The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1896. 7 AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNTA THEATER— In Old Kentucky.’ CoLuMBIA THEATER—"T! gD, Morosco's OPERA-HOUSE—" A Ma: Country 3 Tivorr OpErA-HousE.—*Ixlon: or, The Man of the Wheel OrRPHEUM n Without & High-Class Vandeville. 5 : Wolves of New York.” GROVER'S ALCAZAR o MacpoNoUGH THEATER (OAKLAND) — " The Tnequal Match.”” SpcoT THE CHUTES—Daily at Halght street €1 e Liock east of the Park ExmisitioN—0f Books and Printing, at 424 Pine street. Pacrric aces to-day. " AUCTION SALE: EASTON & ELDRIDG This day (Tuesday), R s Ai 638 Market street, at 12 o'clock noon. BaLpwiN & Ha Thursday* January 28, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Federation held a meeting with railroad injunction suitis progressing rapidl n's Protective Association will ng. e were arrested for dumping tatoes into the bay. ount of the bet between La Voce and rapily rising in value. weather is definitely promised for to-day al Forecast Official A. McAdie. Warrants were issued vesterday for thear- rest of several merchants who deal in wild Three C game. Professor D. 8. Jordan presided for the first time last night at & meeting of tne Academy of Sciences and drivers are much stirred up over roaching visit of the State Bureau of highways. Rev. Carlos Mertyn addressed the Presby- terian Ministerial ~Association yesterday on civic reform The meetings of the State Bureau of High- ways in the different counties are to be boomed by wheelmen. The poolroom ordinance was sent back to the oint License and Health and Police Com- mittees yesterday. Interesting popular lectures are promised to those who will attend the meetings of the Academy of Scicnees. An eventful voyage Incheape Rock was 1 tain Wilson, her master. The winne Toano, Peru George M H. W. Bowman co v, holding Brifish ship sterday by Cap- of eside vesterday were: per L butes a letter to the responsible for the of the new ore the Harbor matter of the ¢ depot, will co ners il oseph F. 1 C ered by Judge Joachimsen to appear before was_yesterday to-day for co ““Sociology” mpt of court. e subject discussed at the Club vesterday, being the v Rev. Dr. Beard. ion of printing and its allied arts, ces of the Guild of Arts and ceesst att, & grocer at h opening. tcenth and Shot- vesterday morning. was accidental. and City of r, but did not ngh weather. »yed on the gra reet found a s 1 committee, as ction, met Inst Rotbschild was es, general agent of the Wheeler & Machine Company, has ‘‘gone > and his creditors will bring ),000. ers of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ on 483 were expelled from the union last ng for violating the rules and working Wours & duy. annual meeting of the San Francisco c Railroad Company’s stock- to-day, is to be postponed for presidentof the National that hereafter all differ- es between employers and employes will be d by arbitra ight and G rrested on picion. committee appointed by ciation will meet this ¥ Club o hear charges nst amateur athletes, Ah Fook, a Chinese convicted .of having 150 cigars in his possession sans Government stamps, was fined States District Judge Morrow yes ililam Jackman and Frank G. Patterson, rs, pleaded guilty in the Police Court nd were each fined $50, as they d they had gone out of the business, the aged newsdealer, y Judge Conlan to answer rior Court on three charges of t in £10,000 bonds on each. 2s denied a motion to decide of Ambrose Watson, the Police Court ho was_ousted by the Supervisors, aditor Broderick, on the pleadings. re is a movement to organize retail liquor lers to combat the recent order of the City wers prohibiting rebate and treating by any of the employes or proprietors of the breweries. CharlesS. Young has given notice that he will sppeal from the decision of the Superior Court which deciared that Madison Babeock is the legal Superintendent of Schools in this City. Sidney V. Smith is preparing his answer in he injunciion proceedings brought by Presi- A. W. Foster and other stockholders of San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad ompany. Phillip Wartz and H. Skirin, photograph sgents, were arresteted yesterday for disturb- ing the peace at the instance of two ladies, but @ more serious charge may be made sgainst them. Sophia Martinovich is suing John Woolley and Mary Woolley, his wife, for $25.000. She says she fell through the sidewalk in front of defendants’ property at 1103 Broadway and injured herself. Mrs. W. M. Wadaill, the young white woman who deserted her colored husband in this City last week, was