The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1896, Page 7

i THURSDAY...... ;- JULXS, TH0S AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNIA THEATE! Americans ;;:rnlfl.c'—" THEATEE - London Assul Tivorr OPERA-HOUSE. Orrrrou—High-Class Vandeville. & 0 BaTES—Bathi and performances. o i ly st Haight street, srrE=riELD — This day e, 8t 354 O'Farrell street, at oclock. 0.—This day (Thursday), Horses, T & ot avenne and Market sta., at 11 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 0sd Commission met yesterday. cernival programme is pro- th District McKinley Club 8. es: ay in the trial of or forgery. overed gold in the sands r Sausalito. rage are busy organ- oughout the State. ersmet yesterday after- umber of appointments. nessures were discussed at the Young Ladies’ In- cer, who resided at 1020 Howard d dead in Calvary Church last 0ard of Health has offered the Federal ties s solution of the quarantine Bishop, the well-known attorney, | convert from Democracy to Re- curity Loan Association e J. Pritchard is on trial ourt. f the Youths® Directory will spend County, where they expect t0 s delightful outing. wed activity has manifested itself on thern Heights and in the Potrero dis- n grading and building. wo score and ten of mewsboys hold high ar Lotta’s fountain, where a barrsl ch fell from & dray and burst. light southwesterly changing | esteriv wind ; light ‘og off the coast. Forecast Offici A. G. MeAdie. Hendrix, the distinguished emissary 5 e o sccept a large o for the Methodist Church South. e new rules have been sdopted by the of Education relative to the appoint- t of teachers and contagious diseases. her committed suicide or smothered by gas in his terdsy morning. lican Club held a ht i tice Groezinger’s ch there was & good attend- shoj was a row last night in the meeting Mechanics’ Institute. sls indignantly left the , & milk_rancher, was repri- Board of Health for o feed in the San Bruno bery against William Caw- and McAliister d by Judge Campbell yes- ted by Pastor W. 5 yesterdsy to se- en for the release of her sister symptoms of a Democratic stam- e Republican ranks, owing to he finaneial stand at the Chicago con- eavin, aged 16 years, fell into an tro’s Baths yesterday, receiv- which resulted in his death three Womsan's American Protective Associa- ed the criticisms passed by the League on J. Richard Freud ter. bade farewell to his con- last night's prayer-meeting, ai- s prostration as the reason of his Dhy yesterdsy gave E. C. Clowes inst the stockholders of the Aun- Reisin and Nut Compeny for f $2500. ids writes warning the people ew charter as introducing & mon- TRIUMVIRATE WILL DO BATTLE, Serve Subpenas on Defiant Railway Officials. To BOARD WANTS EVIDENCE The Rub Will Come on the Event of the Companies’ Refusal. DR. STANTOR'S RESOLUTION. It Indorses a Schedule of Rates Adopted by the Southern Pacific. Yesterday afternoon the Board of Rail- | road (ommissioners in regular session | took the initial step in determining | whether or not it has jurisdiction over the | street railway companies to such an extent that it may compel the compsnies to re- duce their present rates of passenger transportation. Hitherto the action of the board in this matter has been charac- | terized by extreme caution and slowness of movement. Yesterday it was resolved to make an investigation of the books of the companies as a preliminary move. In the event of the companies refusing to appear before the board with this informa- | tion the case will be carried on a writ of mandate to the Supreme Court. where a decision may be expected within three months. Another highly important matter, the approving of tiie present schedule of grain rates on the Snut{:ern Pacific Railroad, in- troduced by Commissioner Stanton, was briefly discussed, but on motion of Com- | missioner- La Rue, who feared inviting contempt of court by coming into conflict | with Judge McKenna's injunction should | such an adoption be made, the question | was laid on the table for further considera- tion. The board listened to the protest of An- | drew J. Clunie acainst the Southern Pa- | Crocker-Wooiworth National Banl | Rues House THE - SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1896. from redu ny of the rates or_said com- pany; an ereas, the Southern Pacific Cow.