The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1896, Page 7

I'HE “SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896, ...SEPTEMBER 15, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER —*Madame Sans Gener CALIFORNIA THEATER.—* On the Bowery.” Corvamia THEATER —A Matrimonial Maze.” ©5C0'S Ul xBa-k: OUSX—~The Danger Signal” TIVOLT OrERa-Houvwx.—“Hansel and Gretel. ’ ORPHEUM—High-Class Vandevilla ALcAZAR THEATER.—* Ours.” FUTRO BaTHs—Bathing and performances. FEOOT THE CHUTes—Dally & Halght street, cre Ulock east of the Park. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE PAVILION—Twenty- rinth Industrial Exposition. s N PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EXCURSION—To the Golden Gate, Sunday, tember 20. g AUCTION SALES. BY Cmas. LEVY & Co.—This day (Tuesday), Furniture s: salesroom, 1138 Market street, at 10 ©'clock. BY P. J. BARTH.—This day (Tuesday), Notions, eic., at 414 McAllister street, at 2 o'clock. BY L. H. BURD—This day (Tuesday), Fural- ture, at 41014 McA llister street, at 11 o'clock. INDIANA ATCTION Co~This day (Tuesday), ure, etc., st 1057 Market st., at 11 o'clock. EY FRaN BUTTEREIELD—This dav (Tues- glr),l Fur: L 2428 ‘Sacramentd street, ai o'clock. By E. S. SPEAR & Co.~Thursday, September 17. Bicyeles, at 31-88 Sutter street, at 12 o'clock. _— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. It was the Ofyml:lc Club’s night st the Me- chanics’ Pavilion last evening. The local sub-treasury yesterday received £1,000,000 from tne sub-treasury at Chicago. The Winthrop trial was yesterday postponed u'i!‘lh“rd‘y toprocure a witness residing in inh. Editor Osborne of Los Angeles speaks en- couragingly of Republican prospects in Los Angeles. The lady presidents of the Woman Suffrage City Precinct clubs held an executive meeting yesterday. The Im{-erlsl Cycling Club heard a number of specially invited orators on the new charter last evening. Dr. Cheeney, M.D., addressed the Presbyte- rian pastors yesterday on “The Resurrection of the Body.” Many valuable additions to the State Board of Trade's exhibit a1 16 Post street have been made recently. The streetcar employes met last night in Native Sons’ Hall and permanently organized & Republican Club. N. W. £paulding, Abner Doble snd James Patierson were attached yesterday at the in- stance of J. G. Giesting. The Printers’ Rain Club has issued elegant invitations for its second outing next Thurs- day at San Rafael Park. Six fishermen were arrested early yesterday morning in Suisun for using mets with meshes forbidden by law. Mrs. Eli Hazel, 830 Geary street, died at the Receiving Hospital yesterday sftérnoon from swallowing a dose of poison. Inereasing cloudiness, fresh westerly winds and a threaten night is what the Weather Bureau has provided for to-day. J. E. Moore, & special policeman, committed sufcide yesterday by jumping overboard from the Bay City, opposite Goat Island. Rev. Peter C. Yorke lectured at Metropolitan Temple on “The Son of the Carpenter,” treat- ing of the labor problem in detail. The funeral of Mrs Lydia A. Spalding was held yesterday, and the interment was in Moun View Cemetery, Oakland. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday to discuss the tax levy and passed resolutions coni g the State Board of Equalization. Attorney George Hayford was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Conlan on the charge of felony embezzlement. The cases sgainst the five Socialists charged with obstructing the street on August 29 were, on motion, dismissed by Judge Conlan yester- day. Francisco Fernandez, s boy of 10 years, who claims to have been cruelly beaten by his mother, has been sent to the County Hospital for treatment. Dr. Cyrus W. Teed says he is prepared to demonsirate that the earth is concave and a hol'ow shell and that the sun is moving abou: in its interior. The residents of the San Bruno road com- plain of deep injustice from the authorities and the railrosd company for isciating them from the rest of the City. The police want an owner for & fine mackin- tosh coat found in the possession of John Fitz- patrick, a thief, who was arrested on Brenham place Saturdsy afternoon. A letter from Mrs. Pheebe Hearst, offering to donate a farm st San Anselmo, was read yes- terday at_the meeting of the directors of the Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm. W. Kelly, an ex-convict, Patrick Tully and John Tully were last night charged with burg- lary for having broken into the California Warehouse, Second and Townsend streets. The Union Irom Works hes practically se- cured a contract for building one of the three immense battieships authorized by the last session of Congress. The price bid was £2,675,000. R. H. Pease, vice-president of the Goodyear Rubber Company, states that no notice was ever 1ssued by the authority of that compan: threatening to discharge empolyes who shoul vote for Bryan. Professor William