The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1896, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—“The Gay Parisians.” CALI FORNTA THEATER.—“The Minstrel of Clare” CorLuMEIa THEATER—* The Great Unknown.” M OROSCO’S UFENA-HoUsk—“The Ensign.” TIvoL1 Orgra-Hovsk.—* 1l Trovatore.” by Prof. A. » evening, August 19. 155 AU sllis and Mason streets— Frederick W ight with Shakespeare,” Thu vening, August 20. £UTRO BATHS—Bathing and performances. SHoor THY CHuTes--Daily at Halght street, one block east of the Park. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR — At September 1 to September 19. XCURSIONS. Big Trees, Santa Cruz Sacramento, EXCURSION—To the Mountain: o £y Cmas. LEVY & Co.—This day (Tuesday), Furniture at salesroom, 1135 Market street, at 10 o’clock. BY Gxo. F. LoMSON- niture, at 1729 Broadway, at 11 o'clock. 5ASTON & ELDE: This day (Tuesday). e, at salesroom, 638 Market street, at is day (Tuesday), Fur stoN & FLDRIDGE.—Saturday, August Mountaln View, Santa Clara The Womsn Suffrage Bureau is to hold & se- ries of fortnightly evening receptions. Berkeley and Stanford colleges are actively ng for the coming football season. G. 8. Ferguson, & wealthy miner from Ari- zone, gazes on the ocean for the first time. Jacob Wollner, the well-known wool mer- chant, says free trade has ruined the wool busi- ness | The work of preparing for the opening day he exhibits of home products is being list of intending exhibitors at the fair alifornia productions is published in another column. The Board of Education will hold a special meeting to-day to consider the erection of three new school buildings. Two Health Inspectors, escorted by squads ot e, will begin a systematic inspection of atown this morning. 1d Winthrop denies the right of | t to bring an indictmentagainst | him in the Campbell case. Newsboys were giving gossamer winter coats | ¢ with their papers on Montgomery sterday aiternoon. Charter Association is getting n its active campaign in favor roposed new charter. 1 have pertly cloudy weather this , clearing later, with brisk westerly fo says the Weather Bureau. - faculty of the State Univorsity has pre- orial to the Regents testifying to gg’s honor and learning. | of California Pioneers will cele- | Campo on the 9th of September. tridge will deliver the oration. rdey sustained the de- Citizen » Millen Griffitn, one of the best known ng and shipping circles, passed | lly yesterday at his residence in | ew Johnson, a crazy sailor, attempted suicide twice yesterday. He jumped d afterward threw himself before | of g 0 from her landlady, M ) Park. new executive board of the Christian ch of California was organized yesterday e Santa Cruz church property placed under its charge. et last ch, and arranged & course of lectures for hing year. A. J. Loriano has sued the Silver King Min- 72 50, said to be due as rance policies in several in- companies. . Quitzow, the attorney ng John E. Clune of $8000, yesterday s answer to the suit denying every alle- complaint. y's sessions of the ministerial or- were interesting far accused of fiected. ing their fusion pledges all over aving into the hands of the | Company. | e Supreme Court has reversed the Supe- rior Court’s order granting a mew trial to Charles R. Bennet, former secretary of the So- clety for the Suppression of Vice. ice want an owner for two grind- in the possession of E. Sullivan, | sted Sunday night on Dupontand | s by Policeman McGee. ded yesterday that the | nd_Pacific Railroad must pay the | d by the State Board of Equaliza- | nting to $56,180. | roceedings in the case of Iroad fr ise were on be- fore Judge Daingerfield yesterday, but the matter was postponed until Thursdsy next. te secretary to terday for | g and per- t clus there. nts’ Association and a number of bers of the association, ¥ to consider how to prevent the rd of Equalization from raistng the essment. F. Bubr, executor of the will of Sarah | filed an answer to the contest in which he scored the son or making assertions derogatory to mother’s fair fame. ng young people at Del Monte rking time in the hotel last | y @ t that the management asked hem to leave the swell premises. There was | &n exodusin high dudgeon. The temporary injunction asked for by Ed- win T.Earl agsinst the Southern Pacific and others, to prevent the use of & patent refriger- ator-car, was granted in a decision rendered by Judge Morrow yesterday. Supervising Inspector Bermingham yester- day rendered his decision in the wreck of the Colombia. He finds Captain William A. Clark guilty of unskillful and negligent navigation and revokes his license as master. Advocates of a free market for fruits, etc., in gan Francisco, tarough which