The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1896, Page 7

& THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1896. FALDPWIN THEATER.—* Monte Crisso.” CALIFORNTA THEATER—“Friends.” COLUMBIA THEATER—*Sinbad. Momosco's OPERAa-House—The Red Pocket- K. T1vorr OrErA-Housg.—“Sald Pasha' Crrmevs.—High-Class Ve GROVE A1cazAR.— = The Homestead.” 13% AvnrTor1uM—Corner of Jones and Eddy streets—The Georgia Mins:rels. ACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKIAND)—AnnaEva Fay SUTRO Conxy ISLAND—Grand Athletic Exhibl- | tio and Cancert. £HOOT THE CRUTEs—Dally at Haight street, Cre tlock east of the Pay FaaFeCoast Joc AUCTION SALE F. ~.— This day (Thursday), t 11 o'clock. By .C Furni By ture. etc., By M. o. LASC N BascH—This da 19 Suiter str AveTioN C y at 1057 Market. street, at SMMONS (Thursday ture, 11 o'clock BY FRANK W. BUTTERF! day), Vari 3 The der labor uni The Plumber n 5000, ' Union will probsbly send delegates to the Building Trades council. cather predictions for to-day are: k westerly winds in the afternoon. e Leigh, the new leading lady at the Grand, went on the stage when four years old. tainment was given last nightat reet Theater to aid the striking lheaney and Fanning were last d from the force by the Police red young men were made the | of an April-fool joke at the Athenian | of the estate of Denis Gore before } s unearthed some queer matri- i | 1 be given at the Y. M. C. A. Hall | . tor the Newsboys' Homunl‘ ple viewed the remains | her three babies at the : twenty-third annual meeting of * the | Woman’s Oceidental Boerd too place yester- day at 920 Sacramento street. Holbrook of the Society for the | Cruelty to Animals, says sports- men have no use for coursing. | Johnny. Capron, Unity, Elmer F, Bellicoso, Road Warmer, Crescendo and St. Lee winners at the Bay District. The Poi nue Improvement Club d s L Vining of the Market- night's meeting. ding. Trades working-card system | went into effect vesterday. So far the con- | tfactors have manifested no opposition. i Professor Harry Huntington Powers of Stan. ford ured last night at the Academy of Sciences on “The Evolution of Happiness Attorney-G. 1"Fitzgerald, iu answer to s dispateh from amento, outlines his official policy reg g the investmentof State funds. f Captain Harry Johnson of the bot attempted to commit sui- h disappoint- e ‘Occidental he benefit hool for Susan Martin had a bad spell 1 the City rday from. neart failure, and the 1sband was much improved now here from Fiji, reports of & temple centuries old in ocie ockton was excommunicated Brown’s congregat Thir- ship were re- has n on & patient in the City and | recently performed a which is almost without a in medical science. sitors of the People’s Home Savings da mass ing Friday night to the T &l of John Flournoy the directors. Ricnard Cody, a boilermaker, was arrested terday afternoon for stealing a horse and | gy, which he tried to sell to the gypsles at Fifteénth and Fols streets. Dr. W.F. Parke of Oak and Frankln s treet | was yesterday convicted by Judge Joachimsen | { pracuioiug medicine without ¢ ceruficate and will be sentenced on Saturday. The directorsof the Merchants’ Association | heve been invited to confer with the City Hall | Commsssioners regar the placing of a | floor airectory in the new City Hall. M. E. Jaffs, assistant professor of chemistry at Berkeley, shawed the Microscopical Society last ev how adulterants of paris green can be detected through the mieroscope. Professor Cor- California has made a statement to THE CALL setting forth the result of his experiments which have proven the source of the Roentgen rays. Great interest is being taken in the forth- coming debate between the Lowell High School of this City and the Oakland High School. The debaters are not definitely selected. A tle girl in St. Francis’ Girls' Directory | Orph&n Asylum, named Angy Angeloponte, aged 14 vears, has a bad cold and is very ill, The Sisters request her parents togo to sec her. Frank Healy, son of Captain Healy, left on the Tropic Bird yesterday for Tahiti. He mar- ried Miss Lucretia M. Carpenter last Saturday, and wearied of her in four days. She remains ere, Henry Lull of Berkeley, who forged the name of the executor of his father's estate to several checks, was yesterday held by Judge Conlan to answer before the Superior Court in £3000 bonds. It wasstated last night at the meeting of the executive committee of the Folsom-street Im- provement Club that bids wonld be advertised I July for