The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1897, Page 7

FEBRUARY 18, 1897. .FEBRUARY 1¥, 1597 PALDWIN THEATER —* Ha CALIFOENIA THEATER. CULUMEIA THEATER CoLvMBIA THEATER.—Symphony Concert this on at 3:30 o'clack. MoRosco s OPERs-HoUsE. — n the Stree.s” R THEATER A Serap of Paper.” OrERa HoUsk.—«Aladdin; or, The 1 Lamp OxirmErs.— High-Class Vandeville, GOLDEN GATE HaAri—Haskett Smith, M. A., this afternoon, at 3 o'c ock. MECHANICS' PAVILION—Vereln querade Ball, Satura intracht Mas- » evening, February 20 SUTRO BaTHs. ng and ! erformances. HE CHUTES AND SkATING Rixk—Dally at Bay rect, one block eust of the Park. CAKLAN TRACK.—Races to-day. AUCTION SALLS BY INDIANA Arc: 18. Liquors and Wood e 11 o'clock. BY VoN REEIN & Co.—Thursd Fesl Estate, at Salestoom, 518 G £t 12 'clocl ADI 0N Co.This day, Febroary re, uu 1067 Market st., February lifornia scre N & BURKE CITY NEWS IN BRIER bably occasional sho! caster He E. P. Dey trial in J; An overc ladies’ nigh ehowers Thursday— forgery, is on ourt. Twelve cases against Job in the United & in s dilemma over American Wheelmen n are n of League of has sued Thomas and ed for $10,000 | a collection of 1000 books in the ate Uni-| ges. ne case of Robert L. Maun, who is drawing m the City, may be investigated will play Jose nex: who was | narrers at nise was b be amended § 1 Producers’ A ill for_the u the State he Alblon Lum- d to be due iied to the stralia arrived from Hono- d brought a distinguis Many of them are her mpl tefense to Covode de’s resi- sop Riordan se Moulder and Tames H last ¢ b of sge, was at- while on tuteloge, a5 agre will enry B. She pioneer st, has been filed for | The es- 3 said to be worth $10.000, the greater 1 of which goes to Kate s widow, sreeks are enthusiastic over the | apture of Fort Aghai X | M. D. Vamyales is in of en- g letters from New Y veago. t. who built lie Cascade Moun| fic Railway, and was roprietor of he Associa i last nig ment C ared i A wealthy tourist from St. Louis, stop 8t the Palsce Hotel, was robbed of & valy diamond pin early Sunday morning, and the police have arrested Lizzie Murphy on sns- The 238 Chinese gamblers in custody ona charge of vioiating the laws against gambling have demanded jury trials; and thresten to clog the wheels of justice in Judge Joachim- sen’s court. Dan Stuart has written Passenger Agent Goodman that be thinks many patrons of the Carson fight from the East will buy the regu- lar ticket via Carson to the coast and spend some time in California. ire Underwriters’ Assoclation yester oon elected officers for the erisuing t the conclusion of its twenty-first an- +ting, held during the last two days ornia street. Miss Muttie Gibbs, daughter of C. V. 8. Gibbs, d Waiter Gilmore Holcombe were married 2 at the home of the bride’s parents Rev. Dr. Walk of Trinity mony. ger of the Helvetia yesterday asked him some redress for an erroneous analysis of Highland Evapo- rated Cream which was published, Gus Ramberg, a gripman on the Sutter- street line, made a statement to the police yes- terday that W. H. Brenner, the seloon porter, ocked down by his' car Monday night, which accident resulted in his death. The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the lower court in an action by R. W. Pierce against the Southern Pacific Company, in which the former recovered damages for & lot of orange trees killed while being transported by the railroad. Benjamiz Levy, alias Harry Abraham, who was arrested at_the Emporium last Friday for presenting a forged order for an overcoat, was | sentenced tosix months in the County Jasl| yesterday by Judge Low, the charge having been reduced to a misdemeanor. The Board of Health has decided to call the attention of the Grand Jury to reporis con. cerning the past management of the City and County Hospital, and niso to letters concerne ing the moueys of patients in that institution, | nat an investigation may be had. s The Lebor Convention arranged last evening for a mass-meeting to be heid at Metropolitan Temple next Thursday evening to give public expression in {avor of the bills proposed by it and now belore the Legislature. A resolution ©opposing prison labor was also adopted. The St. Patrick’s day general committee met last evening in K. R. B. Hall and outhied a plan for a grand celebration on March 17. nere will be literary exercises in Metro- volitan Temple in the afternoon and an illus. trated promenade concert in the Mechanics Pavilion in the evening. The Butchers’ Board of Trade is opposed to certain bills