The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896. CALIFORNTA TuEATER—'TnOld Kentucky.” he Eusign.” :- Man Without a 1 OrERA-HOUSE.—*“Ixion; or, The Man of the Wheel.! ORPHEUM.. ass Vandeville. “Wolves of New York.” £HcoT THR CHurrs.—Dally at Haight street €1 € Liock east of the Park BAY D1sTRICT TRACK This day al BARRETT & S lamonds, Watches, « reet, at CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. (Saturday). t 9 and 11 b Abr: hams wes arrested yesterday for suing his son, Henry Car- enance. t0 $1 17}4 ver hundred of one night's cutting and shoot- derloin district. , bright and brief, can be found on ie CALL every morning. ,& club of working girls, has scue of Lois Waisbroker. Monte Flour Mills suffered $10,000 sterday morning. Insured. tee of inqui in Dr. Brown’s | mence daily ons next week. The Election Commissioners will hold a on Monday next in the Mayor’s office. y-briber Hurley is examined by Drs. Fitz- | on and MeMu n San Quentin us to his | ovement is on foot to organize a Cali- | ia company to aid the Italian troops in ttled weather and probable rain’ are | I esied for to-day by Local Forecast Official | A. McAdie. | 1s has been elected as: of Howard Black, with ed to ten years' ce yesterday for seph Bryan, leaying an estate relatives, was filed porated. han against | vorce was be- | rgeant H fore Judge k & Co. that ts on the esterday | , Logan, The reet, yesterday ntion of Cruelty to Sueirolo, the boy G nt for the of Miss M. A, d decision in favor of the | in the suit of Ida E.Tar- arbox for maintenance. 1dress the District | ning on the | rdment Club plan. Association has col irpose of contesting | a by the Noe tracted by Meyer rra on his way to | , and may pur- wman for | which the roperly appropriated | f the will of Domingo Ghira- ent before Judge Coffey yes- rere i3 still more elo- | ¥ t of Public Instruction ured in the auditorium of | School last evening upon the | ublic schools. | lebrated the one | h birthday of | # dance, literary and musical | tat Scottish Hall last night. | gan_complained yesterday to the Prevention of Cruelty to ber husband had wounded her her dress to pieces on her person. Mayor Sutro thinke th n of the Legis- | 1 oi_ Kentucky in 1 g to revoke the | the Southern Pacific will practically ) the defeat of the funding bill at Wash- = also in noniination, sed. A 0 ship of discussed and a resolution favor- cott of the Southern Pacific Company d. | | | | filed their appear- 1 in the suit of the Bank 10 recover the he check raised by A. H. Dean evada Bank. | uncil of Trades last night adopted | vigorous resolutions against the funding bill, and made a suggestion as requested to the 1 1 States Labor Commissioner to consider a general eignt-hour law for the ory of the Norton decree by wh were forever barred frc Noe g suits to dispossess property-owners on the San | Miguel Rancho, published exclusively in TiE was read with aelight by the residents of Noe Valle John I leaves nch's will was filed yesterday. He 000, bis entire estate, 10 his sister, | Dore, provided she shall support her 1w fichael and Thomas Lynch, If the brothers attempt a contest she need not support them. | Auditor Broderick may refuse to sign the | warrant for the ssment levied by the Cali- | fornia River Improvement Association on this | City and County on the ground that there is | no law to justify such an appropriation by the | Board of Supervisoz. | A verdict for the defendant was rendered in | the i ase of Charles E. Phillips agaic Railway Company st the | $25,000 damages for an injnry | C on April 30,1894, on Hayes and Lar- | kin streets, in a bumper accident. Rose P. Lewis is suing the “Chutes’” people | for 10,000 for injuries which she claims to | 1in one of the defendant’s bonts, arown upon her back when the boat struck the water, and hurt her spine. She says her health is permanently impaired. It was positively stated yesterday by a man | intimate with affairs of the North Pacific Coast Reflway that “Jim” Hill of the Great Northern line_was interested in the combination with the Douahue road, the object being to build a competing transcontinental road to San Fran. | cisco Bay. The poolroom ordinance, prohibiting the sale of pools outside the confines of racetracks, which was sent back to the joint Judiciary and Health and Police committees by the