bituminizing Folsom street to the water front. The Merchants’ Assoclation has issued a call for & meeting to be held at 2:30 o'clock tais afternoon in the Mills building, tor the pur- pose of bringing about a reform in the street- sprinkling service. The yacht Coronet, owned by Millionaire A. Curtis james, arrived. from New York yestor day. She will fake a party of scientists to | Japan to cbserve the eclipse of the sun that oceurs next August. A jury to try Nicholas Claussen was secured yesterday before Judge Wallace. Claussen is charged with murder ior the cold-blooded kill- ing of his wife. crime was committed in a house on Everett and Third streets. James Johnson, an, ex-convict, died at the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning from a fractured skull, and Hugh Smith, a teamster, living at 21 Hunt street, was errested on the charge of mansiaughier in causing his death. A special agent of the Treasury Department quietly slipped into town & few weeks ago and, after securing information regarding the Cus. tom-house scandals, he disappeared as quietly as hecame. Collecior Wise and Major Moore did not know he was in town. Norisuit was allowed by Judee Hunt vester- orning in the cese of Gardner Landon s the Tallant Banking Company to re- cover damages for allezed malicious persecu. tion. The motion was made by the aitorneys for the bank {mmediately upon the close of the plaintiff’s case. i Attorney-General Fitzgerald yesterday in his argiment hefore United States Circuit Judge McKenna showed that the report of the rail- road company for 1894 had been doctored to it uppear thai the company was doing ess nta ioss, knd that the value of the | was equal 1o the - bonded indebtedness. > showed that the indebtedness exceeded the valie of the property, and that the Californi: Toads hud netted a profit of more than $2,000,- strike year of 1894, Tonsorial Artists Organize. The Bass Barbers® Protective Association was zed at 102 O'Farrell street last might ted the following officers: President, Taussig; vice-president, G, Yager; secreta; Schmidt: tressurer, P, ms, 8. Martin; conducto; tivecommittec—S. Fuchs, P. H. Brownand M. F. Atlver. One hundred and forty-three members signed the roli. Resolutions were adopted de- nouncing the Barbers College and the reduc- tion in prices. —_———————— The paper mills soon to be established | at Wayceross, Ga., will utilize the palmetto plant, which grows in profusion in that section. ————— Piies, burns and muny similar miscries quickly relieved by Mitchell's Magic Lotion, * CAPTAIN MORTON IS UNDER FIRE Golden Gate Life-Saving Station to Be Investi- gated. INCOMPETENCE CHARGED Washington Authorities Order a Rigid Inquiry Which Begins To-Day. THE BOAT WAS OVERTURNED. The Present Keeper Charged With Being Responsible for the Ac- cident. The United States life-saving service will begin to-day an investigation of Go lden Gate siation—the station on the Ocean Beach on which vessels in distress | in the neighborhood of the Golden Gate depend for succor in time of need. Captain Harry Morton is in command of the station, and it is his acts that are under inquiry by thedepartmeat. Several months ago he displaced Ca ptain | Henry Smith, who bad been in charge for a considerable period. The old crew re- mained after Captain Smith’s departure, but it was not long before murmurs of dis- satisfaction arose and the men declined to serve under the new commander of the boat, on the ground that he wasincom- petent and that their lives were in danger. Their places were soon filled by new men more congenial to Captain Morton. The old crew were not satisfied with re- | signing their positions, but filed charges against Captain Morton, allezing many things to prove his incompetence and ask- ing that for the safety not only of the crew but for that of shipwrecked saiiors who | might be driven on the coast he be re- moved. The matter was taken up by the local office of the service, of which Major Blake- ney is the head, and an investigation held. The men were on hand to give their testi- mony, and a great mass of evidence was taken and considered by the office. The findings were far from satisfactory to the complaining witnesses, and they at once appealed the matter to Washington, al- leging many acts of Captain Morton that were not brought out at the original in- vestigation. Nothing was heard from the department until a few days ago. when orders were received from Washington to have the entire matter reopened and a strict