heard from yesterday, and an 0 bring ebout & reconciliation will be made this week. Thomas Kelly, a spring-maker, threw a stone | meeting in some central hall will be called through a window yesterday morning in order to get himself arrested. He said that he had not tasted food for days and longed for a few weeks of prison fare. City and County Attorney Creswell hss ren- dered an opinion that the Board of Super- visors has no right to remove the high fence that Charles Crocker built about the proverty of the late Captain Yung. Bernard Fernandez is suing Patrick Tormey, president of the Union Stockyard Compans, or 62,000 in_ Martinez. Tho. trial began before Judge Jones yesterday and sensational developments are expected. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald will ask the National Manufacturers, in session_at Chicago, 10 pass & resolution calling upon all State Leg- islatures to pass laws compelling all convict- made goods to be specially branded. The second trisl of Mrs. Jane Shattuck opened before Judge Belcher yesterday. Two jurors were secured. Truly M. Shattuck, daughter of the prisoner, and one of the prin. cipal witnesses in the case, cannot be found. Judge Hunt has decided to grant a new triat in the suit of Augustus Laver for architect’s fees from A. P. Hotaling: He sued for #8250, he was aliowed $3200, and now Juage Hunt says he must accept $300 or stand & new trial. A committee of citizens and members of the Merchants’ Association yesterday called u Menager Vining and requested that the Mar- ket-street Railway Company issue transfers on several of the principal streetcar lines in the combine. Count de Toulouse Loutrec, who is said to be Savin, the Siberian exile, who arrived here re- cently and went on to St. Louis, was enter- tained prior to his departure by & society beauty at the Palace. He also received an offer of introduction from a wealthy lady to Ler deughter, with an implied proposition of merriage. ‘.;1;!.1' Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco 2 o'clock snarp. Reports of officers will be pre- sented and the following topics will be consid- ered: Coast defenses and increase of the navy, memorial to C 1o Congress on the Nicaraugua canal, the Hawailan cable, the Monroe doctrine, Te- survey of San Francisco Bay and tributaries, lay deys of coal-laden ships, the refunding bill, SALOONS AGAINST THE BREWERS, | Retail Dealers to Take Ac- tion on the Circular of the Syndicate. ; WANT COIN KEPT HERE Text of a Petition That Hasf Been Prepared for Circulation. MASS-MEETING TO BE CALLED. Organizing to Defeat the Order Pro- hibiting Rebate and Treating by Any One. The recent action of a number of the | brewers of this City in regulating the price \ of beer and prohibiting treating hnsl‘ aroused a great deal of feeling among many of the retail dealers who are affected | by this action, and a movement has been | started looking toward a fight against the brewers. The man who has come to the frontin this movement is Frank Marty, the pro- prietor of a saloon at 3015 Mission street. He has published a notice calling upon all | engaged in selling beer to join him in or- | ganizing a movement to defeat those brew- ers who are in the combine. “The cause of this movement,” said Mr. Marty yesterday, “is this,”” and he pro- duced a circular which is in the following | words: { To the Trade : Beginning Monday, January | 13, 1896, the price of steam beer to all deslers will be as follows: Five dollars for each whole barrel, $2 50 for each half barrel, $175 for | | each third of a barrel and $1 for each sixth of a barrel. Lager beer not less than $8 per bar- | Tel, net, without any rebate or allowance of any nature or kind and without spending money by proprietors, managers, employes or drivers. These prices have been fixed in the interests | of the dealer &s well as in the interests of the brewer. Low price for beer only increases the number of dealers, and gives to those of the liquor trefiic a good argument in favor of Sun- day closing, high license and separation of grocery from saloon. | In their own interest we ask all dealers to as- | sist the Brewers), Protective Asscciation in keeping the prices or any concession or allow- ance made to them. Ii these prices are strictly adhered to 1t will lessen competition and prevent discrimina- tion. American, Albany, Bavaria, Broadway, Buf- falo, Chicago, California, Enterprise, Freder- icksburg, Hibernia, Hayes Valley, John Wie- | 1and, Jackson, Milwaukee, National, Railroad, 8. F. Stock, San Francisco, Union, Un 5 Washington, Willows and