The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1898. James Maher and S. Fitzgerald, a native of aged 54 years. funeral hereafter. , January 1, 1598, James, —In beloved hus! Norah Roach, loving Pather of 3 ort and Marguerite Roach, brot ach, son-in-law of Margaret and ville, Yuba Count Mrs! T. Kerrigan, i County € quaintanc attend the funeral to- clock from his late resi- | thence to St. Fran- . where a requiem ed for the repose 4 o'clock. Inter- ment Holy Cross Cen e omit flow- ers. | ¥. M. I—To the of and_ members of ashington: Council F. M. L: 1 our late r non-attend- cember 30, 1597, Mrs. Stotera, loving Archer, Mari >, Johnnie and Mar- er of Mrs. C. E. Drish | @ native of Alabama, uaintances are respect- ral this day e parlors of nt avenue. In- ry. anuary 1, mas Sheridan, Sheridan, a native of 9 months and 8 days. please copy.) vited to at- (Monday), 9 200 Golden ss _Church, and’ motl Ireland, rrow residence, SWAIN A a na- tive . aged 65 years 10 nvited to at- | Hattie | William A. | er of William | . a native of | 6 months and 6 aber 30, 1897, Agnes, and only and b and Mrs. Chai fu om her late re: opposite the coursing nce to Cypress Lawn ber 30, 1897, John | West, a na- Interment Cy- est, in this city, Janu- McAVOY & GALLAGHER, | “RAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS | 20 FIETE ST., Opp. Lincoln Sehool. phone, South § Estab. 1855, Tel. South 47. CRAIG & COCHRAN CO. Funeral Directors and Embalmers, 22,24 AND 26 MINT AVENUE. Lady assistants. Spacious chaf of patr Rubber for the use n our ambulance. ENGLISH T. R. CAREW. _CAREW & ENGLISH, | ; ENDER SRS AND EMBALMERS. UNERAL * DIRECTORS. Market st., San 41 STRIL H W.G ER. GANTNER & GUNTZ, | Funeral Directors & Embalmers., | ":".8-and 10 CITY HALL SQUARE. HOUSE. | J B Devine, Sacto > A Mc c d, Wash “Taco: B Hanford Justn & w, Or Justin, Or 3 Mr ¥ Typan O D Dewe | 8 FL M | . Petalma S Cruz Forsyth, § Cruz’ | and, P Alt en W T CI Chicago Conger, 'Chicago | street. H Zimmerman, N i Mrs D Dinkelspiel, NY | ngland S Cruz W Smith, Mrs O W S S Merrill & C H Lewis & Wi < & th. S Merritt, 1 M J Lavin, G E Merril), Mrs Ne M rek P Yatima, P Cost Mz J Johnson, P Cost TERN HOTEL. L Morse, R Findlay, S (3 radovich & ) J @ FE en, S Rosa Headman, Rio Vista L Davis,'S “lara pe. Fresno o 00 “M_Linehan J.D Campbell, T Healy, Rio Vista 13 & #icel] Pawclka, J Johnson & w, A°D v cattle Mrs A C Lohmire, Op T H Fleming, Stocktn B H Conneli, Antioch | C W West, Sacto g c 'Mur;?flck,“/\lr*alflz G Coulter, "Menterey J Royce, 8 Clara R Murray, Walnt Cik F Rogers, Cal W C Beebe, Marysvil BALDWIN HOTEL. J E Hogarty, N Y Miss A Lints, § Jose H V Clark, St Louis |D McKay, Sacto W Ellis, Belmont |W D Davis, Spanishtn J H Robertson, Sacto T C Penin, S Jose J H Kennedy, Vallejo' J A Cha: Jose J A Chase, S Jose A Morris, N Y O Hogle, Salt Lake W D Owen. Phita D J Harding, Loston |F F Rossow & w, Val A W Baker, R Bluff R J R Aden, Valisjo F G Jones, Or J F Wallace' & w, Val R A Anston, Chicago |J F Murphy, S Leand W D Embree, N Y |C E Phipps, Sacto M Jenning. S Jose | O H Close, Stktn rs D M Jenning § J [Miss C Close, Stktn C M Hunte ‘hicago | P Cahn & w, Stktn | W H Barnes, Boston Id A Peters & w, Bostn DEATH WAS HER NEW TEAR'S GIFT Rosa Aston’s Awful Fall From a Two- Story Window. | |Only Yesterday Morning | in the Full Blush of Health. | was Making a Wounded Sis- ter’s Bed at the Time of the Accident. MEDICAL AID AVAILED NOT Circumstances Surrounding the Sad Case—The Body Undertaker’s. at an Only yesterday, aglow with strength and happiness, hardly a care to mar the peace of her mind; in the after- noon pale and silent, under the shadow of the death angel's wing. That is the | sad fate of Rosa Aston, who fell from the second story window of the house at 411 Tenth street yesterday after- noon and was instantly killed. Rosa Aston was just 24 years old and lived with her sister at 411 Tenth Her sister is Mrs. James Grif- fin, who shot herself while in a fit of despondency or temporary insanity about a month ago. Of late the woman has made good strides on the way to recovery and the dead girl had been in attendance upon her. Yesterday she was going blithely about the kitchen while engaged in cooking a meal. About 3 p. m. she went upstairs to make her sister’s bed. She had barely entered the room | when the sharp scream and the