The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1896, Page 7

) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, MBER 81, 1896 AMUSEMENTS, Barpwrx THEATER —The Brownies. (a11F0RNTA TREATER.—“A Parls Tragedy.” cuBIA 1HEATER—His Wite’s Father. sc0S OPERA-Housk—“Across the Poto- AICAZAR THRATER.— “Niober Tivour Orkra HoUsk—-Jack and The Bean- HEUM—High-Class Vaodeville. CrRe R, G ason. ECHANICS' PAVILION — Grand Masquerade Ball. UME CHUTES axD SgaTiNG RINK.—Daily at Haight street, one block east of the Park. SUTRO BaTHS—Bathing and performances. PACIFICC 0AsT JOcKEY CLUR.—Races to-day. UCTION SALES. Fy Cras. LEVY & Co.—This day, December 81, Furniture st salesroom, 1130 Market street, as 10 This day, December 81, Furni- ter street, at 10:80 o'clock. orner California and Larkin " CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. been &ppointed steward y Hospital. ds and C: d of Health has declared Hongkong 1ai to be infected ports. ted with a capital of $12,000. Cloudy and threatening, but generally with- out rain Thursday, is the weatber prediction. Sixteen proprietors of grocery-stores are to rested for selling adulterated tomato up. | Pires & Keves Company has been in- | | i ng Justice Groezinger was married on ember 21 to Miss Susle A. Lawry of Placerville. Auditor Broderick has signed the demand for the purchase price of the Mission High School site. E. Bien placed an attachment yesterday 0 the jeweiry-store of W.J. Sherwood at 7 Kearney street for £1075 39. Philip D. Code Jr. has filed a contest to the election of F. E. Mahoney as Assemblymen from the Thirty-fourth Distriet. Mrs. Elizabeth County Jail for six months ty Judge Campbell yesterday for cruelty to children. Rausch was sent The charge of threats against life preferred by Mrs. Eugenia Schuller against her husband was dismissed by Judge Low yesterday. _Consul-General Wilder of Hawaii says the United States gold coin is the standard of monetary value in the Hawalian Isiand Yesterday was “ladies’ day” at Ingleside. The winning horses were Schiller, Estaca, Red Glen, Snowdown, Salvable and Morte Fonse. The cross-examination of Benjamin F. Hud- elson in the libel suit against him was con- tinued in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday | afternoon. The Rae Building and Construction Com- pany was awarded the contract for erecting new Miss.on High School by the Board of ation. Harry Anderson, a messenger-boy for Mrs. Bowhaey, ladies’ tailor, has been arrested n suspicion of stealing articles from the es- tablishment. Joseph Morani has filed a contest for the seatin the Assembly from the Forty-fourth Assembly District to which Edward 8. Ryan was declared elected. Chief Crowley has exonerated Policeman Eteve Bonner, who was accused of firing a shot at Ray Cornell and his sister during a recent foggy morning. "US ROYAL—Eddy and Mason sts.—-Prot. O. | to the | - AWAITING IDENTIFICATION. The unknown fleet that hove in sight off the Golden Gate last Tuesday gave the tugs a merry race. Eight vessels were reported and almost the entire fleet of the Ship-Owners’ and Merchants Towboat Company and the Spreckels line was sent out. The Vigilant, Captain John Silovich, easily outran her rivals, but the Sea King was a fair second. Seven tugs went out, but only six secured tows, as the Liberty turned back when the vessel she was heading for put about and went to sea. } 1896. CRUSHED BY THE CHESTER'S BONES A Broken Telegraph Cable Tells of the Vessel's Shifting Grave. Suppysed to Be in a Straight Line Between Fort and Lime Points. { A Davghter Born to the Captain of the Casablanca During the Voyage Here. ly Com fevor of the defendants. Assembly com ttee of six called on zgerald at the Labor Bureau yesterday scnssed with him the proposed labor s and laws originating in the bureau. less a Chinese interpreter and inspector 1e Custom-house be appointed soon it is y t thirty-four females from China will nded from the last two steamers. Sixteenth street will celebrate ng of that thoroughiare this evening. _bonfires and pyrotechnics Will be pro- ed for the entertainment of the spectators. Commissioners took a party of TS Assemblymen elect around the esterday to inspect the City front