S. F. Breweries | (limited). | *“We cannot understand what the brew- | ers mean in this matter—but the saloon | men, that is all who sell beer, and there are some 8000 of them, including grocers, | who sell mal¢liquor, know that it means | the loss of a great many dollars to them every month and in the course of a year it amounts to a very large sum. “Here is Mr. Marrelo, who can explain what is to be done better than I can,” and the reporter was presented to the party named. | “Here is a copy of a petition that has | been drawn up and isnow being circulated | for signatures,” and he unfolded a paper | of which the following is a copy: | On behalt of all interested in our movement and especially saloon-keepers and grocerymen, | I, Frank Marty of 3015 Mission street, call | upon all to helpme in the fight I and my | friends are making against the syndicate that has issued a circular (ostensibly in our inter- est, but it is not) wherein it contemplates to perpetrate an outrage against our interests in | forbidding its “proprietors, managers, em- ployes or drivers” to spend any money over the bar or to make any rebate. I have friends who will supply all the beer we need for the trade, and of the best quality in the City, at the same price as the syndicate now sells, allowing all rebates, and permission to the “proprietors, managers, employes or drivers” to spend money over the bar when and how they please. Those who are in favor of breaking up this obnoxious scheme in the meanifesto, which means the draining of & half million of dol- lars from our pockets annually, will please sign their names below. “This movement, in which Mr. Marty, so far, is the only one figuring, is being con- ducted quietly and secretly. The reason for this is obvious. If we make known who is back of Mr. Marty before we are prepared to do so the syndicate will get its work in and defeat our work. There are some eight thousand people directly inte:- ested in this movemsnt, and each is af- fected to the extent of from $4 to $6 a month. That means nearly half a million dollars a year, which these people formerly received over their connters. We want that amount of money retained in this City, circulated among the people and not sent out of the country, as it wiil be. “You can say that as soon as we get a number of names to this petition a mass- and the whole subject fully discussed. You can also say that there are some very prominent men in this movement, but I am not at liberty at this time to name them. “What breweries will furnish the beer on the conditions named in the petition? Well, those cannot be named at this time either, for the parties who are moving do not want them to be approached by the syndicate. The movement, you can say, is not limited to San Francisco, but that assistance will be fortncoming from out- side the City limits, and that the supply of beer will be unlimited.” T0O THE TRADE ONLY. The Commission Merchants Will Not Sell Produce to Any but the Re- tail Dealer. The agreement on the part of the com- mission merchants to sell to the trade is on vprinted cards in all the salesrooms of the Commission Merchants’ Protective As- sociation, and it is impossible for others than the dealers to buy a single box of fruit or any other package therefrom. The wholesalers and retailers entered into a compact on the first of this year whereby the latter would pay their bills incurred at the commission-houses every Monday, and for this the former agreed not to sell a pound of fruit other than to the retailer. This does not touch the job- ber or wholesale dealer who buys from the commission men. By this the retailer will boycott the commission house if it sells to tail dealer does not settle his bills on Mon- day morning. “{’\'e have lost so much b; ness from these ‘long-time’ dealers,” said a commission merchdnt yesterday, ‘“that we had to bring our customers up to a sys- tem.” _*“We have lost so much from the prac- tice on the part of wholesalers selling at retail,” said a fruit man yesterday, ‘“that we had to bring our commission people up doing busi- | to a wystem.’" This system is not a good one for the buyer and not very good for the com- mission people. The former can only patronize the small dealer and the latter can only gei rid of his consignments as his retailer orders them, and on the other hand the jobbers sell both at retail and wholesale, running opposition against | both parties. ‘‘Tbe agreement is working smoothly,” said a commission man, “but I don’t know how long it will last. Inthe summer-time when we get loaded down with small