The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 7

> y > TS APRP——, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897. T AMUSEMENTS. he Brownles, 3 Paris Tragedy.” Barpwrn' THEAT X1s THEATE xaTEE—The Great Unknowr MorGSCO 8 ' OPERA-HOUSK—ACFo8S - the Poto- tal Entertainment, Monday, Jan. 4 RATING RINK.—Dally & ast of the Park. UTRO BATIS—Bathing and performances. YACIFIC C 0AST Jo CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Le Petit Califor: paver, has suspende There have bee the executives of A number of s were played at the Sa day. Fair Satv 1-weekly French publicati several changes made in e Baldwin Hotel. d games of handball x Francisco court yester- ost Saturday morning; —Local Weather Fore: ¢ Club members - held “open ey and entertained their services were held last even- an. Methodist Episcopal Improvement Club is prep e campaign for much- needed improve: btball match yesterday at Central Park resulted -in & victory for Olympic over Butte by a score 0f 1410 4. . D. P. Bliss, the well-known advocste stian socialism, will lecture at St. Luke’s xtSunday at 11 A, ne known as the Golden Gates t Infantry baseball team re of 1810 11. ¢ Iiyestment in the s of California, Professor T looking for mines for capltatist defeated the vesterday by a s Bri gold ons will be arrested 1o upon the charge of seling: adulterated milk and also of dealing in_ milk Without's permit. e eighth annual banquetof the Corinth- cht Citb took: place last evening. The make the fees Of expert-detectives &s great as so of the jenitors and: bailiffs of police e San Francisco Golf Club held matches r links back of the Presidio reservation J. Lamson and H.Babcock were Heights ~ residents’ are ap- rmined to have an-abundant tesien. water for their sein the George'D. Harrington, J. J. Cabalan, Charles Swanson and C. M. Lamm_ were treated af th R Hospital for knife wounds early S nics’ Institute Chess Club and the .) Club began 'ast night to -pl for the Pacific Coastcha: raph. Arena_arrived from the empty, being unable Teguiar portson ac- The Mec! Victoria (B. off the tie game plonship by te The steamer ple attended the races terday. The winuers Moyian, Lucky Dog, a successful He left the y descended rack. Qdefeat of the great Butte football team yesterday by a score of 14 to 4 was the time this season that the Montana team d not won a decisive victor; W. E Becker of Minneapolis won the big i e race at the Velodrome yesterday the time of 11 was present_and w ort. Mayor Sutro says he will be very glad to lay Mayo! 0. An immense crowd ssed some excellent down th He is_a little puzzle how to w Mayor 10 the new Supervisors while the old Supervisors keep their chairs. At the Presidio athletic grounds to-morrow at noon the J. J. O'Briens wiil face the Kehl- berg, Strauss & Frohmsns. At 2 P..M. the Dolphin Boat Club syndicate will play the Oa; en. W.A. Lange will umpire. The British bark Empire arrived yesterday m Newcastle, N. S. W., after a stormy voy- A heavy sea boarded the bark, smashing o compass and bursting open the cahin_and recastie doors, flooding the vessel. The old steamer Portland, formerly the ian Republic, has been chartered by the American Transportation and Trading She will be refitted and put on the n betwéen this port and the Yukon. A special meeting of the San Francisco As- sociation of Improvement Clubs has been called for to-night to protest against the pro- posal of the present Board of Supervisors ta try to hold over on technical grounds. Thé - Burlingame Club gave a- luncheon yesterday to numerous guests, and afferward there was a steeplechase’ for the Duke of A buzzi cap, which was -won by Galloping-Djc! # p0i0 pony. In the evéning the-horsemen fol- lowed apack of hounds on a.drag hunt, and e New Year's day concluded witn a grand térday secured the.