The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNTA THEATER—Tn 0la Kentucky.” CoLvMBIa THEATER—“The Eusign.” MoRosco's OPERA-HOUSE—* A Man Without & Country.” T1voL1 OrERA-Tlopsk.—«Ixion; or, The Man of the Wheel.” ORPHEUM.—Hizh-Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S ALcAZAR.—* Wolves of New York.” ERCOTTH® CHuTws—Dailly at Halght street © € Llock east of the I BaY DISTRICT TRAC SALE: —This day (Friday), at 31 and 83 Sutter CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, The Weather Bureau predicts fair weather for to-day wntown pool-sellers ere to ofn upa nte Carlo. Corralitos Fruit and Land Company has d for $11,800. 1, who kept a saloon in this ilea for §11,590. alof the late A. Page Brown took at Burlingame, The Board of Health will enforce the law re- quiring the registration of births. The winners at the Bay District yesterday e: Fijian, New Moon, Rosebud, Hidalgo, ano and Hueneme. The Chinese tailors have combined to form the Foo Sun Hong Society. It is for mutual benefit and protection. The unions of the building trades have de- cided to organize a building trades’ council on the evening of February 6. The Fish Commissioners will soon place two kinds of bass, perch and pike or pickerel in the big rivers ana Clear Lake. _The forty-third annual meeting and installa- tion of officers of the Mercantile Library Asso- ciation was held last evening. es W. Orr, first mate of the ship John 2 1d, wus arrested yesterday on s charge f cruel treatment of saifors at sea. coopers' strike in the Pacific Wooden Ware and Cooperage Company has been settled by the restoration of the old rate of wages. All the horses in the stables of the Aretic 0il Works, twenty-two in number, have been pois- oned within the past few davs. Ten of them have died and the others are not outof danger. Judge Morrow yesterday fixed February 12 #s the date for the trial of W. E. Price on the adden divorce suit was put off the y Judge Seawell yesterday, because suddenly leit the courtroom be- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals discovered a nment of horribly day that were in- Morris, the accused has been placed in the ¥, and it will come up Exchange, at a special sterday, called for a mass-meeting to-morrow in behalf of Hammond risoned in Africa. . The Postoflice Department is investigatin the presence of due newspaper and periodica stamps in large numbers in the collections of philatelists throughout the country. 1 murrer of Ambrose Watson to the suit f Alfred Morgeustern for possession of his as clerk of Police Court No, 2 was ed before Judge Troutt yesterday. obby Clarke obstructed courtand counsel y by refusing to answer questions on he ground that it would tend to conviet him oialelony. He was not compelled to reply. During a quarrel in Brenham place, China- town, yesterday aiternoon, Jim Schwartz, alias n Murphy,” slashea John Yockel across groin, and the wound may prove fatal. treet Committee of the Board of Super- cided to recommend the declar- en Gate avenue to be & public rd, and has an order drawn up to that nt-keeper, has been ¥ his creditors, who ng his property to pre- t them from recovering. He owes about £1000. dwin & Hammond held a successful auc- eal estate yesterday, atwhich Company’s property sold for fair . _The total amount realized was 115. Samuel B. Thompson, the sged newsdealer, > to his clothing at the Receiving Hospi- day morning, but it is still believed s'mply playing a part, so as to be de- e m was filled are and other articles, part of en identified. Waller street, while under the | wor, was knocked down by a night 'and sustained & contused side and possibly internal injuries. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. G. Suthon of New Orleans, for seven missionary of the American Episcopal in the distant Japanese is here on her wa rst Europ home for & vacation. in Hondo. Thomas Y. Gendine of the In- or Departu s at the Occidental. He hes been gat g facts in Los Angeles County in reference 1o boundaries of lands in- cly the list of Be! nd frauds. ted by Paul for cru- wer and cro nint have for by stipulation the case ismissed yesterdsy by Judge Slack. At the mass-meeting hela last night at the fetropolitan Hall resolutions were adopted in f Government ownership and operation o Pacific railronds and Congressman sted to endeavor to bring oducing a suitable bill in Henry Miller, as surviving partner of the firm of Mitler & Lux, has brought suit against Agro N. Lewis and Thomas B. 0p, as executors of the estate of Miranda W. Lux, to recover money advanced to the deceased by the vlaintiff. The amount sued for is $59,301 