The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1898. T DINGEE AND MOFFITT TELL THEIR TALES, Deny Using Money to Elect Tiheir Eriends: [ The Ex-Senator Objects to the Garbling of Testimony. = | | Is Prepared to Make His Ownj Report of Grand Jury Proceedings. HIS CONTENTION IS LEGAL | Efforts Were Made to Elect “Ola ” Bassett Last Election. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 7. W expressed to- it was announced that the had adjourned indefinitery. b 1 surpris when Jury This is taken to indicate that the jurors | do not see any prospect at present of | being able to reach the truth of the many | &0 tnat are being openly discussed. reported that Chairman Crooks may not call the jury together again un- til ready to discuss their nnal report. Villiam J. Dingee, president of the Oak- | was before the 1on. The investi- throughout the ( er rate business and t ances attending the elec- t City Council and llowing was Mr. Dingee's exam- teresied in the election of Counefl?* 1 to elect my friends.” 1at Mr. Woodward was ten Mr. Kibush re-| not know of his appointment tiil ther did I discuss g in complete ignor- appointment did n the minute I heard a water rates with le Council except Mr. r him as re he says a t wow Mr. Moffitt?"” thou we work together hing of Mr. Moffitt's a private in- . such as at he ha e prog ou Grand Jurors ture of your friendship st of friends connected any? Has anager for the cor- chnical connection ompany; he {9 ver received and neither :al manager. together rg and in one 1 I are par =" ever been any- ince we had = were asked Mr. 1xiety to elect ¢ far he had s the next Mr. Dingee had bee corridors of the cour before being calle U g all that time Mr. ge block of yellow le- intenda ha will Grand Oakland W s pencil 4 n of th Mr. some asked tested s doing entlemen, it is a within one hour of this nd Ju transpired within property and is the the street testif ng their te: wEpapers in ashion and rious politica it nent urnm of h those who are respopsible for blication. I determined, there- that when I came before this Grand would » a record of answer that of misrepr I could make falsehood whole truth in my own inter- for my own protection if neces- nd a juror. 2 replied. | . himself an old politician, on that Mr. Moffitt be ad- of contempt of the- s promptl cupon Foreman Crooks Attorney if such a cour: Lt propos to take were Snook replied that he knew of no t would prevent a man from doing 2 thing, and he could not therefo! : the jury that such a course wa gal It was then proposed that Mr. Moffitt ed for fifteen minutes, and he eft the room. Judge Ogden was sent for and In the Interval » agreed with Mr. 8nook that there was no law to prevent 1 keeping a_record of his own testi- and Mr. Moffitt was again sum- | mor mo are secking to ascertain if any- | thing criminal has been done in the mat- ter of fixing water rates, Kknow from you as and we wish to | any informa- tion you can give s the unanimous wish of this jur ou do not l.tkl“ notes of the proceedings, and we ask you not to do it,” said Foreman Crook | . Moflitt_replied that if it was not | nt to the jury for him to take | he would Tefrain from doing So, he should be asked questions which considered to be of a vital acter. witness was questioned regarding pointment of Councilman Wood- | id in reply told the following y “I' aid not know that Mr. Woodward had been appointed until the Mayor had his appointment. I did not make empt to see Mr. Woodward imme- | after his appointment, although I met Him some time later. 1'did not try | to induce him to do anything contrary 1o his consclence, but I told him that be- | ing in the water business myself I natur- #lv thought that rates should -be high | witne: | relative to the proposed postoffice for this | ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS, enough to encourage capital and guaran- e a fair interest on the investment. Re- garding my relations with Mr. Dingee I will say that we are very friendly; many of our interests are mutual and I would s be a cheerful witness on Mr. Din- gee's behalf. I would help him, to the best of my ability, to plan a campaign, or do anything that would benefit his in- terests in a proper manner. “I have not spent any money for Mr. Dingee, believing that he is perfectly able to spend all his money himself. I have not attended to the politics of the Oak- ter Company, for I believe Mr. e is well fitted to do his own poli- T helped as sible to elect old friend ett ncil, and I also_did all 1 could for Heitmann, but I did not spend any Dinge o Mr. money in their behalf. “I have not