The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1S96. T0 MD THOSE | WD WIH WOR, Commander Booth- Tucker | Exchanges Ideas With Business Men. LESSONS OF THE PAST. here will stretch not only across California ?«;umwtm San Francisco to New or! “We are looked upon sometimes as | thouzh we are a little bit weak-heads but it is = little wrong. “Warden Hale wiil bear me out when I say that Sunday week we had s most beautiful meeting at San Quentin jaiL It was one of the | these peo represent — people of the | lowest most less classes. In our social work we have 300 institutiovs, manned by over 1200 officers. We find noble men and women in the army who ask for no wages, but say, ‘We don’t care for the dollars; give us the same food and the sam- shelter as the poor peopie we go to help.” ““We shelter night by night some 10,000 people. 1n England the cost of our social Works last year was $750.000, and out of that the poor peopie contributed $650,000. t audiences I ever| | looxed upon. I thought of the thousands | We might bhave done even better than | that, but we bave made it a rule never to| undersell the regular market. We have supplied 1,300.000 meals during one year | and have furnished beds to 1,400.000. We bave dealt with the worst classes, men { who seemed to have no hope except the | grave or the prison. Of these 80 per cent have been brought to lives of usefulness. “The Salvation Army is nothing if it is not practicable. Already the army here has 2 shelter for men capable of accom- modating 300 and a women's shelter with accommeodations for fifty. We have a home for poor friendless giris and we bave s children’s home with sccommods- tions for poor friendless waifs. I feel that there are some things more. We believe in baving a City colony for the sake of helping the poor in the City, but we do not feel that it is possible to deal properly with these City poor unless we have also s farm colony. 4 “We want 1000 acres somewhere in reach of San Franeisco. We feel that itis on the land and out of the land that the problem of our poverty is to be solved. We have burnt our fingers several times trying to start a farm of that kind without eapital. 1 am afraid we cannot enter upon such an enterprise with less than $10,000. ““There is another point which I consider of greater importance, and if this meeting results in nothing elise I hope it will be | the initistion of a movement for s home for released criminals. I would appeal to Many Suggestions Gleaned From San Francisco’s Former Experiences. ‘UNSYMPATHETIC AMENDMENT. Socialists Object to the Ideas Expressed and Hold a Mesting of Their Own. Seidom has a larger audience filled the Metropolitan Temple than that which assembied last night at the great social re- i form mass-meeting under the auspices of the Saivation Army. Tne jconcourse was in the best sense a representative one, the | undesirable element being literally | crowded out by the members of society’s | better ranks, who were wedgzed into every nook and cranny of the auditorium. | you to-night that San Francisco shallhave The stage was tastefully draped with bangings of scariet and orange, smid | home where released prisoners can geta which fiashea forth in letters of gold the | fresh start in life. motto, “God First.”” The National colors| “We are hoping soon to start a Salva- were everywhere. On the stage were | tion Army no:El 'he‘rrl" can aid the seats for Hugh Craig, the chairman, and | POCF Who are ill at 3 small cost. 2 E B | " The commander concluded with a tke following named vice-presidents: | eulogy of San Francisco and a glorious Irving M. Scott, George Stone, W. E. | gecount of what he expected of this City Hale, F. W. Dohrmann, W. Doxey, Judge Campbell, A. A. Watkins, W. 5. Green, J. B. Carman, Harry C. Gesford, Taylor Rogers, G. E. Butler, E. J. Depue, L. R. Ellert and W. M. Bunker. To the right snd lef: sat members of the army from ali | the posts in the City, and from Oskland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Pablo, San Jose, scal, San Mateo and other near-by Esch delegation Dbrought its and in the hall the body of trained ists united in producing some th an overture, at ng address. oy proofs of the of bumanity can be The pablic sai- ion of it is left to 1tself. the unemployed, the bled should 20t be allowed if and this law, it tbe Salvation Army is striving to his and other lands the Salvation recognized as a grand force for is City, we realize ler Bootb-Tucker's visit r us a great portent of good; hence we extend him a warm and hearty and we promise him an abun- llic ammunition for the t cheering.] poken enough, but before me warn all