sound of a thud, as of some heavy body striking the pavement, startled the people in the vicinity. They rushed to the spot and there the girl lay, the blood oozing from her mouth and nos- trils. Dr. James Frost notified of the occurrence and What he discovered at the place of the accident led him to waive certain priv- ileges and permit the body of the girl to be taken to an undertaking estab- lishment direct. From all that can be learned the death of the girl was purely acciden- tal. lay was near an open window and the window was very low. The girl proba- bly started to go round the bed and for some reason or other leaned out of the window and lost her balance. She fell a distance of about twenty feet and death must have followed almost in- stantly. Only an autopsy can disclose the full extent of her injuries, but it is believed that the girl's back was broken by the fall. TH LIFE 0F THE COLONISTS It Will Be Prettily Shown at the Presentation of Columbia. The Programme Is Now Complete and thé Sale of Seats Has Been Good. ° It looks as though the efforts of the executive committee who have the Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses in charge will have three crowded houses at the California was immediately | | summoned, but arrived too late. | girl was dead long ere he appeared on | the scene. | once | Deputy Hallett responded to the call. The | The Coroner's office was at | The bed on which Mrs. Griffin | Theater on January 3, 4 and 5 to wit- ness the interesting dramatic perform- ance of “Columbia.” The ten scenes are dramatic. They are not tableaus; | they are acting, speaking, singing, | posing and dancing, and represent the | life of the times in humor, pathos and | patriotism, with all the accessories of appropriate dress, of Colonial, Revolu- tionary and Civil War times. The pro- gramme has been revised and the fol- lowing is the corrected list for the entire performance: The board of managers has the en- tire performance in charge, and has secured its friends as performers. Board of managers and active patronesses of “‘Columbia: Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. William Hardy, Mrs. | L. L. Dunbar, Mrs. J. H. Dickinson, | Mrs. E. C. Logan, Mrs. Charles E. | Green, Mrs. George F. Grant, Mrs. Henry Bothin, Mrs. Ignatz Steinhart, Mrs. F. A. Frank, Mrs. James W. Kerr, | Mr W. T. Fonda, Mrs. | Easton, Mrs. H. Dutard, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. W. P. Shaw, Claus Spreckels, Mrs F. H. Green, Mrs. I. N. Walter, Mrs. N. D. Rideout, Mrs. Rolla V. Mrs. J. F. Merrill, Mrs. Mary T. Hoff- | man, Mrs. C. E. Holmes, Mrs. F. H. Beaver, Mrs. H. P. Miller, Mrs. Robert | Oxnard, Miss Laura McKinstry. The ladies upon special committees are: Press—Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. F. H. Beaver, Mrs. F. A. Frank; music—Mrs. Ignatz Steinhart; Mrs. I cB Mrs. Miss Laura McKinstry, Mrs. F. A. Frank, Mrs. Fred H. Green. The music will be furnished by the California Theater Orchestra, Profes- sor E. B. Schmitz, leader. Soloists— Miss R. Levison, Miss C. Schindler, Mrs. A. Baumann (first appearance in San Francisco), Mrs. Walter Schultz, Mrs. C. A. Keesing, Mrs. Walter G. Fonda, Mrs. Richard Bayne, Miss Caroline Little, Miss Ella Goodall, Robert T. Bien and Robert Lloyd; solo violin, Mrs. C. R. Gwynn; his- Ames, Chesley K. Bonestell and Miss M. C. Craft. The historians appear at the open- | ing of each of the three acts and pre- sent in eloquent words the story of the period, when at the signal the curtain | rises and the following scenes are en- acted: | Act I—Colonia Days—1. Our Fore- ! fathers; Landing of the Pilgrims Barytone solo, Robert Lloyd; Gover- nor Carver, J. F. Merrill; Mrs. Carver, Mrs. W. T. Fonda; Magistrate, J. S. { Henton; Pilgrims—Miss Jessie Hatha- | iss | | way, Mi Bessie Fonda, Miss Maud Clay, Mi Mary McEwen, M Vi Soule, M B | line Aye: Mrs. W. 'onda, Frank Jones, Charles A. ¥ Louis M. | Frank Hunter, W. G. | Dr. Cecil St. Dennis, and Friends, Puri- ‘Ros'e Aston’s Fatal Fall. tans and children; Indian, Walter N. Kelly. Patroness, Mrs. George Grant. 