The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1897, Page 7

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1897. BRUARY 9, 1597 AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER —“Spariacus befjp MIFORNIA ThEATER —Mile. Antoinette Tre- COLUMBIA THFATER —Chimmie Fadden.* Morosco s OPERA-HOUSE. —- A Mile & Minute” ALCAZAR THEATER ~'Ine Professor.” 1Vort OPERA HOUSE.— ~Aladding Wenioks OPERA oUSK.— «Aladding OrruEvyM.— High-Class Vaudeville, SUTKO BATHS—Bathing and 1erformances, THE CHUTES AND SKATING RINk—Daily at Haight streer, one biock cast of the Pa; UAKLAND RaCE TRACK.—Races to-day AUCTION SALES. BY INDIANA ATCTION Co.~] 9. Furniture, at 1067 Market or, The Febroary CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Clondy Tuesda Forecast Official Mea, The whaler Jane Gray will go to Alaska on 8D otter-hunting expedition. A ‘body, supposed to be that of Domenico Arbini, was found in the bay vest Joseph Carew will represent Sacred Heart Parish in the district silver medal contest. The Krieger-Vereins gave a banquet last night in honor of their fourth anniy rsary, The Andrew Welc Captain Drew, took v twelve passengers for Honolulu yester- Third street will be lighted by electricity Harrison on next Saturday The gun mo on a dis this coast was tested at ppearing rt Point Evangelist M modern unbe terial Unio: hall spoke yesterday on at the Presbyterian Minls. Slack has given judgment in favor of ’s Institution sgainst John T. Da- vis for $1240 and costs. engagement is announced of Thomas e, the well-known real estate man, aud n Carlion Curt e old whaling-bark ng changed America mma F. Herriman is entine for the North Company. Thom that he nev Mrs. Naney A sterday testified contract with J. E. Biomross, & carpent ard sireet living at 9 How- 20 yesterday by a'grafter arcund the Police courts. In Judge Slack’s court_the suit of Mrs. Ma- hala Robinson agaiust Mrs. Rachel Macdou- galand M Hudgin was on trial ). W. Perley has sued Fletcher Taylor for £5000 on a of cash ndvaLced for the de- nt by Mr. Perley and W. B. Geor; Oakland track reopened yesterday, The winning horses were: Basquil, Palmerstoa, lisbury 11, Estacs, Caspar and’ Mo At the meeting of th ay Club yesterday R the pastors with their ig Congregational Mon- W. Tubb upbraided orance of histo W.A. Speak, alias Spencer, bookkeeper at the Atas iron Works, Potiero, was arrested last night ou the charge of iviony embez: . The police want a man with wooden Jegs who, it is claimed, has been fraudu taining subscriptions f different = The Butier case before Com cock is attracting much att public. It will be resumed ing: The funeral of the late Fritz Bhnck day from the Hinckiey residence on nia street. Interment will be at Pied- orrow e sealing-schooner Rattl eight skins 5o far. fall r reports thirty- Owing to the boat-steerer ick the cruise of the vessel was de- he suit of John H. Wise against James 2 phy and F. § for $9760. judgment Las been given against (b # vy Judge Hebbard. £ Tmed by W. H. Dimond for the benefit of his heirs. nk Teylor, a sa s a porch-clim e and several againsvhim. and known to the po- was arrested by the burgiaries will be booked ie ca: gainst John A. Benson and others, erged with land frauds, will probably be pped by the United States suthorities on onday next. T ted States survey steamer McArthur has gone to the north channel to search for the rock on which the Centesima struck on December 13 last. Annusl banquet of Unity Alliance No. 14, §t. Patrick’s Ailiance of America, at which Rev. Fath cFadden expressed misgivings on the arbitration. Mrs. Cli 26 Bush street, 100k & baby boy 10 the Re & Hos yesterday that was found on her doorstep some weeks 8go, as she had got tired of it. Batler, slias Ashe, is now heard of from Ohfo. A Springfic.d man has recoguized hus picture and des as tnat of a former associate in Alaska. The tion Comm on Commerce and Naviga- was entertalned by the Harbor Commis- s on a ccuise round the bay devoted to ss aud pleasure. r Phelan will appolnt a committee of to work fu conjunction with the e of the U ates, which has Alexauder J Canadian Northwest nize nurderer But belongea to the force. Smit d police, failed to r last night as trial of Fred Marriott, charged with r publishing urticles 10 the News Le ou Judge Hebbard has bee il nex: Monday. s citizens have r of the San Francisco and that they are not opposed to ds in that vicinity. A mass-meeting in tavor of relies of the bakers. now bei ture, was held last evening under the auspices bills for the of the 1Ir and Labor Alliane James Nesbit, G. H. Jamesworth and Joe Curley were arrésted Inst night and locked up in th some jewelry they were trying to seil. George Ackermanu, 518 Eleventh street. was arrested lust night on the charge of assault to murder for throwing a hatchet at