present that the e passed around in order that all what San Francisco can do for vation Army.” “Really, Mr. Chairman,” commentad the commande:, “you would make a splendia Salvationist,” and amid much cheering Mr. Craig took bis seat. paign. [ I nave George E. Butler next welcomed Com- | mander Booth-Tucker and his audience w0 the present gatbering. The commander here interpoiated the request that the people of San Francisco wozld not look upon him as a stranger from abroad, but as a friend and a fellow- Iaborer in the field of Christ. W. M. Bunker was next introduced. “We are met to-night in a nobie cause,” he said. “We are met to belp those who belp themselves. I think we may depend © r experisnce of the past, and depend on the commercial men at any rate. “At one time in 1890 it looked as though we would have the most pressing want in h y, but at this critical moment the d the poor joinily applied the , for the poor gave as well as the at the reputation of San Francisco d be maintained. The resuli was X was raised and the Cit similar distress was prevalent anc s fund of $30,000 was raised, every cent of which wen: to the man be- Bind the sbovel “Baut that is not the kind of work for a free people. We wish permanent work for s rity. It seems to me tiat this is the time for all the people in and out of the army to co-operate, in corder that we may £now the cobesing power of this community. *It seems to me that this is a matter in which we shouid all join forces, but as an aid to that vast number of mea who are anxious to act themselves.” Ensign Sharp, a Salvation lassie witha | clear sweet voice, sang “The Army Red and Biue,” the audience joining heartily - in the chorus. “Industrial Farms” gave William 8. Green the theme for an eloguent and for- cible ads «After cbserving human conditions for some years,”’ said Mr. Green, “l1 have ceme to the conclusion that the majority of the unemployed need very littie in the way of aid or charity. But that hitle is most imperatively needed. Man has right to the living which he is willing to | work for. How great a blessing it would be forenforced iglers could tbey dut have & place whither to betake themselves :n the hour of distress. . =Thgis piace would not be a workbouse por a poorfarm, but a place where any one sbie and willing might gain an bonorable and_comio living. The pian has worked admirably in Detroit, and some- thing of the sort has been essayed in other Eastern cities with signal saccess.”” Commander Booth-Tacker was briefly introdueed, and the audience greeted him with prolonged “I am sure I esteem it a very g priv- ileze to address this vast-a ce this evening,” he said, “‘and while I indorse almest everything that has been said 1 must demur to the impression which one of our vice-presidents seems io have that California is rezarded as something of & “woolly” place. On the contrary, Califor- nia is looked upon by the entire world as decidedly wide awake, and particularly is it famed for iis genmerosity. Iam afraid the reputation which you bave thus gained bas served to attract to you undeserving candidates for charity. “Iam proud to be the leader of one of the grandest bodies of men and women the world has everseen. I feel that San cisco is going to occupy the proud tion of being the first city to leap up say to the Saivation Army, ‘We will pe the Ixrfil toaid you in man redemption. While ] travel from to platform I will u& the of the .‘knd :; pressions of the speakers to-night, and work of redemption which is commenced ] s man fo love his| Said it, too, in a | | in the future. | Asthe commander finished lpufing A | J. Oliver presented a resolution, which | was promptly seconded, applauding the rojects of benevolence outlined in Salvationist officer’'s address. tion," said Geo: {lery,and ina | read the following amendment: WEEREAS, It is evident to the thinking people 1 ofthis community that the desire of the St is | vation Army to usurp the funetions of govern- | ment; snd whereas, It is evidently s scheme | foisted on the worthy unemployed to give | them s surieitof lsbor without any compen- sation. | ment”(7); snd wheress, it is ressonabie and | probable ihat afier s sesson’s work tae une | ployed would practically be in the same condi- tion that they were when they ecommenced { said lsbor; snd whereas, we arestold in Hol Writ “Thet the laborer is worthy of his we bave looked for it in vain in this se! therefore be it | * Besoived, Tuat we, the umemployed e { of San Francisco sod its immediste : against any reli e Salvation Army in parts e afairs of the umemph ing e 2nd assuming the functions of government to | the dises rt of the many; therefore, be it | _ Resolved, That we, the afcresaid unempioyed, | - do amend ‘the sense of this meeting that the co ed rellef work be placed | where it rigl belo: i e hands cf the Labor Commissioner Californis. For & moment silence reigned, beingz | straightway succeeded by a frightiul up- | roar, triends and ovponents o | motion trying to drown each others | voices by sbouting themselves hoarse. “Amendment!” cried some. *‘Original | motion !’ thundered others; and matters | were reaching 2 rather tempestuous stage, wnen Mr. Craig, his face very pale, liter- ally beliowed forth the words: “The chair will decide that the amend- mentis out of order. Those in favor of the original motion will please say ‘aye.”” | A deafening volume of ayes, noes, hisses and groans surged through the bailding. “Contrary, no!” The words rescunded amid the clamor like 2n explosion of dypamite and were by s chorus of yells indescribable 1n its wild intensity. “The chair decides that the ayes have it,” vociferated Mr. Craig, and at a sign | from the commander the musicians struck up “America” in tones so lond thal farcher shouting was in vain. As the audience was leaving the hall meeting of the friends of the amendment upon the steps of the Mint building. Be- | fore the hail bad been fairly cl D. M. | Willey. s prominent socialist, had taxen a position on the steps, and was sddressing between 300 and 400 sympathizers. He denounced the Saivation Army as an orgznized band of beggars, which was seeking to usurp the functions of govern- ment. No m, he srgued, could be of bene- fit to unempioyed which contemplatea | giving the laborer less than he produced. Booth-Tucker, he maintsined, was simply a scheme for aggrandizing and enrichin, the Salvation Army, as the laborer eoms uced from get the sur- not pessibly consumeall he the soil, and the army woul pios 5 George . the author of the amend- ment, made a brief but very spirited | speech in support of the propositions ad- vanced in the document. He calied upon the laborers to be alive to their interests | at the volis and not rely upon the charity of such an organization as that repre- sented by Booth-Tucker. Ross Martin, another prominent so- cialist and labor leader, was ea&_bdg)r and made an impassioned speec e de- nounced the Salvation Army as insincere in its religion and it of having sinister motives in its_efforts to aid the unemployed. The only hore of the workingman, he declared, lay in the Socizlist Labor party, and he warned bis hearers not to be led astray by the excite- ment of the bass drum, the sentimentality | awakened by paradine lassies or the | erocodile tears ot bypocrisy. He denounced in severe terms the atti- i tude of employers toward the laborer | and argued that it was wasted energy for men fo strive for the betterment of the idle who gave no thoughbt in their pros- | perity to the hands that had produced their affiuence. All of the speakers were frequentiy in- terruptea with vigorous applause, and at the conclusion of the meeting the amend- ment offered in the hall was offered to the assembly ‘unavimously. Though much fe-ling was manifested and free expression given to the views of the speakers there was no approach to lawlessness or disorder, and the open-air meeting broke up noiselessly and in peace. Grand Jury Indictment. D. Suffern, s longshoreman, was indicted by the Grand Jury yesterday aiternoon for inter- fering with sa officer in the discharge of duty. The story told by witoesses was 1o the effect that Suffern sccosted Officer James 0’Coumor, who was taking two burglars to n, snd wanted to know what asthority the officer bad for arresting men. While Passed a Confederate Note. John Watson and Charles Philpot passed a $5 Confederste note on Sunday on A. Pada- voni, salocn-keeper, :y- and Lot streets. w.uwamcuy%—-h» taining money by false ————————— Bozmow oa sealskins, siiks and jewels &t Uncle Harriy', 15 Graas avease. toe | “Ioffer an amendment to that resolu- | Speed, rising in thegal- | ear, pepetrating voice he | save that of “food, sheiter and rai. | the first| some one shouted that there would be a| The poor-farm proposition advanced by | ! JOHN . IRISH ~ TRUMPETS A NOTE | The “Honor Bright” Demec- racy Will Be in the Local Field. ‘ e |GOLD MEN OBGAIIZIKGI | Irish Proposes to Challenge Can- didate Bryaa to a Cam- ‘ paign Debate. [ms OF GOLD DEMOCRATS | They Will See That Jeffarsonian Prin- cipies Perish Not From the Face of the Earth. The old-line and sound-money Demo- crats are to effect a State organization in California, according to John P. Irish, | who is perhaps the leading and most | active figure amid the Cleveland