The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1900, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MISCELLANEOUS. The ldol. Five-holg range, made in two sizes; big fireboX, ashpit and grate of best dest e 7-inch covers; 14-Inch p: oose end hearth, top £nd sheif; I smoke collar to go on top or back: || Or nickeled oven shelf, mental, be- Sice s o comb & Y 20 foc ila never again buy ves for $12. r as advanced and we n’t replace these stoves at prices we offer them to you. Why do we sell them? Because the stove combine is fighting us—foliowing up our sales and denouncing our stoves—insulting our integrity and endeavoring to ruin us— all because our prices are 23 per cent below the combine’s list prices. We can’t afford stoves under the conditions, so we cut them to cost to close them quickly. It's opportunity for the housewife; it's a snap for the smali stove-dealer who is not afraid of the combine. We Il not move a single into our new Dl must sell every one right —no matter at what price. have to go, so don’t let The Belle. shdapted to any ftchen; two sizes to carry a stove Wiy ding— astination keep a good ve from r kitchen. Same prices prevail in our e Branch Store, Theater n Jose. Pattosien’s s:]'nrf'. oven, rigi Big Home Store in the Migsion < _“}:i’n,_{,q % Tios T AMUSEMENTS. A—,i,,., o %fgxm;gvtrst x CALIFORNIA THEATER Ev GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. ARE YOU FORGETTING? | To caraciTy Y O K SHARP, THE FRAWLLY COMPANY. . A “WITH FLYING COLO RS.” Here The Popular Hou CALIFCRNIA THEATER-- SPECIAL! " SEATS NOW ON SALE A NEV PRATT, Planist ™e LEADING THEATER P DAY. ATURDAY. L ONLY 11 MORE PER- FORMANCES. ' Wednesday dan. 10 Matinee. MONDAY Eyening, dan. 8 COLUME AR e IN IMM DEMAND. Liebler and ( ¥ Present HALL CAINE'S Pe ul Play, THE and AN, Auai- esentative the Doors. ELY LAST NIGHTS OF HRISTIAN.’ ALCAZAR THEATER. LAST WEEK- MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ©Of the Only Funmaker in Town. HIMMIE 'FADDEN. UDEVILLE FEAST. A HIT E ¥ Room at All Performances. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. | saries pmices. ... e 20 (YSTERIOUS BXT- BUGLE.” MR, WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION. | 'TANFORAN PARK. N 1800, Inclusive. races every week-day, at 1:30 p. m etrack of America. iroad THE DEMAND AS BIG AS EVER For the Hol Extravagznza Pa- cars {fito e races. d streets at | , 12:35, 12:50 | reserved No smoking. Arrive at San an Bruno at 4:00 Yratnltrd- AR PLAYHOUSE. PAONL SOUTE 770, | ENT. ! | — - — TO-NIGHT ! FIRST FARUWELL sco to sion to k, 31 %, J. MARTIN, President. retary and Manager. ———————eee e Tanforan and re. | CONCERTS AND RESORTS. PROFESEION ATINCE TO-DLY. SHERMAN co. §F§:£AL MATINEE SAT THIS A ¢ AT 315, e A DE In Thelr Hilarious Farce, FINNIGAN’S BALL! /- The World's Greatest Chopin Interpreter. BCITAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 0. §1 50 and $1 00, on sale at Sherman, PL 1 R HALL'S REINVIGORATOR | Five hundred reward for uv\ Corner Fourth end case we cannot cure. This secret dsrket 5. F. Ty remedy stops ail losses in 4 | Steam and Lager, tency, Varicosere " Genorhosa; | ie ercoats and Valises chegked fres. Weekly Gall, $1.00 per Year of self-abuse or excesses. sealed, 32 bottle: 3 bottles, §: cure any case. Address HALL'S ETITUTE, §5 Broadway, Oskland, Cal. for sale at 10721 Market st., S. F. All private Giseases quickly cured. Send for free book. t | aranteed Lo E MEDICAL IN- Als> BATTLE OF THE | Official Classification | East yesterday. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900. Developing California’s Orade. COAST JOBBERS IS PARTLY WON Brings Hope. STATUS OF DIFFERENTIALS PN e THEY ARE WIDER THAN WAS REPORTED. e Very interesting news arrived from the This is contained in the revised *“official classification,”” so called, which has been In effect on the railways east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river since the opening of the new year. The value locally consists in the light that it throws upon the pre- cedent that has been made against Bt. Louls and the Middle West jobbers gener- ally in their fight against the jobbers of the Pacific coast. The impression that has previously been gained by perusal of the articles that have appeared over the of Van Landingham of St. to the effect that St. Louis would is confirmed. The classifica- lifferential in the territory s is at the extreme wost- ern edge, larger than the Paciilc st differential of which the Middle West