The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1897, Page 7

THE STATE ALONE HAS AMUSI BALDWIN THFATER.—“A Fool 0 Fortue.” CoLUMEIA ImEaTER—-The Jwelva Tempta- Morosco's Orxra-Hovsk— T gineer Alcazar Tmvevrr- “The First Bor.” and TIvoLt UPkra Hovse Faust " ORraEUM. —High-Class Vauuevila CavLirorxia THEATER —*Men aud Women,” THE CHUTES AND A[u:lw e‘]-‘:l’, (THEATER— . SRRt leville Company, every aft a y u v every atieraoon and | The Supreme Court Decides Paviriox—Mechanics' M ECHANICS Fair now Against the City of Oakland. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, sday, but with a foggy morning. kny arrived here last night and WATER-FRONT CASE Land Worth Millions Finally Goes to the Victorious Corporation, JITLED singing societies tu d out in al the Mechanics’ Fair last P. Bliss addressed the Clericus The Social Faith of the Catholic den will plead this morning to having written threatening letiers s Juanita Rsan, | was on day. the stana yesferday for the He continued his teetics of L will hereafter be compelled to license according to the ess they transact. almon in the Sacramento River ear is much greater than it has been for years past, in f > 1888, { nd Zaigier and Case and Elmer i adiness aud eage their fights to- ht, and the bottir close rauk Stone, a shie et, has filed a pe 1033 64 and ARE BOUNDARIES EXACT FIXED. { Area of the City Materially Reduced by an Exceedingly Verbose Opinion, T 81. hose name in privat W 4 Black, has sued for a ¢ | { vorce | from Ocrin Black ground of allege S et = om Orrin black on the ground of alleged | [y 1pe decision rendered by the Su- - = rem )] i vest ay kb The Suparvisors have sustatned Mayor Phe. | Preme Court of Calilornia yesterday the tthe Oakiand Water-front Com- la le o s velo of con for work done ab t ?;f“lm‘cdpurxs without public bids hay! pany to almost the eniire water front of ; 2 the city of Oakland was confirmed. lands in question have bteen in oversy between the city of Oakland and the company ramed for years. The estimated value is about $6,000,000. The victorious corporation is one of the con- stituent companies of the Southern Pacific | Company. 3 - In the lower court the city of Oakland | secured adacision in its favor, but by the decision of the Supreme Court the lower court is reversed and a new trial ordered. The opinion of about 15,000 words. was onty in last 500 words at Chisf Justice B gave any intimation that the case had been decided id favor of the great rail- road corporation. Thirty-six pages of | closely type-written legal cap were de- voted to able argumentsin favor of the city of Oakland. The thirty-seventh—the co owiey last night. as Maxwell, a carpenter, whi street at N by the F. M1 ing-house at 614 Ma the court comprises the , but The cred Zucke: 1oned t 10 abou have pet olvent. ion amc Sessions and al Fngi al > Valley road has issued its schedules of | 1 tsand fares § sno to Visaiia and | last—centained the verdict against the points. They show a re- | people of Oakland. duction from the former rates of i outhern | © Incidentally a most important matter | to Oakland is decided. Itsexact bound- ries are fixed in the opinion rendered by { the court. They materially reduce the area claimed by both parties to the con- troversy. In Lrief the opinion held that only tne State has the right to grant tide lands, and that the trusiees of Oakland had nor have such right. It is contended, how- | ever, that the Legislature, in empowering Oakiand to compromise with Carpentier and the Oakland Water-front Company, virtnally made the grant of the lands in dispute direct to the latter, The salient features of the opinion of the court, written by Chief Justice Beatty and signed by Justices Temple aad Van Vieet, follow: This is an action to determine conflicting Pacific. Colle the of the Port Jackson has notified of Mam’s Circus thst un the menagerie, etc., to the Andrew Williams, pron cakewalk at the Mech. yesterday for battery upon C. of the opposition to the scheme, £ to kil him. bter of the proposed cs’ Fair, was arrested | . Cha Was a o n which Company the beautitul gold m .and Louis Miller, s ‘rday afternoon br on a charge of gs and other ound in their possession. Generous Contributions by Parishioners | passed May 4, 1852. To 3 ' | e 1o real estate. The subject of t - FOR ST. DOMINICIS. | o e eamica oo tome e | Oakian the original act of incorporation, | . claim of the plaintiff is that as successor to the town of Oakland it continues to be the owner of the land so granted. The defendant, us successor to Horace W. Carpentier, claims that the entire grant to the town of Oak.and Toward the Purchasing of a Hand- some New Organ. A very enthusiastic meeting of gentle- men