Dmoe-| | racy of the State. i | Mr. Irish calls the conservative Demoe- | racy which is not ready to follow the lead | of Bryan om the high road to Populism | the *“Honor Bright Democracy.” As the telegraphic columns of the dsily | papers bave informed the public, the | sound-money Democracy of the East, led as far as initial action goes by the sound- | money Democrats of Iilinois, have deter- | mined to put a separate ticket in the field, | and in Angust 7 a meeting will be held in |‘Indianapolis, at which a provisional Na- tional Committee will be orzanized anda | National convention held. | California will be represented in that | provisional National Committee and in the cait which will follow its organization, but by whom bas not yet been deter- mined. Jobn P. Irish prophesies that | there will be a completa State organization | of sound-money Democrats formed. If| that prophecy be fulfilled there is yet an-| other State convention to come. Indeed | Mr. Irish savs that the “Honor Brighbt™ | | | field 1n this State. Mr. Irish returned yesterday morning | from a trip to his ranch in _Placer Couaty | and went back to the said ranch in the| evening. marked, with Chicago in his mind, “Well, | | I've just been among wild cattle.” i Mr. Irish, it will be remembered, | stopped at Omahs on his way to the Chi- 1 | cago convention, and while there debated | the silver question with W. J. Bryan few days before Mr. Bryan went on to the Windy City, said something about a cross 1 of gold and got nominated. i Mr. Irish will not discuss his discussion | with Mr. Bryan, but he aid say yesterday | 1t is my intention to challenge Mr. | interesting campaign comes into view. } Re:arding the political futtre Mr. Irish | talked yesterday as follows: “The ‘Honor Bright’ Democracy, w ith- | out any concert of sctiod, is organizing | in this State many clubs to advocate the | principles of Jefferson and to defend the | National honor and public credit. *“These clubs will soon be in contact and | in communication with each other and | ready to co-operate in supporting the sourd-money candidate of the old De- mocracy who will be put in the fieldon a Democratic pistform early in September. | Several of these clubs have already com- municated with me and I will be glad if all wili do so. “This movement is coming from the | people in the Southern States, especially. | They are very eager and earnestip it | The industrial South cannot survive the | destruction of its credit. o “The Democratic vote of California in 1504 was about 34,000. From present indi- cations half of this vote will be cast for the sound money candidate. This involves | a complete National organization and com- plete organizations in every State in the | Unioa. i “The call for the National convention will be based on the Cleveland vote of 1592, and every State in the Union will have deiegates at that convention. In every State -in the Union State and local ticzets loyal to this organization of Honor Bright Democracy will be run. | *It is the determination of the men who are in this movement that Jeffersonian principles shall not perish from the face of the earth lest free government perish with them.” : 1t wall probably be some little time be- fore the “Honor Bright” Cleveland Demo- cracy of California comes forth panoplied for the campaign, but the ear on the ground may detect its coming and thereby may be prophesied its mixture with the music and the thunder of tbe California conflict. LOUD ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES Enthusiastic Initiai Meeting of the Thirty-Seventh District Repubiicans. The first meeting of the Thirty-seventh Assembly District Club was beld night in Hilderbrant Hall, in the basement of cers of the club are: Morns Levy, presi- dent; E. J. Holden, vice-president; E. J. Ciark, secretary; E. M. Bush, treasurer, and Robert Giles, sergeant-at-arms. The constitation adopted provides the club s:ail be independent of any club in the district; that 1t sball advance the £ interesis of Re and that no religi matters shall be allowed to be brought up in the follow- ‘W. J. Blsttner, F. J. Stevens, R. Rotholz, William Crowley, Borren, John Brennaa, C. " R E F. Loud, from the District, was in- placed on campaign maust face t?