The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1900, Page 9

NEW AND CATCHY OPERA GIVEN BY THE BOSTONIANS Farce Presented at the Alcazar. MOROSCO IS MAKING A HIT ORPHEUM PROGRAMME FULL OF CLEVER TURNS. s *“Idol’s Eye” Is Running Strong. Moving Pictures of Jeffries and Sharkey Drawing Crowds at the Alhambra. —_—— by Victor Herbert and B. Smith, is the longest comic 1 dern times. It had 1 first e Columbia and there was galler: restra of finery befitting the occa- 1lls and feathers of the au- er, did not hold a taper to The Viceroy howe the gorgeous garbing of the stage pecple. dience, It was the costumers’ night to shine and ke did so in every color of the spectrum. “The Viceroy ht almost be calied a costume opera. more to it than stumes and scen: rikably good in t but production, merits. ing is not happy, either mu- »ookishly, and Tully three-quar- ters of an hour elapsed bei or a sincere plaudit cutting it down to rea- now lasts nigh unto he first scenes may be very his popular effects, and, he thinks will catch rub it in diligently. olini” song, which, ¥, every one was whistling after curtain, repeated again and It is as unnew as the latest joke, find its way into the phono- and “The Viceroy” will 2 spite of anything the critics i composer, in , has aimed at ng caught what had occasion latel to point out B. Bm h can this, his ultimate Viceroy” is or in mfortable circum- T ncerned terest in obese lines, s best advantage o Mr. Barr nd not t i logue s has another alcove tenor nights; and Miss Marcia 1 hate the ER GARNETT Orpheum. and *“b in the ordir express fit the perform- hman, Holcombe Usual inments that f this city the fe- ly 1 have ve outcrow ed the crows, was the oD er and Thea pleasant cal week. The st of the kind velty in ac- ng some of avor with them nd ‘ t 1z a possibilities. The farcical kied the “Oh, Susannah ies of the Iz azar Theater rs and a half. sho ast It t two omething ¢ of “Charley’'s Aunt” in it, b ue is not so smart nor the so cleverly > T central figure in th ey,” and Georgle madé the most of it. She astonished every one by her really clever srirayal of the part and- was honored 1 call before the curtain %, a5 a4 young doctor who married without his aunt's knowledge, which incident th is based, and Mary young bride, ‘were clever and fun. May Blayney, Laura Crews, How- ard Scott and Stanley Rose, as young lovers, had little 1o do. but 'they did it weil. Margaret Marshall was the aunt and Maggie Frances Leavey, the doctor's landlady. rey Seabury completed the cast. California. ho att blot, if there be fampton, as his Those w last evening were for An * as presented by the Fraw- lds the attention from the | of the curtain. T. Danfel Aubrey and Keith Wake- were the center of attraction and every bit of the perform- ance, whether laughable or serious, car- d the audience without effort. | of the minor characters fitted well their and came in for their ghare of applause, which was not spar- ingly bestowed tie management announces that *Tril- by” will not be presented at to-morrow's matinee as previously advertised. Alhambra. There was no decrease In the attend- ance at the Alhambra Theater last even- ing. The Jeffries-Sharkey battle h created a stir among the sport-loving seople of this city, and the latter are tak- f-.z advantage of the opportunity of see- ing the memorable battle fought over again by means of the marvelous mov- ing pletures taken by the American Muto- ser and Biograph Company. As ex- emplars of photography the pictures are marvelous, and as @ portrayal of the memorable battle between the two heavy- they are unsurpassed. The spec- site enthralled as the fight pro- approval of pictures are a v Th thousan: e viewed by taken to another place. ccess, will be ds before they are | Tivoll. There must be much more in the power | of the magic ruby than the librettist sees | t to tell of in “The Idol's Eye,” now in | ;’-- Afth week at the Tivoll, for the o] J etta continues to attract large -udleg::- and its fun and melody are as as which are both | e of sight plays an fmportant part | ore there was | ned without a sacrifice beiug | characteristio | ept’ up the | Williams and Forrest | Unconventional | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900 on the first night. The tuneful bit of non- sense will continue until “‘Manila Bound,” advertised as a “musical hodge-podge,” L:);:}::u it at the popular Eddy-street Grand Opera-House, “Aladdin Jr.,” with new songs and feat- ures, is on again this week at the Grand Opera-house. Edith Mason made the first hit in the play and was forced to respond to an encore and again sing her new bal- lad, “Since Thou Art Mine.” Miss Mason also “ sang he Sweetest Story Ever Told,” which is doubtless her most popu- lar effort. Little Maude Sorensen won the hearts of the audience with her ‘coon’ | song, “Don’t You Cry, Ma Honey.” Her buck and wing dancing was perfect. Hat- tie Belle Ladd and a male quartet in “My Lady Lu” is one of the catchy features of the entertainment. Chutes. Major Mite sang the latest telephonic negro craze, “Ring Off, Coon,” at the Chutes Theater last night, and had to re- spond to even more encores than usual. Paul La Croix, a hat juggler, made his t appearance, and made a hit, as did also George Bird, programmed as ‘The | Chinese Ambassador.” The latter does | a clever musical act. Valkyra, equilib- t, Ruth Nulta and her pickanniny, he Le Claire Sloan on the flying rings and dancers, complete an interesting bill. and Douglass and Ford, singers Symphony Concert Thursday. The musical event of the week will be the third of the symphony