tried_to influence any ap- pointment made by Mayor Thomas, and T cannot recall having spoken to the Mayor more than twice since his election, and on neither occasion did we discuss any matter of public interest. I did not help to elect Mr, Thomas; did not spend any money for Mr. Dingee or anybody else to secure his election, and if you would like to know anything more about Mr. Din- gee's affairs, 1 presume his _attorney would be able to inform vou. For there is a general idea that I have had a great deal to do with much in which 1 have not taken any active interes ‘Did vou vote for Mayor Thomas?” asked a juror. “I am not telling of my vote,” said the s, “believing that the principle of is a good one, ked me, I will W s you have 1id not vote was not my pe; witness was asked a lot of ques- ving for their object the bring- | of any attempts at ribery, either re o the election of the present Mayor, but nothing of value 1 from the testimony. i vere examined, impor elicited. ood that wuen the Gra senas will be issued . A. W. Rose, G. W. nd Water Company, rles Goodall, George Pierce, Victor Met- tions b | ing ot be L o . F. Whittier, W. Prescott, Henry calf and Je C. Martin of the Contra Costa company. BRIDGE PLANS ARE COMPLETE Sent on to Washington for War Department Approval. Ninety-Two Thousand Dollars to Be Spent in Its Con- struction. The New Stesl Structure Will Be Nearly a Thousand Feet Long. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 7. The plans were forwarded to Washing- ton to-day by the County Clerk for the costly steel bridge to be erected in place of the condemned Webster street struct- ure by order of the War Department. The plans have been carefully prepared by Cotton Bros.,, to whom has been awarded the contract for building the bridge, and having obtained the signa- tures of the Board of Supervisors and such other recommendations as are nec- essary, the War Department will pass upon them as speedily as possible. The time set by the Government for the com- pletion of the bridge is June 30, but there will necessarily have to be a generous ex- COFFIN'S CASE 10 BE TRIED The Defense Promises a Big Political Sen- sation. Alleged Pollution of Water Is Allowed for Seven Months. The Suit Sald to Be a Conspiracy Hatched by the Water Companies. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 7. William J. Dingee, Dr. George C. Pardee, ex-Judge E. M. Gibson, ex- Senator Frank J. Moffitt, Robert Knight, County Assessor Dalton, W. H. T. Watkinson, Fred A. Campbell, Daniel Doody, W. B. Beattie and F. Prindle. This imposing list of witnesses has becn s nmoned to apvear in a sult to-morrow in Justice Clift's court that is promised to reveal more political secrets and inside history of tae scandal connected with wae election of the present City Cor 1¢”' and Mayor than has yet come to light, even FAIR ATHLETES ARE COMING Nevada Basket-Ball Play- ers Will Arrive This Morning. The Berkeley Co-Eds Eagerly Await the All-Absorbing Contest. Hope to Sing a Psean of Victory Over the Sagebrush Cham- pions. BERKELEY, April 7.—Basket-ball Cap- tain Edith S. Brownsill of the University of California to-day received the list of the Nevada University co-eds who will play against the Berkeley girls next Sat- urday. The game will be held in Odd Fellows' Hall, and wiil be called promptly at 2 o'clock, in order that the game may be finished in time for the spectators to at Recreation Park at 3:30 o’clock. The basket-ball teams of the two State universities will be composed as follows: Nevada. Positions. California. | Beth Stubbs........Forward..Edith S. Brownsill (Captain.) Ida Holmes Edna Robinson Maud Nash. osephine Roller -Bessle Griswold (Captain.) Nell Lewers. Sarah Hanscom ‘Winnle Stros: Loulse Linscott Ruby North ay Haworth ma Stockwell ulu Rued Ethel Catton Amella North. Bess Evans. MUFLZE 7 ORIDSE ACRODS TWE £STUARY AT W28sSran ST PLANS OF THE NEW STEEL BRIDGE ACROSS THE HARBOR. From the Successful Drawings of Cotton Brothers. BOLD ATTACK 0 (LASSIC METHODS Outbreak of a, Smoldering Controversy at the State 4 University. Professor Flagg Denounces the Sys- tem of Marks and Examinations in Vogue at Berkeley. BERKELEY, April 7. ociate Pro- fessor Isaac Flagg of the department of al philology at ihe State Univer- sity, an article in the latest number of | the university magazine on ihe Trans- | n Habit,” makes a number of state- | s likely to startle his fellow mem- bers of the faculty. He denounces as “detestable” tue system of marks and | examinations which is at present fol-| | lowed at Berkeley, and declares that ab- solute freedom from prescription