2—May Day on Boston Common—Th May pole dance—The little Miss Ruth Merrill, Carrie Mills, Charity Rose, Hazel Reid, Carrol Moore, Irene Hoge, Marjorie Ranbo, Fay Galloway, Edith Sontag, Bertha Savage, Eleanor i“rey. Patroness, Mrs. H. P. Miller. The Frolic—Misses Mollie Dutton, Gertrude Dutton, Ethel Dean, Martha Wellington, Louise Howland, Gladys Merrill, Gertrude Lewis, Bessie Han- nigan, Winifred Mason, Reginald Ma- son, Harry Bates, Ralph Merrill, Har- ry Martin, Charlie Stone, Louis Starr, Palmer Dunbar, Sidney Starr, Sher- | wood Adams, Claud Starr. Patroness, Mrs. W. P. Shaw. 3. A Typical Courtship—John Alden, Sidney Starr; Priscilla, the Puritan maiden, Miss Filorence Schultz. Pat- roness, Mrs. Willard B. Harrington. 4. A Colonial Home — Grandfather, Willard B. Harrington; Grandmother, | Mrs. W. P. Shaw and Mrs. L. L. Dun- bar; Father; A. C. Hillmann; Mother, | Mrs. John R. Loosely; Josiah, Reginald | Mason; Hulda, Miss Susie Le Coun: | the Typical Spinster, Mrs. C. Masol Teacher, Mrs. W. J. Dutton; Seam. stress, Miss Carrie Ayers; the twins in arms, a family of twenty children, Misses Mills, Reid, Rambo, Dutton, Messrs. Stuart Dunbar, Charlie Merrill, Earl Miller, Julius Kruttschnitt, Nei- son Whitmore, Theodore Smith, Harold Gregory, Cyril Wynne, Newton An- dross, Willie Kirk and others. Pat- ronesses—Mrs. J. F. Merrill and Mrs. L. L. Dunbar. Act 11, Revolutionary Period: 1. The Birth of the Nation—Columbia, Mrs. Martin Schultz; America, Miss Caro- line Little; Choir Boys (St. Luke's), Masters Cyril Wynnes, Ernest ‘Wilson, Theodore Smith, Henry Tregonowen, Don Gorham, Howard Sparrow, Neison Whitmore, Willie Kirk, Raymond Hall, Willie Craig, Walter Gorham, Fred | Wilson, Newtor Andross, A. Black, H. Currie; choirmaster, W. A. Sabin; the States, Misses Eleanor McEwen, Anita Gallaway, Mabel Valleau, Lelia Richards, Eva Fairweather, Bessie Ro- den, Elizabeth Wade, Marion Fraser, Leonore Frauenholz, Florence Schultz, Susie Sthultz, Susie Le Count, Louise H. M. Fiske, Mrs. | N. Walter, Henry Hyman; historians— | Mayor James D. Phelan, Pel- | Fonda, | Merrill, Wellington, Dean, More, Hoge, | | | ‘Wendell | Watt, | Brownell; Continentals, Company B, First Regiment, City Guard. Patroness, Mrs. J. H. Dickinson. i 2. The Peace Ball (the minuet)—Gen- eral George Washington, William R. Wheeler; Martha Washington, Miss Ella Morgan; Marquise de Lafayette, Joseph O'Sullivan; the Newport Belle, Mrs. Richard Bayne; chorus, St. Luke's choir boys; dancers of the minuet, Mrs. W. R. Whittier, F. H. Greenwood, Miss Gertrude Carroll, Redwick Duperu, Miss Mary T. Hoffman, Lawrence Van Winkle, Miss Theresa Morgan, Clar- ence Follis, Mrs. Richard Bayne, Ben Holliday, Miss Eva Moody, Joseph King, Miss Ida Moody, Ray Sherman, Miss Bernice Drown, Howard Veeder. Patroness, Miss Mary T. Hoffman. Act 3—Civil War Times—1. The de- parture of the “Famous One Hundred California Volunteers;” war governor, General J. H. Dickinson; staffi—Colonel George R. Burdick, Colonel D. E. Miles, Colonel Thomas M. Cluff; commander, Captain George Filmer; soldiers—Com- pany B, First Regiment, City Guard; bugle corps, drummers and trumpeters —Company B, First Regiment, City Guard; patroness, Mrs. J. H. Dickin- son. 2. The hospital—Surgeon, Dr. George B. Somers; assistant surgeon, Robert | T. Leege; the dead hero, Lieutenant B. | B. Sturdivant; mother, Miss Minnie Houghto: the dying soldier, Arthur Clifford; the young volunteer, William Hayes; a Sister of Charity, Miss Mar- guerite Joliffe; flower girl, Miss Ella Goodall; nurses—Mrs. Henry Bothin, Misses Maud Clay, Jessie Hathaway, Susie Le Count; guards—Messrs, R. E. Wilson, C. ‘H. Sarcander; hospital squad—Messrs. Walter M. Kelly, A. McCulloch, A. Frech, Willlam Over- street, W. H. Krug; sick—Messrs. H. B. Taylor, Charles Lemon; convales- cents—Captain George Filmer, Messrs. L. B. Wood, E. W. Jensen, A. F. Ramm, P. Eagan, A. Giesin, J. Cre- salia, Dr. W. H. Sieberst; the quartet— Messrs. C..E. Creighton, E. L. Filmer, H. B. Sullivan, William H. Tooke patronesses—Mrs. Robert Oxnard, M: | Henry Bothin. | STEAMER 3. Emancipation scene—Uncle Zekiel, George Mills; Eliza, Reginald Mason. Peace. 1. “Woman’s Realm,” a new | era, the sculpter’s ‘studio; Goddess of Liberty, Mrs. Walter G. Fonda; group of figures in statuary, repre- sented by fifty young women; patron- ess—Mrs. W. T. Fonda. a GENOA STRIKES ON SEAL ISLAND. The VWessel Is Abandoned and the Crew Leaves in Boats, Some of Which Are Yet Missing. HALIFAX, N. 8, Jan. 1.