The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FBANCIéCQ CALL, SATURDAY, A'UGU,ST -1, 1896. AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—*Bohemia” €ALIFORNIA THEATER.—“Merchant of Venioe” Corunera TEEATER—“The Highest Bidder.” MOROSCO’S OrERA-HOUSE—+Mr. Barnes of New York." Tivor: OrrrA-House.—“Faust.” OrrEEUM—High-Class V eville. £uzRo BaTHS—Bathing and performances. £300T THE CHUTES—Daily &t Haight streel, one block east of the Park. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EXcUs1oN—To Santa Cruz, Sunday. August 2. AUCTION SAL! s. By J. C. MurHER— This day (Saturday), Groceries, at 444 Van Ness avenuesat 11 o'clock. Saturday) Fur- CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Police Sergeant Davis disputes & statement made by Judge Conlan, A new board of officers has been selected for the Boys' Training Home. Jack Davis was whipped by Van Buskirk at the Oiympic Club last evening. Paul Neumann, personal'advisor to Hawaii’s ex-Queen, comes here an ill man. Fair Saturday; continued warm weather.—A. G. McAdie, Local Forecast Official. Maurice Hultzmer, & boy of 15, was suddenly killed while at wo by touching a live wire. The woman suffragists of the Thirty-fourth Assembly District held a rally yesterday after- noon. Superintendent of Schools Babcock sent his annual report to State Superintendent Black yesterday The Election Commissioners made a large ber of changes among the precinct officers yesterday. The James G. Blaine Republican Club held its regular weekly meeting in K.R.B. Hall last night. Six hundred thousana standard silver dol- lars were coined at the mint during the month just closed. The Salvation Army will begin Pingree town- lot farming in San Francifco before the winter rains set in. Jacob Pape commitfed suicide yesterday morning in his saloon, 117 O'Farrell street, by asphyxiation. Mrs. Naomi Andersou’s address on woman firage last night at the colored Baptist ch was largeiy attended. Mrs. Dr. Thomas E, Connolly was yesterday adjudged ipsene. She 1magines that her cl 1 are dying of starvation. Continental League held its weekly at Suratoga Hall last night, at which husiasm was manifested. Over 1500 residents of foreign birth have tagen out papers of citizenship. The greater percentage are Germans and Swedes. Jgsephine H. Wilder has been appointed ad- nin min ix of the estate of her father, Joseph E. Tabor. Bonds were fixed at $8100. Julia M. Fiege yesterday applied for letters of admi tion on the estate of John H. Fiege property 1s worth $10,000. e over claims for damages by prop- ~owners in Fresno may put a temporary the work of construction on the Valley er sto ro rar Hinton has communicated to the y the names of three persons with perjury in connection with regis- e principal of the Spring Valley Grammar School will be at his office, Broadway, near Polk street, to wait on parents to-day frem 1 odr M An sctive agitation is under way by the Precita Valley Improvement Club for & better tcar service and improved streets, side- sewers, etc. e big tug Fearless has gone to Sausalito be cleaned and painted. There was too h coaldust fiying this side of the bay to do rk properl; r has been received by the Merchants’ n from revisioners of Wheeling, West iring information regerding the pro- posed new charier. The decree of Judge Hebbard granting a di- walk A let voree to Mary J. Taeffe from her husband, Wil- 1 D. Taatte, was filed yesterday in the Clerk’s office. The commercial banks have refused to loan money on securities other than strict business transactions which will assure collection in sixiy or ninety days. It is expected to have the Valley road open for passenger business_lo Fresno by the mid- dle of Seplember. Fafes will be lower than those now prevailing. John T. Doyle, attorney for Mrs. Annie Don- shue, makes leases providing for payment of rents in British pounds sterling, gold bullion 900 fine and ounces of gold. Yesterday evening W. M. Purcell was aragged off a McAllister-streetcar, after he had re, by the gripman. He will sue the t Railway Company. Subpenas bave been issued at the complaint of Andrew J. Clunie requiring the officers of the Market-street railway to appear before the meeting of the Railway Commission. orge W. Bell, United States Consul W., addressed the Chamber