H. Brewer of Yale, wholis one of the United States Forestry Commission, will feave for home to-day. He says there has been great destruction of the forests of the West in recent years. The San Francisco Letter Carriers’ Conven- tion Association met last night and took steps to raise funds for entertaining the delegates in 1897 during the next National conveation, to be held in this City. 0.L. tour of the Stai 8 East aud McKinley will be elected by the larg- est mejority ever Known. Little Alberto Conscio, a 10-vear-oid native of Peru, was found in a wretched condition hid- den in a buggy at Buckman’s camp by Patr man Kern, and says his ead state is due to Bacigalup] of 24 Dolan street. Mrs. Etizabeth Cavanaugh has brought suit against her huspand, Maurice Cavanaugh, and her son, Robert P. Cavanaugh, ebarging them with acquiring possession of her property after kidnaping and confining her in an asy- lum, George Green and Thomas Kelly, two youne ‘burglars who were arrested in the house of W, D. Keyston, 1116 Bush street, on_the night of September 5, were yesterday held to answer beisre the Superior Court by Judge Campbell in $2000 bonds each. W. 8. Goodfellow gave his deposition before Notary Lathem yesterday in the Fair will lti- gation, but refused to produce any of the late Senator’s wills, of which he says there are a number in the vault. Mr. Delmas will ask an order of the court to compel him to do so. .. For the Charter. There will be a charter mass-meeting under the auspices of the Panhandle and Ashbury Heights Improvement Club at 1970 Page street this evening. F. W. Dohrmann, presi- dentof the Merchants’ Association; James D, Phelan, president of the Citizens’ Charter As- sociation, and J. Richard Freud, the secretary, Wil address the members of the club upon the provisions of the new charter. The management of the Mechanics’ Fair in- tends to bold a debate upon the charter this evening and A. P. Van_Duzer and Henry N. Clement have consented to speak inl defense of the charter. . —— An Ex-Convict Oaptured. William McEiroy, alias Williams, an ex-con- viet, wes booked st the City Prison yesterday on charges of vagrancy and carrying a con- cealed weapon. He was arrested on Friday by Sergeant Donovan. Two men called at the sergesnt’s residence, 2237 Polk street, and When they saw him they both ran and escaped. Donovan caught McElroy. who was standing across the street as the “lookout.” McElroy was sent to San Quentin four years ago ior robbing 8 man on Biyant street, and was re- leased on June 12. ——————— Emma Insane. Emma Peterson, & young woman who was prevented from jumping off Clay-street wharf last week by Bergeant Mahoney, was fur:nd round the water front vesterday :l.:‘?leeglnexm:d condition. She was sént to the Receiving Hospital and ber brother, who lives nt 1911 O’Farrell street, swore to & complaint charging ber with insanity. ————————— Ira Rankin’s Estate Saed. 3 Oliver Elisworth, administrator of the estate otSeth Bryant, yesterdey began suit against the estate of Ira P. Rankin for $3793 alleged 10 be the balance due on a $10,000 legacy left Seth Bryant by Edwin Bryeat,of whose will Raukin Was executor. THE FERRY WAY Four of Them Had to Be Moved by the Chief Wharfinger. VESSELS IN DEMAND. Freight Rates Going Up and Ship-Owners Again Happy. ARE A DRUG IN THE MARKET. Potatoss Being Shipped to San Fran. cisco and Then Back to Stockton. The demand for deep-water tonnage is on the increase, and in consequence quite & number of vessels are on their way to this port in ballast. Tramp steamers bhave relieved tLe glut in a measure, but still the shippers of wheat and barley are anxious to secure more vessels. Rates have advanced to £1 8s 9d, but disengaged vessels are asking £110s, and the chances are that the end of the week will see an advance on even that figure. The new arrivals expect to go direct to the grain sheds, and in consequence anchor in the mecst convenient spot. Many of them get in the fairway and yesterday the State tug Governor Markkam had to be called into requisition four times in order to notify the captains to move their ves- sels. Chief Wharfinger Root and Assist- ant Chief Wharfinger Scott were kept on the jump a!l day in order to keep the way clear for the ferry-boats. Among the arrivals was the ship Meri- oneth from Swansea. Captain Rowland reports a long passage of 130 days from Swansea. He has the usual tale of head winds and heavy weather off the Horn and calms in the Pacific to tell, but never- theless the vessel made better time than she did last year. The Merioneth carries the chamrion flag, having made the ran from England to this port in the fastest time on record. Captain Thomas, now of the Afon Alaw, was in command, but he was never able to get the same speed out of the ship. The Merioneth will load wheat for Liverpoot. On Friday, July 17, the ship was hove-to under fore and main lower-topsails. Thomas Paul was on watch and a heavy sea that broke aboard carried him away. A life buoy wasthrown to him but he failed to reach 1t. An attempt was made to lower a boat, but the seas were breaking S0 heavily that it had to be given up. | Nothing could be done for the unfortu- nate man and his shipmates had to stand on the forecastle and waich him drown. