The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANC’ISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1896. .DECEMBER 80, 1896 AMUSEMENTS, BaLpwrx TEEATER —The Brownfes. CAL1¥ORNIA THEATER.—“A Paris Tragedy,” Thursday, December 31, CoLuMBIA 7 HyaTER—"His Wite’s Father.” MoR0SCOS OPERa-Housk—-Across the Poto- mac. ALCAZAR THEATER.— “Niobe" TIVOLI UPERA HousE.— «Jack and The Bean- stalk. OrPEEUM—High-Class Vaudeville, CIRCUS ROYAL—Eddy and Mason sts.—Prof. O. or R. G MECHANICS' PAVILION — Grand Mas querad Ball, Thursday evening. 1BE CHUTES AxD .SKATING RINK.—Daily at Haight street, onie block east of the Park. SUTRO BATHs—Bathing and performances. PACIFICC 0asT JOCKEY CLUR.—Races to-day. AUCTION AL S, Fy Cmas. LEVY & Co.—Thursday, December 81, Forniture st salesroom, 1135 Market street,ar 10 o'clock. BY §. PascH—This day, ceries, etc., at 1801 December 30, Gro- st.. at 11 o'clock. " CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. | | ow will be muster day at the Pre- nencing at 9:30 A, M. ates District Juage McKenna will cision in the aerial ballet case this To-mo: sid Unitec givead morning. The Coroner held eleven inquests yesterday and vedicts of suicide were returned in five of The Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers' sociation has elected officers to serve next | in their association. The German Ladies’ Benevolent Society yes- terday distributed clothing and food to 200 poor women and children. California is the only State in the Union in | h the civil authorities have jurisdiction a military reservation, Asa Fisk. the well-known money-lender, is in poor health, although his famiiy do not feel any alarm concerning his condition. The Board of Supervisors has finally passed | the ordinance r:olnbiung throwing banana peels on sidewalks and in other places. John E. W. Coleman’s est has been ap- praised at 86153 48. Of this, $800 is in per- | sonal property and the balance in cash. Morris Scheuer, a butcher, was yesteray sentenced (o six months in the County Jail by Judge Low for offering for sale diseased meat. e the Collector of tne Port is delaying s selection of an interpreter of Chinese ¥ Chinese females are arriving at this ove innersatthe recent police competition i-pistols were presented with their piain Wittman yesterday after- oc prizes by Ca noon. The Board of Education has established a | school on the Farallon Islands and s appointed Miss Daisy Annette Doud s its | teacher. | The American Type Founders’ Company yes- | terday instituted suit against William Muir | 1 5070 on account of goods sold to | ndant. The executive committee of the exhibitors atthe Guatemals Exposition met yesterday at the State Board of Trede rooms and took defi- nite action. Aquinas took the Pommery Sec stake at | Ingieside yesterdey. The other winners were: | 2 Sweet Favordale, Reddington | 1l on Telegraph Hill will probe- to the top of the new ferry butld. er, where a weather signal station will also be established, Afrs. Annfe Donanhue’s will was admitted to | bate by Judge Belcher yesterday. Mrs.von | oeder h year in which to file a contest, to do so. i dge Coffey has signed a decree distributing | e bulk of the Joshua Hendy estate to the ben- eficiaries named in the willand the litigation is considered at an end. The Grand Jury yesterday appointed a com- mittee to inspect the schools with regard to | their sanitary condition. The matter is to be looked into thoroughly | Attorneys Curran and Francoeur have filed | & complaint in the case of £dward L. Wagner | #gainst Thomas W. Rivers to test the legality | of the recent election in this City. | William Lange Jr. bas sued John C. Hughes, | executor of the will of the late Elizabeth Mox. | ley, for $12,486 24, due on promissory notes | de in fayor of W. E. Kleinsorge, | Rein Wednesday, with liigh southeast wind | and dangerous gales off shore, is what Mr. | Hammon, the forecast official, hus provided for to-doy. There isa big storm brewing, he | Baye Judge Belcher has issued an order restrain. | ing City Treasurer Widber from paying $7000 | to City Surveyor Tilton for the new City map | until the suit of George W. Daywalt has been | decided. The directors of the Olympic Club, at a spe- clal meeting held yesterday afternoon, decided to give Egan, the poxer who lost in a bout | with Heyes at the Irecent tournsment, a spe- | cial prize. ‘ The Supreme Court has ordered thata writ | of mandate shall issue to compel City and | County Treasurer Widber to pay coupons of Dupont-street bonds in the Fil.ignuon insti- tuted by Livingsion and others. Naval Officer Colonel Irish is preparirg the | testimony taken in the noted Zante grape or currant case to forward to New York, where the importers of that city have decided to con- test the matter of duty once more. John Willlams, aliss Vincent Bailey, who disappeered on June 21, after being released opn his own recognizance on the charge of dis- ch g firearms within the City*limits, was convicted by Judge Conlan yesterday. | In Judge Coffey’s court yesterday, a further | continuance for one day was granted_in the | proposed settlement of the Thomas H. Wil- | iams estate. The ciaim of Joseph L. Moody | for $11,000 is in process of adjudication. | Sergeant