-h- The Democratic party, with Populists, expect to at- tack us by overturning the financial con- | Dupont; Suey Sing Tongz, If Demoeratic rale,” and then Mr. Loud pre- dicted that next November the man who is man of politicians, bat one who is the choice of the entire coun- try—William M o Colonel T. V. Eddy, the next speaker, said that there bas Dot been a campaign so important as the present one since the one immedistely preced the Civil War. He said that on the 3d of Novem- ber the people must it this coun- try sball maintain the present position at the head or take its place a: the tail of the long string o: the nations. The recent al- liance at St. Louis he denounced asan unholy alliance that is a menace to the mfinh’y. = e urged upon those present to stand whatexsmple bad shown is the best poi- icy, and not Iy experiments that are franght with danger. Vice-President E. J. Holden with s few remarks on the silver cause of the depression; it was the Demo- cratic measures which had created dis- trust. J. Goddard in a short address showed bow the Democratic administration and free trade oad destroyed the woolen in- dustry in this State and City and urged the adoption of the protective messures of | the Republican party. E. B. Williams gave his views on the silver question and drew attention to the great evil that is threatening the Ameri- can people—the Japanese, who will the country with cheap goods unless is a high protective = Jobn Roberts, the last :‘-rhr con- gratulated the meeting upon the informa- tion it had received from the speakers who bad preceded bim, and closed by advising all present to support McKinley and Re- publicanism. Just before the close of the meeting THE Carr was tendered a vote of thanks for the interest it has manifested in the club. TERROR IN CHINATOWN, Hachet-Men Find That Their Murderous Schemes Are Not Appreciated. flood there Chinese Fighting-Men Wiil Be Forced to Lead Better Lives or Saffer. Sergeant William Price, the mere men- tion of whose name chills the blood in the highbinders’ veins, who chases burglars in deshabille for blocks over cobbles and splintered-board sidewalks, who does not fear the wrath of the Chinese gods of tin- foil, has again instizated a reign of terror in the Mongolian quarter. The Chinese hatchei-men have been baving things their own way during the in the least. A strong force of uniformed police was | uncle. laughed at by these lawiess Mongolians, begin to slaughter one another as mn olden times. Sergeant Price, whose heroic measures quelled the last riot, which took place sev- eral years sgo, was detailed day before esterday to make a cCampalgn against the ighbinder tongs. After consulting with the Chinese Con- sul, Fung Yung Heng, he decided to make life misersble for the members of the Bo On Tonz, who plan murders and black- | mailing schemes in richiy furnished apart- ments at 1014 Stocston street; the Bo Leong Tong, 742 Commercial; Oa Yick Tong, 1027 Stockton street; Hop smfiong 1031 Dupont; Quon; Tong, 514 Wi ; Bip Ying Tong, 805 ento; Bing Kung Tong, 82 Jackson; Hip Sing Tong, 10 Ross alley; Chu Lum Tong, 502 Sacramento; Suey Ying Tong, 1 Brenham place; Jay Lock Hing Tong, 1012 Stockion; Suong Hop Sing Kee Tong, 1293 Jackson; Tee Kee Tong, 5 Sullivan alley; Hang Ws Tong.uax Spai- ford alley; Suey On and the Mook Ilin, | whose headquarters are located at 3 Waverly street. Yesterday morning the crusade com- menced and ere nightfall many a Chinese whose bead bad been bumped, or who had enjoyed the pleasure of being beoted down ight of stairs, was sorry that he had ever belonzed toa highbinder association. A vast number were willing and ready to lay aside the ax aod gun and offer tke olive branch of peace. Maay were angered at the actions of the sergeant and his force, consequently the fight bhad to be keptup until their spirit ‘was broken and they gave up. During the afternoon the entire list of tongs was visited. In a number of piaces the josses were knocked trom their thrones and’ the burning punks and sandalwood were extinguished with douches of tea. Tables were slivered and nt:flp:ed down flights of stairs, and occasionally a fnight- ened highbinder would take the same route and do fully as many turns before be struck the landing at the bottom. Crowds of gaobering Celestials, their queges fiying in the wind, would skurry over the roofs of buildings to escape the cuffings of police and prevent idenmtifica- tion as being connected with one of the tongs. Last evening scenes were enacted which threw Chinatown in a fever of excitement. The members of the yarious tongs were almeost certain tbat they would not be mo- lested by the police twice in the same day. They had been cautioned during the after- began to congregate in their rooms. Without warning the would suddenly appear in the midst of one stairs, unless he was onrh‘gged before he reached theuwm, he would fairly skate down the flight with a noise like a small boy drawing a stick along a picket fence. Wken he would strike the bottom, bowever, his