jobbers have complained as being unjust Attorney General Griggs, when he de- | for the coast. AST INCREASE | clined to take any action, on the ground +hat there was no violation of the anti- trust law, left the matter in the of the Interstat: Commerce Commission. The railways in the territory north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi had not combined to raise rates. They had agreed upon a plan of classification. This was an agreement as to how they would do business among themselves, so far es the legal aspect of the case was concerned Th are jobbers here who think that the differential part of the fight to protect the business of the Pacific coast has been least half won. The reason for this idea » Interstate Commerce Commis- s ¢ joned differentials and so s established a precedent in that direc- n. Indeed the Interstate “ommission is reported to have favored a iform classification for the entire coun- 30 cts. for and ‘‘every cup a meal, Rich food—delicious bev- erage. The first successful American reprodiuction of the well-known concen- trated and soluble cocoas of Europe—improved and fresher and offered at a little over half the price. Made by the manufac- turers of Ghirardelli’s Breakfast Cocoa. 50 cups— ”» BUNNING < WERNER. GOLF CAPES, TAILOR SUITS, JACKETS, FURS, Ete. A WEEK. CHICAGO TAILORING 00., 1816 Market St. Open Evenings. STOCK-TAKING SALE! Our larpe stock of highest gride Fur \vov.meuincu‘i"?"FUR flATS must bs reduc=d within 30 days. AD. KOCOUR & CoO., Fashionable . Manuacturnz FUTTiErS, 121 Post Street, Rooms 7 to 11, mo ‘eiing an i repairing at popular prices PALACE and GRAND i S S £ S BT R e i . comtort, -u-mu-.o‘.'... ands | | | gregating $ (P | so employed. Hence only a nominal fine z;nnlng of the official ex- ody. If it should be that the differential prop- osition is in as good situation as some think then the entire matter at issue be- fore the Commission is in very good shape When the hearing was in progress in St. Louis in the suit concern- ing the Pacific coast, witnesses for St. Louis gave signs of weakness in the mat- ter of urging the establishment of praded rates to St. Louis westward from the At- lantic seaboard and the doing away with terminals. Of course the grading of rates would destroy terminals, the whole mat- ter of rates being under the graded rates ! upon a mileage basis. The realization of this fact had caused such a protest that the St. Louis people were clearly inclined to_weaken. The reason that St. Louis took part in the contest against the revision of the official classification, so the jobbers here say, was the dread of the precedent that might be established. St. Louls being ut the western edge of the “official class'‘: catfon’ territory would benefit by ti ferential in the matter of getting su from the East. This consideration was more than offset by the dread of what might be done to affect the trade of St. Louis west of that city. LOOKED FOR IN ORIENTAL TRADE Santa Fe Will Have a Bonded Dock. HARBOR BOARD TAKES ACTION i MAIN-STREET WHARF SOON TO BE ENLARGED. e Realizing that in the near future there will be a vast increase in the Oriental trade of this port, the Harbor Commis- sioners are beginning to take measures looking to the betterment of wharves and docks in anticipation of such improved commercial conditions. An important step was taken at their meeting yesterday, when it was decided to make more room at Main-street wharf for the freight of the Santa Fe Terminal Company and the California and Oriental Steamship Com- pany. In a letter dated October 3, 1599, the Cal- ifornia & Oriental Company asked the board to set aside a covered wharf for the exclusive use of the two lines men- tioned and, in a communication of recent date, read at yesterday's meeting, in- quired if anything had been done toward giving them a permanent location. The [0+ 90+ 90+ 0+0+0+0+0+0*0°0°0°0°0°0°0°0*0*0*0+0+0*0*+0+00 | try from the be | istence of the b JORNSON ADMITS HE CONSIDER Capitalists Had Cash to Invest. EASTERN MEN INTERESTED CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD VERY SOON. SEEE L Frank S. Johnson of the Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company has returned from the East and the gossip about the can- nery deal that he has been discussing has been renewed with vigor. Johnson is not inclined to say much about the matter, but he confirms the statements that have been made concerning his dberations in the East to some extent. In an interview