The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896. LOALPWIN THXATER.—“Molicre (OLUMBIA T3¥ATER—‘The Cotton King.” posco's (Prra-Housk — “The Promised and “Captain AZAR THEATER.— “Alabama e Brigands” ville. ival Queens,” Sat- UKUTES AND SKATING RINK.—Daily at and performances. JOCKEY CLuR.—Races to-day. npual Horse Show. er Exhibition. Cou December 10, s day. Decem- street, at 11 tér 10, Agateware, ocloek. This day. December ckion st., at 2 0'clock. This day, Lecember 10, Fur- at 11 o'clock. This day, s avenue and Market sts, at E S. EFEAR & C riday. Decem ber 11, Flogs. Banne:s, ctc., at 3 o'clock. By FastoN & Exrp al Rugs, at ( 30 and 7 :3 December 625 Sutter DGE—Monday, Iden Gate Hall .M CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. . Divorce suits are keeping the Judges of the Thursday, threatening » was placed n's interest in the I Council of the Associated Industries of rnia elected officers and adopted a con- St.iution yesterd F. Kramer, age, living ad 10 bed y man gardener, 43 years 613 Pine street, was found rdey. of the libel suit against Ben- son was continued before Judge 0 town on Monday moruing. I'wo murder trials are now going on in the tor Court. Joseph A. Mitchell and ackson are the defendants. e from his t to give . McCarthy, who killed ( a was insanity a to indig- Chinese in H. Marphy was pamed for princi Mi: hool &t the me ion last evenine. ary steps to- reet with arc nican has sued M. T. in 0g & contract of a mining claim in ’ consent until this has chartered the New pany’s Aorangiand in ween Van p from Colorado, ' Home Monday &l articles belonging as “ladies’ day” at Ingleside horses were: ITmp. Miss Captive, Candor, Toano at tlv issued an order ves in the Treasury 1 neither berrow r. Hoey oW has a member of econd Assembly Distric:. filed a contest to the elec- contracting freight agent of fic railway in this City, ran son Sunday to avoid giv- 1 and paying alimony to his axers were delighted yester- ews in detail from Scotland had gone for single tax, and will er have no taxation other than on Jacobs and George Niedever secured off Yaquina Bay in six weeks. own hunters and were high ou the sealing schooner Herman last Fitzsimmons Club, and to respond beit says he will meet under the auspices of the Olympic is needed now is for Fit Bank, which closed business quidation November 30, 189 will pay depositors in full by 1t has already paid 50 cents ates that i January 1,18 on the dolier. Over 100 of the workmen of the Pacitic Roll- are out on a strike because of a re- neir wages. It is believed that the be compromised to-day. No ed jely known miner, has re- to the Slocan, Trail Creek r districts of British Columbia. does not have a ggeat opinion of the new Brit- ish Columbia mines, Wong Gim, one of the defaulting witnesses Williams extortion case, Was sen- to one years imprisonment in the nty Jail for contempt of court by District Judge Morrow yesterday. The report of the special administrators of the estate of James G.Fair was filed vester- dar. It 1s in the form of a book.srd com- no less than 640 rypewritien pages. The is valued at $16,600,000. Grand Jury and the heads of the de- is of the City government hela & co; last evening to devise a means of alton Iron Works yesterday. Her new en- gines and boilers and her deckhouses end Cteterooms will be put in simultaneously, so the new bont will be ready for sea the first week in January. The art drawing of the Association of Ca férnia Art Patrons will be held thisevening under the superv:sion of the Mechanics’ Insii- tme trustees in the library on Post stree Paintings of local artists will then be distrib- nteg among members of the association. heff, 409 Pacific stree Pacific street Tuesd aken to the Receiving Hos- ian von M, nstairs at and wa: ) ambulance. v Bis scalp end appeared to be suffering from concussion of the brain. He is an cld man. dogestchers of the Public Pound have gone buck 1o theriata for catching dogs, in- ed 0! using tne humeane act, and “there will an investigation by the Society for the Pre- fon of Cruelty to Animals, which man- the Pound under the Board of Surer- hri The demurrer