The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1896, Page 7

K2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896. THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—“A Milk White Flag.” CALIFORNIA THEATER—* Capt. Impudence; ” or “Mexico.” COLUMBIA THEATER—“Sinbad.” M oRosco’s OPEra-Housk—+An Irish States- THE AvpIToRIUM—Corner of Jones and Eddy Materna ana Ondricek. TEE (OAKLAND)—* A Texas day evenin NEY IsLaND—Grand Athletic Exhibi- oucert. €500 THE CmoTes—Dally st Halght street, 1 ¢ block east of the Pa 1 AY DisTRICT TRACK aces to-day. "AUCTION SALES. By Gro. F. Laxsox.— This day (Thursiay), Furniture, at 1019 Sutter street, at 11 o'clock. By G F. Friday, March 27, Fur- rth street, at 2 o'clock. OLTZ.—This day (Thursday), HOW THE CASE WAS WON Interest Increasing in the De la Montanya De- cision. INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE. Learned Opinion by Justice Temple Reversing the Judgment of the Lower Court. The interest awakened by the Supreme Court decision in the De la Montanya case, publishea in THE CALL yesterday, was by no means confined to law circles. The partiés to the suit are known throughout California—at least their troubles have t 1019 Mission street, at 11 By H.J. LECTHOLTZ—Frid: niture, etc., at 773 Market st., at 11 o'clock. BY J. C. MUTHER—This day (Thursday), Fur- niture, at salesroom, 521 Kearny street, at 11 o’cloc] , March 27, Fur- 3818 Sutter street, at 10:30 o'clock . SrMMoNSs AvcrioN Co.—This day e, at salesroom, 1057 Market (Thursday), Real Estate, at salesroom, 218 Moni- &omery street, at 12 o’cl EY Vox RHEIN Co.— This day (Thursday), Real Estate, at Salesroom, 513 California street, at 12 o'clock. p5¥ 6. H. Usssex & Co.—Monday, March 30 | Estate, at_salesroom, 14 Montgomery street st 12 o'clock noon. BY EasTo CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The union painters are confident that they will yet defeat the unfriendly bosses. An election of & board of trustees was held in the Builders’ Exchange yesterday. The painters’ union will guarantee not to strike again in the shops of friendly bosses. The Board of Education declared itself in ‘Iu“or of & high school for the Mission last even- ng. . The State Floral Society will open its thir- teenth semi-annual flower show on the 30th of April. | There were two resignations and four new | members received in Dr. Brown’s church last night. The weather predictions for to-day are: | Cloudy, with fog in the morning; westerly | winds. The remains of the late Abraham Gunst were laid to rest yesterday in the Home of Peace Cemetery. A board of directors of the Builders’ Ex- change was elected yesterday, the carpenters being defeated. The carryall of the Irving Institute, witha number of pupils in it, met with an accident on Hyde street. Dr. F. W. Dudley has assumed his duties as assistant superintendent of the City and County Hospital. Mayor Sutro declared yesterday that he would employ none but union musicians to play at his baths. The estate of James P. Kerr, late owner of the Breeder and Sportsraan, has been ap- praised at $12,374 17. The depositions of Mrs. Colton and Joseph A. Baker were read in the suit of the First Na- tional Bank yesterday. Another of the railroad letters washed up from the sea tells of some trials and tribula- tions of & great corporation. Rev. Anna Shaw said in her lectureon the “Home” last evening that woman only ruled the world while it is in the cradle. Miss Frances Willard will make a lecture tour of the State this fall in lieu of holding the W. C. T. U. National Convention. An investigation by the Civic Federation into the Assessor's booksshows a discrimina- | tion in favor of the raflroad company’s prop- | The meansgement of the Columbia Theater yesterday announced that it had engaged Elenora Duse for a two weel's’ season herein June. : The hesith suthorities have notified the Warren & Malley hog ranches, at the foot of Laguna street, to move outside the limits at once. The winning_horses at the Bay District yes- terday were: Starling, Lumina, Rey del Ban- didos, Tonino, Collins, Sir Richard and Far- faith. Carpenters’ Union No. 22, at a special meet- ing last night, ratified the card system of the Building Tredes Council, to go into effect on April 1. Horace D. Dunn, expert of the Grand Jury, | nas been sworn to absolute secrecy in his i vestigation of the officesof Sheriff and Re- corder. Mrs. Davidson was acquitted by the jury yes- terday morning by order of Judge Bahrs, there being no evidence to convict her of the crime of extortion. Mrs. Sertours, who was run over and injured by & buggy at the corner of Hyde and Turk sireets on March 16, died at the German Hos- pital yesterday. The alteged Perslta-Reavis land swindlers, Andreas Sandoval and Jose R. Valencia, are being exemined before United States Commis- sioner Heacock. Consul-General Coney of Mexico is strongly in favor of the plan to make the Tehuantepec Railrosd s link in & grand interoceanic trans- portation system. The police were notified last night that