The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1899. J0E PIGGOTT . PILOTED THREE WINNING HORSES His Mounts Heavily Played. TAME SPORT AT OAKLAND ARBACES SEEMS TO BE QUITE A HORSE. | Defeated Joe Ullman in Fast Time. Silver Tail Again ‘Displays Ex- tional Gameness— Storm King Downed Ostler Joe. , the idol of the Californla and form at Oakland yes t three winners over the I \erative odds, and Pr & feature of an First Race—Six furlongs; three-year-olds and upward; selling. 932 Kamsin 97 951 Novia 106 956 Watossa 7 Faversham 920 Polka. 961 Highlafd “Ball 96 Helgh Ho. 36 Horatlo 965 Socialist . 106| 943 Jinks 01 (936) Promp 92| 938 Saintly TWO “ANGELS" - FOLD THER WINGS AND QUIT 11031 965 Guilder . Becond Race—One and an eighth miles; four- vear-olds and usward; selling. 110, 944 New Moon. 42 McFarlane 953 Billy MeClos 951 Ringmaster 524 Merry Boy e et - % 882 Codarmon s e tnodowt | A Dramatic Frost at 942 Peter 1I 283 Eureka . Third Race—Four furlongs; two-year-olds; the Alhambra-, maidene. «.. Loyta 970 Tom Sharkey ... Idalette 970 Rachel C... 964 Burdoc $91 Rose of Hilo. 940 Gusto . 959 Tanobe . ONE MORE THEATRICAL WRECK 963 Flush of Gold. 940 Ncttle Clark. 959 Chumplon Rose. 6 Tlilouctte . 740 Lorello .. Rose Queen. $21 Bamboulla . 921 Catulus .. Race—One _mile; SIX ACTORS WANT TICKETS TO Fourth three-year-olds; maidens. GO HOME. 600 Fortis . £ Ed Lanigan. 8§35 Grange: 913 Sylvan Lass. 579 Bly. 341 Solstice . Pallucus 724 Thyne & 699 Hannah Reid Ca i Edward Holden Flashed the Local Capital for the Enterprise, but He Could Not Draw d Garter fth Race—One and an eighth miles; three- yeanoids and upwards: eelling Crowds. @44 TIm .. 9) Winitred 248 39 Univ | 857 Reolia .08 . Outr!g! . 962 Judge Wofford.. 93 ynial Dame..105 (362)Peter Weber..... 83 Two “‘angels” of the drama have folded their little wings this week and become “dead uns.” Their names are Henry Mac- Donald and Thomas Kilgo. They were good things while they lasted, but will h Race—One and a quarter miles; handi- lay's spo: is p e e e b soon be indistinguishable amid the > 2i8e wrecks that crowd on memory at the Alhambra. They are theatrical ghosts B A esa Eia e ‘ximu refuse to walk even for the half i ozen members of the stock company Seco ce—] aster, E Vi e e Cppmaster, mnsicin, Cavallo. | brought here from the East to electrify S % Rachel G, Flush of | San Francisco at “tem, twenty and thirty.” Fourth Race—Ed Lanigan, Hannah Reld, Rlo| Less than three months ago the an- Glenn gelic qualities of MacDonald and Kilgo Fifth Race—Ulm, Peter Weber, Winifred. were discovered in this city, of which Sixth Race—David Tenny, Adolph Spreckels, | POth are residents, by Actor E. J. Holden. BN [Prpie He had a new venture in mind and had e = no trouble in introducing it to the heav- ngs “A HOT OLD TIME.” enly visitants. They fell in love with the up, he idea and soon Holden was on his way couple of The Rays to Réopen the California | East to secure actors for the company, he run- Theater With Their Breezy MacDonald and Kilgo having agreed to he place. T 3 flutter their wings for the necessary cash, s arce-Comedy. Holden to get a salary as stage manager s On Monday evening next the Californfa | and & working interest in the venture. The f = ramble was only a Theater is to be reopened with a farce- | The Alhambra Theater was rented for Hawk. The flying | comedy that promises much pleasure to |tWo months—from March 1 to May 1—and w addle, started | playgoers. The old San Francisco fa- | ;"e thrilling bmf}l‘fldemfl- a b'fifldfl(‘“rd“‘g 3 won the way. | vorites, Johnny and Emma Ray, are|{fom away back, “Dewey, the Hero of shot backed down to | scheduied to produce thelr latest success, | iommy weane PU¢ 1 tehearsal for the } a Melvin Burnham, | “A Hot Old Time.” The lines in the play | In due time Holden returned from New The second choice, | are said to be breezy and bright and give | York, having signed there six people for A the ruck. | the members of the company many op- | the stock company, for & season of dent f showed such % s | weeks. In add o their salary, they e Dagy aoh | portunities for showing their versatility. | werd®y o0 859 00 11 AN 'cases of