The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 7%, DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A THIEE Mrs. Lena Marcus Ar- rests a Man Who Robbed Her. Daetecting Him in the Act She Promptly Seizes Him. After an Exciting Encounter She Turns Him Over to the Police. HIS PAL ALSO CAPTURED. [ Eoth Men Taken to the City Prison and Charged With Petty Larceny. Mrs. Lena Marcus, who conducts a second-hand store at 1028 Howard street, had an exciting encounter with a thief last night. Shortly after 7 o'clock a well-dressed young man entered her place of bu: ness and pretended to be anxious purchase a suit of clothes. to While she was engaged In looking over the stock of clothes, intending to pick out a suit which would meet with his approbation, the stranger stole a hat which he con- cealed under his coat. Mrs. Marucs de- tected him in the act and ordered him to replace it. With an oath the stranger started intending to ‘‘do - up,” as she expressed it. Realizing t the man meant business the brave nan d rmined to make a fight in the hope recovering the stolen prop- erty. As the thief aimed a vicious blow at d it and, seizing shouted for the te, who was stand- houted to him to k awa Police Officer appeared ne. Smith bbed the “look-out,” and after a ort struggle succeeded in handcufiing Marcus had se- 1 the meantime Mrs. sort of half Nelson hold on irst visitor, and as the officer en- > turned him over to him. The stolen « Ve 1 under the man's coat and they were both taken ty Prison and charged with who purloined the gave his name as Michael , and his occupation as that of h His accomplice gave Smith. v last night orton entered w Mrs. her pair of pants. king he was in earnest,” she re- ed, “1 started to pick out a suft- » garment and when my back was rned he stole the hat, which was on 2 counter, 1 at once seized him and ordered him to put the hat back. For a reply he attempted to strike me and I then caught hold of him. He vainly endeavored to get away, but I was de- termined to hold him until a police of- ficer arrived. Just as my strength was faillng me Policeman Smith appeared in response to my ecries and he placed him and his pal under arrest.” Mrs. Marcus {8 a rather frail woman and her pluck in capturing the thief was the topic of conversation at police headquarters last night. KNOCKED OUT [N TW0 ROUNDS Billy Dierks, a Featherweight, Easily Defeated by Jack Terit. A Good Entertainment Furnished by the San Francisco Athletic Club. George Bates and Gus Korster fought | six rounds last night to decide the light- | welght championship of the San Fran- cisco Athletic Club. The decision was given to Korster by Jack Stelzner, who ucted as referee. Had Stelzner called it @ draw the decislon would have proved | more acceptable to the spectators. Kors- ter forced the fighting from start to fin- ish, and for that reason he was given the decision. Both men were badly wind- ed at the end of the contest, for it was a give-and-take match throughout. Bates is quick and shifty, but last night had an overstock of confidence on hand. In the first round he acted as If he belleved he could *“drop” Korster just when he pleased. A few stiff jolts on the jaw goon convinced him that he did not hav a picnic on hand. He xept off after that, allowing Korster to do the leadlng, ex- pecting to get in a right-hand swing. The expected opening did not come, however. When the gong sounded the end of the| pixth round both men were distr d. | It w a er and game fight, however, had it been to a finish it would be \:lr to say who would have come victor. < Granfield was given a decision harles Dixon in a six-round bout | m y to the “main event.” Dixon A the advantage of reach and height, | but did not show to advantage. He start- | ed in to cut the pace in the first round, but a couple of punches caused him to a s programme. Granfield had him 1 times, but lacked the steam 1 the finishing blow 1 and Jack Terit were booked ut to settle the feath- ght championship of the club. Terit | ed the question in the second round by a right-hand swing, sending Dierks through the ropes and out. Dierks should not be given another match until he has bee ght a few les in uecency. All | [ aif out J a p current during the contest he indulged in profan- | series, from these arters is b1 ity, and kep. applying vile epithets to |as to direct Major John 5. Witcher, | Terit. When his mouth was closed by the | 10 Pay the troars Sationed at B knockout blow every one felt t ad | and B R pned, . In ‘tion to_the | 30y received what he properly deserved, | Payments assigned o him in that paragraph. | The other number on the programme| One of the ten-inch disappearing rifles | friendly three-round bout between | was used vesterday in testing powder, | Mulligan and Tom Devine. —_———— -Demurred to the Indictments. J. B. Olsen, a stenographer, indicted by the Crana Jury on a charge of having sworn falsely to demands on the city treast for the transcription of testi- mony, taken before Police Judge Low, ap- 1 yesterday for arralgnment before Cook. Olsen, through his attorney Aled demurrers to the indictments, and after a thorough argument of the law bearing on similar cases, Judge Cook took the matter under advisemont | fantry and | try, will repor It VETERANS MAY LEAD THE ARMY Some on the Retired List May Be Called for Duty. By Virtue of Their Rank They Would Actin Command. Leaders of Great Renown Who Are Ready to Serve the Country Again. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. No Orders for the First Infantry and Fourth Cavalry to Leave for the Front. The assignment of General Schofleld to the duty of commanding the armies of the United States in the event of war with Spain would not cause surprise in military circles. General Schofield is on the retired list, but holds the rank of lieutenant eral. Should he be called into active service by the President his rank would be preserved. Army officers on the retired list are not out of the ser- vice by any but are expected to duty to which they | hofield is a leader of | n and enterp His I3 ss under fire. He fought in the civil war from the start to the finish, ment by the excel- his service. At the battle of Creek, where General Nathaniel fell at the head of the column, 1d gained renown for the masterly in which he handled a battery of artillery. During the famous At- ita campaign Schofield commanded the Lyon Army of the Ohio, and actively partici- pated in many engagements. He planned and fought the battle of anklin, su resisting the most desperate made during the war by the Con- | ates. In point of pumbers slain the e of Pickett's division at Gettys- was a small affair compared with | assa Franklin. the retired list, General e and vigorous man. chofield in command of all the land s and the director of the campaign, would have free rein for his ac as a field marshal. General Gran- M. Dodge, an able engineer offic ed a nt unde: fed ch, burg Hood ville erman_during the war, and istinction as the command- the Sixteenth Army Corps, in tne e of At lose to Ge She “ook, the Mahon, Lew other officers of to respond to the n important command will be neral Fitzhugh Lee. He is n and a soldier of superior A campaign in Cuba would opportunitie for cc .. Gen d has r of his dz probably lost none h since the W Troopers now in the service be- ieve that Colonel David S. Gordon, U. 8. A. (retired), would come to the front | at Gordon is a rider and a raler among ten thousand. It is common talk at the Presidio that | the regular troops stationed at that gar- rison will not be disturbe i son home posts be adopted, the First In- the four companies of the Fourth Cavalry at the Presidio might be hustled off to the front on short notice. It is regarded as pretty well settled that the Government cannot safely detach any of the artillery from this station. In fact, more artillerymen are needed to man the guns already in position. Lieutenant-Colonel Louis T. Morris, commanding the the Presidio effective men. wvalry at quadron_of Sho upon Colonel . Young, formerly of the Fourt is a rider of recognized abil vigor. The only time the Presidio reser- vation ever seemed small when Gen- eral Graham and Colonel Young weére stationed there. General Graham now commands the largest and most important of the military departments. uhe enlisted | men say there is no better soldier alive than “Billy” Graham. | Following is the text of an order issued | from department neadquarters yesterday: Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace F. Randolph, Third Artillery, having reported at these head- quarters for assignment to a station under the rovisions of paragraph 8, special orders No. . Adjutant-General's office, is | d_to station at the Presldlo of | C: By command of NERAL SHAFTER. stant Adjutant-General. shington announce the aent of two military posts and owing transfer of infantry regi- ment The headquarters and six companies of the Eleventh Infantry from the Depart- ment of the Colorado to the Department | of the Missouri, to be stationed at Jeffer- son Barracks, Mo.; the headquarters of Infantry from Fort Bay- to Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; one f Fifteenth Infantry, to be y _the department from Fort Bayard, N. M., Apache, Ariz.; the Twenty-fifth In- fantry from the Department of Dakota | to the Department of the Gulf. The | commanding officer, Twenty-fifth Infan- graph to the com- cpartment of the Gulf, ignment to sta- | manding gener for instr tion in that departme By di t tlon of the Secretary of War the posts of Whipple