investiggtion held. Stranege to say the local office was not consulted in the matter, and the whole inquiry was placed in the hands of a naval officer who will take the evidence and transmit the same to headquarters at Washington. This action of the National authorities is regarded as somewhat in the light of a rebuff to Major Blakeuey, in the | light of the refusal of the authorities to accept his findings as final. The main incident on which the old crew bases the charges of incompetence happened on November 18 last and nar- rowly escaped causing thedeath of a num- ber of the crew, among them Capiain Morton. The small surfboat was ordered out with the intention of taking heraround into the bay, either by orders of the service authori- ties or for her regular practice. In the face of breakers that were rolling in with about their usual force the pretty craft was shoved into the water and the crew clam- bered in. Before she had gone more than a few feet from the beach something went wrong and in a twinkling she was upside down in the treacherous waves with a portion of the crew underneath. The undértow at the point where the launch was attempted is at all times dangerous even to men un- incumbered with clothing, and those who had witnessed the accident from the snore soon saw that some of the men were in serious difficulties and in danger of their lives and rushed to the rescue. Three of the crew, including Captain Morton, had become entangled in the ropes and tackle of the boat, and were in great danger when the rescuers reached the beach. The first man to reach the scene was the barkeeper ot a neighboring resort, who with the instinct of his calling had seized # bottle of whisky as he rushed from the house, to be handy in case of need. A short, stout man was the first to emerge from the breakers, and to him the bottle was offered, but the sailor remarked that he was already too full of salt water to hold any more Jiguid, and dashed back into the water to rescue his comrades. The whisky came in handy when the half- cdrowned men were dragged ashore. The members of the old crew claim that Captain Morton’s lack of proper manage- ment caused the accident, and point to the fact that a few years ago several men were hurt and one killed at the Point Reyes station through a similar upset. All of the members of the old crew now in this City will be present to-day when the investigation is opened. Captain Coulson, the Assistant Inspec- tor of the United States Life-saving Ser- vice stationed in this City, was reticent about the matter, when asked regarding fhe nature of the investigation last even- ing, but admitted that an inquiry would be held to-day in regard to certain charges made against Captain Morton. The names of the members of the old crew—the complainants against Captain Morton—with their boat numbers, are as follows: No. 1, Samue! Anderson; No. 2, William Schuler; No. 3, Jonas Robinson; No. 4, Henry Bell; No. 5, James Swan: No. 6, William Cunningham; No.7, James Rask; No. 8, John Connelly. Captain Morton claims that the over- turning of the boat was the result of a conspiracy, the tackle having been pur- posely disabled the night before, the men hoping to have him ousted on charges based on the incident. Pacitic Kenpel Club. Although matters of considerable import- ance concerning the bench show, which will be held at the Pavilion in May, should have been discussed last evening before the Pacific Kennel Club at its monthly meeting, for some unexvlained reason only six members.put in an appesrance, &nd,as seven were necessary 1o form & quorum, the meeting feil through. Those present were: H. Orear, secretary; H. Bier, pregident; Or. D. Evylan, H. H. Cariton, T. J. Watson ana J. B. Barker. The club opened an office yesterday at 628 Market ltrffla where entries for the show will be re- ceived. The Interstate Coursing Club will meeton Tuesday evening next. AN EXPRESS COMBINE. Several Companies That Do Business Here Are Preparing to Unite. A combination of several of the ex- press and baggage companies -doing business in San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley is being formed, and the result will be a powerful com- pany or corporation that will enter into competition with the Pacific Trans- fer Company, Morton’s Special Delivery Company and others. The concerns that are expected to go into the combination are the Whitney Transfer Compary, the People’s Express, Anderson’s Oakland Express Compan:; Sharpe’'s Alameda Transfer