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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1896 BALDWIN THEATFR CALIFORNTA THFATER—“T) Cy H COLUMRIA THEATEx- imektl Morosco's OPERA-Hc * Pulse York. Tivor: OPERA-HOUSF. OrrukvM.—High-Class Vandeville. GFOVER'S ALCA7AR.—“Lily of Killarney.” AUDITORIUM—Corner Eddy and Jones streets— | usa’s Peerless Band, Friday evening, Feb. 28. VIavi Hal d Heaith Talk to ladies, | to-niorrow aftel 30 o'clock. £M00T THE Cmurrs—Dally at Halght street, ©ne block east of the P Eay DisTRI1CT TRAC Races. AUCTION SALES. Sprar & Co—This day (Tuesday), at corner Ellis and Leavenworth, at By E. S. urniture. 10 o'clock. (Tuesday), at 120'clock noon. Co. — Thursday, March 3, »sroom, 513 Californla street, ‘Wednesday, Feb. 28, AN & Dovi e Sixth street. at 11 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Dolan-Conboy in aest will be held on | | was promised yesterday by Official W. H. Hammon. Romera was severely kicked by one | riches at Golden Gate Park yesterday. Mrs. Cecelia McNeil has been granted letter: { mn.}m ation over the estate of John Mc- onald. presented a brilliant for the defense at tne lealy | E. R. Johnson, the busidess agent for the four Carpenters’ Unions, has resigned 1o take | & position in Alaska. e Board of Health has requested the Board | isors to take prompt action in select- ite for the Pesthouse. Methodist pastors listened to an address | by the Rev.F. K. Baker yesterday on “Shall | Popery or Americanism Dominate America?’ lonel Wheeler, Wheel of Fortune, May Day and Mollle R ‘were the ng horses at Bay District track yester- The Cleary case will not come up before the 1% s Grand Jury to-day, but will be ed before Commissioner Heacock on rs at the Pesthouse have appealed to isor Benjamin to procure for them from ewly discovered remedies for the ease. MacDonnal the actress (Lillian | e from her hus- | lleges neglect and | ler for the Pacific Steam n built at Dickey’s ouer rigged and mod- | respect. | Tighness the Prince of Savoy and | guishec ts participated at a at | by Senor Fugazion | iation has issued a lit- n setting forth the zation and list | . Turner for $31,- ral promissory notes. ey of Francis 8. Gill, and the plaintiff. and Mrs. Heines, at | was broken open Satur- ized to the extent of and pl of Appeals yesterday | ted States Attorneys cannot sue the | ¢ books. | under the aus- | ement committee | 1 Wheelmen will be | on March 3. i . Colburn, charged | nance, was dismissed l sterday, the park po- | urt v had made a mistake. dressed young man held up two . of McA r and Jones o’clock last night. He struck he face and tried to snatch her 1 open meeting of tors’ Union last e that the bosses wil mand of the journey. s’ and eport was | obably accede to | n for better hours | DRY. s A. Rush, who shot Kathyrine Culii- examina- D two po- but was re- n P. Irish re- removal says Governor Budd’s 1 Home for been “peppe falsehood, L and disregard of d Mail Compa news that a privat for forty years a City, is at the 1 year’s crop o tor years. ry, are lower grain He says f grain_and H dried for railways, annoyed ov g business the charges ag g violated the nsporting Un rce law i at reduced 8 s of the Yountville Veterans' met yesterday for the purpose of ta egarding the recent charges by L A R., against the board. The Goy- partment commander were asked the complaints. The will of Mrs. Annie Burgess, leaving an tate valued at $63.000 almost entirely to husband, Dr. 0. 0. Burgess, was filed for bate_yesterda: uld her husband_re- arry, however, tate is to go to Mrs. 2lding, testatrix’s sister. The will of Dr. Basil Morris has been filed for probate. He leftan estate valued at $17,000 10 his niece and nephews, with the exception Basil Ricketts, who contracted a rather sen- sationz! marriage some months ago and who is now on his way to South Africa. Howard, motorman of the Mission tric-car that struck and seriously injured Whitbeck at Nineteenth and Mission ts Sunday afternoon, was arrested yester- on the charge of battery. He wasimme- cleased on his 0wn recognizance. ful experiments in cathode ray pho- were made &t the University of Cali- | sterday. Justin Lee Gunnison,a 13- en Francisco boy, had shot himself in the right hand, and yesterday afternoon two negatives were obtained showing the loca- n of the bullet. There were several narrow escapes on the v vesterday. The captain of the John D. allant