The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUSRDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1596 7 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Grand Opera— ¢ Fauw CAYIFORNIA THEATER— Hamlet.” COLUMBIA THEATER—"The Old Limekiln.” Morosco's Orera-Housk—Wife for Wite™ T1ivoLr Orrra-Hovsy.—“Del Freischutz' OrrPHEUM.—High-Class Vandevilie. GROVER'S ALCAZAR. > BOVESTREET THFATER—Between Polk and Wwo of a Kind.” Benefit for Veteran A.R. cs' PAviLioN—Masquerade Ball, by atracht, Saturday evening, February MECH the Verein SHOOT THE Cnum ©ne block east of the Park. EAY Disrricr Track. y at Halght street, AUCTION SALES. EASTON & ELDRIDGE.—Tuesday, February . Market street, at 12 o'clock McCORD—Thisd Twelfth and Har: CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ay), Horses, (Thur: ) s ir and probably cooler weather is predicted o-day. Mr. and Mrs. A. Chesley Stevens are about to | anewsboys’ home. 0 Gori delivered a lecture last night, 1 over by a lady socialist. Ash Wednesday, services were held 5 copalian churches Moore is still taking evidence harged interpreter Williams. - The Board of Health has ordered the Long- 1 closed until its sanitary condi- ved. ton March 1. Times to be any of th see mproving emong the n are finding & market asca were the winners rs are agitating for de avenue through Supreme its April se ions will soon begin a crusade * who make weatshops Hudson of ce Groezinge ie burglar, who was st 3 last Frida: not having gallons of ¢ last evening. It e county. Orrhave been ordered ir mother, Mary r maintenance. vesterday to obtain who committed the et bank on Tuesday , $15 & month police were 1y clew to the has agein opened hostilities ley's nephe lliam Har- reatens to develope intoa d before Judge Belcher were secured during increased streetcar ac- among the topics g of the Point were was severely day, who te- to receive back. y View district are pre- nst the iocation of a pes P. Huntington lies when he say: s when he fi s. appeared before the ecclesi terday charging Dr. Brov She proposes to pro- or e-Moore C a monv trious ) he idea is to , composed ark, is pre- completion 'of the uet. has been who is now a is bere on nds. s last night to inves- rove L. Johnson to- ydraulic mining. . & Bernal Heights 11ast nightand identified : as one of the two men raweek 8g0 on the San Bruno terday dismissed three old e title to the property on the f Mason and Jackson streets. en done in them for twenty ver at his home has no connection th the as be keeps away from the milkcans and is merely the coliector for the e Committee on Rules of the Board of Edu- took the preliminary steps in the in- ve fon of the charges made by Director Henderson against Principal James O'Connor perts employed by the amine San Francisco’s water supply were read yesterday at the meet- ing of the board. The experts found the water to be of excellent quality. Edward Dolan, Eugene Sullivan and Thomas Conway, three b who broke into the stores 3 and 403 Hayes street and stole a quan. ives, razors and pistols, were booked he City Prison last night for burglary. Rosa Pasodi has been given a vera $5000 against Ottavio Cuneo for slander. The latter made slighting remarks about her, and she sued for $5000 damages. There wss no de- fense and she was awarded the full amount. Max Arold, who lives at 40815 Fell street, was whitening the house, 221 Laurel avenue, vesterday afternoon, when he fell a distance of about twenty feet, fracturing his left arm and left leg. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. The Southern Pacific Company managed to transport troops from New York to San Fran- cisco, via New Orleans, at cut rates, and the Western lines that believe they should have re- ceived ashare of this business, in accordance with the Western Passenger Association rules, are telking of a rate war. The Horseshoe Consolidated Mining Com- any has incorporated with a capital stock of #10.000,000, all of which has been prid up. The directors are: Nat I Messen, Herman dig, O. F. Griftin Jr., John W. Twiggs and E. L. Perker. All but Griffin subscribed $10,000, and he put up ,000. Judge Seawell has sustained the demurrer of the Board of Super: ¥ s writ of mandate filed by N. If. Spalding. Spalding wanted the board to be compelied to fix a grade for Liberty street, but Judge Sea- well held that the law under which he was pleading could