Company and the Patterson Express of Berkeley. The Greeley Company, carrying express between this City and Alameda, is not go- ALONG THE WATER FRONT A Most Exciting Ocean Race Over an Eight Thousand Mile Course. | FINISHED TWO HOURS APART. The Two Vessels Started From London Within Five Minutes of Each Other. One of the most exciting amd closest ocean races ever engaged in was that be- began to obstruct the traffic, Officer Charles Callaghan removed the offending coin. COURTESY TO YAMAGATA The Marshal of Jupan Received a Sa- lute of Seventeen Guns at the Presidio. Marquis Yamagata, marshal of Japan, and suite had a trip around the bay on the tug Fearless yesterday. The marshal was accompanied by General Forsyth and staff and General Giaham, U. 8. A.; Chief Engineer Fletcher A. Wileon, U.S8. N.; Irving M. Scott, Henry T. Scott, Henry J. Crocker and others. The ship-building plant of the Union Iron Works was inspected, and then the distinguished visitors went aboard the bat- tle-ship Oregon. The tug returning steamed around Alca- traz and pointed for the Presidio, reaching the whart of the reservation at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The arrival of the field marshal at the Presidio was announced by a salute of The British Ships Cromdale and Arctic Stream Under Lower Topsails and Reefed Foresails Starting on Their Eight Thousand Mile Race to Sydney, N.S. W. ing into the combine, a representative of tween the British ships Arctic Stream and that company says, and there will proba- bly be a lively fight for the Alameda ex- press business in consequence if the ex- pected combination is effected. Most of the companies mentioned have heretofore kept out of the San Francisco d, except to carry express and baggage Vi this City and the cities on the ide of the b: but expressmen who are not in the combine assert that a gen- eral San Francisco business is inlendef. It is anticipated that a cut in the rates across the bay will be made in order to drive the small rivals out of the field. FOR NARROW SIDEWALKS The Proposition Folsom Street Almost Assured. Bids to Be Advertised in July for Bituminizing the Thorough- fare to the Bay. The executive committee of the Folsom- street Improvement Club hela a special meeting last night at the office of A. P. McDonald to receive the reports of the sub-committees appointed to interview property-owners along Folsom street in regard to the widening of the street and the narrowing of the sidewalks from Ninth street to Third. The reports were so favorable that the proposition of narrowing the walks seems an assured thing; of the entire number of property-owners approached by the com- mittees only two have expressed them- selves as against it. P. Heyfron reported that he was sure of 1000 feet of the 1600 between Third and Fourth. John Hannan and J. M. Strauss said that more than two-thirds of the people between Fourth and Fifth streets were favorably inclined. Miss Borden re- orted the block between Fifth and Sixth avorable. Mr. Meeks failed to send a re- port from between S8ixth and Seventh streets. Captain George Raabe reported the majority of propertv-owners between Seventh and Eighth were highly in favor of the proposition, and George Catz said a ]"59 number were for it between Eighth and Ninth, but as yet he could not guaran- tee 2 majority. On motion of A. B. Maguire the invita- tion from the committee of arrangements for the mass-meeting to be held at Mission Turn Verein Hall, April 4, was received and accepted. It was stated that the Supervisors had signified their intention to the people along Folsom street that next July bids would be advertised for the bituminizing of that thoroughfare from Third street to the wharf. A vote of thanks was tendered P. Hey- fron for his services in the matter of the sidewalks. A committee of five was appointed, the members to be named subsequently by the chair, to interview the Market-street Railroad officials next Friday and ask them why the work on the Folsom-street car line haa not been begun as agreed. The time of meetinz the rzilroad people ‘was afterward postponed until Monday. ——————— Republican Club Elects Officers. At the reorganization of the Austrian-Slavo- nian-American Republican Club last evening the following officers were elected: B, M. Burin, president; George Burich, first vice- president; M. Sabazin, second vice-president; T. C. Medovich, recording secretary; John Raidly, treasurer; endowment committee—M. Perich, John_ Russell, M. Claich, A. Gagre, M. Radulovich, V. Zupar, Joseph Priess and P. Bucariza; executive committee—T. C. Medo- vich, M. Sabadin, John Raidly, Joseph Priess and M. Cisich. This club has aiready 150 members on the roll and last election had 427 members and seven delegates to the Republi- can executive council. phitnd st G In Jail for Pocket-Picking. James Bowler, a florist, was arrested last evening by Officer T. J. Connell at the instance of Mrs. Paline Spubr and detained at the California-street police station on a charge of grand larceny. Mrs. Spubr alleges that while walking along O'Farrell street Monday after- noon a young man who, if not the prisoner, greutly resembles him, 100k a purse from hef pocket which contained $67. Bowler denies that he robbed the woman, and suys that it is a case of mistaken identity on her part. . He Will Return and Explain. F. L. Hansen, the contractor of the Presidio barracks, who was supposed to have left the City to avoid his creditors, was heard from yes- terday afternoon by P. M. Kuss of 422 Sutter street by tclephone. He was very much sur- rised to see his name and picture in the morn- ng pupers, and says he expects to return to the City by Friday.when he will be able to straighten out matters in general. MASS-MEETING of People’s Home Savings Bank depositorsat 102 O'Farrell street, Fri- day, 3rd inst., 8 P. N. T.S. WILLIAMS JR.,SeC.* | | nage allowance would have won | down. ; with the showing made by his vessel and | is of the opinion that if the race was run | Cromdale, now in port. starting-point within five minutes of each other and, after battling against contrary winds over an eight thousand mile coufse, there was only a difference of two hours | between them at the finish. Although a | much smaller vesse!, the Arctic Stream held her own throughout, and on a ton- hands Captain Bowen is_well satistied over it would be his vessel that would be two hours ahead at the end of the voyage. | TheCromdale and Arctic Stream left Lon- don on August 1 iast. Down thechanuel the and reefed joresail. As they disappeared from view there was nota hundred yards between them, and the tugboat captains remarked to each other that it was goin, to be a close race. Both vessels were boun for Sydney, N. 8. W., and Captain Andrew and Captain Bowen sighted each other three times during the race. After getting ciear of the channel they ran across each other again when fourteen days out. Then they lost sight of each other for a month and a half and then on the third occasion when they were both making their easting from ‘Lristan d’Acunba. During the entire run of 8403 miles the vessels were nearly all the time under two or thres topsails and reefed foresail, yet, nevertheless, the average was 240 miles a cay. The Cromdale and Arctic Stream both came here from Bydney, N.S.W., the former with 3111 tons of coal and the latter with 2312 tons. On' this occasion the Cromdale won easily, as'she made the run in seventy-four days, while the Arctic Stream took eighty days to cover the dis- tance. This was not a test of the sailing qualities of the two ships, however, as light and bafliing winds prevailed nearly all the way from Australia to San Fran- cisco. They are not likely to meet again for some time, as the Arctic Stream is go- ing back to Sydney, N. 8. W., with a load of wheat and the Cromdale is not yet chartered. The Pacific Mail Company’s Central American steamers will continue to use Lombard - street wharf for incoming freight until the busy season is over. The Acapulco will dock there on her arrival from Panama and after discharging will go to the Mail dock to load. Lombard- street wharf is now being put in thorough repair and if the fruitmen can come toan understanding it will be turned over to them as soon as the exchange is estab- lished. During the busiest hour of the day a flashlight picture of the scene on the floor of the Merchants’ Exchange was taken yesterday. The photograpner secured a good negative and some of the most promi- nent men ‘“on 'Change” show up well. Captain Hawley, superintendent of the Spreckels Towboat Company and Captain Gray of the S8hipowners’ and Merchants’ Towboat Company appear in one cor- ner discussing the ups and downs in the life of a towboat cap- tain, Pilot Freeman of the Bonita, Captain C. Miner Goodall and Captain Houdlette of the Australia made up an- other group, but the most interesting vrio will be “Big” Jordan, “Little’” Jordan and “Medium’ Jordan. The first two stand 1n the front rank of skillful