The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, 25, 1897. MAY ! AMUSEMENTS. \ American fitizen” | BALDWIN THEATER — and | on- | VOLI OPERA HousE. — -Martha BEUM —High-Class Vaudevill UBERON.—Grand Co SUTRO Batis.— Ba TEE Caum Baight streer, GOLDEN GAT: Havr—Lecture. " SHERMAN, CLAY HALi—vAn Trish Eveniog PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. i EL Campo—Music, Danciug, beadng Fishing, | every Sunda a EY Cmas J¥VY & ( Furniture, st 1135 Mar E. S Spaa 25, k. | his day, M i 11 oeloc 28, Furnit By H. J. LEU Furniture, at 134 FY Vox Feal Estate, &t 12 0'clock. By FastoN & FLDRIDGE. at Geneva, Mer: E1LDRIDGE.—Tues Market street, at 12 0'clock. THO! Ry at 638 0ITY NEWS IN BRIEF, | vessels are 20w permitted to carry ere interesting exercises at the erdey. | y in the morning; fair during the | A. G. McAdie, forecaster. Six men, supposed to be till-tappers, have | been gathered 1u by the police. | | nk demanded $3,000,000 Treasury yesterday. Free Embloyment Agency of the State | Bureau will be closed June 1. Martin Kelly has been allowed a new trial in his 1ibei suit against W. R. Hearst. Christian Endeavorers will give up Sunday Pre- | eheacsals at the desire of Presbyterian pas- | ors. The Davis will contest is being tried in Judge Coffey’s department of the Superior Court. Mits Emma Ashley will appear um on Saturday night iu a ser Dictures, The gunboat Wheeling fifteen ts on her first t the Audi- s of living | ached a speed of al trip on the bay 2 nedy and wife are under arrest on » charge of cruelty 1o the six-month-old baby . W. Backmas (er. chers’ Board of Trade has made final s for the great picalc 10-moIrrow und Park, dstrom, & two-ye le on De Hero and wes drowaed. 2 tailor out of employment, | he head yesterday with a re- | imself instantly. | a baby, ot yestor- ngs were begun i vesterday 10 force the er juto involuntar the Superior of McAvoy & grocers, 98 97, asseta ark, T omas Sullivan and William ve been ropbing tilis north of | were arrested yesterday after- will be outpost duty at Goli Those who will go there will e t0 see splendid military move- rbor Commissioners will again dis free-market question at Thursday's Toe members of the Natioual Lubor space sei apart for their schooner Bowhead “hes beca orth American Commercial C a whaling and mages {0 husbsud. the suspic:s of the Van | v will be given to-morrow even- ond Uniiarian Church, Twen- | h and Capp srreets, ior the benefit of An- drew G. Wood, leader of the church choir. | ert Gumpel was again the star through- y'sact of the Fair-Craven drama. inued to give direct testimony for the | and devoted most of his time on the pizining why he had testi- will and’ the disputed | ns. | Perrell, 17 years of age, and Thomas | sears of age, who malicionsly raised | ire at the Hearst Grammar School y caused a stampede amoug the chil- | sentenced by Judge Campbell yes- eil to six montus in jail and Kirby ! 8 ris’ Aid Boc ———— Grand Opara-House. “The Dark Secret” was revived at the Grand | last night with a cast including most of the | favorites of this stock compa Tae great scenic feature of the melodrama i regaita | ay at Henley, on which Leander Stevenson, a | man, wes to row across a tank real water o victory. The river | very realistically put on, galiery joined with the e stage in appisuding coming g t0 #0me hiteh in th+ machinery ot come, and the cur w Leander Stevenso The boat race is bille ertainty to-night, however. ¥red Butler and John J. Plerson both shone as villains in *‘The Dark Szeret,” and Maude | Edpa Hall, who has grown less' rampageousty | melodramatic since her last engagement, did some clever work es May Joyce, a young | woman who Swears to &venge & brutal mur. | der. s Tow 10 Victory. d for a | At the Chutes. | The Venetian Ladies’ Orchestra, which hes + | will not allow Durrant a personal inter- | will have a conference this morning. | claim he may | Jose, Alameda | had not mode some mistake 1 | Emmanuel Church seems to be that Rev. BUDD O CONFER WITH CHIEF LEES This Week Durrant’s Fate Will B> Definitely Decided. Emmanuel Church Trustees Con- tinue to Be Worried by Cranks. Rev. G:orge G bson M:y R:maia After A !