The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1898 7 —_— LOOKS LIKE A STUFFED (RY-BOX Sensational Discovery Made by Superior Judge Hunt. Names of Talesmen Not on the Official List. He Reported the Fact, and an | Investigation Is Now in Progress. A SCANDAL MAY RESULT. No Explanation as to How the Errors Came to Exist Can Be Given. A little sensation that may be fruit- ful of a large scandal was produced yesterday when Judge Hunt announced that he had found that the “big box" in the County Clerk's office containing the names of the jurymen who will try civil and cri nal c: during present vear had either been “stuffed” or unpardcnable clerical errors were re- sponsible for a condition of circum- stances that would cause no end of trouble. Last Friday Judge Hunt, while drawing a jury in his court, found that three names drawn out of the box were not on his list of jurymen. Each Judge was given a new list, with the names in alphabetical order, by Presiding Judge Belcher a few days ago. Friday, when twelve talesmen were drawn, the names of Frederick Lux, George A. Brown and C. H. Babcock were ameong them. Judge Hunt consulted his list and found that their names were absent. This condi- tion of affairs astor ed Judge Hunt, and he consulted the list of last year and found that the same conditions ex- isted. He then informed the talesmen whose names did not appear that they had best not sit on any jury. Although he had nothing against them and knew that all were men of unquestionable reputation, the rules of the court would not admit of the establishment of such a precedent. Judge Hunt then conferred with afl the Judges of the Superior Court and informed them that it looked very much as though an attempt had been made to stuff the jury box. Actuated by this information ch Judge has resolved to compare his list of names with those of the talesmen in his box. As Judge Hunt found three names not on the list in a venire of forty- it is thought that many more will be dug up. Judge Carroll Cook commenced his investiga- Several Deputy County isted in the checking up of e names, and the work will continue until the entire list has been gone over. 0 explanation as to how the names have been placed in the “big box' can be given. Some advance the opinion that some of the clerks who made out the list for the box inserted the names of friends in order that they might fall heir to the remuneration that accompa- nies the position of juryman. This theory, however, seems to meet with but little favor, as the names already drawn not on the list are those of men whose time is of much more value to them than a juryman’s pay. In any event the Judges have determined to sift the matter to the bottom and weed out all names that do not belong on the list, and, if possible, determine how they came there. BRODERICK TO MAYOR PHELAN A Discussion as to the Care of the Municipal Funds. The Auditor Declares He Has Signed No Bills Which Are Iilegal. Auditor Broderick made another warm talk to Mayor Phelan yesterday in a com- munication to the city’s chief executive. He denies that he has either been in- strumental the municipal departments or that he has passed any bills that are not legal. The major portion of Mr. Broderick's letter was as follows: “Long service in office” or “fear of stultifi- cation of previous course” have nothing what- ever to do with my reluctance in *‘following the direction’ of the Mayor. entirely to a spirit of caution and conservat- fsm, due to an education in office, obtained through experience somewhat seasoned information obtained through close applic @nd study, and the lessons taught by many suits instituted by partles desirous of having The to do that which my judgment dictated otherwise. (I have been, as a general thing 5o far, sustained by the judicial arm of the overnment on such occasions.) The Mayor fos Deen too often in error in his interpreta- tions of law to have any right to expect me to take directions in preference to my own judg- = ar fers t 'ontinuing, the Auditor refers to cer- \a?n persofinl correspondence between himself and the Mayor, and declares the Mayor to be in error as to the possibility of stationery and printing being the same thing. Statlonery is provided for under the act of May 17, 1861, and printing is provided for by an act of March 24, 1868, and the Consolidation Act, section [N Says Auditor Broderick: ; The demands allowed to me for stationery are strictly legal, and it is therefore becoming offensive to me to have contrary assertions encouraged or made in letters, interviews and editorial comments, containing at times im. proper and disgusting fllusions to my personal as well as officlal character. As to the extravagance charged against the County Clerk the Auditor says: i e attention of the Board of Supervisors hag oen_ calied 4o 1t each year when 1 submitted estimate expenditures for that office. My opposition and protest has been uniform and steady against that office for a long time before you were elected to the office of Mayor, and if I mistake mnot I made suggestions to you long since ~how your power might lessen it to some extent