concerts, under the direction of He: Holmes, at the Opera-house on Thursday after- | 1§I sharp. The programme will variati Grand vet \,re..snml, nd riolan” overture, on a theme by Joseph | Wagne great “Tannhause and s{'mphun_\ entitled “Frater- nity,” by Mr. Holmes himself. Seats are herman, Clay Co.'s, with an |LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY IS HELD IN MEMORY SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOW HON- | OR TO GREAT PRESIDENT. Patriotic Literary and Musical Exer- | cises in Many of the Schools of This City. Lincoln's birthday was held in rememn- brance yesterday afternoon in all the pri- mary and grammar schools of the city. | A thousand teachers and 30,000 pupils| united in songs, speeches and reminis- | cences of the life and character of the great President. Comrades of the several of the Grand Army of the Republic | ted the different schools and told the | children of the civil war, the struggle for | | the preservation of the Union and the emancipation of the slave: At the Lincoln Grammar on principal, the pop T. Ham! f pajriotic enthusiasm was she ghekt degree. Principal Hamilton, vho n the war of the rebellion, had the coln tastefully draped. The in the school were | rrated by the teach- y and masical | | ., were in attendance. Missfon Grammar School, Miss Crowley principal, the ninth’ grade elly ¥. Sullivan and the efghth | grade, taught by Miss May Kennedy a.d | Miss Jeanette Iman, united in exer- | cises, both musical and literary. There were twenty-seven distinct numbers on e pupils upon { Lincoln's life of the birthda n was fittingly celet iumboldt Evening High Herbert Dam feelingly on the President’s death ient's and H Whitcomb_ Riley's f the schoo! poem, an and Jim with touching wrence Taaffe, the principal 1 a few remarks and best anecdotes. chool then led the America” and the | The Glee audience in si Club « exercises closed. FAILED IN HIS ATTEMPT ! TO BRIBE CHIEF BIGGY An Ignorant Celestial Tried the| Wrong Man, and Is Now Suf- fering a Double Penalty. Ah Sing’s soulful voice is heard in deep wailing behind the bars of the California- street police station. Sing used his dulcet tones last night in an effort to save him- | self a night in prison for entering a hot of ill fame. Finding that his pl were a failure, he, in ignorance of his man, tried to tempt his captor, Acting | Chief Biggy, with a $ note in exchange | for his freedom. This open case of at-| tempted bribery under his very eyes start- | led the Chief, and for the moment he was | in a quandary. He, however, decided, for | purposes of evidence, to accépt the pref- fered gold piece, but to the surprise of the Celestial refused to allow him to escape. Instead, the bribe-offerer was taken to the California-street station and held pending an Investigation into his conduct. Chief Biggy will in all probabllity to- | day charge Sing with bribery. The China- man now laments the loss of his $ and his | iberty. The gold plece will be held | | against him as evidence, and his freedom will be withheld until his friends offer | honds enough to get him out of the pre- dicament. Chief Biggy is taking strenuous steps to discover whether any of his men ac- cept money from the inhabitants in the Celestial quarter. He has the greatest confidence in the honesty of the officers under him, but he wants to instill in the minds of the Chinese that policemen will not recelve money for their protection. There has been a belief current in the minds of the Mongolians that every offi- cer is open to bribery. By his prompt ac- tion last night Chief Biggy hopes to im- press op their minds that the belief was unfounded. He will try to have an exam- ple made of Ah Sing as a lesson to others of his race. 'CHILDREN DESERTED BY THEIR CRUEL PARENTS | Willle Kelly, aged 7 years, | Gertle, | Eaay, a | City his sister aged 4 years, and their brother | ed two years, were taken to the | Prison last night and turned over to the matron, awaiting their removal to some public institution. The little ones were brought in by Officers F. A. Lyeett | | and Patrick McKenna, who found them | in the vicinity of Alabama and Twenty- sixth streets.” A groceryman notified the | ’mllr‘embn iat the trio had been playing | n the vicinity for three hours and were | | in danger of bein trampled heneath horses’ feet. The officers investigated the | case and learned that the children had | been deserted by their parents, who live | {at 1354 Alabama street. The father and | | mother are addicted to the drink habit | | and quarrel constantly. Six weeks ago, it | { 1s alleged, the father threatened to kill | | his wife, and since then their quarrels | have been extremely bitter. Last Satur- | day evening Keily left home and has not | returned. t noon s'eslerdu. Mrs. Kelly abandoned her chiliren and went on a gpree, leaving her little ones to look out | for themselves. —_—— Looking for C. G. Fisher. Acting Chief of Police Biggy recelved a telegram last night from William F. Bull, Superintendent of Police of Buffalo, N. Y., in which the latter asked information as to the whereabouts of (. G. Fisher, a well known business man of that city. The dispatch stated that Mr. Fisher could be found at one of the hotels, but up to & late hour Detective “Harry” Reynolds, | who was d t?‘uea to_find Mr. Fisher, had not loca im. Mr. Fisher's brother died suddenly, and Superintendent of Po- lice Bull desfres to know what disposition ehall be made of the remains, Cruelty and Desertion Alleged. OAKLAND Feb. 12.