The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1899, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1899. T *STEVENS BEATS HARDY DOWNING lowa Cyclist Wins the Match. GARDEN CITY RACE MEETING McFARLAND LOWXRS THE CALI- FORNIA MILE RECORD. ‘Wheelmen Honc Carry Off the nors in Both the Open Amateur Events. Specia atch to The Call. | J 29.—An immense s' - Park to- run under v \\'hm‘b‘ ownfall of | who of made track, by reeled it off | and, who six-day cham- on, and | 1 , the short di pi as starter in a thing to be de-” -d. he Oly carried off | 4 »en amateur | third places he mile in and ran thir > th of the Bay nd in both well contested was one of the wheelmen have had | of the meet was mile best two in Downing, sional, and 1wa, Tows Bob” e Downing tandem car- > minute flat. and left the | 1t together. | ed his man on the back 1 n the way to the r lengths. The time ame in the g the first to eated his per- heat, though in Downing gave | > home stretch, but h into the lead. match and purse of | iile handicap was | Those who qualified | 3 Doll, unat- | teher, | nith, mpia, on, E. F. b Francis, | . M mith, Bay Davidson, Bay | n had the race won crowd was | 1 ch. Russ | T it out coming home, ng by a length in 1:27, Bozio | rd, Arthur Davidson fourth. jualified for the final f the mil ratch were: ttached . B. Long- Bozio, Olympi Francis, unat- , Garden City, and City, qualifled in r heats by acting as pace- m was put in to pace and race fast, and they “hit it| rattling clip. “Bunt” Smith | ed place behind the tan- hen the pacing machine out on the last lap, Russ front and until the turn into | ch it looked like his race. | Smith were hot after him, 1 in a beautiful drive Bozio | lengths in 2:09 2-5, | ~ond and Russ third. arland, the champion lifornia, rode an ex- | on mile ainst time, paced by teams. The first team was a t manned by “Bob” Terrill, George nd John Lawson, the “Terrible They were followed by a tan- beat his pacers out a half ths, finishing in the remark- 5, the fastest mile His perform- :d with deafening cheers was announced. , the champion six-day | e world, rode an exhibition unpaced, in 1:001-5, estab- nfessional Coast record heat: first; 1. Smith, Acme, 40 Olympic, 30 unattached, 50 Olympic, Bay City, Davidson : Garden 1-5. ! irst heat: George 5 W. B. Longwill, | F. Russ, Olympic, | hed, third. . T. Smith, Acme, den City Second; Time, 1 heat: s E. A. Bozio, Olympic, th, Bay Ci c, first; | ond; E. F. third. Time, ra. one mile, best paced. between Hardy | ‘al and Orlando L. a.—First heat: Won Second heat: FITZSIMMONS TO FIGHT. Will Meet Jeffries for a Purse and a | Side Bet of $10,000. HICAGO, Jan. 29.— Willlam Black, Julian representative, who h Chicago to-night on_ his York, says that Bob Fitz- be matched to meet Jim for a slde bet of $10,000 and the | run | M | other brand. TI | choicest grap largest purse offered. Jeffries has cov- ered Fitzsimmons’ forfeit posted in New York. Black will meet Jeffries’ manager, Willlam A. Brady, in New York and ar- range the match. g Prize Fight at Needles. NEEDLES, Jan. 2.—A prize fight of ten rounds came off here this afternoon between Dummy Rowan of Cincinnati d Billy Lewis (colored) of San Fran- cisco. There was hard fighting all the time. Rowan seemed to be the better man, but both were badly punished and the contest was declared a draw. '* was for a $500 sta- and was witnessed by 1000 persor RAN OVER THE HILLS Olympic Club Athletes Enjoyed en Outing at Sausalito. The Olympic Club held the first cross- country run of this year under the lead- ership of Captain George James yester- took the 8- day. Forty-three smembers : o'clock morning boat to Sausalito, and, having changed their clothes in the house of the San Francisco Yacht Club, the use of which was kindly granted for the occasion, started at 9 o'clock for a through the reservation to Lime Point, thence over the hills and back to Sausalito by another route. All started gaily together, but ere long the runners had split up into little bunches according to their rate of speed. The leaders were Klarman, Kreling, Col- lins, T or, McConnell, Jam Duf unningham and Dav F. R. ted out at a good pace, but down considerably; however, he d in good conditi Superinten- ennedy and E. N. Short kept the pace up and finished in the second bunch. Klarman, Davis and M onnell divided the hopor of finishing fi and the rest straggled in in little knots of two, three or four. The latest com reached the yachthouse half an hour after the lead- ing trio. After a swim in the bay and a well- earned rest, the party dined at Perrier's restaurant. ' The day, though distinctly warm, was a very pleasant one. Those | who finished the run were: W. J. Ken- nedy, E. N. Short, Frank McConnell, Archie Taylor, George Klarman, C. T Kreling, T. J. Curley, F. R. Butz, M. ewson, A. Duffy, O. Davis, J. Cunning- Cooper, W. Bush, J. Johnson, K. N. Paddock, George Hinkel, bert, John Saxe, E. D. Moor. Collins, Otis Crable, J. Daniels, E v, D. Barber, George Crol, George , H. Monahan, J. G. Fitzgerald S . W. Shea, B. Hones, George chleuter, L. Folansbee, J. Cosgrove, W. H. Dot. George Ransom, F s and L. Werz. —————— WINS THE SILVER TROPEY. James McCarren on the Subject of Temperance and Patriotism. contest between the repre- ves of the parishes with the strict of the League of the Cross, held yesterday afternoon at Metropolitan