The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1897, Page 7

L T R ST THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897. = | BRUARY 16, 1807 AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER —“My Lord and Some La- Car NTA THEATER.— CorLomnia THEATER Chimmie Fadden. Morosco s OrERa-Hot Outin the Streeis” AR THEATER A Scrap of Paper.” OPERA HOUSE — «Aladd) or, The mp Oxrrvse.— High-Class Vaudeville. SUTXO BaTHS—Bathing and ! exformances. Tik CHUTES AND & Daily at Haight sireet, one biock e CAKLAND ces to-day. ¥ Cras. LXVY & Co.—Thly day, February 16, ure &l smiesroow, 1135 Market street, ot 10 | | AUCTION *ALLS. | | . PARTR.—This day, Febroary 16, Bam rkin st., at 2 and 7:30 . x. | T7.—This day, February 16, | Grocerles. etc., at1234-38 Pactiic st. 1 o'¢lock. i IY FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD—This day, Fet Tiary 16, Resiaurant, at 417 ¥ront s BY. Vox REEIN & Co.—Thursda, Fe &t Sulesroom, 513 G BY MADISON & 4, Real K 1, at 11 February 25, fornta streel RXE—Wednesd. alesroom, 626 February the County Waliac , charged w The Odd F Golden Gate ¢ h brisk winds is what the ds to furnish ed a plan for the ican party. er front tay. e trial of Martin will not take | 1-time w has been gr temdorf, for wi ed & divorce ful desertion. regational Church eting and ele Extension So- ed directors last ristian pastors discussed the coming prize- t ssed serong views on W. Perkins was acci- eath in its bed early sr., D. Gilbert Dexter and others ens’ Municipai Alli- ne, Ostler amblers ar- ealing to the hor Com- le. Itissaid that embezzlen t against W. A, at the Atlas Iron Works, was Judge Lo teraay, rdan of Stanfora fur seal at the ng has su. $5000 da: o on account of 14th of last fon case was up before vesterday, and United denounced | Judge Coffey y of Attorney ¥ decree o: aistr 3L Hickey, dec Th 1 granted the motion n to set sside the the estate of Emmet eas2d. handsome Hawafian amer Helene Is arf for Honoinlu. e largest flagz ever s the of & porium for aquin Water Co: anislans and for $2083 33 y as president of the her, identified the sccused mu ile Pete” yesierday durin o Court pre- 1 s of the Bay Conference yester- day discussed the question of what denor nationel body shail decide the standing of Cougregational mi A sut bterranean cavern in the San Bruno | hilis burst on Saturday last, sending a column of water high into the air, that broke, leveliug | s and destroying on the Cuben Le r leagues on th Florence 307 Turk street, swore nt ye harging Mrs. Doyle ngton street, with beating her w Sunday afternoon. Harkins, the graiter whoswindled omross, & ship’s carpenter, out of $20, sappeared, and Judge Low yesterday a bench warrant for his arrest. or Phelan gave $250 to the unemployed ad yesterday has called a meeting munic es and othiers 10 d uation t0-moTrow afternoon. J. H. §m at Centra nd 7:30 s committee 10 organize a 1e to work in coujunction wit coast. this conducting revival ser s week dail an ali-day ng to-m 304 M | he members of Grace Methodist Episcopal | Church, on Twenty-first and Cappstreots, pro- pose 10 erect & monument in Cypress Lawn | over the remuins of their late preacher, Rey. M. F. Colburn, Victor A. Wolff, a New York drummer, who was broughtfron Fresno Sunday and locked up in the City Prison, had two more charges of obisining money by false pretenses booked egainst him yesterday Captain W. L. Merry denies a telegraphic anuouncement irom Washington to the «ffect taat he intends to appeal against the appot ment of Calderon as his successor as Nica- raguen representative at this port. The Southern Pacific Company has filed in the United States Circuit Court & of ex- ceptions to the answer of the Raiiroad Com- ssioners in. the action in equity th the company brought against the State officials. B. Bolinaro, the shoe dealer on Montgomery who was held last week by Judge to answer before the Superior Court charge of sacretly disposing of his stock aud his creditors, wes yesterday held o arge of obtaining goods by false pret g 11 California do a8 her share toward alle the bad condition of the starving millions now lin, is a question before the Chamber ce of tuis City now that Uberal o as of coln are assured from s 1 1e best of corn ca: u B corn can be supplied Judge Hunt I en ju Tsabelia J. Martin in fayol o s oy named ereditors: Pact $183 08; in favor of V. in favor of Hibernia Say clety for $5562 Martin is orderad 80 (o the defend David Reed, first mate of 1 was before Ubited States Cire missioner Heacock ng | ing Company for | lier for $8607 43; 2 ngs and Loau So- . The real estate of Mrs, old, the surplus, if any, o nt. o it Court Com- &y on a charge of bruraily bestiug and wounding sailos nmaen Wilifam Percival. Several witnesses tostife, ing pin. The case wili go o noon “The Supreme Court