is neces- | sar; for the attainment E dards and enthusiasm. Professor Flar incidentally takes a | fling at the degree of bachelor o. arts, as of scholarly conferred at the University of California at pres He declares it 'is based upon an impossible theory, and that the mat- ter is a mischief that will have to be rem- edled when the university comes to be | reorganized for academic freedom. Professor Flagg's criticism is not con- fined to the State University, but extends to high schools and other educational in- stitutions all over the State. He char- s the method of teaching the clas- sics at present in vogue as “a travesty of learning, accepted daily in our schools and colleges, with fatuous com- placency, of students who have not read ;I\:xl which they are required to trans- ate.” He thus sums up the effect which the “tr. ion habit” has brought about: In the domain of scholarship transla- tion and grammatical anal have been rted into countegfeit adumbrations > true When the s of reading and writing.” Universitv ~ of California | y comes to be organized for aca- | freedom, there is other mischief that will need to be amended besides that ant upon an impossible theory of the degree of bachelor o s. In the is suing of recommendations for teacher: rtificates covering specified branche of legrning, on the completion of a cer tain humber of courses therein, we are | confronted with a new form of prescrip- which bids fair to outdo the old one | s degrading and demoralizing effects. cription, disguise it as you will, may | e known by the shapes that fol- i the schoolboy spirit v spirit ought to pre- in the place of | uir— the impertinence of | ot merit—everything to fos- | and repress true manly and | aspiration. d examinations, viewed as in- | are uetestable. Yet to| what higher motive is it possible to ap- peal with a body of students who are not free moral agents, but the tools of an arbit , _complicated system of inter- ference? Scholarly s aras and enthu- | iasm are attainable only under a nat- | ural adjustment of relations, and this is | defeated by any scheme of prescription.” Professor Flagg's views on the proper method of teaching the classics are not | his fellow instruct- Clapp, the head of the artment of classical philology, entertains views on the subject radically | different from those of his associate. Among graduate and undergraduate classical studBnts there are two broadly defined groups, each following, more or | less closely, the classical ideas and ideals of the two professors. Whether Professor Clapp or his follow- ers will take up the gaunlle! which Pro- fessor Flagg has boldly thrown down is the question at present agitating uni- versity circles. —————————— OAKLAND’S POSTOFFICE. OAKLAND, April 7.—President Arper of the Merchants’ Exchange to-day re- ceived the following telegram from the representative o. this district in Congre: city: WASHINGTON, 0. C., April 6, 1598. George W. Arper, president Merchants’ | Exchange, Oakland, Cal.: Oakland pub- | 1ic bullding bill in hands of Committee of | Public Buildings in the House and will be favorably reported if that committee makes any report. 8. G. HILBORN. | e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the money If it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet, | franchise from the City Council to change | not be able to send anything like the | tract to guarantee a certaln amount of tension, as the bridge cannot be built In that time. The new steel bridge will be 992 feet long, and will be so constructed that | there will be two electric car tracks over it as well as two independent footways. The total cost of the structure is esti- mated to be $62,000, and it has to have a | space of 300 feet clear in the draw. Owing to the nature of the foundation much of the work has to be done under water, and in addition to extensive pil ing, concrete foundations built insid calssons have to be constructed. There will have to be some diversion of travel at the point of the new bridge for some | months, as it will be necessary to remove the old bridge at once so that work wil commence on the foundations. While these foundations are being built the steel work for the superstructure will be manufactured and put together as much possible, so that the obstruction to travel will be as short as possible. All the steel work will be made by Cali- fornia firms, and nothing will be brought from the East that can be made here. The railroad company has obtained its its tracks from crossing Webster street bridge to run along First street and turn onto a bridge which the company is to build specially for its own use at the foot of Harrison street. Some objection {s be- ing made to the fact that the railroad drawbridge off Harrison street and the county's drawbridge off Webster _street are only one block apart, and there is some belief that the War Department may refuse to countenance the construc- tion of two bridges so near together. In the event of an objection on this account, both bridges may again be delayed. FRUIT 10 BE VERY SCARCE Commission Men Doubtful of Their Ability to Fill Contracts. Returned Agents From the East Are Decidedly Disappointed at the Prospect. