CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.The weather forecast for to-day inand about

San Francisco is "fair."On the cricket field the Alamedas scored an

easy victory over the Pacifies.The latest news of the fraternal orders ap-

pears in this issue of The Call.The Call's weekly review of the real estate

market appears in to-day's issue.The United States steamer Mohican arrived

last evening from Tort Townsend.Dr. Case preached on "Mental Troubles." He

stated that Howard-street church is entirelyfree of debt.

Several counterfeiter's molds and a burglar'sjimmy were found concealed ina Howard streetlodging-house.

The fifth annual convention of the PacificCoast Women's Press Association will com-mence to-morrow.

The funeral of Isaac Hecht was held from hislate residence, corner Washington and Lagunastreets, yesterday. 444 1 77',

The Italian Philharmonic Society gave a suc-cessful performance of --LaTraviata" last nightat the California Theater.

White Chief won the forty-dog coursingmatch at Casserly's park yesterday. The stakeat Kerrigan's park was not finished.In the Alameda-Pacific cricket match,

played at Alameda yesterday the former clubeasily defeated the latter by 78 runs.

Several of the Regent*, and a score or morerepresentatives of the Affiliated Colleges vis-ited the Sutro and Potrero sites yesterday.

September 4 willbe the twenty-fifthanniver-sary, or silver jubilee, of the present FrenchRepublic and it willhe celebrated by a ball.

Rector XV.H. Moreland of St. Luke's Church,told his congregation yesterday in what spiritthe communion service should he approached.

Company F of the National Guard defeatedTroop A yesterday in an athletic contest onthe Olympic ground-. The score was 46 to 31.

The annual seventh month festival of theChinese isinprogress, and the deviland spiritsof the dead are being feasted by the heathens.

Champion Jones of Australia defeated J.Harlow, the Coast champion, and XV. Williamsof Boston at the San Francisco handball courtyesterday.

Ex-Judge William C. Belcher died at 3 o'clocKyesterday morning at the Palace Hotel. Hisdeath is attributed indirectly to an accidentthat happened years ago.In the shoot of the Union Musket Club at

Schuetzen Park yesterday Moulton won thefirst class medal and Archer the third. Therewere no second class men.

The body of Andrew Hazzard, who disap-peared from his home a week ago last Satur-day, was found yesterday floating in the bayat the foot of Seventh street.

Owingto the uncertainty that exists concern-ing the legality of Labor day as a holiday inthis ..late the Durrant case may have to goover* until to-morrow. There are few new de-velopments inthe case. M*_Mj

The Nolans defeated the Sullivans by ascore of8 to 5 in a nine-inning game at thepark yesterday and carried off the $100 stakes.They now claim the championship of the shoe-line teams west of the Rock ies.

George Thompson won an Olympic Clnbmedal at the club's grounds yesterday ina 220---yard handicap race in which there were fiveentries. Bert Coffin was scratch man andThompson on the 6-yardmart.

The Rev. F. L. Higgins of the First New Jeru-salem Church preached yesterday upon "BitterWaters Made Sweet," and took a bit of Scrip-tural history as symbolic of the bitter truththat may be sweetened by love ofothers.

The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein paradedwithout tee German flag for the first time inthirty-seven years yesterday, in accordancewith the recent proclamation of Governor

Budd. "Old Glory" was roundlycheered.

The schooner Edward Parke, which sailedfrom this port August 23 for Grays Harbor, re-turned yesterday disabled. During a severeblow on the 27th, 175 miles southwest of theFaralions, the mainmast head was carriedaway.

A walkingmatch, distance two miles, tookplace in the Union handball court yesterdayafternoon between T.XV. E. Power of Crockett,Centra Costa County, and John Riordan, thehandball-player, Power winning by 15 yardsin 17 minute's.

Rev. Dr. Hanson of St. John's PresbyterianChurch, corner California and Octavia streets,resumed his pulpit yesterday after a six weeks'vacation on Puget Sound. He is puzzled withthe problem of small congregations at theevening services. _MBK

James Sheehan, 126}*': Bartlett street, lostcontrol of his bicycle on Twenty-second streetyesterday afternoon and was thrown throughthe window of a Valencia-street car, sustainingpossibly fatal injuries.'Tlie Single-tax Society last night instructed

Its executive committee to inquire why TaxCollector Block had followed the CountyBoard's valuation of 1891, 1892 and 1894, in-stead of the State Board of Equalization's. Itcharges that there is a discrepancy of over$2,000,000 due the City intaxes according tolaw.

