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

> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1896. 7 .....MARCH 25, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. PALDWIN THEATER.—“A Milk White Flag.” CATIFORNIA THEATER—* Capt. Impudence; " or Mexico.” (OLUMBIA THEATER—*“Sinbad.” OROSCO’S OPERA-House—“An Irish States 11VOLI OPERA-HOUSE. CRPEEUM.—High-Clast LTOVER'S ALCAZAR.— viile aid Pasha.’” audeville. Confusion” and Vaude- TDITORITM—Corner of Jones and Eddy etreets—Bob” Burdette, I'sE AUDITORTUM—Corner of Jones and Eddy ets—Materna and Ondricek, Thursday evening, strated cloc _ecture. R (OAKI AND)—* A Texas r,” next Friday evening. SUTRO CoNEY ISLAND—(Grand Athletic Exhibi- tion and Coucert. SEOOT THE CHUTEs—Dafly at Haight street, €ne block east of the Park. EAY DisTRICT TRACK Health Talk to ladies, k. to-dsy. AUCTION SALES. . F. La Thursdsy, March 26, Furniture, at 1019 Sutter street. at 11 o'clock. . J. LEUTHOLTZ—Thursday, March 26, c..at 1019 Mission street, at 11 CTHER—Thursday, March 26, Fur- room, 521 Kearny street, at 11 ¢ & Co—Thursday, salesroom, 218 Mont: INWALD, Buc Fstat Co. — Thursday, March 26, lesroom, 513 California street, . UMBSEN & Co at salesroom, Monday, March 30 | Montgomery street —Tuesday) March 31, 12 0'clock noon. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.— winds is the weather y with weste unst, father of the Police Com- sioner, died yesterday morning. v Idiersare taking the places 1ters on “struck” jobs. y which will try Mrs. Davidson has Testimony will open to-day. Balliriger, & California debutante, with the Miizon Nobles Company. ocal Painters’ Union has advised the i Union not to go on & strike. look at present there will be no erland freight rates until May 1. three d nt families were ar- vening for cruelty to their chil- i thers expect to reopen the doors 1 San Francisco pottery within a ¢ painters will return to who have acceded to all demsand Art Institu yesterday received a dona- ebe Hearst of & painting by | sof the Olympic Club have h were stolen while the 2 tion expresses a desire rding Technicel School lo- co. 7 Pacific street, swallowed | with suicidal intent last recover. | 1 Protective Union pro- | d engagement of the | ths. | ey have a hog ranch at their p at the foot of Laguna street, n proseribed limits. v Hall Commissioners had a ay over the direciory pro- hants’ Association. Ruinart, Tar and Tartar, Fleur de Lis, gula, Magnet, Babe Murphy Sn. were the winners at Bay Distri is suiog Theodore Marcean false arrest. The trouble grew | tures ordered and delivered. proposes to commence an-ac- e Msrketstreet railway system him from a McAllister-street car. rs of the German Hospital last ed to accept the resignation of t Brown, although asked for by W inten preside: d,a sailor, had four charges of ment booked sgainst him at yesterday, the complainants lawyers 1n the Fair will case are still at sen since the recent move of Delmas & Short- | secaring a first trial for the contest of 11 of th. Court has decided that W.R. | “The Crime of the Century,” e | been interfered with until | n. r its produc Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- First Natlonal Bank is suing Mrs. Colton for the amount of & commission which the bank claims it earned by selling her house to Collis P. Huntington. Harry de Windt of London, the explorer, author of several booksand correspondent of the Pall Mzll Gazette, is here en route to ex- plore Alaske and Siberia. The fire in the hold of the British bark Alex- andra has been put out and the tugs Fearless, Vig ant and Alert are now engaged in pump- 1t the water in the hold. R. P. Keating, superintendent of the Savage ine, Virginia City. is here. He denies that superintendency of the Hale & Norcross, as stated in & morning paper. It is probeble that the management of the Hale & Norcross Mining Company will dis- pense with the services of Superintendent | Tangerman, who is obnoxious to the mine; The *annual election of the Builders’ change will be held to-day, and it is expected a disturbing resolution relative to the carpen- ters taking contracts es & whole will be intro- duced While docking at Lombard-street wharf yes- | terdey the steamer San Blas ran down and | the little Jaunch Pup. The captain