The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1896, Page 7

' CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 4 * teraay. - lodges of the 1. O. B. B. has submitted & plan * has compelled R. V. Dey 1o produce ior exami- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1896. .NOVEMBER 22, 1896 AMUSEMENTS, ‘BALDWIN THEATER.—“Fleur de Lis.” CA11¥ORNI1A THEATER.—“Darkest Russla” . CorvMmia Tuwarer—Humanity.” NMorosco’s OPERA-HOUSE—~The Ring of Iron.” Tivor: OPERA HoUusSk.— ~Donna Juanita” OrrPHEUM—High-Ciass ndeville. ALCAZAR THEATER.—* At Fort Bliss" NEW BUSH-STREET THEATER.—T. A. Kennedy, the E notist. IHE CHUTES AND SgATING RINK.—Dally at Iaight street; one block east of the Park. CENTRAL PARK.—Baseball. EUTRO Ea1us—Bathing and performances. "OAKLAND RACE TRACK.—Races t0-morrow. _THE AUDITORIUM—EIlis and Mason streets— Vaudeviile, Tuesday evening, -Nov. 24. ' GOLDEN GATE PARK—Golden Gate Park Band. 3 AUCTION SALES. By Coox & Co.—Monday, November 28, China- wire, at 123 Kearny st., at 2 o'clock. BY Map1GaN & Co.—Monday, November 28, Wagons, etc., at 1122 Mission street. EY SOLLIVAN & DoyLe—Monday, Nov. 28, Horses, etc.,, at 5114 Sixteenth st st 11 o'clock. BY P. J. BARTH.—Monday, November Furniture, at 414 McAllster s| By EASTON & ELDRIDGE. Real Estate, at salesroom, 6 -12 o’clock. Tuesday, Nov, 24, Market street, st John P. Seully has been granted a divorce from Mary E. Scully. Joe Davis, a 14-year-old traveler and philoso- pher, is in town on his way around the world. The Coroner’s jury in the Childs inquest re- {urned a verdict accusing John Miller of mur- der. The City and County is to be sued for over 30,000 cleimed to be due for back jurors’ fe: A storm of considerable energy was central night over the northern halt of the Pacific ope. Tne next Bacon-Minett{ concert will take place at the Association Auditorium next Sat- urday. D, J. Tobin, Charles A, Peril, Semper Lex, Geyser and Alazan won races at Oskiand yes Properiy belonging to the estate of the late Henry Bruggemann has been appraised at $639 49, The Board of Health visited a number of schools to inspect the saniiary arrangements yesterday. Cloudy weather and probably rain Sunday. High southwesterly winds.— A. G. McAdie, Local Forecaster. Coroner Hawkins held six inquests yester- day upon the budies of persons who had met death by violence. trolley car party fad has reached San , With prospects of this pastime ob- g a regular boom. The Conference Committee of the local n to the endowment fund. cvada Bank of San Francisco has sued and County of San Framcisco for 1306 taxes, paid under protest. -growers will meet at Sacramento De- 1to discuss their interests. The con- | sexpected to be particnlarly inter- in relat Cit Superyisors that Head Janitor Murdock and . two of his subordinates be removed imme- diately. The schooner J. M. Weatherwax put into port in a leaky condition last night. A part of the cargo of lumber was. sacrificed to save the vessel. ; Albert E. Rosenthal, son of Marcus Rosen- thal and nephew of the famous artist, Toby | Roserthel, has won high musical homors in Biuttgart, Germany. The California State Board of Trade has pre- pared & report highly eulogistic of tobaceo cuiture in this State, 1o be handed in at the next meeting of the board. Mrs. Maggie Graham-Fowden has filed her report as administratrix of_her late husband’s estate, showing that of $5725 20 only $8 5834 remasins for the other heirs. Lincoln Brodt of Marysville was arrested yesterday upnn- @ United States Grand Jury indictment, eharging him with perjury in a mineral land swindlingcase. In a few days & caucus will decide on the distribution of local appointive offices. Boss Rainey hes his eye on the Board of Supervisors, end he wants a new office created. Genersal Forsyth, U. 8. A., returned from the East yesterday and resumed command of the Department of California. Colonel Shafter bes taken command at the Presidio. The Olympic Club football team defeated the Reliance Club Eleven yesterday afternoon by a score of 6 t00, and won the athletic club foot- ball championship ot the Pacific Coast. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision on the eppeal of Cesare Crespi.an Italian journalit, who was - convicted of ecriminal 1{et, affiriming the judgment of the Superior Court. Foster d=feated Wells in the match races at the opening of the new Velodrome bicycle track yesterday efternoon. The track proved 10 be safe and exceptionally fast and several coast records were broken. esloop will be christened in Oakland on Thanksgiving day to trade in river A feature of the enterprise, which cen projeeted by colored men, is thatno Sunday work wili be permitted. A. H. Dean, who was arrested for complicity in the Neavda Bank forgery, will apply for a n of his bail, which is £50,000. It is understood that he is not to be prosecuted be- cause he “turned State’s evidence.” Conditions indicate continued stormy weather slong the Pacific coast. Southeast storm signals are displayed from San Fran- cisco northward end all northbound vessels are warned 10 expect heavy weather. Mrs. Nettie Craven is pleased because she S nation the contract made by the heirs of James G. Fair to pay her $500,000 in settle- ment of her claims against the estate. he Grand Jury has recommended to the | | the employe, vould either have to divide the time so as | {0 | providing suitable guards under the step. General Manager Exposes One of the Latest and Most Cruel Canards. WAGES OF STREETOAR MEN, They Are Not to Be R=duced and the Subj:ct Has Not Even Been Under Consideration. “If we had any man in our employ who would believe a story that appeared in that $30,000 beauty, the Monarch of the Fakers, we would try to get hima place in the asylum for the feeble-mmnded.” ‘When General Manager E. P. Vining of the Market-street Railway Company ut- tered these words there was a good- humored sincerity in his tones that indi- cated clearly how thorough was his con- tempt snd distrust for the journal he re- ferred to. el:{i- remark was called forth by an in- quiry as to the truth of an articie wh.ich appeared in the Examiner Friday, stating that it was the intention of the company to reduce the wages of gripmen and con- | ductors 10 $2 a day, instead of continuing | to pay employes 2214 cents an hour. | “The subject of wages,” continued Mr. Vining, “bas not been talked about or | brought up in any way. We are entirely V | satisfied, and have every reason to believe | | that our employes are also satisfied with | the present system. We would be very | foolish, when we have a satisfactory basis, | to change to one that would be unsatisfac- Ty. | w“_A large part of the trouble between | employers and employes arises over dis- putes as to what constitutes a day’s labor. This is always an uncertain quantity. We pay by the hour, and everyone knows what an hour is, so that théere can be no misunderstanding on that point. “The article in the Examiner is abso- tle faith is placed in anything that paper has to say on any subject in which its self-interest is involved that I would not | use my time, nor trouble the public with denials of its numerous and palpable fakes, under ordinary circumstances. But in this case I feel there is something due | our many hundreds of employes and their families. “The publication of unfounded rumors like this is unpardonable and maliciounsly | mischievous. I do not speak from the | company’s etandpoint, but from that of Nearly all of our men are married, or have others dependent on them, and these untruthful stories %end | to demoralize and discourage the men,and create an uneasiness in their families that is nothing less than cruel, for a reduction of the daily earnings would mean to some of these people deprivation and perhaps even actual suffering. “One of the things that the faking sheet calls attention to is that men have some- times to work until 1 o’clock in the morn- ing, and then must report on again ath o'clock the same morning. It is true some few do so, but the reason for thisis one that is to the benetit of our men, and Iam sure they ail understand it. “Twelve hours is considered a full day’s | work, but when cars are kept out from eighteen to twenty hours each day we | to give ell our employes a chance to earn a full day’s pay throughout the week or | divide the day’s run so that none of them | would earn more than ten hours’ pay. I | find that three cars, for instance, aggre- | gate gixty bours’ run in threedays. This is divided into five tricks of {welve hours each. ““This gives one crew twelve hours, say | from 5 A. M. to 5 P, M., and another crew eight hours, from 5 P. M. to 1a. M. The | latter is then given the trick from 5 . . | to 9 A. M. the next day. This of course | gives only four hours between the two watches, but each crew has an interval of eight hours also, and of course can sleep either the consecutive eight hofirs or take their sleep in installments, whichever suits | L. J. Buxeby, 21 years of age, went to Dix- +on’s Hub Works, where he was employed, yesterday morning, while under the influence of drink, and fired three shots at another workman, for which he was arrested for as- sauit to murder. ' The will of Maria Miller has been filed for probate. It bequeathes $2000 to her daugh- ter, Lydia Brandis; $500 to her granddaugh- ter, Maria Joost; the remainder to be divided smong her other chiidren, share and share alike.” John A. Miller is named es executor. The estate is worth $4000. them best. “This arrangement, paturally, is not what a man would make from choice, but is adopted so as to give all opr men an op- portunity, as I said, to edrn a full day’s pay. In this way, which is really no hardship, there are not a large number of men who get a few hours’ work a day which would not return them a hving.”’ 