Board of Supervisors on Monday last, was not acted on at the meeting yesterdey, but was laid over for one week. A bill of equity has been filed in the Unitea tes District Court against heirs of John Bens- ley by John Lloyd, assignee of Bensley, praying. that ‘the defendants be restrained for continu- ing suits clouding titles of the Bensley lands. Itis based on the final decree of the District Court in December, 1893. L. W. Hawley, formerly owner of tae Denver | Times and until lately of a considerable interest in the Chicago Times-Herald, is at the Palace. He is here on a business trip, after Visiting Denver and Cripple Creek, and is ac- companjed by Mrs. Hawley. He says the even- ing papers in East bave, during the last couple of years, outsiripped the morning dailies ir circulation. A J. Smith, a customs officer, cashed a draft for % , drawn in another A. J. Smith’s name by the ireasury Department. He in- dorsed the drait “A. ) Smith,” making his or- dinary signature, but United States District Attorney ¥oote says he aid not sign his own sut the other A.J. Smith’s name, and & war- 1ant bas been issue was | another hidden away quarters d for the arrest of the cus- tms officer on & charge of forgery.. CARNIVAL OF CARMINE HUE. Cutting and Shooting Scrapes in the Tenderloin Dis- tricts. REEL TERRY AND ENIFE. C. P. Newcombe Punctures Brandy Barrels With His Little Pistol. ONLY ONE CHINAMAN KILLED. The Riotous Wave From Market Street to Brenham Place and Its Sad Results. The midnight hour had barely siruck vesterday when a perfect carnival of shoot- ing and cutting was inaugurated. It began at Market street, and the plains that Joseph Herbieu, the barkeeper, was attending to his regular duties, when a man, who was subsequently learned to be C. P. Newcombe, dropped in and was served with a drink. In the saloon at the time were a number of customers, among whom was Officer McBay. The latter and Newcombe engaged in an argument as to the respective merits of the English and United States navies, Mr. McBay exalting the British forces to the evident dislike of Newcombe. The lie was passed; Newcombe received a punch in the face, and recovering, he Eu led out a pistol and_fired almost point lank at the officer. The latter, who1sa stout man and whose face looks stouter still on account of bushy red whiskers, suffered no further herm than the singe- ing of his facial adornment. But the bullet sped on and punctured one of the forty- gallon casks of brandy lined up on the east end of che saloon. ™ ‘This was more than the barkeeper could stand. He jumped outfrom behind the counter with' a bungstarter in his hand. Whether or not it was his intention to L)lug up the hole made by Newcombe's | butlet or *to inflict punishment on the | shooter is not easy to ascertain. Newcombe evidently was in doubt and {he turned his weapon on the bar- keeper, shooting him in the groin. In an- other moment_Albert Callin, one of the other visitors in the place, started for Newcombe, who, being excited, shot him in the leg. . There were no other aggressive people in the place by that time and Newcombe bad two more full cartridges in his revol- ver. These Le used in perforating another cask or two. allowing Mr. Arnaud’s good grape juice to flow freely. The shooting naturally attracted a vast concourse of the habitues of the tender- loin. Women, men and tramps soon put in an appearance, and while the former reveled in all the sanguinary details of the shooting the genus hobo allowed but little of the leaking brandy to go to waste. A minor incident in the bloody carnival \ \ AN IR Joseph Herbieu, the Barkeeper Who Was Shot by J. C. Newcombe. sanguine wave, buoyed by whisky, gin, ill-advised patriotism and general cranki- ness, swept northward through the ten- derloin districts into Chinatown, where the only killing took place. As a resume of the epidemic there is one corpse at the Morgue, two seriously wounded men in the Receiving Hospital, in the Mongolian and two walking the streets ready to renew hostilities at the “drop of the hat.” The preliminary of this aggregation of gory encounters was between Reel B. Terry, the fiery young attorney, and E. A. Phillips, a former secretary of the Pilot Commissioners. The seriousness of this conflict lies mainly in the fact that Terry violated all the ethics of a real old- ime