The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1900, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY o 1, 1900. 27 l‘ for italicizing when writin such fully laid down in “Hill's l\iu.nual o to_be seen at the Free Public Libra xderence room. EOWARD ELIS iseeresss 1S DISMISSED FROM THE MINT You will find City. Catalogues nf (‘O!ni or coin H‘ll‘! can be oms,lned} ”’Y'Jush any news dealer. A TEN- (‘E\T Pl}.(‘F N., City. The is_from 25 5 ts. offered tor such, “ IN THE BRITISH ARMY—L. M., The highest rank that a (negro) can attain in the British army is No premium 1s | City. | & dealer's price for a ten-cent plece of 1539 | | colored man | . that of non-commissioned officer. | Assayer Receives a : . LOTTERY—-K. N. Palo Alto. The Sudden Discharge. fenm Lottery west out of existonce n ate of that name in 1881, and - since then has been located in Hondu- | SOP\AL AFFA‘RS TANGLED HONOLULU PAPERS—E. L. H., Mont- > se, 8. D. T Commercial Advertiser, Bulletin are : lish language at BT AND INATTENTION TO DU- TIES THE REASONS. - A HALF-DC nto, Cal AR—Subscriber, Sacra- half-dollars coined at in 1855 can be pur- They do not com- 1 Route, but Could a Domestic Wages That ad Accumulated Sev- eral Months. ¢ Cc ay a AND PAY OFFIC] United States SOLAR The M al ship arlus 111 i enabie alogues. nish on as full a descrip- If you Cal for Bowm al tax 2 same to law from fact ment last SCHOOL School ah nd A a comm artz, the direc CALIFORNIA CLIMATE—G between January If vou communicate of Commerce at Los fu hed with liter- the informa- gTAMPS -R. 8 nue «mmrm I-“I\)\H , Chico, that 15 CORRIDORS a late arrival NS—P. A, Fruno remium offered for ar after 1846, r for t class it class that T., Alameda, '8 was written ABBREVIATION—R. Cal. By common consent . 1 of 1899, and some are now Wwriting tion of 1%0, even some have ‘00, but that cer- that is in the to_be conveyed. o0 be right should un- »s express the year in moment to do so and be any misunderstand- ‘writer means. AT FORT DONELSO} During the war of the Re- decided to defend ttack by Grant by Fort Donelson. Three John B. Floyd, Gideon mon B. Buckner—were Pillow reached " Buckner on_the h & foyd on the 13th, senior officer took com- the end of the battle c RNIANS IN WASHINGTON resulted in the capture of the fort Union forces, Pillow and Floyd ON l(mkn-—r res in command 8., City. The arma- is twenty six-pound- e one-poun rapid atlings i1 the »ndary - thirteen-inch breech- eight eight-inch and B of the same character b battery, The Monterey has AR L AR5, main battery two twelve-inch ech-loading rifles and two ten-inch g ech-loading rifles. In the secondary ery six six-pounders, rapid fire, four tlings and four one-pounders. The ans “Big Betsy” and “Alice” on the terey are twelve-inch guns. [ —R East Oakland, Cal. as the method for | batteries: Charcoal, three ral carbon or graphite, one de of manganese, three parts; | vdrate, one part; white arsenic (ox- one part, and a mixture of glucose, dextrine or starch, one part; all by eight. These are intimately mixed dry nd then worked into a paste or proper nsistency with a fluid solution com- ed of equal parts of saturated solution ammonium and chloride of sodium in which is added one-tenth vol- lution of bichloride of mer- equal volume of hydrochloric 3 flu d is added gradually c ir: dry ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDCNTS t purchase nic ents. and well worked up. s scriber, George- mium offered| FRANCO - PRUSSIAN WAR — Sub- after 1534. San Jose, Cal. In the Franco- | Cal. You hav n war France lost 350,000 men and i. You have | ;,ourred an enormous debt. Germany lost »u can say that leth century. | about 100,000 men. The cost of the war to iR conuxy. France was: \\ar expenses, LUE—P., Martinez, Cal. | francs 3o ey & ¢ ed for a Aving | 340.000,000 ndemnit a copper cent 000,000 francs; loss of urin war and revenue of G - s and Lorraine, 2,024 rancs; ™ ITH-C. H. 8., | reconstitution of war materlal, 2,144,000,00) se § th beat George | fran te.. 1,314,000,000 military pensions, total, 13,9 ditional infor histories of the be found in the Iib: COMMON PARTNERS—S., City. If a man was a partner in two different firms, and firm No. 1 borrowed money from firm No. 2 and in time firm No. 1 could not meet the note given when it became due. the remedy