The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRACNISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1896. CEMBER 19, 1896 AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER - The Brownies, COLUMBIA 1 ¥»ATKR- “The Co.ton King" 3 crosco's OPERA-HOUSE- * The Fire Patrol” ALCAZAR THEATER *Alabama : Livour Orxma Housk.—wJack and The Bean- QurmEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. NEW BUSH-STREET THEATER.— The Queen of the Plains,” Monday evening, December 21. SABATOGA HALL—Masquerade Ball, CIRCUS HOY AL—Eddy and Mason sts.—-P: 1 y Mas --Prot. 0. leason, Monday, December 21. BE (HUTES AND ERaTING RINK.—Dally 8t Haight street, Ove block east of the Park. SUTRO BATHS—Bathing and performances. UAKLAND RACE TRACK.—Races to-aay. ALCTION AL, FY SULIIVAN & DOYLE—T uesday, Decamber 22, Horses and Buggles, etc., at 1618 Pacific avenne, S. &t 11 o’clock. BY EasTON & ELDRIDGE Oil Paintings and Sketc e Lotel, at 2:30 and 7 :7! A 13 FAsTON & } LDRIDOK. uesday, December 22, Real Fstate, at salesrooms, 63% Market st. s at12 o'clock. 3 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Fair, Saturday—Local mon, . Magdalena Flores, who was born in this City in 1840, died yesterday. Friends of sport are talking of giving Bob Fitzsimmons a complimentary benefit. _The case of L. A. Peterson against J. D. Spreckels & Bros. will be resumed next Mon- uy. A. N. Braun, a carpenter, feil from the new ferry depot building yesterday morning and died a short time aiter. The winning horses at the Oakland track yesterday were: Seaside, Manzanillo, Aquinas, Doxle and Strathmeath. The litile ferry-boat El Capitan is back on the narrow-gauge route. The Encinal broke ber breast beam and is ugain laid up, The Supreme Court has granted a new trial in the libel suit of John W. Turner against William R. Hearst upon technicalities. Jack Davis’ benefit at the Grove-street Thea- ter last night was a fallure financially, only sbout & hundred persons being present. The movement to build a monument to Rovert Burns, to be placea in Goiden Gate Park, is gnlisting much interest among Amer- ican-Scots, The regatta at Sausalito to-day promises to be a great suecess. All the British ship cap- teins have entered boats and some close con- tests are expected. The commercial travelers of this coast pro- pose holding & fair here next year 10 endow beds in every hospital of the State for indigent &nd aged travelers. Winfield Scott has filed asuit against W. V Belvin and W. McMullin Belvin to collect $1898 due on a judgment heretotore secured against the defendants. A commitiee of the People’s party have pre- pared a statement of fundementals for a pro- posed new charter. It contains many novel and interesting suggestions, The John Swett Grammar School defeated the Crocker Grammar School in a football match played at Central Park yesterday siter- noon, the score being 10 10 6. The Christmas festival of St Mary Cathedral Sunday-school was held last even- ing at Neational Hall, on Ellis street, near Yolk. It was&n artistic success. The Police Commissioners last evening made four appointments to the police force. Bar- nard Judge, William Isaacs, George F. Scott and John Jordan were the appointees. The Labor Council last evening voted to ac- cept the report of the executive Committee concerning the jabor directory and adopted the recommendations contained therein. Atthe Geary-street temple Rev. M. 8. Levy last night delivered the last of his series of lectures on “The Jew n Fiction.” His sub- ject was George Eliot’s “Daniel Deronda.” G. W. Robinson of Mendocino County told the Grand Jury yesterdsy how he was swin- dled out 0: $1500 by & land transaction in which parties in this City were concerned. son A. Primus’ replica painting of t Betore Pilate” was exhibited yeste: the Columbia Theater. It isa large ontaining life-size figures, as in the Tuesday. December s, in Maple Hall, P orecast Official Ham- Children’s Home-finding Society bazaar ) Sutter street will ciose to-night. One home.ess baby will be taken to the country t0-any, and Lhere will be another one on view 8t the bazaar. Judge Belcher and County Clerk Curry held a consultation in regard to exhibits in crim- inal trials, and practicelly agreed that the s shall remain in the possession of the clerk of the court. he case of Father Yorke, charged with ninally libeling George Thistleton, was dis- missed on preliminary examination before Judge Cempbeil yesterday on the grounds of insufiiciency of the comptaint. The athletic field day at the Presidio yester- day, at which the rank and file of the post