was nearly killed by a bursting tube. Captain Parker of the Belvedere fell overboard and was nearly drowned, and Hugh Smith was knocked off one of the State's dredgers by & rope inat suddenly brok A new form of- opposition to the Soutbern s-ific Company has suddenly developed. zona merchants are now getting their goods n San Francisco by way of Guaymas and the nta Fe Railroad. They go from here by steamer Willamette Valley, and the rush of has been so great that an extra steamer to be put H day diately r P had A Day in the Woods. The Triton Swimming and Bathing Club 14 its first outing of 1896 on Saturday, Feb- 22, at Horseshoe Cove, Marin County. About twenty mempers and their wives were the party and an enjoyable day was spent. tincluded & luncheon st noonoa;:d :mg_;x;g 1d musical selections by J. A. O'Keete. The Tady Washington and the gigs Ellen yflower were taxed to their ulmost ca- | o accommodate the members and s, among whom were: Joseph L. Kehrlin, n; Acderley, D. Teanant, A. <wedel and wife, J. Citron, ) Cliarles Hess Jr. 'Ful!’lk;{en. = < nd wife, D. J. - \:ile.'\l':a]k:?:‘k:n(. N. Felbeck, M. Boyd and Miss McAlpin. ——— The Latest in Cycle Lamps. The latest fad of the female bicycle riders who go out after dark on their wheels is to heug a highly colored Japanese lantern to the handle bar in place of the regulation lamp. The lighted lanterns presenta uovel and pretty effact, { two steamers on the route. | Nevertheless, MORE OPPOSITION FOR HUNTINGTON, {Goods for Arizona Are Be- ing Shipped by Steamer. TRANSHIP AT GUAYMAS. The Santa Fe Then Carries Them Back to the United States. FASTER AND BETTER SERVICE. | Another Steamer Has Been Placed on the Route Owing to the Rush. Business between San Francisco and Mexican ports has increased to such an extent of late that the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company finds it necessary to keep | thir Mrs. McDonald's estate, which was left to her, was in truth the same estate McDon- ald Jeft to his wife, she was entitled to ad- minister upon it as if it were Mrs. McDon- al parate broperty. Mrs. McNeil was ed letters. RECORDED IN BRONZE A Gift of %10,000 by James Lick to Mechanica Institute Library Ofii- cially Acknowledged. A large relief bust of James Lick was | bolted securely in place on the wall of the Mechanics’ Institute Library yesterday evening. The design consists of the head of the great philanthropist surrounded by an oval framework, with a spray of laurel leaves at the top andof oak leavesat the | bottom. Just below the bust, which is from | the original model made by F. Marion Wells, a cast of which is in the lecture hall of the Academy of Sciences, is this in- scription: JAMES LICK Bequeathed to the Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco The sum of £10,000 for the Purchase of Mechanical and Scientific Books. The amount of the gift was long ago eradually expended for the purpose for which the money was given, but this is the first public acknowledgement that the | institute has made of the bequest. | Six weeks ago a committee consisting of Messrs. Leggett, Holmes and Root decided upon such a means of recording the dona- | tion, and the design by Whyte & De Rome | was accepted. The casting is of bronze, weighs 195 pounds, 1s four feet high by ne inches across, and cost §250, a much smaller amount than would have | been possible had a new bust model been | made. The prominent place given the bronze WATER MONOPOLY T0 BE ABOLISHED, Spring Valley Decides to Revoke a Special Privilege, RATES TO BE REDUCED. Ships in the Harbor Soon to Be Supplied By Meter Measurement. STORY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. For Fifteen Years Goodall, Perkins & Co. Have Had the Prerogative of Supplying Ships. The assurance comes from Hermann Schussler, chief engineer of the Spring Valley Water Works, that the special privilege accorded to Goodall, Perkins & r The Steamer Willamette Santa Fe Railroad. . Valley, Which Is to_Bc Rechristened Orizaba, of Goods for Points in Arizona. The Merchandise Will Be Leaving Port With a Cargo Transhipped at Guaymas to the When the ) relief, near the wide front wind. Willamette Valley sailed last month on | delivery-room, makes it easil ows of the [ ¥ noticeable | ber regular roundtrip there was far more | t0 Passers-by on Post street. [ cargo offering than she could carry, so the Coos Bay had to be placed in commission in