The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1897, Page 7

~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1897 & 7 B8 oo g, o0 AMUSEMENTS. ¢ TH¥ATER—*The 0.d Homestead."” Corvwnia 1 u¥ATER—" Kerry Gow, Monoscos OPERa-Hovsa— Land of the Mid- cAZAR THEATER.— “Chispa.” jvoLi UPERa Housk.— Jack and The Bean- OrprrrM—HIgh-Class Vaudeville, 1 L&'« PALACE.—Mahara's Refined Minstrels HANIGS' PAVILION—Prof. Gleason, to-mor- X CHUTES AND SgaTING RINK.—Daily at 5 o1, one block east of the Park. 0 BaTHs—Bathing and performances. 1ACIFIC C 0A8T JOCKEY CLum.—Races to-day. —Friday. January 15. 44 Brannan street, at 11 sued for a divorce gh. of Comuierce elected officers term yeste: e Board of Directors of e met {n regular session y e d Consistory of th a will be in annual comm oon: e old bark R and solu 10 | Califor- ion this hard III_has been con. Coroner Hawkins held ten inquests vesterday the bodies of peopls who bad met with y next Saturday r and cotton for entire cargo of lo 1 Japan. . Johnson was badly injured by arun- away horse at Pine and Kearny streets. L L. Baar had a narrow iam Broderick contest for the ¥ William A. Dean, ok W. Bennett and and brotk erday on a charge of batte st Girl, Boreas, George P: 3o Rosebud wer s the ba ual convention of the Rallway Mail Mutual Benevolent Association will be 1 this City, beginning March 16. Hodge and to & lot on i Auditor i Fortuna, g horses ge to near Ki Dare, on retiring from , was deservedly complimented tion by Judge Josch- died in this City re- his properiy, amount his niece, Mts. Annie r, was sent to x months for h the United eepe letters throug ts denounce Labor Com- s political faker who ty work for his brother and er to put out a fire cargo, is now at anchor in & Gartenberg has been filed bequeaths the estate of the r immediate relatives, some of r hearing of the criminal libel t Benjamin F. Hudelson in Judge t was by consent continued nuary 21 as sued the Police Commis- be return of $30 to the Po- Fund, alleged bave been Mc Courtto appoiut her a rlate husband, John Morry e valued at about $3000. ha road, and on r deter- of extending the road from field will be at once begun. t G.de Vincent and George Smith re 1 for un early morning t on Post and Larkin sted for disturbing the ors of the Merchants’ ial meeting to prepare , which will be presented xt Thursday Jake y Leslie pick-pockets, ument was heard in the Supreme Court ay in & suit brought to test the consti- nality of ine act passed in 18¢ the co.iection of taxes on personsl in this county. C. H. Hammert, Henry Sears, George Leon- erd, L. C. Brand and John Hal porated the Interstate Iny n land, crops pital stock is fixed at » made b y of st d paris leave 10 re- mortgage their property on Fifteenth street, near Julian avenue, to pay off & mortgage of $18,000 due the German Savicgs Bank. Samuel McFadden has asked the Probate Court to appoint him administrator of the estates of Nicholas Powers and Augusta Zer- er, deceased, for the purpose of collecting m said estates money due petitioner. s Clemence Reiss, eldest daughter of Ber- Reiss, of the firm of Neuburger, Reiss & and_Adolph Nordman of the Standard ical Company were married last evening atthe Concordia Club rooms, the Rev. Dr. Voorsanger officiating. Mrs. Lizzle Lampman, arrested for drunken- ness, was taken from the California-street Fo! tion early yesterday morning to the Receiving Hospital, apparenily suffering from rychnine poisoning, butshe claimed she was ct to epileptic fits. Board of Regents of the University of nis met yesterday for the first time rand transacted agood deal of bust. . It was decided to lay the cornersione of Affi/iated Colleges on Washington’s Birth- dey and to make the occasion memarable, ¢ Bohme, by his sttorney, F. W. Van o, has sued the San Francisco and o Electric Railwsy Compapy for injuries received by being thrown ;n on account of the dangerous which the defendant's tracks ollision with & passing car. { California was vesterday 500 valuable volumes that reference bouks of Dr. Greene- 1 German rabbi and schoiar. 