Barracks, Ariz., and Fort Missoula, Mont., will be discontin- ued and the portable property there dis- | tributed under the direction” of the de- jartment commander to other posts in he Department of the Colorado and the Department of Dakota, respectively. Un- | serviceable public property will be in- | | spected, with a view to 1ts condemnation | and sals, by special inspectors appointed | by the department commander. | ; The following special order has been | s: | | | ned from headquarters, Depar California: partment of Lieutenant Francis E. Lacey Jr., . having reported from detached servics >residio” of San Francisco, the station | of his present company, his station Is changed | from Benicia Barracks to the Presldio of San | Francls Paragraph 1. special orders, No. 25 Tirst | The tests were conducted by Iieutenas Edwin B. Babbitt of the Ordnanes frmit The two shots were fired to ascertain if the powder was quick. No nrojectiles were used in the experiments. —_—— Demages for a Husband’s Death. Mrs. Mary Jane Woodhead commenced suft yesterday against the Pacific Roll- ing Mills Company to recover $20,000 dam. ages for the death of her husband, John Woodhead, who was killed Christmas eve last while at work on the “Hall of Jus- tice” bullding. The clalm is made that | the famous counter tenor, | ceptive and e 1898. A LIFEES ROMANCE. A Beautiful Singer and His Intended Bride. Ricardo Juan Jose and Miss Esther Therese Schrieve. The engagement of Ricardo Juan Jose, who a few weeks ago electrified the public of this city with his phenomenal voice, to Miss Esther Therese Schrieve, the beautiful niece of Mrs. Theresa F. Parrott, has been announced, and comes as a genuine surprise to the friends of®the young couple. Although it had been the intention of keeping the engagement a secret until Mr. Jose fulfilled his contracts in the East, the attempt, owing to the popular- ity of Miss Schreive, and the fame ot her intended husband, proved fruitless and the news was finally divulged. The announcement is the outcome of a long existing mutual attachment between the young people, dating as far hack as early childhood and forming a love ro- mance of many years. It was in Vir- ginia C Nev., that Cupid first began pranks, and the dual target at which aimed his fatal darts proved of a r sily impressionable nature. Since 18% they have had an understand- ing as to the probable outcome of their affections, but it was not until a month ago that they began their formal engage- ment. At this time Jose, who came to the coast simply to visit his sweetheart, and arrange for the celebration of their T marriage the last part of this or the commencement of next year, was induced by the managers of a local theater to give a number of recitals in the city. Although known all over the world for his gifted voice, he came to this city practically unknown, but like all other large cities where he had visited, he left it with additional jewels in his cap of fame. The young singer comes from an old English fam nd was born in Cornwall, England, twenty-eight years ago. He is the son of Richard Jose, who before his death was the greatest tenor in Europe. At the age of 12 vears he left his native land and, without money or friends, worked b way to America to seek his fortune in the new world. i in this country he settled for a short time, but be- contented with his lot he made coming d his way to this coast and settled in Ne- his vada, making permanent residence there for many i It was while working in a blacksmith- ing shop in Virginia City that his mar- velous voice was discovered, and a short while afterward he first touched the ladder of fame by giving an exhibi- tion of his v theaters in the cess was Instantaneous, and from that time dates his career as one of the great- est singers in the world. The compass of his voice is from D, above middle C, to E above high C. The highest note he ever reached was high C sharp. Jose is now on his way east, where he will remain until September. Before he returns to this city to claim his bride he will make a tour of the principal citles of Europe, where he has contracts for extensive, engagements. He will prob- ably return the commencement of next year. He has signified his Intention of retir- ing from the stage soon after his mar- riage and will take up his permanent res- idence either in Chicago or New York, where he will entirely devote his time to his business interests. If he ever ap- pears before the public again it will be | either before a New York or Chicago audience. Miss Esther Schrieve is the daughter of Mrs. General Oliver Roberts, niece to ter to George Tufley, the late Treasurer of Nevada. She is 24 years of age and markedly handsome, being tall of stature and a decided blonde. After the marriage | the