such ) favorite for the | G€0r8e M. Cohen, who has gained fame | short engagement so far from home, that d dash. Away in | @S 2 farceur, has fouched up the comedy | they would be given return transporta- oungster was quick- | in his {nimitable style. Original songs and | tion. The six were Thomas Doyle, late passe ail, which led to the & number of strong specialties have been | leading man with Fanny Davenport; M s lis out in a hard | INtroduced to add interest to the produc- | Charles Swain, who was such a popular Fife sran ithira. | tion. The Rays have gathered a score of | comedian at Morosco's; De Witt Clinton, sixteenth run developed | clever artists around them and it is con- | whose greut grangdfather was the cele- as <, the brother to Diggs, | fidently sald they will be kindly received | brated Secretary ® the Treasury of the s s, took command in the | by the critical local public. Many of them | United States of that name, whose face ) n out, downed the fa- | have appeared in this city before and es- | looks out from the revenue stamp on all ss than a length in | tablished themselves as favorites. cigarette boxes; Joseph Tracy, Miss Hugh Penny was| In the play Mr. and Mrs. Ray appear | Laura Alberta, leading lady, and Miss mner was 6 to 14n the | in their original characters of Larry | Florence Rossland, ingenue. 1 Mooney and Mrs. General Blazer, and are | “Dewey, the Hero of Manila," was put <upported by the following peoplé: Dolph | on for the first time at the Alhambra on and Susie Levino, Frank Lalor, Dave |the night of March 6, the Eastern per- Genato En Bailey, Harry Dull, | formers being reinforced by the necessary « second. rilliam Finley, Robert | local talent. It went with a whoop. Red friends in rnia Lalor, Minerva | fire_and tin thunder, bullets and 'blood s sland ejent Bronner: flashed and rattled and whistled and le to shake elegant costumes, designed by | flowed through four flerce acts; Spanish 9% E Mrs, Ray, are worn by the ladies of the | Were slaughtered by the thousand; Hob- c gth in 1 company, who are pretty and good sing- (SR flew all the way from Santiago at the 3 A ors. DA cake walk by Genaro and Balley | Tise of the curtain to Cavite in the last To-Day’s Entries. > - : act, just In time to raise seventeen sunken is a feature of the performance. The lat- D e R L e e the entries for afternoon’; 3 a xe - £ ° A e 5 : scternoon’s | ter are sald to be unexcelled in this spe- | O e : 4 | was still alive and kicking. The first g = 50 | week’s receipts were very good and “The | Hero of Manila” might have been given y an extended run for his money had not THE CALL S RACI NG ( :HAR I Holden provided otherwise. He had also = | engaged, while in New York, Agnes Hern- don as leading lady and announced that e {or the second week he would put on “La RA oy : S & elle Marie.”” He did, but that gifted lady OAXLAND RACE TRAUK, Thursday,s April 113,/1808. —Beventys | 8 o G o e e e it first day of the winter meeting of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Weather public breast and the recelpts dwindled o as fast as the hopes of the ‘“angels.” Sne: S 4 \Saved From the Flames” and “Married, = i TR = = Not Mated,” were tried in the succeedin; H, Preslding Judge. JAMES F. CALDWELL, Starter. i weeks with e are T : —————————————— “The Sunny South,” a war drama, with 968 FIRS' x furlongs; selllng; three-year-olds; purse, $400. plantation songs thrown in, was produced . last Monday night in a despairing effort = = = Betting. | topc08x coln Into the house. 2 v - i Che rost hat strucl = e Sunny Nm. sty v i Jockeys. ~ 10p. CL_ | South® shriveled up the hopes of all. Tt 4 12 (Pigsott . was a nipper and no mistake, and al- 1 21 |W. Narvaer though Holden insisted in putting on the 2 31 (1. Refr. drama the next night, it was no use, 3 45 |Macklin The temperature was too much for it and 3 51 [Weber it died an unnatural death. The snow 5 63 |E. Jones. drifted about the doors of the Alhambra, 8 72 [Holmes and they aid not open Wednesday night 7 8 |O'Brien and there is no telling when they will. 1:16%. Winner, T. F. Latta’s ch. c. by El Rio Rey-Ogalena. cond and third driving. den and was perhaps the best. i ri ng bled. She would have won. 969, SECOND RACE—Five furlong Genua tired as usual. A rest The Fretter ran a weird sort of race. year-olds and upward; purse, $00. selling; thre | Betting. %m. Str. Fin. Jockeys. [Op. Cl ERHScmanaanen (51969 1 b 05 3 b ke IE. Jones |Raymond r. F. McMahon's br. m. by Imp. Hawksley-Flora. and third driving. Srawford ‘:hnwnd improvement. Sierra Blanco stopped. Others gon traffic The winner s for the D Index. Horse. Weight. [St. 921 Fin. I Jockeys. 