Thomas Kane, a boy, and fracturing his skull. Secretary Frank Kane of the Pacific Coast Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- drep, was arrested yesterday on a charge of Dattery preferred by W. A. Lighthall. e Board of Trade held its annual meeting rday and d a board of directors. resident Watkins’ report is a most cheerful bcument, indicating a prosperous year. The Salvation Army will impress the phono- ErAph into service by loading it with relig- -fous hymnus and exhortations. One will be iried st the Metropolitan Tem ple on the 22d -fust. Many friends will be grieved to learn of the death ‘st Los Gatos yesterday of Frank G. Hume, sonof Mr. and Mrs. G, W. Hume of Piedmont. Mr. Hume succumbed to menin- gitls. Tue Poard of Supervisors yesterday de- cided to sit next Weduesday at 10 4. M. as & committee of the whole to take testimony pre- liminary 1o fixing water rates for the ensuing -fiscal year. A former member of the Canadian mounted police failed to identify Butler, the Australian €uspect, as Ashe, formerly of Troop B at Regina. The theory is that Butier assumed Aslhie's name. The Valley rond will receive suggestions as 10 names of new stations, and Division Super- tendent McFariand wiil soon remove to Fresno to tske charge of the work on the akersfield extension. Taylor Rogers will deliver a lecture to-mor- vening at the Turk-street Temple under spices of Liberty Branch, Sociaiist Lebor , on the ““Economies of the Sermon on Mount,” BSeats are free. t & meeting of the Fillmore-street Club last tcomplaints were made regarding the ition of Bush street atits junction nore, and aiso with the bid cond ie sidewalk on block 357, owned by staral exhibition at Hamburg, Ger- this year, desires to have Golden Gate xuibited’ there in wodel, in a special iliding where the grest parks of the world Le comparatively studied by Europeans. ihe hearing on the application for extradi- n in the case of Butler, the alleged multi- Aurderer, was resumed before Commissioner -Heacock yesterday and continued, after some gvidence hnd been taken, until Wednesday at 2 P. M. The aitorneys for the defense pre- sented certain objections against the jurisdic- tion of the court, which were aisregarded. Trunks Moved 25 Cents. Commercial Transier Company, 43 Sutter st. notified | re the Legisla- | tauks pending an investigation as 1o | committee having in charge the general | | T0 CARRY CO0 I LU OF WHALES The 0!d Herriman Changad From a Bark Into a Barkentine. Another Whaler Has Been Turned Ioto an Otter Hunt- ing Schooner. | Many ple on the Front Yesterday Mistook the Olivebank for | the Swanh:lda, which ish ship Olivebank, in | Butler, the man accused of murderir Weiler and Arthrr Preston, served asan A. B. under the name of Robert Ashe, | made the prettiest picture in the buy yes- | teraay. While battling with adverse winds out<ide Capt | portunity to dry any of his sails, so yes- | terday when the barometer was steadily rising and all the indications were for fine weather the canvas was spread to the northerly breeze, and before nightfall nearly all the sails were dried. Many people watched the vessel from Clay- | street wharf and not a few took her to be | the Swanhilds, and some went so far as to { point out the particular mast to which i Butler was assigned when the call for ““All hands” came on a stormy night. Petrie had no op- | ey 5 PN, = oty Comm The British Ship Olivebank as She Appeared From Clay-Street Wharf Yesterday. Many People Mistook Her for the Swanhilda, and Some Even Went So Far as to Point Out the Particular Mast to Which Murderer Butler Was Assigned for Duty When the Call for “All Hands” Came. MASS-MEETING IN The Olivebank has a cargo of coal con- | signed to Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and aiter discharging will probably tie up in Rickardsons Bay to await better times in the wheat trade The old whaling bark Emma F. Herri man will cever go to the Arctic in chase of the leviathan of the deep again. She had an event career, and made money for owners both in New Bedford and San Francisco. A year or so ago J. A Maece, the managing owner, withdrew her from the busines 20 sold ber to the North American Trad- ing Company. Now theold timer is being cut down and transformed into a barken- tine for the cod-carrying trade. Formerly she was a_two-decker, but ail the upper works are being removed, and when the ola whalers who made their home in her year after year see her again they will not know the new Emma F. Herriman. She will lie low in the water, and altogether will present as trim an appearance as any barkentine in port. The same company has also purchased the whaling schooner Jane Gray and will send her to Ala<ka on anotter hunting expedition. Captain N. Hodgson will take her to either Sand Point or Sitka and there ship an