yesterday held Eugene Bosquet was jusily and leeally so tenced 1o five years in the penitentiary tor | violating that siatute which provides thai any man is guiliy of a felony who by force, frand intimidation, threats, persuasion, promises o &0y other means, places or leaves or permits his wife to_remain in a house of improper character. Bosquet had appesled from & foac. ramento court, but no error could be found in belay- | | | | | ship Babeock, | | f10-morrow after- ‘ that - the judgment. A mesting of the Anti-Saloon League was held yesterday at which Professor W. . Crow. | burst moved that each local leagie should have representstion by at least one member | 1n the centrel league. Atthe motion of Mrs. | Rose Frenca the following standing commit- | tees were appointed: Agitation committee— | Rev. M. P. Boynton, Mre. H. H. Luce, Mrs. | Rose French, Rev. Robert Whitaker; enforce- ment commiitee—Rey. 8. W. Fergison, Judge Thompson, Rev. W. A. Gardener; fiuance com- mittee—L."J. Truman, Rev. P. W. Fradericks enroliment committea—Professor Crowhurst, Rev. G. E. Duncan, e o Trunks Moved 25 Cents. Commercial Transfer Company, 43 Sutter st. Tel. main 49. Furniture moved reasonably.” Sutro Ral'road | tereq | the "organization. |80 many | was 00 ho | turn, it THE MAYCR AIDS THE UNEMPLOYED He Contributes a Large Amount to the Relief Fund. : T_.e Organization Almest Unani- mous!y Appoints Him Treasurer. A Municipal Conference Ca'led for To Morrow Afternoon to Dis- - cuss Relief. The permanent organization of the un- employed, which was estabiished a few days ago, made definite progress yester- day and, thanks to the generosity of Mayor Phelan, secured the nucleus of a fund which will be judiciously applied to the amelioration of distress. It was originaliy proposed that the re- lief committee should wait upon the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors as a body. but that programme was subsequently modified and the chief executive received the delegation privately. He gave careful attention to its representatives and prom- ised to confer with the finance committee and the board with & view to determining upon some feasible course of action. He assured the members of the delegation of his cordial sympathy, as a tangibie evi- dence of which he coutributed a checi for $250 out of his own pocket, in response to the appeal of the soliciting committee. The org the Turk-sireet temple appointea the Mayor an honorary member of the execu- tive committee, which was considerably enlarged, and treasurer of the funds of the organization. The meeting ther ad- journed to assemble again this afternoon st 1o’clock. Chairmap Leffingwell called the orga zation to order yesterday and briefly re- vicwed the situation. He noted with sat- isfaction the increase in the attendance and determination. After the reports of previous meetings had been adopted the relief committee presented _the following report on nances: Subscriptions solicited, $31; cash paid in of that amount, $16; balance due, $15; expenses, $2; meal tickets, §5; total, $7; balance on hand, $9. The chairman stated that the mesl tick- ets were turnished to those in absolute need, and that the committee on d- quarters had not yet decided upon any particular building, but was consideri ibe offer of one locatea on Howard stre While the committee had not encoun- any excessively philanthropic peo- ple, it had received encouraging assur- ances of assistauce in every direction. He had it on the aunthority of Supervisor De- laney that the board was contemplating a project whereby the unemployed might be put to work. It was suggested that precantionary measures should be taken to prevent i pos.ors obtaining money in the name of The chairman, how- ever, assured the meeting that the mem- bers 'of the commitiee were supplied with ecessary credentials, motion, a statement prepared by the committee, for presentation to the Mayor and the Board of Supervizors, was read by the secretary, It set forth that there was undisputed distress in the City, and that the unemployed hed no means of afford- ing alleviation. Proper would prove that this state of notdue to the unemployed themselves, Who were only 00 anXious to obtain work without having recourse to cherity. That helpless women and children should be subjacted to such dire conditions ible to contempiate and a dis- grace to soi and civilization. The or- ganization asked for immediate as ance, and pstitioned the Mayor and the board to take some decided aciion with reference to the condition of the unem- pioyed. The report was adopted. Those present, 0 the number of at least 200, then lined up four abreasy and marched in_procession to the City Hall, where the Mayor at once accoraed the committee o hearing. Tu rest of the crowd remained in the main corridor un- der the