fruit, and when we have to get rid of it quickly and by every means, the thing will come hardest upon us. Even now I don’t find it convenient to refuse to sell at retail to old customers, but we must all stand by the compact.’” HELD COURT IN PRISON. Samuel B. Thompson Will Have to An- swer Before the Superior Court. The preliminary examination of Samuel B. Thonipson, the aged news-dealer, on three charges of felonious assault upon little girls was concluded yesterday and he was held fo answer before the Superior Court in $10,000 bonds on each charge. Judge Conlan’sexperience on Friday when Thompson made an attack upon him in HER DISASTROUS VOYAGE. The Inchcape Rock Nearly Went Down While Round- ing the Horn. ONE MAN WAS TORN TO PIECES, Captain Armour, an Apprentice Boy and a Sailor Also Lost Their Lives. Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound, The bubbles rose and burst around; Quoth Sir Ralph, “The next who comes to the rock Won't bless the abbot of Aberbrothock.” This verse is one of several that were en- graved on the windows of the British ship Inchcape Rock. During a hurricance en- countered off the Horn all of them save one were washed away by a great wave, and now all that is left of the story is the verse quoted, surmounted by a bell. Inchcape Rock is one of the most dan- gerous places on the coast of Scotland. Ship after ship had been lost on it and the wreckers along the coast reaped a rich harvest. Among them was Sir Ralph the Rover, who grew rich on the spoil gathered from the sea, and finally he fitted out a vessel to rove the Mediterranean. While he was getting ready the good priests of Aberbrothock decided to place a signal on the treacherous Inchape Rock in order to warn the unfortunates who might be too close inshore on a foggy night or morn- ing. A bell was procured and during a calm day it was fastened to the rock and thenceforth warned all the coasters that they were in a dangerous position. As soon as Sir Ralph the Rover had his piratical craft in commission the first thing he did was to sail out to Inch- cape Rock and cut the bell from its fasten- ings. This act is the only remains of the have a finer flayor—that is, all that the sailors leave for the cabin table._ As Captain Wilson was pointing out the beauties of his ship yesterday the British ship Craigend came’ sailing up the bay. She had a fair wind and Captain Lewth- waite made use of it to sail in and savea $200 towboat bill. The Craigend has been 131 days getting in from Newcastle, Eng- land, and in latitude 13 north longitude 26 west she was spoken by the Inchcape Rock. Captain Wilson at once hoisted his flags, welcoming the new arrival. CONVICT-MADE GOODS. The National Manufacturers’ Associa- tion at Chicago Will Act Upon the Matter. Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald will start for the East within a week or two to investigate the question of convict- made goods that are shipped to this State and sold in competition with goods made by free labor. 1t was his intention to be present at the convention of the National Manufacturers’ Association, which will ba held in Chicago a little later in this month. However, he will not be able to reach Chicago in time to attend the convention, but he has seen J. W. Nelson, one of the delegates, who will leave at once for Chi- cago, and who will represent the Labor Commissioner. Mr. Nelson is the presi- dent of the Oakland Preserving Company. He will introduce for the Labor Commis- sioner the following resolution relative to convict-made goods: WHEREAS, The menufacturers of the United States in convention assembled have under consideration the manufacture of commercial articles by convict 1abor, and it is showed that the said convict labor is a menace to the wel- fare of the manufacturing and laboring inter- ests of the conntry; and whereas, the sense of this convention is that while we recognize the necessity of keeping the convicts employed in such institutions, in order that the mental and physical condition of the inmates may not be- come impaired, and the revenue derived from their labor tends to make the said institutions self-sustaining, we deplore the effect the sur- plus amount of such manvfactured articles causes when the same are placed on sale in our markets in competition with the fabric of free lapor; and whereas, the said convict-made goods are sold in open competition with tree- made goods, without brand or other distin- %uishlng mark of identification; tnererore, e 1t Resolved, That the Legislature of every State be and is hereby respectfully requested