The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1596 T AMUSEMENTS. ALDWIN TrraTER.—Grand Opera—*1l Trova- and “I' F « Richard ITL” UMRIA THEATER—“The Old Limekiln. ROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSE— W ife for Wite Orysa-Hovsk.—“Del Freischutz' Oxrmyvy.—High-Class Va e ¥R's ALCAZAR.—F I ¥-STREET THE een_Polk and | . o " Bevefit for axtcs ox—Masquerade Ball, by ATER (OAKLAND)—Paderew- «—Dsily st Halght street, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ¢ of testimony in the Healy in- ided that the ordi- t of fences is invalid. cital yesterday at the Califor- W & bigger house than ever be- ter-mother of Adolph e about the possession e are continuing thefr arrests of riving heavy wagons on Golden Soclety for the Preven- n to appoint a guard- ) € ghter. ed Heart College observed Washington’s with & public musical and 5 AN entertainment and dance at Symphony Orchestra finished” symphony G 1 Gate Hall has compromised what ¢ he Washington Ryer ,000. a, Rienzi me Court has dec and a long- 418 Hayes ed for assault that he information by Judge ad, and her plea re suspec ted of having at- Mrs. Rose Anna place in Mount . M.J. Sexton is the 1tted suicide b ~boat is indig- ed on Morton isband is mis- oman. making prepara- is title 10 an e brother,a Australia, ro-street through | a il not run on Sun- ¢ f the City’s creditors, has . against the City by the e is directed to cash itin o the velue lebrate Y. afternoon of & pa- rke, the ned in late pro- colonists eet Theater, in cbarge of the ix, will present “Fux on, to-night and ldon of this on the ie oldest daughter of Kate x, has petitioned the court as her guardian. Her : divorced in October, 1 care of her fathe e then went toli she is old enough and so she peti- ointed. PATRIOTIC SCOTS. Clan Frazer No. 78 Celebrates Washing- ton’s Birthday With an Entertain- ment and Dance. Scottish Hall was gay with the plaid of the Cian Frazer last night. There was a large crowd gathered to assist in celebrat- ing Washington’s birthday, and most of the men present were in the picturesque Highland costume. Rev. J. Cumming Smith was the speaker of the evening. He told about the **Scotch- men in American History.” Mr. Smith elt particularly upon the heroic deeds of the patriotic Scots during the revolu- ary days and aroused great enthusiasm v his declarations that the Scotch citizens of to-day woula be as willing to sacrifice wh_guardias t her mother be ay berty. m)erary and musical programme unusual excellence.* Those partici- ng were: 1. S. R. Tevenaale, Elaine r, Chief E. Kerr, Knickerbocker . W. Lucy Lawrence, L. ‘A. Larsen, D. B. . Geddes and the audience, which America.” At the conclusion of rogramme the floor was cleared for ng. — Fell From a Scaffold. srles H. Hondley, 8 house-painter,7died at esidence, 1611 Lyon strect, yesterday ng from injuries sustained by a fall from #01d on the 20th inst. At the time of the 1t Hoedley was employed painting a © at the corner of Jackson and Devisadero He was sitting on a scaffold suspendea the eves of the building, and in ettempt- to & standing position his foot d he fell to the ground, a distance of cet. The force of the fall ren- printer unconscious, and in that was carried to his home. Dr. A. d i proved 10 be of no avail, uccumbed o his injuries. The ported to the Coroner, but as an <waived by the widow of deceased on will be made. Hoadiey was ¢ at the time of his death. — Broke Fenton’s Head. ton, a law student residing at 636 avenue, hud a long scalp wound tewed up ai the Recelving Hospital last even- ng. He was rowing in the bay and passed T the Latlle-ship Oregon, when somebody W something at him from aboard skip. Fenton dodged, but was hit on the head. F Golden ( Fe ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Pacific-Street Wharf Will Be the Most Perfect in Cal- ifornia. BUILT ON IMPROVED PLANS. The City of Peking Will Not Be Re- paired Here But Will Go to Horgkong. Pacific-street Wharf is now nearing com- . | pletion and when ready for the docking of | ships 1t will be one of the most perfect structures on the water front. Itis teredo proof and the upper timbers have been | creosoted so that if all the expectations of the Harbor Commissioners are fulfilled it will last for a generation. ebrated Washington’s | Mendocine Daputy r lives and their fortunes for the Land | liss Xena Roberts, | to attend the injured | The great