eagle eye of an officer. The Mayor read the foregoing siatement and listened 10 the verbal representations of individual members of the commitiee. Rogers ex- plained that the unemployed had searched vainly for work and that they were just now in need of ready money to provide a distributing station jor supplies. e Mayor replied that the City itsel! had no employment for them, but prom- is«d he wou.d confer with the finance committec and the Board of Supervisors aad see what could be done. The City might be able to provide some building in a central location for the housingo! tne homeless and the distribution of supplies. He understood and fully believed that it | was not charity, but employment, that tuey wanted. It was at this juncture that he contrib- ted the check for $250 as his share toward the rei:ef fund. He afterwara asked if any of them had investigated the industrial plan of Mayor Pingree of Da- troit, for details of whick he had alread. written. In Boston, he continued, thi were cultivating vacant lots, and were said 1o be making $2 50 a day wages. If a small fund could be raised here to keep the laborers until they had obtained some re- might be possible to cultivate vacant lots near the Park, as was done eight or ten years ago, and & night service of cars cou'd, perbaps, be put on toconvey ireightto the public' market. would certainly compete with Italian pardeners, but what then? The measures taken were only temporaly; something permanent should be done. “Iam glad, however,” the Mayor said, ‘“‘to have met you. I will see the Finance Committee, the Associated Charities and Mr. Fi'zgerald. We will put our heads tozether and see what steps can be taken. 1 know that the board bas no funds, and it isforb.dden to devote moneys to any other purpose than that authorized by law.”” In conclusion, he advise! them to continue the solicitation of private sub- scriptions, and requested the relief com- mittee to meet him again at noon on Thursday, when he would let them know what had be-n decided by the board. The organization having reassembled in tihe Turk-street temple, Chairman Lefiing- well reported the result of the interview, which was received with cheers and a yote of thanks tendered the Mayor generous donation and kindly re- ception, On F¥obe's motion the relief and head- quarters committees were constituted a sinvle executive committee, with the ad- dition of the following four names: Messrs. Luke, Rookvitch, Grimmer and Sevil. The press of the City was thanked for the impartial manner in which it had treated the cause of the unemployed. James Munn here suggested the adyisa- bility of placing the funds in safe keeping. He bad no intention, he said, of reflecting upon the integrity of the committee, but did not think 1t wise to expose its mem- bers to temptation. ‘‘Poverty, you know,”’ said Munn, “knows no law.” J. A. Rogers resented thesuggestion as unwarrantable stultification of the author- ity of the committee, but the general sense of the meeting was otherwise ex- pressed after a stormy discussion which threatened to imperil the cordial relations bitherto preveiline. Mayor Phelan was appeinted, on division, honorary rember and treasurer of the executive commitiee. rization at a second meeuing in | This plan | The meeting adjourned to meet again at 1 o’clock this afternoon, when arrange- ments will be made for a_street parade. Mayor Phelan on taking leave of the relief committee Jost no time in carrying out his ‘promise, and immediately ad- dressed the following note to all of the editors of the City papers; to Mrs. A. W. Flint of the Associated Charities; to the three members of the Park Commission, Scott, Austin and Rosenfeld; to the Labor Commissioner, E. I. Fitzgerald; to Captein A. E. Reddy, Superintendent of the Almshouse; to the Finance Commit- tee and the members of the Board of Supervisors: c1sco, Feb. 15, 1897. Dear Sir: 1will be p.eased to have you at- tend a conference at this office on Wednesday next at 4 P. . to devise ways and means of procuring work for the unemployed. 1f you cannot come kindly send a represeatative. [ will be oblized if you will give this your per- sonal attention. Very respectfully, Jaxzs D. Px Some Subscriptions. The following donations have been made to the unemployed : i} 50; John D. siebe, $10; R- n. §10; James N. Block, A L. Widber, $5; San Francisco News Company 50c; Miss McCormick, tickets to a rooming: house of seven furnished rooms each one good for one week. . F. A. ROGERS, Chairman. PRINCIFALS SQUINTED. They Were Taki'g a Lesson in the Testing of School-Children’s Eyes. The principais of the public schools took their first lesson yesterday in the art of determining what sort of eyes the many thouseuds of pupils under their care possess. The principals were gath- ered in the board