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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898. OAKLAND WATER COMPANIES' THREAT “Combination Is the fo Capital,” Only Resource Left Says I, C. Martin, Dingee’s “Agreement” Shows Its Face in a Strong Similarity Between Two Reports - Tiled Yesterday. our investment there is but that is, a combination. into it, but their money has MARTIN year ago. , im an address to ‘“ Gentlemen, we are in your hands. abide by the law and give us a fair rate of interest on 'There is not now the remotest idea of these water companies combining unless forced and they have a right to expect a just return.”—J. C. If you do mot omne resource left to capital; bheen invested in good faith Qukland City Council one Lo B e b b e e B b B Those who remember thelittleepisode | which occurred when the City Council of Oakland was fixing the water rates a year ago are now wondering whether the ‘implied threat of J. C. Martin about to be carried out. Just what rate of interest” on their investments the water companies, is a question that remains to be seen. It is a fact, how- that if the water comp: of land ‘were very: anx of intei ever, estments the ything ‘and the rest of them aying ridiculously small amounts, the Oakland do not expect the companies -to make quite as v dividends from' their plants as did before the war of rates. But the water companies will un- | doubtedly use their incomes for the st year as a basis on which to make i of the City Council for high- The law specifically states hat the water company shall get a fair “ome from its investment. The peo- > do not believe that this means a ered ‘investment, nor does it. mean two or -more water companies 1 combine their plant valuations for the purpose of making an increased showing of investement of capital. If two companies can combine in - this manner there is nothing to prevent the formation of a half dozen companies, with inflated valuations, and then de- manding of the Council a rate that will give a per cent ‘income from the grand total. f thére is anything in Martin’s threat it means that capital will combine against the taxpayers of Oakland and force the rates up. Councilman Henneberry’'s contention | that there are at present no legal rates | for Oakland opens the door for all sorts of juggling with rates, for if there are | no legal rates now then it is incumbent wat upon the Council to go to work and fix |2 > rates according Lo lIaw. This means 1t the water companies will have an yrtunity of taking the present | | | Council in hand and do all possible to[ | | | | | convince the members that the rates are too low. W > the reports of the two com- panies filed yesterday indicate that the situation in Oakland is not one brings profit to the men who have money invested in the plants so returns {rom the supply is con- cerned, there is a little secret history | connected with the Oakland Water Company that tells a different story. Of course, like all secret histories, this can only be judged by surmise. It is| a well-known fact that $4,000,000 worth | of stock has been sold by the Oakland | ‘Water Company. This amount of stock | leaves a large margin of profit for these | who had the manipulation of the paper | and it Is estimated by ones that something like $2,000,000 of the total must have represented the profit accruing from the sale of the Piedmont Springs Water Company’s | plant, for it is rather improbable that | the plant of that company should have | had anything near that vaiue, at least that is what Oakland capitalists think about it. E The present danger lies in that “lit- tle readjustmentof inequalitie: of by President Dingee. In that read- justment the doors will be thrown open | for the introduction of all manner of | arguments to induce the members of the Council to make changes that will end by an advance in rates to anextent not dreamed of by the innocent ones | who think it no harm to “make a few | changes.” The water companies have not fol- lowed their usual custom this year so | far as the matter of filing their annual statements is concerned. That agree- ment spoken of by President Dingee has evidently gone into effect and the companies are no longer afraid to let each other know what theyare going to tell the public, for both reports were filed long before the expiration of the time set by law. There is a wonderful similarity in the | reports so far as the amount of busi- ness done