The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1896, Page 7

T 5T | | ! | ! : [ | FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, FEBBUARY 27. 1896. The Bicycle Girl.” MEIA THEATER—“The Old Limekiln.” osco’s OPEra-House — Pulse, of New YPERA-HOUSE.—“Del Freischutz."’ High-Class Vaudevilie. 4, Friday evening, Feb. 28. * THEATER (OAKLAND)—Opera— AUCTION SALES. RurIN Co, Thursday, March 5, at Salesroom, 513 California street, BY Vox R CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. O'Brien was arrested yesterday for n. Heine, the local "cellist, will go North with hn E. Nash's opera company. les Fair returned home yesterday, after months in Spain and Italy. Frea Albrechtis on trial ona charge of ob- taining money by false pretenses. snd Max Lazard, sons of the grest banker, arrived here yesterday. i dined ofticers of the Colombo T friends at the Palace last night. Nash's suit against Mrs. Kreling of the was decided yesterday in Mrs. Krel- favor. trial of the suit of Mrs. Virginia Mc- for maintenance was before Judge Se: terday. uthern Pacific Company of Kentucky | s filed its annual report with the Railroad mmissioners. Marin County dairymen have filed com- plaints with the Board of Health against Milk Inspector Dockery. big ship Shenandoah made the way from Francisco to New York in the very fast of ninety-seven days. Judge Slack rendered a decision on Tuesday that Police Courts have no jurisdic- erim ibel cases. George * C, Greyhurat, Rosebud, J O C, George Miller and Red Pike won races at the track yesterday. A successful rehearsal of the mock trial for the Mercantile Library was held yesterday r. Gibbons' residence. chants' Assoctation takes issue with Reynolds regarding the inhibition of tution with the proposed new char- n Marie Reusch is suing her ~ n of her husband the defendant ob! aloney was given judgment against he photographer, yesterday for med to have been paid by nim under fishers went out to the fishing- doy, as they were afraid of ¢ arrested for mot paying their State Hayward’s line of schooners are all being ith gasoline engines owing to & popu- nand from the residents of Bowens e Poli = Commissioners and Chief Crowley e Grand Ju sterday th fre Thursday; win was the pr h_generally ction issued cust Official W. H Hammon regaraing n handed over to | ¢ the money and ns arrested for streetcar and other 5 returned here. have a raiiroad erett street on Tuesday ed in Judge Joachim- lice Com ners met last night and adjourned out of respect to the piéf Crowley’s son Samuel, who rday afternoon. olph Riley, an inmate of the City was taken to the Receiving Hospital afternoon suffering from delirium nd died last night. iew yesterday Colonel Irish re- Governor Budd in regard to ovel of Superintendent Sanders from re for the Adult Blind. steamer Eastern Oregon has been sold $5000 and will be turned into a four-masted r. Her twin engines will be used to wo new steam schooners e fine White Star steamship cidental and Oriental service, ar forty-one days direct trom Liverpool. She ke the piace of the Oceanic. soms are now being kept open till the races begin at the track, but wo arrests yesterday, as they er the ordinanee is still being violated. nael Skelly has been filed for s entire estate to his widow, liy. The estate is of consider. ough the actual’ amount is not | Th poo Robinson has entered into an Mayor Sutro to take control of tractions and meke ro line popular by a ser f Bay View, South San Fran- onec the Supervisors to con- ranches in their midst. They | from the refuse makes their | o live in. iave for two weeks been vainly Robert Buchanan, an engineer Pacific Const Railroud, who came from Sausalito on February 12 and n seen since. tgen, a painter living at 130 ass street, was thrown from his wagon e and_Octavia streets last nignt and nose broken and his forehead cut. He was teken to the Receiving Hospital. The Committee on Rules of the Board of Ed- ucation reported to the board last evening that there was nothing in the charges preferred by Director Henderson sgainst Principal Joseph O’Connorof the Horace Mann School. The Grangers’ Bank directors expect to de- lare a second dividend of 25 to 30 per centum March 1. William Wittlana, the abscond- ing cashier, left a statement admitting his tand giving details of his stealing. Paul Buddy, a knife-grinder, was knocked by & wagon on New Montgomery street and sustained & compound {racture left leg, which may have to be ampu- He was taken to the Receiving Hos- th tated. ita’ Southern Pacific Company determined lay toreduce its passenger rates between i, Or., and San Francisco to $5 second #10 first class to-morrow. Thisisa L victory for the Oregon steamers which fighting the railroad. t & Bailey, the warehousemen who tached on Tuesday for unpaid rent ng to $10,545, yesterday settled their gbtedness to W. H. Martin & Co. The 1< agreed upon were part cash and an ex- ion of time on the remainder. Valley Water Works informed the vesterday that the company on 1 next would underiake the ing water to ships. n the service long s & Co. fontague, now in New York, has writ- 10 J. A. Filchu stating that the pro- uare Garden *Cali- position” are using the name Board of Trede improperly and \e general public against the schéme. Harbor Commissioners have decided to urt section 4 of the seawall for u free e Spring aJ erket. 