The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1897, Page 9

- \ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1897. SLY FOXES NFEST THE CITY HALL Municipal Officers on a Hunt for the Animals. | | A-WOOING GO A Young Chinese Falls in Love With a “Coney Island” Girl. | Miss Whitbeck Makes an In- voluntary Conquest and Grief Besets the Celestial. Find a Home in the Dark and Gloomy Sub- Basement. Been in the Early Hours the Morning Prowling About. of GET THROUGH A WINDOW. The Silver Gray That Was Killed Had a Black Companion in Theft. Fox hunting is liable to become a | popular amusement about the City Hall if the supply of sly Reynards has | anything to do with the case. The fact of the matter is that the big municipal headquarters is infested With foxes and hardly a day passes but some of the sly pilferers are seen by those employes of the City Govern- ment whose duties bring them to the hall between sunset and sunrise. The fate of the silver-gray fox that was chased until he took a fatal leap | from the dome of the Hall of Records has brought to light the place where | the animal had his hiding place and also the fact that the fox was not the | only one that lives beneath the feet of the municipal officers. It has been a common occurrence for the officials of the Recelving Hospital and the gar- deners who care for the flowers about the hall to see foxes prowling about searching for birds or other kinds of food, and preparations are now on foot to capture the rest of the family of foxes that is belleved to have its | home in the gloomy sub-basement of the City Hall Head Gardener Flynn Carpenter Devine a few days ago of the presence of a black fox in the gar- dens under his control and asked him to construct a trap that would catch the sly fellow. Carpenter Devine is now working on the device, and vows | at he will construct something that 1l be a sure shot. he mystery of the habitation of the has been explained. On the lick statue, is a broken window that de Into the sub-basemient. Dark and passages lead into the Jower told Head | h side of the building, opposite the | | | His Burst of Passion Takes the Form { of Presents of Bracelets and i Sandalwood. Lee Yuen is in love. Tell it not among the yellow beauties of Chinatown lest | there be tearing of ebon halr and a | welling of briny tears from eyes wont to sparkle—for Lee is in love with a white girl. They would be sadat finding it out, yet she is not exactly glad. The girl is Jane Whitbeck, whose presence | In the cast of “Gay Coney Island” | makes that play a little gayer than it | otherwise would be. | When Miss Whitbeck reached San | Francisco, it being her first trip, she LEE YUEN WOULD | MONEY-COINERS WILL BE SHORT A Sweeping Cut Among the Skilled Employes at the Mint. More Than One Hundred At- taches Are Affected by the New Schedule. Superintendent Leach May Remon- strate—Little Chance of Modification. The recent dispatches from Wash- ington announcing a reduction of the | wages of mint employes in this city | give but a faint idea of the wide scope and application of the revised schedule. When Frank Leach, superin- tendent, received by mail the official list of salaries cut, he was astonished. He cannot now comprehend why such a sweeping reduction in the pay of skilled workmen should have been made by the authorities in Washing- ton. | § ‘% | D! of the hall, where there are places that no light but that of a lantern can | penetrate. On the broken foundations between the stairs leading to the sub- asement and the shattered window s footprints that to the prac- how that members of the nard family have passed and re- ed many times. It was from this low thaf the foxes were seen to emerge, and it is believed that a whole nest of them would be unearthed in the sub-basement if a close investiga- tion were 1de The silver gray that was discovered on the dome is believed to have left the basement and started on a hunt for the pigeons that inhabit the roof when he was discovered by the copy- ists of the Recorder’s office. DIRECTOR HEAD WAS EXONERATED |LEE YUEN, THE ACTRESS HE LOVES AND HIS WRITTEN DECLARATION. | The Trouble in the Board of Education Is Settled Amicably. The Board of Educatlon decided last evening to exonerate Director Head from any intention of casting asper- sions on the principals of the evening schools and the other members of the board, and on motion of Director Ra- gan the entire matter was expunged from the records of the board. The trouble all arose over certain state- ments that were made at a meeting about 2 month ago, and the members decided that inasmuch as the director had made a declaration that he did not intend to cast reflections on any one, and that his statements had been made in the heat of debate, that it was time to let the matter drop and restore harmony in the board. Director Head defended his position for a time and warned the president that he would hold the body responsible for any misstatements that