—Mrs. V g1 Complains. Tubb’s Tactics. Governor Budd arrived from Sacra- mento last night. To-day he will lend his ear to the attcrneys for Durrant. The Governor has definitely decided that he view. Any application or statement from ihe condemned men will be presented through his attorneys. The Governor hopes io reach a decision in the case not later than Friday. Al- ready be has reviewed the entire case for | the prosecution, and what he hears to-day will be much in the nature of rebuttal Great pressure is being brought to bear upon him to aliow Mrs. Durrant to make an appeal in person in behalf of her son. Chizf Lees called at the hotel last night, but failed to see the Governor. The two Investigations that are baing carried on by the police and others tend to throw con- siderable discredit upon the veracity and reliability of the “witnessee,” Mrs. Schwartzler,regarding Durrant's case. | District Attorney Barues receivad the | following letter from J. B. Schroeder Jr. ef Reawood Ciiy 1 had called to attention this morning an article in t rancisco Fxaminer per- taining 10 o she gave his name to me Duval. He | aid work £ mber of months and ause 1 considered | uent letters sent | bec sub 1 finaliy discha ssal by m! 1in detail. to repudiate any lerence to his san- insane. you ke with ity, for he undoubtedly was Detective Ed Gibson, according to in- structions from C Lees, saw Dr. Dear- dorff, 14 Grant avenue, yesterday. He told Gibson that abouta year ago Mrs. Schwartz came to his office ana gave the name of Miss Winters and asked pe mission to use his cffice two hours a da: She told him she had patients in San | and Sacramento and in anted a place to receive | this City ana { them and th e would throw other busines: b She onl. office a few d | she was a tended to teli office w only th r to stop coming 1 ound this out, but she w he case ttorney Tubb. | of the sl called upon Chief Lees yeos. von and made the ioliowing Mrs. ast Friday afterroon be nd 4 o'ciock. Sh ert Martin cailed | - of 3a resembience was s now 11 I had not ma that I had made no w Durrant and inguired into al culars s to where L was sitting i w, wnat 1 was sewing and all abont the | She sald to me thaishe did not tan sanged and that si e would | n and earih to free Durrant. Then | She returned again in about e- cailed to see if my testimony. Tue man was ver- pule and had dark eyes and gray hair. She tuok two envelopes ou i of my box and ssked me foi alead penciland she wrote down everyihing I said. She did notshow me what she wrote, or read it o me, nor did I sigu it. 1 tell you this now so that you will know all about it. The gentieman toid me he was in Alaska during the time of the Durrant case and tola me he wes very much interested in it, and pointed to a mep which I had to some island in Alusks where he hea been. Then they went off. On Saturday aiternoon they called sgain. Isaw them coming and weut down to the beck yard and Vogel weut 1o the door. They told my busband tuat I {ovited them to come; that 1 toid them to come again; that the geatleman who w th her wanted to find ou: all the particulars (it was the same man who had been there before). My husband told them I was not in and would not be home and they went away. 1 am sure they wanted to catch me with something. 1 told them just exactly the sams that I told you and nota word different. and tell you tbis before they do anything about it so you will know what happened. Mrs. Martin attracted considerable at- tention by her conduct at the Emmanuel Baptist Church last Sunday. She occu- pled a seat in the front row and after the services she interviewed several of the members who were present. Among those she accosted were Mrs. Leek and Miss Wolf. Upon seeing Officer Robinson in the church Mrs. Martin hastily departed. Henceforth officers will be present at all the services of the church. “We will bave officers there to keep these cranks from causing any trouble,” said one of the trus- tees last evening. “If they come to the church and try 10 raise a disturbance they will be ejected quite unceremoniously.” The opinion among the members of the Dr. Gibson will consent to remain as pas- tor of the church. While he hus said | scheme was for Kirby | ranged, | voice outside was heard re | Kirby immediately | teachers been making such & success at the Orpheum, | P Othing since the action of the trustees in j» #iving concerts every aiternoon and evening | ©/USIDE to accept his resignation, it is n the Casino at the Chutes. The roller rink | [20UKhT that since ths return of Secretary has heen closed for the summer season and | LYBCh Le has become less unwilling 1o re- the