1t now remeins for the.Mer- Association and the Horticultural Com- uit-growers to ake ion, and ot will be un accomplished fact. barkentine Discovery, which left Port for San Francisco thirty-seven days ssed to have gone down with all e s that left days after her have u weeks in port. Captain Christan- othed still hopes on, however, and o return to her home in Tecoma. League of the Cross Rally. The parish rally of the league for St. Mary’s dral branch will be held this evening day) in Saratoga Hall. The most in- ts on the programme are an ad- y Rev. P.C. Yorke and an essay-contest to decide the parish representative at the next district raily. Company A of the Cadets will nd.” The public are invited to be present. WHNT T 15 0T, What Prof. Le Conte Has to Say About Roent- gen's Discovery. AS APPLIED TO SURGERY If Tt Should Have No Other Uses It Would Still Be Invaluable. EXPERIMENTS AT BERKELEY. An Interview With the Famous Sci- entist on His Seventy-Third Birthday. Dr. Wilson, professor of physics at the State University, is busily engaged in ex- perimenting with Roentgen’s mysterious ray, but so far he has secured no results to speak of. He says the reason is that the university has not got the proper appa- ratus for successfully carrying through the experiments, which calls for a larger in- duction coil. However, he intends to keep at ityuntil he does get something. E. R. Drew and W. J. Raymond, instructors in physics, and also E. R. Jackson and others of the students are at work with the new ray; all handicapped, however, with insufficient apparatus. Dr. Lewis is in receipt of a communica- | tion from Professor Roentgen explaining his experiments and his theory of the cause of the new ray, and is himself pre- paring & paper on the subject. All the professors at Berkeley are, of course, very much interested ia the sub- ject. Professor Le Conte, speakivg of the dis- covery, said: “This is new. We have only the most meager reports—that is to say there has not been much done; there has not been time for much experimenting as yet. What there is, however, is remar] able and valuable. 1t is a distinct ex tension of scientific knowledge, and every such extension presents infinite possibil ties of 1ts application. So far as we have seen the one practical application of this discovery is to surgery. The value of it in | he will not desist until every dollar of the that application, however, can scarcely be | overestimated. If the flesh of the hand is invisible to these rays, and only the bones or other like dense matter absorbs them, then to a strenger application the flesh of the whole body may reasonably be ex- pected 10 be so. So that it is reasonable to believe that the shadow of a man’s skeleton—a living man of flesh and blood —may be secured. Therefore, as Pro- fessor Davidson has said to THE CALL, if this discovery bad been made prior to the shooting of Garfield, the ball, about which | trivs into the country, and is now in the there was so much doubt, couid bave been | quickly located and extracted. “If Professor Roentgen's discovery is found finally to have no other application than this 1o surgery it is a great addition to science. But it will have others; that is almost certain. The whole scientific world of physicists is at work with this new vibration. It has given a new vantage eround from which to work and a new im- pulse to work with, and results may be looked for every day. 1t isa great pity that the State University is not equipped as it should be in its department of physics. The equipment in other departments first class, but in physics we are notably weak, ‘‘There is a considerable difference of opinion as to just what the new ray is, Roentgen thinks it orizinates at the point where the cathode ray from within im- pinges upon the glass tube*and that it is a direct ray, as distinct from the vibrating ray of light. There is,as [ say, much difference of opinion on that matter. Some think it the ultra red ray—the very long