introduced in the Legisiature for the purpose of giving to city boards ot heaith the right 1o subpens witnesses and 1o exercise special legislative functions, cleiming that the present laws are sufficient and that those pro- posed would cause much deiay &na incon- venience to reputable dealers already under a The Remarkable Scene in Judge Joachimsen’s Court When 238 Chinese Were Arraigned Yesterday for Gambling. MTTEMPTING TO (o= J0RoAN anavvzes THE Revivar Tiry WERE AGER CLOG THE COURTS Crowd in on Judge Joachimsen. \ Hundreds of Chinese Sports‘} Defendants Refuse Arraignment| and Are Given Jury | Trials. | TR | The Gamb'ers From the Chines»:‘ Quarters Are Taught a L:gal Trick by Their Attorneys Poi Loi is the star performer in the atrical circles of China. He is a Henry Irving ora Pattiin his particular sphere, and when *‘Little Pete”” was alive Loi had a standing engagement of $1000 a month | tocome here and delight the patrons of his J son-street theater., Well, if Poi Loi bad condescended to do Spartacus, Chimmey Fadden, or any other play here, he could not have gathered a greater crowd of ill-smelling heatnens than the police crowded yesterday morn- ing in Judze Joachimsen’s coust. There were 238 Chinamen in every stage of cleanliness and dirt, but principally the latter. | Per force the court had to order the | | | | | white people out of the room, so asto make place for the Chinamen, and they sat and stood up to get a view of the bench, just as they do at the Chinese theater. “Make them stop jabbering!” Judge Joachimsen. smoking in court!” The heathens were so numerous that they regarded the courtroom as one of their own haunts and did_pretty nearly | as they saw fit until Baihff Duncan and | his corps of assistants taught them other- | wise, | hese Chinese were arrested in the high- | binder clubs last Saturday night by Chief Crowley’s men, and they were all on deck 10 stana trial. Major Smith and Joseph Coffey, their attorneys, had all their clients on hand, and they declared they would fight the | cases to the bitter end. | Ex-Judge Louderback, employed as spe- cial counsel by Chief Crowley, was ready to meet them on their own grounds, and | inthe conflict Judge Joachimsen doffed his skuli bonnet and reuired, saying: | You gentlemen can settle this thing among yourselves. I do not propose to sit here and listen to your wrangting.” The court ordered a recess, but when he returned at it conclusion the attorneys were no nearer a conclusion than they were before. As Attorney Louderback explained it the law required each defendant to be ar- raigned separately, or else the conviction would be overruled upon appeal in the Superior Court. Mujor Smith took advantage of this and demanded that the entire 238 defendants be heard as one. As aresult only four prisoners were ar- raigned. They followed the instructions of their Tepresentatives and absolutely refused to plead either guilty or not gnilty. The court was then compelled to order the plea of not guilty to be entered and a venire of jurors to be called. He in- creased the bail of each defendant to $300, and the cases were set for trial next week. Six:y Chinese who are out on $10 b pleaded not guilty, waived jury trial and avoided the anger of the court, but the others demanded the full reading of the complaint in English and in Chinese, The latter method 1s bound to keep Police Court 3 clogzed up for months in the hear- ing of these particular cases to the exclu- sion of all others. exclaimed “Stop them from FAVORABLE ) THE PTAILROAD. The Supreme Court’s Action in a Suit for Damaged Trees. The State Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in the case of R. W. Pierce against the Southern Pacific Company. In February, 1891, Pierce shipped from Florida to Gulick Bros. at Riverside, Cal., two carloads of orange trees. When the trees reached New Orleans it was found that the route through Arizona was broken by washouts caused by severe storms and the trees were sent by the northern route through Texas and Colorado to Utah and tence over the Central Pacific Railroad. While in transportation over the northern route the trees were destroyed by freezing. Pierce brought suit against the Southern Pacific Company, claiming that by send- ing these perishable trees by tie cold noithern route it had violated its contract and he obtained judgment for $8965 dam- ages. The railroad people asked for a new trial of the cause, which was denied, and iv was from this that the appeal was taken. The Supreme Court declared