1% |Piggott . 2n | Silver Tail Ned Dennis, with a stronger ride, could have won, Rachel C should have been fighting for first moner — T t of start. Never again, however, under the triple- headed management of Holden, MacDon- ald and Kilgo. The el are supposed to have dropped 0 between them, MacDonald three-fifths of that, and yet all the cred- itags of the short-lived manarement are not satisfied. The six actors brought from the East for the “Hero of Manila” are still waiting for their return’ tickets, and are none too sanguine that they will get them. The cause of the failure is laid at the door of Holden, who is accused by mem- bers of the company of a sort of loftiness that was very trying at times, and is said to have Interfered with good work. In ad- dition, he Is said to have avoided tne usual channels, of advertising, and this is declared to have been his most costly mistake. He might have drawn people even to the “‘Sunny South” had they had any means of ascertaining that that play was being give COLLEGE GLEES AT THE FETE TO-NIGHT PREPARING FOR THE BIG IOWA ENTERTAINMENT. Prominent Society Men on the Floor Committee for the Charity Ball on Monday Night. The stirring music of the Twenty-fourth United States Ipfantry Band (colored) was one of the ‘most attractive features at the gingerbread fete last evening. The programme was an unusually good one and combined excellent vocal selections, together with acrobatic feats by promi-| nent Olympic Club men. The wand drill Index. Horse. Welght.St. Std. ¥m. %m. ¥%m. Str. by the pupils of the Chinese public school o ot was an entertaining and unique feature (950) Arb uzf2 31 2 h 31 12 and reflected great credit on the instruct- @30 Joe 067 7 5% 52 52 2h or, Professor George Miehling. Hugh 12(3 2n ) 2h 31 To-night will be “college night,’” and the ope R S following excellent programmeé will be Joe sl 4 61 ‘ 61 610 presented: : & 2 Esplonag 8716 6% 7 7 {Hal Brown. Aunt Margory, Stanford University Glee == o —= it 22 | Ciub; Andalusid waltz, Stanford Mandolin Time—1-16 B1%; 9-16, 5% 13-16, 1:21%; mile, 1:40%; 1 1-16m, 1:46%. Winner, | Club! monologue, Frank B. Riley; Kentucky A. 7. Ste by Red Tron-Lily Wright. 'Good start. Won first three driving, | Babe, Stanford Glee Club; marks and remarks, e ass than was supposed. Hugh Penny injudiciously handled. Myth, R. V. Culver; Eli Green's cake walk, Stanford ustom, was rated. Ullman was best. " | Mandolin Club; slumber song, MfFs. Walter 104 Five furlongs: three-year-old fillies; purse, $400. Hofse. Index Marion Pt 1 0 [N Eheps—" e e ot (DR MPereIes 1o o mamoam e 1:02%. Winner, B. Schrelber's b. £. by Himyar-imp, nd and third driving. field. El Estro has lost her form. Astolat. —One mile; three-year-olds and upward; purse, $400. Betting. Str. Op. CL el 5 Jockeys. ® 8 Storm King, 935 Ostler Joe, Rapido, a . Grady, 6 . Three Forks, a . Bonnle Ione, 4. 1d Fin, 3.. Bliss Rucker, Time—%, i %, :60; 2%. Winner, W. Landsberg’s blk. h. by imp. Whistlejacket-Grenadine. . ' Won first _three driving. er Joe stopped when half the route had been covered. Storm King did not have reserve. Rapido had plenty of speed. Grady of little use. W, Narvaez. cemprrors PRy oopmene e m e see Bamawsen P TPy Fonda. Saturday will be the gala day of the ex- hibition. "At the matinee there will be a speclal performance for the children and in the evening the United States steamer | Towa all-star combination will hold the !