The bicycle race that was to have taken placeto-day between Judge Campbell of the Policecourt and Sergeant Conboy of the force hasbeen declared off for the time being. JudgeCampbell does not feel well enough to makethe run to the Cliff House and return, but ex-pects tobe incondition withina week.

Mr?. Lucy Carlisle was brought to the CityPrison last night from Sacramento by De-tective Anthony toanswer a charge of felonyembezzlement. In Aoril last she purchased$350 worth of jewelry from Louis Planandon,021 Market street and paid $65 on account.She absconded with the jewelry to Salt LakeCity. A warrant was sworn out forher arrestand Anthony traced her to Sacramento, whereshe was employed as a housekeeper.

.The explosion of ft coal-oil lamp was thecause of a tire which destroyed $1500 worthofproperty at 2515 Sacramento street "yesterdaymorning. An alarm was turned in from box216. Before the department could reach thescene the flames had spread so that none ofthe contents of the building could be saved.The structure was a one-story frame, owned by11. Blvthe and occupied by M. Floyd as adwelling. The buildingwas badly burned in-side, but the chief loss was infurniture.

THE FIRST OAEDRIVEE.Andrew Hazzard, Who "Was the Pioneer

Driver of the Hayes Valley

Line, Drowned.

The body of Andrew Hazzard, the oldman who disappeared from his home atTwenty-sixth and Folsom streets a weekago last Saturday, was found floating inthe water beneath the trestle at the foot ofSeventh street yesterday forenoon. Twonephews of the "deceased identified the re-

mains at the Morgue. They are F. and J.•Cosgrove, who keep a grocery re atTwenty-sixth and Folsom streets.

The deceased was 65 years of age. Hehad livedin San Francisco more then fiftyyears, and, up to a short time ago, alwaysworked as a teamster. . He was very indus-trious, and by the exercise of more thanordinary frugalityhad laid by a moderatecompetency. When lis died he had $4000in bank.

He was a cardriver in his early days, anddrove the first horsecar on the old Hayes-street line over thirty years ago.

The Cosgrove brothers and their motherare the only relatives Hazzard had in theWest.

There appeared to be no reliable theoryas to how the old man came to fall fromthe trestle. The nephews said he had noreason for committing suicide and did notbelieve he did so. They also said they had

Ano reason to believe his mind was unbal-anced. The only theory they were able to

offer was that during one of the long walkswhich he frequently took he attempted tocross the trestle, lost his' balance and fellinto the water.

AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.The Attractions That Will Be Pre-

sented at the Playhouses.Atthe Baldwin this evening there will

be presented "The Masked Ball,"in whichJohn Drew and his talented company willappear. Mr.Drew will take the part ofDr. Paul BJondet and Maude Adams willassume the character of Suzanne.

The attraction to be offered at theColumbia is "A '.Woman of No Im-portance," that will be presented for thefirst time in this City. Miss Rose Coghlan,who originally produced this play at theFifth Avenue, New York,will appear asMrs. Arbuthnot.

AtMorosco's Grand Opera-house "Acrossthe Potomac," a strong war play that hasnever been produced in this City, butwhich has the indorsement of Easterncritics, will be offered this evening. Itwill be presented with many effectivestage effects. f

"Faust" will be revived at the TivoliOpera-house this evening, Miss IdaValerga \u25a0\u25a0 will,after an ]'absence of threeyears, make her reappearance in thecharacter of Marguerite, alternating .withLaura Millard and Alice.Carl. WilliamWalshe, a new tenor, willappear as Faust.

The patrons of the Orpheum will betreated to a new bill7 to-night, and new

faces will appear behind the footlights.Among the number are ;]Hugh Emmett, awonderful ventriloquist ; Wright andO'Brien, eccentric comedians; "and theFarbinaus, Russian singers and dancers.

This evening there will be a grandpromenade concert in the Mechanics'Pavilion, when Herr Fritz Scheel's: well-organized band will perform some selectmusic toentertain those who are fond ofthe works of the great composers.

.Dramatic Brevities.Miss Rose Coghlan ana the star cast at

the Columbia Theater are7being stronglyurged by the patrons of that house andthe theater-going people to give a revivalofSardou's masterpiece, "Diplomacy."

When "The District Attorney" will beproduced by the Stockwell company ofplayers at the Columbia Theater the playwillbe handsomely mounted as to sceneryand appointments. Itwas produced alloflast year at the American Theater in NewYork City with great success. Itis inter-esting as to material and it is well andtersely written. The entire star cast willbe represented in the production. 74;-.._

Alma "Webster Powell, a young Aneri-can girl, recently made her debut atFrankfort-on-the-Main in Mozart's opera,"The Magic Flute." She achieved greatsuccess. The Berliner Courier says: "Sheis a young American of fine appearanceand much artistic feeling."