that the lower court erred as to the extent of the damages and in not permitting the rail- 10ad company to show the market value £ystem of slaughter-houso and market inspec- tion. of orange trees at the point of shipping and at Riverside, i 0 “It Is Not an Attack on Religion to Call Crime or Folly by Its Name—Revivals cf Hysteria, Sensationalism and Sensualism Should Receive the Rebuke They Merit.” President David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford Jr. University delivered a lecture last night before the Psychic Societv of Oakland. I: was especially inter- esting as constituting an expianation of his attitude toward the subject of “Re- vivais,” which bas recently provoked much controversy. Dr. Jordan originated the controversy by decrying certain forms of the revival as being merely a “'species of insanity and ‘moral drunkenness.” This view was warmly excepted to by many ministers, who have seen the worthy fruits of re ous revivals, and Dr. Jordan accordingly rejoins with a fuller explanation of his objections to the so-called “emotionalism’ in certa He said in part: Tn what T shall have to say to-night 1 speak o learner. for old as the world is it fs but & short time we have much to leas £0 the best way from childhood to manhood, t 1pful if 1 phases. s a preacher, but cher, or rather asa since children were first taken seriously, and trust that my words may Man's the need for It zation giv nies long after case it is bec: n In buman But before we condemn any ceremony OF custom we should siudy 4 to stand for real on which it rests. The speaker then referred to the ceremony of confirmation recognized in the great historic churches of Euyrope as ng the “‘putting away of childish things” by youth. This ceremény has a physiological justification in a desire to reach out among the contradictory impuises of co-ordinating merve cells to ‘‘bring them into unison and to bring from struggling incoherence the firm purpose of sell-devotion and of self-restrain.”” He continued: With all this arizes the danger tha® the ceremony may be taken for the thing itselt. It some- 1n mere formalism, and thus de 3 1200 intellectual and spiritual slavery. Many \rough sed expérience the “of mere forms when the life Itself is absent. ¢ are many who pass throug! ‘hiese forms without reaching the Inner harmony that the forms o7e «upposed 10 Tepre-ent, and there are many, too. who pass throngh this stage wihout the help of noble arsociations and without the fmpulse that comes fam the force of a pure life. Not il of our ¥outh com n the influence of noble teachers, not all are in touch with th: ideal miuistry. T arity, of bad asscelations, of Impore thonghis. of cheap emotionalism, all thy u and ‘destroy the co-ordination of impulses and purposes which lie atthe It was to each (1032 who hed passed the period of conflrmation without entering upon any form of the new life that the process of conversion was brouzht 1o pl his, 1ike the Other. was no new thine. dis-overy bt rests inthe needsof human nature it It was that of the Indiv of working out cnes’s own _salvat The idea 0? convers i pot that of confirming in th but of turning about the one who Is In the Wrong wi To this end every forc brougnt to besr. The lonzer the indi gon the wroug tra“k the more Tes 10 bring him on_ the right one. Hence the development of every influence that could com sence of numbers, from the power of song, fron the fear of ihe wrath to com erial heaven. from the dread of & material And the result. has 1 tnstantaneous , for character is the resuliant of muny rous change of bismay be permanent or not, uecorling T of the indi- o Is affected. accoidi @ - o- the undercurrents aiready 1 according to the influ- ater mas be brou 0 his 1o, Thoso who bave dealt mes: wisely with 1his class of converts are those who have found from the beginuing something for them to do. 1+ wili 10' do (0 tnrn them over to the Temorse which de- 81055 nor 1o the mere sen imentalism or emotion which euds in nowbing. They must be set to work. This the Sulvation Army well understands Just as In the phenomena of co firmation there is a_danger of mere formalism, of ineriia, of selfishness, of dependence on oth-rs so In the process of conversion we have the danger of sterile emot on, Of Wrong emotion excited from time to time, and ending In nothing; or, {n extreme casea, we hiave the daneer of disturbance of the mental organtsm itself—the danger of insaniy. hers are many ways i which the normal relation of the parts of the nervous system