order to carry the surplus. Thismonth the same thing has been repeated, and the Coos Bay is now being hurried back to take to Guaymas the merchandise the Willam- AN APPEAL FROM LEPERS ette Valley will be unable to handleonthis | The Unfortunates at the Pest- | occasion. There 1s a great deal behind this simple statement of facts. The rush of freignt by steamer by the way of Guaymas means an- other attempt on the part of the merchants of this City to get out of the thralldom of the Southern Pacific. goods for points in Arizona are now being shipped by the Pacific Coast Steamship Compan steamers to Guaym. point they are taken in charge by officials of the Santa Fe Railroad and carried to their destination. Strange to say, the Arizona merchants get a quicker service by this roundabout route than they do by the Southern Pacific. The raie is said to be on but as the steamship line and the Santa Fe are both satisfied and the people geta better and quicker service at a smali sav- ing, everybody 1s delighted and the ship- ments by the new route grow in volume from day to day. The shipments which went out on the Willamette Valley yesterday were com- posed of almost every article in the mar- ket. Itcomprised flour, sugar, tea, coffee, canned goods, railroad iron, sheetiron. iron bars, machinery, wheat, oats, and in fact, one of the most valuable general car- goes ever taken out on the steamer. It means just so many carloads taken away from the Southern Pacific, and when the Coos Bay goes out in a week or so it will mean léust so many carloads more. The Santa ¥e is making a most aggressive tight against the Huntington lines wherever they reach into its territories, and it has certainly displayed remarkable ingenui in outgeneraling the managers of the Cal v a trifle lower, | fornia monopoly. The Willamétte Valley was to have | 4 | the doctors in our behalf. one out under a new name, but at the ast minute her owners decided not to make the change until next trip. Then her name will be changed to Orizaba, after the famous old packet that made so many thousands of dollars for Goodall, Perkins & Co. The change is made on account of the fact that there is a steamer Willamette and a Willamette Valley, and considerabie confusion ensued in consequence. Whether it is Orizaba or Willamette Valley, the steamer will continue to carry Arizona freight as long as it is offering. When spoken to about the new opposi- tion, Captain Bennett, the superintendent of the dock, said it was news to him. “We carry all the cargo that comes along,’”’ said he, “‘but if there is any of it going to Ari- zena via Guaymas I don’t know of it.”” there was considerable freight lying on the wharf not a hundred feet from where he was standing, marked for Arizona points via Guaymas. The Scuthern Pacific has now another opposi- tion line to fight. MRS. M'NEIL'S LEGACY. She Will Administer Upon It Despite the Public Administrator. Judge Slack has awarded the adminis- tration of the estate of John McDonald to | Mrs. Cecilia McNeil. To Mrs. McNeil was left the estate of Mrs. McDonald. Mrs. McDonald was her husband’s sole legatee, and she was also his administratrix. Mrs, McNeil wished to succeed to this position upon Mrs. McDonald’s death; but the Pub- lic Admimistrator demanded the place. The Public Administrator claimed the position on the ground that the estate of McDonsld was as if he had died intestate, Mrs. McNeil not being a relative, and tak- ing only under the will of Mrs. McDonald. Mrs. McNeil claimed, however, that as Great quantities of | At that | | | | | | | found to be efficient in checking its prog- house Ask for Proper Remedies. Supervisor Benjamim Has Undertaken to Raise a Fund to Buy the Medicines. | Supervisor Benjamin is agitating a | scheme for relief for the unfortunate vic- | tims of leprosy confined at the Pesthouse | in the way of procuring remedies for the | disease from Japan. Physicians in the | realm of the Mikado have recently dis- covered medicines that, while they are not guaranteed to cure the scourge, have been ress and rendering the condition of the unfortunate much more endurable. Frank Bindt, a young white leper, now an -inmate of the Pesthouse, recently ad- dressed the following communication to Mr. Benjamin: Dear Sir: The patients in here have a favor to beg of you. We look upon yow, as & friend and trust that you will help us. About three weeks ago we appealed