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 7. The commission merchants of this city who entered into a contract with the Southern Pacific to carry not less than twenty-five tons of fruit per day from the Sacramento River are now in an un- comfortable frame of mind. There is a certainty that the fruit crop will be very small, and the reports from up the river show that it will be almost an impossi- bility for the commission men to fulfill their contracts. The agents of commis- sion men have already sent down re- ports that the river orchard men will usual supply, and some of the merchants are going up the river to make personal inquiry. The opposition to the Eleventh-street merchants, which was established at the Adams wharves last summer, is rejoie- ing at the apparent discomfiture of the Eleventh-street men. It charters its own boats as it has need for them, and stands no chance of any loss on account of the small erop, not having any con- freight. Some of the best known growers of this county went East several weeks ago and found an unusual demand for California fruits, and closed large orders at good prices. On their return they discovered that there is great danger of their not being able to fulfill these contracts, and they now have agents out in all direc- tions buving up all the fruit avallable and giving good prices. On the whole, the position of the fruit growers at this time Is not one to be envied. —_———— Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, April 7.—Deputy Coroner J. E, Streightif is seriously {ll with pneu- monia at his home on Shattuck avenue and Berkeley way. The Berkeley High School Alumni As- sociation will give a reception to this vear's graduating class next Thursday evening at Shattuck Hall. The following alumni are in charge of the arrange- ments for the reunion: Miss Rita Beatty q W. Clark 93, Miss Charlotte Hen- ley '96, Miss Grace Henley '84, and M. H. ‘White 96. Wilfred Ransome '97, the famous full- back and football captain at the Uni- versity of California, is expected soon to return to Berkeley from the University of Chicago, where he has been taking a pus‘ll-gbrlfl uatsel go\;‘r’sa in :lstory. He will robably assis coaching Berkeley's cotball eleven next fall. through the 1edium of the street gossip ©: the Grand Jury. In conducting this case there will be no ban of confidence or diffidence that necessarily exists in tar chamber proceedin for ex-Mayor M. C. Chapman will appear for the de- fendant, and in law courts Mr. Chapman does not mince his sentences or fall into the weakness of what Judge Greene calls *'scattering. The suit is brought ostensibly on behalf of the people against a small rancher named O. Cown, who is charged with maintaining a nuisance and poiluting the waters of one of the tribytaries of Temes- cal*Creek, which is apu;fic water supply. In reality, the suit is an evidence of the bitter fight that prevailed between the two water companies last September, when it was filed. It has dragged alon “‘the people’ apparently not being anx- jous to purify its water supply, and the defense courteons.y acceding to all sug- gestions of continuances. It will be the policy of the defense to show that the suit s brourht simply for the purpose of ecution and for the furt.er purpose ~* making unpopular the character of the Contra Costa Company's | water, thus i the liquid of the rival company. The defense intends in pursuance of this line of combat to show that the parties who brought the suit acted under the orders of their superiors bocming turn was appointed by Mayor Thomas for reasons which the defense will try to prove, and that Mayor Thomas was nominated by a convention which was named by the now celebrated Commit- tee of Twenty-one, which was in turn named by seven members of the Republi- can City Central Committee, who were nominated by four men avowedly in the interests of a water company. After the filing of the complaint fifty witnesses were taken out to the scene of the alleged