pilots and the third is a well-known water- front reporter for the Examiner. They make an imposing combination. Perhaps of J. Daly, A. Marks and W. Downs, the courteous and obliging clerks of the ex- change. The steam schooner Newsboy broke her shaft daring the run to San Francisco and bad to reach ‘fort under sail. She will discharge and dock for repairs. During the past month the following have lgnduntcd from Taylor’s navigating school and have received their certificates from the Inspectors of Halls and Boilers: E. 0. Smith, mate of ocean steamer; L. Hogan, master of 1500-ton steamers and pilct for San Francisco, Humboldt, San Pedro and San Diego; Anthon Walwick, F. Carison and J. G. Maoller, mates of ocean steamers. The latter is also licensed as a pilot in Alaskan waters. Arnt An- derson and W. C. Sorenson, mates of Pa- cific Coast steamers; George Wright, | master of Pacific Ocean steamers and pilot for San Francisco to sea and return; M. Sneidom, mate and pilot in Alaskan waters. Some facetious individual, in order to celebrate ‘‘April Fools'’’ day, nailed a nickel on the sidewalk at the corner of Market and Sacramento streets yesterday. Every hoatload of people who came over from Oakland produced irom 50 to 100 peo- ple who attempted to pick up that5-cent piece, and it was ludicrous to see the men straighten themselves up and try to appear unconcerned in spite of the laughter of the newsboys who were on to the joke. During the morning hours fully a thousand men, women and children attempted to pick up that nickel and got laughed at for their pains. Finally when the scramble for it They left the | vessels scudded along under lower topsails | one of the best groups of all will be thll)( 7 seventeen guns, fired by Battery L, Fifth Artillery. The 8-inch pieces near the bay gave tone and volume to the salute. Marshal Yamagata and suite stepped ashore at the Presidio, but did not leave the dock, hence there was no parade of the troops of the garrison. The Fifth Ariil- lery band was at the landing and played the Japanese Nationsl air, also the “Star-Spangled Banner,”’ “America” and several other pieces. the new garrison flag at the Presidio floated from the flagpole at headquarters. MIDWEEK THEATER NOTES James O'Neill Again Appears in “Monte Cristo” at the Baldwin. Last Days of “Sinbad” at the Co- lumbia—Crowds Attend the Orpheum. James O’Neill wili repeat “Monte Cristo’” at the Baldwin to-night, as well as on Sat- urday and Sunday hts. On Friday he will give his first presentation of the mel- ancholy Dane, Hamlet, and it is ex- pected that he will arouse considerable in- terest in that role. The bill for the Satur- day matinee is “Virginius.”” Richard Mansfield will appear at the Baldwin Theater on the 13th inst. One of the earliest pieces to be presented is his new success, *‘The Story of Radion, the Student.” THe Milton Royle Company, which has had a verv successful engagement at the California Theater, ends its engagement with this week. On Monday Peter Dailey and ‘his company will present “The Night Clerk,” for the first time in this City. There is little or no diminution in the popularity of ‘Sinbad,”’ at the Columbia Theater. On Monday Frank Mayo and his company will give Mark Twain’s “Pudd’'nhead Wilson,” 1ts first presenta- tion in this City. The entire original com- pany comes direct from the Herald-square Theater, New York. Audiences at the Grand are reveling in the usual amount of gorgeous scenic effects, as “The Red Pocket-book” gives the ex- pected amount of scope in that direction. Miss Lisle Leigh, the new leading lady at the Grand, 18 busy rehearsing her role in ‘“Irene” for next Monday. ““Said Pasha” will continue to be the at- traction at the Tivoli Opera-house till the end of the week. On Monday the spec- tacular extravaganza “Blue Beard” will be presented. Tbe “‘continuous show’ is still the order of the day, or rather of the night, at Grover’s Alcazar. A fairly good variety bill is being presented. The variety stars_at the Orpheum con- tinue to pack that popular home of vaude- ville. Segommer, the ventriloquist, is the cleverest performer, but a number of the “turns” are above the average. The Georgia Minstrels at the Auditorium are attracting large and amused audiences, e T T R The People’s Party. Saturday evening, March 28, the People's party organizing committee met at Mozart Hall, 1358 Market street and organized the Twenty-ninth Assembly District Club. T. H. Porter was unanimously chosen president and E. 8. Barney