It is therefore more than annoying to have It thrown up to me as & new discov- ery, in letters, interviews and editorial com ments. A proper public spirit should suggges that the existence of such extravagance 1s not chargeable to the Auditor. The faflure in the suit of the Superior Court to which you have referred but lends force to- the side 1 have taken In the discussion of the subject, and is against your contention. In my letter to you November 2 I sald: *I am disposed to hold the demands a_ reasonable time, say ten days (all the demands of the County Clerk and also the District Attorney), so that you may recon- sider your premises wherein we differ, and ghould” no ‘change of opinion arise, ~then we may bring about some means of securing 8 osedy Judlcial determination of the ques tion at {ssue.”” You preferred to try the issue alone; you should therefore hold the Auditor blameless for the result. the | in allowing extravagance in | It is attributable | 1 Gordin'sSanitarium,il4Pine,ur. Kearny,S.F.,Cal. [NFLUENCE OF THE CHIEF WHARFINGER G. W. Root Accused of Misusing His Offi- cial Position. s B 'He Is Said to Own Stock in a Transfer Com- pany. All Kinds of Favors Easily Procured for His Friends. | | THREATS FILL THE AIR. but Admits | ! He Is an Employe of the | | | | | | He Denies the Charge, Private Concern. There is a general howl going up among transfer and delivery men | along the water front over the actions | of Chief Wharfinger Root, and the air is filled with mingled threats and ex crations. About a month ago a new transfer| company known as the San Francisco | Transfer Company sprung into exist- | ence. The names of the proprietors of | this concern appear in the County Clerk’'s office as George Grunewald, A. | W. Johnson, Lemuel Lucas and James Gaffeny. The transfer men, however, claim that Chief Wharfinger Root forms a large part of the com- pany in the capacity of a silent part- ner, and that he prostitutes his posi- tion in the most shameful manner to throw business in the way of his fav- orite company. Many instances are cited of compa- nies holding the right of way on steam- ers and steam schooners, and then, when the vessel would arrive in port and their agents attempt to board, they would be confronted with an iron- clad statement to the effect that the San Francisco Transfer Company had the sole right of way on board that ves- | sel. It is also said that a short time previous to the incorporation of the | new company Root informed the cap- tains of various vessels that in a short time he would have a favor to ask of them, and it has been noticed that the San Francisco company now has the right of way on these vessels. | The favors that can be shown a steamship company by the Chief ‘Wharfinger, without their being notice- able, are innumerable, while he can also subject them to any number of petty annoyances and delays without the appearance of their having been done intentionally. If it is convenient | for a ship to lie at a certain pier or in | a certain berth, the Chief Wharfinger | can either assign her to that berth or can find a thousand and one reasons to keep her waiting for hours or assign her to some other berth. It makes lit- tle or no difference to a captain or owner what company has the privilege of soliciting the baggage on his ship, and if he can throw this privilege in the way of a man who can do him favors | In return it seems but natural that he should do so. & | Mr. Root emphatically denied that he | owned any stock in the company or | that he had made undue use of the in- fluence of his position to procure traffic for it. “All I have to do for the com- pany,” he said, “is that I hold a po- | sition as secretary and bookkeeper for | it at a salary: 1 own no stock in it, and | only wish I did. Mr. Johnson is a warm him among friends on the water front, work. What I have done for Mr. John- son I would do for any other friend. | The company was organized about a | month ago, and I was employed as sec- retary at a stated salary. All receipts and bills naturally bear my name, and I suppose this has given the impression that I had an interest in the company. my duty to the Harbor Board has ended, and I believe that I am free to go and do as I choose. I then go up town, where I have another office, and look after the books of the transfer company. “Of course, as its employe, it is my duty to throw any work I can in its to back me up in it. | as there is nothing in law to prevent | me¢ from going into the transfer busi- ness if I choose. I am only restrained from having interest in shipping, hold- ing a mortgage on vessels, or acting as | | an agent for a marine insurance. com- pany. If these people wish to complain | about my actions after I am through here they are at liberty to do so, but I know that they would not be able to prove that I have misused my position | here in any way.’ | TREASURY .DECISIONS. | o e | Collector Jackson Notified of Several | Very Important Rulings of the Department. The Treasury Department has notified Collector Jackson that it has made de- cislons to the following effect Calfskins are entitled to free entry, but no dividing line in weight between skins and hides has been fixea. Coastwise sea-going steam vessels under register are exempt from carrying licensed pilots. There is no provision of law granting the exclusive right to owners of patents of importing patented articles. Hides of neat cattle imported into the United States from Europe, if not dry salted or arsenic cured, require disinfec- tion; but if imported in 'transit to Canada no disinfection will be required. Rags from Europe imported into the United States, whether in transit or not, require disinfection under quarantine regulations of the Marine Hospital service. ———— WANTED FOR BATTERY. Buperintenden?of the Schmidt Com- | pany Assaults a Lithographer. C. J. Freeman, a lithographer in the employ of the Schmidt Label and Litho- graphic Company,swore to a complaint in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for the arrest of Carl Rahskoppf, the super- intendent, on a charge of battery. His statement is that he has been for some time trying to get the superintendent to introduce a new system of zincograph, but the other men objected. Saturday he and the superintendent were talking over the matter, when the superintendent struck him 'on the face and body, and since then he has been suffering from hemorrhages. He has been in the com- pany’s employment since January 25. —_—— Rheumatism, kidney &liver diseases cured. Dr. | It is charged that McIntosh, while em- | George | | | friend of mine and I have introduced | who I knew could give him plenty of | ‘When 1 close my office here at 5 o'clock | way, and I have also done so whenever | I could without using my position here | If I owned stock | in the company I would not deny fit, | | | and employes of the San Francisco and SCANDAL IN | HOFE CASE [NTIMATED One of Defendant’s Counsel Is Charged With Misconduct. Said to Have Offered to Sell an Alleged Con- fession. Judge Carroll Cook Has Or- dered an Investigation to Be Made. TO PRESENT AFFIDAVITS. Counsel’'s Serious Position —Some One Must Suffer for the Offense. The honor of Benjamin W. McIntosh, of counsel for Albert Hoff, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary Clute, is in- volved in a scandal which has cropped up since the work of securing a jury to try the carpetlayer for his life commenced. ployed in maintaining his client’s cause in court, has furthered negotiations to sell what is alleged to be a confession from the pen of the accused of the murder which is laid at his door, and Judge Cook, appreciating the graveness of the affair, vesterday ordered the District Attorney to make an immediate investigation and report his findings to the court. ‘When Hoff appeare4 in court yesterday he was angry, and when Judge Cook en- tered the room he ceased passing his )bony fingers through one another and | looked appealingly at the court as though | he would have retributive justice meted | out to him who falsely or otherwise stat- | ed that he had added to the weight of | evidence against him. Judge Cook took his seat on the bench, and without cere- mony dismissed the ten jurymen who had been selected to try the prisoner. He | then announced that it had been called | to his attention by the District Attorney | that one of defendant’s counsel had been publicly charged with grave misconduct, | and ordered the District Attorney to make | an immediate investigation. | “If the charge be untrue” said Judge | | ! | Cook, “action should be taken to punish the newspaper that published it. If it be | true, other action should be taken. What- ever investigation the District Attorney | may make must be presented to me in affidavits. Upon these affidavits I will take appropriate action, It is the duty | of the defense to aid the District Attorney in_this investigation.” ! So ended Judge Cook’s remarks, but it | is evident from their tenor that some one must suffer, either the newspaper that | published the charge, or the attorney | charged by the newspaper. W. H. Schooler, leading counsel for the | defense, replied to the remarks of the court, and said that he would lend all | the assistance in his power to get at the | bottom of the seandal. “Although I have | no knowledge of the matter,” said the attorney, 1 will present any facts I ob- | tain to the court in writing and under | oath.” Judge Cook then recalled the | jurymen, and after many veniremen had been examined, R. F. Mapleson and Julius Baudman were accepted, and the jury was complete. To-day the taking of evi- dence will begin, and In all probability by | the end of the Week Hoft will know his ate. McIntosh who is accused of gross was in court during yester- | i's proceedings, and assisted In the | examination of talesmen, He was calm, but manifested by his appearance that | he did not enjoy the notoriety that had n thrust upon him. He is scharged ith having offered a few days ago to | sell a confession signed by Hoff for $2000. | In offering the document it is said that he | commssioned Edgar Haymond, an- | other attorney, to consummate she sale, | and declared that in offering the doc ment he was actuated only by a desire to save his client from