and to iarize themselves with the needs of the harbo: Judge Seawell has decided that the action of the 8 isors in granting & franchise to the utual Telephone Comparny cannot iewed, and the new company will begin operations &% once. rs. Frances Edgerton, the well-known so- iety leader, is to make her professional debut at the Baldwin Theater with Mme. Modjeska s ” the lady essaying the role Slizabeth, 0 days’ fiesta of Polk streat was raay with rignt royal ceremonies. val ‘with his splendid retinue he thoroughiare and was received by his loyal subjects. At an entertainment to be given this even- ing in St. James Guild Hall in the Richmond District, Master Canute Humbert, 12 years of has developed considerable talent as will make his debut. J. . Cooney signed his deposition in which he testified that James G. iy before him and acknowledged the de beld by Mrs. Craven to the Mission and Sansome street properties of the Fair estate. James F. Rooney was srrested yesterday orning by Policeman P. H. Murphy on a rge of burglary. He is accused of breaking to the room of George F.Mazn, 10 Huyes treet, and stealing a bicycie valued at $100. Jesterday The residence of Alexander K. Coney, 1522 Post street, was entered by burglars iast night, and one of them, James Lane, alins Hughes, was chased and captured by Special Officer Heineman. William Tivey,s man 68 yearsof age, was booked at the ‘Southern police station last night by Policeman Ryan and O’Dea for an assault upon Lillian years of age. The property found upon Frederick W. Reiner in the possession of the police prop- erty clerk was yesterday handed over to Charles §. Zinkand, who has been appointed his guardiag. Francisco Gamboa and Manuel Gambos, doing business under the firm name of Gamboa Hermano: e sued D. 8. Glaser for the 7510d, due on a bill of ex. ior interest and percentsge as sliowed by iaw. The local inspectors of steam vessels have revoked the licenses of Captain William Smith and First Mate R. Zoiling of the san Benito for carelessness and neglect in allow- ing the steam éollicr to be wrecked on Novem. ber 22 near Point Arena. Levin Bros, retail grocers, 1324 Market street, with a branch at 134 Sixth street in this City, iwo branches in Oakland and & _store in Berkeley, failed yesterdav. The liabilitiesare $139,000 and the assets $110,000. Erick Rusing Jensen, a Dane living at18 Federal street, was found dead in his room yes- terday. Death resuited from natural causes, Jensen leaves several children. He was 43 years old and a stevedore by occupation. Judge Slack handed down a decision yester- day allowing the special administrators of the James G. Fair estate $2300 each for extra compensation, instead of $23,375 each extra asrequested. The attorneysin ihe case were awarded $22,500 each in full for all services, The Finauce Committee of the retiring Board of Supervisors held its last meeting iast evening. It recommended the purchase by the City of the Holliday tract in Lafayette Park, of the ogemng of Drum street and of the sale of the public lands held by the City in the Potrero. Another string has been put on the $1000 reward claimed by Detective Captain Lees for the arrest and conviction of Kovaley, the murderer of the Webbers at Sacramento. A petition has been forwarded asking the State Boerd of Examiners to pay the money over to Zabrewskei. Emerson Corville, 376 San Jose avenue, swore to a complaintin Judge Joachimsen’s court yesierday for the arrest of Samuel B, Rosenthal on the charge of petty larceny. Rosenthal was a solicitor for him,’and heis accused of collecting $44 wiich he appropria- ted to his own use. Big Jim Hooper, the giant red-headed cap- tain and guard of the Butte football eleven, arrived from Montana yesterday, bent on see. ing his team maintain its uninterrupted su- premacy and defeat Olympic again by &n over- wnelming score, in spite of the local team’s propositions for victory. Thomas Roberts, 1613 Market street, swors toa complaintin Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday charging Oliver Davis with bur- glary. Roberts alleges thaton or about Octo- ber 1 Davis broke inlo his stable and stole a cart which he aftervard sold, The cart was Tecovered alter s