The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1896. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1896 AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER.—“The Little Troope CALIFORNIA THEATER.—*“Darkest Russt CoLvMBIA TH¥ATER—Hendrick Hudson Je | Jlonosco’s OpimaHovsi—-1he Minute Men ot 17 : T3vorr OPERa HOUSE—«The Gypsy Baron® ORPHYUM—High-Class Vaudevilla, AICAZAR THEATER.—* Reaping the Harvest” NEw BUSH-STREET THEATER.—T. A. Kennedy, the Hypnotist. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE.—Piano Recital, this afternoon. CENTRAL PARK.—Baseball to-morrow. FUTRO IlaTrs—Bathing and performances. JHE CHUTES AND SEATING RINK.—Dally at - Haight street, one block east of the Park. Yaci¥ic Coast JocKEY Crun.—Races. AUCTION SALES. BY Coox & Co.—This day (Sat , China- ware, at 123 Kearny st., at 2yo'(cl;u‘(‘<m.’) & CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. There are four ““Oregons” in port. The schooner Scray is getting ready for the fnter-island trade. The Ponoma. for Eureka, put back yesterday 1o place a stowaway on shore. Mayor Sutro wants the new official map « placed on exhibition in his office. The D. H. Bibb Company is having trouble - about the wages of longshoremen. George J. Monck has filed a contest to the probate of Mrs. Anne Monck’s will. Superintendent of Streets Ashworth is sald to have determined to hold his office. Henry Leipig of the bark Nicholas Thayer bas been sent to the French Hospital. Increasing clondiness and probably rain Baturday.—Local Forecast Official McAdie. Judge Daingerfield has ordered Angelo Ber- | rato to pay his wife §50 alimony or go 10 jeil. . _Owing to a local correspondent El Secolo of Milan got & “scoop” on the Presidential elec- tion. The tramp steamer Grenada is likely to lose a charter owing to delay in unloading & cargo of coal. Mrs. Susie Martin, who killed her husband, | may be sent to the insane asylum for safe- | keeping. | A new board o} trustees and officers have, been elected by the California Protective As- sociation. Supervisors have not yet decidad on a plan | of action in their contemplated contest for | their seats. i The tramp steanger Ettrickdale is discharg- | ing a cargo from Yokohama. Her destination | is uncertain. | Editor Fred Marriott of the News Letter has | leaded not guilty to the charge of libeling udge Hebbard. George Palmer, Trappean. Sport McAllister, Harry O and Perseus were the winners at in- gleside yesterday. | Assessor Jobn D. Siebe has been sued for | £138,299, said to be due for uncollected per- sonal property tax. - Judges Babrs, Hunt and Hebbard of the | Superior Court’ are reported to be slightly | under the weather. .Stephen Otis has been acquitted of the charge of embezzlement presented against him by Annie McManus. Judge Slack has entered 2 decree sustaining the will of Elizabeth Sime, deceased, and ad- mitting it to probate. The popular dancing class, the Friday Fort- | nightly, held its second meeting of tne season at Lunt’s Hall, last night. The Board of Health has ordered that chil- dren exjosed to contagion from diphtheria be excluded trom the schools. Entries for the forthcoming horse show . " close to-day at the headquarters of the associ- . ation in the Mills building. Appraisement of the estate of the late Clara Newlands has been filed, showing the prop- erty to be worth $40,445 10. The Social Labor party at its meeting last night passed resolutions condemning the | management of the Lick Baths. The California Floricuitural Society gave an exhibition yesterday of chrysanthemums and other flowers in the Palace Hotel. The bout between Charley Catheart and Jgimmy Fox before the Reliance Club next | * Tuesday is interesting the water front. Judge Wallace yesterday declared from the bench that Mrs. Susie Martin ought to have been convicted of murder if she is not insane. Mrs. Alice Knight has sued the estate of - Victor H. Masson for her share of $75.000 awarded to her in & divorce suit twenty years ago. The Grand Jury met yesterday and fully eXonerated Police Judge Campbell, against ;\'In md charges of misconduct had been pre- | erred. William Ede has sued C.H. Killey and Ar- | thur Doble for $2140 due on & promissory with interest at 1 per cent from January | 1, 1896. : United States mail pouches are now being| carried on the regular passenger-cars of the | Valencia'and Castro street lincs to the ferry | anding. i Tne Board of Education will meet in the | Horace Mann School at 2 p. M. to-day for the yurpose of examining sites for the Mission | High School. Judge Slack will this morning hea- argu- | ments as to whether the $500,000 contract in the Fair will case held by Richard Dey snail be produced o not. Miss Victory Bateman, the