The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN MINER MEETS @N AWFUL ACCIDENT y Mutilated by a Piecé of Metal From a Collapsed Balance Wh eel. g s M'Z‘:)“]\x;k(‘IrLI;.‘l-‘,“i\‘I]?‘_v 20.—Details of an awful accident which befell § oc Daken & young man of 80 years,;employed in the. Denver ‘3 2 M‘k-”‘ _«‘;n o S 45 n.. Te ached this city this evening. Baker, who was ;) ki 18 e night shift, came up from one of the lower levels at mid- <+ UDight to eat his luncheon. He had concluded the meal and was in the gine near-by collapsed, pie exposing the br: Strange to s but his physician has no hopes SYLVA S A TO0L THE GAMBLERS e »ausalito Trustee Gets H_imself Arrested. SAN RAFAE Adolph Sylva duly advertised ¥ ing himself arrested on a felony charge in order to settle the pool room quest as speedily as pos Then the officlal started in to celebrate his ¢ of genius, ending by causing a most gracef in the Supervisors' c! ber an. a Attorney rrowly avoiding istrict thrast for Sylva's arre: having Je h nse to Harve gambling gameé in defiance of t sworn, to by Engene ( Recorder Simpton o » then came to this ned the Superior Court abeas corpus, which was Judge Angellotti and made r Mond June n a sudd y walked ' chamber, and with- lely inte pte sesslon by declarin majority : airman Barr ad of g thed Imly replied 1 MRS. REYNOLDS’ DEATH DUE TO CARELESSNESS Stockton Coroner’s Jury Censures the Southern Pacific and Railway Companies. }CKTON, May 20.—Th woman a Souther which prob- dam- ilway com- The heavy ny indicated ons betweer ome large the empl exer: vol street n en WANTS TO FIGH&‘ SHARKEY. Jeffords, the Sonora Giant, Willing to Meet the Sailor. )CKTON, May 29 Jeffords. ants to fight Sharkey. big fellow the mountains is as splendid a speci- 0od as one cares to see. He on the plan of Sharkey little taller and has a “in reach over the sailor [f Sharkey will make the same propo- tion that he m to _Stel 1 will fight him at any time. Sharkey offered to take Stelzner on with an agreement to stop him in ten rounds. I feel confident I can keep away from the sailor boy for that long yway,” declared the man yout Stelzner?” Well. Stelzner won from me on a foul d him all cut to pieces, and when he iled me a viclous name I lost my head. I picked him up and threw him to the Of course the referce had to decide floor. against me.’ ffords and hi iner have gone to So- nora, but previous oir departure they told ‘all the local ts th Jeffords would come to the atch on_the propo- sition at any time. He began his pugilistic career in 1 t Valley. He was known through his prowess as wrestler before he entered the ring. He holds the championship of America for Cornish wrestling. His boxing record includes out twenty fights, in several of which exhibited sciencé and endurance. It the latter quality which would make his friends sanguine if they could get him into a ring with the sailor. REFUSES TO ABROGATE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY Great Britain’s Club to Compel the | United States to Make a Con- cession to Canada. | NEW YORK, May Z0.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraph Great Britain continues to hold over the head of the United States its refusal to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and not to dispose of the questions at issue latter is granted sion she asks in the Alaskan dispute. with Canada unless nee: ary the c bou it solution ident that unless a of the boundary controversy the treaty wijll stand in the way ole ownership’ and control of lhe‘ a canal by the United States. et Ocean Water Tub Bath: Beventh street, corner Mission. Wwater direct’ from ocean. Salt act of picking up his bucket when the large balance wheel of the gine n s es flying in all directions. struck Monroe, tearing away one side of his face, crushing his jaw and for popular in the mining camp. and for I | be A large section st accounts he was still living, recovery. The man was very young wife and baby the com- hi OROR0%; 0 2 DROROLO INVALIDATES THE - SIDEWALK ACT { e O e | {Judge Bennett Says Itls Unconstitutional. G Special Dispatch to The Call ROSA, May 29.—In Jug Bur- s department Ci n w handed to-day i case of the Petaluma Paving Com- | pany against James Singley declaring the slebrated Vrooman sidewalk act to be constitutional. is flects al- every city an n in the § all of which have during t five years taken advantage of the act to perfect street improvements action upon which the decision was werior Court a lien for street ed in prc cil of to be brought in th based was is coun ment ceedin Fetalu 1 legal ac d “An et to treets lanes, ¢ es and sidewalks, 1ty the Senate in 1885 ator Henry Vrooman of Some time ago the City Council ma aw: 1e Petaluma ¥ cer conformity with yoma The out it 1d the 1ccepted by the ed to pay fo portion of the work 1 su t to compel him to do so { the plaintiff, t-at moved for To-day's the mo: 1s that uncons pposed urteenth the States constitution, which pro vides that *no State shall deprive any person of life, lit or property with process of law”; also section 14 1 of the cons alifornia, ch provides t property shall not be taken or or publ use without just comper 1 hay fir le w0 r d into court the In har down his de cision’ the court says ‘1 have no doubt that the act of March 18, 1885, entitl t to provi for work upon stri to the extent that it seeks to impose upon the property of an in ! an sment to pay the expen ¢ improvem: with- out reg nefit to prop- erty judicial de termi f such benefit, is vold, and nnot be made a basis for the main nee -tion like the case at bar. In compliance with this reasoning a new trial in the case has be INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Contract for Masonry Work for the New Postoffice Building Will Soon Be Awarded. 