meeting-room of the Board of Education to the aumber of fity or more. W. D. Fennimore, who is | the vice-president of the California | Optical Company, was present to teach them how to test the children’s eyes. Before Mr. Fennimore opened up his explanation School Superintendent Bab- cock made & briefl statement that it was | necessary that some one should explain the use of ciarts with letters upon them, and said that he had no personal prefer- | ence concerning the se'ection of any per- son to do this work. The whole came about through a reso- iution adopted recently by the Loard of Education. Physicians have been exam- ining the eves of children to some extent |in the public schools. There was some | talk about this, and the board at its last meeting barred the physicians out. Then Superintendent Babcock sent out a notice for the meeting of yesterday and the teachers gathered. Mr. Fennimore had a chart upon w | were graded letters in rows. h With this he | proceeded to test the vision of the teach- | ers while he talked to them. Some of the | | teachers speedily developed the fact that they could not make out the letters at a distance of a few feet. A series of squints were developed, an inspection of which would have delighted the infantile mind exceedingly. Durinz the proczedings the teachers asked many questions. LAST DANCE BEFORE LENT | The Monday Night Class ! Closes a Successful Season. Musicale for the Ben fit of th French Church cn Friday Evening. The last dance of the Monday Night Class before the Lenten season was held | 1ast evening at Goiden Gate Hall, and was, | like its predecessors, a brilliant success. In honorof the final meeting the deco- rations of the hall were somewhat more elaborate, but the same general cffect of artistic simplicity that has characterized all the dances of this ciass was main. tained. There were fully 200 dancers on the floor. Mrs. Captain Taylor, Mrs. Carolan, Mrs. Smedberg, Mrs. Southard Hoffman, Mrs. McNutt, Mrs. Thomas Breeze, Mrs. ss, Mrs. Sidney M. Smith, . C. Van ) Mrs. Williar Gwin Jr., Mrs. George Pope, Mrs. Osgood Hooker and Mrs. Wintrop E. Lester, the patronesses of the club, formed the reception committee, The Monday Night Class was organized two seasons ago, and was an immediate success. The dances, which are held once a montb, are purely invitational, cards of admission being issued by the patronesses. It is probable that the Mon- day Night Ciass may give a dance during Saster tide. . The Misses Alice and Bessie Ames have been working nard for the cause of char- ity, and are arranging for a musical soiree for the benefit of the French church, to be neld on Friday evening, at the residence | of Mre. Marshall, 1520 Clay street. The | Misses Ames will be assisted by excellent local talent, including Miss Caroline Little, who is down on the programme for several vocal selections, and Miss Joseph, who will preside at thie piano. L. Leroy and H. Pappelland, the French bicyclists, who are touring the world on their wheels, will be present, and will tell some of their most interesting experiences. NOTHING IN THE OASE. The Charge of Embezzlement Against W. A. Speake Dismligsed, The case of William A. Speake, for- merly employed with the Atlas Iron Works and arrested on a charge of em- bezzlement, was dismissed yesterday morning by Judge Low. It was shown aflter an exhaustive invest- igation of the company’s books that the system of bookkeeping in use had been responsible for t echarge brought against Speake. Frank Lester, superintendent of the works and one of the partners, ap- peared and asked for the dismissal, which was promptly granted. Mr. Speake when arrested gave the name of Spencer in an effort to avoid andue publicity, and it was shown that this was his only motive in offering the name. A FREE LXHIBIL! OF DRAWINGS. The Originals of Many Well-Known and Striking Advertising Skotches Will Be Exbibited. An exhibit of advertising sketches that have appeared in the local papers at various times during the past year will be beld in the Easterbrook building, 20.24 Geary street, next Friday and Saturday, day and evening. The exhibit will be free to the public and will be especially in- teresting to business men. The display will include drawings in black and white and in colors, with reproductions in all | stages of development loaned by Wilder & Co., the advertising specialists. ————— Decision on Chattel Mortgage. The Supreme Court yesterday handed down # decision to the effect thata morigage on a flock of sheep does not, unless explicitly so stated in the agreement, include the wool (hat may be grown or the lambs that may be born during the time the mortgageis running. The case in point Arose from & suil by the Firsy Natlonal Bank of Santa Ana against Erreca & Banandeguy to foreclose & chattel