of Kitty Morrison to the de- cision of the triai couryin the matier of the | war brokerage fe S8 tion for biinging aboul the marriage th A. Paterson, soverruled yester- Supreme Court, which affirmed the 1t of the lower court. At the meeting of the Railroad Commis- sioners yesterday Commissioner Stanuton pro- posed an investigation be made of the Southern Pa Company’s affairs with a wview 1o rec g rates all elong the iine, but action was delayed until a conference could be had ‘with the Attorney-General and his sssociates. \d ; The Pacific Coast Endeavorer. suspence Junie inat, will be reissucd December 17, sor J. Wharton James having purchase mail list and the good will. Professor nes 1 roposes to issue & paper that will be a iret eredit to the Society of Chbristian En- Vor and the convention City of 1897. The ¢ number will be en illustreted number, devoted lirgely to the convention City, which will be sent out as a sortof introductior. of the or and his plans. These illustrated il bee feature of the paper from il the convention of next July. Eight lustrated with handsome half-tone PROFIT OUT OF THE SEA OTTER A Successful Shot Means a Quarter of a Thou- sand. Twy Men Secured Four Skins | off Yaquina Bay in Six Weeks. | Several Schocmers Will Start Out Sutter street, at 11 | Health Office show that | yesterdey aiternoon. cctor River of the Board of Health | Joseph Biagini bringing immature couver, B, C., | r:, who holds a certificate | the Legisiature | He | xtraordinary system of collecting | He had a wound in | which she claimed as | N-xt Saturday to Huat the S:=a's 01 the Coast. December 10, | Harvey Jacobs and Georze Neidever are | in luck. six weeks they have taken four | sea ott and as the skins are worth at | least $1000, the hunters must be classed as among ‘“those favored by the zods.” The hunters were among the two mostsuc- | cessful men during the cruise of the seal- | ing schooner Herman, and on their retura | pooled their issues. They- had enough money to purchase a whaleboat and fit her out. From here they went to Yaquina Bay and there a third man to row the boat. One day Jacobs would steer | and Neidever would do ths gunning, and | the next day it would be vice versa.” Lat- | terly it has been unusually rough on the { coast and the waves have run mountains | bigh. Nevertheless the men have gone { out day after day and on nearly every oc- | casion the sea otter was shot when the | boat was in the trough of the sea and the mammal on the crest of the wave. The above picture is drawn from a sketch sent to John Oppenheim, the well-known clothier, and is marked ‘‘a $250 shot.” Jacobs and Neidever are now cff Ya- a2y and they intend staying in that icinity for another two months. Should | they do as we!l in that time as they have | during t veeks there will be no orthem makinga trip to Bering season. Many a schooner has spent months in the Arctic and never ook an otter, but here two men go outin an open boat and secure four of the valuable furs in less than six weeks and think nothing of the feat. The schooner Eppinger went out a couple of days ago and incoming coasters report her with fifty seal and “all the | boats out,”” In consequence the Kate and | Anna and the Louisa Dare are being pat i in a hurry and both ves- sels will sail next Saturday for a cruise in chase of seal. The news from London is not encour- | aging, however, as according 10 & private cable received yesterday skins are seliing | at 10 per cent less than lastyear. Tne »ply is not large, but then money hu and the demand is not great. ealers have coufidence that Mc administration 1 improve matters and that next year will see a big advance in prices and a general improvement in business. The new steam g the s By’ TJumboldt was teken from Third and ry streets to the Ful- ton Iron Works yesterday. Her new en- gines and boilers will be put in as speedily as possible and in the meantime Ben- dixen is bere and will at once begin work on the deckhoiises and internal fittings of the vessel Max Kalish, the popular agent of the Humboldt, says the steamer will be ready for her trial trip early in January. Meat Inspector