Temple, was won by James McCarren of M. His opponents in the con- were: James Sevmour of Company John Dillon of St. Ros Parish, Wil- McMahon of Company H and Flynn of Company M. The who rendered the decision, were: Julia Coffey, George R. E. Maxwell Professor L. Taafe. The pri awarded was “;‘hi(‘h entitles the winner the ¥ Th, to compete ior the annual rally of the entire league. The subject chosen for discussi “Tem- of it by the vas_almost identical, to impress upon act that intemperence Is the | greatest of all curses man has to contend | with. A well-defined _camparison drawn between the sober man and the habitual drunkard. The victory that the Americans won in the last war was at- ()flhuwd not merely to the force of arms but and s: and soldiers who fought with success against their foes. A feature of the rally was an eloquent address by tl ;. Father Dempsey of St. Mary’'s Cathedral. In it he reviewed e subject of the e thoughts expressed in them. n of St. Mary’s Cathedral, who acted as chairman of the rally, clos- ed the exercises with a prayer. —_——————————— Return of the Bear. Late last evening the stanch old reve nue cutter Bear, Captain Tuttle, R. C. §., steamed into harbor, four days from Se- attle. This is the return from a long, perilous cruise in northern watars to the rescue of the whaling crews stranded at Cape Barrow. She left Seattle Christ- mas day, 1897, loaded with food and cloth- ing for the castaways, and the story of her gallant plunge through the ice has been told. The rescue was successful, and the men were returned to civilization some time ago. The vessel will refit and otherwise prepare for her coming summer cruise. was th Father O'Ry —_—————— A Remarkable Record. 86,855 cases of G. H. Mumm’s Extra Dry imported in 1808; champagne is made of d first pressings. Bot- tles will bear green neckbands and star label. > ———————— Touching Bit -f Patriotism. A gentleman who was sailing up and down the coast last summer in his yacht told me that one day he put in at Glouces- ter, and had no sooner come to anchor than he noticed that all the flags in the town were flying at half-mast. He had had no opportunity to hear the news for two or three days, and was inclined by the half-masting of the flags to suppose | that some public man had died in the in- terval. Perhaps some general had fallen in the war, he fancied. He lost no time in going ashore and making inquiry. Then he learned that all these signs of mourn- ing were for a private soldier belonging in Gloucester who had died in the service of his country and whose body had been brought home for burial. The yachtsman was much impressed by this incident. As a man who had traveled abroad, he felt sure that in no other country would the flags of a whole city be half-masted as a token of mourning at the death of a com- mon soldler, and he was proud of the pub- lic sentiment, at once intensely patriotic and sincerely and unconsciously demo- cratic which rgmpled such an honor.— Boston Trans The English Blue and White. In 1748 George II accidentally met the Duchess of Bedford on horseback in a blue riding habit faced with white, and was 50 pleased with the effect of it that, a question having been just raised as to the propriety of deciding upon some gen- eral dress for the royal navy, he imme- diately commanded the adoption of these colors, a regulation which appears never to have been gazetted, nor does it exist in the records of the Admiraity, although a subsequent one in 1757 refers to it.— Journal of the Archaeological Associa- tion. a silver medal | Archbishop Riordan gold medal at | his | ays and reiterated | 52,649 more than any | CONVENTION OF - SUNDAY SCHOOLS Atlanta to Entertain Many Guests. WILL ASSEMBLE IN APRIL SEVERAL THOUSAND GATES EXPECTED. DELE- Plans for the Work in Newly Ac- quired Possessions of the United States to Be Mapped Out. Special Dispatch to The. Call. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan., 20.—The local committee having in charge the ar- ran-emer‘~ for the Ninth .riennial In- ternational Sunday-school convention, which is to be held here in April next in the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion parlors, met to-day and took up the work of carir - for t+ big gather- ing and looking into other details. The convention will meet on April 27, 28 and 29 and about 2000 delegates from all parts of the United States, several South American countries, Canada, Mexico, tngland and possibly India will be here. Several days before the | convention the international lesson | committee, of which t.:v. John Potts, D.D., of Toronto, Ont~ ‘o, is chairman, will meet in Atl. :ta to map out the Sunday-school lessons for the next six years. Possibly the most important work to come before the conv ‘on will be the study of what Sunday-school work can and should be done in tlLe newly ac- quired territory of the United States and in Cuba. The Baptist, Methodist and other denominational Sunday- school boards have already begun the establishment of Sunday-schools in Forto Rico, Cuba, and even Hawaii. The international organization will taie up this matter, and these new ac- quisitions to our territory undoubtedly | will be taken into the international field. | If the Philippines are permanently ac- quired the work wi! e carried on over there. A number of changes in the Sunday- | school work will be discussed