actress, denies the intimsation of an evening paper yesterday that she took strychuine last Wednesday night with suicidal intent. The annualbanquet of the Alumni Associa- | tion of the Calitornia College of Pharmacy was held last evening. The graduates and faculty were the guests. Judge Coftey yesterday took under consider- - ation the epplication of Attorneys Crittenden -Thornton and F. H. Merzbach for a $1000 fee * in the Louis Corriveau estate. Alice King died in this City recently. Her will was filed for probate yesjerday. The en- tire estate, valued at §3510, is becueathed to . F.J. King, who lives in England. The Listorical old. tin and fron shacks on the north side of Jackson street, between San- some and Battery streets, are to be destroyed at the order of tiie Board of Health. Application has been made by Nellie Burnett for special letters of sdministration on the estate of Lizzie Myers, who died in this Cityon the 1st inst. The property is worth $4228. The board of directors of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Association yesterday ccepted the resignation of Manager 8. H. Tacy and elected Oscar Lewis his successor. Mrs. John Pettee wishes toestablish, with the help of citizens, an Emergency Home in con- nection with the proposed Emergency Hos-| pital and is actively at work on the project. John Miller has filed a.petition to be ad- judged an insolvent debtor. He was engaged in business s & general commission mer- chant, and his debts amonnt to $1654; assete, . R. Norton, charged with obtaining money by ialse pretenses, nas been admitted to bail in the sum of $1000, thus sfopping sn expense of $40 a week for keeping hrm & prisoner at his own home. The 12-inch breech-loading rifie at Fort Point was fired twice yesterday to test Santa Cruz powder. The experiments were highly successful, as the velocity of 2000 feet per see- ond was exceeded withoutextreme pressure, United States District Attorney Foote is making an effort to secure & pardon for Thom McGowan, who was convicied of smuggling, and who is said to be dying of consumption eand other d.seases 1n the Alameda County Jail, Charles F. Hoffman, & well-knqwn Cali- fornia mining expert, has accepted & position with the Exploration Company of London, Eng- Jand, to go to Russia at & salary of $15,000, and will leave about December 1 to assume his new duties. . The third concert of the Hinrichs-Beel Sym- phony Orchestra was given yesterday after- noon in the Baldwin Theater. Boys and girls from the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind at Berkeley were among the aud- itors by invitation. The friends of Remon Herrera have peti- tioned Governor Budd to pardon the youthfal convict. They propose to prove that he was unjustly convicted of robbing a Chinaman, and that the real robber was Manuei Portillo, who was recently shot and killed in Mexico for train robbery. The improvement clubs of the districts be- tween Ocean View and Holly Park are about to unile for a fight for a main sewer from Ocean View to the bay, about four and & half miles in length, to drain the whole territory. Eugineer O’'Ssheughnessy has made & survey - for the Holly Park Club. J. H. Deering, librarian of the Publie Li- brary. submitted his annual report to the Board of Superyisors yvesterdsy. During the pest year 1101 volumes were added to those alrea ;on the shelves, making a grand total of 84,755 books. Among the donors were F. L. Button, C. W, Slac -umkammeyt Co., J. A. Russell, W, B. Tyler and R. P, Ashes | delegates’ seats, voted together to place the chairman’s judgment above the judgment | seemed to be the control of the most important nominations, the convention was the convention was there such a scurrying about and such a mad crowd as at that | persecution of Potter in the interest of an officer of one of the monopolies was followed WRECKERS OF THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. Buckleyism Reared Its Ugly Head—Treachery to Principle and Intrigue Among Populists. This will be an instructive story to the general public and an interesting though distasteful recital to the fifty thousand Populists of California. Honorable men suffer because of the universal distrust created by the repeated acts of dishonor perpetrated in the name of reform by so-called reformers, but the betrayal of principle and con- fidence has become so common that it is expected. Nothing in the line of political intrigue and disgrac:ful jobbery, however, has elicited quite so much astonishment in the State for many years as the late Buckley- Populist alliance in San Francisco. How pitisble must be the discouragement of the farmers and country merchants who have borne the taunts and jeers of