the styangler attempted to murder Irene Wilson, a young woman, in her room, 304 Sutter- street, on Monday night. The master painters say that the action of the union painters on Tuesday broke the backbone of the strike. The journeymen contend that they are all right yet. The South Side Improvement clubs held an important meeting last night for the purpose of discussing the proposition of increasing the width of Folsom street. Captain Lees was notified yesterday that an officer had left Kansas City, Mo., with the pa- pers for the extraditionof William Loughridge, the Savannah bank robber. Judge Troutt bas rendered an interesting decision in_the Heydenfeldt case. He has ruled that Mrs. Henrietta Dewall was at one time Solomon Heydenifeldt’s wife. Testimony was taken by Colonel Sutter ye: terday in the matter of the Webster and Ali street bridges, Oakland, complained of es being obstructions to navigation, Great interest is being manifested in the rifie match between teams of the San Francisco and Oaklsnd police forces, to take place at Shell Monnd Park on Saturday aiternoon. Professor Earl Barnes of the department of education at Stanford University lectured at the Academy of Sciences last night upon “The Development of the Mind of the Child.” John Brignoli, who kickea Mrs. Thompson of Tehama street in the abdomen during a row at » Foresters' ball in Union-square Hall, was yesterday fined $50 by Judge Joachimsen. Mrs. Mary A. Davidson refuses to talk about her acquitial in any way, saying, however, that the scandal is still capable of rich devel- opments, of which she may speak later on. Director Morse denies that the president of the Northwest Millizg and Power Company of Spokane hasgbsconded, and gives general in- formation copeerning the company’s affairs. Thomas Fsirhurst, a tea-dealer of Foochow, is here. He sgys the China tea is being rapidly supplanted b¥.Ceylon tes, and that China does not take kind'y to either railroads or mission- | aries. X ¥ive hundred Chinese, who claim to be American born,are studying the constitution in order to b4 able to pass the educational qualification and vote at the coming election. | A memoriel to ithe Governor and Board of Regents of the State University, praying for the establishment of the Wilmerding School of Industria! Arts i@ this City, is in course of preparation. Professor Earl Barnes and Professor Ewald Flugel of StunfordiUniversity, and Professor Beruard Moses haté been engaged to deliver | fiity lectures at Rockefeller's Chicago Univer- sity this summer. F} The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion held its first apmuel meeting yesterday in the Chember of Commerce rooms, and elected directors for the ensiing year. Horace Davis was elected president. Captain Bushnell o the Piedmont,at present dangerously ill, and James B. Olcott o/ Man- chester, Conn., met a fél davs ago after a sep- aration of over forty yesfs and recognized each other instantaneousty. While on the bench yesterday morning Jnd%c Slack received a telegramjto the cffect that his father had died at Santd Cruz. Judge Slack immediately left the ben@h, and Judge Troutt adjourned court in his pisbe. i \ i BascE—This day (Thursday), Upholstery, | k. , BUCKBEE & Co—This day | made them so. | court aecision that it establishes a prece- | dent, and will stand for all time as such in | the lawbooks. The opinion written by | Justice Temple is a learned and able one, But it may be sald for the | and is concurred in by Justices Garoutte, | Coroner will not have to hold an inquest, the killing was witnessed by a dozen people who, individually and collectively, would have gone a great way to prevent it. As a matter of fact they all yelled in unison, and Gripman Carléon downed the brakeswand stopped the car, but too late to prevent the accident. It was on tke outbound trip of car 109 of the Castro-street line, at Market and Tenth streets. A pretty white pigeon alighted twenty feet ahead of the car and, unconscious of the advancing juggernaut, calmly walked along picking its food. “Shoo, shoo!” was yelled on all sides, but birdie did not shoo. So birdie w: crushed by the fender Manager Vining has provided as a life-protector. HAD TO WALK HOME. Pupils of the Irving Institute Have an Exciting Experience on Hyde Street. An accident which, very fortunately, was attended with nothing more serious than a little jarring occurred yesterday afternoon near the corner of Hyde and Sutter streets. The carryall used to convey the pupils of the Irving Institute to and from their homes was making its last distribution of children after school hours. There were five little girls and their teacher, Miss Letty McDonald, in tbe vehicle when the front axle broke and tumbled the precious, screaming freight into one bunch. The driver fell to the street and lost his grip on the reins. The GRANDFATHER DE LA MONTANYA, HIS SON AND GRANDCHILDREN. | Henshaw and Harrison, and lawyers hold | that it is in accordance of United States decisions aud the best | text writers. | The story, of