parishioners of St. D>ominic’s Church was held at St. Dominic’s Hall, on Pine ana Steiner streets, Monday evening. J. B. McIntyre called the meeting to order and stated that Rev. Pius Murphy | was, within a few days after the organiz | of the Town Couacil, transferred 10 Car ter by orainance and deed 1 of conveyance hat such_transier was subsequently con i-med and ratificd by other ordinances and dings of the town and city, by acts of isiature, by the estoppel of judgments the and esto 0. P., provincial of the Dominican order »ppels ia pais, and that i{s title so of the Pacific Coast and rector of St. | acquired is fortified py deeds mede in Dominic’s Cnurch of San Francisco, suance of execution sales on judgm entreated to iswe a circular to same of | sgaiust the town and perfected by prescrip- = ot ith . | tion under the statute of l'mitations, So 1ar the active members of the cnurch for the |, ' 10U, 5 ®necessary 10 discuss these va- purpo-e of devising ways and means | 1onqderai Harsiouiats rd procuring an organ suitable to the arch and congregation, and further stated that the first order of business would be the election of a chairman. J. B. McIntyre placed in nomination for the office of chairman Thomas O’ Brien, ex-Tax Collector of San Francisco, who was unanimously elected. Rev. P.us Murphy, O. P., and Rev. J. S. Jones, O. P., recto: and a:sstant rector respectively, were called uron for re- marks, and their remarks were som=what similar to those of the chairman, though wili be sta Chief Justice Beatty at this point en- tered upon an elaborate aiscussion of the lepisiative act making the grant to Ou 1and, and continued as follows: The result of this discussion may be briefly o summed The bound to of the p as foilows Oakland, as de commenging at the intersee tline with the line of low ide of the norihern branch of the ilows the of low tide on said the d o there of the eastern basin, | | | | { Rev. J. S. Jones stated [rom his exper Side ol o R T st SXPEE side of ihe ence in New York and the business cen- | n in the bav, and thence | ters of the Eastern States thai an organ | line of iow tide northery and couid be purchased for about $10,000 or| it intersects the mnortheastern $12.000. | , as 10 the Jocation of which ems 10’ be no dispute. The grant to The organization was named “The St. ween high- ch Fund Oakland was of the lands Iying be Dominic’'s C Society,” with does not appear thet the grant to Oakiand as here construed would have that « ffect if trans- ferred to a netaral person or private corpora- tion. Itis true that the orivate ownership of the shore may prevent access to the nuvigable waters of the bay, but so does the private own- ership of the up.and prevent access 1o the shore and to the navigable waters in the same sense and to the same extent. All the proceedings of the Oakland Council in reference to the grant to Car- pentier were reviewed and the Chief Jus- tice then declared as follows: My conclusion upon this_point is that the ordinances and deed of 1852-53, by which it was attempted to transier the entire water front to Carpeatier, were wholly void. These various attempts of Carpentier to intrench himself are taken up in detail, and are each and all declated to have been fruitiess. The court adds: The toregoing d’scussion brings usdown in point of time 1o the year 1863, when the suit of Oakland vs. Carpentier wes finally dis- missed, and results in the conclusion that Carpentier at that time had no title. The at- tempted transfer 10 him of the water front was void, and the city of Oakland was frce (o essert her righis by any action or other cceding appropriate to that state of the ease. Carpentier, however, stili asserted the valid- ity of his tiile, and appears to have retained possession of such portions of the water front as he had found occasion to cccupy by him- self, his lessees and nssignees, In the year 1867 the authorities of Oakland again began tosUir in the matter. A contract wus made, or proposed, by which an attorney was retained jor the purpos: ot recoverine for the city the water-front lanas and the rights connected therewith. But before the com- mencement of any actiou or other proceeding for that purpose & compromise of the claims of the city war proposed and accopted. At that time the transcomtinental rairosd wus man $5, G. The meeting adjourned till next Mon- day evening. —_— FOOD COFFEE. NEWSPAPER MAKERS3 Have Troubies Like the Rest of Us. It is a matter of note that great num- bers of newspaper editors and attaches are troubled more or less with a sort of nervous dyspepsia, which will not yield to med cines. They almost invariabiy get better by abandoning coffee and tobacco, showing that nature will revive