Wollweber raided the Wah Hing | San Fong Tong, & Sam Yup highbinder organi- zation, yesterday in search of Chew Ging’'s | essassin, but the members escaped through a | trap door and he failed to find the man he | sought. ! The United States Attorney-General has re- | ceived word from Washington to look into the | matter of the dispute between the preserve clubs and ontside sportsmen and ascertain if the Davis slough is a navigable stream or not, and if it is to see if it is obstructed. Under the stipulation between the Attorney- General and Theodore Durrant's attorneys the | answer of Durravt to the brief of the Attor- | ney-General must be filed not later than fo- morrow. The appeal for a new trial will be‘ seady for oral argument on its merits; | This afternoon the Polk-street fiesta will be | opened and will be continued during the | afternoons and evenings of two days. Prepara- | tions have been made for a splendid celebra- tion of the lighting of that thoroughfare. The carnival will close with & ball on New Year's | eve. In a letter to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, & member of the New York Stock Exchange declares that the duty of seeuring the rapld completion of the Nicaragua canel now devolyes primarily upon Pacific Coast Congressmen, and their constituents are most to be benefited by it. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision hat the Board of Supervisors had no jurisdiction to order the grading of Union street through private property in the tract known as the Laguna survey, and has re- manded the case of Spaulding against Wesson and others for & new trial. m NEW TO-DAY. FAGCE RAW AND LEEDING My little boy was affiicted with Eczema in acute form for a year, during which we tried without success every known remedy. The dis- order appeared on the right cheek and was of & blistery and bloody form. His pillow, mornings, would bear the bioody imprint of the ‘side of face, while it was impossiblé to prevent him from scratching his face owing to the itching. Advised to try CUTICURA, I bought a box. The first application was made at night, and it is a fact, that the sppearance of the affected parts showed a noticeable improvement the nextmorn- ing, and, continuing the treatment. as a result, my child hl;ll fair and smooth skin as can be found anywhere. sk y"W. 8. NEEDHAM, Pataskals, O. Srxzpy_Cums TREATMENT. — Warm baths, with e applications of CUTICURA (0int- ety e m-‘:‘{-‘ Curorand mild doses of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of humor cures. Sold _throughout the world. Price, CUTIOURA, S0c.§ 80Ar, Be.; KesoLyent, Sc. and $1. PorTER DRUG ‘axp Camx. Coxp., Sole Props., Boaton. . @ How to Cure Every Disesse.” mailed tne, 4 | rival in business. = DOVLE ARRAGNED . HONTIVGTOM The Anti-Funding Memo- rial Has Been Com- pleted. All the Alleged Iniquities of the Central Pacific Re- vived. Liberal Contributions Made to the | Fuad for S:nding Agents to Washington. The committee of fifty met at Mayor Sutro’s office in the City Hall yesterday to hear the reports of committees seiected to raise funds and make other preparations to fight the funding bill. There were present: Mayor-elect Phelan, Mayor Su- tro, James Barry, Thomas F. Barry, A. S. Barny, G. W. Monteith, Max Popper, John Button, George M. Coward, Judge Thompson and Frank P. Suilivan. The following subscriptions to the fund were reported: Mayor-elect Phelan $500, | Examiner §500, George K. Fitc.. $100, Max Popper §100, Mr. Button $100 and Frank Sullivan $200. The chairman ot. the finance coramittee was given full power to disburse the funds. It was announced that Hon. Charles Sun.- ner will soon Jeave for Washington as the | committee’s rTepresentative, and that Mayor-elect Pheian may Zo aiter he is installed in office. The. memorial to Congress prepared by | John F. Doyle was completed yesterday | afternoon, too late to be submitted to the meeting. It bears this title: “The Cen- tral Pacific Railroad; Debt—California’s Remonstrance against Refunding It,” and consists of a pamphlet of twenty-nine pages, comprising about 20,000 words, After reterring to the more than gener- ous policy of the Government in the mat- ter of subsidy bonds and land grants to the Central Pacitic Railroad Company the memorial says: The indulgence and extension of time here involved are asked under false pretenses, the disingenuousness of which should forbid en- tertaining the proposal, The demand for time 1o pay is based on the suggestion of poverty on the part of the debtor, wnose earming power it is said cannot reach’ beyond the pit- tance proposed to be required by the pending bill, but the pretense of poveriy is entirely false. The Central Pacific Railroad Company is paying dividends to its shareholders to-day, with promise to double them assoon asthe Dbill passes, and it has very large means, money claims, which should be called in and applied to the payment of its debts. Some of these are as follows: Claims against its former directors and man-: agers amounting to many millions for misap- propriation of its funds and property by meaus of frauaulent contracts’ and dealings with themselves through the disguise of construc- tion compauies: the Contract and Finance Company, the Western