and \eer swam to the pilesand were pulled Deputy Coroner Hallett was robbed by Ella McCann on Monday night of his gold watch, chain and money, and last night the woman and her alleged husband were charged with vagrancy. ank Williams, a man well known to the . was arrested yesterday afternoonona 0! ?r n at the Oakland mole. He 1s the man who ave Dr.Lee the two bonds stolen from the g Savannah Bank to negotiate. foflitt, 6O years of age, was arrested t by Detectives Bee and Harper for ng & bogus check on a lodging-house He has 1 [eeper named Riley several days ago. spent sbout half his life in jail. ne Supreme Court has decided that the judgment in the De la Montanya case be modi- fied o 8s 10 leave the decree of divorce, but set wside.that part allowing the plaintiff alimony &nd the custody of the children. Schappizo, 8 mewsboy, 13 years of age, ears of age, employed ack , on First street, were arrested Jast night at Powell ana Marketstreets for violating the 8 o’clock ordinance. There will be & lively opposition to Secretary Mead at the annual election of the Manufac- rers’ and Producers’ Association to-day. It claimed that firms which do not foster home | tries are 100 far to the front in the organi- zation. There was & fight on Beach street at an early | hour yesterdsy morning, and, as a result, srv Duenwald, a carpenter is in the Receiv- Hospital with a fractured skull, and Wil- 3 a laborer, 1s charged with assault pell yesterday sentenced C. A. v, dru t.to pay a fine of £500, with alternative of 8ix months’ imprisonment, g morphine without a doctor’s pre- on,and he was afterward arrested on the charge of perjory. President Herbert E. Law of the Van Ness nent Club_believes that as the Street e has reeommended that Van Ness e be converted into a boulevard it will only be a question of n few months before the - al work of beautifying the thoroughfare begini « the joint meeting vesterday of the dele- es of the six most prominent commercial anizations of this City interested in secur- ing a readjustment oi the rate to Eureka from Portland and San Franeisco respectively it was decided 10 request a direct reply trom Goodall, Perkins & Co. as to whether or not they in- tended to grant the request of the merchants for rates on a wileage bASIS. If you were on the moon the earth would appear to be sixfy-four times larger than the sun does to residents of this planet. THE NEW FIRM OF RAINEY AND CD. Rainey, Kelly and Mahoney Have Formed a Con- solidation. WILL PLAY THE “PUSH.” Sam Will Help Martin and Jerry | if They Get Up a Little Primary. A STABLEMAN'S RISING POWER. . The Boss of the Democratic Junta Makes a Deal in Republican Politics. Sam Rainey has formed a political part- nership with Martin Kelly and Senator Jerry Mahoney. This trinity of o!d friends, which has played both ends against the middle in San Francisco politics before, is now lying low and figuring. Martin Kelly is fre- quently about the Bush-street stables, and Mahoney drops into the Reception saloon occasionally to meet Rainey in a back room. Kelly and Mahoney declare that they will run a rival primarv in the Fourth District for the selection of delegates to the State Convention, aid it is said that it is to be held on the same day as the regu- lar primary soon to be called by the county committee. People who take an terest in current Republican local affairs been wondering what the Mahoney. Kelly combination even hoped to accom- plish with the Republican organization and the great majority of the party in the Fourth District arrayed against them. They are counting on Sam Rainey and the Fire Department push to help them make a showing of numbers and strength. Rainey has control of the Junta anti- Buckley organization beyond any ques- tion, but he 1s assiduously strengthening bis power in that organization, and his partners are expected 1o help bim out in his political battles in the Democratic party. The Rainey push and the Kelly and many of the friends of Rainey nd Kelly who amount to something ia district politics will be played together at primaries of both parties.” It is reported that Martin Kelly is now working to win over to Rainey some of Sam Braunhart's men in the Twenty-ninth. and that his as- sistance to Rainey has already been seen | in