long search, the electric | air came | Cohn, & little girl, 6 The wreck of the City of Chester has been located. At least that is the asser- tion of the men on the cable-laying scow owned by Captain Freese. They are posi- tive that the machinery and all the iron parts of the hull will bé found in a direct { line between Fort Point and Lime Point. ] The ground ior their theory is this, | | Some months ago the telegraphic and telephonic cable between Fort Point and Lime Point wore out. laid, and it also wore out. recentiy laid, and the work of rescuing the remains of the other two were begun. It took all the strength of a powerful wrecker to get one end of the cable ashore, and when it was examined it proved to be | rusted clear through. The other end, | when it was recovered, proved to bein a | similar condition. Nothing but iron or | steel resting on the cable for an indefinite i period could rust out the wire, ana the | general supposition is that the iron and | steel in the engine-room of the City of Chester when she went down have been carnied by the current on the Govern- ment cables and there held. Mr. Freese’s cabie scow will be towed out by the Spreckels tug Alert this morning, and the chances are that one end of the other rust- { eaten cable will be on board the wrecker | this afternoon. | Everybody will remember the occasion | on which the City of Chester and the Oceanic were in collision in the bay years | ago. The Chester went down and ‘many | lives were lost. Lawsuits followed and | the exact location of the point of collision | became an important matter in the cases. | The evidence of the cables may therefure | be of much importance, although it might | be that _the tides have shifted the sunken i hulk. Captain Whitelaw, swears she is resting inside Lime Point, and he once took a jury out and caught something with his grappling hook that convinced the jurors that the Chester was really there. Captain Cantley of the British ship Casablanca was a happy man when he got his ship into port Tuesday night. During the voyage his wife gave birth to a female child. Just before the happy event the veasel had been through a monsoon and a hurricane, but the winds favored the mother and little Casablanca came into the world when it was almost a dead caim and the ship was not moving a knot an hour. The Merchants’ Exchange contradicts the report about the sighting of an over- turned vessel by the captain of the Invin- cible. The skipper says that all he saw was & moving mass which might have been anything. Captain Bottger of the schooner Lily, from Umpqua, says he passed close to a dead whale which, owing | to age, had turned lead color and | looked like the bottom of a vessel. As he passed it the seagulls were making a | meal off the carcass. { . The Lily also reports passing the gaso- line schooner Checto. Thelatter has been considered overdue, but Captain Bottger | says she had run out of gasoline aud was n;aking Ler way under sail to San Fran- o A second cable was { | | 1 | sco. “‘Admiral” Boettge of the New Califor- nia House on East street, Andrew Ander- son, John. McCray, William Chance and Charles Webley had a narrow escape yes- terday. The admiral has one of his scows constantly at work on the Fair reclama- tion works, but a derrick was required. He purchased a big pile, and, with nis as- sistants, started 1n a sailboat to take it to Harbor View. All went well until the tide rip off Lombard-street wherf struck the sailboat. Then the pile took com- mand. Pile and boat went crash into the jer, and the boat lost her mast and the oom was smashed in two. The men were thrown overboard, but ail escaped with a ducking. The admiral Jost his oilskin coat and rbber boots, but the damage to the boat wus his greatest sorrow. Event- ually the pile was towed to Harbor View, but the crew had bad ail they wanted of the water, so they left the boat at anchor and came back to the City by the cable- cars. The tug Fearless was sent out last night to find the British ship Pass of Brander. The latter was spoken outside last Tues- day night, and the captain will order her to proceed to Port Townsend. The German bark Henry Hackfeld ar- rived from Honolulu lsst night after