- pany has at various times since the adoption and publication of s grain tariff of thatcom- pany by which grain rates have been reduced %o amounts equal and in some instances ex- ceeding the ntage of reductions made by this board; therefore Resolved, That the follow: schedule of rates be and are hereby approved as the official rates of the Rail Commissioners for the transportation ot grain over the lines of the Southern Pseific Company from and to sta- tions nemed therein, and it being the judg- ment of this board that the rates so approved having been voluntarily reduced by the South- ern Pacific Company for the of com- peting with another common ecarrier, it is ordered that such reduced rates shall not be ain raised or increased without the consent of this Board of Railroad Commissioners. To tnese resolutions were lp%eonded a schedule of rates adopted by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. A complaint was read from San Diego saying that the Sonthern Pacific had abandoned that part of the road near Temecula. The railroad states that the line was abandoned for reasons it deemed reasonable and proper. The board will leave for San Diego Saturday to investi- gate this matter. FOR THE CONVENTION. A Little Extra Effort To-Day Would Bring the Subseription Up to the Desired Mark. The Christian Endeavorers of the City are anxious to have an additional $1000 or $1500 subscription 1o the convention fund. To-day the guarantee limit expires and the fund is still less than $25,000, the amount required. Several subscriptions are expectea to-day, bringing the total to $23,500 or $24,000. All who can make a voluntary subserip- tion are earnestly requested by the asso- ciation to do so to-day either to Mr. Mer- ritt of Miller & Lux, 508 California street, TaE CaLL office, 910 Market street, or J. S. Webster., Following were yesterday’s subscrip- tions: Previously reported Hulse, Bradford Wallace Bradford Eagieson&Co.... Pacific Mutusl Insurance Company. Cardinal & Marston, ** The Original Creamerie” . Stearn’s Candy Factory. Voss, Conrad & Co.... Goodyear Rubber Company. . Total. g HER SIST.R’S BONDS. Lillian Ashley Could Not Secure Them Yesterday. Miss Lillian Ashley was busily occapied yesterday in trying to secure bail for her | sister Emma. Pastor W. L. Birch assisted her and applied to E. J. Baldwin, who em- phatically refused to become one of Emma’s bondsmen. “The truth is,” said Baldwin, “both of these women (Lillian snd Emma) are ad- venturesses, and I feel that I must pro- tect myself, as well as other men, from cific’s charge of 5 cents on the creek route while on the regular ferry line the charge | was 10 cents. He said that this was a vio- the board to insist on the company’s charging uniform rates on the ferry lines. With regard to reducing the fares La Rae said thal he did not think that there | could be any contempt of court in investi- | gating the profits and expenditures of the company, but he did believe such would be the case if the board should publish a schedule of passenger rates. *If this discrimination exists,” said Mr. ie, “it can be regulated without our interfering with Judge McKenna's injunc- tion in any way.” Stanton was 1n fayor of hearinz evidence on the matter, and suggested that a day be set aside for this purpose. Clunie said that the company had raised the rate 5 cen!s without notifying the board of its intention, and that this was a violation of the State constitution. Rue and Clarke believed that action on the matter should be tponed until the injunction of Judge McKenna shouid | be dissolved. A vote to postpone action was carried. Letters were read from the aifferent City and County railway companies, in which they denied that the Railroad Commis- sioners had any jurisdiction over them in this reeard, A letter was also read from Attorney- General Fitzgerald stating that he was not prepared to give an opinion as Lo whether m as sgainst tne present popular pel government, while hearing the search- P. rry, 1107 Bush upon usurers eld holds the seniority ard and that the claimsof ot upheld by law. be interior to this port by the Valley road nt with the California rovement Company. Judge convicted him snd appear for sentence this morn- nt will hold their Hall to-morrow e will sing by re- of Bunker Hill,” also other t of the home en from Septem- re issued by the Me- erdey in pamphlet and the Lon- ested to the yesterdsy n° of their of Eg Siebe's ssessor New grain rates between Stockton