The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. TUESDAY AMUSEMENTS. i BALDWIN THEATER.—* Damon and Pythias” | COLUMBIA THEATER—“A Railroad Ticket.” Moxosco's OpERa-Hovsk — “The Midnight | 0L1 OPERA-Housr.—“R!p Van Winkle.” | EUM.—High-Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S Alcazanr.—*Fra Diavolo.” 1E AUDITORIUM—Corner of Jones and Eddy MECHANICS' PAvILTON—Bicycle Tournament, | imencing March 5. 1 SHOOT THE CmeTes—Dally one tlock east of the Park. at Haight street, ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Early Morning Southeaster Caused Considerable Damage. iMANY SHIPS DRAGGED ANCHOR Whaling Vessels Made a Wreck of Each Other at Little Main- cale was given Festerday | mission home. at Dimond, Fruitvale, will | hop Goodsell | ax Post, G will eon- | ns' Home meanagement this sor Siebe appointed his outside deputies : zof real and personal property | the Robert Louis | be received by the k Warde lectured yester- | “lub in the Maple Room | y glee and mandolin last night in their con- | that Bishop Go | wes general at all the high Yesterdas he Sacrain Overman, Dr. are wanted as 14, formerly of rih $£400,000, prophet Ha ing saved the sphere moist t 33 tee ed. e estate are not rela- e ny were filed ited States e against the Central e Salvation Booth may n to battle srs_has accepted James ida ¢ dri < Mason, Market and on San Fran- T and blame 4, at the Congregational land Bs ck from 20,000. tors of the estate of J. Mervyn ¢ to provide a fountain of sur- with the bequest of ,000 proprietors were leniently ¢ by Judges Joachimsen declared they had gone ire; fresh southeasterly wind” is the n issued last night by Weather Fore- icial A. G. MeAdie. The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution terday instructing the Chief of Police to laman to guard the city tressury con- during business hours. Tne indoor bicycle tournament, to be held at t > Pavilion March 5 to 11, prom- to_be a big success, both from the racing exhibitors’ points of v A.Isaacs, a thes man, was arrested e Mercer divorce suit ¥ last. 0,000 bon: of assault to murder h % ives Whitaker anc nesota to-day w extradition of ¥, the Nevada ds, on meal in d was cap- taken to the ice Commissioners.las Cri Annie White has filed a contest of the She 1of her mother, Elien Boltor \com petency &s the cause of th personal property was not equal hence the contest.” Thomas D. Condon, an insurance solicitor 128 Tenth’ street, jumped from a tcar at Grant avenue and fell under , which passed over his left leg crushing it almost into & pulp. On motion of the District Attorney another ten days’ stay of proceedings have been granted she at ys for Durrant, o allow them to pare their bill of exceptions. This is the h etay granted in the ¢ The California Pioneers last evening, by a nimous vote, postponed indefinitely the to erec ument in Golden Gate rk 1o James Lick, The money was needed for the relief of aged and destitute pioneers. The ‘Mutual Electric Light Company hes ecured B temporary restraining order, p venting the Superintendent of Streets from in terfering with its work of erecting light poles | on Market street, in front of the Blythe prop-. ert . R. Painter of Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, who has been on & visit to Coolgardie, and errived bere, says gold discoveries con- tinue to be maae, hut there are many men there who are unemployed and would like to Jeave, but have not the money. The matter of the application for a writof naamus sgeiust Mavor Crayeroft and the Trustees of the city of Fresno 10 compel them togrant the Valley road a franchise through that ity was argued and submitted yesterday before the Supreme Court in bank. The revenue cutter Rush had & narrow es- cape during Mondey morning’s southeaster. Ehe broke adrift and’ drifted down on the Nor- wegian steamer Peter Jebsen. The Jebsen had her stem twisted, and the cutter lost two boats and was badly damaged about the hull. when Dr. Brown is called on to give his state- ment before the council he will aeclare that he Jias been persecuted by & man worth milllons. 