00 fo & wa dition in leftand s niversity viih th Hebraic matters and will of a library of Semetic lan- guages at ey, in ich the Jewish people of ill take a great interest. NEW TO-DAY. BABY’ SKIN ~ Inall the world there is no other treatment 80 pure, 8o sweet, 8o safe, 8o speedy, for pre- serving, purifying,and beautifying the skin, scalp, and hair, and eradicating every hu- mor, &8 warm baths With CUTICURA SOAP, and gentle anointings with CUTICURA (oiut~ ment), the great skin cure. (uticura I Drv6 & Cwes. Core., Sole Bostor 83~ 41| About the Skin. Scaipyand Hair," free. EVERY HUMOR Pomnre s toria, B. C., | es to hold his own | Bonuer, were also | HAS BEEN MANY TIMES IN PERIL The Glenesslin, Now in Port, Was Scuttled in New York. Her Cargo of Coal Oil on Fire, So a Desperate Remedy ‘Was Necessary. Ancther Battle-Ship Will Start on a Long Cruisc—The Oregon Has Her Orders. The British ship Glenesslin, now tied up in Richardson Bay awaiting a wheat charter, has had a hard time of it during the past twelve months. She has been in several hurricanes and was on fire and scuttlea in New York harbor. After being raised and repaired she took a cargo of kecosene to Hongkong and from that point weut to England, where she was loaded for San Francisco. “:After we discharged at New York,” said Captain Pritchard yesterday, “we were chartered to load paraffine oil for China. Unfortunately for all concerned, three days before we were to sail the ship took fire in the after end underneath the | cabin, and in order to save the vessel the | fire brigade sank her. My wife and-I had een away to Philadelphia to bid our is good-by, and when we returned to the Glenesslin she was eight feet under water. 1 and my wife and child saved nothing in the world but what was on our backs, S0 you can imagine our feelings. | They move quick ew York, how- ever, and in five days my ship was raised | and pumped out and the work of repairing her began. It cost $30,000 to put her in order again, and then e took on board a | fresh cargo of oil and made a start for Hongkong.” A cut of the raising of the Glenesslin was made from a photograph taken by Captain Pritcherd at the time. The Gienesslin is not chartered, and the chances are that she will remain there for several months to come. The American ship E. B. Sutton ar- rived from New York yesterday alter an uneventiul passage of 155 days. She brings an unusually Lheavy general cargo and will be docked at once and probably begin discharging this afternoon. On Thanksgiving day, in latitude south, longitude 86 west, Alired Locke, second officer, died of consumption and was buried at sea. He was a general fuvorite on the Suiton and his death cast a gloom over the entire crew, so Thanksgiving was not a time for rejoicing on board the E. B. Sutton. The Merchants’ Exchange received the following telegrams yesterday from Lon- don: The Brit h steamer Glenesk, previously re- ported, has No. 4 ballast tank full of water, and not ss before reported The British steamer Queen Olga. previously reported having put into Nagesaki, has gone into dock. It is believed that the cargo is un- injured. Repairs will prohably be comvleted in'twenty days. Cost is estimated at £2500. The Alaska Packers' Association held its annual meeting yesterday and re- elected the present managers and board of directors. The report of the year’s work showed & fair surpius and the stock- holders were satisfied with the business done, The association will send out large salmon fleet next spring, and in- creased profits are expacted. T. W. Leydecker, the well-known saloon man and pigeon-fancier and who for iwenty-two years has been in business on the water front, retired intp private life yesterday. He sold oup his establishment for cash, and will in future devote his time and energies to the business of rais- ing carrier-pigeons and ma.ing his fight for the position of postmaster of Alameda. Mr. Leyaecker is at present one of the Town Trustees, but he seeks the higher office, and, as both the Congressman and Senator from_the district are for him, the chances are all in his favor. The tug Columbia arrived from Coos Bay yesterday in order to undergo an overhauling. She is a sister vesssito the Hunter, now in port, and both of them belong to the A. M. Simpson Lumber Company. The Hunter has been over- nauled and is now in first-class order. She will leave at once for Coos Bay and re. sume the towing of lumber vessels to sea, while the Columbia is liable to remain here for some months and handle the vessels at this end. The battle-ship Oregon has been or- dered