Jordan seized a whole carcass on the steamer Tiburon yesterday. The stuif was shipped from San Rafael by a prominent butcher to Tong Sing, 20 Vashington alley. The smell from it was at that the crew of the ferry-boat had to put it on the aiter part of the ves- sel in order to save the passengers from inhaling the odor. There were 705 pounds of the siuff and had it not been for the vigilance of Jordan the chances are that the counters of some of the cheap down- town restaurants. Captain Hansen will go out in com- mand of the North Fork to-morrow. For some weeks he has been compelled to re- main ashore in order to look after his sick wife. Toe good lady is now on the road to recoverv, o the skipper will again re- sume his regular run up the coast. The rina is now ready for sea. The vessel that is to carry house coal from the | Beaver Hiil minss will probably nave bher trial trip to-morrow. In the morning she will go into Mission Bay, and her com- passes will be adjusted. In the afternoon e will go over the measured mile and wiil have a cruise around the bay. John D. Spreckels and a party of friends will be aboard, and the expactations are that the collier will beat her own record. She has been fitted with one of the new patent corrugated wheels from which so much is expected. The steamer Wellington took a dozen mules up to the Wellington colliery yes- terday. At Nanaimo theanimals give out very quickly and the Messrs. Dunsmmr have a standing order for twelve of the animals to be delivered every six months. There was considerable trouble getting them aboard the steamer yesterday and a couple of the longshoremen will not forget the experience in a hurry. One got a rather severe kick and the other had a mouthtul taken out of the slack of his pants. The animals were not putin boxes, but were turned loose in the hold of the ship and there they will have to shift for themselves until the ship reaches British Celumbia. Capai ! Backus left last night to bring | the bark Colusa from Puget Sound to San | Francisco. She was to load coal for John | Rosenfeld’s sons, but as the vessel was leaking Captain Kalb refused to take the risk of bringing her to this port with a load of coal. Captain Backus was at work transforming the Eastern Oregon from | a steamer into a four-masted harkentine, but be at once quit the job and started last night for Port Townsend. On hisar- ival he will assume command of the | Colusa, and will load her with' coal for | S8an Francisco. The Co.usa took a cargo of sugar from Hawaii to the sound. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Com- pany is to have an addition to its Aus- | trallan fleet. The business has grown | during the past yearand the company has | chartered the Aorangi from the New Zea- | land Steamship Company. She is a | splendid vessel of over 4000 tons burden, I and is fitted with all the modern improve- | ments. The captain of the Miowera will | leave Vancouver in 2 few days for Liver- ool to take command of the Aorangi, | He will leave for Sydney as soon as sll the preliminaries are arranged and from there will sail on schedule time for the | sound. The increase in the company’s business has necessitated the addition of an extra vessel. The Dutch ship Nederland sailed yes- terday with a remarkable record. She lay in port forty days and not a man de- serted. The crew evidently had a good time, for as the boat got under way they manned the yards and gave three cheers for California. The Consul went out as far as the whistling buoy on the ship and came back in the tug. The following notice has been issued to mariners by the branch hydrographic cffice: Celifornia—San Francisco Bay—Mare Island Strajt—Decreased depth.—A recent survey by Lieutenant A. P. Osborn, U. S, N., command- ing coast survey steamer Gedney, from the jightbouse to the upper end of the navyiyard, Mare Island, shows numerous changes in the nel, especially in the vicinity of Commis- ek whero 1t has shoaled, so thatonly 1 be deyoted to the Sap Francisco 165 feet can now be carried through at low water. some of the meat would now be gracing | While the Waves Have Been Rolling Mountains High Along the Coast Two Hunters Making Their Headquarters at Yaquina Bay Have Been Out on the Deep Constantly for Six Weeks and Have Secured Four Sea Otter Skins Valued at Over $1000. They Intend Hunting for Another Eight Weeks. ALADY'S BONANZA IN SNOWY OREGON M. T. Ward Sued Because He Failed to Develop a Mine. Starp Words Used by the Plain- tiff in Describing Her Wrongs. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Finnican Denounces a Contractor as *“a Schem:r and a Rozuz.” Elizabeth J. Finnican, by her attorney, J. N. E. Wilson, bas sued Michael T. Ward for an annulment of contract by which he holds possession of a certain valuable gold-mining claim known as the Bohemia lode in the mountains of Donglas Couaty, Oregon. The claim is the separate property of Mrs. Finnican, tke same having been located and posted by her according to | regulations and the | the locai mining United States mining laws, Her husband, James P. Finnican, is named as co- plaintiff as being a party in interest. Mrs. Kinnican speaks her mind very freely in her complaint, and does not mince her words or disguise her senti- ments in the slightest degree when de- ncuncing the author of her troubles. She accuses Ward of fraudulently retaining possession of the property contrary to her desire, though he has failed to Keep any of his promises in regard to the development of the mine. As a basis for the suvit a contract is set out in which it is agreed by Mrs. Finni- can that in consideration of $1 Ward shall for ten years have the exclusive Frivilege to operate and crush the ores rom the Bohemian lode, and he is to pay Mrs. Finnicar 25 per cent of the gross | proceeds of the mine. On his part it is arreed that he shall sink shalts and run such tunnels, cuts, stopes and winzes as may be necessary to develop the property. He is also to erect the buildings ana to put up the machinery required for the operations in contemplation, it being understood that Ward was a man of means and experience and that he could secure all the backing needed by big capi- talists. Mrs. Finnican and her husband aver that since tbe making of the contract they have discovered that all the repre- sentations made by Ward are false and fraudulent and known by bhim s0 to be; that he induced them to enter into the agreement with him for speculative pur- poses only, well knowing that in no re- spect could he fu'fill any part of his agree- ment; that in truth he had no experience as a mining man; that he did not employ any one to work or develop the mine, and tuat he was not worth $500,000 or any sum of money whatever. The further charge is made that Ward had no backing by wealthy men ot Chicago or elsewhere, and that he rever intended to egect any machinery for the purpose of working the ore. Itis stated in the complaint that, al- though the snow melted from the moun- tains of Douglas County, Or., in May, 1896, and the condition of the propertv was such that Ward coud have pro- ceeded with any prospecting or develon- ing work he mi-ht choose to do, yet he did no such work and never intended to. The most bitter allegation is near the close of the complaint, when the follow- ing words are used: ‘It has come to the knowledge of these plaintiffs since said contract wasentered into that the said Ward is nothing more nor less thana schemer and a rogue, who induced these plaintiffs to enter into said contract that he mignt use said agreement and contract upon innocent third parties, not for the purposes for which the contract was made, bu‘ti to further his own sclfish and criminal ends.”” Judgment is demanded to the effectthat the contract be declared null and void; that Ward be compelled to surrender pos- session of the original contract for cancel- lation, and that he be compelled to pay the costs of suit, and for such other relief as may be jus: in the premises. A TRAVELING EXPOSITION. Novel Schemes Submitted to the State Board of Trade. At the State Board of Trade meeting on Tuesday afternoon various matters of in- terest 1q the State were considered, among them the request of the fruit-growers of Porterville for the loan of 100 exhibition jars for