The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1896, Page 7

TUESDAY ~MAY 12, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. PArLpwrx THEATER.—“The Strangs Adventures ©f Miss Brown.” CAL1¥OxNIA THEATER—Primrose and West's Minetre! CorvMera THEATER—Faust.” ”!“&ano&-ds Orxra-Housx—“The Cross Roads of T:voLr OPERa-HousE.—“Fra Diavolo. OrrrEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKL ND)-Richard Mansfield in “ Dr. Jekyli and Mr. Hyde.’ Maix HOPKINS' INSTITUTE OF ART.—Spring €exhibition of Paintin SUTRO CONEY ISLAX &nces. SROOT THE CHUTES—Dally at Halght street, one Llock east of the Park. 3 403¥1C CoasT JoCKEY CLun.—Races to-day. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. _Ho! For THX SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.—The First Anniversary Ex ursion and Family Pienic of the Union Printers' Mutual Aid Society will be beid on Thursday, May 21, at Glenwood Parx. D—Bathing and Perform- AUCTION SALES. E & EEmuEn—This day (Tuesday) By Oricntal Curios at 419 Kearny street, . . BY Crmas. LEVY & Co.—This day (Tuesday), Furniture, at salesroom, 1135 Market street, at 10 © clock. BY FRANK (Tuesday), at 11 o'cloci BY 8. BascH—This day (Tuesday), Clothing, eic., at 319-321 Sutter street, a: 11 o'clock. By GEo. F. LaMsoN—This day (Tuesday), Fur niture, at 1418 Hyde street, 11 o'clock. By E. rEAR & Co.—This day (Tuesday) Furniture, at 1309 Jackson st., at 11 o'clock. BY J. C. MUTHER—This day (Tuesday), Furnl- ture, at 516 Foisom street, at 11 o'clock. BY Krvre & Co.—This day (Tuesday), Horses, Harness, etc., at salesyard, corner Van Ness ave, and Market st., at 11 o'clock. By EASTON & ELDRIDGE—ThIS day (Tuesday), Keal Estate, at 638 Market st., at 12 0'clock noon. By Surir & Dovi—Thursday, May 14, borses, etc. 20 Valencia street. at 11 o'clock. “o.—Thursday, May 14, Real t 11 Montgomery street, at 12 o'clock. Juuax J. Dixorx—Saturday, May 16, near Dwight Way and Telegraph rkeley, at 2 o'clock. X & FLDRIDGE.—Tuesday, May 19, 638 Market street, at 12 o'clock. waLp. BUCKBEE & Co.—Wednesday, Real Estate, at salesroom, 218 Mout- treet, at 12 o'clock CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘*Fair Tuesday’’—prediction by Forecast Offi- 1 McAdie. The State Rebekah Assembly meets to-day in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The Rey. Dr. Charles O. Brown is suffering from nervous prostration. Colonel Jack Clemishire’s wife hi for divorce on statutory grounds. The Board of Health will ask for an in- creased appropriation for the coming fiscal year. The first annual session of the managers of the Presbyteriap Orphan Home was held yes- terday. The Election Commissioners granted Regis- trar Hinton ten additional clerks at vester- day's meeting. The twentieth annual session of the Homeo pathic Medical Society will open to-morrow at the Palace Hotel. The Ashley-Baldwin case opened in Judge Slack’s court yesterday, but the courtroom doors were closed. The standing committee of the First Congre- gational Church has asked for a permit to sell the church property. Fred Bell regained consciousness yesterday, but in 8 moment he relapsed into his former condition of insensibility. The case of failure to provide against W. G. Hughes, building contractor, was dismissed by Judge Campbell yesterday. The Transcontinental Association at its meet- to-morrow will fix rates for delegatesand ors to the big conventions. W. BUTTERFIELD — This day Variety Store, at 428 Shotwell street, k. jued him Registrar to have precinct maps for the coming election. The police are searching for a bogus who got a check for $100 from Rev. Collins of Santa College last week. Ah Doo, a Chinese highbinder, was arrested e vesterday morning for robbing Dantel Freemen, a colored man, on Pacific street. The widow and family of John Ryer, the en- gineer who was killed 1n the Baden accident. are suing for $50,000 demages for his death. The Woman’s Federation appointed a com- mittee yesterday 1o secure the appointment of sn officer to compel children to attend school. Judge Troutt has declared the law under which the Assessor may be sued for uncol- lected personal property taxes unconstitu- tional. A man named Andrew Little, whose bank account shows $15,348 to hiscredit, was found dead in his room ata lodging-house on Mis- sion street. An enthusiastic preliminary meeting was held at the Baldwin last night to discuss the “feasibility of insugurating an annual carnival i this City. Walter Hobart lost $100 Sunday before all ‘Blingum” backing his polo pony Laddie sgainst Santa Clars, the speed iest pony of the Riverside team. Property-owners and storekeepers of the north end will meet to-morrow night to_ pro- test ageinst delay in building on the site of the old City Hall. Maggie Smith and Lucy Inman, two young irls, escaped from the Training School, on ilill street, Saturday night and the police are searching for them. The Woman’s Congress Association, the Amencment Campaign Association and the Woman Suffrage Association held enthusiastic meetings yesterday. Five of the six favorites were beaten at Ingleside yesterday. The winning horses were: Fleur de Lis, Instigator, Daylight, Red Glenn, Wawona and Tosno. The Rev. R.Vaughen Griffith, for the last five years pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian Chuich, is to leave for Wales because his sick wite cannot live here. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has received important information relative to how East- ern contractors are flooding the country with the products of convict labor. The Pacific-Union Club met last night and emended its constitution calling for an elec- tion of president and board of directors from the body of the club on May 26. The Union Iron Works have estimatea the cost of putting in the underground trolley sys- tem for the Market-street Company on tracks where the rails have alrerdy been wired. John Lawrence, the boirus bishop of Hono- 1ulu and a noted imposter, arrived in this City from Portland a few days ago. He personates Catholic priests and his sudacity is sublime, A.J. Clunie has flled sn sccusation againi Johin D. Siebe, the object of which is to remane him from office. The cause is the under. assessment of the Market-street Railway Com- peny’s property. 7 Professor John Watson gave & learned ad- dress to the Presbyterian: Minittestns ey yesterday on “Faith.’ Professor Howison spoke and said he did not teach unorthodoxy to Berkeleystudents. The estate of Kate Johnson has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $472,500. The directors are Frederick H. Deakin, Frank Weber, Frederick Kellogg, Edgar M. Wilson and Charles H. Phillips. The many friends of Mzs. A. B. O'Brien, late of Eureka, Cal., will be grieved to learn of her sudden demise on Friday last. Shesuccumbed to chromic gastritis, from which she had suf- fered for several montns. The hearing of exceptions to the accounting of John F. More, the administrator of the Santa Rosa Islana estate, began in Judge Cof- fey’s court yesterday morning. The heirs claim gross fraud and waut his removal. Registrar Hinton say: registration will be conducted this vear under the general law, which opens the books 160 days and closes them 85 days before the election. He thinks this will handicap the stiiffer and colonizer, riest, ather Dick Williams’ Case. The wotion of Assistant District Attorney Blessinger to consolidate the four indictments egainst Dick Williams, the customs inter- preter, was argued before Judge Morrow yes- terday. The prosecution argued that the stat- utes permitted consolidetion if the Judgeso will Williams’ counsel argued sgainst the proposition, alleging that the jury might con- sider where there was so much smoke there must be some fire. Judge Morrow took the case under advisement until to-day. ————— Fire in & Lodging-House. An alarm was turned in through box 296 1ast evening at 8:30 o’clock for a fire in a two- story lodging-house, 633 Califoruia street. The fire was caused by the explosion of a coal- oil lamp. Outside the cremation of a valuable parrot no damage was done, AND SULLlVAN.r Rebellion Has Broken Out in the Junta Campaign Committee. A COMBINATION FORMED Little Bosses Jealous of McNab, Whe Might Become a Big One. HE CAN'T RUN THE COMMITTEE An Effort to Deliver Goods to Daggett Will Likely Be Foiled To- morrow Night. Another battle is on in the Junta. It rages in the campaign committee, a ma- jority of whic : has risen up against Gavin McNab and Chairman Sullivan, and will smite them at the next meeting to-morrow night if they don’t come to terms. The trouble amounts to a rebeilion against the bossism of McNab and Sulli- van. McNab wants to name about fifty or seventy-five of the delegates to the State Convention. That is one thing. Then he wants to name them, or atleast a lot of them, for Daggett. That is another thing. Chairman Sullivan is understood by everybody to be backing McNab's pro- gramme. All this and & lot more has become known in the campaign committee of twenty. The members of the committee who have howled and then formed a com- binatian to sit down on McNab and Sul- livan are reliably reported to constitute a majority. This centering of all power in a small campaign committee was mainly the bril- liant scheme of McNab and Sullivan. Sul- livan appointed recently the committee of twenty which has full and absolute con- trol of affairs and he was ve ry careful to appoint men who were his own friends ana who could be relied upon to stand out to the end against Rainey and also agamst Daggett as far as local politics are con- cerned. McNab and Suilivan were snpposed to have control of the committee along with Ed Lanigan, who was given three or four members for coming sver and helping beat Rainev out. Now Lanigan and others have turned on McNab and Sulli- van and propose to run things themselves. Different motives have brought about the rebellious and apparently victorious combination. Lanigan was not given by Sullivan as many places on the campaign committee as he and others thought he was fairly entitled to in the first place. Then, when McNab proposed to name fifty or so delegates and be the high-muck- a-muck generally, Lanigan