Development Com- pany, e Clalms of great magnitude against the South- ern Pacific Railroad Company, its successiul Claims against its directors for fraudnlent mismanagement whereby its revenues have been impaired for their own benefit. It is shown how, by the ‘‘acquiescent | co-operation” of Mr. Searles, who marriea Mrs. Hopkins and inherited her Southern Pacitic Company stock, C. P. Huntington secured control of the corporation, and continues: Being a Kentucky corporation, the Southern Pacific Company organization is not governed | by the laws of this State, wherein its business lies, and the proportional representation of stockholders in the direction aliowed by Cali- fornia law bas no place. The other partes in interest are therefore indebted to the consid- eration of Mr. Huntington for tneir positions in the board, and must dance to such music as be sees fit to piay. He is the presidentof tire company and is no King Log. He con- trols everything, and is toall intents and pur- poses the company. Returning from this necessary introduction of the characters we come to the gigantic fraua on the Central Pacific Company, perpe- trated by its managers in 1880. It consisted essentially in using the credit and means of that company to build for their own benefit ihe Soutnern Pecific road asa rival line, de- | signed and calculated to destroy the value of the Centrall How this was done is related in detail. It is stated that Southern Pacific Railroad bonds to the amonnt of $32,000,000 were | sold at an average price ot 95 per cent of their face on the credit of the Central Pa- cific and that $10,000,000 worth of land was granted to the company by Govern- ment. *‘All these large sums,’” says the memorial, “‘should be accounted 10 the Central Pucific Company as the fruits of the fraud.”” It continues as follows: Thus the dishonest directors of the Central Pacific road procured the means for construct- ing the Southern Pacific, which by its shorter mileage between the oceans, its easier grades, | and the preference given it in the routiug of | freight has been almost the ruin of the Cen- tral Pacific. Toensure the disastrous result, however, the managers determined to cut off its local freights aiso, and to this end con- structed (in the names of campanies ultimately consolidated with toe Southern Pacific) a sub- | stantially Ym'nllel road through the San | Joaquin Valley on each side of the Central, ready to intercept every pound of ireight ap- proaching it on eitherside! Other important excerpts from the memorial follow: To pay & dividend of 1 per cent on the stock of the Central Pacific Company requires $672,- 000, an amount 100 large to be overlooked by a slip in bookkeeping or to be easily concealed under some general head. And the question whence comes the money wherewitn they are paid is not without importance. Denied authoritative iniormation as to the motives for or the source of this extraor- dinery dividend, which was paid to the stock- holders without being earned by the company, declared by the board of directors or show on the books of account, we are driven to conjéc- ture; and the suggestion arises that they may e paid by one or more of the guilty directors or other persons interested in placating the dissatisfied stockholders and pass- ing the refunding bill. This conjecture is mnot without probability, and if accepted, public opinion will not be apt to hesitate long as to the name of the dis- tributor of such lavish largess or in conjec- turing its motive. A settlement made with the United States, embodied In an act of Con- gress, which at the same time condones so many and such monstrous frauds, insures his Bouthern Pacific Railroad for eighty-eight years against the competition of the Central Pacific rond, and gives to his dishonest ninety- nine years’ lease the sanction of the law of the land, may well be worth double or treble the sum required to pay these dividends—say $4,082,000, 2. In any case for Congress, in face of the reve- lations here mude, to pass a refunding sct based, as all such propositions are, on the “Epowd inability of the company to pay its debt, withoat a previous clear explanstion and understanding of this transaction, whether it represents dividends or hush money, would be to put itself in the position of appearing as either the dupe of designing men or their instrument in deceiving others. This Central Pacific Company under its past and present management has come to be the most cdious and detested corporation that has probably ever been kuown, and this “for rea- sons, capital, confess:d and proved.” It has invented and put in force more and more dif- ferent modes of vexations in transportation than probably any other in the world, and we have always been the sufferers. By their omnibus lease and ihe-lease of the Central Pacific road, they have united practi- cally all the roads in the State under the man- egement of a foreign corporation, which in turn is ungder the control of a single individ- usl, whose greed hes no limit and who avows that he has no other or higher siandard of right than his own opinion. He has never made public his genergl code of morals, if he has any, but in letters to his former associate he exhibits his ideas on