Inaian crew, after which a cruise as jarnorth as Copper Island will be in orcer. The sealing schooner Rattler is meeting with very good luck. Since she | left here, several weeks ago, there have only be:n two days on which there was an opportunity to lower the boats and only thirty-eignt skins have been taken, ai- gh thousands of y. Last week one of the boat-steerers was taken sick and the vessel had to put in to Monterey Bay. As he was unable to proceed, the captain Lad to land him and ship another man. No time was lost, and the schooner is now foliowing the herd up the coast. and a few months The members of the Committee on Com- | PAItY- | merce and Navigation were the guests of the Harbor Commissioners They went for a ride around the bay on the State tug Governor Markham, and in- pected the water front and the work in | progress on the ferry building. After as- certaining the needs of the seaport the | steamer was headed for San Quentin, and tue rest of the day was spent in_enjoying | the nospitality of Warden Hale. Presi- did pot goany further than Lombard- street wharf with the party. The bark Andrew Welch, that sailed yesterday for Honolulu, took away an unusuaily heavy cargo. Captain Drew is a general favorite, su no one was sur- prisea when his list showed that there were twelve passengers aboard. There was a big deckl, of horses, mules and hogs; so there will not be much room in | which to move around should the weather | | prove rough. The ship Elwell drifted down on the cabie last Saturday during the soutn- | easter. When the wind changed yester- | day the captain raised his anchor ana | the tide carried him back to almost his old anchorage. That is one instance where wind and weather saved expenses. The ship Oriental, that made the re- markable run of four days and eight hours from here to Departure Bay,is now on her | way back to San Francisco. She was de- | layed at the mines nine days and her chances of breaking the record for a round trip are therefore gone. The revenue cutter Hartley, while bound from Hunters Point to tae barge office yesterday alternoon, broke her shaft | when about off Howard-street wharf. She | was picked up by the United States stean- | er George Sternberg and towed to her | wharf. Georgs McWilliams, a Prisoner in the City Jail, Cut His Throat. George McWilliams, an irmate of the City Prison, attempted suicide yesterday | morning by cutting bis throat. The un- | fortunate man has recently shown signs | of softening of the brain, and Captain | Robinson, in charge of the jail, allowed | his prisoner many privileges not usually | granted, hoping to make his lot more bearable. | McWilliams came to this City from his | Arizona home over a week ago. He then \ WITH A LONG KNIFE. 1 | signed to James McDermott, the whole- | sale butcher. He stopped at the Ahiborn House and while under the influence of | liquor he created a disturbance. His ar- | Test followed, and yesterday he paid a fine | of $i0 in the Police Court. | It was so evident that the man was mentally wrong that Captain Robinson detained him in the prison waiting night time, when Mr. McDermott was {0 come for bim. In the meantime, as McWil~ liams nad refused all food ‘for nearly a | week, the captain put him in charge of a trusty, who was ordered to feed the man | with'a bowl of soup in the kitchen. | "It was while the soun was being pre- pared for him that McWilliams seized a carving-knife and jabbed it into his throat, | severing the windpipe and an artery. ‘I'he prisoner fought desperately to com- plete his work, and four men found it a difficult task to wrest the knife from his rasp. 2 Dr!’l}unnell of the City Receiving Hos- pital sewed up the wounds, but there is Inttle hope of the man’s recovery. | —_——————— Success Due to Scientific Mothods. | The Apenta Hungarian Aperieat Water, drawn | from springs near Buda Pest, is, as the analysis made by varfous su:horities show, a superior laxative water, and, as It has been expioited un- der eminent scientific control, it has secured the support of the medical profession. $o much so | thet 1t 1s employed 1n the hospitals of aimost every Imporiant city in the country. Among the many leading institutions which may Le named are the Belevie Hospital, Post-Graduate Hos- | pital and Polyclinic Hospital, New York City; the | Massachusetts General Hospital and City Hos- pital. Boston; Cook County (Chicago) Hospital, St. Louls Clty Hospital, New Orleans Charity Hos- pital and the Uity ana County Hosplial, San Fran Tel. main 49. Furaiture moved reasonably.” l cisco, r | had in charge a bunch of cattle ccn- | | | the seals were seen | | ble time to pressing the claims of the | the matter, which I consider one of great dent Colnon of the Hurbor Commission | l L All gelivered strong addresses on the sub- FAVOR OF BAKERS | Big Gathering at Turk- Street Temple Last | Evening, Resolutions Adopted Denouncing Opponents of Labor Measures. Those Present Urged to Organize for Political Purposes Before Electicn. Several hundred laboring men answered | i L;nhe call for a mass-meeting at the Turk- o street Temple last evening to protest against the efforts that are being made to defeat two bills now before the Legis- lature that are intended to improve the condition of the bakers. The majority of those present seemed to be members of the Socialist Labor party, from the applause that frequently greeted | the mention of the name of that organiza- tion, and the speakers devoted considera- | The gathering was presided over by G. | yesterday. | Ross Martin, who stated the object of the | meeting and said it was high time that the labor unions protested against the course th:t was being pursued by the Manufacturers’ and Employers’ Associa- tion in attempting to defeat bills that couid be nothing if nor advantageous to | the hard-working bakers. The biils provide for the appointment | of a bakery inspector, who shall be a jour- neyman baker, and fix the day’s labor at ten hours, with overtime for anything in excess of that. | 2. A. Copeland read a circular, letter sent out to business men and manuf: turers by the Manufacturers’ andi Em- ployers’ Association asking them to write to the representatives at Sacramento from their districts to vote against the bills, The chairman then read the following resolutions, which were adopted unani- mously: WHEREAS, There are now pending before the State Legislature two bilis contemplating re- | spectively: (a)The enforcement of czrtain pro- | posed sanitary regulntions relative to bakes | houses end (b) reduction of the number of hours per day which journeyman bakers are | 10 be employed, all time over ten hours to be regarded as overtime and to be paid at a higher rate than_that of the proposed legal workday as provided in the bill; and whereas, in reference to the biil reiating to the sanitary reguiation of bakeshops the measnre is wholly practicable and necessary to the £00d heaith of the community; and that the bill relative to the number of hours consti- tuting a day’s labor in bakehouses is com- mendable for its humanitarian purpose and calculated to raise the moral tone and increase the material wellbeing of a lerge body of citi- | zens who in no smail degree contribute, through their purchasing power, to the indus- | trisl aud commercial interests of the Siate; | and whereas. & non-progressive body ol men, known as “The Board of Manufacturers and Employers of California,” as greedy and grasp- | ing as they are shortsichted and mean-spirited, have issued on the 28th of January last a cir- cular letter calling upon all employers in the State to write to the Senators and Assembly- men of thelr respective districs, urging them | to oppose and vote against the aforesa!d bills; | and wherezs, the said circular letter is not | only misleading, but false in statement and | narration of particulars, and & credit only to the narrow and contemptible commercial | spint which dictated its contents; therefore, | be it | Resoleed, That having_heard the reading of such circular letter, and fully understanding its spirit and purport, we, the citizens of San Francisco in mass-meeting sssembled, do hereby denounce toe underhanded manner in | which the organization kuown as the Board | of Munulacturers and Employers of California has undertaken to defeat the will of the peo- | ple by secret special appeals to the representa- | tives of the people in legislative session as- | sembled; and be ii further | Resolved, That while we indorse the interest | and yprovisions of the afore-mentioned biil we, upon moral and political grounds, whotly | disapprove of the practice of sending delega- tions, from whatever source, to legislative | bodies for the purpose of “lobbying” in the fn- | terest of any class, bill or measure whatsoever, s being coutrary to the genius of a repre. sentative form of government, believing that if the individual voters nave not done their duy at the polls the consequence of the ignorance and negligenc: should fall upon their heads without the Interference of med- diesome delegations and letter-writers that interiere with representatives without the | sanction of the genegal body of electors. | The speakers of the evening were M. W. Wilkins of the Typographical Union, H. Warnecke of the Cigar-makers’ Union, Leo Gasser and Theodore Lynch, secre- tary of the Trades and Labor Alliance. ject of the bills mentioned, and urged | their hearers to organize before the next | general election s0 that representatives in Congress and the State Legislature may | be elected who will be friendly to the i. | terests of labor. Their speeches were re- ceived