yesterday he denied that he had any in- tention of fighting the local canneries combine. At the same time he admitted that he had talked with Bastern men about the establishment of a new cannery here. This was already known before the arrival of Johnson from the East. It was also known that San Francisco men were working upon a cannery proposition in connection with Johnson in this city while he was absent. A story was afloat and is credited generally that options were taken East by Johnson for the purchase of at st two canneries as a basis of a deal. The statement is also made that a e ference will take place in a day or two at which Johnson will be present in ref- erence to the proposed canne Here is what Johnson so far as it affected the cannery matter “Before my departure for the East I had been asked by some capitalists of t. to assist in starting a cannery. M d fruit interests are very large and a large cannery I have long desired as a feeder to my dried fruit department. I had some friends East who were anxious to join me also in the inauguration of a cannery, and while I was East 1 saw them. T have not engaged in a search for subscribers to any cannery organization in dozen persons, all of whom are ready to join me If I so desire. It is not certain that I shall engage In the cannery business directly or even col- laterally. I have a very large business here and if a new cannery is inaugurated | here it will be because our firm cannot secure the right kind of supplies from those already cperating. “The public, in any event, need have no fear that there will be moralization of prices or bxo Sopate ol e petition, “We will not start anything in- k he board. mical to existing corporations nor will | Chief Engineer Holmes \ms‘dl\_rgfnlfid, ‘l;; we compete with them. I deprecate an, prepare a report on the feasibllity of | newspaper statements that we are or- t;‘lfl’rnr“’lg'ludlsflfl o ovide b 'd | Banizing anything to fight a trus I do g dock for the Oriental trade. b line has purchased several lots near dock, which before long will be cov: ered with freight sheds ngineer Holmes reported that he would soon submit plans for the new Fisher- men’s wharf at North Beach, and that as soon as that matter was disposed of he would give his attention to the building of a new the site of the present Fishermen Ex-Governor Budd was present at the meeting in order to have a resolution adopted directing him to represent the board before the Supreme urt next Monday morning, when the mandamus suit of H. G. Walker against the board for $117 75 will be taken up for argument. Walker alleges that amount to be due him for working overtime as switchman on the Belt Raliroad. As the decision will affect several State institutions, the Com- missioners look upon the suit as a test case The contract for the bullding of a store on the dolphin between ferry slips 5 and ¢ was signed n‘ryl bills ordered pald ag- —_———— RATE WAR AVERTED. ‘Western Roads and Trunk Lines In- sist on Their Standard Pro- portions. The threatened transcontinental rate war to follow the uabble of the New | England lines over the matter of diffe entials has been averted by the firm stand taken by the Western Passenger Associa tion at its recent meeting at Chlcago and by the like action taken by the trunk lines at their meeting held recently at New York. They have all agreed that, if the Boston and Maine, Boston and Albany | and Fil:‘hhur§ lines wish to da any cut- | ting, they will have to stand the expen of the fun themselves. | The Trunk Association and the West- | ern Passenger Assoclation have r.-..u:»-.l} an understanding by which they will in- sist on receiving the full standard rate | roportion on all tickets sold over their nes. This reduces the margin on which the quarreisome ones ve to war to such a small figure that they cannot afford to go on with the fight without damaging themselves more than they can ,ms:(hi) hurt any one else. The best reduction they can make and still pay the rate propor tlon over to their connecting lines is sc small as to cut practically no figure what- ever in transcontinental traffic. Circulars were received yesterday from all the principal trunk and western lines | | not know of the existence of any cannery | trust_here and the corporations now in operation we have the most friendly feel- ings for and re | WILL BRING PROSPERITY ‘ TO THE AMADOR MINERS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR A NEW RAILROAD. nect a Vast District