unapprecia- tive neighbors for years for principle! How disheartened must they have been, and how indignant, to have learned that trusted leaders hud fallen down before the “blind white devil” of San Francisco! The inside history of the deal between Buckley and the ‘‘conference committee” of the People’s party is yet to be told. Heretofore about all that is known is that a combination was made between a party which had stood for better conditions and purer polities and one of the most disreputable elements of bossism. All bossism is disreputable in the eyes of thoughtful, patriotic men. The full report of the bargains and promises entered into at Buckley’s Ellis-street resort would be still more interesting to those who have thought they had built up a true reform party than this recital of the surface indications of duplicity. The pro- fessions of conversion to Populism, voiced for Buckley by those who sought to make the People’s party bis stepping-stone to power, are grotesquely amusing, vet pathetic. Such facts as are generally known to the delegates of the late Populist Municipal Con- vention and the candidates might better be buried in the dead past it useful lessons could not be drawn from a frank exposure of the loose n:ethods which make such things possible as the surrender of party and principles to increase the influence of a disreputable political boss. The first mistake was the passage of a rule by the County Committee permitting the delegation of any Assembly District to be filied to its full quota by those who represented such district. Under this rule and, as many think, with the connivance | ot one or two of the County Committee, between thirty and forty Buckleyites became regular delegates to the convention. | The fatal blunder after the formation of the convention was the departure from the Populist principle that the rank and file of all organizations (as well as of the Nation) shall voice its sentiments and judgment in all matters of importance. The first motion made was that the chairman should select a ‘‘committee on conference.” Many of the pioneers of the movement and well-intending portion of the convention, fearing the election of untried material from amongthe numerous strange faces in the of the whole convention. They would not trust themselves. The result of the vote upon this matter was apparently arranged beforehand, as the secretary in an under- tone confidently assured a fellow-member, “You will see the motion will pass all right.” Tt aid pass. The chairman gracefully asked time for consideration of the re- sponsibility, the committee was appointed and the deal with Buckley began. | After adjourning from time to time for a week or ten days to permit the confer- | ence committee to consult with Buckley, Phelan and the Rainey Democracy, the‘ announcement was made that we were ready for business. Nominations were | reached and Buckley’s ticket complete was placed before the convention, with only a | few others from among the recognized Populists. The majority of the convention sat dumfounded, mute and sullen as Dimond, and Fahey, and Eaton, and Malloye, and Todd and all the rest of the Buckley nominees were one afier the other intro- duced.with clock-like precision as the respective offices were announced. Sunday evening, between the regular meetings, a conference of many of those who had sus- tained the party for twoyears or more was called at Dr. Griswold’s office. It resulted in stiffening the opposition to Buckley. At the succeeding meetings every oppor- tunity which was presented for a sgnare, clear-cut issue between a Buckley nominee for Supervisors and an avowed Populist was used to rally the Populist forces against the political boss, and in all but two instances Buckley’s lambs met with defeat. In the Sccond, Fourth and Fiith wards; where the‘e was no available candidate, the | Democratic Business Men's nomination was indorsed. With bhaving secured what apparently satisfied, slate. In the last hour of the convention, just before adjournment sine die, the secretary | moved that the campaign committee be given “plenary powers.’”” This was sup- ported by the prominent member of the conference committee who is said to have | “hypnotized Buckley.” These gentlemen pleaded for more confidence. Their | oratory in their own behalf would have done credit to a Republican stumper . who views “the business depression? as ‘“only a lack-of confidence.” Evidently the convention realized that it was about time it shouid asser: its claims to sanity, and amid a storm of noes the confidence game was killed. But the resignation of Dr. C. D. Cleveland, who had been nominated for Supervisor, helred the movement toward the “‘alliance’” with Buckley. The