honeymoon will be spent in traveling | through Europe. a staging provided by the defendant cor- poration was insecure, and that in cons juence Woodhead, who in the employ the company ance of thirty- e feet and ————————— STRIKE CONDITION UNCHANGED Printers and Employers Alike Claim to Be Gaining Ground. There were practically no new develop- ments in the printers’ strike yesterc and the fight seems to be about neck and neck. Both sides can tell how the others are losing ground, and each offers to back up its a tions with equally good proof. The printe: y that the men se- cured by the Typothetae are for the most part incompetents and that many were discharged after a day's trial; while the Typothetae claims that its members can e all the help needed, and offer as a roof that they are filling all orders on time and the worl standard. The union claims that the members of the Typothetae have bonded themselves to hold togetk that these bonds have about expired; while the Typothetae admi the existence of the bonds, but claims that they are issued for an in- definite time. This is the way it was going all day. Whatever de would make the othe dy to deny, and there h: n little or no advantage gained on either side. All look to next week as the time for the final settlement of the difficulties in the most important places. The s are maintaining the usual quiet demeanor which has marked the strike from the start, and what little disturbances have taken place have been caused by feeder-boys or totally irrespon- sible parties. — - Printing Pressmen Meet. A meeting of the Printing Pressmen was held last evening, the chief feature of which was the annual election of offi- cers and the voting of a 10 per cent assessment on working members to aid the strikers. Out of courtesy only the working members were allowed to vote on the proposition, but It was carried unanimou: It was reported that one of the ne ssmen at Crocker’s estab- lishment had succeeded in running hi hand through one of the largest presses. Both the man and press are now badly disabled. The officers elected were as foi- lows: S. P. Kane, president; D. Doggett, vice-president; E. Breiling, treasurer; W. S. Everleth, recording secretary; E. Caler, financial secretary. §S. E. Kane was elected delegate to the International Convention. — o CAPTAIN MOORE’'S SWORD. It Is Presented by .:Kts Owner to Com- panies C and G of the N. G. C. Last Monday night at the meeting of Companies C and G (the Nationals), N. G. C., Colonel J. B. Moore, retired, who was first lleutenant of Company C in 1855, when it was organized, and was captain from 1857 to 1861, when he severed his connection with the company to serve in the war of the rebellion, presented the Nationals the sword he carried during the war. The sword was received by Captain Sutliffe of Company G, who in so doing made a patriotic speech that created much enthusiasm. Colonel Roore served in the Mexican war from the beginning to the close" as a private and in 1861 organized a com- pany of volunteers that was mustered in the Third regiment of California vol- unteers. Colonel Moore, who was then a member of the police force, was com- mlssioned as captain of company B, and the sword he placed in the keeping of the Nationals was presented to him in Octo- ber, 1861, by the San Francisco Police | Departmeént. —————— Handsome Poster Exhibit. A hapdsome exhibit of posters by local artists is now being conducted at the rooms of the San Francisco Sketch Club, 723 Sutter street. by the board of lady managers of the California Women’s Hos- pital. The posters will be used to an- hounce the forthcoming of the exhibi~ tion of portraits, rare china and old sil- ver which will be held in the Hopkins Art Institute on the 16th. The ladies in ¢harge of the exhibition are Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Chesebrough and Mrs. Edwin Di- mond. —_——— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. k is up to the usual | 115 CAME FROM | - CORRALHOLLOW | Antone Hartman, a Coal | Miner, Knocked Down 1 and Robbed. | |He Made Friends With Two Strangers He Met in a Water-Front Saloon. | | | Hicks Supposed Eastern Crooks, Will Be Charged With the Robbery. George Marsh and Maurice | | George Marsh and Maurice Hicks are in *“the tanks” at the City Prison and to- day will have a charge of robbery booked against them. | Tuesday Antone Hartman, a miner at the coal mines at Corral Hollow, Alameda County, arrived in the city and about 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was in the White Cruiser saloon on East street. He had been drinking a little and was in the | condition to make himself generally | agreeable. He did not like to drink by | himself and asked two men who were | standing at the bar to join him. They | had a few