to Acapulco and all is bustle and hurry on board. The boys in blue are more than pleased with® the idea of a change as they are tired of lying off the Union Iron Works with nothing to do. Yesterday the warship had all her coal and water aboard and by noon to-day she will be fully provisioned. Tnen the lads will be given an opportunity to say fare- well to their sweethearts and wives and to-morrow the Oregon will an- chor in Richardson’s Bay. Friday morn- ing on the first tide she will sail for Cen- tral America and the battle-sbip will be off on her first long cruise. No great speed can be expected from her as her bottom is foul, but nevertheless wherever she goes the credit of Calilornia will be upheld. The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company's Coptic will take away a tuil cargo of cotton and flour for Japan and China next S8aturday. Yesterday a river steamer’s load of flour and five carloads of cotton were being rushed aboard simulta- neously. The American ship Samaria, which ar- rived from Departure Bay last night, re- ports the seaiing schooner Allie I Alger clean. She was spoken sixty miles west of Point Arena, and the captain said he had then five boats out, but that since leaving San Francisco it was the first occa- sion on which he had been abte 1o hunt. None of the sealers that left last month aid expenses. The American ship Kennebec, that came steraay in tow of the wrecker White- , brought in the largest load of lumber that has ever come from Puget Sound in one vessel. In the hold and on the deck there is 1.600,000 fest of rough lumber, and the captain thinks he might have brought a few thousand feet more had the weather been fayorable. As she passed up the bay the Kennebec had a heavy list to star- board, but this was due to the fact that & portion of the deck load had shifted. The Harbor Commissioners have ac- cepted Chief Engineer Holmes' plans for the flagstaff on tue ferry-depot tower. It will be of steel hydraufic pipe and on the 1op will be a zold-plated ball, eighteen inches in diameter. The halyards will be of manila and copper. When completed | the distance from the street to the top of the pole will be 276 feet. On the tower will aiso be placed the red, green and white lights of a ship in crder to guide the ferry-boats in making a landing, Lin Hop, & despondent Chinese, jumped overboard from Clay-street wharf yester- day, He was rescued by Se-geant Ma- honey and sent xzha Receiving Hospital, He said he had e money and no friends and wanted to die. The gealing tchooner Luisa D is minus one of her hunters, An inccming coaster reports that Captain Thompson said that one of his men had lost his life while out bunting. The old bark Richard III has bsen pur- chased by parties in Victoria, B. C., and will be cut down an1 turned mto a barge. At one time she was one of the fastest and best vessels of her class on the coast. Now The British Ship Glenesslin as She Appeared When Being Raised in New York Harbor, Her Coal Oil Cargo Caught Fire and She Had to Be Scuttled. Laid Up in Richardson’s Bay. The Glenesslin Is Now she has outgrown her usefulness and has to be turned into a hulk, = Ohief of Police Crowley received a dis- patch last night from: Senator Perkins, Washington, that the Government would place the revenue cutter Perry at his dis- posal in effecting the arrest of Frank But- ler, tte murderer, on the arrival of the Swanhilda from Neweastle, N. 8. SIXTEEN AND IN PRISON. Martha Wohltmann Detained Under Sus- picion of Having Helped to Rob Her Own House. Martha Wohltmann, a girl 16 years of age, is accused by her parents of having connived with a young mansto rob their house and of having helped him in the | commission of the crime. | The girl’s father is Claus Wohltmann, a teamster, living at 25 Isis street, which runs between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets from Folsom to Harrison. The house was broken into on Sunday night, December 27, during the absence of the | family, and $70 in coin, a gold watch diamond ring, gold ring and other jew- elry stolen. The burglary was reported to the police, ana suspicion fell upon Martha, as she had been away from home from the night of the burglary. Yesterdey afternoon Mrs. Wohltmann saw Martha talking to a young man on Mission street. As soon as they saw Mrs. Wohltmann