other directions. Kelly and Mahoney have been lying low ever since that snap Saturday-night | meeting in Mahoney’s rooms at the Bald- win Hotel, when two forged proxies, one legitimate proxy and two of the eleven members ot the State Central Committee created an alleged congressional come mittee for the fourth district. Two or three days later the members of the State Kelly and Rainey have had long experi- ence in helping out bosses on the other side at primary elections. Kelly's push will help out the Junta where Sam Rainey rules and the Fire Department toughs will be placed under Kelly’s orders whenever they are needed. There is nothing surprising in this part- nership after all. It is the way of boss politics when Raineys, Kellys and Mahoneys get a show to go up against the decent element of ant\{aparty. Kelly isa | Kellycan in politics, iney isa Rainey- crat, and the devil may take the party. Another reason why this arrangement is a very natural and a to-be-expect d thing is ‘that both Mahoney and Kelly have long been close personal and polit- ical friends of Sam Rainey. Mahoney has been to Sacramento as a Senator for two sessions of the Legislature, and at both sessions he was personaliy intimate with Rainey when the latter was_there in behalf of fire department and other bills, and Mahoney has as a legislator proved himself a valiant friend of Sam Rainey and his legislative schemes. Rainey really owes it to Mahoney to help him when he isin atight place, and it’s likewise with Martin Kelly. Sam Rainey, as he gets further out of politics, is forging right to the front, and promises to become a greater boss than Ee ever was when he had to keep in tne shadow of Chris Buckley. Weathered Fierce Gales. The British ship Altair arrived in port last night after a stormy and checkered voyage from Calcutta. She sailed away from Hindo- stan on December 7,1895, and on December 10 encountered a very heavy gale that blew with hurricane force. The ship was kept be- fore the wind until December 11, at 1:45 A. M., when she broached to and went on her beam ends for an hour. The gale shifted the cargo to starboard, washed the starboard-quarter boat overboard and everything movable on deck, and also blew away three lower toosails and main topmast staysail. She had been off this port for nine days at the mercy of calms and baffling light winds. PASSED AWAY IN' SLEEP, | Death of Abraham Gunst, Father of the Police Commis- sioner. |AT A RIPE, VENERABLE AGE. A Grand 01d Man, Who Was Better Known Among the Poor Than the Rich. Surrounded by those members of his | family st present in this City, Abraham | Gunst died during his sleep yesterday | morning at his home. He was 84 years of age, a vigorous-look- | ing but inwardly weak man, upon whom | life’s ups and downs had been freely vis- ited. In his later years, however, when | sickness overcame him, and his appear- | ance downtown was buta rare pleasure for | his friends, his son, Mose A.Gunst, was | by his side. The old gentleman was a prominent | member of the Congregation Emanu-El, {and one who not only as such, but as a | private individual, made himself beloved everywhere on account of his regard for others and his widespread chnritg. | _The deceased was born in Heildensheim, | Germany, in 1812. He came to this coun- THE [From a Central Committee, representing the fourth district, held a meeting and by the unanimous vote of the seven present ap- pointed the legitimate congressional com- mittee, which has been recognized as the regular one except by Martin Kelly, J. H. Mahoney and Sam Rainey. ‘The regular committee has declared for a primary election and given such elec- tion into the hands of the county commit- tee. The county committee will very soon issue a call for a primary and conduct the election which will name the regular dele- gation to Sacramento. Since this action Kelly and Mahoney and their committee have made no open move, [t has been given out that they would wait until the regular primary is called and then get up anotherone for the same day or a day or two later, counting | on sending to Sacramento a contesting delegation and taking the chance that it would be given partial recognition. With Kelly and Mahoney are some rem- nants of Burns’ old following, including