The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1898, Page 7

THE' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1898 ] A TORPEDO BOAT HERE The Virago Arrives Convoy of the Cruiser " | Leander. | in Both Are British- Warships for the Pacific Coast Sta- tion. Called Their Way i England to the Esquimalt, B. C., | Navy-Yard. Here on From The British cruiser Leander and tor-| pedo-destroyer - Virago arrived from England en route to Esquimalt, B. C., vesterday. This is their first visit to this port, and they will be followed in a day or two by the cruiser Phaeton and torpedo-destroyer Sparrow Hawk, all of which vessels are intended fo the re-enforcefnent of the - British squadron on the Paci The Virago is the first vessel of her class ever seen in the bay of San Francisco, and ¢ wharf along the front was c with people anxious to get a I her. The Leander is not a mod sel, and simply came out a for the Virago. . They mouth, Eng., some m came here via the S stopping at a num on the way. Their was San Diego, whe on 400 tons and tk of fuel. Captain Fred I able trouble i d Magellan ts for coal g place e Leand Virago ninety ‘tons gan had consider- anchorage for the two rst-of “all steamed slo Point, anc his mind, came slowly ba again. Off the = its came to a stop ries both the Oak- their. on a circle around the landing in ) got in the d E t0 but, tory 2 two warsh nd trouble was- 1 but ‘none. came. r was brought'. to n-street wharf, and 1 astern of her cruiser rger than the »dern. = She 00 feet long 40 feet beam, 2 room in her b 1 1000 ton ed fs 18 knots 12 knots. She h-loading rifle and a number : Cap- eutenant, i} nkers for um sp > nearl of Fred F. Fegan; P. Hutchins T C Henry Paymast st peculiar-look- he has the ap-| pearance of -a miniature aft her row of four he: ost unwarlike e. He appear- 2 to develop 6000 hor: she is sai knots an hour. 1 21 feet 7 inches broa displacement is 420 moves ough the water ripple and s no foam b r leaves any in her wake. tons ithout | ore her She cuts a knife and appare y effort. She lieutenant-com- chief engineer, and chief gunner, We The ¥ remain in port a few then proceed to British | FIRE MARSHAL | INVESTIGATING ck House Fire | Been Due to cident. The Seal Might He an A The supposed in Seal Rock House T exclusively in yester< vestigated by Fire M: terday. ndiary fire at the | rsday night, told | s Cull, was in- | shal Towe yes- The Fire Marshal tclephoned to Henry Dosher, the proprietor, to call | at his office. Dosher did s5 yesterday morning, and said the story in The Call was substantially correct. Dosher accompanied To to the premises, and Towe began his jnvesti- | gation thoroughly. It never occurred | to Dosher or his wife or ‘any one of the | others that the fire might Lave been | accidental. | Mrs. Rose M. Alldack, ‘wife of Dost er's stepson, called at the resort eari in the evening and wanted Iliquor, which was refused. She went away, returning later, and it was thought at. tempted to burn down the place by set- ting fire to the curtains in the ro in| the upper floor. It was supposed she | had done so because she had beea re- | fused liquor, and aiso because her bus- band had commenced suit for divirce | ten | o from her. All the circumstances pointed to %« conclusion that she had deliberately set fire to the curtains. Her flight fro: the room after the curtains took fir was in itself a suspiciofs circum- stance against her. The lamp was on a small table be- tween the curtains. She was seen after placing the lamp on the table to walk toward the door and close it, and it is just possible that the draught caused by shutting the door might have made the flame in the lamp leap up and set fire to the curtains. 7 No action will be taken until the Fire Marshal has an opportunity of ques- tioning Mrs. Alldack, whs~ is only 20 years of ae * ————————— Gae Consumers’ Association, 316 Post street, established 1878, reduces Bas bills from 20 to 40 per cent, attends to all complaints, furnishes new tips and burners, controls the pressure automati- cally, thus preve bi ot preventing the breakage of Electrical Department DEADLY DUEL | the hands of officers elected as the re- | tions, but after going down thirty feet | ceedings until the death of Ralston put | property. | Attenés to all complaints connected with electric bells and gas “Kh"nfl apparatus. Eleetric meters tested. Tel. Main 717. * | kavel on snowshpes. TORPEDO-CATCHER AND CONVOY The British torpedo- catcher Virago arrived in port yesterday convoyed by the cruiser Leanler. They are from Plymouth, England, and are bound for the Esquimalt ¢B. C.) navy-yard, to re-enforce ttie British fleet in Pacific waters.