going toward them they sep- arated and ran in different directions. Mrs. Wohltmann pursued Martha for sev- eral blocks and would have been forced to | give up the cl:ase 1f Policeman Lynch had | not taken part. Lynch took the mother and daughter to | police headquarters and Mrs. Wohltmann | tearfully told of her daughter’s perfidy. The girl refused to_say anything and siie was deteined pending further invéstiga- tion. Later the girl said she was married by contract to & younz man named Jack Longand on_the afternoon of the burg- lary she met Long on McAllister ana Lar- kin streets. He went home with ner till | she could get her clothes and then they | went to live in a lodging-house on Misw; { | sioh street. She denied that either she or Long took any of the money or jewelry, but the police do not believe her. After she had told her stury she was, at the request of her mother, booked for | some public institution aud will probably be sent to the Magdalen Asylum to-day. POSTAL CLERKS TO MEET. | The Annual Gathering Will Be Held in This City in March Next, The annual convention of the Railway Mail Service Mutual Benevolent Associa- tion will be held in San Francisco tinis year, beginning March 16. There are 375¢ members in the association and the repre- sentation at the gathering in this City will be very large. In this, the eighth division, there are 122 meinbers. One reason for the organization being so strong is be- cause the death benefits, $2000, are paid at once upon official notification of death. There is $30,000 in the treasury. It is likely from present appearances that the majority of the members wili as- semble at Chicago and come from there in Pullman cars specially set aside for their use. The convention will last nearly a week, but before the postal officials return to the Bast they will spend two or three days in Los Angeles. ; he local members are hard at work raising funds to entertain their friends, and among themselves they have secared so far about $2000. In order to help out in this direction several entertainments age in preparation. The first will be a lecture and stereopticon entertainment to be held in the YauniMans' Chrnistian Association building on February 4. The subject will be “The Postal Service,”” by Postal In- epector' J. W. Erwin. Other entertain- ments will take place before the conven- tion. ————— SLAVONIAN OLUB BANQUET. The Annaal Social Occasion by the Naticnal Club. It was a fine-looking assembly of young men which sat down at Martinelli’s last night to a festive board. The occasion was the fourth annual banquet of the Slavonian National Social Club, which is given each year by tke club soon after the annual election. There was singing of Slavonian songs by a septet, and speech making. Among those who talked were: The retiring president, P. 8. Sanbuk; the E‘reliduu‘.-alecz, S. Kucich; F. Lastufka, . de Kurtoni and €. Antonioli, e ba) quet was a very nnjoyhle one. The newly elected officers are: President, 8. Kucich; vice-president, V. A. Fuabris; treasurer, 8. Perkovich; recording_secretary, G. Leov ; financial secretary, 8. Pecarich; directors— V. Soljan, V. Karuza, J. Stanovich, J. Pecarich. Those present were: Spiro Vuscovich, J. M. Bvago, V. Soljan, N. Banac, A. Marincovie, 0. Kuc'ch, 3, Sorich, F. Morino, V. A. Spiletak, A, Kucich, A. Slavich, J. Karuza, K. Antonioli, P. Tornich, F. dé Kurtoni, J, Stanovieh, V.'A. Fabris, G, Kosich, N. Zan, P. 8. Sanbrik. V. Karuza, S. Pérkovich, 8. Kucich, J. Pecarich, D. Fabris, F. J, Las- tufka, S. Baker, G. Leoy, L. Lujak, P, Justin, W. Sanbuk, . silmhlzk?u.x.xé‘ rdesicn, J. urien, N, uparicl g ucich, V. Vieh; ¥, Borovinieh, ki e ane - PSR I, There Were Giants in Those Days. Haskett Smith, the famous Orientalist whose lectures aze becoming so popular, will deliver rhat is supposed o be the best of the series— *Baa! , the Stupendous; or, the Cit! the Gianis"~1n the Young Men's Oh Associution Hall, Meson and El s evening. This lecture was d red re s s g’"z'lbg; e Bnts of ¥ specinl request before the Prince Wales at'Marlborough House. % OBJECT TO TAX COLLECTION LAWS An Attempt to Upset the Act That Was Passed in 1895. Plea That It Is Unconstitutional Submitted in the Supreme Court. C aim Made of Urjust Discrimination Between Holders of Diffirent Classes of Property. The act amending