music of the mandolin players is proving | Mmain. ol | In regard to a current rumor that ex- ception would be made to the decision in | the Lamont case on the score of one juror | having admitted before being sworn that | be bad a prejudice, Chisf Lees said last | night that he bad nothing to add to the Teports of the trial. In the newspapers of August 30, 1895, it would be found that this particular talesman had merely stated that he had an “impression,” but_that it would not affect his judgment. He was accordinely passed “as beinz entirely eligible within the meaning of the law. NEW 7TO-DAY. Dangerous, Warning of heart disesse are short- Signals ness of breatn from goivg upstairs, sweep{ng o sing- 122, sinking or ‘smothering spe'ls (especially night) fluttering or pelpiiation. pain or nderness in the left breast, side, arm or thoulder, irreguiar Or intermittent pulse, weak, hungry or fainting spells, dropsy, swell- ing of the feet or ankles, etc. There is one sure, practical remedy for heart troubles, | ng % 4000 B I NS OF WOrk pinting 9 tbe prescription of Dr. | dress, the theater will be reopened next Mo; Dr Mlles Franklin Miles, and is | day cvening by the Frawley Company, whos » guarantced (o benefit. | first offering will bs “Tne Fatal Card.” Columbia Theater, The Columbia Theater is closed this week eud a force of srtisans are at work painting Book on the e i S el Heart CUre] oo sovea s oo, Address Commercial Tranefer Company, 43 Sutter . DR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhsrt, Ind, | Tel. main 49. Furniture moved reasonably.* RAGSED A FALSE - CRY OF FIRE Children in the Hearst Grammar School in a Panic. The Presence of Mind of the Teachers Prevented a .Stampede. o Two Boys Who Maliciously Rais:d the Cry Severely Laclured and S ntenced by Juige Campb LI The presence of mind of Mrs. Nettie A. Wood, principel, and the other teachers in the Hearst Grammar School, Hermann and Fillmore streets, prevented a swampede of the schoolchildren about two weeks 820 and probably saved a number of them from being trampled to death, as there are 760 pupils in the school. The facis in the case came out in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday, when three boys appeared before him to answer a charge of disturbing the peace. The boys were Frank Perrell, 17 years of age, and Thomas Kirby and Willie Donlan, both about 12 years of age, who live in the vicinity of the school. The evidence showed that Donlan had nothing to do with the case, and th&] charge against him was dismissed. Per- rell was senteuced to six months in the County Jail and Kirby was sent to the Bouys’ and Girls' Aid Society. Perrell conceived the idea of having some fun at the expense of the teachers | and children in the school and ne induced | Kirby to join him in the scheme. Tire | to run into the | scheol shouting “Fire! firel the schooi's | on fire!” and Perrell was to join in the cry from the outside. The scheme was carried into effect on | the morning of May 13, when the children | were y at their lessons. Kirby, as ar- | ran into the schoal and yelled | ! fire! the school’s on fire!” and a peating the cry, | ran out and joined | Perrell, and 1he two waited in a conven- ient spot (o sve the excited children come | tumbling out, but they weredisappointed. | When the ory of fire was Leard there was a panic among the chiliren and they jumped to their feet. Instantly the voices of the principal and teachers were heard | commanding them to take their seats and the benefit of the firo drill was seen by the chi/dren promptly obeying the com- mand, although some of the younger ones showed some reluctance in doing so and looked as if they would prefer to rush out of doors. A basty examination showed no sign of | fire or smoke and then it dawned upon the nat a malicious joke had been piayed upon them. Ngxt day a vom- plaint was sworn to charging the boys with disturbing the peace and they were arrested. Judge Campbell in sentencing Perrell lectured him sevarely upon the heinous | nature of his conduct and told_himif it | had not been for the presence of mind of ! the teachers he micht have been the cause of several cnildren losing their Jives in a | 4 for the doors. Then he would n charged with murder. He also | severely to voung Kirby anl both expressed t ir contriion. WIS HSELF AN to H's Nat.ve Heath “Au Amer can Citiz2n.” R:turns ia Myra Moveita Is a Chaim