put on war- paint. He might have agreed to McNab naming a bunch of delegates if bhe could have named as many. Others flocked to Lanigan on this prope- sition, MeNab, the great anti-boss Frophet. was trying to be the boss. Buck- ey could be a boss under such circum- stances, but with McNab 1t’s different. There are a lot of little boses, and each one wants his power, so some were ready tosave Mr. McNab from being a hog. There was another reason somethin, like this with some. The plan of McNal and Sullivan was that the committee asa whole should name all the district and at large delegates and the election officers, they expecting to easily manage a majority of the executive committee. The committeemen from some of the districts realized the power of their posi- tions and thought they ought to be al- lowed to swing it by naming election officers and_district delegates themselyes. A district is worth something to a poli- tician. Why should he supinely let Mc- Nab grow big and fat on it? With two or three if not more was added to this the well-grounded idea that McNab proposed to do a whole lot for Daggett. McNab has been running things from the start and he has always been the one that has conducted negotiations with D!}gzett. is position has always been a mystery to those on the inside of Junta affairs. He is given credit for being sincerely opposed to Rainey, while being a close friend of Chief Sutlivan. He has been close to Dag- gett, received patronage from him, it 1s said, and yet has appeared to firmly but gently oppose Daggett’s efforts to control. ‘‘He has tried to play two hands,” is the way many put it. As the real boss in power he is believed by all the Junta out- fit to have made promises to Daggett which he wants to fulfill through the executive committee. He wants to name a lot of delegates for Daggett for one thing, Daggett having been shut out of any chance to name any himself. *‘Now why should we get in and carry out McNab’s contract with Daggett?” is what some of the committee are asking. The chief issue concerning Daggett is in the Thirty-ninth District. Dr. J. W. Gavi- gan, friend to Lanigan and to himself, was appointed to the execative committee by Sullivan. Daggett made a fierce and per- sistent fight to get his lieutenant, A, Fenton, appointed, but not this or any other appointment would Sullivan give Daggett. Now McNab wants to deliver some- thing to Daggett that Daggett wants ex- ceedingly. He wants Fenion re-elected to the State Central Committee from that district. To do that a Fenton delegation must be appointed. McNab wantsto give Fenton a majority of the delegates from that dis- trict and Gavigan the minority. That is enough to make bloody war itself. Gavi- snn probably would be willing that his elegation should vote for Daggett’s ad- ministration interests, but he naturally wants to deliver the goods himself instead of letting McNabdo it. Another feature of the McNab pro- gramme concerns those delegates at large. As has become known,the Mc- Nab-Sullivan Froposition is to appoint about a third of the 167 delegates at large. Now, it is said, MtNab proposes that when it comes to the naming of State central committeemen the delegates at large shall vote witk the district to which they belong. There may be no delegates at large from one district and ten from another, so that these delegates might de- termine several State Central Committee- men. That is another reason why McNab wants to name delegates at large and an- other reason why there is rebellion, Some want the members of the commit- tee to be given the naming of delegates and primary election officers from their districts. They will, at least, demand the naming of election officers, as that would mean the naming of the delegates if they wanted to run an opposition ticket. The issne of how much recognition shall be given to the Rainey-Daggett minority exists in other districts than the Thirty-ninth, but in a less degree. Daggett is still stru.gling for power as fiercely as ever. He is reported to have just captured two members of the cam- ign committee with places in the Mint. Eey are Fitzpatrick and Donovan. He was not given a single place on the cam- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1896. [Sketched by a “Call” staff artist from a description given by one of the crew.] pnifin committee, but he was not discour- aged. gHe bas offered two places in the Mint to as many members of the campaign com- mittee for their votes, it is reported, and he will probably get them. Daggett wants members of the State Cen- tral Commattee delegates to the State Con- vention, and also Assemblymen and Sena- tors who will vote for him for United States Senator. How he will come out is a mat- ter for guessing. Sam Rainey is back, but he is saying little and doing his work quietly. Samuel Braunhart is one of the leaders opposed to the McNab programme. In fact, he first stirred about forming the combination to down it. Twelve votes out of the twenty are said to be ready to down the ambitious plans of McNab and Sullivan to-morrow night. Braunhart