with frequent and hearty applause, DRAWING TWO SALARIES. Teachers Whose Emoluments Are At- tracting Director Waller's Attontion, School Director Waller is inquiring into the payment of two salaries o tewchers. Other persons, whose names are not given, have aiso addressed Auditor Broderick on | mules. | being put forth. the same subject, but this is a matter with which the Auditor has nothing to do. The teachers who draw more than one sal- ary are as follows: R. D. Faulkner, principal of Franklin Grammar School, § and as teacher in eveniug school $50; H. Sturges, vice-principal of Horace Mann School, $125, ana evening school §50; T. H. McCariby, vice-prineipal of Washington Grammar School, $125, and Riche mond evening school £30; R. E. Eldridge, manual treining at large $100, and £50 for evening school; G. Bates, teacher in Franklin Evening School, $50, aud High School class $75; Miss P. M. Welch, Washington Grammar School, ination §2 100, and secretary of Board of Exam- THOTSANDS AT STAKE. Mayor Phelan Says the Jones Bill May Cost the City Large Sums for Fees. Mayor Phelan and Chief Crowley will confer. Mayor Phelan has a matter on | band which he considers of prime im- portance and it is very likely that he will call upon the Chief of Police to-day. He thinks he has discovered, in what seems | on the face of it & comparatively harmless | measure, the possibility of an addition of ‘ §60,000 per annum to the expenses of this | City and County without any correspond- ing benefit. Thnis measure is known as the Jones bill and its purpose is declared tobe to make the Police Courts of this | City and County courts of record. The difference between courts of record and those that are not courts of record or one difference at least, is thut the former can pay jurors for their seryices. So Mayor Phelan finds a connection between turning the Police Courts into courts of record and the provisions of another law which gives courts of record power to pay | urors. D is Jonsuibill Iboks brnscent enough,” said Mayor Phelan, “but I am satisfiea that if ftshall pass it will be possible to add $5000 per month to the City and County’s expense biil for jurors’ fees. I have written to Senator Mahoney about importance.” THOMAS MAGEE TO WED The Well-Known Real Estate Man Engaged to Miss Helen | Curtis For Weeks Past the Interested Par- ties Have Kept Their Engage- ment a Secret. Thomas Magee, tlre well-known real estate man, is to wed Miss Helen Carlton Curtis. For the past few weaks there have been rumors of the approaching marriage. The secret was, however, too good to keep, and yesterday the prospec- tive bride sent out little notes to her most intimate friends, in which she made pub- lic the pleasanc news. Miss Curtis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Marvin Curtis, and the sister of Mrs. C. D. O'Sullivan and Mrs, Cowles. For the last few years the young lady | has been most popular in her large circle | of friends, who appreciate her on accoufit of her charming disposition and many talents. Miss Curtis was educated in this Cit; but has enjoyed the advantage of an ex- tended European visit. She is an all round accomplished girl, and excels par- | ticularly as a pianist. In appearance she is tall and slender | and has expressive deep gray eyes, wavy | dark hair and regular features, Thomes Magee, the happy groom, is one of the most prominent business men of this community. No arrangements have as yet been made for the wedding, which is not to take place for several months, S S TWO0 ACCIDENTS. ! A Sergeant Injured at Drill—Narrow Es- cape of a Wagonload of Soldiers. Duoring company drill on the Presidio parade ground yesterday Sergeant Davis of Battery C was thrown from his horse and had one of his shouldersdislocated. Yesterday afternoon after the firing of the first shot of the test of the 10-inch breech-loading rifle at Fort Point fourteen men, who had been handling the gun, were ordered to fall in and proceed to the Presidio Burracks for dinuer. After lea: ing the firing ground the men gotinto one of Uncle Sam's wagons drawn by four ‘While making a turn in the road the animals became fractious, and the driver being unable to control them gave a warning cry and the men jumped out of the vehicle and the driver leit his seat. A moment after the vebicle turned over an embankment and rolled down a long slope. the mules keeping company with it. When the outfit reached the bottom the leaders broke away and ran to the post stables. The other animals were res- cued, but the wagon Wwas a wreck. None of the men were injured. —_—————— A. P. More Estate Litigation Mrs. Martha More Law, George 5. Edwards, assignee of Mrs. Law, Thomas K. More and Mary D. More have petitioned Judge Coffey to appoint H. Clifford More administrator of the estate of A. P. More, deceased. The