to the Board of Health to get us some Japanere remedies from Japan. hey are the only remedies known to-day that will do any good in the treatment of leprosy. sent the Board of Health full particulars concerning these remedies, and the last we heard of it was that the board had the matter under consideration. We patients are s0 anxious to get these remedies that we are worrying lest the Board of Health decides unfavorably in the matter, and we beg of you to use your influence with Ireceived a letter the other day written by the superintendent of the leper Receiving Hospital in Honolulu. He is a leper himseli, and this is what he says about these remedies: My opinion is that the Goto remedies are the best known so far. T have found them very good in my own case and think that you could use them with great success. 1 donot mean to say that in all cases they will effect will rid the patient of the spots on the body, the thickening of the skia on the face, and the itching sensations on the soles of the feet would disappear | in & few months. The above quoted extract truthfully states what these remedies can accomplish, and it 15 only one of many proofs that 1 can show in favor of these remedies. Trusting that you will excuse the liberty I have taken, and hoping you will do what youn can for all of us, I remain very respectfnlly yours, FRANK BINDT. Supervisor Benjamin says that he in- tends doing everything in his power to al- leviate the sufferings of the lepers. He understands that neither the Board of Health nor the Board of Supervisors can do anything officially to provide the $200 necessary to buy the remedies, but he in- tends to use every endeavor 1o see thata fund is raised for the purpose. He offers to see that any sums that are forwarded to him are placed in responsible hands until the necessary funds are raised. Durraut’s Appeal. It is now nearly certain that the appeal of Durrant will be argued before the Supreme | Court in Los Angeles in the April term. The District Attorney’s admendments to the bill of exceptions will be ready by the end of this week. They take up 500 pages, ——————— The Case Postponed. The case of the Southern Pacific Company against the State Board of Railroad Commis- sioners was yesterday postponed for one week in the United States &xcuh Court by conserit of both parties. Co. of supplying ships with water will be withdrawn by the company on or before July 1 next. The firm here mentioned has had this monopoly on the water front for fifteen years, and has regularly paid the water corporation $1650 a month for | the perogative. In view of what has been published in Tue CALL concerning the interview be- iween the water committee of the Grand Jury and Mr. Schussler, the statement of the chief engineer possesses more than passing interest. Mr. Schussler was seen at his residence last evening and said: ““This question of supplying ships was first brought to my attention by the Har- bor Commissioners a long time before the Grand Jury had anything to do with it, The Commissioners introduced it, and, in an interview with Harbor Commissioner Colnon, I told him that the easy solution would be for the commission to supply the water at meter measurement and make the collection. Ijtook the repsonsibility of saying that our directors would abolish the contract with Goodall, Perkins & Co. it the Commissioners would perform the service. *‘Thereupon Mr. Colnon referred the subject to theattorney of the Harbor Com- missioners and the board received legal advice against the proposition. “The version of the negotiations with the Grand Jury, as published in Tue CaLy,” said Mr. Schussler, “is at least premature. Some one whose knowledge is not correct has been talking for cheap glory, and I am sure it was not Mr. Theo- dore Payne. Now, I bad an interview with the water committee of the Grand Jury, and the subject of supplying ships was introduced. I did agree, speaking for the company, that the relief desired would be afforded. It is my recollection that I met Messrs. Payne, O’Connor, Price and Landers. To get the matter properly be- fore the board Mr. Payne put in writing the request for our directors to adopt. When the directors met our attorney Mr. Kellogg suggested some changes in the phraseology of Mr. Payne’s communica- tion, and tuen in the absence of Charies ‘Webb Howard, the president, the matter was referred to Mr. Payson, our