wants to control the affairs of the Twenty-ninth himself, and he is op- osed to any recognition of the Rainey- Baggett element. He isalso a strong sil- ver man and is so opposed to Federal bri- gade domination. All around the Junta affairs are in an- other pretty mess, which 1s mainly com- posed of quarrels of a lot of jealous and ambitious little bosses, and it isa tangle of queer politics. O, BRONN A SICK Wik, The Ex-Pastor Suffering Severely Erom Nervous Prostra- tion. Permission to Sell the First Church Property Is Requested by the Trustees. The Rev. Dr. Charles O. Brown is a verv sick man. The stormy weeks of the un- savory church trial, the warily qualifiea verdict of acquittal on the most serious | charges against him and the subsequent reversal of that seemingly merciful ver- dict at the Bay Conference meeting by the very men who had formulated it atthe council—all these events have combined to unstring the pastor’s nervous system ina | manner which is causing his adherents much alarm. “Dr. Brown is suffering from an aggra- vated form of nervous prostration,’’ said one of the officials of the First Congrega- tional Society yesterday, “and I cannot say when he will be himself again. He keeps entirely secluded from every one outside of his family and the small circle of his most intimate friends. So keenly does he feel the need of rest that some of the church officers, myself among the number, are not sure where he is. “Under these circumstances it is u seless to talk of an independent church, with Dr. Brown as its pastor. For the present heis physically incapable of undertaking the management of a congregation. If he were 10 inaugurate such a movement he would fling himself into it heart and soul, | and probably work himself to death. A large proportion of his late parishioners are anxiously waiting for him to found a chureh, in order to place themselves once more under his spiritual direction. ‘“‘Perhaps 350 would about represent the number of the church members who side with him. These comprise the greater part of the sure, solid resident members, The so-called opvosition was composed in & great measure of transient and non-sus- | taining members, who had no deep attach- ment for either church or pastor. “‘As to the prospective sale of the church property, I find some degree of misappre- hension in many quarters. ““In the first place the pulse of the pew- holders was taken, and a large majority was found to be in favor of selling the building and lot. Then a business meet- ing of the church officers was called. The board of deacons and trustees and the standing committee of the congregation, after mature deliberation decided to close the church and put the property on the market. Thirteen votes were cast, and of these only one was against the plan. “‘For the present, then, we are cwaiting the outcome of Dr. Brown’s illness. If he regains his health I regard it very prob- able that his people will gather around him uxlllin. But s can make no plans yet. we can do is to indulige in con- Jjectures and hope for the best.” In pursuance of the action taken at the meeting before mentioned a petition was filed in court asking for permission to seil the church property. At the time when the church building was erected, in 1870, the locality was con- sidered most desirable, being then an aris- tocratic residence section. Latterly, how- ever, business houses have commenced to spring up about the church, and the char- acter of the vicinity has been considerably changed. Atthe same time the value of the church lot from a business standpoint has vastly increased. 1f it can be sold for anything approach- ing the valuations set upon ngjoining freeholds the proceeds of the sale will be amply sufficient for the purchase of a much more eligible site and the erection of a magnificent church thereon, leaving a good balance in the church treasury. The trustees are quietly looking out for a good location, and it is thought some defi- nite steps will soon be taken. ————————— LEAGUE OF HENRY IV. Hundred-Dollar Membership Prize Won by B. D. Lacazette. The French Mutual Aid and Benevolent Society, known as the League of Henry IV, held an important meeting in Califor- nia Hall last night. It was the time set for hearing the re- ports of members who had entered the contest for a $100 vrize to be awarded to the one who should add the most names to the roll during the year. B. D. Laca- zette headed the list with seventy new members. 4 The society has been in existence a little over a year and ‘the membership now numbers over 350 and there is $3000 in the treasury. ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Arrival of the New, Stanch Puget Sound Schooner Altair. BUILT FOR SPEED AND WEAR. Continued Troubles of Count and Countess Festetics in the South Seas. The Puget Sound schooner Altair came down from Port Costa Sunday and now lies at the Green-street wharf. This littte 66-ton vessel isa most remarkable craft. She was built near Port Townsend last February for a sealer and hunter in north- ern coasts, and was designed to withstand the hard knocks of those stormy waters. Human skill could bardly put together a wooden hull more stanch and on lines more graceful * than this siar-named schooner. Her ribs are nine by ten inches square and stand ten inches apart. The planking of the hull is five inches thick and the stem and keel are joined together with a natural crook, just as it grew in the tree. There are nine feet of dead- wood in the bow, making the little, white, peaceful craft a warlike ram. Her length is 66 feet at the keel and 80 feet over all, her beam 21 feet and her | draught when loaded is 9 feet. Her bows are very sharp for great speed, and her lines widen out to her greatest beam amid- ships. She is not Turneresque, with a broad quarter, but iails in to a smaller beam at the stern. Her mainsail hoist is about 54 feet, and she spreads 1000 square yards of canvas. She is fitted with mod- ern steering gear, which will pivot her around on her keel like a top. The Altair is owned by R. Olsen of this City, by whom she is valued at $7000. She leit Port Townsend April 26, and off Cape Flattery she caught a fierce south- easter, which tossed the little white gchooner on the crests of the great billows like a cork. Asthe gale was dead ahead for her course she lay under a reefed fore- sail for nine duys. So weatherly 1s sue that ber decks were never washed by the | seas and her beam kept her as upright as | achurch. | On the tenth day the gale veered to the | northwest, and then she gathered up her yachtlike heels and flew. Fourteen and sixteen knots under short sasil was her speed till the storm blew iiseif away. Scudding before a living gale is a trial to | the wheelsman, but the Altair’s steering | machine never let the sharp stem vary an | inch from the straight-away course. She discharged her cargo of lumber at Port Costa and is now preparing for a cruise along the Mexican coast. Australia is indeed a necessity, orat least she is the mother of inveution, for she has | sent the world another useful appliance, which 1f not as important as the ballot system and the horse race starting tape, merits a trial. It is an automatic machine for registering the finish of running, swim- ming and bicycle races and is the property of A. L. Baird of Sydney, N. 8. W., who arrived on the Monowai last Sunday. The machine is suspended over the finishing point of the course and records without | error not only the time but the order of the finishes and the distances the com- itors are apart at the ending of the Baird is a member of the council of the New South Wales Athletic Association and of several bicycle clubs in Sydney. His finishing machine is used at every sports meeting of any importance in Aus- tralia. By the passengers of the Monowai it is reported that the Count and Countess Fes- tetics, in their yacht Tolna, were still sail- ing in stormy seas. Ever since the luck- less pair in their luckless vessel left San Francisco a conple of years ago they have been in trouble. Crew after crew have been shipped only to jump the yacht at the first ort, and much of the time tue vessel has een deserted in some island harbor ex- cept by its captainess and her spouse. Ac- cording to the complaints of the men she carried the keys of the storeroom at her belt and fed them on Laidiack and wa'er. When the Monowai left Sydney the Tolna had secured a new crew and was getting under way for a cruise. The Countess had promised to let the steward feed the crew and she would only attend to_the Count’s rations. Yesterday the schooner Moonlight, Cap- tain Spencer, sailed on a trading and prospecting voyage on the Mexican coast. Admiral Angelo O. Monesterio of the Mexican warship Zaragoza, accompanied by the Consul-General of Mexico, officially visited the Custom-house yesterday, The edmiral was in full uniform and was re- ceived with ceremony suitable to his rank. PRESEFTERIAN CRPHANS, First Annual Meeting of the Managers of the Home, The first annual meeting of San Fran- cisco Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm was held yesterday at St. John’s Presby- terian Church. There were present at the meeting forty-four of the larger orphans, who came over in charge of Miss Eding- ton, the matron. The report of the secretary shows a very satisfactory state of affairs, and that of Mrs. W. B. Noble, the treasurer, showed that during the year the organization had met all its bills, is free from debt and has a small surpius. The following board of managers was then elected: Mrs. P. D. Browne, Mrs. M. D. Rideout, Mrs. Robert McHugh, Mrs. L. McLane, Mrs. J. Cumming Smith, Mrs. T. C. Tisdale, Mrs. John Bidwell, Mrs. John Hemphill, Mrs. A. E. Kent, Mrs. E. G. Denniston, Mrs. E. R. Stevens, Mrs, L. A. Kelly, Mrs. O. F. Jonhnson and Mrs. Fenderson. The officers, who served to the satisfaction of all during the past year, were re-elected. Miss Edington told an interesting story of life at the orphanage, which now con- tains sixty-five inmates, the girls pre- dominating. The orphanage is in the old Gilbert House at San Rafael, but it is not large enough to meet the demands made upon it. Dr. William F. Jones, who serves the orphanage without pay, presented his re- port of the work done. gin. 8. 