ng Marll‘a" «t the T.voi— Irish | Cocert. ! After Nat Goodwin's recent incursions 1ato costume comedies at the Baldwin it was refreshing to see him last nighi clothed | azain in modern dress and in his right | mind as “An American Citizen.” Good- win's talen: essentially lies in the por- | trayal of certain types of modern Ameri- | can character, and Madeline Lucette | Ryley’s play affords him an exceilent op- portunity to shinein the field where heis 1ost at home, The chief change in the cast since the first production was the substitution of Miss Hattie Russell for Miss Emily Mel- ville as Lady Bunn. Miss Russell, who hcs some of her sister’s (Ada Rehan) dignity, played the role effectively. Ihe rest of the cast was good, and the staging, particularly in the carnival scene, was picturesque. i On Saturday night Goodwin will say farewe!l with a bill containing several novel features. At the Orpheum. There were four new acts on at the Orpheum last evening, and not one ot them seemed to make a gennine Orpheum hit. Not that they were poor by any means, but the crowd lacked | enthusiasm. Little Anna Laughlin did her | best work in her imjtation of Mrs. Leslie Ca: ter in the *Heart of Maryland.” Miss Laug| 1in is one of the cleverest child actrosses now before the public. Mlile, Omene, & veritatle female Herrmann, did some exceedingly clover tricks. The costuming of both Mile. Omene and her assistant could, however, be im-| proved without hurting the performance. The Eclair Brothers do & speciaity entitled “The Crocodile and the Demon.” Both gen- tlemen areclever coniortionists and do their | work well. Julesand Ella Garrison, travesty artists, do the sume act they did here somo | time ago. The Osrani Pantomime Company | has been put down o the last of the bill, and ninkvobu sincerely hopea that this isits last week. Alcazar Theater. Francis Powers' Chinese play still crowds the Alcezar Theater, and it is safo to say that it will continue to do so for the next two or three weeks. The Alcazar people are proud of their actor-author and are doing everything in their power to make his benefit’ Friday evening an unusually big success. “The Three Hais” a farcical comedy in hree acts, precedes “The First Born,” It tarts off' very much like “The Arablan s but the resemblance ends there. eorge Osbourne ss Sam Selwyu, a married man, does an effective piece of comedy work. Fruncis Baker, a_clever character, makes tha most of his partas & teacher of penmanship. Juliet Crosby and Gertrude Tidball play two pretty litile ingenue parts, and Adelo Bel- garde, the practical w'fe of Sam Selwyn, ap- ears to advantage. The restof the parts are well cast. Tivoll Opera-House. An exceptionally good revival of “Martha” was given at the Tivoll last night. Dainiy littie Myra Morella made a winsome Martha, and sang her lines charmingly; Bernice Holmes was an effective Nancy; John J. Ra: iael was good as Plunkett, and Rhys Thomas sang well as Liovel. The 'spinning scenc be- tween these jour principals was an exception- ally pretty bitof scting and singing. Maurice Darcy made a good deal of the shes iff’s role, ana the choruses, particularly in the market scene, were good. Irish Concert. An interesting evening of Irish songs, legends snd recltations will be given this evening at the new Sherman & Clay Hall by 1] 8! | The result of the contest | was buil | come nut of reiir | onzh ove: nauli | cruise under the flag of the North Amer- | with ail hands w Dennis O'Sullivan aud Daniel 0'Connell 1 OFF ON & RACE UP TO EUREKA The Humboldt and Pomona Are Having Another Contest. Large Sums of Mcney Will Change Haods Here and in Eureka on the Result, The S:aling Schocner Bowhead Has Come Out of Retirem:nt ani Will G> Waaling. The steamers Humboldt and Pomona had another trial of speed yesterday. On the last occasion the Humboldt won the contest, and if she keeps up the clip she started with should prove an easy winner again. Hundreds of people were down to see the steamers off, and at least $1000 will change hands on the result. The cabin-boys on the two boats have a pool of $65, the winners to take all. Owing to some necessary repairs to the donkey engine the Pomona could not get out torecover the remains, but they could not be found and are now probably over the bar and lost forever. The steel snip Dirigo haslost her charter on account of her long trip. She was to have gone to Honolulu