in- termixed, was productive of much enthusiasm, not only as between the contestants, but also the spectators, both military and eivil. There is strong opposition in Richmond dis- trict to the extension of Sutter street through the cemetery. A vote of thanks was exiended the Board o; Supervisors by a citizen meeting last night for postponing filgg action for sixty days. The Valley road is considering the proposi- tion of at Once inaugurating & regular pessen- gerservice beiween San Francisco and all points as far south as Fresno, with every prob- ability that such service will be given the public. Bertha Drews has, according to Superintend- ent Smiley of the Boys' and Girls’ Aid Society, been kiduaped from that institution, and he will apply for & writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court to recover possession of his lost charge. The bark 8. C. Allen was the only vessel that crossed the bar uraided and wjthout accident duritg the recent southeaster. Captain Thompson poured twenty gailons of oil from the majn rigging and it acted like magic on the troubled waters, - The Grand Jury yesterday decided to inves- tigate the assignment to brokers of warrants drawn to pay jurors for services renderea. ‘William Johnson claims that a warrant issued for him was sssigned by another man named -. Johnson to & broker. Large shipments of wool are expected by every steamer from Australia for the next three months. When McKinley is President and protection the order of the day the duty on wool will be restored and the merchants East are taking time by the forelock. Abe Warner, one time proprietor of the famous ‘“Cobweb saloon” at North Beach, died in poverty on Thursday evening at his shanty | on Francisco street, near the site of the oid re- sort. The funeral will take place from Gray’s undertaking establishment on Sunday at 1P M The Supreme Court has made an order for the reversal of ibe order by the Superior Court which dissoived the injunction restraining Crane, the collector of the Turlock Irrigation District, from selling the lands of stockhoiders in the district because they failed to pay an assessment for interest on ponds of the district. Joseph Garcia, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Waliace 10 serve ten years at herd labor in the State prison at San Quentin. Frank L. Stockinz, who admitted tnat he committed perjury by swearing to the value of property that he did notown in executing s straw bond, ,was also sentenced 10 ten years in San Quen- tin. NEW 7Y0-DAY. The , reason you don complain of your tea is you don't know good tea You are only acquaintec with trash. The worst te: in the world is sold to this country. / Schilling's Best is chan- ging all that. If you don’t like it, your grocer returns your money in full. A Schilling & Company San Francisco The British Bark Dalrymple and the American Bark S, C. Allen Both Made the Bar Last Sunday. The Former Was in Tow, but the Hawser Parted, and the Captain Put to Sea Again, The Allen Was Flying Light, but by Pouring Oil From the Main Rigging Captain Thompson Managed to Bring His Vessel In Without Shipping an Ounce of Water, The Dalrymple Got In Yesterday in Tow of the Reliance. POURING OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS The Experience of Captain Thompson on a Break- ing Bar. The Bark S. C. Allen Came in Safely While the Dalrymple Put to Sea. 0il Poured From the Main R gging of the Bark Prevented the Waves From Breaking Aboard. There was oil poured on the troubled waters last Sunday and in consequence the bar off the Golden Gate when breaking was robbed of its terror for one ship at least. One vessel struck on a reef in the north channel. The second parted the hawser she had attached to a tug and had to make sail and stand out to sea, but the | third used oil on the breakers and sailed in unaided. The British ship Centesima, in tow of the Reliance, was the vessel that came in through the north channel, and the bark Dalrymple was in tow. of the Sza Witch. The hawser could not stand the strain, and when it parted the Dalrymple was headed out for sea again. Last Thursday the Reliance picked her up and towed her into por!. The 8. C. Allen was coming in from Honolulu, and when Captain Thomp- son saw the state of the bar he at once or- dered two men with oilpags into the main rigging. All around the bark the waves were rolling mountain high and every one was a breaker. When the cil was poured in a continuous stream overbeard the waves flattened down in a great measure and the break disappeared. Over twenty gallons of oil was poured over