mortgage it held on 2330 sheep since January 18, 1504, In April, 1895, the defendants had sold 1o Bruschi 14,000 pounds of wool from these sheep, and’ in May, 1895, had sold to Casson 815 lambs that had been born after the mortgage was executed. The Superior Court held that the wool end the lambs thus soid were covered by the mortgage, and rendered judgment directing their sele. Bruschi and | Casson appenied from this decision and the | Supreme Court bas found that the lower court erred. HER CLOM HAD THO BIG POCKETS And Both Were Full When She Was Taken in Charge. Mrs. Robert Stewart Accused of Shoplifting at the Em- porium. She Says She Is the Wife of a Chico Dentist and Daughter of a Clergyman. A respectable-looking woman, wearing an elegant fur-trimmed velvet cloak and carrying with her enough stuff to start a dry-goods store, was arrested at the Em- | porium yesterdsy for shoplifting. She was seen to act peciiliarly, and was taken into an anteroom to be searched. Then it was found that the elegant velvet cloak had more possibilities than at first seemed | | ing assassinated Fong Chung, better known as *Little Pete.” X The evidence was the same in the main as was given before the Coroner's jury at the inquest. James Daly, a dishwasher, living at 9338 Jackson street, and whose homeward route leads him daily past the scene of the murder, testified that he was almost oppo- site the barber-shop where the shooting occurred. He heard four or five shots and op-erved two Chinamen running from the pluce and down the street to Waverly place, where they disappeared in a dark corridor. The witness identified the prisoners at the bar as the men he saw leaving Ross alley shortly before the shooting occurred and as the fugilives after the shooting. T. Seno, a Japanese servant, whose place of employment is at 1319 Pine street, corroborated the testimony of James Daly, but bhe was quite weak upon cross examination. The defenze held to him with tenacity as offering & main point, the only one in fact that the defense found in the testimony produced to date. The witness was utterly unable to identify the defendants, aithough he haa testified to baving seen them run away immedi- ately after the shooting. The prosecution explains that the lack of a proper Japanese interpreter in the PoliceCourts was the cause of Seno’s ap- parently contradictory answers. George Welch and E C. Robinson, the two police officers who captured the de- fendants after the murder, told of the affair in detail and the case was continued until the 18:h inst, - S_IGNAL CORES. It Elects a Captain aund First tenant, The election for captain of the Signal Corps of the Second Brigade, to fill the Lieu- MRS, ROBERT STEWART, Who Was Arrested at the Emporium for Shoplifting. probable, for it contained several articles | v: of considerable value, taken from the ceanters of the Emporium. The lady carried in her hand a small accordion basket, and that, too, was full of miscellaneous articles, most of which were identified as coming from Hale Bros.’. The woman gave the name of Mrs. Robert Stewart, and said she was the wife of a dentist of Chico and daughter of Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, once of this City, but now living in Humboldt, Officers Green and Allen of Harry Morse’s detective agency, who are on duty at the Emporium for just such a pur- pose as they fulfilled yesterday, saw Mrs. Stewart acting rather strangely, and they watched her. She was seen to pick up a feather boa valued at $7 50, and conceal it beneath her clouk. Then she went to the veil counter, and before long a veil fol- lowed the boa under the cloak. Then she started to leave the store, but the officers stopped her, and she was taken aside to be searched. fine velvet cloak had two large pockets, one on each side, and in these rested the veil, the feather boa and other articles. The lady was cool and collected, but did not try to explain where or how she ob- tained the things except that she came by them honestly. From the pockets in her clonk and from the basket she carried were taken the feather boa and the veil alrea ty men- tioned, a laundry-book, two valentines, a small boa, a tracer, 97 vards flannelettes, 6 yards of flannel, all kuown to have come Irom the Emporium; a piece of tapestry silk, 293¢ yards of silk, a drab dress pat- tern, 7 yards of muslin, a set of ladies’ shirtstuds, 13 dozen fancy buttons, 7 large pearl buttons, 4 pieces of whalebone casings, a bunch of whale one, a lot of fancy trimmings, a fancy hairpin, a bunch ot feathers, 134 dozen common buttons, 2 thimbles, a watchguard, a schoolbag and a bit of chiffon. These came from Hale Bros. Then there were a piece of toilet s0ap, 2 bottles of cough mixtures and some tooth-powder, supposed to have been taken from some luckless drugstore. The