3 are others, he says, in the plot to ruin and their names will be furnished to the lected to pass judgment on his cause. C. Perkins, who has just freighted a 0. twenty-stamp_mill into the new camp of For- tuna, for La Fortuna mine,owned by Charles Lene, says the miné is a veritable bonanza. It cost 3Mr. Lane $150,000 a month 8go, and Mr. Perkins says it now has $2,000,000 in sight. Swedish Consul Lund yesterday received icial notice from his wovernment concerning ¢ proposed expedition to the north pole by l00m, to be undertaken in July by Professor Andree, and under the auspices o Sweden. Hie is requested to advise ali northern settle- ts 10 look out for the balloon and render aid vovagers. A meeting of the Geographi- | Society has been called for Thursday even- The Southern Pacific Company geslerdly inced a reduction in overland rates for ain eastbound commodities that makesa sction of 335 per cent. This was done to t the recent reductions of the Panama T combination. This action of the South- trn Pacific Company is construed to mean the entual abrogation of the Pacific Mail- Panama contract, recently signed by C. Huprtington and President Simmons of the FPanema Railroad Company. mitting perjury | | Street Wharf, | | | The sudden southeaster on the bay | yesterday morning caused extensive dam- age on the water front. Vessels were | dragged from their moorings and others | broke adrift, causing frequent ccllisions. The gale came up about 2 A. M., and the first vessels to suffer were those around | the wharves extending from the Mail dock to Mission street. At Main-street wharf were the whaling bark Lydia and the steam whaler William Baylies. Just across the way, at Beal street wharf, was the revenue cutter Bear. | The latter was prepared for all emergen- | cies, but the whalers were not. When | the southeaster struck the wharf the Lydia parted her five-inch hawser just as though it had been so much packthread and drifted down on the Baylies. The latter | was ready for sea, but the Lydia soon made havoc among her headgear and | stays, and in a few minutes she appeared a | wreck. | ‘While the Lydia was at work or the | steam-whaler, the latter was not idle. Her | her deckhouse and mnearly all her super- structure. By this time they Lyaia had drifted down on the revenue cutter Bear, and all hands were called to avert the danger. The watchman on the Lydia had apparently “lost his head,” so a crew was | | putaboard her by Captain Tuttle, and soon a whaleline had been passed to the wharf and luckily 1t held. The barx was gradually | warped back into her place and soon all danger was over.. The Lydia will have to go on the dry- | | dock for repairs, and the William Bayles, | which was to have sailed for the Arctic | next Thursday, will be delayed another | week. | bout the time the Lydia, William Bay- lies and Bear were mixed up the .scow schooner Jennie and Edna went adrift at the same wharf and collided with the Ital- | ian bark E. Raggio. The bark was not | damaged, but the schooner lost her bow- | sprit and was otherwise severely injured. When the gale came up Captain Chris. | tiansen of the Jennie and Ed. | to put to sea after he went adrift. While working out of the slip he lost his bearings | | and went crashing into the Raggio. At Howard street the British p Fanny Kerr came very near going adrifr. When the gale struck her one of the iron moor- ing bits went, and a few minutes later one | of the wooden posts was carried away. It| did not take Captain Gibbhons long to get on deck, however, ana in ten minutes after the gale came up new lines were out and the Fanny Kerr was again riding in safety. Mate Henderson of the bark Wilna at- tempted to reach his vessel about 1 A. M. | She was Iying off in Mission Bay and he | took a boat from Folsom-street wharf. When the squail came down his boat cap- sized and he drifted across the anchor- chains of the British ship Senator. He hauled aboard and dried out. Captain Lewis took good care of him until his own vessel began to drag and then he bad to get out and drop extra anchors in order to | bold his ship. Lewis is nothing if not cool-headed and it was not tiventy minutes | after the storm came up before he had | everything snug and his ship riding as safely as though alongside the quay. The Robert Searles with a cargo of sugar was lving off the sugar refinery. When the storm struck her she went adrift, but luckily the tug Fearless picked her upand towed her to a place of safety. The sealing schooner Penelope, which came in after & forty-day cruise with 230 | skins, also went adrift. Her anchor fouled the Postal Telegraps Company’s cable, and yesterday morning it took the tug Ida | W two hours to free the vessel. { All the morning papers were late in | reaching - Oakland. The tugs Annie, Millie and Amy dared not fuce the zale that was howling at 3:30 A. &., and in con- sequence it was near!y 5 A. M. before the | | papers were delivered to the carriers, The | carriers made extra good time, however, and in the case