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Ala- meda is going out with one of the biggest carzoes ever sent to the southern seas ona passenger steamer. Hundreds of tons of goods bave been refused shipment, and | when sailing day comes there wiil be many | disappointed shippers. Tne lower hald and ’tween decks are full and vegetables and fruit are now being stowed on deck. The passenger accommodation is also fully engaged, so the steamer will be one of the best-filled vessels that has ever sailed from San Francisco for Australasia. People are wondering what has become of the handsome little schooner Una, now out 86 days from Eureka for San Jose de Guatemaia? This is an_unusually lon passage, but then the light winds ans calms that have prevailed on the coast may have delayed her. Captain Harkins was in command and the schooner carried a crew of seven men. In view of the fact that one of the Italian fishermen saw a schooner bottom up, or on her beam ends, off the Golden Gate, some anxiety is felt on accouat of the schooner. A borse and buggy belonging to the Fulton Iron Works backed off Bryant- street pier yesterday. Thedriverescaped, but the horse was drowned. Another big carrier has been added to the lumber fleet, says the Coos Bay News. The Echo was successfuily launched at North Bend last week. She isa splendid vessel, one of the larzest ever built on the coast, and when completed will load a cargo of 1,000,000 feet of lumber at North Bend for Australia direct. Potatoes are a drug on Jackson-street wharf. Like the recent glutin the pear market, no one seems to want them, and shippers are actually sending them to Stockton. The growers ship them to San Francisco and the commission men send them up the river again in order to get nd of them. The tubers do not pay expenses, and the farmer is out and injured. No word has been received from tne British steamer Linlithgow, that left here July 31 last. She was bouad for Leith with 4011 tons of wheat and when last beard from was drifting about off Aca- pulco. No assistance was sent to her and insurance men are now wondering what has become of her. She was fvlly manned and well equipped, but still she may drift for weeks before being picked up. The sealing schooner Jane Gray is under surveillance by Uncle Sam’s Custom-house inspectors. She was seized in Bering Sea by the revenue cutter Corwin, and as soon as Captain Hooper gets back to port criminal proceedings will be begun against the captain and officers of the schooner. ONE MILLION DOLLARS. A Large Shipment of Gold to the Local Sub-Treasury. A week on twoago there was much com- ment upon the fact that many or the bankers and large financiers of this City were presemting greenbacks and other cur- rency at the sub-treasury and taking out gold in large quantities in exchange. It was feared that this run was for no good pur] esterday the local sub-treasury re. ceived $1,000,000 in gold from the sub- treasury in Chicago. This precious ship- ment was made to keep up the supply of gold on this coast and to partly offset the recent redemption of cnrrency, which amounted to about $5,000,000 taken ont in Avgust. In July about $3,000,000 in Kold was -hifped to the sub-tressury in New York. Iiis believed that yesterday’s con- signment from Chicago will be all” that is necessary to meet the demands of the near future, as all of the large payments in currency made in the East to Cail- fornia fruit and produce dealers have been exchanged for gold at the local s treasury. At present there is about $40.000, in gold, silver and currency in the sub-treasury, and enough of each to meet the demands of all local snd Pacific Coast business. ‘Williams” Divorce Case Shelved. Judge Hunt yesterday ordered the divorce caseof Isabelle M. Williams l&ltnll convicted ex-Chinese Inspector Dick Williams off the calendsr untii Williams is released from jail. A Woman Insolvent. N. Neilson has filed a petition in insolvency. She owes $2372 and has no available assets. Pilest Plles! Mae’s Intallible Pile Cure. Cures afl cases of blind, bleeding, lmhh' and protruding piles. Price 50c. A. McBoyle & Conr 804 weshingion sireet. ¥ \ mezz0-50prano were put on the fall i The State Tugs Markham and Irwin Were Kept Busy Yesterday Moving Deep-Water Ships From the Fairway. Among the Arrivals Was the Crack Ship Merioneth That Flies the Champion Flag. PLAYS SEEN AT LOCAL THEATERS “ A Matrimonial Maze” Arouses Mirth at the Columbia. SANS GENE'S LAST WEEK “Ours,” a Robertsonian Comeiy, Is Revived at the Alcazar Theater. DANGER SIGNAL AT THE GRAND | Humperdinck’s Beautiful Music