secretary of the club. H.J. Tobias, E. 8. Barney, W. J. Greer and T. H. Porter were elected delegates to the County | Convention. T. H. Porter presented the foi- lowing resoiutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we, the members of the Twenty- ninth Assembly District Club,do hereby pledge our determined and unalterable allegiance to the People’s party. National, State and municipal principles of government. And whereas we believe the only way to build up a strong National party Is by laying the foun- datfon_ In county and muuicipal politics within party lines; therefore be it Resolved, That as members of the People’s party in the City and County of San Francisco we are opposed to any form of fusion with either of the ofd Folitical parties. or to any alllance with sy so-called Non: Partisan party or organization. —————— The Big Gun Will Boom. The twelve-inch rifle will be fired at the Presidio Friday morning and the large mor- tars will be fired in the afternoon of the same day. The Presidio band will play concert mausic,also from 2:30 until 4 p. M. VisniNe cards, invitations, fine writing papers, gold and fountain pens, inks, pencils, pocket-knives, scissors, cribbage-boards, poker chips, game-counters, playing cards, chess, checkers, score cal ete., all at reasonable prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street.* In honor of the event | NEW TO-DAY. is_uniform "« Pure and Sure.” (cvelandss KING POWDER. and reliable A PIONEER'S SUDDEN END Charles J. Spaulding Dies on the Street of Paralysis of the Brain. He Came to California in Forty-Nine With His Parents and Was a Well-Known Boniface. Charles J. Spaulding died suddenly at 2:40 o’clock yesterday afterncon at the cor- ner of Golden Gate avenue and Larkin street. He had been ailing for some time from paralysis of the brain and the im- mediate cause of death is attributed to this affliction. Mr. Spaulding was a hotel man. He had been in the hotel business all his life and was well known in this community. He was 59 years of age and leaves a widow and seven children, four boys and three girls, to mourn his end. prietor of the Lick House bar. The deceased was a life member of the Society of California Pioneers and also an exempt fireman. He came to this State from New York with his father, who was a gunsmith and carried on business for years in this City, in 1849, and resided here permanently since that time. The deceased had not been actively en- gaged in business of late. He arose yes- terday morning feeling as well as usual, and at noon went downtown and called at the office of the Pioneer Society. It was while returning home that he fell ex- hausted on the sidewalk and aied almost immediately. He died within a block of his home. SEEN IN THE GLASS. The Microscope Exposes Adulterated Paris Green Frauds On Unsus- pecting Orchardists. At the meeting of the San Francisco Microscopical Society at Montgomery and Sacramento streets last evening, M. E. Jaffa, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, gave a dem- onstration of tests for the purity of paris green. Since the ingredient begun to be used extensively for killing the codlin-moth in orchards, it has been shamefuily adulter- ated by wholesale chemists and dealers with the result that its efficacy was im- paired. Professor Jaffa conducted a series of ex- veriments, under the direction of Pro- fessor Hilgard, at the university agricul- tural station and obtained satisfactory results. These he demonstrated last even- inihefore the microscopists. e showed that the grosser adulterants with certain affinities for paris green are easy of detection, since their greater spe- cific_gravity caused them to be precipi- tated when the adulterated paris green of commerce was mixed with water. Glauber salts was tried by the dealers, and it united perfectly with' the paint vowder. Italso melted freely in water, and so the farmer was baffled.” Under the microscope this_adulterant was visible, however.” Mr. Jafla showed that paris green nndef the microscope had the ap- pearance of a collection of minute globules when pure. When mixed with salts, how- ever, the adulterant was discernable in crystals among the globules. A plain in- strument with a power as low as 75 diameter would detecs the salt erystals. i . g Republicun Lady Delegates. The executive committee of the Woman's State Central Republican Club will recommend that Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, Mrs. Nellie Hol- brook Blinn and