is concerned. There is but a few thousand dollars difference in the receipts of the two companies and both reports show that it has beennecessary to get money from outside of the reve- nues in order to keep things moving. Both reports show that the operating expenses were almost equal and both' show a falling off from their former in- comes. The Contra Costa Company was compelled to sell $17,000 worth of bonds while the chief stockholders of the Oakland Company had to raise $66,- 000 to help things along. The statement of the Contra Costa Company shows total receipts of $212,- 790 13 from all sources, but from the sale of water in Oakland for all pur- poses but §133,782 09 was received. The Oakland company shows a total receipt of $208,272 06, but from water sales in Oakland but $122,630 70 was received. This makes the total amount received by both companies from sales of water inOakland $256,412 79, a little more than half as much as the Contra Costa Wa- ter Company received four years ago | ceived for water $142,718 85, | Recelved from the knowing |’ with fifteen per cent less population to supply than at present. on with the statements filed in 1897 and 1896 shows that in 1897 akland received from water rates $99 its business has been somewhat better this year than in either:.of the precd- ing ones. In 1897 the Contra Costa re- or very nearly the same as this year, and in 1398 $183,736 16. In 1897 the total receipts of the Con- tra Costa were $204,929 92, and of the | Oakland $217,028 69. 1In 1896 the Contra reported total receipts of $2,044,- of which $1,833,000 came from bonds, and the Oakland re- sale of | ported $5,490,937 30, of which most rep- | resented the value of the Piedmont works, turned over, and construction expenses. Following is a resume of the state- ment of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany: RECEIPTS. Water rents, general. Water rents, bullders Water rents from City o Water rents from County of Alame Water rents from Town of Berkele Water rents from Town of Emeryy] Water rents from City of San Leandro Water rents {rom San Leandro, gen- eral e Total from water Land rents. Received pro Increase of flo Cash on hand Cash on hand De Total receipts. Operating expenses— al Lake maintenance... $ 1074 50 Leandro Lake maintenance....... tering expenses. . mping expenses eet mains maintenance. . ep of horses, per stable a Genaral expenses Office. expenses Salaries .. Pu: St ot Total operating expenses. Taxes .. Interest Construction expenditur San Leandro Lake, account .. 5 Temescal Lal count. Filter count .. 246 27 Street ‘mains, per comstruction = ac- R B . 11,980 64 , pipe, ete., ount 554 47 | Pleasanton e land, count ...... : Engineering expenses Total construction expenses. Total 212,790 13 The statement of the Oakland Water Company does not go into such elabor- ate detall, but gives matters in a more condensed form, as will be seen by the following :summ;. R! Cash on hand Jan. Total receipts for water. Ha J. Dirigee. .. : ks Received from bills receivable 41733 Received from fire loss.. 2,325 00 Recelved from. sundry 2,477 67 Cash balance Dec. 31, 5,210.68 Total . Paid for Paid for real estats and plant. operating expenses 7 40,322 65 Pald for taxes.... 11,8: Paid for interest. . 54,239 Paid on account hiiis 9,743 Paid o 382 /$208,272 66 As the companiés are not required to place a valuation on their plants each year, the Council will_be compelled to take the valuations of several years ago or make a thorough investigation and appraisement itself when it comes to fixing the rates. The Fire and.Water Committee will be called together this week by Chairman Henneberry and the work of rate tinkering will begin at once. That this committee will investi- gate for itself is to be seen from the interviews of the members of the Coun- cll, which appeared in yesterday morn= ing’s Call. = , and in 1896 $90,641 30, so that | 5 | : to the Estate. 70 | $14,000—property in the city BUILT FOR SPEED AND COMFORT. George W. McNear’s new gasoline launch Port Cost:i/ie’z/oing to be the fastest thing of its kind on the bay. She will be used as a dispatch boat between her owner’s summér home and grain warehouses at Port Costa and the city. T e ovie- R £ T L Al THE LAW AND WIDOW TRUBODY Sons of John Trubody Tell a Story in Le- gal Papers. How Their Stepmother Obtained Deeds to | Valuable Lands. [ | Outcome of Their Aged Father’s Marriage to a Young English Girl. | | SUIT FOR AN ACCOUNTING. | First Brick House and First Marble | Front in San Francisco Belong | | | A lawsult was yesterday instituted | | in the Superior Court which will cause | no end of comment among old timers in | | San Francisco and be talked about in- | cessantly in circles of the First Mctho- dist Church. 