litigation in this estate has been goin on for several years, much to the annoyance of all the parties in interest. An earnesi effort to secure a set- tlement of the estate's tangled affairs is now —————— Commission Merchants Accused. W. L. Knott has sued Wolf & Sons of 321 Davis street for $1500, said {0 be due on ac- count of a denl in potatoes. Knott accuses the defendents of having falled to keep p accounts in regard to potatoes snipped to them s commission merchants. e ———————————————————— Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. N A SAND DUNE THE MONEY GREW Then Mrs. Mahala Robin- son’s Property Went to Others. Fraud Is Charged Against Rachel Macdougal and Helen Hudgin. It Is Alleged That They Took Ad- vantage of an 0'd Woman’s Loss of Mind. Judge Slack is hearing testimony in the litigation whereby Mahala F. Robinson seeks to regain possession of valuable real estaté at the corner of O'Farrell and Tay- lor streets in this Ci Miss Ina E. Russell, a niece and guar- dian of Mrs. Robinson, instituted the pro- ceedings against Rachel A. Macdougal and sgainst Helen E. and John Hudgin, alleging that the defendants secured deeds to the real estate by imposing on Mrs. Rob- inson, who issaid 1o be so old and feeble- minded that she was not competent to transact business at the time the pre- tended transfer of the land was made. Mrs. Robinson’s history supplies an- other illustration of the ease with which persons may become wealthy in a growing city by purchasing corner lots and hold- ing them for rise in value. In early days Mre. Robinson was a domestic employed in the family of Daniel F. Norcross. She saved her wages, and after accumulating a snug sum bought a sand dune at the spot which is now known as the corner of O'Farrell and Taylor streets. Subse- quently she secured a tenant, began to build, until now her improvements on the land are worth about $15,000 and tee real estate is valued at not less than $25,000, yielding a revenue of about $300 a month, Miss Russell alleges that the defendants, Mrs, Macdougal and Mrs. Hudgin, de- ceived Mrs. Robinson and induced her to sign deeds conveying to ssid defendants the title for the property in dispute, the consideration mentioned in each case being $10. It 1s in evidence that the ostensible pur- chasers were not so exacting as they might have been, however, for they per- mitted the old lady to occupy one of the cottages that she formerly occupied, charging her only $1a year for the privi- lege. g;lm Rassell testified that her aunt, Mrs. Robinson, is so old and decrepis that she has altogether lost her memory. After ber nearest friend has been absent from the house an hour the old lady cannot recollect the name of the friend, though she may not have altogether forgotten the person. No explanation bas been made of the manner in which Mrs. Macdougal and Mrs. Hudgin induced Mrs. Robinson to sign the deeds, though Miss Russell im- plies that they exerted undue influence on the old lady during the last sickness of her husband. Mrs. Hudgin is a teacher and leader in Christian Science circles and Mrs. Macdougal isone of her disci- ples. The ministrations of the Christian Scientists were not efficient in saving the life of Mre. Robinson’s husband, but this factdid not shake the old lady’s faith, as is shown by her couveyance of her prop- erty to them. Dr. Henry D. Wright, Thomas Downey, Catherine E. Fulier and George L. Tilden testified to tbe fact that Mre. Robinson has been feeble-minded for a long time. | Mr. Tilden said that when Mrs. Robin- son’s husband died she complained to him that she hadn’t money enough to bury him with, though she was at that moment the possessor of thousands of dollars’ worth of property and in the re- ceipt of a constant cash income from the rent of her buildings. He knew this property belonged to her, as it was her own separate property, purchased with money earned belore her marriage, and the title always stood in her name. The defendants will be called on to-day to give their side of the case and to ex- plain how they got the deeds to the prop- erty. The secretary of the Burlingame Country Club announces that the San Mateo hounds will meet on Saturday, the 13th inst, at 4.0t the Spanishiowri and Crystal Springs cross ronds. Lovers of the sport are invited to attend. NEW TO-DAY. HIRSCH & KAISER, Successors to HIRSH, KAHN & CO,, Opticians and Photo Supplies! WILL REMOVE MARCH Ist To No. 7 Kearny Street, Opposite Chronicle Building. UNEQUALED FACILITIES FOR PROPEERLY FITTING GLASSES. Best Equipped Optical Store on the Pacific Coast. COAST DEFENSE Testing a Ten - Inch Gun; on a Disappearirg Car- riage. The Manner in Which a Thirty- Ton Piece of Ordnance Is Loaded. FCHOES OF THE | i | \ | | | What It Costs to Fire the Various | Kiods of Guns That Are Now