for firm No. 2 to commence an action is laid down in “The American and | English Encyclopedia of Law,” and the ' position taken is supported by many au- thorities. The language is: “*As the same party cannot be both plaintiff and defend- cannot maintain San Francisco, er. Melrose, e for which suggested in N of 18! T., Nevada oined in in the United 4 no more. PIECE — W. D., Cal. A three-dollar plece nds a premium of from 25 elling price of the same advance. | ant in an action, one inst another firm an action at law a when the two firms have common mem- H. 5. C, City. The| stean 2 arrived § bers. and the fact that the claim is a : P 5 nv’y ”': :‘(‘?hn anod | single demand and not a general balance | N " 1 of ¢ M‘;l Blether, in fl!- makes no difference. But when the claim | 1e from Pa . > is for a fixed amount aner.grrun:emem i e with the creditor firm, the assignee ma AND ITALICS—J. K.. City, | TéCOVer on an action af law. 8o where all notes are considered as joint and several the one firm may sue the other upon such caims by omitting m make the common t has not the space to pre- the use of capitals and Correspondents | SIX STORY BUILDING FOR FRANK H. WO0OODS > e o e ® i F IO T iy N ® " I l (VTR O faia Gedebet e RANK H on the north side of Geary street, Percy & Hamilton are the architects Tt will extend through to Union Square R e ] between Kearny and Grant The building ‘will cost about $ avenue. The frontage on ( s e e et eteie@® WOODS s about to erect a six-story building, with stone front, street will be 35 feet and on Unlon Square avenue 40 feet. The first story will be arranged for one large store, with basement. The upper stories will be used for lodging rooms, with fine, large suites with private bathrooms. Electric light, . hot and cold water and good elevator service are provided for in , which are for a first-class lodging hc ployed throughout to make the building fire resisting. pa Metal lathing will be em- rtner defendant, and the rule does not | against drowning. It was_supposed also apply to a promise obligation given by | that the health of the persin born with it 'm to a member of another firm having | could be told by the caul. If firm and re membe equity, h: but if ath, common to both firms wever, °r the codes erisp it betokened good hesith laxed and flaceid, sickness or re- Dur- “m h administer equitable and legal elghteenth century it common medies without distinction such action tisements in Englis may be maintained in much the same way vers of cauls nm red for sale though they were legal distinct bodies. ving from $3 50. As late n And in bankruptey or insolvency proceed- 1848, 3 the Times gs the solvent partners of the creditor ondon il for s rm may prove their claims and realize | guineas with its late upon them as though there re no com- | owner 1 the perils of | on partners the sea, and the owner d t las the A = place of his birth.” A CAUL-M. H. City. According to e erstition, a child born with a caul or| CHILDREN OF CITL 1 ve il over its face is sald to be lucky. It | Blsbee, m the earlie: ages and even down e present day a popular belief that Cal t United States, ler the a child so born would be very fortunate At the time of t turalizat 4 and that the caul brought fortune to the | ents, shall, if dwelling in the United one purchasing it. This superstition ates, be considered as citizens thereof.” | <o common in the early church that The language given is from the United | Chrysostom felt it his duty to invelgh | States naturalization laws. The me ainst it in many of his homilies. In | laws also ‘he children of persons later times midwives sold cauls to adyo- | Who are now or have been citizens of the cates at_enormous prices as ““an especial | United States, are, though born out of | means of making them eloguent,” and to | imits and jurisdiction of the United seamen an infallible preservative | States, considered as citizens thereof.” % %% i | | i‘ | i | | | { i " é% % RSOOSR SN SL SR SRe GREAT LEARANCE SALE! % COMMENCING TO-MORROW, MONDAY, FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. All goods are marked down; EXACTLY HALF PRICE. Our stock is unusually heavy. We are com- pelled to make a Great Sacrifice in order to make rcom for our new Spring stock, now in transit. Note the Following Remarkable Reductions. LADIES' 2-CL! GLOVI LADIES’ SKIRTS rcduced_frm. LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE LADIES' LADIES’ LADIES' many lines to reduced to.. LADIES' BLACK CHEVIOT SKIRTS from $7.50 to..........