the sides of the vessel and in consequence the Allen came in with dry decks. The Centesima and Dalrymple were under water half the time and both of the captains say they never saw a worse bar. ‘he Allen was flying light, and yet with the aid of oil she sailed in and made good ume, Captain Thompson will not go out on the Allen again and his place has been taken by Captain Johnson, late chief offi- cer of the vessel. The former will take the steamer Scray, now being built for the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, to Honolulu, and on his arrival there will assume command of the fine iron bark R. P. Rithet. g The little ferry steamer El Capitan Is back again on the mnarrow-gauge route and the Encinal is once more laid up for repairs. Thursday last the big boat was caught by the wind and tide and thrown so hard against the slip that her breast beam broke. It will take nearly a week to put in a new one and in the meantime pas-engers to and from Ala- meda will have to put up with the crowd- ing that occurs at certain hours of the day on the smaller boat. The captains and pilots of San Fran- cisco have a grievance. They complain that men without licens s are allowed to bring vessels in from sea and take them up the river. Further they assert that many well-known skippers and first offi- cers are either color blind or shortsigh ed, and then point to the fact that while in the East every master mariner has to sub- mit to an eyesight test, bere nothing is done in that line. *Color-blindness and short sight bave been responsible for a great many wrecks that have occurred re cently,” said one of the captains yester- day. “In oneinstance I know positively tiat the mate was nearsighted, and prob- ably the loss of the vessel wili be placed on him. It is time the insurance com- panies made some move in the matter, as they are the parties most interested.”” The election of McKinley and the con- sequent protection tc American indus- tries has begun to make itself felt already. ‘Wool will almost certainly be tuxed, and merchants in the East are hastening to get all of the article they can from Aus- tralia before Cleveland steps down and out. The steamer Mariposh brought a very large consignment, all for Boston, and every steamer that leaves Sydney during the next three months will bring big shipinents. By bringing the wool in now the merchants will save whatever tax may be placed on it later on. All the steam whalers in Oakland Creek are being got ready for next season’s cruise. - Several changes among the cap- tains will be made. Captain McGregor of the Orca has forsaken his allegiance to the Pacitic Steam Whaling Company and will | 8o out next March as masier of the Kar- | luk. Captain Sherman, the father of the | only white child ever born off the mouth | of the McKenzie River, will go out on the Orca, and the chauces are that Captain Williams will take the Beluga. Justwhat will be done with the Baelena remains to be seen. If she is laid up for the season, however, nobody will be surprised. Captain Fred Nelson will bring the Rattler over from Oakiand Creek in a few days and will fit her out for a sealing cruise on the coast, after which he will make for Japan. Nelson is oune of the most expert bunters in California and he almos¢ invariabiy brings back a good catch. Captain Gus Schlehan left last night for Tacoma to join the Chilean bark Lake Leman as first officer. The vessel is ready to seil for Chile and only awaits the arrival of Schlehan in order to start on the vovage. The captain has been specially engaged and will receive a better salary than any chief officer on the Pacific Coast. No attempt will be made to get the steam schooner Bessie K off the south | spit in Coquille River this winter. She is in a sale piace and no damage can come to her. After the storms are over she will be hauled off and once more put in com- mission. The crew will be brought to San Francisco and paid off, and in future the Bessie K will be in charge of a watchman. Kentfield & Co. bave latterly been dumping rubbish into an open space on Steuart street. Yesterday Chief Engineer Holmes of the Harbor Commission ordered the carters to stop and next Tuesday he intends laying the matter before the Com- missioners. Kentfield & Co. have built a retaining wall to keep the rubbish from drifting into the bay and they assert that the Commissioners in consequence have no jurisdiction. The steam schooner Point Arena from Point Arena has been considerably de- layed by tne southeaster. She should have arrived last Thursday, but the chances are it will be this