procuring Congres- sional legislation to be, in brie, to bribe those who will accept and vilify those who will not. By this combination they for years simul- taneously withheld payment of railroad taxes, unhinging the machinery of the State Govera- + ment aud throwing the public service out oll January 5. Address Ira G, Hoitt, Ph.D, gear. Public schools were closed, Superviso: legislators and executive ofticers bribed, 1 junctions defied, and all this under the pre- tense of ascertaining the constitutionality of an enactment procured by themselves and assed for their benefit. Goaded by provocations such as those here adverted to—and tney are but specimen cases to which similar ones are of constant occur- rence—the people of California have long looked forward to the expiration of the charter of the Central Pacific road for delivery from this body of iniqajty, at least for their chil- dren, &nd on their behalf we respectiully and earnestly entreat Congress not to pass any act whieh will continue down fo the coming gen- eration any part of the off:nse, outrage and oppression which we bave endured from this iniquitous combination now called the Southern Pacific Company. Deprived of the management and power to continue to plun- der the Central Pacific road, it can haraly fail to go to pieces and relax its grasp on the vitals ofour State, It may almost be said ‘that all the known operations of the Pacific Railroad manage- ment in this State are saturated with fraud anu dishonesty which recur atevery turn of their proceedings. Enough has been said to show the need of a thorough investigation by the Government of the reiations of the Central Pacific Company to the parties who have so long hela it in their grasp, and the enforcement of its just claims against them. This done, it wil. be found that <0 far from being insolvent, the company can easily be recognized asagreat trunk line to the Pacific Coast, compeling fairly with all others, ,and on the basis of splvency and honest man- agement, manifestiy to theadvantage of the Government as a creditor and of its own stock- holders. Inany event, the projerty, if it has 1o be sold, can be then offered with knowledge of what it consis:s and what i's earning ca- pacity is—things ‘at' present absoiuteiy un- known to any one but the Southern Pacific combination, who have for so many years past managed its affairs to its own destruction. Itmust not be forgotten to extend the pay- ment or refund this debt as proposed is prac- tically to sell the road to its present manage- menton a credit of a hundred f"r! taking their promise to pay in small insta{lments. Congress does not, nor does auy of its_mem- bers, or any executive officer of the United States, or, indeed, auybody, know what prop- erty you arc selling. No inventory of it exists, and tnis ignorance shuts off all come petitive bidding. We believe that all the desired ends can be obtained by means of a foreclosure of the Government lien on the road. For tbis pur- puse, as the property lies in several different States, complete jurisdiction should be con- ferred on some one of the courts of the United States, and the ordinary powers of the court enlarged so as to enable it to ascertain and re- dress, 1n the foreclosure suit, all frauds prac- ticed on the company or its shareholders by the management or by their tools or confed- erates, and the application of any moneys re- covered from such parties to the sinking fund in the Uniiéa States treasury. We therefore respectfully pray Congress to instruct iis ap- propriate committees 10 prepare and report a bill to that effect, LOS ANGELES' PARK. Exact Copy of the Generous Offer of G. J. Grifith The following is an exactcopy of the original offer made by the generous donor, G. J. Griffith, of a tract for the Los An- geles Park: To the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles —YOUR HONOR AND GENTLEMEN: In the course of twenty-three vears of active business life in California I have become proudly attached to our beautiful city of Los Angles, wnich,through its great natural advantages and its matchless climate, averaging 300 sunny days in the year, is destined to soon become & great metropolis. The arduous work of these years bas been re- warded with fair success, and recognizing the duty which one who has acquired some little wealth owes tothe commuuity in which he has prospered, and desiring toaid the advance- ment and hlp&)!ness of the city that has been for 5o long and always will be my home, I am impelled to make an offer, the acceptance of which by yourselves, acting for the people, I beifeve will be a source of enjoyment and pride to my fellews and add a charm to our eloved city. Realizing that public varks are the most desirable feature of all cities wnich have them, and that they lend an attractive- ness and beauty that no other adjunct can, 1 hereby propose to present to the city of Los Angeles, as a Christmas gift, & public park of about 3000 acres of 1and in one body, situated & fraction over a mile north of the northern city line, including fully two and a half miles of ‘the frostless foothills bordering on the Cahuenga Vailey, five miles of the Los Ange- lesriver bottom, the lands generally known as the Ostrich