75. has been secured to try Mrs. Jane ck for the second time for the murder Harry Poole. The case will open Monday. Truly Shattuck has been heard from in Port- Jand and she is on her way to Montana. Itis probable that her testimony from the former trial will be read. Sidney V. Smith filed his answer in the Marin County Superior Court yesterday to the aliegations of A.W. Foster, president of the Donahue Railroad, and others. He denies every charge made, claims he was justified in law and miorals in _trying to vote his pooled stock in the road and prays for an injunction to prevent Foster from voting it. The Wallace-Sisson case Was befors the Supreme Court yesterday on argument. The case is & suit by Emeline Wallace and Cora against Joseph H. Sisson, Milo A. W. Sisson, Julia Ann Crocker and ocker, and is to re cover $10,000 on Judgment was rendered for de- nd the plaintiffs appealed to the The case was submitted. Hestystein AW fendants, preme Court. NEW TO-DAY. 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Dr. Brown is declared to be conva- lescent. ““While I have not seen Dr. Brown to- day,’” said Deacon Dexter, “I learn from his family that he is greatly improved, and will unquestionably be on hand when the committee next convenes. He has been advised by his physician to take short walks during the day, and this will no doubt be beneficial to him. “The statement published in a morning paper to the effect’that the standing com- mittee held a secret couference about the case after prayer-meeting last night is un- true. We did meet, but only to transact routine business, and Dr. Brown’s name was not mentioned.” Dr. Brown has a double. That there is a man that looks very { much like Dr. Brown seems to admit of no further doubt. It was stated yester- day that this mysterious person, as elusive as Elizabeth Jane Baddin, was likely to cut #n important figure in the case. Dr. Williams has seen the pastor’s double, | and is prepared to aflirm that such a char- acter exists “Twenty-five yards away,” he said, “it is practically impossible to tell the man from Dr. Brown. Isaw him across Mar- | ket street a few days ago, and I exclaimed toa friend, “Why, there is Dr. Brown.” As | the man drew nearer, however, I saw my mistake. He is slightly taller than the pastor and less stooped, but 1t would be an easy matter to mistake one for the other.” It will be recalled that some time ago Mrs. Gillie, who runs a lodging-house on Sixth street, near Howard, claimed to have seen Dr. Brown enter a similar place just across the way. It has been stated, since this mysterious double came into exist- ance, that an effort will be made before the investigating committee to show that it was thisman and not Dr. Brown who was seen on Sixth street. The members of the committee decline to discuss this new phase of the case, say- ing that as yet they have no knowledge of the evidence that is to be introduced. Rev. Mr. Wikoff has finally decided to act as a member of the investigating committee. He addressed a letter to Dr. Williams to that effect yesterday, asking to be formally notified of the time and place of the next meeting. This practically assures a full meeting of the committee as originally appointed, with the exception of Deacon I. H. Morse, who is still in Boston, looking up the record of Dr. Brown’s alleged blackmailer. While the final policy of the committee concerning the order in which the investi- gation is to be conducted has not been agreed on—in fact, even formally dis- cussed—the inquiry, according to a promi- nent member, will be subsiantially as given below. “This idea is gathered,” said the gentleman, “from remarks that baye been made at different times by members during the three informal meetings. Of course this programme may be varied some little, but in the main it will be closely followed. “First, Dr. Brown will give his version of the charges that have been brought against him by Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Stockton. The minister has admitted that he paid Mrs. Stockton $600, but he will be asked to explain why this was necessary if he was innocent of all wrong- doing. Dr. Brown will also be asked tue direct question if he was the cause of Mrs. Tunnell seeking a temporary hiding-place. The fact that he sent for her the day fol- lowing the arrest of Mrs. Davidson and that she remained at his house until 11:30 o’clock that night and then went to Oakland, and later to Tulare County, in- stead of returning to her lodging-house on Mission street is all well known to the committee. Dr. Brown will be asked to throw light on these matters. “Miss Overman will