8. Palmer spoke in strong, patriotic languace of “The Children and our Country,” and the presi- denv read her report,in which she re- viewed the work of the year. Mrs. Day told what environment does for children and the children gave recitations and sang patriotic songs. Several beds were donated to the home and a committee was appointed to visit a farm near San Pedro, eighty acres in extent and offered for sale, to be used asa farm for the orphanage. THe HOUSE OF SILENCE Fred Bell Was Conscious Only for a Moment Yester- day. Ciptain Lees Disputes the Statement That the Boy’s Father Was Killed by a Fall. Fred Bell, the heir to nearly a half mill- 10n dotlars of the Thomas Bell estate, who met with an accident as tragic as it is mysterious about two weeks ago at 1107 Bush street, regained consciousness for a moment only yesterday morning. For the first time since his mangled form was picked up at the bottom of the stair- way from which he had either been tossed or had fallen he opened his eyes and spoke. “Where is Marie?” he asked, inquiring for his sister, the only member of the im- mediate family with whom he has had dealings in yvears. The young woman was not present, owing to the strict quarantine placed on the sick-chamber by Mrs. Thomas Bell, the mother of the boy, who will permit no one but Dr. P. A. Kearney and the nurse to see him. Miss Marie Bell was the first one with “Mammy” Pleasant, the business mana- ger for Mrs. Bell, to reaca the young man after his mishap, but, five days ago an in- junctiop was placed against her visiting her brother any more. When the sick lad’s appeal to see his sister was unre- quited he closed his eyes and relapsed into unconsciousness so similar to death that but for the labored breathing one would believe he had passed away. Captain Lees, the veteran detective, makes a peculiar statement regarding the killing of old Thomas Bell, the banker, who 5icd four years ago under circum- stances similar to those attending hisson’s case to-day. At the time of the first affair it was well known that whether Thomas Bell was thrown over the bannisters pur]m:elv or whether he fell accidently, the fall was the cause of his death. Even the people in the “House of Silence” where the affair occurred acknowledge this to this day. Still Captamn wvees yesterday said, in speaking of the subject, that there never had beea any evidence to that effect and that de did not believe Thomas Bell ever did tumble down the spiral stairway to his death two stories below. The mystery in the case therefore ap- rs to be growing denser as the conflict tween Captain Lees, who claims to have investiga the case, and Mrs. Bell, “Mammy" Pleasant and a number of ser- vants is radical in the extreme. 1f Thomas Bell was not gilehod head- long to his death, or if he did not meet it through accident, why is it his family give that version of the affair? Again, why is1t that Captain Lees be- lieves, or says he does, that Thomas Beil simply dropped dead where he was found on the cement floor of the basement in the “House of Silence’’? That mystery bas passed unsolved for years, ln; the new mystery of Fred Beil’s similar tragic fate appears to be going the same way. FOR THE SABBATH DAY. Annual Convention of the State Sabbath Association. The annual convention of the California Babbath Association was held during the day and evening yesterday in the audito- rium of the Y. M. C. A. building, and was attended by a large throng of those inter- ested in the Christian observance of the Sabbath day. In the morning devotional exercises, committee reports and the appointment of committees consumed the time. In the afternoon the business of the session, in- cluding the election of officers, was fin- ished. 3 Rev. Robert Whitaker delivered an ad- dress on “The Duty of the State to Secure a Weekly Rest-day for all Laborers,” and Rev. Dr. W. W. Case addressed the meet- ing on **Responsibilities of the Pulpit and of the Church in Rezard to the Sabbath.” Discussion followed both addresses. In the evening Rev. Dr. H, A. Ketchum spoke on “The Patriot and the Sabbath,” Henr; E. Highton on “The True Basis of Ameri- can Citizenship,” and Rev. William Rader on “Open Sunday Saloons.” Chi zren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. [\ PETY SLAND KOG Jobo F. More Is So Called by His Dead Brother’s Heirs. TRYING HARD TO DEPOSE HIM. The Joint Heirs Demand an Account. ing for Eighty-Five Thousand and 0dd Dollars. Sensational happenings are looked for in the estate of the late Alexander P. More. Mr. More was a sovereign in his own right and reigned supreme over the isle known as Santa Rosa. He had a brother named John F. More, who enjoyed his confidence to an almost unlimited degree. When Alexander wanted to take a trip of two or three years for his health John F. ruled the little principality, and after Alexander’s death John F. continued in authority by virtue of his appointment as administrator. That his administration of affairs has not