afiernoon before | she gets in. | The Czarina from here for Coos Bay is also behind time, but she probably has been delayed from the same cause. The Czarina will be due here next Monday on the return trip of her maiden voyage. The British ship capiains are preparing for a great celebration at Sausalito to-aay. There will be a regatta and a sociai on board the Glenesslin afterward. Nearly every vessel in port has a boat entered in the races and some exciting contests are expected. Capiain Powles will be the starter, but the referee will not be an- nounced until an hour before the races be- gin. The winners are expected to come from either the Travancore, Granada or Glenesslin. The latter vessel will be the flagship and boats will be at the landing at Sausalito to carry guests to the various vessels in Richardson’s Bay. Christmas Town Talk. By far the handsomest number yet issued by Town Talk, which excels in handsome numbers, js the one which comes to hand this week in Christmas garb. Especial care has been exercised in its artistic, editorial and literary features, and the result is a superb piece of journal- istic enterprise for the sum of 10 cents. There are forty pages, printed on tinely coated paper and embellished with beauti- ful hali-tone portraits of buds, belles and matrons in San Francisco’s Four Hun- dred. Town Talk is, by the way, the only weekly that issues its Christmas edition from its own press and types. Among its attractions are special ariicles by John Bonner, James H. Hamilton, The Graph- ologist, Miss Olga Block, Mrs. Karl Formes and others; stories by Theo. F. Bonnet, Lillian Ferguson, Alice Ziska, Kate Clark Brown, Geor-e E. Lask, Sarah Williamson and Ernest L. Phillips; verse by Lucius H. Foote, Eila M. Sexton, Juliette Estelie Mathis, W. W. Anderson and A. L. McNab; a complete resume of important events in society, musical, literary and dramatic circles; crisp, in- teresting storieites by the Saunterer about the Baldwin-Hobart feud, a laughable wedding incident and other timely sub- jects too varled for mention. Forty-four pages; 10 cents per copy. At all news- dealers. i —_———— A Victory for the Sailors. District Judge Morrow rendered an inter- esting decision yesterday in the case of Wil- liam Hogan and others against the bark J. D. Peters and her master, Captain J. M. Haskell. The libelants were sailors who shippea at Port Townsend for a trip to Alaska and back to San Francisco. Tne sailors claimed that aside from the goods furnished by the ship out of tue slop chest tney ware entitled to wages aggregating $783 20, notwithstanding their ailotment of $25 per man, which their stior- ney said was illegal under the act of 1895 known as the Maguire act. Judge Morrow holds differently and that allotments different from advancements, which are illezal. He decided that the nine sailors were entitled to & lump sum of $558 20 besides their allotments already secured. Judge Morrow ruled that the sailors had been overcharged by the captain for their alloi- ment~, goods taken from the slop chest, and said that in manv instances the captain over- charged from 300 to 400 per ceut His de- cision was virtually a victory for the sailors. ——————— Gents’ Holiday Clothing. Gents' all-wool suits, $6 upward. A fine line of sample overcoats at half price. We can suit .verybody'.‘yockev_ all and see us, The Old I X'L, L. V. Merle, proprietor. corner Kearny and Commercial streets and corner Sixth and Mission streets, o GRAND JURY GETS T00 MUCH JOHNSON Two of That Name Cause a Complication in Its Warrants. Apprised of the Facts by the Judiciary Committee of the Supervisors. Hints Droppec That Bogus Assign- ments by the Job Lot Have Been Made to Brokers. William Johnson of the Mission roared. The roar was caused by the discovery that another William Johnson had signed his name to a warrant of $54 for jury fees. ‘What made the roar ioud and prolonged was the further discovery that payment of the sum called for in the warrant had been assigned to M. M..G. Harding. The roar made a sensation at the City Hall late yesterday afternoon and so frightened the’| Judiciary Committee of Supervisors that the signing of warrants was suspended. In looking over his accounts John A. Russell, clerk of the board, found that $21,000 had been disbursed since last August in payment of jury fees. The Judiciary Committee and the clerk of the board deemed it wise to apprise the Grand Jury of the irregularity, inas- much as Johnson bad made the statement that his case was only one of a dozenof a similar nature. Frederick K. Hobbs of the Grand Jury detailed