which this is somewhat of | a climax, begins several years ago, when | James de la Montanya was married to Lorraine, the daughter of ex-Judge Spen- cer of San Jose. The affair was one of those notable events that create a stir in society through the entire season. Before those things happened that caused the husband and wife to_separate two children bad been born. The separation took place in 1893, immediately after the husband returned from a trip to Euroe. He took the children and returned to Paris and became domiciled as a French citizen under the French law. The wife brought the suit for divorce and the custody of the children. The claim was set up with regard to the | children that the husbard had left the | State to escape the jurisdiction of the | California courts. recover the custody of tie children. She engaged an array of counsel, Garber, Boalt & Bishop, E. R. Taylor, Carroll Cook and Francis E. Spencer of San Jose, the latter being her father. Service was had by publication. The case was heard and judgment was ren- dered by default. Messrs. Dorn & Dorn then appeared for the defenaant and, not cnmblling the divorce, moved that the judgment be set { aside in the suit for the custody of the children and for permanent maintenance anc also that portion of the judgment in the divorce case awarding the custody of the children and alimony. The reason absent from the State the court had no jurisdiction to award alimony on the custody of the children, especially as the children were also out of the State. Then pegan a bitter legal battle—one of the strongest contests that the courts of the State have witnessed for many years. The briefs and records as they lie piled up in the office of the County Clerk to-day num- ber more than 1000 pages. The points at issue trenched upon new grounds. They had never been raised in this State before. No case in the history of the jurisprudence of the United States, indeed, stands upon all fours with it. The husband in the case was a citizen of France and the chilaren were with him in his custody. Fighting | for the mother and the recovery of the children, maintenance and alimony, were, as stated, Garber, Boalt & Bishop, E. Tay- lor, that technicologist,jCarroll Cook, and ex-Judge Spencer. 2 Against these forces Dorn & Dorn single- handed carried on the fight for the father. Judge Slack in the Superior Court gave the allied forces the victory. Dorn & Dorn went to the Supreme Court. T'here John Garber led the opposition and himself made the | principal argument. | But the Supreme Court sustained the | position of the counsel for the husband in every particular and entered its judgment accordingly—that the order of fhe lower court be “reversed and the trial cause re- manded with directions to the lower court to grant appellant’s motion to vacate the portions of the decree objected to.” The point of the decision is, in a word, that when a citizen of this State passes beyond the jurisdiction of the courts of this State by taking up domicile in an- other, while the court retains jurisdiction in rem upon any property which he may have in court, over his person or of such children as he may have with him the court_has no jurisdiction to make any award as to their custody, nor for ali- mony, maintenance or counsel fees. The decision, from which there is no appeal, is one of international importance. }lmes de la Montanya is a descendant of an ancient Huguenot family. Johannes de la Montanya received the title of count irom the French courtin 1619. James de la Montanya Jr., having become domiciled in France as a French citizen, succeeds to the title, and is now doubtless wearing the family crest—e fleur de lis supported by two eagles with expanded wings. The two children, the object of the great controversy, are attending :chool in Paris. CRUSHED TO DEATH. kS P Another Sad Accident on the Line of the Castro-Street Cable-Car. Superintendent Vining of the Market- street system added another notch to his long list of “Kills” yesterday shortly be- fore noon. While no arrests were made and the ith the reasoning | | She also brought a suit | - | separate from the divorce proceedings to offered was that the defendant being | horses were grabbed by a gentleman who was on the sidewalk before they could | make any headway. Miss McDonald and her little pupils reached their respective homes in safety, but afoot. ALONG THE WATER FRONT A New Board of Port Wardens Will Take Office Next Tuesday. The Bark Alexandra Towed Off the Mission Mud Flats by the Fearless. On Tuesaay next San Francisco will have a new set of Port Wardens. Captain J. W.Gage, A.J. Martin and D. J. Wat- son will gracefully retire, and Major Har- ney, superintendent of the Sacramento Transportation Company, Captain At- wood, grain surveyor for McNear, and Captain Provost will take their place. The retiring members retire without a protest, but the chances are that the new men will not be able to take their seats in peace and quietness, The assertion is rade that Major Harney and Captain