-promise of ¥ d, the recently appointed teacher of . the -public school at tive Faration ds, to take charge of the proposed homer pigéon line &t the Furallones. betweel -the Farallones and San Franeisco, This will prob- ebly make it possible for the Weather Bureau and shippers and agents to receive prompt in- Jormation-of storms off the coast and aiso of the needsof shipping. "This ‘is considered to an important step by members of the Chiain- ber of Commerce. MR. “HOGG'S QUIET JOKE. Tells Why His Dog Nearly. Died of Laughter. Mr. Hogg seems fo. imagine: tlist man-- kind.is prepared to believe. anything in respect to .dogs which partakes .of the Tysterious, and accordingly.plays off the Gwing quiet-joke upon his readers; says Our Dumb Animals: B L% “It's & good sign of a dog'when his face, ows tike his master’s. IVs. proof be's jow'ring ‘up in ‘his master’s e’en to er what he’ inking on; and‘then, Without word or wave of mand, to be afl to exécute tlie wull o’ his silent thocht, whether it be t0 wean sheep or to randoon deer. Hector got 30 like me afore hie dee’d that I'remember, when I was owre lazy to RANg 10 the xirk, [ used to send bim to take niy filace .in the pew, and the minis- ter never kent the difference: Indeed, he once asked me next_day what I thought of the sermon, fcr he saw me wonderfu’ atientive amang a rather sleepy congrega: ion. ‘‘Hector and me'gied ane anither sic & Jook! and [ was feared. Mr, Paton would have observed- it; ‘but Le was a simple, primitive, unsuspecting old man—a very Natbaniel without cuile—-and he jaloused nothing, tho’ bo:h Hector and me was like to spiit, and the dog, after laughing in his sleeve for mair thsn & Lundred yards couldn’t stand it nae longer, but was obliged to’Joup awa owre a hedge into a po- tato_field, pretending to scent partridges.’’ Bl nadmstns S aduid gkl " Large Importation of Cocoiiriuts. ‘A mitlion: cécoanuts were imported -through New Orleans during the mopth of November. The number seems amost fabulous, but the recr),raai the-Collecior's office prove the statedf®nt. A third of a million bunches of bananas were'im ported.| during a similar period. The bananas were worth in the ueighborhood of $80,060 orabout six times as- much_as the ¢ocoa- nuts.—New Orleans Times-Democrat, B — ¢ PICTURES of the Cobweb Palace, Christmas in- the Latin quarter, Los Angeles’ new park and Bt Ignatiug’ organ in-The Wave this week, * - LIVELY TIMES IN THE MILKY WAY Several Dealers in the Lac- teal Fluid to Be Ar- rested. Dockery Will Make a New-Year Raid on Various Places To-Morrow. The Board of Health Will: Be Sharp After ‘All Persons Who May Scll Impure Food Miik Inspector Dockery will open the new year with vigorous action against those whomay be concerned in furnishing impure milk to the public. - To-day he will swear out warrants for the:arrest.of a’l number of dealers.. The following Mr. Dockery expects to haye arrested on a charge of selling adulterated miik: Pro- prietor of the Mill Valley Dairy, corner of Hyde and O'Farrell streets; H. Ehle, gro- cery, 1300 Webster ‘street; Silva & Bar- dona, restaurant, 2130" Fillmore street; Venneboll Brothers, 1324 Pacific avenue, grocers; M. D. Meyer & Co., 1423 Devisa- dero street, grocers; D). W. Bates, 2204 Fill- more street, dairy produce; A. Hartmang, 1722 Devisadero street, restaurant. In addition to this Mr. Dockery says that he will swear out warrants ‘upon - the charge of selling milk witbout a permit against the following: -R. Robohm, 1162 Golden Gate avenue, grocer; A: Hart: mann, 1722 Devisadero, and Silva & Bar- dona, 2130 Fillmore.. Nor are these all against whom warrants. will be out, for ali those who are concerned in selling adul- terated catsups are down on the list. also: Inspector Dockery said:yesterday that all the food-inspection stations are now in perfect running order. “Milk is inspected day and night at the stations. For fear milk will be adulterated sfter-the dealers leave the stations Inspector Dockery and two assistants are actively at work secur- ing samples of milk fromhotels and res- taurants. “All persons who sell adulter- ated milk are liable to prosecution. An arrest would promptly. put a stop.to the aealer purchasing milk supplies from. any dairy selling what is determined to be an adulterated article. There were gathered in nineteen sam- ples of milk Thursday from - various sources. An analysis of these samples will lead to seven arrests, the parties to'be apprebended being those who haye been mentioned -in the foregoing, for selling adulterated milk, ‘and taree ‘for selling without a permit. According to Mr. Dockery impure and adulterated foods must run -the gauntiet of mspection that will be rigid and thor- ough, this applying to many articles be- sides milk. The Milk Inspector tests the milk first when the samples are brought. in-and an. analysis is also made by Dr. Wenzel. - Then if it is shown'that there are disease germs Dr. Spence makes an examination to'discover- and “detetming the bacilli. There is no doubt that the Dairymen’s Association will go to the Legisiatare to get some laws through, as the result of the crusade against diseased 