1t is a well-known fact that this fake, i iutely without any foundation, but so lit- k | pany. SOME PERTINENT TRUTHS TOLD OF A NEWSPAPER FAKER Stories Have Been Published Without One Featurs of Reality or Fairmess for Their Foundation. thoroughly exposed by Mr. Vining, is but one of scores which have appeared in the Examiner; some in connection with the Fair case and others with matters promi- nent in the public eye from time to time. Presuming on the credulity of its readers and the natural diffidence of most people to take issue with a daily newspaper sen- sational stories and rumors have been vrinted one day only to be denied the next, and in some instances the virtual denial has followed in the closing para- graph of the very article falsely purport- ing to give the beguiled readersof that publication some great piece of news. And this 1s called enterprise by the self- styled “Monarch.” But this imposition hes now been so long practiced on a patient and indulgent public that it is waning in its eifect and there are few readers who now wouid be surprised to read in the columns ot the Examiner that it had allied itself with decency, respecta- bility, honesty and truth, for they would know exactiy what to expect—that the Examiner’s rivalry for the Police Gazette's field of patronage was to be keener than ever. WANTED IN IOWA. J. J. Fairchiid, Alias Farnsworth, Ar- rested for Embezzling the Funds of His Employers. J. J. Fairchild, alias Farnsworth, was arrested Friday night by Captain Hines of Pinkerton’s agency and Detectives Whita- ker and Seyvmour, and is being detained in the City Prison pending the arrival of an officer from Iowa. A few days azo Chief Crowley received a dispatch from Iowa that Fairchild was wanted in Osage for embezzling the funds of his employers, the Staver & Abbott Carriage Manufacturing Company, Chi- cago. He had been the agent of the com- pany for the S:ate of Iowa, with head- quarters at Osage. The amount missing Wwas not given. Fairchild when seen in the City Prison last nightadmitted that he had overarawn his account with the firm to the extent of $700 or $800. They were in the habit of atlowing him to do so, and nothing would have been said if he had not foolishiy run away from Osage. | He attributes his troubles to an en- tanglement with a woman, from whom he had been forced to flee. He had also been | drinking hard before his flight, but since coming here had seen the folly of his con- duct. He had been agent for ti:e State of Iowa for some years. He expected that his friends would settle up with the com- Ail that he bad with him when he eft was $150, and it was all spent. He ar- rived here ten days ago. MET VIOLENT DEATHS, Several Inquests Held Yesterday at the Public Morgue. Coroner Hawkins was kept busy yester- day holding inquests upon the bodies of persons who during the past week had met violent deaths. The case of Sigmuna Strauss brought out two verdicts by the jury hearing the story of the old man’s death. Strauss fell under the steps of a Mission- street electric car at Twenty-ninth and Mission streets, on the morning of the 12th inst. Frederick Marks believed that the old man’s death was caused by negli- gence on the part of the railroad com- pany, for he returned the following ver- dict: That Sigmund Strauss, age 84 years, nativity Germany, nccugnuon bookkeeper, residence Pacific Hebrew Home, came to his death on Noyember 12, 1896, at the City aad County Hospital, from a shock, and we further find that death wass caused through the negligence of the Market-street Rallway Company in not The other five jurors returned a simple verdict of accidental death, On about the 9th inst. Adam Zimmer- mana fell from a hayloft at the Richmond dairy and he died on the 12th in the City and County Hospital from the effects of the fall. A verdict of accidenral death was returned. William E. Brown of 1 Polk street be- came tired of this life on November 11 and tock a dose of carbolicacid to put an end to his earthly