Atwood being engaged in the shipping business are in- eligible. Itisalso said that Harney wants to move the office of the Wardens to Wash- | ington-street wharf, but this is denied. The chances are, however, that when the matter comes to a test both Harney and Atwood will have to give up their present position or retire from the office of Port Warden. The big four-masted schooner Golden Shore has made a record-breaking run from here to Melbourne, Australia. The voyage started out badly, as the vessel had to put in here in distress. After leaving Puget Sound the schooner was caught in a gale, and the mate and two of the crew were swept overboard. Being shorthanded, Captain Henderson putin here ana securex new men. From here the Golden Shore made the run in fifty-four days, and Cap- tain Smith, the managing owner, says it comes near to the record. The Golden Shore is one of the prettiest four-masted schooners afloat. The little launch Pup, that was sunk by the steamer San Blas, was rai-ed yester- day and put on a scow. The Millen Griffith then towed both to Oakland Creek, where the necessary repairs to the launch will be made. Captain “Bill” Taylor says the Pup will be ready for the next Pacific Mail steamer that comes along. | _The Alaska Packers’ Association and Kruse & Euler have amalzamated. The latter own the Prosper salting station on Bristol Bay, and the former are very large packers of codfish. Their interests were | identical, but for over a year the two con- cerns have been fighting each other. All this is now done away with, however, and | Kruse & Euler have been absorbed by the Alaska Packers’ Association. The moveis a good one for all the interested parti-s. The bark Alexandra was towed off the mud flats by the Fearless and Vigilant yesterday, and is now at anchor in the stream. From the shore she appears to be as good as the day she was launched, but her decks and shrouds tell a different story on closer inspection. As soon as the ques- tion of insurance and salvage is settled the cargo will be discharged and the vessel docked for repairs. Captaiu Bartield’s leg is stiil in a very bad way, and it may be months before he gets over the wounds caused by the bursting rocket. The American shig Dirigo wmwfio from here to Hawaii n ballast, and will there load sugar for New York. The overdue oil-carrying bark Enoch Talbot arrived from San Pedro yesterday. During the trip she was cauzhtin a gale and sprang a leak. She was never in any danger, however, and on her srrival was sent direct to the oil works. A Schooner Libeled. Alexander 8wanson and others have libeled the schooner Cleone for rll. damages done s Pilat.bon belonging to the plaintiffs in s col- ision on the bay. 4 Lotion, he can ride his bike home. - [\ inot the case. PAINTERS ARE AT WORK, Union Journeymen Again Take Up Their Brushes in Friendly Shops. MANY STRIKERS STILL IDLE. The Master Painters Cliim That the Backbone of the Strike Is Broken. Many union painters yesterday returned to work for the bosses favorable to the union. There are a large number of idle strikers who will not be able to secure employment for a while. The union offers a written guarantee to all boss painters who fear trickery on the part of those who return to work that no strike will be ordered on their shops while the union’s demands are observed. The officers of the Master Painters’ As- sociation claim that the backbone of the strike is broken and say that they will pay no attention to the union. Salvation Army officers deny the report made by several union painters that Sal- vation soldiers are taking the places of the striking painters. e ey THE STRIKE SITUATION. Unlon Painters Confident They Will Yet Defeat the Un- friendly Bosses. The members of the Painters’ Union are well pleased with their action of Tuesday in permitting the men to go back to the bosses who are friendly to the union. They are more than ever confident of win- ning the strike now waged against the estimated at the headquarters that be- ‘tween 100 and 175 journeymen found em- ployment with those who have acceded to avowed enemies of the union. ltis roughly the union's demands. This will relieve the pressure considerably, and quiets the restlessness of the impatient. Be- sides it provides a fund for those who on account of their enforced idieness may come to want. This fund will no doubt be greatly increased immediately after the benefit to be given next Wednesday even- ing in the Bush-street Theater. W. Danielson of the entertainment committee reports that enough first-class vrofessional talent has volunteered to run three shows. Every company in the City has volun- teered. At Tuesday’s meeting it was decided that every man not working must register daily at the headquarters. As might be expected, there was a good-sized registration yester- day. Until the bosses are convinced by the union’s guarantee that the painters are in earnest and not leadiui them into a trap the registration will be large. Re- ports were made that since the strike has { been declared