to enact the necessary messure to compel the proper branding of the said_prison-made arti- eles and that each political party be respect- v Master, Captain Wilson. [Reproduced from a photograph by Milton.] | The British Ship Inchcape Rock, Which Had One of the Most Disastrous Voyages on Record, and Her court decided him to take nc chances, so he held court in the City Prison. Thompson most of the time sat in a cor- ner of the cell glowering at the Judge. His attorneys did not offer much of a de- fense, as they will plead that he is insane and will ask that the Insanity Commis- sioners examine him. CUT DOWN LAVER'S BILL The Architect Is Offered Three Hundred Dollars or a New Trial He Sued For Over Eight Thousand, and Was Allowed Three Thous- and by the Jury. Judge Hunt has granted a new trial in the case of Augustus Laver against A, P, Hotaling, unless Laver will consent to a reduction of the judgment rendered, one of $3200, to $300. There was admitted in evidence a rule or custom of the Institute of Architects by which the members charge a fixed percent- age of the cost of the building to be erected. Ifthe building be constructed the architects charge 5 per cent of its cost, if it be not constructed they charge 214 per cent. Under this computation Laver sued to re- cover $8250. The complaint contained two counts, one that Hotaling had told Laver to go ahead as if the plans were for himself, and in the other count it stated that the plans must be subject to Mr. Hotaling’s approval. This inconsistency was re- marked upon by the Judge in his opinion. The testimony showed that Laver had not given a thought to Hotaling’s approval, and it therefore was-assumed that the first count in the complaint was the one under which Laver sought to recover. The estimated cost of the building was $325,000. Several architects were examined and each gave the opinion that the amount asked for was correct under the architects’ rule. The court held, however, that such testimony was inadmissible because, how- ever much one architect might be bound by this custom when dealing with another, still an outsider, ignorant of the custom, could not be held to it. There was no pre- tense that the defendant was a member of th? association, or that he knew of the rule. In view of the error in admitting the testimony, and in view of the fact that no evidence had been introduced showing the reasonable value of the plaintiff’s services, anew trial is granted unless the plaintiff agrees to accept $300 as full compensation. ‘This amount was offered by Hotaling and was refused by Layver. The testimony went to show that Hotaling ordered the plans merelg because he thought of put- ting up a building at some future time, and not because he had any idea of erect- ing one at once. He limited the cost to sag,ooo, he said on the stand. e e The Sportsmen’s Association. The Sportsmen’s Protective Association will hold a mass-meeting this evening in K. of K. B. Hall, corner of Mason and O’'Farrell streets. Speakers from this City, Solano, Contra Costa a family and the commission man wiil sell to everybody and in lots to suit if the re- and Sonoma counties will address the sports- men present. story left on the windows of the British ship Inchcape Rock. sailed all over the water of the known world aud as a pirate was a genuine suc- cess. His vessel was loaded down with booty and he determined to return home and give his crew a rest and a chance to spend some of their ill-cotten gains in Bonny Scotland. The run to the coast was made in quick time and just as the pirati- cal craft was nearing land the fog came down and Sir Ralph lost his reckoning. He knew he was in the vicinity of Inch- cape Rock, but there was no warning bell to give forth its notes with the wash of the waves. The result was that Sir Ralph ahd all his crew found a watery grave and the ship went down on the very rock from which the Rover had cut the bell a year previously. The British ship Inchcape Rock, which docked yesterday at section 3 of the sea- wall, is not commanded by “a rover,” but Captain Wilson is one of the best liked and most skillful commanders that has ever come into San Francisco. From the Lon- don dock he brought his ship to this port in 116 days, which is remarkably good time considering the time of the year. During the short time he has been in her there has never been an accident, but under her former captain the vessel was very nearly lost—not on the Inchcape Rock, but on the rocks off Cape Horn. Captain Armour was in command, and a braver seaman never stepped in shoe- leather. It