William L. Ashe, Rob rt Haight, E. P. Farnsworth and Harry W. Goodall to visit the Judiciary Committee. The jurors returned and aiter consultation a essage was sent to Chief Crowley asking that a detective be sent to the Grand Jury. Detective Eagan was advised to report to Messrs. Goodall and Farnsworth. After receiving instructions from the jurors the detective went to John A. Rus. selland obtained the facts concerning the warrant irregularity. He also obtained the warrant in favor of William Johnson, iving a receipt to the clerk thereior. he Grand Jury to-day will hea: Detective Eagan's report, Mr. Russell was not alarmed by the statements made by Johnson, and neither is he convinced' that wholesale frauds have been commitied in the signing of names, transferring warrants to brokers for collection. Yet he deemed it wise to suspsud operations for the present. John- son’s assertion that his own experience was that of a dozen others was somewhat surprising and suggested an investiga- tion. The warrants ior jury services come from the County Clerk’s office and are re- turned to that office when approved by the Board of Supervisors. Harry Piper, chief deputy in the County Clerk’s office, was interviewed for 1HE Ca1w after the matter had been placed in the hands of Detective Eagan. He said the Supreme Court decision of last August upholding the fee bill of 1835 caused a swarm of brokers to come forth. Men who had served on the jury as far back as last March were traced out_from the court records. For examvle, a juror who had served twenty days would be offered $20 tfor his claim.” To many tnis offer was like finding so much money, as they did not know that any amount was due them. An assignment in the presence of a notary was readily made and the broker collected the money. The amount allowed for twenty days is $40. Mr. Piper explained that the system which had been established in the County Clerk’s office was a sure check against double payment and against payment to any person who had not performed jury service. “This case,” said Mr. Piper, “‘which is now being investigated by the Judiciary Committee and the Grand Jury, is easily explained. There are two William Johnsons. One lives at the Mission and the other is 1n business down on Market street., The Johnson on Market street got the warrant which belongs to Johnson of the Mission, and assigned payment to M. M. G. Harding. I have made a memoran- dum to hold the warrant, and have sent for Harding and both of the Johnsons. “You would be surprised,” said Mr. Piper, “at the number ot brokers engaged in this business. In the $21.000 disbursed I do not think any of the money has been paid out to persons who were not entitled 10 receive it.” . Mr. Piper went with the reporter to one of the courtrooms to explain the system followed by the courtroom clerks. For example, if a juror in June bad served iwenty days in the court of which Oscar Tolle 1s clerk that juror goes to Mr. Tolle and asks for his time. Mr. Tolle gives him a slip of paper on which is written the number of days of jury service per- formed, and designates each day of the month in which jury duty was performed by the applicant. This slip .of paper is taken to the chief clerk, who enters the record in the warrant-bock. The warranis are then made out and approved by the County Clerk and sent to the Board of Super- visors. The warrant stub also shows the amount, the name and the number. When approved by the Supervisors the warrants come back to the County Clerk. When the warrant is finally delivered a receipt is taken from the person in whose favor it is drawn or from the broker to whom it is assigned. Before this system was established dbrokers had blank warrants printed and assignments executed before a notary. The Grand Jury may be able to improve the system of certifying the number of days which the juror served. The time certi- ficate should be signed by the Judge on the bench as well as by the clerk of the court. ATTER THE NEW MAP, Members of the Grand Jury Called Upon the Supervisors in Kegard to the Matter. The Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors received a call yesterday from Massrs.Haight and Farnsworth of the Grand Jury in reference 1o the new City map, which the jury recommended that the board refuse to accept. The jurymen were inquisitive about certain streets that had been expunged from the map and other particulars about which they had found fault. City and County Attorney Creswell was present to explain “fi lega! points that might not be clear to Messrs. Farnsworth and Haight and aiter a couple