'cows; which bes culminated in the condem- nation to death of many -diseasea ani- mals, The diseased-cow crusade was started last spring. The Board of Health intended to follow up the matter, 80 Mr. Dockery says, but the dasirymen made much complaint and followed this up by sending a committee and an attorney ‘to the board, and it was understood thst the crusade would be suspended until the Legisiature could have-a chance to con- sider the legislation to be proposed by the dairymen and to take such action as tne lawgivers may see fit, The probability is that the dairymen. who have secured data from the Eastern States, will move for the enactment of a law similar to one now in ‘force in the State of Massachusetts. ““That’ the mat- ter may ‘be set square,” said Mr. Dockery, “the Board of Health intends to approve of such wholesome measures a3 the dairy- men may desire to have incorporated into. 1aw and to advocate the adoption of such legisiation. The board ‘does mot-intend; nordo I, to hurt any man’s “business un+ necessarily. The last few vears have sup- plied abundant demonstration.that tuber- culosis in human beings - comes from diseased milk and diseased cattle.” Whenever the matter shall have been disposed of by legislation the Beard.of Health . will begin .a vigorous crusade against diseaged -cattle. - Dr. O'Rourke, veterinary &urgeon of thé Health .Depaft: ment, is.constantly. in “*Batckertowii’’ en- gaged'in the inipection of cows -that are killed. . Yesterday he sent seven carcasses to thie tank- to- be turned into fertilizers. During the month of December forty cows were condemned by him after’ they were’ slaughtered.” This ‘is the biggest month’s record yet made, A THER DAY OF FAEEDON iterary and Musical Exercises at Zion African Church. A No*tble Galh‘ering 6!_(_17Iorzd People List of the Vice-Presidents Invited. ¢ Emancipation services were held at the Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church last evening, under fthe auspices of the Afro-American League, with all the solemnity the occasion required. : _The league had set aside New Year's day for the celebration of the reledse from |- bondage of the negro race, and a great gathering of the colored people filled the place of worship and listened to the inter- esting vocal and literary exercises that had been prepared. S An imposing list of vice-presidents hed been invited to be present. The list was as follows: S . A. Clinton, *M.D.; Washington "Dodge, M.D.; Benjamin Napthaly, T. Thomas Morton, Charles F. Curry, Hon. George Stone, Charles M. Shortridge, Rev. H. v. Anderson, Hon. Irying M. Scott, James R. Margo, Hon. H. C. Dibbfe, Leon Dennery, A, D. Jones, i rds, James Dixon, Wiiliam Tip- Barrett, J. J. Sullivan, W. H. Morrow, Conrad Wetl, M. .; Dr. Ragnio, Hon. J. C. B, Hebbard, Hon. Carroll Cook,’ Hon. W. S. Barnes, Colonel C. L. Tayior, J. A.°Barber, A. Ruef, Colonel D. M, Burns, G. F: Brown, s, Rev.J. L. Allen, H. Bishop, A, F. Holland, W. Bland, J. Wysinger, H. L. Stewart, Marshall. B. Woodworth, General R. A, Friedrich, Colonel George H. Pippy, Colonel Albert E. Castle, Colonel J. C. Currier, Charles G. Claich, Hon. Daniel T. Cole, Hon. Paris Kilburn,” Hon. A. P. Williams, Wendell' Easton, W."T. Y. Schenck, Colonel John O'Byrne, W. W. Montague, Rev.” J. C. B Hon, F fcLaughlin, A. e W. Mitcheli, 7. Oyerton, A. E. Holland, W. H. L. Barnes, Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, William A Montgomery, H. P.Snedd, Joseph L. Franct: Mejor L. P.. Penney, Rev.-W. B. Anderson, George Cuthbert, G. A. Devail, Hon..T. L Ford, Colonel J. M. Litchfield. ‘Women’s Afro-American League: Mrs. Dr. ‘Howard, Mrs. Leo. Johnson, Mra. Joseph Mallord, Mrs, Elizabeth Jones, Mrs. Clara Valentine. Mrs, Clare Martin, Mrs. Clara Morton, Miss Ivy Gibson. A number of these we) present and oc- | cupied seats on the platform surrounding the pulpit. ¢ The -exercises -consisted of ‘addresses, recitations -and songs, the main feature being ihe reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by George E. Francis. The programme was as follow: Opening’ address, A..D. Jones; invocation, Rev. W, B. Anderson; vocal duet, Mrs.