poliution by the defense, and all are prepared to testify that the sew- age from Coffin’s barn is carried off and was last September, in the opposite direc- tion to the bank sloping to the creek. The water was sampled a quarter of a mile below the alleged point of pollution and declared to be absolutely clear and healthful. The creek then emptied itself into a six-inch pipe, and to the surprise of the explorers who followed the pipe they found that it carried all the water directly to Fernwood, Mr. W. J. Dingee's palatial home. It is further stated and evidence to this effect will be brought forth that not a drop of the water es- caped the pipe, and consequently could not possibly, even supposing that it were , connect with any public water September, when the sult was brought, the water companies were at war, but since that time they have come together and there is no longer any de- sire to show teeth at each other. This accounts for the peculiar fact that for seven months the public officials have knowingly permitted, according to their allegations, a public water supply to be polluted and yet have passively asked for and obtalned continuances all this time. Now Coffin is anxious to have the matter cleared up, and to-morrow the prelimi- nary examination of this “high misde- meanor” will commence. SECURED BY FRAUD. Judge Greene Holds That Lillian A. Snyder’s Consent Was so Obtained. OAKLAWD, ril 7.—Judge Greene is- sued a decree in chambers this afternoon annulling the marriage of rred Marsh and Lillian A. Sny.c on the ground tuat ne woman's co-sent to the marriage was obtained wnrough fraud. ‘uhe plain- uff was granted permission to resime her maiden name. This case was filed as a divorce suit, to prevent publicity, as under the iaws the papers in a sw.. of this naturre are -~nt secret. An answer was filed, but was stricken out because it was not verified. ———— Oakland News Items. A OAKLAND, April 7.—The work of dip- ping the redwocd blocks, for use on the East Twelfth-street pavement, has be- un. Four blocks of the concrete base ave been laid and the blocks will be placed next week. Judgment was suspended in the case of C. W. Lycakis, convicted of maintaining a nuisance when he refused to remove de- caying fruit, after being ordered to do so by the Sanitary Inspector, the nuisance having been abated. Joseph F. Short was arrested this morn- ing and charged with interfering with an otgccr. He had a fight with a deputy poundmaster, who took up his cow. —_—————— Christian Bauer’s Condition. OAKLAND, April 7.—Christian Bauer of 1257 Twenty-fifth avenue fainted in the Hall of Records this morning and was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Dr. Stratton pronounced it a case of hemor- Thage of the brain. Bauer is a capitalist and lves with his two daughters, his wife having dled some time ago. He is sub- ject to these spells, but as he Is 68 vears of age there are grave fears entertained | regarding his recovery. the employes | of the Board of Heath, which board in | Maud Ferguson...Substitute GertrudeLongmore | Gene Arnott........Substitute Emma Stoer | Not only have the Berkeley basket-ball | players themselves been bending every | energy toward winning an interstate vic- | tory, but the enthusiastic women students I\s\'e Orgamze;i a corps of co-ed rooters | to encourage them on to victory. By prac- | tice they have reduced the yelling to a | system, all tue shrill exclamations com- bining in one majestic, musical feminine shriek. They have also practiced a num- | ber of 'songs for Lue occasion. One of the | best of the songs I the following, written { by Miss Ruby Farnham, an enthusiastic | graduate, and sung to the tune of “The | Jolly Sophomore”’: When first I came to college I went Into the Gym, 4 And there I faw a lot of girls, with ginger, snap and vim, A-beating all the other teams that came from near or far, And they were representatives of California. They throw that leather spheroid a mlle or more, I guess; Thzyn:u?esns’ swiftly as the wind (a little more ) And when Miss Robinson propelles through the alr, el It always landed in the goal and hit it fair and square. * Let others win at marbles, at tennis or cro- quet, But when it comes to harder thi; win the day; rleiiads And well we know upon us smiles a little golden b'ar, Who guards the University of Callfornia. The Nevada girls are expected to arrive to-morrow morning. A reception commit- tee from Berkeley, consisting of Miss Louise Linscott, Mrs. G. E. agee and Miss Eloise Trowbridge, will meet them at Sixteenth-street station, Oakland, and will accompany them to San Franciseo, | where the visitors will be entertpined at House. On Saturday morning they will visit the university grounds and will be shown around the buildings and will go over to the city, just before the game, with the Berkeley co-eds. On Saturday evening the Nevada girls will start back to the Sagebrush State. DAVIDSON ON ALASEKA. The Professor Emphasizes the Im- portance of California’s Gold Fields. BERKELEY, April 7.