can ba altered, just us there are many ways in which the time-keeping quaiities of a watch may be de- stroyed.” It 1S possible for us (0 alier the naure of the sensations that the brain should receive. fv 18 possible to deceive the bran by impressions of eternal things that do no exist. Men have long since learned o take advantage of this fect to produce in the oraln impre ppear when there is no appearance. - This 13 the funcilon of sleoholic stmulants: this is the fu tea, coffee and other alkaloids that make ns feel well when we are not well: that give us comfort In fee log without comfort In fact. In like manner the inflnenco of marcotics tends to subaue sense im pressions, giVing an appearance of rost. A pch i3 ns false as he fecling of pleasure which aicohol exciies.” Thero are other means of producing simiiar conditions in the Sensory relations of the brain. I'hé influence of the excitement of others produces excitement In vou, whether It have a canse or not. As a frightened horse will stampede a herd, so & frightened man may stampede an army. In like manner the various derangemeats which go iinder the name of hvsteria are catching. The frenzy 0f mobs passes from man to man, and the whole masais fllled with the desire to kill. - Inthe sume way long-continued solitude produces mervous derangement. In the desire to produce resulis in the cony of the wicked men have icnorantly, some- times wickedly. taken advantrce of these facts. Itis possible to produce a terrivle excitement, wuich I3 of the nature of insanity. which bears no relation to religlon and cannot be worked out 1nto healthfu Such evil infiuences show themselves in the form of trances, which are sen- sory disturbances In which the brain has fantastic sensations or no sen<ations at all, or it is filied thoughts which are the profucts of the hypnotic sugzestion of others. e inellect and will may be put to sieep and there may be evil derancements of the motor ap- paraius This snows itself in fantastic actions or rigidity of muscles, or In the abseace of any power 0 act at all. All of these are cases of Insanity that have no relation to religlon—that have nothing to do with 8 normal conversion or ehange of Iife, and their effect is evil and wholly evil. Yhen the soung are brousht in'o violent excitement which shows Hs“If in such ways as this ief may be done, and thie pesons responsible for it may be justly charged with the offering up of human sacrifices. ‘These ar» no remote dangers far from our daily lives. They 8re ever present when mu titudes are gathered together under the influence of strong feeling ot any sort. It is true, however, that there are some who seek the excitement of religious gatherings solely for excliement’s sake. ' These are chronic cases of hysteria or catalepsy. 1t Is Mr. Sankey’s testi- mony that the presence of such people has been @ constant dread in hix work, and that in well. ordered revivals some sor: of police force is necessary (o remove thee péople that they may not do mischief (o themselves or bring the relicious movemant nto disoreatt. Fellgi 0 wo'thy of the rame is an exoressiogsof the highest sanity. another must be the central axis of a worthy 1i‘e. not religion. Excitement of the nerves for the mere pleasure of exc tement has 1o eunobling influ: ence. T tends to weaken the will, to enfecble the mind, to produce that condition of spiritun! Inssi- tude which shows itseif in chronic conversion. When one *falls from grace” readily lie has not far tofwl. Veteven ihese arceatitlod to gentle judgment. They would have falien further if left to themsely Tut T am mvse'f too much of a puritan to believe that we can safely or righteonsls nse religions emotion a3 a source of personal pleasure. The happiness of a religions man comes from the fact that he has dane his part 10 the work of the world, that he has followed his ideals,born- his burdens, and recelved the reward which al Ways comes (0 him who has loved much and has wrought hislove into deeds. The warmth of love knows no chill or lnssitnde, Fevers and chills are aiike symptoms of disease. 1t s certain that chro i relizious excitemeat is destructive to the higher life. The great efforts put forth to save the sinnershould not be used as a means of dissipation for those who be- lieve themseives 1o be saints. The professor then quoted Edwin Diller Starbuck of Clark_University, whose study of conversion as “primarily an unselfing” he eulogiz-d. Mr. Starbuck treats the subject from its broadest point of view, emphasizing the belief that ‘'conver- sion is not a maiter for the churches alone. It is under certain conditions a vital, moral step in individual growth. Each step is of frequent occnirrence in common life. 1Iiis the birth of the individual, of self, into a larzer spiritual world in which he finds his Lfe. It is the individual will coming in harmony with the divine will.”