ray. '-h has long been known that raysof light, as they may be called, of very, very low temperature pass through everything. Everything is tranparent to it. Raoul Pictet made some very pretty experimeni:s in this direction, upon which I had it in other things intervened, I lost inter- est and the matter dropped. But he secured temperatures of 100 and 150 degrees below zero. At that temperature the rays are very long and pass through | any amount of clothes, flesh or anything else. Everything, as I say, is transparent at such a temperature. ultra red, red and the visible light, and on up to violet and the ultra violet. Some scientists are of the opinion that the X ray of Roentgen may be tbe ultra-red ray. | It is not at all improbable that some substance may be discovered that will reflect and focalize it, and new applica- tions develop infinitely.’” “But, by the way,” aid the professor in conclusion, “it may be well 10 call atten- tion again to the fact that it is not a ca- thode ray. Cathode rays are not new, and Roentgen’s recent communication on the subject was employed in explaining that this was not a cathode ray, but something entirely differertt, which it certainly is.” Professor Le Conte was shown THE CALL of yesterday, containing the report, tagen | from the New York Herald, of Professor Simon’s experiment of photographing his own brain. He read the account and studied the reproduction of the photo- graph very sericusly, and then said: “If Professor 8imon or anybody else has done this thing it is, of course,of great moment. But [ shall wait until I get it from some authoritative scientific source before I shall credit it. To be sure, we cannot afford to ignore a thing simply be- cause we cannot understand it. The things that look most impossible are often so because of our ignorance of their cause. ‘When we come to know about them they are very simple. On the other hand, the things which scierce knows to be impossi- ble—such as perpetual motion—many peo- ple deem to be auite possible, and so waste their lives in fruitless endeavors to solve it.” QUESTION OF AUTHORITY Judge Slack Holds the Police Courts Have No Jurisdiction in Crimi- mnal Libel C: A decision of considerable importance was rendered by Judge Slack on Tuesday, as it involves the jurisdiction of the police courts in cases of criminal libel. Recentiy J. B. Fleming, ex-pound- master, was arrested on the complaint of Fred Osborn, superintendent of the Pound, on the charge of criminal libel. When the case was called in Judge Con- lan’s court, Attorney George H. Cabaniss, who represented the defendant, asked for a dismissal on _the ground that the court | had no jurisdiction. Jodge Conlan re- fused to J ss the case, believing that he had jurisdiction, which had never be- fore been questioned. Attorney Cabaniss thereupon applied for a writ of prohibition before Judge Slack. He argued that the statute which created the present Police Courts and de- fined their jurisdiction omitted to give them any sort of jurisdiction in cases of libel, either for trial or for the preliminary As the tempera- | ture rises the vibrations shorten until the | | been | which had passed into the hands of Witt- WITTLIND'S STATEMENT, | president of the defunct institution, that JUDGE LIWS_ POSITION mind atone time to ‘prepare a paper, but | | the tool of sharpers and sleight-of-hand | called sharpers and sieight-of-hand swin- examination of a defendant. He admitted that for years back these cases had been taken into the Police Courts, but noone had raised the point of jurisdiction, and he contended that he was right in his in- terpretation of the statute. Judge Slack in his decision, which is a lengthy one, coincides with the argument of Attorney Cabaniss and grants the writ. Therefore in future all libel cases will have to be taken at once before the Superior Court, thereby saving the delay of being heard in the Police Courts. Attorney Cabaniss, while prosecuting at- torney of Judge Joachimsen’s court, made Limself -thoroughly familiar with the statute and was therefore in a position to raise the question of jurisdiction when the opportunity offered in the Fleming case. A BRUTAL MOTHER. Mrs. Eliza O’Brien Arrested for Cruelty to Her Little Daugh- ter. Mrs. Eliza O'Brien of 292 Union street was arrested yesterday by the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and booked in the City Prison on the charge of cruelty to children. When the officers visited the house they found the mother in a state of intoxica- tion, and the cldren hungry. There was no food in the house, and everything was in a filthy condition. Complaints had been made to the society that while drunk