the Political Code relative to the collection of taxesin thie county, which act was approved March 98, 1895, was under fire in the Supreme Court vesterday. The suit was that of C. B. Rode and William Bchultheis, doing | business under the firm name of C.B. Rode & Co., against Assessor John D. Siebe. Assistant Attorney-General Jack- son appeared to represent Attorney-Gen- eral Fitzgerald, saying thal the State would be represented on briefs. Walter H. Levy appeared as attorney for the appellant, C. B. Rode & Co., and made an argament attacking the aci on the ground of its unconstitutionality. Considerable attention was paid by other attorneys in court to one phase of the case, which was presented by the plaintiff, as foilows: We adhere to the proposition that under the constitution the Legisiature has no power to exempt {rom taxation any private property whatsoever. Ii any practical inconveuience shall result from our construction of the clause in question, the remedy wiil be found in an amendment to the instrument itself. Itis our provinee to expound it as we find it, and not 10 supply its omissions, if any there be, by forced interpretations. Thus it will be scen by the act approved March 28, 1895, that the Assessor has the Tight to evy, seize and sell personal property unsecured by a lien upon real estate on the 15th day of June. and the taxpayer who owns the real estate has until October to pay his taxes on his personal property. A law subject- ing one class of taxpayers to execution for taxes due upon a certain date, while other taxpayers are exempt from such execution until a later date, is unconstitutional. The facts in the case were that Assessor Siebe, May 20, 1895, demanded of the ap- pellants the immediate payment of taxes upon certain personal property owned by them for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1895, and threatened that unless the ‘ap- pellants paid him the sum assessed against them forthwith he would seize the prop- erty and - sell 1t, or 5o much as was neces- sary to make the required sum. The As- sessor made an arbilrary assessment aiter the appeliants had filed and sworn to a statement of their personal property. The appellants contended that they had al- | ready paid thelr personal property tax for the fiscal year 1894-95, and that when the assessment was demanded no tax had been levied for the fiscal year 1895 96 ana that t1e Assessor had no authority to col- lect taxes until the levy was made. TEN VIOLENT DEATHS. Coroner Hawkins Kapt Busy With Mur- ders, Suicides and Fatal Accidents. Ten inquests were held by Coroner Hawkins 1n cases where people had met with violent deaths. A verdict of acci- dental death was returned in the case of John Hogan, who died in the Receiving Hospital from a fracture of the skuil on the 4th inst. Hogan was a laborer, 45 years of age, and lived at 1912} Mission street. Several days belore his death he wason a hay-wagon on Oak and Devisadero streets and was run into by an electric car. The jury did not think that any one but Hogan was to blame for the accident as he got 1n the way of the car with his vehicle. “Murdered by some unknown person,’’ was the verdict returned in the case of Chu Chang or Ju Jung, who was shot to death on Jackson street and St. Louis al- ley on the night of December 23. De- ceased was a fisherman and the killing was the outcome of one of the highbinder feuds among the Chinese. Otto G. Heuser, a native of Germany, 50 years of age, residing at 1364 Park street, Alameda, went to Golden Gute Park on the 26th ult. and blew his brains out with a revolver. A verdict of suicide was re- turned. On the 27th of last month there wasa fire in the Caliiornia Glue Works in Sonth San Krancisco and Henry Hollier was burned so badly that he did not live long thereafter. The jury thought that his death was accidental. 