4! It will be recalled that the papers had | | much to say when John Trubody, aged | | 89 years, died, last November. = In 1879, | when Trubody was over 71 years of age, | he married an English girl who WB.S’ fifty years his junior. This was his sec- | ond marriage. By his first marriage in'| 1832 he had two sons who are now resi- dents of Napa County.. These sons| bring a suit to compel the young widow | of Trubody to surrender - valuable | houses and lands which were deeded to | her when her husband was under her influence. The story is narrated in| the papers which D. H. Wittemore, at- torney for the plaintiffs, filed yester-| day. | It is set forth that the plaintiffs, W. | A. Trubody and Joslah Trubedy, are | sons of John Trubody who died in No vember, 1897. In 1848, so the legal doc uments aver, Jochn Trubody and the plaintiffs went to.the mines-of Caurnr-; nia and ‘delved in the placers for gold. They earned $14,000, of which sum the | father was to have one-half and thei two sons the other half.. In 1848 the | father bought with $8000—part. of the | on: the south-line of Washington. street, near | Mecntgomery. The fact is not set forth | in the papers, but is well: known to old | timers, that this is the property at the | corner of Dunbar. alley and Washing-'| ton street, and on that land was erected the first marble-front building in San | Francisco. The marble, now much | discolored by time and blemished, was | hrought from Sing Sing, and Mr. Tru- bedy. a progressive citizen of that era, | was highly ccmmended for his enter- | prise. The event was mnot celebrated | by a public banquet or worldly festiv- ity, as the builder was a strict Metho- dist and gave to the Lord credit for the achievement. - The legal papers, however, do assert that in 1849 John Trubody, with $6000, did buy land at the northwest corner of Powell and Washington streets. On that land was erected the first brick bullding ever constructed in San Fran- cisco. It is not a part of the complaint, but it is believed to be a fact that the first house of worship owned by the Methodists of San Francisco was built on land procured for the congregation by Mr. Trubody. According to the papers the first A STORY OF THE RAIN. How the Catholic Church Prayed For the Needed Visitation. Deus, in quo vivimus, movemur. et sumus, pluviam nobis tribue congruentem; ut praesentibus @ subsidits sufiictenter adjuti, sempiterna fiduclaltus appetamus. Per Dominvm. after the things that are eternal.] State. proaching rain. . supreme power. P999909090999000900990090900000900090606006°® % of rain upon the needy farmers. ® [Translation—O God, in whom we live and move and are, grant us seasonable rain; that we, enjoying a sufficlency of support in this life, may with more confidence strive The foregoing prayer was the one offered in the ceremony of mass yes- terday beseeching rain in time to save the crops of the State. Is there any true efficacy in prayer? olic churches throughout this archdiocese sought to demonstrate this prob- lem. All the scheming and calculating of a thousand weather prophets cannot induce nature to bend to their wishes, as was clearly shown by the efforts of a local forecast official, who could not prophesy rain until he broke an embargo of impenetrable air of high pressure in several of the Middle States. ‘Weather charts and maps of every description were consulted by ex- perts on atmospheric pressure, but they proved of no avail in defining the true cause of the continued drought which has hung over this State for the greater part of this winter, and which now threatens the farmers of the In not one instance could they make a favorable forecast of ap- The outlook for the success of this year's crops was becoming more and more discouraging, and the hopes of the farmers of trying.to realize any- thing like a fair success with their wheat were rapidly being abandoned; and they were gradually becoming resigned to the fact that they would have to submit to the inevitable. 