the mother had placed Tessie, aged 8, on the stove. The child, when ques- tioned, admitted that this was so, her right hand was badly burned and her left hand bore the marks of scars. Tessie was sent to the Children’s Hospital, where her wounds were cared for, and Maggie and Katie, aged respectively 9 and 2, were sent to St. Francis Orphan Asylum. The father of the children, John O’Brien, is in the City and County Hospital. The Ex-Cashier of the Grangers’ Bank Left One With Friends. It Told His Story of the Systematic Defalcations—Second Dividend to Be Declared. The Grangers’ Bank, in liquidation, has paid out nearly all the first dividend of 30 per cent declared by its directors re- cently, and it is believed that anotherdivi- dend of 30 per cent, or at least 25, will be declared on March 1. Tt is mainly due to the unselfish and in- defatigable endeavors of H. M. La Rue, such a creditable showing has become pos- sible. Mr. La Rue has devoted nearly all his time and attention to the bank since it closed its doors, and his friends say that bank’s assets that can be collected is paid | to_depositors and stockholders. When ; this shall have been done the present creditors of the bank will receive dollar for dollar. The president makes frequent San Joaquin Vallay ' attending to the bank’s business. Each trip of his results in a large addition to the treasury. On his return there will, it is expected, be sutti- | cient money on hand to warrant the direc- | tors declaring a dividend of 25 or 30 per cent on the first of next month. Only once since William Wittland, the absconding cashier, disappeared has he heard from,and that was about a week ago in an indirect way through the surety company which lost $10,000 over y his bonds. It has transpired that Witt- land left a carefully prepared statement of his defalcations, which he claimed aggre- gated $12,500. The bank directors en- deavored to get hold of the document, land’s family, but it was kept from them. Itis now in the safe keeping of his coun- sel, Attorney Hewston. Wittland, according to a friend who saw the statement, gave the amounts of his peculations in chronological order, and added them up to make a grand total of $12,500. He said that he had been drawn into the dishonest practices by certain peo- vle outside the bank,who nfluenced him to take money under the representation that he could not lose, but on the contrary would make u handsome profit and then be_ able to put the stolen money back privately. In this way he was led deeper and deeper into the difficulty, and when the bank was about to suspend he had to seek safety in flight. The Ruling Against the Poker Ordinance Based on the Ah You Decision. An Examiner Editorial That Calls Forth the Criticism of the Police Judge. Through an editorial which appeared in rday’s issue of the Examiner, the de- cision rendered last week by Judge Low overthrowing the poker ordinance was se- verely and unfairly criticized. Insinua- tions as to the Judge's honesty were also indulged in, the editorial stating that ‘‘it 'was not expected that he could be made swindlers who object tothe poker ordi- nance.” “It is evident,” said Judge Low last evening, ‘‘that the person who wrote that ulling editorial is either unlearned in the laws of the State in which he resides, or else he has neglected to read my decision on the case in L%IL It has been decidea by the Supreme Court of this State,’” he continued, “that itis not in the power of the Board of Supervisors to impose a greater punishment for an offense than the “Legislature has seen fit to impose for a like or similar offense. By section 330 of the Penal Code the punishment prescribed by the State law for playing prohibited gambling games is a fine not to exceed $500, or by imgrisonmem not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. “Inthecase ofex parte Ah You reported in 88 California, page 99, and in the case of Soloman in 91 California, page 440, both parties being prosecuted under mu- nicipal ordinances similar to the poker or- dinance, the Supreme Court decided in favor of the defendants, declaring all sim- ilar ordinances to be absolutely null and void. The ground upon which these or- dinances were declared void belnf that they imposed a greater punishment for the offense committed than did the State law. It is a very easy thing to frame an ordi- nance which will cover the entire matter by simply prohibiting the plnying of poker, or allowing it to be played, for money in any saloon or other public place and by fixing the penalty by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. “Such an ordinance would not infringe upon the State law and in consequence 