use at the coming Fresno fair. It was understood that at the close of the fair the jars and their contents should be ylorwarded to San Francisco and phced’ | among the exhibits of the board. The poard was favorable to the proposi- tion, but a difficulty was found in the fact that not more than a dozen jars are now available for the purpose in view. Noth- | ing definite, therefore, could be done at the time. i A proposition was made to get the | Legislature at 1ts coming session soto | | amend the county government Lill as to! | fix the maximum sum which may bespent | ! annually for advertising purposes in coun- | ties of the first, second, third and fourth class at $5000 instead of the present figure, | which is $2500, and in all other countiesat | §2 stead of $1000, the present figure. motion, Colonei John P. Irish was empowered to represent the board at the Business Men’s Conference at Indianapo- lis, January 12, 1897. Irish’s selection was regarded as opportune, as he is going East atout that time, any way. | The committee appointed at the last | meeting of the board to investigate the possibilities of tobacco culture in Cali- fornia formally submitted its report, whicn has already been published in full in THE CALL. Mr. Guman of Boston, who has a scheme to form a’train of nerhafn fiftv | cars laden with the products of every | State in the Union, and run it all over the | counjry as a sort of itinerant exvosition, | was granted a hearing. He said each | | | State conld have one car and that _he had | made arrangements with the Pullman | Companv for such cars as would bé neces- sary at $2000 each. Giiman stated further that he intended to carry livestock, which would be exhib- ited in the open air at stations where the cars stopped. He would charge an admit- | tance fee, and from the prolits derived at | the end of a yeat or so, buy the cars and | the exhibits from the respective States and conduct the show in lis own p-balf. | The scheme met with favor, but the | board could not see its way to taking im- | mediate action, on account of the time | they require to make proper representa- | tion at the Nashville, Guatemala and | | Hamburg expositions. | UNION LEAGUE CLUB. | | Committee to Nominate Officors for | | 1897—Talk of Moving the Club to | the Claus Spreckels Building. } | A regular meeting of the members of the Urion League Ciub was hela Tuesday even- ing for the purpose of selecting a commitiee | to nominete officers for the year 1897. The | attendunce was large. Colonel George | Stone, president of the club, presided, and | announced the object of the meeting. A nominating committee consisting of the following members was chosen: A. P.Wil- | liams, T. K. Stateler, J. C. Currier, J. F. Sheehan, J. C. B. Hebbard, D. E. Miles and J. A. Waymire. The committee is charged with the duty | of nominating eleven directors and desig- nating of that eieven a president, two vice- | presidents, a secretary and treasurer. | The committee will meet in due time, | nominate a ticket and post the same in the club as the regular ticket to be voted | for at the annual election, to be held on | the second Tuesday of January. 1t the | ticket so nominated and posted does not give general satisfaction members may | put an opposition ticket in the fieid. At the last election the opposition ticket em- | braced the names of quite a number of | candidates on the regular ticket. The subject of moving into apartments more ample and desirable was discussed at the meeting Tuesday evening. The meeting authorizea tne president to ap- point a cummittee to look for suitable rooms, and report the result of theirin. vestigation to the club. General Robert A. Friedrich, who was been active in his efforts to raise money to build a monument in memory of the late General John McComb, has securea the sum necessary, and the monument will soon be designed and placed in posi- tion. i PG — TWO0 MURDER OASES A. Mitchell and Arthur Jackson on Trial for Their Lives. ! Two murder trials will be closed in the | Superior Court to-day, and it is expected that verdictsgvill be resched in both cases before to-morrow morning. Joseph