—The steam- | er Genoa from Portland, Me., bound to London, with 400 horses and a gen- eral cargo, struck on Seal Island this morning during thick weather. floated immediately, and on the pumps being sounded it was found that she had fifteen feet of water in her hold. The captain decided to abandon the ship and all hands took to the boats. The second officer, named Waltson, and twenty-three of the crew, reached Forbes Point, Woods Harbor, at non to-day. The remainder of those on board, including Captain Baxter and thirty-six others, headed for Seal Isl- and. Whether they have reached there is not yet known, according to advices received late to-night from Barrington, as the weather and water are very rough and it has been impossible to communicate with Seal Island. Unless Catain Baxter and the re- mainder of the crew, who steered for Seal Island, have succeeded in reach- ing shore before this time it is feared they will never do so, as a heavy gale has been blowing almost constantly since yesterday. They had, however, as good a chance of saving themselves as the men who have been heard from and it is expected they are safe on Seal Island. TRIAL OF CONSTANT FOR THE MURDER OF COSTRO. Yany Sensational Incidents, and Several | Former Police Officials Implicated in the Crime. Copyright, 1398, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 1.—The trial of Bramanim Constant,son of the fam- ous Brizilian statesman, for the mur- der of General Gentil Costro, is under way in Rio Janeiro, says the Herald's correspondent of that city. There have been many sensational incidents in the trial thus far, and it has ap- peared that several men, formerly po- lice officials, were implicated in the murder. Traffic in Argentina has been prac- :tl('ally suspended, as a result of the | strike of engine drivers. There have been several riots as a result of the strike. Dr. Sanarelli has been invited by Brazilian physicians to lecture in San Pablo on his discoveries regarding the yellow fever. DEVOTION OF MISS VOORHIES TO JAMES B. HAGGIN. Had She Been the Multi-Millionaire's Daugh- ter She Could Not Have Been More Attentive. LEXINGTON, Ky, Jan. 1.—During much of the past two years Mr. Hag- gin has been scarcely able to walk, and at such times his first wife's niece, now his bride, was very solicitous about him. She waited on him like a daughter, and when his meals were nent up to his room she served them to him. The devotion she showed to him was a matter of general comment ai the hotels where they stayed in their travels, and not a few persons believed them to be father and daughter. Dur- ing the long trips they took together in his private car she is said to have been fwly as attentive to him as she was in the hotels, and when the report that they were to be married gained circula- tion the last year there were a few who did not believe it. The venerable miner and turfman was a most devoted lover, and since the 1st of November he has scarcely left his sweetheart's side for as much as a day at a time. i g BUILGING BURNED AND OWNER MURDERED. Remains Found in the Cellar Partly Burned and With a Bullet Lodged in the Skull. WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 1.—A special to the Eagle from Kay Center, O. 5 says: The residence of W. S. Carver, one mile east of Kay Center, was burned to the ground early this morn- ing. Carver’s remains were found in the cellar partly burned, with a bullet lodged in his skull. The Coroner is now holding an in- quest. R. S. Sayer of Arkansas City has been stopping with Carver and building his house for him, having just completed the building. The supposi- tion is that Carver was murdered. —_—— Napa’s Oldest Woman Dead. NAPA, Jan. 1.—The oldest woman in Napa County passed to her reward Thursday night. She was Mrs. J. D. T. Rockwell of this city, aged almost 91 years. Her life was that of a noble woman and sincere Christian. Three generations are nted in the children left, twenty-nine being the number of the last two generations. | never to be forgotten. She | A GREAT DAY FOR THE POOR Thousands Feasted With- out Charge by the Sal- vation Army. The Mechanies’ Pavilion Pre- sented an Animated Scene. Speeches, a Christmas Tree and Prayer Helped to Make the Affair & Success. At the Mechanics’ Pavilion last even- ing over 5000 of the city's poor were fed by the Salvation Army. All day yesterday an experienced man was preparing