thing the State has had to contend with in the building of wharves along the front has been the teredo. All kinds of piling has been tried, but it is only a question of time when the parasite | were on the head. | id | and was able to go with her husband on a | tested on both sides. Dpleasure excursion to San Jose, where she | i the hands of the Public Administrator. Gen- erel Hart says if the Mexican lands turn ontas valuable as is hoped the estate which Mrs. Hinckley has is worth over $5,000,000. Any- way it is worth $3,500,000. SOME FAMILY WOES. Mrs. Bray's Story of Her Husband’s Attempts Upon Her Life. Fred Bray, the expressman whose post 1s at Mission and Twentieth streets, is the hero of a story of domestic complications tbat has some of the clements of tragedy in it. The incident of present interest is Bray’s request that the seven-year-old child, Hazel, be made the ward of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He alleges that she is living with her mother, Mrs. Rose Bray, and her granc- | mother, Mrs. Jerrold, in what he regards as a disorderly house, at 764 Bryant street. | He claims that his brother-in-law is an ex- | | convict, and his sister-in-law, who resides | at the same place, a dissolute woman. He desires that the child be placed under better influences. Mrs. Bray left her husband three weeks 2go because of the third alleged attempt upon her life. The first was several months ago, when, she says, e pushed her over the cliff into the reservoir. Sue fell a distance of sixty feet and received twenty-four wonnds, twenty-one of which She survived, however, & alleges her spouse pushed her in front of a ON THE VERGE OF WAR. Strained Relations Between the Boards of Health and Education. | WEDNESDAY NEXT WILL TELL. ! | A Policeman Assists the Officials to Close the Longfellow School. Though the Longfellow School was not | | open yesteraay and the Board of Education | | had apparently given way to the orders of | { the Board of Health in the matter, there | were war clouds on the horizon, and while | the executive officers of both departments | | were exceedingly diplomatic in their lan- guage it was easy to see that the question | as to which body has the authority to close school buildings will be bitterly con- Both boards meet on Wednesday next, the Health Board in the morning and the School Directors in | o [ i \ trades 1d be unwise weeting of Ameri- The New Pacific-Street Wharf, Which Is Said to Be the Most Perfect Ever Built in California. [Sketched by a “ Call™ artist.] | | | | | | | will manage to get in through the outside , cowcatcher. Three weeks n?u she awoke protection and eat the heart out of the pile. Paraffine paint, creosote and copper sheathing have all been tried, and while | they have been measurably successful still they all left something to be desired. | When it was decided to rebuild Pacific- street wharf Chief Engincer Holmes was called upon by the Commissioners for something in the shape of piling that would stand the wear and tear of time and also the attack of the teredo. Asa result of his study the present wharf is now in existence. First of all a cluster of three selected piles were driven at res lar interva Around these was. driven a large ironerlinder plentitully covered with paraffine paint. When this was down to base the water in the cylinder was pumpved out and then the space inside un- occupied by the cluster of piles was filled in by cement. When this was down to hardpan and the c inder filled pressed | | ing was inevitable. up the pile was completed. Therefore, in | order to reach the timbers which form the basis of the pile, the tireless teredo will have to eat his way through half an | inch of iron and a foot of concrete. The new wharf will have all the modern appliances and will be one of the best | equipped in the world. Commissioners Colnon, Cole and Chadbourne are so well | satisfied that it will be a practical success that they have decided to revolutionize matters on the water front and make a the piling on the same plan as wharves have to be rebuiit. Asthe work of extend- ing the seawall south to Folsom street is likely to be begun at any time the chances are that the Oceanic Steamship Company’s steamers will be compellied to dock at | Pacific street until the work is completed. It would only be a temporary move, how- | ever, as the Commissioners are opposed to giving up such an important and necessary dock to any one company. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s steamer Santa Rosa got in from southern ports yesterday. Among the passengers was Gilbert S. Meems, postmaster of Seattle, who has been on a visit to Los Angeles for his health. General Meems | came originally from the Shenandoah Valley, and his family and the Wise fam- | ily-knew each other well before the war. When Postmaster Meems avd Collector Wise met there was a long interchange of old-time reminiscences, and the two old cronies only parted to meet again. To- morrow u party of friends will take Gen- eral Mzems out on the bay and show him some of the beauties of San Francisco’s | harbor. He is prejudiced in favor of Puget Sound. however, and says that we have | nothing here that can equal the beauties | of the Sound. The general is a man abont | 70 years of age, but he is well preserved | and would easily pass for 60. He is stay- ing at the Occidental. The following notices to mariners have | been issued to mariners by the United States Lighthouse Board: CALIFOENTA.—Wilmington and San Pedro Harbors.—Important Changes.—A new edition of the chart shows San Pedro harbor and entrance corrected from surveys by the United States engineers in 1894. The entrance jetties have been extended seaward about one-tenth | ofa mile, and decper water at the entrance, |du‘eetjn the improvements in progress, is indi- cated. San Francisco Bay.—New Buoy.—An H. S. nun buny, called Packard Rock Buoy, has been placed to mark the southern part of the Mis- sion Bay Rock, which has fifteen feet of water over it. The buoy is shown on the charts, on the bearings: Oakland Harbor Lignt NE 11-16 | N, distant 3 1-20 miles. Potrero Point (outer end of wharf) 1 /FS Point Avisadero % 8. {outer end of wharf) § one on which the Packard rock is_the ship Benjamin F. Packard was run a month ago by the tugs Sea Queen and Hercules, and over which a libel suit isnow pending in the United States District Court. The Pacific Mail Company’s steamer City of Peking, contrary to expectation, willnot dock at Hunter's Point for a gen' eral overhauling. It appears that the charges here are far in excess of what the work can be done for in Hongkong, and, |in consequence, the Mail Company will | send the vessel out light, in order to save | money. All Collis P. Huntington’s mil- | lions bave been made in California, but |-sooner tnan spend a few extra dollars here | to get the repairs made he is going to send the steamer to Hougkong and put the money inte British coffers, Florence Has Her Estate. W.H. H. Hart has paid the last fee in the Blythe case, and Mrs. Hinckley has signed a | | | | | | | to find a towel bound so tightly about her throat that she believed death from chok- She concluded that it was ‘“‘three times and out” and she left her liege lord never to return, taking their child with her. Bray's story is that_his wife's injuries were all accidental. The society will in- vestigate the case. RYER'S ESTATE SETTLED, Christopher Has Compromised for Twenty-five Thousand Dollars. His Appeal Ended and the Whole Litigation in the Case Wound Up at Once. The estate of Washington Ryer has been settled, and the litigation which has been running through it for years has been brought to a close. The executors have compromised the claims of Christopher B. Ryer, the illegiti- mate son who brought the will to a con- test, and for $25,000 he is going to step out of the case forever. There was filed 1n probate yesterday an order allowing the compromise, and setting forth what the terms of that com- promise are. The executors are to pay Christooher Ryer $25,000 out of the funds in their hands, and he is to drop all pro- ceedings, and is to ailow the Supreme Court to affirm the decision of Judge Levy, rendered some years ago. This judgment was against Chris Ryer. He had entered a contest of the will, and after a long fight judgment was rendered against him. He appealed and the appeal has been pend- ing ever since, but in the meantime the various parties to the case huve been ne- gotiatinF for a compromise, and success has finally crowned their efforts. A stip- ulation was filed in the Supreme Court at once, and upon that judgment affirming they lower court’s ruling was rendered. This winds up the case. Washington Ryer left a fortune worth several hundred thousand dollars to his widow and son