off with the friendly bosses the latter have been out for contracts that they have been nursing along until the strike should be-settled. It is said that there will be plenty of work that has been accumulating to be done in the very near future. The strike has brought to the fronta mew element in the painting line. A num- ber of the journeymen have determined to take work for themselves, and several have already made good fat contracts. It is estimated that between $10,000 and $13,- 000 worth of Work has been sectired. These men will not appear on the tield as rivals to friendly bosses, but will pay full wages and oid at the standard rates. Beveral journeymen yesterday turned their con- tracts over to friendly bosses and went to work at regular day’s wages. Itis a sort of open secret that these contracts were gathered in during the progress of the strike to be fulfilled should it become nec- essary to enter into competition with all tue master painters. There has been a sharp stick cut for those union men who have violated the ruies of the union by going to work alter being called out. They will be formally charged and tried. In the event of their conviction they will be fined $50 or expelled from the union and put on the blacklist. The statement made by certain mem- bers of the Master Painters’ Association that the demands of the union were un- { just, that the union was interfering with the masters’ private business affairs and that, to comply, would work a hardship on property-owners, seems to rankle in the oreasts of the strike leaders. Several of the latter have advocated challenging the master painters to a public debate of the questions. Asa restlt the following open leter has been addressed by R.T. Melvor: To the Master Painters’ Association of the Pacific Coast—GENTLEMEN: 1 am informed that prominent members of your association have caused to be published the statement that the | demands of the Painters’ Union in the present controversy are unjust and to comply with the same will be an interference with “your” busi- ness, and that it will cost the property-owners more for work performed. Now I will submit for your consideration the following. proposi- jon: Our uuion will sclect three of its mem- s who will meet three members of your 1 association ir. a pubiic debate. The subject- matter to be discussed will be the demands of the Painters’ Union, namely, $3 for eight hours’ work and our right to decline to work with non-union men. Should any member of your association de- cide to accept this suggestion we will meet the gentlemen at any time and place convenient to yourselves. Respectfully, R.T.McIvor. il b i THE - UNION’S GUARANTY. No More Strikes WIIl Be Ord in the Friendly Bosses’ Shops. One session of the Painters’ Union was held yesterday. At 10 o’clock the strikers assembled at 115 Turk street to discuss the situation and obtain further information as to what the conditions are under which they may or must not work, according to the decision of the union last Tuesday. Those who failed to grasp the situation were again informed that they could re- turn to work for those bosses who conduct union shops, pay $3 a day for eigut hours’ work and hire only union men. Many were of the opinion that the time- of-peace rale applies to those snops. That is, that if a non-union man is found work- d sary before the job can be struck. Such 1s These are strike times. and the presence of a non-union workman on a job or in a shopis sufficien: evidence with the union's demands, and it there- fore behooves the union men to quit or be fined or blacklisted by the union. A number of men stated that some of the bosses desire some guarantee that if they take the union men back to work their experience of & week ago will not be repeated and the men again ordered out on a strike. It was decided that any friendly boss whose confidence had been shaken will receive a written guarantee under the seal of the union that so long as he keeps a union shop he will be exempt from an- other waikout or strike so far as the Painters’ and Decorators’ Union is con- cerned. Al A ey SALVATION PAINTERS. Captaln McFee Denles the Report That They Are Working on Struck Jobs. In yesterday’s CALL was published the S e e m b Ir & bicycler falls, and has Mitchell’s Magic | report of one of the union painters to the effect that Salvation Army soldiers had ing on a job a week’s notice is neces- | that the boss does not propose to comply | | ers’ Union on Tuesday. taken the places of striking painters in several instances. A letter was received by the union from the Salvation Army of- ficials denying the truth of the story. Ii any of the soldiers were or are at work it was not with the knowledge or _consent of the organization. Captain McFee said: “There is no truth in the story pub- lished to-day that the army is supplying men to take the places left vacant by the strikers. The truth of the matter is that the army is doing what it can to aid the men in their struggle for their rights.” Notwithstanding the