the feast, by roasting whole carcasses of mutton and beef in the empty lot opposite the pavilion, and the scene drew large crowds which were held, partly by ‘the unusual sight and largely by the appetizing odor which floated through the air. Coffee, bread and butter helped to swell the bill of fare and many a hungry, helpless mor- tal was sent from the building rejoic- ing at the fact that such an organiza- tion as the Salvation Army is allowed to exist by the laws of God and man. A sight was presented to visitors As the feast was spread, Commander Booth Tucker entered the pavilion and the shout that issued from thousands of throats tingled. the blood of every individual there, and thanks were given, some silently and others aloud that a man who works for the interests of his fel- low beings was to be seen at such a busy and eventful time. The hall presented an animated ap- pearance. At one end a Christmas tree brilliantly lighted was loaded with tokens of the season for the children, and the speakers’ platform in close | proximity was decorated with the na- tional colors. At 8 o'clock Mayor Phelan made an address of welcome. | He was followed by Commander Booth- Tucker, who was received with an ova- tion and spoke amid rapt attention; | W. H. L. Barnes, who spoke on “Cali- | fornia, the Land_of Promise;” George | H. Maxwell on the “New Emancipa- | tion;” Frank McGowan on “Waste | Land and Waste Labor;” Professor B. W. Hilgard and James H. Barry on “Opportunity—Not Alms.” Then the feast began. Lassles in neat dress waited upon the hungry and friendless visitor, and the appetiz- ing morsels disappeared as though be- fore a cyclone. Again and again the empty plates were replenished, and not until the last visitor had been served did the labors of those in| charge cease. Then it was seen that | there was food in plenty left for| those who had eaten their fill but a | short time before. | As some who were religiously in- | clined left the hall they praised the | Creator on bended knees for the meal | which had been prepared for them ini the hour of trials and tribulations. | Others left without a word, possiblyi feeling their position, but not one was there who departed with anything but a smile of satisfaction upon his coun- tenance. The remarks of George H. Maxwell | on the “New Emancipation” were at- | tentively listened to, and his words proved that he was thoroughly con- | versant with the subject. He referred | to the deplorable state that men were | reduced to at times, although they | were willing and anxious to work, but | he thought that prosperity and happi- | ness would dawn with the passing of | thgdnew year. Among other things he said: “So long as the laboring classes of | this country continue to seek for re- | lief from these conditions by creating | more opportunities to labor in cities, | Jjust =o long will they continue to throw { themselves under the wheels of the car | of Juggernaut which s destroying | them, for in the end it is the poor who | will suffer rather than the rich by the coming of ‘The Man on Horseback’ whom fhe corruption of our cities will | bring, as sure as fate, unless their | overgrowth can be checked. There is but one way in which this republic can | be prevented from following in the footsteps of Rome, and that is by turn- ing back to the land the great masses of the people who must labor to live, and rooting them to the soil in rural homes where each yeoman citizen, by his own labor upon his own land, can produce his own living directly from the soil he tills, and where his hearth- stone may be the center around which his _children. will grow up surrounded with comfort and plenty and in the pure air of the home life of the country every man who must toil to live can achieve absolute individual, industrial independence. “For it is suck / ndividual, industrial independence which should be the end and aim of every laboring man's efforts. It should be the pillar. of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night which should guidz his footsteps until he shall have reached it as a promised land. And every such ru- ral home, as our Secretary of Agri- culture said in his last annual report, will be a sure safeguard of the Re- public, “If we would accomplish this greatre- sult, the whole people, and the Govern- ment itself, if