Wounld B: Improved by Better Principals. The Frawley company has found a treasurs-trove of Isughter in *“*A Matri- monial Maze,”” which was produced for the first time in this Qity at the Columbia Theater last night. From the time the curtain first went up till it fell at the end of the last act the audience was keptin a continual flow of mirth by the humorous aevelopments of the farcical comedy. Walter 8. Craven has well named his piece ““A Matrimonial Maze.” The whole action of the play hinges on a system of marriages, and the development of the story is as winding and unexpected as a good, old-fashionea maze. At every turn the dramatis persone seem to be coming to a situation out of which there is no pos- sible outlet, except by a general confession and explanation, when lo and behold! by some ingenious device, another turn is given to events and the action of the piece pursues its mazy way as briskly as ever, till the climax is finally reached, at a point when continuation in matrimonial deception has become impossible, except by making out both the youthful herves to be bigamists and giving both their fathers breach of promise suits with elderly housekeepers. The whole piece is full of comical situstions and a cold synopsis of its mazy story could give 1o idea of the 1un it contains. The fm- pression left on the mind is that Harry Corsen Clarke, as Jakel Muggeridge, M. A., of Oxford, is one of the worst ill-used characters in farce- comedy, Dot excepting the *Private Secre- .’ 'to whom he bears a strong family re- semblance. Jakel is tutor to two *“boys’”’ whose fathers provide them with a nice flat in New York City and otherwise minister to their v;.-nu, even to the extent of findiug wives for them. Now, it happens that the youths have al- ready ‘'provided for themselves in the latter | respect, but when fear of the parental wrath strikes them each “boy” introduces his wife 1o his father as the wife of Jakel Muggeridge. Each father has seen a differeat wife and in the kindness of his heart each trots off to New York aod brings the wife he knows, as & joy- ful surprise to Jakel in bis country retteat, by ‘which means the wretched bachelor suddenly appearsin the light of a hardened bigamist. hese sre only 2 small share of the misfor- tunes which befeli Jakel Mu‘f;eridze, M.A., and all of them affora the sudience plenty of amusement. Harry Corsen Clarke, who had made himself up as a pocket edition of Henry Irving, gave a clever rendering of the tutor's role., 0st of his misfortunes were met with the sad expression,'“How very awkward!” and his mincing, pedantic way of throwin the phrase at his oppressors’ heads never fail 0 arouse a laugh. Meclyn Arbuckle added a good deal to the success of “A Matrimonial Maze” by his spirited delineation of one of the fathers,a retired grocer. He was the talking member of the rental combine. His er, Tyrone except to sy dla that very ing and Charles Wy *‘boy,” aud the roles of 't were cleverly taken by Miss Blanche Bates and iss Hope Ross. Miss Alice Pixiey and Miss ‘Anna Daly were both good as the prospective wives, proposed by the fathers. e parts of the two housekeepers, with whom the fathers contemplated allying themselves, were taken effectively by Miss Madge Carr Cuok and Miss Phosa McAllister. ‘ower, seldom opened his mouth eyes, but he Frank Worth- gate were the ir lawful wives At the Baldwin, “Mme. Sans Gene" is still interesting Bald- win audiences. Miss Kathryn Kidder wins plenty of applause nightiy, and several other members of the lu‘e{_:m have become popu- lar with j0e; is the - A play, pos e last week of At the Tivoli. A second hearing only confirms the impres- sion of the great besuty of Humperdinck's music, which was given on Sunday night. Some changes in the cast of “Hansel and Gretel” might yet make the opera a local hit, and the Tivoll, In its grand opera company, has excellent artists at its disposition. The mistake hus been made by imagining that any singers were good enough for a fairy opers, but if & new and better soprano and of belief would scon be apparent. Asit e ever, “Hansel and Gretel" is more then worth hearing for the sake of the few scenes that are well sung and for the exquisite £ e oo q beauty of its At the Chutes. There are s number of new features at the Chutes’ Casino this week. The lady who walks on the ladder of swords commands quiet but universal attention. Queena De Rein, the young singer from ter & Blal' has some new songs which she sings well, an the Ja - ;l:lob:l:&:d John Garbutt, s clever juggler, P oul programme. There s still the mile bicycle race between mmhdluonm-.nnu‘hm Pirri takes his dash down the chutes on & bl cycle at 10 o'clock. At the Californis. It was only a fair house outside of the gal- lery that greeted Steve Brodie at the Califor- nia, but all enjoyed the Bowery barroom and kindred scenes. San Franeisco audiences are keen to sppreciate the phases of human