Fletcher Ryer. Soon after his death a woman from Stockton pro- dauced a boy who she %said was the natu- ral son of the testator, and she wanted him to have a son’s share in the estate, There was a big contest, but Chris Ryer, the contestant, according to the decision of the court, failed to establish the fact that he was Ryer's son. It wes this judgment hat he appealed from. ARRESTING TEAMSTERS. Police Enforcing the Ordinance About Driving on Golden Gate Avenue. Another miscellaneous lot of butchers, peddlers and teamsters were arrested by the police yesterday for violating section 3 of ordinance 2937, which prohibits the driving of heavy wagons -on Golden Gate avenue. There was wailing among the unfortunates, who were taken to the City Prison. They all declared they had not heard of the ordinance and were only do- g what they had done unmolested for ten years. Some of the men had not the necessary $5 bail to put up, and_therefore had to neglect their routes while waiting for their employers to arrive. Those arrested yesterday were: Goo Gun, teamster; Louis Lagnasin, teamster; F. M. Hovey, teamster; Joe Bynn, plumber; John Welsh, teamster; W. J. Rollo, teamster; Thomas Connolly, grocer; W. Kenward, teamster; C. W. Clouse, teamster; N. Dehenna, teamster, and Frank Traynor, teamster. e e Very Awkward Indeed. This Is precisely the kind of mistake & man makes i¢ he “turns out’’ on the wrong side of the road when a vehicle comes toward him. No less absurd isthe error of the individual who takes drastic medicines o relieve his liver. That organ is on the right side, and the road Lo its relief Is Hostetter's S.omach Bitters, a medicine also adapted Lo the relief of dyspepsia, constipation, receipt in full for all the estate which was in | kidney and rheumatic ailments and malaria. Claimed by a Mother and a Foster the evening, and until then the matter | will not be agitated. Bright and early yesterday morning Health Officer Lovelace, Inspector Stout | and a stalwart policeman appeared at the | school and after posting notices on the | door to the effect that the school was closed sent the pupils who appeared to at- tend classes home again. The workmen who were engaged in repairing the vaults that have caused all the trouble were or- | dered to cease work. Though the closing of the school had been consented to by Superintendent Bab- | cock and President Dodge of the Board of | Education, this proceeding rather nettled | the former and he sent the following com- munication to President Dodge during the | day: Hon H “r'nn/ L. Dodge, President Board of Edu- catiof v DEaR MR. DoDGE: After our con- ferer vith Dr. Lovelace, the Health Officer, | vesterday afiernoon he caused notices to be | posted on the entrance to the Longfellow | | School declaring the school closed by order of | the Board of Health. This morning he ap- | peated at the school with one other officer of | | the Board of Health and a police officer to see that the school was closed. He also ordered | the workmen who had been sent to the school | to repair the objectionable closet to stop work; in compliance with which order I suggested to | | the Superintenaent of Buildings that he send | the men to other work. Permit me to suggest in this connection that | unil the meeting of the Board of Education | on Wednesday we accept the situation: and since the Board of Health has assumed control of that school, respectfully turn the whole | matter of the repairs over to the Board of Health. 1do not see what else there is left for you and for me (o do. Certainly if the Board of Health haye authority to close the school, | as they have Hone, and to _order the workmen | 1o stop, mer must have authority to repair the | building. Itis my very positive opinion that they should have all the credit that attaches %0 closing the school and the privilege of put- ting itin such condition as may meet with | their approval. The parents of the 550 children who attend thatschool will certainly recognize the fact that the Board of Education hasdone what it could to keep the children off the street, and | give the Board of Health the credit that at- taches to the summary action of that body. Respecting the epidemic of searlet fever, or scarlatina, referred to in the communication ot | the Board of Health, permit me to say that to | date the only cases of which the principal of the school or this office have any