1t would be valid and binding. “Asto my being made the tool of so- dlers no statement could have been made which would have come further froi the truth. Idecide all cases which come he- fore me according to the laws applicable to them without regard to the moral as- p ect, which, accornfing to law itself, isa secondary consideration.” — e e EL REePoso PERFECTOS arrived yesterday. Goldberg, Bowen & Co. . | Barrios stepped in. RAILROADS IN GUATEMALA A Seattle Man Building Electric Lines in Central American Cities, HUNTINGTON’S GOOD BARGAIN. e Big [Pacific Port at Estrapa—Danger of the Coffee and Mahogany Going East. L. H. Griffith, formerly proprietor of the Grniffith bank at Seattle and for a year past residing in Guatemale, where he has im- portant Government. concessions, is at the Grand. Among his concessions is the privelege of putting electric street cars in Guatemala City and Antigua, and con- necting the two places also by electric cars. The towns are seventy-two miles apart. Mr. Griftith has also been instru- mental in starting the steamship freight line between Seattle and the portof San Jose de Guatemala, and furnishing Puget Sound timber and lumber to Guatemala. He says the country down there is ina prosperous state. The hotels are all crowded and there are many a dozen resi- the few days preceding the day on which t!x:egegl the greatest demand for a!l kinds of fish. FOUGHT TO MUSIC. Sousa’s Experince With Two Young- sters Who Were Influenced by Sweet Sounds. A good many years ago John Dryden celebrated in his delightful “‘Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day’’ the power of music upon the human passions. Human nature has not greatly changed since. Alexander and Thais, inspired by the minstel’s song, set fire to the palaces of Babylon, a fact which is illustrated by the story which Bandmaster Sousa has brought back with him from his latest tour of the country. “It happened in Exeter, N, H.,” says Mr. Sousa, *‘where we gave a concert one afternoon. When we reached the hall I found two juvenile residents of Exeter, who by distributing handbilis, had earned the privilege of hearing the concerts from behind the scenes. The youngsters had some sort of & quarrel, and when Icame across tuem were making threatenin, demonstrations at each other. 1 separate them and repeated the verse beginning, ‘Let dogs delight to bark and bite’—you may have heard of it. I sat them down in two chairs, and gave them a lecture on the sinfulness of fighting, untit it was time to go on the stage. “From where I stood I could see the boys, each in his chair, out in the wings. We began with one of Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsodies movement, and as the music proceeded the little fellows got out of their chairs, and sidling along toward one an- Infherf.ftock up the quarrel where they haa eft off. “A collision was imminent, when the L. H. Griffith, Who Has Electric, Streectcar and Other Concessions in Guatemala. dent American commercial Guatemala City. Just before Mr. Griffith left it was stated that the sale of the Guatemala Central Railroad to the Enghsh and Scotch syn- dicate had been consummated. It will be recalled that some months ago it wasan- nounced that C.P. Huntington had sold the road to the said syndicate for $15.000,- 000 in silver, a sum equal to $7,400,000 in goid. However, at this point President He was willing any American syndicate should buy it, but he did not like the idea of British capitalists getting such a grip on the country. ‘I think now, however, the matter has been straightened out,” said Mr. Griffith. “The agent of the syndicate, H. E. Bag- gerly, was.a passenger down with me the last time I was here. He completed his revort, and, as T understood it, it had been accepted and the sale made. ““There is a northern road to reach Port Barrios, on the Atlantic side, from Guate- mala City, now being built, and there is danger that when it is finished, or even before, the trade that now comes here will be diverted to New York. San Francisco ought to look out for this and do all it can to hold it. The northern road is being built by the Government. The entire dis- tance between the two places is 180 miles. Sixty-five miles of this, from the Atlantic i s now in operation, Besides this, fifty miles more there are under contract. “‘There is also a 45-mile section from the Guatemala City end to be let right away. When these two contracts are completed freight can be transferred between the ter- minals. The coffee shipments then, in- stead of coming here, may go that way. “‘The route of the road is very rough, being largely over mountains. The cost of building it is $200,000 