} stage. Great preparations are being made | for Towa night. All the booths will be re- moved and seats provided for all. On ac- count of the great crowd that has already signified its intention of being present the lady patronesses of the fete have decided to dispose of a limited number of reserved seats at an extra charge of 50 cents. * The charity ball on Monday evening next will bring the fete to a brilliant close. Tickets have been placed at $2 50 and admission to the gallery may be pur- chased at $1. Prominent society men will officiate as a floor committee, and among them are Joseph D. Grant, Allen St. John Bowle, Robert Oxnard, Samuel Knight, Percy King, John Merrill, William Irwin, Colonel Preston, Charles Field, Fred Kohl, Frank King, George A. Poge. Col- onel Frank Sumner, Willlam H. Crocker, Peter Martin and Walter Martin. £ Last night's programme in full was as follows: Song, “Calm Is the Night' (Bohm), Oscar S. Franks: club swinging, Charles Slamberg; song, Willlam J. O'Brien: acrobatics, Messrs. Swift and Burke; song, Frank W. Thompson; contortion act, T. Walsh; Chinese specialty, Mrs. Loosley; fire act, A. Stone; wand drill, by pupils of the Chinese public school. HAPPY COLORED- SOLDIERS AT ~ THE PRESIDIO Delighted With Their New Quarters. ON GOOD TERMS WITH WHITES PREPARING TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO MANILA. New Orders to a Number of Officers. Mishap to Corporal Thornton of the Fourth Cavalry Band. The detachment of the Twenty-fourth Infantry stationed at the Presidio has be- come comfortably located in its new quarters, and officers and men are a unit in voting the post the most desirable in the country. Certainly the colored “doughboys” have not been long in es- tablishing themselves and already they are the recipients of marked attention at the hands of their civilian brethren a.nd.‘ sisters. They are a happy lot, those black- skinned warriors, with never a care nor a thought of the morrow. The veterans among them recall the days before the Spanish war, when they were stationed continually on the frontier in small gar- risons, where all the routine duties de- volved upon a few men, the more desira- ble stations being given to the white troops. But their work in the Santiago campalgn earned for them something bet- ter than “herding Indians,” and they have been rewarded with the finest station in the service, where enough troops are con- stantly stationed to divide the work and give them all plenty of leisure. They are a never-failing source of amusement to the white cavalrymen and the casuals at the Presidio bound for the Phillppines, and the best of feeling prevails. When the regl- ment was recruiting up to its maxi- mum strength at the breaking out of the war the recruits were drawn almost wholly from the plantations of the South, and the quaint negro dialect, with its simple humor, broken by contagious guf- faws, is heard on all sides. They are as frolicsome as a litter of Kittens, and the white boys readily join in their sports. Yesterday afternoon there was -a hotly contested ball game on the old parade round between teams from the Twenty- ourth and the white soldiers. The scorer %rcw weary and gave up his job after a ew innings, but the players kept right along with the game. In another part of the field a squad of whites and blacks mixed up indiscriminately in a football match. All the other soldiers on the res- ervation who were off duty divided their attention between the games, cheer- ing the players on to greater efforts. Out-of-door sports are all right with the white boys, but when the newcomers sug- gest a game of craps it is different. Many of the men have families and stylishly dressed maids and matrons and rollicking pickanninies abound. Johnny Morrisey could go out to the Presidio and pick up some cake walkers, buck and wing dancers and musical come- dians that would discount most of his imported talent. Preparations are being rushed.for the reception of more troops en route to the Philippines. Carpenters are putting up wooden kitchens on the camp ground near the eastern entrance for the accommoda- tion of troops in transit, while the new barracks are rapidly nearing completion. Eight batteries of the Sixth Artillery will arrive in a day or two and sail on the transport Warren about the 1S8th inst. The Newport will sail on or about the 20th, carrying a battalion of marines and two batteri