The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1896, Page 7

.FEBRUARY 13. 1896 AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER.~Grand Opera—“Carmen.” CALIFORN1A THEATER—“ Richelien.” CoLuMBIA THFEATER—““Hendrick Hudson Jr.” MoRO0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—“My Partner.” T1vor: OPERA-HOUSE.—“The Gentle S OrPrEUM.—High-Class Vandevi GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—“White Slave.” METROPOLITAN TEMPLE—Renedit Concert of the 20 Saturday Morning Orchestra. Monday evening, Ecbraary SHooT THE CHUTEs—Dally at Halght street, one block east of the Park. PACIFICCOAST JOCKEY C Races. AUCTION SALES. By HEALy.—This day (Thursday), Horses, at Thirteenth and Harrison streets, at 11 o'clock. BY SULLIVAN & DovLE—Saturday, February 15, horses and mules, at 220 Valencia street. at 11 o'clock CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. J. F. Kidder is suing for his salary as Debris Commissioner. Chinese New Year begins in earnest to-day, and will last for some time. g A new board of directors was elected ‘last evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, It was “ladies’ night” at the. Union League Club at the Palace Hotel last evening. ity Paderewski’s second piano recital was largely’ attended by musical and society leaders. Amos Gresham has furnished anotner, but a very slight clew to the murderer of May Smith. y has been given judgment in & suit ng the title to old Puebla lands in the Potrero. The trial of the contest of the will of Louis J. was before Judge Coffey and a jury Monitor, Kowalsky, Arctic, Bellicoso end Red Glen were the winners at Ingleside Yesterday. r Thursday; fresh northerly to westerly wind—prediction issued last night by Forecast Offisial W. H. Hammon. G. Verdier & Co. have had Hugo Goerlity, Paderewski's manager, arrested for attempting to defraud his creditors. An_attachment suit.involving the horse Morello has complicated matters in the suit for the possession of him. The Rev. Father Nugent case was continued before Judge Hunt yesterday, and the plain- tiffs will conclude this morning. ' The Sue Ying Benevolent Society, & Chinese organization for_benevolent, social and educa- tional purposes, has incorporated. At the meeting of the Southern Heights Im- provement Club to-morrow night sidewalk and street transfer matters will be discussed. School Director Henderson preferred charges against Principal Joseph 0'Connor at the meet- ing of the Board of Education last evening. ‘The McCloud River Lumber Company, formed to0 do a general lumber and mill business, has incorporated with a capital stock of $500,000. Clarence M. Murphy, wno is wanted in Salem, Mass., for bauk theit, started East last evening. He says he will never reach Salem alive, H. H. Powers told the Stanford University Extension Club last night that poverty coul not be abolished, but might be appreciably lessened. Depositors of the People’s Home Savings Bank will call & mass-meeting soon_to express dissatisfaction with the action of the present board of directors. The Williams Hardware Company has filed petition in insolvency. The company owes §7561 44 and has #5000 worth of personal Pproperty as securi The Carpenters’ Union will send a protest to the Supervisors against the employment of police officers 10 ao carpentering work in and around the police stations. Atthe open session of the San Francisco Reading Circle in Metropolitan Hall last night some brilliant and_enterta read by membe: its Pt of the circles. No new facts were developed yesterday re- garding the deat Tacoma, but the police still cling to the theory that he was accidentally drowned. Mrs. Lahue, wife of Edward Lahue, & rancher Ukiah, ran away from nome last Thursday her youngest child, and her husband is ching for them in San Fi i dorado Parlor No. 52, Euccessful party at the new Nai on Mason street last night. This is the first party to be given at this hail by an individual parlor. There will be & mass-meeting held soon by the presidents and secretaries of the City Im- provement Clubs to discuss the advisability of indorsing or rejecting the proposed new cherter. On a demurrer submitted to the_ opposition a of Herman Oelrichs Jr. to the probate of the | «*pencil will”’ in the Fair case, the question of the validity of the trust is once more brought up. Jim O'Brien says several of the Junta lead- ers are nothing more nor less than_political job-chasers and that Buckley is solid enough at the Occidental Club to get in occasionally and act as an adviser. Arguments in the case of Jane Shattuck, charged with the murder of Harry Poole, were finished iast evening. This morning Judge Belcher will charge the jury and the case will be submitted before 12 o'clock. “The preliminary examination of Mrs. Bertha Dale, charged with the murder of Mrs. Ida Geuen, was beld hefore Judge Low yesterday, and the case was dismissed s there was no -evidence 1o support the charge. The jury before Judge Daingerfield in the