to load sugar for New York, but now the bargain is off ana the chances are that she will have to join the idle fleet in Sausalito, No work was done on the British ships in port yesterday. All the men had a holi- day and all the vessels were decked with bunting in honor of the Queen’s birthday. The British ship Stronsa will b ave togo to Portland to load wheat. Owing to a misunderstanding she came here and the charterers refused to handle her. Now she must return to Portland and take in her cargo there. ~ Wayne Harris, the runaway boy, was located on the British ship Glencairn yes- terday by Officer Shaw and returned 10 bis parents at the Hotel Avondale. The 14-year-old lad was at work in the ship’s galley peelinz potatoes when arrested. The skv above the bay was brilliantly illuminated by vagrant shafts of light last night. The searchlights of the Monad- nock, Monterey and Bennington were be- ing tried ana there was just enough mist over the watsr to make the piercing rays exceedingly effective. The clouds, shore points and principal features of the City were successively lit up by tbe weird white gleams and the spectacle was ad- mired by thousands of citizen: SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED, Police Have Gathered In Men Who Are Supposed to Be Till-Tappers. There are now six men detained in the tanks of the City Prison on suspicion of having robbed the till of the stationery- store at 118 Taylor street last week. That deed was a particularly desperate one, in which the thieves held up the pro- The prietor of the place at the point of & re- e s The Only Ve:sel Afloat That H. v as a Deck Made From Redwood Lumber. As a Tug the Bowhead Blew Up, as a Sealing Schooner She Was a Financial Failure, and Now She Is Going on a Trading Cruise to the Arctic. away on time. Cap:ain Bonifield of the Humboidt waited on Captain Doran, how- ever, and it was gettinz well along 1oward 3 . o before efther vessel got away. It was 2:36 . M when the Humbo'd: passed Meizgs wharf ani the Pomonfol- lowed ber four m es later. At3:02p M tne Humbold: passed Point Lob. had not gu d & ~econt on be last ~een of tue racers was off P The Humboldt passed that puin P M. and the PAmona at 5:02 P, a1t wiil thus be seen that the Humboldt bas gained two minutes in ab thirty miie<, ill be known to- day. Agent Kalish denies emphatically that the Humvolat is for sale. He siys sne by the people of Humlo!dt for the Eureka trade and that shs wili remaiu in it wniess somebody wants to pay | afancy price for her. The scelin schooner Bowhead has ment, and alter a thor- will start on a trading ican Commercial Company. She will re- place ihe General 8i lin, which was lost lie on her way to the company’s trading stations. of ths Bowhead his been a varied one. She was built to the order of A. M. Simp- £0n ana is the only vessel afloat that bas a redwood deck. [t wasan experiment and the resuit has been more than satis- factory, but the expense—well, that is another story. The Bowhead was buiit for a tugboat and as such served for sev- eral years on Coos Bay. One day her boiler burst and the vessel was almost wrecked. After Iving at anchor for years she was sold to W. Bendt and others and turned into a sealing schooner. For two scasons she did not pay exnenses, and for two years was laid up in Oakland Creek. Now she has been brought out of retire- ment and will go into active service in the Arctic. The schooner Eivenia 1s to go into com- mission again despite all stories to the contrary. While lumber laden she went ashore from her moorings and did consid- erable damage to her bottom. Bhe was towed here in a water-logzed condition, and aiter the deckload was discharged off Meiggs wharf, was towed to Oakland Creek and run high and dry on the sand. The lumber was taken out and W, Camp- bell and others bought the hull for a song. It was towed over vesterday and will go on the drydock to-day, and the new own- ers say that the Eiveria wiil be in the lumber trade again before the month is ont. The schooners Norma and Galilles are | both discharging cocoanuts and the wiarf rats and youngsters who frequent the front are having a good time. No stray nut escapes Lhem, and their depre- dations have become so numerous that Luke G. Sresovich, the owner, has had to put a special policeman on guard to watch the piles of cocoanuts. About the only lively scenes on the water front these days is