street fight by drawing a knife and jabbing his antagonist’s skuil some few | times, winding up his thirst for vengeance by poking at Mr. Phillips’ left eye. In explanation of bis course of pro- cedure vesterday Mr. Terry said that he aid not propose to letany man “lick” him. “I thought I could not get away with him with my fists,” Mr. Terry said, *'so [ used the knife.” The cause of the trouble is veiled in the reminiscences of an interchange of financiai accommodation between Phillips and Terry. Each claimed the other to be his debtor. Both to-day are penitent that they al- lowed their dispute to have the far-reach- ing consequences it has attained. Terry, And the Tramp Saw That the Brandy Went Not to Waste. | however, who wielded the knife, feels that Phillips has cause for anger, and his in- quiry yesterday was: “Do you think he wants to go a-gun- | ning?” While he professes sorrow at what oe- | curred, it is evident that Terry is anxious to know whether he should “heel” him- self for further warfare. Mr. Terry is the nephew of the late David Terry, who killed Senator Broderick during pioneerdays and who subsequently was killed by United States Deputy Mar- shal David Neagle. He is regarded by those who know him as a good-natured bohe- mian, whose merry laugh turns suadenly to a hiss when he imagines himself the butt of ar insuit. As the latter affair was nearing its end and the wonunded were being treated eitner at the Receiving Hospital or at their home, the warm Elood wave shifted away a few biocks to the northwest corner of Post street and Grant avenue. . It was in the basement saloon .of Albert Arnaud, a Frenchman who claims that in the past twenty-two years he has been in business he has never had to blow a police whistle, Whether he meaus by this statement that he bas heretofore been able to take care of obstreperous customers without for eign aid is nov easy to understand, us this affair has worked him up toa hizh pitch of excitement. T Mr. Arnaud was not in his establish- ment when the trouble began and his bar- keeper, who was shot in the groin, and the stranger, who had his leg penetrated by a bullet for attempting to stop the impend- ing trouble, are both lying very quietly at the French Hospital, where they are pro- hibited from speaking. In his excitement Mr, Arnaud ex- of the day was the purring match on Brenham place, where John Yockel kicked | Jim Schwariz, alias ““Can-can Murphy,” in the shins. Murphy is one of the ‘'gin’”’ ‘fi@nds who frequent Chinatown buying the fiery liguid when he cannot raise enough money to buy opium. Murphy | objected to being kicked, and he stabbed | Yockel in the groin. |~ Not far from the last mentioned cutting | scrape Len Wong and Hong Yu, two | Chinese highbinders, disagreed as to the ‘1-rnprictorship of one of the Mongolian | chattels. Len Wong shot Hong Yu in the leg and Hong Yu killed Len Wong. As far as is known, the carnival of blood | ceased in Chinatow MGLADETO Bt RSTORED The Election Commissioners Will Hold a Meeting on Monday Next. | Preparations for the Coming Primaries. Hinton’s Salary Will Be Paid. | Mayor Sutro made an ineffectual effort yesterday to call the Election Commission, which, by a recent decision of the Supreme Court, consists of the Mayor, Auditor, Tax Collector, City and County Attorney and City Surveyor, together yesterday, but a quorum could not be obtained and the gathering was put over until Monday morning at 10 o’clock, when a meeting will be held in the Mayor's office to take the preliminary steps for the coming elec- tions. Under the new primary law the names of officers for the primary elections should be elected this month, but the Commis- sioners are confident that the Supreme Court will declare that law unconstitu- tional. The matier will be discussed at : the meeting of the Commissioners, to- gether with the amendments to the old law, passed by the last Legislature, chang- ing <he pericd of registration. Formerly the Commussioners were required to begin the work of registration ninety days ba- fore election, but now it must commence 160 days before the election. Registrar Hinton's salary demands, amounting to $1800, which have been re- fused for the last six months owing to the litigation just ended, will probably be passed at the next meeting and the Aud- itor will sign them. It is quite likely