a mile. There are many gorges and canyons, requiring in all thirty-five miles of bridging in uhe 180 miles. “‘Besides this important work the San Luci branch road, from San Luci south to a connection with the Occidental road at Retaluhne, is being pushed forward rapidly. This runs along the base of the mountains on the Pacific Coast side through a rich coffee belt. The road will be an important feeder. ‘‘Another important project by the Gua- temalan Government is the spending of $7,000,000 at the new port of Estrapa, nine miles below San Jose. It is at the mouth of a river and dockage is there furnished for large ships. Over 7,000,000 feet of lumber have been sent down there from San Francisco during the last few months. The harbor is to become the important one for the Pacific coast in Guatemala. All our steamers will eventually change from San Jose to that point.”’ Mr. Griffith is here on a business trip. He will be here about three weeks. He the completion of the: San Luci road cause the shipment of large quantities of mahogany as well as coffee. Mr. Griffith =ays he expects to build his streetcar line within the present vear. CRAB-FISHERS ALARMED. They Lose a Day’s Work in Order to Pay Their Licenses. The story published in THE CALL yester- day of how Deputy Fish Commissioners Wilson and Davis caught four crab-fisher- men who had failea to pay the State license and caused the offenders to be fined by a Justice of the Peace in Sausalito proved a sensation among those who fol- low this line of business. Dozens of the crab-fishers flocked to the commission headaquarters in the Flood buildiug to pay for their licenses. In consequence of the rush for licenses but few boats went out yesterday, their owners fearing to be caught by the depu- ties as they returned from the fishing grounds. During the day nearly all the crab-fishers obtained their liceases. In consequence of the boats staying at home yesterday it is likely that tuere will be a scarcity “of crabs on” Friday, as much of Friday’s stock is carried over froma live men in music ceased and a soothing andante movement followed. The boys resumed their chairs and listened quietly during | this passage, even exchanging looks which | Linterpreted as conciliatory and repent- ant. Another allegro movement followed and the stage hands had to interfere to keep the youngsters from punching each | other. “Then we played a pretty, melodious waliz and the boys kept perfectly quiet in their chairs. T thought they had forgot- i ten their feud and wgen the waltz was en- cored I ordered tbe *‘Washington Post March.” Before we had played a dozen bars the little rascals were having it hot and heavy all over the side of the stage. The last L saw of them was the spectacle of their ejectment from the stage-door, ohe of them stanching a profuse nasal bemorrhage, while the other nursed a badly blackened eye. It was the most for- cible demonstration of the influence of music upon the human passions which T remember having seen.” FOR A NEW CONED ILAND Colonel T. P. Robinson in Part- nership With Mr. Sutro at the Beach. Together They Will Inaugurate a Be- wildering Series of Perpetually Changing Attractions There. There is to be an injection of life and en- ergy into the Cliff House, Sutro Heights and beach attractions from now on. The ever popular ex-baseball manager and Midwinter Fair amusement commit- teeman, Colonel Thomas Poniatowski Robinson, has signed articles with Mayor Sutro as arbiter elegantiarum, otherwise amusement impresario at the Cliff. The colonel will have sole control to make contracts and bewilder the visitors’ minds with a kaleidoscope of wonders. Already his nnfiuine soul sees a new Couney Island or Manhattan Beach at the terminus of the Sutro line. He has prophetically arranged a trolley-wire to the seal rocks, built an amphitheater for entertainments, a bicycle-track, a drilling- ground, target range and ‘‘venetian canal,’” besides establishing a Cairo mid- way, with real camels, mirror-maze, haunted swing and other favorite mar- vels, The giant Sutro baths will be the colonel’s piece de resistance, however. Here he will give great water vaudevilles, acrobatic and gymnastic tournaments, while every day the band will play. The Sutro museum is not overlooked by the colonel’s keen eye as a solid attractiod. “We don’t intend to bave anygommon Punch and Judy shows,” said “General Robinson yesterday, ‘‘but we will look oat for speciaities, and, if necessary, engage them to come here from the.East. The people will have a place where they can be sure of entertainment, at a moderate cost, in the daytime.” These vast projects will take time, but it is the colonel’s