the hangman’s noose. In the publication charging Mc | Intosh with the questionable proceeding he is quoted as saying: “Hoff will not accept one cent unden $2000 for his con- fession. He realizes that a great deal | can be done with money. Then, again, | his attorneys ought to be paid $700 or $500 for their work in his behalf. I fully realize the seriousness of the situation, 1 know that a man’s life is at stake, and I do not like to do anything that may | injure his cause and tend to send him to | the gallows. If his confession were pub- | lished Hoff might have to change his defense. He would have to deny the truth of the confession or else justify it in some way. The confession came to me through Aftorney Schooler. I took Mr. Haymond into the secret because I knew him and because I believed that he could do_something for my client.” Attorney Schooler emphatically denies that he had any knowledge of either a confession or an alleged confession, and Hoff does likewise. In the face of these conflicting statements, the District At- torney may have considerable difficulty | in clearing up tne matter to his own | satisfaction and to the satisfaction of the court. Appreciated Faithful Service. | Frederick C. Youngberg, who has held a responsible position in the secretary and controller’s office of the San Fran- cisco and North Pacific Rallway Com- pany for the past ten years, has received an appointment with Messrs. Scott & Van Arsdale of the Siskivou Lumber Company and other interests. Mr. Youngberg was taken very much by surprise this afternoon when he was made the recipient of a handsomely en- graved diamond ring from the officers North Pacific Railroad in appreciation of his services and the esteem in which he was held by all of his confreres. The inscription on the ring was “To F. C. Youngberg from well wishers of S. F. & N. P. Ry. Co., March, 1898.” —_—————————— Had Suffered Enough. Christian Olsen, a sallor, was sentenced to one month in San Quentin by Judge Cook yesterday for a burglary com- mitted in September, 1893. Olsen was ar- rested while leaving a store at 120 'Cali- fornia street, which he had looted. It was found that he was Insane and he was committed to an asylum. Yesterday he was discharged from the Institution as cured, and Judge Cook thought that he had suffered enough and gave him the lightest sentence possible. z — e In Favor of the Defendants. United States Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday rendered a decision in favor of the demurrer in the case of $Hienry D. P. Allen vs. Charles F. Allen and Aaron C. Allen, defenaants, and dismissed the Dill. The suit, was brought to compel the defendants to spe- cifically perform the terms of a certain mortgage contract on real estate in Hum- boldt County. ——— Took Carbolic Acid. Mary Eckert, age 22 years, living at 2027 Misslon street, took a dose of car- bolic acid shortly after midnight last night. She was found by her husband and removed to the Recelving Hospital. It is expected she will die. The only cause assigned for the act is sald to be the result of a surgical operation per- formed about two years ago, which it 1y disfigured her €. o il PLAYED AND PILLAGED BOARDERS An Innocent Ingenue Whose Graft Was Sneakthievery. Performed on the Piano and Worked Rooms of Guests. Hotels Done Up by a Pretty but Dishonest Maiden With a Baby Face. WANTED TO GET RICH. everal Hundred Dollars’ Worth of Valuables Stolen From the Russ and the Lick. There is & young woman in the eity whom the police are looking for, and when they find her, if they ever do, it is more than likely that the lodgings she has been seeking so assiduously will be provided for her in a nice country loca- tion across the bay, where she will have the most careful attention for the next couple of years without costing her a cent. The particular graft of this young per- son, who is about 18 years of age, wiht a pretty baby face and an innocent, in- genue manner, is sneak thievery. Her field of operations is the large hotels, and her victims are the unsuspecting board- ers therein. She has already succeeded in doing up people living at the Russ and Lick and vanishing without leaving any trace behind her other than the dim re- membrance in the mind of the hotel clerk of a pretty, youthful face and a stylishly clothed, well proportioned figure. The young lady, who is supposed to have gotten away with several hundred dollars’ worth of clothing and jewelry, first made her appearance about a week ago at the Russ. She entered the house in an unobtrusive manner, and, going to the parlor, played on the piano for a while, then quletly left. She came the next day, and continued to come until she succeeded in making the acquaintance of Mrs. A. Scofield, one of the regular boarders of the house, to whom she confided the fact that she was a young music teacher trying to make her own way, and living at the Brooklyn, from which house she intended moving,as [ ymmodations were not what she ofield—who now has the utmost - in the young woman’s abllty that way of which she spoke— terested In her and invited her her rooms. The girl went, and times agterward, and