was blowing a hurricane, and mountainous waves were constantly break- ing aboard. The British ship Lord Ra; lan hove in sight, and Captain Campbell signaled ‘“We're in for it.” Captain Ar- mour answered, “Keep a stiff upper lip; we'll pull through.” Campbell, his wife and children and governess and a crew of thirty men have never been heard from since, and Captain Armour was washed overboard and drowned, The Inchcape Rock reached her destination a wreck of her former self, and had to be thoroughly overhauled before she could sail again for San Francisco. “The gale in_which the Lord Raglan went down and the lnchcape Rock was gutted must_have been a terrific one,” said Captain Wilson vesterday. ‘“Captain Armour was on the bridge and Mate Car- son was forward looking after some work that had to be done. The man at the wheel saw an enormous sea coming tow- ering along behind, and in his fright he let go the wheel and started to run.” Cap- tain Armour made a run for the tiller, but before he reached it the xhip broached to and the waves had command. The cap- tain, the cowardly sailor and an appren- tice were washed overboard. The steward was caught in the wreck in the 'cabin, and the splintered timbers simply tore him to From Scotlana Sir Ralph the Rover | fully requested to pledge its legislative candi- dates to support this measure, and be it further Resolved, That the secretary be and is hereby | directed to transmit a copy of these resolu- tions to the Secretary of State and to the chairman of the central committee of each political party in every State in the Union. | UNION STOCKNRD CASE B. Fernandez Suing Tormey and Wife for Sixty Thousand Dollars. Defendant Is President of the Big Cattle Company in Contra Costa County. The trial of the Union Stockyard case began at Martinez yesterday. It is a litigation involving $62,000, and before a conclusion is reached it is ex- pected there will be many interesting if not sensational facts brought out con- cerning the company. Bernardo Fernandez, a wealthy resident of Contra Cousta County, is the plaintiff, and Patrick Tormey, president of the Union Stockyard Company, is the de- fendant. ‘I'he suit may be regarded as an outgrowth of the foreclosure on $250,000 worth of the company’s bonds by the Safe Deposit and Trust Company some time ago. F‘I‘hu present suit, however, is in fore- closure of a mortgage in the sum of $62,- 742 12, held by Fernandez against Tormey. 1t was made in August, 1893, to secure Fernandez on a promissory note for the amount named. Lands of extensive acre- age in Contra Costa County are covered by the mortgage, and they were originally ledged to secure Fernandez against any Foss which might occur by reason of his assigning a certain note, executed by Annie Tormey, defendant’s wife and also co-defendant, 1n fayor of Harry Rogers. Tormey, as president of the stockyard company, had occasion to borrow large sums of money from time to time, and Rogers is one of the capitalists from whom he secured a heavy loan. The money was not borrowed all at once, hut was advanced in smaller sums., Fernandez, the wealthy Spanish land- owner, came to the assistance of his friend Tormey and assumed the payment of sev- eral of the notes, for which he was secured by the mortgage as already desgribed. ‘Messrs. Booth and Bartnett of the firm of Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett, represent- pieces. After the gale went down all that was left of him was picked up in different parts oi the ship, sewed up in a sack and consigned to the deep.” The chronometer, charts and everything else went with the woodwork, so Carson had to signal the first vessel he met. From her he Fot the necessary instra- ments and finally reached England. The Inchcape Rock was then refitted and once more started running to San Francisco. She is one of the best appointed vessels in port and Captain u};gn is justly proud of her. She has a novelty aboard in the shape of about fifteen hens that came from the Transvaal, but Steward Atkinson says that they are no better than tbe ordinary American variety and that tney do not lay as well. Captain Wilson, however, insists that they are bigger and more prolific than the general hen and that the eggs taste richer and ing the plaintiff, left for Martinez yester- day, as did representatives of the firm of Stanly, Hayes & Bradley, which is look- ing uiter the interests of Mr. Tormey. The suit will be tried before Judge John P, Jones of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County. The principal point at issue is as to the value of the