secret ambition—ihe colonel is nothing if not dramatic—to have all the wheels commence to turn at once— probably on March 14, two weeks from next Saturday. g e - Burglars Arrested. Three burgiars were booked at the City Prison yesterday. Richard Cody and John ‘Williams alias Neill alias Hanlonsex-convicts, were arrested by detectives Dillon and Crockett tor breaking into the house of Mrs, J. R. Sechrist, 1020 Sutterstreet, on February 17, and stealing a quantity of jewelry and other arti- cles, & portion being found ‘Williams’ pos- session when arrested, William Cooney alias Maguire was arrested by policemen Ryan and Freel for breaking into the house of Mrs. M. Donovan, 2 Ritch street, on February 24 and stealing a lot of jewelry. > NEW TO-DAY. - S S PPt S it “Pure and Sure.” L cveland BAKING POSWDER. “I have used Cleveland’s Baking Powder with entire satisfaction in the preparation of breads, biscuits and cakes.” JuLiET CORSON, Founder of New York Cooking School, SWINE SPOIL. BAY VIEW, Residents Ask the Supervisors to Condemn Four Hog Ranches. THE STENCH IS UNBEARABLE. Forty-Five People Say That Foul Refuse Makes Their Homes Unfit to Live in. The many residents of Bay View, that pretty little valley of South San Francisco, have petitioned the Supervisors to remove from their midst four hog ranches. *There usea to be a time,” said 8. L. Pi- per, who lives there and owns several lots in that section, “‘when we would not have exchanged our focality for any in the City. The air was balmy and pure, and we all enjoyed the best of health, but about two years ago a hog rancher moved in down near the beach. Since then three more have followed, and now we have over 1000 hogs grunting under our very windows. “The wind to-aay, as it rarely does, comes strong from the southeast. *You can smell the fiith, though, even now. But as summer comes on and the weather be- comes warmer, the stench is something horrible. compelled to leave our home and spend the day somewhere else. “The refuse from the ranches is piled around on the beacn and on the marshy ground adjacent to the pens. When hogs die their carcasses are thrown over the fence, and these, with the refuse, send around this basin into the windows of the houses, three-quarters of a mile dis- tant, a stench that is almost overpow- ering. *‘These foul sinks have kept hundreds of families from building here, while if they were removed there could scarcely be found a pleasanter place to live. “Down close by them sickness is very frequent. The beach was once as white us that out near the Cliff House; now it lies several feet beneath the most nauseating filth, *‘One of the hog ranchers said, ‘If people around here don't like the smell let them move away.” But when you consider the naturai fitness of this location for a resi- dence and the hundred or more who live here already, it seems extremely unjust that four people should render the entire neighborhood unfit foranything butswine. “Two months ago we peutioned the Board of Health to remove the nuisance, and that body referred the matter toa committee, which declared it a nuisance and recommended itsabolishment. Noth- ing, however, has been done. We sent in a petition to the Supervisors last Monday with the names of the following residents: Barrett, Silvester, Jeffers, Williams, Colombo, Boviar, Piper, Kelly, Burbee, Finch, Frank, Cullen, Peterson, Ferrier, Monroe, Sintner, Bostiguda, Sister Stanis- laus of the St. Joseph Orphanage Asylum and thirty other names of residents. “These people reside in this locality, the tract being bounded by Railroad avenue, Fourteenth street, Twenty-first street and the bav. MALONEY WON HIS SUIT He Gets & Judgment for $225 Against Theodore C. Marceau, the Photographer. Justice of the Peace Carroil decided the case of J. H. Maloney, the turfman, against Theodor2 C. Marceau yesterday in favor of the plaintiff, giving him judg- ment for the entire amount asked, $225. In 1895 Maloney ordered a lot ofs photo- graphs from Marceau, but refused to ac- cept them on the ground that the likeness and workmanship were poor. Shortly thereafter he prepared to depart for the East and as he was leaving the Palace Hotel was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Marceau charging him with intent to defraud his creditors by leaving the State. 