and some important changes inaugurated. The work among the colored population of | the south will be given especlal atten- tion. Mexico has only recently been taken into the field, and the work there | must be considered. The convention does not draw the line at color or race. There will be a number of negro dele- gates, and in view of this fact two or three of Atlanta’s leading colored citi- | zens have ) 2en placed on the local ar- rangements committee At to-day’s meetin~ it was decided to | open the convention with a musical chorus of 1500 voices at the auditorium in Exposition Park. The entertainment committee, headed by H. H. Cabanos, includes among its members Hoke Smith and ex-Governor Northen. It has sub-committees in_each of the 110 churches of Atlanta. Rev. F. R. Car- ter, pastor of a colored church with 5000 members, is leading the colored people in the matter. The convention will represent 8.000 0°0 Sunday-school scholars and about 200.- 000 schools. The largest gathering in the history of the international associa- | tion is expected. ENGLISH SWORDS. The presentation of a sword to ‘Lord Kitchener (writes a correspondent) in- vests for the moment the swords gener- erally of our warriors with a certain spe- cial interest. It is useful to Enow, per- haps, that the average price®f a’ line- man's sword is 5 guineas, while a guards- man's costs £7 10s. The cavalry sword is 343 inches long and weighs 2 pounds 9 ounces. It is an admittedly imperfect and thrusting, and so is slightly curved. The wit of man has not yet devised a sword which will be perfect as both a | cutting and a thrusting weapon. The best cutting sword should be heavy and curved to allow it to be drawn as you would a knife through a piece of meat. Our Indian cavalry have the curved swords, and our horsemen used them in the Peninsular | ar. Experience has proved, however, that a slight punctured wound is much more deadly than a severe cut. An army surgeon who had had eleven years' expe- rience in India once stated that, while he | had seen the most trifling punctured wounds terminate fatally, the most fright- ful cuts were cured. Now the best thrust- ing sword should be light, narrow, and | straight, not heavy, broad and curved. Our sword is neither one thing nor the other, but, like so much else in this em- pire of ours, a compromise. It is slightly curved toward the point. Still, on the whole, it seems to have served pretty well at the Omdurman charge, The officers’ swords, it may be mentioned, are generally made of the very best steel ob- tainable, namely, ingot cast steel. The | metal, however, does not affect the cost | appreciably. What enhances that is the | workmanship, which may be carried to a ve? high artistic point, as the Sirdar’s ‘ SWor —_————— | proves.—London News. Strange Funeral Customs. In an interesting history of his parish the Rev. James Murray of Kilmalcom, Renfrewshire, mentions that ‘“amid the enjoyments of the people we must not | fail to notice funerals”; and he calls at- | tention to a curious custom which was prevalent in connection with them. It ap- | pears a sleve containing clay p‘!lpes fllled | with tobacco was handed around just be- fore the cortege started. Then the mourn- vers smoked, and when the kirkyard was | reached, as the grave was being fillled, each stepped solemnly forward and cast | his pipe “‘amang the mools.”’—Notes and Querles. DISAPPEARS FROM PACIFIC GROVE Search Made fo W. Ellis, a r the Body of F. Prominent Citizen. nent citizens. : : SOOI, PACIFIC GOVE, Jan. 20.—This town has been more stirred in the last two days than ever before in its history by the inexplicable disap- pearance of F. W. Ellis, one of the most highly respected and promi- He was last seen at 1 p. m. Friday on the streets of Monterey, apparently all right mentally and physicclly. trace has been found, except a letter signed by Ellis and received by Charles K. Tuttle. stating that when the letter was received Ellis would be at the bottom of Monterey Bay. Monterey Friday afternoon. Ellis was a member o. local Masonic and A. 0. U. W. lodges and searching parties have been sent by both organiza- tions throughout the surrounding country for traces of the missing man. Ellis was despondent from continued business disasters, and having just recovered from a severe attack of the grip, is supposed to have been tempor=rily mentally unbalanced. When he left home he had a revolver. Parties have been patrolling the beach along the bay to recover the body. Ellis has a wife and six daughters. No further The letter was mailed In sword, as it is meant to combine cutting | | l THE SAD PLIGHT OF THE UNPAID CITY TEACHERS Many on the Verge of Destitution. AWAIT SEAWELL’S DECISION PETITION FOR THE MISSION COMMERCIAL CLASS. An Old Order Against the Marriage of Teachers Which the Board of Education Is Not Inclined to Test. The 27th of this month was expected by the unpaid teachers to have proved a “Good Friday” for them, as Judge Sea- well was to have rendered a decision on that day, which, they hoped, would dis- solve the injunction suit, thus permitting them to receive at least their salary for January if not for November and De- cember. But the matter went over to next Friday, and they are still waiting. How important this salary matter is to these employes of the School Department may be known by the statement that there are at