—Cruelty and de- | | Mayor PHelan called attention to the pro- | preme Court. | & single cent to the credit of the Health | that its efficiency would be materiaily im- | paired. | reduction | clear whether the power to fix the rate | plain that they were not opposed to the | viding for a free license to persons who, | | soclation, calling attention to the filthy cop- SUPERVISORS STRUGGLE WITH CITY FINANCES Vexed Question Still Unsettled. SRR STREET LAMPS MAY BE UNLIT e HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S USE- FULNESS CURTAILED. st Laborers’ Wages Fixed at $2 50 a Day—Resolutions Allowing Ex- tra Clerks Are Laid Over for One Week. e The Board of Supervisors had a hand- to-hand struggle with the perplexing question of the municipal deficit, but the subject was found to be so complicated that its consideration was postponed for another week, -During the discussion sev- eral ways were suggested to make up a prospective deficiency, which, according to Supervisor Reed, will amount to.§211,- 000, at a low estimate. Supervisor Tobin stated that leaving the city's streets in darkness for the rest of the fiscal year would help the situation $100,000, and his suggestion on that point was recelved with some favor. It was also suggested that by stopping street sweeping alto- gether another $70,000 would be made available, but this suggestion was evi- dently not as acceptable as the first., tested taxes, amounting to $151,000, which could be used, provided a decision favora- ble to the cll)!" is rendered by the Su- 0 this could be added the 10,000 appropriated for Trocadero Canyon, “If 8t. Mary's park fund of $125,000 can be used,” sald his Honor, ‘‘the city's financlal stringency will be relieved to a great extent.” Resolutions allowing the Health Depart- ment $35,000 for the ensuing six months were adopted, but Onl?l' after considera- ble argument, in which Reed vigorously opposed the granting of any such sum while the city was threatened with bank- ruptey. Reed favored allowing the de- fflrlmenl a bare $3000 per month, which r. Williamson, who addressed the board, thought would be sufficient to prepare the city to resist al invasion of the bubonic plague. Reed argued that there was not Board and it was criminal to rush into debt and make other creditors of the city ffer. Dr. Willlamson thought that the partment could get along on $3,000, but d He said that the reduction would have to be met in other ways than by a of force, as contemplated by the resolutions. “We reserve our right,” said the dent of the Health Board, “to wmaintain the offices we have created. We may sus- pend some employes temporarily or main- tain groups of men on half time, but there are some things we cannot dis- pense with, notably the free distribution of anti-toxin to the poor, whereby the mortality from diphtheria been re- duced from 60 to 11 per c , and the milk inspection, which has reduced infant | mortality 5 per cent. The Bureau o | Vaccination is likewise an absolute ne- cessity.” Toaq he w resi- uestion of Reed’s as to what steps i take to prevent the entrance of gue Dr. Willlamson sald: ould order the burning of China- Willlamson, while expressing_him- £ as in a measure satisfied with $35.000, asked the board to increase it if possible, but promised that there would be no over- ft of the lesser amount, which he was lly allowed, Reed alone voting against it The resolution fixing the rate of wages DELIBERATED WHETHER HE WERE ENGLISH OR CHINESE AKLAND, Feb. 12—Galbraith Masters, a bright student at the State Uni- O versity, found himself in a quandary to-day when he apneared before Judge Hall for naturallzation. He was unable to state whether he was an Eng- lishman or a Chinaman. “I was born in China, of English parents,” he in- formed the court, “but now, really, I don’t know whether I'm a Chinaman or an’ Englishman, I do not know whether to renounce allegiance to the Emperor of the Flowery Kingdom or the Queen of Great Britain. Perhaps you know, Judge." His Honor, however, found little time to ¢rack this complicated nut of complex nativity, but on the court's suggestion, and to remove any and all doubts, Masters renounced allegiance to all foreign princes, kings, queens and potentates. The question of his nativity, however, was not determined. HE WAS BOOND [TV A mie TOWORK FORNO |, TeE woobmEN ONE BUT DELGER bt beve@ Now Lamping Sues on a $10,000 Note. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb, 12. James J. Lamping is determined to col- lect the $10,000 pro.nissory note made in his favor by his former employer, the late Frederick Delger, who died in April, 188. Delger's estate has been appraised at $131,231. Soon after the capitallst’s death Ed- ward F. Delger, the executor, learning of the existence of the note, brought suit in equity to enjoin Lamping. from ever col- lectin, the same. The court decided MoCHng, the exgcutor. The note was dated January 3, 1897, and became payable January 3 last. Lamping presented his claim for the amount named in the note to the executor, but the latter promptly disallowed it. To-day Lamping, by his attorney, Wil- liam R. Davis, brought an action in the Superfir Court to obtain judgment against the Delger estate for the $10,000 and costs. According to the complaint the note was made to Lamping by the late Frederick Delger in pursuance of an agreement that Lamping should as long as Delger desired it refrain from entering into business or employment with any other party; that he should continue as long as Delger per- sonally desired to manage his (Delger's) business and property, valued ~at over 000,000, Lamping alleges that he has lived up to the agreement and that he has protected the financial interests of Del- ger and has kept the accounts of his em- ployer, amounting to over $6000 per month, Lamping also avers that, excepting the ayment of this $10,000 note, Delger dur- ng his lifetime had always performed every act required of him under the con- tract, including the making of thoh&rom- issory note. The suit will be terly fought by the executo: NEW BOARD OF SURVEY, ‘Will Straighten Out All Matters Per- taining to the National Guara. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.—Orders have been issued from the adjutant general's office appointing a board of inspection and survey to visit each and every com- mand of the National Guard in the State, and company commanders will be required to balance up their property accounts with the adjutant general’s office. Worn out and useless quartermaster’'s stores will be destroyed and each and every commander will be required to sat- isfactorily account for any shortage in his accounts. The inspecting officers detailed for this work from the adjutant general's office have been directed to examine into the system of accounts kept by all command- ing officers. They will aiso institute an I I BOAK. [ et e e S e AKLAND, Feb. 12—1. 1. Roak, the newly appointed head clerk for the Pacific jurisdiction of men of the World, was tendered a rousing farewell reception to-night at Loring Hall by Oakland Camp No. 8, of which he had been clerk for several years. Fifty camps were represented at the fare- well reception. Neighbor Judge F. B. Og- den made the opening address and intro- duced the speaker of the evening, Head Escort D. 8. Ewing of Fresno, who dis- coursed on the woodcraft of California. During the evening Neighbor E. A. Bol- ton, on behalf of Oakland Camp, present- ed Mr. Boak with a fine silver tea set of six pieces. Mr. Boak leaves for Los An- Beles to-morrow afternoon, returning to akland next Friday. On Saturday aft- ernoon he starts for Denver, the head- d DECLARE TH NEVER SWINDLED THEIR CLIENT fetion. to be paid to the laborers In the Street Department at $2 50 per day for eight hours worried the board for some time. It developed that the charter is not quite lies with the Supervisors or the Board of Public Works. Some members took the | lafter stand, but the motion to refer the | me to that body was lost. Another refer to the City Attorney for likewise lost. The argument an unpleasant turn that some upervisors were compelled to ex- 2 50 rate, but w nted the legal doubt as to the authority settled. The vote on the adoption of the resolution was unani- mous. The Board of Public Works was re- quested to examine into the present con- requirements and safety of the s and exits of all theate halls and public places of amusement. An ordinance was passed to print pro- by reason of misfortune or physical in- firmities, merit exemption from the pay- ment of licens A resolution was adopted providing that the matter of an ordinance empowering the assistant clerks of the Board of Su- pervisors to administer oaths be referred to the City Attorney for his opinfon thereon. The same course was taken with the proposed ordinance for the issuance and sale of bonds for the construction of sewers, hospitals, school houses and park | panhandle. The San Francisco Gas and Electric Company was requested to place electric lights at the intersections of Joost ave- nue and Arcadia stret, Flod and Circu- lar avenues, side avenue and Congo street, 8 avenue and Edna street, Hearst avenue and Detriot street Foerster street and Mangels avenue, The resolution authorizing the Auditor to appoint four clerks at $100 per month each, the Recorder a mortgage clerk at $100 'per month .and the Treasurer one | clerk at $150 a month and one at $100 were | lajd over for one week. Resolutions were lald over for one | week providing that the Board of Public | Works be requested to omit the sweep- | ing of the city streets one night of each | week; also to notify the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company to omit the | lighting of gas and_electric lamps for three nights before full moon, the night of full moon, and for two nights after full moon, for the remainder of this fiscal | year. The City Attorney was requested to ex. amine into and reron if the $125,000 set aside by the last_board for the acquisi- ton of St. Marys Park properties is or is not a special fund, and whether it can be used for any other purpose than that for which it was created. The resolution authorizing the archi- tects of the Hall of Justice building to make certain changes in the original plans at a cost not exceeding $13910, pro- vided said changes do not interfere with the completion of the building by the Pa- cific Surety Company, were deferred un- til the next meeting. The following petitions were recelved and referred to the proper committees: Citizens for a lamp post In the middle of the block of Thirteenth street, hetween Market and Guerrero: North Central Improvement As- dition of affairs in the roadways and among the fish markets on Merchant and Clay streets, below Montgomery, and requesting t ment of ordinancé enforcing the removal refuse at sultable hours; Van Ness-avenue Im- provement Club, for an electric light at the corner of Van Ness avenue and Filbert street: property-owners, for an electric light at the intersection of Turk and Jones strets. A communication wag received from property- owners favoring the granting of the petition of Quimby & Harrelson to continue the opera- tion of & quarry in block § of the Flint Tract. REFERRED TO BOARD OF WORKS. The following petitions and protests were re- ferred to the Board of Public Works: Petition of property-owners for the regrad ing of the crossing of North Point and Web- ster streets; protest of property-owners against paving Army street between Guerrera and Drolores; protest of property-owners nst the grading of Army street between tro and Noe; petition of City Street Improve- ment Company, on behalf of property-owners, e pave "with bituminous pook zmymuni of Poat street, between Kearny and Grant ave- Eriy e to “pronIVIC the dumping ofdire of sewer in Tilden street. & biasts on bloek § of the Flint , and th way of Becond strest Pween Market ‘and Missions petition of k screonings at the west nm{.w & , and com; m A resolution _Wwas paseed permission to Quimby & Harrelson to explode The Board of Public Wo umh City Street lmmflmmtrgmn.y h:a”\..