if ih2 op- pressive poisons are removed. Habit, however, is a poweriul lever to keep a man in a rut. The fraternity have come to know Postum Cereal Food Coffee and are able to revel at will in their coffee three times a day, not only without harm, put the result o1 the practice brings fla:h and strength in a remarksb'e degree, for the reason that Postum is male yp of the yarts of 1he cereals containing the albu- men, gluten and hospbate-, which na- ture uses to build up the gray matter in the nerve centers. “It makes red blood” is a great traie- mark ana 1t means sometbing to the brain-workers who supply the reading wor.d with their daily supply of news. There is but one original Postum Cereal Coffee, with hundreds of weak imitations offered as “just as good.” Thomas O'Brien &s. president, Goor-o M. | Ehier, EAIE 81 shi, sbatncl within, s Kelly secretary and Rev. Pius Murphy | west of the iine of low tide on the bay ront, (0. P.) treasurer. The following amounts | and noth beyond the line of low tide on the were subscribed : :A;r:hxuv d t'shore of the estuary. i e 250, Biata O i the conclusion nbove stated 18 s>und; i oo B Nt 7 aeollIOT | the grant to Oakiand comprised only the strip Welch 100, Captain James #1600 bar. | of lund ‘bounded Ly the lines of ordinary rick Frazier $100, J. B. Mcl . $100, ton | high and low tide, and extending along the Maher £100, Duniel Sheerin $100, M. | €stuaryand bay front of the town, the case is O'Bhien o ey | atonce relicved of tue question so much dis- | A Sk aruT | eussed in the argument as to the power of the 0. Ed Kenny $50. ¢ oo 20, 1 | Legislature to make such a grant to e private | SicCinnis 520 P. 7 McKeon 30, Williaz Mc. | CoTpOration or maturai n; and the only 0. A. McKenna §20, 1 homas Crawford | 1U€Stion (o be considered 1s wheiuer the S:ate P20, Mekeune B has, in this instance, made the graut as §50. M. F. Walsh ‘“‘\""""- e e £10, Ed _Murphy A grant by the State of California, therefore, P Cailaghan of muu flats and shonls between high and low #io. P "Dorn $10, Thomas tide on the margin of the bay of San Francisco ; Frny 10, cannot be held to have been in excess of the James o'B legislative power in the absence of any proof jtam R. O 10, James< Conni that such grant has seriously impeired the SBReris: . Thom | power of succeeding Legislatures to regulste, Dpsech L protect, impréve or deveiop the public rights Jouh Greely $10, J 5, M Gavin @, | o DAvigation: or fishary, sud in this cese it | i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1897. T approaching completion and the Western Pa- | Cours is reversed and the cause remanded, | dinary low tide waterward to erect and main- NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. cific Railroad Company,which owned thefran- | with jeave to the plaintiff to amend its | !ain all wharves, docks,slips and other im- § S LA chise from Sacramento to San Jose, was project- inga branch linetoa point on the bay ator near Sau Francisco. In order to induce that company 0 make its terminus at Oakland Car- Jentier offered them a portion of the water fidence in_the ya- ront claimed by him. They, however, had no con: lidity of his claim and refused to consider his Proposition unless the necessary steps should be taken to clear up his title. The whole mat- | ter was then submitted to the city authorities | and iheir attorney, with the result that a compromisec was agreed upon, and subse- quently carried out. The subsiance of this agreement was that the should procure from the Legislature the necessury authority to mauke the compromise; thata small portioi of the water iront shou!d go to the city and the rest be divided between tne Oakln Water-front Company—a corporation of which Carpentier was he prineipal stocknolder— and the railroad company. The principal con- sideration tothe city, and its principal share | in the compromise, was the estubiishment of the rallroad terminus at the city front and the expenditure of $500,000 in the erection of depots end other terminal works. The details of the compromise as au- thorizeda by the Legisla ure are given in extenso, and then the court turns a com- plete somersault and lands itself aud the Oukland Water-front Company safety on its feet by a few concluding paragraphs, as follows: 1 am utterly unable to see any reason for denying the efficiency of this compromise. By the very terms of the act tne Council, with the concurrence of the Mayor, wa authorized to compromise, settle snd adjust any and all controversies in which the Said city was interested. This is very different from the paraphrase “its controversies,” whicn | counsel for respondent use in their argument. There is some plausibility in the contention | that