doctor resigned be- cause be would not, by direction or indirection, be associated with the boss he had helped to stigmatize as a criminal. The dcctor was a member of the Wallace Grand Jury a few years ago. He resigned the nomination aiter the convention adjourned | because he would not be affiliated with Buckleyism. The campaign committee dis- played its willingness to be slasughtered for a whole sheep and placed the boss’ man upon the ticket in his stead. : ’ The heaviest blow struck at the “‘confidence game’’ during the convention-was the nomination of Fred W. Potter for SBupervisor of tbe Sixth Ward. Young Potterisa ciean, square but humble proprietor of a machine-shop. His open, frank and honest face and square build won him the nomination when he appeared before the conven- tion.” He defeated the treasurer of the telephone company. Atno momentduring | and little or no opposition developed to the rest of the Buckley | time when the vote was polled for the Sixth Ward Supervizor. These men, however, who bypnotize Buckley, and others who attend to the Spring Valley’s business, and others who were playing for Buckley’s favor, directed a series of annoyances, intimida- tions and misrepresentations against Potter’s candidacy safier the convention ad- journed, and made the matter so bothersome to him that the young man resigned The treasurer of the telephone company was immediately placed upon the ticket. This with a vivor worthy a better cause. STATE LOSES A MINING EXPERT Charles F. Hoffman Accepts an Offer to Go Into Russia. A Salary of $15,000 From the Noted Exploration Com- pany of London. TO LEAVE ABOUT DECEMBER 1 Strongly Urges a Government Depart- ment of Mining, With Cabinet Representation. Charles F. Hoffman, one of the most prominent mining men in California, has accepted an offer to go to Russia as an expert on mines and will shortly leave for that far-off country. He will be accom- panied by his son, Ross Hoffman. Itis| understood that Mr. Hoffman is to re- in the Cabinet, as the Department of Ag- riculture is by the Secretary of Agricul- ture. Mining is one of the greatest and most important industries of our country. Millions on millions of capital are in- vested in it. Iregard it fully as import- ant as agriculture, for out of the mines comes not only money, but various wide- spread industries. I understand that a bill to create such a bureau was intro- troduced in the House some time ago by Mr. Caminetti of this State, and I unaer- stand an effort will be made to bring it up again during the session of the next Congress.”” THE MAYOR WORRIED He Says That the New Official Map Should Be Exhibited for Sixty Days. Mayor Sutro is still worried over the official map of the City, which was re- cently finishea by Surveyor Tilton and which has been placed on public inspec- tion for thirty days before the contract price is paid. The Mayor wanted the niap exhibited for sixty days before it was accepted and an expert employed to see that every- thing was all right, but the Supervisors cut the time down to a month and placed the map in Surveyor Tilton’s office for inspection. Now the Mayor says that the Surveyor’s department is too far out of ithe way and too busy a place, and wants the map brought down to his coffice, where, he thinks, all will see it. : He thinks that, as the map is twelve feet square, a staging should be built sbout i1, so that property-owners can get near all portions, and agrees to see that this is arranged ii the map is given into the care of his office. —————— Death of Paul J. Hyde, Paul J. Hyde, a prominent member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, died suddenly at CHARLES F. HOFFMAN. Populists who are verdant believe in direct legislation. Cranks talk about the rights of the people to compel their public servanis to act or to decide authoritativel upon vital measures, as Populists and Sociahists offer this as a care for the abuse and betrayal of authority by representatives. Thatis ail very well for men toargue about it reads very logical when treated by *‘the man who hypnotized Buckley,” bnlitseem; i it is not to be applied when it interferes with his own chances for election. _In this | connection it would be amusing to tell of some of the sudden conversions to Populism vouched for by the enthusiastic members of the conference committee, who swallowed Buckliey’s nominees without a grimace. It would be likewise in order to learn what excuses they can offer for assuming that the smaller body (the campaign committee) was justified in undoing the work of the larger body (the convention iiself). Repre- sentatives who violate their pledges sometimes present some plausible excuse. Men who as public servants sell out