of Valu- able Property With the Outside World. Articles of fncorporation of the Jack- son, Sutter and Amador Rallway Com- pany of California, organized tg build a road through Amador County, were filed yesterday. The road will be built from Ione to Martell’s station, to Jackson, to Middle Bar, to Plymouth, via the towns of Sutter Creek, Amador City and Dry- town. The length of the road is thirty- five miles. The capital stock is $2,100,000, of which $40,000 has been subscribed. The directors and subscribers are: E. Van Etten, New York; Gustay L. Jaeger, i Feusier, San Los Ange- les; Carl L. Jaeger, San Francisco; P. A. 3uell, Stockton, and L. Schumachér, San Francisco. This road, running as it does through one of the richest mining sections of the entire State, will open up that territory, giving it a boom such as nothing else could. At Ione the Jackson, Sutter and Amador Railway will connect with the Southern Pacifie, thus bringing its feeders in direct communication 3 il with San Fran- | eisco and other m: The projectol cannot as y rkets. of the new enterprise efinitely figure on the date at which their undertaking will be com- pleted. But everything is being put in shape to commence actual construction at a very early date as, when once com- all possible dispatch. e BOHEMIANS INVITE M’KINLEY TO DINNER notifyirz thos- interested in the martter of the stand taken in the controversy. ———— CONTRACTORS FINED. Campbell & Pettus Showed That They Had Paid for Overtime Worked by Their Men. James Campbell and Thomas A. Pettus, | contractors for the construction of the | Naval Training station at Goat Island, | were fined 325 each vesterday by United | States District Judge de Haven for vio- lating the Federal statute prohibiting the employment of workmen on Government works for more than eight hours per day. The contractors showed to the eourt that they had worked their men overtime at the men's own request and with their consent and that they paid the men a day and a quarter's wages for each qay | was imposed. The complaint was made by Harry M Saunders, walking delegate for the Bufid. fng Trades Council. —_——— Fox Caught Stealing. Pat Malone, an old man rooming at the Oakland House, 640 Howard street, was awakened about seven o’'clock yesterday morning by some one in his room.. He saw a man with his hand in his trousers’ ocket and at once jumped out of bed. he man ran out of the house and Malone followed him shouting for the police. Pa- trolman Frank Green captured the thief and took him to the City prison, where he gave the name of Harry Fox. He was booked on a charge of burglary. He had $750 in his pocket, which Malone claimei bad been taken from his trousers pocket. —_—— Assaulted With a Stovelid. William P. Cassidy was sent yesterday to the County ail by Judge Treadwell for six months on a charge of battery. About a week ago Frank Wheeler cailed at a house to see a friend and observed Cas- sidy beating a woman. He interfersd ‘o protect the woman, and Cassidy hit him on the head with a stovelld. The original charge was assault with a deadly weapon, but it was reduced to battery. Mormonism. This is a question that should Interest every one. It is a blot upon our fair land—a symp- tom of governmental ill-health. The right laws would act as speedily upon it as Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters does upon constipation, or dyspepsia. They would quickly clear it out and restore healthy purity: and this is just what the Bitters does for the human constitu- tion. It makes the stomach strong by curing indigestion, Dillousness and liver trouble. | many prominent citize: Plans for the Banquet—The Gov-| ernor, Mayor and University Presidents on the List. The Bohemians of America, a recently formed fraternal organization, inciuding will to-day for- ward an invitation to President McKinlds asking his attendance at a banquet. The Bohemians celebrate annually the birth- day of the then President of the United States. Their ivvitation, which s beauti- fully engraved on a silver plate, reads: Bohemians of America. SAN FRANCISCO, D , 1599, 1o ffs William McKinley, President of the United States of Amer- fca—Honored Sir: You are invited to be present and attend the banquet given in honor of the President of the United States, which will be held on the 2ith of January, 1900, @ rie, northwest corner of Masc ets, San Fran- cieco, Committes ‘on Invitations. Congressman Julius Kahn, who Is a member of the Order of Bohemians of