not help him THE WILLIAMS CASE. Special Agent Moore Still Taking Evi- dence Against the Accused. The Williams investigation was con- tinued behind closed doors in the office of Collector of Customs Wise yesterday. Sev- eral witnesses were examined, but no new facts were developed. This evidence will be submitted directly to the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, There is a decided lull in the proceed- ings. The talk that Moore will have an casy matter in removing certain officials hign in authority is paid little attention to around the Custom-house. Anyway, Moore is doing considerable hard, quiet work, and seems determined to carry a few more scalps at his belt. I'he defense in the Cleary case is making & firm stand against a Grand Jury investi- gation. The effort is to have the witnesses cxamined before United States Commis- sioner Heacock. e Franklin | 3 | then au adjournment was et of | sors to the petition for | VAN KOVALEY, WHO 1S T0 HANG He Faced Almost Certain Death at Sea in His Si- berian Escape. HIS LOCAL RECEPTION. Arrested by the Immigration Commissioner, but Quickly Released. A WARNING WAS NOT HEEDED. Captain Lees Told the Ten Russian Convicts That They Must Obey American Laws. Ivan Kovalev, the Russian convict who is to be hanged at Folsom Prison to-mor- row for killing aged Mr. and Mrs. Weber, | is one of the ten convicts who escaped 1ld labor and | | | i [ e Mayor Sutro,| i from the Island of Saghalien in 1893. Itis probable that he and his associates were murderers before thev got away from the prison island. Two of them had been sen- tenced by the Russian Government for outrages which merit life imprisonment in this country, but the others claimed when here to have been arrested only for political conspiracy, and there was no contrary evidence. They were all re- garded as dangerous criminals when they ST S hwage s, Ivan Kovalev, the Russian Murderer Who Is to Be Hanged To-Morrow. [Drawn from a photograph.j were under arrest here, and upon releasing the prisoners Captain Lees considered it his duty to deliver, by the aid of an in- terpreter, a warnine lecture on the advisa- bility of obeying the laws of this country. How much that lecture was needed and how litue attention was paid to it are shown by this record of three of the men: One shot dead in San Jose while at- tempting to rob a store, another sentenced to San Quentin for burglary in San Fran- | cisco and Kovalev to be hanged to-morrow. Kovaler was regarded by the local officials as the least vicious and dangerous of the lot. The ten prisoners of the Czar were serv- | ing indefnite sentences, according to their testimony. when they found the op- portunity to escape from Saghalien. Their story, as told to Walter P. Stradley, the | Commissioner of Immigration, was that a Hebrew peddler rowed to the island in August, 1893, and that, being willing to sell anything that he possessed, he sold his boat to them. verly of the Elgin Dairy says that | 1 There is an idea, however, that the ped- dler was murdered by the convicts in or- der to obtain the boat and to prevent the owner from giving information to the au- thorities. At any rate the boat was obtained, and with but little food or water the convicts started for Japan. They were picked up by an American whaler ten days later and were brought to this City. Commissioner Stradley arrested them, put after an in- vestigation the authorities at Washington ordered that the prisoners be released. The affidavit of Kovalev, signed on No- vember 13, 1893, is as follows: Iam 25 yearsof age. 1was born in Russia, in the city of Harcov. I am a shoemaker. I know nobedy in America. I have no money. In the year 1888 the Russian Government ar- rested about fifteen nihilist workingmen in my native city. Iattempted to take their part and help them ana was arrested as a nihilist. Iwas tried and sent to the island of Sa halien to serve an indefinite sentence. 