-T. Daniel Frawley told the Dramatic

News in New York recently that the actualcash profits of his thirteen weeks' engage-ment in San Francisco exceeded $15,000.He spoke highly of Blanche L.Bates, pre-dicting that she would become an impor-tant figure inthis country.

In the San Francisco, Philadelphia andother bigcityengagements of "Trilby"Mil-ton Lackaye is to be "featured." His per-formance of Svengall is to be given aspecial prominence in the advertisingmatter. In addition to this concessionMr. Lackaye's salary has been aboutdoubled. His interpretation of Svengaliis said to be one of the masterly toucheswhich come to the stage only once in anumber of years.

"Mexico," the play upon which EdwinMiltonUoyle has been engaged for morethan two years, has been completed. Itwas presented at the Cleveland Opera-house last Monday. The play deals withthe eventful episode of the war betweenthe United States and Mexico, whichculminated in the acquisition of Californiato the country. The scenes are laid inMonterey, Buena Vista and ChapuHepec.

A new three-act comedy by E. O.Towne.entitled "Other People's .Money," wasproduced at Hoyt's Theater, New York,August 19. It is a Chicago play, by aChicago author, with scenes laid inChicago.

At the Academy of Music, New York,August 19, Vincent's new melodrama, "lna Big City," was presented for the firsttime, with Gay lor, the Irish comedian, asthe star. Between the third and fourthacts Jim Corbett and Corny Sweenysparred three rounds. Corbett is said toown a half interest in the play.

THE LINCOLN STATUE.ItHas Once More Been Placed on a

•'*\u25a0"' Firm Base.

A few days since Thk Call called atten-tion to the fact that the statue of AbrahamLincoln in front of the Lincoln GrammarSchool on Fifth street was in danger offalling because the jbase on. which it wasresting had crumbled; .This had the effectof causing the proper authorities to placea bronze base under the.figure, and *.nowthe representation of the martyred Presi-dent is as firm as it:was when first placedin position, and it wili stand for manyyears. :^^M\WL\\\^xW--WmW^^k^^^^W^i

A -L .linn Over hy a Lady Bicyclist.

The usual Sunday accident caused by care-less bicylists occurred in Golden Gate Parkyesterday afternoon. Mrs. C.Jundahl of 701Natoma street had just left an -Oak -street carand entered the nark .near the; Superinten-dent's residence when she was knocked 1downand run over by a lady.bicyclist. She wastaken to the Receiving Hospital. in the ambu-lance, and as she was in a delicate :conditionthe results may be serious. ,. ...

MAY ASK A CONTINUANCE.Possibility That the Durrant

Case May Go Over Un-tilTo-Morrow.•

Doubt as to the Legalityof the Holi-day—The Defense Ready

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Owing to the fact that there is some :un-certainty as to whether or not Labor day isa legal holiday in this State, there hasbeen iconsiderable speculation since thehearing of the Durrant case was adjournedThursday concerning the probability' ofthe trial being taken up when the case iscalled in Judge Murphy's court this morn-ing.

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On account of this uncertainty itis be-lieved that the court will grant a continu-ance until Tuesday, should one be askedfor. Captain Lees said last evening thathe did not believe the prosecution wouldask for acontinuance, but that they wouldraise ho objection should it be requestedby the defense; .

" Such a request may or may not be madeby the attorneys for Durrant. In this asin7all other matters pertaining .to theirside-' of the case they have very little tosay. •\u25a0_"

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I General Dickinson said last evening:"Our case is all prepared, and we are readyto!proceed :with;the trial

'to-morrow. '.:I

have not looked into; the matter of thelegality 7of 1the holiday, and am not pre-pared to say whether . we shall wish thecase to go over tillTuesday or not." '\u25a0";-•\u25a0;-\u25a0.*\u25a0;.IGeneral Dickinson returned last eveningfrom Ukiah, where his familyis summer-ing. He is feeling strong, and is ready forany kind of a siege. '.'.,._ - \u25a0•\u25a0"\u25a0--•\u25a0,-..I.Ifthere is no |continuance asked forand:Judge Murphy decides to proceed*; withthe trial, the .prosecution will7make itsopening statement this morning, the sub-stance ofwhich has been already outlinedby The Call,and then the great trial willbe fairlyon.v.-7. ,7 47 ;.'\u25a0:'\u25a0' -7- 7*-*':\u25a0_\u25a0'*:•--•;