Eddie Conroy, Jake Shaen and others. In the Twenty-eighth are some of Kelly’s henchmen of old, and Jie has quite a fol- lowing there, although his stremgthin the Twenty-eighth is much less than in the last days of Kelly’s junkshop there. Mahoney has some personal following in his Forty-third District, but those politi- cally wise have bzen unable to see where Maboney and Kelly could scare up a show: ing that wouid amount to more than trifling factional kick. % This factional move in the Fourth is generally expected to die a natural death, which it will do unless unexpected re- enforcements are gained. Sam Rainey has a supply of re-enforcements for most anything in the political line, especially primary elections.” With Rainey’s “push’” behina” him Kelly may possibly attempt a battle in the Twentfi—eighth District with the friends of John D. Spreckels, und if a rival primary is held Rainey’s forces can help supply a showing of numbers. Of course this will be nothing novel, as LA1TE ABRAHAM G. e Snling, | try in 1837 and to California in 1853, en- gaging in mercantile business. Two years later he returned East and settled in Atlanta, Ga., where, as a whole- cale dry-goods dealer ie laid the founda- tion for a large fortune. The war broke out, nowever, and he, like many South- erners, was a victim of the financial disas- ter which clouded the South. In 1867 Mr. Gunst returned to California to mend his fortune and he was eminent], successful. His family grew up lrol\ng him, and his death is the only severe blow that has occurred to mar their bappiness, Last Thursday week he took to his bed after a few years of suffering and his end was looked for at any moment. Itcame, but 1t was no less sorrowful to his friends and family for its having been expected. Abraham Gunst, wnose funeral will take | place this afternoon, left a widow and four | sorrowing children. They are Mrs. Eman- uel Katz, at present in Brooklym, N. Y., Lee Gunst, also in Brooklyn, Silas Gunst, and Mose A. Gunst, at present Police Commissioner in thi Father Yorke’s Sister Dead. ; Mrs. Theodore Davies, wife of the Chief Jus- tice of British Columbia and sister of the Rev. P.C. Yorke, chancelior of the archdiocese of San Francisco, died a few days ago and the priest has gone to Victoria to attend the funeral. wesides her husband, who was for- | merly Premier of the province, the deceased leaves six children to mourn. her death. Mrs. Davies was & woman of great talents and was promineng in society. She was well known in this City, where she had many friends and relatives. ——e——————— The alarm from box 278 at 9:40 p. M. yesterday was for a fire at 1309 Castro street, occupied ‘as a restaurant on the lower flat and by Peter Dolan as a resi- { dence on the upper flat. The loss was about $50, caused by a defective chimney. e 1IPoLIcE! Mitchell's Magic Lotion after a row. Don’t go home limping and black and blue. * THROUGH RATES 70 BE ADVANCED, Significance of the Meeting of the Magnates at New York. COMPETITION TO CEASE. Traffic War of the Past Three Years to Give Way to a Dreaded Peace, NO NEW SCHEDULES TILL MAY. The Subsidy to Be Paid the Panama Route Carriers Equal to $20 a Ton. Though nothing has been’heard from New York for ihe past few days regarding the work of the railroad magnates, who are endeavoring to bring into existence again the old Transcontinental Traffic Association, it is known in railroad circles that they are actively though quietly at work perfecting the plans for reorganiza- tion. The men in this conference are those representatives of the various roads who have general charge of the traffic depart- ment, the Southern Pacific representative being J. C. Stubbs, who is t.ie third vice- president of his road as well as general traffic manager. This body considers and decides upon the broad propositions in- volved, such as differentials and subsidies, and the arrangement of details is then left to a subsequent meeting of the general freight agents of the various roads in- terested. That the work of the railroad men now in conference in New York is progressing satisfactorily is shown by the fact that a meeting of the general freight agents of all the transcontinental lines has been'called to meet at Milwaukee March 30, and it is believed