vice- president, our attorney, Mr. Kellogg, and myself. *‘We met the Grand Jury committee the following day, and then for the first time I observed that the document drawn by our attorney differed somewhat from tue one dictatea by Mr. Payne. Meanwhile Mr. Payson did not want to abolish the privi- lege without first consulting Mr. Howard who was then in San Diego. Mr. Howard was accordingly advised by wire of the negotiations, and I asked the Grand Jury committee to await his reply. This was readily assented to and Mr. Howard will be home to-day or to-morrow. g ““We have decided now to take this water front service into our own hands and will supply ships at meter measurement. What will bea fair rate cannot be determined until we ascertain the cost of the service, but surely we will give the shipping a re- duction equal to the profit made by the firm of Goodall, Perkws & Co. “Again the Supervisors,” continued Mr, Schussler, ‘did take up the Grand Jury communication relative to water for ships, and I agreed that the Water Committee of the board should hereafter be consulted in adjusting rates for shipping. “‘The order fixing water rates should have received twelve votes in the Board of Supervisors, and it cuts no figure whether it was considered forty minutes or forty days, When rates were established one year ago Chief Sullivan of the Fire Depart- ment wanted extra large mains in the boarding-house district north of Market street, and larger mains for a vast sec- tion south of Market. He also wanted a reservoir on Ciarendon Heights, which involved pumping 600 feet high. An ex- tension of the Mission pipeline was de- sired, and many other things were asked. Then I said we could not go to that outlay of $300,000 when we had no assurance that the rates fixed woula be maintained for more than one year. We were then as- sured, and Supervisor Taylor was the spokesman, that if the company would do what the Chief of the Fire Department then demanded for Clarendon Heights and other districts, that the rates would re- main undisturbed for two years. We ful- filled our part of the compact, and even went further and extended a pipe to the Cliff House.” Mr. Schussler will meet representatives of the Grand Jury some time to-day, and it is probable that an agreement will be reached in regard to water for ships. THE SCHOOL MAY OPEN. Boards of Health and Education to Dis- cuss the Matter This Morn- ing. The committee of the whole of the Board of Education, which met last even- ing to consider the closing of the Long- fellow School by the Board of Health, came to no conclusion, except to decide to meet the members of the Board of Health to-day to try to devise some way of re- opening the institution. Dr. Lovelace was present and stated that the main reason for closing the school was that during the past three months nineteen cases of scarlet fever had been reported from the neighborhood of the school, six of them being pupils. Dr. Clinton thought the Board of Health was doiug its duty in sbutting the school in the face of a threatened epidemic. Superintendent Babcock questioned the authority of the Board of Health to close the school. Dr. Lovelace thought that if arrange- ments were made to abate the nuisance, which he was sure existed at the Longfel- low, the school could be opened soon and permanent repairs made during the long vacation. The chair appointed Directors Clinton, Henderson and Knox asacommittee to confer with the Board of Health this morn- ing. MUNGER MAKES DENIAL The Captain of the Cutter Perry Says He Was Never Drunk on Duty. Dispatches From the Northwest, How- ever, Tend to Corroborate the Serious Charges. The news of the charges filed against Captain Munger of the revenue cutter Perry, as published in T CALL yester- day, was the topic of conversation in marine circles throughout the day. The general expression on the subject seemed | to be not so much surprise as anticipation of further developments. According to the subjoined dispatches, Captain Munger emphatically denies the truth of the serious charges against his official demeanor, while some corrobora- tion is obtained from other quarters: AT PORT TOWNSEND. No Burprise Expressed at the News of Charges Having Been Filed Against Captain Munger. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Feb. 24.