shoes 314 ‘Without waiting for shoes he would ges nqrmd harry off mmnmmfl Price and his squad thoroughly disquiet the hatchet-men, but nevertheiess he wilt keep them up until all are anxious for followed L question. J. E. Field said that siiver was not the ; ‘ l | dolph, the poet, from his Mimi, and suc- Democracy will put local tickets in the | past few montbs. Nothing the six com- | ceeds for & short time, but they sre re- | | panies could suggest seemed to affect them | united through the efforts of a faithful Upon being congratuiated on ; consequently something had to be done or { ceeded admirably in depicting the woes his opportunity to visit a ranch, be re-| the members of the various tongs would | and loves of the impecunious poet, and at | = NEW PLAYS AND NEW PLAYERS, Attractions to Be Seem at the Theaters This Week. “BOHEMIA” A SUCCESS. A Play Resembling in Some Manner the Old Favorite “ Trilby.” FRAWLEY'S “HIGHEST BIDDER.” “Carmen” at the Tivoli Well Re. ceived—"“The Merchant of Venice.” The Charles Frohman Empire Theater Company opened at the Baldwin last even- ing in ““Bohemisa,’” s comedy adapted from the French of Henri Murger, by Clyae Fiteh. *‘Bohemia” is s distant relative of “Trilby’* and bears a strong family re- semblance to that play, but lacks its striking personality. “Trilby,” minusits tone-deai hercine and ber hypnotic mas- | ter, Svengali, would be an own cousin to *Bohemia.”" i A jarge and fashionable sudience greeted ! the Frohman’s and gave them a most cor- dial reception. The story of “Bohemia” is that of an | impressionable young Parisian, an embryo | poet, who would indulge in the unre-| from his performance last evening, has put in Ilhfl--nnod-dmmg; mphyw’:e:s zantly siaged with new and pretiy scemery. |Thae-uelucunua.ansud myhplll:e { bouguets passed over the footlights. The plsy | will be given the rest of the wesk. : “ Merchant of Venice.” | 'Atthe Californis Frederick Warde sad Rose Coghlan played the principal roles in the “Merchant of Venice” to a well-filled house. In Shakespearean work Warde isa peer, and his portrayal of the siar characters of the great | dramatist hss won him fame the whole world ; His Shylock is s masterial in tation of | the miserly mouey-iender monraine for Ms | | lost ducats and exglting over his coming | | vengeance by turns. His momentary triumph | is magniScent. and his Snsl despair pitirul But Warde's support was most wreiched. The | ines were poorly memorized and indifferently | ren, | The Duke could not be heard snd Rose | Coghlan was & poor Portia. However good this favorite actress may be in otder roles, | CLOSE TO DENTH'S DCR Chief Sullivan Almost Run Down by a Loco motive. A Hose-Cart Driver’s Narrow Escape From a Collision With a Yard Engine. There was a small fire at the foot of Sixth street last evening, and while in the discharge of their duty two members of { the Fire Department had a narrow escape | that of the dignified sod graceful Venetizn | i th or serious injury, to e e e i e e [ o Lyl { out the piece. beyond her. Her poise, manner and voice are | no: Portia’s. snd tnat fact was painfully ap- | parent to the audience. i A pretty ballet snd some good music nex}fi | night the Olympus and .5 G. W., will be tendered s - sidio_parlors, Dbenefic. COMPLAINTS OF RAILROADS. Arguments for Lower Assessments Heard | by the State Beard of i Egualization. SACRAMENTO, Cax, July 27.—The Boara of Equalization¥consamea the day | in lstening to the woes of the lesser rail- road magnates of the State, and between times made Chief Engineer Titcomb of the | Southern Pacific system deem life s bur- | den by questioning him on the amount of { track mileage in Alsmeda Counmty. By aid of official maps, he appsrently suc- ceeded in convincing the board that every mile of track owned by the system in that | county was . The petition of the Carson and Colorado | Railway sets forth the siatements that 103 miles of tha.road exiend through Mono and Inyo coanties, the rest being in Nevada State; that the earnings over tae | entire system in excess of all expenses i isbed from $47,256 68 in 1393 to $21L.301 9 in 1896; that there is a de- ficiency in interes: in the past four years | of $151,254 23, based on an abandoned debt | of a little more than $6500 per mile, at the | rate of 4 per cent per annum; that the books show an earning of 124 per cent on the investment, but in reaiity there bas been no earningg, taking into considera- | ion the wear and tear of material. The iuation put on the road by the county is $1500 per mile. The present valuation by ; uncie, who desires him to marry a rich | the Bfin‘l t;feefiqwinxiousVMpermue. 