ana Port Costa, Val San Fraucisco were put into y road yesterday, and make uction on the Southern Pacific ty. ing the American flag will be tsmouth square in commemora. raising of the flag by James B, mery, commanding the United States arship Portsmouth, in 1846. Bishop E. R. Hendrix of the Methodist South, recently errived from Missouri nge for the transfer of valuable prop- iven the church by s clergyman of Hol- is in the City and will preach bere Sun- Ed Lafferty, a young man arrested while try- ing to break into the grocery on the corner of Twenty-niuth and Dolores streets last week, . terday held by Judge Joachimsen to before the Saperior Court in $2000 resentative of the London Insurance of London and the Continental In- Company explained last night the the light ri ken on the build- pied by the Wes: Coast Furniture . J. Cooney has been subpensed to appear beiore Judge Slack this morning and testify in t r of the Craven-Fair deeds. Mr. ho took the acknowledgment Fair himself made the acknowledg- u person. Mamie Baldwin, the young woman who sensation by masqueradiug the night Fourth in male sttire, was up before ampbeli yesterday for sentence. His ought she bad been sufficiently pun- by the notoriety and imposed a nominal ween San Francisco and Portland to soon be restored. Prominent n Pacific officials have left for Port- the board had a right to publish and main- tain a schedule of rates: that he would pre- fer to_await the issue of the injunction case, but that he would prepare subpenas requiring the presence of the railway offi- cials before the board. “I told *you at the time you requested the Attorney-General for thisinformation,” said Mr. Clunie, “that it was too ciose a question for him to answer yet. If you go ahead and get a test case on a subpena you wiil never get any closer toit. You will never get at the merits of the case by these means. “If our information is correct the rail- ways have been charying exorbitant rates for the past three months. I want to say to you that I have evidence from the books of the railroad men themselves which wiil enlighten you on this matter. If there is a guestion of doubt it should be thoroughly decided. The Attorney-General himself is in doubt; he wants the matter decided by the courts. If vou are satisfied sfter in- vestigation that the rates are too high and decide to lower them, on_their refusing to do so you can carry the case to the Su- preme Court and get a decision there within three months. “This board,”” coutinued Mr. Clunie, “has more power than any tribunal in the State. Give the public the benefit of the doubt in this matter at issue and take the first step.” “They say,” said Mr. La Raue, ‘‘that street railway lines are not railroads.” “‘It would be no small matter to investi- gate this thing,” said Mr. Clarke. *‘It will require time and money.” +‘It will take no longer than ten days,’’ said Mr. Clunie. On motion of Dr. Stanton it was re- solved that the secretary be instructed to prepare subpenas under the direction of the Attorney-Genera! to serve on the officials of the t-street Railway Com- pany, that Mflh may bring such in- formation to rd as it may require. It was furthes lved that the case should come. up hearing at the next meeting, August Sug ¢ ’ This 1nformatiol_will consist of such items as bonded indebtedness, capital stock, operating expenses, interest, tax account, miles of road, ete. “Could we roceed with the case thoush,” asked Dr. Stanton, “‘should the officials refuse to come?” Mr. Clarke said that if they do refuse their refusal will constitute a test case. On motion of Mr. Clarke Mr. Clunie was requested to file a formal complaint with the board against the present rates. A letter was received from the Board of Raiiroad Commissioners of Iowa asking the board's opinion as to whether ex- press rates are controllable by the Board of Commissioners. The secretary was in- structed to write that in the opinion of the board rates of express companies, being rates of transportation compsnies that work in with the rairoad to the : th the avowed intention of holding e with the Oregon Ral ompany’s officials and adjusting past nce- between the two compan fes. EAGLE Brand; ~CONDENSED MILE.. Has No Equal SOLD EVERYWHERE detriment of shippers, are subject to the control of the Board of Railroad Com- missioners. A schedule of rates on grain and grain lation of the