been satisfactory to the other heirs of the deceased Alexander P. More is at- tested by the repeated efforts made to secure from him a complete accounting. But all attempts were apparently un- crowned by success, and the heirs finally | determined to bring John up with a rapid | legal turn. He filed what purported to be an ac- counting, and in Judge Coffey’s court yes- terday began the hearing of numerous exceptions on the part of the several heirs to the ingenious bookkeeping of the ad- ministrator. ‘What may follow can only be hinted at, thougi it was openly stated by those in- terested that unless John F. makes a show- ing for $80,000 or §100,000 which the heirs think ue has handled to their financial undoing, the court will be asked to re- move him from his island sovereignty in- stanter. Attorney Mhoon, representing two of the beirs, will file exceptions to-day cov- ering the same points brought out by Messrs. Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett in behalf of their clients, also heirs of the de- ceased island king. The interests of the heirs are identical. They allege that John F. has rendered a false accounting and that he has appro- priated $85,000 to his own use. In some of the papers to be filed this sum will be en- | larged by the addition of moneys paid out for personal taxation from the funds of | the estate. | The heirs say Liore disposed of $30,000 | worth of sheep, $1000 in cattle, $28,000 in | products of the little principality, besides being in collusion with a man named Watson, to whom he is paying $125 a | month to keep him comgany on the island and look wise when they both come to San Francisco to meet the heirs in the | legal arena. | Watson has a suit now pending against | the estate for $30,000 tor services rendered the deceased Alexander P. More. Among other modest charges is one of $18,000 for advice as to the state of the wool market. The heirs think postal cards were as cheap at that time as ever, and they would willingly have performed the same service for 2 cents and no commission. On the resumption of the case to-day additional exceptions to the strange ac- counting will come up for argument, and it may be three or four days before the hearing is brought to a close. After that, other measures will be adopted :o dispose | of and dispossess the island ruler. TWO INDICIMENTS. Some Sensational Rumors Regarding Them Authoritatively Dissipated. The Grand Jury at its session last Satur- day found two indictments for forgery. The men indicted are well-known crooks, who are supposed to be in New York. Bench warrants for the arrest of the forgers were issued, and the bail of each fixed at $20,000. Beyond the facts stated in THE CALn Saturday morning, nothing of trauth has been published regarding ‘hese indict- ments. The Examiner has republished the Dean forgery story, with many embellishments, and supplemented the narrative with a chapter on clever crooks. It has named many of the noted crooks of the century, but ‘the list published so conspicuonsly, does not, unfortunately, contain the name of either person indicted by the Grand Jury, and does not give even the aliases of either. The only accurate statement in the Examiner’s whole story is borrowed from a paragraph in Saturday morning’s Cavry, wherein it is stated that a noted crook was indictea for forgery. The statement that Quirk, alias Jones, alias Quinn, was indicted, is not correct. The statement that James Bernin, alias Meredith. was indicted, is without founda- tion of truth. ——— e NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. Llnbio Gha, | —EDMUND K. FPRIEDLANDER.GOTTLOD & G- ce35es amoraraatss- THOSE | ARE NORTH | NOT WINDS | NEAR SO STRONG AS THE PRODUCTION OF “FAUST!” GIVEN NIGHTLY BY MORRISON’S EXCELLENT COMPANY, ‘Wonderful Scenic and Electric Effects. THE GREAT “BROCKEN” SCENE! Genuine Flashes of Lightning! Mafic Kain of Fire! RESERVED SEATS—25¢, 50¢ and 75c. NEXT MONDAY, AMY LEE and FRANK DOANE TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mazs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager — TO=-NIGEIT — ———BRILLIANT REVIVAL— — Ot Auber’s Tuneful Romantic Opers, “FRA DIAVOLO.” EVERY NUMBER A GEM. ——NEXT WEEK. First Time in Operatic Form, “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN !". A Great Scenic Production. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (Oakland.) - TO-NIGHT—Farewell Performance. ‘RICHARD MANSFIELD And his New York Garrick Theater Co. TO-NIGHT—“DR. JEKYLLAND Mg. HyDE" Choice seats and boxes now on sale. DURING THE EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE GROUNDS B CEIUTES TEL. Will Be Opone’? Only on SATURDAYS ANDSUN- DAYS, AFTERNOONS and EVENINGS, Till Further Notice. v DO NOT GROW OLD. | What Charles Dickens Said and & Val able Hint to A1l Who Wish to PP Retain Youth. arles Dickens never wrote & truer 4 than the following deseription of it crer 28| an_anything be more pitiable than :hq‘, sight of elderly men and women who realize that the strength of earlier years is departing' end is dfll’kn!