drinks together and Hartman then said he wouid nave to go home. | The two men, who were Marsh and | Hicks, objected to parting with such a | good friend, and suggested that they should walk a bit of the way with him. The three left the saloon together and when they reached Drumm street, be- tween Merchant and Washington, Marsh asked Hartman to tell him the time. Hartman pulled out his watch and Marsh took hold of the chain. Hartman told him to let go and Marsh, jerking.the watch out of his pocket, struck him a blow on the jaw with his fist that | knocked him down. The two robbed him of his watch, and were going through his pockets when they got scared from his cries for help and ran away. Hartman, as soon as he regained his feet, chased Marsh, who ran in the direc- - | tion of the water front, but lost sight of | him after running two or three blocks, Hartman met Policeman Dower and told him the story of the robbery. Together they went to the Clay-street wharf, where | the Stockton boat, Captain Weber, | making preparations to sail, and Hartman | pointed out Marsh and Hicks as the men who had robbed him. Dower placed the two men under arrest and took them to the City Prison, where they were loc..ed up in the “tanks.” Yes- terday morning Hartman, who had been detained as a witness, positively identitled Marsh as the man who had taken his watch and hit him on the jaw, knocking him down. He was not so sure about Hicks, and Dower got Kelly,*the pro- prietor of the saloon, to go to the prison to see if he could identify them. .euy looked at the two men, but would not swear positively that either of ..em was in his saloon, as it was generally crowded about 5 o’'clock in the afternoon. Hartman was prepared to swear to a complaint yesterday afternoon charging the two men with robbery, but as no war- rant clerk was at hand he was detained in the prison until this morning, when he will swear to the complaints. A sailor on the Captain Weber was drinking in the saloon with Hartman and the two prison- ers at the time they left, and when the steamer arrives this morning he will be taken to the prison .> identify them. Marsh and kL. .«s are strangers here, having recently come from the East, and Chief Lees vill make inquiries as to their past records. —_———— The Jury Box Forgeries. Theodore Kytka, the writing expert, whe was Instructed by Judge Hunt to compare the handwriting of the deputies l in the County Clerk’s office with the writ- ing on the three bogus slips found in his jury box, made a report last even- ing to Judge Hunt. The nature of the report is not known. Judge Hunt said that the result of Kytka's investigation weuld probably be made public to-day In open court. —_——ee——— 1 Protest Against the Dciayed Obsequies of a Well-Done Canine. An indignant citizen writes to the Board large dog that had escaped shanghaing to the Klondike only to fall a victim to the more rapid fate of a metropolitan career had been denied proper interment for a week or more, and is still lying in an overripe condition about four feet Harrison. The canine is protesting agalnst the neglect of the city scavenger to the full extent of his powers, consider- ing his defunct state, and residents of the neighborhood, who hourly scent this pro- test, are unanimous in their consent to delay; in fact the letter is addressed to the board in the hope that they may be hurried along some. intentional offense is aggravated by the neglect on the part of the authorities to have the remains properly graph of the unclaimed sausage stufling as proof that the petition is no josh. The | health officers sympathize with | mourners, but as the Supervisors are the proper authorities to direct the last rites, they are powerless to act in the matter. —_————— Labor Exchange Sued. Charles E. Trower, as assignee of the estate of D. M. Boolman, an insolvent debtor, has begun suit in the Justice's Court to recover $149 from the' Labor Ex- change, doing business at 32 Drumm street, this city. Trower alleges in his complaint that Boolman, who was a | grocer in Alameda, filed a petition in in- | solvency on March 17, last. He was ad- judged insolvent on March 26, and two | days later plaintiff was appointed as- | signee. March 16, the day before the | petition was filed, the defendant, with full knowledge of the impending failure, re- moved from Boolman's store fixtures and | merchandise of the value sued for. —_——— To Take Him Back. Sheriff A. A. Holland of Carson County, Texas, arrived in the city yesterday to take back Rev. George E. Morrison, who is wanted there on a charge of murdering Tex. The requisition papers have not vet arrived from the Governor of Texas, but are expected to-morrow. 