2 1 caped the same time and in the same man- ras my nine companions. I was tranferred from the whaler Charles W. Morgan to the whaler Cape Horn Pigeon and arrived here on the night of November 9, 1893. IvAN KOVALEV. The story of the rescue of the ten men is related in the affidavit of Captain J. A. M. Earle of the American whaling bark Charles W. Morgan, as follow: On September 3,1893, while in the Okhotsk Sen, about forty miles from the land, and while the boats were down whaling, an open boat came alongside of tke bark containing ten Russian subjects, who reported being out ten days in their boat, during three of which they had been without food or water. They said that they had escaped from a Siberian prison and asked to be taken on board. Asan actof humanity I complied with their request, for to have left them in that con- dition would have meant death, especially as a gale came up the next day which would have destroyed their boat. 1 retamed them all on board until September 25, then transferred five of them to the Ameri- can whaling bark Cape Horn Pigeon, for lack of accommodations on my own vessel. The re- maining five I gave passage to this port and provided clothing, as they were in a destitute condition when they came on board my ship. The Morgan arrived here on November 7, 1893, and the Cape Horn Pigeon reached port two days later. Kovalev came on the latter vessel. On the arrival of the con- victs Commissioner Stradley was notified. Being in doubt whether tbe immigration laws applied to the case, the latter official telegraphed to Washington for instruc- tions and he was ordered to arrest and detain the ten men pending an examina- tion. On November 9 the convicts were arrested, the five who arrived on the Mor- gan being then on exhibition at alow- grade saloon theater on Market street. After the testimony had been submitted by Commissioner Stradley the authorities at Washington decided to release the pris- oners. No notification of the reason for the decision accompanied the order of re- lease, but the Comumissioner believes that | the prisoners were not regarded as 1mmi- grants, having been pickea up in distress on the open sea and brought here against their will by American vessels. No interest in the case was ever officially manifested by the Russian Government. At the release of the prisoners Captain Lees addressed the ten men. He told them that they had come to a free country, where they could enjoy all the advantages afforded to any others. They would have a good deal of liberty here, he said, but the people in this country would not tolerate the manifestation of any nihilistic or an- archistic tendencies. If any of them should become lawless they would have to accept the punishment. That ended the wirning. To-morrow the threatened punishment will be meted out to a third member of the gang. A BRUTAL WIFE-BEATER Judge Campbell Severely Lectures Thomas Brennan, a Burly Longshoreman. Thomas Brennan, a longshoreman, was convicted in Judge Campbell’s court yes- terday of beating his wife. She appeared in court with a big black lump on her left cheek under theeye, and begged the Judge to be lenient with her husband for the sake of her children. During their married life she had borne to him ten children, and five were alive. He was a good husband, ex- cept when he was drunk. She admitted Le was very often in that condition, spend- ing all his wages in drink. ““The whipping-post is the best thing for such men as you,” said the Judge, “and if I had the power I would order you to get thirty lashes on your bare back with a rawhide. I bad made up my mind to give you six months in the County Jail, but as your poor children would be the actual sufferers and not you I will for their sake withhold sentence for thirty days. “Meantime you wiil have to give your wife §3 per weck for the support of the children, and if, at any time, a complaint be made to me ‘that you are not paying that amount, or that you are beating your wife, I will at once issue a bench warrant for your arrest and send you to jail.”’ Brennan declared that he wouid pay t he amourt régularly and would not touch an- other drop of drink ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The City of Puebla Leaves for Victoria With Many Passengers. Conference of the Harbor Commission- ers and Architects on the New Ferry Depot. Among the passengers who sailed on the City of Puebla yesterday for Victoria, B. C., were A. E. Pryor and Harry W. Good- all of the firm of Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. It is rumored along the front that they are going to Seattle to purchase one of the sound steamers for use in the bay. If she comes here the chances are that she would be used in connection with the line of railroad to be built from San Jose to the waters of the bay. When spoken to about the matter both Pryor