3TON. May 29, t the Supervising Architect’s the contract for masonry work Postoffice will be At the opening of It is gene WASHI arded to Ellis & Co. the bids in April this was supposed to be | a Cincinnati (Ohio) firm, but it Is now known that they have offices in this eity Sueprvising Architect Ta is much pleased with the bids and thinks the contract will be awarded in a days. few rders: By direction of the As- .tary of War, Charles A. Haw- . Third United States Ar- will be sent on Gov- erpment transport to San Francisco and be discharged tes by will upon his arrival ther from the service of the United Sta the commanding officer of the Presidio of €an Francisco. Private William D. Huff, Cemp A, Tw -third United State Ir itry, now at Manila, will be charged from the sarvice of the United States by the commanding officer at his of Priva on. The discha e Joseph B. Johnson, Company I, Tenth Pennsyl v a Volunteer Infantry, is hereby con- firmed. Private Evard J. 3rumbach Company A, v-third United State Infantry, will be discharged from the ser- vice of the United Stetes upon receipt of Lis descriptive list by the commanding of- ficer of the Presidio of nelsoo, direction of the ary of War :ptains Sedgwick P Henry C. Danes, Third United S Artillery, are detailed, under provisions of generai or- ders relating to the examination of medi- cal officers, as members of the board of officers appointed to meet at San Fran- cisco by special orders office, for service therewith only during the examination of such office may have been reported by the board as phy- sically Per s follow: aliforniz C.. Scott, s’ _Hom sco, $6. Re- —walla Oakland, $ Incre $6 to $8; Ernest Pfeffcrie, Los Angeles, te $8. O Comer, Can- yon 3 Washington: Increase—Joseph M. Ives, Orting, $ to $10. CAMP OF ADVENTISTS GROWS IN POPULATION Fifty Extra Tents Ordered to Accom- modate the Throng of New Arrivals. STOCKTON, May 20.—The Tpopulation of the big tented city of the Seventh Da Adventists at Goodwater Grove, near th place, was increased by 100 arrivals this cvening. Among them were M. E. Cady, president of the Healdsburg College, and M. C. McClure, one of the directors of that institution. A kindergarten has n established in one of the large tents and the little children of the campers were to-day started on a course of study and play that will continue as long as the | tents are pitched. J. J. Ireland was to- day elected secre'ur&' of the conference. He will assume his duties to-morrow. In all probability the camp meeting will be much more largely attended than was at first expected. A delegation of several hundi-d campers s expected to arrive to-morrow. Fifty extra tents were or- dered by telegraph from San Francisco this evening, and more may be needed. Visitors to the camp grounds to-day were warned by large red placards not to_smoke on the premises. eddlers and solicitors are forbidden the grounds. The canvas city has its own grocery, book and supplz stores and lives apart from the near-by municipality. of the Superior Court | April 20, from this | —Wiimer W. Russell, Marysville, | $6 | tween FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1899. SOLID SEVE WANT T0 FAVOR THE RACETRACK A {Would Repeal the | Poolselling Order. e e | City Will Buy the Land Required fo: the Opening of Twenty-Fifth Street—Other Busi- ness. R L The *“Solid Seven' »f the Board of Su- | pervisors made an attempt yesterday to | repeal the ordinance prohibiting the sale | of pools on racetracks in the city and, count of ain Francis the operation | of which resulted tn the closing of the in- | iquitous gambling resort known as In- gleside track. That the attempt was not | immediagely successful is due to the | watchfulness of the Mayor and the minor- | ity members of the board. During the intervals of sle | that marked the attempt of the majority | te secure the .passage of the many rail- | rcad franchises asked for by the Market- | street Railway Company Supervisor Black introduced a resolution providing | i 1 of the racetrack ordinance. immediately moved its adoption. Su- rs Perrault, Lackmann, Deasy and entered objections to the pro- { for the repea He ceeding ated to know why the | memb of the majority who had voted - the passage of the ordinance now wished to have it repealed. Mayor Phelan ruled that the repeal of the ordinance would I to be brought, |if at all, in the same way as its adoption | bad been effected by the board. The orig- | inal resolution had been ed to print | snd at the following mfeeting had been | acted on favorably by the board and had then »ne to the Mayor for his approval. | Tc repeal the ordinance the same course | would have to be pursued. | “This was not what the solid wanted. They knew that if they suc- | ceeded in