the boy fleeing up the wnarf with a cocoanut under his arm and a cor- pulent policeman chasing him. The Harbor Commissioners held a short session yesterday. The free market was discussed and the members of the board decided to settle the matter next Thurs- day. J. Alfred Kinghorn-Jones appeared on behalf of Branch 167 of the Nauonal bor Exciange and asked that space be aside in the new market for fifty-four branches of the organization which he represents. The members of the ex- change do not believe in money as a legal tender, but each man is paia “in ex- change” according to the work he does. The object of the space is to get rid of the sarplus products of the Labor Exchange. A. Rowley of the State Board of Trade also wanted (0 know something about the free market. Aaoordlng to him tke plan is not feasible, but still he wanted to meet the farmers and see what was to be done. Commissioner Colnon s2id nothing could be done until the farmers were rd irom and that wouid not be before Thurs- day afternoon. ‘The schooner Nettie Suyndborg, which went ashore at Hardy Creek several weeks ago, has been launched and is now as good as ever.” She wiill come down with her d. The sailors on the Monadnock s: grewsome sight yesterday. The partly di composed body of a man went floating past on the ebb tide. A Doat was sent and | The career | voiver. However, this robbery is but one of the same Kind'in many that have al | the earmarks of having been committed | by the same gang, | 01 Saturday three hangers-on in_the | tenderloin were brouzht in by Officer O'Dea and posse, and yesterday three | 0hers, givine the names of Clarke, Mc- Jroy and Sulivan, were taken from | Market and Eliis sireets, where they make { their rendczvous. Officers Ellis and Bun- | ner velieve (hat these are the till-tappers, and are hoidinz them for identification. | ir_@ficum | D:alers Dec’are Such Measures CIGAR £ | Do the City Much | Harm. They Believ: th: Proposed Ordinance Wouid Be Decided Iavalid by the Crur's. Tobacconists all over the City laugh at the proposea law to make it a crime to sell or give away cigarettes, and they as- sume, first, that it wili not be passed and, next, that it will be declared unconstitu- tional if it should be enacted. In any event, they do not expect that should it pass there will be any serious attempt to | enforce it. The following expressions of opiniot: by well-known local dealers in cigars and tobacco give an idea of the general senti- ment: M. A. Gunst & Co.—We deal chiefly in cigars and care very little for the cigar- ette trade, but the atiempt to pass such a ridiculous law is a silly thing. This is the wrong City and the wrong generation for peonle to try experiments suitable for the dark ages or for puritanical countries. American Tobscco Company—It is ridiculous to try to pass such laws in a frea country. Micbalitschke Bros. & Co.—We have no fear. Ifthey pass such laws it will be in order next to finea man for kissing his wife on Sunday, as they did under the old “blue laws” of the New England States. The atiemp!s of cranks to pasa such laws give the Ciiy a bad name. The law would be unconsiituiionsl anyhow. M. N. Hirsch—It is a ridiculous and un- patriotic proposition to try 40 prescribe what people shall cat or smoke. It can never be the rule of action in a City like this. . E. W. Briggs—All my researches in law and history prejudice’ me against such laws. A man of full age ought to bs his own judge of what be smokes or drinks. M. anm of the Richelieu—Tnat law would roban American citizen of his lib- erty. It cannot be possible that it will even pass. What crank had the audacity to introduce it unless he wanted to cinch the dealers? F. M. Ferguson—It is ridiculous to dis- cuss it. The people out here love liberty oo well and the law would be invalid if 1t was passed e e Marshall, have sued James Callanan for $5000 dsmsges. Mrs. Marshall compiains that the defendant aid bratally beat, ult snd wound her on the 31st of last March, causing ner to be ‘“confined to her bed for eight weeks.” She thinks she requires the amount meniioned tocompensate her for her suffer- ings. ———— Sold the Bicycle. H. A. Ossoke, a plumber, was arrested yes- terday by Harry Reynolds aud booked at the City Prison on the charge of petty larceny. He is charged with stealing & bicycle from the eyclery of Harvey Fuller, 1232 Folsom street, d selling it t0/A.. B, Jacobs, 