of artillery. The famous Twenty-first Infantry ‘will arrive here next Sunday or Monday, and will sail on the transport Hancock. Light Battery E, First Artillery, now at the Presidio, will also sail on the Hancock. Acting Assistant Surgeon W. A. Me- Vean has been assigned to duty at the Presidio General Hospital. Acting Assist- ant Surgeon R. F. Gray has been relieved from duty on the transport Warren and assigned to the general hospital. Acting Assistant Surgeon R. E. Willlams has been relieved from duty at Angel Island and assigned to the Warren. First Lieutenant H. G. Leonard, Four- teenth Infantry, has been assigned to duty with the battallon of casuals at the Presidio, and will accompany it to Manila. First Lieutenants Thomas McConnell and Hugh D. Wise, Ninth Infantry, will proceed to Manila to join their regiment on_the Hancock. Second Lieutenant Samuel A. Kephart, Fourth Artillery, has been detafled as quartermaster on the transport Leelanaw. He will also take charge of the detach- ments detailed to accompany the horses and guns shipped on the Leelanaw. Lance Corporal George W. Thornton, Fourth Cavalry band, met with an acci- dent during the funeral of Colonel W. C. Smith on Tuesday, but fortunately es- caped with comparatively slight injury. ‘When the band wheeled into Steuart street from Market Thornton's horse slipped on the pavement and fell. The rider was playlng at the time and did not have a change to get his foot from the stirrup before the horse fell upon his right leg. No bones were broken, but the skin from the knee to the ankle was scraped away. Corporal Thornton was on his feet as soon as the horse, and, re- mounting, continued on to the ferry with the band. ) A BABY PRISONER. Judge Conlan Severely Reprimands Secretary Wadham of the Eu- reka Society. Mrs. Ednha Aubray and her two-year- old baby girl appeared before Judge Con- lan yesterday, the mother to answer a charge of vagrancy preferred against her by her father, Captain Van Pelt, and the child to be sent to a public institution. The Judge ordered the name of the child to be stricken from the calendar and characterized her arrest by Secretary ‘Wadham of the Eureka Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children as a ross outrage. It would remain an indeli- le stain upon an innocent child to have her name upon the prison register, and he was amazed and indignant at any of- ficer being guilty of such an outrageous act. Mrs. Aubray’s case.was continued till to-morrow. She is out on her own reco, nizance, and Wadham wanted Prosecut- ing Attorney Lowe to get the Judge to order her into custody, but he indignant- ly refused. The case will probably be transferred to another court, as Judge Conlan is acquainted with the defend- nt. Both Mrs. Aubray’'s husband and her father were in court. Mrs. Aubray is indignant at her arrest by Wadham, which she says is_persecution, and she threatens to horsewhip him. Wadham de- fends his conduct by declaring that he knows the woman is not a fit person to have the custody of the child, and that he was granted, letters of guardianship over the youngster last December. ——————— Victim to Manila Heat. Julius Hilpich, who was arrested Tues- day for chasing J. F. Durkin, a gro- gery elerk at 1712 Eddy street, with a carving knife, was taken from the City Prison to the Receiving Hospital yester- day to be u;ea;ed for an attack of epi- lepsy. His father called at the hospital and fold Dr. Well that his son had cn. listed as_a volunteer last year and had one to Manila. The excessive heat had muiht on epileptic attacks and he was honorably dlscharged. ‘When an at- .tack is coming on he becomes temporar- 1ly crazy. Julius was released on his own recog- nizance yesterday afternoon by Judge Mogan. ¥Ie has a brother on onye of tge b?:hle:r!:lpu“gndchls fa;herbwns deegrnted Wi e n Cross for braver; urin; the Franco-Prussian war. L ) = 8 THE EMPORIUM. 1 THE EMPORIUM. | THZ EMPORIUM. &'U’.’.?"i”’.""””’ii”,.i.i.’, i‘).DD”’#D))’.D7?."’7.’.”")’