of THE CALL, at least, the | paper was not more than half an hour late. | |~ The Oregon Coal and Navigation Com- | pany’s Arago had a lively experience on the coast. After leaving Coos Bay she was | caught in a gale and was thrown on her beamends. Off Bandon the steamer Homer spcke her, but the captain answered back that he bad everything under control. The Arago was hauled to the wind an had her head to the sea. The cargo was trimmed, and late yesterday afternoon she steamed into pors as thouzh nothing had happened. The Arago went to Mission Bay direct, where she will discharge her deckload of lumber into lighters. | The steamer,Willamette Valley, which broke a crankpin aiter leaving San Fran- sco and put into Ensenanda in distress, isnow on her way back in tow of the steamer Bonita, The Willamette -Valley | is partly under her own steam, so quick | | time to port may be expected. Some of | the Mexican freight was discharged at San | Diego, and from there will be forwarded to | its destination. The steamer Willamette | | Valley will probably arrive here to-morrow | morning. The sailing of the Oceanic Steamship | | Company’s Monowai will probably be de- | layed a couple of days. The English mails are late and owing to the new law that P it imperative that all meats leaving | this country be inspected, all the cases of | canned goods now in the hold of the vessel | may have to be discharged and inspected | beiore the steamer can sail. Captain Carey ped before the law went into effect his vessel is exempt, hut nevertheless if the Board of Health wants to split hairs they can delay the ship. The Monowai has one | of the largest flour shipments ever taken | out of this port on an Australian steamer. There is over 1200 tons on board for Sydney alone and small consignmeants for other points. The Pacific Mail Company’s Colon got in from Panama and way ports yesterday. | Among the passengers were Mr. and Mrs. William Beveridge of Panama. The hus- bana was an engineer on the railroad, but latterly determined to return to San Francisco. On the way up Mrs. Bev- | eridge presented him with a son and neir and the boy was christened Charles Mc- Kinnon Colon Beveridge. The mother wanted him called Charles and McKinnon | is after the captain and Colon after the ship. Lattle Charles and Ethel Corona Seidel, who was born on the steamer Corona a few days ago, would make an in- teresting couple, say twenty years hence. Dr. Jordan, the steamer’s surgeon, took such good care of Mis. Beveridge that | when the Colon docked she was able to be | removed 1n a hack. The British corvette Comus arrived from San Diego yesterday morning. After com- ing to an anchor the American flag was run up and a salute of twenty-one guns fired. The vessel put in here for coal after having been ashore at San Diego. She is on her way td Esquimault, where she will be docked for repairs. The fol- lowing is the list of officers: Captain, H. H. Dyke; lieutenants, J. 8. Luard, N. Crawford Maciachlan, Hector L. Watts Jones, Gerard L. F. rike, D. S, Parkes; gunner, . R. Cooper; boatswa! G. Robinson; chap- lain, Rev. T. Kane; paymaster, F. W. Morti- more; assistant paymaster, A. J. Dyer; car- penter, J. N. Matheson; surgeon, Edmund Cor- coran: chief engineer, James Lane; assistant | engineer, P. Bluett; ifeutenant R.' M. L. I, | Herbert J. Crocker; sub-lieutenant, William Speke; midshipmen, A. C. Fellowes, B. C. Beck- | the meetings of the society. Mrs. Elizabeth attempted | Special Session of the Grand holds that as the canned meats were ship- | 7 | Bouse, 3. W. Carrinton, H. L. Boyle, M. B. | Ballie' Hamiiton, G. M. Hardy, H. Seymou | assistant clerks, 'E. W. Mainproce, G. H. B. Rogers. i GOSPEL RESCUE WORK. | New Soclety Pledged to Works of Char- " ity and Evangelization. | Much interest is being shown in religious | cireles regarding the new Gospel Mission- | | ary and Rescue Society organized in this i (‘iv.y on New Year's day this year. The | society has at its head as president J. D. Barton and as general managar F. L. Gau- | | thier. These two gentlemeu, witha large | corps of devoted assisiants, have been | hard at work since the society was formed and have found meny friends both able and willing ta aid them. Donations of money, groceries and other necessaries for | the work have been received and are grate- | fully acknowledged by the management. | Among the most welcome gifts wasa larce | tent with chairs and pulpit furniture for | Ayer, secretary of the organization, is en- thusiastic 1n Ler conviction thut the work | will prosper. _““Our