— ‘Word was received here to-day that Lieu- tenant Ross, formerly of the revenue cut- ter Corwin, had filed charges with the Treasury Department against Captain | Munger, charging him with drunkenness | while on duty in the Bering Sea last sum- mer. The captain is at present in Seattle, but inquiry here among the revenue cutter set developed the fact that there 1s no sur- prise among them that this step has been taken by Lieutenant Ross. In fact it is more or less openly asserted thata much stronger case could be made against Munger than against Healy, who is now on trial charged with a like offense. A Government official here asserts that he heard a story recently that was vouched for by no less than five officers of the revenue cutier service to the effect that on one occasion when nearly one hundred of- ficers and men were standing on the wharf at Unalaska, Captain Munger came staggering down the wharf drunk and otherwise made an exhibition of bimself. Ross also says that he filed charges with Captain Hooper, in command of the Bering Sea tleet, but that Hooper ignored them. To offset this statement it is known that when here recently Captain Hooper said that some complaint was made to him about Munger’s conduct last summer. but that no one would file | specific charges. It was Munger's promotion to superin- tend the construction of the new revenue cutter that brought matters to a head. It was learned here to-day that these charges have been ready for presentation for some months, but that it was agreed they should be withheld until there was further offense on the part of the captain. But recently Captain Hooper recommended Munger for the appointment as superin- tendent, which he Jater received, and Hooper was then told that if he would withdraw his recommendation the charges would not be filed against Munger. MUNGER'S DENIAL. The Captain Declares He Was Never Intoxi- cated While on Duty—8ailor Drowned in Taku Harbor, SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 24.— Captain Munger, who was detached from the Cor- win in this port to-day, having received instructions to report for duty to Captain Hooper as Superintendent of Construction and Repairs for the Pacific Coast, had this to say when informed by the United Press correspondent of the charges preferred by Lieutenant Ross: “‘This is the first intimation I have had that charges were preferred against me. I characterize the accusation of drunkenness as untrue, denying most emphatically that 1 was intoxicated while in the Bering Sea or at any other time when on duty. ‘“‘As to the sailor who was drowned a year ago in April in Taku harbor, it was an accident such as no human effort could have prevented, and { came near losing my own life. Twelve seamen and myself in” one ship’s boat with a seine were re- turning from shore to the vessel. When within fifty feet of the Corwin a ‘Wollier’ squall from the top of one of those Alaskan mountains stiuck us and buried the boat, throwing all into the water. Two stayed by the boat, and the rest, save Welin, the sailor who was drowned, swam to the ship, though I would have drowned within ten feet of the vessel if I had not been rescued, for [ was weighted down with a big fur coat. “Lieutenant Ross was not attached to the Corwin at the time of this accident; consequently he must be preferring charges either from hearsay evidence or | tae reports of some maliciously disposed person.”’ e Parrots cost only about 7d each to the dealer in South A merica. {and with our brother Colburn in particular, C Manufactured originally by now by the Cleveiand Bak has been used by American NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure. cvelands BAKING POWDER. Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. Y., ing Powder Company, New York, housewives for twenty-five years, and those who have used it longest praise it most. Receipt book free. Send stamp and address. Cleveland Baking Powder Co., New York. ™ REV. COLBURN CLEARED. The Pastor of Grace Methodist Church Was Wrongfully Arrested. INDORSED BY MINISTERS. Captain Thompson Explains That It Was a Mistake—Resolutions of Confidence. | When the case of Rev. M. F. Colburn, | pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, charged with violating a park or- dinance, was called in Judge Low’s court | yesterday morning Captain Thompson of the park police appeared and requested Prosecuting Attorney Madden to ask that the case be dismissed, which was accord- | ingly done. The case azainst Harry