Asa Fisk-John Mallon ease insist on changing their verdict to favor the plaintiff. They have signed an affidavit to the effect .that the con- trery verdict was coerced by the court. Charles Wagner, who was discovered yester- day morning ransacking the bureau drawers in a bedroom in Mrs. Fenton's house, 1747 Mission street, was chased and captured by Policeman E. J. Thompson and charged with burgiary. A naval court of inquiry was heid yesterday in the British consulate in this City over the avandonment of. the ship Nineveh off . Cape Fiattery. The court fonnd that the vessel was joundering and her captain was justified in leaving her. A warrant was sworn out inh Judge Low’s court yesterday by Mary A. Jamieson, assignee of the Co-operative Publishing Company, for the arrestof R. E. Culbreth, publisher of the City Argus, on the charge of obtaining goods and property by false pretenses. ° The Borrowers' Mutual Building and Loan Association has filed articles of incorporation. The objects, s set forth, are to encourage in- dustry, frugality and home building and to care for accumulated savings.- The capital stock is $2,000,000, of which #8000 has been subscribed. JUDGMENT FOR THE CITY. A Ruling Determining the Titles to Old Puebla Lands. The City has secured judgment in the suit of G. P. Backley to quiet title to some property in the Potrero which has been in litigation for many years. The property in question includes a street in the vicinity of Seventh and Chan- nel streets which the City had surveyed, and over which suit to quiet title was brought by Buckley. The lund was orig- inally acquired from the State, which, having escertained to its own satisfaction the limits of the-old Puebla grant, sold the tide lands adjoining. It ‘was afterward found that the Puebla lands extended down much further than was at first sup- posed, including, in fact, much of the lant which the State had sold. The con- flicting titles over the lands thus doubly owned have caused a great many law suits, among them the suit just decided, the point of all being the rights of those who bought in good faith from the State when the land was really cwned by the City. e United States Grand Jury. The panel of the United States Grand Jury was completed vesterday. It is as follows; John F. Merrill (foreman), Charles J. Colley, N. Castle, William Stuart Duyval, Meyer David- . ¥. Dunham, Michael J. Donahoo, Wil da, William J. Dutton, C. A. Ha .non, Edward C. Huff, George W. Hopxkhu P. J. Kénnedy, Nicholas King, Jerome Kend George Partridge, Robinson Ruckledge, N. Spauiding, F. K. Shattuck, Walter Speye! Vasconcelios, William H. Vinoent. - e A lentine Socl: There will be & free valentine social and mu- eical entertsinment at the First United Pres- brterian Church st Golden Gate avenue and Polk street Friday evening, February 14, commencing at 8 o’clock. The entertainment, which promises to be quite a novel affair, will be given by the ladies of the church, and the funds realized from the sale.of reireshments will go to swell the thank offering fund. 4 | connivance ng essays were | h of H. Cranston Potter of | MTHER CUSTON HOUSE SCANDAL Sixteen Chinese Women Unlawfully Landed at This Port. OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSED. Insp‘ectorsv Said to Have Re- ceived Eight Thousand Dollars. THE CASE AGAINST WILLIAMS. Treasury Agent Moore Hot on the Trail of the Suspects in the Gigantic Swindle. There is another scandal brewing in Cus- tom-nouse circles. It is the resylt of wholesale charges of landing Chinese women for immoral purposes, and made by agents ot the United States Treasury against certain customs inspectors ‘and other officials in high standing. These charges have been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, and it is expected that the accused persons will be put on the rack at once. ' Special Agent Moore is not on their trail, and while he is silent as to his course of action in the matter, it is known that he is in possession of damaging information against inspec- tors, apart from William's, Itis known that within the last three months sixteen Chinese woman have been landed in San Franciscoon the ground that they were native daughters of the State. All'these women are now inmates of dis- reputable houses in Chinatown. The | declaration is made that they are all na- tives of China and were brought here by those engaged in the traffic for the special purpose in which they are now employed These women were landed from the regular incoming Chinese steamers and landed on certificates sworn out by | Chinese witnesses and passed through of certain Customs-house authorities. The majority of the young women were assigned to Lee Gee and Lee Hoy and a few went to “Little Fete.” The latter was greatly annoyed because of the unequal division of the fair daugh- ters from the Orient, and finally quarreled with his rvals in the business. Conse- quently the Chinamen, having disagreed among themselves, talked quite freely with