! ‘After some personal reminiscences Dr. Jordan continued: The lesson to ns is that one should be temperate 1n all thing: 1deals steadily followed, In a clean life and in o pure hearr, hysteria. of the same nature as dronkenness be even more dangerous, because 1t is {nsidions and because it may seem 1o come unaer t tection of the honored church. 1t 18 10 attack (0 proles: against the abuses which may creep into religiong practice. Every Bones: clereyman knows that hese ex esses exist, and in the d gree that he is earnest he deplores thiem, thonxh he may not see how to avold them. 'This Is the problem of his life work, (0 be help: ful only and not to hurt even the leust of te iittle ones. He cannot, as has been said, +go ¢ anging in stage boots through the holy of holies.” He caunot delegate his duties to itinerant pretenders, ignorant of right and careless of results. T have here the card of & professional evangelist and comic eloentionist. His week’s religions work in Santa K03als followed by an evening of side-spliting elecution, and the appended press notices testify o his excellence in both roles. On the back of the card ~Dignan’s Corn Cure” Is ad: vertised. This is the work of the cross-rouds faker, not of the man of God. ~ It is & gentle misuse of Janguace to call such a man a Guack. He is a criminal, Tt 1n not an attack on relizion 10 call crime oF folly by its name. The Imenace to the church comes from tlie use of its honored name as & cloak for fo/ly and selfishness. " Because revivals of roe Tigion have been productive of endleas x0od under wise hands is 10 reason why revivats of by steria, of sensationa ism, and sensualism, shouid not rece!ve the rebuke they merit. “Ihere is no right way for the deve opment of all men, Each one must live his own life, pass throogh his owo changes. He can be heiped by o hers, but this hie p must be given to him wise y: and in this connection the work of the preacher has an importance fow of us realize. He is (0 <l with the most drlicate Dart of the nature of man—the part that is most easily Injured by bunglers which_an be most helped by the iuflusice of true plety. To teach young men and women o way of lifs we Deed (he noblest, Wisest and purest men in the calling of the ministry. In 1 hands of the minister s tne moiding of souls for the long, sweet, helpful life that now is, and we hope, for thelife that Is to come. Religion in one form or But mere emction Wiihout purpose of action is thit relieion shows itse't In lofty Sterile em tions are not relieion, and The Hudelson Libel. Big Suit for Damages. The preliminary examination of Eenjlminl W. H. Katon, by his attorney, Charles F. F. ifudelson, charged with criminal libel by | Hanion, hay sucd the Alameds and San Attorney D. B. Woodworth, was to haye been | J0RquIn Vailey Railroad Company for $10,000 Tesumed before Judge Campbell yesierday | Of Account of injuriesalleged 1o have been afternoon, but & continuance was granted for aweek. A certificate was proauced from Dr. Wood tnat Hudelson wes sick in bed from pneumonia and would be unable to appear in court for some days, carpenter by the defendant corporation, received by the plaintiff while employed asa | m Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. TOBEACTORS Arthur Sears and His Sis- ter Paid to Be Made Stars. | They Sue Belasco and Say He Failed to Make Them His- trionic Artists. Say They Were Led to B:lieve They Would Become Great Artists in Six Months. One of the most interesting claims filed | for many a day in the Justices’ Court of | San Francisco is that of Arthur Sears and | his sister, Mrs. Nellie E. Covington, | against Frederick Belasco, manager of the | Alcazar Theater and of a school of prac- tical acting conducted by him at the Odd Fellows’ building. The complaint shows that the plaintiffs have met with sore disappointments in | life within the past six months, and they | attribute their reverses of fortune very | largely to Instructor Belasco. They have employed G. W. Howe, a local attorney, to set forth their claims in legal form. “These people give a fair idea of what | we have to encounter every day,” sald | Manager Belasco; “people;who expect to | become histrionic marvels in about six | weeks and positive world-beaters in & year! The complaints set forth that Belasco | advertises in the daily papers and else- where—and they show these ads—‘his ability to make proficient actors of pupils who attend the said school; that he will rehearse said pupils on the stage, and put them through a course of practical and etlicient exercises and enable them to el- fect natural expressions, and to arrive, as nearly as possible, at complete por- trayal.”’ These claims raised great expectations in the minds of plaintiffs, Sears longing to | abandon the business of painting houses | and yearning for the wide field where he | might portray human emotions. His sister, too, wearying of the Berkeley hills | and monotony of the workaday world, says she was induced to believe that she | woula soon arrive at a degree of culture as | an actress thet would keep the world busy | guessing how long she had been on the stage. The complaints set forti the aspirants’ grievances in detail. They say the plain- tiffs ‘*were promised tbat in six months they would' be fully qualified and compe- tent actors, so much so that he (Belasco) would defy any old-time actor or theatri- cal professional discovering or detecting that they had not been full-fledged actors for a number of years." The complainants ask for a joint sum exceeding '$500, each allegation of aam- ages being within the statutory limit for Justices’ courts. They allege that the plaintiffs have been put to ereatincon- venienco and trouble in traveling to and from Berkeley during the period of the tuition, and that they have awakened to a painful realization of the fact that they are not perfect actors, so drilled in decla- mation, gesture, feeling and expression as to defy dramatic critics to distinguish them from the heroes of the stage. Mr. Sears thinks it would require about $299 99 to repair the injury done to him by forcing him to continue the vocation of painting houses, while his sister thinks she could stop the heartaches and disap- pointments inflicted upon her for abont $246. Both have concluded that actingis an uncertain profession. MILITARY PARADE H R The Second Brigade Ordered Out for Washington’s Birthday. The following orders have been issued from headquarters of the Second Brigade relative to Wasbington’s birthday: In compliance with general orders No. 1, headquarters Second Brigade, N. G. C., ihis regiment will_parade on Washington's birth- day, Monday, February 22, 1897. The field and staff (mounted), non-commis- sioned staff, band, field music, First and Sec. ond battaiions, will report to the adjutant at the regimental armory at 2 P.M. Tae Third Battalion will assemble and await orders at its armoryat2 . M. The Cadet Corps will report to the adjutant of the Thira Battalion. Service uniform. DL e e Will Be n Lively Meeting. When the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors meets, Friday morning, the claims of the Justices of the Peace for salaries will be considered. While the law ealls for the turniug in of all bills it may be consid- ered that the acconnt may be balanced by turning excepted Lills for salaries to account for the bills that were not turned over to the City and County Tressurer. At the same meeting representatives of the State Board of Trade will appear o see what can be done to | tlable the appropriations for the | Guetemsla and Hamburg expositions. 1 | Mayor Sutro’s and the Spring Valley | and allowing the unemployed to cultivate | would eat into the margin. PLANS T0 PUT THE IDLE T0 WORK The Proposed Boulevard May Be Pushed to Completion. The “Pingree Plan” May Be Inaugurated as a More Per- manent Relief Measure. The Mining Bureau to B: Cslied Upon to Set M:n Up in Placer Mining. More plans were snggested for the relef | of the unemployed at the meeting of the | committee of ‘‘experts,’’ as the Mayor catled them, held yesterday in his office. The one directed at immediate relief was for the building at once of the long- contemplaied boulevard through ex- Water Company’s land, connecting with the park snd ocean drive. The second, directed at more lasting re- sults, for the benefit of married men and particularly residents, was for the inaug- uration of the *‘Pingree system” of farm- ing or gardening the unproductive land within the Cit; The third was a suggestion of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald—to get those who can and will to placer mining. It was distinctly stated that the unem- ployed