Jack- son, the barber, was also dismissed. Captain Thompson explained that Park ‘ Ofticers Dow and Beattie were wrong in making the arrests. The reverend gentle- | man told the officers at the time of his ar- rest that they had made a mistake, and | inquiry had proved that he was correct. At the Methodist preachers’ meeting vesterday upon the request of Rev M. F. Colburn a committee was appointed to in- vestigatethe cause of hisrecentarrest. The following pastors were appointed: Dr. W. W. Case, Dr. E. R. Dille and Dr. W. 8. | Matthew. These gentlemen withdrew and | before the close of the meeting tendered the following report: | Your committee, to whom was referred the | matter of the arrest on Saturday evening of | the Rev. M. F. Colburn, for violating & park | ordinance, respectfully Teport: | That, after hearing & full statement of the | facts from Mr. Colburn, corroborated by sev- | eral gentlemen, we find that his innocence of | any offense is conclusively demonstrated—that there is absolutely no stain upon his character. | The dismissal ot the case by Judge Low, the | statement of the gentleman arrested with him and the admission ot the arresting officers, to- | gether with the circumstances in the case, entirely establish the truth of Mr. Colburn's own sssertion of innocence. W. C. . MATTHEW, Committee. The report was adopted by a rising vote. On the motion of Dr. Filben it was resolved that the committee go before the Police Department and bave a thorough investi- getion made of the arrest, which Dr. Diile stigmatized as an_outrage. Dr. Case and | Dr. Filben were added to the committee | for this purpose. Rev. Dr. Coyle and Rev. Mr. Filben, representing the Methodist ministers, ad- dressed the Monday Club yesterday in re- gard to the arrest of Rev. Mr. Colburn. They said the charges were utterly with- out foundation, the case having been dis- missed in the Police Court. On motion of Rev. Dr. Pond a commit- tee of three was appointed to draft suita- bleresolutions. This committee, consist- ing of Dr. Pond, Rev. Mr. Rader and Pro- fessor Cook, handed in the following, which was unanimously adopted: Refolved, That we have heard with deep in- terest the statementof Rev. Dr. Covle, as rep- resentative of the M. E. Preachers’ Meeting, in | the matter of the arrest of Rev. M. F. Colburn by the park police, and desire to express our | deep sympathy with our Methodist brethren and we indignantly demand the most thorough investigation of this apparent outrage by the Park Commissioners or whatever other officials have that duty in charge. NEW FACTORY COMING. The Salamander Fireproof Paint Manu- facturing Company Proposes to Locate in This City. H. A. Reimann, representing the Salamender Fireproof Paint Manufactur- ing Company of Tacoma, Wash., is in this City. He states that the company has de- ¢ided to make San Francisco its head- quarters as a manufacturing and supply center. According to Mr. Reimann the paint is eomething new, is composed of purely mineral and vegetable substances and is pronounced by experts to be absolutely non-combustible, while at the same time partaking of all the properties of an oil paint. He promises that it will become valuable for use in an about saw, | shingle and lumber mills, factories, warehouses and wherever the danger from fire is unusnally great and insurance rates are high. He says it is also in practical use as a cheap and efficient covering for steam pipes. In an interview Mr. Reimann said: *‘The Pacific Coast presents an excellent field for the manufacture and sale of this new product, owing to the minerals be- ing found in quantities in this State. At the start the factory will employ from twenty to thirty hands and will represent an investment of $20,000. The cavpacity of the plant will be increased as the demand rows.” ‘With Mr. Reimann, who is engaged in lacing orders for future delivery, is W. H. {eeley, who is looking out for the neces- sary machinery and site for the plant. He will take charge of the factory when in operation. ————— Surrendered Himself. Charles Kloss, the butcher who was wanted by the police for stabbing Ed Bowen, a team- | ster, in the back during a fight on Sunday | morning at Polk and Market streets, surren- dered himself yesterday morning and was booked at the Uity Prison for assault to mur- der. Klossdenied that he did the stabbing, and said he could prove thatat the time heo was more than