~ The Virago is the first vessel of her class to ever anchor in the bay of San Francisco. FOR A MINE Tale of ‘& Night Attack| on a. Miner’s Cabin. | of One Man Killed and Another | Badly Wounded in the Struggle. A Bitter Legal Tangle ‘Further Com- plicated by a Decision by Judge Slack. A motion to dissolve an injunction in| the case of J. T. M. Kelly and others | against Henry Sylvester and others | has been denied by Judge Siack, and the case will come to trial on the in- m. It will be an interesting | for the whele lurid history of | Gold Ridge mine, the murders it | has caused, and the blood that has | been spilled over its hidden treasure, 1 ail be brought into the light of day. The injunction was originally issued | to prevent the levying of an assess- ment on the stock of the mine, on the ground that the officers who had levied the assessment had voted themselves salarj that, if applied to the develop- ment of the mine, would have rendered the levying of an assessment unneces- sary., lvester, the president of the| company, moved to dissolve the tem- | porary injunction issued, but that was denied, and the injunction must re- | main until it is made permanent or is | dissolved forever. | The trouble is the outgrowth of the | | changing owners and officers which | has made the history of the mine one | of crime and death. It was a year ago | New Year's eve that the first murder | was committed. The mine was then in sult of a pool of the stock of three of | the largest stockholders in the concern. These were Henry Sylvester, W. H. Lillie and Richard Phelan. The pool was the result of an attempt to sell the mine tc an Eastern syndicate for $100,- 000, which was opposed by the men who formed the pool. Originally the mine was in the hands of W. C. Ralston. It was located in 1862 in one of the wildest sections of Nevada county. Ralston sunk a shaft in one of the claims with a view to a sale should the result meet expecta- the gravel was found to be so rich as to lead to the suspicion that the mine had been salted, and this delayed pro- an end to the deal. The mine lay idle until in 1891 the Gold Ridge Company was formed, with Lillie as president. During his admin- istration an attempt was made to bond the mine for $100,000 to an Eastern syn- dicate, but Lillie, Sylvester and Phe- lan refused to go in. After they had formed their pool and blocked the bonding of the mine they elected Syl- vester president, and soon after levied an assessment to start developing the This assessment was op- posed by Mark Strauss, one of the stockholders, and an injunction re- straining the directors from assessing the stock was granted by Judge Troutt in 1895. This case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court. Then ancther assessment was levied, | and this time it was opposed by Kelly. In the meantime the directors had been supplying the money for the as- sessment work which had to be done to hold the mine, and over this work | there came a conspiracy to seize the nine on the ground that the necessary work had not been done and hold it urder the name of a new company. Paul Muller was then the superin- dent of the mine, and he got wind f the fact that an attempt would be made to relocate the property. He ex- pected trouble, and prepared himself by barricading the cabin where he and his men lived. It was New Year's eve when Rich- ard Phelan, Dan O’Connor and Owen White came to the claims. The night vas stormy, and the snow lay so thick n the ground that the men had to They tried to ter the cabin, but the men inside re- ed and held their place. in the in with Muller was Jim O'Connor, other of Dan, and through him rley was agreed upon and the in- vad¥s were allowed to enter. farther than the door, however, en the door was opened their s were ready and at once the gan. Several shots were fired succession, and when it was 1 Muller was dying and Jim who had fought manfully in defense jof the cabin, was badly Phelan and his men