‘. ertion is alleged in a complaint for di- v i1 e Vorce fled tnfln‘ Isabelle fi ‘Wheeler ] 1 u‘é.‘flhnmmuu (::t-rl:vut “nm: uum‘lnd'lrd er. The parties | which .|f been directed to enf had réside in Berkeley. | been by the Board of Supervisors, B | 'stops, to the Philippines. Smiths Deny Mariane Louis’ Charges. inquiry regarding the cialms of the N. tional Guardsmen, who under orders re- ported for duty in the Spanish-American war at th: several State rendezavous, re- arding any elaim they may have for pay rom the time of thelir so reporting up to the date of their muster into the volunteer gervice of the United States in 1898 or their rejection by the medical or mustering of- ficers, with a view of getting these claims together, if any there be, o that the proper steps may be taken toward their collection with the payment of the men. -~ BUCHANAN ARRESTED. Passed a Forged Order on a San Ra- fael Merchant. Special Dispatch to The Call, SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 12.—Robert Bu- chanan, who has been anxiously looked for for some months by H. A. Gorley, a local merchant, was yesterday located in SBacramento by Constable George Afinew and is to-night lodged in the tanks here. Buchanan some months ago lost his po- sition on the North Pacific Coast Rail- road and deserted his family. He went to the bad and finished up a succession of minor crooked acts by working Gorley with a forged order for $50. e disap- eared before Gorley discovered that he ad been swindled, and had it not been for the streak of the detective in Agnew this would have been the last heard of him. This mornln¥I Agnew left for Sacra- mento, where he had located Buchanan. fhe swindler was lodged in the tanks awalting trial for obtaining money under false pretenses. Buchanan is also wanted in San Francisco, where he passed a forged order on a saloon-keeper. ety Puget Sound Wants the Cable. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—A bill was in- troduced in the Senate to-day by Foster of ‘Washington providing for the construction of a Government cable line from the Tnited States to the Philippines. The dis- tinguishing feature of the bill is that it requires that the cable shall be laid from some point on the coast of Washington, and that it shall run via Alaska and north of the Aleutian Islands to the Island of Attu; thence to the boundary between Russia and Japan and thence, with several n independ- awall Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 12. The suit filed by aged Mariane Louis, last Saturday, against attorneys J. H. & Mortimer 8mith, charging them with em- bezzling $1020 of her money, will come to a speedy trial, The defendants to-day filed their answer denying all salient ailega- tions of crookedness and strongly Intimat- ing that some one has imposed on the aged French woman in persuading her to commence the suit. The attorneys Smith aver that they agreed to take charge of plaintiff's litiga- tion over the estate of her son, the late Edouard Louls of Alameda; that she agreed to and did pay them a $160 re- tainer and that under a written agree- ment, which is emhodied In their answer, they were to receive one-half of all they recovered and pay costs of any appeal. They informed her that her claim in dis- pute amounted to $1485. Mary Louis, the allowed the claim because it had been pre- sented after the time prescribed by law, and several suits ensued. The aged mother finally advised her at- torneys Smith, so their answer avers, that she would settle for nothing less than ;llm in cold cash. After the attorneys ad negotiated and got $1800 she wanted them to cut their fee to $500, claiming that there had been no troublesome trial. To this they vigorously demurred. The affair was settled by the executrix paying her mother-in-law $1800; she then paid the Smiths $780, after deducting the retainer, and she retained the balance of §1020. Re- celpts passed between the parties and the aged litigant seemed perfectly satisfied. Smiths, who divine a conspiracy behind the action. Sr————— BRILLIANT GALAXY OF NATIVE SONS AND LADIES Native Sons' Hall was a dream of artis- tle decoration last night on the occasion of the invitation ball of Pacific Parlor No. 10, Native Sons of the Golden West, The effect was contributed to by graceful- ly drooped silver-spangled draperies, pale blue and pink, with bunches of ferns at each loop, while the central piece was a mass of pretty flowers and ferns in which there was a number of white doves. Those who had charge of this affair were: Floor manager, John W. Riley; as- sistant, Leonard Stone; floor committee— aniel A. Ryan, John F. Comyns, George B. Stangenberger, Daniel C. Deasy, Rob- ert J. Sands, 8. W. Dixon, William H. don, Costello, McMenomy, ent cable from Ban Francisco to 1s provided for. County