-L. Wil son-and Harry Jackson; address, Colonel John 0'Byrne; reading Emancipation Proelamation; George E. Francis; essay, “Lincojn’s Fayorite Poem,” nsie Wilson; recitation, Mrs. Mrs. J. W. Radden’and ‘Mrs. L. Wilso solg, C: 8. Butler; oration, Rev. H. J.'C vocalsolo, Mrs. F. MoPherson; solp. MissNellie Ford; plano_solo, Professor’ J. Willinmson; benediction, Rev. J. L. Allen. The various ‘numbers, particularly - the prociamation, were received with -hearty applause. e platform was tastefally decorated with flags, evergreens and portraits, promi- nent among the latter being that of J. C. Price, founder of the- Livingston College for-Colored Students at Saulsbury, 8. C. A large picture of President-eiect Mc- Kinley occupied the -center of the space above the pulpit. S To salufe with the left hand is a:deadly insult among Mohammedans. - "the Harbor Police: .~ _Officers. A 'Sg’é Boards the Bark Empire .and Wrecks Things on~ _ ¢ ‘the Decks. Rough Weather on the Coast Dalays. Incoming V.ssels—The Portland tc Go North. : The new year began on-the water-front with a day stelen - from May or June; and all the' rains that were in'at the death ‘of 1896 seemed to be in the deep bosom of the ocean -buried.- Even the winds. that swept over the harbor during the greater portion of December had gone with the clouds and the bay lay calm under the golden sunshine. Most of-the shipping was decorated with bunting or flew the national and ——— The American Ship Big Bonanza Hove To Oif a Coral Island, Her Boat Going Ashore for' Cocoanuts. CHMGES AT THE BALDWN J. E. Clough Retires as Manager and R. E. Glaze Takes His Place. The American Dining-Room Is Also Closed—Some Reductions in Expenses. Some important’ changes were made at the Baldwin Hotel yesterday, the changes being in the interest of a reduction of the expenses. J. E. Clough, who Las been in charge as manager ever since Messrs. Stone, Stanton and their associates took hold of the hotel over a vear ago, stepped down; and R. E. Glaze,.a hotel man of Australia, who some months ago was for a time manager of the Tacoma Hotel at Tacoma, took his place. _ Besides this, the dining-room on the second floor of -the Lotel, which was run on -the American plan,and which ¢on- tinued from the opening -of the caravai sary, was closed, and guesta will hereafter take their meals in the grillroom, or'res- taurant. . R e e The clysing. of the American . plan din: ing-room - necessarily -reduces the force abput the hotél. e ‘A’grill ‘was opened in the establishment some mont s ago, as will be remembered, the old billiard-rooms being used for Lhat purpose. The griliroos well_ as the ‘restaurant which was long ago established, are going along on about the same planas formerly.” - Mr. Clough, who retires from the man- agement, is one of the best-known hotel men-on the Pacitic Coast. He has filled many importaat positions, He was for a long time chief clerk at the Hotel del Monte, and afterward was manager of the Hotel Rafael at San Rafael. Mr. Glaze, who succeeds to the manage- ment of the Baldwin, was formerly man- ager of the Australian Hotel, Sydney, and afterward held the position of manager of the Tacoma. Some prominent guests, who had long been at the Baldwin, left there about two months ago and went to other hotels. It is said that the reason was because many puople had recently been taken as guests at reduced rates, and that as a result re- ductions in other quarters followed. _ ————————— - OLUBS TO PROTEST. Improvement Bodies Object to Super- 4 visors Holding Over. A special meeting of the San Francisco Association of Improvement Ciubs will be beld this evening at 8 o'clock at Fra- ternity Hall, B'nai B'rith building, 121 Eddy street. : 2 The purpose of the meeting is to remon- strate against the proposition of the present Board of Bupervisors .trying to hola over their terms of office on technical grounds, which if sustained, it is claimed, | would * {uvaiidate the election of eyery municipal, State and National official elected at the late election. - A special effort 1s belng made to secure. a large attenaance. e ¥ s Fillmore-Street Improvement .Club., - A meeting, of the Fillmoréstreet Improve- mént Club will be’ held on Monday evening’ nextat’ Frankiin Hall, Fillmore street, near Bush. Business of fmportance is expected. house flags, as all the Christian maritime nations, except Russia, use the same al- manac. That empire is still plodding along in December twelve days behind the band wagon. Many of the vessels still carried the Christmas trees at their trucks, the tufts of evergreen shewing in. many cases juat ‘over the flag gently waving in the light breeze. The officers of the harbor police station |- made their New Year calls yesterday with m ore or less social success. At the corner of Mam and Harrison