a block away from where it took place. He admitted having a fight with Bowen before the stabbing occurred. - g e The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO’S | GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Howard Taylor's Masterpiece, PULSE OF NEW YORK! In Which Will Be Introduced New and Astounding Mechanical Effects. SERThe Pile-Driver Scene! The Elevated Rail- road! The Sensational Fire Scene! EVENTNG PRICKI—250 and 5o Famlly Circio and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. AN APPROVED LENTEN DIVER- SION IS SHOOTING the CHUTES and TRIPPING THE TROLLEY ! | THIS EVENING ! Concerts Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION. ——10 CENTS. Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. EVERY NIGHT-—This Weok Only! RDAY!—— AL MAYMAN ——MATINEE SAT ‘The idol of the Fun JOLL World, SLLI MCEL H INIR Y And Her Excellent Farce-Comedy Company, pre- “THE BICYCLE GIRL!" Bright Music, Catchy Songs, Pretty Dances, Beautiful Girls, Elaborate Costumes, and Effective Sce ... “MEXICO"" AL RAYMAN ’! Ano Cay INCORP'D HEATRE "\ PROPS. Two Weeks' Engagement—The Favorite Actor, FREDERICK WARDE TN ay, THE LION'S MOUTH Wednesda ";‘f[ Frhln\_\'r\ e v Matinee 5 play pro- v, every scene a picture. Last Week of ERICK WARDE —— m of “KING LEAR.” ¥ Night, March L.A) CONCERT! rst appearance of the Pa viol CK, in conjun: THEATER--Extra. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. Grand Coneert at Popular Prices! —SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 1.— PADEREWSKI-MARSICK irst Appearance Here MARSICK, The Great Parisian Violinist. in Conjunction With PADEREWSKI. Positively his FINAL APPEARANCE Farewell to San Francisco. B9~ PRICES: %3, 82, 81, Seats ready Wednesday at box-office of tha Baldwin. and ALCAZAR 4% PLEASE OBSERVE THE PRICES, — TO=-INIGET — THE CARLETON OPERA COMPANY! Sir Julius Benediet's “LILY OF KILLARNEY ! SPECIAL SC-NEIL W. T. CARLETON and a Great Cast. Prices—I15c, 25¢, 35¢, 50c and 75¢ Matinee—15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c—No higher. Note.—No Wednesday Ma TATINEE M@—\J FRICDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ Le3mts Ao MamAGERS <+ FOUR SHOWS IN ONE! KATIE PUTNA M O1LD LIME LN CARLISL! ‘The Haw ¢, 50c and TS—15¢, 5 Railroad Ticket’” SEA Next Monday —— TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRS, ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager ——SECOND WEEK! Splendid Electric Production of “DER FREISCHUTZ” ——O0R —— “THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS”” The Most Wondrous Brocken Scene Ever Shown in This City. CASTS INCLUDE—— Ida Valerga, Kate Marchi, Auna Schuabel, John J. Raffael, Martin Pache, Marcel Perron, W. H. West, Arthur Boyce. Grand Chorus !— Superb Orchestrat Next Week—“RI N WINKLE.” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. ORPHEUM O'Farrell Etreet, Belvfi«n_fi{ockma ani Powall NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK ‘W PEOPLE! 4 NEW ACT:! A Brilliant List of Celebrities! THE BROS. DIANTA. FOREMAN and FANNAN, THE ROSSLEYS, ELLA ELLIS, THE PANIZERS, THE WILTONS, And Last Week of the Favorites, CARROLL JOH ON & BILLY CARTER Reserved seats, 26¢; Baicony, 10c: Opers chairs and Box seats. bc. THE AUDITORIUM. Corner of Kddy and Jones sts. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & Co., Lessees&Managers SEATS ON SALE TO-DAY FOR SOUSA’S PEERLESS BAND. 60 EMINENT HUSICIANS. JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, Conductor. —— Assisted by Miss MYRTA FR H, Soprano. Miss CURRIE DUKE, Violinist. Mr. ARTHUR PRYOR, Trombone, PRICES—25¢. 50c, 75¢ and $1.00. SEATS NOW ON SALE at Sherman, Clay & Co. FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. February 28:h, 29th and March lst. AN ILLUSTRATED HEALTH TALK ——=WILL BE GIVEN— TO LADIES AT THE-—— VIAVI LECTURE HALL, 2304-6-8 Van Ness Avenue, near Vallejo Street, Wednesday, February 26th, At 2:30 o'clock P. M. Ladies are cordially invited to attend whether patients of the Viavi home treatment or no'. RACING! RACING! RACINGI! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING Beginning Thursday, February 20, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Kain or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Races start at 2:00 . M. sharp. McAllister and Geary strect cars pass the gata R.B.MILROY. ~ THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR,, Secretary. President.