law, and it was the duty of | | A Big Musical Festival—Encourage. being biackmailed. *‘I believe that Lillian joined the Cal- | vary Presbyterian Cburch merely for effect, and that the shooting at me in the | courtroom was deliberate and premedi- | tated.” Miss Lillian Ashley says that it is her | desire to remain in San Francisco, and | that she thinks she will resume the mani- cure business. She is very anxious to get her sister Emma out of jail and to secure | some emplovment for her brother. | _Although Lillian applied to several gen- tlemen yesterday, she was not successful | in secaring bondsmen for her sister. Itis expected that the amount of the bond, | which is now $5000, will be reduced by Judge Siack. STOCKHOLD:ES MUST PAY. Judgment Against the Auburndale Fruit, Raisin and Nut Company. Judge Murphy yesterday gave E. C. Clowes judgment against the stockholders of the Auburndale Fruit, Raisin and Nut Company for 30 per cent of $2525 36. Clowes in 1594 obtained judgment against the ccrporation for that amount, but it was never satisfied. Hence he brought suit against the individual stockbolders. As the stockholders had only paid in 30 per cent of the capital stock of the corpo- ration they were only liable for that per- centage of the fndgment. His Honor slsc allowed Clowes interest on the claim at 7 per cent. WORK FOR THE CARNIVAL Arranging the Programme for the Great Event. ment From the Far South. All arrangements for the big mass- meeting to be held this afternoon at2:30 o’'clock at the Chamber of Commerce have been completed. No set programme bas been arranged for the meeting. It was at first intended to invite prominent speakers there, but the executive commiitee deems it more advisable to allow those who attend to ex- press their own views upon the subject. The committee will state exactly what it requires in the way of money to make the thing a success, and what programme they intend to present. During the Monterey celebration General Warfield made close observation as to the amount of money expended in Monterey immediately xpmceding and during the celebration. It Is estimated that the town gained not less than $300,000 in outside money during the aays of the celebration. Oscar Boldemann of the executive com- mittee, who has been in San Diego during the past week, has written to he uar- ters, stating that San Diego is with us on the carnival proposition. The miiitia are looking forward to visiting San Francisco in carnival week, with their renowned City Guard band, which is said to be one of the finest in Southern Califoraia. The steam- ship company has been seen by the repre- sentatives of the militia company, and has agreed to make a very low rate both com- ing and going. William Greer Harrison of the Cali- fornia Music Festival Association has ad- dressed a communication to the executive committee lflfifimn a nd popular concert at the ocnngiu' lf::ilmn dv':ring the week of the carnival. He suggests that it would contribute greatly hll‘.ge en- tertainment of the peogu then gathered in San Francisco, and the association sug- gests that a chorus of about 1000 voices and an orchestra of about 100 imstru- mentalists will be quite compatible with the present arrangements, with James L. Howe as conductor. To assist in the fes- tival there will be a gathering of some of the best voices in the State to compete in contests which the Festival Association is arranging for. It is considered that this will insure not only a large but a very ef- bags sent by the Valley Railroad being in mnmn;nu with the present system was opted. Dr. Stanton submitted the following res- olution: WHEREAS, This Boara of Railroad Commis- sfoners did on the 17th day of September, 1895, adopt snd publish a schedule of rates for the transportation of grain over the lines of the Southern Pacific Company, and in with the law defining the powers and duties of this commission served upon the officers of said company ecopies of said grain tariff, and ordered adopied by this board rels- tive thereto, and thatsul tothis action by this board the Southern Pacific Company, upon the were. unjust and unreaso: that corporation, m-’d‘: a l;uon to and from the United tes Circuit Court & temporary re- straining order, enjoining this commission fective chorus. Sclists of National reputa. tion will also be engaged. The executive committee will meet to- night in the pariors of