of er terday afternoon, when ex-Presi- t Barrilias of Gautemala was the honored = B. Cornwall, who was expected as s wit- ss before the Grand Jury yesterday, left for p north last Wednesday evening. He has subpenaed &S & Withess 10 appear ne Colonel Gavin McNab msy prosecute the case of Marie A. Browrell, 1n her endeavor to have the de e of divorce granted her husband, Charles F. Myer, by Judge Seawell in December, 1894, se t aside. iam R. Summerhayes, vice-president al manager of the Mutual Electric any, has something to say about ting which may prove interesting rand Jury. nance Committee of the Board of Su- ors_has prepared a schedule of eppro- the municipal departments which od by the board will resuit in s tax levy of about $1 05. The blind sewers in Walnut and California streets are causing the spread of disease in that neighborhood, and the citizens are talk- ing of an uprising if they do not secure relief irom the Street Department. The School Directors yesterday received a communication from the Grand Jury in oppo- sition to the proposed closing of the Webster Primary School. The board voted unanimously 10 table the closing resolution. Taylor Rogers got back from St.Louis ana the Populists’ convenion yesterday. that unless the Democrats are prepared to di- vide the honor and spoils in case of success the Populists will still fight Bryan. The schooner Lizzie Adams sprang a leak when on her way from Alvarado to the steamer State of California with a load of salt. The cargo was spoilt and the vessel had to be run on the mud flats to prevent her from sinking. The San Francisco Lsbor Council last night elected officers for the next six months, and adopted resolutions censuring the police for arresting & socialist for speaking on the street. The arrest was regarded as & blow at iree speech. : The British ship Linlithgow was tied up yes- terday by 8 United States Marshal. The cap- tain of the scow Colonel Baker asserts that the big tramp owes him $20 for services ren- dered and as he_could not get his money he libeled the vessel. A high board and barbed wire fence has been built by Captain Vogdes, commander of Fort Mason, across Van Ness avenue at North Point sireet. The fence obstructs the path-along the avenue to the bay shore, but keeps out unde- sirable chacacters. Milton Seoft, hunter on the sealing schooner Louisa B, had & narrow escape for his life in Japan. He killed a Japanese in Hukodate in seii-defense, but was acquitted by ® jury in the Consular Court. He came home on the steamer BelgiC. At s conference yesterdsy afternoon Presi- dent Hugh Craig of the Chamber of Commerce assured the visiting officials of the new Ja- panese steamship line that San Francizco would get them anything they waui in the way of terminat facilities. Syron Waters, the claims attorney of the Eouthern Pacific Company, has instituted pro- ceedings in the Supreme Court for the disbar- ment for unprofossional eonduct of the lai- yer Casstus M. Jennings. 1t is alleged that he corruptly procured vajuable pepers belonging to the company from James H. Allison, a con- fidential clerk, who has since been dismissed. American and San Franciseo trade in Samoa is gravely threatened by the grapnsed appoint- ment of a German nsmed Branders as presi- dent oi the Municipa' Council and the adviser of his home Government at Apia, according 0 the latest advices recefved from Samoa. The Germans have run American trad t of the Marshall and other islands of theSguth Bea group, and an appea) ‘o tke President and the press of the United 3tates not to canction the appointment of Bran.+rs is made, He says | A CASE OF KILL OR BE KILLED, Seal-Hunter Scott Had a Narrow Escape in Japan. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. A United States Consular Court Acquitted Him of All Blame. THE FEARLESS AT SAUSALITO. She Will Be Thoroughly Overhauled and Painted and Again Put in Commission. The big tug Fearless will be put in com- mission again next week. For over a month she has been laid upin order to get a thorough overbauling. Yesterday Captain Dan Haskell took her over to Sausalito, and she is now anchored near the clubhouse, close to the well-known yacht Lurline. The move has been made in order to get the tug away from the coal dust and dirt of the water front. She will be painted white, and when com- pleted will look like an addition to the “White Squadron.” The big tug and the Lurline made a pretty picture as they lay at anchor in Richardsons Bay yesterday. The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company’s Belgic arrived from Hongkong via Yokohama and Honolulu yesterday with the following cabin passengers: Mrs, F. Butterfiela, J. N. Boyd, J. Bennett 3r., J. Bennett Jr., Paul Corlbran, F. Dujar- dine Beaumetz, Captain 8. L. Christie, Rev. A. Clark, K. Fujijama, Dr. J. F. Gentner, Captain A. C. Gerrish, T. 8. Morrison, Miss M. Nichols, Hon. Paul Neuman, W. G. Pierce, Mrs. W. 3. Pierce, Professor George 8. Schultze, H. Suzuke, J. B. Trevor, Mrs. J. B. Trevor, Miss 8. Macdonald. 2 The Belgic made the run in six days ten hours, which beats the Gaelic’s time from Honolulu by two hours. Ex-Attor- ney-General Paul Neumann of Hawaii, who came up on the steamer i3 on a mission to Guatemala on behalf of his Government. The Belgic brings the news of the loss of the British ship Scottisk Dales. She was bound from Tacoma for Australia, and went on a coral reef in the Fiji Islands. At the time the Dales was 216 miles east by south from Suva; the capital of Fiji, and under a full spread of canvas. Cap- tain McCarthy stood close into Vatos reef to catch the trade winds, and went on a rock which was not down on the chart. The vessel was loaded with lumber, and a heavy deckload weighted her down. She soon began to settle and when the pumps showed eleven feet of water in the hold the crew abandoned her. Captain Mc- Carthy and twenty men reached Suva, but the gunboat Rugarooma had to be sent out to look for the mate’s boat with eight men in it. They were picked up two days later and landed at Suva. The only man who suffered was a consumptive ap- prentice who was lyingz at death's door from the exposure when the mail left Fiji. Owing to an inadvertence the name of Purser Bendall was placed under the pic- ture of Captain M. Carey of the Monowai in yesterday’s CAri. The genial and popular commander is so well known, however, that anybody connected with shipping could see at a glance that.a mis- take had been made. _ Patrick Mackey, once a sailor boarding- house master, attempted to commit sui- cide in the Harbor Police station yester- day morning. He had been arrested for drunkenness the night previously, and when he sobered up took off his suspend- ers and hanged himself to one of the bars of his cell. Officer Cullom cut him down and sent him to the Receiving Hospital. The British ship Linlithgow loaded with wheat for England was prevented from leaving port at the last moment yester- day. The scow Coloniel Baker took her a load of coal,and as there was no steam on the tramp’s donkey engine, Captain Petrie asked the captain of the scow to hoist the coal aboard. This was done, and then Captain Schouw demanded $20 pay. It was refused, and just as the steamer was about to sail, the United States Marshal put in an appearance and libeled her for $20. The anchor had to be dropped again and the vessel will lose at least $500 by the delay. The schooner Lizzie Adams had a pecul- iar experience yesterday. She was on her way from Alvarado with a load of salt for the steamer State of California. On the way over she sprung a leak, but man- aged to reach her destination. All of the salt that had not melted wasremoved and then the schooner was run on the mua- flats. The captain thinks that the Adams ran on a snag while making her way down the creek. The three-whaling crews that will go out on the tug Fearless on the 22d inst. have ‘established headquarters on Com- mercial street, near East. Tuesday next they will begin practicing, and every morning & regular course of whaling drill will be seen from Clay-street wharf. Among the arrivals on the steamer Bel- wic yesterday was Milton Scott, an erst- while hunter on the sealing schooner Louisa D. He had an exciting time of it in Japanese waters and very nearly lost his life. Japanese footpads attacked him and he shot two of them in self-defense. He was tried for murder, but was acquitted by the Consalar Court and at once took passage for San Francisco. “I had a narrow escape,” said Scott ves- terday. “The schooner had finished her cruise in Japanese waters with a small catch