Mrs. Dr. Noble represent their club as delegates to the Republican State Con- vention. The report will be acted upon at the meeting of the club on Wednesday evening, the 15th inst., at the Baldwin Hotel. o Burned by a Fuse. John Carbley, employed in the California electrical works at 35 Market street, was in- jured. by a_burning electric fuse vesterday afternoon. The dynamo burned out and a small blaze was sterted in the premises. An alarm was turned in from box 32, but the ser- vices of the firemen were not needed. S e s The Bicycle Thief. H. M. Hafford, ex-letter-carrier, who was ar- rested last week for stealing five bicycles from different cycleries, was yesterday held by Judge Joachimsen to answer before the Tior Court on two charges of grand larceny in $2000 bonds on each charge. e three other charges t to be disposed o smart Broadway, New York, druggist has A this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quars ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. e Bl ok il L MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND: 0. ). To-night, and _ ri., Sat. and Sun. Evgs. Crowded Houses! “The Fair Mahatma,” ANNA EVA FAY. Secure Seats—Prices, 25¢, 85¢, 50c—No higher. SHOOT THE CHUTES Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION (Adults) 10 CENTS. CHILDREN—ADMISSION, 5c: CHUTES, 5c. Ladies—Chutes, Week-Day Afternoons, 6c. He was formerly pro- NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, Ak HAYMAYY TO-NIGHT [The Always Welcome —ANP— Comedy Drama, this | “FRIENDS” THIS WEEK. By Edwin Milton Royle. MATINEE _“ SATURDAY. Arthar 0. Aleton. The Creative Comedian, " DAILEY In “THE NIGHT CLERK.” ——SEATS READY TO-DAY.—— DN 5 AnD Cop L Hmccap‘u knEATRE PROPS. | —TO-NIGHT! — — TO-NIGHT! — MesO’NEILL JAMES “MONTE CRISTO!” Friday.. HAMLET Saturday Matinee. VIKGINIUS Saturday and Sunday Ni 2 [RsRALy e MONTE CRISTO EXTRA—SEATS NOW SELLING NEXT WEEK—Second and Last Week of MR. O’NEILL. Monday and Friday Tuesday and Sunday. Wednesday and Saturday Thursday. Saturday m: FRICDLANDER.GOTTLOD & o~ LESSES ATDMAMAGLRS - ARE | AWARE YOU | THAT THERE WILL BE BUT MORE PERFORM- ANCES OF SINBAD And That Most Complete of All Theate rical Organizations, The American Extravaganza Company! 128 PEOTPLIS! DAVID HENDERSON Manager. LAST MATINEE LAST PERF( IANCE NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 5. Next Monday—FRANK MAYO in Mark Twain's “PUDD'NHEAD WILSON.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mgs. EBNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK! e = L) Richard Stahl's }wmnuc Opera, v|*sAID PASHA!" |2 7 |“SAID PASHA!"| ¢ MIRTH AND MELODY. ——NEXT MONDAY EVENING. The Spectacular Easter Burlesque, CBLUEB BEARD! “Ap Ojd Friend in a New Dress.” All the Latest Novelties in Song, Dance and mor, Popular Prices MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manages THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, The Romantic French Melodrama, «THE RED POCKETBOOK !”” Adapted from the French by Louis Imhaus. A Magn ficent Production! New Mechanical E fects! Sixty People on the Stage! 5¢c and 50c. EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 50 Family Circie aud Gallerv. 10c. Maiinees Saturday and Sund. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street. Between Stock:on ani Po vail. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEER An Unparalleled List of Notables! THE 3 MARVELLES, SEGOMMER, THE NAWNS, BRUET AND RIVIERE ——AND—— A SUPERB VAUDEVILLE COMPANY! Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c: Opera anales and Box seats, 50c. THE AUDITORIUM. Corner of Joues and Eddy Streets. Friedlander, Gottlob & Co,, Lessees znd Managers Every Evening & Saturday and Sunday Matinees, RICHARD & PR NGL'S FAMOUS GEORGI = MINSTRELS! Headed by the Great BILLY KERSANDS, Watch for the Band Paradeat 11:30 A. M, FREE CONCER'L at 7:15 P. . infrontofthe Theater by one of the finest Bands traveling. RICES—15¢, 25¢ and 50c. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'l. Take Southern Facitic tralns at Third and Towne send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. 3. Fare for round trip. including admission to grand stand, 81. Take Mission-street electric line direcs 10 track. A. B. SPRECKELS, = W.S. LEARE, Presiden: Secretary. SUTRO BATHS ——AND—~ PLEASURE GROUNDS! THE MAMMOTH FIRTH WHEEL ALWAYS RUNNING. FREF SWING FOKk CHILDREN, HAUNTED SWING, MYSTIC MAZE and YUNCH AND JUDY Constantly in Operation.on MERKY WAY, BATES {— Open from 7 A. M. Until 11 P, M. Dally,