outsiders regarding the importing of the girls. In this way it leaked out that $§500 had been paid the Custom-house | rin g for the landing of each girl, or $8000 m all. These are the facts now in the pos- session of the United States Treasury De- par tment, and interesting developments are promised at an early date. There is much speculation about the Federal buiiding as to who the accused persons are. The fact that Chinese Inter- preter Williams is charged with almost everything on the calendar in respect to the landing of Chinese women for ques- tioneble purposes is generally known. Special Agent-Moore made. the complaint against him. The case is now before the Government authorities at Washington. Wong Sam, who was the chief witness against Willlams, was arrested on com- gls‘xm of a Chinese woman named Dong ! Sun Yet, who depcses that Wong Sam, { Toy Duck and Ah Ling bronght her here from China last fall and placed herina den in the Chinese quarter. The woman declares she 1s a native of China. The strange feature of this case is that Williams and others in the service knew the facts of the unlawful landing of the girl months ago, but took no action in the matter. She was taken from the den by the missionaries and given a chance to reform. She embraced the opportunity and is now leading a respectable existeace. In regard to the arrest of Wong Sam United States District Attorney Foote feels as though he had been iinposed upon. Had he known that there was an investi- gation pending in which the Chinese was the principal witness he wouald never have sanctioned his arrest. As it is, when the facts of the case were explained to him he at -once went before United States Com- missioner Heacock and had the man_re- leased on $250 bail. No one in the Dis- trict Attorney’s office will talk, buf it is pretty well known in the Federal building that District Attorney Foote will recom- mend the dismissal of the charge and tbat the Attorney-General will follow his advice. According to a gentleman well versed in the case, the charges against Wong Sam are five months old. All the facts have been in the possession of Collector Wise for half & year, but it was only when charges were preferred against Interpreter: R.Williams by the said Wong Sam that the charges were raked up and nsed. It is this fact that has made the United States Dis- trict Attorney angry, and the communica- tions between his office and that of the Coélector yesterday were anything butami- cable. Whether Wong Sam comes to trial or not, there is one-thing certain, his casé will not be heard for several ‘weeks. The scandal that has been brewingin the Custom-house for months is about to get an airing, and the Chinese will have many things to tell about the landing of Chinese women that will interest the Fed- eral authorities. Special Agent of the Treasury Moore and District - Attorney Foote are keeping the wires hot with dis- patches to thglgton, and an investiga- tion, in which two special agents now on the way here will play an important part, will soon be under way. Two {urs ago Wong Ah Tie, an 11-year- old girl born at Pedro Point, daughter of Wong How, dnd veing a member of the Wong family, therefore, a relative of ‘Wong Sam, whose private family name1s Wong Tie, went to China. Wong Sam, acting as fu; Chinese agent, made out her certificate. In China, by the manipulators of the slave traders, the certificate of Wong Ah Tie was obtained possession of and used to bring another woman, six years older, to this country. * The substitute woman arrived on Novem- ber 21, 1895. It is assumed that some one in the Chinese Bureau or Custom-house altered the figures by a little stroke of the pen, o that the figure 11 was chang, niko 17. The original puotograph was elimi- nated and one of the substitute women was put on the certificate in its place. Thus was the substitute woman broucht here and landed as one of Wong Sam’s slaves, and a 19-year-old woman came on a certifi- cs'e belonging to a 13-year-old girl. Inspector \%filmms gave it out that Wong Sam bad imported the woman, whereas Wonfi Sam says he. had nothing to do with her and .never went to the steamer to meet her on its arrival at this rt. . There are two Wong Sams in Chinatown. One—the one arrested—is the business representative of several Chinese mercan- cantile firms, the other is a keeper of a den at 829 Washington street. The latter was formerly an actor, He has two or more Chinese slaves following .an immoral trade. It was very easy for the name of this Wong Sam to be used for the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1896. 