3 Late in the afternoon of December 28 the body of Lo How was found suspended by a rope from the rafters of a small barn in the rear of 808 Stockton street. A bul- tet wound was found in the right side of his head. It was learned that there had been a row among the Chinese at 808 Stockton street several evenings belore. The hanging of How to the rafters was evidently a bungling attempt on the part of the murderers to lead the public to be- lieve that he had committed suicide, but the npmm showed that it was the bullet that killed the Chipaman and not the | | | | Hollis was not able to be present and give ‘of evidence and believing that the proper rope. A verdict of murder by parties un- known was returned by the Coroner’s jury. Alonzo P. Bovd, who lived at 698 Twenty- fourth street, Oakland, committed suicide with a revolver in a lodging-house at 719 Market street, this City, on December 25, A verdict in accordance with the facts was found. Deceased was 40 years old and a nadve of Kentucky. On November 1 F. W. Scheurich, a shoe- maker living at 8 Virginia court, left his home after sending a note to & friend that he intended to end hislife. On the 6th inst. his body was found in the bay off Lombard-street wharf. Suicide was the verdict. 2 The jury returned a verdict of accidental death in ‘the case of Harry Hart, a bar- keeper at the New Western Hotel, at 800 Kearny street. On January 1 Hart feli over the railing while going upstairsin the hotel and fractured his skull. Death resulted the next day from his injuries. He was 37 years of age. Because the man she loved refused to return her affection Barbara Groom took a dose of carbolic acid that caused her death. The tragedy happened on the 4:h inst. at 402 Geary street. She was 18 years of age and came irom Colusa. Suicide was the verdict. Coroner Hawkins and the jary dis- agreed on the veraict in the case of Frank H. Brockman, who on the 2d shot Mar:uerite Hollis and then ended his life with a bullet. The tracedy took place in a saloon on McAllister and Leavenworth streets. No one saw the shooting. He shot the woman in the jaw and she is now in the hospital, and then placed the muzzie of the weapon in bis own mouth and blew his brains out. Previous to this Brockman told his sister that he intended to commit suicide. All of these facts were presented to the jury, but Miss her testimony. However, the jury re- | turned the following: **Owing to the lack | steps have not been taken in securing evi- | dence we, the jury, are unable to render a | decision in_this case.” i Coroner Hawkins was not satisfied with this return and refused 1o accept the same. He took the legalL right he has to ar- bitrarily decide questions under such cir- cumstances and signed *‘Suicide” to the inquisition papers. | ek b A R e HEALTH STATISTICS | Semri-Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Health, The semi-annual report of the Health Department for the period ending Decem- ber 31 last has been prepared by the sec- retary of the Board of Health. The fact of an unfavorable death rate in propor-| tion to the birth rate is attributed to the fact that physicians are remiss in report- ing births, and legislation on the matter is recommended. During the six months'ending December 31, 1896, the total number of deaths was 2997, an average of 9.06 per thousand. The' rates were: July 505, August 454, September 466, October 506. November 463, December 603. Of these 2743 were white, 1230 Mongolians and 24 colored. Married 1019, single 1595, widowers 144, widows 186, ubascertained 53. The ‘toial number of denths for the year was 6036, consisting of 3650 males, 2386 female: e o Fell Twenty Feet. Fred Carlson, a carpenter, employed in the erection of the new building corner of Geary and. Stockton streets, met with & serious acci- dent yesterday morning. He was working on tae first story close to the elevator well when he was struck by the elevator as it was de- scending. He feil to the ground floor. a dis- tance of about twency feet. The ambulance was summoned and he was taken 1o the Re- | ceiving Hospital, where it was found that he | was suffering {rom_contusions of the side and back and possible internal injuries. He lives at the Continental Hotel e First National Directors. The election of directors for the First Na- tional Bank has resulted in the choice of the entire former board. The members of the old ‘board are: 8. G. Mutnhy, James Moflitt, George A.Low, J. Dowrey Harvey, Thomas Jennings, N. Van'Bergen, James D, Phelan, J. A. Hooper nd George C. Perkin NEW TO-DAY. §3.00 For an oil-heat- s er. Why freeze for the balance of the winter when neat is so cheap? To close out the season’s run on oil-heaters, week ; &) will heat a room 12x14 tor 1% cheuu per hour When § you want a cooker come and see the MYERS BLUE