to corporations ignore the rignts and sentiments of those who place them in power. The active persecutors of young man Potter and the hypnotizer and all who still thought that it was ‘“‘good, practical politics” to deal with Buckley, have been branded indelibly by their willingness to enter into con.bi- nations with disreputable and unreliable elements and to violate the seitied principles of their party for success. The psychical force exerted upon the wavering by the boss would do credit to Kennedy. Where it will impress a candidate or follower favorably he is Informed “‘that the railroad company is behind the deal.” Another is told that the Catholic church is backing up the combination. *‘Both ends are played against the middle.” The result is the same to the boss whichever side wins. He has cultivated both sides, Not until the day of election or after the votes are counted does it dawn upon the nn: successful that they have been playing a confidence game wherein they supplied the confidence and tie bosses divided the game. These rumors about powerful support are the stock in trade of the political bosses and so industriously were such tales cir- culated that the unsophisticated Populists, on the conference committee and off it, were very beautifully taken ir. 3 Acgording to the returns Buckley’s strength did not amount to 1000 votes. The stealing of the credit for the opposition to the charter counted perhaps 1000 or 1500 votes for his candidates, and yet they averaged, with People’s party indorsement but 3500. The Populist vote was decreased by the odium the alliance with Bncklov‘ cast upon the ticket. Doubtless the work which the manipulators thought was so clever disgusted more than enough voters in the State to place it within the Republican column. Onethingis certain, Buckley isrepudiated. Hislate allies will be chagrined. | penses. | the largest and richest mining concern in ceive a salary of $15000 a year and ex- His employers are the world- famous Exploration Company of London, England. The Exploration Company of London is the world and it is yearly becoming richer. It is backed by the Rothschilds, who have invested during the last year in mines in America alone §50,000,000. Their purchases on this side of the Atlantic in- clude the Anaconda (Montana) copper mines, for which they paid $34,000,000; the Homestead mines in the Black Hills; extensive properties in New Mexico and Sonora, Mex.; in Southern Oregon; the Oneida mine in Amador County; the Tom Boy mine of Telluride, Colo., and they are considering an offer \ to purchase the Mariposa Grant of 44,000 acres in the heart of Mariposa County. The company owns mines in Africa, Aus- tralia, Russia and almost every part of the world. The mines are mostly gold, but include copper, lead, etc. Wherever there are known to be mines tais com- pany owns some. The head of the Exploration Compauy 13 Hamilton Smith, an oid Californian, and the late Mr, de Crana, also a Californian, assisted in organizing the company. Mr. Smith is expected to arrive here some time this month, and from him Mr. Hoff- man may learn more of the details of the work he is to do ia Russia. Mr. Hoffman was seen yesterday after- noon in his office in the Nevada block. He said: *Yes, I nave accepted an offer from the Exploration Company of London was referred to the law and le, i committee. EiHasive The convict labor question came in for some pretty lively consideration, but Mr. Sbarboro’s desire was acceded to, and the matter was also left to the soberer con. MANAGER TACY BESIGHS o His Sudden Action a Surprise sideration of the law and legislative com- mittee. to the Manufacturers’ These two i i consideration u;;(lions"w;l;‘ ;?ms mpior Association. \ San Francisco Songbirds. They receiye considerable attention in T ow: Talk this week, and all the notable mus‘c&nl events of recent occurrence are analyzed at length by competent, impartial, yet keenly discriminating critics. There are charming portraits of the Colonial quartet, as well a8 ortraits, in the society department, lizabeth Younger, her flbnce, Butng. aoe damh‘ll and & number of people of note in the rofessional world. Interviews with interest. Oscar Lewis Elected His Successor. Tacy Left for the East Last Thursday. 