official notice &re one on the 21st day of January, one on the 30th of January and one on the 5th of February. In this connection permit me to say that the Superintendent of Buildings informed me this morning that as late as yesterday a private sewer, that for the last five or six months has been ‘emptying into the schoolyard of the Irving School, was continuing to discharge its filth as usual. Very respectfully and truly yours, MADISON BABCOCK. Then to learn the legal status of the matter Mr. Babcock addressed the follow- ing letter to City and County Attorney Creswell, inclosing the notices served on him by the Health officers: Hon. Harry T. Creswell, City and County Attor- ney—MY DEAR Sir: Herewlith please x’fnd’ite:- ters that expiain themselves. Kindly inform me what the duty of the Board of Education is respecting such notices from the Bourd of Health. 1f in any case the Board of Educa- tion should not close a school when notified whatremedy under the law has the Board of Health? Have the members, officers or agents any authority under the law, o issue orders to teachers, principals or schoolchildren respect. ing the couduct or discontinuance of a school? An early answer will oblige. very respectfully yours, MADISON BABCOCK, Superintendent of Common Schools, The attitude which will be maintained by the Board of Health in the matter was illustrated at an informal meeting held on Thursday evening. The subject wag thou,flfllully discussed by the members and Health Ofticer Lovelace, and the con- clusion was reached that in view of the threatened epidemic of scarlet fever in the Longfellow School, no halfway course can be pursued by the board. It was determined to kebp the school closed until the sanitary arrangements are thoroughly overbauled and to cause the arrest of any and all persons interfering with the carrying out of the quarantine, A DEFORMED NEWSBOY. Mother. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is about to place Adolph Her- mann with the Boys’and Girls’ Aid for the second time. The boy, who is about 15 years of age, sells papers at Third and Mission streets. He is deformed and in poor health, and | this day. his wretched appearance led to more than one sale of papers. His parents, Oscar and Bertha Her- mann, separated a few years ago, and the mother was made the ‘custodian of four children, of whom Adolph was the oldest. At the request of the mother he was placed in the institution, but in time he was removed by Mrs. John Lowmeister of Andover avenue, near Old Hickory ave- nue, who gave the boy a home. It is now alleged that she has” been cruel to him, and Mrs. Hermann again requests that the society take charge of him. —_— SYMPHONY CONCERT. The Local Orchestra Gives an Excellent Rendering of Schubert’s *‘Unfin- ished ”’ Symphony. The first real symphony concert of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra was given yesterday afternoon in Golden Gate Hali. An excellent rendering was given of Schubert’s “Unfinished” symphony under the buton of James Hamilton Howe. Otto Bendix was the solo artist. He played Saint-Saens’ vianoforte concerto in G minor, in which the orchestra ably accom- nnied Mr. Bendix’s good wi Mr. Bendix also played Raff's “Rigandon” and a “Tarantelll’”’ by Moszkowski. In spite of the counter attraction of the Paderewski concert there was a good at- tendauce. JOURNALIST BOOTH'S ILLNESS. In a Serious State With Pleuro-Pneu- monia and Pleurisy. James P. Booth ot the Report, who has | been for thirty days sick at Dr. Lane’s | Hospital, is in a dangerous. condition, | though he was slightly better yesterday than the day before. first to have gastric fever and afterward a ort of typhoid, but he grew continually worse, notwithstanding the diagnosis and treatment. Then other physicians were called in. The three who made a new diagnosis consist of Drs. Gibbons, Stahle and Hirsch- felder, and they decided that his disease was a_complication of pleuro-pneumonia and pleurisy. William F. Booth, the at- torney, who is the brother of the journal- ist, is in almost constant attendance on bim. AFRANCISCAN'S MILLIONS . |He Was a Monk in the Santa | Barbara Monastery Years Ago. After a Bloody Tragedy in South America He Amassed Wealth as a Sheep-Raiser. Jemes McMahon of this City is taking legal steps to prove his right, title and heirship to property in Australia reputed t0 be worth $15,000,000. An intensely