—Professor George Davidson dellvered a lecture to a large and appreciative audience at the uni- versity last evening on “The Physical Features and Resources of Alaska.” The lecture was given under the auspices of the Alameda County Miners’ Associa- tion and was held in the physics lecture- room in South Hall, which was crowded to its fullest capacity to accommodate the crowd of university students and visitors from Oakland and San Fran- cisco. The lecture was {llustrated by a large number of lantern slides. Professor S. B. Christy, the dean of the coliege of mining of the university, introduced the speaker. Professor Davidson spoke briefly of the geological and geographical features of Alaska: He declared that no territory of its extent presents such a varlety of cli- matic conditions, and that few people realize the wealth of its resources. = ready, he declared, the value of the prod- ucts that have been taken from Alaska has been many times greater than the g:;lclo paid for the Territory by the United ates. Professor Davidson described the vari- ous trail routes to the Klondike, and pre- dicted that the Chilcoot Pass will come to be the principal route if stock is to be transported into the gold country. : In conclusion, Professor Davidson em- phasized the hardships which the Klo diker will have to encounter, and remind- ed his hearers that the placers of Siski- vou and Trinity offer a field almost as promising and far less perilous than tne Klondike, Charles G. Yale followed Professor Davidson with an interesting cccount of experiences on a recent trip up the Yu- kon. He declared that the Yukon route is by far the best one to take to. the Klondike. —————— Young Men Riot. OAKLAND, April 7.—The meeting of the Pulcifer wing of the Young Men's Re- publican League to-night ended in a riot and a squad of police had to clear the hall. Owing to an alleged unparliamen- tary proceeding a year ago there are two bodies claiming to be the Young Men’s League. A week ago about 300 met and elected officers. This is called the Pardee faction. To-night Harry Pulcifer, who leads the Davis faction, called a meeting and the whole of the rival league attend- ed in force. The result was a riot in Fra- ternal Hall. There were several fist fights, and Captain Carson and Officers vnes and Williams drove the combat- ants out on the street and dispersed the crowd. There was no business transact- ed, and it is not known whether Pulcifer will yield to the other leasue or make another attempt to reorga 9 No ar- L rests were made. /- get to the U. C.-Stanford baseball game | lunch and taken to the park and Cliff | ARE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEI Another Expedition to Search for the “Island of Gold.” Captain Moore and the British Capitalists to Be Closely Followed. The Schooner Altair WIIl Start Immediately in the Wake of the Free Trade. There is to be a race for the “Island of Gold,” for which the schooner I'ree Trade has started out to search. H. { Talbot Watson and the other British | capitalists interested with him in lhe‘ | venture are not to have it all their own | way, and the chances are that unless | good luck attends them, another party | of gold hunters will be In possession | when they reach the new EIl Dorado. The schooner Atair is now receiving | a thorough overhauling and as soon as | all the repairs have been made and the stores are aboard she will start out /| in the wake of the Free Trade. Her master and owners say she can sail a knot and a half to the Free Trade's one, so the latter's long start will not be such a serious handicap in the long run. ‘When the Free Trade was being fitted | out Captaln Moore had for his first officer Captain Charles Gilbért. Be- fore the salling day came around the two men quarreled and in consequence Gilbert libeled the schooner for $70 wages due him. He got his money and the Free Trade went to sea with another first mate. Now Captain Gil- | bert asserts that it was he who dis- | covered the “Island of Gold” and that | Captain Moore has only the general sailing directions and does not kuow the exact location of the quartz ledges. | The exact latitude and longitude are in his