of Edinburgh Ashore, NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—The British ship County of Edinburgh went ashore at about 10 o'clock last night close to the Manasquan life-saving station, on the Jersey coast, near Polnt Pleasant. She is hard and fast aground and is expected to break up before morning. The crew was taken off by the life-saving crew. ool B il Miner Missing. SEATTLE, Feb. 12—J. E. Fulton, an €lderly mining expert, nlumlnfl to repre- sent Eastern talists, who left Skag- uay December aying he was l’o?g to ‘White orse, has m‘IIEflOHIlY isap- cared. Nothing has been heard from im since and it Is feared he is lost or has met with foul play. Y i Nome Miners Protest. SBATTLE, Feb. 12—The Alaska Miners’ sociation, which has a membenhW of mostly Nome operators, to-night adopted resolutions which were sent to, Congressman Lacey praying for legal au- thority to mlgn the Nome beaches, and candemning the Pm-ucun sending of military to that distriet. B S Struck by a Car, Paul McDonald, Charles F. ) 'ult.;‘ B, DDrn‘.‘E[‘homéfls B. W. Leland; reception committee—George D. Clark, Walter J. Wiley, Edwin L. Forster, Joseph H. Cunningham, Henry E. Faure, Angus McKay, William H. Ha- 11, George Wendell, H. W. Hunsa- ker, T. B. Foche, W, G. Baudoin, J. E. Manning, Joseph K. Hawkins, M. J. Kil- illlam H, Miller, Theodore Lun- stedt, H. F. Sulllvan, Lyman Jennings, ‘Walter 8. Herson, John T. Greany; com- mittee of arrangements—John W. Riley, Frank R. Neviile, Fred W. Krone Jr., L a:nsde E. 1. Groezinger, A. P. Seiler Roland M. Roche, Jere F. Schoenwald, A. Williams. —_———————— BRYAN’'S CONVENTION. Léoney, SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—Albert Beall, the flve—ycri—ow Jfon of W. A. Beall ' was | Democrats to Name Their Ticket probably f:‘ .{1 i blg;dc ‘:::-inbi) ing Barly in June. :“ll:llov.. rflg ad lccom[n.nl:d hi :“’é: CHICAGO, Feb. 12—A special to the 0 ln‘;(ool on his bicycle and w; :Id'm Times-Herald from Washington says: PgaN’alany the Lok Whan Chy sap Struck | genator Jemes of Arkansas to-day ad- mitted that as a result of Mr. Bryan's re- cent visit to Washington it had virtually ‘been decided to hold the Democratic na- tienal convention esrlz in June, before the meeting of the Republican national con- Vll}uon in Philadelphia. Mr, Jones him- el Two Years for Brown. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 12.—Joseph Brown was this afternoon sentenced fi mpriso; J Burnett to serve two years’ | nment . He was captured i room | self had favered holding the convention {: {x:’a"‘i?#l burg dcp\?: 'hlshnh.‘ hs figer Philadelphia_gathering, but had Tohbed, When, BISHE: Into court he en- | bio oYt et platform hefore. the coun: i g ol et 4. ahead of the Republicans. t 7! is understood that the Democratic nvention will meet in some Western city, probably on June 5 or & e Body Found in Tules. YUBA CITY, Feb. 12.—The ; of 8 was found In the tules below 1 m a tna‘o while v".lki:: t“: M:,Nx-’&'nk!.rfijg:n'g“;:nufl tmen }:‘::; raflroad near that place on one to the war that the scarcity of them oF Tast montk. ; " | Conadn stveets s noticeabie,” PRI i A S a3 the Wood- | uarters of the Head Camp for this juris- | widow and executrix, had previously dis- | er suit, therefore, greatly shocked the | J. L. Halsted, John F. Cannon, | EBELL OFFERS PRIZES FOR THE LIBRARY PLANS Ladies Want a Beau- tiful Building. l—— Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 12. The ladies of the Ebell Soclety want the | new library building to be worthy of Oakland. Having taken so great an inter- est in the securing of a site they now come forward with a plan for furnishing competitive plans for the building, and | they offer to pay out of their own fund | $1750 for prizes for the plans. The library board has been discussing offering 0 for | a prize for the plans, but the Ebell xadm} want only the best work that can be had | by competition, so they have decided to more than treble the amount of the library board’s offer in order to securg the best results possible, The following is the offer of the ladi and the plan they propose: | To Library Trustees of the City of Oak- ; land—Gentlenien: This communication is made | in View of the fact that to your honorable hody | i3 to be intrusted the duty and responsibility of erecting a library building, donated to the | city by Andrew Carnegie, to be built upen a site purchased by the subscriptions of the peo- 2::,0! Oakland through the Ebell Soclety of this The Ebell Library Committee has great in- | terest in the architecture of the new library building, and believes that as Library Trus- tees you should weicome every help avallable, to the end that the most beautiful structure possible sball be erected. | Bince both the area of the library site and the amount of the building fund are limited, the problem of l(uw & simple bullding can be made a beautiful one requires the be: archi- tectural talent, and to abtain the best plans full and fair opportunity should be given all architects to offer competitive plans and speci- fications for the library bullding about to be erected on the lot corner of Grove and Four- | teenth streets, i For the purpose of making such competition | possible and that the best judgment thereon can be secured. the Ebell Library Committee submits the foillowing: This committee, through the generosity of a citizen of Oakland, is enabled to offer prizes to competitive architects, subject te conditions herein named. The first condition is that the most artistl beautiful and suitable plans (with adequal specifications) in accord with library construe tion, In