cutherity merely to compromise *ts con- troversies” would not enable the city to ahen- ate property heid subject to a public trust, but | ruthority to compromise, settle and adjust | any controversy in which it was interested, | conferred by the same power that granted the | trust, is certainly comprebensive enough 1o | ain a trausfer of the prop subject to | trust, | or is there anything in the suzgestion that | there was no existing controversy with Car- pentier to be compromised. If ever there wa a flagrant and notorious controversy over anv- thing there certainiy was such a controversy | between Cerpentier .and the city ol Oakland | over this water front, and it was none the less | & coutroversy because ou the 21stof March, | 1868, there was no action or legal proceeding | uctuaily pending in court. As to the alleged easonableness of the compromise it can v un only be said to have been unreasovable in the se that the city gave up too much and kept too litte. But what the city should exact or | concede, in meking the compromise, was a matter confided to the discretion of the Mayor | | in this case in complaint. The opinion is unanimous. In the case of the City oi Oakland vs. the Oaklana Water-front Company an ap- peal from an order of tne Superior Court of Alameda denying a motion of defend- ant for a change of venue, the order ap- pealed from is atfirmed. In the case of the Oakland Water-front Company vs. J. P. Dameron, the Supreme ! Couri in bank, rendered the following deciston: This sction involves the title to a portion of the iands inciuded in the grant by the Legls- iature to the former town of Oakland, of what is commonly known as the Oakland water front, title to which has been be d. in an opin ion 1his day filed,to be in plaintiff. The plaintiff ths court below reiied upon precisely the same title which was invoived in thatcese, and which is here held valid, out i1s evidence £s 10 such title was exciuded by the court teiow and & nonsuit granted, npon the theory that said grant was voi Under the principies announced in City of Oakland vs. Oakiand Water-front Company, thisruling was erroneoys, and upon the au. thority of that case the judgment must be re- versed and the canse remanded for & new trial. Itissoordered. HOW IT WAS RECEIVED. Oak'and Experts Give Oplnions of the De- cision. OAKLAND, CaL, Sept. 13.—Dr. G. C. Pardee, who was Mayor at the tume the water front suit was brought, says: After forty-five years of litigation, the own- ership of oar water front is, thank God, at last settled. This is the first suit of the many instituted by the city that the railroad com- pany has allowed to come to a final judgment upon its merits. All other suits were efther dismissed under circumstances that called down upon the city officials dismissing them the suspicions of their fedow-citizens or the issues were so bec.ouded that they were Jost sight o The very uncertainty that has for all these vears enveloped the vwnership of our water | fro:t has retarded our growth aud kept us frem attaining the importance as a commer- cial city to which our natural environments eniitle us. All this uncertainty is now swept away, and the city can go onward, froed from the uncertuinty of the ownership of the water front. The railroad company now has no ex- cuse to mingle in our city polities, control our conventions and own our City Councils, | which, since 1865, it has thought it necessary Thelr | time, as the couris decided in my favor. | 2The Council, however, saw fit to expend | has never been provements which ¢ mmeice and the public conventence may require, thus protecting the | aciual navigable water front under public control, through & Board of Harbor Commis sioners’ or otherwise, as the Legislature may | direct. This takes from the water-front company nine tenths of all it has claimed the right 1o control exclusively, and restores to the public and to public leg! tive control all the area between what was commonly called ship channel in the bay and estuary landward to the edge of the mud flats: The result of the whole decision is: First—water front means tide lands only; mud flats, nothing contin- ually covered by waters in the bay or estuary; second—all that is covered contin- ually by tide water is siill under the direct control of the State, aud was not granted to the town by the State under the grant of 1852, running to “Ship Channel.” Third—The city holds what it obtained at| the foot of Franklin street under the comprc- mise of 1868, has the rights of free access wherever there werey public streets or places at that time, and the right to condemn such other streets and places of access asitmay determine upon. Fourth—The private claim of Carpentier, the