the California Ho- tel to arrange a programme for the auction sale of seats at the Columbia Theater on Tuesday sfternoon, July 14. Some very novel ideas have been proposed in order to attract a crowd. The Frawley company will put on for the benefit performance tue followinz Thursday one of the choicest pieces in their repertoire. —_—————— Divorce Granted. lex"“ J. ron;m from William W‘l- neglect, udge Slack. Plaintiff allowed custody ot :Lwrmld. ‘ ;s T=E King of PIll's Is Beecham’s—BEECHAN'S. Co et b Relieln PP I Melbudtat a1 Sl dch e SN BLBUEEN din Ml St b i i £ 00 St AR S ol Nl el S S, AOES S SAUSALITO 45 PORT OF ENTRY, Citizens of the Suburb Are Now Getting Ambitious. FULL CARGOES UNLOAD. The Steam Launch Hueneme Stolen From Her Anchor- age at Tiburon. COMANCHE TO BE INSPECTED. Afterward She Will Go On a Day’s Cruise Around the Bay. Sausalito is graduaily growing in im- portance as a seaport, and as soon as Me- Kinley is firmly seated in the Presidential chair the intention of the authorities is to itor may be taken on a cruise around the bay. = *ha -tu;::r Ig:'tlhflh broke down T:‘ er way from lejo yesterday. e Vigilant took her place on the morning and evening runs, but everything will be in ugood working order again to-day. After Sunday next the Monticello will run reg- ularly to and from Vallejo, leaving here each Sunday morning at 10:30 and Vallejo at4p. M., thus !fivin passengers a three hours’ stop at Mare Isiand. By steamer to Alviso and thence by rail thrm:q;: Santa Clara Valley is an assured fact. The railroad compary has secured the right of way over the entire distance, the rails are at Alviso and the piles for the new wharf are at Vallejo, whence they will be rafted to their destination. The only thing stopping the enterprise at the present time is the Southern Pacific. It has blocked the scheme at the Alviso crossing, and -an injunction sait is now pending. Inorder to get the octopus to relent the Board of Trade of San Jose has sent a delegation to San Francisco to in- terview General Manager Fillmore on the subject, but the chances are that they will not succeed, as the Southern Pacific is not encouraging opposition. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Fines Imposed and Several Appoint- ments Made. The Fire Commissioners, in view of the celebration to-day, held a speeial meeting yesterday afternoon. John Devine, stoker of engine 19, was fined three days’ pay for sleeping during his floor watch ou the might of July 3. Willlam Douglass, engi- neer of engine 19, was fined two days’ pay for neglecting to light a fire under his boiler while responding to an alarm of fire. Joseph McCarthy’s resignation as driver of engine 22 was accepted and H. A. Smith, hoseman of engine 32, was pro- moted to fill the vacancy. J.C. Budd was appointed hoseman of engine 32; Joseph Lee, hoseman of engine 22; Henry Mon- seese, hoseman of engine 17, and George McAfee, hoseman of engine 33. lj g The American Ship Smow and Burgess, the First Vessel Which Has Ever Un- loaded a Full Cargo at a Wharf in Sausalito. have it made a port of entry and thus be on an equal footing with Oakland. Atthe present time the largest fleet of American and foreign ships ever tied up in the har- bor 1s at snchor in Richardson’s Bay. Fre- quently British ships havedischarged part of their cargoes at the narrow-gauge wharf, but it remained for an American ship to be the first to dock fully ioaded ana discharge her cargo into the coal bunkers. The Snow & Burgess arrived here from Sydney, N. 8. W., a couple of weeks ago, and was at once towed to Sausalito. She has a cargo of coal for the railroad com- pany and it is being gradually unloaded. In a few days she will be empty. Shewill #o to Puget Sound in ballast to toad lum- ber for Port Piri. She is a very handsome craft and was well known for years in the New York and San Francisco trade. The unfortunate Blairmore is i again. Another attempt to raise her was made yesterday, but it failed. The weignt i on her bilge raised her a certain distance, and then everything gave way again and once more her masts rolled into the mud. *‘Try, try, try again” is Captain Burns’ motto, and as soon as things can be got into position again another attempt will be made. Guests from the Baldwin- Hobart wedding who went to Oskland after the ceremony in the Iaunch Amy had a rough time of it. Among-thc party were John Drew and