Farm, and the beautiful little valley which was called the Press Colony site. Also ‘with these lands the improvements thereon, consisting of several buildings and & water plant with tunnels and piping, jthe original cost of these having been over $10,000, and all of which will be of service and benefit in improving the park. This will include over 2000 acres of tillable land arid some of the most romantic scenery of any park in the world. Nct only will it be the Iargest city park in the world, but its diver- sity of picturesque vailey, hill, river and mountain, with 1ts many varieties of trees and its rich undergrowil, render it suscept- ible of being cultivated into the most beau- tiful of parks. I will deed this land to the city as soon as the City Engineer has established the lines satisfactorily, but in making this donation I would like to impose the condition, if after consideration it should appear that it may be legally done, that no raliroad to this park be cnartered with the right to charge & larger fare than 5 cents. I wish to impose this con- dition to insure this tare, 8o that the park will be in every sense the people’s recreation grounds and transportation to it kept within the reach of the most modest means. 1 wish to make this gift whiie Iam in the full vigor of life that I may enjoy with my neighbors its beauties and pleasures and that I may bear with me, when I cross the clouded river, the pleasing knowledge of the fruition of & wish long dear to me. I trust that you will accept this gift for the people of Los Ange- les in the same spirit in which it is offereda. Respectfully yours, G. J. GRIFFITH, Los Angeles, Cal., December 15, 1896, OARL NILSSON'S PATENT. Judge McKenna Will Decide the Aerial + Ballet Case To-Day. Judge McKenna of the United States Circuit Court spent many hours yesserday listening to the arguments in the aerial ballet case. Carl E. Nilsson brought an action for damages and a permanent In- junction against the Al Hayman Com- pany and the Palmer Cox Brownie Com- pany for using in their aerial ballet a de- vice and machinery that he had patented. His attorney made a long argument on Moaday why a permanent injunction should be grantea and damages awarded. The defendants’ attorneys had their day and set up the ciaim that Nilssen shoula have taken other proceedings ana not attempted to stop the show by in- junction, He should have sued for dam- ages of an adequate amount, Nilsson’s attorney replied to this by saying that his client has not granted a license to any one to use bis invention, and so the damages could not be estimated on that basis, He would not concede that the defendants bave any right to use the invention, as Nilsson wants the exclusive monopoly of his patent. Judge McKenna will give a decision tnis torenoon. COUPONS MUST BE PAID, Outcome of Litigation Concerning the Dupont-Street Bonds. The Supreme Court bas decided that a a writ of mandate shall 1ssue to compel City and County Treasurer Widber to pay certain coupons on Dupont-street bonds to Livingston et al., who were the plain- tiffs in the Superior Court. The lower court ordered that a writ should issue, bat an appeal was taken by Widber on the ground that the moneys in his bands be- longing to the Dupont-street fund had been paid under protest, and that the par- ties paying them had instituted 4n action, then pending in the Supreme Court, for the recovery of the moneys. He claimed to be entitled to- hold over, pending an issue in that matter. ince the appeal was taken the case of Davis against Widber, which is the one referred to in Widber's answer, has been decided by the Supreme Court. This ac- tion, the eme Court decided yester- day, has m. the defense sat up by Wid- ber unavailing, Hence the order of the Superior Court was confirmed. B Arxrested for Bigamy. Charles D. Dunkely. a laborer, was arrested last night ona warrant charging Lim with bigamy. He has been married for twenty-one years to Margaret Dunkely, who is now old and feeble, and he has cust her off. Of No- vember 26 he married Augusta Gabrieison. About six or seven months ago he unwisel brought suit for divorce from his wife, but WILL TEACH AMID THE BREAKERS Miss Daisy Doud the New Farallon Schoolmis- {ress. Her Class of Ten Among the Rocks Will Sing With the Fog Siren. A Lonely Place for a Pretty Teacher Out in the Wind and i Mist. The Board of Education at its meeting last Monday evening authorized the estab- lishment of a public school on the Faral- Chinese are doing lh‘ir best to get s few valuable females into’the country. What disposition will be made of those who are now trying to land is a matter of con- jecture. e s ATTERNOON WEDDING. Nuptials of Miss Rose Fechheimer and Alfred Lilienfeld. An interesting though extremely quist wedding was that of Miss Rose Fech- beimer, danghter of Charles Fechheimer, the pioneer merchant, and Alfred Lilien- thal, a popular young business man of this City, celebrated yesterday afternoon at the residence of the bride, 1631 Broad- way. Owing to the recent death of the bride’s mother only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties witnessed the cere- mony. Dr. Voorsanger read the impressive cere- mony that united “the happy young couple. Miss Fechheimer