8. H. Tacy, manager of the Manufactur- ers’ and Producers’ Association, gave both that organization and those who were not his most intimate triends a great surprise last Monday by resizning that office. Thursday morning Mr. Tacy went East, where it is understood that he has em- barked on a most promising commercial enterprise and will hereafter make his home. Accordingly a meeting of the board of directors of the association was held yes- terday to consider the resignation and the appointing of & successor. Present were: President Julian Sonntag, A. Dennam, L. R. Mead, J. W. Kerr, A, Sbarboro, A. McLaughlin, M. J. Keller and Henry J. Crocker. Tacy's resignation was accepted, and Secretary Mead’s action in allowing him a haif month’s salary duly ratified. Oscar Lewis was piaced in nomination as successor by Mr. Kerr. Cn balloting he was elected by acclamation. The question of revising the law in its present attitude toward peddlers’ licenses ng personages now beiore the publis tll'l comments on the proposed lx)wvr ‘z::'nefl‘l:: and a brilliant and scathing def weekly journalism are some 5! :neen:;:t: mf;! mglngly bright features in this week's Togg % . ————— Limit of Liability. Many months ago Robert Lynas, a ship carpenter, was employed by A. M. Simpson & Co. to strengthen the schooner Pioneer. Lynas was struck by & barrel of lime being swung on board and knocked into the hold. He was injured so that he will be a cripple and ns;nnlyua for life. He began an action in the Superior Court against th the schooner for uso,o«'sfi d-mnn:, :n‘; Efln‘g’f son & Co. brought an action in the United States District Court for & limitation of the liability to at least the value of the vessel which was appraised at $12,000. Yesterday the limit of liability matter was argued be- fore Judge Morrow, whose decision fs looked forward to with much interest, as & number of fine legal questions are involved. ———————— ASTHMA cure guaraateed. Dr. Gordon’s Chocolate Emulsion. 221 Davis, 8.F., Cal. 6 bot. $5, smpl 5c. to go to Russia, Iexpect toleave with my son Ross about December 1 next. I can- not give you any particulars except that I am to go to Russia as an expert for the company. I wish Iknew more myself. I am going to Russia by way of ndon, though to go from this side would be shorter. They cabled me to come to Lon- don first. I do not know how long I shall be gone, or into what vart of Russia I shall go. Ido not know very much about Rus- sian mines. There are rich goid, copver, silver and diamond mines in the Ura Mountains. Many or all of these mines, I believe, are owned and operated by the Russian Government. I ao not know whether I am going into the Urals or not.” Charles F. Hoffman has been enzaged in mining in California_about twenty-five years. For a number of years he has been superintendent of the Red Point mines at Red Point, Piacer County, which are owned by a French syndicate. While it was understood that Fresident Neff wouid not be a candidate for re-election, Mr. Hoffman was prominently mentioned for president of the Califormia Miners' Asso- ciation, recently in session in this City. He is regarded as an authoriiy on ur{'n mining and has written what is said to be the best pamphlet on that subject taat has been published. He has had long ex- perience in mining on the Pacific Coast, including the Comstock and other places. | He has always been 2 member of the ex- ecutive committee of the California Min- his home, 233 Bartlett street, yesterday morn- ing. He wasa member of Court Vigilantand its finaucial secretary. He was also a member of the Companions of the Forest and supreme grand outer guard. He leaves a“Widow and three cnildren. ——————— EDITOR MARRIOTT’S TRIAL. It Will Be Called for a Hearing on the-| 17th lostant. Editor Fred Marriott of the News Letter appeared in Judge Daingerfield’s court yesterday to enter his plea to the charge of libeling Judge Hebbard during the re- cent political campaign. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and the case will come up for further bearing on the 17th inst. Attorneys.Delmas and Shortridee will represent the defendant and W. W. Foote and Julius Kahn will assist in the prose- cution. The charge of libel grows out of the puolication of a circular issued by certain depositors in the Home Savings Bank of which R. H. McDonald Jr. was the princi- pal manager. Much interest is manifested in the case on account of the prominenee of the per- sons invoived. In addition to the case of Mr. Marriott the other persons under indictment for libeling Judge Hebbard will also be called on for trial on the/ 17th. —_— MORE STREETCARS CARRYING MAILS Mission and Castro Street Coaches Bear the U. S. Placard. The White Car Still Has the Right of Way on the Streets. IS IT GOVERNMENT PROTECTION The Raiiroad Authorities Claim That the Reguiar Mailcars Cannct Make Time. The interruption of any of the Market- street cable-cars now by an unfortunate teamster might subject him to the wrath Sansome streets. The fact that the Market-street Railrozd system has brought its entire lines into the transmission of the United States mails throughout the City calls for the protection of the Government shouid