1t was at this critical moment that Arch- bishop Riordan resolved to invoke a blessing upon ‘the farmers and have mass sald in every Catholic church under his direction in this archdiocese. Accordingly the celebration of high mass was solemnized yesterday morning in all the churches, without exception, and prayers were offered up to the The last mass for invoking the desired rain was hardly over, barometer changed and a light rain began to fall. It was a solemn and sublime spectacle to see the congregations of the & different churches kneeling before ‘the tabernacle praying for the blessing & Yesterday morning the Cath- 09 ,90000900909009000900009000900000 60 when the & bd 9090000000090 0000900000090000000000000 9 marriage of John Trubody took place in June, 1832. The father and mother of plaintiffs resided and worked together until. 1877, when - the- first ‘wife, - the mother of the plaintiffs, died. In 1856 John = Trubody purchased, with the proceeds of the earnings of plaintiffs, 8§30 acres of land in Napa County at a cost of $17,000.. In 1878 he sold 700 acres. of -the tract for $23,000. The land was cultivated by the sons on shares for the father, He constant- ly -assured his :two boys that each one. should have one-third of his es- tate. The legal papers mentioned the marriage of John Trubody to the de= fendant, Jane Trubody, in 1879. Her maiden name is not given. In 1889 John Trubody, then over 81 years of age, received injuries from a fall. According to the complaint in the case the wife (Jane) did not leave her husband alone after the aceident and | neither did she permit any of his kin or friends to seée him. Gradually she induced him to.deed to her piece after piece of his valuable property, until everything in the world he possessed was conveyed to her. She handled the affairs very well from a business point of view and built new houses and in- creased the revenues of the estate. The legal papers aver that she obtained the property by fraud and :undue in- fluence. The property conveyed to her is valued at §50,000." She got the Wash- ington stréet brick house in June, 1893. Other pieces she -obtained. at various times. She did not get the Dunbar alley marble front until. April 27, 1897, That was the last parcel of the whole lot. The plaintiffs, one:of whom is a Su- pervisor of Napa County, pray for judgment of the court that sald deeds be annulled and canceled, and for such further relief as may be obtained and for an accounting of rents. since the property was obtained. There has been a deal of gossip about the case since the death of John Tru- body. It is said that witnesses as well known as Ralph C. Harrison and A. C. Merrill will he placed: on the witness- stand _to -testify ‘that John ‘Trubody intended to give each of his sons one- third of his estate and:that he had a will prepared to carry out such inten- tion. Gossip goes that Mrs. Trubody—the second wife, Jane—brought the vener- able husband to: termis. by refusing to g0 to churck. - He was a devout Meth- odist and believed. that non-attendance of divine worship was a sin not lightly to be passed over, and therefore: he made such eoncessions as transfer of worldly possessions in order to get his young spouse to attend the worship. It is said that proof can be introduced to show' that the mother of-the plain- tiffs had money in bank at the time of her death and that John Trubody did not. know of such deposit -of money until after her demise. Then he pro- cured special letfers of administration and obtained this money. During the early married life of John Trubody and his first wife they gave a home to John Smith, a man whom they picked up . on the plains.. Smith died at the brick house on ‘Washington street,’ and, having no kith or kin whom he knew, gave all of his property. to the mother of plaintiffs. It is claimed that the testimony on the trial will show that the money in bank belonging to the mother of the sons, as well as the property of Smith, went. ultimately to the second wife, Jane, ‘who now lives in one of the ‘Washington-street houses. She is still a young ‘widow, and, having money at her disposal, will doubtless put up a- beautiful fight to hold all that is now in her keeping. The sons, too, are reso- lute and mean business. They elaim to be able to show that she had nothing when their father married her, and that two-thirds of what she now has belongs to thel CANCARRYNO AMERICAN GOODS United States Vessels Must Handle Freight to Dyea and Skaguay. Important Ruling by the Treasury Department on Klondike Supplies. Collector Jackson yesterday morning received the following circular