it is to continue to be a Government of the people, by the peo- ple and for the people, must unite to turn the tide of population from the cities back to the country. And to do this, we must do two things; first, we must change the ideals of American life. As a nation we are training our children that the chief aim of life is to get money. If we continue for an- other generation as we have in the past we will by that time have canon- ized Jay Gould and forgotten Abraham Lincoln. Instead of this every boy should be taught that his aim should be an honorable independence in a home of his own upon the land.” AN EX-CONVICT CAPTURES A GOVERNMENT STATION. Frazer, the English Officer in Charge, Has a Narrow Escape From Invading Rebels. LONDON, Jan. 1.—A dispatch from Lahuan, British Borneo, says that in connection with a British expedition against the rebel leader Matsalleh, in North Borneo, Taleh, an escaped con- vict. attacked with a small following and took Limbawang, a small Govern- ment station on the Palas River, last ‘Wednesday. Mr. Frazer, the officer in charge, had a narrow escape. He is_now return- ing with eight police andl thirty fren Dyaks. It is not known whether Ta- leh is working under orders from Mat- salleh. H. M. S. Plover is to demon- strate along the coast. e e The Brazil nut contains from fifteen to twenty-four seeds, which all ger- minate at one time. The most vigorous one gets first through a small hole at the top to the open air, and thereupon it strangles and feeds upon the rest, 1 | Lieutenant Colonel THE DAY AND THE WEATHER Crowds and Sunshine Welcome.the New p Year. Punch Bowls Filled and Often Emptied to Coming Prosperity. General Shafter Was the Only One at Home—He Received Guests at Fort Mason. Bright and blithe as was the passing of the old year, it was no more genial than the birth of the new. Winter seemed” to have retired for the time being and the city woke to as fair a day as she could well expect in the midst of spring, and the crowds which thronged her streets were of the dis- tinctively holiday order. At all the clubs the best punch bowl, well filled and often replenished, stood on the sideboard, and the fragrance of the Christmas evergreens lent their memories of another holiday to add to the air of hospitality over it all. There were no special New Year’s festivities at anyof the clubs, but there were egg- nog and sociability and the reception rooms were gay with good wishes un- til a second day had marked the en- trance of '98. "At the theaters, for there were sev- eral matinees during the afternoon, there was little room to spare, and it seemed as if the old set that used to spend its New Year’s Day in calling on its friends had substituted the play for the parlor, and being entertained for the art of entertaining others. It was society that ‘attended the mati- nees, at least that part of it which did not pass the day out at the ocean beach or on the driveways of the park or away from town. Among the special haunts of men the punch bowl was also in evidence, | and sometimes it was multiplied by two and by three in order to keep pace with the demand for holiday cheer. The “line” was a scene of the greatest activity, and after the theaters had poured their streams of humanity out upon the sidewalks locomotion on Market and Kearny streets became a matter for serious consideration. The home of Brigadier-General Shafter, out at Fort Mason, was the scene of a brilliant reception during the afternoon, when the officers from Benicia, Angel Island, Alcatraz and the Presidio called to pay their re- spects to their commander. Com- mander Baird of the British torpedo boat destroyer’ Virago and Captain Fred F. Feger of the British cruiser Leander were among those present. All the officers were in full dress uni- form. Mrs. Shafter received the guests as they arrived, and after a few words of greeting they mingled to- gether and enjoyed a pleasant hour. Among those who called were: Colonel Miles, Colonel Busby, Captain Starr, Captain Pettit, Captain Brant, Captain Fister, Captain Gale, Captain Rogers, Captain Thompson, Chaplain M Cumber of Angel Island, Lieutenant Cra ton, Lieutenant Wilcox, Adjutant Benja- min, Lieutenant Bennett, Lieutenant Raudiez, Lisutenant Erwin, Lieutenant Benson, Captain Neill, Lieutenant Danes, Captain Pratt, Lieutenant