accord with locafion and withn t sum to be expended upon the bullding, shall | be the plans and specifications adopted by your | hanarable body, and that these plans and speci- | fications shail be purchased for the sum of $1000, to be taken from the Carnegle fund, and | that they shall become the property of the city | of Oakland. | To the most successful competitor, whose | plans and svecifications shall be adooted and | purchased, and to whom shall be paid $1000 for the same, the Ebell Library Committee will | pay a prize of $500. For the second best plans and specifications a prize of $500 will be pald by this ecommittee. | | _For the third best plans and svecifications n|‘ | prize of $25 will be paid by this committ A further condition 1s made that three judges | | be appointed in & manner hereinafter desig- | nated, who shall constitute a Board of Judges to pass upon and to decide the respective merits | of ‘all plans and spesificat] : this | Board of Judges to determine the kind of | | bullding required, the material to be used in its construction, the amount of room to be re- served for a children's library, and to give all | other necessary information; also to send due notices thereof, and of the prizes offered, to the | principal architects of this State, with an- nouncement of the time and place of examina- | | tion of plans and specifications, and to furnish | | this information to any and all architects who | may apply for the same. This Board of Judges shall pass upon and | | decide upon the gompetitive plans offered, with- | out knowledge of the names of competitors. | _These three judges, who shall comstitute the Board of Judges, shall be competent, unblased | men, of recognized ability, versed in art and | architecture, and shall be chosen follows One_ by your honorable body, one Prof. L | B. McChesney, principal of the Oakland High | Schoal, and one by this committee, | ~This’ committea” also reserves to itself the | right to limit the time within which all plans | and specifications shall be passed upon by the | judges chosen as aforesaid, and hereby names | May 1,1900. as the date on cr before which | 11 pla® and specifications must be submitted | and passed upon, and plans and specifications | adopted and accepted by your honorable bod: When this proposition shall receive your in | dorsement, and upon the appalntment of the | Board of Judges as Indicated, $1500 will be placed in the Union Savings Bank of this eity, | | $1250 of which shall be subject to its order on | | May 1, 1500, for the payment of the awards, and $250 is fo be drawn upon by this Board of Judges to meet its official expenses as they may occur. | "Tpon receiving notice of the acceptance of these aforesaid offers and conditions. and upen the appointment of the fudges as indicated. this committee will immediately appoint a represen- | tative to serve on the board, and this Board of | | Judges will at once procesd to its work as herein set forth, and decide upon the plans and specifications to be adopted, and award and pay the prizes herein offered. Respectfully submitted ' MRS. R. P. GLEASON, Chatrman_Ebell Library Committes | MRS. FREDERICK B._GINN, | Secretary. BERKELEY, Feb. 12—The Town Trus- | tees are up In arms over the water ques- | tion. C. E. Grunsky was recently em- ployed by the town to sink wells at San Pablo with a view of locating an adequate water supply for Berkeley. He bored four | | wells and found that he could get about | 600,000 gallons per day, which really is the | estimated consumption of Berkeley. ~In | his report to-night Grunsky, together with | | the joint committee, composed of Joseph | Le Conte, Dr. Addison and Ed Nefhaus | recommended 'that the said supply would | be insufficient for Berkeley. The town will therefore have to continue getting !ts water from the Contra Costa and Alameila companies. ‘When the report was read the Trustees | jumped up in arms. It was recommended ’ that Grunsky be paid $500 for his services, that he and the committee be dismissed and that a new committee be appointed. Trustee Staats and others went 80 far as to declare that Grunsky Is In_collasion | with the Contra Costa Water Works. | ASSIGNS HIS SALARY TO DEFEAT ALIMONY i OAKLAND, Feb. 12.—James B. Lyons has been cited to appear. before Judge Ellsworth next Monday morning and ex- plain why he should not be punished for famnfi to pay his ex-wife $30 per month for the support and education of thelr minor child. Mary J. L; ant- ed a divorce from James B. Lyons in cember, 1867. In Janunrr’. 1899, there had accumulated $210 back alimony due. Then the ex-wife had execution issued on the Southern Pacifie Company, with whom Lyons is employed, and she realized $132. Since then, however, she has been unable to realize on any execution, for the rea. son that Lyons has assigned his salary, | amounting to {us per month. Since the divorce Mrs. Lyons has married agaln, and she is now Mary J. Jeffs —————————— News of the University. BERKELEY, Feb. 12.