their line be menaced by any unforeseen diffi- culties in the shape of obstructions, strikes or similar annoyance from obstinate em- ployes or obdurate express wagons or dump-carts. To prevent any of those unpleasant oc- currences, in addition to the regular *‘white mailcar,”” which now runs over the various lines of the Market-street rail- road system and which carries the Unit ed States mail from the outside sub-stations to the ferry at the end of Market street, the company is causing mail pouches to be carried on the regular passenger-cars. A large piece of white canvas with the words “U. 8. Mailcar” painted in large black letters is stretched on the front of the dummy over the headlight, when these cars are engaged in the transmission of mail matter from the sub-stations. This was the case on a car on Mission and Twenty-fourth streets, and another on Seventeenth and Castro streets. From these stations four deliveries to the princi- pal station at the ferry are made in this manner daily. ’ This service is performed at such time as the postal authorities deem it expedient to transmit the mail, which is now twice in the forenoon and an equal number of times in the afternoon. Ou each occasion tue regular passenger-cars are required to carry mail matter. The postoffice authori- ties at the sub-stations hand the gripman of the car a United States pouch of mail matter. This is placed on the forward portion of the dummy between the seats and in thespace allowed for the gripman’s stand. ‘When this is done the placard with tke U. 8. sign is put in place and the cars roll along under the protection of the United States Government. In the meantime the white mail-cars especially built for the mail service make their regular ru s from the central station at the ferries 10 the outlying sub-stations. The reason given by the railroad authorities for the passenger-cars carrying the mail pouches is that the mail matter contained therein is special and must be on time at the ferry to catch outgoing trains which the regular white cars cannot do and attend to their regular runs. By this system of pressing the ordinary passenger-cars into service as mail-cars it probably brings the entire Market-street system under Government protection on the same principle as any or all of regular trains which carry mails. But on this subject the authorities of the Market- street system prefer to remain silent. —_— RABBI NIETO LECTURES. A Learned Dissertation Upon the Sub- Jject of “Judaism and Parseeism.’” Rabbi J. Nieto lectured to a crowded house last night at Synagogue Sherith israel on the subject of ‘‘Judaism and Parseeism.” “It 1s related in the accounts of the e e NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. ICOLANMLR.GOTTLOD & (- LE3SES AND MAMAGLRS - THE ONLY MATINEE THIS AFTERNOON OF The Corinne Extravaganza Company! “HENDRICK HUDSON JR!” 60 People in ths Ensem Gorgeous, Glittering, Glorious IMPORTANT! REMEMBLR—ON MONDAY NEXT, First Time Here of HTUMANITY! Sutton Vane's Greatest Melodrama. The Cast Includes JOSEPH GRISMER and PHEBE DAVIES Seats Now Selling. ble. Spectacle NEW TO-DAY. If there’s any one thing that we do better than any- thing else, it’s upholstering. We claim the proud dis- tinction of being the only store on this coast that does its own upholstering. Take a chair like picture —rightly made it will last a lifetime. The price is trifling—com- pared with a lifetime’s com- ers' Association and one of the leading | fort. irits in the association. His son, Ross, is a graduate of the mining department of tate University. While in school he was a leading athlete, being noted for his excellence in pole-vaulting and hurdle- racing. Charies F. Hoffman is outspoken and decisive on the subject of making mining & department of the Government, with 1ts head one of the P;ulidtnt'l cm""‘m He ngly suppogts it. yesterday: 1 am most heartily in favor of it. T o{e should not only be a Government mining’ department, but it should be represented A review of the week’s ad- vertisements : 6 feet dining tables, polished, $7.75. Comiort rockers, with broad $2.10. Christmas s—lots of the: on't you join our “visiting list” ? Welcome! California Furniture Company (N P Cole & Co) Carpets 117 Geary Street Belasco, Jorian & La Faille, Lessees & Managers MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 0’CLOCK. First production on the Pacific Coast of ——“REAPING THE HARVEST !’ Night—15¢, 25¢, 350, 60c. Matinees—15¢, 25¢, 85¢. Telephone, Black 99: NEW BUSH-ST. THEATER. T. A. KENNEDY «Sole Manager The Laughing Season Now in Full Swing. T. A. EENNEDY, HYPNOTIST, ‘ King of All Fun-Makers! EVENING PRICES—10c, 15c, 25e, 50c. Matinees Sat. and Sun.