then be given an op- portunity to explain not only the un- pleasant manner in which her name has been coupled with that of Dr. Brown, but also the charges that have been made connecting her with several unpleasant events which are alleged to have occurred in Tacoma, Spokane and other northern cities.” It is not thought probable by the com- mittee that Miss Overman will attempt to deny the genuineness of the Tunnell letters. “It isj barely possible,” says one member, “that she will acknowledge them as hers, but in explanation will show that they form a part of a general plot to first extort money from Dr. Brown and then bring abeut his ruin. How the committee would receive such a confession as this would depend altogether on the evidence which she has to support it.’”” When Miss Overman and Dr. Brown have completed their statements, Mrs. Davidson will be invited from the branch County Jail and given an opportunity to tell what she knows of the affair, Mrs, Thurston will then be called on and she will be asked to tell how and where she got her information. This, it is thought, will implicate Mrs. Tunnell again and necessitate her presence before the com- mittee, if she can be founa. THE MADDEN DIVORCE. It Came to an Abrupt Ending Before Judge Seawell Yesterday. The case of Madden against Madden came to an abrupt termination before Judge Seawell yesterday. There wasgoing to be a default entered in the case of Henry A. Madden, the defendant, and everything was prepared for a speedy trial. Judge Seawell took his seat on the bench when ust then Walter Gallagher, attorney for hn. Mary Madden, came into the court- room, took the p:;en in the case from the table and vanished. Then Martin Stevens, Madden’s atfor- ney, said he would go and look for him, and then the plaintiff herself left the court- Toom in a hurry, and when the case was ’ called there was noone to answer. The case was dropped from the calendar. —————— POLICE COURT CLERKS. Their Position Under Argument in the Superior Court. The case of Alired Morgenstern against Ambrose Watson, to secure possession of the oflice of clerk to Police Court 2 came before Judge Troutt yesterday on a de- murrer filed by H. E. Highton to Morgen- stern’s petition. The demurrer was argued and submitted. Mr. Highton contended that the Super- visors had no right to remove a man from office except for cause and after a hearing, He suid the Supervisors had power to fill a vacaney but had not the power {0 make one, and upon that ground he demanded that Morgenstern be not allowed to pro- ceed further against his client. General Dickinson appeared for Morgen- stern. He argued that the appointing vowerin filling a vacancy under existing laws had the power to fill it at pleasure, and the man so appointed could be re- moved when the appointing power saw fit. He agreed with all Mr. Highton said about the existing condition of politics, and that was not a little, but he argued that under the law in removing Watson and appoint- ing Morgenstern the Supervisors had done no more than was right. PAGE BROWN’S FUNERAL The Last Service Was Held Yesterday at the Burlingame Home of the Architect. The funera! of A. Page Brown took place Yesterday at the architect’s home at Bur- lingame. The services, which were con- ducted by Rev. Mr. Cowie, pastor of the Episcopal church at San Mateo, began after the arrival of the 10:40 train from this City. Upon the conclusion of the rites the body was placed on a funeral train and brought to the Valencia-strest station, from where it was taken to Laurel Hill Cemetery and placed in a vault, to re- main until removedpfo New York. The following acted as pallbearers: Wil- liam H. Crocker, J. B. Casserly, J. D. Phe- lan, John J. Mahoney, Frank J. Symmes, George H. Ripley, W. H. Howard and F. 8. Van Tree: CAPTAIN HEALY ON TRIAL, Three Witnesses for the Prosecu- tion Heard by the Court of Inquiry. Officers Assert That No Conspiracy Exists to Down the Accused Captain. The court of inquiry appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate the charges against Captain Healy of the Bear convened at the Appraisers’ building at 10 o’clock A. i, yesterday and adjourned at4r. x. Twenty officers in undress uni- form awaited the pleasure of the court. They had been calied as witnesses for the prosecution, mainly. The court is conducted with closed doors, and the greatest secrecy is enjoined on members of the court, counsel and wit- nesses. The first business in hand yesterday was to consider the objections raised by counsel for Captain Healy that the charges were not sufticiently setforth. The court overruled the objections and de- cided