\u25a0Durrant spent an unusually quiet day at\u25a0the County rJail _ yesterday.' ;None {of \u25a0 hisfriends called :-\u25a0 to \u25a0\u25a0 see ;him, and even : theladies of the Christian Endeavor Society,'Kwho have been wont to visit him on. Sun-day, failed to appear.; The prisoner spent

the day reading.- He did not appear stofeel "neglected ,but* on7 the ;,contrary wasquite cheerful and seemingly anxious? fortne day to _dawn upon which7his trialshould begin in reality. He has apparently

>but one, and that a very decided, opinionas to what willbe the outcome, so con-fident is his air and manner.

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ALONG THE WATER FRONTTwo Young Bookkeepers Build

a Launch During TheirSpare Hours.

A WOOD -DESTROYING BUG.

John Kane Exhibits Swimming

Prowess and Fetches Up inthe City Prison.

Yesterday the pretty little gasolinelaunch Homer was lifted into the waterwitha derrick at the ferry landing. Shewas builtby J. H. and E. M. Stack, twoyoung men employed as bookkeepers, thefirst withJ. A. McMahon, bridge-builder,and the other with the Blythe estate. Themost interesting part of its history is thefact that neither of the brothers are boat-builders, and when they began work ontheir vessel were totally ignorant of thecraft. But by

'perseverence in their pro-

ject and asking questions of experiencedworkmen, they have turned out a boat thatis a credit to the young novices.

"Last winter," said E. M. Stack, "raybrother asked me how he could get alaunch, as we were both lovers of aquaticsports and wanted to own our own boat.As $800 or$1000 was too heavy a tax uponour resources, Ihalf jokingly answered,'Let's mate one.' He took my answer seri-ously,and began to post himself on launch-construction. Ibecame enthused in thematter and we went to work.

"We drew up our plan of the hull andsubmitted itto experienced workmen, whoassured us that the design was all rightand to go ahead. We were so encouragedthat nothing could have stopped us then.

"Yet we were both afraid that when thereal difficulties of the job gathered aroundus we would weaken, so we clinched thebargain by buying a gasoline engine for$175. She was a beauty, about three horse-power, and we virtually built the boat tofit her. Then we got the propeller, abronze wheel for $70, and we were readyto begin.

"We could work in the evenings and onholidays, and we put in all our spare time.We at first spoilt a good many feet of tim-ber inour unskillful way of hewing, cut-ting and fitting,but we 'took pains, and ifa stick was badly shaped we took anotherand tried itagain. Itwas tedious and wesometimes thought the job was too much,but we remembered the $210 we had spent,besides the material we had purchased,and kept pegging away.

"So we finished and launched oursteamer to-day, just nine months after webegan her construction. The boat has costus about $300 and she -is put together inthe most thorough manner. We know alot about launches now, and other expertshave passed upon this one and have ratedher Alat Lloyds, and we are the proudestshipowners that sail, or willsail, the seas."

The Homer is 24 feet long and 5 feet 6inches beam. .Her engine will drive herabout eight knots an hour. She willcon-sume about one-half gallon gasoline perhour, an expense of eleven cents. TheStacK brothers, who are Native Sons, willgo to Sacramento in her next Friday andwilltake part in the regatta on the river atthe Capital City on the 9th of September.

John Kane, a boatman, sprang into thebay at Powell street yesterday afternoon toshow the spectators that he was an under-study of Captain Boynton, the swimmer.A sailor named Charles Peterson, who wasunacquainted with Kane's duck-likecharacteristics, dove overboard to save theexhibitor's life. Officer Ferguson did thesame, only he took a Whitehall boat, andsoon Peterson and the policeman were hur-rying to the rescue. Kane paddled awayfrom the life-savers like a seal, but Peter-son began to founder. He called for help,and Ferguson had to turn and haul himinto the boat. He then went on afterKane, who led him a merry chase amongthe piles and under the docks.

He was good with his hands and feet, butthe officer was better with the oars, andMr.Kane was transferred to less aqueousquarters in the City Prison.

The schooner Antelope came in fromAlaska yesterday with 1033 barrels of sal-mon for the Alaska Packing Association.

The bark R. P. Rithet arrived yesterday,twenty-eight days from Honolulu. Shewas examined closely by Quarantine

Officer Chalmers, and having left theislands before the cholera made its ap-pearance and having a clean billof health, jshe was permitted to dock. 1

The tug Vigilant, with AlWhite's fish- ]ing party on board, returned from the jFarallon Islands yesterday. The sea wasas smooth as glass and the tug came inloaded with great strings of the big redcodfish which the passengers had hooked.