a lengthy passage of thirty-one days. She is chartered to load wheat for England at the rate of 27s 6d, and the charter party A third was | expires to-day, In consequence there was | Frances £, Hargls against Fr a great rush to get her to dock and ready to receive a cargo at noon. Freightu rates have dropped to 19s a ton, and the owners of the bark ars not going to lose the charter if the expenditure of a few extra dollars will help them. The busiest man on the water front lat- terly has been D, Buchanan, the adjuster of compasses. For weeks he has been at work on the vessels of the Spreckels fleet, and on the first trip of the Czarina he made the run to Coos Bay and back in or- der to be sure that everything was right. He is now working on the compasses of the Diamond Head, but will not complete that job until after the vessel has been docked and repaired. Mr. Buchanan is one of the most expert workmen in his line of business. A subscription box asking for donations to St. Peter’s Church organ fund used to hang in a store at 410 Sacramento street. John Richards wandered into the place and tried to walk away with the box. J. L. Daniels, manager of the concern, caught |. bim and informed the Harbor Police. Richards has acharge of burglary against him. The Helen N. Kimball got in from Kabului, H. L, yesterday. She experi- enced some heayy weather and during a gale that was run into on the 23d inst. Lhe jaws of the main_boom was carried away. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s City of Puebla that sailed for Puget Sound ports yesterday carried the remains of one of the best known and most respected men of Szattle. P. Fredericks was known to every produce and commission manin the City and he ranked so higa that time and again goods to the value of $15,000 were sent to him without question. Mr. Fred- ericks was suffering from an incurable dis- ease and he knew it. $ He came here to undergo an operation, and knowing that it was life or death he made his arrangements accordingly. He went to the undertakec’s and purchased a coffin, for which he paid $98. Then he went to Goodall, Perkins & Co. and paid for the shipment of his remains if the worst came to the worst. - Last of all he went to his friend, Donala Ross of Ross & Hewlett, and asked him as a personal favor to attend to all the details. Mr. Freaericks’ fears were well founded. He never recovered after the operation, and yesterday a host of friends saw his re- | mains placed on board the Puebla. BRODERICK SIGNED. The Board of :ducation Had Power to Euy a Site for the Mission High School. Auditor Broderick, acting on the advice of his attorney, signed the demand for the purchase price of the Mission High School lot yesterday and thereby made glad the hearts of many residents of the Mission as well as the former owner of the lot. The Auditor’s attorney, on looking over the laws and authorities presented for his perusal, declared that the act of the Legis- lature of April 1, 1872, supersedes all other laws defining the powers of the Board of Education, including those himiting it to the purchase of a specified number of school sites. He cited decisions of the Supreme Court to the effect tbat general statutes shall prevail over specific acts, and concludes by saying that in his opinion it is the duty of the Auditor to sign at once. The acting president of the Board of Education, Dr. Cliuton, concluded the purchase yesterday afternoon and work on the building will begin in the near future. UNITED STATES GOLD COIN Consul-General Wilder of Hawall Says It Is the Standard in the Islands. In speaking of the shipment of $100,000 last Tuesday to Hawaii Consul-General Wilder stated yesterday thatno particular significance should be attached to the affair. *‘The shipment was not particularly large for this season of the year, when payments are being made for sugar. “There is no likelihood that President Dole and his Cabinet have decided upon adopting the coinage of the United Siates. ‘At this time as in the past the Ame; ican gold coin of the United States is t standard in the islands, although Hawaii issues its own.” coins ———— Going Out of Business. Mr.Armand Cailleau, corner Geary streetand