waited until 12 o’clock thet night, and when New Year came in promptly rel the claims forl the Marguerite Mining Company. He was taken to Truakea | victed, and is now serving a sentence iand say probably O'Connor knew too | bers of the Verein and their friends a | | window. and tried for murder, but he was ac-| quitted by the Coroner’s jury. | The relocation had no effect upon the Gold Ridge Company, for it went right on, ignoring the new organization and the treachery of Phelan, although the members of the new company “put in | several thousands of dollars in devel- oping the mine. | Last October the dead body of Dan O’Connor was found on the road near the mine, and Phelan was arrested for the crime. He was tried in Downje- ville, Sierra County, and was con- twenty-five years in the . State| Prison.. It was shown that he. waited | for O’Cennor, and when he rode past’| Phelan fired upon him from behind a | tree. Why it was done was never | really found out, but the old miners refer to that deadly duel on the hill, much. “TIE FIRST BORY” AHEAVEWEIGHT. Clever Burlesque of the Famous Chinese Drama at the Verein. Excellent Music and a Book That Abounded With Hits. Local 8. L. Ackerman gave his féllow mem- taste of his keen wit, good-natured fun and all-round cleverness in his bur- | lesque of Francis Powers' celebrated Chinese drama, “The First Born,” pre- sented as the piece-de-resistance at the entertainment in -honor of the New | Year at the Verein Club rooms last evening. Ackerman told the tender little tale with all the conciseness of the great | Powers, only he omitted the tender- ness and the “little” parts. His Chang | Toy had arrived at the age of discre- | tion when he no longer counts his | years, and when his “too too solid | flesh’ had to be hauled from off the | fatal roof by the eminently picturesque | apparatus employed to lower a thou- sand-pound safe from a sixth story The touching tale of oriental life was told for the most part in song. E. M. Rosener composed the music and in vested his subject with a true “Chi- nese spirit.” The play was mounted with the origl- nal scenery that was used at the Alca- zar in the initial production, and the Chinese supers who traveled all the way to London to show the Cockneys how we do things out West, again as- sumed the parts they had created. Ackerman gave his conception of the role of “Chang Wong,” and Dr. Newman won golden laurels as little “Chang Toy'” the first born. Joseph Sloss had to get a messenger | boy to carry off his “mash notes,” he was so “‘cute” as “Lol Tsing,” the slave girl. Joseph Dinkelspiel scored a marked triumph as the villainous “Man Low Yek.” Between the acts of the burlesque there was an excellent vaudeville pro- gramme, to which the clever club mem- bers contributed. At midnight an elaborate supper was gerved, after which dancing was in- augurated and continued until early morning. Four hundred and fifty guests en- joyed this fashionable club’s hospi- tality. —_———————— GOT BETWEEN TWO CARS. Adam Miller, a Cigar-Maker, Had His Left Leg Broken. Adam Miller, a cigar-maker living at 181 South Park, was crossing Third street yesterday afternoon, between Bryant and Folsom streets, when he got between a car going south and another going north. He was struck by one of the cars and knocked down. He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital in the patrol-wagon, where it was found that his left leg was broken. He considered himself fortunate in es- caping with his life. MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY, Extraordinary Value Reprdsented Hood’s Coupon Calendar. The above heading is true, not only as to the number of coples of Hood's Sarsaparilla Cou- pon Calendar for 1508, but it is true in the more material sense in which we are all in- terested—the money sense, or the dollars and cents, 50 to speak. Tirst, let us say that while it is the don- stant aim of C. 1. Hood & Co. to make thelr Calendar for every year handsomer than any of its predecessors, there I8 no question that in the issue of 1808 they have succeeded in sur- passing all previous efforts in artistic beauty. Those who are familiar with the best efforts of gifted artists in water colors, and with the productions of the color printers, will appre- clate this Calendar as representing marvellous