least 200 unpaid teachers who are absolutely in want for thelr three months' pay. Most of them are.dependent on their salaries for support from month to month, not having a dollar laid up fora rainy day or a school fund deficit. Rent, grocery bills and other household ex- penses are staring them in the face, and no money in sight. A few instances may show to what des- perate straits these unfortunates are re- duced. One teacher, who had purchased furniture for her cottage several months ago on instaliments, now finds not only the wolf at her door, but the collector well. If the educational money market of this city does not loosen: up soon she will lose her furniture and the previous bayments on the same. Another is three months in arrears for board and lodging for herself and little family, and her land- lord, being unfortunately” in deep water from his own busines disasters, is on the verge of closing up his establiShment. His school teacher tenant is penniles: o and the street is threatening her. A third has been lifting a mortgage from her home by monthly payments, but for four months she has been unable to meet her obligations and her creditor is clamorous. Names could be given in many cases proving that this statement is not imagin- ary, but, of course, such publication will not be made. While many of the mer- chants and other creditors, who have sup- ply claims against the department, ne their money, their situation is not nearly .:x;sdcspem(e as that of the unpaid teach- Judge Seawell's decision, if favorable to an immediate settlement of these claims, should come speedily. Seven days' delay means much to a penniless creditor. It has been stated thAt the decision may force the entire school system of the city to shut down for three months. Such result would bring trouble on trouble for the already destitute teachers. In the work of retrenchment and econ- Oms' such questions as salaried vacations and the employment of married female teachers have come into notice. The va- cation matter may be disposed of by the fact that teachers are really employed by the year and formerly they were paid in eight installments, which arrangement was afterward changed to twelve pay- ments, The matrimonial matter was not 80 easily settled. There is an ancient rule, order or law in the department, that a married woman shall not be elected as a teacher and should a teacher marry she must resign. Several years ago the board “let down the bars,” as an old bachelor educator expressed it, ‘“and about a dozen schoolmarms immediately jumped over into the matrimonial corral.”” This rush to the altar caused the cruel Directors to put up the bars again, How- ever, there has been a marriage now and then, but the board has never dared to make a test of their law, fearing that no Supreme Court would decide that a bride was professionally or morally incom tent, even if she add her earnings to husband’s income. The following er petition protesting against the closing of the Mission High School commercial department was ac- tively circulated yesterday and over 2000 slgnatures were obtained. To the Honorable Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco—Gentlemen: The undersigned taxpayers and residents of the Mission and parents of children attending the Mission High School, and whose children are students in the commercial classes of said achool, respectfully and earnestly ask you not to close the seid commercial classes. We heartily indorse your determination to correct the many evils caused by the unlawful and wrongful action of the late board, but we ask you to consider the welfare of the one hundred and three pupils in the commercial classes of the Mission High School, Who are now In the middle of the school year and would be de- prived of all the benefits of thelr last vear's study If the resolution of your board passed Tast Wednesday evening is now enforced. e belleve that you are faithfully endeavoring to improve the schools of the city, but we ask you to give us an opportunity to be heard in this important matter, and we therefore again urge that the order ' closing_the commercial classes of the Mission High School should be suspended and that we be granted a hearing at the next meeting of your board. The petition will be presented to the Board of Education this evening. Princi- pal Bush of the Polytechnic states that his school can accommodate about eighty- five pupulls from the Mission commercial classes. PARIS IS PROVINCIAL. Thinks Only of Dreyfus and Thinks All the World Does So, Too. I went out on Sunday to a little town just over twenty miles from Paris. I dined in the inn—a couple of cyclists from Paris yawning at the other side of the table, a local notary and a couple of friends at the top. Afterward, having no French money, I proposed to pay the bill with a soverelgn. A sovereign {8 currency in the remotest village of Norway, in Turkey, in Efygtlnn mud bazaars, where a white man {s hardly ever seen. But the French innkeeper, twenty miles from Paris, had never seen a_ sovereign and never heard of one, and he absolutely declined, with the utmost politeness, to bid more than 20 francs for it. That {8 a parable of the present state of thhlg! in France. In England we are troubled and grave, preparing our fleets, regretful that France will be our enemy, that France insists on having war. But if war came nobody would be more utter- ly astounded than France. France is aying absolutely no attention to the {:‘ashodl question. If we declared war France would consider it a most unpro- voked aggression, ‘j(ust as she regards the present plain speaking of our journals as mere mud throwing, such as she is ac- customed to read in her own press about the Dreyfus affair. France, in brief, is just now interested in something else—gamely, the affair. And it is utterly impossible to persuade her that what absorbs her does not equal- 1y absorb the whole world. The queen of civilization is whoil{ and hopelessly provincial.