&é Down the plane of life, whose they look and wonder if their weary steps will, carry them painlessly to the end.’” ¥ But what can elderly people do to avoid: these dangerous symptoms of weakness? Ho can they prevent the trembling of the nerves,) the lessening of vitality, the (Fecrelsed vigor, their frequent chilly sensations? Plainly, the; must have assistance. Ordinary food an drink will not help them. Drugs should be avoided, The best advice on the subject isy given by Dr. Gardner, an eminent physician, who says: ] “Elderly persons who suffer from cold f and find artificial heat, applied ecv.‘;mnel;, fails to afford relief, may. witn great advan age, take whiskey and hot water on going to! bed. If headache or foul tongue should folet low, it may be regarded as a sure sign that the spirit is impure, and probably contains fusel oil A very slight irace of this noxious in-! Eredxem will, in some constitutions, producel cadache—as accurate a test of impurity as| chemistry can employ.” " There is only one absolutely pure whiskey,| pure from fusel oil, and that is the well-known{ and universally popular Duffy’s pure mait whiskey. It has all the properties that contri: bute 10 health and vigor and none that can in. jure. It caunot harm the stomach of even & child. "It may be procured from any reliable grocer or druggist, but care should be exer: cised that no inferior imitation is substituted. There is nothing else that can possibly take' its place, ¥ AL BAYMAN & (0'S THEATERS. ——JLAST 6 NIGHTS _ NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AT THE BALBWIN [-mi SATURDAY. THE STRANGE EDDIE | F | ADVENTURES oY |OF MISS BROWN | NEXT |ADA REHAN b N WEEK | AUGUSTIN DALY COMPANY, | SEATS for the Entire Three Weeks ON SALE TO-DAY. 1st Week—:-C 3dWeek—* Twelfth Night,” “ The Hunchback,” | *The Honeymoon” and “Taming of The Shrew.” | TO-NIGHT AND ALL THE WEEK | AT TH CAGiFoRwiA | PRIMROSE and WEST’S | BIG MINSTRELS. ' 50 COUPLES——50 ‘Will Contest for Cash and Valuable Prizes All Local Talent Can Participate Free of Entry. Monday, May 18_HOVI'S “A TKIP TO CHINATOWN!'* O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell TO-NIGH ! AND DURING THE WEER MAGNIFICENT NEW ATTRATIONS! A Marvelous Bill Troughout! WOOD AND SHEPALD, FIELD> AND LEWIS. o NSONE HN W. RA And 14 Celebrated Artists. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera onales and Box seats, bUc. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater In Amerioa. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lesseo and Manage THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Second Week of America's Leading Tragedian, COL In the Great Melodrama, S PO et s “THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE” ; Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. TROPICAL FAIRY PALACE. | SUTRO B A TIEIS! WON HDERFUL FREE MUSEUM ! Largest Swimming Tank in the World. PURE SEA WATER. Experienced Swimming Teachers ¥rom European Colleges. GENERAL ADMISSION: ADULTS 10c. CHILDREN 5c. MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART, Cor. California and Mason streets. The Annual Spring Exhibition, Including the James D. Phelan prize painting sna - 140examples in oil and water colors by resident | artists, also 15 examples in plastic art, is now open daily from 9 . 3, (0 5 r. M., including Sun. days. Organ Recitals Sunday afferncoas from 2 to4. Admission 25 Concerts Every Thursday Evening, Admission 50ce PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). e FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. 'L, ' ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Towns gend streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 ». 3 Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, 1. Take Mission-strees sleciric Line direcs 1o track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W.8 LEAKE, President. Secretary. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. GRAND FAMILY OUTiNG AND RESERVED SEAT EXCURNION RUSSIAN RIVER! NEXT SUNDAY, May 17. Leave via 7:30 Tiburon boat. Choice of 6 hours at PIETA, 5l¢hours at HOPLAND or DUNCANS SPRIN or4 hours at UKIAH. Tickets for round m only $2, children $1, for sale at ferry. SERVED SEATS without extra charge from J. E. LOCKE, 333 O’Farrell st. daily from 1 to 9 P. M. Fine trout-fishing in Pieta Creek. A picturesque ride. DON'T MISS IT. ¢E. GRUZ MOUNTAINS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY arsion and Family Picnice ——OF THE—— UNION PRINTERS’ MUTUAL AID SOCIETY WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY ...MAY 21, 1596 —At GLENWOOD PARK— Santa Cruz Mountains. Tickets for the round trip (including Park).8$1.00 Children (between 5 and 12 years)...... 500 Tickets can be procured of any member of the Society, or at 608 Montgomery st., Room 16, or at the wharf on the morning of the Excursion, A | tine Band of Music will accompany the Excarsidm.~~ The train will be made up of First-classs Passen-, ger Coaches. Prizes for adults aud children. j S ——————————————————E Boat leaves Oakland Ferry (narrow gauge), of Market st., at 8:45 a. . sharp. Reiurning, train leaves Glenwood at 5:30 . M.