'he Sherii says that Morrison’s w.fe died from strycanine poisoning. ———— Pleasure for the Aged. It was the intention of those in charge of the Almshouse to have given an en- tertainment to the inmates of that insti- tution this evening. but circumstances arose which prevented the carrylng out of the programme. However, the old eople will not be wholly disappointed, or the entertainment will be held next Thursday evening. —_———— Dr. Orpen’s Case. The matter of the proposed extradition to New Zealand of Dr. Arthur Herbert States Circuit Judge Morrow: The court fook the case under advisement. Dr. Orpen is wanted in Auckland on a charge of murder. He is accused of caused the death of a young woman by a criminal operation. ———— Brandt Lost His Suit. A verdict in favor of the defendant was returned yesterday morning in the United States Circuit Court in the case of Ernest Brandt against the Southern Pacific Cem- pany to recover $50,000 damages for per- sonal injuries. Great Benevolences. In the large cities of the United States the condition of the metropolitan poor is constantly being amellorated by the grand benevolences of wealthy people. Sanitary reforms are fre- quently suggested and carried out with earnest- ness and intelligence. Among sanitary reforms those produced by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in dyspeptic stomach, disordered liver, bowels OF Dervous Systeld &re VerX oonspicuous. CALLS FOR AN UNDERTAKER. of Health that the unloved remains of a | embalmed. | The letter is accompanied by a photo- | &F his wife on October 10 last in Panhandle, | Orpen was heard yesterday by United | having | | The departed’s un- | & | the | & | | | | | would not exceed $30.000,000 at the outsic Mrs. Theresa Parrott, and granddaugh- fifififififlflfiflfifififififimfififififlfififififi-fifififiifififififififi ALL ARE OF LATIN BLOOD If War Comes the Sympa- thy of Central America Goes to Spain. An Official From Nicaragua Talks on the Canal and Other Matters. Merry Not Persona Non Grata, but His Official Residence Remains in Costa Rica. At the Palace Hotel I8 staying a promi- nent resident of Nicaragua, who occu- ples, under his own Government, a pos tion corresponding to an American col- lector of customs, only, instead of hav- ing authority over one port, his jurisdic- tion extends throughout the whole State. ‘When seen In his apartments last night this gentleman said: ‘‘This talk of a war between Nicaragua and Costa Rica is all bosh. True, there are some disappointed and disaffected people who, for political and other reasons, have been obliged to flee the country, and who hang around the Costa Rican border and try to stir up revolutions. But they are compara- | tively few in number and could, even if in the territory of the State they are try- ing to embroil, do no harm. The people of Nicaragua are too well satisfied with the President and his administration to attempt to overthrow it, and while there may be a little jealousy over the canal question between the two countries, it does not nor will it ever amount to any- thing more than a strong business rivalry or mercantile war. President Zelaya is the most popular man who has been at | the head of the Government for a long time and is liked and respected by not| only the weaithy and influential people of the country, but by the masses well. He is a man of broad mind and | liberal views and has an education that | fits him to meet and impress the most | highly polished and best-educated of the | forelgn representatives that are sent to | his capital. | “Of course, the one topic o. continual | interest in my part of the world is the | probable completion of the great canal When the commission under Admiral ‘Walker arrived on the Charleston the entire country turned out to do it honor, | and there was no reasonable concession it could not have anad for the asking. We | Central Americans realize that our future and that of the United States are so in- terwoven that It behooves us to give as much as we can to the Americans in or- der that we ourselves may profit thereby. | Consequently, while the American com- | mission got everything they wanted and | the utmost deference was paid to it, the representatives of English capial re- ceived but little encouragement. The Walker commission went into the matter to its smallest detail, and when it had finished its investigations it came to the conclusion that instead of $180,000,000 being needed. the canal could be eas finished in four years and at a cost th How does Captain Merry get along? First rate. You see, at the time of his| appointment there was some difficuity | that but very few people up here under- stood. The Greater Republic of Central America col s of a union of the three States of Nicaragua, Salvador and Hon- | duras. They have agreed to leave all in- ternational questions to a diet formed from