—London Mail. One Way to Go Hunting. A remarkable occurrence s re| from Millau (Aveyron). Two ers named Perie, rted . roth- living at Peyreieau, 3| learned that In a crevasse in the rocks near their vlllafi;! was a cave frequented by a large number of more or less wild beasts. They decided to trap them, and devised the following cruel plan. Taking to the entrance of the crevasse a live fox which they had captured, they soaked the poor animal in petroleum, set it on fire and drove it into the beasts’ den, after having constructed before the mouth of the crevasse a barricade suffi- clently strong to check any rush that might be made by the inmates. The latter, maddened by the ten‘lffln spectacle of the burning fox, whic! dashed about in_ all directions in its agony, made a desperate rush for the exit, fighting and tearing one another in their wild efforts to escape. In less time than it takes to tell, the stupefied hux?ters saw their barricade in- vaded by an avalanche of various kinds of animals, upon which they threw them- selves and struck out right and left with clubs and knives. At last all the beasts were killed, though the hunters did not escape scot free. %Vhen the dead animals were collected it was found that there were two badgers, seven wild rabbits, three martens, cleven wedasels, one pole- cat, four foxes, flve hedgehogs, nine s(}ulrrels. seventeéen snalkes, six owls gnd fifteen bats.—London Mail. 0ld Dundee. Where docks now line the river front and merchantmen float, shaggy natives paddled their little craft and fished They were hardy and adventurous, and, con- tent neither with gathering shellfish on the shore nor witfi hooking ihe salmon and sperling, they attacked and captured the larger visitors to the firth, natablK the porpoise. They hunted, too, and, wit venison from the forests and beyond the Law and fish from the river, no doubt fared sumptuously every day. These hunters and fishermen lived on Tayside at a period so remote that tne most cautious guess concerning it takes on a shade of recklessness. Less than twenty years ago they were found to have left a record of themselves in a rubbish heap known in scientific nomenclature as a ‘kitchen midden.” Raking through the debris of the life primeval disclosed, says Mr. Lamb, “shells of edible mollusks mixed with a quantity of burned wood, Eleccs of bone artificially_split, porpoise ones, deers’ horns, and stone imple- ments.” No doubt was_ thus left of the ulccupation and mode of life of the set- tlers. > Now comes the remarkable part of the story. The ‘‘midden’” was covered with earth twelve feet deep, ‘“‘either detritus or the result of a landslip,” and eight feet above the excavators found twelve stone coffins of the Roman era. “Ages x“ust have elapsed,” says the antiquary, ‘“‘be- tween the time when the Stannergate was inhabited by these early fishermen and the Stone Period, when the interments took place. Good Words. —_——————— Grewsome Statues. Seeing that flower fads and even im- mortelles have but their day, the sorrow- ing family of one gentleman cast about for some original and enduring way of perpetuating the memory of their beloved one, and they discovered it, too. Briefly, they immortalized by metallizing him. That is to say, they reversed the oper tion of the pagan gods and changed the body of what was once a llving creature into a statue, which is to be seen at the Cémetery of Pere Lachaise, where it lies in a triple coffin of glass. ~The corpse, having been plunged into phenic acid, and washed in a solution of silver, was placed in a galvano-plastic bath. The result is a statue in every respect identical with the individual, and, to use a Hibernicism, strikingly lifelike. The doctor whose method “was successfully employed to bring about this curious transmutation confidently hopes that in future all public statue will be made on the same principle. But the statue-erecting mood no longex" prevails in Paris just now. Indeed, most politicians and people are iconoclasts, and would gladly demolish many of the ex- {sting monuments to dead celehrities, end quite a number of living ones to boot.