7 urpose of mixing up Wong Tie (known | est as Wong 8am) in the importation business. H THE POOR WITH US. H. H. Powers Declares That This Con- dition Can Be Alleviated, but Not Overcome. “Poverty cannot be abolished, but 1t can be lessened to an appreciable extent.” This was the epitome of a lecture on the “Abolition of Poverty,” delivered at the Academy of Sciences Hall before the Stan- ford University Extension Club last night by Harry Huntington Powers, the head of the department of econamics at Palo Alto. The lecture was listened to with close in- terest by a large audience. Mr. Powers first looked at the function of poverty. This, he said was given espe- cial attention by the ancient philosophers. They looked upon poverty as essential to effecting the cohesion of social organiza- tion. It was therefore considered of social value. Later poverty, especially volun- tary poverty, was looked upon by the Christian philosophers as honorable. This is shown in the teachings of the Bible. Then charity, unreasoning charity, came next in the grade of honor. E ‘With the progress of thought and the rowth of theory of evolution came the idea that poverty was a product of society and not of nature. Poverty has come to be considered a disgrace and unthinking charity little more than a crime. The world had decided that men were not en- titled to a living, but that they had a right to such a share of the gifts of society as “their quickness and ability will enable them to take. Those who failed through lack of favorable circumstances deserved belp. Mpr. Powers gave several suggestions ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The British Ship Roderick Dhu’ Sold to an American Syndicate, TO RUN IN THE SUGAR TRADE. More Trouble on the Revenue Cutter Bear and Mutiny Is Charged. The British ship Roderick Dhu will no more fly the house flag of the White Star line, but after to-day the Hawaiian ensign will be seen floating from her flagpole. Williamson, Milligan & Co., the owers of the vessel, have been anxious for some time to get rid of her, as they want to con- fine their attention exclusively to steam- boating. In consequence, ali their sailing vessels have been sold at a sacrilice, and when Captain Matson, the managing owner of the Annie Johnson and Santiago, saw his opportunity he at once closed the deal. The vessel will run between here and Hilo in the sugar trade. Between seasons she will make an occasional trip to Europe, Australia, South Africa or New York, as the charter may offer. Her new The British Ship Roderick Dhu, Purchased by Hawaiian Merchants to Carry Sugar Between Hilo and San Francisco. [From a sketch made by a “Call” artist.] that-might tend to minimize poverty. Hejowners intend to keep her going all the favored the suppression of undesirable re- production and the easing of the pangs of dissolution. He conciuded: “Don’t give to tramps. Don’t give to any one you don’t know. Don’t give money unless you are sure the recipient is competent to expend it properly. Don’t give to children,” Then he urged as a ‘‘do” that each per- son should assist some one worthy case and help in- organizations to investigate others. Next Wednesday evening William Henry Hudson, professor of English at Stanford University, will deliver a lecture on “So- cial Aspect of Conduct” at the same place. LOSS OF THE NINEVER, Captain Broadfoot and His Men Exonerated by a Naval Court, The Stanch Old Ship Was Foundering in a Gale When Abandoned Off Cape Flattery. A naval court of -inquiry was held yes- terday at- the British consulate in this City to investigate the circumstances at- tending the abandonment of the British ship Nineveh of Sydney off Cape Flattery. The conduct of her captain, certified mate, second mate and crew in connection with leaving the vessel at sea was also in- quired into, and the result was a complete exoneration of the officers and men. The Nineveh was a wooden vessel, ship- rigged, 1174 tons register, built in Scotland in 1864, and she had battled with the seas for thirty-two years. On her fatal voyage she left Moodyville, B. C., for Sydney with a cargo of Inmber and 300 tons of ballast January 15. Her crew consisted of eigh- teen hands. According to the evidence yesterday, soon after putting out for sea the Nineveh encountered threatening weather and the captain made for Port Angeles, Wash., January 16. Hewas detnines there by the storms till January 22, when he left. Lit- tie headway had been made, however, be- fore it was necessary to cast anchor and lie in shelter for two days. January 24 the Nineveh proceeded to sea and passed Cape Flattery in the afternoon when a gale was blowing. Then the stanch old ship was itched about and listed under: terrific rosdside seas. In this condition she made water and continued to leak badly. Men were put to work on the pumps, but were washed away repeatedly by waves breaking over the decks. In this extrem- ity Captain Broadfoot started the pump- ing engines, which were powerless in low- ering the water in the vessel, and at last the ship began to founder. It was then ;hat the captain determined to abandon er. The findings of the naval court were that the vessel was well found, sufficiently manned and seaworthy; that her cargo was properly stowed and the ship not overloaded. Her master, Robert Broad- foot, appeared to have navigated his ves- sel in