existence, The jury be- lieved that he had committed sunicide ‘and £0 officially reported. A verdict of suicide was rendered in the case of Robert W. Deutsch, a cloakmaker, who recently came from New York. Deutsch was unable to secure employ- ment, and being very ill be turned on the £as at his home at 2237}¢ Sutter street and died soon after. He killed himself on the 18th inst. A similar verdict was given in the case of the unknown young man who, on about the 10th inst., sent a bullet into his head on the cliff above Point Lobos. He was about 21 years of age and poorly clad. No one could identify the youthful sunicide, - THE PUGILISTS. George' Green Is Looking for Easy NEW TO-DAY. NEW GO0ODS! J. Begs to announce to the ladies of San Francisco th: resume business at nis former location, 104-106-108 KEARNY STREET, And will offer them a new, fresh stock of Silks, Dress Gooas, Hosiery, Domestics, Trimmings, etc., at prices 50 low as to make SAMUELS TIMELY PRICES! at, beginning to.morrow, Monday, the 284, he will Game—Fitzsimmons and Corbett. McAuliffe and Carroll are very much displeased that the sporting people who witnessed their ten-round go-as-you-please boxing contest at Woodward’s Pavilion declared it to be a hippodrome. McAuliffe is now looking for some more easy money and is ready to sign articles with any man if some of the clubs will offer a large purse. 1tis not likely, how- ever, that any of the California clubs will transact business with fat Jack, as he is too lazy to trein and is too old to travel even a ten-round race. competition impossible. . OPENING n au_cotors, ao-‘lncn :LL-W?E()‘L“E‘A'TY:N J e} t des s o m D RSk avan L SATIN D! , In biad 4 d brown, reduced from.. o an .81 50 to 76¢ & yard INDUCEMENTS. SUITS, SILK and WOOL FRENCH NOVEL- TIES reduced to $4 50, $6 25 and §7 & full .. .. ..dress pattern SERGES re- 75¢ 10 25¢ a yard 'S reduced from.. 65¢ to 26¢ & yard Elegant 500k of FANCY PLATDS at... teesassn ansern 2eserennDOC &0 T5C 8 yard SPECIAL SALE ALL-SILK BLACK SATIN BROCADES at : 80c per yard. ...wortn 85¢ K SATIN AND GROS GRAIN BROCADES at 75¢ 4 ..good va ue for $1 Y ALL-SILK BLACK GROS GRAIN BRO.ADES, od medlum designs, at 85¢ & yard. NGHAMS AND "CALICOE! BLEACHY D MUSLINS. 10-¢ BLANKET~, at. CALIFORN1A BLANKET! FAIR TREATMENT. STERLING VALUES. TO PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. OF BLACK BROCADED SILKS AND SATINS. FANCY FIGURED GLORIA SILKS at... 40c per yard FFETAS at... 50c per yard BLACK ALL-SILK TAFFETAS at...50c per yurd CHANGEABLE TAFFETA SILK= best rustiing quality, new shadings, at..85¢ per yard ALL-WOOL GRAY BLANKETS. CAMELSHAIR SOX, 8 pairs sor. CAMELSHAIR SHIRTS and DR, ach FINE WHITE SHIRTS at. 5c each COLORED BORDERED HAND- 8. ... 5c each KER- be each EVERY EFFORT MADE ). SAMUELS, 104-108 KEARNY STREET. George Green would have a very soft spap 1f he met “‘the champion” in u ten- round contest. 1t is doubtful if a corporal’s guard wonld witness such a mill. McAuliflss should go to bookmaxing and quit dreaming about whipping any of the good young fellows of the present day. Julian, the manager of Fitzsimmons, states that rather than disappoint Corbett he will agree that Fitzsimmons shall meet him in a twenty-round contest before the club giving the largest purse—that is, pro- vided a good offer for a finish contest 18 not received between now d the 23th inst. Dan Studrt of Texas has been noti- fied that he mnst deciare himself before the 28th of this month; otherwise the bat- tle will be “pulled off’” in New York. Sharkey and Fitzsimmons are both in good condition now and the public may rest assured of seeing a contest where hard and quick hitting will be the order. There will be no pleasantries exchanged between Boband Tom—talking will be out of the question. Betting is now3to1 in favor of Fitzsimmons. —— e LINCOLN BRODT ARRESTED, Accused of Perjury in Trying to Secure Mineral Lands Lincoln Brodt of Marysville was arrested yesterday on an indictment presented by the last United States Grand Jury. He charged with perjury. According to the Comfimnt Brodi went before Lard Regis- ter William A, Lowery of Marysville and swore that certain pieces of land upon wiiich he filed timber land claims were fit only for timber purposes, that it was not mineral land, and that it had not thereon any mining or other improvements. The facts are that the land in question nas been worked for years as mining property. The land is held under a United States mining grant by George Parry ana H. S. Merry, who for the past ten years have been making such improvements as build- ing ditches and flumes, erecting