main object,” she said yesterday, ““is to organize missions and rescue homes wherever we can. In these missions we | hope to be able to aid the deserving poor by means of donations from sympathizing friends. This is one of our objects—to remedy human suffering in a purely human way. Our great end is, however. to bring wanderers from the right to a | | sense of their untappyv state and induce ' REVENUE VERSUS MARINE The Cutter Rush Ran Into the Peter Jebsen During the Southeaster. SEPARATED IN CALM WEATHER | Both Vessels Considerably Damaged, but the Revenue Cutter Suf. fered Most. One of the sensational incidents of yes- terday morning’s southeaster was the col- lision of the United States revenue cutter Rush and the Norwegian steamer Peter Jebsen. The collier nad her stem twisted all out of shape and the damage to the | revenue cutter will not be known until she is docked for repairs. move their improvements at the expiration of their terms, the board was not disposing of any property which .belonged to the City. It ‘merely consented that the lessees should not lose the property which they should them- gelves create, and without which it would be impossible for them to make any profitable use of the land. The stipulation as to improve- ments was not made after they had become fixtures and the property of the City and County. It was made before the bids were made ior the purpose of obtaining the highest Tent possible. By this construction the City, at the expira- tion of the term, receives back all that it owned at the time when the leases were made, and this is all that it snould receive. By the othar construction, for which the Board of Educa- tion contenas, the tenants will have paid to the City not only this pecuniary rent with which they were char; od but also the valua- ble improvements for which the City has given no equivalent. NEW TO-DAY. "« Pure and Sure.” (eveiands 'BAKING POWDER. ‘is uniform and reliable. The suit was brought to prevent the tenants from tearing the buildings down. —, TRIAL OF DANIEILS. The Lieutemant of the Bear Will at Once Be Examined Before the Court-Martial. Now that the charzes of inebriety against Captain Healy of the revenue cutter Bear have been fully inquired into and the find- ngs of the court-martial have becen for warded to Washington, it is expected that the examination of Lieutenant Daniels There is a certain air of mystery about | the matter that only time will unravel. | The Rush was at anchor off Folsom-street ' will at once follow. Daniels is the young man who has been foremost in the fight against his old commander. The charges that have been brought dgainst him in- The Revenue Cutter Rush and the Norwegian Collier Peter Jebsen in Collision Off Powell-Street Wharf After the Southeaster That Raged Monday Morning. i them to adopt a better course of life and conduct. For this reason our .by-laws oblize all cur members to join some evan- | gelical religious body of their own selec- t We interfere with no church and | desire to aid the work of all. In pursu- | ance of this aesign we propose to travel | wherever we can and. establish mission | stations in the interior towns, leaving a | superintendent and assistants in charge of | each. In each place we visit meetings will | be held in the tent which was given us, | and-we hope and trust that our work may be abundantly blessed. Any material aid | in the way of groceries, dry goods, boots | and shoes, bedding, furniture and worn | clothing, as well as money, will contribute | greatly to the success of our labors.” i | INDICTED FOR FORGERY, | | Jury on but Short Notice. The Two Men Suspected of Passing the Bank of Woodland Check. The Grand Jury held a special session yesterday afternoon. The members were called together at 3 o’clock on short notice to'indict Dean and McCloskey for forgery | in connection with the raised draft from the Bank of Woodland, which was han- dled in this City by the Crocker-Wool- | worth Bank and the Nevada Bank. The witnesses called to the jurv-room were Captain Lees, Mr. Tompkins of Woodland, George Grant of the Nevada | Bank, William H. Crocker of the Crocker- Woolworth Bank and Willis Lyttle, a boy who was employed one day in Dean’s office. There was testimony to the effect that Joseph McCioskey, who has manv aliases | and is known to the police throughout the | country as an all-around criminal, was seen in the City with Dean the day the money was obtained on the raised check. | The boy Lyttle was present when the coin was placed in an express wagon by the two | men. The