na- ture as porirayed in the piay. Steve Brodie is known by reputation throughout the conti- nent, and there is much curiosity to see the realization of the conception of the Bowery boy. The theater-going people of this City have had Sullivan and Corbett as actors, but it remained for Brodie and his saloon to come here and round out the full portrait of a typi- cal American character. The play will run all the rest of the week At the Alcazar, The military piece “Ours” was the produe- tion presented at the Alcazar Theater last evening, and its reception by the sudience was at times mearked with prolongea applause, particularly the tableau at the close of the second act, whe there is seen the departure of the Engiish troops for the seat of war. There is but a small cast, still each actor and_actress bas a good part. Adele Belgarde as Blanche Haye, the heroine, gave a pleasing interpretation of the part, while Amy Lee, who made such a hit in the character of the servant in “All the Comforts of Home” last week, was charming as Mary Netley, & part in which repartee and sarcasm are the chief characteristics. She gave proof of her thorough understanding of the char- acter. Mrs. Bates came in for the honors as Lady Shendryer. J. B. Polk was acceptable as Prince Pitrovsky and the other participants | gave evidence of careful study. The piece is well staged and ought to draw well during the week. At the Orpheam. There was, as usual, a large crowd at the Orpheum Music Hall last night to witness the several interesting numbers on the pro- gramme, which were received with much ap- plause and many demands for more, but the ohief attraction was the last number, the high- wire performance of Abdullah, which is sen- satlonal in the highest degree. The per- former aseends a tight-wire from the back of the stage to the celling, the wire being sev- enty-five feet long and at an angle of 45 de- grees. With & japanese umbrells, instead of a balencing-poie; “ he “sscends rapidly, and | then, standing upright on the wire, slides | down backward with a rapidity that causes | those who witness the act to bold their breath. | The performance is darin; d thrilling. Grand Opera: Iy The first performance of “The Danger Sig- nal” was presented last night with lovable little Lottie Willlams in the leading role and laughable Edward J. Heron to furnish a well- sustained thread of humor that balances the piece and prevents it from appearing more pa- thetic than an ordinary audience wishes for in an eveniog’s entertainment. The interest is held to the last through a combination of uncertain love affairs that leave the spectators guessing at the outcome and geuerally surprised at the final turn of affairs. Way out in Wyoming at a little place callea Laramie Bena is an old station-master and his motherless daughter, s wild product ot mining-camp iife and rough surroundings whopf‘y! poker for money with the best of them because Do one ever suggested that it W8S WIong. A regiment of United States soldiers takes up its station in the neighborhood. A dashing young lieutenant pays attention to the pretty, vivaclous, but strong-minded little girl and she poses for his sketches. A young bordermaa, who has been an ardent adzairer for years, be- comes threateniogly jealous. Taere is an Eastern girl betrothed to the lieutenant, and 1o complicate maiters she wppears upon the scene, the lieutenant’s mother gets wind of his mountain charmer, and she hastily de- termines to avold the possibility of what she considers an unequal social match. In the midst of it all, & train is robbed, and the stationmaster seen late that night to fight with snd hurl & man into the water near the scene of the robbery. The absolute disap- arance of tne roober and th eircum- stantial evidence against the stationmaster form a combiuation ¢ makes - the old man live in constent fear, until at last the missing man turns ur alive and the father sees his daughter unitea with the brave man after the lieutenant and his Eastern girl suffered the keenest remorse. There are ly good bits of acting in the piece with plenty of thrilling incidents and realistic scenery. THE LETTER-CARRIERS. Ratification Meeting in Connection With the Natienal Convention Com- ing Here in 1897, The San Francisco Letter-carriers’ Con- vention Association held its first meeting for the ratification of having received the next National convention for this City in 1897. Becratary Trieber reported that he had received word from the delegates at Grand Rapids, Mich., that San Francisco had been voted the convention on the first ballot; that New York City had voted in a body, casting seventy votes for this City, and other Eastern cities had done the same thing. The delegates from this City had been serenaded b&tho New York Let- ter-carriers’ band of fifty pieces and right royally treated. *ho association decided to issue souve- nirs with pictures of the past Postmasters and