mining hoists over their shalts, etc. In all there are three counts against Brodt. From ail of the evidence pre- sented to the Grand Jury it appears as though Brodt and Fred jones and O. M. Enslow formed a conspiracy to secure many thousand dollars’ worth of valuable property owned and operated by the min- ing company. The other two have not been heard of. Brodt was released on $2500 bonds. HAPLESS CHILDREN, Five Little Ones Rescued From Want and Squalor by Ufficer Frank J. Kane. Special Officer Frank J. Kane went out on the San Bruno road yesterday to the rescue of the five young children of Patrick Lacy, who lives near Twenty-eighth street. The oldest of the children is 13 yearsand the youngest is 4 years. Heo found that the children were in a sad con- dition. They were utterly void of com- forts, hungry, dirty and half-naked. One was so sick that Mr. Kane had her taken to the Children’s Hospital. One was placed in the Infant Asylum at South San Fraucisco. The others were taken to the Youth’s Directory. The motbher of these five children died only a few months ago. Up to that time they were cared for by her and were com- fortable. Since that time they have been getting worse off all the time. ~ Tneir beds had no clean clothinz and no pillows. Their meals were poor and uncertain. The house became filled with vermin. The father lost his work through drink and could not get more. Mr. Kane has visited the Lacy house four times. Yes- terday he told Lacy he had come for the T NAPOLEON'S BED AND HIS THRONE Exfiibited at the Midwinter Exposition Memorial Museum. New and Beautiful Curios Seen at a Private View Yes- terday. Rearranged and With Many Rare Additions It Is Now Ready for Public Inspection. A private view of the Midwinter Expo- sition Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park before the reopening was afforded a large number of delighted visitors yester- day afternoon from 2 to 6 o’clock. The formal reopening for the public takes place to-day. There will be no ceremony connected with it. The museum has been closed to install the newly purchased exhibits, which range from a throne chair used by Napoleon, which was stolen from ene of the palaces during the Commune, down through a brilliant and his‘orical galaxy of curios, tapestries, jades, enamels, armor, etc., to the crude in art, which in one instance is represented by a huge wooden bowl of the kind used by Sonth Sea island cannibals ~ GLIMPSE OF ARMOR ROOM, PARK MUSEUM. children and he was allowed to carry them away without opposition. BAD ARRANGEMENTS. The Board of Health Does Not Like the Sanitary Appliances of Several Public Schools. The Board of Health, accompanied by the tealth Officer, weat on a tour of in- spection yesterdav to a number of schools to which cases of diphtheria have been traced and found what they were looking for—unsanitary outbuiidings and the necessity of repairsin nearly every case. Among the institutions visited were the Everett Grammar School on Sanchez street, the St. Francis and Notre Dame parochial schools on Dolores street, and the Mission Grammar and M all Pri- mary schools on Mission street. All were found to have open vaults to which the board objects. The sanitary arrangements of the three public schools were found to be very bad. The two parochial schools were found to be clean and well kept, but the vaults were looked upon with disfavor by the mem- bers. The board will caucus on the matter to- day and will probably order two or more of ihe schools closed until the necessary changes and repairs to insure the health of the pupils are made. One new case of diphtheria ana one death wes reported at the Health Office yesterday. ———— A SOBOONER DISABLED. The J. M. Weatherwax Arrives in Port in a Leaky Condition, The schooner J. M. Weatherwax put into port last evening in a bad condition, On the 17th while up the coast she ran into a heavy gale and arough sea. The vessel sprung a leak near the stern, and could only be kept free by continuously working the pumps. In order to save the vessel it was necessary to cut the deck lashings and let about 125,000 feet of lum- ber go overboard. The crew were obliged to work night and day at the pumps to reach port, and even after getting in the work was continued. . ———————— TrE house of A. L. Bancroft & Co. has sold out to William C. Hamilton, who has for a number of years been associated with them in the sale of Haines Bros. and Bush & Gerts’ pianos. Mr. Hamilton assures me that his enterprise starts with a booming business and a general rally of his friends. He has sold half a dozen pianos