that the work before it will be to fix up the details, such as new rate sheets, that will make possible the full and com- plete rehabilitation of the Trans onti- nental Association. Although there is a Federal law against what is known as a pooling arrangement, that obstacle is overcome by a very simple and ingenious arrangement, which does away with the *‘pool” in fact, but main- tains it in spirit, and by means of which the entire country, so far asits transpor- tation requirements are conc.rned, is placed at the mercy of a combination that has often and amply demonstrated its dis- | regard for the general public interest when that interest conflicted in any sense with its own. Instead of there being a general pool | formed, an arrnngement is agreed upon whereby each road is to issue a certain freight “schedule, based on a differential (an arbitrary aifference in rates) that is calculated to give it its fair proportion of business. 1n this way no carrier hasany excuse for attempting to invade the terri- tory of a rival, and ltns all-competition is stifled, and the danger and-evils of a rate. war are averted. Itison this basis that the reorganization of the Transcontinental | Trafic Association is being effected. That body went to pieces about three | years ago through the recalcitrancy of the $72,500 then being paid by the Transconti- | nental Association to the Pacitic Mail Steamship Company, which in those days absolutely controlled the Panama Railroad by means of a rental contract, and which aiso bad its own steamers on the Adlantic | side. The example of the Great Northern | was fotlowed shortly by the Northern Pa- | cific and by the Canadian Pacitic. Then | came the withdrawal of the subsidy, the | expiration and cancellation of the contract | between the Pacilic Mail and the Panama | Railroad, the through-freight war through | the instrumentality of the North Ameri- | can Navigation Company organized in this | City, and tinally the complete disruption of the Transcontinental Traffic Association, | And ever since rates have been in a most demoralized condition. | But when the Panama Railroad Com- | pany allowed itself to be beguiled and | again tangled up in the net adroitly spread by C. P. Huntington through the Pacific | Mail Steamship Company a ray of hope was infused into the situation, and it was | not long, as events proved, before. a joint meeting of the transcontinental lines was | deemed advisable and desirable. | What the action of the association in the matter of “greflni to pay a subsiay of | $72,500 per month to the Panama carriers means to the merchants of San Francisco | may be surmised in the light of an anal- | ysis of certain facts and figures. * | __According to the dispatches from New | York, where the magnates are in_session, | the proposition is to pay the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama | Railroad Company $72,500 per month, | which amount 1s to be divided in the pro- | portion of 55 per cent to the Panama com- pany and 45 per cent to the Pacific Mail Company. 7Thisis not designated a sub- | sidy by the railroad people, for that would be a violation of the law, but is to be paid for rental of 600 tons on each outgoing steamer. Three steamers leave New York and this port every month on the through route via Panama. Tbe rental is therefore to pay for 3600 tons a month, or at the rate of something over $20 perton. When the railroads thus jointly agree to pay the Panama route something over $20 per ton for freight the question naturally asked by the merchants is, What will be the all-rail rate between New York and San Fran- cisco? As a matter of fact, however, there has been less than tons moved over this route during the past three months, and this has cost the shipper only from $6 to $12 per ton. ‘What makes the San Francisco shipper feel aggrieved is the breach of faith on the part of the Panama Railroad Company. This company has always been most ear- nest in the protestations of independence and of maintaining the isthmus route as a genuine and actual competitor of the railroaas. This it was in a position to do, 28 was known to the mercantile commu- nity, because it, and not the Pacific Mail, has a voice in all traffic arrangements made, and it is the