a seamanlike manner and was justi- fied in abandoning her, as she was’'in a sinking condition and in great danger of foundering. The officers and crew con- ducted themselves properly and obe]yed all orders. The court therefore took pleasure in returning certificates of competency to the master and officers. The court was constituted of Wellesley Moore, British Vice-Consul; Robert Greig, master of the British ship Blginshire, and R. W. Lewis, master of the British ship Senator, . time, and expect to make her a paying in- vestment. i The Roderick Dhu is one of the finest and best equipped ships in port. She is now discharging the remainder of her general cargo at Spear-street wharf, and in spite of the general turmoil which ac- companies discharging she is as clean and neat as a yacht. Captain Howe takes great pride in his ship, and while he is not at all sorry to get back to'England he does pot like to see the vessel which he has navigated so many years flying any other flag than the British ensign. The Roder- ick Dhu has been a home to him, and he naturally does not feel like tearing up all his belongings and hauling down the house flag. When the Roderick Dhu, goes under the Hawaiian flag the chances are that Cap- tain Charies Rock will assume command. He is one of the old-time masters and no one knows better than he how to handle a ship. If the present crew will remain by tke vessel they will be reshipped, but the chances are that many will desert as soon as they know the Roderick Dhu has changed hands. The name of the vessel may also be changed, but if Captain Mat- son has any weight in the matter the name of the old Scotch Highland hero will be retained. As soon as the Roderick Dhu's cargo is discharged to-day the Hawaiian flag will be run up and the new owners will for- mally take possession. While she will be principally used ,n the sugar trade, there is ample accommodation for passengers and better quarters coula not be found on a passenger steamer. Not many years ago the vessel was in the passenger trade be- tween England and Australia and in those days fast passages were made. Her new owners expect her to make just as good time between San Francisco and Hilo. There was more trouble on the revenue cutter Bear last Tuesday night and Lieu- tenant Daniels was one of the parti- cipants. Joseph Byrnes, one of the crew, had been drinking and went from the cut- ter to the wharf without leave. Daniels oraered him back and the sailor refused. The master-at-arms was ordered to arrest him but was dilatory in his movements so “all hands” were called. Still Byrnes was not placed under arrest and Daniels rushed aboard the cutter Perry and said there was a mutiny on his vessel. The officers got their cuilasses on and a squad of men was detailed, but when the. Bear was reached there was no Byrnes to be found. He had fled, TLater on he was recaptured and Elnc_ed in irons, but the chances are that e will'be released to-day. Byrnes’ friends say that Daniels was “*down on_ him’’ be- cause he was one of the witnesses who testified in favor of Captain Healy. The Pacific Mail steamer San Juan ar- rived yesterday from Panama, two days late, having been detained at the Central American ports. She brought the follow- ing cabin passengers: Philip 8. Meza, C. H. White, Lucien Herman, C. M. Knight, J. Mahoney, Mrs. Johnsonfand three chil- dren, N. B, Gauvreau, Oswald Kemhardt, Mrs. 1. Wessel, Mrs. T. Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. Thornalen. Jacob Kittinger, Jameés Dailey and wife, A. Waterbur, 5:‘., Captain C. H. Bohen and wife and (g w. Gallagher. The investigation into the loss of the British ship Nineveh was befnn beiore the British Consul yesterday. Itis expected that Captain Broadfoot and the officers will be exonerated from all blame. On Jan- uary 27 the Nineveh was caughtin a storm off Cape|Flattery and became a total wreck, The crew had to desert her,and asshe ‘was a menace to navigation the captain set her on fire. ¥ Captain Burns of the schooner Vine has written a letter from Acajutla complain- ing of the treatment he has received at the hands of the Central American authori- ties, He wants interested ship-owners to investigate the trouble. & The ii;hthonse Board has issued the following notice to mariners: ‘It is reported that the Point Arguello 2 whistling buoy, painted red and marked ‘Pt. A,” in white, has drifted three-quar- ters of a mile to the northward of its old position. 3 *‘It will be replaced in its proper posi- tion as soon as practicable, when due no- tice will be given.” BIRTHDAY OF LINCOLN. Members of the Loyal Legion Com- memorate It With Banquet and Speeches at the Occidental. The members of the Loyal Legion of California last night met at the Occidental Hotel to make nominations of officers for the ensuing year and commemorate the birth and life work of Abraham Lincoln. There was a large attendance. The busi- ness session came first. 