to proceed to the examination of witnesses. The first witness called was Engineer Jones of the Grant. He was followed on the witness-stand by Lieutenant Daniels and Lieutenant Emery of the Bear. As witnesses for the prosecution they adhered to the charges promulgated, but it is not known to what extent the cross-examina- tion weakened the force of direct testi- mony. It was the outside opinion of of- ficers generally that the force of direct testimony could not be broken. The theory that a conspiracy exists among the officers to deprive Captain Healy of his command and drive him from the service is vigorously combated. One officer remarked to a reporter: ““Look there at that group of a dozen offi- cers. Do they look like men who would conspire against an old officer to bring him into trouble? No ;theyare nonora- ble, upright men, who have at heart the good of the service, and in this affair many of them have been misrepresented and maligned. One officer, against whom charges were preferred by the crew, was the subject of inquiry and acquitted. It was alleged and so published that he was drunk for three days, but when the inquury established the fact that he was sober and on duty and he was acquitted and vindicated, o:niy a line or two an- nounced the result.’” Many of the officers present are from the Grant, Corwin, Rush and Perrv. These vessels were in Bering Sea last summer when the Bear was in the Arctic, and all are familiar, more or less, with the occur- rences of the summer cruise. The cutters now in the Pacific service are commanded as follows: Bear, Captain Buhner; Grant, Captain Tozier; Perry, Captain H. D. Smith; Corwin, 'Cagain Munger; Wolcott, Captain Philhps; and Rush, Captain Wadsworth. The present court of inquiry is of special interest to tie officers of the ‘fleet, because it is the first one on the Pacific Coast to be conducted according to the new regula- tions of the Treasury Department, which went into effect two years ago. The regu- lations prescribe the form of hearing and allow the accused to be represented by counsel, who may cross-examine the wit- nesses for the prosecution and introduce evidence in rebuttal. Civilians may be called as witnesses, but they cannot be compelled by any process of the court to testify, and evidence so given by re- quest must be considered. An officer re- fusing to testify when called as a witness may be punished by revocation of his com- mission. At 4 o’clock, with due formality, the court announced its adjournment until 10 A. M. to-day. Thereupon the -officers in waiting donned the attire of ordinary mor- tals and vanished. e ——— A Surprise to Everybody. ‘What surprised the public most in con- nection with the Oakland Poultry Show was the fact that ex-Mayor Pierce, who raises poulty, not as a business but as one of his pastimes, should carry off the honors and have his birds pronounced by the most competent judges—such men as L. K. Felch of Massachusetts—the best collection in the world. Especial reference was made to the buff leghorns, a com- paratively new breed in this country. The following was the list of prizes won by Mr. Pierce: ~ Kor buff leghorn pullets, tirst, second and third prizes; hens, first and third; breeding pen, first; best ten huff leghorns, first; special silver cup for best cockerel ; Fold medal for best ten birds; gold medal tor best breeding pen. This makes four out of five possible first prizes and every special for which he competed. —— A Forty-Third Anniversary. Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the auditoriym of the Young Men’s Christian As. sociation, Mason and Ellis streets, the forty. third anniversary of the institution wiil be ob- served. Several of the City gn!tm’swlll parti- cipate. The anniversary address will be de. livered by Rev. B}ilsha D. A. Goodsell of the Methodist Church. The Knickerbocker quar- ter will sing, andthere will be orchestral music to assist in the sacred song service pre- ceding_the anniversary exercises. The ser- vice will be free to meén and women, and the public is invited to attend. J.J. Valentine, president of the association, will preside, ————— Presidio Guard Mounts. There will be & guard mount, with concert, at the Presidio every day, including Sunday, until further notice, beginning at 1 o'clock each day. | petuating lris memory. 