O'Hara, Cap- tain Potts, Captain Chester, Major Kin- zie, Colongl Williston, Lieutenant Ran- dolph, Captain Califf, Captain Hobbs, Captain Berkhimer, Lieutenant Foster, Lieutenant Skerritt, Lieutenant Wilson, Lieutenant McNair, Lieutenant England, Lieutenant Woodward., Colonel Middleton, Deputy Surgeon General; Charles M. Gandy, as- | sistant_surgeon; Paul F. Straub, assist- ant surgeon; Colonel George H. Burton, inspector general; Colonel Moore, Major Fieid, Edwin O. Sarratt, Dr. Frick, Rob- ert S. Abernathy, Adjutant General Bab- cock, Paymaster John S. Witcher, H. E. McVay, assistant surgeon, and John D. Miley and Robert Noble, aides-de-camp to General Shafter. The Y. M. C. A. was open all day, and from 2 in the afternoon until late at night there was not an hour during which there was not some form of en- tertainment in progress. There was an informal reception in the parlors from 2 to 3:30, during which music, songs and recitations helped to pass the time. Then followed a game of basket ball in the gymnasium, with tumbling and springboard work by the asseciation athletes to add to the interest. In the evening there was a concert in the auditorium in which several well-known local artists assisted, and which drew an audience even larger than that of the afternoon. Outside the army whatlittleremained of the old custom of making New Year’'s calls seemed to have died from inani- tion. Nobody was at home, and those who are somebody spent the day at their country seats, when provided with such luxuries, and when not so incumbered, they at least went away from the family rooftree until the evening shadows gathered. It was a socjable day, however, if not a social one, and even if there had been noth- ing beyond the good wishes, the gay crowds and the truly Western sun- NEW TO-DAY. HE SENDS IT FREE. A Never Failing Remedy That Makes a Man Young Again. TRUE MANLINESS QUICKLY REPLACES THE WORN OUT NERVES AND VIGOR. ‘When a man's strength and vigor is slowly wasting away from nervous weakness, the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most.severe pain. There is no let up to the mental suffering day or night. For years the writer rolled and tossed on thetroubled sea of Nervous Debility, Emissions, Lame Back and the various other troubles of Sexual Weakness, unti] it was a question whether he had not better take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles. But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combination of mediclnes that completely restored his general health and enlarged his weak, emaciated parts to natural size and vigor, and he now declares that any man, young. or old, who will take the trouble to send his name and address may have Free full particulars of this wonderful nome treatment which quickly restored me to my full strength and vigor of youth. Now, when I say free, I mean absolutely without cost, because I want every weakened man to get the benefit of my experience. There are thousands of men suffering the mental tortures of weakened mar- hood who would be cured &t once couid they but get such a remedy as the one that cured me. Send for it, and learn’ that there are a few things on earth, although they cost nothing to get, are worth a' fortune to some men, and mean a lifetime of happiness to Tost of us. 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C., Decem- ber 4 for Ghent, Belgium, had her ma- chinery broken down and is unable to repair. She left her in lat. 40, long. 25, on account of the weather, after | having had her in tow. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 1.—The Brit- ish bark Samaritan, Captain Dexter, from San Francisco August 22, arrived here to-day and reported that she en- countered a hurricane on December 22 in lat. 44, long. 32, and the great seas which boarded her damaged her lights, filled the cabin with water and destroyed the charts. The lifeboats on the starboard side were smashed and she also lost sails and sustained other damage. Gh g el New Era “Calls” Biock the Mails. PACIFIC GROVE, Jan. 1.—The Post- master here is complaining on account of the large number of Calls of the big New Era Edition that he has to handle daily. They are, he says, so large and S0 numerous that they érowd the other mail in the office. . 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