for the past few sea- sons has been a popular belle in the ex- clusive circle in which she moved. En- dowed with rare personal actraction and mental attainmeénts, she commanded un- limited attention and admiration. In spite of the fact that no invitations were issued for tve wedding the bridal presents were extremely numerous and unusually elegant. There weve rare pieces of porcelain, crystal and bric-a-brae, some exquisite paintings and quantities of els- gant silver. The fair young bride looked very lovely MISS DAISY. ANNETTE DOUD, Who &ill Teach School Among the Farallon Breakers, : lone Isiands for the children of the Gov- ernment officials whose business it is to watch the lamp in the lighthouse and at- tend the fog signal. Heretofore the children: have received such instruction as was given them by their parents, the United States Govern- ment not making any provision for the establishment of public schools within State boundaries, and as a consequence the San Francisco Board of Education had 10 send such school supplies as the fami. lies on the island needed. There are three families on the island and ten children of school age. This en- titles the islanders to a school, and as the time had come when the school had to go to the children or the children come to he mainiand for a school the Board of i‘iducntlon rovided one for the lonely rock in the Pacific. The next question that puzzled the members of the board was to find a teacher who would be willing to live out on the wind-swept rock, and . finally they chose one of the handsomest young lady gradu- ates from the Normal School and ordered her off into exile. Miss Daisy Annetta Doud, the exile, has not seen her twentieth birthday yet. She is a native of San Francisco and an only child. She is aniece of Mrs. Nettie Wood, principal of the Hearst Grammar School. When asked b, Cary represeniative yesterday how she thought she would like her new home she laughed heartily and s aid : “Oh, I think it will be just splendid away out there, far from the City, with nothing to trouble me. Youknow I can get back every summer.” Miss Doud will go to the island just as soon as she can find an outbound boat that will touch there, and then she will establish her little school and teach to the music of the breakers that forever waste their fury on the lonely pinnacle rising from the ocean. CHINESE FEMALES., An Alarmingly Large Number of This Class Have Arrived Recently. There is something very significant in the recent importation in large numbers of Chinese women to this port. On the 10th inst. the steamer China arrived with thirteen young painted females on board. On the City of Pueblo, that arrivea Mon- day, twenty-one more arrived, making thirty-four witnin about two weeks. Dur- ing the preceding two months only seven arrived. As a fact, it was well known in certain circles that this influx of Chinese women might be expected. Of course the laws of the land prohibit unrestricted Chinese immigration, but all these unde- sirable females claim the right to land on the ground that they are the wives of merchants in this City or that they are native daughters. ) As stated, it was well known that these women were coming, and it was also well known that they are not of the class that they would pretend, upon arriving, to be. There 1s ne disputing the fact that they are slaves of the most abject order and nearly all being between 18 and 22 years of age their commercial valus is from I:1000 to §1500 each, or over $35,000 for the ot. There is a grave suspicion that these women have been brought to the United States in the hope that they could be landed by some hocus-pocus before the Collector of the Port should select a new interpreter of the Chineses languag Shortly after the dismissal of Dick Wi ( hams for ‘crookedness in Chinese mat- ters Collector Wise was directed to select an interpreter pot a Chinese. A number of candidates have applied for the position, but for some reason no one has been appointed, so far as can be learned, Why it is thus is not known. ¥rom all appearances Dr. John Endicott Gardner is very favorably discussed for the place and lis standing is above re- t | proach or question. Coliector Wise is said was denied him. The complaining witness 1s | 10 object to Gardner because away back Mrs. Carrie Hall, 780 Mission street, e Horrr's 8chool, at Burlingame, will reopen - seyeral generations an -ancestor of the doctor married into one of the first fami-~ lies of the nobility of China, g ‘While this sort of delay exists the - 3 in her simple wedding gown of white tulle overa foundation of white satin. The dress was destitute of all adornment. She wore a bridal veil, fastened to the coiffure by a wreathof. orange blossoms, and car- ried a prayer-book. The bride was attended by her two lit- tis cousins, Miss Anna Liebenthal and Miss Edith Greenebaum. These two charming little misses were attired alike in dainty frocks of white organdie over light blue silk. Light-blue moire sashes were tied about the waists and fell in long ends to the hem of the skirts. After the ceremony a dejeuner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Lilienfeld have left for a southern bridal trip, and on their return will reside at the