water-front company and al! parties claiming under it ends, going waterward, at the line of ordinary low tide. Ex-Mayor J. L. Davie sai Not having read the decision, I am not con- | petent to give an expression of opinion upon it. 1f the facis are &s stated, that the title to the proparty is vested in the State, that con- forms to the contention that I have made since the very earliest inception of the cou- test. Enrly in tne history of the case I went before - the City Council and asked them to intervene in my suit, which could have been done without any expense 10 the city at tnat | Tearly $100,000 in prosecuting & suit that accordiug to the decision rendered to-day is money ausolutely wasted. It is to be hoped that the title to this property may be perma- mently settled, so thet this generation may reaiize some of the benefits that should have been realized years ago irom one of the finest harbors the world has ever seen. City Auditor R. W. Snow savs: I ‘bave been skinned alive by every | City Council sirce 1890 for assessing eacu year the property in dispute; but it has nevertheless been assessed every year and stricken from the roll. ‘This has not been b:cause [ have sup- posed the court wouid decide that the water-front company owned ail of the proverty, but I have held that the com- pany would be found to own a large por- tion of it. If the city ever had a title from the State it was given away. Iam todo in order 10 keep the city from bringing to s final issue in the court of the last resort | well satisfied to have the Siate own the The Ship Dashing Wave and Bark Topgallant in Collision Ofi Cape Flattery. ¥ The bark Topgallant arrived from Port Blakeley yesterday afternoon. ed by the ac: of May | these columns was due to the carelessness of the captain of the tug Tacoma. The Topgallant and the Dashing Wave were both topmas Captain e on | taken to sea by the tug, the former towing on a long hawser and the latter on a short one. tug blew three whistles, and the Topgallant immediately cast adrift. hanl the Dashing Wave out of the bark’s way, the tug went to starboard and pulled the ship acrcss the Tongallant’s course. ues along the | Ceping the danger Captain Morehouse of the Dashing Wave cut adrift, and at the same time the hawser was also cut on the tug. The way on the two vessels could not be stopped and the Dashing Wave crashed into the Topgallant, carrying away her mizzen- and nearly all of her starboard railing. | that he would have to take his vessel back to Puget Sound. An examination showed that his vessel was not as badly damaged Instead of putt The shrouds on the mizzen were all | us he at first expected, so he held on his way for San Francisco. The Dashing Wave, as stated in yesterday’s CALr, lost part of her bowsprit and nearly all of her headgear. 1t is Jucky there was no sea on at the time or both vessels would have undoubtedly gone to the bottom. Killman says that the collision reported in Whuen well off shore the captain of the ing his helm to port and sheering off to | 0ose, and Captain Killman at first thought Captain Killman and Council, and in the absence of fraud their judgment is conclusive. The conclusion, I think, necessarilly follows that from and aifer the 2d day of April, 1868, | the city of Oaklana ceased to be the owner, as trustee or otherwise, of any portion of ber water front except those portions secured to | her by the compromise of thatdate, and such streeis, inoroughiures aud other parcels as may have been previously dedicated to public | use. Astoall such places, the transfer to the | Water-front Company and its assigns wassub- | jeet to the public easement, and the city as trustee for tne public i, no doubt, entitled to a deeree in this action defining her right of control over the lands so dedicated. { With respect to such streets and public | places, the varlous consent-decrees relied npon 1 | vy defendant constitute no estoppel, and the statute of limitations does ot appl 1t results from what has been said that the judgment in both sppeals and the order.deny- ing a new trial must be reversed and the cause remended for further proceedings, in accord- ance with the views herein expressed. It is accordingly so ordered. Justices McFarland and Garoutte filed concurring opinions. Justice Harrison filed a dissenting opin- ion, which was concurred in by Justice Henshaw. Tbe former, after arguing at length against the power of the Legisla- ture to alienate tide lands in bulk, drew the following conclusion: We hold, therefore, that by the act of 1852 | the Legislature did not coufer upon the town | of Ouk.and the title in fee to the lands with n its limits then lying below the line of tide or the right to