since November 1, richt in the midst of the election turmoil. The mind recis in contemplation of his business, it will be under the golden rays of the McKinley si ———————— Jollity at the Eln\po‘l’lnm, The managers of the Emporium have ar- ranged for a grand entertainment for the 920 employes of bs““z(. n;;e ‘Tnuduy evening next, November e full Em- poflnm‘omhntn has been engaged to furnish promenade and dance music, and abundant Telreshments will be served in the restaurant, The committee of entertainment consists of Charles K. Garey, 8. W. Dixon and W, A. Dundas. AR e Surrendered Himself. W. W. Campbell, druggist, Ninth and How- ard streets, who is wanted for felony embez- ziement, surrendered hlmul; at the City yesterday afternoon and was released .;T‘b%'i i) He 1: charged by Donald Chisholm, 1159 Folsom street, and his wife with embez- e e e t “ f:rm:mlud by Mrs. C‘bhnlln. Big Demand. There isa heavier demand than ever all for cooking human flesh. The rearrange- ment of the museum and the new annex greatly improve it and make it one of the most beautiful, elaborate and valuable n the country. Director M. H.de Young, Curator C. P. Wilcomb and Assistant Curator Rae Brown pointed out new things of interest to friends and visitors. Among the special points of interest in the reopened museum are the following: The museum now has twenty-two halls which contuin different objects of interest. California’s resources are by no means for- gotten. One hall contains concentrated exhibits of California woods, another Cali- fornia minerals and a third exhibits of California’s natural products. The model-room comprises an_interest- ing exhibit of various models. There are severai realistic models of the residences and strongholds of the cliff-dwellers, a to- pographical modelof Yosemite Valley and a relief map of California, The artroom contains a very fine collec- tion of medallions in ivory, vellum and porcelain, and a varied new collection of enamels. THe tapestry hall comprises a rich and rare collection of old Dutch, old Fiemish and Italian and Bouvais tapestries, which 4are very beautiful, and a rare display of forniture of the styles of the first empire, Louis XV and XVT, and Italian and Flor- entine cabinet work. There are also here old Dutch and French clocks, and a Louis XIV sleigh. Armory Hall is one of the most inter- esting in the new museum. It contains, among the new things, a collection of powder horns richly carved, ivory inlaid guns, crossbows, sarquebusiers, one of the first cannons ever made, 8 unique col- lection of pistols, and an array of French, German and English helmets, spears, knives and battleaxes. Not the least interesting among the halls is that of American curios, compris- ing arrowheads, stone arrows, sharpeners and a large and brilliant collection of Indian wearing apparel. Other halls con- tain curios possessing a religious interest, such as relics from churches of great age; another hall Chinese, Japanese and other curios from Oriental countries. Egyptian curios occupy another hall. This collec- tion is yet incomplete, as the main ex- hibits have not yet arrived. Beautiful bas reliefs of Pantheon frieze may be seen on the walls. A new collection of ivories is in another hall. This collection is considered mag- nificent. 1t is very old, consisting of French, German, Japanese and other curios. Here also is & unique collection of keys and locks of the Renaissance and Gothic periods, showing magnificent work- manship, inciuding padlocks, knockers, doorpulls and an exquisitely ornamented collection of hand-wrought irou for chests, doors, etc., running back far as the eleventh century. There are also gold keys used as badges of office by the cham- ‘berlains of various German courts; also a coilection of old stirrups, rosettes and escutcheons, Music hall would be an appropriate name for another department. Amon, the new additions are a Louis XV gran piano, with a double bank of keys. It is elaborately carved and covered with gold leaf. The inside of the tov is handsomely ornamented with landscape and figure intings. Also 1 the hall are a Louis §’1v harp, carved, embossed and enam- eled; alyre of the First Empire and some stringed instruments and reed pipes. There is also a very beautiful collection of sixty new fans of the time of Louis X{V, XV and XVI. A collection of knives and forks in this room comprises styles which date back 1000 years. The handles are made of iron, wood, steel, ivory, pearl and buckhorn, handsomely carved and 1nlaid. Beveral additions have been made to the ‘ceramic room which are exceedingly fine. A