2 = | which bas been maintained ever since the | ::o' “ n‘:‘;l:h?;:i:g‘s ‘::dp“‘ lh‘:dons | road’s construction. The petition cioses ! e "‘““0" - seeks e | with the statement that the company will | living with his pen. He meets, makes | fight the matter in the courts unless its | friends with Mercel, a painter, Schanmard, | valuation is reducad. % | a musician, Colline, a philosopher, ana | George Fletcher appeared for the Nevada | their female compeanions, and falls in love | County Narrow.rauge. He stated that the with Mimi, a flower-girl | earnings of the had decreased from 5 | The wicked uncle seeks to separate Ruo- straint of the hife of the Latin Quartier. Rather shan obey the wishesof his wealthy | to 10 per cent in the last year. He said | that the board's valuation was too high | and asked a redaction of 10 per cent. i e Kiiled Near Woodfords. CTARSON, Nzv., July 27.—Charles Hoff, living at Woodfords, Alpine County, Cal., while traveling on the road to Kirkwoods, in that county, on Friday, was thrown from a high grade by bhis saddle-horse. Huff fell to the bottom of a eanyon and his neck was broken. His body was found on Saturday morzing by three San Fran- | cisco tourists, coming to Carson. They brought the remains back to Woodfords. _——— Campo’s Mystery Cleared. SAN DIEGO, Car., July 27.—Coroner Johnson and other officials, who went to Campo to investigate the death of John Ward, an old sestier, found dead on Sat- | urday with s large brushknife sticking | servant who for a time sided with the| William Favorsham, as Rudolph, suc- oace became a favorite with the audience, | a position he was forcea to share with | Rovert Ederson, whose portrayal of the | character of Marcel, the spendtbrift artist, | was most admirable. J. E. Dodson as Shanmard snd Ferdinand Gottschalk as Coiline played well their parts. Of the ladies Miss Viols Allen, as Mimi, was all that could be desired in her heav- | ier lines, but in the lighter ts left | much to be desired. Miss Ida Conquest, | as the flighty Musette, was excellen:, al- though the Frenchiness of her actionsis| say nothing of the destrucsion of valuabie Fire Department property. Chief Engineer Sullivan while dashing to the fire passed down Sixth sireet, and while crossing the railroad track narrowly escaped being run down by ome of the Southern Pacific’s freight engines. Sev- eral freightcars prevented him from see- ng the approach of the locomotive until he was within a few feet of the track and his horse could not be checked. The Chief yelled at the horse, which | with a bound cieared tbe railroad track. The engine whizzed t the Chief’s bugey less than two feet m the hind wheels, | A second later and the men, horse and buggy would have been crushed under toe wheels of the engine and train. The second escape was similar in one respect. The hosecart of the Potrero en- ine made s run for the fire across the ission marsh road ana crossed ths Seventh-street bridge. Several empty box- cars were standing on the railroad track, and the horses dashed around these at a rapid gait. The turn was hardly made when the driver found that he was abous to collide with a yard engine thatsuddenly ran out from among a lot of boxcars. In s second he gave nis horsesa turn, and not a second too soon, for the engine and hosecart barely missed colliding. Both incidents caused the greatest excite- ment in the crowds who witnessed the close call the firemen had from desth or injury. The fire to which the run was made was | discovered in the rear of two saloons at 810 and 812 Sixth street. and an alarm was sounded from box 152. The flames spread | so rapidly and mounted so high that many peopie expected to hear a second alarm, as that is regarded as a dangerous locality for a big fire to start in, but there was but Iittle trouble in gquenching the flames before they could spread. The saloon at §10 is owned by E. Svillith and that at 812 by J. Sweetman. The total damage was sbout $500. It is believea that the blaze was caused by the carelessness of several roofers, who had been putting on asphalt roofs on the two buildings during the day. Pastors at Pacific Grove. PACIFIC GROVE, Car., July 27.