dispose of the same as un entirety or by a single grant, and that the or- | dinance passed by the town grantics the said | lands 10 Carpentier, as well as the conveyance | executed to him by Marier, in pursuance | thereof, were invalid to vest in Carpentier nny title to said lands or any par: thereof. The L:gislature could not give tv the town of Oak- land any greater power to alienate or dispose of these lands than wes possessea by itself, and the grant by the town to Carpentier must be regarded as taken by him with full notice of the limitations upon the power of the L:gisiature, and with the same effect as if it been made directiy to him by the Legisiature its21f in the terms ot the act. At ihe same time an opinion was handed down in the case of The People of the Siate of California vs. Oakiand Water-front Company, the City of Ozkland, et al. This was an action to determine adverse claims to the same property mentioned in the foregoing decision., It was institnted by Attorney-General Fitzgerald. The lower court rendered a decision in favor of tne defendants on demurrer, allezing that no cause of action was siated in the com- plaint. The judgment of the Superior ;ho question of the ownership of the water ront. It is fmpossibie to tell from the imperfect account that has reached me just what ths decision of the Supreme Court carries with ii. Bat it seems that the city gains accass to tide: water, a right that the raiiroad company has always denied us, while the State, that is the people, will gain a very large portion of the public’domain that the railrond company has ulways eiaimed. While the decision does not give usall we hoped to gain, it yet may be | considered a victory for the people. Ex-Mayor Davis, attorney for the cit; The striking cardinal proposition shaping the whole decision i this: that the grant by the State to the town and the attempted but void grant by the town 10 Carpentier.is held | to have gone no further waterward either in the estuary or the lake than the line of ordinary daily .ow tide, although the act of the Legislature making the grant to the town and the ordinance deed 10 Carpentier all read 10 “ship channel.” The experts and the ship men testify th Ship Cnannel was three fathoms at low tide. The court now holds that the words “ship | channer’ mean the ordinary low-tide line, and that nothing waterward of that, in either the estuary or bay, was granted to the town by the State. This holding has two sweeping eftects. First—It reduces the area of the con- troversy from twelve and u half miles to Ship Channel, according to the idea of the engin- eers, etc!, to A lew NATTOW patches, a few feet wide, on the northern side of the estuary and along a strip opposite Fallon street and to (-nmPflrnl\'ely afew hundred acres off W est Oakland, 5 secondly—It eliminates the controversy relative to the law ot navigable waters and ihe inalienability of them, and reduces the decision 1o a ruling upon what are commonly called tide lauds onl, that is, the beach roper, covered and uncovered daily by the ow and ebb of the tide. There has never been &ny question as a mat- ter of law that this ribbon, the beach proper, could be given into private ownership, pro- vided only that streets, channe s or otner suit- able accesses to the navigable waters outside were secured to the public. It will ba observea that the interpretation of the words ‘‘ship channel” thus places the case and the decision upon the quite narrow basis of the law as to tide lands proper. The greatest eff:ct of thig holding 1s that upon the water front company, for while the court holds that the compromise of 1878 was conctusive as (o thisstrip, the mud flats only, it holds that beyond them waterward, the water front has not and never had any title, This leaves everything in the Estuary to the sonth and in the bay to the west of the line of ordinary low tide ungranted and still held by the Stare of California in her sovereignty, as 1n the first instance. The result of this is that the State can, in be- half of the public, proceed from the line of or- belt around the city from the line of low tide to the ship channel, but it seems to have been decided that the water-front company also has title to an immense acreage of tide lands located Letween treets.’” Frank A. Leach, Superinteandent of the San Francisco Mint, says the decision is not just what was expected. “Under tne circumstances it may be the best for the peovle,’” saia he. *'It was confidently believed that the case was idenrical with that in the Chicago deci- sion and it was expected i1hat theruling would be the same. As it is, however, the water-front company is given valu- able property, but it cannot get to deep water