Colonial. MRS. DONAHUE'S WILL PROBATED Baroness von Schroeder Has a Year in ‘Which to File a Contest, The will of the late Mrs. Annie Dona- hue, widow of Peter Donahue, was ad- mitted to probate by Judge Belcher, sitting in Judge 8lack’s departmert of the Superior Court, yesterday morning. The court finds and so declares that the will and codicils were signed and pub- lished in the presence of two competent witnesses, as required by law, and that Mrs. Donahue, at the time of making the will and codicils, was of sound and dis- posing mind and not under restraint; un- due influence, menace, frand, duress or fraudulent misrepresentations, or in any respect incompetent to devise and be- queath her estate, 5 Considerable talk has been caused since Mrs. Donahue’s death by the report that Baroness von Schroeder, stepdaughter of the testator, wouid contest the will on account of the fact that she was prac- tically ignored in the distribution of the $5,000,000 estate. The only things bequeathed to the baroness are the family pictures and busts, while the dollars go to relatives® of the decedent and to several worthy public charitable institutions. ? As no opposition to the probate of the will was offered yesterday it appears that Mrs. von Schroeder has no present inten- tion to oppose the carrying of its pro- visions into effect. She has a year in which to move to set aside the admission of the will to probate if she should decide to do so. ——————— Art A cilation. The spring term ot the San Francisco Art Association will open next Monday, The num- ber of students aiready enrolled’ indicates a large attendance. NEW TO-DAY. ARGONAUT 0K - WHISKEY : ll:;ve Years In Wood Befor Bottling. E, MARTI & CO., 411 Market 8t. San Francisco. GFTS A0 FO0D FOR WORTHY POCA Noble Work by the Ger- man -Ladies’ Benevo- Ient Society. Clothing and Other Necessary Articles of Food and Wear Donated. The Regular Christmas .Festival of the Society Ended Yesterday With Much Joy. There was a busy scene in California Hall yesterday. The entrance was crowded with poor women, many of them old and feeble. Young girls poorly dressed, and little children, pale-faced and pinched, stood in the corridors waiting until the door should be opened to them and the distribution of New Year gifts should begin. . On the other side of the door, pierceable by the X ray of anxious poverty, a com- mittee of ladies of the German Ladies’ Be- nevolent Society were busy in doing up in boxes and bundles the gifts of clothing, groceries and other necessaries for the poor women and children outside. This work was done on four long tables which were piled with clothing, toys, cans of tomatoes and corn, smoked shouiders of pork, bags of candies, apples, oranges and lemons, sucgar, tea and coffee, boots and shoes, children’s dresses, and lots of other things, the mention of which would be as long as the catalogue at a San Francisco art sale. This society has done a remarkable deal of good in an unostentatious way. Its charges are poor German-speaking people, mostly women and children. Many of the women who are cared for are old and decrepit and practically unable to care for themselves. To them the ladies of -| the society are as ministering angels. The work of recelvinfi donations and purchasing supplies had been going on for two or three days and the distribution be- gan yesterday. Each applicant had a card containing ber name and number and the box or bundle intended for her was marked with the number, all the appli- cants being personally known to the soci- ety and, in fact, being regularly the recip- ients of its bounty. A short time ago the society gave a se- | ries of promenade concerts at the Pavilion, the net proceeds of which amounted to $1200. This money will be expended in the support of the indigent families in the society’s charge. Theindividualsdepend- ent upon the efforts of these noble and self-sacrificing ladies number from 175 to 200. The officers of the German Ladies’ Be- nevolent Society are: President, W. C. Hildebrandt; vice-president, Mrs. Dr. Regensberger; treasurer, Mrs. F. Stadt- | NEW TO-DAY. " I Hill J : | R e e To your h Don’t go around with wet feet, and catch your death of cold— wesr BUCKINGHAM & HECHT’SNOVA SCOTIA SEAL CORK SOLE SHOES. ‘Warranted absolutely waterproof. They are comfortable, easy shoes, made of the very best materials. Every Genuine Pair Stamped BUCKINGHAM & HECHT. ith Cork Soles. PRICES—W! $350 2 50; 214 10 6, $3 00 2, $1 75 and $2 50 veveenre 10 T3, $125 8'to 1034, $1 50 and $200 Kasts Carry 'a Full Line of Buckingham & Hecht’s Fine Shoes. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Children’s. ; NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. TRICDLANIER.GOTTLOD & (- L235ES AnD MANAGERS -+ IT’S THE FAREWELL YO WEEK. The Frawley Company To-Night. “HIS WIFE’S FATHER” | WE TOLD Thurs. Night, Friday Madinee #iy whiee | The Great Unknown e s | Menand Women Saturday Nmu‘v 5 DiB. JOSEPH MURPHY. sun. (fareweil) & Next Week...... “RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW,” iy b it MECHANICS’ PAVILION, WEW YTEARIS BVEH, Thursday, December 31, 1896. GRAXD - PRIZE - MASQUERADE - BALL ARION BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION! Prizes for Best Sustained and DMost Original Characters aud for the Most Elaborate Costumes. GRAND MAEKCH AT 9 (’CLOCK. THE CHUTES. ”'“5 Irom Noon Till Midnight R. M. BROWN, the One-Legged Cyclis: ; KOK ‘Walking Down the Chutes on & til HE ANIMATOSCOPE, No Extra Charge. Every Kvening- SUTRO BATHS. Open Datly From 7 A. i, to 6 ¥. M. and unday ¥ ing. ——GRAND CONCE.Tl— Daily Admission Children... 