Grand Jury after hearing the wit- nesses went into Judge Slack’s court and Frank Maskey, the foreman, presented in- dictments against Dean and McCloskey respectively for forgery. In tue usual form extradition papers will issue and an officer be sent to Minneapols to bring the prisoners to this State for trial. The Grand Jury did not take up any otherbusiness, butadjourred immediately after the indictments were found. Captain Lees received a dispatch yester- | day that Dean, under the name of Frank L.” Seaver, was convicted on May 20, 1891, in the TUnited States Federal" Court in_ King’s County, New York, of counterfeiting and circulating standard dollars and was sentenced to three years in the State Prison. ILLUSTRIOUS NAMES Given to Good Indians of the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Captain W. E. Dougherty, U. 8. A,, In- dian Agent at the Hoopa Valley agency, arrived in the City yesterday. Captain Dougherty’s second term of service at this agency began three years 2go, but prior to that time he bad passed many years there as the representative of the Government. Atone time he knew every Indian—man, woman and child—on the reservation. When civilization in the valley reached that point where the Indians saw the ad- vantage of having names for theirchildren Captain Dougherty supplied illustrious names for either sex with California prodi- gality. Itis not uncommon now to find a Susie, a Fannie or a Maude among Indian maidens named in honor of some belle of army circles. For the noble red man him- self names of great chieftains of the army have been given liberally. When an Indian once gets a name in this fashion he cannot change it, as it is entered on the records, but be is permitted | to exercise tne widest discrimination in the original selection of a name. wharf at 2 A. ». when the squall came up. She was headed to all points of the com- pass inside of ten minutes, and finally the anchor lost its hold and the revenue cutter went adrift. It was ebb tide at the time and the ves- sel went scudding down the harbor like a frightened deer. When off Lombard- street wharf she narrowly escaped going into collision with the English ship Sierra Pedrosa and then the sweep of the tide headed her out for sea. When a little be- low Alcatraz steam was on the boilers and with sixty pounds of steam showing on the gange the Rush began to buck wind and tide. On her way back she ran foul of the Jebsen and eame within a very short margin of going to the bottom. “It was a bitterly cold night,” said Lieutenant Ballinger, yesterday, “‘and the sleet was so thick that it was almost im- possible to see a boat’s length ahead. When we finallv got steam up the Rush could just hcld her own against the wind and tide. Owing to the fuct that it is now the time for spring tides the water runs like a mullrace, and that, coupled with a 75-mile gale, made things lively. We saw the Jebsen’s lights and tried toclear them, but owing to the driving rain and sleet misjudged our distance and failed.” “What our damage will amount to will remain to be seen,” said Captain Hansen of the collier. *“We are not getting our cargo out as quickly as pessible, and when the vessel is a few feet more out of the water we will hold an examination. I think our repairs can be made without going on the drydock, as our stem can be straightened alongside the wharf. None of our plates seem to be damaged, so the repairs will not take long.” ‘When the Rush struck the Peter Jebsen the latter was riding at one anchor. Had the revenue cutter struck her fairly amid- ships the latter would undoubtedly have gone down. As it was, she lost two of her boats, had her davits bent up and twisted, and was so badly damaged on her star- board side thact eight or ten pianks will have to be replaced. The report of the Merchants’ Exchange reporter, who was on the spot, is as fol- lows: March 2, at 3 A. M., the United States steamer Richard Rush, iying off Folsom street at an- chor, dragged in a heavy southeast wind and drifted down the bay to Powell-street wharf, where she fouled the Norwegian steamer Peter Jebsen, twisting the Jebsen’s stem badly, and carried away one of herown boats and did con- siderable other damage to herself. THE TENANTS' BUILDINGS, End of the Suit Over the Lin- coln School Prop- erty. Judge Seawell Has Decided That the City Owns the Land but Not the Improvements. The tenants of the Lincoln School lot on Fifth and Market streets can do as they please with their buildings. Judge Sea- well has so decided in an agreed case sub- mitted to