% % The famous- baritone singer, Senor Antonio Vargas, and Senorita Gueritta in operatic duels at concert fo- -morrow night Last two Sugai Waitch THE EMPORIY GoldenRule Bazaar. CALIFORNIA'S LARTEST—~AMERICA'S GRANDEST STOpe, days of the great Feist Stock Sale of useful household articles for Kitchen and Dining-room closets—Toys, etc., at about 50c on the dollar. (Main-aisle near entrance and second floor in rotunda). Hongkong Fine Dry Granulated—this week 21 lbs for $1.00 Western Refinery Dry “¢ Best Cube Sugar (@ See below other remarkable offerings in Groceries). A chance that rarely comes. We are over. stocked, so offer a discount of 25 per cent e s @ on all gold, gold filled and silver Watches over $10 in price for balance of month. For ‘Bargain Fridav Only, embroidered, all-! sheer cloth—large assortment of style worth 85¢ and 50c each—sale price to: For Bargain Fridav Only, ettes, 98c. Silk Collarettes, lik picture—made rich, glossy, durabl materials, with flowing ends — wort! only Bargain Friday Clean-Up of The color lines are broken in a big lof to close them out we mark them at les A Friday Bargain in Plated Trays. Quadruple Bread Tray, satin finigh, bright cut, & would be cheap at $1.15—special for to & day only, each PURPPEEP PP R PRI P P PR RN I RPRPREPER IR LRI R PPV VRSP EV SR I PRI TERPE PP TR R PRIV PRI RRRER PR RRPY P T L L b chechchechcin dinchchcin e b i inchachucinhdin dhadsciecisiechiehedn i it b b 2 oL 2 2 L L L L L LT 50c Handkerchiefs, 19¢ 25 dozen Ladies’ extra fine, elaborately inen Handkerchiefs—a 9¢c $1.50 Coliar- 50 only, Black Liberty extra full and very stylish— long $1.50 each—for to-day 8c Trimmings, 6c Yd. of trimmings that we have on hand, and than cost of manufacturing—they were 16¢, 20c and 25c the yard—to-day...6¢ silver-plated 7c | eAstonishing Fridav Bargain. Fine Stationery. Fine Society Stationery—heavy. finely finished paper—Billet, Oxford, Victor, Opera, Courtier and Mignon shapes—in | cream, heliotrope, pink, azure and gray tints—the regular prices from $1.50 to $2 for 120 sheets paper and 125 envel- | opes—special for to-day only, the 245 pieces for... .87¢ s Useful Fn'tiav Bargain, Shears, 16c. e e Good nickel-plated Shears, like picture —either 8 or 9 inches long—special to- day only, per pair.. 16¢c h ‘Bargain Friday Only. Knitting Silk. Crown Knitting Silk—the 5¢ spools— large assortment of colors, including pinks, blues, reds, white and cream—spe- cial to-day only, per spool c t Some Friday Bargains For Bicyclists. Spring Steei Pants Guards, per pair....1e Tire Tape, 1-oz rolls, each.. -3¢ Solar Acetylene Gas Lamp, 1899 pattern, regularly $3.50 each— %> special to-day only. $2.73 .—sale price to-day. Infants’ Shoes— . black or chocolate Vici kid, button style, fancy silk vesting lops, turned sewed soles, sizes 2106, regularly $1— fo-day only, 62¢ & I “ 20 18 $1.00 $1.00 o I s Big Friday Bargain in Boys’ Caps. Boys’ Yacht Caps, like Picture—made of all- wool blue Serge Che- viot, with black Her- cules Braid and double silk cord around band —cheap at 45¢ each— special price to-day 5 .23¢ Al Day Friday—Good Chenille Table Covers. 300 excellent Chenille Table Covers— 45 inches square inside the fringe— fringed all round—very heavy quality —Ottoman and Persian patterns—regular price 65¢ each—and they are worth more 3¢ Special Friday and Saturday. Groceries—Ligquors Pure Food Products of the finest qualities. Fancy Maine Sweet Corn—there is none better—regularly 13¢ can.............J0@ Spider Leg Tea—our 60c 1b quality. 4 S¢ Le Court’s Mushrooms—1-b tins—reg- ularly 25c—for.... 8¢ Seville’s Fancy Queen Olives—18-0z bottles—regularly 30c—each.. 25¢ Good Zinfandel Table Wine—regularly T5¢ gallon—for.. 50c 0id Crow Bourbon—spring of 89— regularly $5 gallon—for...... 75 Or a full quart $1.35 bottle for 1 Tom Gin—our own bottling—money back if it fails to please you—regularly 90c bottle—special for..... 2¢ BAEEAREEEEEAEEEEEE R ERE R AR UEE AR SR SR G E B E R A EE R SR AR R ARE AR E S E A AR E R IR R SRR S AL RS h s NEVILLS AND HIS PARTNERS COMPROMISE the Agree to Sell Rawhide Mine. LITIGATION TO BE DROPPED PRICE OF THE PROPERTY FIXED AT $1,800,000. A Written Compact and Final Ar- rangements Placed in the Hands of a Trusted Mutual Friend. Captain W. A. Nevills and his warring partners, W. H. Martin and John Ballard, in the cclebrated Rawhide