6 , IT'S CURES THAT COUNT. Many so-called remedies are pressed on the public attention on account of their claimed large sales. But sales canmot determine values. Salessimply argue good salesmen, shrewd puffery, or enormous advertis- ing. J#’s cures that count. It is cures that are counted on by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Its sales might be boasted. It has the world for its market. But sales prove nothing. We point only to the record of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, as proof of its merit: 50 YEARS OF CURES. muller; secretary, Mra, J. Popert; board of directors—Mesdames J. S. Bowman, B. Broemmel, Charles Bundschu, Dr. Krentz- mann, N. Esberg, Sophia Gosttig, J. C. Meussdorffer, A. Michalitschke and T. Hecht. The ladies have tendered a vote of thanks to the Messrs. Huber, proprietors of the hall, for the free use of the same. Superior Court Operations. The following-named departments of the Su- perior Court have adjourned until next Mon- day: Department 1, Sewell, Judge; Depart- ment 2, Daingerfield, Judge; Department 5, Hunt, Judge; Department 7, Sanderson, Judge; Department 8, Troutt, Judge; Department 10, Slack, Judge. Judges Bahrs, Hebbard, Wal- lace, Coffey. Belcher and Murphy are keeping the judicial mill in operation until after the holidays, when all the departments of the Su- perior Court will be again in full swing. NEW TO-DAY. Dropus aline if you can’t get Schilling's Best of your grocer, or if you don’t like it and can’t get your money back. A Schilling & Company San Francisco 495 NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Propriewss Last 5 Nights. Last 3 Matinee MATINEE TO-DAY (Wednesda, Also Matinees on New Year's Day (Friday) and Saturday. Audiences as Big as kver and Pleased Beyond Expresaion with C. B. JEFFERSON, KLAW & ERLANGER'S WON- DERFUL PRODUCTION, PALMER EALMER BROWNIES Showing besides THE FLYING BaLLET More Novel Features Than Any kxtravaganza Ever Seen Here. A LET IT BE KNOWN Last Performance Next Sunday “ight! EXTRA! Next Monday. veew.January 4 Denman Thompson's Famous Play, THE OLD HOMESTEAD! The Original **Old Homestead’’ Double Quartet. Select Company of 23 Players. Wonderful Electrical Effects. Seats Ready To-Morrow. .Thursday CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated). Proprietors SEATS NOW S I LLING LOIXTE ~——11 A In Her New Roie, & Pantomimeé from the French, entitled. ‘A PARIS TRAGEDY !’ In Copjunction With Her AEW DANCE CREATIONS, ““ihe Chinese Lady.” ete. 4 NIGHTS 2 MATINEES Beilnnln' Thursday, December 31ste Matinees New Year's and Saturday. TIVOL! OPERA-HOUSE MES KRNESTINE KRELING. Proprietor & Managa? HVERY EVENING. OUR HOLIDAY SPECTACLE! “JACK ~—AND THFE— BEANSTALKY!” 3 GRAND BALLETS 4 SUPERB TRANSFORMATIONS!—4 A Treat for Young and Old! CHARITY MATINER FRIDAY, JAN 1, AT 2 P. M. 25¢ and 503, Popula- Prices MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO,..Sole Lessee and Manage: —A STUPENDOUS PRODUCTION! — Revival of the Stirring War Drama, ACROSS THE POTOMAC! Magnificent Scenery! A Strengthened Cast! Intricate Mechanism ! 100 PEOPLE ON THE STAGE!-100 SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S DAY MATINEE ON FRIDAY, Eveniny Prices—10c, 250 and 53, T O’Farrell Streer, Leiween Stockton and Powell. Matinee To-Day (Wednesday), Dec. 30. Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, a0y sean 40 Children, 10c, any part. A Glorious Closing of the Old and a Brilliant Opening of the New Year. ABACHT AND MASAND, Acrobats and Tum- blers Supreme. Continued success of NILSSON'S AvRIAL BALLET and KIRALFY'S GRAND OPERA BALLET and a great Vaudeville Co. Grand Holiday Matinees Wed., Sat. and Sunday. EXTRA—special New Year's Day Matinee. Received With Screams of LluEhterl The Decided Hit of the Week ! The Furlousiy Funny T hree-Act Comedy, “INNTOB X! — WITH GEORGE OSBOURNE, HUGO TOLAND, - And Our Great Company in the Cast, Order seats by telephone, Black 991. Night—15¢, 25¢, 36¢. 50c. Matinee—15c, 25c, 35c. CIRCUS ROYAL. People’s Palace Bullding, Eddy and Mason sts. THE SENSATION OF THE CITY! DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE THE, GREAT GLEAS“" ! GREAT Tame Wild and Unmanageable Horses! Any Kind of Steed Subdued! PRICES—10¢, 20c, 30c aud 50c. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (.NGLESIDE TRACK), The only Perfecc Winter Raceirack in America. RACING 2R RACING Racing From Monday, Dec. 28, to Satur- day, January 9, Inclusive. Five or More Rages Daily, Rain or Shine. FIRST KACE AT 2 P. M. Take Southern Pacific traing at Third and Townsend sts, depot, leaving at 1 P. & Fare for Round Trij including Ad- mission to Grounds, 31.00. Take Mission-st. electric line direct to track. The Pommery Sec Stakes Tuesday, Dec. 29. ‘The California Oaks Stakes 'l'hnl‘ldli. Dec, 31, ‘The Shreve & Co, Cup Friday, Jan. o B SPRECKELS, President W. S LEAKE, Secrevary.