Miss 'more, the Messrs. and Misses Tobin and several others. They wanted to reach Oakland in time for the actors to play at Macdonough’s Thester, but, owing to a head wind and a heavy sea, they came near to being late. The Amy pitched into it, and several times she had to be slowed down in order to prevent the sea from breaking over. Cantain Peterson knew his boat well, however, and landed tune sartiy. safe and sound, at Broadway wharf, akland, st 7:15 p. M., thus giving Mr. Drew and Miss Barrymore three-quarters of an hour to reach the theater and dress for the performance. The launch Hueneme was stolen from ber moorings at Tiburon last Tuesday night and there is now a hue and cry after her along the front. Her owner was at all the tugboat offices and reported the matter to the Harbor Police. No trace of the boat can be found, and Captain Dun- leavy thinks that her disappearance will prove to be as mysterious as that of the Goat Island launch Periwinkle. Once more the State mx Governor Irwin is undergoing repairs. About a year azo new boilers were put in, but the job was a failure and everything bas now agasin to be renewed. Yesterday new engines and boilers were b ing put in, and when the work is completed the vessel is expected to be as good as new. The monitor Monadnock and the crniser Philadelpnia both returned from Monte- rey yesterday. The Monadnock crept in through the fog early in the morning and no one saw her until she was off Lombard- street wharf. The cruiser took no chances and remained outside until the fog lifted. Crews from both vessels will take part in the celebration in Portsmcuth square to- day. A detail of sixteen Naval Battalion men from the Comanche will fire the salute. $ to be officially spected during the week. About twenty tons of coai were put into her bunkers yes- terday, and s eam will be got on nug:n- ers to-day. Probably on Saturday Cap- all J'm’ 5‘0 turrets will be over the and the wi n trouble | BANKS MAKE PROTESTS, Assessor Siebe’s Figures Are Distasteful to the Cor- porations. County Equal’zirs Asked to Make Reductions Amounting to Millions. The assembly-room of the Board of Su- pervisors presented a busy scene all day vesterday when several hundred tax-pay- | ers called to pore over the books of the Assessor and gather figures on which to base protests to the County Board of Equalization. All about the room huge volumes were spread out, and a force of clerks was busy taking off figures for the future use of the Assessor and for publica- tion in the municipal reports. The Supervisors did not meet as equal- izers, but a number of protests that will be considered in the near future were received. The London and San Francisco Bank and the Bank of British Columbia objected to their assessments on the ground that the Assessor had acted arbitrarily and that his action in including samong their sol- vent credits debts that are unsecured by trust-deed monf‘ge or lien is illegal. The former institution represents that its solvent credits were assessed at $999,- 298, but that there should bave been de- ducted $88,765, that being the total amount Moreover, the banpk of unsecured debts. is assessed for $164.576_ due from J. Morgan & Co.of New York. The pel tioner contends that this credit has no ex- istence in this State and should not be taxed here. Among the items in the sol- vent credits on the Assessor’s books is the sum of $385853 which appears on the books of the eo?onfion as due from the branch office. The petitioner declares that this is “‘only a bookkeeping contrivance whereby t.h'o' bank 1s made neither richer nor Another item is the sum of $116,774, due from the Portland branch office, and $428,- 539 aue from the Tacoma branch office. These items are characterized in the peti- tion as “‘bookkeeping devices for the con- venient transaction of business.”” The total amount-alleged ‘o be imnmpe:.lly as- sessed against the bank as ivent credita is $1,107,360. The petitioner fur- ther asks that the sum of $10,000, being the assessed valuation of the franchise, be stpicken off the books, because the only franchise the bank has was obtained under the Jaws of Great Britain. Accordinz to the petitioner’s estimate the total assess- ;n{ghwd be reduced from $1,196,125 to In the case of the Bank of British Co- lumbia the statenient is made in the pro- test that the assessment shouid be reduced to debts, well as $235000 belonzing to numm.:l agencies, should be dednov?e‘d. S ee— MISSION FLATS BEING FILLED IN. Activity to Be Seen on All Sides About the South- ern Hills. BIG CONTRACTS LET. The Potrero Land and-Develop- ment Company Sets the Pace. OTHERS ALSO FALL IN LINE. Workingmen Protecting Themselves From Mr. Vining’s Greed. The busiest section of San Francisco as regards street improvements is that known as the Potrero or Southern Heights. Since the Potrero Land Improvement Company started in to cut down Biue Reck Hill on the Western side of Ken- | tucky street some three years ago the in- centive has been recognized by other prop- | erty-owners, and to-day hills and mounds | are being removed and gulches and hol- lows are being brought to grade surface. This improvement company is still at work cutting down Tennessee, Minnesota and Indiana streets and the property ad- joining thereto. There is sufficient work in sight for this company’s men, teams and rolling-stock for the next three years. But when the work is finished the oldest inhabitam of the Potrero woulid not recog- nize the place, so great will be the trans- formation effected on the old. bald hills that frowned down on Mission Bay. Further back on the western slope Con- tractor John Kelso has an army of men grading Alameda street, from Potrero ave- nue to Fifteenth street eastwardly. To do this work there is a big cut through the hill required. Fifieenth street, from Nebraska to Bry- ant avenue, a distance of five blocks, is‘l being put in shape to be graded. A little further off, on Hampshire street, be- tween Fiiteenth and Sixteenth, the same contractor has another gang at work get- | ting that place in presentable condition for | bulilinz purposes. To do all this there will have to be over 30,000 cubic yards of earth removed, which will be dumped into Mission Bay, or, more correctly speaking, Mission mud flat. Another progressive association which has done much_to bring South Sap Fran- cisco and the Potrero country into habit- able condition 1s the Real Estate and De- velopment Company, which has continu- ously kept an army of men and horses at work fof the past three years. Thnis company has just finished grad- ing the block bounded by Missouri, Con- necticut, Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and has moved its plant one biock | further, between Missouri and Eighteenth streets, where the cutting will be used to fill in the hollow and bring Mariposa | street, from Pennsylvania to Indian distance of three blocks, up to grade. Twenty-tifth street is being graded, curbed, sewered and macadamized from Nebrsska to Kansas street by Warren & Malley. Much of the dirt taken from the cut operate! by the Potrero Land Improve- | ment Company is b ing used by the; Aretic Oii Works, which company is ill- | inzn the Llock recently purchased along- side of its present stores. When this fill- ing is done a subs;antial brick building will be erected thereon for tank and stor- age purposes. Tg’e Union Iron Works has the first story of its new building above ground, and will have it finished and occupied be- fore the winter sets in. The constraction of tihis building and the converting of the old office into a boiler-shop will necessitate some changes in the railroad track and switches leading into the company’s yards. On some of the newly made ground, as also upon the graded streets, several neat residence buildings are being erected for those workingmen who have families, and who have suffered so much_perturbation at the hands of Mr. Vining in his Eastern methods of running streetcars. 8o nig- gardly has been the system oi transfers to or from the residence portions of the City and the Potrero that mary have made up their minds to build their own little homes near to their work, where they wiil not be compellec to pay 20 cents a day for the privileze of seeing their little ones when their day’s work is over. NEW TO-DAY. The world does n't stand | still. Six years ago a New York Ceylon tea company said that Ceylon tea was twice as strong as Japan tea, and better. It was so then —such Japan tea as Americans drank. But the Japanese drink better tea, and they want you to drink it to. So, three years ago, they gave a big tea-exhibit at the World’s Fair and served Japan tea as the Japanese drink it— deli- cate, aromatic, inspiring. And now the Japanese tea-growers are sending you their