-10c and 250. WATCH FOR THE MAN IN A TRANCE. FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEIST.ER! METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. RECITAL THIS AFTERNOON ——. AT 3:15 AST RECIT.AI MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18. PRICES—82.00, % 0 and $1.00. Sale of seats now open at Sherman, Ciay & Co.'s. CENTRAL PARK. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, AT 2 P, M., CALIFORNIA vs. NEVADA. ALAMEDA ALERTS —Vs— . NEVADA STARS. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. THE CHUTES. Admission—Aduits 10¢, Children 5e. Open From Noon Tili Midnight. Arion, Skating Rink, Animatoscope—FREE ! BALLOUSN ASCENSION SUNDAY. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily from 7 A. M. to 11 P- M. Concert Every Afternoon and Evenin, Admission—Adults 10c, Children5e. ms:hoo\ children admitied free Saturdays, 7 A. M. P of the United States authorities located in | the red brick building on Washington and | NEW TO-DAY. e Smouldering fires of old disease lurk in the blood of many a man, who fancies himself in good health. Iet 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 world, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. travels of a missionary in China,” he said, “that it was tola him there was a sect called ‘The People of the Shrunken Sinew,” wholived in a certain province and worshiped an image which they kept concealed behind a curtain. Fired with curiosity he set out post haste for the | proyince named. “The conviction dawned upon him that theéy were Jews, which intensified his de- sire for a cloger acquaintance, knowing as he did that the ?ews did not worship imagzes.” The rabbi then proceeded to tell how the traveler found what was behind the cur- tain was not an image but a copy of the law, which was not itseif worshiped, but only in spirit. This drew forth a learned dissertation upon the Parsees as compared with Judaism, and the religion was ex- | plained in all its phas NEW TO-DAY. Tea should be sold in air-tight packages—to keep fresh. Schilling’s Best is fresh- roasted tea in air-tight pack- ages—at grocers’. & Company rancisco 451 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. | BALDWIN THEATER. | ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated) Proprietocy Matines To-day! Last Time To-nigh DELI.A FOX And Her Superb COMIC OFERA CO, Management S. T. King. The Suceessful Opera, LITTLE TROOPER! Original Scenery and Costumes ! Selected Cast!—60 People! EXTRA-NEXT WEEK— 2d and Last Week of DELLA FOX AND FiRST TIME HERE OF PLEUR DE LIS CALIFORNIATHEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Tncorporated).....Proprietors MATINEE TO-DAY. TO-NIGH! AND ALL XT WEEK, ‘The Grand Romance of the Czar's Realm, DARKEST RUSSIA! Under the Management ot Syduey R. Kllis. The most intense and realistic play seen in years, depicting Kussia as it is to-day. Replete with éffects, groupings and tablesux. klaborately staged, beautifully costumed. Every act a scenic picture. A Company of Superior Excellence. Regular California Theater Prices— 25c to $1. Monday, Nov. 23—-LA LOIE FULLER. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mzs.ERNESTINE KEELING. Proprietor & Managat LAST TWO NIGHTS! Johann Strauss’ Romantic Comic Opera T ET R GYPSY BARON” Splendid Cast! Superb and Correct Costumes! ——Picturesque Scenery ! NEXT MONDAY EVENING, Von Suppe's Comedy Opera, “Domnna Juanital’’ SEATS NOW ON SALE. Popular Prices. ...25¢c and 50c. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Manager IT PACKED THE HOUSE! First Production In This City of James A. Herae's Military Drama. i N bl B “THE MINUTE MEN OF 1774-75 1" A Play Fall of Patriotism and Love. VICTORY BATEMAN as Dorothy. HOWARD KYLE as Roanoke. RETURN OF LESLIE MOROSCO, Evening Prices—10c. 25 Matinees Saturday an o and 300. Sunday. O'Farrell Street, Eetween Stockton and Powell. Matinee To-Day (Saturday), Nov. 14. Parquet, any seal, 25¢; Baicouy, any seai, 10 Children, 10c, any part. The Latest European Sensation, LAVARTER'S DOG ORCHESTRA! — —HOWARD AND BLAND— ——QUAKER CITY QUARTET—— Last Night of the 3 HORN BROS. HERR GRAI~, ELDORA AND NORINE And a Great Vaudeville Company. 2l PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (NGLESIDE TRACK), COMMENCING OCTOBER 28. FIRST RACE AT 2 P. M. The only Perfect Winter Racetrack 1n America. Five or More Baeesiily, Rain or Shine, ADMISSION............. ...81.00. ‘Take Southern Pacific trainy at Third and Townsend sts. depot, leaving at 1115 ®. . Take Mission-st. electric line direct to Lrack. A. B. SPRECKELS, President. W. 8 LEAKE, Secretary. HORSE SHOW EXHIBITORS! Please note that entries will close positively on SATURDAY, 14th Inst, HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST, 2 MILLS BUILDING,