denial, there area number of striking painters who assert that the Salvation soldiers are and have been at work on *struck” jobs. They say that they have seen the soldiers actually at work painting. The union painters say that they are unable to prove that any contracts were entered into between the Salvation Army officers and the contrac- tors. The soldlers may be at work on their own account for all the union men know. There are several religious organizations in this City whose members wear caps and badges, and it is possible that the caps and badges seen on the workers in ques- tblg:il were those of some other religious Y. SLTUEg “COYOTE CONTRACTORS.” Jabez Swan Tel's Why He Indorses the Strike and the Card System. Jabez Swan of Swan & Stein stated yes- terday that he hoped the Painters’ Union will win their fight. He said: From the first I have always condycted & union shop. When I was asked to give the house-painters eight hours a day I did so, and voluntarily reduced the time of the sign- painters to eight hours aiso. I do not belong 10 the Master Painters’ Association. In that body there are some of the best and most hon- orabie men in the City, but there are also men ‘whom we speak of as ‘‘coyote” contractors. ‘We can’t do business with these feliows in the fieird. To show what a coyote contractor is let me illustrate: I will bid for a contract for sa. $800. I calculate upon the cost of material, weges of the men and the time. Ido notget the job and find that some one else has secured the contract for $400. I watch the work and - find that my successful rival will make some- thing on the job. How? He employs a gang of boys and poor workmen who work for very small wages, and he uses “dope” or the poorest of materials. I will not belong to an organization that bas such men on its mem- bership roll. Right in such a case is where the unions’ working-card system will be of advantage to the honest master painter. The unions should protect us against such “coyote” contractors y carpenters, plumbers, lathers and other union. men refusing to work on a job where any one is “coyoting.”” Thisis why I favor 1abor unions, especially the card system. 1f the card system 1s honesily carried out by the union journeymen it will be as great pro- | tection to us as to the men themselves. This is why I for one hope the strikers will win. My men are all at work to-dsy, aithough I urged them not to come back until the strike ‘was settled, or at least until it was all right for them to do so. — - MASTER PAINTERS’ VIEWS. The Members Say the Backbone of the Strike Has Been Broken by Union Men. President Black of the Master Painters’ Association expressed himself as being well pleased with the action of the Paint- He said: I don’t like this strike business and the sooner it is over the better. The backbone of the strike is broken. I can’t see it in any other light. When the men became so restless that the leaders could not hold them together any longer there was only one_thing to do and that was to let the men go back to work. That is nota backdown on the part of the union. Those who are not at work might as well be on astrke asnot. There isonly a little busiuess in the painting trade at present and I do not believe that over 75 or at the outside 150 of those who are willing to return will be able o secute work. Even before the decision of the union men on Tuesday the master painters of this City had all or about all the men they cou:d use. Mr. Upham, also a prominent member of the association, concurred with the president. He said he has all the time he wants to do his work, and added that while he could put fifty men to work he bad decided not to do so. He proposes, he said, to string the work along and let his present force finish the jobs one after an- other as they are able. . RATIFIED THE CARD. Carpenters’ Unlon 22 Will Stand by Other Bullding Trades After April 1. A special meeting of Carpenters’ Union No. 22 was held in Odd Fellows’ Hall last night for the purpose of taking action on the working card, as requested by the { Building Trades Council. The largest fraternal mesting hall in the building was occupied and scarcely a seat ‘was vacant. . A representative proportion of the large union was present. It was estimated that of the 782" members fully 500 Earfiniplted in the proceedings. The vote was decisive, for it was unani- mous in support of the card. After adjournmeni P. H. MecCarthy, vresident of the union, said: *‘We have voted to put the Building Trades Council card into effect April 1.” ““What will be the possible effect 2” “The effect will be just asit has been with this,union. The card has been in operation with us for months, and our members would not work on a contract with a non-union carpenter. Now, how- ever, we have simply ratified the card with the building trades, and on and after April 1 members of Carpenters’ Union 22 will refuse to work with a non-union workman on any building. This means that if there should be a non-union plasterer, or, 1n fact, any other