other information concerning the Postoffice, and as soon as the committee is ready the contract for printing them wiil be awarded and they will be issued to the general public early next year. A committee consisting of Thomas E. Finnegan. Georg_ ‘W. Spiller, Frank E. Smith, James Smith and Conrad Trieber was appointed to raise funds and issue the sonvenir. It was thought that from $6000 to $8000 would have to be raised. Letters were read from business firms offering assistance, and it was decided to give eatertzinmen to help raise that amount. Over 400 dele- g will bave to be entertained during the convention. A committee on arrange- ments will ve appointed at next meeting. Thanks were n to the Southern Pa- cific and Wells, Fargo & Co. for transport. ing the wine given the del-&:- by vari- ous firms free or charge to ndi.,u.. ————— Sued on a Contract. Henry J. Withers, & foreign coal merchant, has sued John J. Moore for $11,186 24, which sum 1ncludes $5000 dawmages and a balance alleged to be due on & contract made between the parties by which Moore a; to purchase two cargoes of coel from the mul.’ DR, RAGAN 1S ON RAINEY'S SLATE The Chairmanship of the Junta Convention Decided. A MERRY ROW TO-NIGHT Rainey and Lanigan Completely Control the Small End of the Party. COLIN M. BOYD FOR MAYOR, Some of the Defeated Anti-Rainey Minority Talk of Bo'ting, and Trouble Nears. Dr. D. F. Ragan is to be the permanent chairman of Sam Rainey’s municipal con- vention, which will convene in Odd Fel- lows’ Hall to-night. This and other features of the slate were fixed up last night at a late caucus of the leading lieutenants of Rainey and Lani- gan and some of the ‘‘anarchists”’ of the Junta campaign committee who have gone into a deal to support the Rainey-Lanigan programme. Dr. Ragan will probably not be tem- porary chairman, however. C. A. Rey- nolds is likely to be named for that posi- tion. The fact that the convention has been won “hands down” by Rainey and Lani- gan was generally conceded by the fright- ened and despairing anti-Raineyitesabout headquarters last night. Rainey will run the convention. For the first time close friends of W. P. Sullivan conceded last night that Mr. Sullivan was in danger of going down in the wreck of anti-Raineyites. He will be the anti-Rainey candidate for chairman and the vote on chairman will to a large degree measure the strength of the Rainey and the anti-Rainey factions. The Rainey- ites gleefully say that to-night Mr. Sulii- van will be chucked off fhe political stage. TIhe convention promises to be a merry if not a sensational row and full of sar- prises. But the Rainey juggernaut-car will roll right along to the end, erushing | the political hopes, a whole lot of *‘de- cent” but kindergarten politicians. There is all sorts of talk of bolting, and a bolt will_likely occur, but it will prob- ably be a little one after all andit won't amount to much. Samuel Braunhart will not bolt, at least until the nomination for Senator in the Seventeenth District is made. Hart isin his fight, and it is generally conceded that he wiil easily win the nomination in spite ot the Rainey-Daggett efforts to defeat him. Max Popper, who has threatened bol:- ing, was a little dazed and uncertain last night. “I never in my life knew less about a convention on the day before,’” he said. *I don’t know whether or not iney h: the convention, but the cnairmanship fight will tell. As to bolting, I will not cross a bridge until I come to it. The chairmanship fight was all the talk about headquarters last night among the people who were not on the “inside” with the Raineyites. Besides Chairman Sulli- van, Dr. Ruttanzi, Attorney Joseph 0'Donnell, Dr. Ragan and Alex Vogel- sang were talked adout amid the uncer- tainty, while the Rainey-Lanigan caucus ‘was going on elsewhere. Colin M. Boyd, one of Sam Raine: Fire Commissioners, is to be the candidi for Mayor. Jimmy Phelan :{ppears to be out of the race with the McNab-Sullivan- Popper minority. Gavin McNab, however, kept everybod, guessing about where he was, as usual. There is a widespread report and belief that, findinig Rainey and Lanigan in con- trol, he has made terms and will get some recognition out of what Rainey doesn’t want. City and County Attorney Creswell, Auditor Broderick and Treasurer Block are to be renominated as a reward for their recognition of the Junta. AL e WARRING DEMOCRATS. They Falled to Agree Harmony Hall. The warring factions of the Junta De- mocracy of the Thirty-fourth AssemblyDis- trict, as represented by twenty-five dele- gates to the municipel convention, met last evening in Harmony Hall for the pur- pose of patching up disputes and securing harmony. But noteven the name of the ball could effect the desired object, and the counference terminated after a pro- tracted executive session. All that was done was the election of Robert Mann as chairman of the delega- tion. George E. Gallagher, the