418 Larkin et, who also eycler: yand P eiesa e Ty0a & seonpord Suamott uoxo|dwod s,1uozzod DEFENDING A WAGON TRAIN Teaching Officers and Men the Art of War at Golf Hill. Giving the Lieutenants a Chance:| t> Show Hew They Would Handle Mer. Yest:rday Was a Eusy One for the Solliers at the Presidic—Ou‘~ post Duty To-Moirow Yesterday was a busy one at the Pre- sidio post, for there was a drill by the light artillery on the main parade ground, maneuvers by the cavalry on the northe ern extension of the parade ground, field exercise by the infantry at the foot of the hill and big-gun practice at the fortifica- tions at Fort Point. The artillerymen made a fine showing in the bandling of the pieces and in firing, while the cavalry,.as usual, made a good display. Ths big-gun practice was prac- tical, as was also the work of the infantry, which was nearer the realistic than can be attained on the parade ground. It was a problem prepared by Captain 0O'Connell, the senior captain of the First Regiment, for the purpose of enabling the lieutenants of companies to place their men, as if in case of battle, to the best aa- vantage, and to save them from the fire of tke enemy. The plan is a good one and the configuration of the country admir- ably udapted to testing the judgment of the officers in the wvlacing” of troops, whether on the offensive or defensive, with a view to obtaining the best resuits. It gives the officers the best opporiunity to carry out theories, and it gives the men a chance to understand a little out- side of routine of the goosestep. The men carry out the orders of the officers, and the officers, if they make any mistakes, have the same pointed out Lo them by superiors, who are able to pass in judg- ment on the movements and who can ad- vise them. There were four companies in the field, one company forming the attacking party that had for its mission the capture of & wagon train defended by the other three companies. The attacking company wag under command of Second Lieutenant Dannis E. Nolan, while the battalion was under the orders of First Lieutenant iram McL. Foweil. The train and escort,was passing down a defile from the main road uorth of Mountain Lake, near the Marine Hospital, on its way to shel- tering woods east and north of Golf Hill. Suddenly scouts reported the ememy lying in wait in the lupin and high mus- tard on the south side of a fence that runs east and west. Two companies were sent forward to attack the enemy, while tné third remained with the train to protect it from capture. It was then the officers were called upon 10 use their judgment in distributing their men according to tactics and at the same time save them as much as possible from the fire of the enemy. ‘The men were sent out as a skirmish line and when at a reasonable distance were deployed by the center, right and leit flank, and when in the judgment of the officers they had advanced far enough one section engaged the enemy to draw its attention while the oihers made move- ments that would tend to beadvantageous and save the train from capture. ‘Ihat ended the first attack and then a second attack was made, but in this the men were not so well handled as in the first, for they were too much exposed to the fire of the enemy. Had it been a real battle the enemy from under cover would have pickea off the advancing defenders without trouble. One of the lieutenants ordered his men to kneel and prepare to fire when at a distance of fifiy or sixty feet from the fence, and for this the inspec- tor drew his attention to the fact that the men ought to have been taken as close to the fence as possib'e, “for,” said the in- spector, “a fence is a great protection, even if itisonly a three-rail fonce. The point at which you ordered your men to kreel and lie down exposed them to the fire of the enemy and bad builets been flying there would have been a great many killed.” One lieutenant was also given a reprimand for following too far behind his command. As a whole the men were commended for the promptness and cor- rectness in carrying out the commands given them. There was one thing lacking to make the affair realistic and that was a few rounds of blank cartriiges. Had shots been exchanged the inspector would have had a better opportunity to judge of the actions of the men. To-morrow there will be outpost duty, in which all branches of the service will be engaged. Thls will