAL SARAVIA BURIED. Army Passed Away Far From Home. DREW EIS SWORD FOR PERU. | | Beginning as a Common Soldier He | Rose to the Highest Military Rank in His Country. | Followed by a large number of the prominent Guatemalans resident in this | City in carriages the body of General Don Ramon Saravia, once theidol of the Guate- malan army, was borne to a grave in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery yesterday. General Saravia was one of those gailant yet picturesque military heroes who are so often found in the Ceutral American re- publics, where the frequent rebellions and wars between nations make soldiers of almost every adult capable of bearing arm The son of a prominent magistrate of the | capital of his country, he early in life con- ceived a liking for mylitary life, and when | | the next rebellion began to give evidence of being due he joined the army asa common soldier, His evident superiority over his fellows and gallantry in action | soon brought him to the front and within a few years he mounted the ladder until the title of general was conferred upon him ateful Government. : ous to being raised to the highest n the army of Guatemala the secona war between Spain and Peru broke out, and he burried to Callzo and offered his services to the Peruvian Government. He took an active part in the famous bom- | bardment of Dius de Mayo, and for his bravery in that action was decorated with the medal that bears that name. Amnother olution breaking out in Guatem was socn back at his post and fighting in the front ranks. He served the last five Presidents of his country and had received every important decoration given by the Government. During the past eight years he was in command at Guatemala’s most important seaport, San Jose de Guatemala, and there he contracted the gering disease that finally resulted in his death. On November 10 last he arrived in this City, whither he came as a last resort to | try to shake off the illness that was fast wearing ont his life. He was too far gone, | however, and despite the efforts of physi- cians he succumbed on the 2d inst. at the home of friends at 1306 Polk street. Consul Miguel Carrillo, who represents Guatemala in' San Francisco, and who was | a friend of the deceased from earliest child- hood, said yesterday that General Saravi was considered one of the bravest men in army of his country and had been pub- comiplimented for his deeds of vaior occasions by the presidents under whom he had served. | *“He did parucularly good service in the wars with Salvador and Honduras,” said | Mr. Carrillo, “and his soldiers would fol- | low him any place he chose to lead them. | He enjoyed the confidence of the Govern went io the highest degree, | ‘“General ravia was very wealthy at | one time, but during the past few years his fortune slipped away from him and he died in very moderate circumstances. He was 2 years old and leaves u widow and eight children to mourn him, and thousands of the people of my country will be grieved to | hear of his death. | MRS. DEMPSEY'S BENEFIT. She Will Realize Abotnt Twelve Hun- dred Dollars Clear of Expenses.’ Secretary Jamison of the Dempsey testi- monial benefit fund reported last evening at a meeting of the general committee, beld at the Windsor Hotel, that the total receipts up to date accruing from the bene- fit amounted to $1310, from which sum will be deducted something like $200 for | expenses. There yet remains & number of ontstand- ing tickets, but it is thought that when a final settlemuent will be made the widow of | the late champion middle-weight pugilist | of the world will realize about §1200. | Some of the Eastern sporting men who had been notified of the venefit responded | liberall Those who may in the course of time reply to the letters forwarded to them by Secretary Jameson are: Richard K. Fox, Captain Cook, T. O'Ro: Jimmy Carroll of Brooklyn, New York, Jimmy Carroll, now of Mexico, Peter Maker, Pat Sheedy, Al Smith, J. L. Sul- livan, Joe Choynski, James J. Corbett, George Dixon, Jack McAuliffe, Bob Fitz- simmons, Pail Dwyer, A. T. Dumley, Peter Jackson (England), Steve Brodie, Billy Edwards, Professor M. Donovan, Charles Johnson, William Muldoon, Phil Casey, Denny Costigan, Jack Blakeley and E. M. Friend. All of those sporting men professed to be strong friends and supporters of Dempsey when the latter was living, and it now re- mains to be seen what they will think of him, or atleast his widow and children, who are in need of financial support. “‘Parson’’ Davies, Sam Fitzpatrick, Jim Burns of Quiney. Ill., L. J. Killian of Bos- | ton, Dan A. Stuart of Dallas, Tex., W. P, Sullivan of Boston, Mass., Jack Pitts of | Benicia, Cal., and H. E. McGuin of Port- | land, Or., sent letters to Secretary Jami- | con containing substantial financial aid, | and the secretary has been instructed by | the general committee to acknowledge the receipt of their generous donations to the worthy cause. It is said that some of the expense bills presented were extortionate. The bill for street music amounted to $40, and in the opinion of mary people who witnessed the fisticuff exhibiton the sum of $25, which was paid to Billy Armstrong and Whalan, should have been cut down to $10, as the exhibition made the most miserable show- ing of the evening so far as the fisticuffs were concerned. The committee allowed tbat they had made a mistake in per- mitting the erection of a stage for cer- tain pugilists who desired to show their beautiful shapes to good advantage. This decidedly unnecessary supplement to the fisticuff department cost I.Eo widow the | suni of $40. ———————— “DAT NEW BULLY.” There Is Some Little Discussion About Who Wrote It. John P. Wilson, the gentleman who wrote a good many choice librettos for the Tivoli, is up in arms against May Irwin, because she claimed recently that her song, ‘‘Dat New Bully,” was written for her by anothergentleman—not Mr. Wilson The libretto-writer on the other hand a he | rice, claims that he wrote the song some months ago for the “Little Robinson Crusoc” bill, which was presented to San Fra by the Tivoli last summer. It was sung here two weeks,” said Mr. Wilson last night, **‘and took eptionaily | weil. M. Irwin was here at that tim th Peter Daley, and took the song st h her. Amn an authors have ici ans w good deal of trouble with the conyright laws, and I zuess it has come down to such a basis now that one will have to copy- right his thoughts if he wants to hold on to them. 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