— London Telegraph. Prussian Compulsory Service. Compulsory service has been in force in Prussia since 1817, and in 1871 it was ex- tended to the whole of the empire, Every German, with exceptions similar to those in France, must serve twelve years in the army or navy. The l§1f:rm of service in- cludes two years with the colors in the standing army (three years in the caval- ry and artillery); four years in the re- serve of the standing army, two years in the Landwehr and four years in the Land- strum. On leaving the active army and assing Into the reserves the men may ge refused permission to emigrate during their first year of civil life. After the standing army has been re- cruited to its full strength each year the surplus conscripts are enrolled in the Ersatztruppen, and for twelve years un- dergo annual training. Untll the age of 42 all Germans, whether they have served in the active army or only in the Ersatz- truppen, are llable to be called upon to serve in the Landstrum. In the infantry men of good education are allowed, under certain conditions, to purchase their dis- charge after one year's service—Cham- |, ber’s Journal. —_——————— Found the Needle After 17 Years. In the summer of 1881 Miss Emma J. Keener of Marion, O., swallowed a needle one inch and a fourth long, which she had used in sewing. At the time it gave her much alarm, but, suffering no incon- venience, she was advised to awalt re- sults, as nothing could be done but to let it have its course. The following year she married Jacob W. Berry. She is now the mother of six children, but has not suffered from any serious illness, occa- sionally complaining of a distress in the stomach, which was attributed to indi- gestion. For three days past she has complained of something pricking her in the pit of the stomach, which sensation increased in violence, until last evening | she discovered a sharp point protruding from the stomach just below the eusi- form cartilage, and, upon grasping it, brought out the broken needle, three: fourths of an inch in length. The ques- | tion now that troubles the patient is, what has become of the other piece of the needle, and how did it become broken? She Is suffering no inconvenience, but is somewhat nervous over the result.—Cin- cinnati Commercial Tribune. N s e Bravery His Business. “Did you tell that young man that there are microbes in a kiss?" asked Maud. “Yes,” answered Mamie. “But he has a reputation to sustain as a hero. He doesn’t dare to be afraid of anything.”"— ‘Washington Star. WEATHER REPORT, (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, § p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of same date last season, and rainfall in last twenty-four howrs: Last This Last Stations— 24 Hours. Season, Season. Eureka 0.00 :30 18.69 Red Blu 0.00 Sacramento 0.00 San Francisco. 0.00 5.19 Fresno .. 0.00 2.5 San Luis O 0.00 56 Los Angeles 0.00 3.79 San Diego. 0.00 i 3.12 uma . 0. 1.3 i San Francisco data: Maximum temperature, 71; minimum, 53; mean, 63. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The weather is cloudy over Washington, Ore- gon and the plateau region, partly cloudy over California and clear in Arizona. Rain is fall- ing on the Washington coast. The pressure is highest along the Oregon coast and lowest in Montana. The pressure has fallen quite rapidly over the northern Rocky Mountain region. The changes in temperature have been elight. In the great valleys of California the maxi- mum temperatures ranged about 70 degrees, Conditions are favorable for continued fair, warm weather in California Monday. . Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, January 30, 1899: Northern California—Partly cloudy Monday; continued warm; light, generally northerly wind. ?oanhem California—Fair Monday; fresh west wine Nevada—Partly cloudy Monday. Ttah—Cloudy Monday. Arizona—Fair Monday. San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Monday; continued warm; light northerly wind. Special from Mount Tamalpais—Clear; wind northwest, 16 miles; temésemture. 62: maxi- mum, H. WILLSON, Local Forecast Official. ®HE CALL'S CALENDAR. January, 1899 7 |@Last Quarter January 4. New Mooa. January 11. Firat Quarter, B s i Full Moon, — January 26. B u =& NOTICE TO MARINERS. A branch of the United States Hydrographic Office, located in the Merchants' Kxchange, is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners, without regard to nationality and e expense, S favizators are cordially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail- ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of inferest to ocean commerce. The time ball on the tower of the new Ferry building, at the foot of Market strest, is hoisted about ten minutes before noon and dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal re- ceived each day from the United States Naval Observatory, Mare Island, Cal. A notice stating whether the ball was dropped on time or giving the error, if any, is published in the morning papers the foliowing day. W. 8. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. §. N.. in charge. 23 | SUN, MOON AND TIDE. Geodetla Survey— Lo United States Coast and Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at_Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters oceur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. MONDAY, JANUARY 30. Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning ‘tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. Tha second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide and the Jast or right band column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occur. The heights given are ‘additions to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except When a minus sign (—) precedes the height, and then the number given {s subtracted from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference {8 the mean of the lower low waters. —— STEAMERS TO ARRIVE. Steamer. From. Tacoma Portland Newport Humboldt Departure Portland Puget 8o -|Grays Harbos Puget Sound. Coos Bay. .