color effects and embossed Work, a few years ako_considered almost impossible. The lovely child’s head s In a round, €014 frame, sur- rounded by sprays of flowers in mosaic, mak- ing & dainty and chafming picture. Nearly 6,000,000 copies of this Calendar have been glven away to the people of the country m‘ the druggists. See announcement on vage 2 3 HOFF'S DEFENSE NOW N ORER The Case for the Prose- cution ' Concluded Yesterday. Important Téstimony Given b Drs. Bunnell and Gal- lagher. The Shoemaker,Goepel, Distinguishes Himself by Making Contradictory Statements. The prosecution closed its case yes- terday afternoon in the charge of mur- der against Albert Hoff and a continu- | | ance was granted the defense till next | | Wednesday morning. | The first witness yesterday was Wil- | liam Haynes, a carpet-layer, who was | at work in thé house 863 Guerrero | street on the day of the murder. James Donahue, who was working with| Haynes, was then called and testified | that Hoft was with Mrs. Clute when he left the house at five minutes to o'clock. C. W. Marks, a schoolteacher, testl- fied to being called by Mr. and Mrs. Legg, and going with them to the room | on the upper flat and finding the dead | body. He went for Dr. Inman, who | looked at the body and pronounced life | extinct. Deputy Coroner O'Brien testified to | taking charge of the body and remov-: ing it to the Morgue. Dr. Bunneil of the Receiving Hos- pital testified to examining the wound | in the palm of Hoff's left hand, and | thought it could have been caused by | the jagged edge of the coupling pin. He saw the coupling pin at the time | and there was blocd on it. The doctor | was subjected to a long cross-examina- tion as to the nature of the wound and what he knew about blood. Dr. Gallagher, autopsy physician, de- scribed, as the result of his post- mortem examipaticn, that death had been caused by punctures of the skull The organs of the deceased were all in good condition. The coupling pin could have caused the wounds. Henry Mieneyer, proprietor of the Lindell House on Sixth street, where Heff roomed, identified the carpet bag as belonging to Hoff, and testified that Hoff did not occupy his room on the night of the murder. He also_recol- lected Hoff getting a card from Freyer, the saloon-keeper at 119 Sixth street, asking him to call there. C. H. Clarke, brothér-in-law of the murdered woman, was called and tes- tified to having identified the body of his sister-in-law at the Morgue. R. Goepel, the shoemaker, on Van Ness avenue, made a very unsatisfac- | tory witness. He is slightly deaf and is not very conversant with the jidioms of the English language. He contra- dicted himself several times as to dates and caused no end of heated argu- ments between the attorneys and the Judge. He contradicted Decker, the cigar man, who testified Thursday that when Goepel, Hoff and a young man were in Dierks' saloon on the morning after the murder and Decker asked Hoff if he had beén in the house 803 Guerrero street, Goepel said to Hoff, “You told me to say nothing about this, and you talk all the time.” He denied saying that. Policeman E. C. Robifison was the next witness. He testified to finding the coupling pin in the house, and that it was almost ctvered with blood. The coupling pin and carpet bag were put in as evidence against the objec- tion of the defendant’s attorneys.. Hoff is indignant over the claim of the police that he is inhuman. “About a year ago,” he said last night, “I was fishing oft Washington- street wharf when a man named Rosewalter, who was despondent, jumped in _the bay a few feet away from me. I went to his rescue, and, af- ter considerable trouble, pulled him out of the bay. “The credit of saving him was given to & policeman. This shows whether or not I am inhuman.” The Skaguay and Lake Bennett Tram Company offers a limited amount of m’f:’r sale, §25 per share. This is the only road that will be reagy to transport passengers and freight steam- ship landing to the Yukon by epring. Agency at room 19, Crocker bullding. —————— Wife Has the Property. ” An application was filed in the Superior Court by Robert F. Howe yesterday for an order to restrain his wife, len Howe, from disposing of $1000 worth of community property. Howe all t his wife has the possession of prop- erty, and unless