delegates accredited from each of the three States. Captain Merry was ap- pointed Consul at this port from Nica- gu nd when it was decided to official- decapitate him it was done by the | diet and not by any one particular State. | Consequently, while he was a persona non grata to the diet as a whole, he was a persona grata to the State of Nicaragua | individually. The official residence of the | American Minister has always been in Nicaragua, but Captain Merry, since his | appointment, has resided in Costa Rica, | .where he will continue until the little | unpleasantness attending his appointment | has been definitely settled. “As to the sentiment of the Central | American people in the matter of a prob- able war with Spain. Well, our interest certainly lies with the cause of the United States. In a war between Spain and | Cuba we are certainly for the Cubans. | But war between Spain and the United States is a different matter. Blood Is | thicker than water. Spaniards and Cen- | tral Americans are all Latin and of one from the sidewalk on Second street, near | P100d.” 11 GRAND JURY FINDS FRATD Found Worthless Con- crete in a Lombard Street Crossing. A Section Made in Accordance With the Speci- fications. Comparison Instituted With the Ma- terial Taken From the Crossing. Some interesting and important ex« periments in « ncrete have been made by the Grand Jury. Yesterday posi« tive proof was obtainel that only a small quantity of cement was used for the concrete bed of a crrssine on Lom- bard street which was paved with bituminous rock by the City Street Im- provement Company. The cement was lacking both in quality and quantity. In order to ascertain whether the specifications as provided by the con- tract were complied with, the enter- prising Grand Jury had a quantity of concrete made according to the letter of the specificaticn, and this sample was compared with a section of the concretq taken from the Lombard street crosse ing. The physical test of the concreta taken from the street crossing shows that the mater’al is deficient in every requirement. The interstices are not filled, and the material is so flimsy and sandy that one 1iay run a lead pencil through the substance. The section constructed by the Grand Jury accord- ing to the letter of the specifications is firmer and more enduring than the ma- terial taken from the crossing, yet the intcrstices are not filled as they should be, which indicates that the specifica- tions were somewhat faulty. The contractor for the Lombard street work cleims that the test is not a fair one as the concrete was laid on a clay foundation. The Grand Jury will proceed further and make tests of con- crete laid on sand foundation. Several sections of accepted pavement in vari- ous parts of tl.e city will be subjected to the comparative tests. The proof, however, is already pro- duced that the concrete on the Lom- bard street crossing in auestion was not mixed as the specifications direct- ed. Only a small quantity of cement was used, - what was used did not | come up to the ~rade of third-class ce- ment. —_——e——— THEATRICAL NOTES. The *“Bohemian Girl” has but two more nights at the Tivoli, the new r plece, “Sinbad the Sailor,” taking the stage on Saturday night. “Sinbad” has been In preparation for several month 1d it is said that the scenery, costumes and other fittings have been selected with the idea of a long run for the new burlesque. The ast will fnclude Helen rill, *“Bob’” Mitchell, Carrie Roma, win Stevens, as’ Leary and a number of diary people is still a strong popular attraction at the Columbia, where it will remain for another week Anna Held’s engagement at the Bald- win concludes with the Sunday night per- formance. Monday’s_new attraction is A Stranger in New York,” the latest of HoyU's farces. “Jane” retires from the Alcazar at the end of the week in favor of ““The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown."” Morosco” s are giving an unusual- ly good performance this week in “Hands Across the Sea,” a fine specimen of old- type delphi melodram “A Jay in New York California until Sun Harrigan opens ‘Old Lavende: Mandola, the equilibrist, 1s the best of the new turns at the Orpheum, and Mont- gomery and Stone, coon impersonators, are the best of all, new or old. Caniac’s performing jaguar and leopard are one among many interesting animal acts at the Chutes. continues at the when Edward in his original success, ADVERTISEMENTS. 06 306 308 30 308 30 30¢ 308 308 306 308 0% 0% 308 308 308 308 06308 X0¢ 10¢ 108 08 08 308 308 30 0¥ 0% 0% 06 308 0% K O 4% have the obsequles take place without | & o Lt DON'T BE A be cured. year by Dr. Sanden’s restoring the old vigor, the snap and life to men who have lost it. 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