going ed at Mrs. Scofleld’s room when that was out. She was watched—as her actions had by this time become suspicious, and on one occasion Mrs. J. S. Young, the wife of Colonel Young, the fetor of the Russ, who Bush streat that are in with the alley running off tha are, and passing bshind the L i Sugter and Post streets, saw her go down the alley anc enter the Lick frone the rear. The strange young woman ceased her visits to the Russ on Friday last, and on Saturday Mrs. Scofleld discovered she was minus a silk skirt, a valuable lace neck wrap and two gold rings set with precious stones. She Informed the management of her loss, and Colonel Young went to the Lick to confer with Manager K. B. Soule of has rcoms faci direct alignme th | that house, and arrived just in time to hear of the loss of a valuable mink cape reported by an idignant lady guest. There he learned that the same young woman had been seen around the parlors and halls, and the supposition is that she is some expert room-worker, and, watch- ing her opportunity entered the apart- ments of the guests during their absence and carried off whatever she could lay her hands on, carrying her booty away under a long cloak she always wore. The matter was reported to headquar- ters and {s now in the hands of the police, who have a clew, as usual, MRS. RYLEY'S “MR. BUGLE A Farce of Some Humor, but the Plot Lacks Sus- pense. y Improved Alcazar Acting — Farce- Comeay at the California. Other Shows. ‘With the auditorium half filled and a lightweight farce on the stage, the Baldwin Theater appeared to be sadly nominal last nfght. The small audience pointed rather pathetically the recent triumph of the Bostonians, and the small play,a fair sample of currentsuc- cesses, marked the unimportant quality of the season. The play was “The Mysterious Mr. Bugle,” by that industrious young wo- man, Madeline Lucette Ryley, and called on the programme a legitimate farce. The word ‘“legitimate,” which has come to be a valuable bit of theat- rical slang, looks well in type, rolls well from the tongue, and in these days of lingerie festivals and leg carnivals, I dare say, does good service in distin- guishing one sort of farce from the other. Mrs. Ryley’s farce is, unquestionably, the other; with one exception, which doubtless is due to the sweet unworld- liness of the author, “The Mysterious Mr. Bugle” is entirely modest, respec- table and virtuous. No young man need to blush to take his father to see it. And apart from the many respec- tabilities it has one funny little situa- tion and several darts of that rarefied vaudeville repartee which has been the spirit of other Ryley plays. There are moments—little, idle moments—which are quite comfortable; but as comedy or legitimate farce or just plain old farce “Mr. Bugle” is enthusiastically unconvincing. I admit that “unconvincing” is al- most as vague a word as “legitimate,” but as Mrs. Ryley hopes to be under- stood by one so do I by the other. Even farce should carry sme convic- tion, should embody something plausi- ble, in order to ensnare the legitimate laugh. Mrs. Ryley never has been very plausible in plot and construction, but in both “Christepher Jr.” and “An American Citizen” she was industrious even if not 'really inventive—she seemed to try to make things look a little bit probable, This time Mrs. Ryley gives us a young Tom and Betty, whose engagement must be kept secret In order not to offend his grand- mamma, upon whom their prospects depend. Betty and her sister, Julia, are living at a hotel in New Jersey, and, presumably to secure a certain amount of liberty, Betty has registered as Mrs. Solomon Bugle, a name Which she and Tom have agreed upon. Without going Into the detalls aris- ing from a visit in the night to Betty’'s apartments by her oousin Allan and her subsequent inability to account to Tom for the absence of a doorkey, which Allan has carrled off, it can be sald that Tom is of a frightfully jeal- ous disposition, and that the right cir- cumstances might almost justify his suspicions. But it is in the arrange- ment of such eircumstances that the plece {s weak. Mrs. Ryley has not fin- ished one scheme before she is head- first into another, and has twisted and | tangled the vital thread of farce and lost all the elements of surprise. When the play reaches a stage wherein you are asked to believe, in the most trust- ful spirit of fun, that Tom believes that after all there is really a Mr. Bugle and Betty has deceived him all along—well, you can't see it for a minute and the whole thing becomes clumsy make-be- lieve. And, of course, this loose manner of accounting for everything does not tend to give special sanity to the char- acters. They are not those characters of real farce who are sent here, there, anywhere in a rush of plausible misad- venture. The actors of “Mr. Bugie” have to resort to being funny of them- selves. Even Joseph Holland, an artist, jumps and bobs and dances in his efforts to galvanize the part of Tom. In Betty Miss Gretchen Lyons is robbed of brilliant acting by the wild fluctuations of the role. Miss Winona Shannon can be only frankly silly