without paying tolls to the State or city. “The improvement of the real water ! front by the State or city to make it avail- able for wharf purposes will tend to in- crease the value of the water-front com- pany’s holdings, as they are adjacent, but despite this the people at large will get the benefit of the water front and it can- not be taken from them." ! i | | | VISITORS to the city should not fail to inspect 8. & G. Gump’s gallery of paintings and different departments of art goods, pictures, crockery and glass ware, ——-— The Ethics of Socialism. Theodore Lynch will Jecture before the Karl Marx Club and Jewish brauch of the Socialist Labor party at its insass-meeting to-night at 905)4 Fols om street. His subjecs will be “The E hics of Socialism.” Mr. Lynch is an active member of the Union Reform League, lately organized by Rov. W. D. P. Bliss for the propa- gation of “Christisn Soclalism.’” e A. 0. LiNpstroy, medical gymuast, osteo- pathic and massage treatment. 415 Sutter st.* —_———— Live Oak Circle, C. O. F. Last Saturday nignt Live Oak Circle, Com- panions of the Forest, F. O. A., gave a social in Sotial Hall of the Alcazar, which proved to be a most enjoyable affair. It was conducted under the management of the committee, con- sisting of Mrs. Wesser, chairman; Mrs. C, Hasted, floor manager; Mrs. Steinweg, Mrs. Pomeroy, Mrs. Grundell and Messrs. Farrell, Logzan and Camp. The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, the glow of the rose, -and rka flush of Hebe combine in Pozzoxr" wondrous Powder. = TH®E BEST FOR SN RE AT A A BRIGHT AND SHINING FACTS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. THE LEAST MONEY. Bargains as sure and certain as to-morrow’s sunrise of our complete and carefully selected stock of MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING, HATS n OUR SPECIALS THIS WEEK: w the price. They make NONE better. WE R LT R A S N AT AIND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. 310, $12°2, $15%° Suits hich no merchant tailor can duplicate for double No question about these goods pleasing. Come and see this choice selection of honest quali- ties and learn why sensible, economical people prefer to spend their money with us. paying big prices—but it is not sensible. SUMMERFIELD & ROMAN, CORNER MARKET AND FIFIH STREETS. HAVE NO BRANCH STORES SINCE BALDWIN ANNEX. ZAUAMIU LT AA DAL TR b TTdh ddia There is no law against WE MOVED F 203 THE Wl ACARARRI LR TR LR LI IAD AR TR AR OR LDV R I D K/ MECHANIOS' FAIR. The German Singing Societies Out in Large Numbers Last Night. The German singing societies furnished the nrincipai part of the entertainment at the Mechanics’ Fair last night and the re- sult was a large attendance. The pro- | sramme of music furnished embraced the | choicest numbers from well-known Ger-= man composers. Professor H. Riegger led | the choruses, and each numniber was en- thusiastically encored. The California Pioneers assembled in the City Hall dome last night and headed by the exposition band marched to the Pavilion. Ireland will be represented at the fair to-night by her fair sons and daughters, and one of the finest prograromes vet of- fered will be presented. Professor J. W. McKenzie will lead a chorus of several hundred voices, and the music will be taken from the most favorite Irish com- posers. A long list of vice-presidenis has been selected. Chairman T. F. Barry | will manage the affair. The programme of music for this after- i noon and evening will be as follows: | AFTERNOO N. Overture, + Franz Schubert” Dance, *Cosaque’” i Selection, “*Yeoman of the Guard Bungarixn Rhapsodie No. 3 Patrol, “The Drumme: s’ song of Torti Solo for cornet. W.'B. Rogers. Waitz, “‘Love’s Confession” Waldteutel Eaiuboy Rosey March, Horst Overture, .Balte Sketeh, “*An Irish Wedding Duadas Fantasia, “Hiberoian Bouquet” . Kappey Setections, “The Chieftain” uilivan Songs of ireiand. Godtre; Chorus... McKenzie's Choral Society. Cornet 8olo, “Harp of Tara’. Jig, “St. Fatrick’s Day” March, “Handicap” e e JUDGE REIMER INDIGNANT. He Says the Harmonie Society Did Not Put Up a Joke. Judge Reimer is indignant at the state- ment that the members of the Harmonie Society sought to play a joke in reporting that gold had been found in the bed of Paper-mill Creek. He speaks of the Rogers Benedict .Rosey | quartz-mining operations of the Golden Crown and Milling Company in the ledges of therange near Bolinas Bay. He holds toat it is quite reasonable that the free gold from the quartz ledges is being KNEW TO-DAY. $2000°° There is as much cake in a pound of Sckilling’s Best bak- ing powder as in 11{ lbs of any other. Money back from your gro- cer besides, if you want it. A Schilling & Company San Francisco 2002 NEW