bright young leader of the oh“ ition to Bulliv;’n and McNab, left the ball after a forcible Even In Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. speech, in which he accused Chairman Mann of having attempted to take an un- fair advantage of his side of the contro- versy by the *‘rawest kind of work.” g s FOR PALMER AND BUCKNER Sound-Money Democrats Qut With Their Petitions. Having decided to put a Palmer and Buckner electoral ticket in the field in this State the Sound Money Democratic League is pushing its campaign for the National Democracy with speed and vigor. Yesterday blank petitions were ordered printed and to-day will beon the streets of this City and on their way to patriotic sound-money Democrats throughout the State who are actively interested in the cause. To get the electors on the ticket requires tiling with the Secretary of State a peti- tion bearing nearly 9000 names or 3 per cent of the vote of the State. The blank petitions are made up in book form and are of three sizes. Some have room for 100 names, some for 200 and some for 500. These will be busily circulated to-day and during the next two weeks. The petition must be filed in Sacramento on October 3 at the latest, and all petitions will be ordered returned by the 23th inst. Secretary Elliott McAllister is over ears in the work and is enthusiastically inter- ested. “It will be little trouble to get the names,” said McAllister yesterday, “‘as a majority of the citizens would readily sign the petition whether they are interested in Palmer and Buckner or_ not. To-morrow we will start out six or eight paid canvass- ers here in the City, and the members of the league will carry petitions with them and get signatures. We expect thatabout 2000 signatures will be secured by our cor- respondents throughout the State. “*We will not have as extensive co- operation in Los Angeles as we expected, as the Sound Money League there has i(;ined with the Business Men’s Sound oney Club, and will actively support McKinley, thus firing poth barrels at the common enemy, as it has been expressed. “*We, of course, do not care whethera sound-money Democrat votes for McKin- ley and Hobart or Palmer and Buckner, our object being to defeat Bryan and the Populist element that has gained tempo- rary control of the party. “‘Our electoral ticket was decided upon because there was a great demand from the country that the movement be put through in unison with the National movement, and also because it was found that a great many Demcorats who would not support McKinley wanted a ticket they could conscientiously support. “Then four years from now when the Populists are out of it the National De- mocracy of this campaign will be the cen- tral party organization and control the National Convention and the delegation from our organization will be recognized as the legimate one.” —_— Populist Convention. The Populist Municipsl Convention will meet this evening in the County Commit- tee’s tent on Market street, near Larkin, for the purpose of nominating candidates for municipal offices to be defeated by the Republican candidates. Dr. Jerome An- derson and J. Taylor Rogers are men- tioned for the mayoralty, Dr. Daywalt for Coroner, J. W. Reay for County Clerk, J. D. Thompson for Superintendent of Streets, A. W. Thompson, William T. Bageett and Judges Hunt_and Hebbard, Republicans, for Superior Judges. Secialists Undisturbed. There was an open-air meeting last night at the corner of Pine and Kearny streets, under the auspices of the Forty-fifth District Club of the Socialist Labor party. George Barnaby presided and mede an address desling with the moral and legal phases of socialism. T. M. Anthony and Alvin Appel also spoke. There Wes no atiempt st interference on the part of the police, though the roadway on Pine street just east of Kearny was well filled with auditors. 3 ——— Chinese Woodchoppers Fight. Wah Loung, & Chinese woodchopper em- ployed ina woodysrd at 714 Dupont street, was seriously cut on the head last evening by another Chinese, whose name is unknown. The fellow-countrymen had an argumeat on NEW TO-DAY. ‘What a pity that so sat- isfying, so charming, and yet so cheap, a beverage as tea should be bought wrong and “made” wrong! Tea should be fresh— most tea is stale. It should be steeped a few minutes—most tea is steeped too long or boiled. Schilling’s Best tea is fresh-roasted, and you can't make it wrong if you go by the directions. A Schilling & Company San Francisco NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GOTTLOD & (- LE33ES ATDPAIAGLRS -+~ THEY ARE STILL LAUGHING —AT— “THE MATRIMONIAL MAZE " The Very Fun- niest Thing Ever Played by THE “ FRAWLEY COMPANY, Next Monday—*“IN SPITE OF ALL.”” MECHANICS’ FAIR. HOME PRODUCT EXHIBITION PAVILION, LARKIN STREET, Grandest Exposition on Record. HINRICHS' FINE ORCHESTRA. Tuesday, September 15—Charter Debate; Jap- anese Night: Union Iron Works. Wednesday, September 16—Anniversary Mox- iean Independence; Mandolin Clubs. Thursday, September 17—Ireland’s Night. Glhx::y'.’s'mber 18—0akland Night; Reliance ee Cln Saturday, September 19— Berkeley Night; Fire- men’s Night, YOTING FOR THE FIVE BEST EXHIBITS September 11 to October 1. PRIZES—6 GOLD MEDALS. ——Admission 25¢, Children 15c.