of 531 skins. We were all well and bearty when we reached Hakodate, and everybody got shore leave while the vessel was fitting out again for a cruise in Bering Sea. I was out one night and when re- turning to the ship three Japanese stood meup. Ishowed fight and guarded myv- self frons their slashes with my right arm. (Here Scott bared his arm and showed the three cicatrices which are on his arm be- tween the wrist and elbow). Waen I saw it was & question of life or death I drew my revolver and mortally wounded one of my assailants and half-killed an- other. I was taken to Yokohama after being heeld for murder in Hakodate and was there tried before the United States Consular Court. I was acquitted and the Consul paid my way to San Francisco. My best friends in Yokohama were Messrs, Laflin and Kearnen. They went S o | - & i3 The Tug Fearless Has Been Taken to Sausalito to Be Cleaned and Painted. / She Lies Near the Yacht Lurline and Just Qpposite the Clubhouse. When Finished She Will Look Like One of the White Squadron. on my bonds and secured counsel to de- fend me. I got away as quickly as possi- ble as soon as I was acquitted. None of the sealing schooners on the Japanese coast made good catches this season.”” The ship Spartan arrived from Puget Sound yesterday minus her first officer. The men went ashore at Tacoma and many of them got drunk. Mate Hansen went ashore to round them up, when the vessel was ready to sail, and had trouble. One of the men showed fight and the officer struck him on the mouth, knocking him down. Hansen cut his hand badly on the sailors teeth and twenty-four hours later blood-poisoning set in. Two of his fingers were amputated. When the Spartan sailed the hand was still inflamed and the chances were that the arm would have to be amputated at the elbow. The steamer Mexico will make an ex- cursion to the wreck of the Colombia at Pigeon Point to-morrow. A more com- fortable or better-equipped vessel could not be got for the run, so all and sundry ‘may expect a most enjoyable trip. Gov- ernor Budd and his friends have been in- vited and the chances are that a large gubernatorial party will grace the occa- | sion. T. W. Leyaecker, the weli-known Alameda pigeon-fancier, will take out a number of his carriers and some of them will be released off the Farallones while others will bring news direci from the wreck. The Mexico will leave Broadway wharf at9A. M. to-morrow and returning will reach the City at 6:30 p. M. PINGREE FARMING, ‘Will Be Tried Here by the Salvation Army. \ The Pingree plan of farming for the ben- efit of the industrious unemployed will be put into use in this county and near Berkeley this winter by Adjutant McFee of the Salvation Army. He has secured the promise of a fifteen-acre tract near Berkeley, and he says he can get all the vacant lots he wants on this side of the bay. The people will be allowed to grow and market their own products, and the Salvation Army will help them otherwise, if necessary. The adjutsnt expects to break ground for the work before the win- ter rains set in. The large tract farming, JIPANS ARMY - WILL BE DOUBLED Many Officers ‘Are Being Trained for High Com- mands. SETTLING OF FORMOSA. The New Possession Will Fur- nish Much Tea for Foreiga Markets. ANNIBALS THAT EAT CHINESE Over Ten Thousand Wild Men That Are Death to Some, but Friendly to the Japs. In the recent!y acquired island of For- mosa Japan has added a territory .to her possessions eaual probably to one-quarter of the area of the former empire and the new possession1s to be devoted particu- larly to the production of tea for the for- eign trade. H. Fujivama of Tokio, civil professor in the Imperial Military Academy for com- missioned officers, recently visited For- mosa and went among the aboriginal Malay sdvages that inhabit the eastern and comparatively unknown part of the island. Mr. Fujiyama arrived here yesterday on W gy ‘w\, A 51;’5‘, Vi 1594 Professor Harukazu Fujiyama of the Japamese Military Academy for Com- missioned Officers, Who Has Been Among the Cannibal Savag-s of Formoss. except at Berkeley, will not be tried till next spring. The adjutant says he has asked for no subscriptions yet for the work, but thinks De will not have any troublésbout raising the necessary sum. e e——— Notice of Opening. Santa