mine, have agreed to settle the several pending suits between them in a novel manner. The plan of compromise evolved from a bluff made by Martin and Ballard, according to the version of the affair given yesterday by | Captain Nevills. Believing that his partners were endeav- oring to take advantage of him in con- nection with a certain deal that was pend- ing for the sale of the mining property, Nevills about three months ago began suit against them to protect his interests. This sult was followed by two others, including one demanding $167,000 damages. Frequent endeavors - were made by the mutual friends of the parties to the litigation to have the matter settled out of court, but without avall’ until three weeks ago. Martin and Ballard charged that Cap- tain Nevills would not agree to anything that was fair. They declared that they were willing to allow the property to be sold to third parties and thus put an end to all disputes, bickerings and litigation, but that Nevills would not agree to suc proposition. This was brought to the knowledge of the captain, and he prompt- sent word back for them to name the ce for which the mine was to be sold and to put their offer into writing. This was done and was at once accepted by Captain Nevills. Apn agreement was drawn up which the three men as well as all the smaller stockholders in the mine signed, by the terms of which the Rawhide mine was to be sold at an upset price of $1,800,000, the proceeds to be divided among the share- owners in proportion to. their hflldln%}i This agreement has been placed in the hands of a third party, whose name is kept a secret, and who is given full power to dispose of the property. The agree- ment further provides that all pending litigation be abandoned. It is said that a prospective buyer has been found and that he will make a visit to the mine in-about a week. wing to the lack of water the mine has not been worked for the past six months, but pre- vious to that time its output is reported to have been $40,000 a month. This Will Be Methodist Day. The third in the series of lunches at the old hall of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation, 232 Sutter street, will take place to-day, and the Methodist churches will have charge and a bevy of young ladies from this denomination will serve the ta- bles. There is a grewt deal of enthusi- asm manifested and thé lunches have been largely patronized. All interested should get their lunch at the hall to-day. To-morrow will be Congregational day, and a specialty will be made of New Eng- land clam chowder. . It is possible that the lunches may centinue over Saturday. Ellen M. Henrotin, ex-president of the Federated Woman’s Clubs -of America, writes about the woman’s clubs in California, in next Sunday’s | cal. @ TELEPHONE COMPANY UNDER FIRE Merchants Denounce Unjust Charges. COMPLAINT RECENTLY MADE PRESIDENT SABIN’S “ANSWER” THAT DOESN’T ANSWER. Talk of a Large Number of Business Men Ordering Out Their Hello Boxes—Action To- Night. The Merchants’ Association is about to have a little seance with the officers of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany relative to what many of the mem- bers of the commercial body believe - to be an injustice in the matter of charging for switches. At the meeting of the as- sociation this evening it will form no smalt part of the business to be consid- ;ercd. Several weeks ago a number of the members made complaint to the board of directors of the injustice of paying for a service that is never rendered. Accord- ing to one of the merchants a subscriber patronizing a nickel-in-the-slot telephone calls for a certain number. The operator at “central” directs the customer to place a nickel in the slot, which he does, and then waits. Many times he waits in vain and when he fnquires ‘of ‘‘central” the reason for the delay he is informed that ‘“‘the subscriber called for does not re- ply,” or else he has lhec{)hflnograph with an uncanny voice turned loose upon him with “line is busy—call again.” ‘While either may be the truth, still the customer feels that he is neatly bun- koed out of the nickel that he has depos- ited in the