non-union man in the building trades, on a job we will not work with him.”, DR. DUDLEY INSTALLED. The New Resident Physician Unusually Well Equipped. Dr. F. W. Dudley has heen duly,in- stalled as resident physician and assis superintendent at the City and County Hospital, and is already winning golden opinions from his confreres. The. latest appointee of the Board of Health is a capable young man of affable manners, who is already winning the good will of all with whom he comes in con- tact. : He is unusually well equipped. having studied in a practical way with Dr. W. 8. Beede of Stockton for five years, during which he was a druggist at that city, He graduated from the medical department of the University of California last July, and soon afterward was apvointed sur- eon of the Belgic. He was on that vessel in its recent perilous adventure off Yoko- hama. On his return the Board of Health appointed him resident ghysicinn at the City and County Hospital. e ———— DUSE IS EXPECTED. The Italian Actress Has Been Engaged for the Columbia. ” Messrs. Friedlander, Gottiob & Co. state that they bave engaged the great Italian actress, Elenora Duse, and her entire company for the Columbia Theater during the last week in May and the first week in June. . Duse will appear in the extended repertory in which she bas been play- ing in" New York, ‘“La Dame aux Camellias,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Magda,” “La Soconderis,” etc. Her comingis expected to be the great theatri- cal event of the season, as admirers of the modern and the natural in acti claim almost without exception th: use is the greatest actress before the public to-day. — . The Unkindest Cut of All, As Shakespeare says, is to poke fun or sneer at veople who are nervous, under the half-belief that their complaint is imaginary or an affectation. It is neither, but s serious reality. Imperfect diges- tion and assimilation of the food is a com- ‘mon cause of nervousness, especially thatdistress- ing form of it which manifesis itself in want of sleep. 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Miss Leavitt was the daughter of Major Leavitt of Boston, and her family was promirent in the Puritan city. The golden wedding celebration was elgborate. Mr. and Mrs. Ames were as- sisted in the reception by Miss Amy Hunt (a granddaughter), Miss Ingerson, the Misses Patterson, Miss Rita Penfield and Miss Calvart. The house on Cedar street was beautifully decorated, principally with buttercups. A banquet was served, and i when the time for speech-making arrived | Mrs. E. Y. Garrette, on behalf of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Presby- terian Church, presented the couple with an orange branck in full bloom. The guests at the evening reception were: Mr.and Mrs. G. H. Spinney, Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Spinney and the Misses Spinney, Mrs. Robertson and Miss Emma Spinney, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ‘Richard- son, Mrs. Hitchings, Mrs. Emily Marshall, Mrs. Frank Stone, Mrs. Charles Crowell, Miss J. Paul, Miss Kate Atkinson, the Misses Martha and Margarette Calvart, Miss Grace Nagle, Mr. and Mrs. Van | Brunt, Mrs. M. Baidwin, Rev. J. Worces- ter, George Calvart and E. Hunt, all of Ban Francisco; Mrs. Judge Head, Miss Carmany, Mrs. Dr. Ingerson, Miss Inger~ son, Miss May, of Fruitvale; Mr.and Mrs. Clarence Hunt, Miss Pearl Hunt, of | Berkeley; Mr, and Mrs. E. Minor Smith, Rev. and Mrs. E. Y. Garrette, Rev. and Mrs. Brush, Captain and Mrs. Bar- | ratt, Mr. and ‘Mrs. George Bordwell, Mr. | and Mrs, George Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. P. ‘W. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cortellyou, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burgner, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. de Nise, Mrs. Tabor, Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. Caroline Fox, Miss Anna Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Leitch, Mr. and Mrs. Penfield, Mrs. Canfield, Mrs. Ed Rew, Mrs. Wolff, Mrs. Stark, Mrs. W. Burns, Mrs. W. H. Hooper, Mrs. Sykes, Miss Rita Penfield, the Mirses Grace, Josephine and Dora, | Patterson, Miss Amy Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. Brauch, Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. George Deane, Mrs. T. Deane and Mrs. Critcher. INTERRUPT NAVIGATION. Testimony Taken in the Mat- ter of the Oaklan® Bridges. Mayor Davie and Others State the Case—Will Be Submitted to the Secretary of War. There was a meeting in the office of Colonel Suter, United States Engineers. yesterday morning, to hear the evidence in the case of the Webster and Alice street bridges in Oakland, against which com- plaints have been filed as to their inter- fering with navigation. The bridges ex- tend from Oakland to Alameda over the canal or inlet, through which there is a great deal of traffic. The bridges have been complained oi being obstructions to navigation; that the draw opening is too narrow and that the draws are not operated properly in the