10 HONOR ADAM SAniTh, Red Men's Hall Is to Be Adorned With a Heroic Bust in Bronze., JUST ARRIVED FROM MUNICH, A Work of Art That Has Been Modeled by Rupert Schmid, The entrance hall of the Red Men’s building, on Post street, facing Union square, is about to be handsomely deco- rated in mahogany and adorned with a heroic bronze bust of Adam Smith, who was the first great sachem of the Great Council of California. "The bust, which was modeled by Rupert Schmid, arnved a few days ago from Munich, where the sculptor left it to be castduring hisrecent visit to Europe. The order was given him soon after Adam Smith’s death, which occurred over a year ago. The work of art has been pronounced an excellent likeness by friends of the man, where he got some fine unused specimens in his possession, stated that it was an easy matter to obtain them if care was taken to watch the appointments of new Postmasters in country towns. *‘As a general thing,” he said, ‘“‘all_you have to do is to go to a new country Post- master, who seidom has read the regula- tions and knows little of his duties, and plank down your_money with a demand for the stamps. He usually gives them up without a murmur. Then, of course, the dealers bave plenty of them, obtained nobody knows how.”” MUST REGISTER BIRTHS. The Board of Health Will Enforce the State Law More Strictly Here- after. The poor showing made by San Fran- cisco in the comparative statement of the births and deaths in the principal cities of the United States compiled recently by the Board of Health has led the health officers to take strong measures to compel physicians and midwives to register births according to law. The statutes provide | for the registration with a penalty as follows: Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this order shall be deemed guilty of & misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, or imprisonment not ex- ceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. According to Secretary Godchaux of the board, it is due entirely to the carelessness of physicians and midwives in failing to comply with the law that the death rate of this City is so 1arge compared with the number of registered births. In the iuture the law will be more RUPERT SCHMID’S BUST OF ADAM SMITH. (Sketched by a ““Call” artist.] who is recarded as the father of the Im- proved Order of Red Men in this State. From 1870, when the pians for the build- ing on Post street were accepted, till the ume of his death, Adam Smith was presi- dent of the association and all the mem- bers looked upon him asa personal friend. A little over a year ago, when he died, a movement was at once started for per- At first a monu- ment was thought of, but finally it was decided that the best way to honor him was to place his bust in the building over which he had so long presided. A committee of over fifty members, which had been appointed from all the tribes in the City and a few interior tribes, having resolved that the memorial should take the form of a bust, appointed the fol- lowing sub-committee to carry out the de- tails of the work: Dr. B. F. Josslyn, A. Jackson, F. Brandt and H. S. Winn. The latter gentleman, wno was chosen presi- dent of the committee, assisted by Dr. Josslyn and A. Jackson, assisted the sculptor by advice and suggestions m ob- taining a good likeness, as Rupert Schmid had never seen Adam Smith and had to depend upon a photograph and the criti- cisms of friends of the late great sachem, It is expectea that the unveiling of the buss will take place in about two weeks. It will be placed at the end of the hall, facing the entrance and close to the main staircase. The wall behind the bust will be paneled almost up to the ceiling with volished mabhogany. Over this will be a mahogany arch, and in the niche the bronze bust will 'be placed. The eyes will be at a height of eight feet from the ground, and to raise it to thiselevaiion the bronze bust will stand upon a shaft of dark. tinted veined marbie. The end of the hall will be ornamented in unison with the artistic commemorative design. Elaborate ceremonies will be performed at the unveiling, and 1t is expected not only that the proceedings will be public but that invitations will be extended to as many visitors as the building is capable of accommodating. STAMP INVESTIGATION. Tho Postoffice Department Exercised Over the Presence of ““Dues’’ and “‘Periodicals’’ in Collections. The Postoffice Department is much ex- ercised just at present over the large num- ber of due newspaper and periodical stamps that have been discovered in the collections of philatelists throughout the country, and an investigation has been set on foot to learn where the leak is and the extent of the traffic in stamps. These stamps are issued by the Postoffice De- partment to Postmasters only, and their sale to the public is absolutely prohibited. Therefore, their existence in the hands of others than Postmasters can