property. It is asserted that the lands covered by the mortgage have diminished in value. — Sebastopol Was Not Impregnable, For it was teken by assault, but a physique built up, a constitution fortified by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, may bid defiance to the assaults of mala- rious disease even in localities where it is most prevalent and malignant. Emigrants to the ague- breeding sections of the West should bear this in mind, and starc with a supply. The Bitters promptly subdues dyspepsia, rheumatic and kid- :’any':o':p ervousness, constipation and bil- NEW TO-DAY. PURE 7/ ONLY ROUNDED level \ Bakin SURE and's NOT HEAPING g er NEW DAYBREAK BURGLARS Montgomery & Co.’s Grocery-Store | Robbed of Much Valu- able Produce, HAULED OFF IN A WAGON. | The Neighborhood of Third and How- ard Terrorized—Looking for a Peddlers’ Fence. Quite a new, if not entirely original, brand of thief and housebreaker has broken out in the Mission district. He comes in the early morning, with a horse and wagon, ana pries open the front door and calmly helps himself to whatever is at hand. He makes a specialty of grocery stores, and he usually has several confeder- ates. He operated to a considerable extent last Saturday morning, between 6 and 7 o’clock, on the grocery-store of Montgomery & Co., at 118 Third street. The robbers broke in the front door with a jimmy and then hauled off a lot of hams, | several boxes of butter, sacks of coffee, boxes of tea, canned goods, honey and | numerous other articles. Aside from this | they opened the cash-register and took all tne small coin it contained. This was less than $50. In opening the front door the burglars broke a plate-glass window, which fell with a crash that did not escape the notice of one of the men in Wanne- macher's butcher-shop across the street. | 1t was still quite dark and the butcher sent | his boy over to the store to see what was | the matter. The boy found two men in | the grocery-store carrying out parcels and | loading them ona wagon. This did not seem an unusual proceedure to him, and he | returned to his employer. | “They’re opening up pretty early,” said the butcher, when he heard the boy’s re- | port, but he did not think that very | strange, because it was Saturday morning and within half an hour or so of the usual time for Montgomery’s store to open. [ This is one of the best equipped groceries in that partof the city and the burglars made quite a haul. Mr. Gordon, one of | the proprietors, who was seen yesterday, | said he could bardly tell how much the | thieves got away with unless he should go | over the whole stock. ‘“When our clerks | got here in the morning they found the front doorg pulled to and a box of tea standing pear by. The thieveshad either been frightened away before they could load this teaon the wagon, or else they had the wagon so full it could hold no more.” The police have managed to keep the case quiet until now, but for all their secrecy they have caught no one and have no idea as to the identity of the burglars. The detectives are searching for a fence which buys groceries and provisions, and think that if one of these can be located it will not be hard to find the burglars them- selves. It is thought there must be some place where this class of goods can be sold to ad- vantage, for the burglars would hardly dare peddle the goods in the street. This is especially true in the case of the butter stolen. It would be a suspicious circum- stance at this time of the year tofinda street-peddler selling butter, and he would Dbe arrested on sight. Mr. Gordon is of the opinion that there must be a fence where groceries can be sold, for a good many groceries are being stolen in this City all the time. Much is stolen in broad daylight, he says, from the delivery-wagons, especially in the neigh- borhood of Kearny, Postand Geary streets, so that it has become necessary io send two men out with the wagon, one to go into the houses and deliver the goods while the other watches the wagon. On the same night that the burglars op- erated on Montgomery’s store there were four or five other burglaries in the neigh- borhood, and but one of the culprits was caught. Hewas found running away with a demijohn from Ryan’s saloon at Third and Tehama streets. Earlier in the morning the Builders’ Exchange, on New Montgomery street, near Mission, was broken into and looted to a considerable extent, while a saloon on Mission street, near Fourth, was entered and the cash-register emptied. It isnot thought that these depredations were the work of the same men, but