Grant avenue, who has carried on the finest cloak and suit house in this City, will retire from business. The stock wili be soid at forced sale. Sale commences Monday, Ja uary 4,9 A. M., every day until 5 p. M. On count of marking down the goods store will be ciosed next Saturday. Lnflen, look out for bargains. ———— Litigation Over Hatch’s Affairs, Sheriff bard I. Whelan, as assignee of A.T. Hateh, an insolvent debtor, has sued R. D. Robbins, R. D. Robbins Jr. d John F. Cannon to recover property yalued at $6126 18, which, the cé’m;fl.m alleges, was transferred io the delendants here named in order to prevent the creditors of Hatch from securing the bepefit of the value thereof in the insolvency proceeding: Bazzurro Spes the Druids. * G. Bazzurro, by his attorney, James A. De- voto, has sued the Grand Grove of United An- cient Order of Druids and the officers of Gali- leo Galilei Grove No. 87 to quiet title to a certain varcel of land, 40x137:6 feet in size, on Lombard street, near Leuvenworth. Mr. Buzzurro complains that they annoy him by }:gx‘z( claim to the property, which he asserts Suits for Divorce. Diyorce suits were filed as follows yesterday: Marie Curlen against Philbert Curien; Alice M. Hepburn against Rufus I, Hepburn; '.nP t LEGISLATORS ALL NT SEA FOR POINTS Taken in Hand by the Harbor Commissioners on a Tug. Legislation to Be Asked to Finish the Seawall by Issuing Boads. A Footbridge -Across East Street Necessary for Protection of Passengers. It was a good-natured party thatleft on the tug Fearless yesterday morning from Mission-street pier for a cruise around the water front. The purpose of the trip was to give members oi the Legislature an opportunity of becomiug familiar with the harbor. The party had gathered at the invita- tion of the Harbor Commissioners, and the responses were so numerous -that it was decided not to use the State tug “Gov- ernor Markham,” it being too small to accommodate the crowd, and the Spreck- els tug was substituted. On the excursion were: Senators S. Braunbart, L. J. Dwyer, E. L. Wolfe, P. L. Henderson and J. Feeney of San Fran- cisco, Senators Eli 8. Denison, F; 8. Strat- ton and J. D. Beard of Alameda, Senator Trout of S8anta Cruz, Assemblymen E. F. Lacy, J. Allen, H. M. Kelly, J. Treacy, J. H. Power, G. B. Godfrey, . Mahoney, L. J. Dolan, H. McGrath, H. I. Mulcrevy, G. Pohlman, Leon E. Jones, Sig Bettman, L. A. Henley, F. Lundquist, E. 8. Ryan and W. H. Gately of San Francisco, J. A. ‘Waymire, F. W. Leavitt, H. H. North and H. E. Wright of Alameda, S. G. Goodhue of S8an Mateo, W. R. Guy of San Diego, E. ! C. Damon of Humboeldt, F. D, Soward of Sierra, W. M. Sims and 8. Sacramento. The non-members of ihe Legisleture were: Ex-Senator Tiry L. Ford, E. L. Colnon, president of the State board of Harbor Commissioners; Daniel &'. Cole and F. 8. Chadbourne, Harbor Commis- sioners; Chiel Engineer Holmes, Paris Kiiburne, Charles F. Bassett, ex-presi- dent of the Board of Harbor Commission- ers, James Gillis of Sacramento, and W, B. Hamilton. The necessary refreshments and the usual preventives of seasickness were on board and no casualties peculiar to land- lubbers were reported. The tug steamed around Alcatraz and Angel islands, then down past Sausalito and out to the Heads. On ' the return, beginning at about the Presidio, the tug hugged the shore all the way to the Union Iron Works, taking in the entire water front. On the return to the Mission-street pier the tug kept close to the wharves and af- forded the legislators an excellent oppor- tunity for inspection. The party disembarked at about 1 o’clock, much wi:er than they had been when they embarked. i Among the many things needed for the improvement of this harbor, the necessity for the speedy completion of the seawail from its present terminal at the ferry slips southwesterly along the entire Cit, front was pointed out by ex-Senator Ford, attorney for the Harbor Commissioners. This work would improve shipping facili- ties greatly. The Commissioners propose to ask the Legislature for permission to issue $1,000,- 000 or less of bonds to complete the sea- wall, the bonds and the interest thereon to be paid out of the receipts from the shipping and other harbor