possession, however, and he can go direct to the spot, while the Free Trade will be sailed from pillar to post | in search of a will o’ the wisp. Captain Gilbert's story in effect is as follows: A couple of years ago he made a cruise to the canneries in the | ship St. Nicholas. ‘While out on a hunting expedition he ran across the quartz ledges in question and at once saw their value. He brought some of the specimens to San Francisco and an assay showed them to be very rich in gold. Gilbert made another trip north in the St. Nicholas and relocated his treasure island. On his return to San Francisco he met Captain Moore, whom he had known for many years, and told him about the quartz ledges. “Moore broke faith with me,” said Captain Gilbert yesterday. “He want- ed all the information and then tried to get away with everything in sight. That was the reason I left the Free Trade. Captain Moore knows the right course to steer, but he does not know the. location. of my find, and I don't think he will ever find it. Anyhow, the Altair can sail rings around the Free Trade, so I will beat her up any- how.” At the back of the new venture are A. P. Hotaling, the millionaire liquor dealer, and ex-Judge Gordon, and they are sending along with the expedition C. Carroll, a mining expert. Captain Gilbert will take along C. Holmes as | first officer, George Forrest second offi- cer and five seamen. They expect to be gone about two months. The schooner Hattie L Phillips is be- ing got ready for a trip to St. Michael with the party of hardy gold hunters who came out here from Gloucester, | Mass., on her. When the schooner ar- | rived here the season was not far | enough advanced to make the voyage to the Yukon, so Captain Blackburn | accepted a charter and went north for a load of lumber. The schooner got | back a couple of days ago, and her | owners are now outfitting for a two years’ stay in the frozen north. They are taking along a steam launch and six dories, and if possible will sell the | schooner at St. Michael. If not the | Phillips will be laid up until they re- | turn from the gold fields, and then the | entire party will go back home in her. The paddle steamer Tiger is now al- most ready for her voyage to St. Mi- chael and as soon as all the equipments are aboard Taptain Dollard will be ready to start at a moment’s notice. The inspectors of hulls and bolers tried her under steam yesterday and found everything in first-class order, and Ma- rine Superintendent Tabrett of the Ris- don Iron Works says the Tiger's en- gines and boilers are one of the best Jjobs ever turned out of their shop. Lightship No. 70 is in position on the bar and the old whistling buoy has disappeared. Yesterday No. 70, in com- mand of Captain Lowell, and the light- house tender Madrono, in command of Captain Davis, went out over the bar, and once her anchorage was reached it did not take long to drop the big mush- room anchor and make everything snug on the lightship. The Madrono then took up the whistling buoy and returned to the city. Last night the lightship’s signals sounded for the first time on the bar, and her masthead lights served as beacons for ships en- tering and leaving port. After considerable delay the steamer Humboldt finally got away for Dyea and Skaguay yesterday afternoon. About 125 passengers went up on her and about 150 more will join at Seat- tle. There was some delay over the getting of the freight aboard, but as soon as that was fixed up it did not take the steamer long to get under way. Max Kalish, agent of the vessel, went up on her. AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE ‘Walter Morosco.......Sole Lessee and Manager. Grand Production of Henry Pettit's Great Drama, HANDS ACROSS THE SEA! With a Powerful Cast and Realistic Scenic Effects. New Prison Scene, La Roquette, France. New Harbor Scene, Sydney, Australia. Great Ocean Steamship Scene, “The Austra- asian. Beautiful Costumes and Good Comedy. Evening Prices Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ALCAZAR. “7 e MAIN 254, LAST THREE NIGHTS. F_’A‘O-MORROW Says_Good-Bye After Sunday Night. PRICES, 1 3 3 Next Monday—The Splcy Farce, *‘THE STRANGE ADVENTURES or MISS l AUCTION SALES KILLIP & CO., Live Stock and General Auctioneers, 11 MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO. an TUESDAY, Tuesday.. ..