of instruc- tions from the Treasury Department: Your attention is invited to the following provisfons of section 4347 of the Revised Statufes as amended by the act of February ‘‘No merchandise shall be transported under penalty of forfeiture thereof from one port of the United States to another port of the United States, In a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any forelgn power, and the transportation of merchandise in any such ves. sel or vessels from one port of the United States to another port of the United States via any foreign port shal d ot SRt e eemed a violation our attention {s also invited to the copy of @ letter from the collector ot shates at Port Townsend, inclosing a. communication gation Company at Victoria, B, C, Guestion whether steamers Gwned By T ne pany, being Canadlan vessels, can, without violating our laws, take American freight from Victoria, B. C., consigned from Seattle through to Skaguay or Dyea, Alaska, transported from Seattle to Victoria, B. C., on the American steamer Clty of Kingston. ¢ e collector has been advised i opinfon of the department such "':otc:'e'«'u;g: would be in violation of section 4347 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of February 15, 1883, quoted above, 3 —————— O'Brien’s Patent Spring, best and east- fies "G hran"E Bons. Goldon s Seel res. , Gol = nue and Polk street. o ats " —————— New Probate Rule. Presiding Judge Belcher ' of the -Su- perior Court has made a. new rule re- garding probate cases.. An order was f{s- sued yesterday to the effect that the presiding Judge would send for probate cases each morning and assign them be- fore the opening of court and at no other time. The new rule goes into effect this morning. POLICEMEN - MAKE & RECORD Officers O’Mera and! Murphy Maltreat an Aged Couple. Mr.and Mrs. Merrin Were Dragged Out of Bed and Sent to Jail. Aroused From Their Sleep and Charged With Disturbing the Peace. MRS. ELLIOT IMPRISONED. They Accost a Woman on the Street and Then Arrest Her on an Odious Charge. Policemen J.' J. O'Mera and T. C. Murphy were told. to don citizen's clothing on Saturday night and go out and make a record for themselves. If the stories told about them be true, and there seems: to. be no reason to doubt them; the policéemen made a record. Shortly. after midnight the two offi- cers with two others entered the Fargo lodging house ‘without any authority or warrant and’ treated several of the inmates in ‘a most abusive manner. : A lady who oceupies one of the rooms of the house was. aroused by the police- men breaking in her door. The officers struck-a light in the room and - systéematically ~commenced - a search of the place. The lady sat up in -heér .bed. and asked the policemen what they wanted. One. of - the four leered at her and replied: “Only just to see your pretty face.” The policemen . ransacked the room, using disgusting language all the time they were there. Then they went to an adjoining room where a woman and her three children slept. . They .searched that room. thoroughly .and the disturb- ance ‘they ‘made roused the proprietor, Edward Merrin, who went from ' his room into the hall to see what it was about. He remonstrated with the policemen for entering his house in such a manner and asked them the reason of it. He promised if any crime had been com- mitted by any of his lodgers he would give all the assistance he could to the officers. Merrin, however, received only curses and blows for his trouble and was dragged down to the street and placed under arrest. Mrs. Merrin hastily threw on a wrap- per and leaving her room followed her husband to the sidewalk and pleaded with the policemen to be gentle with the prisoner. Her pleadings, accordng to the interpretation of the policemen, was a crime, and she was placed under arrest. Mr. and Mrs. Merrin were charged with disturbing the peace, and the case ‘will be heard in the Police Court on ‘Wednesday. The prisoners were re- leased on bail. ' Policemen O'Mera and Murphy added another arrest to their.brilllant records on Saturday eveng. Late at night they appeared at the Central prison with Mrs. Elliott, the wife of a stableman employed at the Green Val- ley stables, and charged her with in. decent conduct in the streets. Mrs. El- liott has been separated from her hus- band for some weeks and she had no friends to assist her. Judge Campbell dismissed her from custody. She said she was walking on Mission street toward her