as Sister Julia, and Lucius Henderson, at best an affected personality, is hardly | of this earth as Cousin Allan. The one clever situation to which I| alluded earlier is that in the first act, where Betty accounts to Tom for the | cigar stump in her room by telling him that she has become an inveterate smoker. “I couldn’t live without ci- gars,” she says. “Then I'll save your lif¢"—and Tom sees to it that she smokes a good inch of one of his own perfectos. The ingenuous indelicacy is in the cheerful manner in which Tom and Allan settle it between themselves that Betty’s Mr. Bugle {s their own house servant. ASHTON STEVENS. Alcazar. If it were allowable to descend into slang the expression to use regarding the presentation of *“The District Attorney” at the Alcazar would be that it “tipped the hands” of the stock company of that theater. The whole company, or rather that pact of it which is included in the cast, gave evidence of an ability that was a surprise to old Alcazar goers. All did well—so well that one wondered why they have permitted tuemselves to do such slack work in other plays. The drama, “The District Attorney,” is one that permits strong action, and it can be said that no point was lostor weakened through o misconception on the part of any performer. Wright Huntiagton, ‘n the title role, lost his individuality,or, per- , personality is the better word, to an extent that he gave strong iden- the part. While the entiza cast is ing of especial menation for 5 tiie individual work of William Tascoe as Frank Plerson, Wallace Shaw as Muthews Brainard, and of Miss Ger trude Foster as Grace Brainard, added strength to the presentation. Bryant's McGrath was the customary stage politi- clen, and, as that, well played, but it lacked a little of the distinction of real- iy. Wallace Shaw as General Ruggles. and Frank Denithorne as Weliiniton Gridiey, made capital showings, and Miss Castro as Helen Knight in the third act gave evi- dence of real ability. Taken as a whole the yerrormance is a record for the little stock company. California. It is a year and a half since “Town Topics,” the plece now playing at the California, was first presented in this city at the Columbia, without scoring any particular success. Some new specialties have been introduced since then, and all the parts, except those played by World, Keller and Mack, are in the hands of new people. Still, it is_practically the same show—a rough and howling farce comedy, the only signal difference being that 50 cents is now the highest price. After all, the price cuts considerable figure in the theatrical business, and largely deter- mimes the character of the audience. “Town Topics” is now able to attract a crowd that is quite in touch with its mode of fun. On the Rialto it is rumored that Friedlander, Gottlob and Marx are s0 pleased by the success of this venture that they will undertake making a feat- ure of cheap shows at the California. Orpheum. There are fine names on the new Or- pheum bill, notably John J. Burke' and Will H. Fox, who stand for many a big success here in the past, yet neither Burke nor Fox is as startling as usual this time because, like many other clever vaudeville players, they have lingered too long with the old, old acts. Burke has been in Australia for many months, and returns with practically the same act in which he said au revoir last season; Fox has added a few new wrinkles to his Paderewski turn and taken to singing “The Red, White and Blue” In a voice that is more patriotic than beautiful. Both men are clever, but on the whole, a bit behind in the’procession. Albert Athas and Lizzie Collins, from Australia, are making their American debut. Miss Collins is a sister of the famous Lottie: she sings In large, spieler volce, and dances with weight and difficulty. Mr. Athas is very limber-legged and clowns With considerable vivacity. The best of the performance is in last week’s hits, which are still emphatically on top. Sabel has a new coon song, and Rudinoff an unlimited stock of plctorial inspiration. Morosco’s. “The English Rose,” an _established Eng- lish melodrama of Irish locale, was produced at Morosco's last night. The company and the elaborate scenery were complimented by much applause. Columbia. ¥ The Primrose & West Minstrels have all of the week at the Columbia. Rice's 1492" folows. Tivoli. These are the last nights of “The Geisha.” The musical production of “Widow O’Brien” will be given on Mon- day. Chutes. Chiquita and the Zoo are making pros- perity out at the Haight street grounds. Marteau. At the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium Marteau gives the second of his independent recit- als to-morrow night. Lachaume assists the young violinist. e Contests Her Husband’s Will. Clara Augusta Gordon Wilson filed a contest yesterday to the will of her hus- band, John C. Wilson, who died in this city on February 24 last, and asks the court to revoke the order made , on March 15, admitting the document to pro- bate. Mrs. Wilson was not named in the will, and she states that an unintentional oversight on the part of her husband is responsible for the