consumers could buy from producers direct, point st the present glut and dumping of fruit into the bay es a powerful argument in subport of their plan. Josephine Jamart, 17 years of age, who was induced to leave her home, 109 Fifth street, ebout three months ago, by Herman Stevens, B ks, yesterday had such a & plano-player, was sent to the Branch County | Jail for six months yesterday on & charge of VAZTANCY. Testimony was taken by Inspector Berming- ham yesterdsy aiternoon gelative grounding of the steamer Point Arena off Reyes on_August 10. Captain Johnson fied that Mate Wickman, who was on ch, was drunk. schooner Vine had & very rough pas- to Central America. the men were effected as though stricken th prickly heat. The paint in the cabin turned blue and balls of fire sat on the mast- heads and bowsprit. The associated creditors, who have claims of ),000 sgainst the City, repudiated on a 1’ technicality, met yesterday and deter- mined to tak e necessary action to bring the matter of their claims before the people for o vote on payment. Although & price of $1000 has been put upon his head by the Chipese Tailors’ Union, and an attempt has been inade to burn his clothing {actory at wears a chain shiri of mail and keeps on se- renely about his business. The Occidental and Oriental Company’s Gae- went ashore at Shimoneseki, Japan, last Whether she went ashore ina fogor | Sunasy. was in collision and was runon the mud to her is not known. There was ten feet of water in her hold when she was pulled off. The eight socialists who were arrested for disturbing the peace while conducting & meet- lug at the corner of Seventh and Market streets were arraigned before Judge Carroll yesterday. Their altorneysasked until Thurs- v morning to plzad, when the matter will © argued on points o1 1aw. Colonel H. Bendel, president of the Wire- | makers' Corporation sand the San Francisco uit Exchange, in discussing the gquestion :rdey declared that the success of free age as advocated by the Democratic party woald mean certain uisaster, but warned busi- 3ess men not to get panic stricken thus early n the day over an event that could not pos- Wibly go into operation short of two years. ¢ Young People’s Presbyterian Associa- | night in Calvary Presbyterian | throughout, | papers beiug read and several | indignant because the Demo- | to the | During &n electrical | 5091 Washington street, Chun Man | ISHORE O THE " COMST OF Jiph, The Occidental and Orien- tal’'s Gaelic in Trouble. CARGO BADLY DAMAGED Had Ten Feet of Water in the Forehold When Towed Off the Mud. WILL COME TO SAN FRANCISCO Captain Luttrell of the Vine Had a Hard Experience in an Elec- trical Storm. Disaster seems to follow everyting con- nected with the Southern Pacific’s ship- ping interests. Steamer after steamer has een lost and the Mail Company’s Colom- bia is now being dismantled at Pigeon Point. Yesterday her engines were un- loaded from the schooner Free Trade at Folsom-street wharf and the boilers are now being taken out and loaded into the schooner Volante. The news of more trouble came from Yokohama Saturday. The steamer Gaelic on her way from Hongkong for San Fran- cisco ran ashore at Shimonoseki, on the coast of Japan, and soon thereafter there was ten feet of water in her hola. D. D. Stubbs of the SBouthern Pacific and secre- tary of the Occidental and Oriental Steam- ship Company, says the Gaelic has been temporarily repaired and taken to Yoko- hama, where she will be docked. Just how the accident happened no one seems to know, and the mystery will be only cleared up when the vessel arrives here. At Shimonoseki there is only soft mud and it seems impessible for a big steamer to injure herself very much by running ashore. The general impression is that she was in collision and that Cap- tain Pearne ran her ashore to save his ship. The Gaelic had a large cargo of tea and Oriental merchandise, and as ner fore- toi Herman Oelrichs Jr. | hold was flooded a considerable loss will of James G. Fair, dated Septem- | result. The steamer City of Puebla sailed for Puget Sound ports yesterday morning, and there was a scene on the wharf before she got away. Percy Douglas, a young man from Bakersfield, cauzed the arrest of Miss Birdie Wilson for stealing $50 and some jewelry frém him. Birdie's sister and Douglas had been good friends, but the young woman persuaded her to leave him and was on her way to Victoria, B.C., when arrested. Miss Wilson says it is a case of persecution, and Douglas says he doesn’t care what she calls it so long as he gets his money and jewelry back. Andrew Johnson, a crazy sailor, jumped off Broadway wharf yesterday. John Gray, the boatman, wens to his rescue, but had to fizht hard