A. Mitchell, charged with the murder of E. T. Hicks, is having the qaes- tion of his guiit or innocence investigated in Judge Bahrs’ court. He testified in his own behalf yesterday. He admitted the killing, and said that he acted in self- defense; that Hicks frequently assau'ted him, at one time knocking him down with a pair of brass knuckles. The Deputy District Attorney opened the ar- gument for the prosecution. This morn- ing Attorney J. N. E. Wilson will reply, and the case will go to the jury in the afternoon. In Juige Belcher’s court yesierday the time was occupied by Attorneys Carroil Cook and T. V.Eddy in arguing for the defense in the case of Arthur Jackson, charged with the murder of August Flor- entine. Jackson also admits the killing, | and also pleads self-defense. Deputy District Attorney Hosmer closes for the prosecution -this morning, after which Judge Belcher will deliver his charge to the jury. For Benevolent Britons, The British Benevolent Society of 604 Merchant street has issued an appeal for con- tributions to aid Britonsin need. The insti- tution is worthy of support, as is vouched for lv:'y the names of its officers, Rev. W. W, Bolton, . Doxey, J, C, Woodward, A PUBLIC VIEW IN PRIVATE ROOMS Peculiar Decision of the Hanging Committee of the Art Institute. A Picture Rejected Because It Had Bzen Exhibited at the Bohemian Club. Disgust Over a Ruling Which Classes a Club Functioa as a Public Affair. Clubdom has received something of a sur- prise at the recent decision of the hanging committee of the Art Association as to just what is a club exhibition. Chris Jorgensen had a picture in which he had put his heart, and called it “Ben Lomond'’—a very pretty thing, acknowl- edged to b» well within all the essentials as to merit. Bat it was not accepted, does not hangin good or bad light, high or low, on the line or off, anyw here upon the walls of the institute. Instead, Mr. Jorgensen | was in receipt of one of those little notes from the committee advising him of its rejection and asking what disposition might be made of it. The reason given in this case, however, has stirred up a row among more people than the immediate friends of Jorgensen. The rule of this exhibition is that all works of art offered must come there as wholly new to the public—must never have been publicly exhibited befora. Now, Mr. Jorgensen'’s “Ben Lomond” had hung upon the walls ¢f tue Be- hemian Club, together with a select few of the works of other local artists, which had been taken there at the express wish of certain of the Bohemians, and, being there, the Bohemians had sent out cards of invitation to other Bohemians, members of the club and otherwise, to come and enjoy it. For a time the picture was thus on view within the sacred pre- cincts of the club. The Langing committee, for this, de- clared that Jorgensen’s picture offended, according to the iaw forbidding pictures previously exhibited to the public, and the committeemen declined to hang it. For this Mr. Jorgensen complains, and 80 do the members of the art committee of the Bohemian Club. Horace G. Platt, once president of the institute and now, chairman_of this committee of the Bo- hemian Club, especially denounces the decision as unjust. It is particularly shocking to ctubmen to have it saia that an exmibition within the club is a public exhibition. That is enough to set a Bo- hemian Club man’s teeth on edge. Mr. Platt says that he considered the pictures in the hands of the club as merely having been loaned to friends. He is very sorry that the act of courtesy on Jorgensen’s part should bave resalted in barring his picture out of the institute, but he is shocked beyond measure at the ruling of tne institute that a club function is a i r. The ruling will probably XEW TO-DAY. 636 Market, Opposite Palace. Telephone Main 1333. Tiree Days’ Special Prices! Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Sweet Brier Sugar Corn, $1.50 per dozen cans, Teguiar $2. Our own brand, the finest Maine Sugar Corn in the market. ACove its us.al siandard this year. Coffee, onr special blend. . 