great collection of Sevres plate, pate en ufa. is a reproduction of the handsomest zte produced at chruhth- original set in the Louvre Museum, PRaris, ~ NEW TO-DATY. should use Ayer’s. That is why you shou of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla kind.” kind.” If one bottle of cost of one. pays every way to use AYER'S ARGUMENT. If there is any reason why you should use any sarsaparilla, there is‘every ¢ When you take sarsaparilla you take it to cure disease; you want to be cured as quickly as possible and as cheaply as possible. quickly and cheaply—and it cures to stay. Many people write us: ‘‘I would sooner have one bottle A druggist writes that ‘‘one bottle of Ayer’s will give more benefit than six of any other of three it must have the strengt There’s the point in a nutshell. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. reason why you 1d use Ayer’s: ‘it cures than three of any other Ayer’s will do the work of three at the It Among the examples of vases are Dresden raised work, Chelsea, majolica, Astrachan and Roman vases. In the royal pavilion along with the original throne chair is a beautifol gilt and red velvet upholstered bedstead which Napoleon presented to his friend, Mile. Mars, the leading actress of th. Comedie Francais. It is a fac-simile of the one ‘‘the man of destiny” himself occupied in the Falace of the Tuilleries. There is also in this room a great Sevres vase, on which is a reproduction of Meissonier’s ereat | picture, “The Retreat From Moscow.” and a picture of Austerlitz. Napoleon’s ink- stand from Trianon is also exhibited. There is also a new collection of very valuable carved jade and crystals, includ- ing a Japanese collection of jade, agate. amethyst snuff boxes, jeweled swords, one with a black jade handle inlaid with tor- | quoise, and a white-jade handled sword from Delhi inlaid with diamonds, rubies and other precious stones. Statuary Hall has a number of valuable and interesting additions. Among them are four large busts of Roman Emperors— Nero, Claudius Cwmsar, Augustus Ceaesar and Marcus Aurelius. The togas are colored marble and the heads are cut out of pure white Carrara. A very strik- | ing statue is that of an Arab chief, which was originally presented fo Field Marshal Canrobert during the time of Napo- leon III. A quaint addition to the new and en- larged museum is an exact reproduction of a coloniel kitchen,with spinning-wheel, loom, old china, etc. The natural history | department on the secord floor has been | added to. | Miss Spooner of Californie has con- | tributed two rare pictures valued at $20,000 to the art gallery. They are now en route from the Boston Fine Art Museum. JURDRS WILL SUE FOR THER FEES The City and County Will Be Defendant in a Big Action. Compensation Demanded for Simply Answering to Rollcall. Suit is about to be brought against the City for $30,000 or more, claimed to be due { for jurors’ fees earned since March 25 of | last year, the date on which the Legisla- ture passed a iaw allowing fees to jurors in criminal cases. Up to August of this year no legal effort was made to collect jurors’ fees in erimi- nal cases, but at that time one of the jurors in the Durrant trial demanded com- venfation for his time, and on its being refused began suit and carried the matter to the Supreme Court. That tribunal de- cided that he was entitled to his fees, and since that time jurors have been paid §$2 per day. Shortly after the decision, which 1n effect allowed all Yees earned from the date on which the law mentioned went into effect, was rendered Jules C. Gamage, manager of Harding’s Law and Collection Agency, conceived the idea that it would be a good stroke of business to buy up the claims of jurors who had served between the date of the decision and the time when the law went into effect. Many of these would not take the trouble to handle their claims themselves and would be glad to part with them for cash in bhand. A number of men were putat work on the records of the courts, and all who were entitled to fees were visited by representatives of the agency, and several hundred assigned their claims for a liberal consideration. A large number of these claims have been presented to the Finance Committee of the Board of Bupervisors and paid, and many more, aggregating $5000, are in course of preparation. Those whose claims called for fees on days when thev were actually engaged on jury duty have gone through without trouble, except that of making out de- mands, presenting proof of service ana other details, but where compensation for simply unswering when called in