articles found were all kept as evi- dence, and the lady herself was put uuder lock and key at the Southern station. Mrs. Stewart was seen later in the City Prison. She at first felt disinclined to talk on the ground that she was very sick, but finally she gave her version of the arrest. “I had been dealing with the Emporium very frequently,” she said, “and went there this alternoon with a friend. My friend told me that she had lost uLer feather boa, and after she left me I saw a boa on the counter that I thought was the one she Jost. I picked, it up and put it in my pocket. Then 1 made my purchase of a veil and was taking it to the office to pay for it when a man tappea me,on the shoulder and said he wanted to search me. “I then discovered there was a ti marked $775 on the boa, which made it look bad for me. 1did not steal any arti- cles, but I do not care to eay more till I see my attorney in the morning.” Mrs. Stewart said she had been in the City for four months at & medical insi tute for her health. Her husband and her little boy were in Chico. She did not want them to know of her arrest. “LITTLE PETE'S” SLAYERS. Partial Preliminary Examination of Two of the Accused Highbinders. There was a bit of preliminary hearing again yesterday before Judge Joachimsen in the matter of Wing Bing and Chin roy, the two Chinese who are accused of hay- Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Then it was found tbat the | cancy caused by the resignation of Cap- tain George C. Boardman on the 14th of last January, was held last night in the company’s quarters in the armory of the Nationals on Ellis street. The election was presided over by Major Cbarles J. Evans of the Second Brigace steff. There was but one candidate, Lieu- tenant Philip J. Perkins, and he was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy. The new captain, who is very popalar with the men of bis command, entered the service as a private of the Signal Corps of the Second Brigads on the 27th of June, 1889, was promoted corporal, ser- geant, first sergeant, then lieutenant and now captamn of the corps, which is ad- mitted on all sides to be the ‘*cracker- jack’’ company of the brigade. There was also au election for lieuten- ant, caused by the promotion to the cap- taincy of Licutenant Perkins. The most prominent candidate was Corporal Lester Hughes, who was unanimously elected. There were thirty-four members present, and after the meeting an adjournment was taken to the restaurant, where a con- vivial time was pussed. e A SMART DRUMMER, Victor A. Wolff Will Have to Answ Three Charges of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. Victer A. Wo!ff, a drummer, who was brought from Fresno on Sunday by Ser- geant Dancan to answera charge of ob- taining $150 by false pretenses from Gus- tave Pelizer, winegrowers' agent, at 525 Front street, on January 26 by means of a worthless draft on New York, had two other charges booked against Lim at the City Prison yesterday for asimilar offense. The complaining witness was Benjamin Lewis, an attorney in the Mills building, and Joseph Munier of the Occidental res taurant, 327 Bush street. Eleven years ago Wolff obtained $150 from Attornev Lewis by meansof a worth- less draft on New York. Lewisdid notsee Wolff again till Jauunary 26, and he imme- diately swore to a warrant for Wolff's rest. “Wollf had become acquainted with Pelizer while taking his niealsat Munier's restaurant, and on Janaary 26 he got Pelt- zer to indorse a arait for $150 and Munier to dothe same thing, both of which he cashed and disspprared. Wolff was arrested in Los Angeles on complaint of a saloon-keeper in Fresno for beating him out of $100. He was taken there, but the Fresno authorities turned him over to the police here. —_———— ¥pworth Social There will be a Martha Washington tea and soctal, followed by en illustrated lecture on “Picturesque California,” on the 22d inst. at Epworth M. E. Church at the corner of Twenty- s.xth and Chesinut streets. NEW TO-DAY. HIRSCH & KAINER, Successors to HIRSCH & KAHN, 338 Kearny street, Optical Goods % Photo Supplis, WILL REMOVE MARCH 1st To No. 7 Kearny Street, Opposite Chronicle Building. UNEQUALED FACILITIES FOR THE PKOPER FITTING OF GLASSES, Best Equipped Optical Store on the Pacific Coast. . SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAKES EXCEPTIONS Declines to Acknowledge the Commissioners’ Charges. The Assessment Matters Should Not Be in the Latter’s Answer, A Bl Filed to Preserve the Raj road’s Rights in the Big Grain- .Rate Action. The Sonthern Pacific Company’s attor- neys, John Garber, E. 8. Pilisbury and J. E. Foulas, yesterday filea in the United States Circuit Court a bilt of exceptions to the Railroad Commissioners’ answer in the equity suit of the Southern Pacific versus the Railroad