best— pure Ja- pan tea, young tender leaves, uncolored, unadul- terated, delicate, strong, money-back tea— Sc/i/- ling’s Best. A Schilling & San Ffllmc. A DR. A. BARKAN ASRETURNED FROM ECROPE AND RE- sumed practice at his office, 14 Grani avenue. How good it looks! g0od it I8! ainne How And how it hurts. Why not look into the question of Pill after Pie? Eat your pie and take Ayer’s Pills after, and pie will please and not paralyze. AYER’S Cathartic Pilis CURE DYSPEPSIA. NO CHEATING AT CARDS. Judge Campbell Dismisses the Case Against Saloon-Keeper Cawley. William Cawley, saloon-keeper on Polk and McAllister streets, who was arrested on Monday on the charge of robbery, had his case dismissed by Judge Campbell yes- terday morning. The charge grew out of 2 poker game in Cawley’s saloon. Cawley, M. Kinney. the complaining witness, an‘i H. Sanford were playing Sunday night when Cawley found that Kinney was cheating him by having part of the deck of cards on his knee. He promptly pulled out bis revolver and took pessession of the money he had lost. The Judge in discussing the case said: “If a footpad takes your morey from you at the point of a pistol, and you present a pistol at him and take it back from him, you couldn’t be charged with robbery. So if a man cheats you at cards and you take back your money from him I don’t con- sider that is robbery—at least I feel sure no jury would conviet. But [ want it un- derstood that no man has a right to pull a revolver upon another man, even if he finds him cheating at cards.” —_————— Fifty thousand tons of mahogany arg imported into England yearly. NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. THEATRE ! rrors PACKED AGAIN LAST NIGHT. X STOCKWELL'S T & menme AMERICANS Mr. HERBERT KELCEY, Miss EFFIE SHANNON And the Star Cast. ( Every Evening This Week. ABROAD By V. Sardou). Matinee Saturday. NEXT MONDAY: MR. FRED' MISS ROSE WARDE, COGHLAN AND L E. STOCKWELL'S PLAYERS, Presenting a Magnificent Spectacular Production of the Drama. CARMBEN! New aad Elaboryte Scenery. Specially Designed Costumes, and. acove all, the Most Brilliant Dramatized Version of the Story Yet Brougnt Out. POPULAR PRICES WILL PREVAIL Seats R« y To-D . Lo Ghealie, mtmmm«m‘r.oonL‘ 3385 ATO MATAGLRS - THE London i Assurance ! NAME SERVES TO PACK THE HOUSE. The Acme of All Great Plays, presented by THE FRAWLEY COMPANY, As They Alone Can. A Very Remarkable Cast. Mondsy next—“THe CHARITY RALL!” because the whole town demands it. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MES. SENESTINE A RELING. VTOprieior & Manszas THE GRAND OPERA SEASON. Under the Direction of ME. GUSTAV HINRICHS. ——TO-NIGHT—Donizeiti's Favorite Opera— ‘TLUCIAY (In Italian). NATALL DE VRIES, ABRAMOFF, BOYCE, NAPOELEON. PACHE, 1, MULL in the Cast. To-morrow and Sunday OMEO AND JULIET” Saturday Evening—“LUCIA." NEXT WEEK-“ RIGOLETTO.” Popular Prices—25c and 503. MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomes: Famlly Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO._Sols Lessee and Alauaga: THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, The Distinguished Ccmed an, JULE WALTERS——— In His Up-To-Date - uccess, A MONEY ORDER! Supporzed by the Pick of Our Company. AN INSTANTANEOUS and ENORMOUS SUCCESS! EVENING PEICES. 204 3 Circle and Gallerv. 1 y . 102 = Usual Maiinees Saturday aud Sundar, Gt O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Poweil. Week Commencing Monday, July 6. —ANOTHER GREAT BILL!— COLLINS & COLLINS. THE ROSSOW MIDGETS TH: FR=DERI« KS TROUPE, 20—HIGH-GRADE ARTISTS!—=29 LAST WEEK OF BILLY VAN and the ~TEWART SISTERS. Reserved Seats, 25c; Baicony, 10c; Opera Chairs and Box Seats. 50c. THE CHUTES, CASINO And Greatest Scenie Bailway on Barth! EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ‘The Greatest Bill Ever Given in the City! RUSSIAN COURT ORCHESTRA! ARAGON, Que:n of Wire Walkers. SISSERIETTA JONES. the “Black Pattl” PROF. MACART’S BABOON, DOG AND MOXKE Y CIRCUS, and the MARLO-DUNHAM FAMILY. ADMISSION—10 CENTS. Children, including Merry-Go-Round Ride, 5 cents. Sutrs Baths, GRAND CONCERT EVERY AFTER- NOON AND EVENING THIS WEEK BY GAULIOSE BAND. ~SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS DAILY.— ADMISSION— Adults, 10c. THESUCCESS OF THE SEAS0Y THE LADIES' GRILL ROOM —OF THE—— PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET SL OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.