—The various farmers' clubs which have been organ- ized by the University of California In different parts of the State are already P aring for the convention which wiil e %eld at Riverside in 1901 Each sluh will report upon a special topie, including uxg‘(hlng that touches upon the farming industry. A list of subjects has dlso bee: prepared by Professor Cook. TRe University of California Te- celved a number of applications for teach- ers in Japan. Professor Thomas P. Bailey flfll de- liver an address before the San Franclsco Teachers’ Club at the Mercantlle Lib building, at § o’clock to-morrow evening, on “Prospero, the Master Teacher.” e His Widow the Only Heir. OAKLAND, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Catherine Cullen to-day applied for letters on the te of her husl d, John Cullen :fla fmenne last )rnnh. l‘%‘:‘ re deposit in Oakland banks, heirs except the widow. e e——— Deserted Her Husband. OAKLAND, Feb. 12—E, 8. Burt to-day filed n}ft‘tor a divorce from Ndlh‘nun, alleging desertion as the und for his cause of action. The pa in Ive | a:nh\lrl(‘ The; , and have three children. Berlin women shirt- 30 cents a dozen for | every Monday and manage all very we One of his delusive schemegs s to buy the 3 Taking Ane suiria” | ¢, . SAYS HE GETS FOUR MILLIONS EVERY MINUTE John P. Blunt’s Queer Hallucination. v — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 12. John P, Blunt, a traveling salesman for the San Francisco shoe house of Rosen- thal, Feder & Co. and one best known drummers on the coa; was to-day committed to. the Ukiah Insane Asylum by Superior Judge Ogden. insane over money. Blunt's mind became deranged two weeks ago while he was gh Oregon. There he surpr friends by announcing that his He is vio.en:iy about | been increased to $1200 per month, aad he | Imvited about seventeen of his the theater and dinner, and rolled that word was sent to his firm his strange actions. He next emplfi‘lns anybody and everybody ising large salaries, making out for enormeous amounts a foolish orders until his ste D. Wooster, arpived to take him and bring him to his home Cedar street, Herkeley, where been treated by physicians. mental condition grew wors deemed advisable te have him at an asylum. He is a high de John Jellinek has asked that a guasdia be appointed. Blunt imagines that his s lary has kept | an Increasing urtil he now receives 3. 00 each minute, and he delights in tae lief that he iy spending it as fast as ha makes this imaginary sum. He dec laxe 1 befote the committing ma that he has purchased the pheum and is negotiating for the ough; that he has eighty theatr! panies an the rcad, which he wi the world's fair. When asked Judge whether his large wealth sometimes worry him, he said at all._ 1 pay everyhe off Santa Fe and Southern Pacific raliway and consolidate them. Thus he continus« to talk excitedly about his vast intere and if not prevented he sends ¢ out notifying leaders of bands an of opera-houses that ‘he has purchased their holdings. Though heretofore a man of quiet and gentle demeanor, Blunt Row swears like a_trooper. Although his accounts with the Francisco firm are unsettled, it Is b that these will be found quite e Blunt is 5 years old and has a wife two stepsens in Berkeley. His mental de- rangement is partially attributed to over- work and worr! COLONEL SMOOT PASSES AWAY Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 12. Colonel Dayid S. Smoot, who was Dis- triet Attorney of San Franeisco nearly a quarter of a century ago, died this after- noon at the residence of his son-in-law, Benjamin Harvey, in East Oakland. The deceased was 6 years of age and had been ailing for several months. Colonel Smoot was bern in Alexandria, Virginia, and commanded a Confederate regiment during the Civil War. He came to San Francisco in 1876, and three years later was elected District Attorney. At the expjration of his term he moved to Oakland and practiced law until three years ago, when he ceased and retired to aywards. The deceased leaves a widow, five daughters—Mrs. M. J. Beril, Mrs. W. C. Price, Mrs. F. A. Berlin, Mrs. W. C. Rob- ertson and Mrs. Benjamin Harvey—and one son, Rev. Calvert C. Smoot of Eu- ene, Or. The funeral will take place g’edneaday afternoon _from Centennial Presbyterian Church, East Oakland. It will be under the auspices of the Ma- sons, to which order the deceased be- longed. RESCUED HER SISTER AS FLAMES BURST IN OAKLAND, Feb. 12.—Miss Cora Bonne- mort narrowly escaped with her life early this evening during a blaze at the fine residence of her father, Charles M. Bon- nemort, 655 Jackson street. The gardener had been burning the paint off t house reparatory to repainting, when the rus- ?!c ?:’nlted and before he could check the blase the flames penetrated the wall of the room where Miss Cora lay suffering from appendicitis. Her sister, Jean, was seated with her back against the wall reading, when the flames burst into the room. She rushed to her sister's rescue and both narrowly escaped. Miss Cora had to be carried out and It Is feared that the shock will cause a relapse in her case. The Fire Department responded prom_Flly and soon extinguished the fire. The damage amounts to about The Mystery of Dust at Sea. It is a puzsiing fact that the decks of sailing vessels show dust at night, even if they be washed in the morning, and no work is done during the day. This i3 like indigestion, which creeps on one unawares. However it comes, the only way to cure It is by the use of Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters, a remedy which never 0 cure dyspepsia in al} its forms, as well malaria, fever and ague. Don’t fail to try BEECHAM'S nu.si when .‘u’ frem any bad or Liver. 10 cents and 23 cents. at drug stores. B it o S CAPE NOME TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. THE ALASKA EXPLORATION CO. ‘Will Dispateh the Al Iron American Mail {teamship EALANDIA (CAPACITY 3000 TONS) FOR NOME DIRECE, Sailing from San Francisco Nonday, May 21,1900, First Cabin, Second Class and Steer- R —— Bates, . ¥or ger and Freight oho | and Reservations, apply to THE ALASKA EXPLORATION CO., 139 POST STREET. CAPE NOME. For pagsenger and freight rates see MQORE, 935 Market $t., Room &