might be made in the heat of debate, it plained all were satisfled and the mo- tion to exonerate the director was passed unaninmusly. The committee on elementary educa- tion presented the Which was adopted. That Mrs. A. H. Lyons be transferred from the Irving Scott School to the Sher- man School; that Miss E. M. Foley be iransferred from the Golden Gate School 0 the Fremont School; Miss A. C. Dowl- ng be transferred from the substitute lass to the Pacific Heights School; that Miss Julia Kennedy be transferred from the Fairmount to the Golden Gate School; that Mrs. M. E. Caldweil be transferred from ihe unassigned list to the Fair- mount School; that Miss Mary Corkery be transferred from the unassigned list to the Irving Scott 8chool; that Miss “harlotte Lavery be transferred fromthe Douglas to the Peabody School; that Miss ¢. E. Parks be transferred from the sub- stitute class to the Douglas School as a probationary teacher; that Miss E. Lev- ingston be transferred from the Jefferson to the Conte School; that Miss A. Cass- amajou be transferred from the substi- tute class to the Jefferson School as a probationary teacher. The sending of the following commu- nication was sanctioned unanimously: To the Executive Committee, Californin Teachers' Association, San Francisco— Ladies and Gentlemen: The Board of Education of the city and county of San Francisco sincerely regret that the of- fieial invitation of he executive col mittee of your association conjoint! with that of the Superintendent of Pub- lie Schools of the city and County of 3an Frencisco failed to reach the mem- ters of the board until sessions of said association were well advanced. and its most interesting exercises already past. The invitation also failed to state either the time or the place I the sessions to which it invited the members of thi board. We especially desire the ladies and gen- tlemen 5( the California State Teachers Association to understand that, had tho invitation resched us in time, we should have been most happy to join in wel- coming them to our city, to.open our best buildings to their “Inspection, and to depute delegations of our members to attend their dally sessions. following report, | TRt J 17 at once sought Chinatown to wonder at chase a few trinkets. She chanced upon a store wherein Lee sells to tour- ists any number of things of no possible use. Lec was courtesy itself. bright fellow anyway, with a mission school finish to his education and American enough to fall in love then ard there. He did not exactly say so, but he wanted to make her a present of -some bracelets and sandalwood. These she declined, and arter she had gone Lee thought a shadow had gath- ered over the store. Miss Whitbeck went back to her hotel and told her roommate of the incident. The roommate is of a practical turn. She could see no reason for declining gifts of bracelets and sandalwood from a Chinaman, but of course she was not aware that Cupid’'s dart had worked havoc with the Chinaman's tender heart, or that a love-sick Chinese is more persistent than a local flea. So che sent a note saying that she would like to have the articles. was prompt. The articles came, Lee, smooth shaven, smiling, a button in his cap, came with them. ‘When the door was shut against him he was distinctly pained, and his mel- ancholy countenance as he went down the corridor excited the pity of the bell- boys, little subject as they are to gentle emotion. But he was not as one with- out hope. message of his yearning, and they did. As the matter stands Miss Whitbeck has a wooer she does not want, and Mr. Yuen wants a sweetheart who does not | seem to favor alien suitors. Hence on both sides of the dilemma there is a tincture of woe. ’A TALENTED YOUNG PIANISTE. | Miss Alice Beach McComas’ Recital Well dAttended Last Evening. Miss Alice Beach McComas, a pupll of Wijllam Plutti, well known to the musical critics of the city, many of whom have expressed a high opinion of her talent, made what may be called | her debut last evening in a piano re- cital at Sherman-Clay Hall. The young lady is only 19 years old, and will soon go to New York to engage in concert playing and to pursue her stud- ies further. After that she intends to g0 abroad. After the recital Miss Mec- Jomas held a reception in the parlors adjoining the hall. The programme rendered was as follows: Fantaisie Tmpromptu Opus 66 (Cho- pin); “Love Dream” Nocturne, Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt); Sonata | in G minor Opus 22 (S8chumann), four novements; “The Nightingale,” Faust Valse (Liszt); Nocturne in F' sharp major (Chopin), polonaise in E _major (Liszt), original cadenza by William Phutti. Advances made on f ture and planos, with I without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mis- on. and new The response | The mails should carry the | | its sights, endure its odors and pur-| He 1s a | | to a decrease of nearly | from the present standard of gompen- | ployes affected,” said