Clara College will reopen its classes at 12 M, on August 4. JosepE W. RIORDAN, B. J. ——— e e To Dissolve Partnership. Farming in partnership does not seem to have been a satisfactory proceeding to either Ira Thurber or L. L. Thurber. For several years the two have been engaged in agricultural pursuits near Santa Cruz, the Afireamem. being that each should have half the profits. For five years, however, Ira has failed to secure an -cco\mlmgflf,rom the other Thurber, and yes- terday he ught suit agaiust him. He wants a dissolution of tnership, an accounting and more than ), which he claims is due e T:‘nl- Moved 25 Cents. Commercial Transfer Co., 43 Sutiter street. Telephona Main 49. Keep your checks for us.* —————— Philip A. Roach’s Estate. The estate of Philip A. Roach, formerly Pub- lie Admlnlnnt;)r% this City, was yesterday appraised at $35,780 11. A number of prom- oty notes, sighed by politicians of more o less prominence, are includediin the inven. tory, but are marked valueless. Most of the notes ure dated 1885 or 1886, and are conse- quently outlawed. The estate is composed of $5050 60 in cash, & claim of $13,644 01 against the Blythe es- tate for Public Administrator fees, $17,000 worth of resl estate and personal e: small value. —————— Horrr's School for Boys, Burlin Sixth game, Year begins Aug. 4. Ira G. Hoitt, Ph.D,, Master* . cts of the Belgic in company with J, Buzuki, a merchant of Tokio. He hasa year's leave of absence and is making a pleasure tour of the world. During the recent war he served as a civil officer on the staff of Mar- shal Oyama, commander-in-chief of the second army ot Japan, in the invasion of Korea. “Japan’s military academy,” he said when seen yesterday at.the Occidental, ‘‘was established fourteen years ago upon the German plan. At first we had German officers as teachers, but now only Japanese military officers and civil professors—forty in all. It is a higher institution ror lieu- tenants and captains. Until the late war aclass of twenty entered each year for a three years' course, butsince that time the class has been increased to fifty, so that there are always about 150 officer-students in the academy. “This increase is in conformance with Japan’s plan for the increase of her stand- ing army. The army is to be practically doubled in size in the course of the next five or six years. “Japan’s standing army to-day consists ot about 105,000 men, and is divided into seven divisions. It will be increased to thirteen divisions. A division at present includes about 15,000 men, and is made up of two brigades of infantry,a regiment of artillery and a corps of engineers. “To this will be added a regiment of cavalry and a battery en train, and in time of war & pontoon column, a sanitary attac:ment and a borse reserve for each division. The Government is going to in- troduce better horses in the military ser- vice. Our horses are small and unsuited to heavy artillery. European horses will be imported. I visited the island of Formosa a little while ago. Everything is peaceful there now. A great many Japanese are going there for business and to settle. Very few Japanese women have gone yet. For- mosa is one-fourth the size of all Japan. Geographically it is divided into two parts—eastern and western—a mountain range forming the division' line. In the west there is a population of 3,000,000 Chinese. “In the east there are somewhere about 10,000 Malays—savages, cannibals. The popuiation is only estimated, for nothing is known of the interior. There may be very many more. The Malays were the original inhabitants. The Chinese came as intruders. Consequeantly there isa very bitter feeling against the Chinese, and the Malays cut their heads off whenever they have an opportunity. “They are a wild, savage, warlike, ener- getic people and practice cannibalism, their special delight being Chinese. To- ward the Japanese they are very friendly. ‘We are treating them as we would ladies, very courteously and diplomatically. “When I went there, with an armed es- cort of course, they hailed us as brothers and begged of us to drive the Chinese off theisland. They subsist on sweet pota- toes and the flesh of wild animals, par- ticularly deer, which are very plentiful. “They hunt with the bow and arrows and the spear and many of