dues. bere is also great need of a bridge for foot passengers from the second floor of the new Union depot across East street to the foot of Bacramento street, whero it en]gtleu into Market street at the junction of Kast. All the streetcars pass and re- pass this point and cars and loaded wagons are continually traveling in the daytime along East street across this wide stretch of ground, which passengers are obliged to cross in going to or returning from the ferries. No difference of opinion exists as to the necessity for the bridge, but the obstacle in the way is the fact that the Commissioners do not own the ground on which the passengers woula land at the inner terminal of the bridge, although they have a valuable strip of property fronting on East street in the same block, Under the law of eminent domain the landing place could be condemned and purchased at an appraised valuation by the Harbor Commissioners, but there is no necessity to purchase land so long as they have a large strip along East street, a portion of which could be exchanged for the desired hndhfi,&which would proba- bly cost about $40, Bome time before the Commissioners issued bonds for water front improvement they began to lay aside a fand for the pay- ment of interest on the bonds, as such in- terest would fall due. About $43,000 had been laid aside for this purpose before the F. 8. Ennis of bonds were sold, and as this sum will not be required for she purpose for which it was sppropriated, the Commissioners will ask the Legislature to allow them to transfer it from the interest furd to the general fund. Some of the excursionists became sea- sick near The Heads and a distressing ac- cident occurred. The roil of the sea was s0 heavy that a!l the bottles rolled off the cabin table, but only a few were broxen and the contents of what were rescued prevented the total collapse of the guests. Frank Coombs, ex-United States Minis- ter to Japan and Assemblyman-elect from Napa County, was in town yesterday. According to present indications Mr. Coombs will be chosen Speaker of the next Assembly without opposition. Speaking yesterday of probabie committee chair- manships, he saia that the only chairman- ship promised was that of the Judiciary Committee. Judge Waymire of Alameda will head that committee. Beyond this nothing has been settled. “My experience,” said Mr. Coombs; “when I was Speaker before has taught me the wisdom of making no selections for committee duty until the Legisiature meets. When I ger to Sacramento, talk with members and thus ascertain on what committees they desire to serve I can better judge what appointments should be made.” Mr. Coombs will go to Sacramento next Saturday or Sunday. THE HUDELSON LIBEL. Cross-Examination of the Defendant Still Going On. The cross-examination of Benjamin F. | Hudelson, charged with criminal libel by | Attorney D. B. Woodworth, was continued ibefore Judge Campbell yesterday after- noon. The entire afternoon was taken up with | questions regarding the proposition of Voodworth to get $35,000 from John D. Spreckels tor a mine, the Judge remarking several times that he failed to see what object cculd be gained by them. 'l‘hera was a sharp interchange between the witness and Woodworth, regarding a | monetary transaction in which Wood- worth figzured in Canada, while member | of Parliament for Kings County, Nova [ Scotia. | The case will be continued this after- noon, but it is very doubtful if it will be finished for some days yet. STHING O THE REWARD Examiners Asked to Give to Another the $1000 Claimed by Lees. Now Zibrewskei Asks the Board to Audit His Claim for Kov- alev’s Arrest. A document has been sent to Sacra- mento which may have more than a pass- ing interest for Captain Lees, chief of the detective force. The purport of it is to | raise a contest before the State Board of Examiners concerning the payment of $1000, which has already been awarded to Captain Lees by the Superior Court, but which has not been received. In fact a hearing concerning this money is set down in the Supreme Court for February 10, the case having been appealed, which bears the title of Lees against Colgan. After the discovery of the murder of Francis H. L. Weber