before he could get the would-be suicide into the boat. When land was reached Gray turned the sailor over to Officers Dower and Crosby, but on the way to the Harbor Police Station he attempted to throw himself under a pass- ing electric-car. He was again rescued and finally locked up in the Harbor Police Station. A private letter received by Al White from Copper River says that 1n one sense the season up there has been a remarkably good one and in another a remarkably bad one. The run of salmon was very good and the Alaska Packers’ Association had on hand July 25 iast over 30,000 cases ready for shipment. The Pacitic Steam Whaling Company had almost as many cases on hand, but a terrific storm | came up and blew down two of the com- | pany’s warehouses and ail the salmon were washed into the river and lost. In order to make up its deficiency the com- pany oftered $10 a thousand for fish and was doing a rushing business when the mail left. The Bering Sea patrol fleet will disband next month and return to San Francisco. The Bear will reach Unalaska about Sep+ tember 10, but will not return to this port before November. In the meantime she will visit a!l the Government supply | stations in Alaska. Another halibut schooner got in from the banks yesterday. Itisthe Little Pilot, and she has 20,000 pounds of the fish aboard. The captain is not going to sell his stock on the vessel's deck, but will open a fishstore on East street. The German bark Assel, which came here from Guaymas, will go to Noyo to load lumber for London. This will be the first cargo of redwood that has ever left Noyo for Europe. The steamer Whitesboro, while on her way froth Port Costa to her berth at Main street, struck a snag and lost one of the blades of her propeller. She will go on the ways at Oakland for repairs. The steamer Progreso isidle just now and her owners have seized the oppor- tunity to put her on the Union Iron Works’ drydock to geta new shaft fitted to_her engines. ‘Work on the Spear-street bulkhead will begin to-day. Some time ago the Harbor Commissioners let a contract for the re- building of the wharf, but the contractors failed after tearing up the planking. The work has now been relet to the San Fran- cin?{ Bridge Company and it will push the work. The fog which caused the loss of the Colombia and St. Paul seems to have reached even Alaska. The mail-steamer Ella_Rohlffs, which left Karluk on July 17 for Chignik, was lost for seven days and finally managed to reache Karluk again on July 26. A fresh start was made when the fog lifted. The schooner Vine has at last reached Central America. She left here on June 11 for the southern seas, but had consid- erable cargo to land at Champerico and San Jose de Guatemala. At the latter port Captain Luttrell found 5000 tons of Pacific Mail Company freight stored up in warehouses and on the wharf awaiting shipment. In consequence the Vine was considerably delayed in gettiug her con- signments ashore. On July 26 the schooner ran into s hur- ricane. Three waterspouts passed close to the vessel, and one of them came too close to the bowsprit to be pleasant. A lightning-storm followed. and in his lettdr Captain Luttrell says the mastheads were like balls of fire. Some of the crew were so affected by the electricity that for days afterward their bodies felt as though they had the prickly heat. The interior of the cabin was painted with white enamel, but the electric fluid took control and all the paneling is now a bright blue. The Vine did pot steer well, and Captain Luttrell | had considerable difficulty in making port. The following vessels of the Alaska Packers’ Association have been reported as having arrived safely: Steamers—Royal, Polar Bear, President; ships—Levi G. Bur- gess, Louisiana, Harry Morse; barks—Wiil 'W. Case, Nicholas Thayer, Merom, Charles B. Kenney; schooner Prosper. The steamer Ella Rohiffs left Karluk July 17 with mail for Chignik, returned to Karluk July 26, hnvinf lost her bearings in a heavy fog which lasted for six days, and drifted close to Unga before position of steamer could be ascertained. The reports from the canneries of the Alaska Packers’ Association are very favorable. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896. \? v The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Gompany's Gaelic Went Ashore on the Goast of Japan Last P P P Saturday. She Had a Large Gargo of Tea, and as There Was Ten Feet of Water in Her Forehold When She Was Jowed Off, the Loss Is Likely to Be Quite Heavy. DEFIANT OF THE GRAND JURORS, Oliver Winfield Winthrop Denies Their Right to Indict. LEES IS CONFIDENT. He Relies on Donald Urquhart’s Affidavit for a Con- viction. A STORY TOLD IN JAIL The Developments in the Campbell Scandal Are Growing Daily s More Seasational. The attorneys of Oliver W. Winthrop are still fighting for delay. Yesterday when Winthrop was arraigned before Judge Wallace Attorney Frank Bell filed a motion to set aside the indictment of the Grand Jury. It was claimed that the in- dictment 18 not properly indorsed; that the names of the witnesses are not prop- erly inserted at the end of the indictment; that the Grand Jury was not properly drawn; that a person was present when the Grand Jury was discussing the indict- ment, and a number of other “thats.’’ It was also claimed that the Grand Jury was influenced in making the indictment by newspaper reports. District Attorney Barnes in reply said that the indictment had been objected to on almost every statutory ground, but that he nevertheless was ready to proceed with the case and would at once send for the members of the Grand Jury to refute the charges of the defendant’s attorneys. It was decided, however, to allow the matter to go over until this morning at 10 o’clock, when Judge Wallace will resume the hearing. The individual members of the Grand Jury will, therefore, have to appear before Judge Wallace this morning to prove that each is entitled to pass upon the demerits of a fellow-citizen. Attorney Frank Bell, who for years studied law in the offices of General W. H. L. Barnes, Chauncey Depew’s rival in after-dinner speeches, is the man who is putting these nineteen seli-sacrificing gen- tlemen to the test. Bell, with Mr. Quitzow, his associate, proposes to show that not only Oliver winfield Winthrop did not kidnap Mil- lionaire James A. Campbell and torture him for the sake of obtaining a $20,000 check, but that even if he did the Grand Jury men, individually as well as collect- ively, are not legally entitled to find indict- ments against any one, much less this client. The strongest evidence in the possession of the police is the testimony ot Donald Urquhart. Itis upon this evidence prin- cipally that Captain Lees believes he will convict Winthrop. Urquhart has sworn to a statement that many weeks ago he was asked by Winthrop to enter intoa kidnaping scheme out of which they might make money by torturing the party kidnaped. On the Monday afternoon when Win- throp left the Occidental Hotel with Campbell, Urquhart met them on Mont- gomery sireet, near Clay, where they boarded the cable-car, and, remembering that Campbell was due to leave this City on the Honolulu steamer the next day, he decided to keep track ¢f what might pos- sibly take place. The couple got away from him, kowever, and he paid no turther attention to the:n ;m;n ;he newspapers gave an account of the disappearanc Millionaire Campbell. e ! Urqubart immediately sought Captain John Curtin and told him of his suspi- cions. The tale that he told then, even prior to the release of Campbell by the thugs, is on the same lines as the story told by the Hawaiian planter of his kid- naping and incarceration. he indications, therefore, are that Urquhart_told the truth about the inten- tions of Winthrop as to the handling of Campbell, since the latter, a stranger to him, related the same details when he was able to crawl home after his two davs’ in- carceration. : Learning the story from Urquhart Ca; tain Jobn Curtin lnl‘ormedrglntain Le:u- of the possibilities for a great crime in the case. He told him how Urquhart and Winthrop had been fellow-prisoners in the County Jail, where the latter had disclosed his future plans of making money by kid- naping wealthy people. He told {:im how on a subsequent occasion Winthrop had picked out Campbell as the most Bkely wealthy man to pay big ransom for his release from custody. It was after receiving all this informa- tion that Captain Lees set his men to work. Their efforts, however, proved un- availing, as C-mpboll,.ra]ufmi his cap- tors, strolled into the rooms of his wife at the Occidental Hotel, a much-abused man, starved, bruised and bleeding. Itis on the above testimony that Cap- ':;_iln Lees depends to land Winthrop in jail. ‘Winthrop, on the other side, says noth- ing, but laughs at the detectives and their efforts to convict him. It is evident that Captain Lees 1s leaving no stone unturned to secure the conviction of Winthrop. The whole story of his trouble in the Jennie Matthews case, where he was accused of murder, has been probed over again, and tentacles have been reached out into the army and navy for somathin¥ which might be calculated to be of detriment to the prisoner. One of the individuals who has given Captain Lees some information in the l matter does not care to sign his name to it, or if he aoes Captain Lees will not tell who it is. The chief