that Chief Deputy Mec- Glade, who resigned when the election law was enacted, will be restored to his posi- tion. ¥ It issaid that Charles Gildea, the re- cently elected president of the Iroquois Club, has been looking for the position of chief deputy under Hinton, but that Gov- ernor Budd, who is McGlade’s firm friend, will insist that he be restored to his office. PARDINI SENTENCED. He Will Go to the State Prison for & Term of Ten Years. FEugene Pardini was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment by Judge Wallace yesterday for a felonious assault upon a little girl named Minnie Eagan. L. A. Pistolesi, attorney for Pardini, spent most of the morning in arguing a motion for a new trial, but this was de- nied by Judge Wallace, and sentence was vassed at once. The full limit for the crime of which Pardini stands convicted is fourteen years, and Pardini expected that sentence. He showed unqualitied Ylensure when he was given ten years, and he laughed and shook hands with what friends were near him, apparently much satisfied with the turn things had taken. Phillip Ratz will come before Judge Wallace next Friday to be sentenced for a similar crime. ———-——— Kitty Nelson Arrested. Kitty Nelson, the partner of the woman known as Ethel Brandon, who is accused of ex- tracting $100 in gold coin from the pocket of E. F. Duncan of Naps, was arrested yesterday on & charge of grand larceny. Mr. Duncan has been on the lookout for Miss Nelson since the day of the robbery, and yesterday came face to face with_her near the scene of the alicged crime, Notseeing an officer he started in not fursuit of the young woman, but not until she 1ad led him & merry chase through the numer. ous corridors of the Baldwin Hotel did he finally effect her capture. Mr. Duncan is in. dignant because the police have not taken greater interest in the case, and threatens to | make it warm for somebody. ‘owner of the vessel, and he at once agreed ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Italian Warship Cristoforo Colombo Expected Next Month. A KING'S NEPHEW ABOARD. Sealing Schooners That Left Early Have All Done Fairly Well So Far. The Italian warship Christoforo Colom- bo, which has been making a tour of the world with tbe nephew of King Humbert on board, is expected in San Fraucisco about February 1. The Italian colony is already making preparations to entertain the officers and men anda gay time is | expected. A dispatch to I'talia of this City from Victoria, B. C., states that the cruiser ar- rived there yesterday morning from Hono- lulu, having on board as an active officer the Duke of Abruzzi,a nephew of King Humbert. The vessel is to leave for Es- quimalt to-day, where a reception will be tendered the Duke and officers of the cruiser on Sunday afternoon by Lieutenant- Governor Dewdney, Admiral Stephenson of the British North Pacific squacron and the citizens of Victoria and Vancouver. The ctlicers of the Colombo are: Caprain Bertolino, Executive Officer Presbitero, Lieutenants Gogin, Rombo, Resio, Frigero and the Duke of Aoruzzi. Her full com- piement 15 280 men, including officers. The Colombo will remainin Esquimalt until the 28th inst., when she will leave for San Francisco, where she will proba- bly remain cne month. The sealing schooners that have been operating along the coast seem to have done well. Captain White of the Ep- pinger came down from Drakes Bay yes- terday, and reports a_catch of 327 seals. The Alron had 100 skins and the Kate and Anna 55. According to Captain White the prospects seemed good, and the three ves- sels expected to make big catches. The Kate and Anna only remained long enough in port to take on board her three hunters, who were lost in a fog and finally reached Drakes Bay. According to Captain White the three men had a very hard time of it. They lost the Kate and Anna on the 5th inst., and the next day were picked vp by a coasting schooner. After getting some provisions they started out again to find their vessel, and, failing, were picked up by the steamer | Point Arend. When off Bowens Landing they decided to tempt their fate again and make for Drakes Bay, where they ex- pected to find the Kate and Anna. Aiter being out in the open boat a day and a night in the bitter cold of the first part of the week, they w picked up by the fish- ing steamer U. S. Grant