Commissioners. A copy of the bill of exceptions was served upon Attorney-General Fitzgerald. It was the last day on which such a bill could be filed, but the railroad people had no intention of letting the matter pass without exceptions to the Commissioners’ answer. To have done 50 would, to a cer- tain extent, have been admitting allega- tions they had no intention of admitting. This is but another feature growing out of the important 8 per cent grain rate action. In every exception, of which there are fifty, the claim set up is that the statement complained oi is not perti- nent to the case in question, and should be stricken from the Commissioners’ answer. The first exception is to the defendantsin their answer annexing copies of “‘the pre- tended leases mentioned in the bill and copies of the respective modifications thereof made from time to time, which said copies are marked respectively from AtoN.” The second exemption was to the Com- missioners’ answer that in 1894 the South- ern Pacific Company agreed with Sir Rivers Wilson, the representative of the European stockholders of the Central Pacific, that it would pay the European stockholders a dividend of 1 per cent per annum until the Cengral Pacific’'s debt had been fixea with the United States Government; that the dividend amounted 10 $672,000 & year and that the payment was kept a secret by the Southern Pacific Company. The principal exceptions dealt with the matter of assessing the railroad’s property. In the Commissioners' answer they snowed that they wanted to bind the raii- road company to the statements sworn to by General Manager A. N. Towne, instead of accepting the valuations placed on the property by the Assessors of the various counties in which the railroad company owns property. In other words, the Com- missioners wanted the same valuation put upon the railroad’s property for rate mak- ing as it was rated for taxation. The first in this line of exceptions is to that part of the Commissioners’ answer which states that in 1894 A. N. Towne gave the Board of Examiners the valua- tion of the Central Pacitic’s roadbeds, roll- g stock, ete,, at $8,702,671, and steamers at $224,139, and that the assessed values by County Assessors for the property was $5,292 759, making a little less than $15, 000,000, and that the company is estopped from having its rates fixed on any other basis than that fixed by Mr. Towne. The same line of exceptions is made with reference to the Commissioners' an- swer relative to the assessments on the Southérn Pacific Railroad Company of Caiifornia, the California Pacific Railroad Company, the Northern Railway Com- pany, the Northern California Company and” the South Pacific Coast Railway, in which tbe valuations by A. N. Towne and the Uounty Assessors on roadbeds, roli- ing stock, Steamers and other properties are given. The company also considers as not per- tinent to the issue the Railroad Com- missioner’s quoting the sections of the statutes relative to the taxation of property and applying the same to the foregoing cases. Another matter that the company believes should be eiiminated from the Commissioners’ answer is the statement ‘‘that it is notoriously true’’ that the raii- road company has paid large sums of money 1o politicians and others to in: fluence tne various officials of the State and Federal Governments to secure special favors, etc. Still another matter to which exception is taken is the assertion that many of the supplies of the Southern Pacific Company are drawn largely from subsidiary com pa- nies and from its own officers and stock- holders. Apparently there was one thorn in the raiiroad company’s side that pricked a little more than some of the others, and that was the assertion in the answer which sags: “*And in this behalf these de- fendants aver that the only principle which has governed the complaint in this respect to said rates was to charge as NEW TO-DAY. Keepon trying all the flavors of Schilling’s Best, and getting your money back if you don’t like them, until you strike the one that pleases you. If you are used to Oolong we don’t expect you to like Japan—though some people like every flavor of Sc/il- ling's Best. A Schilling & Company San rancisco 57 NEW 70-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. RACINGZ RACING! RACING! ~—CALIFORNIA JOOKEY CLUB— WINTER MEETING, 1806-'97, Beginning Monday, Feb. 8, to Feb. 20, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK. Raclng Monday, Tuesdny, Wednosda, ‘thursday, Friday and Saturday. Raln or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —Races Start at P. M. Sharp— Ferry Boats leave San Francisco ac 12 i. and 12:30,1.00, 1:50, 2:00, 2:50 and 8 P. M.. connect- ing with trains stopping a: the entrence to track. Buy your ferry tickeis to Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the Track at 4:15 anl 4145 P. M. and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JK, Presideat R. B. MILROY, Secretary. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily From 7 A. i1, to 6 P, M. Swimming Season 1897. Bathing, Including Admission—Adults 25¢, Children 20c. General Admission, 10c; Children, be. THE CHUTES. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRESINO, Wire Walker, ROSK AND GAY, Aerfal Acrobats, the AN IMATORCO PE and a Host of Attractions at_ Night. ADMISSION 10¢. CHILDEEN 5S¢ NEW TO-DAY. “Mend it or End it,” has been the rallying cry of reform, directed against abuses municipal or social. For the man who lets him- self be abused by a cough the cry should be modified to: Mend it, or it'll end yon. You can mend any cough with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. s much as the traffic would bear, thus at- tempting to absorb all or nearly all of the profits of the shippers.” This the company considers, in the legal sense of the word, as impertinent. The same point is raised to the charge that the company discriminated between localities. A Newspaver Thief. John Powers, an old laborer who was con- victed by Judge Conian of stealing a copy of THE CALL from the steps of the residence of a contractor on Guererro street early Friday morning, appeared for sentence yesterday | The Judge sent bim to the County Jail for three months. he arresting officers were Blackman and Fitzgerald. —— = Kloss to Be Resentenced. Frank Kloss will appear before Superior Judge Cook Saturday to be resentenced to deatn for murder, the Supreme Court having re- cently dismissed his appeal. was ~eceived by the Sheriff yss The remittitur rday. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)..... Fropeisiacs THE EMINENT ACTOR, MR, LOUIS JAMES TO-NIGHT (Tuesday) and Frd snd Saturda THE RRILLIANT COMEDY. *‘MY LORD AND SOME LADIES.” (First time In San Francisco.) Wednesday and Sunday....*0 HELLO? TRULSARY .. .- woceo. oneee s ross HAMLET" Saturday Night (by Kequest.) JULITS CHEHSAR. Next Monday.... ... JANES A. HERNE in “SHOKE ACRES, CALIFORNIA THEATER. AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)....Proprietors TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK. TWO MALINEE Mat. Sat. and Washington's Birthday. “"OUR LITTLER’ | CINDERELLA COMPANTY. Introducing & gaiaxy ot Child Actors and Act- resses. A series of Startling and Amusing Speclal- tles. NEW AND GORGEOUS SCENERY, COSTUMES, EFFECTS. Prices, 25¢ to 81.00. A good reserved seat on lower fioor 50c. fi Ghalie, TRICOLAMOLR.GOTTLOD & €p- LESSES ANDMATAGERS -+ TWICE AS AS LAST BIG MONDAY PACKED TO THE DOORS. ——GO V&G 3E" GO— CHARLES HOPPER ——T0 SEE— And His Clever Company in “CHIMMIE FADDEN" Every Member of the Original Com; All the Fault|ess Stage Effec Next Monday:FANNY RICE. COLUMBIA THEATER. BEXTRA Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 18, at 3:30, SECOND SYMPHONY CONCERT! 55 MUSICIANS —— Directed by GUSTAV HINRICIS. —TWO CREAT NOVELTIES ! — Suite for Strings, iucluding Harp, “*Love Storfes,” by Krug. 1hapsodie Espaguol, £ Chavrior. ts Now on sSale—50c and 81. TIVOL! OPERA-HOUSE BBwKRNESTINE KBErrva. Proprietor & Mauages THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESSES! — TO-NIGEIT — A AT 8 8w ALADDIN, Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP, The Latest Sensation. “La Danse des Fleurs Electriquet NOVEL SPECIALTIE: ——IN PREPARATION— GRAND DOUBLE BILILi! “PATIENCE”—“GALATEA.” Popular Prices———25¢ and 50c¢c ALCAZAR| The Best Presentation We Have Yet Given! Received Last Night With Ecstatic Applause ! BARDOU'S FAMOUS COMEDY, A SGRAP OF PAPER No expense s pared to mount this play! And the result is the best-of satisfaction! A High-Class Comedy Aruistically Presented ! HUGO TOLAND, J. B. POLK and the Entire Co, Prices—150, 25¢, 35¢ and 500, ‘Telephone for seats—Black 991 Return of our Favorites to the Delight of All! MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE WALLTER MOROSCO...Solo Lessee and Mauaga: FIRST PRODUCTION ON THIS COAST Uf the Thrilling Comedy-Drama, OUT IN THE STREETS! By 8. N. Wood, Author of “Orohans of New York' and Other Grea: Successes. A PLAY FULL OF K ITEMENT! Many New People! All New Scenery! ‘Wonderful River of Firs! New Specialties, New Songs, New Dances Eveninz Prices—10c, - o and 315 Matinees Saturday and Sunday. i, ANOTHER STUPENDOUS BILL! THE FINNEYS, Champion Swimmers: HAYES, LYTION & HAY (S, In a“French Marriage; THE PANTZERS, Funoy Demons; THE BESFOS, Acrial Artists; the GRAN D OPERA QUARTEET! UILLE, ABRAMOYF, M1ss COTTE and M1ss Busi, and Numerous Novelties. Reserved Scats, 25¢; Balcony 10c; Opera Chatrs and Box Sea's, dic, Concerts by the Royal Hunsarlan Court Or chestra immediately afier the evealng performe ance in the Orpheum Annex. S cp o