of detectives, how- ever, furnished the press with the anony- mous communication, which places some- what of a different phase on ‘Winthrop, so faras his real name is concerned: Captain Lees’ investigations as to Winthrop’s antecedents: On June 17, 1870, in Providence, R. I, listed, and was assigned to the Tenth Tnfan- tm U."S A, "I was then sent to Governors Island, New York harbor. On July 2, 1870, in company with ninety-nine other recruits we left Governors Island for Fort Brown, Texas, via New Orleans, and we were about twenty days making the trip. Among this number of recruits was one_Oscar Staninger, also known on the trip as Isaac Calkins, the latter sup- posed to be his true name. While on this trip one of the recruits lost or had stolen from him a soldier’s uniform coat, and upon making a search the coat was found in_the possession of Recruit Staninger, alias Calkins. The coat was taken from him and returned to the owner. We were all assigned to different companies of the Tenth Infantry, U.S8. A., at Fort Brown, Texas. I did notkaow what o any Staninger, alias Calkins, was assigned to. From Fort Brown 1 went fo’ my company at Ringgold Barracks, Texas. This was in 1870. In 1878, while at Whipple Barracks, Ari- zona, one day & soldier ceme up to me and asked, ‘Is not this (informant)?’ 1 said, “Yes, that 15 my name.” The soldier said, “Don’t you know fe?”’ Isaid, “Your face is familiar. I have seen you before, but Icannot recall your name.” He said, ‘I used to be Staninger; I am Winthrop now.” I then rec- ollected him very well. Winthrop at that time was & private in the Eighth Infantry, stationed at this point. The next time I saw him was in or about 1885 in the vicinity of Laurel Hill Cemetery, this City. I have no fe!sonll acquaintance with him. I judge he s 46 or 47 years of age. I think his right name 18 Calkins, He enlisted the latter part of June, 1870, I think, under the name of Staninger, and_ by communicating with the officer commanding the Tenth U.S. A. Infan- try or the Adjutant-General's office, U. 8, A Washington, D. C., Staninger’s, alias Calkins’, enlistment record as a soldier and date of dis- glsx%ge can be obtained in the enlistment of To the above Winthrop simple answers: “fhe man who made that statement is a liar; I have sn honorable army record.” SOCALISTS IN COUAT, Their Attorneys Will Fight the Case on Points of Law, Ien- Monteith Predicts That Common People Will Soon Be Asked to Keep Off the Earth. Judge Conlan’s courtroom presented the usual animated Monday morning scene yesterday. A score of forlorn-look- ing vagrants, blear-eyed Sunday revelers, bedraggled and defiant women and meek- looking Chinamen crowded the docks. Loud-voiced attorneys clamored excitedly for the attention of the court anda stout- lunged bailiff shouted in stentorian tones for order. He might as well have spoken to the sea. In this motley array the eight men ar- rested Saturday night for expounding so- cialistic doctrines at the corner of Seventh and Market streets clustered about their attorneys, George W. Monteith and Bur- nett G. Haskell, and waited patiently un- til it should come their turn to be grist for the mill of justice. In the portion of the courtroom reserved for spectators were & number of men wearing buttons bearing the insignia of the Socialist-Labor party. They had come 10 witness the fate of their comrades who were about to be arraigned. They were disappointed. From a spectacular point of view the Police Court is a failure, and in the confusion attendant upon the rapid disposal of Saturday night and Sunday patty offenders only an experienced court- room hanger-on can get an idea of just what is going on. The proceedings in_the case of the so- ialist When the cases of ci s were brief. 1 William Costley, E. J. ngsleJy, George Speed, G. Ashden, N. Speeney, J. Postler, E. Lux_and T. Anthony were called At- torney Monteith stated that the defend- ants wished to plead. 5 “We intend to argue this matter on points of law,” he said, “and would like the arraignment continued until Thursday morning.” Judge Carroll, who was officiating in Judge Conlan’s absence, granted the de- siug continuance. Monteith says it s the intention of the defendants to fizht the case to the end. “There is & principle at stake,”’ he said. “We intend to see whether or not the police can arrest men for speaking peace- ably upon the street. Three years ago they wanted Ooxa{to ke_af off the grass, They now ,want the socialists to keep off the streets, and it won’t be long before they’ll want all the common people to get off the earth.” Chief Crowley said yesterday that it was not the intention of the galicp to interfere with any of the inalienable riehts