him some days'ago. The question arose over the uncertainty as to who owned the buildingsat the ex- piration of the lease—the City or the lessees. It was stipulated in the adver- tisement for bids that the lessee should remove the buildings at the expiration of his lease, but the lease itself did not con- tain that provision. Under this omission the City claimed the improvements. In rendering his opinion Judge Seawell stated the law as follows: At the t.me en the act was passed the | land was vacant fand unimproved. No leases could be made for less than the sum specified in the act. It may well be assumed that in fixing a minimum rate the Legislature in- tended that the rent should represent the full value of the land without any improvements, as the tenants could not make any profitable use of the land without the erection of build- ings. 1t must have been contemplated that the board should have power to deal with con- ditious which necessarily arose when leaszs were to be made. In recognizing the right of the lessees to re- | interesiing for young men. Allare invited. " | clude drunkenness and insubordination. | It is also stated that a still graver accusa- | tion will be entered against ihe lieutenant, | whose ambition, it is alleged,» seems to | have thwarted his better juagment. Captain Healy is living quietly at Sau- salito. Nothing will be known of the find- finally made public by the authorities at Washington. It is generally believed. however, that the judgmentof the court has been favorable to Captain Healy. MRS, MATHESON RESIGNS Mrs. J. W. Bruner’s Charges of Neglect of Duty the Cause. Dr. Weil’s Accuser Has Turned Her Attention to the Magdalen Asylum. Crimination, explanation and resigna- tion. This was the story of yesterday’s meet- ing of the Wor.an’s Federation. Mrs. Jane W. Bruner, who recently had a passage-at-arms with Dr. Weil of the Receiving Hospital, precipitated the trouble by submitting a report of the visit of the committee on public institutions to the Magdalen Asylum. She had not waited for a notification from the chairman of the committee, Mrs. Florence Percy Matbe- son, before making the investigation. In defense of such procedure she alleged that that lady had never discharged her- duties as chairman of the committee, and de- manded why she had not. Mrs. Matheson was on her feet in a moment, but checked her impulse to an- swer the charge in the tone and manner employed by the accuser. ‘‘Shall 1?” she said, looking inquiringly toward the presi- dent. “Say nothing that will cause hard feelings,” said Mrs. French deprecatingly, and Mrs. Matheson took her seat. She wrote her resignation ac a member of the committee, and asked a consideration of it at once. It was accepted. Mrs. French immediately called Mrs, Bruner’s attention to the requirements of courtesy in such a case, but the lady talked on. - % In opposition to the expressed wish of the president and some of the conservative members of the tederation Mrs. Bruner advocated that the City commit the crimi- nals, hitherto sent to the Magdalen Asy- lum to the Whittier Reform School, her claim being that it would be a saving to the State of $4 & month per capita. Mrs. French said 1t was in direct opposition to her wish that only public institutions be investizated, but her veto was ignored. A communication from the Board of Heaith, stating that that body would give a committee from the federation an au- dience at 11:30 A. M. to-morrow, was read. The committee will present its reasons for the much-criticized action concerning the Receiving Hospital at that time. Mrs. Krench called attention to the fact that the side-entrance ordinance had been enforced in the case of Coleman, a saloon- keeper. She requested that the proper committees co-operate with St. Luke's Medical Society in its work of aiding the poor. She ‘advised that all ladies who could do so should be in attendance when the Judge’s charge is given to the jury in the Lane case. Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Farr were appointed a committee to confer with the Supervisors.in regard to the expenses of the Magdalen Asylum. A communication signea by Mrs. Wil- son asked that the federation give atten- tion to the violation of the law by liquor- sellers who send drinks to the dives. The writer attributed the recent murder and suicide on Morton street to such infraction of the law. —e-———— Special Lecture for Men. One of the features of the mission now being conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers at St. Francis Church for men during this week is a ecial lecture under the auspices of Company , League of the Cross Cadets, on Thursday evening, March 5, which will be particularly ings of the court until the result has been | THE DONAHUE FUNTAIN, May Surpass in Artistic Merit the Phelan Monu- ment. IN HONOR CF MECHANICS. In Selecting a Design Competition of Artists Will Be Invited. Among the provisions of the will of J. Mervyn Donahue is one that a fountain, to cost $25,000, shall be erected at the in- tersection of Battery, Bush ana Market streeis. It was theidea of the testatorthat the fountain should be dedicatea to the mechanics of San Francisco. The executors of the estate, Peter Mc- Glynn and J. F. Burgin, have long been anxious to execute the desire of the testa- tor in this regard, but litigation has pre- vented a final settiement of the affairs of the estate and thus precluded action. A decision of the Superior Court was re- cently rendered which held in effect that the estate was not liable for certain claims presented by the Seligmans of New York. Should there be no appeal from the judg- ment of tne Superior Court to the Supreme Court, the residue of the estate will be dis- tributed and the $25,000 be set apart for building the fountain. The executors will take particular pride | in fulfilling this obligation of the trust imposed upon them. They appreciate the fact that Mervyn Donahue desired a beau- tiful fountain to be erected, which should stand as a monument expressing the kind- ness which he and his father entertained for the mechanics of this City. The testa- tor, it is well known, desired that the fountain should be a work of art and an ornament of San Francisco. With these impressiors in mind, the executors will open competition for designs and offer such inducements for a design of recog- nized meritand beauty that leading artists will be tempted to compete forfirst honors. It is acknowledged that the design of the Admission Fountain, to be erected by James D. Phelan, is a work of art, yet this monument, it is claimed, will be surpassed in grace and beauty by the Donahue fountain. 3 Messrs. McGlynn and Burgin are of course anxious to begin work at once. Should an appeal be taken to the Superior Court a final decision would not be reached before July next. DR. GHIESLIN DEAD. He Was 63 Years Old, Was Never Mar- ried and Left an Estate Worth $400,000. Dr. J. T. Ghieslin, one of the early pio- neers of Portland, Or., but who has lived at the Occidental Hotel for a dozen years, died at the hotel early yesterday morning. He was 63 years old. The doctor and the late Dr. Basil Norris, who also lived at the hotel, were long in- timate friends. Both had been surgeons in the army, were about the same age and | of very similar tastes. When Dr Norris died, about a month ago, Dr. Ghieslin took to his bed in a moody way. It wasa hard blow on him. There wasat no time a well- defined ailment, except the asthma, which bhad affected him for many years, and .which had caused the change of his resi- dence from Portland. Or Saturday last, however, he sustained a slight paralytic shock. He passed awa; like one asleep. Dr. Dorr was in attend- ance on him. . The doctor’s estate is said to be worth $400,000. It consists almost entirely of real estate and buildings in Portland. The money the doctor made from his profes- sion in his young days he invested there, and the rise in values made him rich. He was never married. He has a nephew in the East of whom he was very fond, and it is supposed he will get tbe bulk of the profierty. _ The will 1s as yet unopened. The body will be sent to Portland to- morrow by the steamer State of California for burial. - Ferry Depot Contracts. The case of Bateman against the Controller to compel the payment of a demand for work done under contracts for the new ferry depot was argued before the Supreme Court yester- day. It wasa question of which law the Har- bor Commissioners were working under when they awarded the contracts, and so Bateman did $44 worth of work in order to test the matter. The quections involved are technical ones relating to the procedure in advertising for and allowing bids. The case was sub- mitted. — - Alcoholic Poisoning. John J. Tittle, saloon-keeper, 118 Ellis street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital yester- day in an unconscious condition. The doc- tors diagnosed his case as alcoholic poisoning. Tittle recentlv purchased an interest in the saloon for $800, but business was dull and he sold out for $100 a few 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, Louls Eagan's Success, “THE MIDNIGHT FLOOD!” THE MAIN FEATURE—Exact Representation ©of a Thrilling Episode of the Jamestown Flood. Special Engagement of GILBERT and GOLDIE, the Up-to-Date Comedy Team. XyvENINe PRICcKs—25¢ and 5. Clrels T ad Gallerv. 