and taken to their destination. ‘When found by the Grant they were ex- hausted and almost frozen. There was | lenty of provisions, but the cold tosk all ife out of the men. At Drakes Bay there and a coast-wise schooner is unloading at Washineton-street wharf. Chief Warfinger Root is almost worried to death over the existing state of affairs, but can do nothing to remedy matters. Ships now in the stream will simply have to wait their turn. Bateman Brothers drove the first nail in the work called for by their contractin the new ferry depot. They erected about sixty feet of fencing and then stopped worl‘;. At the next meeting of the board the contractors will present a bill for the work, which will be refused payment, and the whole matter will then be carried to the Supreme Court. ) The steamer San Blas arrived from Cen- tral American ports yesterday, but brought very little news of interest. Her cabin assengers were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Murphy from New York and Samuel Bat- ten, A.” Rawlinson, John Lundblad, J. B. Bowles, Ernest Foraase, G. H. McCaus- land, H. T. Lloyd and A. Manugas, from Panama and way ports. x It was on the San Blas that Major Charles Radford went to Central America, but the officers of the steamer were not sure whether he had been shot or not for the murder of Charles Stmmons, the Ger- man merchant from whom he vurchased some land. The steamer Homer, which was spoken in a disabled condition by the Arcata, ar- rived in port yesterday morning. Her port engine broke down, but she managed to get along all right on the starboard ma- chinery. - As soon as her cargo is dis- charged she will go on the drydock for re- pairs. The recruits on the Monterey were given a rowing drill yesterday, and the manner in which they handled the oars caused great merriment among the boatmen. Be- fore they had been out an hour, however, the “raw hands” were doing fuirly well, and nearly all of them will make good sailors. e ‘Will Feast the Sailors. The Ttalian Chamber of Commerce, of which Cavalier Calegaris is president, de- cided some weeks ago to tender a banquet to the Duke degli Abruzzi and the otlfer officers of the Christoforo Colombo. There were other members of the colony who believed that it would not be just to leave the sailors out in the general Tejoicing, so last night an informal meeting was held at 519 Davis street to arrange for regaling the sailors also. Among those interested in_the scheme are Signori Dellare and Valvo. HACKED HER DRESS. Novel Way of Compelling a Wife to Remain in the House. Mrs. Celia Gilligan of 1114 Treat avenue told a startling story to General McComb of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children yesterday. According to Mrs. Gilligan’s statement, she has been living apart from her hus- band, John T. Gilligan, for the last few months, on account ef his inability to support her. During this time she has lived at her mother's home on Treat avenue, and has supvorted her two small children by working in an electric laundry. Thursday evening, Mrs. Gilligan states, her husband came home, and after obtain- g some money from her, ordered her not to go out with her mother, as she was about to do. On fher refusal Sto comply with this demand, he accused her of in- tending to meet some one else, and becom- ing very violent drew out a knife and slashed and hacked her dress to strips on her person. Mrs. Gilligan, who is a neat, pleasant- The Duke of Abruzzi, Nephew of King Humbert of Italy, Who Will Arrive Here in a Few Days on the Italian Cruiser, Christoforo Colombo. [From a photograph.] was no sign of the Kate and Anna and the men had to wait a week before she put in an appearance. They were taken care of by the farmers in the vicinity, and after their week of hardships grew fat on eggs, butter and milk. The steam schooner Point Arena will make a special trip to Point Arena to-day, returning Sunday. During the storms that have prevailed the steamer has been unable to land at Point Arena and in con- sequence all the supplies are stored in San Francisco while the produce remains at the other end. This state of affairs was presented to C. D. Ford, the managing to help out. The Point Arena will leave again on her schedule time, so no one will suffer except the vessel’s owners, as the extra trip will be a dead