Being Mounted For Uccle Sam. The echoes of the big 10-inch rifled gun, which has been recently mounted on | the bluff south of Fort Winfield Scott, | were heard for miles around yesterday afternoon. This gun, which {s mounted on a disap- pearing carriage, is the first of its kind ever mounted on this coast, and is the first ever tested here. The test yesterday was for powder and for the purpose of see- ing how the machinery that causes the “long black monster” to drop down below | the level of the pit on which it is mounted would work. The first test was noted by Colonel W. | R. Shafter, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel B. | M. Young, a large number of officers from the Presidio and quite a number of citi- zens, The gun, which weighs 67,110 pounds, or uearly thirty tons, is on an immense re- | voiving carriage to permit the training of | the piece in any direction. On this car- | riage are two very heavy levers, on which | the gun rests. When they are elevated the piece is above the upper edge of the | pit, and when a shot is fired the recoil forces these down and brings the breech of thegun to the level of the loading plat- form. As the gun descends four steel | clamps drop against Tachets and hold the gun to the level at which it dropped until | they are released, and then a counter | weight heavier than the gun sinks and | brings the rifle to the firing position. The | machinery works with the exactness of | ctockwork and isa marvel of mechanical ingenuity. ! ‘The projectiles used are long and coni- | cal-shaped, and weigh 562 pounds; the | charges of powder used yesterday varied from 162 to 280 pounds. The gun can, by | an auxiliary device, be dropped by manual force. This wasdone vesterday for the first charges. | The loading of a big gun is’ an interest- | ing process. Two of the gunners roll the | vrojectile to a point almost under the gun | which has the oreech block open; there it | is rolled into an iron scoop. This is taken | up by block and tackle attached to a runnicg crane, and by means of a crank roller the projectile is raised to the level of the opening in the breech, carefully pushed 1nto it ana then rammed home by eight gunners using a very long rammer. The first test yesterday was with 162 | pounds of powder. There was a loud | Teport, a great volume of smoke, and more than a mile away the spray climbed high | in the air to show where the shot had | struck the water. | In the meantime, the big gun by the | force of the recoil, dropped, but the clutches not working with the precision expected, the gun returned to its high position. The next test was with 250 pounds of vowder, and that was more satisfactory, | although the gun had to be lowered by hand. | The third was with 280 pounds ot pow- der, and. the recoil being gredter, the mechanism worked better, but the success | of the disappearing apparatus will not be determired until further tests are made. | The cost of firing big guns is no small item, as appears from the following from a report from the office of the Secretary of War: “It costs for powder and projectiles alone: To fire one round from the eight- inch B. L. rifle, $164 55; ten-inch B. L. rifle, $322 40; twelve-inch B. L. rifle, $561 70; twelve-inch B. L. mortar, $219 65; | eight-inch pneumatic gun, $280; tifteen- inch pneumatic gun, §650. According to these figures the tests yes- terday cost the Government $96' AN IMPOSTOR WANTED. A Man With Wooden Legs Who Has Been Ubtaining Subscriptions. | Chief Crowley was notified yesterday | that a man who is going around the City | soliciting subscriptions for the #an Fran- | cisco News Company is an impostor, and suggesting that he should be placed un- der arrest. The man has two wooden legs and gives | the name of B. W. Wilson. He obtained | a subscription for & magazine from Mrs, | T. Hoeckele, grocery, Duncan and Sanchez streets, about two months ago, | and told her the news company had prom. | — ey e Plomy NEW TO-DAY. A grocer that sells Sc/iz/- ling's Best tea and is glad| to sell it is a good grocer— so far as tea goes. He sells you the best he can find for the money, and he returns your money i you don't like the tea. A Schilling & Company San Franciseo NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSZ MESKBNESTINE KRELIN . Proprietor & Manager I TO=-NIGEIT . BT AT 3 ey | OUR UP-TO-DATE EXTRAVAGANZA, ALADDIN, Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP, Mirth, Music, Ballet and Beuuty. GREAT CAST! ‘ NOVEL SPECIALTIES! | The Cleopatra Ballet! Dance of Household Divinities! The Latest Sensation. “La Danse des Fleurs Electriques!'’ Popula- Prices..........25¢ S0 RAC!NGI RACING! RACING! —CALIFORNIA JOUKEY CLUB— WINTER MEETING, 1896-'97, Beginning Monday, Feb. 8, to Feb. 20, Inclusiva OAKLAND RACE TRACK. Raclog Monday, Tuesday, Wednosd: Thursday, Friday and Satarday. Kain or shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —Races Start at 2:15 P. M. Sharp. XEW YO-DAY. A Little Chil With a Little Cold. That’s all! What of it? Little colds when neglected grow to large diseases and Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral CURES COLDS. ised him a pair of new wooden legs if he got 1600 subscriptious. The company, in 1ts complaint to_ the Chief. stated that Wilson has obtained numerous subscriptions for different pub- lications and has been evidentiy doing & big business. SECRETARY KANE ARRESTED. A Charge of Battery Preferred Against Him by W. A, Lighthall. Another phase of the fight to obtain possession of the little girl who was taken by Secretary Kane of the Pacific Coast Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children from Mrs. Holstrom on February 1, developed yesterday. W. A. Lighthall, Mrs. Holstrom’s father, swore to a com- plaint in Judge Campbell's court for the arrest of Secretary Kane on the charge of battery. The complaining witness alleges that on February 1, when Kane forcibly took possession of the child, he committed battery upon him and used language un- beconiing and officer. Kane was arrested, but was immediately released on his own recognizance by Judge Campbell. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! —The Musical Event of the Scason !— MLLE.—— TREBELET: ., The Famous Prima Donna Soprano, AT TH —CALIFORNIA THEATER!— Al ED BY Gustav Hinrichs’ Symphony Orchestra! PROGRAMME: —— 1. Prelude, “Hansel ant Gretel . Humperdink 2. Cavatna from “Semiramide,” ‘Eel Ragglo " L Hossinl MLLE. THEBELL] 8. “Suite Alesienne’”. ... () Prelude. (b) Einnet. 7d) Carillon. 4. Song, “Lo, Henr the Gentle Lark”. With Flute Obligato. MLLE. TREBELLL In honor of the one huadredih anniversary of Schubert's birthday, bora January 51, 1797, Bizet 7cj ‘Adaglett Bishop 5. (@ Entr'acte,"Kosamunde’ ) : 8 /) «Moment' Musicale” . bezt, 6. “Aid de Sulome,” from *“Herodiade,” 11 est doux, 11 est bon 5 Massenet MLL REBELLL 7. “Danse Macabre”.. Saint-Saens 8. Solvelg's Song from Ibasn’ irieg MLLE. TREBELLL 9. Balle: Music from “Lakme”. Delives chmbia Choalie, 3 o IPRICDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LE3%¢3 ATtD MATAGLRS - “WOT, ! Tell!” “Yes," tell everybod: once in a et see a play, v and an acior like CHARLE§ HODDER:" G 74 S e The entire original company. | The same fanitless stage effects. NEXT ATTRACTIO! Ouly Matinee Satarday. Seats now o: for both weeks. —FANNY RICE. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporaied)..... Propeieias 'y vening Including Sune Sat, - Commencing To-night. THE EMINENT ACTOR, MR, LOUIS JAMBS Supporied by Guy Lindle, Alma Kruger and a superior company. under the management of Wagenhals & Kemper. ALL THIS WEEK SPraARTACUS A Magnificent_Scenic_ Revival of Dr. Famous Prize Play. A Carload of Special Scenery. Fifty People on the Stage. COND WEEK—“My Lord and Some Ladies’ he first time in San Francisco); *Hamiet” and ‘Ot hello.” Bird’s EVERY ONE WAS DELIGHTED AJ-icAZA_R LAST NIGHT ! BLOAUSE WE AGAIN PRESENTED THE BEST! ST HE PROFESSOR!” Gllleite’s Funniest Comedy. Fe Sure and Come To-night and See It! The Professor's Specimens are the Talk of the City THE ACTING IS ARTISTIC! J. B. POLK and the Entire Alcazar Company. Our Regular Prices. Phone for Seats—Black 991 MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Managa: FIRST PRODUCTION ON THIS COAST Of the Sensational Comedy-Drama, “A MILE A MINUTE!” In Which an Engine and Tander Dash Across the Stage at Full Speed. First Appearance of the PHENIX QUARTET. SONGS! DANCES! SPECIALTIES! Eveninz Prices—l0c, 250 and 373, Matinees Saturday and Sunday. i, ——First Time Here of— ARA, ZELRA AND VORA, Equilibrists "and Pedepalisis, and JOHN and BERTHA GLEASOS, Novelty Dancers, Tremendous Success ot G- U X Xs Xa B, WARD and GG (AR BESSTE CLA S TON, THE FRANTZ FAMILY and Novelties without end. Heserved sea:s. 20¢; Lalcony, 10c; Opera-chairs and box-seats, 60c. Concerts by the Royal Hunearian Court Or- chestra immediately after the evenlug perform. ance in the Orpheum Anoex. THE CHUTES. EVERY AFTEENOON AND EVENING, ! HAGIHARA JAPANESE ACROBATS, OKD- WAY, the ANIMATOSCOPE and & Host of At- tractions at night. Admission, 10c; Children, Se. Ferry Boats leaye San Francisco at 12 i aad 12:30, 1.00, 1:80, 2:00, 2:30 and 3 P. M.. Connect- ing with (rains stopping at the enirance to Lrack. Buy your ferzy tickeis (0 Shell Mound. 5 turning—Trains leave the Track at 4:15anl P, x. and Immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS J&, Fresident R. B. MILROY, Secretary. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily ¥rom 7 A. . to 6 £. M. Swimming Season 1897, Bathing, Incinding Admission—Adults 25c, Children 20c. General Admission, 10¢; Children, oy 1