did not want charity. Mrs. Flint declared that the people for whose relief this movement was started avoided the office of the Associated Charities because | it was a benevolent institution. Commissioner Fitzgerald said that there were now outof employment more worthy | people—mechanics, tradespeople and la- borers—than at any time previously. He thought the number of unemployed would reach 10,000. Of the 1800 painters in the | City fully two-thirds were seeking em- | ployment. The same was true of the car- | penters and other trades. These people | | were suffering and were willing to accept any employment. They were, however, even in their starving condition, very | loyal, and would not take the places of | laborers, even if offered. On this prin- ciple, also, they wotld not labor for less than'$2 per day, as they understood that was the current rate for such employ- | ment, and would not cut under it. | Mr. Wheeler suggested the boulevard | plan of setting these men to work. He said that Mr. Sutro and the Spring Valley Company had egreed to give land for the | extension of the boulevard, and he | thought that $20,000 could easily be raised | for the work, and that, as the improve- | ment was extremely desirable, had been much talked about and was popular, no | time need be lost. | The boulevard committee, or those sug- | | gested to_compose it, are Con O'Connor, Harold Wueeler, J.J. McCord, Adolph Sutro, Herman Schussler, Daniel Meyer, James Cenwell, Judge Frank Kerrican, A. B. Spreckels and F. W. Dohrmann. Mayor Phelan himself suggested the “Pingree plan.” He had telegraphed Governor Pingree for the latest informa- | tion relative to it,and had received reply | that it was contained in hiseighth annual | message, which he had placed in the mails to his address. The pian consisted in se- curing from the owners the right to use lands that were otherwise unproductive, them. A large body of land would be necessary, and that within walking dis- tance of the heart of the town. Carfare The plan is | in successful operation in New York, and | Major Winchell said it has practically | solved the probiem or the unemployed in | Michigan—Governor Pingree’s State. The names selected to form a commit- tee to carry this plan out were Professor Wickson, Alfred Holman, E.F.Adams and Commissioner Fitzgerald. As to the placer mining plan, Commis- sioner Fitzgerald said that no less than 10,000 Chinese were engaged in the indus- | try, and that they sent aunually to the Mint over §300,000 in gold. It was pro posed by law 10 prevent aliens from min- ing on Government lands, upon which most of the Chinese were engaged. He thought the Mining Bureau would inter- NEW TO-DAY Of course we don’t expect you to like Sckilling’s Best. Oolong if your usual tea is Japan. : If you have made th mistake of getting the wrong flavor, go to the grocer, get your money back, and try the one you're used to. A Schilling & Company San Franci = NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. o chealne, 'PRICOLANIR GOTTLOD A (- LESSES ATD MAMASLRS - TIME IS DRAWING NEAR —CHARLES HOPPER — Aud Hfs Clever (ompany in “CHIMMIE FADDEN!’ Every Member of the Original Company and All the Faultiess Stage Eft NEXT MONDAY _FANNY RICE COLUMBIA THEATER. BEXTRA Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 18, at 3:30, SECOND SYMPHONY CONCERT! -—055 MUSICIANS — Directed by GUSTAV HINRICHS, —TWO GREAT NOVELTIES | — Sulte for Strings, including Harp, -:Lova Storles,” by Krug. Lhapsodie Espaguoi. E. Chabrier. Seats Now on sale—50c and 31. RACING! RACING! RACING! —CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— WINTER MEETING, 1896-'97, Beginning Monday, Feb. 8, to Feb. 20, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ‘Ahursday, Eriday and Saturday. HaMn or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —DRaces Start av 2:156 P. M. Sharp— Ferry Boats leave San Francisco ac 13 M. anl 12:30,1.00, 1:50, 2:00, 2:30 and 8 P. .. connect- ing wiili truins stopping at the entrance o track. your ferry tickets 16 Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the Track at 4:15 aal 4346 . 3. and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JK, Fresident R. B. MILROY, Secretary. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily From 7 A. ). to 6 £. M. Swimming Season 1897, Bathing, Including Admission—Adults 25e, Children General Admission, 10¢; C ildren, Se. NEW TO-DAY. “Pretty Pill” says Pretty Poll She’s just “poll parroting.” ‘There’s no prettiness in pills, except on the theory of ‘pretty is that pretty does.” In that case she’s right. : Ayer’s Pills do cure biliousness, constipation, and all liver troubles. est itself in this matter and that a very considerable number of men could be sent out in this way. The Mininz Bureau had three deputies out, and from them in- formation as to lccation could be secured. ‘The men could not, of course, do any pros= pecting. It was determined to enlist C. GI. Yale of the Mining Bureau in this plan. Mayor Phelan will consult with the members of these committees to-day. The Mayor is ex-officio member of all the committees named. Eampton Court Falace. The absurdity of the claims of Mrs. Montanya of this City to Hampton Court Palace, near London, England, has been demonstrated on all sides. It appears that the palace and park adjoining be.ong to the de Is crown of England, € y with Windsor Castle, Buckingham Pulace, etc. No elaims on the pert of any private individual could yossibly stand in the face of the preseut crown title. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNIA THEATER. AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)....Proprietors TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEE And Mon,, Tues. and Wed. F-venings Nex: W TWO MA I INEE Mat. Sat. and Washington's Birthday. “"OUR LITTL&E! CINDERELLA COMPANTY. Introducing s galaxy of Child Actors and Act- resses. A series of Startling and Amusing Special- ties. NEW AND GORGEOUS SCENERY, COSTUMES, EFFECTS. Prices, 25¢ to 81.00. A good reserved seat on lower fioor 50c. o BEXTIRA ¥ebruary 25, 26, 27 and 28, SOUSA’S CONCERT BAND. FIFTY MUSICIANS. JOHN PHILIP SOUSA... Assisted Mirs. Elizabath Northrop (Soprano), Miss Martina Johnstone (Violinist). Seass on sale Monday, February 22d. BALDWIN THEATER ALHAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Propel ...Conductor THE EMINENT ACTOR, MR, LOUIS JAMES. TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), “EHAMIL.&ET.” Friday Night and Saturday Matinee, “MY LORD AND SOME LADIES " Saturday Night (by Request), JULIUS CESAR Sunday Night . ... OTHELLO - NEXT MONDAY! 3 WEEKS, MAT.SATURDAY ONLY. JAMES A. HERNE as NATHANIEL BERRY 1~ “SEHORE ACRES!” Direction HENRY C: MINER. SEATS READY TO-DAY. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUS= MES.EBNESTIN® KRELING, Proprietor & Manager —LAST TIMES— THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESSES! THE UP-TO-DATE EXTRAVAGANZA, ALADDIN, Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP. —EVERY EVENING— 25" AT 8 &y —==-NEXT WEERK—_—— GRAND DOUBLE BILIL! “PATIENCE”—“GALATEA.” The Best All-Around Opera Company in This Country. Popular Prices— 25c and 50¢ MOROSCO’'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO...Solo Lesses and Managa: FIRST PRODUCTION ON THIS COAST 0t the Thrilling Comedy-Drama, OUT IN THE STREETS! By 8. N. Wood, Author of “Orubans of New York”” and Other Great Successes. A PLAY FULL OF EXCITEMENT! Many New People! All New Scenery! ‘Wonderful River of Fire! New Specialties, New Songs, New Dances Eveninz Prices—10¢, =20 and 3) Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ANOTHER STUPENDOUS THE FINNEYS, Champion Swimmers LYTTON & HAYES, in “Camiile Up & THFE PANTZERS, Funoy Demons; THE RE> FOS, Aerfa) Artists: the GRAND OPERA QUARIET, GUILLE, ABRAMOFY, M18S COTTE and Miss Bo d Numerous Novelties. Reserved Seats, 25¢; Balcony 10c; Opera Chatrs and Box Sea:s, blc. Concerts by the Royal Hunearian Court Or- chestra immediately atter the evening perform- ance in the Orpheum Annex. ALCAZAR:* SARDOU’S GREATEST COMEDY, A SCRAP OF PAPER! Everybody Delizhied! So Don't Miss It! HUGO TOLAND, J. B. POLK aad the Entire Co. Our Regular Prices! Telephone for seats—Black 991. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON. PRIZE MASQUERADE BALL! VEREIN EINTRACHT. Saturday, February 20, 1897. 350 Costumed People in Grand Besutifnl Tableaux Five Divisions. Lady Amazons. Ground and Ludder Pyramios by 24 Athleres Grand klectric Calcjum Light Effects Prizes (o the value of $500 will be dis tributed. Reception Concert from 8109 P. . ADMISSION, ONE DOLLAR. Reserved Seats 50c extra. GOLDSTLIN & COMN, 22 Market street. Another Record-breaker! A Packed House Again Last Night! wenty. GOLDEN GATE HALL. Grand Matinee 1his Afternoon, At 8 o'clock. he City of the Great King: or The Shrines of Jerusalem.” By HASKEIT SMITH, M, A, THE CHUTES. EVERY AFTEENOON AND EVENING, BUSCH, the Golden Vampire, BRESINO, Wire Walker, the ANIMATOSCO PE and s Host of Attractions at Night. ADMISSION 106; CHILDREN 5e¢ % !