home on Sixth street when the two policemen in civilian clothes came along. As they neared her one of them raised his hat and said “Good evening.” Mrs. Elliott, thinking it was some one who knew her, replied with a similar salute, : “Where are you going?” one of the policemen asked as they both turned. “T am going home,” she replied. “No you are not; you are going with us,” and the two officers took her by the arms and led her to a patrol box and summoned the wagon, She remained in prison nearly two days with the odious charge against her. They Were Not Burglars. Charges of attempt at burglary against George Hay and David Grant were dis- missed by Judge Wallace yesterday and the persons were discharged. They were accused of having attempted to effect an entrance into Barnes & Khelenbeck's store, Mission and Eighth streets. Hay went to trial, and owing to insufficlency of evidence Judge Wallace instructed the jury to acquit the defendant and order bo{{ prisoners. discharged. ——————— Dr. Lee Reappointed. Dr: A. 8. Lee, Inspector of Customs, re- signed about four months ago in order to devote himself to the practice of his profession. In that period he became convinced that Jmflenu were not -so plentiful as practice, and he expressed a: desire to be returned to his old employ- | ment in the Custom-house. His wis was t;:radfled yesterday by his reappoint~ men The fac-simile * signature of is on every wrapper FOR SPEED AND COMEORT The New Launch Port Costa Is a Fast and Handsome Cralft. | | | | | An Opposition Boat to Be Put on the Petaluma Creek Route. Death' of Elisha Higgins, the Well- Known Ship-Owner and Lum- ber Merchant. The latest addition to the gasoline | fleet is G. W. McNear’s launch Port | Costa. ~ The big dealer in wheat has | built his summer residence on the hills | above his grain elevators and the launch will carry. himself and family to San' Francisco and around the bay on many an - excursion. -~ The Port Costa is 45 feet long; 9 feet broad and* 43¢ feet deep. - She is fitted with a fifty-horsepower Union gas engine, and Mr. MeNear will be disappointed if, when down to her bearings, she will| not beat thirteen knots an hour. = She will have. a long overhang deck and Pullman berths for four will be pro- vided in the after cabin and for ‘two in: the forward cabin. ' She will be finished fn quarter sawed oak, rubbed! and varnished, will have heavy. plate glass windows and will be upholstered | with ‘morocco leather. . As she may be occasionally used for towing. small crafts. a towing post has been put in, but when not in use it can be made to disappear in the after compartment and the hole in the deck will be cov- ered with a metal plate. = The Port Costa had already half a dozen races on her hands: and in the Augusta and America she will have two. fast boats 10 meet. Captain Turner, - Navigating Officer ‘W. E. Gunn, Ensign Peterson and a squad of men from the naval militia were busy at work on the sloop-of-war Marion yesterday. =~ Fenders ~between the vessel and Howard street wharf were put out, one of the boats on the starboard side was taken into the re- serve boathouse and the other was brought in on deck so as to prevent any possibility of damage from 'vessels which may have to dock ahead of the Marion. ~ Everything will be shipshape by the end of the week and ‘the reserve | Wwill then begin to prepare for the re- ception and ball which is' to be held on board the latter part of the month. Great credit is due to. Chief Engineer George Kingsland and his crew for the manner in which they got the war- ship’sengines ready to come to San Francisco.. They did not reach Mare Island until: midnight Saturday, and then found that a great deal of ma- chinery had been taken apart in order to facilitate oiling. . The men went to ‘work with a will and by 8 o’clock Sun- day morning everything was in work- ing order and the vessel was ready to start at a moment'’s notice. | A couple of ‘the coasting fleet are making long passages from the Sound. The schooner Maggie C. Russ is ' now fifteen days out from Port Gamble, and ihe schooner Mary E. Russ seventegn days from Port Ludlow. Both vessels gre lumber laden and the chances are their ‘long passages will be accounted for by contrary winds. The American. bark Hadyn Brown is having a hard time of it to get to this coast. She left Baltimore for Puget Sound 265 days ago and twice has been compelled to put into different ports for - repairs.. - On -May 