streets, Officer ‘Whittle found Carl Bchmidt, a mariner man, putting pellets of lead into a saloon door. Incidentally, Gus Stein, the bar- keeper, was in tbe line of his rather un- certain fire, and Scbhmidt’s intentions were to shoot him out ofit. At the police station he was registered with an “‘assault to murder” after his name. His plea was too much liquid “New Year's.” Officers Maloney and Ellis paid their re- spects to David Hale's place. at Drumm and Jackson streets, where they found George Mathison. hiding under a bed. He had attacked one-John White with a siphon bomeh cutting him badly about,| the head, ‘and went in hiding when he heard tle sprroach of the police. He wsa charzed with asiault with a--deadly. weapon.. .- . - % 5 -C. 0. Carleson was inferviewéd' by Offi- cer Mahonev ‘and gathered in, charged | with a-deadly. assault, while " John ‘Melviile was visited by Ofticer Markey and .persuaded to sleep off the remainder of his New Year’s eve at thé station. . Arthur Pyett also put in bis tirs{ day of the year in a cell, having diunk- unwisely to thé -departing 1896, The old steamer Portland, which has swinging to her anchor in-Oakland Creek for many months, will soqn be in commis- sion again. She has been chartered by Captain - Kidston, agent of the North American Transportion and Trading Com- pany, for the Yukon River service. - New passenger accommodations are be- ing put in, new boilers will replace the oid ones and the vessel will be made first class in every particular. About $20,000 will be expended in the repairs, The Portland was first known as the Haytian Republic and was engaged in the freight and passengzer business between Victoria, B. C., and Portland, Or. BShe became inyolved in litigation and was purchased by John Rosenfeld Sons and brought to this port. When ready for sea she will be put on in opposition to the Alaska Commercial Company’s boats. The rough weather on the coast hi sadly interfered with the regular freight and passenger business as well as the sail- in¥ coasters. he Point Arena arrived yesterday with enough cargo for ballast, being unable to load at her regular ports on account of the huge sea, and the steamer Cleone has been barbound at Coos Bay for a we The big steam collier Eva, which 1s 1o take the place of the lost Ban Benito, arrived yes- terday from Nan.imo, about twamy-flmr hours overdue, being delayed by head winds and rough water. The Walla Walla was twelve hours late’ from the same cause. . < The British bark Empire dot in yester- ds mornlngw ighty-two days from -New- castle, N. 8,'W. October 24 she was struck h{ a heavy, westerly gile with & very high ‘confused sea. During the night a huge wave wag seen coming up, and be- fore the vessel could be handled to meet it tbhe sea toppl over the stern and rushed forward along the deck in a great flood.. The compass was wrencked from its fastenings and carried toward the fore. castle. The cabin di and windows were stove in, filling the officers’ apart- ments below with Water. H The car- | | penter’s house on deck was smashed arid the forecastle_doors forn &ff and the port bulwarks were driven in. - Much damage was"done_ aloft, the fore- masthead being sprung., Some time after the bark encountered another squaill which carried away the foretopgallant mast. Dr. W. M. Jordan, assistant surgeon in thie Marine Hospital Service, has arrived -| from the East-and will take the place of | Dr. R. Blue, the United Statés Quarantine The Social Calls Made by! Officer. 'Dr. Blue will return-to his post in New York, Jannary 6. i _The. American’ ship Biz Bonanza, now Iving at Mission street preparing to un- load, is a famous old ocean traveler. She has visited every quarter of the globe since. sheleft San Francisco several years ago, and has.encountered the dangers of Cape Horn msany times, and on otcasion- has hove to off one of the tropic isles in order to get water, of which the crew’ stood ‘in great need. The vessel arrived in this port last Wednesday from the Sound with coal, and from kere she will start again on an- other. all-around the world cruize. The Big Bonanza is owned in San Francisco, and all her wanderings have been duly chronicled in TuE.CALL. OPEN HOUSE AT THE CLUB. ‘New Year Revelry Was Had in the Homp of the Olympics, It was “‘open_house” yesterday at the Olympic Club, These annual reunions, neld on’ the first day of the -year, have done much to bring the members into closer socizl contact,” and - the function