30c, regular 37140 Pennsyivania Pure Buckwheat Fiour. v ib packages, a general reduc- .62 per pound, regul 15¢, regular 25c 20c, regular 30c 3:& reg “25c. regu -15c, regu: Chamois Wrapper Vanilla Pin< Wrapper Vaoilia. Bl o Wrapper Vanilla Green Wrapper Trip e Vanilia. Premium, Unsweeteued, Vanills Whiskey....75c. 3 botsles 82, reguiar $1 per bottle 1 Star, Taylor Distillery Label. We have Imported a fine assorted stock of Havaoa Cigars £.r the hoidays. Our assortment of Kev West consists 0f new sizes and shapes put up handsomely in Gold Foil. Christmas Tree Ornaments and Candles at re- duced prices. Open Evenings for the Next Two Weeks. KITTY MORRISON Money Cannot Be Collected for Aiding a Mar- riage. Justice Harrison D=fices the Law for the Supreme Court. E:izabeth Roig:rs, Formerly Mrs. Montgomary, Owes N thin; for Marriage Brokerage. “The freedom of choice essential to a happy marriage, and the voluntary selec- tion by each spouse of the person who is to be his companion for life, with all that is implied in the reiation of marriage, are as fuliy prevented by seeking, through the influence of one who is governed solely by mercenary motives, to induce one of the parties to an agreement for marriage to carry it into effect, il he has once been disposed to abandon it, as to endeavor to bring about such an agreement between parties who do not sustain any relation to each other.”’ In these emphatic words the Supreme Court has just placed itse!f on record con- cerning the manner in which matrimony should come about. The case was that of Kitty Morrison against Elizabeth A. Rodgers and Arthur Rodgers. The real defendant was Elizabeth A. Rodgers, wife of Arthur Rodgers. Kitty Morrison brought a suit to recover a certain sum of money from Elizabeth A. Rodgers, on the allegation that Mrs. Rodgers had promised to pay her this sum if she would use her influence to secure her marriage to Alex- ander Montgomery, her first husband. The complaint also sets up that the plain- uff worked to bring about the wedding, and. that she was instrumental therein. The marriage took place, but, according to the allegation, the defendant failed to keep her promise, and has not; puid the motey which she agreed to pay. The Supreme Court took the ground yesterdsy, in affirming the judgment to which Kitty Morrison demurred, that the rule that a marriage brokerage contract is invalid is an elementary provosition. “The ruie that a marriage brokerage contract is invalid,”’ so reads the opinion by Justice Harrison, ‘‘as being contrary to public policy, and that the services ren- dered under such contract are without legal consideration and are incapable of forming the foundation of an action for their recovery, is so elementary that but very tew cases involving the question have found their way into the reportel decisions, but whenever the qnestion nas been presented the courts have invariably declared that the action could not be maintained.” The court couid not distincuish any difierence between the case in question and those in which the rule has been laid down. The fact that in this case there — e NEW Y0-DAY. usical Qifts Sure to be appreciated by every one. 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AYER'S Cathartic Pills CURE DYSPEPSIA. | s % 3 was an existing agreement for marriage between the parties, and that the agree- ment with the defendant was only for the purpose of prometing the carrying out of that agreement, was not found to be suffi- cient to take the case out of the rule. “The basis of the agreement,” so reads the opinion further on, “with the plaintiff 1n the present case is aileged to be the fact that the defendant became apprehensive that the person who had agreed to marry ber would not keep his agreement, and 1t was for the purpose of inducing him to forezo whatever purpose he had to aban- don such contemplated marriage that the plaintiff rendered the services for which the action 1s brought. “There can be no difference in principle between cervices rendered under such an employment and those rendered for the purpose of inducing one to marry another whom he did nou previously know.” Justices Garoutte and Van Fleet cone curred. NEW TO-DATY! Coffee