1t resulted in the following nominations: Commander, Colonel 8. D. M. Young, U. 8. A.; senior vice-commander, Paymaster U. T. Skelding, U. S. N.; junior yice - commander, Captain John C. Currier, U. 8. Vols.; Recorder, Colonel W. R Smedberg, U. 8. ; registrar, Captain C. A, Sumner, U, S. Captain C. Mason Kinne, U. S, lor, Paymaster Edward Bellows, U. 8. N. The election will not take place till May. Msantime other nominations may be made. After the nominations were for the time finished the members adjourned to the banguet-room, where an elaborate spread had been prepared. The room was beau- tifully festooned with flags. Major W. B. Hooper, the commander, resided. After the repast he delivered a rief speech in eulogy of the martyred President. After him came C. A. Sumner, Colonel J. 8, Lee, General B, F, Walsh, and H. W. Mortimer, commander of Lincoln Post, G. A. R. i Chaplain J. H. Macomber followed with a feeling address. B. J. Staples and H. T. Skelaing also made brief addresses. All of the speecles commemorated the deeds of the unknown youth, who had studied by torch the pages of borrowed books, and who unaided hadrisen to the highest posi- tion to be reached in any land. There was much applause. J. C. Currier read a paper giving his own experience at Chickamauga. This closed the exercise JTTHE CITY PLATHOLSES .Corinne Continues to Charm All Visitors to the Columbia Theater. Keene's Effective Portrayal of Rich- ard IlII—Rachael Walker at " the Orpheum. Corinne continues to charm all who see and hear her in “Hendrick Hudson Jr.” It is hard to pick apart her methods and give to each a studied, analytic review. Her ‘work is so natural, so unique as to captivate the very critics themselves, and before they can think of findin« flaws they critical but delighted public. The piece is magnificenily staged, the costumes, what there is of them, elegant, and the voices and acfing tresh and brilliant. The pro- duction is having a very successful week. At the California. Shakespeare, it seems, will ever have a hold upon the English-speaking race. Richard III has been portrayed century after century and still his hopes and fears, his plans and his ambitions as portrayed by the Bard of Avon have a charm for theater-goers even here, far removed though we be from the tight little isle which Richard ruled. Mr. Keene looks and acts his best in the part, which he seems to have made peculiarly his own. It is to be regretted that his support is not a little more worthy of him, but then, nowadays one must not be too exacting. Anyhow, Keene is worth seeing for him- self alone, ard one does not have to listen to anyone else. s % . At the Tivoli. ““The Gentle Savage,’”’ as THE CALL pre- dicted, is having a second week, and a very brilliant one at that. The amusing anachronisms of which, it might almost be said, the piece is made upare charming in their naive disregard of all the canons of time and history. The jokes, though a few have a slight flavor of yesterday’s muf- fing, are for the most part new, while the songs and dances are charming. “Der Freischutz'' is announced for next week. The opera has been.carefully re- Learsed, and the incantation scene will, it s said, surpass anything in the spectacu- lar line yet seen in the Tivoli. Ida Valerga and Kate Marchi will reappear in prominent roles, so there is reason to look for some of the fine execution and finished operatic style which made their singing so inuch admired in days gone by. At the Orpheum. A fine vaudeville programme inter- spersed with choice musical gems keeps this popular place of amusement crowded nightly. Rachel Walker, the creole night-. ingale, has proved so strong an attraction that her enga:ement has been prolonged indefinitély. Last night she was the re- cipicnt of a magnificent floral piece. The other numbers on the Yrox:mm'me are well selected and exceedingly effective. At Morosco's. The powerful melodrama,'‘My Partner,” is a play in which some phases of Ameri- can life and cbaracter are admirably por- trayed. While there is nothing overdrawn or vulgar in the piece, a vein of legitimate sensationalism ‘runs through it which makes the interest at times very absorb- ing. The stage effects and settings are good and the production successful in every sense. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. G. A. Waterbury Jr. of Berkeley R turns From the Harvard Observa- tory Located Near Arequipa, Peru. One of the passengers of the Pacific Mail steamer San Juan, which arrived from Panama yesterday, was George A. Water- bury Jr.of Berkeley, He has been con- nected with the Harvard Observatory located on Mount Misti, near Arequipa, Peru, for over three years. The observa- tory, which is maintained by Harvard College, is in the charze of Professor Solon ‘1. Bailey, who is an uncle of young Water- bury. The other members of the party we?e' ‘W. B. Clymer, Mrs, Bailey and liitle son. The observatory is 8000 feet above the sea_level and in a region where the rarety of the atmosphere and other climatic con- ditions are