only be ac- counted for in an irregular way. One thing that the department would particularly like to know is how the com- plete unused sets of periodical stamps, not only of the former issues but of the pres- ent, are so common abroad. That a few scattered ones should find their way into the handsof collectors is not considered strange, but it is a well-known fact among the dealers of Paris and London that sets can be obtained with the greatest ease, and the source from which these come is what the department is looking for, It has been learned that a Parisian dealer recently purchased three sets of periodicals from an attache of a Washing- ington legation, and from this fact it is believed that the leak is in the National capital. The fact that these stamps are very scarce among the smaller collections, of which there are thousands throughout the country, has made them valuable, the price often being five, and _even ten, times the face value, and it is believed thatsome Government employe has been feathering his nest by selling them at a premium to dealers, who have in their turn made handsome profits out of the collectors. A collector in this City, when asked strictly enforced, and those who persist in disregarding its provisions will be brought before the courts to explain their derelic- tion, WORK WILL NOW BEGIN, Contracts for the Cons@ruction of the New Ferry Depot Signed. Bateman Bros. Ordered to Begin Work at Once and Make a Test Case of It. The Harbor Commissioners had a very quiet session yesterday, and came to an amicable settlement with all the contrac- tors save two. These were the Risdon Iron Works and William Cronan, the former being the lowest bidder for the ironwork and the latter for the roofing. The direc- tors of the iron works are afraid that freights will take a jump to-day, and that as considerable of their material will have to come from the East, they will lose money. They want to be sure how the railroad companies are going to treat thenr before they enter into the contract. Croran is in the same box in regard to the roofing, and he also asked for a delay of twenty-four hours. Bateman Bros., who are to do the car- ventering, plastering and glazing, were the first to file their bond. Itis in the sum of $24,000, and C. S. Holmes and C. Hanson are the sureties. The firm was instructed to begin work at once, and their first bill will be the subject of a test case to the Supreme Court. James Duffy, who has the contract for the plumbing and gas-fitting, gave a bond for $5500, with the American Surety Com- any on his bond. George J. Smith & Co., 6500, painting, had Jobhn and James Treadwell as sureties, while C. F. Mc- Carthy & Co. (the Pacitic Bridge Com- pany), who are to do the stoneand ma- sonry work, gave a bond in the sum of $115,000, with R. W. Gorrill and A. M. Simpson as sureties. The work on the building will now begin at once and will be pushed ahead. During the recent storm the steam schooner Point Arena ran into Mission- street wharf and damaged it to the extent of $5160. It was decided to send a bill to the owners for the amount. The bill of $25 20 which had been charged to W. R. Larzelere & Co. for the wharfage on potatoes stored on Jackson-street wharf, the Commissioners decided not to rebate. As Larzelere has squared his accounts with the farmers he wiil be the amount of the wharfage out of pocket. McNab & Smith again sought to recover $60 for damace done to one of their trucks by an engine on the belt road running into it. McNab’s foreman insisted that the en- gineer was to blame and the foreman of the State’s freight depot was equally con- fidentithat it was the driver of the truck who was in fault. As the State had no lights on the crossing and no brakeman on the end of the freight train it was decided to take the advice of the board’s attorney before doing anything in the matter. . Destroyed Infected Plants, Every steamer and ship arriving from for- eign ports is closely watched by Quarantine Officer Craw of the State Board of Horticulture to see that no insect pests are brought into this State. On the Peru that recently arrived from Japan were some shrubs for Golaen Gate Park. These were tound to be infested with scale pests new 1o this State. These pests are scientificaliy called mytilaspis and paria- toria. The tent mmrgflllr'l eggs were also found in some of the shrubs, ail of which were destroyed. In arecent consignment of guava plants from Mexico scale pests were discoy- ‘ered and the plants were destroyed. A Romance of Natoma Street and the Children’s Hospital. FLAYED FOR A BABY SISTER. Little Elnor Moore, a Black - Eyed