—The | summer encampment under the auspices | of the Pacific Grove Retreat Association | is assuming larger proportiens than was at first upecwi Already about 300 min- isters ana their families have arrived and more are expected. For s distance of four blocks on Twelfth, Eighteenth and Nine- teenth streets, tents have been pitched for their accommodations. J. J. Coyle, D.D., of San Francisco bas charge of the en- campment Dr. F. F. Jewell lectured in Assembly Hall last evening. His subject was, *How to Reaclf the Mass=s.” After the lecture there was a revival meeting, which was well attended. The encampmengt*is o assume camp- meeting style and each day and evening some divine will talk on important re- ligious subjects. Praise service to-night was participated in by all. Afterward e D ~ - through his body, have come to the con- | Rev. Arthur Brigzs of San Jose lectured bardly compatibie with American ideas of| cinsion umyrmf tell wpon the knite £nd | to crowded hosses on -The Cross tne evea an unfaithful wife. Miss Annie | pe;ap accidental desth. | World’s Oniy Hope.” ety Mt sl et o Ppralsewo: ¥ manner, 3. she im- the igning widow who personated designin; woald wed the luckiess poet. Miss May Robson, as Mme. Benoit, the lodging-house keeper, and Jamison L. Fin- ney as the dudish Comte de Beauchase, sented very pleasing character bits. E. g'. Backus, tbe wicked uncle.and W. H. Crompton, the servant, were below the ex- cellent average of the company. All in all, “Bobemia™ is well worth see- ing, although last night itdragged a little. It boasts a pretty little melody, which runs throughout its action, and a number of pretty the most catchy of ‘which occurs in the prologue, when Mar- cel says: “Water in wine is like platonic affection poured into love.” The Columbia. In spite of all counter stiractions there wes the usual large and fashionable sudience at | the Columbis Thealer lasi mizht. It can be safely said that of all the productions given by the Frawley Company this season the most thoroughly successful is that of ‘‘The Highest | Bidder,” charmingly presented last evening. | At the fall of the curtain on the first set there | ‘were several recalls for the compeny and it ‘was evident thai Mr. Worthing bad made sz empastic hit in the role of Jack Hsmmerton, | made famous by the younger Sotaern. “The Highest Bidder” is by John Madison Morton, the celebrated English farce writer, snd was intended for theelder Sothern. was first produced in New York, at the Lyceum Theater, five bad a whole sgo, and P i S aleut e vest so 3 commonplace & charscler as an sactioneer with the balo of romance, Mr. You are not the only {Days.”’ {clear out broken lots. Cl : lat right prices. oo thiod aat was delightfall “Red Letter Days” How We Do It. gainers by ‘‘Red Letter v We gain——gain trade—gain dollars. |Suppose we buy a dozen bookcases and sell all but one or two at regular profit; can’t we afford to sell that one or two at cost, or below, just to get rid of them ? That’s one use of ‘*Red Letter Days’’—to Another use is to advertise our store; get people here who were never here before; show them what we mean by right furniture acted, and ianche Baves, was most mataral simpie and | HHallstand, Who ever|ParlorDesk We're tired e ot irews amiae $9.00. heard of a $10.00 of seeing this M&?w?fiyfim- S ser B S polished oak | UV parlor desk fi.fl: o BE&"&E‘E&% Solid Oak. halistand for | F” in the store. as particalarly &Y.'mm. Siesme P $g--and with ! Troubleis we was most exeellent, earrying the spirit of the beveled bought too P Tbuckle made s very amusing charac. French plate l manyof them Aienified Lawrencs Tho §"Wilon mirror at‘ and it seems as Sir Eveivn Graine gave one of the best itions of the piay. rest of the cast that ? o But queer| The Orpheum. s Lydis YesmansTitus made her reappesr- thlngs“ha.p- ance last night at the Orpheum. She was re- pen at Red ceived with the same appreciation thai made 5 = her de; from this theater & year 8go 50 etter mueh regretied by the public. sales The novelty on the bill was Herr Techow's 5 o troupe of performing cats, and they are likely Let the prove stiraction than was Macarts’ | A} * | 1 4 o Senker e e hallstand w;nu;ul‘-nd‘d.rug of highwire per (oranything fondi supplemen er work in the M:‘Bn-. hm%‘ else) beg for :‘?m_mthumm.ruvua a bunyera tisters and others. A time or two —and it don’t stay long; power of price. ‘Mme. Natali achieved s success as the gypsy mhoghm'-’lflm‘u hat Carmen, and sang and acted the part with | coat $9. Just a hint at the dozens like they’ll neverall sell. The desks are all right in themselves—only the new patterns outshine them. plate mirror on, wp-—%-ni to look at while she’s writing. ndy pigeon-hole arrangement inside. A $20 is the regular price— we’ve cut it in half so they will go in a hurry—$1o0. Dining Just one itex'r:l to . give you an idea. Chairs. Lot of 6 dining chairs and 1 arm chair, solid mahogany — $37.50 instead role of that coarseness exaggeration - rhich so masy who aciempt it comsider s | of others that await owners. |of $75. Furniture N. P. Cole & Co., 117-121 Geary Street. California Company,