of hours’ talk they left apparently satisfied with the explanations given. ————— A Maniac’s Leap. Lee Ching, an insane Chinaman, took off his clothes and jumped irom the upper window at 1005} Stockton street yesterday morning. He wus taken to the Receiving Hospital, where he was found to be suffering so severly from cnnnip:sxon ot the brain and spine that he can- not live. NEW TO-DAY. hat A ils You? ANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF FEELING OUT OF SORTS IN VARIOUS ways and yet are not able to tell what causes it. They do not feel bad enough to take a course of medical treatment, but know that something is wrong. v somethin : needs attention, for no one feels bad without a and here is where Dr. Sanden proves his great value. He has the faculity of telling his patients what the trouble is, and the honesty to advise them for their benefit. 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On the north wing of the depot the iron frame work has been completed for several days, and a number of carpenters were set to work to build a tramway for cars to carry material to the masons. On the | end’of thisa large derrick was erected to hoist the stone to the roof. : Here it was that Braun, familiarly known as Brown, was standing. He was fastening the guyrope of a swinging boom to the derrick. In some manner that no one seemed to be able to explain the rope slipped and the boom swung around, striking the man a heavy blow. He was knocked from the girder upon which he was standing and a few seconds later his body struck heavily upon the artificial stone foundation sixty feet below. In his downward flight the man’s body struck several heavy iron beams. Braun struck upon the back of his head bursting open his skull. A telephone message summoned the ambulance from the Receiving Hospital, but it was fully balf an hour before the vehicle arrived. The man was still alive, but nnconscious. He died soon after reaching the hospital and his body was sent to the Morgue. Braun was a single man, about 55 years of age and he lived at 51514 Bush street. Good Wishes From McKinley. The Woman’s State Central Republican Club of sixty feet from the foundation, and | NEW TO-DAY! anans Believe in Woman’s Writes? Of course. we do. Who could help it when women write such convincing words as these: “For seven years I suffered with scrofula. physician. I had a good Every means of cure was tried in vain. At last I was told to try Ayer’s Sarsa- parilla, which entirely cured me after using seven bottles.” —MRs. JoEN A. GENTLE, Fort Fairfield, Me., Jan. 26, 1896. Ayer’s Sarsaparilia ..CUres.. met Iast Wednesday evening at Judge Groes- inger’s courtroom. Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, pre- siding. During the meeting the following letter jvas read from President-elect William McKin- ey : Mrs. Addie L. Ballow, President Woman's Repub- lican State Central Club, Room 62, 1170 Market street, San_Francisco, Cal.—MY DEAR MADAM: Major McKinley wish s to return you his sincere thanks to the members of your club for the recent con- gratulations extended by them. He bess that they personaily accep: his compliments and good wishes. Very traly yours, JaMES BOYLE, Private Secretary. i s b Fruit for a German Show. Secretary Filcher of the State Board of Trade left yesterday for Fresno to take in the Citrus Fair in thatcity. He intends to be present at the close, but before then he will secure the best exhibits of citrus frults for shipment to Hamburg, Germany, where they are to be placed on exhibition. After the fair is over he will take a trip southward through the San Joaquin Valley to investigate the condition of horticultural interests in that district. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporaced).....Proprieioss OH, WHAT A HIT! AND THERE IS A MATINEE TO-DAY! C. B. Jefferson's. Klaw & Erlanger’s Wonderful Production, PALMER COX'S | The Marvelous Flying Ballet! SEE | ot Funny German Baud The Wandering Minstrels | Frisco’s Little Pet, Gertie Carlisle! And the many other novel features. SECURE SEATS WELL IN ADVANCE.! TO-NIGHT, AND EVFRY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS ONLIY, INCLUDING SUNDAY NIGHTS. NEW TYO-DAY. HIGH and DRY. No danger of wet feet in any weather. Buckingham & Hecht’s Nova Scotia Seal Cord Sole Shoes are guaranteed absolutely water-proof under all zonditions. Egery Genuine Pair Stamped BUCKINGHAM & HECHT. PRICES—WIth Cork Soles. Men’s... Ladies’ Without Cork Soles. o . . Kasts 738-740 Market St. Carry a Full Line of Buckingham & Hecht’s Fine Shoes. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. NEW TO-LAT—AMUSEMENTS. O’Farrell Streer, Le.ween Stockton and Powail. Matinee To-Day (Saturd: ‘Parquet, any sear, Z5¢; Bhlcony, Children, 10c¢, any part. ANOTHER GREAT COMEDY NOVELTY, Joseph Phoite’s Pantomimg Company. A Big London Hit AND THE TALK OF THE TOWN HERE. 20—Great Vaudeville Stars—:0 | Last Night of SIUART and ROMALO BROS. Next v eek, Nilsson’s ~.uropean Aerial Bailet (the original flying ballet) in conjunction with Kiralfy’s Grand Opera Ballet of fifty Coryphees and five Premieres—the grandest baller ever produced in Calitornia. Last Times—Mat. To-day—Most ———*ALABAMA By Augustos Thomas. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF GYORGE OSBO{ RNE & HL GO TOLAND Next, “THE CRICK T ON THE Hi ARTH.” Order seats by telephone, Black 991. Night—15¢, 26c, 35¢. 50c. Matinee—15¢, 25¢, 85c. FRESNO CITRUS FAIR WILL BE CONIINUED UNTE MOXDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 2L The California Navigation & Improve- ment Co.’s boats leave San Francisco at 6 P. M. caily, connecting with Special Train from Stockton at 7:20 A. M., via The San Francisco and San Joaquin Vallev Ry. Tickets will be sold on Saturday and Sunday at $3.50 each, good for return un- til Wednesday, Decem ber 23. THE CHUTES. BENEFIT POOR SICK CHILDREN'S FUD TO-DAY Balloon Ascension Sunday by C. W. VOSMEK. Emphatic Success M mfl ICOLANOLR.GOTTLOD & Co- LESSES AND MATAGLRS "<~ ON’T BE DECEIVED! It You Want to See a Really Great Play Come This Afierncon JOSEPH GRISMER AND PHOEBE DAVIES In the Powerful melodrama, THE COTTON KING! Monday Next—THE FRAWLEY COMPANY In *The Kailroad of Love.’’ SEATS NOW_ ON SALE SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS. + TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSZ= MES.ERNKSTINE KRETINA. Proprieior & slauasas —TEIIS EVENING— ‘And Every Evening Till Further Notice, Our Holiday Spectacie! A Treat for Youngand Old “JACK —AND THE— BEANSTALK!” The King, Jack, the Queen, The Giant, Cow, the Princess, The Fairies, the Mortals, rhe Goddesses. New Bnllets! Electric March! Specialties! iscautiful Costumes ! Lovely Scenery ! = Catchy DMusic! Eright Lines! Oscar L. Fest's Magnincent Trausformation, Flora’s Offening, “THE BIRTH OF THE ROSE.” Fopula Prices.. 25¢c 11 50c. MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSC Lessee and Manager ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS! THE POLICE PATROL! A THRILLING MELODRAMA, With Magnificent Mechanical and Scenic Effects. 2 Trained White Horses 2 Replete With Sensations! Full of Fun! Novel Evening Prices—10¢, 250 and 500. Matinees Saturday and Sunday.® BUSH-STREET THEATER. Hilton & Co......Lessees | Ed Ambrose... Manager Christmas Holidays! Grand Reopening! MOMNDAY, DEC. 21’AND EVERY EVENING ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY ! Engagement of the Dniyhlljng Equestrienne, M13S In Her Ceiebraicd Eastern Success, THE QUEEN OF THE PLAINS! Supported by A POWERFUL DRAMATIC COMPANY. Three Grand Holiday Matinees! Friday, Saturday and Suiday, 8t 2 P, M. Popular Prices.... 0c. 20c and 80 Box-Office Now Upen. SUTRO BATHS. —NEXT SUNDAY,— Grand International Tug-of-War! 10 TEAMS WILL COMPETE. There will be no contests any night this week. The finals will be pulled off every Sunday After noon until decided. General Admission 25 Cents. RACING adalec RACING ~—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— OAKLAND RACE TRACK. WINTER MEETING, 1896-'97. Beginning Tuesday, November 18, acing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, > i hursday, Friday and Saturday. 4 Rainor Shine. —Races Start av 2:15 P. M. Sharp— FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. Ferry Eoats leave San Francisco at 12 x. and 12:30,1.00, 1:30 and 2:00 P. M., connecting with trains stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets Lo Berkeley. Returning—TTains leave the Track at 4:15 and 4346 2. . and immediately after the las: race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS J&, President R. B, MILROY, Secretary. CIRCUS ROYAL. People’s Palace Bul ding, EAdy and Mason sts COMMENCING DEC. 21, 1896. LIMITED SEASON. PROF. 0. R. GLEASON, WORLD-RENOWNED HORSE-TAMER, In His Great and Marvelous Exhibitions bee Gleason Subdue the Wildes: Horses. POPULAR PRICES. POPULAR PRICES. 10¢, 20¢, 30c¢, 50c. GRAND MASQUERADE BALL Of the Amt Lillenthaler Verein, Saturday evening, December 19. 1896, at Saratoga Hall, 514 Geary . Tickets 50c, at the door. Grand promenade concert at 8:30. ' Hat checks free. Music by Gott- lieb von der Mehd u's band. Costumes to be had of M. Schaefer at the ball on the evening of the