and his wife at Sac- ramento, about December 9, 1894, Gov- ernor Markham offered a reward of $1000 for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer. Ivan Kovalev was arrested, tried, found guilty and hanged for the commission of the crime. Captain Lees claimed the reward. Thisis the $1000 in question. Atorneys Stanley Jackson and Joseph C. Meyerstein, acting for Vladislaw Za- brewskei, have just drawn up aud for- waraed to the State Board of Examiners, getting in their work prior to the date set ior the hearing in the Supreme Court ot Lees against Colgan, a petition in which various statements are made in support of the claims of Zabrewskei, and the board 18 asked to audit his claim for $1000 and instruct the Controller to draw & warrant in favor of Zabrewskei for the amount. ng date of the petition is December 29, 1896. Messrs. Jackson and Meyerstein set forth that on June 20, 1895, Zabrewskei, with the intention of claiming the reward offeréed by Governor Markham, appre- hended Kovalev and delivered him to an officer of the law in San Francisco; that the delay in the presentation of this claim is due entirely to Zabrewskei's reliance upon those in authority at the police beadquarters in Sacramento and in San Francisco, and that he was at a disad- vantage by being 1gnorant of the language and customs of this country, he being a Russian. If this petition is not favorably actea upon by the State Board of Examiners there ere other steps to be taken to secure the $1000 for Zabrewskei for which Captain Lees nas sued the Controlier. Suit will be entered at once and an effort will be made to have the case tried in this City. A hall of honor has been established in the Val de Grace Hospital, Paris, where names of French medical men who t have died in the performance of their duty are inscribed on mnrblp tablets. Children Cry for Pitcher’'s Castoria. WILL CELEBRATE 1N ROVAL STILE Sixteenth Street’s Improve- ment Club Is in Readiness. Electric Lighting to Be Hailed With Pyrotechnics and With Music. Ten Thousand Copies of the Pre- gramme Have Been Provided for the Spectators. The Sixteenth-street Improvement Club will celebrate this evening the electrical illumination of Sixteenth street between Folsom and Guerrero. All the accessories have been secured to make the demon- stration equal to those made on other | thoroughtfares recently, and every one* on | the street is looking forward to this even- ing with pleasant anticipations. Promptiy at 6:30 o'clock the demon- stration will begin. It will continue un- til 9:30 o’clock. No measure has been omitted by the officers ana executive NEW TO-DA CLABROUGH, GOLCHER & G0, Guns, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Basehall, Foothall, Tennis, s AR Golf, 538 Market Street, OPPOSITE GRAND HOTEL. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALIER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Manage: NEW YEAR’S MATINEE TO-MORROW Revival of the Stirring War Drama, ACROSS THE POTONAC! Magnificent Scenery! A Strengthened Cass! Intricate Mechanism! 100 PEOPLE ON THE STAGE!-100 Eveningz Prices—10¢, 25¢ and 5. Matinees Saturday and Sunda; 3y O'Farrell Street, beiween Stockton and Powail. A Glorious g of the Old and a ning of the New Yen MASAND, Acrobuts and Tum- blers- Supreme. Continued successof NILSSON'S A“RIAL BALLET and KIRALFY’S GRAND OPERA BALLET and a great Vaudeville Co. Grand Holiday Matinees Saturday and Sunday. EXTRA—S New Year's Day Matinee. :8. 25¢; ralcony, 10¢; Upera-chaley and box-seats, 50c. “RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW,” R MECHANICS’ PAVILION, NEW YTEARIS BVE, Thursday, December 31, 1896. GRAND - PRIZE - MANQUERADE - BALL ARION BEREVOLENT ANSOCIATION! Prizes for Best Sustained and Most Original Characters and for the Most Elaborate Costumes. CGRAND MARCH AT 9 0’CLOCK, THE CHUTES. °* Paily From Noon Till Midnight, R. M. BKOWN. the One-Legged Cychis. ; KU’ Walking Down the Chutes on & Globe, and HE ANIMATOSCOPE. Every Evening—No Extra' Charge. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily From 7 Al to 6 F. M. and Sunday Evening, — _GRAND CONCEAT!—— Daily Admission Children. » 10¢ o That Pleasing -~ Paralyzing Pie! How good it looks! How good it is!........ And how it hurts. Why not look into the question of Pill after Pie? Eat your pie and take Ayer’s Pills after, and pie will please and not paralyze. _ AYER'’S Cathartic Pills CURE DYSPEPSIA. AAARAARARAARAR committee of the club to bring in visitors that they may enjoy the spectacle. Ten thousand copies of the programme have been vrinted for distribution. There will be music, fireworks, bonfires, ete. A fine band has been engaged for the occasion. General decorations will add to the fine effect produced. The work of decoration wiil proceed with vigor to-day and every= thing will be in readiness when the stated time arrives for the b:ginning All the stores will hold special sales, affording bargains for their visitors. The working body of the Sixteenth~ street Improvement Club, which has charge of all the preliminaries and will direct the entertainment this evening, consists of the following well-known citi- zens: President, J. J. Moran; secretary, W. 8. Benson; treasurer, Louis Goldman; executive committec, Fred Waibel, George L. Center, T. O. Dwyer and 8. L. Griffiths. NEW TO-DAY. Grocers, who will give your money back (without grumbling) if you don’t like Schilling’s Best tea, are helping us. It is good business for all concerned. A Schilling & Company San Francisco 496 NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALEAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Propeiesosy Last 4 Nights Last 5 Matinees. Matinees on New Year's Day (Friday) and Saturday. C. B. JEFFERSON, KIAW & ERLANGER'S WoN- DERFUL PRODUCTION, Eox™ER BROWNIES Showing besides THE FLYING BALLET More Novel Features Than Any I:Xtravaganza Ever Seen He: 25 LET IT BE KNOWN Last Performance Next Sunday Night! HXTRAI Next Monday........... ....January 4 Denman Thompson's Famous Play, THE OLF) HOMESTEAD! The Original **Old Homestead’’ Double uartet. Select Company of 23 Players. ‘Wonderful Electrical Effects. SEATS R“ADY TO-DAY. CALIFORNIATHEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated). ... Proprietors 4. NIGHTS 2 MATINEES Beginning TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY). Mutinee To-morrow (New Year’'s) and Autograph Photo Souvenir Matinee Saturday. ;A L.OoOIR In Her New Role, a Pantomime from the French, entitled. ‘A PARIS TRAGEDY I Tn Conjunction With Her NEW DANCE CREATIONS! “The Chinese Lady.”” Etc, Ete. POPULAR PRICES. fnbia Sheale, 'y NER.GOTTLOD & (- LE352S AD MANAGLRS -+~ FORGET THE MATINEE FRIDAY I DON’{‘HERIQKAWLE)' COMPANY, TO-N1GHT, T Friday Matinee, GREAT UNKNOWN.’? Eriday Night, Saturday Matinee, (Farewell) Ni Sanda: SMEN AND WOME. MONDAY, JANUARY 4— Gt} Gmediap, ° JOSEPH.® - MURPHY. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MBS ERNESTINE KRELINA, Proprieior & Magages EVERY HVENING. OUR HOLIDAY SPECTACLE! “JACK —AND THE— BEANSTALK!” B CAST! SFORMATIONS! —4 A Treat for Young and Old! ENTRANCING SPECIALTIES! TO-MORROW AFTERNOON AT 2, CHARITY MATINER turday Night, Saturday Nig SUP: 8 GRAND BALL 4 SUPERB TR. Popular- Prices. ...25¢ and 50n. SPHCIAL WATINEE NEW YEAR'S! The Decided Hit of the Week The Furlous'y Funny 1hree-Act Comedy, —“INTOBE!:"" WITH GEORGE OSBOURNE, HUGO TOLAND, And Our Great Company in the Cast, Order seats by telepnone, Biack 991. Night—15¢, 25c, 35¢.50c. Matinee—15¢, 2b¢, 350, CIRCUS ROYAL. People’s Palace Buf'ding Eddy and Mason sts. THE SENSATION OF THE CITY! DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE THE LE , GREAT G Asn" + GREAT Tame Wild and Unmanageable Horses! Any Kind of Steed Subdued! PRICES—10¢, 20¢, 30c and 50c. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (NGLESIDE TRACK), % The only Perfect Winter Racetrack i1 America. RACIVG Shdaee RACING Racing From Monday, Dec. 28, to Satur- day, January 9, Inclusive, Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shine. FIRST KACE AT 2 P, Take Southern Pacific trains at Third anl ‘Townsend sts. depot, leaving at 1 p. . Fare for Round Trip, inclu - mission to Grounds, 31.00. 108 Ad Take Mission-st. electric line direct to track. ‘The Pommery Sec Stakes Tuesday, Doe. 29, ‘The California Oaks Stakes Thursd: » Dec, 31. The Shreve & Co. Cup Friday, Jnn.‘{. : A. B SPRECKELS, P W. S Luaxr, Sccrotary, o Fresideas