passing the resolution of repeal | in the manner indicated the Mayor | would veto it when it was sent to him for his signatu For this reason they sought to adopt the resolution as it was presented by Black and without having it | go to yrint. The ruling of the Mayor | Killed this hope, however, and Superviser Perrault moved that the resolution be ) P ed to print and referred to the Health and Police Committee. Before the full significance of the motion had dawned upon Black and his fellow members of the majority, the Mayor asked if there any objections, and hearing none de- i the motion carried This was a body blow, but there p for it and the majority v ced, much against their will, to take ir medicin the matter now stands | the resolution of repeal eyen if P sed, | will have to go to the Mayor and he will | veto it The San Francisco Athletic Club was | granted per fon to hold a b ng exhi- bition on the evening of June 6. An autho ition was passed directing Mayor to purchase from the Carr es: tate certain property necessary for the| opening of Twenty-fifth street from San | Jose avenue to Guerrero street. The pur- | Chase price is fixed at $12,000. resolution was adopted appropriating | $i500 out of the insurance contribution | fund for the payvment of extra help’ in the Fire Department from the evening of July 3 to the morning of July 5. . PETITIONS RECEIVED. he following pe ons were received and re- i to the Street Committee: G. B. Burling, | lission to use the rock from the Digging r e in the Flint Tract, upon R, Tequestin, 5 rket Str Company to erec E 11 statlon at Sixteenth and Bryant streets; , for permission to substitute gat a show window in front of the premises at 1016 Market street; Sunnyside | District Improvement Club, requesting that a ationed In that district; for permission to dows of their new build- on the northerly side of Sutter street, be- | tween Grant nue and Kearny street, nine | | inches over the street line; May Parker, for the | construction of an outlet to the sewer in Har- rison street, at the crossing of Beale street; | 1 Pfaff, for a test of his fender for street cars; North Central Improvement Assoclation, for the placing of an electric light at the gross: ing of Washington and Sansome streets; James Feagan, submitting that the protest against | the grading and sewering of Chapultepec street | is signed by less than one-quarter of the prop- | erty owners and that statements contained in | ¥aid protest are not true, and stating that the E d Health has recommended the con- Mission Business Men's n be pro | ing, | struction of the sewer; | Association, requesting that provision be made | for placing electric lights on Mission street; G. | R. Thompson, on behalf of property owners, to construct a sewer, etc., by private contract in liejo_street, between Devisadero and Brod- Philip Hinkle, requestiong inspection of ice for preventing accidents and injury alk eleva Maynard, for a | nse to solicit rk; Plastic Fire- yof Construction Company, for $3500 in set- tlement of its claim for plastic compound used in the constructioh of the Hall of Justice; J. | A requesting that the contractors for | Fiilmore street, between Halght and be compelled to perform his portion of the for the same price as that charged | to oth perty owners; Sophle Mitchell-Gil- | | fitlan, ting_the board to reconsider its action declaring Miles street an str al | D. Shattu | her proj | for the award Twenty-fourth open_ public | in granting permission to Mrs. D. | 'k to extend ste as an entrance to rty on Miles place; Point Lobos Club, of a contract for rexrading | avenue, between A and C streets: same, for regrading, etc., Tenth ave- nue, Point Lobos to A street, Twenty-second avenue, Point Lobos to Clement, and to grade, cte., Twenty-fifth avenue, Point Lobos to | Clement, and the crossing of Clement and Twenty-second avenue; Merchants’ Assoclation, | recommending amendments in the specifications | for street lighting. | | PROTESTS RECEIVED. | The following protests were received and referred to the proper committees: Property owners, against the laying of artificial ston | sidewalks on the west side of Spruce street | between Clay and Washington perty ow | ers, against the paving of Twenty-ninth street, | | between Mission and Noe, by private contract: | property owners, against’ the laying of artifi- clal stone sidewalks on Sixteenth street, be- Sanchez and Noe: property owners, | against the grading of the crossing of Six | avenue, south of K street south; property own st-the paving-of Sixteenth street, be- tween Noe and Castro; Mrs. Phoebe J. Nichols, against the establishment of a Chinese hospitai | on Clay stréet; property owners, against the laying of an artificial stone sidewalk on the cast side of Noe street, between Henry and Sixteenth; property owners, against the paving, | ete., of 'Fourteenth street, between Dolores and’ Market. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. The following_communications were recelved and referred: From the State Dairy Bureau, calling attention to the act of the Leglslature which makes It the duty of the State Dairy | Bureau to inspect all dairies and canneries as | to their sanitary condition upon a complaint | made to the bureau; M. Fernandez of Los An- | geles, submitting a_model of a fender for | street cars; Helen J. Hutchinson & Co., ap- pealing from the assessment for the cost of paving of the Intersection of Jullan and Four- teenth streets; Board of Fire Commissioners, sumbltting and recommending the granting of | a_petition of the executors of the Sutro estate | offering the use of a house and all extra help | needed, with three horses, harness and feed, also an engineer and driver, if the city will take charge of the fire apparatus loaned and have them instructed and properly drilled, and requesting authority to employ an engineer and driver for the purpose named; Board of Fire Commissioners, recommending the Board of | Supervisors to’ advertise for proposals to fur- nish 500 hydrants, more or less, in accordance | with specifications furnished by the Fire De- | partment; Board of Fire Commissioners, recom- | mending "the purchase of two second-class | Metropolitan steam fire engines for use of the Fire Department, to be paid for from moneys | in_the treasury contributed by the insurance | companies. % | RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION. | Resolutions of intention to perform street work were passed as follows: Shotwell street, | streets with basalt blocks, [Re | Where bituminous rock | Real Estat | and between Fourteenth and Fifteenth street ficlal stone sidewalks; Bryant street, sixth to Army, sewer to connect with sewer in Army stréet; Tenth avenue, between J and K streets, Eighth avenue, between H and I streets, and. Ninth avenue, between J and K streets, three-foot plank sidewalks; Spruce street, Washington to Jackson streets, granite curbs and artificial stone sidewalks: crossing Spruce and Jackson streets: artifictal stone sidewalks and paving of roadway with bitumen; Spruce street, between Clay and ‘Washington streets, artificial stone sidewalks; crossing of Central avenue and Grove street, paving with bitumen; crossing Central ave- nue and Fulton street, paving with bitumen; Fifteenth street, Castro to westerly termina- tion of Fifteenth street, 14-inch Ironstone pipe sewer, to connect with the sewer in Castro street; Washington street, Cherry street to Eighteenth avenue, granite curbs and artifi- clal stone sidewalks and paving with bitumen; Vallefo street, Devisadero to Broderick, granite curbs, paving roadway with basalt blocks, 10- inch sewer; Broderick street, Vallejo to Green, 12-inch ironstone pipe sewer; crossing Vallejo and Broderick streets, grading, 10-inch pipe sewer in easterly portion, 12-inch pipe sewer in other portions, cesspools, culverts, granite curbs and artificial stone sidewalks on four an- gular corners of said crossing, and paving of roadway with bitumen; crossing Broderick and Green streets, 10-inch ironstone pipe sewer in easterly portion, 12-inch ironstone pipe sewer in southerly and westerly portions and l4-Inch ironstone pipe sewer in northrly portion, with cesspools, culverts, artificial stone sidewalks on northeasterly, southeasterly and southwest- erly corners, granite curbs and artificial stone sidewalks on northwesterly corner and paving of roadway with bitumen; Cosa avenue, Pros- pect avenue, southeasterly line of Chapultepec street, grading; redwood curbs and rock gutter- | ways ‘and macadamizing of roadway and side- waiks: Broderick street, Green to Union streets, 4-Inch ironstone pipe sewers; crossing of Spruce and Washington streets, artifieial stone idewalk on southeasterly corner; Cosa avenue, between Chapultepec street and Prospect ave- nue, 12-inch ironstone pipe sewer to connect with sewer in Prospect avenue; crossing Cha- pultepec street and Cosa avenue, 12-inch iron- stone pipe sewer in easterly and westerly por- tions, S-inch sewer in southerly position and pools, culverts on southeasterly and south- sterly corners; Chapultepec street, Eugenia and Virginia avenues, 10-inch ironstone pipe sewer to connect with sewer In Virginia ave- nue, crossing Chapultepec street and Eugenia avenue, 10-inch ironstone pipg sewer in north- erly portion, 12-inch sewer in easterly and west- erly portions; S-inch sewer in southerly portiou and cesspools and culverts in northeasterly and outheasterly corners STREET WORK RECOMMENDED. The Superintendent recommended that street work be performed as follows: That artifi- clal stone sidewalks be laid on the north side of Myrtle avenue, between Octavia and La- guna streets, where not already lald, and ex- cept where bituminous rock sidewalks are laid; aruficial stone sidewalks on the south side of Bush street, between Steiner and Plerce, where not already lald, etc.; same on Grove' street, between Webster and Fillmore; same south side between Lyon street and Cen- ; same on Birch avenue, between and Laguna streets; same on east side of rick street, between Bush ana Pine; eight-inch ironstone pipe sewer with two m: w ¥ and covers In Francisco street, between Webster and Fillmore, to connect with sewer in Fillmore street; eight-inch ironstone pipe sewer with four manholes and covers in Church lene, between Dolores and Church streets, to connlect with the sewer in Dolores street; eight- inch fronstone pipe sewer with two manholes and covers in Filbert place, between® Filbert and Union streets, to connect with sewer in Unlon street: granite curbs on Filbert place, between Union and Filbert streets, where not already lald, and that the roadway I with b t blocks; that California street, {ween Twentieth and Twenty-first avenues, be graded to the official line and grade and that redwood curbs be laid thereon, and that the rondway and sidewalks thereof be macadani ized, except that portion required by law be kept in repair by the railroad "co having tracks thereon; paving the roadws Halght and 3 where not already paved: artificlal stone sidewalks op Pine stree! between Buchanan and Webster streets, whe not already laid, and except where bituminous rock sidewalks are laid; storm water inlets with gratings and culverts on the four an- gular corners of the crossing of Baker and lay streets; storm water inlets with gratings and culverts on the four angular corners of the crossing of Baker and Franci reets; amizing of certain portions of Twelfth Fillmore street, between rem: avenue, between Clement and California streets plank sidewalks on Baker street, between wich and Lombard, where not already bBituminous rock side- stone sidewalks on atd, and except where walks are laid; artificial ¥ the east side of Hyde street, between Vallejo and Green, where not already laid, and except dewalks are laid. T CONTRACTS AWARDED. awarding contracts for street work were adopted as follows: J. J. Dowling, artifictal stone sidewalks on southerly side of Vallejo street, between Stocktéon and Powell, STRE Resolutions where not eady laid, 10 cents per square foot; John Holmes, grading Van Ness avenue, between Bay and Beach stre cents per cubjc yard; San Francisco Paving Company, granite curbs on Thirteenth street, between Church and Sanchez, and the roadway to be paved with bituminous rock where sald work has not already been done, curb work $1 per ineal foot, paving 27% cents per square foot; J. R. Blanchard, regrading, macadamizing, sewering, etc., the city's portion of Andoven avenue, between Cortland avenue and Ellert Street, at a cost not to exceed $337 30; G. Thompson, ten-inch iron stone pipe sewer, With manholes ‘and covers, in Vallejo street, b tween Broderick and Devisadero, private con- and Contracting Compan; tract; Union Paving Oakwood street from Eighteenth southerly to Jts southerly termination, private contrac ‘and Development Company, to lay intain a temporary track for grading from Twentieth and Tennessee street ‘ennessee and Sixth to Sixth and Hul purpo: along bell. RESOLUTIONS OF ACCEPTANC! Resolutions of full acceptance of street work were passed as follows: Spruce street from Clay to Sacramento, basalt and bitume; Twenty-third street from Folsom to Harrisol bitumen. EXTENSIONS OF TIME. Extensions of time for the performance of reet work were granted as follows: Property owners, ninety days on contract to pave Lom- bard street, between Polk and Van Ness ave- nue; Warren & Malley, ninety days on contracts to macadamize, etc., Steiner street, between Chestnut and Francisco, and Plerce street, b tween Chestnut and Francisco; Flinn & Tri thirty days on contract to grade, etc., the cr ing of Twenty-sixth and Work streefs; Flinn & Treacy, s on contract to construct a: sewer in J reular and San Jose avenues and Diamond street, also on thelr contract to pave the crossing of Central avenue and Haight street. FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. The Superintendent of Streets recommended the full acceptance of the following street work; Twenty-third street, from Harrison to Alabama, bitumen, Flinn & Treacy, private contract; Twenty-third street, from "Alabama to Florida, same; Twenty-third-street crossing to Floridd, same: Twenty-third street, from Florida to Bryant, same; Twenty-third street, from Bryant to York, =ame: Twenty-third et, from York to Hampshire, same; Twen- v-third street, from crossing to York, sam Twenty-third_street, from crossing to Ham shire, same; Twenty-third street, from Hamp- shire street to Potrero avenue, 'same; Spruce street, from Clay to Washington, bitumen, Pacific Paving Company, privaté contract; Liberty street, from Guerrero to Valencla, bitumen, J. J. Dowling, private contract. STREET GRADES ESTABLISHED. Resolutions establishing street grades were adopted as follows: Northerly line of Jarnac street, at southeasterly line of the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad, at 157 feet; southerly line of Jarnac street, same, 138 feet; Jarnac Street, between San Jose ave- nue and the southeasterly line of right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, to conform to true gradients between the grades above described and the present official grade of San Jose avenue. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. The Superintendent of Streets sent a com- munication to the board recommending the conditional acceptance of Sixth street, from Channel to the southeasterly line of Irwin, paved with basalt blocks by the Union Paving Company, private contract. A resolution was adopted rejecting all bids for the regrading of Twenty-fourth avenue, from A to C streets, and the clerk was directed to readvertise for proposals for the same. Al resolution was passed confirming the con- tract entered into by Mayor Phelan and Chair- man Aigeltinger of the Committee on Streets with Rudolph Hering by which the latter is to act as consulting engineer in the preparation of a sewerage system for San Francisco at a compensation of $1000. A resolution was passed appropriating $100 to relmburse C. F. Tolford, tienry Harms, Wil llam Van Voss and James Julien for damages sustained by changing the grade of Henry Street, between Sanchez and Noe. A resolution was passed appropriating $12,000 to purchase a plece of land belonging to the estate of Willlam B. Carr for the opening and extension of Twenty-fifth strect A’ resolution was passed providing for rais- ing $12,000 i the next tax jevy to be used o purchasing property needed for the opening of Duncan street, between San Jose avenue and Valencia stree CHESS GAMES BY T‘Ei.EGEAIH. Clever Plnyers' of San i‘rancinco Chess and Whist Club to Contest With Seattle Enthusiasts. A chess contest by telegraph between members of Seattle Chess Club and San Francisco Chess and Whist Club will be | played this morning at the rooms of the latter club, 326 Post street. Six individ- ual games and two consultation games will be played. The entries so far deter- mined upon for the sIn%le! are: R. Ken- drick, A. J. Kuh, Dr. W. R. Lovegrove, N, J.'Manson and Oscar Samuels. f The representatives of Seattle will be J. N. Babson, Mr. Bagley, Mr. Dickie, Mr. Serch and Frank A. Steele, all well known exponents of chess. The two consultation games will be conducted at this end of the wire by Drs. Marachall and Franklin, Eé Xerworth. Mr. Epstein and Mr. Mec- od. Mr. McClure has been selected as Seat- tle’s representative In this city. —_———— taflor-made suits, fur capes, cloaks. M. Rothschild, 334 Post st. Ladie. Credit. R. | ALCAZAR ACTOR GRAPPLE WITH SHAKESPEARE Ay Morrison in “Hamliet.” A SOUTHWELLS IN NEW OPERA St Lewis A WONDERFUL WHEELMAN AT THE ORPHEUM. R Tivoli Revives “The Mascot”—Prize Offered for the Best Title to Kelcey’'s New Play. e New Hamlets are the vogue now, and Lewis Morrison started the ball rolling in the Alcazar last night before a nu- merous and good-natured audience. The performance was full of hitches and loss of memory on the part of the play- ers; the green calcium did not cover Mr. Morrison in the ghost scene and he muttered, ‘“Turn the light on me,” in fiercely audible tones; the stage hands made all sorts of unexpected noises be- hind the scenes and broke up several big episodes; lines were cut and sand- wiched in at the wrong time, and sev- eral of the Alcazar actors were obvious- ly embarrassed by their Shakespearean stride and wardrobe—but the audience was good-natured, even respectful, and received this new enterprise of the stock company with constant attention and frequent applause. “Hamlet” is a good play and hard to down. Mr. Morrison comes to the Dane rather late in life. I am told that he has been studying the part for twenty years. Well, he needs a few days more the big ones, but in the meantime his Hamlet is quite a seeable old gentle- man, full of careful stage business and good old-fashioned elocution. Miss Florence Roberts is much to the good in Ophelia. The unfortunate girl is made musical, quite human and more cheerful and plumper than we usually get her. Clarence Montaine will be an interesting Polonius after a little more allen is surprisingly convincing as the queen. Frank Fanning plays Laertes | with almost comic opera enthusiasm, | and Howard Scott is a very tame ghost. It is hard to take the production too seriously will be running easier in a night or | two. 2 Crand Opera-Houze The first production in San Francisco of “Princess Nicotine” heard last night in the Grand Opera House by a good audience, not only in point of num- { bers but in quality as well. The South- | well Opera Company have put on the costumes, orchestra and chorus are con- cerned. In fact the most of the music in the piece is choral, but What few little solos there are are sweet and catchy. The scene is laid in Cuba far enough ago to warrant romantic Spanish costumes women, as well as some pretty bits of scenery, but ‘the plot is the weakest part of the production, being strung upon the slender thread of a roue, Don Pedro, and | bride of Don Chicos, a wealthy young to- bacco merchant. William Wolfe as Don Pedro, Thomas H. Persse as Chicos, Edith Mason as Rosa and Bertha Ricci as the wife of Don Pedro were the leading roles, and gave satisfaction to an indulgent and often pleased audience. Several pretty bits of music, the cigarette song, the good night and Don Pedro’s silvery moon with his allusion to Mayor Phelan were en- coyred again and agaln. Despite the poverty of the story and | many familiar strains in the music, “Princess Nicotine” caught on last night and the management was wreathed in smiles. The chief excellence of the op- eretta is in the concerted music, and that was so good that it atoned for whatever shortcomings might have been apparent. Miss Jeanette _Fredericks made her'debut as Nita, the dancing girl, and made a success in her turn in the first act. L Orpheum. While there are but two new acts 6n the Orpheum bill this week they are of the best, and either would do honor to any vaudeville bill. We have had jugglers and bieycle riders galore, but now comes Henri French, who combines the two in a way that gives one of the most