FLAME. It will suit you. JOHN F. MYERS cO., 047 Market St., Next to Hale’s. POWELL STREET IN RED AND WHITE A Prismatic Display Was Produced Last Night. Night's Darkness Completely Overceme by Arc Lights. A Dezzling Eff:ct Produced om the Block Betwzen Eddy and Ellis Streets. The long-expected electric display of arc lighis on Powell strest from Eddy to Ellis was realized last night for the first time. The business men whose names have already appeared in THE CALL were more than gratified at the result of their enter- prise when they saw the dazzlicg effect produced. The artistic effect was most pleasant to behold as the twelve white lights—six on each side of the street—shone. To give a prismatic effect to this strong light four red lamps were hung over the center of the stroet. Their subdued crimson rays blended with the additional illumination at the various stores and cafes and those of the Baldwin Hotel. A noticeabie feature was the cream- colored lamps in the windows of Haub Brothers’ bakery and confectionery par- lors on the opposite side. These were par- ticularly admired, together with what may be termed the headlight on theColumbia Woolen-mill Clothing-store. The electric illuminated Columbia Theater a tew yards farther north was made more conspicuous. This wonderful transtormation of that one block attracted wide attention. In the absence of Samuel H. Fried- lander, the president of the Powell-street Improvement Club, who is on his way from Portland; Or., the duties of superin- tending tbe illumination devolved on Charles C. Haub of Haub Brothers, who assumed full charge on the declination of Jacob J. Gottlob of the Columbia Theater, whose business prevented him from taking a prominent part in the management. The contract with the electric light company js for a period of six months, with the Provision that the six red lights remain lighted during the entire night. ‘The white lights will be extiaguished at midnight. The expense, which is so cheerfully borne by all the business people on the street, save one, amounts to $50 per week. As an example of the progressive spirit of the people on this block Haub Bros.’ gas and electric lizht bills amount to $100 per month, and thissum is cheerfully paid because of the increase of busineas since they acded lights in their premises. To a Warmer Climate. United States Marshal Barry Baldwin has received an order from the Attorney-General at Washington to transfer United States THE SAN FRANCISCO BLACK GOODS 'HOUSE, 22 Geary St., Near Kearny. Telephone Grant 518. CLOSING SALE FALL MPORTATIONS. 100 Suits at $3.50, worth $5. 100 Suits at $4.50, worth $6. 100 Suits at $7, worth $10.50. 100 Suitsat $8.75, worth $12.25 Black Moire Velour 90e, Worth 81,25, . Black Moire Velour $1.25, Worth $1.75, We carry by far the largest and most complete stock of Black Fabrics. R. T. KENAEDY COMPAY NEW TO-LAY—AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE 3RS KRY ¥sTINE KRELTNS, Proprietor & Manage: —THIS BEVENING— THE HIT, “ALL OVEE TOWN.” THE SHCOND HDITION 01 Our Trium pbant Holiday Spe-tacle, |JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. NEW BALLETS. —_ SPECIALTIES. THE DANCING COW. The Growing Beanstalk. Electric Janissaries. THE ‘A REAL BALLET: " “WHAT WILL_THEY SPRING ON US NEXT?’’ _ BRING THE CHILDREN. SECURE YOUR SKATS IN ADVANCE. ..25¢ and 50a Popula~ Prices. PEOPLE’S PALACE. COMMENCING MONDAY, JAN. Saturday and Sunday Mati Big Ovation! Great Suc DARKEST AMERICA, MAHARA'S REFINED MINSTRRLS ! 35—COLORED ARTISTS !—35 % Headed by the Only. BILLY YOUNG! Parade at Noon Dally——10¢, 20¢c, 30c. 11. ACING! RACING! RACING! ~—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— WINTER MEETING, 1896-'07. Beginning Monday, Jan. 11, to Jan. 23, Inclusive, OAKLAND RACE TRACK, . Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wed ‘thursday, Friday and Satur Rainor shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —Races Start as 2:15 P. M. Sh 139 Ty Z.olt‘a lnval’%nn Francisco ing with tralus stopplog at the entra: Buy your ferry tickets L0 =hell Mound. Reiurning—Trains leave the Track 4345 P. & and immediately after the, THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR, R. B. MILROY, Secretary. e SUTRO BATHS. SER e e S . “Including Admission—. oK, R or Children poor . ooit8 1 Admi 5, 10¢; Child: . G G O FWAR NEXE SUNDRE: °° ,HnlesinYnurHeaIth. ‘What does that mean? Sup- pose you are taking in money all day, and drop it into a pocket with holes; you will find yourself a loser instead of a gainer by the day’s business. Same with your health. You eat and drink and sleep, yet lose instead of gain strength. There’s a hole in your health. Some blood disease, probably, sapping your vitality. You can’t begin, too soon, to take the great blood purifier, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. prisoner, James Murphy, from the State Prison at San Quentin to the penilentiary at Yuma, Ariz. In the order the Attorney-General states that the application for a transfer was made on account of the prisoner’s ill health, the latter being afilicted with consamption, as attested by Dr. William Lawler, the resident physician of San Quentin. Deputy Marshal Monckton will leave with the prisoner within a day or two. 5 P S T Directors Chosen. The following directors and officers for’ the House of Refuge at 1057 Golden Gate avenue have been selected by the Federation of Women: Mrs. Eva E. Bates, president; Mrs. J. E. Hill, first_vice-president; Mrs. K. S. Aitken, second vice-president; Dr. Mrs. T. B, Jones, treasurer; Miss C. L. Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. L. M. Kimball, corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. M. North, Mrs, M. J. Payne, Mrs. M. E Ackley. w NEW TO-DAY. Water is the cheapest beverage. Tea next. There are 150 to 200 cups in a pound of Schilling's Best, and such pleasure as those do not suspect who drink colored tea. It is to stale-roasted tea what fresh-roasted coffee is to stale-roasted coffee; and what fresh-roasted peanuts is to stale-roasted peanuts. At grocers’ in packages. A Schilling & Company San Francisco 5 XEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporaied).....Propeiaiosy Final Performances of the Successful Revival of DENMAN THOMPSON'S FAMOUS PLAY, THE OLD HOMESTEAD AN EXCELLENT CAST. The Original Old Homestead Double Quartet. SUPERB SCENIC ENVIRONMENTS. Novel Eleotrical Effects. LAST PERFORMANCE SUNDAY NIGHT. EXT"EJ—{MDICA OPERATIC CONCERTS Tus E’vg. Ji 19 by E'vg: tie oo, 30 aCt FAUST Thorsdsy Ev'g.Jan. 21.. Lastact TRUVATORE Sat. Matinee, Jan. 23......Last act SIEGFRIED MME. LILLIAN SCALCHI, VLEMPSEY, GRAND ORCHESTREA. SEATS READY TO-DAY (Wednesday). Prices—$3, $2 50, $2 and $1. COLUMBIA THEATER. FRIEDLANDEE, GOTTLOB & Co., Lessees&Managers POSITIVELY APPEARING AT EVERY PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK. itimhGnedp, © JOSEPH . @ URPHY In the Greatest of All Irish Dramas, CEERRY GOYW!” #4 Comedy Drame Without An Tqual” atinee Saturday. 2 NEXT MONDAY —— Chas. H. Yale's Great Spectacle, “THE FOREVER DEVIL'S AUCTION,” ., MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lesses and Manago: —MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION— Of the Thrilling Icelandic Melodrama. LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN A SPECTACULAR PLAY, COMBINING PATHOS AND COMEDY. Reappearance of JOHN J. PIERSON in riginal Character of “JASON OKRY. Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes! Wonderful Aurors Borealis! 10¢, 250 and 503, sy and Sunday. Hig Evening Prico Matinees Sat: O'Farrell Street, Betwaan Stockton and Powall. Matinee To-Day (Wednesday), Jan. 13, SPECIAL CHARITY MATINEE! A GREAT DOUBLE BIL ATTRACTIONS EXTRAORDINARY. FANOUS ROYAL HUNGIRIIN COURT ORCHESTRA, ¥ LIEUTENANT NOBI AND KIRALFY' And the Fail Orpheum Vaudeville Com ALSO MANY CONTRIBUTED AR iiSTS The Royal Hungarian Court Orchestra will ap- pear In concert in_the Orphenm Annex after the regular performance in the auditorium. The Biggest Event c z in the history of = this favorite thea.er JUST LIKE OLD TIMES! TO-NIGHT! — TO-NIGHT! CEISEPA ! — Sawmill worked by & mountain of scenic art in “Death Valiey” tain Gorge' scenes. Enormous Osbourne as ““Injun Jack,” Hu Stevens” d the Clever Company. Regular Prices. Phone for seats—Black 991 MECHANICS’ PAVILION. Thursday Evening, January 14, ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! PROFESSOR 0. R. GLEASON, KING OF HORSE-TAMERS, Will Attempt to Tame and Break to Harness the Wild Horse, IL.AW SUIT, As Well as Other Vicious Horses, ream. Realism d +The Moun- a8 0f Georgs Toland as “Zeke Music by Golden Gate Military Band, POPULAR PRICHS.