Panama company that now casts the vote for itself ana the Pacific Mail in the deliberations of the transcon- tinental lines at New York. It is not likely, even under the most favorable circumstances, that the advance in rates will fio into effect before May 1 next. The freight acents will not get together until March 30, and it will take them some little time to build up the new tariffs, and then ten days’ notice must be given to the public of the proposed changes. Another important fact in tois connection is that the Panama Railroad Company, about three weéks ago in an- nouncing its sailing schedule of west-bound steamers, at the same time declared that g:e existing rates were guaranteed until ay L. BOB BURDETTE'S TALK. He Kept His Auditorium Audience Con- vulsed Two Hours Last Night. Robert J. Burdette lectured to an ap- Kmhtlu if not large audierice in the uditorium last nj, The truthful wrr t. ter who would attempt Great Northern, which declined outright | | to continue to pay its proportion of the to furnish his readers with anything like an adequate idea of the effect produced by Mr. Burdette's talk must necessarily re- produce the lecture verbatim, and even then disappointment would resalt. As has geen said **he is funny without knowing it,”’ and he talks straight ahead as though laughter was not expected or desired. But the laughter comes atun- stated periods and causes the *‘Hawkeye" man to interject asterisks and paragraphs where they bad no place in the setting of hus lecture. He described the boastful and awkward young man as he appeared at his first so- cial function; the self-conscious maid un- der similar circumstances; the old maia, the bachelor, the green and fresh of socie- ty’s urban products. There was nothing cheap in Mr. Bur- dette’s humor. He did not attempt to make any play on the common and uninterest- ing foibles of mankind, but showed how funny the average man may be under the most ordinary circumstances. He was serious at times, aimost to the pathetic, but he never made the blunder of stopping to explain his jokes or pausing for a laugh. MADE THE BABY SICK. The Haste of a Lundlady Costs Her $200 in a Justice Court Suit. Justice of the Peace Groezinger - gave John Walton a judgment for $200 and costs yesterday in his suit against James Reid and Alice Reid. The plaintiff alleged that on November 7last the defendant Alice Reid, who was the landlady of the house where he resided with his wife and little child, entered his rooms which he had been given an in- formal notice to vacate and in his absence placed the family belongings in the hali- way, tearing up the carpets and taking away the mattress of the bed, leaving his wife no plage to sleep: that Mrs. Walton had been compelled, with the five-months- old baby, to occupy the kitchen for two nights without comfortsof any kind; that in con:equence both bad been made iil, Mrs. Reid admitted having taken up one r.ece of carpet and remcved her furniture, »ut denied that she had in any way inter- fered with the Walton property. Justice Goezinger held that in view of the fact that no legal notice toleave the premises had been given any forcible entrance amounted to trespass and that the plaintiff was entitled to damages, and he gave judgment accordingly. AN OLO-TIME RIVEWAY A Portion of San Francisco That Has Not Improved Its Condition. Tanner’s Hollow Presents No Induce- ment for a Boulevard Continuation. That portion of the metropolis located on what is known as the “old San Bruno | road,” leading from the Mission proper out throngh South San Francisco to the county line of San Mateo County,'is one portion of the City proper that has never been blessed with an improvement club, and as a consequence it bears on its sur- face and surroundings the sad spectacle of neglect and forgetfulness. With the exception of a few inhabitable dwellings on York street, from Twenty- fourth to Army, the old San Bruno road presents the same appearance to-day thatit did thirty years ago, with the exception of the eastern side, where a lot of tanneries, soap works and a chemicai laboratory are located, all of which are useful, but none of which are ornamental in their present condition. In addition to these structures, which are ancient and unsightly, the road is