them have rifles obtained from the Chinese in barter. A long time ago the Dutch tried to settle on Formosa, but the natives drove them away. These savages live in little settle- ments composed of rude huts and each seems to have its chief or president. “Camphor is the chief product of the eastern part of the island. A few English and German companies handle the busi- ness, but all their operations are protected by guards. The western part, wherethe Chinese are, is very fertile. “Agriculturally Formosa is divided into three zones—the northern or tea country, the central or rice and orauge country, and the southern or sugar-cane country. *“We care little for the rice country, as we raise plenty of thyt at home. But we shall develop the tea industry, with the prospect of a great foreign trade. We shall not.disturb the Chinese, but perhaps as the Japanese come in they will grad- ually leave. Well, perhaps the 10,000 can- nibal Malays may consume the 3,000,000 Cliinese. I wish they would. ¥ would like to see the Chinese away from there. They are a dirty people. *At present we have three mixed bri- gades of Japanese troops, about 30,000 men in Formosa, and 3000 gendarmes, or armed nolice, besides 10,000 officers and civil service men. “The Government is building & system of railroads and wagon-roads in Formosa. The Chinese had a few, but they were badly built. A line is being built from Keelun, the principal seaport, to Taipei, the capital and biggest city, thence to Shinchiku, about forty miles. “Qur Government has divided the island into three territorial districts, a northern, a central and southern, each of which is a state with its separate corps of officials.” Mr. Fujiyama lauchingly says that he does not know whether his ancestors were named after Japan’s great volcanic moun- tain or whether the mountain was named after them. He wears upon the lapel of his coat a little button similar o that of the Loyal Legion in America. It hasa scarlet rim, and upon its indented face are six scarlet spokes upon a field of white. The button signifies that the wearer has been decor- ated by the Emperor with the *‘Order of the Rising Sun.” Mr. Fujiyama will spend a month in the United States. Whisky for Sickne: There is no one article that equals whisky for medicinal purposes when ju- diciously, used. To accomplish good re- sults, however, it must be pure and good. The Jesse Moore brand is unequaled for urity and excellence. The Jesse Moore {Innt Company makers. A Tender of Thanks. The Sisters of Charity of Mt. St. Joseph’s In- fant and Orphan Asylum of uhis City, desire to tender grateful thanks to Dr. Lyford for the use of his private grounds at Tiburon for a day’s delightful umm‘fu{"h:h::r fhflflren. nder gratel thaoks also to A, ;‘g:xes:mpl:es'u?dem Sithe 8. I and N. B, R, R. Co., and to E. P. Viningof the Market-street Railway for gratuitous transportation of the children to and from the pienie. Father Clarke Returus. Rev. Arthur M. Clarke, C. 8. P., the distin- guished missionary of the Paulist Fathers, has returned to the City after aseveral weeks’ so- journ in the Saudwich Islands. Next Friday evening he will lecture in Metropolitan Hall for the benefit of the uniform fund of Com- uny D, League of the Cross Cades, on ‘“The Bn er of Modern Liberty.” Colonel James F. Smith, past grand president of the Young Men’s Institute, will preside on the occasion. NEW TO-DAY. Take No Substitute.. Gail Borden ‘Eagle Brand e CONDENSED MILK Has slwaysstood FIRST in the estims- Amesiaan Feople. No_other 15 g}"u“f-‘.'&~mr& CHECKS ON THE VALLEY ROAD, It -)Iéy Be Compelled to - Stop Construction at Frean‘. BLOCKED BY RESIDENTS. They Demand Damages, but/Re- fuse to State the Amounts of Their Claims. s CHEAPER FARES IN PROSPECT. Passengers Will Be Carried on the N:w Road in About Six Weeks. TUnless there is a radical change at Fres- no, all construction work on the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad will be suspended in about two weeks, and between 300 and 400 men will be thrown out of employment. But the ef- fect on the employes of the road will be but trifling in comparison to that on the broader and more jmportant interests of the producers of the upper valley, south of Fresno, who will be deprived of the competition of the Valley road and the