and Goodali denied that they were going to the sound on busi- ness, but said they were merely on pleas- ure bent. They will be gone about two weeks, and expect to enjoy themselves. As Pryor is anything but a good sailor the chances are that all his fun will come when he reaches terra firma. Goodall comes of a family of sailors, and he will revel in *‘a life on the ocean wave.”” There was an important conference in the office of the Harbor Commissione rs Vvester Beside President Colnon and Commissioners Cole and Chadbourne there were present Harold W heeler, represent- ing the A. Page Brown estate; E. R. Swayne, the newly appointed architect, and Walter Coffman, who appeared for E. 8. Stratton, who is sick. he discussion was all over the detailed drawings for the new ferry depot. Swayre admitted that the ones made in the office of the deceased architect were probably all right, but still he would not take the responsibility of constructing the depot from them. He wanted to make hisown detailed draw- ings, and then he would know where he stood. Wheeler, as representative of the Brown estate, argued that the drawings ought to be accepted and paid for. They had been completed in good faith, mainly under the supervision of Mr. Brown, and therefore the board was liable for the money. This was the rock on which the Brown estate and E. R. Swayne split, and the confer- ence was calied in order to have the Com- missioners solve the problem. President Colnon said that Mr. Swayne was the newly appointed architect, but that he would bave to look for his re- muneration from the Brown estate. If the two could not reach an agrerment then working plans would have to be made by some one. The whole matter finally re- solved itself into a question of dollars and cents, and the discussion finaily went over for a few days in order to allow the inter- ested parties to arrive at an amicable set- tlement. Should Mr. Swayne agree to erect the building from the late Page Brown’s working plans, then there will %)e plain sailng; but if he does not, then new ones will haye to be made and the trustees of the estate of the dead architect will sue for the work done on the plans now ready for use. Governor Budd made an extended tour of the water front yesterday. He was in the City to attend the meeting of the Board of Regents of the State University, and seized the opportunity to inspect the work being done by the Harbor Commissioners. He wasdriven around by Chief Wharfinger Root, and spoke very highly of the man- ner in which things were being conducted. ie particulurly admired the new Pacific- street wharf, now in course of construction, and thought it would prove to be the longest lived of all the piers along the front. Changes in the revenue fleet still go on. Cazptain Roath left yvesterday for the north to take charge of the cutter Corwin. On his arrival the vessel will sail for Sitka, where she will relieve the Wol- cott, the latter going to Seattle for repairs. Captain Munger of the Corwin takes charge of the buildinz of the new Custom-house launch, the Golden Shore, row being con- structed for San Francisco. The tug Ethel and Marion will run ex- cursions to the Italian man-of-war Cristo- foro Colombo next Saturday and Sunday. The California Navigation and Improve. ment Company’s steamer J. D. Peters has been laid up for a thorough overhauling. It will be some time before the work is completed and in the meantime the Mary Garrett will run in her place. There is trouble brewing over the cargo of the steamer Willamette. As stated pre- viously in I'me CALL it was transferred from the George W. Elder to the Columbia | and from the latter to the Willamette, All three broke down, and it has been said that there will be three general averages on the consignments, Captain Cushman laughs at the story, however, and says that there was only a few cases of salmon damaged during the various transfers. ———— A Chicken Thief. James Coakley, an ex-convict, was arrested in the Mission at an early hour yesterday morning oy Policemen Blackman and Harris, He had in a sack thirty-four chickens, which the police nave good reason to believe were stolen from some henroost. He is being de- tained pending inquiries as to the owner of the hens. e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This Thursday, February 20, day and even- ing, the Mardi Gras Ball decorations will be on