loss. The com- mission merchants and the wholesale men are very much pleased over the way Cap- tain Ford met their advance and it is safe to say the vessel’s revenue will not suffer in the long run by the extra trip. Charley Fair, the young millionaire, has finally decided to accept the gasoline yacht Lucero. George A. Knight, the attorney, acting for him, has thoroughly tested the craft and is quite satisfied that she isseaworthy and meetsall the specifica- tions called for. Mr. and Mrs. Fair will be back in San Francisco in a few months, and it is then exfiuected that they and a party of friends will make a pleasure trip to Monterey and Santa Cruz. The pilot boat Lady Mine had a narrow eseape on the bar last Wednesday. She was swept by a heavy roller and “all the provisions were either ruined or washed overboard. In consequence the boat had to putin for a fresh supply and went out. again this morning. Captain ‘‘Pete” Ott had a narrow escape of going overboard, but he succeeded in catching arope, which prevented him from taking a plunge. The hardy old salt laughed at his adventure and remarked that many a time he had been in a worse predicament. Every inoh of dockage space on the ‘water front is taken up, and captains who brought their ghips in during the past few days are clamoring for = berths. The Roanoke nas a larzeautnhty of railroad iron on board for theValley road,and wants to discharge it as qmcle as possible, but until some other large ship moves out she will have to remain in the stream. The first one to sail will be the Kenilworth, and the Roanoke will probably take her place at Harrison street. For the first time since the sea wall was built there is a ship dis- charging a general cargo at the grain sheds, spoken young woman, showed General omb a gash in her wrist, which she said had been inflicted by her husband in the process of hacking her dress. Shealso stated that she bore other wounds inflicted while the waist of ber dress was being slashed. After ruining the attire she wore the husband turned hisattention to adress hlnngiug in the wardrobe and cut that also. John T. Gilligan has threatened to take the children, aged respectively five and three years, from his wife, and it was on this account that she stated her woes to General McComb. She was informed that she could to-day take outa warrant for battery, or could sue her husband fora divorce. The woman left, promising to come back to-day. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Engineer McCrea Stops His Engine Within a Few Feet of the Body. Charles Hackmeier, a brother-in-law of Mrs, Hackmeier, who conducts a hotel on Eddy street, made a desperate attempt to commit suicide last Wednesday, and but for the promptness and skill of Engineer McCrea of the Southern Pacific Company would have succeeded. On the day mentioned Hackmeier went out Harrison street, and when midway be- tween bdixteenth and Seventeenth de- liberately threw himself across the rails. In afew moments the San Jose train came rushing along, and then it was that the would-be suicide discovered that he was on the wiong track, It took him buta mo- ment to correct this, however, and when Engineer McCrea, who had seen the whole proceedings, succeeded in bringing his train to a standstill, the pilot was within an arm’s length of the intended self-mur- derer. Ofticer Fontanna was called, but it was not until after a hard strugele that he suc- ceeded in placing Hackmeier under arrest. He was carried to the Receiving Hospital, when shortly after he developed symptoms of insanity. Since then he has been con- fined in a padded cell —————————— Lectures on Early Christianity. Rev. J. Cumming Smith is delivering a series of lectures on “The Esrly Christian Heroes' at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Twenty-third and Capp streets. The second lecture will be given to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. The subject is ‘‘Jolm Huss.” NEW TO-DAY. ————— e 2 eveland’s BAKING POWDER. Manufuctured originally by Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. Y., now by the Cleveland has been used by American ing Powder Company, New York: housewives for twenty-five years, and those who have used it longest praise it most. Receipt book free, Send stamp and address. Cleveland Baking Powder Co., New Yorks ™ VOLUNTEERS FOR