inter- esting and finished acts the Orpheum has ever put on. No such trick bicycle rid- ing has been seen in this country as Mr. French introduces at the finish of his act. His juggling with the firebrand while speeding around the stage on one wheel is among the most thrilling finishes ever seen in a vaudeville act in this city. The new comedy, of the bill is left to Billy Clifford and Maude Huth, and while their sketch is lacking in plot, this defect is more than counterbalanced by the fine touches of comedy evolved by Mr. Clif- ford as the Chappie and by Miss Huth as the up-to-date young woman. The balance of the bill is from last week, though Billy Van appears in new stories and jokes, some of which he told when here last year; but for the most part they are new and' good. Moung Toon and Moung Chet are still big features. A spe- cial matinee will be given to-day. ?\)o‘i The old favorite comic opera, ‘“The Mascot,”” by Edmund Audran, delighted the patrons of the Tivoli last night. The “gobble duet” and other numbers were well rendered and had to be repeated. Annie Meyers was Bettina, the Mascot; Anna Lichter, Fiametta; Charlotte Beck- with, Prince Frederic; Wiliam Pruette, Pippo; Edwin Stevens, Prince Lorenzo; Phil Branson, Rocco; William Schuster, Mateo; Charles W. 'Swain, the Doctor, and John P. Wilson, the Sergeant. Meyers made a sprightly Bettina and Stevens was very funny as Lorenzo, be- ing ably supported by Phil Branson. Miss Beckwith had an opportunity to display her talents as a vocalist and made an ex- cellent impression. She introduced a song, “In Days of Yore,"” which she sang with rare feeling and expression and was warmly encored. Columbia The second week of the Kelcey-Shannon company presentation of “The Moth and the Flame” opened at the Columbia last night. There was a large and fashionable audience, by which the play was thor- oughly appreciated. Next week an original comedy in four acts by E. R. Riggs will be presented. The new play has no name, and a prize of $100 is of- fered for the most appropriate title. 4 The four Silvinis are making a hit at the Olympia. As acrobats they are among the best that have been seen here, while the Hartwell sisters are good as- acro- batic aancers. Way and Maitland in coon songs are a go. A> Chuies ‘William Dodson, a gentleman whose voice ranges from the lowest bass to the highest soprano, appeared as a female impersonator at the Chutes Free Thea- before his interpretation is listed with | intimacy with the lines, and Miss Fitz- | but only fair to say that it | opera in excellent style so far as scenery, | for the men and fetching ones for the | his unwelcome attentions to the pretty | Annie ! T ter last night and scored a decided hit. Little Maud Sorrensen changed her spe- cialty, and the rest of the bill was well received by a large audience. This after- noon there will be a balloon ascension by Emil Markeberg, and on Thursday night the amateur minstrel performance will be repeated. Ov ti-n t> Blanche Bates WASHINGTON, May 29. — Blanche Bates received a magnificent ovation to- night at the close of the third act of “The Dancing Girl,” given by Frawley’s com- pany at the Columbia Theater. The au- dience tired itself out applauding Cali- fornia’s brilliant young actress. The curtain was rung up seven times and then the lady retired behind the scenes, visibly | affected by the ardor of her reception. | Mr. Frawley was called upon for a speech, and responded by modestly dis- | claiming any credit for himself, but said | he was proud of having introduced Miss CAPTAIN NEALL SENTENCED T0 BE DISMISSED —_— Court-Martial Found Him Guilty. | Bates, who was a California girl and his | SR protege. “The Dancing Girl" as 1g1\"j@n! 2 by the Frawley' company to-night is de-| Ly ithe Frawley company tonign: sne oz | PRESIDENT - MAY - INFERFERE the best performances offered here this season, and superior to the Southern s e .company’s rendition of this play. CALL AGENT’'S SUCCESS. E. F. Hawkins of Salinas Finds His Business Rapidly Increasing. | E. F. Hawkins of Salinas, who has for lJuhn ‘W. Mackay Has Gone to Wash-~ many years looked after the Interests of The Call at that place, has been forced ington to See McKinley and for a Pardon for Cap- to relinquish the agency, owing to his tain Neall. GENERAL SHAFTER'S URGENT APPEAL FOR THE OFFICER. L e increasing business interests, which de- mand his entire attention. Mr. Hawkins is a young man who might well be termed self-made. He has worked his way from the bottom of the ladder, and although he has met with many Tevers his energy and close ap- plication to business have at last landed | him on the top, and to-day he is one of | the most popular and prosperous mer- chants of the city of Salinas. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS T0 RECEIVE SALARIES A MEASURE OF ECONOMY TO BE . The court-martial which recently tried Captain John M. Neall of the Fourth Cav- | alry found him guilty of a sufficient num- | ber of the charges preferred against him |to sentence him to be dismissed the | service. A special to The Call last night | from Washington stated that the find- ings of the court had been received at the office of the judge advocate general of the army, and that the sentence was dismissal from the army. The case will be laid before the President this week for RECOMMENDED. his action, but it is not thought that he | o = | will interfere. The Salary Committee of the Board of | The findings of the court-martial were Education met last evening and continued | forwarded to Washington last week by to prepare a schedule of salaries of school | General Shafter. After the trial the find- teachers for the ensuing year. The prin- | ings were laid before General Shafter by clpal business of the session was the|Judge Advocate Noble. Inasmuch as the feeis “ubsti. | sentence of the court was dismissal, Gen- alteratlon in compensation of the substl-| org) Shafter was powerless to_act, the tute teachers from payment per diem 1o | case being beyond his power. He, how- a monthly salary. By this action the |ever, submitted it to the judge advocate of committee expects to practice economy | the department for an opinion, who re- to_the extent of about $5)00 per year. ported that there was no, flaw to be found There are thirty-six day substitutes |in the proceedings. General Shafter then and siX night substitutes. Last year they | forwarded the findings with the recom- were taken from the salaried roll and | mendation for executive clemency. In some have been paid 3350 per day for as | fact, General Shafter made a most urg- many days as they have rendered service | ent appeal for leniency in the case. He in the schoolrbom. Some of the teach- |suggested, in view of the excellent record ers profited by this arrangement, but|of Captain Neall in tge past, his unques- | many of them failed to earn the amount | tioned ability and the fact that his regi- of salary which existed under the old | ment was under orders to go to the Phil- regime. “Recently a petition was ‘circu- | ippines. where suclr an officer would be of |lated among them requesting the board | the greatest benefit to the service, that | to re-establish the old system. It met | the findings of the court be set aside and | with some opposition on the part of the | Captain Neall restored to duty. more fortunate substitutes at first, but.it | “There is yet a chance for Captain Neall gained a majority of the signatures and | to escape the sentence of the court, and it is known that the strongest influence will be brought to bear upon the Presi- dent to-morrow by his friends for clem- v in the case. John W. Mackay, the alist, who has all along been a friend of Captain Neall's, and who has used his influence in his behalf. when he learned alaries | that the findings of the court had been | | forwarded to Washington, left immedi- | _A request was made that the old salary | ately for that city to see the President | regime go into effect on the first day of [ in behalf of the officer. When he went | | | was taken before the committee last night. In it it was pointed out that such | a change would mean a profit to the city of $3000 annually, and the committeemen passed upon the proposition favorably and | c: | will so report to the board next Wednes- day night. Should the board adopt the | recommendation the payment on will commence July 1. | June, but the petitioners feared that it |i_ was given out thac he was going to might be extended untl August 1 The | New York. and only his most ntimate | fact that it will be dated from the first of | friends knew of his destination. As Troop | an _intermediate month is the result of a | B, of which Neall is the captain, leaves compromise. : | in about ten da for the Philippines, the Some of the salaries of regular teachers | aetion of the President will probably be were raised last night, but the ax fell on | made known the last of this week. | none of them. This was the result of an | effort to equalize on some of the compen- sations which have been previously cut. e Organize a Democratic Club. An organization to be known the Regular Democratic Club of the Thirty- | fifth Assembly District was effected last night_in Fairmount Hall, corner Precita and Coso avenues. Ex-District Attorney |J. D. Sullivan was elected temporary | chairman and Jefferson Martenet tempo- | rary secretary. The following committee Wi appointed on permanent organiza- tion: William Broderick. Dr. Charles E. ‘Jones Gaillard Stoney, D. J. Donovan, James H. Robinson, Walter E. Dorn, M. J. Wren, P. J. Silk and M. L. Kelly. A Series of resolutions was adopted highly Neall’s friends are of the opinion that Mr. Mackay may be able to save him, and they are anxiously awaiting the outcome | of his effor Held Without Bail. N. M. Larsen, who threw a cuspidor at | John C. Kenney in the Acme Lodging- house on Market street, appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday, and as the po- lice stated that Kenney might die the Judge ordered Larsen into_custody with- out bail till the result of Kenney's inju- ries were known. George Ford, the sailor who gave the old man, Martin Jackson, a terrible beating Sunday morning at 904 Kearny street, also appeared before the Judge and his bail was increased to $3000, indorsing his Honor Mayor James D.|as Jackson's injuries are looked upon as Phelan. serious; | ADVERTISEMENTS. ©+ SHD+THD + DHOAD + DO+ DHDHD + O+ 04D + D43 + D4T4D + 4040 WONDERFUL CURES. 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