lower rates that have thus far followed closely on the progress of the people’s line. For many weeks now negotiations have been in progress with the owners of prop- erty bordering the right of way of the Valley road through Fresno, along Q street, for the settlement of their claims for damages alleged to have resulted from the proximity of the tracks of the new railroad. But despite the fact that they bave been asked to formulate and present their claims, they have refused to do so, for reasons that are not apparent. Until the road is in actual operation no actual damage can result and the pro- jectors of the enterprise so much desired and prayed for by the people of the San Joaquin Valley do not propose to -become invoived 1n unnecessary and expensive litigation. They state that they stand ready to do all tbat is fair and to push the construction with the utmost rapidity consistent with economy and justice to the stockholders. The grading of the road is now virtually completed to within half a mile of the northern end of the town of Fresno and tracklaying is now going on with all dispatch to that point. This work will all be completed in about two weeks and then furtber construction will come to a halt until there is an untrammeled and unobstructed pathway. p Not only is the advance of the:railroad blocked by this stand of the Fresnoites, but the prosperous growth of the town itself is checked. Itis the intention of the Valley road to put ia aturntable there, to erect a fine, large and costly { depot, and to establish repair-shops, and for every day that the town is_deprived of these improvements, there is a loss to it of all the business and stimulation to en- terprise that would follow their advent. eanwhile that portion of the road al- ready constructed will be put into the best possible shape for operation, bat not another foot will be graded unti there is an absolutely clear path ahead. From present indications passenger busi- ress will begin about the middle of Sep- tember. By that time the passenger coach@s of the road will be here, and ail the Iccomotives will be set up and ready for use. While the passenger tariffs have already beer prepared, they will not pe made public until actually put into force. It is known, however, that the fares will be on the whole lower than those now pre- vailing on the Southern Pacific lines, which parallel the new road, and assur- ance is ziven that in no case will they ex- ceed 3 cents per mile. The road will be operated to Fresno. But even if they should be no lower out NEW TO-DAY. " What we are saying in our advertisements is true, or is not true. Schilling's Best is pure, or it is not pure. ; It is fresh-roasted, or it is not fresh-roasted. It is fine and full of tea- flavor, or it is not. You knew us as a large firm doing business in and out of San Francisco. You do not know us as tea- merchants. So we say to'you, through your grocer, /Your money - back if you don’t like Sc/z- ling's Best” We ask for no favors, _no confidence—until you “know the tea. At your grocer's—in packages only. ‘A Schilling & Company ‘San Francisco NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. FAMILY EXCURSION SANTA CRUZ ... by the mnllli conducted by WM. H. MENTON, x 8. P. Company, cursion Passenger Agent. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1896. NO CROWDING! SEATS FOR ALL! THE ROUND TRIP Také the 7:45 a. M. boat from ferry landing (narrow gauge), San Francisco, foot of Market street. For forther information apply at Grand Hotel Ticket Office. RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN, T. M. G.P. % A $ Smouldering fires of old disease furk in the blood of many a man, who fancies himself in good health. Let a slight sickness seize him, and the old enemy breaks out anew. The fault is the taking of medicines that suppress, in- stead of curing disease. You can eradicate disease and purify your blood, if you use the standard remedy of the i Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. from Stockton than those of the rival lines the combination of the 25-cent fare now charged by boat from here to Stockton with the rate of the Valley road out from Stockton will give a big reduction on the Southern Pacific charges. ¥rom here to Fresno the Southern Pacific fare is $5 90. From