AFRICA, Italians Who Wish to Form a California Company for Abyssinia. FULL OF ARDOR TO FIGHT. G. Firpo of Los Angeles Inaugurates the Movement—An Appeal to the Papers. | A movement is on foot among a band of ardent young Italians in this State to or- | ganize a volunteer corps and start for the { Dark Continent to strike a blow in Italy’s cause against the hosts of dusky Abyssin- | ians who are at present investing Ma- | kalle. | In Italy itself the war fever has risen to a high pitch and echoes of the patriotic sentiments are wafted across the ocean and the continent by means of newspapers and magazines and by the recitals of trav- elers who have recently come from the ro- mantic peninsula. Signor A. Devoto, who has just returned from a long tour in Italy, says that on all hands he was surprised by the ardor displayed by young men, who are anxious to volunteer for active service. On the railroads he met trains full of soldiers singing and hurrahing for joy that they | were being sent to the front, and the sol- | diers in garrisons at the large cities were | growing restless to go to the war. & “In my native town, near Genoa,” he said, “a telegram wasreceived stating that eight men were needed to complete a con- tingent. The commanding officer asked the men who wanted to see active service to step forward, and every soldier in the garrison presented himself as a volunteer. The men who had the strongest constitu- tions combined with the best good service record were permitted to form the eight needed to complete the contingent. In some of the large garrisons where there are thousands of soldiers the men have volunteered for active service without a single exception.”” | Recitals of this warlike ardor at present | pervading Italy have inspired a band of young Italians in the southern part of the State with the desire to shed their blood in the desert sands of Africa if need be and leave their bones to bleach in the stifling Abyssinian heat before Makalle. Thirst is one of the worst enemies the troops have to fight, and it has grown to be a proverb 1n Italy when a place is un- bearably hot and suffocating to exclaim, “This is like Massowah."” The movement for organizing a Cali- fornia volunteer contingent has started in Los Angeles, but Italians from all over the State have been invited to enroll them- selves. G. Firpo is the head of the new moye- ment, and the scope of the scheme, for which he is now working in Los Angeles, is explained in a letter which has been published in the various Italian papers in this State. After commenting on the stirring news which daily arrives from Africa, he continues: It would be fine also for us, far away from the mother country, to lend her our aid. The Italian colony in California, which is so large and so full of ardor when patriotism is called for, could form a regiment of volunteers and go to Africa to lend aid to our soldiers and hold aloft the honor of our tri-colorea flaF I hope that the San Francisco colony will look with favor upon the proposition and will de- cide to act. A number of Itahans in Los Angeles have considered the idea and would willingly unite themselves with others of their race to go to the theater of war, fight our foes and return victorious. I beg you to give space in your esteemed aper to this proposition and to pardon the fibeny of having demanded it. With much esteem, G. FIrro. No action has yet been taken by mem- bers of the local Italian colony to join the volunteers, but it is understood that Firpo and_his friends are pushing their scheme at Los An:eles. EPWORTH LEAGUE. Quarterly Meeting of the Alliance Rep- resenting San Francisco and Alameda Counties. The eleventh quarterly meeting of the Epworth League Alliance, which takes in all the young people’s societies of the Methodist churches of this City and Ala- meda County, was held on Thursday night at the little Fifteenth-avenue Church in South San Francisco. The tirst part of the programme was held in the open air, John M. Martin lead- ing a band of leaguers out into the street at 7:15 o’clock. A large crowd gathered and a lively meeting was held. On the re- turn to the church the visitors were wel- comed by the pastor, Rev. E. M. Hill. James L. Case responded in place of his father, Rev. W. W. Case, and he dwelt upon the fact that the elaborate organiza- NEW