$4.00 LADIES’ BLACK CHEVB'—I'—SKIRTS from $12.00 to..........$6.00 LADIES' GRAY CLOTH SKIRTS from $6.00 t0..++csvees.....83.45 LADIES' WRAPPERS from $1.50 t0 +v.vvv0sssssssessesensssnns. 756 LADIES "PLAID SKIRTS from SBaito. . .o iorioene s 9845 LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS from $12.50 t0...e.+++.......85.00 LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS from $35.00 t0.............$15.00 LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS from $45.00 to... .$20.00 LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS from $60.00 10-0vvnss-... $95.00 BLACK MOREEN reduced from 50€: 0. isosossssissassssssesns S COLORED MOREEN reduced from 6oc to . This is positively the most genuine Bargain Sale ever presented to the San Francisco public. Remember our stock is entirely new. Values will be found exactly as represented. J.O’BRIEN&CO. NEW STORE, 1146 Market Street, Bet. Taylor and Mason. 2= | | was done merely | peopl | Woman'’s Club, h; | ments, once a month T0-DAY, SUNDAY, January 21, 199, VOTERS OBJECT 10 NEW DISTRICTS Supervisors Accused of Gerrymandering. Srectal Dispatch to The Call WILLOWS, Jan. 20.—Quite a storm of disapproval has been aroused among the voters and taxpayers of the town of Wil- lows by the recent action of the Board of Supervisors in changing the boundary lines between Supervisorial districts and 4. The line as it now stan runs through the northern portion of the town into District 4. Henry Bielar, the natural opponent of Mr. Bovd and’ the recognized candidate | of the town for the office of Supervisor, portion of the town which ferred from District 1, to District 4, rnett’s 1t is Ihuuf'hL that th change s made in order to re-elect Boyd Su- pervisor at the next election. With Mr. felar out of the way, Mr. Boyd's chances would be much better. The Supervisors deny this charge, stat- ing that this positively was not their in- They say the change 4 made o abolish one Judhml distri v with one Constable ar Peace. They claim for the purpose of I one Jus ducing Whateve! ing forth and loca The Supervisors pr ded that the ordi nance changing the boundary lines should take effect immediately, but the ordinance abolishing the judicial take effect until thre the act is bring- ism both from the Farmers’ Wives as Clubwomen. An interesting new club, the County organized at Lapeer, Mich. I all farm- ers’ wives and n who have lived on farn e were two vaca rooms in the County Courthou women obtained permission to use as clubrocms. Each membe vard of ca and gave one ir. one | | cup, saucer, plate, knife, fork and spoon. The club has a literary programme every Saturday, und a meeting, with refresh- | The Tooms are open all day Saturd comfortable and homelil giving the place to rest. AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA ENGAGEMENT (‘r‘XTl.\'l'l.\'G ALL, NEXT WEEK. LOUIS JAMES, KATHRYN KIDDER, CHARLES B. HANFORD £nd a Company of 37 People. Ififl‘l‘ Also Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- and Friday Nights, TO- "“THE WINTER'S TALE” To-Morrow (MOi{DiY) Night, “THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" “HAMLET' THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE PHONE SOUTH 770. STARTING WITH MATINEE TO-DAY! @ POPULAR CONEY ISLLAND! GREATER, GRAND=R AND MORE LAUGHABLE POPULAR PRI THAN EVER! UNION COURSlNfi PARK OPEN — AND — SAPLING STAKES! 114 NOMINATIONS! $1000 IN PRIZES! MUSIC BY VON DER MEHDEN'S BAND. —TRAIN SERVICE.— Leaves Third and Townsend streets 10:15 a. m., 11 a. m., 12 m. and 1 p. m.; Twenty-fifth and Valencla streets five minutes later. Re- turning at 4:45 p. m. and after last course. San Mateo electric cars every ten minutes. CENTS. LADIES FREE. ADMISSION 25 EDDY ST., OL YMP’A COR. MASON The Only Free \uude\me Show In the City. BIGGEST AND BEST BILL EVER OFFERED | Great European Importation, MLLE. THELMA, In Poses Plastique. HARRY DE LAIN, The Male Anna Held. WILL H HILL, King of the High Wire. ZOYARRA, CAD WILSON and a First-class Artists. A $10,000 Belt and Chatelaine belonging to Cad Wilson can be seen in the show windows of the Baldwin Jewelry Store, $44-845 Market st. Host of CHUTES AND 700. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ETHEL BURT, Coasting the Chutes, MAJOR MITE, Smallest Actor on Earth. The LEANDOR BROTHERS Gladatorial Acrobats: AND A GREAT VAUDEVILLE SHOW. BALLOON ASCENSION THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. g ¥ Ry EMIL MARKEBERG. PHONE FOR SEATS+PARK 23, members a | | | Assisted by JOHN A. LAXCASTER AND The Fi [ | | AMUSEMENTS. R e A A A A A A A A A e . TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE “HOOT MON’> A BRILLIANT TRIUMPH! To-Morrow Evening Begins the Second Week Of the Enormous Comic Opera Success, Te|DOL'S EYE Commencing at 8 Sharp Every Evening. Matinee Saturday. INDORSED BY PRES ND PUBLI E.\T PRODUCTION EVER SEEW THE G IN THE CIT A VICTORY FOR PRINCIPALS, CHORUS AND ORCHESTRAI READ WHAT THE PRESS SAYS! CALL —The Tivoll scored the biggest hit in the city In soms time. The singing & fes- ture of the pla EXAMINER —*Superior to the work of Frank Danlels and his company. The Tivoll Company could not be excelled.” CH Daniels ONICLE oli gave a much prettier product n than that given by Frank ything we have ever seen “The Tiv ble play nk Daniel upon the Danfels production. The gave a better product! pera had been buflt to have brought out g0od qualities. TO hET GOOD SEATS SECURE THEM EARLY. POPULAR PRICES-------------------- 25 and 50 Cents. TELEPHONE BUSH 9 WEEK COMMENCING The World's Greatest H IMPANY. medy in Thomas Frost's *T. Act in Vaudeville. Best Legitimate " EDNA BASSETT MARSHALL & CO. In a Singing Act. Realistic and Novel, Entitled “SUNSHINE AND SORROW." ~_ JOSEPH NEWMAN rous Song Writer, in Some HODGES and LAUNCHMERE Ballads One of the Se . Hits. THANSON AND NELSON NELSTONE AND ABBEY Dancing and Singing Soubrettes English Ce les. 7 3 g LAST WEEK OF ——— MILILE. EMMY And Her Famous Troupe of Trained F Sl g . 'NDAY, January 8 GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. TELEPHONE MAIN ...LAST NIGHT OF DON CAESAR OF IRUN! WEEK OF TO-MORROW, MONDAY ful Revival of Joh: JANUARY 22, 1900, Sparkling Comte Fascinat Opera Strauss’ Beau UEEN'S LACE: HANDRERCHIEF! S-THE v,mr:-w AND -PICTURESQUE RFORMAN ng and CHOR STUM BLE PI CIPALS-OUR FAMOUS GORGEOUS ANG AND ENJOYA AN ALLU USUAL POPULAR PRICES. STRA, SATURDAY MATINEE... MPORTUM. |FAREWELL | TO-MORROW NIGHT AT 8:30.| + o LAST POPULAR CONGERT BY THE PEERLESS DIVA, MME EMMA NEVADA NTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME, AN [ OPHELIA, in “Hamlet.” | NTIRE FOURTH ACT. MME. NEVADA Including Her Famous R ST ROLEL MR. LOUIS BLUMENBERG, Cell ; MR. SELDE) . Planist. POPULAR PRICES FOR RESERVED SEATS: [ e e /- ST Entire Gallery 50¢ THE HENRY HOL QUARTET and CE HARDY G T‘\-i:' First day T y & ¢ ‘s Hall on M Concert SPECIA 72477/1, GHTE I SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. HA!.L 223 SUTTER STREET. Hmu BEGINNING ROARS OF LA 3—SONG RECITALS 38 By the Ilustrious Soprano, MLLE. ANTOINETTE TREBELLI ALL YOU HAVE TO D) IS TO SIT BACK IN YOUR OHAIR AND GET READY TO LAUGH. THE FRAWLEY COMPANY, Presenting for the First Time Here “IN PARADISE” ‘CIATINGLY FUNNY FARCE | French. SATURDAY MATINEE.. | PRICES, $1 50 and S . | SEATS Xow CLAY & CO. RACING! RACING! RAClNGl 1900—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB—1900 January 22 to February 10, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRA: Racing Monda: w SHERMAN, oN S _AT AUSIC RE. ALCAZAR THEATER. MATINEE TQ-DAY, SUNDAY. TO-NIGHT, LAST TIME, —— |“LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN.” | Fire oot ity | . Ferry-b AND ENTIRE TO-MORROW e David Belaseo and Henry C. de Mille's Beau- | tiful Character Play, LORD CHUMLEY ! So Pronounced a Success at the York, dies ana their ferry tickets to Shell ) Oakland mole connect with S; electric cars at Seventh and land Broadway, Oak- ameda mole con- s at Fourteenth hese electric cars the track in fifteen minutes. Returning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45 p. m. and Immediately after the last mce. THOMAS H ail_trains via 4 and Broadway, go_direct to Oakland. Which Mad: Lyceum Theater, New e i WILLIAMS JR.. President. PRICES NEW WESTERN EAZI Y AND WHHINGTOV m—...- modeled and renovated. KING, thx?-. The Weekly Call. cOo. .fl—.-‘l I Sl .".'.‘:“ s = 81 per Ycar.