Rogue, Bravely Beats the Skin- Grafting Record. The Children’s Hospital away out on California street has woven as beautiful a little story of childish heroism and nobility as ever charmed a human ear or bettered a human heart. The hero is little Elnor Moore, aged 7 years, who lies in one of the snowy cots in one of the clean white wards out there, because be volunteered to let the doctors cut great strips of skin eight inches in length from down the front of both his vigorous little legs, that his baby sister, who was terribly scalded a few weeks ago, might stop crying at the pain of her almost hopeless wounds and not be a cripple for life. It’s down on Natoma street between Bixth and Seventh that the Moores live. Since nine years ago four children have come to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moore. Next to the oldest is Elnor, and next to the youngest is Josie, who will be 4 years old in May. . Josie is the thin, wan, wasted little thing that now lies in one position week after week in the hospital. wearily erying when her wounds are dressed, and often between times. Three months ago she was a chubby baby, nearly as tall and as heavy as her 9-year-old_sister, and as full of gay romping as any baby. Ten weeks ago she was suddenly taken ill. There was the usual excitement. The baby was put in a little batbtub, but some- body, in the excitement, picked up the wrong kettle and poured boiling water over the child. Itsside and a portion of the back, including one leg, were terribly scalded. For two or three weeks a doctor attended the case at the home, but the burns healed slowly and other complica- tions set in, including symptoms of pneu- monia. The doctor pronounced the case hopeless unless it was taken to the Chil- dren’s Hospital, and a few weeks ago little Josie went there, with small prospect of reaching her fourth birthday. A large portion of the scalded surface refused to heal. Skin grafting was the only remedy, but the baby was so sick otherwise that it could not be safely resorted to until ten days ago. The mother, who walked out to see her baby on visitors’ days, was told that some- body would have to be found to supply the needed skin, and she offered herseli, but she was told that it should be a younger person. They were talking about it at home without any thought of the children there when Elnor said: “Why, mamma, they can have me, I aint afraid.”’ The boy is a black-eyed little fellow with a roguish style, and at school, at home aad among the neighbors he is ever- lastingly getting into trouble. He often makes the women scowl with despairing impatience, and he has to endure being called a ‘‘holy terror’ some- times—but he went out to the Children’s Hospital ten days ago. He eagerly went in to see hislittle sister, who brightened up a_bit, and then they took him away, kept him out of mischief for a day and gave him three baths. The operation was Ferlormcd a week ago yes- terday. One of the nurses picked up the frail little sufferer from her cot and car- ried her into an operating-room and laid ber down on a leather-covered operating- table, with queer cranksand thingsaboutit. Then littie Elnor came in and they un- dressed him and fixed him on snother operating-table. Theé mother was not al- lowed to be present. But Elnor Moore was manly, serious and obedient, and there was not” a hesita- tion or a whimper. They were honest with him, and explained just how big would be the patches of skin they would cut from his legs, and he understood what it was for, and that he would not know what was going on after he breathed some- thing that smelt funny, and if he had wanted to back out at the last moment he could have done so. The nurse that had been taking care of little Jessie for weeks stayed in the ward. They told the boy hero that if he would just shut his eyes and breathe through the sponge he would go to sleep and sleep uniil it was all over, and he composedly shut his eyes and resigned himself to the sacrifice for the little sister near his side, When the operation was over they had deftly shaved from the front of the boy’s legs several strips of skin one inch wide and eight inches long, and when the boy woke up he was a_patient himself and he lay on his back, with bandages and sooth- ing preparations where the knife had been. The baby girl was a long time re- covering consciousness, but several hours later she opened her eves feebly. She faced her brother as she lay, and she seemed pleased and quieted at'seeing him so near. Little Elnor was deligited at the report that everything was all right and that his sister wonld get well now. Two or three