favorable for astronomical and meteorological ,work. Professor Bailey has been quite successful in his labors and has located several groups of variable stars. The party at Carmen Alto, as the observers named their habitation, passed the time quite pleasantly, as their eleva- tion gave them a temperate climate, They were about 500 feet above the city of Arequipa, which 1s 750G feet above the sea, surrounded by towering snowciad peaks of the Andes. Mr. Waterbury was one of Professor Bailey’s assistant observers and kept the record of meteorological observations, He will not return to South America. e 3 ‘We Are Poisoned by Air and Water ‘When they contain the germs of malaria. To an- nihllate these and avoid orconquer chills and fever, billous remittent or dumbp ague, use persistently and regularly Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which also remedies dyspepsia, liver trouble, constipa- tion, loss of strength, nervousness, rheumatlsm and kidney complaint. Appetite and sleep are im- proved by this thorough madicinal sgent, and_ the infirmities of age mitigated by it. A wineglasstul three times a day. are cheering and applauding with the un- | & Every-ingredient used ° NEW TO-DAY. e A i e % Pure and Sure.” veland's BAKING POWDER. in making Cleveland’s bak- ing powder is plainly printed on the label, information not given by makers of other powders. Recipe book free, - Send stamp and address. Cleveland Baking Powder Co., N. TESTING THE FAIR TRUST. An Effort to Extend Judge Slack’s Recent De- cision. BABY OELRICHS' LEGAL RIGHTS. Important Points in the Great Will Case Brought Out on a Demurrer. The Fair will case bids fair to take up Judge Slack’s spare hours for some time to come. The array of attorneys and the in- tricacy of the barristerial maneuvers woula seem at times to confuse éven the judicial mind, and on Monday his Honor read off the notes on his calendar in presence of the lawyers in order to make sure that he and they knew ‘‘where they were at.”’ then appointed yesterday as the time for Charles S. Wheeler, attorney for the chil- dren of the late Senator. Mr. Wheeler was on hand bright and early with about half a.ton of lawbooks, and as soon as the proceedings opened commenced his argument. Ex-Judge Van ‘R. Paterson, the guardian ad litem of little Herman Oelrichs, was an interested listener, The Fair children’s proposed demurrer is against the contest which Baby Oelrichs has entered through his at- torney to the probate of the will of Sep- tember 24, the last or the ‘‘lead-pencil” will, as it is called. An important point is involved in the contention of Theresa Fair-Oelrichs’ first born. He would be a direct beneficiary under the will of September 23, by which the trust was created. The trust has been, itis true, set aside so far as the real prop- sents less than a third of the entire estate, the child’s interest is still a very important one. The lead-pencil will has no mention of a trust, and, in case it is declared genuine and aliowed to take precedence over the will of the preceding day, in which the trust is created, the dead Sena- tor’s grandchild will cease to have any status in the case as a legatee. His inter- | est stands or falls with tge trust, which is still assumed to be valid, so far as the per- sonal property of his grandfather is con- cerned. ence his guardian ad litem filed an application in the baby litigant’s name protesting against the admission of the lead-pencil will to probate, and also against its recognition &8 a valia instru- ment. To this action of the legal sponsor of Herman Oelrichs Jr. the Fair children demur, Mr. Wheeler commenced his argument by assuming that the trust should be de- clared invalid, not alone as to the realty, but as’ to the personal proverty as wefl. He cited parts of the will of September 23 to prove that Senator Fair- intended that the personal property of his estate should be used by his executors or trustees to im- ove the realty.and enbance its value. n this connection he said the inquiry sug- gested itself whether the trust was or was not an essential part of th_ testator's scheme for the disposal of hi%, property, and also whether the setting aside of the trust, so far as the realty of the estate was concerned, wouid or would nét be tanta- mount to a practical setting at naught of the testator’s expressed intention, in other words an actual breaking of the will. He characterized the dispositions of the will of September 24 as fanciful and capricious mn the extreme, and cited a number of eminent authorities in support of his view. Mr. Paterson asked for a copy of Mr. ‘Wheeler’s argument, which was promised him as soon as it might be transcribed given ten days in which to file his answer to the demurrer. The demurrer of the Fair children to Baby Oelrichs’ opposition to the probate of the “peneil will”’ is based upon the sup- position that he has no interest in the estate whatever. By Judge Slack’s recent decision he has no interest in the