America, will convey the invitation to the President. The roll of honorary membership em- braces the name of Wiiliam McKinley, dent of the United States. The Pres- ident’'s acceptance of the honor was graceful and prompt. The promoters of the banquet expect that the President will designate some one to respond to the toast “‘Our Natlio: if he cannot attend to speak to the sul - ject himself. Governor Gage and Mayor Phelan will be invited, and the President may there- fore take his choice of these two orators to respond to the toast. If neither suits he may take either id Starr Jordan or Benjamin Ide Wheeler, as these univer- sity presidents are on the list of the ex- pected. Merchants’ Association Meeting. At a special meeting of the Merchants' Association yesterday the following were elected &s members, making the total membership at present 1127: Autographic Register Company, Frank Deardorf, M. Ehrman & Co., Eschen & Minor, Charles Kaufman, Henry Hilp, Holm & Saxtorph, Jones-Paddock Compani; Kirk, Gearly & Co.; Kohlberg & Co., Lloyd-Scovel Iron Company, Murphy & Paul, C. E. Musto & ‘0., Nathan & Kingston, Joseph Priester, L. Scatena & Co., Comers & Co., Sterling Furniture Company, M. & Stewart and Whitelaw Wrecking Com: pany. A NEW CANNERY id yesterday in and have not spoken | A Company Formed Which Will Con- | menced, work will be pushed ahead with | SHAKESPEARE'S LITERARY MASTERPIECE. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. POPULAR STUDIES IN SHAKESPERE. Contributors to this course: Dr. Edward T Dr. Wiliam J. Rolfe, Dr. Hamilton W. Mabie, Dr. Albert S. Cook, Dr. Hiram ¢ Dr. Isasc N. Demmon, Dr. Vida D. Scudder and others. { 3 IX. OTHELLO. | ing_Shakespea A tragedy by a noted ™ y v jught out with “Othello” as a Masterpiece. ‘XQL{"YY‘Y]‘*}"\‘;;K The “Othello” has been held by many he sudiencs | eri and notably among them by Mac- n aulay, the chief artistic produ human genius. It would seem have mi authorities must { chieveme of lience pe ts E au ver } “Antony and Cleopatra.” may, safely | the course 6f account “Othello,” in point of art, the ;;;fllrr'. fl:x;‘l f‘r K. | second of the world's literary master- | U0 10 g O - - [ pieces. | " Remembering that art is the means an author uses to bring to his readers the in- | spiration and vision of his own mind, we shell find it easy to identify the more im- portant feats and strokes in the present play. Shakespeare, because of the na- ture of his material, was obliged to re- sort to art at the very outset. The hero and title character is of a supposed in- ferior and degraded race—a Moor. It would have been futile to assume the in- terest of the audience in such a person- age, for the thing has been tried unsuc- cesstully in literature and oratory often emona in the dares he begins ess. Here the say that the au- Iago to 4 Y third scene of the hen comes the second prob- the great work of the play—the at- make us justify Othello, v, in_proceeding against Des- demona a Here there is need for the hief; here we see the reason for ng Blanca Into the play. After . In consequence of the enough by others. Longfellow experi- his bride, in the mented with Hiawatha as a hero, pre- d ourselves pos- senting him precisely as if he were of s e B o AR Anglo-Saxon blood and name; but though When' - o ot the n When laugh at the the product is in reality a er per- e haps as noble as Othello, we find it almost impossible to taks it seriot vin- 1st in the Aphra Bean wrote a novel - hait-barbaric Wwith a West India negro for th | | | | TOMMASO SALVINI AS OTHELLO. and W with like methods and re dell Phill tact reader and foun acter so There are First, mislead abuse it; desr then correct nobleness. he lets us Roderigo belie bim vicio discaver at the | justice of their e in us the partial plece requires. If sympathy for a man in yol Who perhaps is not much thought of, g somebody to traduce him publicly.’ To launch his chief ci 5 uses thus an evide nature constantly illus life. The next important problem taxed the | author's art more serfously. In an elope- | ment such as here our sympathies of with brings 1 pedlents of sk and ex- As. & Sthannand Univers raska. AS YOU LIKE IT. (Conciuded.) ty of Ne Questions for Research and Review. Of what is the title of this play sig- I or of th cant—of the characters, of the events, al ¢ course are with the parent as against the fi tcome? daughter. Shakespeare must make us un- of “Julius Caesar” | equivoca decide against the father, and less than 7 in the face of the traditions and conven- As You Like tions of good order and good society. We Can you ac- at the first assume, far we are erence between | conseious of that medy? Desdemona is no wiser or bettef than she | should be to leave a patrican home like | hers and run off with a blackamoor. She ought to have realized her privileges and 1 Celia differentiated y as characters? Are they dutiful show lack of a kept the respect of her friends. But the of natural scenery moment that we have seen Othello and effect? What caught the significance of his noble and A the two prin- fearless bearing we uncons the scenes are laid? Desdemona’s choice. And W contrast betwee her father is made known rand faith in his daughter's 8 this be called Shakes- devotion, we do not feel the comedy”? Compare on but on the contra: medles previously served. If we live or city with him we should fe pare this play and “The Taming quite differently. Perhaps e Shrew.” as to refinement; as to d among the readers prominence comic element. s alize the 7. Wha are exceptional in | bantio, as he goes back to mpty Touchstc pure fool, humoriet | ace to dfe of a broken heart, with no whit | or phiios in Touchstone at- of sympathy from his brother Senators or ! tracted Jaqr from us. e 1s a d man—perhaps the S8 What is Jaques’ peculiar humor? | worthiest male persons in the pl Can u i of another character in but Shakespeare has made us ignore t Shakespeare at all ke him? Are the | He is high bred and of the selectest cul- | other characters at all affected by his ture, but we do not care. He is doubtless | view of ? tor of Greek manuscripts and an- | 9. Have the songs in act 2 any- relev- gems, like Romola’s father. yet it | ancy to the scenes in which they occur? one jot. But it would | How doe ¥ further the plot? much indeed if Shakespeare | 10. How ma of characters senn us and the man uced by the time act 3 is How has the author succeeded in mak- many of these groups ing us so ungenerous and unjust? As ha e gether? And how just been said., he could not do this with ard step in the plot is scene 1?7 In connection with What contrast ia there between thes@ a real Brabantio, living In our cirele or our sight. He must have stirred our | prejudice against the man and have kept scene 2. it is from us the truer, more characteristic acent ones? things. That,in a book. Is not so hard to do. | act that Oliver addres The problem, we shall find, is after all a [ Rosalind by r real name, at the end ol simple one. Shakespeare but to in- | act 4 indicate has penetrated her troduce him to us without his dressing gown and get him rebuked by the black- re allow us to think d Tago. who has come merely to do | guar act 4 as improbabil- | Othello mischief. The rebuke is, of course, us ready to admit unmerited. The folk of this time wore no les? Did the tdea of clothing in bed. and Brabantio. aroused by the cry of “thieves,” could hardly be expected to stop for clothing till he knew whether the Summons was warranted. ou as you read? with Shakespeare's iver? the usurping n_which Will- uke ? ndi lam is left? Is there any reconciled at the close of the play? 15. Can vou estimate from the pi self the time occupied In the action 15. true? Ohio State University. ey it Is the first statement of the epilogue Valley Improvements. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 3.—The Supervis- ors decided to attend the good roads meeting of the San Joaquin Vall *‘; C‘Bli\r!l‘fin Saturday at Hgnlarld.., ey also voted %00 to aid the County Board of Trade and Valley Association. Tago but pretends, since Brabantio i pro- tected by the darkness from exposure, to | | be scandalized. He delights in taking | down “the great ones uf the city.” being | an adventurer, and from this subordina- tion of Desdemona’s father we trace the beginnings of our prejudice against him. | Shakespeare’s chiefest undertaking, in | the heart of the drama, is the mastery of our sympathies to the point of con- senting that Desdemona suffer. She is no Ophelia, Insufficient to living, but a i strong, cultured, true woman, the best | ssible product of the best blood and | reeding {n the Christian world. No ordi- pary author, in attempting to array Othello against such a wife, could achiave sympathy for the husband. Put Shakes- are extorts from us consent not only P;‘t Desdemona undergo the agony of los- ing her husband’s favor, but that he mur- der her even in our sight. We are apt to take for granted too many things in read-