yesterday- eclipsed all others in its line. Neéarly 1000 members and friends of the club were regnled during the afternoon in the billiard-room,.where punch and sand- wiches were served. i R DR Death From Hemorrhage. About two montlis azo Thomas J. Palmer, a sailor who recenty lived at 675 Mission street, was discharged from service in the navy because of his ill health. Early yester- day morning ne had an atte¢k of hemorrnage of ‘the lungs and was hasiened to the Receiv- ing Hospifal for treatment. While there he bad a second attack, which baffled the skill of the surgeons and he died within ten minutes. From Joppa to Jericho. Rev. Haskett Bmithof London, England, wili deliver his second address in the Young Men’s Christian Association ‘auditorium, Mason and Ellfs streets, to-morrow atternocu at 3 o’cloek, and ‘his subject, by special request, will be “From Jopps 1o Jericho.” Seats will be iree to all, both jadies and gentlemen. PUBE PAYHRNDLE WATER Artesian Wells and Commodious Reservoirs Are in Sight. Lake Honda Water Pronounced to Be Impure and Unfit for Domes- tic Use. If the panhandle residents do not soon have pure, fresh water for domestic use it will be their own fault, inasmuch as steps are now being taken to organize an Ash- bury: Heights water company. This action has been brought. about by the Supervisors locating the Pesthouse on the Almshouse tract, although at the last meeting of the Panhandle Improvement Club resolutions were introduced request- ing the City Fathers to reconsider the resolution establishing the building there. The membersof the club-and the resi- dents of the district believe that by con- certed action they will -be able to inauce the Supervisors to rescind ' the resolution passed at the last meeting of the board providing for the erection of the hospital on the -traet of land adjoining the Alms- house. They areof the opinion that the site selected is not suitable for the pur- pose, inasmuch as it drains toward Lake Honda, : which furnishes the City with most of ‘the water used " for domestic pur- poses. It is a well-kiiown fact that L.ake Honda supplies water for nearly one-half of the families of San Krancisco, and that the water so ‘supplied is the reverse of pure, healthy water. The 1easons advanced for this may be found in the expressions of some of the prominent members of the Panhandle Club. At arecent meeting of .this club, Chairman Salfeld said: = . 0 erect the Pesthouse on the sita se- lected,” said he, “means the pollution ‘of the water used for domestic purposes by three-quarters of our residents. Lake Honda is the great supplying basin of the City, and if the hospital is erected near it nothing is surer than that the water will become impregnated with the germs of those most loathsome diseases, leprosy and smallpox.” - i . In -addition to these remarks from Dr. C. D. Salfeld, Mdjor McKinne, represent- ing.the Sutro interest, said: 5 ¢ “The lake is'below the level .of the site and in the course of time there would be a seepage and drainage from the hospital to thelake. In addition to that the westerly winds would_éarry any germs of disease into the heart of-the Tity.” - . Steps have been taken and offers made for not only artesian ‘wells but reservoir sites, by which water can -be supplied the highest points in this City. - . At present the property-owners in the Panhandle and Ashbury Heights districts are not satisfled with _their ‘water suppl They claim that thé rates charged are too high, considering the quality of the water furnished. 1In the event of a well .being struck the club members will agree to take the water if furnished them as cheaply as by the Spring Valley €ompany. In the event of the Pesthouse -being finally located on the Almshouse tract, the mem- bers wish to be independent of the com- pany and the water from Lake Honda. Another claim set un in favor of the artesian wells is that when. the Affiliated Colleges are erected, the Spring Valley Water Company’s supply cannot furnish the building with water by reason of the elevation. This difficulty will be oveér- come by the Ashbury Heights Water Company by havin: a reservoir several feet higher than the top of ‘tte proposed buildings. & - As regards the source of supply the movers in this scheme point to the Golden Gate Park with its 1040 acres of land that is abundantly supplied with fresh water from one well, besides the abundant supply of water used on' thé lakes on top of the hill. The expense of piping, it