Mr. Leach, ‘“be- | adopted for this institution. | the manipulation ‘When asked yesterday how many employes would be affected by the or- der cutting down the pay of workmen | the superintendent said the number would considerably exceed 100, and that some of the reductions amounted 40 per cent sation. T hesitate to notify the em- cause I entertain the hope that the | order may be revised or modified. The | standard of wages paid in the mint at | Philadelphia seems to have been | In some lines the new salaries are lower than | the wages paid in Philadelphia. It is not desirable at present to give out the | list of names of those whose compen- | sation has been cut down. The reduc- tion is general and in many instances the pay allowed is wholly inadequate for the service performed. Where the | pay has been $8 a day for the same kind of service that Selby pays 310 a day to obtain the amount has been cut | down to $5. I find that an expert in of precious metal, | who has been in the service of the | United States for forty-four years, is cut from $8 to $5 a day.” When the list s made known to the mint employes and the extent of each individual cut as ascertained there will be a storm of indignation and remon- strance. Tt is possible that the organ- ized socleties for the protection of wage -earners may come to the rescue of the mint employes and address pe- titions to the President and members of Congress. The impression exists at the mint that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Miat do not understand what has been done. The bellef obtains that some eclerk in the denartment made the readjustment and that his report was hurdedly adopted without due consideratlon by the head of the burean. The order from Washington provides that the reduction shall take effect January 1, 1898. The chances are re- mote that the superintendent will ob- taln any modification or suspension of the order. When the ney schedule is presented it will be found that work- men who have been rece/ving $5 a day are cut down to $3 50. 'In the same general ratio the reductlon aoplies to men now receiving Iamger and smaller wages than $5 per da: —_—— Gambled In Stocks. John D. Winterton, Tenth and Napa streets. was commifted to the Napa Tn- sane Asylum by the Insanity Commis- sfoners vesterday. Winterton used to he a man of considerablt means. but lost all his_money in gamblng In stocks, which had been preying upon his mind. ————tt—e She Bit His Thumb. Frank Ringtenst, 422 Minna street, called at tkhe Receiving Hospital yester- day_afferncon tohave his thumb dressed by Dr. Bunnell. He said he had a quar- rel with his bestgirl and in her rage she scratched his face and bit his thumb. He refused to jive her name. l | age to | invaded the city DANGER LURKS ATTHE DOOR Housewives Should Be Guarded in Answer- ing the Bell. Alleged Peddlers, Beggars and Other Itinerants Said to Be Planning a Crusade. A Lesson Derived From the Recent Guerrero - Street Tragedy—Mr. Lefty on This City. Until some warning cry, plercing and penetrating as the recent Guer- rero-street tragedy, startles them, housewives are prone to be careless in S0 far as is concerned the reception they generally accord peddlers, beg- gars and other f{tinerants who ring their door bells. As soon as it was discovered that a coupling pin had been the instrument of that murder crime tracers of experience fell upon a clew. The house where murder was done is but a few blocks from the rail- road right of way, along which there constantly pass characters of varied degrees of desperateness to the army of tramps that every win- ter become so numerous throughout California. Anent these facts a statement made by a “professional” tramp ought to prove interestin, “And it won't be a case of break in, either. They (the tramps) are going to give this town her needings, and 'Frisco will get a deal this year that will leave her ribs bare. There’s noth- ing in Los (Angeles) for us; she was raked over last season and won't be ady for picking 1 till '99. This town is all right; 'Frisco always was. There’s he two race tracks; they bring the hookey (thieving) guys, and a straight grafter can keep a tribe | rum dum (drunk) for months. They never pull 'em here except you sit on a mark’s neck, and it's only the big bur! that do that. Even if the | bulls (police) did get hostlile and | glom (arrest) a few it would be the same, for they couldn't b (Jail) half that's coming. The traveler who makes this dec- laration styles himself Lefty.” Mr. Chicago Lefty, presum- ably, quite understands his business, and, therefore, may be considered an authority. He and hundreds of the same brand each year make pilgrim- “the coast” to avail them- selves of Western climate, hospitality and charity. The wine shops that gin to ditch these wanderers frequent these days | are alive with tourists, and so large an influx has been this year that an additional resort has had to be fitted up to accomodate the late comers. All | ranks and descriptions of tramps have purpose of stealing when not closely watched. They do not disguise their intentions, but, like Mr. Chicago Lefty, openly boast that by hook or crook they willi get their portion of | cakes and pint of ale, Evidence of their presence here is not at all difficult of attainment. Peep into one of the many of their hang- outs, some of which will be found just bordering on Chinatown, others scat- tered throughout the upper Kearny- street district, and more in south of Market precincts. The places they habitually resort to will be ctowded with illy garbed and repulsive hu- mans, who will be pdring over tables amid layers of smells that lingev in the stagnant air to recall to reifective noses the many gulps of 5 cents a quart liquor that had In drunken brawl and maudlin carelessness been spiit there. From these haunts of vice and vi- ciousness these fellows go forth to beg bread. These are the fellows who ap- proach you on the street and a'most on their knees in a tone that seem- ingly betrays a hopeless heart ask you for a dime or quarter. These gre they who ring door bells and, sometimes arrogantly, demand food. Did it hap- pen that the murderer of Mis. Clute turned out to be one of these, those who know what the “professional” tramp is could have uttered that stock remark, “I told you so,” with empha- sis and with meaning. VALLEY ROAD'S NEW TUNNEL. Third Longest in the State—Con- tractors Asked to Bid on It. General Superintendent Story of the Valley Road was annoyed yesterday by applications from persons wishing to bid on the prospective long tunnel near Rodeo. Trkey had followed the unfounded information published in | yesterday's Examiner to the effect that the contract would be let to the high- est bidder next Thursday, and that the sum wowd be in the neighborhood of $850,000. The facts as stated by Mr. Storey, are that the contract will not be let before the first week In February; that the Dbiddirg has some time since been limited to five or six well-known con- tractorsin different parts of the United States, men of particular experience in the construction of long tunnels and who, for that reason, were asked to bid; and furthermore that the amount of the contract will be something like $45¢,000 or $500,000. 7his new tunnel is to be 5700 feet in . — NEW TO-DAY. who belong | “Chicago | with the professed | length. It will be the third longest tunnel in California. The longest i3 that of the Southern Pacific near San Fernando, which is 7200 feet long: the next, that on the Southern Pacific's road to Santa Cruz, wnich is about 6000 feet long; and the fourth, that on the Southern Pacifie’s coast extension between Santa Margarita and San Luis Obispo, a tunnel of 4000 feet. But the longest tunnel on the coast is on the Northern Pacific line in Washing- ton, 10,000 feet through the Cascade Mountains. And soon one of 13.000 feet is to be built on the Great Northern Road in Washington, Grading on the terminal approaches to the Rodeo tunnel,work on which has been in progress a number of weeks with thirty or forty teams employed, | will be completed in two months. Track laying on the road to Bakers- field was resumed on Tuesday, when a mile of track was put down. The pros- pects are that the Valley Road will be running trains into Bakersfleld in March. ————————— H. F. Fortman's Forty-first Anni- versary Celebrated With a Banquet. Tn honor of his forty-first birthday, H. F. Fortman, the president of the Alaska Packers’ Association, and a well-known politician, was tendered a surprise party by his wife last evening at their residence at 1007 Gough street. | The house was tastefully decorated with ferns, smilax and palms and pre- sented a beautiful appearance. Covers were laid for sixteen and Mr. Fort- man's most intimate friends were in- vited. During the evening toasts were offer- | ed and responded to in a happy vein. Seated at the round table were: Gov. ernor James H. Budd, Judge Henshaw, WELCOME NEW TO-DAY. HORNS T0 WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR! owr city to give the new tion. b T We propose to help the young population of W2 have supplied ourselves with horns, pretty ones, to give with all purchases on our second floor Thursday and Friday. BB 50800 EER-E-En year a rousing recep- RN W. W. Foote, Rudolphe Herold, J. T. Burke, James H. Wilkins, W. B. Brad- | ford, D. Drysdale, Wm. Bogen, Charles | Hirsch, W. A. Frederick, Howard Bar- | bier, Alex T. Vogelsang, H. F. Emeric and W. B. Hamilton. At the conclusion of the banquet the | | apartments, where the remainder of the | evening was spent in listening to sweet | music and discussing “affairs of State.” | SPORT AT BURLINGAME. Steeplechase and Polo Pony Races on the Programme for the Day, New Year’s day will not be permit- ted to pass without Burlingame con- tributing its share to the enjoyment |of those who have the right to be | present. A programme of races has | | been prepared for the day which will include the steeplechase for the Duke D’Abruzzi’s challenge cup, a 200-yard dash for qualified polo ponles and a ‘one-nnd%m(*-hul!