real roperty, but the demurrer alleges that he as no interest at all, and so his claims upon the personal property, under the trust. at once come in question. In other words, by alleging that he. as beneficiary under tbe trust, has no interest whatever, the (Elestiohs not_passed upon in Judge Slack’s recent decision are at once brought up. Cut Government Timber. L. B. Fraser, V. 8. Fraser and Frank Harvey were charged before Judge Morrow in the United States District Court yesterday with cutting timber on Government land in Mendo- cino County. Their examination.will occupy :ihe attention of the court during the next few ays. 4 NEW TO-DAY. AUGTION EXTRAORDINARY! $25,000 Worth of LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S Cloaks, Suits, ~ Fur Capes, "mTC, BTC., Must be sold without LIMIT or RE- SERVE before moving into our new build- ing at No. 914 MARKET ST. Sales commence SATURDAY, Feb. 15, at 11 A. ., 2 7. M. and 7:30 P. 3., and will continue daily. LOEWENTHAL’S CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE, No. 9 Stockton Street, Near Market. NEW I‘O—DAT—mslm NO FUN IN TOWN LIKE SHOOTING THE CHUTES and TRIPPING THE TROLLEY Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION. 10 CENTS. Children (including Merry-Go-Round ' Ride), 10ce He | wE the hearing of the demurrer presented by | | erty of the testator goes, but, as this repre- | from the reporter's notes, and he was, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ALtromIs EVERY EV. 5 SATURDAY. ATIN OMAS INTJES ¢ Supported by an Unusually Strong Company necessary for a proper breseitation of is plays. RTOLKE “RICHELIEU” H o MLET THELLO'’ UIS X1 Saturday Matinee Saturday Night. L O Sunday ... EICHARD I10* NEXT WEEK—Mounday, Feb. 17. SECOND AND LAST WEEK OF MR. THOMAS Presenting the following Classical Pl “MERCHANT YENICE' RICHARD 111" .OUIS X1’ xt Week. CALIFORNIA THEATER—Extra. Messrs. Al Hayman & Co. have the honor to i announce PADEREWSIII In Four (4) Piano Recitals, which will occur on the afternoons, at 2:30 o'clock, of the following: | FRIDAY AFTE MONDAY AFTERN ED N DAY PRICES: 82, $3, 85, according to location. A3 Seats for all the above recitals now ready at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. Steinway & Son’s Pano used at all the Paderew- |-skf recitais. n“'yl (AL NAYMAN Ano Cop L INCORP D HMEATRE N\ PROPS. SECOND WEEK of the Famous MARIE TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO. Under the Direction of CHAS. H. PRATT. Presenting the following Repertoire: To-Night “CARMEN” Friday. ‘FAUST"” Saturday Matinee. Saturday Night Repertoire third and last week: Monday, “Hu- guenots” ; sday, ‘Lohengrin”; Wed. Mat., at Dop. prices, “Mi Wed. night, “Lucla” ahd “Cavalleria Rusticana”; Thursday, “Faust”; Fri- da; Bohemian Girl” aturday Matinee, “Car- men”; Saturday night, “Trovaiore.” ready for ail remaining performances. FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G- LESSES AnD MAMAGLRS -+ CORINNE | CORINAR CORINNE | CORINNE AND NOTHING BUT CORINNE AND “HENDRICK HUDSON JR.” That Is All You Hear Now. Crowded at Every Performance—Come and Seel Next Monday—Charming Katie Putnam. 9 TALCAZAR ——~OVERFLOWING HOUSES!. Quite Easily the Best Performance the Play Has Ever Had! Superb and Emphatic Success of THE WHITE SLAVE! OLD TIMES IN KENTUCKY. A Carnival of Jubilee Singers! Buck and Wing Dancers. Pickanniny Band. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c. Night Prices—10g, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢c Monday—The Great ‘FAUST.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mps. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager TO=NIGELT — SECOND WEEK! BIG HIT! ‘The New American Opera, — SAVAGH! MIRTH !|———SONG ! ———DANCE! NEXT WEEK Von Weber's Romantic Opera, “DER FREISCHUTZ!” Reappearance of the Favorite Artists, IDA VALERGA—and—KATE MARCHL ‘Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Bartley Campbell’s Masterpiece, “MY PARTNER” In the Opinion of All Leading Critics *The Best American Melodrama.” EVENING PRICKA—25¢ and 500 Famlly Circie and Gallery, Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. CRPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powsit. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK A-New List of Vaudeville Notables! THE PANTZER BROS., . THE GARRISONS, WALTER STANTON, ; TINA CORRI, RACHEL WALKER, CARROLL JOHNSON, " BILLY CARTER, FEtc. 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera cnalcs Reserved seat and Box seats. FIRST BENEFIT CONCERT ——OF THR—— SATURDAY MORNING ORCHESTRA, TUnder the direction of ALFRED RONCOVIERL METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 17, 1896. Reserved seats One Dollar, on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s, on and after Friday, February 13. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'l. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 P. x. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W.S. LEAKE, President. Secretary.