interest of navi- gation. Quite a large gathering of interested people was present, among the people there being Assistant General Manager Curtis of the Southern Pacific, Mayor Davie of Oakland, Prosecuting Attorne: Snook of Oakland, members of the Boar of Supervisors of Alameda, as well as a number of private citizens, merchants and ship-owners. ! In the absence of Colonel Suter Lieu- tenant Kuhn conducted the proceedings. District Attorney Snook, Mayor Davie, Captain Monneis, Captain McNeill, Cap- tain Meyns, tugboat men, and Mr. Glas- cock of Oakland made statements in line with the protest. Mr. Curtis, for the Southern Pacific Com- pany, unnounced that the company pro- posed to replace with new bridges those that are complained of. He denied, how- ever, that the draw opening was too small for the purpose. An_adjournment was taken until next Tuesday at 11 o’clock, when further testi- mony will be taken. The whole matter, when completed, will be laid beiore the Secretary of War for his decisicn as to the necessities of the case. Counted the City’s Cash. Mayor Sutro, Auditor Broderick and Judge Sanderson made the monthly count of the ‘money in the City treasury yesterday, finding the funds just four cents short. According to the Auditor’s books there shouid have been $2,106,469 22 in the veults, while the actual count showed $2,106,469 18. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. L) ALCAZAR SPECIAL MATINEE TO-DA Y—10c, 15¢c and 25¢. “CONFUSION" and REFINED VAUDEVILLE, Shouts of hter, Salvos of Applause. Night Price: ra 25c, Dress Circle 15c¢, Balcony 10c and 15¢; Stalls, 10c extra, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENT! BALDWIN THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)...... Proprietors CHEER UP!—CHERRI; § ARE RIPE! AlN ?HSEO EHOoOYXYT'S TISME TO LK MI atteno ! WHITE FLAG, Last 4 Nights—Last Matinee Saturday. Good-By Sunday Night. EXTRA-SEATS ON SALE TO-DAY M= O’NEILL And His Excellent Company. Monday. MONTE CRISTO “Tuesday 3 .. VIRGINIUS Wednesday. COURIER OF LYONS Thursday. -MONTE _CRISTO Friday HAM! Saturday and Sunda; BFSOUVENIR NIGHT MONDAY. sy { R HAYMAN: TO-NIGHT. EVERY EVENING, MATINEE SATURDAY, LAST 5 TiMES CAPT. IMPUDENCE By Edwin Milton Royle. | Manageient of Arthur C. Alston. NEXT WEEK—— The Ever Welcome Comedy Drams, FRIENDS!: Seats on Sale To-day. THE AUDITORIUM. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & Co., Lessees& Managers FIRST FAREWELL CONCERT O=INIGEIT Read the List of Great Artists: The World-renowned Wagnerian Singer, MATERNA! The Great Bohemian Vio- inist, ONDRICEK! The Great Wagnerian tenor HERR ANTON SCHOTT: ARTHUR FICKEMSCHER, the celebrated young Ger- man planist. Grand Or-s chestra of Fifty Picked 3 Musicians, Isidore Luckstone, musical director; John Marquardt, con- cert master. Selections from Lohengrin, Kienzi, Tannbauser, Walkuere, Meistersingers, etc, Reserved seats, 50 cents. £1 and $1 50, on sale until 5 this evening at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE M=s. EENESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager = THIS EVENING- = A lEVERY MOVE A Plc‘rURE"& S| —rm= SCENIC PRODUCTION = oF. A | Richard Stabls Romantic Co Opera, £|“sAID PASHA! Perfectly Cast, Mounted, Costumed ani MANY NOVEL FEATURES Look out for the BIG SHOW— “BLUE BEARD An Old Friend in a New Dress. Popular Prices—25c and 50c¢. calne, FRICOLANOER.GOTTLOD & (- LESSES ATDMANAGERS -+ IT WILL BE | BANNER ENGAGEMENT. INQ Recelpts Last Nigh COMING !—— MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSC( o Lesses and Managee THIS EVEN AT EIGHT, The Representative Irish Comedian, CARRULL JOHNSON In His Great Comedy Drama, “THE IRISH STATESMAN!” Special Engagement ot 1 THE NE PLUS ULTRA QUARTET! New Songs! New Accessories! New Scenery! XVENING PRICES—250 and 5)c. Famlly Circie and Gallerv. 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and Powaiz Unprecedented Hit of Our New Bill! The Greatest Show Ever Seen in the City SEGOMMER, BRUET AND RIVERE, THE NAWNS, GERTIE CARLISLE, THE CORTY BROTHERS And a Surpassing Specialty Company. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnales and Box seats, 50c. 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. UDD’NHEAD WILSON.* Ususl Win ners of Daily Triala to Compete Saturday, March 28. Gold and Silver Medals for First and Seconda Prize. GOLDEN GATE HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, MR. H. M. AND MRS. ANNA ZAN ZI8 In their marvelous entertainment of occult powers, Positively the last representation. Prices, 75¢, 50c and 25c. SPECIAL VACATION RATE FOR CHILDREN SHOOT THE CHUTES Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION (Adults) 10 cgfl'l’!. CHILDREN—ADMISSION. 5¢: CHUTES, Se. RACING! RACING! RACINGI CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING— Beginning Thursday, March 19th, l?AY DEEIC;F«TRACK' myd"m'u Serarday. Bain of otng. T FIVE UR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Moallister agd oty staver coce pusTibe ata. BB AILROY. THOS M. WILLIAMS 7 5o Becretary, ‘Presidens.