TO-DAT—AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLIOPERA-HOUSE MRS, ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THE GRAND OUPERA SEASON—— Under the direction - Gustav Hinrichs. TO-NIGHT ! Also Thursday and Saturday Evenings, Gounnd’s Immortsl Opera, FAUST! Reaprearance of the Favorite Prima Donna, MiSS TILLIE SALINGE Tomorrow, aiso Friday and sunday Evenings, Tho vas' Romantic Opera, — MIGNON! NEXT WEEK—GRAND WAGNER FESTIVAL Monday, Wednesiay Friday and Sunday, Elaborate Presentatinn of THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, LOHENGRIN. Popular Prices 25c and 50c. ALCAZAR Errp Bruasco. . Manager Prices 50c, 35¢, 25¢ or 15¢. TO-NIGHT and All the Week, THE OFTENER SKEN THE BETTER LIKED! rrancis Powers phases ot Chinese life, as de- picted in nis consummate drama, TEE FIRST BORN Preceded by the feiching comedy-drama, AN AMERICAN GIRL! See the Little Comedian—The I.ittle Soubret! The Infant Imitaior of Ada Lewis. MECHANICS’ FAIR. DON'T FAIL TO SEE L EXHIBITS THE BEAUILE AND A RACITONS AND LISTEN TO TH= GRAND MUSIC, Coupon with each 25-cent ticket, for which the exhibitors offer prizes. TO-NIGHT........ T SN SEPT. 14 IRISEX IGEIT. Prof. McKenzie's Grind Chorus of 230 Voices wi 1 sing the songs of Ire.and. The audiences are t ballot for the musical selec- tions of W ednesday night. nd Free THE CHUTES #pé.fre —Every Afternoon and Eveninz. — PROFESSOR MAKTIN’S DOG CIRCUS. DAN MAEDER'S MARIONETTES. ADMISSION including Performance, 10c. Children Ge. | Btablisk'd Since 157 | | | | | i | i Bly's Grea_ni Balm washed down the gulches which empt,, into Paper-mill Creek. In writing to THe CALn Tudge Reimer say “Iam an old resident and contend that California is still the Golden State. That gold should be found anywhere in this State is nothing to be surprised at. Let t:.ose who are inclined to speculation acquire their first experience in prospect- ing the mountains ot the Bolinas coast range, The chances are that they will tind gold in paying quantities, If they do not they will bave spent a few days in- spired by the grandeur of nature, invig- orated in body and mind, all at the ex- pense of a few dollars.” B THE CRYSTAL SWIMMI BATHS, Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea water tuband swimming baths, North Beach.™ e e Every year London consumes 50,000 tons of oysters. KEW TO-DAT. 2in San Franeisco S. STROZYNSKI, 24 Geary St. Hair Dressing ALL STYLES. Ladies bangs cut and curled, 25c. Manicuring 25¢. Special attention paid to children’s hair cut- Tel. Main 5697. ting, 2 HAIR WORK artistically executed. | All work done by experts. Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation, @ Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. 8§ Heals the Sor: Balm into each nostril BROS.E8 W af! NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).. ... Propeiacocs ALL THIS WEEK. ——MATINEE SATURDAY — W. H. CRANE And His Admirable Company, Under the Direction of Joseph Brooks, Presenting Mariha Morton's Emphatically Suc- cessful Piay, A FOOL OF FORTUNE. Next Week............... “A Virginia Courtship.” Mondsy, Sept. 27—+The Senator.” i T S TRICDLAR..C7.GOTTLOD & Co- 115585 AT MATAGERS -+~ NOTHING CAN AFFECT THE Attendance at onr house. Lest week 12,00( people saw tue Magnificeat * pectacie, “THE TWELVE TEMPIATIONS!” Come To-Night—See the Jam. Weird, Startiing k.ifects! The Coming \Woman! The Golng Man: “ ‘ihe Famous Dancers! Original specialt es! SEE Sept. 20—Return of the rrawley Company First production tere of CALIFORNIA THEATER. —TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEER, — Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. % BENEFI l" ().l' £} & Widows” and Orphans’ Aid Assoeiation S. F. POLICE DEPARTMENT. —THE.:. FRAWLLY .:. COMPANY. ¢+ < Jn De Mille and Belasco’s Famous Plar. 'MEN AND WOMEN ! AlSo, Selections by Police « hor al Society. New Views by Edison K inetograph, u:.m| EL ZOBEDIE! The Greatest Equiiibrist on karh “The Honev Boy.” ADRIF B Aerial Artiste, direct irom Paris. Re- turn of FOX & ALLEN in “The Flat Next Door.” ENABEN-KAPELLE And a Great Big Bill! Reserved Seats, 20¢; Ba.cony, 1U and Box Seats, S0c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTER MOROSCO. ..Sole Lessee and Manager. Startling Proauction of the (reat Americaa Comedy Drama, — ‘THE ENGINEER ! — Startling Mechanica! Effects, Fun, Comedy and Foeclalties. See the Great Ore-Mill Scene and (he Fourth or July Celebration. Evening Fr.ces—10c, 25¢ and 50c. Matiness Every saiurday aund sunday. SUTRO BATHS. OFPEN NIGIITS. Upen | aily from 7 a. A unidl 11 p.3e ADMISSIOX, 10¢. - Children, 5e. Bathing, with admission, 25¢: children. 20c. OBERON. GRAND CONCERT EVERY EVENING BY STARK’S ;. VIENMA . ;. ORCHENTRA !