slot, and the information of the operator that he may call at the main of- fice and receive his change does not soften his feelngs or modify the cuss words that seem to be the only relief he has in the premises. According to the statements of the gentlemen the telephone company must secure hundreds of nickels in this manner for which no service is given. An- other little kick that was made along the same lines is the local system of charging for switches. In many .of the Easiern cities the telephones are put in at a “flat rate”—that is, a rental is paid for their use and there the expense to the sub- scriber ends. In this city a man rents a 'phone and then pays for the use of it at s0 much per switch. In some of the larger houses, where the telephone is con- stantly in use, the bills are something S0 large that they make the customers feel that they are doing much toward paying off the interest on the companies’ OSndfi‘ it lhorc{behiu’l)n 0 many of these complaints were made at that meeting that Ilpwus decided to refer the matter to the committee on public affairs, with instructions to have a conference with the officials of the tele- phone company with a view of modifying the conditions complained of.- To this end a letter was sent to John 1. Sabin, presi- dent of the company, setting’ forth the })nlnts mentioned and asking for a meeting between “the company’s ofticers and representatives of the association. In time an answer was received from President Sabin in which he briefly said “The inclosed circular, ‘What Is a Switch? answers the complaint in your letter under reply.” The circular reférred to was a reprint cllgnlng from an evening published ti paper, Tee years ago over the sigra.wre of President Sabin. It is a dry dissertation upon the running of a telephone office and the amount of ser- vice rendered by the com%&\ny in excess of compensation received. The mercnants do not seem to comprehend how this cir- cular is an ‘“‘answer” to their request to meet and discuss certain matters, which request is entirely ignored. It will not Lie ignored this evening, for it is said that even the ore conservative element of | the body is thinking of taking a decided stand for what is regarded as rights of the subscribers. There is even some talk of taking out their telephones in a body if some of the evils complained of are not remedied in the near future. SENSATIONAL STORY DENIED. Gustav Kunst Not the Bearer of Sa- moan Secret Dispatches, The sensational story published in an evening paper regarding Gustav Kunst is pronounced absolutely and unqualified false by that gentleman. In the story M Kunst was made out to be a secret emi sary of the German Government traveling incog and the bearer of official dispatches from Samoa for his home country. He arrived on the steamer Rio de Janeiro vesterday morning and was astounded when he read the tale of his supposed mysterious actions in the afternoon. ‘When seen at the hotel last evening he indignantly denied the allegations con- tained therein. When asked to give a Statement he willingly acquiesced and said: “The goublished account regarding my- self is ‘certainly untrue and must have originated in the fanciful imagination of some reporter. I was not in any way con. nected with the affairs in Samoa. In fac I have not been there for three months. I am a retired merchant of Hamburg and went to Honolulu, where I bought an in- terest in the firm of Carter & Co. “I, as well as the other passengers on the Rio, did not know anything about the Samoan trouble until we arrived here, and I, was surprised to hear that my home in Vallima, which I recently purchased, had been blown up by the British gunboats. 1 made no efforts to conceal my identity and every one on board knew me and was acquainted to some extent with my affairs. 1 am on my way to Hamburg to put my interests in such a shape that I may return to Honolulu. ADVERTISEMENTS. HE LOVES TO LOOK AT HIS LINEN When we send it home snowy white and perfectly laundered. It does his heart good to contemplate it. ~Every one in San Francisco concedes us the palm for fine laundry work. 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