is claimed, is trifling, as the ground is soft and sandy and ehsily removed. . At the next meeting of the club the comnittee appointed for this purpose will make its report, which will give full par- ticulars regarding the - supply and whence it will be derived, as also the probable cost of laying pipes, ete. * On this report. and the feasibility to-| supply the residents with pure fresh water will depend whether the residents will co- operate with the committee or not. ———————— All animals when teken for a sea voy- age become tamer. Monkeys suffer greatly from mal de mer. Fowls'and geese soon become thin and cocks generally cease’ to crow. * Birds, too, are affected "by the sea ana never sing during a voyage. hildren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. California Mines Attract In- (TIVOL! OPERA-HOUSE BRITISH GOLD SEERS THE WEST vestors From the United Kingdom. Professor Thomas Price Is Look- ing for Good Mines for Capitalists. The Golden West Is More Attractive Than the Fields of South Africa. There are good prospects that the year 1897 will .bring rare prosperity in Califor” nia mining circles. Itis just now becom- ing thoroughly known abroad and in financial gircles that there are better op- portunities. for investment beneath the semi-tropical skies of the Golden West than amid the icebergs of Alaska and the torrid heat and pioneer surroundinge of South Africa. Editor Edelson, the Los Angeles mining expert, has done a great desl to dissemi- nate valuable information about California mines, but the cold records of banks have told a more eloquent story to those who are seeking investments. Lt is begin- ning to be known that good opvortunities for investment exist, and British capital in particular is only eager to be sure that no Yankee bunko game is under way. Professor Thomas Price, the well- known chemist and assayer, whose ac- quaintance with rich men in the United Kingdom is very great, is now out of the ,as he has been for a month pastat frequent intervals, for the purpose of find- ing good investments for foreign capital. Those who are best acquainted with Professor Price’s mission say that he has a commission that means much to the future of gold-mining here; that he repre- sents syndicates whose connections with foreign capital are extensive enough to re- sult in great changes to the advantage of California, if their attention is once en- listed in the right way. Those best acquainted with movements in mining matters are beginning to under- stand that British capitalists are looking toward. California with more eagerness than for many years, and that when they make the purchases they are now after it wiil .not be long before a new era of rare improvement exists. They are beginning to see that the South African mines are far less attractive than those here, and that the profits will be greater 1n the long run on a fair test. “PARSON JIM.” In the Little Dugout He Told the Boys Why He Came Out West. It was the season of the year in Texas when the cattle are rounding up to be driven north for better grazing. The cowboys had just finished supper, and sat around their little dugout swapping lies. Gredually the conversation turned on the motives which had prompted the different members of the group to go West. The: NEW. TO-DAY! Just to Make It Interesting. o Blectric Belts $2.00 to $25.00. The $25 sort is the very best that can be had. | They're the same that you'll get elsewhere for #40 or $50: .- TRUSSES FOR $1.00.° We retognize no competitor in this line. We'il fit you perfectly and prove every claim made for them. . ELASTIC STOCKINGS $2.00. If they’re mot (he best they're at least a mighty good article. Youw'll agree with us fn this. 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The fault is the taking .of medicines that suppress, .in- stead of curing disease. - You can eradicate disease and purify your blood, if you. use the standard remedy of the world, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. all told of the more or less discred causes for their migration, with the ex- ception of a rather tacitnrn but_generally popular fellow.who was known as “Parson Jim,”” because of the clerical cut.of the attire which he universally affected. “Why did you come West, parson?” queried Swamp Angel Sam. “Well,”” drawled out the individual ad- dressed, “I left the East because I didn’t build a ¢hurch.’” 