be an interesting sight to those who have never witnessed it. The outposts have for their object the guarding of all approaches, the obtaining of the earliest iniormation of the enemy’s movements and to obstruct and delay his advance. The outposts cover the entire front of the main command and extend well beyond the flanks and toward the rear. Generally outposts are disposed as follow: A line of sentinels who keep themselves concealed and watch the ground in their frontand between tham and the posts right and left, the sentinels being from 100 to 300 yards apart; ihen there is a line of small groups called pickets posied gbout 400 yaras in the rear of the center of the line ot sentine:s, for which it furnishes reliefs; behind these is a line of larger groups called nquort! posted 600 yards in the rear of the line of pickets, and behind this line is the reserve about 1000 -yards in the rear of the supports and 2000 yards in front of the maijn body. These distances are not arb:- trary, but may be moditied according to circumstances by the commander of the outposts. Money From the Firth Wheel. The Pacific Coast Savings Soclety yesterday filed a suit that recalls some of the incidents of the Midwinter Fair. The action is to re- cover a balance said to be due from the Firth R. Johnston, $868 20; H. Facific Equipment Compan 183; James A. 82 28 NEW TO-DAY. - $1000 for good word-guessers. Ge Schilling's Best tea at yow grocer’s; save the yellow tickets and guess the missing word. Rules of contest are published in our larg: advertisement about the first and middle o each month. Al SAN WORKS Read Everything. Read all the advertisements and note all the prices—even go and see the other furniture men if you want—but don’t, don’t buy until you see us—that is, if you would like to save 25 per cent. These combination bookcases —beautiful creations in oak and mahogany—are sort of a fad with us. There’sno end to the variety we show, and our prices —well, there’s no other good fur- niture store can touch us. We sell carpets, too. INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE Co. 750 Mission St. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS BALDWIN THEATER. ALDAYMAN & UG (INEOrpOTAIS). ... FIORGII14 Last 5 Nights! Farewell Matinee Saturday! MR. N. C. GOODWIN Supported by M1ss MAXINE ELLIOTT and a Su- perb Comedy Compa: To-night, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday venings and Saturday Matinee, The Greatest Comedy Triumph Known i Years, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN By Madelize Lucstie Byley, Author of “hristo- »l te. er Jr. SATUREDAY EVENING— GRAND SFECIAL FAREWELL BILL! Sunday, June 6—~THE LILIPUTIANS in the “MERRY TRAMPS.” i FRICOLANIER.GOTTLOD & R 0 LESSES ATDPATAGLRS -+~ MONDAY EVENING, MAY 31, The FRAWLEY COMPANY Presenting the Great Eastern Success, THE FATAL CARD! Sale (for Season subscribers) opens this morning. Regular sale Thursday morning. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUS=Z MESLERNKSTING b K¥rins. Proprietor & Manags: ——THIS WEEK ONLY— Flotow’s Lyric Opera ‘MARTELA! == Splendid Cast - New Scenery — Correct Costumes -- Grand Ballet == —In Preparation— THE WHIRL OF THE TOWN! “MISS FRISCO!” A Round of Pleasure. Popular Prices— ——252 and 5974 MOROSCO'3 GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO. . .Solo Leaseo aud lans;a: SECOND SUCCESSFUL WEEK OF MAUD EDNA HALL In a Magniticent Revival of the Scenlc Success, “A DARK SECRET!” ‘Wonderful Race Scene, With Real Boats on a River of Real Water. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! _PRETTY MUSICI NEW ELECTRIC EFFECTS! Evening Prices—10c, 25c and 50c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. i, M A BREAND NEW BIG BILL! sy MYSTERIOUS OMENE, Assisted by LA BELLE NADINI: the GARRI SONS, Talented Travesty Artists: the ECLATR BROTHKS, the Crocodile and the Demon”; ANNA LAUGHUIN, the OSRANIS, and & Great Ulio of N sieserved seats. 25¢; balcony, 10¢; Opera-chalrs and box-seats. SUc. The Venetian Ladies’ Orchestra {n the anpex every eveniak after the periormance. LCAZAR!™ &t to the Doors M¢s. | —LAST NIGHT t— Enormous Success of the French Farcical Comedy, TEHE TEREEREIEIATS. And Francis Powers' Realistic Cninese Drama, “THE FIRST BORN.” Prices 15c to 50c. Seais by telepnoue. black 991, “AN IRISH EVENING.” Daniel 0'Conneli ! Lenis 0'Sullivan! 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