|Coos Bay. <[Honolulu™ . “{Portland -|Grays Harbor. “|Humboldt .{San Diego. .|Victoria & Puget Sound Humboldt Fe Point Aréna. Washtenaw | |Portland . Weeott .........|Yaquina Bay, Santa Rosa.....(San Diego. Crescent City... |Ci Walla Walla. STEAMERS TO SAIL. -|Feb. 3, 11 am|Pier 11 3 Corona ....|San Diego. Pt. Arena..|Point Arena. C. Nelson..|Puget Sound.. I'eb. -|Vic & Pgt Sd.|Feb. ewport.......|Feb. 5, Steamer, | Destination. Salls. | Pler. lySanta_Rosa(San Diego.....[Jan. 30, 11 amPier 11 WUmatila ..|Vic & Pgt $d.(Jan. 31, 10 am|Pier 11 |eChilkat Humbolds Jan. 31, 2 pm|Pler 13 Arcata Coos Bay Jan. 31, 10 am|Pler 13 .Coos Bay...[Newport.......{Feb. 1, 9 am|Pler 11 Aloha ‘[Potnt Arena../Feb. 1, 3 pm|Pler 2 Excelsior ..|Alaska. .|Feb. 1, 9 am|Pler 23 Columbla .. |Portland. |Feb. 2, 10 am|Pier 24 City of Rio|China&JapanFeb. 2, 1 pm|PMSS Alliance ...[Oregon Ports. Feb. 2, 10 am Pler 20 3, 4, , 3 pm Pl 10 am Pler § 9 am|Pler 11 aquina Ba pm Pier 13 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, January 20. U 8 stmr Bear, Tuttle, 4 days from Seattle. Stmr Aloha, Jorgensen, 16 hours from Fort ragg. Br S Wellington, Salmond, 3% days trom Departure Bay. Stmr Alblon, Erickson, 17 hours from Alblon. Br ship Clty of New York, Jones, 136 days from Liverpool. Br ship Ditton, Stap, 161 days from New- castle, England. Schr Aloha, Dabel, 21 days from Honolulu. Schr Monterey, Beck,' 16 hours from Mon- terey. SAILED. Sunday, January 2. Stmr Samoa, Jahnsen, Bureka. Stmr Empire, -Nelson, Coos Bay. Stmr Humboldt, Bonifield, Seattle. Stmr Weeott, Dunham, Yaquina Bay. Stmr Pomona, Shea, Eureka. Bark Annie Johnson, Rock, Hilo. Bktn 8 N Castle, Hubbard, Honolulu. Schr Gem, Nelson, Coos Bay. Schr Daisy Rowe, N Schr J Eppinger, Colstrup, Point Arena. Schr Mary Etta, Anderson, Fisks Mill. Schr Archie and Fontle, Johannsen, Stew- arts Point. Schr Laura Madsen, Rasmussen, Grays Har- bor. Schr Bender Brothers, Wetzel, Bowens Land- ing. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS—Jan. 10 p. m.—Weather hazy; wind NW; veloci miles. SPOKEN. Philadelphia for San Francisco. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived Jan 20—Bark Hesper, from Honolulu CLALLAM BAY—In bay Jan 20—Br ship Walter H Wilson, from Tacoma for Queens- town. PORT TOWNSEND—In bay Jan 20—Br stmr Tartar, from Vancouver for Yokahama and Hongkong. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 20—Stmr Willamette, | hence Jan 24; stmr Progreso, hence Jan 26. | _COOS BAY—Sailed Jan 29—Schr Glen, for San Francisco. EUREKA—Sailed Jan 23—Stmrs Brunswick and Chilkat, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRO—Sailed Jan 26—Schr Lottie Car- son, for Eureka. Arrived Jan 20—Schr James H Bruce, from Tacoma. TUSAIL—Sailed Jan 20—Stmr Newsboy, for San Francisc BOWENS mexi«:sG—Arrlved Jan 29—Schr Newark, hence Jan 2. FORT BRAGG—Sailed Jan 20—Stmr Sequola, for San Franclsco. ASTORIA—Arrived Jan 20—Br ship Gunford, from San Diego. Sailed Jan 29—Stmr Alliance, for San Fran- cisco; Br bark Balasore, for Queenstown; Br ship Allerton, for Queenstown. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Jan 20—Stmr Catanla, from Hamburg. Sailed Jan 20—Stmr Noordland, for Copen- hagen . | HAVRE—Arrived Jan 2—Stmr La Bretagne, from New York. | from New Yorl Sailed_Jan 23—Stmr Lucania, for New York. MOVILLE—Sailed Jan 20—Stmr Anchoria,for New York. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Jan 29—Stmr Cymric, from York. | QUEENSTOWN—Arrived Jan 20—Str Servia, X - Nov 23—50 § 64 W, ship Wm H Smith, from | { AUCTION SALES. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. ©ese..602 Market st, EXTRAORDINARY AUCTION. THE T _IMPORTED FRENCH v TER COLORS, L s, X AND STATU- ARY, Contained in the Residence of a French , Co id Family Departing for Europ THIS DAY. JANUARY 30, 1899 1 O'clock A. M. Full particulars in Chronicle. THIS DAY RAILROA®» TRAVEL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (BACIFIC NYsTEM.) Eralns lenve nnd are duo (o arrive ag NAN FRANCINCO. (Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) Frox Dec. 18, 1338, LEAVE "%6:00x Niles, Sau Jose an: 7:004 Beulols, Suisun and Sacramento. ... #1004 Marzaville, Orovile aud Redding via 7:004 Elmirs, Vacsvillo and Rumsey. T:80A inez, San Ramon, Vallejo, Napa, Calistogn and Santa Rosa.......... #8:004 Atlautic Kxpress, Ogden and . Sdor 31204 Ban Jose, Livermore, _Stocktou, S Tone, Sseramento, Placerville, Maryaville, Chico, Red Biuff. 4:13p 8:304 *Miltun, Oskdale and Jamesto 4:15¢ 9:004 Martinez, Tracy, Lathrop, Stock Meroed and Fresn: ... 1205 91004 Frosuo, Bakerslield. Santa Harlara, Los 'Angeles, Doming, El Paso, New Orloaus aud Eaat... . e 10:004 Vallejo, Martinez and Way Stations 7:452 12:00x Niles, Lirermore, Stockton, ‘mento, Mendota, Hanford, Visalia, Porserville 4:157 *1:00r Sacramento River § *8:00r Ramon, Nap 9:154 4:00¢ Beuicia, Woodlas Ma, 10:453, 4:307 Nlles, 7:152 8:002 San Francisco and Los Angeles Limited. Fresno, Bakerstield, Los Angeles,.. 9:454 5:30p Stockton, Merced, Freano. 12:152 5:302 Martiuez, Tracy, yendota, Freano, Mojave, Saota Marbara and Los Angeles Sd5a 156:00P Pacific Coast Limited, El Paso, Fort Worth, Little Rock, St. Louts, Chicago and East..... 5:30r Nanta Fe Roi.c for Mojase al 6:00 Vuropenn Mail, Ogden and 07 Haywards, Niles and San Jos: 0r Vallejo P Vallej ton: 8:00r Orego ville, Redding. Sound and Vst ESEN «10:03p Sunset Limi Angeles, El Paco, Nei n suf Bast ... 