view. In the evening there will be a ;‘somenade Concert. Admission 25¢, evening . . BANKER KLEINSCHMITS, One of the Famous Pioneers of Montana on a Visit Here. BOUGHT MILLIONS IN DUST. Mr. Kleinschmits’ Story of the Ac. tivity in the Gold Camps and on the Cattle Ranges. T. H. Kleinschmits, the millionaire banker of Montana, three times Mayor of Helena and interested in many great enterprises thronghout the West, is at the Occidental. . Mr. Kleinschmits is one of the pioneers of Montana. He settled at Virginia City, in that then Territory, in 1864. Two years Jater he went to Helena and engaged in banking. During his experience in the latter business he has bought more than $28,000,000 in gold nuggets and dust. He handled a large amount of the product of Alder Gulch and of other famous camps in Montana. He is recognized as oneof the ablest ness said Potter was an independent man, and when he made up his mind todoa thing no one could induce him to do other- wise. Witness took the 7:45 dutro car for the City. Hé was positive deceased was not intoxicated when he left him. It was a very dark night. - Hicks stated that Potter acted contrary to everything that he (Hicks) would say, as if he desired to get rid of him. Witness had an appointment with deceased at _the Occidentnlp Hotel on Saturday evening; but, as Potter did not putin an appearance, he concluded that he had gone off with other friends. Hicks had a ticket for Tacoma on the Walla Walla, which sailed the following day, and, as he expected Potter to leave for Tacoma by train on T\lesldn_v, Hicks made the trip on the Walla Walla. SR e BURIED AT TACOMA. James Brown Potter Attended the Funeral of the Unfortunate Young Man. TACOMA, Wasu., Feb. 19.—The funeral of H. Cranston Potter took place at 3 o’clock this afternoon from his late home, 312 North Cliff avenue. None but rela- tives and intimate friends of the deceased were present. Rev. Preston Barr, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, officiated. Many beautiful flowers, the tributes of friends, were piled about the casket. The remains, which were embalmed and rest- ing in a handsome casket, were sealed in a metallic shell this afternoon and shipped to New York City by express. James Brown Potter, brother of the de- ceased, who arrived in the city yesterday, will not reiurn to New York with the re- mains, but will stay here to settle up the affairs of the dead man. Another Noe Suit. Ouce more the Noe case has come 1mto court, MILLIONAIRE T. C. KLEINSCHMITS OF MONTANA, [Sketched by a “Call artist.”] business men in the country. Mr. Klein- schmits says that Montara has improved greatly in a business way lately. “There is a general renewal of confi- Ihave been,” he said. “In Montana men are now casting around for investments, It is very different from what it wasa short time ago. ‘“‘We have been in Montana almost with- out any winter. I havenever seen one so mild. The cattle are in_excellent shape. We haveu't lost one, and we won’t now, for it always happers that when cattle are slick and fat at this time of the year the cold spring weather does not affect them. “Sheep are al<o in fine fettle. There are many of them, as there are of cattle, for these two industries are very extensive in Montana. We shall have a great deal of wool, mutton and beef this year. ‘‘As for the mines, we are digging deeper tnan formerly and finding bigger and richer veins. We are not trying to dis- cover more silver, because it is too ckeap. However, we are working the big silyer mines at Butte, Anaconda and Elsenboro. But the main idea in Montana lately, as in Colorado, has been to develop more gold mines. We have had great success in this. Eighty miles from Helena lately a good gold mine has been opened which returns $200 to the ton—about four times what the best mines tiere ordinarily re- turned. This is something immense, especially when 1t is remembered that if it only went §9 to the ton it would pay well. “They are aeveloping a new district in a part of the Rocky Mountains next to Idaho, known as the Blackfeet Range. It is an area about eighteen by seventy miles in extent, which has recently been ceded to Montana by the Blackfeet Indians. It appears to be rich in gold. Many other districts are being opened. *1 think the mineral product will in- crease from year to year. The product of Montana last year was about $48,000,000. It will be