7 Everybody smiled "at what.was con- sidered the drollery of- theé parson, who, not noticing the merriment which he had ereated, continued : “It was this wa: We used to holl meetings in the district schoolhouse in Massacbusetts and I did the preaching. “The little flock grew and it was decided.to build & small church. The funds, as they were collected, were pat inte my hands for safekeeping.” He pansed. “That's why I came W est."’—New York World. NEW TO-DAY. If you are going to boil your tea, one tea is about as good as another. If you will follow' diree- tions, try Schilling’s Best. Your grocer returns your money in full if you don't like it. A Schilling & Company San F NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAX & Co. (Incorporated). ,...Proptisiosy LAST 3 PERFORMANCES! MATINEE TO-DAY! Good-hy Performance Sunday Right. Q B. JEFFERSON, KLAW & ERLANGER'S WON- DERFUL PRODUCTION, BROWNIES—— With Tts Attractive Novelties. AND-THE FLYING BALCET STILL FLIES! Next Monday CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAX & Co. {Incorporated).: ... Proprietors LA LOIE! Fresenting the One-act Pantom|me, ‘A PARIS TRAGHDY I And Her Own ORIGINAL DANCES. Grand Personal Autugru‘rh ouvenir Matinee To-day (Saturday) at 2. Each lady Personally Presented by La Lole With Her Latest Fhotograph. LAST PERFORMANCE— TO-MORROW (SUSDAY), JAN. 5! 'PRICOLAMDER GOTTLOD & cp- L£35¢s ATOFArAGERS NO MORE MATINEES ' _UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. .The Last To-Diy. THE FRAWLEY COMPANY! Saturday Matinee, Siturday Night, Sunday (Farewell) Night, SHMEN AND WOME MONDAY, JANUARY 4—— - Gt Gmedap. °3’ JOSEPH ® MURPHY. -+ MOROSCO'S ‘GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOKOSCO...Sols Lessee and Manags: PALMER CoxX’s “THE OLD HOMESTEAD" NEW ¥EAR’S MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2. Revival of the Stirring War Drama, ACROSS THE POTOMAC! . Magnificent Scepery! A Strengthened Cas: 2 Intricate Mechanism! jOO'PEOPLE on THE STAGE!—-100 Evening Prices—10¢, and 59, Matinees Saturday and Suhday. O'Fiirrell Street, Le!wean Stockton and Powail. - Matinee To-Day (Saturday), January 2d. Parquet, any t, 25¢; BSalcony, sy seas LU . Chiidren, 10c, any pari. Brilliant Opening of the Now Year, ' ABACHI AND ASAND, Acrobats and Tum- I blers Supreme. Continued success of NILSSON'S A¥RIAL BALLET and KIRALFY'S GRAND OPERA BALLET and a greai Vaudeville Co. Last Night of CLERMONT’S PIANO-PLAYING 3 GRAND BALLETS!-3 . 4 SUPERB TRANSFORMATIONS!~4 5 ENTRANCING SPECPALTIES! ‘A TREAT FOR YOUNG AND OLD! Popular Prites 250 and 500, —~WATINEE TO-DAY AT_ The Decided Hit of the W. The Furious'y Funny I hree-Act Comedy, ——“INIOBm!’— ‘WITH GEORGE OSBOURNE, HUGO TOLAND, And Our Great Company in the Cast. . " Order soats by telepiuone, Bladk 991. Night—15¢, 25c, 88¢. 50c. Matinee—16c, 28¢, 35c. SUTRO BATHS. NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON, GRAND INTERNATIONAL. TUG - OF -WAR! CANADA vs. SWEDEN. JRELAND vs. DENMARK. ITALY vs. PORTUGAL. GERWANY vs. NORWAY GENERAL. ADMISSION, 25 CENTS, . -THE CHUTES. Daily From Noon Till. Midnight, R. M. BKOWN. the One-Legged Cyclis.; KORTO, Walking Down the Chutes on & Globe, and HE ANIMATOSOOPE. Searchlight Ealloon Ascension To-morrow Night. POODLE, HEFFERNAN and the DUNBARS, CIRCUS ROYAL. Peoplé’s Palace Buliding, Eddy and Mason sts. THE SENSATION OF THE CITY! . ' DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE THE GREAT GLEASo" ' GREAT Tame Wild and Unmanageable Horses! Any Kind of Steed Subdued! PRICES—10¢, 20¢, 300 and 50c. s Y. M. C. A. -Mason and Ellis streets. ORIENTAL ENTER- TAINMENT-MONDAY, January 4, 1897, at8 P.M.—Rev. Haskett Smith, M. 4.—“From Joppa to Jericho With Eight Old Maids and a Nervous Bachelqr.” lilustrated by Magniticent Stereop- ticon Views. Admlssion, 25¢; reserved seats, 50c, Sutter Box plan‘and tickets at Sherman & Clay and Kearny streets, and at the V. M. C. A. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB . (NGLESIDE TRACK), The only Perteci Winter Raceirack ia America. RACIG a2l RACING . Racing From Monday, Deec. 28, to Satur- * “day, January 9, Inclusive. . FIRST KACE AT 2 P.M. Také Southern Pacific trains a; Third . and Townsend sts. depot, leaving at 1 r. i > re for Round Trip, including Ad- mibsion to Grounds, »1.00. Take Mission-s., electric line direct to track. The Pommery Sec St; ‘vesday, Dec. 29, The California Oak: Thursday, Dec. 3L breve & Co. Cup Friday, Jan. 1. A.%B. SPRECKELS, President W. S LEAKE, Secretary, os Lake: Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shine.