3 In order to prevent being detained Ma- loney paid the $225 demanded by Marceau for the pictures and went on his wa cently he returned and brought the amount on the ground that it was paid under duressand by reason of threats. —— An Officer’s Contempt. G. J. Ely, a police officer from Oakland, nar- rowly escaped being fined for contempt of court by Judge Conlan yesterday. C. L. Fountain was a witness in the case of Clarence Turner, charg:d with attempt to rob, and as soon as he had given his testimony Ely stepped up to him and arrested him. The ai- tention of the Judge was drawn to the matter, and it looked -serious for Ely. He explaingd that Fountain was wanted for an_attempt rob in Oakland, and he meant no disrespect to the court by arresting him. The Judge purged him of contempt. NEW TO-DAY. PADEREWSKI, THE GREATEST LIVING PIANIST, PLAYS THE TEINWAY | Which is pre-eminently the best Pianomanufac- tured. SHERMAN, CLAY & (O, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Kearny and Sutter St-eets. OAKLAND, Cal., Broadway and Thirteenth Sts. PORTLAND, Ur., Fitth SEATTLE, W: 715 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). ‘To-day at 2—To-night at 8—Farewell Performances Marie Tavary Grand Opera Company.- Matinee To-day (popir prices) Bohemian Girl \_To-night—Bizet’s romantic Carmen. AN APPROVED LENTEN DIVER- SION IS SHOOTING the CHUTES and TRIPPING THE TROLLEY ! Concerts Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION. CEN Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), — 10 100 Several times last year we were | | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AnD Co, INCORP'D M EATRE N\ PROPS. Two Weeks’ Engagement—The Favorite Actor, FREDERICK WARDE And His Celebrated Company. TO-NIGHT. ““PHE LION'S MOUTH"* Friday Night and Saturday Matinee “THE MOUNTEBANK.” Saturday (only time). VIRGINIUS" A WEEK WiTH SHAKESPEARE ! MONDAY, MARCH 2. Monday, Thursday, | Mr. Warde's Latest Success, Friday Evgs.and K ING LEAR Saturday Matinee Pronounced a Triumph by the Press. Tuesday (only time), DAMON and PYTHIAS Mr. Warde as Damon, Mr. Herman as Pythias. ‘Wednesday and Saturday Nights, JTULIUS CcEsAaAR, Mr. Warde as Brutvs, Mr. Herman as Cassius, .Charles Sutton as Antony. Every Play Superbly Mounted! Every Scene a Picture! The Foremast Compan Seats for Next Week Keady To-day. EXTRA—Sunday Night, March 1, GRAND POPULAR CONCER' First appearance of the Parislan ;;mllnlsl SICK, in conjunstion with PAD well appeara; 5 SE. of America! 1 Al MAYMAN Qauirom EVERY NIGH This Week Only! ——MATINEE SATURDAY ! —— The 1dol of the Fu; JOLLY NELLIE. s MCEIEINIR Y And Her Excellent Farce-Comedy Company, pre- seating “THE BICYCLE GIRL!” ‘Bright Music, Catchy Songs, Pretty Dances, Beautiful Girls, Elaborate Costumes, and Effective Scenersy. M, L“MEXICO" Monday, March 16..... - FRICDLANDER.GOTTLOD & G- LE35ES AMDMATIAGLRS THE SENSATION OALY HERE “THE OLD LIME KILN” AND CHARMING KATIE PUTNAM In New Songs and Dances. And Little GERTIE CARLISLE. Next Monday—*‘A Railroad Ticket* 9 ALCAZAR THE CARLETON OPERA COMPANY! In Sir Julius Benedict's “LILY OF KILLARNEY I”* B The Operatic Success of the Season. PRICES—15¢, 25¢, 33¢, 50¢ and 75e¢. Matinees Saturday and Sunday, PRICES—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. Mond: FRA DIAVOLO. Three nights only. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. EBNESTINE KRELING, Proprielor & Manager LAST TIMES! Splendid Electric Production of {“DER-FREISCHUTZ” e top “THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS” — TO-NIGEIT — CAST INCLUDES Jda Valerga, . H. West, Anna ¢ Marcel Perron, Martin Pache, Arthar Boyce. Reappearance of the Favorite Soprano, MISS CARRIE ROMA. Grand Chorus !——Superb Orchestral Next Week—“RIP VAN WiNKLE.” SIG. G. N Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. MORQSCO’S | GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROS le 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. SEE The Pile-Driver Scene! The Elevated Rall- road! The Sensational Fire Scene! EVENTNG PRICES—250 and 50c Family Circio and Gallerv, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton an1 Powall. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEERK 7 NEW PEOPLE! 4 NEW ACTS! A Brilliant List of Celebrities! THE BROS. DIANTA. FOREMAN and FANNAN, THE ROSSLEYS, - ELLA ELLIS, THE PANTZERS, THE WILTONS, And Last Week of the Favorites, CARROLL JOHNSON & BILLY CARTER Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnaies and Box seats, 50c. . THE AUDITORIUM. Corner of Eddy and Jones sts. & Co., Lessees&Managers Usual —~MATINE —2 SATURDAY and SUNDAY. Sousa’s PEERLESS BAND. DUK Miss MY RTA FRENCH, Soprano, Mr. ARTHUR PRYOR, Trombone 'S—25c. 50c, 75¢ and $1. erman, Clay & Co.'s. MARCH 3-ANNA EVA FAY. RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, February 20, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Friday and Saturday. B FIVE OR MORE RAC! Moany RIS St at 200 £, ¥ sharp, [cAllister and Geary street cars puss the N Ho WiLLTaMs Fi President. R. B. MILROY. THOS. H. Secretary.