more than that this year.”” Mr. Kleinschmits is executor of the estate of a Montana man who lately died in Oakland, and he is here to attend to it and also to visit a lemon_ranch which he owns near San Diego. He has several in- terests in California aside from the latter, He has lately withdrawn from the First National Bank of Helena, of which he was 80 long executive officer, and retired from active business. Mr. Kleinschmits’ fortune has been acquired solely by his own efforts, as he had no money when he drifted into Virginia City. He has bought more dust and than any other man in the West, THE POTTER INQUEST. A Verdict of Accidental Death Re- turned by the Coroner’s Jury. The Coroner's inquest yesterday re- turned a verdict to the effect that the death of H. Cranston Potter was acci- dental. . Dr. A. G. Hickscame down from ‘racoma to give his testimony at the inquest. He was the last person to see Potter alive at the Cliff House on the evening of Febru- ary 7. They dined together, and while they drank a whisky cocktail before din- ner and a quart of champagne during the meal he did not consider Potter intoxi- cated. - The witness and Potter left the Cliff House at 7:45 o’clock. The former wanted o take the Sutro electric cars back to town and his companion’ wanted to take the steam dummy. Hicks said he walked down the hill for nuggets dence not only there but elsewhere where | | this time with four solid pages of defendants, numbering altogether several thousand. The | suit is brought in place of a former suit with & | much less imposing list of defendants, because | the former list was so_incomplete. As in the former action, the_plaintiffs in_the suit just filed are Miguel Noe, Vincent Noe, Catalina Splivalo and Catalina Noe. CAPTAIN LIS TRIL | It Has Opened With Objections From Defendant's Counsel. - The Shattuck Case and Judge Belcher’s Remarks Mixed Up in the Proceedings. The Lane case opened with an objection. ‘When the case was called Carroll Cook submitted a demurrer, some challenges an objection and an exception to the remarks of Judge Belcher about the Shattuck jury, made last Friday. He declared that to discharge the jurorsfrom the panel was an illegally proceeding, and one which inter- fered with the rights of the defendant, Lane. The dismissal of the jurors, counsel said, was equivalent to a refusal by the Sheriff to summon jurors regularly drawn to serve upon a panel in a court, which ac- tion on the part of the Sheriff, counssi maintained, is ground for a challenge to the entire panel. In closing his aftidavit on the subject, the defendant Lane made this statement: That in preparing for his trial affiant learned from the records of the court who the jurors in attendance thereon were, made investiga- tions as to their characters, reputations and opinions in general, and now comes to this court prepared to proceed with the trial of this cause, anticipating that the said jurors, hercinbefore named, would all of " them form a part of the panel of jurors in attend- ance upon this court and from which a jury in this cause would be drawn. Finding that such names have been, without legal cause, ordered taken from the jury-box of trial jurors in atiendance upon this' court and said de- partment thereof, affiant objects to proceed- ing with said trial or to proceeding to draw a jury until said jurors shall again have been notified to be in attendance upon aid court, and until their names, or at least the names of all_except Kittredge, Ash and Walker, shall have been replaced In said jury-box, or that the entire panel of jurors in attendance upon this court shall be dismissed and & new venire of ‘jurors drawn to serve on the trial of this cause. R. B. Kittredge, W. L. Ashe and W. D, Walker of the Shattuck jury had served their terms anyway, and so_were not in- cluded in Cook’s objection. R. A. Muller, the man who had stood out for ‘‘guilty,’” had been ordered restored to the panel after two weeks. Judge Belcher overrnled all the objec- tions and exceptions, and then the Lane trial proceeded. Five jurors were secured during the fore- noon, and then the case went over until this morning, when it is hopea Mr. Knight, now engaged in the Turner case, cun be resent. Cook’s questions indicated that e is anxious to secure jurors who have no children. He seemed particularly anxious to be rid of any juror in whose family there are little girls, This is the first charge against Lane to come before the Superior Court. DR s n about 100 paces with Potter trying to per-| In fighting a duel the principals are en- suade him to take the Sutro cars, but | erally placed twelve paces distant m:: deceased was obstinate and refused .’ Wit.each other. NEW TO-DAY. . PURE l ONLY ROUNDED T SURE eveland's Baking NOT HEAPING HOME FOR NEWSBOYS, The Charitable Enterprise of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stevens. A ROOF GARDEN MADE. A Non-Sectarian Institution Which All Churches and the Public Are Asked to Aid. The Newsboys’ Home, at 113 Powell street, will be opened this evening, | There are ten large, sunny rooms in | course of furnishing, and at the front a | roof garden is about to be made, where | boys may eat icecream and exchange the | jokes and stories of the craft. The first floor will be devoted to a res- | taurant, excepting one room for an office or sitting-room. On the second floor will be gamerooms, reading-rooms, workrooms and bathrooms. It is designed that in connection with the home will be established a stamp sav- ings society, an employment bureau, av‘ weekly paper. an industrial department, in | charge of competent teachers; a laundry | agency, a package delivery system, a news- | paver exchange, a library, restaurant and | barber-shop. The amusements include musical enter- tainments, socials at which refreshments will be served, writing, drawing, stamp- albums and scrapbooks, and it is intended that new features will be added as soon as practicable. Mr. and Mrs. A. Chesley Stevens of 112 Liberty street are the promoters of the . plan. The story of their interest in the work is an interesting one. Last summer the young couple started on a tour around | the “world. 'icy stopped at Duluth, | Minn., and there became interested in the | work known as the Bethel Home of that ] | i city. So much were they absorbed in this work that they resolved to abandon their plan of a tour around the globe and re- turned to San Francisco resolved to under- take a similar work. They looked over the | field thoroughly, and the result has been | their conclusion that helping working boys to an education, to save a little money for a start in business and to pro- vide them with the surroundings of a re- fined club hfe is the worthiest work in which they could engage. They hope to make the institution in every seuse a public one. A board of man- agers will soon be formed, and an appeal to the churches for aid in furnishing the rooms has been made. Mr. Stevens has become responsible for the rent. His purpose is to make the home self- supporting as soon as possible. To this end a restaurant will be opened which the pub- lic is asked to patronize. It is not yet decided, and will not be until the board of managers meets, whether a nominal charge will be made to the boys. Provisions will be made for a temporary | home for such boys as are without an | abiding place. There will pe an employment bureau | and, in time, connection with & training school for boys. | The great need now is for substantial | furniture in all the rooms. ! The institution is to be non-sectarian and the help of all churches is desired. This evening the Methodist deaconesses will have charge of the entertainment, to which all working boys are invited. The hospitality of the home will not be restricted to newsboys. An Abandoned Baby. A baby, girl, about a week old, was found in & basket on the steps of 409 Vallejo street, at an early hour yesterday morning, by the policeman on the beat. 1t was sent to the Re. ceiving Hospital and yesterday aiternocn was tal to Mount St. Joseph Orphan Asylum. It was poorly cla e The halcf‘on alluded to by the poets is the bird called the kingfisher. Itis believed by the ancients that while the female brooded over the ecgs the sea and weather remained calm and unruffled; hencearose the expression of haleyon days. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GROVE-ST. THEATER (Bet. Polk and Van Ness). BENEFIT WEEKX FOR VETERAN GUARD, G. A. R.! SPLENDID COMPANY!— ATTRACTIVE BILL ! Commencing MONDAY, February 17. Monday U & l Tuesday . ‘Wednesday . TW0 OF A KIXD FUN ON THE BRISTOL | Thursday. Friday. ATURDAY MATINEE !—— PRICES—10c, 20c, 80c, 50c. Curtain Will Rise at 8 o'clock on Tableaux In- troducing Veteran Guard. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Btreet, Between Stock:on ani PowslL WEEK B.EOINNING MONDAY, FEB. 17, A Great List of Renowned Attractions! THE WILTONS THE PANTZERS CARROLL JOHNSON THE GARRISONS S Our Great Company of Celebrities. Reserved seats, 25¢; Baicony, 10c: Opera caalrs and Box seats, 50c. SHOOT THE CHUTES! Saturday—Washington’s Birthday, ——ORPHAN JUVENILE BAND—— Afternoon and Evening. Also in Evening, GRAND DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS! Pyrotechnics of All Sorts and Kinds. HAIGHT STREET, NEAR THE PARK. ADMISSION. 10 CENTS. Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING Beginning Thursday, February 20, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Rain or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. eAllistor and Gon ST bass ih ar: cars R.B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS Thor Secretary, President. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. L MAYPAN DVIN25 HMEATRE ¥\ PROPS. Last 3 Nights of the Opera Season! LAST MATINEE SATURDAY ! At $1.00, 75¢ and 50¢. TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO. TO-NIGHT (Thursday) s DHIEN atinee (50¢, T5e, $1) cat Double Bill—Cast In- OVATORE" ‘UPAGLIACCI” Sunday Night, Feb. ositively Final Recital PADEREWSKI. EXTRA—NEXT WEEK. Annual Engagement of the Favorite Actor, FREDERICK W AR DE And His Celebrated Company in_Magnificent Scenic Productions of Classic Romance anG Tragedy. st S The Mountehank and Friday ana Sat. M. Tuesday 2nd Thursdsy Evenings, “THE LION’S MOUTH” Saturday Evening L “VIRGINIUS” SEATSREADY TO-DAY ALIEORS 2nd AND LAST WEEK OF THOMAS AL MAYMAN uCo. INCORPB PROPS. TO-NIGHT _HHAMLET OTHELLO ?VEN O 1 “RICHARD IT1 “LOUIS X1 ING NDAY NIGHT, February 24, body’s Favorite Comedienne, JOLLY- NELLIE McHENRY And Her Excellent Farce-Comedy Company, pres senting Her Latest Musical Farcical Success, “THE BICYCLE GIRLI” Bright Music, Catchy Songs, Pretty Dances, Beautiful Girls, Elaborate Costumes, etc. NEXT MO Evi | SEATS READY TO-DAY. CALIFORNIA THEATER—Extra. Al Hayman & Co. announce PADEREWSKTI In Two (2) Piano Recitals on FRIDAY AFTERNOON....February 31, at 3:00 AND FOR- A FINAL RECITAL AT THE BALDWIN THEATER SUNDAY EVENING February 23, at 8:18 PRICES: $2, 83, $5, according to location, 83 Seats for Friday afternoon at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. % B35~ Seats for Sunday nightnow ready at Baldwin Theater box-office. Steinway & Son's Piano used at all the Paderew- ski recitais. FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G LESSES ATID MAMAGERS -+ THE CATHODE r NoT, RAY NECESSARY To See the Great Things in “THE OLD LIME KILN” By Charming KATIE PUTNAM And Her Excellent Company. Even the Children Are Delighted. SEATS—15¢, 25¢, 50¢ and ¥5c¢. 9 ALCAZAR Magnificent Production of the Great Play, FAUST AND MARGUERITE! MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, Washington’s Birthday—Icecream ana Cake. Special Present of a High-Class Bicycle. Prices—10c¢, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢c and 50¢ g onday Next—The Great “TON OPERA COMPANY!— Seats Now on Sale. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THIS EVENING. Splendid Electric Production —CARL {“DER FREISCHUTZ” —Esiop e “THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS” The Most Wondrous Brock, en Scene Ever Shown in This Cit. T INCLUDES TO-N It Ji First Appearance of MISS NA SCHNABEL. Ida Vale John J. Raffael, 2, Martin Pa‘«‘:he. Mauarcel Perron, H. Wost, Arthur Boyce. Grand Chorus Superb Orchestral Next Opera—*RIP VAN WINKLE.” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Managee THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, John A. Stevens' Great Melodrama, “WIFE FOR WIFE!” With DARRELL VINTON and ESSIE TITTELL in the Leading Holes. Special Matinee Washington’s Birthday EvENTNe PRICKI—250 and 50o. Family Circle and Gallerv, 10c. Usual Malinees Saturday and Sunday. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1896 (Washington’s Birthday). PRIZE MASQUERADE BALL VEREIN EINTRAGHT! A Grand Festival March entitled “400 Years of American Life,” representing the most im- portant periods of the history of the United States of America. Prizes amounting to $500 will be distributed. Louls N. Ritzau's Military Band of 36 Pleces. Admission -$1.000 Keserved Seats 50c extra at Goldstein & Cohn's, 822 Market street. Toors open at 7. Promenade Concert at 8. Gzand March at 9 ¥. M B