TO-DAY. W $39 () $25 —FOR— <2 ELECTRIC @ ~ BELTS, Others ask from $20 to 875. Don't be hum- bugged into paying exorbitant prices for Electric Belts. Call and see us before purchasing. Mail Orders Solicited. Expre e Prepaid. ‘We are headquarters for TRUSSES. Prices $1.75 to $5.00. ‘We Guarantee a Perfect Fit. OUR PHYSICIAN Treats with success Catarrh, Rheumatism, Private Diseases, Kidney and Liver Troubles, Nervous Debility, ete. WRITE TO US Patlents ont of the city treated as skillfully as those in the city by writing forour question blanks. No charge for advice or diagnosis. NO PERCENTAGE PHARMAGY, 958 Marlketl Street, South side, bet. Fifth and Sixth. tion of the leagues would avail nothing it the members individuaily were not alive with zeal in Christian work. Mrs. Susie Hert Mark sang “If I Were a Voice.” The following leagues gave reports of the work during the past year in the way of prayer meetings and street meetings held, Jjails and hospitals visited, good literature distributed, and food, clothing and money given to the poor: California street, Cen- tral, Epworth, Fifteenth avenue, First Church, Grace, Howard, Potrero, Simpson, Trinity, First Swedish and Chester street, . S. Urmy of Potrero Methodist Church gave an address on the subject: “How to Win Young Men for tae League.” Before engaging in the closing consecra- tion service, Dr. Beatty of Chester street stated that he wished the audience to raise the amount still owing on a _beautiful organ which the league of the Fifteenth- avenue Charch has recently purchased for the church services. In less than five minutes that was done. The following officers were elected to serve this year: A. C. Stevens, president: C. B. Perkins, first vice-president; Mrs. Ida Benson, second vice-president; Miss Agnes Nickerson, third vice-president; Miss Mary E. Speakman, secretary; A. Wistrand, treasurer; H. F. Perry, choris- ter; Miss Anna Hammond, organist; H. E. Snook, chairman of the street commit- tee; and L. M. Emerson, chairman of the jail committee. —————— All animals whose habitat is the Arctic region turn white in winter. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, 9 — AL NAYMAN Lo JOYOUS RETUKN IN TO-NIGHT Matinee Sat'day KENTUCKY'! The Glorious HORSE RACE 2346 HAPPY FOLKS kaninny | The Pi BRASS BAND SEATS NOW ON SALE For Second and Last Week ““IN OLD KENTUCKY!” 9 ALCAZAR ——MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P. M.—— Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢c. 25¢. The Great Comedy Drama, THE WOLVES OF NEW YORK!! The Great Poolroom Scene! The Great Music Hall Scene ! The Great Oil Yard Scene! The Prison Scene! The Great Winter Scene ! Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c¢, 35c, 50c. Monday—*‘A CANTIN SCOUNDREL. Aebnkio Ghealte, FRIEDLANDER.GOTTLOD & co- LE35ES AN MAMAGERS -+~ MEN, EVERYBODY WOMEN, WILL CHILDREN, COME ——To-Day or To-Morrow to See. “TEE ENSIGN” ——BY THE— FRAWLEY COMPANY! Next Monday—“MEN AND WOMEN!" TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mms. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprielor « Manage: EVERY EVENING— THIRD EDITION—THIRD EDITION Of the Beautiful Spectacle, “IXION!” “IXION!” Or, THE MAN OF THE WHEEL, NEW SONGS! NEW DANCES! —NEW SPECIALTIES {— 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 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—25¢ and 5o Famlily Circte and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and Powall Ladies’ and Children’s Matinee To-day. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, any part, 10c. ~—OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF— OUR BRILLIANT NEW COMPANY ! RAGHEL WALKER, The Creole Nightingale—the: Musical Sensation of the City. SISTERS DE VAN, SISTERS DE WITT, Etc. SHOOT THE CHUTES AND—— TRIP THE TROLLEY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 4 0°CLOCK MISS MILLIE VIOLA, Empress of the Air, WILL MAKE A BALLOON ASCENSION AND PARACHUTE DROP. ADMISSION. ———10 CENTS Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ‘WINTER MEETING: Beginning Thursday, January 23, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Ruin or Shine, FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Races sturt at 2:00 P. 3. sharp. MeAllisier and Geaty street cary pass the gate. R. B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Secret President