days ago he heard that it was possible that a little more skin might be needed for his sister’s wound and he promptly said that if they wanted more he would go through it again. The doctors who know all about the case say that little Josie will get well and that she will be able to wallk before a great many weeks. Elnor is so nearly well that it is hard to keep bim in his cot now ana he expects to 0 home on Sunday. His legs don’t hurt fiim now and he is a trifle irrepressible in his anxiety to get a little fun out of his ward while staying at the hospital. DEATH OF MRS. DEMING. The Wife of H, V. Deming Dies in Paris ¥rom the Effects of Roman Fever. The news of the death of Mrs. Mary Deming in Paris has been received in this City from Halleck V. Deming by his brothers, Josep h G. and Horace A., the well-known proprietors of the Deming Palmer Fiour Mills in this City. H. V. Deming, accompanied by his wife, two children, a boy and girl, and sister-in- law, Miss Nellie Brown, left this City last April with the mtention of making an ex- tended tour througn Kurope. The party had traveled through Englard, Ireland and Scotiand, thence taking in France, Germany, Switzerland and other favorite localities before starting for Italy. The latter place was reached in the middle of December, and a halt was made in Genoa to permit the winter months to pass be- fore embarking for the Nile. Here Mrs, Deming contracted what is known as the Roman fever. The best physicians to he had were called in. Her husband at once hastened to Paris. A brief dispatch an- nouncing the death of the lady on the 8th of this month is ali the information the relatives here have yet had. —_————— Schafer 1s Held. J. A. Schafer, the aged saloon-keeper, who shot his wife three times on the night of November 27 at 1221 Larkin street, was yester- day held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Joachimsen in $2000 bonds. Mrs. Schafer, although badly wounded, recovered, but she positively refused to prosecute her husband. Despite her refusal, Prosecuting Attorney Dare succéeded in getting a suficient number of facts before the court fo hold the prisoner. MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL FOR The best preparation for COLDS and CHILLS. There is nothing like it for arousing to action the torpid blood and thus preventing pneumonia. Sold by druggists and grocers. Send for pamphlet to DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, AL HAYMAN (AL JOYOUS RETURN : IN TO-NIGHT 3%%;13" OLD | Matines Sat'day HORE ! KENTUCKY'! 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The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, First Production in San Francisco of James Has- kins' Great Melodrama, “A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY I” A Story of Louisiana During the Civil War. EVENING PRICES—250 and 500 Family Circle and Gallery. 10c.. Usual Maiinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powall. ——OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF— OUR BRILLIANT NEW COMPANY ! D—INEW STARS! -9 RACHEL WALKER, Tho Creole Nightingale—the Musical Sensation of the City. SISTERS DE VAN, SISTERS DE WITT, Etc. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opers chales and Box seats, 50c. RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, January 23, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Rain or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Races start at 2:00 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. R.B. MILROY. ~ THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Secretary. President, NOW THAT THE SUN SHINES Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADMISSION. 10 CENTS Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10 A NICHT WI' BURNS. One hundred and thirty-seventh Burns Annle yersary Social, given by the St. Andrew’s Soclety, San Francisco, FRIDAY EVENING, January 24, at Scottish Hail. _Admission 25¢. HEALTH RESORTS. ST, HELENA' SANITARIUM (Formerly Rural Health Retreat) Is nnder. strictly regular management; & quiet, homelike place, where trained nurses, rest cure, massage, electrical treatments, Swedish move- ments, dieting, baths, physical training, and all that is ‘ncluded in modern rational medical treat- ment, with good hotel conveniences, pure water, even temperature and restful scemery may be obiained. Terms: Room, with board and regular treat- ment, $12 to $20 per week. Send for circular: St. Helena Sanitartum, St. Helena, Napa County, Cal, Trains leave San Francisco, foot of Market st., 2t 7 A, 3. and 4 P. ), via Vallejo Junction, reach ing St. Helena at 10:45 A. M and 7:08 . 3