51:47 BAN LEANDRO AND HASWARDS LOCAL. (Foot of Market Streor.) wary Vark, Iminrst, ( South San Leandro, Extadillo, Lorenzo, Cherry 3 and s EtO'IP Maywards. 151450 TH00P | ¢ Runs through to Niles. l 7:45p # From Niles. TOAST DIVISION (Narrow Gange). (Foot of Market Street.) 8:154 Niwl.rk.(! Boulder Cre Btationn, . 3:509 *2:157 Newark, Cer 3 Almaden, Felton, Doulder : Banta Cruz and Principal Wa: Stationa. - *10:504 4:13% Newark. San Jose sud Los Gatos... 9:204 f11:43p Hunters' Excursion, San Jose and Way Stations..................... $7:208 CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAK FRANOISC0—Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)— 5 9:00 11:00AM. $1:00 *23:00 s $8:00 *8:00r.m. om 0AELAND—Peot of Brazdws 6:00 8:00 10:00A.M. $12:00 *1:00 $2:00 :00 $4:00 *5:00r. COANT DIVISION (Broad Gauoge). (Third avd Townsend Sts.) 13:00 - y es Piuos, Nuuta 1%, e, Paso Robles, San Guadalupe, Surf and Ay Statfons 10:404 San Jose aud Way Stations 11:304 San Jose and Way Station . *2:45r San Mateo, Redwood, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Banta Clara, Giiray, Hollister, Balines, Monterey aud Pacilic o Grov Luis Obispo, B:30r SanJose 6:30r San Jose aud Way B San Jose nud Way Stations. A for Morning. T for Afternoon. #Bundays excapted. t Sundays only | Sstnrdays only $Mondaysand Thursdays. alu-sdsys and Saturdays. §3aturdaysand Wednesdays. bThareders and Sundass | CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. C LESSER SAR FRANCISGO AHWD NORTH PACIFI RAILWAY COMPANY, Ferry, Foot of Market St BAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAED. WEEK DAYS—7:30, . 11:00 m.; 13:3 30, 60 6:30 p.m. - Thursdays—Extea trig st Batiraays—Extry trips at 14 ‘m. ), :30. 11:00 a m.; 1:30, 338 6:00, 6:20 p. m. EAN RAFAEL TO SAN ¥RANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—6:10, ), 5:10 m. Baturdays—Extra trips 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 &, m.; 13:48, ad A Y B—1:10, U0 & W5 10, 344, . 6:25 p. m. Between Sin Francisco and Schueten Park same schedule as above. Leave Arrive San Francisco. | In Effect ———————| October 16, 1598, Destination. S, Santa Rosa, Fulton, ‘Windsor, Healdsburg, ton, Geyderville, Cl Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Mauhood. Debility or disease we-rln’ou bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. I'he doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Clarges low Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite BBON, Box 1957, San Francisco RAILROAD TRAVEL. HORTH PéElFlB COAST RAILROAD, Saugalito Ferry. FROM SAN FKANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY AND SAl "AEL. WEEK DAYS—%7:20, *9:30, 11:00 a. m.; *1:45, 3:45, 5:15, ), G:th. m. EXTRA TRIPS—For_ San Rafael on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. m. SUNDAYS—*8:00, *10,00, *11:30 a. m.: 300, *4:30, €15 b o, | _Trains marked * run to San Quentin. | FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—5:25, B *3:30 a. m.; 012:20, 2:20, *3:45, P._m. EXTRA TRIPSon Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6:40 p. m. SUNDAY! 8:00, #10:00, *1:55 & m.; | *115, *3:10, 440, %6:20 p. m. | _Trains marked * start from San Quentin. | FROM MILL VA TO SAN FRANCISCO. | 7:85, 9:40 a. m.; | 12:35, 7:45, 3350, 5:20 p. m. | "EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays | and Saturdays at 7:( . m. | “SUNDAYS—$ & m.; 12:05, 1:2, 3:20, 6:00, 6:20 p. m. THROUGH TRAINS. 7:20 a.m. week days—Cazadero and way sta'ns. 145 p.m. Saturdays—Duncen Mills and way " ons. 00 a.m. Sundays—Duncan Mills and way sta’s. THE SAR FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. From Jan. 35, 15, trains will run as follows: South-bound | North-bound. Passen| Mixed, | Mixed. |Passen- ger. | Sunday| Sunday| ger. Dally. [Exclptd] Stations. | Exe'pid) Daiy. 7:20am|10:00am| Stockton | 3:46 pm| §:00 pm 9:10am| 2:05pm| Merced ; Fresno Hanford | Sukorsneid Visaita | Tulare Stopping at intermediate points as required. For particulars of stage and other connections inquire at Traffic Manager's Office, 321 Market street. San Francisco % Lytton for Lytton Springs; at Geye for Skagy Springs; at Cloverdale for opland for Duncan Spri: kprings, Kelseyville, . Carlsbad and Bartlstt D endocino City, Fort sal, Willitts, Laytonville, 8 Harris, ' Cume -m:’-."" Bell's Springs, Olsen's, Dyar, a and Eureka. Baturday to Monday round trip tickets af T On BuBdass round trip tickets to all points beyond Ban Rafael at half rates. cket Offices, 660 Market st., Chronicle bl B G WRITING, RN General Manager. Agent. California Limited Santa Fe Route Connecting Owl Train Leaves San Francisco via Los Angeles at 8 P. M. every SUNDAY, TUESe« DAY, FRIDAY. Arrives in Chicago at 9:562 A. M. tha 11 Thursday, Saturday and Tuesdav—Arriving in New Yorkat 1:30 P. M. Friday, Sunday and Wednesday. DINING CARS, BUFFET CAR, Ob« servation Car and Eleoctria Lighted Sleeping Car. This Train is In Addition to the Dally Overland Express. SAN FRANCISCO TICKET OFFICE—S28 MARKET ST, TELEPHONE MAIN 1531 Cakland Offico—1118 Broadway, Sacramento Office—201 J Street, San Jose Office—7 West Santa Clara Sb WOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIG RAILWAY, Via Sausalito rerry.) Leave San Francisco, commencing Sunday, undeyes00, 10 n %0, 10: nd trip from THOS, COOK & strast. fan Franoleea.