-April 12, 1898. AT Salesyard, Cor, Van Ness Ave. and Market St. IMPORTANT SALE 90 HEAD BIGH-BRED ROADSTERS (Mares and Geldings) from three to flve years o0ld, thoroughly broken, by the following well- known sires: DEXTER PRINCE, CUPID, DEXTERWOOD, WHIPS, AZMOOR, TRU- MAN, etc. Among these are a number of well- matched teams, very handsome and speedy. These horses were the property of DAN Mc- CARTY, and are In prime condition, thorough- ly seasoned for road work. We will also sell twenty head of first-class Team and Work Horses, from 1500 to 1800 pounds, young ani- mals, thoroughly broken and well-matched. Horses now at vard. KILLIP & CO., Auctioneers, 11 Montgomery st ELEGANT FURNITURE. THIS DAY (FRIDAY). 804 TURK STREET, NE FR. EA BL 7 Dr.Gibbor’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Privata Lost Manhood. Debility 1 bodyand minda e doctor cureswhen 1nrges low Call orwrite, 0 Francisco, AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER. LAST WEEK—MATINEE SATURDAY. Farewell Performance Sunday. .« ANNA HELD... Presenting a new series of songs, Including the original animated song sheet. In conjunction with the roaring farce, “A GAY DECEIVE R.” EXTRA. BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 11. Hoyt's Comedy Entitled A Stranger In New York. Presented by Hoyt & MciKee's Own Company. A superb organization of clever comedians and pretty girls. Sumptuously Staged and Beautifully Costumed. Sale of seats now going on. CALIFORNIA THEATER. LAST TWO NIGHTS—MATINEE SATURDAY. Bargain Matinee Saturday—Lower Floor, 25c. feaded by MAUDE NUGENT, In Jay In New York, EXTRA— NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, EDWARD HARRIGAN And a select company, presenting his OLD LAVENDER. All the original songs and music by Dave Vm. Jerome's Herald uare Comedians, E Latest musical hits. Clever specialties. The Famous Author-Actor masterplece raham. COLUMBIA THEATER. Two weeks—MATINEE SATURDAY. MR. JAMES A. HERNE. In his original creation of NATHANIEL BERRY, In his beautiful comedy drama SHORE ACRES! Coming—""NANCY HANKS.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MRS, ERNESTINE KR roprietor & Manage: TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL! AN ALL-STAR CAST. TO-MORROW EVENING, OUR EASTER BURLESQUE, SINBAD THE SAILOR! DEBUT OF BOB MITCHELL. SEATS NOW ON SALE. POPULAR PRICES—25¢ and 50c. No Telephone. From the Folles Bergeres, Paris, MLLE. BARTHO, the beautiful, bewildering, be- witching danseuse; MANDOLA, Globe Equil- fbrist; JOHN W. ST, MARIAN AINSWORTH, Singing the FIVE WHIRLWINDS, ~ WATSON, HUTCHINGS and EDWARDS, MONTGOM- ERY and STONE, GLISSANDOS, CHAS. T. ELLIS, and others. Tieserved Seats; %c; Balcony, 100; Opera irs and Box Seats, 50c. C‘;«"‘E’.‘YT WEEK — Hyde's Comedians and Helen Mora. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. HALL. MATINEES APRIL 18th and 15th. EVENING OF APRIL 14th, LITTLE PALOMA SCHRAMM. There is no other musical genius before the public either in Europe or America as truly great and wonderful as this dainty little §- year-old daughter of California. She holds er audlence spellbound and creates irresist- ible admiration. Sale of seats begins MONDAY NEXT 9 a m., at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s, corner Sutter and Kearny sts. Children 50c. Prices—§1.00. RACING! RACING! RACING! ——CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— ‘Winter Mefl\n?, 1897-98, Beginning MONDAY, April 4, to April 16 Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK. RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. SHARP. Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2: :30 and 3 p. m., connect- ing with trai stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45 p. m., and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres. R. B. MILROY, Secretary. EXHIBITION OF ANIMAL TRAINING From 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Dally at the ZOO IN THE CHUTES. PROF. CANIAC'S PERFORMING JAGUAR AND LEOPARD, and a host of attractions! See the LIONS and the LAMB, Side by Side. Feeding of the Carnivors at 5 and 10:30 p. m. Open Daily from 10 a. m. to 11:30 p. m. 10c to All, including Zoo, etc.; Children, Sc. CHIQUITA receives afternoons and evenings. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT. 2 Now open eve Sunday during the season. Mhsolc. l?)nncinxryBoans. Bolan[, Fishing and other amusements. Refreshments at city prices. Fare, round trip, Zoc; Children, l5c; including admission to grounds, —THE STEAMER UKIAH— Will leave Tiburon Ferry at 10:30 a. m., 12:10, 2 4 p. m. Returning, leave El Campo at and 11:15 a. Corner of Meson and OLYMPIA g, i, America’s Most Beautiful Music Hall. MARTELLES, Trick Bicyclists: E. ADE- DITA, Spanish Dancer; CLIFFORD YACKEIN, Creat DOLLY PAXTON, Balladist, and Ten Others. MAE TUNISON, Operatic Selections. Grand Matinee Sunday. Admission Fres m., 1, 3 and 5 p. m.