fact. Mrs. Wilson has three children, ana she prays that the property be distributed in the same man- ner as though her husband had dled in- testate. ———————— A Boy Sues for Damages. Edward Gibson, 13 years of age, com- menced sult agalnst the Market-street Railway Company vesterday for $10,000 dnmngeyl for the loss of his left leg on December 9, 1867. The boy was endeavor- ing to board a Valencia-street car when he fell under the wheels and his leg was 80 badly crushed that it had to be ampu- tated. He alleges that the accident was caused by the negligence of the defend- ant's employes. X The fac-simile signatuse of | horses s taken sick the Chief de- is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. | MUST REPORT SICK HORSES Chief Lees Aims a Blow at Veterinary Surgeon W estphal. Determined That He Shall Not Further Impose on the Department. The City Will in All Probability Builda Its Stable. Oown Chiet Lees intends that hereafter Veterinary Surgeon Westphal shall not use the Police Department in adding to | his bank account. Yesterday he is- sued an order to his captains compell- ing them to make daily reports to him of the number of horses used in the patrol wagons, whether they belong to the city or not, and also the stray horses which are picked up by the po- lice and which find their way to West- phal's stables. If one of the city's mands that the captain under whose charge the animal is to at once report it to him. By these means the Chief expects to considerably reduce West- phal’s heavy demands on the city treasury. At the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors a proposition will be made by the Chief of Police to rent a lot in the Migsion for the purpose of erecting stables for the horses of the Police De- partment. “This is about the only large city in the world,” he remarked last night, ‘where the police department does not own its stables. I am in favor of pur- chasing a suitable site and erecting stables thereon. “This would not only prevent the heavy and sometimes exorbitant de- mands of stable men on the city treas- ury for maintaining the horses of the Police Department but would reduce the expenses several thousand dollars a year. I have nothing to say agains ‘Westphal except that we all that he is increasing his bank roll at the expense of the city. At the next meeting of the Supervisors I will en- deavor to correct the evil by asking that body to buy a suitable site so that we can have our own stables. The horses and wagons would then be under | the absolute control of the Police De- partment.” Captain Wittman feels sore over the statement that he is the only Captain of Police whose horse is cared for at | the expense of the city. “All the captains have horses,” he remarked last night, “which are main- tained by the city. It is necessary that we should have horses, as it is impos- sible to cover our respective districts realize | TEN DIFFERENT WAYS By Which One May Break the Health and Blast the Life—One Way to Prevent. _ 1. Getting run-down and exhausted through excessive hot weather. 2. Through loss of appetite and inability to receive nourishment from food arising from the same cause. 3. Keeping too late hours at night, and sleeping too late in the morning. 4. Neglecting to take sufficient exercise to keep the body healthy, through feeling too tired to do so, by reason of a weak- ened system. . 5. Neglecting to wash the body ciently to keep th pores of the skin open. 6. Keeping up a constant excitement by fretting the mind with borrowed trouble. 7. Taking meals at irregular intervals. 8. Injuring the stomach by deluging it with_copious draughts water. 9. Through getting aughts while overheated from active exercise. 10. Indigestible food taken which causes billousness and pleasant symptoms. one way in which health °d or regained in spite of late at night, other un- can be mal all these dangers which menace it, and that is by th 2 gentle, healthful stimulant which will keep the’ blood in proper circulation, destroy impurities which enter the rstem, and _give vigor and tone to the whole body. Such an aid is to be found in the use of Duffy’s pure { malt whiskey, which physicians so strongly recommend as the best and only means of maintaining - heaith, strength and energy The strongest reak down un- ent agent of the nature of the great preparation above named and d AMUSEMENTS. e Balifornia Thcalr FRIEDLANDER GOTTLOE 8.C° ssits 8 ramumy CROWDED AGAIN LAST NIGHT ! | The Production and the Low Prices Caught the Town! The Great Farce Comedy Success, TOWN TOPICS. With WORLD, K !gmwuuun GOTTLOB 8.2 LEssees g rumtetes SECOND AND LAST WEBK. PRIMROSE & WEST’S BIG MINSTRELS. F LEADING STARS! gl iy e IST OF FEATURES! NEXT MONDAY—Rice's “1482.” BALDWIN THEATER. EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY. Madeline Lueette Ryley's Latest Comedy Sue- cess, The MYSTERIOUS MR. BUGLE. | | Presented by JOSEPH HOL‘L;\ND and an ef- ent_cast. $150-and $1; Balcony, “HELD. Prices—Lower floo: T5c and 50c. COMING on foot.” He, however, believes that Westphal is fast getting rich at the expense of the city. Martin Bulger’s Funeral. The funeral of