that they all belong to the same gang, which has been operating in this part of the City all win- ter, with considerable success to them- selves, much loss to the inhabitants, and in little fear of molestation by the police. ‘RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION, The Annual Meeting of the S. F. and N. P. R. R. Co. Will Be Postponed. Considerable interest has been mani- fested as to what will take place at the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company, called for 2 o’clock this after- noon. According to the original plan it was proposed by combining the vote of Sidney V. Smith, who controls 12,333 shares, with that of the North Pacific Coast Railway Company, which controls 18,000 shares, to elect a new board of directors and officers and to consolidate the interests of the two competing lines. This plan, however, received a check by the action of President A. W. Foster and other stockholders, who last week secured a temporary injunction from the Marin County Superior Court restraining Mr. Smith from voting his stock as he wishes, the injunction having been granted on the showing made by the plaintiffs that Mr. Smith had three years ago signed a con- tract agreeing to vote his shares as a block with those of Mr. Foster and Andrew Margham, who own or control an equal number of shares with Mr. Smith. But despite these unexpected develop- ments the meeting will be held as first an- nounced, but will be at once adjourned for two or three weeks to await the result of the pending litigation. Mr. Smith is preparing his answer to the complaint filed by his former colleagues and expects to have it réady a day or two before the hearing of the case, which is set | near Comptonvilie, for the coming Saturday in Judge An- zelott1’s court at San Rafael. ————— Hydraulic Mines. At the meeting of the Debris Commission yesterday permits were given to operate the following hydraulic mines: Manzanita mine near San Juan, Nevada County; Jay Bird mine Yuba County; Kanaka Flat mine near Spanish Ranch, Plumas County; ‘Adkins mine near Mono, Shasia County, iyl Not Dolan of Sixth Street. Thomas Dolan, 13724 Sixth streer, wishes to have it understood that he is not the Dolan ar- rested on Sunday for petty larceny. The are rested Dolan lived at 134 Seventh street. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, calve, FRIEDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G- LE33ES ANDMATIAGERS ENGLAND’S DOES GREAT NOT FLEET COMPARE WITH THE GREAT D T o P T e ] AMERICAN WAR SHIPS You Can See To-night in “THE ENSIGN!” A STUPENDOUS PRODUCTION ——BY THE— A A A A i FRAWLEY COMPANY! Monday Next—¢MEN AND WOMEN.” First Time Here by the Frawley Company. A ARTAY ™A o JOYOUS RETURN zo oM | ENIGHT KovE OLD | Matinee Sat'day N l(:l’xi"l‘ KENTUCKY! The Glorious The Pickaninny l The Glorious 1ORSE RACE BRASS BAND 9 - ALCAZAR COMPLETE AND OVERWHELMING TRIUMPH OF THE WOLVES OF NEW YORK! -RAISING APPLAUSE! EST-SPLITTING MERRIMENT! SOUL-SOFIENING SYMPATHY ! Night Prices—10c¢, 15¢, 25¢, 35c, 50c. ‘Wednesday oks Free to A MRs. ERNKSTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managss EVERY EVENING- THIRD EDITION——THIRD EDITION Of the Beautiful Spectacle, “IXION !’ “IXION !” Or, THE MAN OF THE WHEEL. NEW SONG! NEW DANCES! —NEW SPECIALTI NEW LOCALISMS! ——IN PREPARATION— “THE GENTLE SAVAGE!” A New American Opera in Three Acts. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager ING AT EIGHT, San Francisco of James Has- kins' Great Melodrama, “A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY !” A Story of Louisiana During the Civil War, EVENING PRICES—25c and 50c. Famlly Circio and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and Powall. —OVERWHEL! SUCCESS OF— OUR BRILLIAN NEW COMPANY ! 9 NEW STARS! 9 RACHEL WALKER, SISTERS DE VAN, SISTERS DE WITT, HOWLEY AND DOYLE, FONTE BONI BROTHERS, ETOC., ETC., ETO. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera chales and Box seats, 50c. MACDONOUGI{J THEATER (OAKLAND). MARIE WAINWRIGHT ! Secure seats. CLOSED TO-DAY. TO-~-MORROW Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADMISSION. ——10 CENTS Children (including a Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. GUILD OF ARTS AND CRAFTS EXEIBITION or—— BOOKS AND PRINTING 424 Pine Streeot, January 20th to 25th, Inclusive, 10 A. 3. t05 P. 3., 7:30 to 10:30 P. 3. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. 3. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, §1. Take Mission-sireet electric line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W.S. LEAKE, President. Secretary.