restrained the order of court she may manipulate it in a mfl- ger bt.l:‘net will result injuriously to us . < ——————e John Wood Sentenced. John Wood, convicted of a oy R tenced to four years 3 Wallaca rtlur«ylu. 2 I Swces OUEER LEGAL COMPLICATION |Some Fine Law Points in the Estate of Waters. Attorneys Must Prove the Un- soundness and Soundness of Mrs. Waters’' Mind. Two Cases That Require Opposite Tes- timony From the Same Side at the Same Time. By order of court yesterday the de- position of Mrs. Catherine Woods of Ness, Kansas, was opened and its con- tents were made public. Mrs. Woods is the niece of the late Arthur Waters who died in this city, December 31, 1892, and over whose es- tate there has been so much bitter liti- gation. The deposition opened yester- day was taken in the case of Marga- ret Mulcahey against Hezekiah Dow and others, to secure a portion of the estate of Arthur Waters, her deceased brother; she was joined by Mrs. Woods, who is the daughter of Thomas Wat- ers, a deceased brother of Arthur Wat- ers. Arthur Waters dled intestate, and when his estate came into the Probate Court it was distributed to his widow, for it was shown that there were no iving relatives of Arthur Waters other han his widow. Mrs. Waters died about a year after the death of her husband, and when her will came to probate her nieces and nephews as- sailed it, and it was set aside on the | grounds of incompetence and undue in- fluence. A new trial was granted, how- ever, and the case will come up again in the latter part of January. In January of 1896 the sister and the niece and nephew of Arthur Waters learned of the death of their relative, and at the same time they learned that while he had died intestate, his en- tire property had been distributed to his widow, although the law allows her but one-half when there are other rel- atives living. They sued for their share, but as Mrs. Waters had long been dead they made her executors de- fendants in the case. Their claim is that they were never notified of the death of their relative, although it was well known at the time that they were living in the East. They therefore seek to have set aside the decree of distri- bution and their proper share of Wat- ers’ estate allotted them from the es- tate of Mrs. Waters. That case, too, is set for the end of January. In her deposition, Mrs. Woods tells how she knew of an uncle named Ar- thur Woods, who was living in San Francisco, and who frequently corre- sponded with her grandmother who lived in Burlington, Vt. He had also sent her grandmother money on dif- ferent occasions, and she had heard her grandmother say that her brother should visit him when he went West. She says, too, that her brother did visit her uncle on one occasion when he went to San Francisco. She tells further facts to show that she was Indecd the niece of Arthur ‘Waters, and that at ths time of his death she was entitled to a niece's share of his estate. She also sets forth that she did not know of his death until early fn 1896, when she learned the news from a friend, A. A. Enright, in Burlington. The two cases present a peculiar le- gal complication. The Dows, execu- tors of the estate of Mrs. Waters, are contesting the suit of Mrs. Mulcahey on the ground that the widow at the time the estate of Waters came up for probate was of unsound mind, and that she did not, in fact, know that rel- atives of her husband were alive. They are at the same time trying to uphold the will once broken on the ground of unsoundness of mind, which was made at the same time she was probating her husband's estate. If they prove she was of sound mind, and there- fore establish her will, it will natur- ally follow that she knew of her hus- band’s relatives and must allow them their share of the property. 