in bad condition, and in the winter season is | a bed of real mud into which wagons sink to the hub. With the prospect of making Folsom street a boulevard from Third “street to Nineteenth, and inviting a continuance to Army street, thence into San Bruno road as an outlet to the waters of the bay and San Mateo, the condition of this portion of the o1d road should receive attention either from the property-owners or the Super- visors toinduce persons sesking a pleasant driveway to patronize that route. ‘The view at present comprehends seven tan- neries, two establishments for soapmaking and one where chemicals are prepared, an offensive odor from sour marsh lands and water, with a forlorn picture of a dilapi- dated pesthouse in the offing on the knob of thehiil east of the road. A continuation of the Folsom-street boulevard would be a mistake, for its outlet in this direction | to the County line, unless it receives some attention from those who are now seized by the spirit of progress and improvement. . The neglected condition of Tannery Flat is in sad comparison with the improved loeation of the southeast section of the Mission, where handsome residences and good streets can be found south of Twenty- fourth street, with the tall and graceiul spire of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in the center of the improved section. Army street, which runs parallel with the bed of the old Mission Creek to the base of the T'win Peaks and under Bernal Heights to the San Bruno road, micht have some inducements to those residents of the Mission who are now seized with the spirit of progress as a suitable avenue leading to a good driveway in that portion of the City. Since the advent of the electric cars from the City front on Brannan street to Tenth, and out Bryant street to Bernal Heights, the heretofore remote section has given the south end a boom and property has in- creased in'value. New houses are being NEW TO-DAY. That are knowu to have merit—shoes that have grown in popularity year after year— BUCKINGHAM & HECHT’S. Home industry. Look for the name stamped on every shoe. If you can’t get them at your dealers % Kast's 738-740 Harket $t. ‘Will Supply You. when physicians and all don, E. C. NEW TO-DAY. ITCHING SKIN DISEASES Instantly Relieved By (Uticura A warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, and a single application of CUTICURA, ointment, the great skin cure, followed by mild doses of CUTI= CURA RESOLVENT, the new blood purifier, will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, permanent, and economical cure of the most distressing forms of Eczema, and every species of itching, burning, bleeding, scaly and crusted skin, scalp, and blood humors, other remedies fail. Bold thronghout the world. British depot: F. NEWBERY & S0xs, 1, King Edward-at., Lone PorTER DRUG AND CHFEMICAL CORPORATION, Sole Proprietors, Boston, U. 8. A. erected and streets that heretofore were roaming ground for goats and poultry are now traversed by ¢ rildren on their way to school or in healthful play. But still San Bruno road remains Tan- ners’ Hollow, offensive and unimproved. Treasures of the Shah. Of all the sovereigns of the world, the Shah of Persia is said to possess the larg- est treasure in jewells and go/d ornaments, it being valued at $60,000,000, the chief | object of value being the old crown of | Persian rulers, in the form of a pot of flowers, which is surmounied by an uncut | ruby the size of a hen’s ege. The dia- | monds in another symbol of his rank are said to weigh alinost twenty pounds. There is also a jewelled saber. valued at $1,600,000. Another thing tbat the Shah Dprizes is a siiver vase, ornamented with 100 emeralds, whose equals, it is said, are | not to be found in the worid. In the col- | lection there is a cube of amber which tra- dition says fell irom the heavens in the days of Mohammed,and insures the poses- sor against bodily harm. ——————— Eyes of any color with weak brows and | long, conclave lashes are indicative of a wealk constitution. NEW TO-DAY. ARGONAUT, 0K WHISKEY Is Five Years In Wood Before Bottling. E, MARTIN &% CO., 411 Market St. San Francisco. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell treet, Between Stockion uad Povsl. Unprecedented Wit of Our Kew Bill! The Greatest Show Ever-deen in the City SEGOMMER, BRUEI AND RIVERE, THE NAWNS, GERTI!E CARLISLE, THE CORTY BROTHERS And a Surpassing Specialty Company. Keserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera caalry and Box seats. 50c. ~ ALCAZAR Matinee To-day—The L-n’hln‘ Craze, “CONFUSION," and Big Vaudeviile Show. Pricos—Day and Night, 10¢, 15¢, 25c. SUTRO BATHS. AT 2:30 AND 8:00 P. M. DAILY, Grand Aquatic and Athletic Performance! BOYS’ SWIMMING RACE At 3:00 and 8:30 P. M. Win ners of Daily Trials to Compete Saturday, March 28. Gold and Silver Medals for First and Second Prize. COMPLIMENTARY TO LADIES. You are cordially invited to attend an ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT THE VIAVI HALL, 2304, 2306, 2308 VAN NESS AVENUE, TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, AT 2:30 P. M. Subject—“Tumors and Theft Causes.” LECTURE. J. WOODWORTH BRUNER. Golden Gate Hall, 627 Sutter st., WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 26, at 8 o'clock. Subject, “Why Roman Catholic Italy, Mexico and Gusxtemala Have Abolished Monasteries and Nunneries.”” SPECIAL VACATION RATE FOR CHILDREN SHOOT THE CHUTES Afternoon and Evenhli. ADMISSION (Adults) 10 CENTS. CHILDREN—ADMISSION. 5¢: CHUTES, Be NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, Dm {AL NAYMAN AND Co; L Nll NCORP'D HEATRE PROPS. WEISPER DO There are but You SIX MORE PERFORMANCES OF ENOW. Hoy TS A MILK WHITE FLAG! Last time SUNDAY NIGHT, March 29. sanes O’NEILL Aud His Excellent Company. ... MONTiS CRi onday. uesday Wednesda; Thursday. Friday... Saturday matine Saturday and Sur EF-SOUVEN ALIFORNA. TO-NIGHT——EVERY EVEVING, MATINEE SATURDAY, SECOND WLEK GENUINE EMPHATIC SUCCESS! The Picturesque Romantic Comedy, CAPT. IMPUDENCE (MEX1CO0). By Edwin Milton Royle. Management of Arthur C. Afston. NEXT WEEK-The Ever Welcome Comedy Drama, “FRIENDS.” (AL, RAIA/ 5, & Co IINCQRPU chimubio FRIEDLANDLR GOTTLOD & co- L£35¢3 A MAMAGERS - AS COULD MANY CROWD AS IN. Everybody came last night to see the great SINBAD Excels all former productions. Coming—"PUDD’NHEAD WILSON.” MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). 2 Nights, Beginning Next Friday. Hoyt's Great Comedy, A TEXAS STEER, The laughing success of the American stage. Seats ready to-day—Prices 25¢ to $1. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mgs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Managor = THIS EVENING—— 165 A | “YACHTSMEN'S NIGH A XL fUnder the Auspices of the San Fran-} X cisco Yacht Club. D SCENIC PKODUCTION ———OF: e A | Richard stanis Romaatic Comic |3, Opers, = £x|«“SAID PASHA!” | Perfectly Cast, Mounted, Costumed and Staged, MANY NOVEL FEATURES! Look out for the ‘BIG SHOW—“BLUE BEARD.” An 01d Friend in a New Dress. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lesseo and Managee THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, The Represontative Irish Comedian, ————CARR(LL JOHNSON * In His Great Comedy Drama, “THE IRISH STATESMAN!" Special Engagement of THE NE PLUS ULTRA QUARTEI! New Songs! New Accessories! New Scenery! XVENTNG PRICES—250 and 505 Family Circle and Gallerv, 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday and Sunday. L THE AUDITORIUM. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & Co., Lessees&Managers THE FAMOUS HUMORIST, ROBERT J. BURDETTE, The Laughing Philosopher, Seats now on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s. PRICES.. 25¢, 50¢, 750 und $1.00 Sunday Evening, March 29. THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS. SEATS ARE NOW ON SALE At Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, Sutter and Kearny Stay FOR THE TWO GRAND CONCERTS On Thursday Evening and Saturday Afternoon Next, MATENA, ONDRICEK. SCHOTT, FICKENSHER, LUCKSTONE, and A Grand Orchestra of Fifty, Prices—50¢, %1.00 and $1.50. Sunday Evening, March 29—Georgia Minstrels. RACING! RACING! RACINGI CALIFORNIA JUCKEY CLUB, ——WINTER MEETING— Beginning Thursday, March 19th, BAY DISTRIC‘T TRACK. M , Thesday, Wednesday, Thursday, :%fl.-{m Sarurday. Tain of Shins. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Races start at 2:00 P. M. sharp. MeAlister and Geary street cars pass the ata. R.B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Secretary. President,