-mll? purse race on | the flat, open to all. | In the steeplechase W. Hobart's | Lady Greensleeves will be ridden by Fred McNear, R. M. Tobin will ride hig Aladdin, while Galloping Dick, an- other of Mr. Tobin's horses, will also run. The rider has not yet been an- nounced. Charles Dunphy will ride J. Lawson’s Grevgown and Harry Poett | will pilot F. S. Moody’s Hilda. | Onme of the conditions of the steeple- | | chase is that no professionals or | grooms can ride. The cup will be- | | | come the property of any member of the club winning it three times. There are twelve entries for the polo | | pony race, and the winner wiil be | | awarded a silver cup. A large field is | | expected in the open race. After the | races the usual Saturday drnzhun(i will be enfoyed by a large party of riders. —_——— PLAYS AND MUSIC. A ““Mother Goose” Matinee at the Tivoli in Aid of the Chil- dren’s Hospital. Stuart Robson and his company are | giving an admirable performance of | “The Jucklings” at the California. Mr. Thomas' play has faults, but it also has many accomplishments that are brought out in the playing. Next week Mr. Robson will appear in his great success, “The Henrietta.” “At Gay Coney Island” has caught the fancy of the town, and people are turned away every night at the Co- lumbia. At the California the Frawley Com- pany is gracefully saying au revoir in | “The International Mateh,” another Daly comedy, well within the talents of the players. “The Girl I Left Behind Me"” will finish a two weeks’ run at the Alca- zar on Sunday night. The Tivoli will give a big “Mother Goose” matinee on Saturday in aid of the CHfldren’s Hospital. This afternoon at the Tivoli occurs the third of the Symphony Society's concerts under the direction of Fritz Scheel. The programme includes Bee- thoven's “Egmont” overture, Schu- man’'s D minor symphony, Deliebes’ “Sylvia” ballet suite, the “William Tell” overture and an andante of Tschai Kowski’s. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” is once again drawing well at Morosco's. Musical Dale has made a big hit at the Orpheum. e e Theodore Shekels' Estate. J. E. Dillon applied to the Superior Court yesterday for letters of adminis- tration upon the estate of Theodore Shekels. Shekels died intestate on Sun- g’%&’ last, leaving property valued at DR. A. SOPER'S SANITARIUM, 524 TAYLOR ST. Cor. 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Aside promavelecoming in the new year, we have a sale of un- uswal splendor, magnificence and grandewr, combining all our choicest of Holiday JApparel, those high-class Ulsters of owrs, guests adjourned to the down-stairs | those high-class Junior Swits of ours, those high-cl ass Reefer Swits of owrs, those real swell Dowble-breasted Swits. There’s not one of them that sold for less than §6 and $7 ; soms of em wp to $8; some awfully swell ideas in Sailors among ’em. For pick of any Thursday and Friday at $3.95. E 858585508 You'll send youwr little man to school Mon- day in swell attire. He'll be properly fitted for winter, and yow'll have from the very swellest of our Holiday Goods at $3. L n the advantage of a pick 95. -E8-5E-0EaEEuEnEEEEs Long Warm Winter Ulsters. These Ulsters are made from those world- famed Ban- nockburn Che- viots. They're long ajfairs, coming downto the little fel- lows' ankles; all sizes up to 15 years. The colorings are all new and hand- some. They were §7 and $8. Your pick Thursday and Fri- day at $3.95. he Junior Suits, The Junior Suits are a swell lot of handsome styles. The vests are novel and rich; in fact, they're all chaste, refired styles, for lads between the agesof 3 and 7. They were $6 and 87. All they suffer from is, they’'re small lines; hence yow get ’em for $3.95. Those Swell | Reefer Suits. Here’s where you revel among a lot of our swell Reef- er Suits with deep sailor col- lar; collar handsomely braided; a lot of refined and chaste styles ; garments that never borz a less price than $6 and $7 ; for L& lads Dbetween the ages of 3 and 10. These Thursday and Friday "$3.95. ©000000000000000000000000 About 600 dozen Boys’ Ribbed Stockings, the heavy sort, all sizes. Thursday and Friday g 10c THE PAIR. ©00000000000000000000000 o 0000000000 00000600000 00000000000000000000 a Those be- tween the ages of 6 and 15, wearing dow- ble-breasted Suits; a lot of high-class che- viots; a lot of high - class worsteds; gar- ments that never bore a less price than $6 and $7; a lot of high- class eolorings, high - class _styles and handsomely tailored garments. These Thursday and Friday '$3.95 ©0060600660600000000000000 Boys’ Golf Caps; some 200 dozen of these in high-olass Scotohes and Worsteds ; some of ’em were among ouwr 50c lines Thursday and Friday g 1o s ©00000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 ©00000000000000000000 9-11-15-15 KEARNY ST, KING-PINS FOR OVERCOATS