1If it be proved, however, that she was of un- sound mind and so did not know of the absent heirs, then her will must fali before the assaults of her own rela- tives. The two cases will come up in the Superior Court before Judge Slack, the original case on January 17, and the will case on January 20. - George Riley Set Free. A charge of burglary against George Riley was dismissed by Judge Wallace ”t.fAd‘A' morning on motion of the Dis- ¥ trict ey, who stated that there not mn{ evidence nst the '33 to assure his convie! . The fac-simile signature of THEEND & FITTING ONE Close of the California State Teachers’ Con- vention. It Was Marked by Excellent| Music and Some Able Addresses. The Concluding Oration Considered One of the Best During the Convention. The last session of - the Teachers’ Convention in Metropolitan Temple yesterday morning was a fitting close for such a successful gathering as this has been. It was opened with a chorus of fifty San Francisco Normal School girls, under the direction of Miss E. Carpenter, who sang “Freedom, Sweet Freedom.” They were accompanied on the organ by John C. Howe. The report of the committee appoint- ed to investigate the charges made against Superintendent Greenwood was then read. It completely exonerated him from all blame. R. H. Webster made an interesting address on “The Proposed Celebration of Lincoln’s Natal Day by the Public | Schools of California.” After giving | a short histofy of the life of Lincoin | he said: : “The Lincoln Monument League, of which W. W. Stone, principal of the | Burnett School of this city and county, | is promoter and president, intends to perpetuate Lincoln’s memory by the erection of monuments in the cities of | the country and by commemorating the } anniversary of his natal day, February | 12, with appropriate exercises in the | schools of this city and State and other | States of theUnion, until Lincoln’s, | like Washington’s, birthday, becomes fixed in our calendar as a national holi- day. The Board of Education of this city and county has declared it a holi- day and provides for its proper cele- bration. “It is now earnestly hoped that every | teacher, every board of school trustees | and every city and county board of ed- I ucation will unite and co-operate to| make this celebration universal.” An address on “Humane Education” | was to have been delivered by Miss E. | M. Gay, State Superintendent of hu- | mane work, but as she was unable to be present the address was read by | Miss Eliza D. Keith. She spoke strong- | ly on the necessity of teaching chil- dren by practical methods to be Kind to the dumb animals, and that to tor- ture a_dumb animal is the crime of a coward, and that he who does it is| capable of almost any crime not re- quiring courage. “Tyranny,” she said, “is the crime of the strong against the weak, and all cruelty, when not the result of ignor- ance, is the wicked expression of con- scious power, always demoralizing to those who exercise it. Humane educa- tion includes sympathy and helpful- ness. The humane child will become the benevolent, public-spirited man, equally averse to cruelty to animals, child labor, human sweatshops, injus- tice to women, oppression in any form. Since the public school is the nursery of American citizenship, humane edu- cation must find a place in its curricu- lum. “Do not let our children know that | the buffalo in the humane paddocks in Golden Gate Park are the last of their race, a race all but exterminated in sheer wantonness, shot down for a mo- ment’s sport, as the Grand Duke Alexis, the guest of the nation, shot them from the platform of an overland car, leaving the carcasses to rot where they fell. Oh, never let our children know that American men were guilty of such cowardly brutality.” An original° poem on ‘“‘Educational Progress, Its Foibles and Its Fads” was read by Professor Charles H. Allen and Mrs. Eva Tenny and Mrs. Emile Parent sang a duet entitled “The Gyp- sies,” and for an encore ‘“The Nightin- gale and the Robin.” Professor E. G. Griggs of Stanford University delivered the closing ad- dress, which was considered one of the | best of the whole convention. His sub- | jeet was “Education for the Art Life,” and, although lengthy, held the atten- tion of the audience till the close. He said that life was divided into two great chapters—business and personal relations. Men should work persistently through all discouragements. Only the educated can appreciate the beautiful. He believed in equalizing the school system and picking teachers who knew life in all its phases. —————— RESCUED FROM A DIVE. Carrie Jansen Will Be Sent to Her Mother in Watsonville. Carrie Jansen, a pretty, innocent- looking girl, was arrested Thursday night in the Mascot dive on Kearny street and charged with vagrancy. Bhe was released on $300 bonds. ‘When the case was called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday the Judge was told that the girl's mother, a widow, lived in Watsonville, and was breaking her heart over the wayward- ness of her daughter. The Judge questioned the girl, who said she left home about two months ago, but soon after she got here was taken to one of the dives. She was willing to go back home. The Judge ordered her into custody, making her bonds $1000, and the police have sent for the girl’'s mother. NEW TO-DAY. I CURE FITS ‘When Isay I cure Ido not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them re- turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. 