court was demanded there has been a hitch, Such fees bave been paid when de- manded since the Supreme Court de- cision, but demands for such services previous to August 17, 1896, have been re- fused, and it is for these fees that the suit will be begun. The United States courts allow fees to jurors when they appear in court to answer to their names, whether actual jury duty is performed or not, and Harding’s Agency will try to collect from the City on several hundred claims that accrued between March 25, 1895, and Anugust 16, 1896, and which have been as- signed to it. Manager Gamage claims that it is an absurd proposition that jurors who —————————————————————— e I " = NEW TO-DAY. It will be a gain to all concerned when Schilling’s Best teas are so well under- stood that people and gro- cers buy and sell them as staples. We take the risk of your trying them. A Schilling & Compa Slnn’mcmo o answered rollcall _between the dates men- tioned are not to be paid when similar de- mands that have been made since August 17 last have been honored without a ques- tion, except as to proof that the juror really did appear and answer to his name. The papers in the case are now in course of preparation and will be filed when a number of claims, now being investigated as to their authenticity, are in such a con- dition as to be*included in the suit. It is estimated that the total amount outstanding against the City on this ground will amount to about $45,000, and suits for the entire listare within the range of possibility. To-Day’s Baseball. The Quiggies and the Alerts will furnish amusement for lovers of baseball to-day at Ceniral Park. Game will be called at 2 P. M. Admission will be 25 cents. NEW TO-DAY. THE X-RAY EXAMINATIONS Scientifically conducted reveal wonders. Instead of blindly guessing at your dis- ease the physician or surgeen can actually see i t. Under DOCTOR COOK’S X-RAY your body becomes transparent. Your bones, your circulation and the The human hand as seen under Dr. Cook’s X-Ray. action of your internal organs are plainly seen by this eminent specialist. Hence he is able to getat the very bottom of your disease and to familiarize himself with its every detail. Doctor Cook continues to treat with unequaled success all special diseases of both sexes. He particularly desires (DOCTOR COOK.) chronic, obstinate, deep-seated diseases upop which other physicians have exreri- mented and failed. Perfect gnres guaran- teed. YOUNG MEN, # you are troubled with —— CXhAUSting drains, pim- ples, bashfulness, aversion to society, stupid- ness, d mndency, loss of energy, ambition self-confidence, which debrive you of your manhood and absolutely unfit you for study, business or marriage—if you are thus aflicted you know the cause. Get well and be & man. MIDDLE-AGED MEN, the e ———————— (N OUsENAS Of you troubled with weak, aching backs and kidneys; frequent, painful urination and sedi- ment urine; impotency or weakness of sexual organs, and other unmistakable signs of nervous debility and premature decay. Many die of this difficulty, ignorant of the cause, which is the second stage of seminal weakness. The most obstinate cases of this character treated with uniailing success. KIDNEY AND URINARY 'C)gflg‘lfil%ifl. s e —r——— dif- ficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. PRIVATE Diseases—Gleet, Gonorrhea, In- en—— {0 MAti0NS, Discharges, Strice tures, Weakness of Organs, Syphilis, Hydro- cele, Varicocele and kindred troubles quickly cured without pain and detention ffrom busi- ness. ‘which poisons the Breath, Stom- C_AIQR_R_H ach and Lungs and paves the way for Consumption, Throat, Liver, Heart, Ktdney, Bladder and ali constitutional and in- ternal troubles; also Rupture, Piles, Fistula, treated far in advance of any other institution in this country. IN Diseases, Sores, Spots, BLOOD and Sk Pimpie. serofes hilitic Tain ‘umors, Tetter, ema - an other impflrilie‘:’of the blood thoroughly erad- icated, leaving the system in a strong, pure and healthful state. ES if you are suffering from persistent lfl— headaches, painful menstruation, lencorrhaea or whites, intolerable itching, dis- lacement of the womb, or any other distress- g ailment peculiar to your sex, you should consult DR. COOK without delay. He cures when others fail. WRITE your troubles if living away from __R ihe city. Thousands cured at home by correspondence, and medicines sent secure from observation. Office hours—9 0 12 a. M. snd 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sunday, 10 to 12 A. M. only. Address nuc'l‘"n cnflK’ 865 MARKET STREET, San Francisco, Cal. re are