27 she put into’ Bermuda leaking, and it took un- til - July 10 to patch her up and get her to sea again. On September 10 she: put into Montevideo with her decks ‘swept, boats carried away and three of the crew washed over- board. It took until November 22 to get her ready for sea again, and since that day she has not been heard from. It will take her a long time to get this far up the coast, and the chances are by the time she reaches her destination she will have the longest passage on record to her credit. The Star line of sailing vessels, one of the best known in England, is going out of existence and several of its ves- sels will be owned in San' Francisco. The Star of Italy has been sold to J. J. Moore & Co., and will go into the Australian trade. The Star of Bengal has been purchased by Captain J. Smith, and will also be put in the Aus- tralian trade. The Star of Bengal is now on her way from Swansea to Santa Rosalia. On her arrival there, ands after discharging her cargo, she will be taken over by Captain Hender- son, late master of the four-masted schooner Golden Shore, and Captain Oliver, her present master, will come to San Francisco on her as a passenger. The steamer San Blas arrived from Panama and way ports yesterday with a few passengers and a large cargo of coffee. At Corinto she landed thirteen engineers who came from the East to work on the Nicaragua canal. ¥From this it looks as though the work on the canal was going to be pushed to com- pletion. The United States steamer Adams ar- rived from Honolulu yesterday and went direct to Mare Island. She was twenty-six days coming, having cov- ered the entire distance under steam. The funeral of the late Elisha Hig- gins will take place from his home in Oakland to-day. The deceased was the senfor member of the firm of Higgins & Collins, and part owner in the teamer Celia, three-masted schooners Daisy Rowe and Glendale, four-masted schooners Alice Cook and Robert Lew- ers, ships John Ina and Hawailan Isles and many others. He was one of the best-known and best-liked men in the shipping and lumber business in San Francisco, and his death is a distinct loss to the business community. Monsieur Augeo, the owner of the Pom- mery champagne, arrived from the east on a trip to this city combining business and pleasure and is at the Palace. ADVERTISEMENTS. Dangerous, Warning of heart diresse are short- . Signals ness of breath from going upstairs, sweeping or sing- ing, sinking or smothering spe'ls ‘(especially at night) flattering or palpitation, pain or tenderness in the left breast, side, arm or shoulder, irregular or {intermittent pulse, weak, hungry or falnting spells, dropsy, swell. ing of the feet or ankles, etc. There is one sure, practicai remedy for heart troubles, S ) the prescription ot D Dr. Miles Franklin Miles, and is Biok ping guaran 1o benefit. Heart and el Hoart Cure WHY ? ‘Why will - people attempt things for ‘which they are entirely unsuited? ‘Why do women worry, cry and fret, when they should be pleasant and hap- py.most of their time? Why are men blue, despondent, mel- ancholy, stolid, so often, when they should be strong, hopeful, enterprising and vigerons? Why should any man or woman en= danger health, possibly life, when a lit- tle care will prevent it? ‘Why is the présent season of the year 80 depressing, enervating—the very air filled .with chills, pneumonia, grip and all bad influences? ‘Why unless the seeds of disease are on every hand, and need to be fought against constantly? ‘Why will people permit the dangers, sickness and troubles:of.this season to affect their health and undermine their life, when . they can easily -be coun= teracted? ‘Why do people not: realize that the best thingforovercoming these troubles is pure whiskey taken as a medicine? ‘Why will people persist in taking im- pure, adulterated injurious -whiskey, ‘when 50 pure an article can be secured as Duffy’s Pure Malt? ‘Why will unscrupulous druggists seek to palm off inferior and ‘injurious whiskeys? . ‘Because they can make much more money out of the cheap and impure, than they can from: the sale of the genuine and valuable. Ask your prugsise GATARRH “- for a generous P = 10 CENT T ¢ TRIAL SIZE. ,5435:'{;,2'&%10 + ELY’S CREAM BALM contains no cocaine, ‘mer- cury orany other injurious i S (0L DinHER Taste and Smell. Is quickly absorbed. Gives rellef at cnce. 50 cts. at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size 10c. by mail. ELY_BROTHE AMUSEMENTS. rug. It opens and cleans the Nasal ~Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation, Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restor BALDWIN THEATER. SECOND AND LAST WEEK BUT ONH. IT IS TO LAUGH. Edw. E. Rice's. Superb Spectacie, THE GIRL FROM PARIS Catchy Musical Numbers! = Pretty Dances! Coming—THE “BOSTONIANS: At the California next ~Sunday—BLACK PATTI'S TROUBADOURS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MRS. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Maniger EVERY EVENING, OUR LATEST TRIUMPH! The Merry Operatic Fantasie; “THE PEARL OF PEKIN!” A GREAT_CAST- Edwin Stevens, Thomas C. Leary, Phil Brangon, Arthur Boyce, Florence Wolcott, Edith Hall, Fred Kavanagh, Ete. Beautiful Scenery. Gorgeous Accessories. Superb Orlental Costumes. —SONG—DANCE—HUMOR—BALLET— Popular prices.. ..25c” and 500 BOX. OFFIC! EN. Greatest Equestrian: Act in the World. THE GREAT GAUTIER And [ His Trained Riding _Horses; THR NAWNS;, Irish Comedians; "BROS. 'DUNN, Fecentric Acrobats; THE JACKSONS, Ebony. Taughmakers: AL WILSON, German come- dian; ALMONT & DUMONT;: Instrumental CARLETTA Artist Elastic; DOL~ LINE COLE, World's ~ Female - Barytone; AMERICAN BIOGRAPH, New. Life :Scenes. Reserved - seats, Zc. Balcony, .10c. Opera chairs and Box seats, 50c. MOR 0’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Walter Morosco........Sole Lessee and Manager. Commencing TO-NIGHT, January 31, Initial: Production of the Sensational Scenic Melodrama. —“DOWN IN DIXIE ""— Depleting - the - South during: reconstruction times. Beautiful scenery. Highly sensational scenes. . The thrilling rescue from the cotton press in the burning mill.. Negro specialties, songs and dances, The Acme Quartet in melo- dies of the South. vening prices—10, 2% and 50c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. Seats by Phone ALCAZ& Main 254, Every Night This Week “A GREAT HIT.” VICTOR DURAND! Henry Guy Carleton’s Drama, MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY. Prices... v10a188; Next Week— ‘CHARLEY'S AUNT."" Minine Fair ——AND— KLONDIKE ... EXPOSITION AT MECHANICS’ PAVILION. DAILY....10 A. M. TO 5 P. M., 7:30 0 10:30 P. M Special Souvenir Coffee Spoons, “‘Mining Fair, 1888 in bowl, each spoon free to each lady’ buying Z-cent ticket of admission ‘to Falr at Mechanics' Pavilion box-office. FROM 10 TO 5 0'CLOCK ONLY TO-DAY. To-night, Great _Sack-carrying Rogers” _ Military Band, all-day See tho North Bloomfleld Mine, now in opera- tion. Underground mine and tunnel. Tesla Electrical Wonders. Bartholomew’s_Trained Horses. Trip to Dawson City. - Hear Professor Killick's lecture on the Yukon. Miss Davies® Cookery for Camp Fare. Free half-hourly ex- hibitions of the Moving Pictures and Alaskan Stereopticon Views. SPECIAL NOTICE. Saturday Is School Children’s Day. School children admitted for 10 cents each and given a bag of Gruenhagen's Pure Candy. Special Children’s and Ladies' Entertainment Satur- day. Y COMMUTATION TICKETS, $5 0. Admission—Adults, 25 cents; children, 15 cents. CHIQUITA! THE " CONDENSED CUBAN PATRIOT,” And Smallest Woman on Earth! EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING at = R HUTES —— RAIN OR SHINE. LEVEES CROWDED DAILY. THETHEATER 1S THOROUGHLY HEATED. 10c to all, including Vaudeville; Children, 5e. 35c, B0e INGLESIDE TRACK. RACING FROM MONDAY, dJan. 24, to SATURDAY, Feb. 5, inclusive. Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shize. FIRST RACE AT 2 P. M. S. P. R. R. Trains 11:45and 1:15 P. M..Daily. cia st. Returning immediately after the races. ELECTRIC CAR LINES. Kearny-st. and Mission-st. cars every three minutes, direct to track without change. Fill- | more-st. cars transfer-each way, - - S. N. ANDROUS, President. F. H. GREEN, Secretary. THE LYBECK CYCLE SKATING RINK, Howard st., bet. 3d and 4th. Optical Illusions. Orchestra’ music. Open daily from 9:30 a. m. 30 £o 10 p. m. General ; Gents' Slaces, Ladies” Skates, Free. A Dance Will He Given Regu- Address DR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Eik hart, Ind. —_— e Jarly Every Wednesday and. Saturday Even- ings, Starting February 2. OLYMPIA— Ca;nevd of Heson and Shnedheianin sk e i ARy ly Streets. Most_Beautiful Music Hall in Amerlca. KIRCHNER’S LADIES’ ORCHESTRA. Hear JESSIE MILLER, the Female Levy. OLIO OF SPECIALTY ARTISTS. Admiseion free, Theater Heated. ik PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB Leave Third-st. station, stopping at Valen- .