—— OPEN DAY AND EVENING. 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. the merits of a gambler’s life, Loung beiug a gambler as well as a laborer, which culminated in Loung getting struck on the head with an ax. Loung was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where his wound was dressed. His assailant escaped. b Social Meeting. The Forty-fifth District Socialist Club con- ducted a meeting at the corner of Pine and Kearny streets last night which was opened by G. Barmbey with a pleturesque de- scription of the condition of the rural popula~ tion, in which he has been moving for the past three months organizing Soeialist clubs. T{’ M. Anthony followed, comparing China and the East Indies with the United States. J. Oliver finished the evening with a plea that the workingmen should study the tenets of busi- ness. —_——— Sued for an Accounting. . A. B. Waller, who claims to own the lodging- house at 425 Kearny street and 506 California street, has sued Mrs. A. C. Wayne, who has had charge of the place, for an accounting, alleg- ing that over £5000' profit is due the plaintiff. The appointment of a receiver is also asked. NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. AL HAYMAN & CO.’S THEATERS. =] LAST 5 NIGHTS. AT THE LAST BALDWIN | “4vee SATURDAY THE GLISH VERSION Of Sardou’s at Napoleonic Play, ‘MADAMESANS GENE" (MADAME DON'T CARE), With KATHRYN KIDDER in the Title Role. Last Presentation Will Occur Next Saturday Evening Sept. 19. Monday, September 21. Theater Closed for Two Weeks. Monday, October 5—— ““THE PRISONER OF ZENDA.” —2a— AN Do A | 1ast weg, AT THE CALiFoRN LAST PERFORMANCES! A TRUE PICTURE OF LIFE IN GREATER NEW YORK. ‘0N THE BOWERY'” ——WITH— STEVE BRODIE SEE THE FU BOWERY SCENES AND SPECIALTIES. CALIFORNIA POPULAR PRICES. Evenings—25c to $1. Matinees—25¢. 50c and 75¢ TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs BENESTING SRELING, PTOPrieior & Manage: The Grand Opera Season —TEIS EVENING — Humperdinck’s Fairy Opers, In Three Acts, HANSEL AND GRETEL! A story dear to the hearts of both young and old. The poetry of melody divinely iilustrated by A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THIRTY. Great Cast. Beautiful Scenery. haracteristic Costumes. Brilliant Light Effects. Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lesses and Manags: WON IMMEDIATE SUCCESS! “THE DANGER SIGNAL” By Henry C. de Mille. author of “The Wife,” “The Charity Ball,” “Men and Women,” eic, A Play of Enthralling Interest. Wonderful Mechanical and Scenic Effects — A Cannon - Ball Express Train — Giant Rotary Snow Plow. FOURTH SUCCESSFUL WEEK OF LOTTIE WILLIAMS — ED J. HERON In New Songs and Specialties. Evening Prices—10¢, 25¢ and 500. O’Farrell Street, Lietween Stockton and Powsil Week Co ing Monday, Sept. 14, ““Note the New Celebritiest 3 AB: LLAET! Most D‘flfif Hign-Wire Per'ormetIlang lefld. LEW HAWEK: LE, ATLMA | Bellman afifiwre. Fiison and Erroll, Vassar Quartet, Marguerite Ferguson, Terry and Elmer, Ferguson and Mack and others. Reserved seais, 25c; Balcony, 10c; O halry and box-seats, 50c. Get your seats in advance. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell BELASCO, DOANE & JORDAN. Lessees & = Another Emphatic Success! A Week of Great Fun! The Charming Mlilitary Comedy, “*OURS,"” By the Alcazar Stock Company. Prices—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50¢c. Telephone Black 991. Secure Your Seats in Advance. NOTABLE BAY EXCURSION To Wrrxess MR, CHAS. CAVILL SWIH THE GOLDEN GATE! Under the Auspices of the Caljfornia Swimming Clab. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, On which_occasion the splendid large Ferry Stesmer NEWARK of the S P. Co. and the SAUSALITO of the N. P.C. R. R. Co. will take excursionists to the Golden Gate,and after the swimming exhihition an Excarsion Around the Bay Will Be Made, TICKETS 50c. CHILDREN 25e. Steamers will leave their respective slips, 100t of Market street. at 2:30 . 3. T. H. GOODMA N, F. B. LATHAM, G.P.A.S P.Co. G.P.A. N.P.C.R R Co. THE CHUTES, CASINO And Greatest Scenic Rail way on Earth! Open Dally from 1 to 11 P. M. EVERY EVENING AT 10 O’CLOCK, ANTONIO PIRRI Will COAST THE CHUTES and Land in the e on a Safety Bicycie. A GREAT BILL IN THE CASINO! QUEENA DE REIN, from Koster & Bials. BELLE KIRBY, Queen of Sword Waikers. The ROYAL JAPANESE ACROBATS. A Mile Bicyecle Race on the Stage. And & Host of Attractions. ADMISST Chlldren, including Me: 10 CENTS. y-Go-Round Kide, 5 cents. SUTRO BATHS. Open Dally trom 7 a. 3 Until 11 ». 3. Concert Every Afternoon and Evening, ¥ General Aamission—Adults 106, Children 5o 5