Stockton to Fresno the fare is $3 75. To the latier the 25-cent rate of the boats can be added and thus a $4 fare is made through to Fresno. This combination cannot now be made, as the Southern Pa- cific is very careful not to have any of its trains make connection with the boats at Stockton. Just the opposite will be the policy of the Valley road. Plans are now being projected in this city for a 20-knot steamer to be used in the passenger business between here and Stockton by the California Navigation'and Improvement Company. When she is placed in service the time to Stockton by water will be no greater than it is now by rail. The run up to Stockton will ba made in about four and a half hours and to this city in four hours. In about two weeks work will be com- menced on a $4000 combination freight and passenger depot at Merced by the Valley road. It will belocated on Twenty- fourth street, between M and N. It will be 150 long and 45 feet wide, including the #reight platform. The passenger end of the structure will be temporary. It will eventualiy be made a part of the freight depot and a handsome brick structure erected for the passengers’ accommoda- tion on the same block. Bids for the com- bination depot will be asked for early next week. ‘THE Solid Seven scoundrels roasted to a crisp in to-day’s Star. - NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AL HAYMAN &2’5 THEATERS. BALDWIN l FROIMAN EMPIRE THEATER CO., From the Empire Theater, New York, LAST TIMES! Matinee To-day and To-night. Clyde_Fitoh’s Comedy, ] e ', As Presented for Over 100 NIghts at the Empire Theater. Next Week, Aug. 3—24 week of the Empire Company—the besutiful comedy-drama, “THI BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.” Third week— Monday, Aug. 10, “THE MASQUERADERS.” AT THE CALIFORNIA |1 ons. FAREWELL SUNDAY NIGH I, L. R. Stockwell's Company of Players A Miss 2. WARDE —— s, COGBLAN Au Elaborate Scenic Production—TH ““MERCHANT OF VENICE" Mr. Warde as Shylock __ Miss Coghlan as Portia Next Monday, Aug. 3—CHAUNCEY OLCOTT in the Beautiful Irish 1dyl, “MAVOURNEEN." o {ghealne, (] ICDLABDLR.GOTTLOD & (o~ LESSES ANDMATAGERS ++ LAST NIGHTS! MEN LADIES AND AND WOMEN CHILDREN Everybody will come to the Matinee this after- noon to ses THE FRAWLEY COMPANY AT ===-THE HIGHEST BIDDER==-= MondAyTant. WILTON LACKAYE and MRS, 'HORNDYKE BOUCICAULT in GOLD MINE: TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mas AENESTINE SRELING, Propriolor & lanagas Season of Italian and English Grand Opera Under the Direction uf MR. GUSTAV HINRICHS. —THIS EVENING— Gounod’s Tmmortal Opera, “PATSTYV TO-MORROW EVENING—LAST TIME ‘CARMENY Great Casts! Corregt Costumes! Beautiful Scenery! Next Week-- Mon Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday Evenings— “PAGLIACCL, Wednesdey and Saturday—“FAUST,"” Popular Pr Sc and 50c. MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater In America WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessoe and Manax THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Limited Star Engagement of the Romantic Actar, ——JAMES M. BROPHY. “Our Califosnia Boy," In the Title Role of Gunter’s Great Drama, «MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK I"* The Attraction of the Season. Evening Prices—25¢ and 50c. Family Circl» and Gallery, 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday: A O'Farrell Street. Between Stockton and Powell Matinee To-Day, (Saturday). August 1. Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 100, Chuldren, 10c, any part. HERR TECHOW And His Marvelous Performing Cats. LYDIA YEAMANS-T1ITUS, Assisted by FRED J. TITUS. BIONDI in New Sketche Only One Nicht More of THE MA. THE CHUTES, CASINO! And Greatest Scenic Railway on Earth! EVIRY AFTEENOON AND EVENING. The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century, 7 “ '" e Oy L aameen THIS EVENING!——THIS EVENING! GRAND MILITARY NIGHT! AT 7:45. SALUTE OF 47 CA. ON AT 9:30, SPECTACULAR SABER DRILL! AT 10 O'CLOCK,GRAND MILITARY BALL, SPECIAL!—Sunday Afternoon at 4:30, Balloon Ascension and Paracbute Drop by LEILA ADAIR ADMISSION—10 CENTS. Children, including Merry-Go-Round, 5 cents. AND Pleasurs Sutrs Baths. & Dnnlnllly from 7 A. M. Unluflllé. M . oncert Every rnoon and Evenin, General Aamission—Aduits 106, Children 6. o NS,