the late Martin Bulger took place yesterday morning from St. Ignatius Church. There was a large con- course of friends, and high mass was sung for:the repose of the soul of de- ceased. The following citizens acted as pall- bearers: James Moffitt, George Bowen, Captain_Erskine, Matthew Doyle, John Ketly Jr., Stewart Menzies, Andrew Markham,’ Cornelius Markham, Captain A. C. Freese, Dennis Sullivan, J. J. Seavey, John' E. O'Brien, F. A. Jones, | Frank Bragg, George Scott and Bernard Connelly. There was a large attendance of mem- | bers of the Exempt Firemen and other civic orders.” There were many floral tributes. ADVERTISEMENTS. AS A FAMILY BEVERAGE Blatz The . Deer Milwaukee OCCUPIES A MOST PROMINENT POSITION ‘Wives and mothers are quick to discern its unusual benefits to estion and to health in general, fi after one trial invariably Call for Blatz and Look for ¢Blatz’’ on the Cork. VAL.BLATZ BREWING CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS., U. S. A. Louls Cahen & Son, Wholesale Dealers, 1}6—418 Sacramento St., San Francisco. ‘elephone Main 416. ELY’S CREAM BALM isa Mflnm: . Apply into the nogtrils. It is quickly absorbed. 50 cents at Druggists or by mail ; samples 10¢c. by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York City, Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE Remedy great Mexican i gives health and strength to the sexual AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MRS. ERNESTINE KRELING. Proprietor & Manager —LAST NIGHTS— Of the Brilllant Japanese Musical Comedy, “THE GEISHA!” The Prettiest Production of the Year. —NEXT WEEK— The Most Laughable of Musical Comedles, “THE WIDOW O'BRIEN,” SONG—DANCE—HUMOR. POPULAR PRICES 2% AND 5 CENTS. On account of unsatisfactory telephone sery- Jee 1o orders for seats will be on. Teceived here- 1 | WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, MAR. 4. | "Will H. Fox, comedian-pianist: Bush & For- rest, comedy sketch artists; Athas & Collins, | Australia’s favorites; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mec- | Intosh, ebony fun; Jese Quintet, greatest vocal- | ists; Josephine Sabel, vivacious chanteuse, in- troducing the great Human Music Sheet—50 col- | ored vocalists; Rudinof, fantastic dellneator; | Webb & Hassan, hand acrobats: Smith & Cook. | dancing comedians. | _Reserved Seats, 25c. Balcony, 10c. | Chairs and Box Seats, Soc. 'ALCAZAR. SEATS Ph MAIN & Secats THIS WEEK ONLY. 15- ——MATINEE SATURDAY.— 25: | The Laughable Comedy Drama, 23: |“THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY Next Week a Rattling Farce, | “THE GIRL UP TO EATE.” ROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. %ehgsno?mm. Sole Lessee and Manager Sims’ & Buchanan's Great Irish Racing Drama, “THE ENGLISH ROSE.” Picturesque Irish Scenery. Jaunting Car. Celtic Wit and Comedy. Ruins of Bally- Veeney. Evening prices, 10c, 2c, S0c. Matinees Satur- ay and Sunday. PRONOUNCED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. e s ZOO,.. IN THE CHUTES. FINEST WILD. ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY! CHIQUITA AND A BIG PERFORMANCE. Including Captain Cardono's Group of Trained Lions. Feeding of the Carhivora at § and 10:30 p. m. Open Dally from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. 10c to All, Including Zoo, etc.: Children, Se. SIX FREE LECTURES 0n Bpirit, Soul Phrenology and Health, at METROPOLITAN TENPLE on Fifth ar Market, by MRS. O. S. FOWLER, Widow of tho lats Prof. 0. 5. Fowler, the Cele- brated Phrenologist of New York. Tuesday, March 15, 2:30 p. teries of Women,” ladies only. Wednesday, March 16, p. m.—“Afflictions V. * jadies only March 18, § p. m.—'"‘M Virtues and Faults,’ gentlemen on! Saturday, March 19, $ p. m. Its_Application to Disease Classes taught the application of to cure disease, beginning March nological examinations daily from 9 a. m. * Friday, 00d; Its electricity 22. Phre- i 9 p. m. un‘il March 31, at the California Hotel, on Bush st., near Kearny. Y. M. C. A. AUDITORIUM. .March 16, Wednesday Evening... MARTEAU ! Accompanied by LACHAUME, ANIST. —— AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME — Reserved Seats, $150, at the San Francisco Music Store, 225 Sutter st RACING! RACING! RACING! ——CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter Meeting, 1897-9, Beginning MONDAY, March 7," to March 19, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. RACING and 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 and 3 p, m., connecting with train stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:15 p. m., and immediately after the t race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres. R. B. MILROY, Secretary. CUPID IN CALIFORNIA. A Sparkling Picture Comedy by James Howard Bridge, Illustrated by over Thres Hundred Beautiful Views. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18. GOLDEN GATE HALL, 625 SUTTER ST. 8 O'CLOCK. Comer of Meson and OLYMPIA__ Comgrof toson America’s most beautiful music hall. Great. est free bill in the worid. ADAM SISTERS, ‘balladist MONTALAIS, soubrette: LESLIE, MARION, seuse; ULLIN & novelty boxing; ARNELDO and tes House heated. Admission frea.