romantic and tragical story is connected with the litigation. The property in auestion was amaussed by Mr. McMahon’s brother, who was once | a Franciscan monk and aiterward became a speculator. His title when hearrived in this country from Ireland was Father Joun McMahon. ‘When he landed on the shores of America he bocame assoeiated with Bishop Laugh- | lin of New York. Father McMahon was a man of unusual business capacity, and it was not long before he had built an orphan asylum in | Brooklyn and established a Franciscan monastery on Baltic street in the same city. The deeds to the valuable property were in his name and remain in his name to the present day, but his brother of this City can better teil the story in his own language. “‘Yes,” said James McMahon yesterday, “the property is stillin his name, as is that of the Franciscan fathers in Syracuse, N, Y., and also of the order near Santa Barbara, this State. He and Bishop Laughlin had a falling out in Brooklyn, and John went to Syracuse, where he added to his possessions. But he was still in the Bishop’s aiocese, and as they could not get along he determined to leave the East for good and come to Californ -**He reached Santa Barbara in 1863 and jomned the Franciscans at that point. As 1 said, be always bac an eye to business, and soon had enrichea the monastery by several valuable acquisitions. As "the property was acquired through his indi- vidual efforts and by using money from his private funds he kept Jie title deeds in bis own name and they remain so to at over a million. Whether it was his superior business talent or some other cause, he and his associate monks could not agree, and he left them and went to New York, intent on leaving the church for good and becoming a speculater. “I think it was in 1867 that he returned to New York. My mother, sister and I were there at the time. I remember his | exact words to mé when he left us for South America, where he intended to buy land and engage in sheep-raising. He said: ‘John, I have left the church and am ;Eoing to Buenos Ayres to get a fortune. If | fail I can always come back to the fold and have my old armchair at the monas- tery on Baltic street, or go back to Cali- fornia.” “Before leaving California in 1867 he laced $2000 in the bhands of Father Eiorosk to be given to mother and sister in case they should ever come to want dur- ing his absence. He prospered in Buenos Ayres, but his career as a sheep-raiser in that country was brought to an abrupt and tragical termination. He had some trouble with one of his neighbors and shot and killed him, “It cost him $2000 or $3000 to get out of that scrape, and he gathered his pos- sessions together and went to Australia. That was in 1873. Before sailing for Aus- tralia he wrote to mother, sister and me that there was big money in sheep and that he was determined to make g grand fortune in the new land. And he kept his word. ““Was my brother anold man? Yes, he was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1824, which would make nim 721f he had lived to the present time. He entered the Corifean monastery, County Galway, when he was 17 years of age. He was only 28 when he came to this country. “A curious mistake was made by a press correspondent several daysagoina teie- gram published in a New York paper. He said that my brother was a transported convict; that he had been thrown into vrison for perjury and assault and was afterward sent to Australia to serve a seven years’ term. .The correspondent then goes on to say that at the end of a year he was paroled by the Queen on ac- count of good conduct and became a mem- ber of the mounted police squad; that he saved his earnings and engaged in sheep- raising. “Tne only way that my lawyer, Thomas O’Neal, and I can account for the error i that tnere must have been a man who was a convict and afterward became a sheep-raiser, and the correspondent con- founded the two men on account of the name of McMahon. HE *‘Besides his millions in Australia is the property in New York and_Califorma, all of which his heirs can claim. As we are honest members of the mother church it is bardly likely that we will attempt to disturb the church in its possessions. That would not be rifhr. wouldit? I know that my mother and sister feel the same. My mother’s name is Ann Bernard McMabon, and my sister’s Anna. “There will probably be a great deal of red-tape