1 warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. ‘Give Express and Post Office address. Prof. W. H. PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St., New York. viste DR, JORDAN'S Grone Museum of 1051 MARXET OT. bet. Gth & 74h, 8. F. Cal. The Largestof fts kindin the World. JORDAN—Private Diseases. DR. Ooveultation free. 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Times. il COmIng. i et s Jolly Nellie McHenry. Grand New Year's MATINEE T0-DAY, Set, Jan. 1. Chil- Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, 10c; dren, 10c, any part. MLLE. ROMBELLO, Sand Paintr Character Comedien) CAL DALE, Campanologist; DR. M. X Miniature Cirpus; THE FARRELLS, Cham- pilon Cake-walkers; THE THE Novelty Acrobats; CAROLINE LL, Triple- voiced Vocalist; DOHERTY'S CANINE CIR- CUS. Magnificent Ballet Spectacle, ——THE BIRTH OF THE PEARLS —— New music! New effects! TIVOLL OPERA-HOUSE. MRs. ERNESTINE KREL Proprietor & Manager THIS AFTERNOON AT 2. SPECIAL MATINEH. BENEFIT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THIS EVENINGat 8, Our Holiday Spectacle THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESSES. C“*MOTHER GOOSE,” The Educated Donkey. The Goose That Laid the Golden Egs. The March of the Mermen. The Butterfly Ballet. The Gorgeous Trahsformation. ..25¢ and 50¢ Always Orowded ! PRICES — 15¢, 26e, 35¢, 50¢. ALCAZAR New Year Matinee To-Day. Every Night, Sunday Included. ALL SAN FRANCISCO MUST SEE Belasco and Fyles” American Drama. “THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME.” Chronicle says: A production seldom sur- passed in the highest priced houses.’ MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE ‘Walter Morosco. Sole Lessee and Manager. Grand Revival of the Favorite Comedy Drama, “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN.” Special engagement of Will H. Bray as “Uncle Tom." Jubllee Singers, Trick Donkey,- Bloodhounds and a Strong Cast. Grand Apotheosis Scene. New Year's Matines. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Evening Prices, 100, 26¢ and 50c. VELODROME, Corner Baker Bnthplll Streets, Park Pan- andle. New Year's Day, January 1; Suhday, Janu- ary GRAN .2 MATCH. UCCESS A OUNG LADIES' FOOTBALL— “OAKLAND BROWNS" vE. “FRISCO GRAYS." Gates open 1:30 p. m. Game called 2:30 p. m. Popular prices, 2c and 50c. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB INGLESIDE TRACK. RACING FROM MONDAY, Dec. 27, to SATURDAY, dan. 8, inclusive. Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shize. FIRST RACE AT 2 P. M. S. P. R. R. Trains 12:45and 1:15 P. M. Dally. Leave Third-street statigm, stopping at Vae lencia street. Returning immediately after the races. ELECTRIC CAR LINES. Kearny street and Mission street cars every RETURN three minutes, direct to the track, without change. Fillmore-street cars transfer each way. ANDROUS, President. S. N. F. H. GREEN, Secretary. BUSH-STREET THEATER. The Thalla German-Hebrew Opera Co. Saturday and Sunday Nighte am. Jane. ks, DARKEST RU iA. Great Melodrama by Pm(eni?rsl‘uu-mer. Box office open daily from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. OBERON—O"{zret SiReer. Grand Concert Every Evening by CARL MARTENS And tne COSMOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA. THECHUTES AND FREETHEATER Every Afternoon and Evening Positively Last Week of the BOSTON LADIES' MILITARY BAND Balloon Ascension To-day at 3 P.M. sharp. Admission and performance, 0¢: ‘children, 56 OLYMPIA— Cormor of Mrzon and Eddy Streets. (Comfortably Heated Throughout). “*STARK’S "." VIENNA ‘. ORCHESTRA. In Con)’uncuon With Operatic Vocalists. MATINEE TO-MORROW, SUNDAY. 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