of citi- zens. The people, he said, had unques- tionably the right to meet and discuss their views, but they had no right to choose such places as blockade traftic, Property-owners in the vicinity of Bixth street have complained to him, as had the owners of tue Odd Fellows’ building, say- ing their tennants were greatly annoyed by their meetings. He suggested that there were numerous vacant lots and other places suitable for such meetings which would not be objectionable. The Chief is undecided what course he will pursue in the future. At present no arrests will be made unless the circum- stances are aggravated, as the police wish to see what the action of the courts will be. —————————— To Greet Frederick Warde. Thursday evening, August 20, Frederick Warde will deliver his lecture on “Shake- speare’’ at the Young Men's Christian Associ- ation Auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets. District Attorney W. 8. Barnes will preside and introduce Mr. Warde, and the ente will be very enjoy able. Mr. Warde h, it - been ready to assist the various societies, lite- rary and otherwise, in this City, and has given his” services gntnflpmly for many lectures. In view of this fact he should havea grand ovation at the association next Thursday night and his friends should rally to his finan- cial support. Tickets will be 50 cents to all parts of the house, and are now on sale atSher- man, Clay & Co.’s. CITY CREDITORS RELY ON A VOTE They Will Lay Their Claims Before the People. ! THROUGH LEGISLATION. Their Just Bills Were Repu- diated on a Legal Technicality. TWO YEARS IN THE STRUGGLE. At Last the Creditors Decide on a Course of Action With Much Enthusiasm. The merchants who have long standing claims against the City, torough which they have become known as the City’s associated creditors, met yesterday after- noon 1n the assembly hall of the Board of Trade at 202 Market street. J. P. Le Count occupied the chair. Mr. Le Count, representing a committee, presented an exhaustive report which re- viewed the situation in detail, how the debts were incurred by the City and re- pudiated on mere legal technicalities. He said that two years have passed since the “City’s creditors” commenced active measures to secure recognition of their just claims against the City, two years of continuous effort to secure the satisfaction of these claims. And though no tangible results have been accomplished yet he felt that the work has not been done in vain. On the contrary he could assure his fellows that a strong public feeling has been aroused by the constant agitation that has been kept up. “The people,” said he, “are fully aware that there is a large debt hanging over the City due to its tax-paying citizens and that they feel it to be a disgrace to our City and citizens.” Continuing, Mr. Le Count’s report stated that there are 144 associated creditors who bave spent their time and money for all the creditors, aggregating 600 to 700. Their claims amount to $45,000 out of a total of ,000. A review of the work done looking to- ward collection of these debts was pre- sented in detail. This included the legal contests for the claims, action of the Board of Supervisors last year and rejection of claims by the court, all of whch has been published in THE CALL. With regard to a remedy the report says: ‘“We certainly are now compelled to seek other methods than those we have employed. Neither time nor money has been spared in the prosecution of the work thus far, and at the present time we seem to be meshed in a net of legal tech- nicalities, but there is yet a hope thac by an apvpeal to the people direct we may at- tain our ends. “As I before remarked we have ample evidence that the people are with us: that they will come to our support when we provide the apportunit{. “A vote of the people authorizing the payment of our demands would put the matter beyond the pale of technicalities, and we then might expect to find our long and continuous straggle at an end. “To submit our case to a vote of the people would necessitate legislative aid. A bill would have to be passed authoriz- ing the submission of this question to a popular vote. 1 believe the people are with us, and I believe it is due ourselves to make this final attempt to secure the satisfaction of our demands. A suggestion was made from the chair to the egact that an executive committee of five be appointed with full power to act, and to appoint auxiliary committees if ni‘usury, tge ultimate purpose to be to present the case to the people for a popular vote. ¢ fl ‘W. Eaton, treasurer of the telephone company, made a motion that the sugges- tion be adopted, and L. Battles of the light company seconded the