and peanuts are not good unless they are fresh-roasted. Same way with tea; and so we roast Sckilling's Best in San Francisco—not in Japan and China and Cey- lon. NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN &Co. (Incorporated) Last Four Nights and Matinee Saturday MR. WILTON LACKAYE And his Great Company, assisied by MARIE WAINWRIGHT Present! he Successful Unique Double Bill, MOLIERE. CAPT. BOB. A drama in one act. ‘The beantiful comedy. Last Performance Sunday Night. Y -\ \ Next Monday One night only. and her Concart Co. Seats now seliing, SEATS READY TO-DAY C. B. Jefferson’s. Klaw and Erlanger's Wonderful Production, BROWNIES! With the Ma FLYING BALLET, ORI GIRLS, DISAPPEAK WANDERING First Performance, N First Mat., Sat., Dec. 19. TIVOL! OPERA-HOUS= MES EENESTINE Enk:u' 3. Proprietor & Maaags THIS WEEK ONLY. **The Boots, The Boots, The Boots of the Carbineers.”’ Offenback’s Operatic Fantasie “THE BRIGANDS. NEXT WEEK, « THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.” Look out for “Jarml the Deansta’k,” Our Gorgeous Holiday Spectacle. .25c and 501, Proprisy:y PALMER CoX's ING THURSDAY, Dec. 17, rst Sun. Ngt., Dec. 20, T F1 Popular Prices... Cighany O’Farrell Streer, Feiween Stockion and Poweil. SEE the COMEDY BILL of the SEASON JEAN CLERMON1'S ANIMALS, GALLETT:’S MONKEY COTEDIANS, CU=HMAN AND HOLCONB, KAOLY, THE THREE DUNBAR SISTERS, And a Great Vaudeville Company. Reserved sea:s. 25¢; ralcony, 10¢; Opera-chalcs and box-seats. SUc. COMING—Nilsson’s European Aerial Eallet (the original flying ballet) in conjunction with Kiralty's wrapd Upera Ballet of fifty Coryphees sud five Premieres—the grandest ballet ever produced in California. ) A MOST EMPHATIC SUCCESS ! A perfect production of the Story of the South, ——“ALABAMA! —— By augustus ‘I homas. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF GEORGE OSBOURNE & HUGO TOLAND Order seats by telephone, Black 991, Night—15¢, XEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. . 'PRIDLATILR.GOTTLOD & Go- LESSES ATD RANAGERS - NOT EVEN THE AIRSHIP CREATES THe FUROR THAT JOSEPH GRISMER AND PH(EBE DAVIES Do in the Greac Melodramatic Success, — THE COTTON KING! — Calico Mill In Full Operation. Jolly Picnic Scene, Filled With Songs, and Merrymaking. Startling Elevator Scene—The Specially Engaged Cast. Dances Next Attraction—THE FRAWLEY COMPANY. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSC Sole Lessee and Manager " 'Ihe Funny Wesiern Comedy Drama, THE PROMISED LAND! A THRILLING SENSATIONAL PLAY By Harry Meredith, author of “Ranch 10,” ete. ‘Wonderful Mechanical and Scenic Effects. Starilinz Sitoation: Side-splitting Humor, Evéning Prices 255 and 393. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. THE CHUTES. Pirri, the Chute Coaster, and Richards, the ‘Wonderful Diver, KEvery Lvening—FREE! DE GEAR’S FAKE AIRSHIP! The Greatest Humbu: of the Century! NO EXTRA CHARGE. —BOB FITZSIMMONS SUNDAY,— THIRD ANNUAL HORSE SHOW Decombor 8,10, 1 and 12, 1998 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. CONCERTS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS, Conducted by VALENTINE HUBER. General Admission, Day 50c. Evening 81 Reserved seats on sale at H. S. Crocker Co’s, 227 and 229 Post st. No sea.s reserved for day exhibitions except privats boxes. :00d seats on main floor and all seats In gallery included in price of general admission. PACIFIC C0AST JOCKEY CLUB CNGLESIDE TRACK), The only Perfect Winter Raceirack in America, RACING R8s RACING Racing from Nov. 30 o Dec. 12, Inclusive. 3 T < 2 Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shine. FIRST KACE AT 2 P. M. Take Southern Pacific trains at Third and Townsend sts. depot, leaving at 1 . 3. Fare for Round Trip, including Ade mission to Grounds, »1.00. Take Mission-s. electric line direct to track. The G. H. Mumm & Co. Stakes, Saturday, Dec. 5, ‘The Palace Hotel Siakes, Saturday, Dec. 12, A. B. SPRECKELS, President. W. S LEAKE, Secretary. _ MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART. WINTER EXHIBITION. Open Daily from 9 A. M. 10 5 P. M. and T Evenlngs. Sundays from 10 A. M. 103 P. u.m 4Admission, 25 Cts. Evenings, 50 Csa.