litigation, but my lawyer appre- hends no serious difficuity in proving our clear and proper title to the estate. There will be no opposition.” He was thought at | I am told the property is valued | NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” ¢ I use it in my kitchen and class work.” EmMA P. EWING, Principal Chautaugua Cooking School, A COLONY OF CATHOLICS, Austrians Under Father Jeram Begin to Settle in Cali- fornia. { EDEN VALLEY IS THEIR HOME. Ambitious Scheme for a Settlement in Mendocino County Put Ianto Execution. The first actual work in the establish- ment of a Catholic colony in California was commenced yesterday in Mendocino County, when about forty colonists settled upon a beautiful tract in Eden Valley and | prepared their future homes for occu- | pancy. About 10,000 acres of valley and mount- ain land have been secured for the new | colony in Eden Valley, about forty miles | north from Ukiah and in the Round Val- ley district. There "Father Jeram has begun a work which has been the aim of | his life. colony of Austrian Catholics | with their church, school and meeting hall. The site was selected on account of its topographical character and climate, because it consists of valley and mountain and an atmosphere closely resembling those of the colonists’ native place in Europe. Father Jeram was the procurator of | Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul. Heisa Catholic priest, born in Austria, and has| been in the United States for seveal vears, ana tbrough his experience under Archbishop Ireland he became familiar with the immigration work done through- out the Northwest. While a comparatively young man Father Jeram is a deep scholar who has accomplished much. He has written and published a grammar for his peonle that they may become proficient in English, | and this is the only grammar of that kind | in existence. In addition to his numerous duties he is employing his spare moments on an English-Slavonian dictionary, and is now more than half way through the alphabet. He has been in California for , some months looking for a tract for a colony for his people in the United States and Europe who wish to live in a commu- | nity in California. | This is his own idea and is a thoroughly | unselfish one for the benefit of his coun- trymen, so they may make a good living and be together in the home of their adop- tion. This means in future years the bringing to the colony of quite a number of their brethren from Europe. Forty members of the new settlement left San Francisco Thursday for Eden | Valley; eleven of them nad been hving in California, the rest having come from | the East. Their home has been called the | California-Slavonian colony and their first | | settlement Jeramyille. More colonists are | expected to arrive here from different | points in the East just as soon as the col- ony is ready for them. The colony is said to be in a sound financial condition. Its | members have among them men of various | trades, who can build houses and other | structures and perform all the work re- quired on a ranch. A large part of the of the colony wiil consist of stock- | raising, dairying, etc., in which these peo- | pie_are experts. They are industrious, | thrifty and ambitious of success in iheir new field. | As the colonists arrive in this City they | will be met by Father Jeram, who will take them before the Archbishop, and his | Grace will give them bhis blessing. After | this they will go to Eden Valley, and there | tind a Catholic church and their country- | men for neighbors. | There will be no rush of people to the | colony, as colonists will be received only | as homes can be vrepared for them and the colony take care of the newcomers. Those now in Eden Valley will begin at once to build proper houses, farm build- | ings, stores and a Catholic church, 1 | Perjury Charged. William Moore of 5 Ellis street was ar- rested last night on & charge of perjury made by Pearl von Schmitton. Two other warrants are out, but have not yet been served. These are for Henry Rodgers of 1711 California street and Henry Madden. The three men were wit- nesses for E. L. Dunbar, who is now being tried for having wronged Miss von Schmitton by promising to marry he: The case is now being tried in Judge Conlan’s court, B John Keegan Dead. John Keegan, proprietor of the St. Nicholas Hotel, on First street, died of apoplexy yesterday. He was well known as a local gnli- tician. The deceased wasborn in Ireland fifty- seven years ago. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater In America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lesses and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, John A. Stevens' Great Melodrams, “WIFE FOR WIFE!” ‘With DARRELL VINTON and ESSIE TITTELL in the Leading Koles. Special Matinee Washington’s Birthday KVENING PRICRS—25¢ and 5)c. Famlily Circie and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Etreet. Between Stockion and Powwall. GRAND MATINFE WASHINGTON'S BIRTH- DAY, TO-DAY (SATURDAY). Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 10c; Children, 10c, any part. A Great List of Renowned Attractions! T THE PANTZERS CARROLL JOHNSO Our Great Company of Celebrities. SHOOT THE CHUTES ~———AND—— TRIP THE TROLLEY! TO-DAY—Washington’s Birthday, THE DAY WE CELEBRATE! ——ORPHAN JUVENILE BAND— Afternoon and Evening. Also in Evening, $1500 DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS! Pyrotechnics of All Sorts and Kinds. AIPIISSION: ——10 CENTS, Children (Includiog Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AL HAYMAN LAST 3 PERFORMANCES! Matinee To-Day, To-Night, Sunday Night MRE. THOMAS To-night Sunday. NEXT MONDA LLIE McHENRY. fiwa L MAYMAN AN Co A.;L Hlmconp o B HEATRE S\ PRO?S. LAST DAY OF THE OPERA! TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO. GALA MATINEE TO-DAY At Holiday Prices—50¢, 75¢ and $1. “CARNMIEN.” MME. THEA DORRE AS CARM TO-NIGHT AND FAREWELL! ——GREAT DOUBLE BILL! | “I'Pagliacei” and Aets from “I'rovatore.” Tavary, Lichter, Tomlins, Gul and Schuster in cast ht, Feb. NEXT WEEK-— ile, Eugene Sunday Nig rewski Recital, RICK WARDE, BALDWIN THEATER—Extra. —POSITIVELY F. L RECITAL!— PADEREWSKI TO-NOBEOW (Sunday) SIGHT, FES. 2. PRICES: $2, $3, 85, according to location. Seats now selling at boxoffice. Stelnway & Son's Plano used at all the Paderew- Gt ebuantia FRICDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & Co+ 123325 ANDMANAGLRS -+ BRING THE THE BOYS, BABIES, GIRLS, EVERYBODY TO THE MATINEE TO-DAY And See Charming. KATIE PUTNAM —N— “THE OLD LIME KILN” NOTHING LIKE IT SINCE ADAM. SEATS—15c¢, 750, ALCAZAR —WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY!— Gala Matinee—Inspiring Tableaux— Washington, Lincoin and Grant. FAUST AND MARGUERITE! Ice-Cream and Cake to All at the Matinee. Special Present of a High-Class Bicycle to the Lucky One. Prices—I10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c Monday Next—The Carleton Opera Co. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mgs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THIS E ING- Splendid Electric Production “DER FREISCHUTZ” G “THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS”” The Most Wondrous Broc Shown in This ———CAST INCLUDE IDA VALERGA. John J. Raffael, Marcel Perron, Arthur Boyce. Grand Chorus ! Superb Orchestral Next Opera—*RIP VAN WINKLE.” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. GROVE-ST. THEATER (Bet. Polk and Van Ness). BENEFIT WEIIX VETERAN GUARD, G. A. R.! SPLENDID COMPAN ————ATYTRAC Commencing MONDAY, February 17. n Scene Ever y. WO OF A KIND FUN ON THE BRISTOL SATURDAY MATINEE!—— PRICES—10c, 20c, 30c¢, 50c. Curtaln Will Rise at 8 o'clock on Tableaux ln- troducing Veteran Guard. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND) sharp—One Recital Only, DEREWSKI— Choice seats on sale. General Admission, $2. Next Wed. & Thur. Ev’gsand Thur. Mat.—1avary Opera Company. Seats ready Monday. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1896 (Washington's Birthday). PRIZE MASQUERADE BALL VEREIN EINTRACHT! B Grand Festival March entitled “400 Years of American Life,” representing the most fm- 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.. ceeeen$1.00 Reserved Seats 50c extra at Goldstein & Cohn’s, 822 Market street. Doors open at 7. Promenade Concert at 8. Grand March at 9 P. 3. RACING! RACING! RACING! Saturday. Sunday . To-night at 8 —PA CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, February 20, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tugsdy, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Rain or Sime, FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. es start &t 2:00 P. M. sharp. MoAllister and Geary strect cars pass the gate. R.B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS President,