motion, w%ncn was carried unanimously. The chairman announced he would name the committee in a few days, where- upon the meeting adjourned. NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS. The Board of Education Will Consider Propositions To-Day. A special meeting of the Board of Edu- cation will be held at 12 o’clock to-day for the following purposes: To consider and act upon & proposition to erect a one-class-room frame schoolbuilding upon a lot to be donated to_ the department, near the San Bruno road and Six-mile House. To consider and act upon a proposition to erecta one-class-room frame schoolbuilding B and C streets. . To consider and sct upon & o tion to ‘erect a one-class-room frame school building ls: thxa yard of the Horace Mann Grammar hool. To order a modification of the contract for the improvements at the Bernal Primary School building by providing for llidln‘ doors between the classrooms, instead of solid parti- tions, on the upper floor, and for hat and cloak rooms in the hallways on both floors. ————————— The New Fee System. The new fee system in regard to payment of jurors and witnesses went into effect in the Superior courts yesterday. Each of the court- room clerks is provided with a sort of blotter, in which he keeps account of the various upon the school lot on Sixth avenue, between | CROSSED THE BAR FOR THE UNKNOWA Captain Millen Griffith Passes Away at San Rafael. PIONEER OF THE STATE. He Was One of the Best-Known Men ip Shipping and Min- ing Circles. IN THE TOWBOAT BUSINESS. Latterly He Had Been Suffering Through Illness ard the End Came as a Relief. Oaptain sillen Griffith, a California pio- neer and one of the best-known shipping and mining men on the coast, died yester- day morning at his residence in San Ra- fael. The immediate cause of death was stated to be heart disease. He was said to have been seriously indisposed for several weeks, but the intelligence of his death came upon his friends with a shock. Since the death of his wife on the 4th of July he never appeared the same man. He closed his home at 569 Harrison street and removed with three of his children to San Rafael, where he rented the cottage in which he died. Captain Griffiths was a native of New York State, where he was born seventy- one years ago. Asa boy he exhibited a strong desire to go to sea, and at 16 he se- cured a berth as cabin-boy on an f£ast In- diaman, In 1849 he rounded the Horn and dropped anchor in the Bay of San Fran- cisco. In 1856 he was offered an interest in the Tayo, a large mining property in Mexico, which was owned principally by the wealthy Bradbury family. The mine was at the time full of water and in a very bad condition generally, but Griffiths went into the deal and the inter- est whica he bought paid him at the rate of $4000 a month for over ten years. About 1870, with Captain Goodall as an associate, he entered the tugboat business, NEW TO-DAY. We have brought you charming tea from different parts of the world. We roast it here, that you may have it fresh—as the inhabitants of tea-countries do. We advertise it freely. We have done our part. Your part is to insist on Schilling’s Best if you want it. It is sold only in Schs- ling’s Best packages. chilling & Company 8dn Francisco 882 NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. ———————— Lo Ghalie, . ICDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & G- LESSES ANDMATAGERS -+~ NOT A "| ADVERSE SINGLE CRITICISM ON THE CONTRARY No Such Praise Has Ever Been Accorded 2 Comedy from Augustin Daly. AND THAT IS WHY "THE GREAT UNKNOWN” The Funniest, the Richest Play Ever Presented By THE FRAWLEY COMPANY Drew Such a Crowded House Last Night, on Its Second Week. ““A CONSTANT LAUGH FROM FI ST TO LAST.” Seats on Sale Thursday for “TER SOCIAL TRUST! By Hillary Bell aud Ramsay Morris. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lesses and Manages PEOPLE TURNED AWAY! ——EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE— The Glorious Naval Drams, “pETE BENSIGIN An American Piay That Stirs American Hearts. Last Week of California’s Favorite, JAMES M. BROPHY, ‘Who Has Starred as “The Ensign” Throughout : the East for the Past Two Years. Evening Prices—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10¢. 0SITION-BAN jurors called, the witnesses, their mileage and the time they are on hand. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. TO EXHIBIT Dnl,T F TO ATTEND EXCURSION RATES. the fading or falling of the hair. Luxuriant tresses are far more to the matron than to the maid whose casket of charms Is yet unrifled by time. Beautiful women will be glad to be reminded that falling or fading hair is unknown to those who use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. and for a long time they carried on opera~ tions in this line of business with great success, finally selling out their fleet of eleven tugboats to the Shipowners’ and Merchants’ Tughoat Company, who now operate them. Captain Griffiths was also interested in the Arctic Oil Works and the Steam Whaling Company, in both of which he held the position of director. Two sons and three daughters survive him, all of whom live in and about San Francisco. His wife was very promi. nently identified in this City in Episco- pal Church circles, where she dispensed charity with a liberal hand. Captain Griffiths was a wealthy man, untd,t Qllhougkh the exact amount of his estate is rot known, it is estimated at be- tween $800,000 and $1,000,000. FRUIT, FOR CHARITY. Commission Men Send More Produce to the Various Institutions in the City. More charitable institutions sent their wagons to the City front yesterday to get {ree fruit, and McDonough & Runyon, the commission men who distributed 1000 boxes of pears, peaches and tomatoes on Saturday, filled them to the seats with fine produce that was not readily market- able and must be removed to make room for the tous that are now on their way dowx( the river. The firm hopes by this method to avoid the necessity of throw- ing any of its fruitand produce overboard. ————— There are thirty-eight letters in the Rus- sian alphabet. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Pl 3 Wapactsamcon s SR AL HAYMAN & CO.’S THEATERS. S TO-NIGHT! BALDWIN | s SATURDAY! Indorsed by the Comedy Connoisseurs { THE GAY PARISIANS! A FRESHET OF NEW FUN! Individual Hits Made bv the Great Cast, including ‘y. J. Ferguson, Sadie Martinot, Jas. O. Barrows, C. B. Weils, W.R. Shiriey, Mrs. E. J. Philips, Margaret Gordon, etc. Running Simuitaneously in London, Paris and San Francisco. Management CHARLES FROHEMAN. AT THE LAST CALiFoRNIA | WEEK Of the Distingulshed Singing Comedian, CHAUNCEY OLCOTT In His Most Beautiful of All Irish Comedy-Dramag “THE MINSTREL OF CLARE” By Fred Marsden. Hear Olcott sing “Rory Darling,” “Olcott's Home Song,” “Love Remains the Same,” “Tha Young Rose” and “The Minstrel Boy.” Noxt Attraction—“ON THE BOWERY."" TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. EENESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Mansge: Season of Italian and English Grand Opera Under the Direction of MRB. GUSTAV HINRICHS EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, VERDI'S POPULAR OPERA, “IL TROVATORE.” Great Casts. Superb Scenery. Correct Costumes. NEXT WEEK— Monday, Wednesday, Fridky and Sunday, ‘LA TRAVIATA. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” And Baicony Scene from “ROMEO AND JULIET.” Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. Qi OWarrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Week Commencing Monday, Aug. 17. 4—GREAT NEW STA '§—4 EDWARD FAVOR and EDITH SINCLAIR, The Eastern Travesty Stars. SYDNEY DE GRAY, the Noted Barytone. MILDRED HOW A RD. the Original Trilby Dances T. A. KENNEDY- -BION DI, THE FOUR NELSON SISTKRS And a Great Vaudeville Company. Reserved seats, 25¢c: Ealcony, 10c; Opera-c! and box-seats, 60c. Get your seats in advance. THECHUTES, CASINO And Greatest Scenic Railway on Earth! Open Daily from 1 to 11 P, M, Performances in the Casino Every Evening. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. airs POSITIVELY LAST WEEK OF JOES, The Orang-Outang, Who Does Not T x Wonl:lf He Waated To. ok ADMISSION—10 CENTS, Children, including Merry-Go-Round iide, § cents. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily from 7 A. 3. Until 11 ». 3. Concert Every Afternoon and Evening. General Aamission—Adults 10c, Children 5c. FREDERICK WARDE Association Auditorinm, Mason and Ellis streets, THURSDAY EVENING, August 20. Night ‘With Shakespeare—Character Sketches.” Tickets 50c, on sale at Shermsn, Clay & Co.’'s and the Association Office. PROF. A. VAN *DER NAILLEN ‘Will deliver ap illustrated lecture on the X OR ROENTGEN RAYS Wednesday evening, the 18th, a: Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, Tickets 50 cents, at Doxay’s bookstore. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. BY SPECIAL REQUEST FAMILY EXCURSION TO BIG TREES (Santa Craz Mountains). Stopping 8t SUNSET PARK to Leave or ‘Take on Passengers. SUNDAY - - - -~ AUGUST 23, From 8. P. Co.’s Ferry Landing (Narrow Gauge) AT 8:45 A. M.——| $1.25 rinrae By rees 4195 The Excursion will be in charge of MR. WM. H. MENTON, Excursion Pass. Ageat 8, P. Co. Returning, arrive in San Fragclsco at 8:05 p. x. For further information apply at Grand b Ticker Offioe, 613 Market sthoery . oo RICHARD GRAY, T. . GOODMAN, Gen'l Trafic Mgr, Gon'l Pass. Agh |