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday and sunday. THE AUDITORIUM. Corner of Eddy and Jones sts. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & Co., Lessees&Managers WEIRD A WONDERFUL | REMARKABLE INTERESTING | ENTERTAINME COMMENCING TO-NIGHT, ANNA EVA FAY. Remarkable Experiments of a Most Startling Character, including the Latest Orlental Sensation, SOMNOLENCTY! Prices—15¢, 25¢ and 50c. March 12— “MATERNA AND ONDRICEK.” NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. e . Kb G, TRCOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o 1e33¢3 AntD MAAGERS -+~ RAIN NOTHING SNOW DAUNTS SLEET OUR Thousands of Patrons Who Never Fail to Attend the Opening Per- formance ,of Our Usual Monday Night's Great Success, FREEMAN'S FUNMAKERS “A RAILROAD TICKET” Have again created & veritab'e sensation. Unquestionabiy the very best farce comedy, and the very best of companies seen here in a century, and this is the only real £ood show in town. Next Friday Afternoon, ROSEWALD MEMORIAL CONCERT! Seats, 75c¢, Now on Sale. Next Monday—— “THE WICKLOW POSTMAN BALDWIN THEATER | AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors | SECOND AND LAS« WEEK-MR, FREDERICK WARDE And His Excellent Supporting Company. To-night (only time), DAMON and PYTHIAS Thursday and Friday Evenings and Saturday Matinee, CEING LEAR,” Shakespeare s Majestic Tragedy Wednesday and Saturda; EXTRA! MARSICK The Great Parisian Violinist. At the CALIL ATE | FR March 6. T PIANO RECITAL! At the BALDWIN THEATER. Sunday Evg, March 8 —Grand Orchestral Concer MARSICK and Orchestra of 40 (AvG. H Conductor). Seats for BOTH concerts now ready at Bald- win box-office. Popular prices, 50c 10 $1 50. | Baldwin Theater—Next Monday Night. Hoyt's **A MILK WHITE FLAG.” 9 RICHS - ALCAZAR —TO=-INIGEIT — TO-MORROW, MATINEE AND NIGHT, “FRA DIAVOLO!” {CARLETON OPERA COMPANY! Night Prices—15¢, 25¢, 33¢, H0¢ and T3¢, MATINEES WEDYESDAY, SATURDAY ANY SUNDAY! PRICES—15c¢, 25¢c, 35¢ and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stock:oa ani PowaiL TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK AN IMPOSING NEW BILL! 8—NEW PEOPLE!—38 WILLS AND COLLINS, ALBURTUS AND BARTRAM, THE_ANDERSONS, THE DE FILIPPIS, THE PANIZERS And Our Renowned Vaudeville Co. Reserved seats, 25c: Baicony, 10c: Opera cnsirs and Box seats. 50c. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRS, ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager TO=INIGEIT" Superb Production of Planquette’s Romantic Opera “RIP VAN WINKLE! —Reappearances of— MISS CARRIE ROMA. Ferris Hartman. Thomas C. Leary. Little Gertie Carlisle. | Pretty Pearl Landers. SPLENDID CAST! New Scenery! ——Correct Costumes! NEXT OPERA SPTEE EXOOILIAXEI!’ Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. March 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. BICYCLE TOURNAMENT AND CYCLE SHOW! OVER $3000 IN PRIZES! BICYCLE GIVEN AWAY EACH NIGHT AS A GATE PRIZE. ALL THE CRACKAJACKS CONTEST IN THE RACES. ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS COM- PETE IN TH= CYCLE SHOW, Admission—Afternoon 25¢, Evening 50c Children Under 12 Half Price. R Sale of seats will begin at Sherman & Clay's ‘Wednesday, March 4, at A M. EXERCISE 1S HEALTH! Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! Atternoon and Evening, Weather Permitting. ADMISSION 10 CENTS, Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c, RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, February 20, £ n?AV DISTRICT TRACK. i T ", Wi , Thursday, 8 riday S0d Srarday. Hain of Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Races start at 2:00 P. . sharp. McAllister and B. MILRO Geary street cars pass the THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., President. FOR CHARTER THE STEAM TUG BARCLAY GOLDEN, Formerly called Katie O'Neil, Is now bound from Panama to this port and ex- pected 10 arrive hereabout March 10. Thissteamer is fitted with cabin berths for five passengers, messroom and necessary accessories; carries fuel for fifieen aays’ constant steaming. Being & safe ‘and comfortable seaboat is well adapted for private excursions to Alaska and other distant points. Engagement solicited for towing, excursions or passenger service. PACIFIC MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY, 204-206 CalifOrniagst.