Thomas McDermott, engineer of theFourth-street drawbridge, whilysplittingup a stick of redwood found the inside ofthe piece oftimber honeycombed by a largebug. The insect, which is about two incheslong and three-quarters of an inch thick,bores an ample passageway through thelog for himself. Itis not known how muchthe timber of the coast has been attackedby the voracious insect, or whether itwillinflictany material injury upon buildingmaterials.

THE WOOD-BORING BEETLE DISTURBED 3.ROM HIS HERMIT CELL.[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]

AT THE PARK AND BEACH.Sunday Was an Ideal Day and

Thousands Took Advan-tage Of It-

Marred by Only Two Accidents, aStabbing Affray and a Bicycle

Collision.

Sunday was a perfect day at the park,and at the beach south of the Cliff Housethousands were upon the sands.

Between 30,000 and 40,000 persons visitedthe park arid beach during the afternoon.There was hardly a nook in the park thatdid not contain its family party or its ro-mantic couple, and the walks and drive-ways were teeming with pedestrians, ve-hicles and bicyclists.

The sylvan amphitheater around thebandstand was thronged throughout theafternoon, as were the adjacent walks andsloping lawns. An excellent programmewas rendered by the Park Band.

The selections were as follows:"Nibelungen "March," (Wagner); overture,

"Martha," (Flotow); "The Skater's Waltz,"(Waldteufel); "Awakening of Spring," (Bacn);"Soldateska Potpourri," (Seidenslanz); over-ture, "Poet and Peasant," by request, (Suppe);"JollyFellows' Waltz," (Volstedt); fantasia forpiccolo, "IMasnadieri," (Verdi), performed by

A.Logar; "Recollections of the War," (Beyer);galop, ,' TallyHo," (Bernstein). ;.4\u25a0;

Though the avenues and driveways wereunusually crowded, there were but fewcasualties. Only one collision occurred andthat amounted merely to a dished wheeland a scare. The only serious accident wasthat which befell Mrs. Johnson of 906Natoma street. While walking along themain drive, with two little children, shewas run into from behind by a bloomerbicyclist and thrown violently on her face.She was removed to the Receiving Hos-pital.

A row occurred some distance up thetrack of the new Cliff road, during thecourse of which one of the rioters nour-ished a knife and cut one of his com-panions slightly. When Policeman HarryMoran arrived at the spot everything wasquiet and no one was able to furnish himthe name of the knife-wielder or that ofhis victim. r;;. 7 77 7 7

With these few exceptions the day waswithout incident to mar the pleasure of thethousands who sought fresh air and recrea-tion at the park and beach. Itwas anideal outdoor day and thousands took ad-vantage of itto their own pleasure and tothe profit of the cable and electric carcompanies.

IT SUTRO'S AND POTRERO-\u25a0>,'-•\u25a0 \u25a0-.-\u25a0 \u25a0..'

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Physicians and Regents Care-fully Inspect the Pro-

posed Sites.

OPINION OF JUDGE EVANS.

Majority Strongly In Favor of Ac-'cepting the Mayor's Bidfor ,

the Colleges.

. If there had been any previous doubt inthe minds of the gentlemen comprisingthe several faculties of the proposed Affili-ated Colleges as regards the proper site forsuch an institution, that doubt apparentlygave way to certainly after a fivehours' in-spection of the only two locations whichhave been deemed worthy of serious con-sideration.Inresponse to an invitation issued by

Dr.Beverly Cole, who has made such awarm light for the acceptance of Mr.Sutro's offer to the Affiliated Colleges, ascore or more of gentlemen representingthe several schools interested, togetherwith five members of the Board of Re-gents, visited not only the Sutro site, butthe Potrero tract yesterday. The College

of Medicine was represented by Dr. D. M.Montgomery, Dr. Powers. Dr. McDonald,Dr. J. M. Williamson, Dr. WashingtonDodge, Dr. R. Beverly Cole, Dr. A. L.Langfeld and Dr. Kehr. From the Col-lege of Pharmacy were Professor A.Beckett, E. P. Gates, J. S. Warren,Professor F. T. Green, E. A. Bogot,K. E. White, Professor W. F. Wenzel andProfessor C. A. Seifert. Dr. A. d'Anconaappeared for the School of Dentistry andJudge Waymire and Judge Evans for theCollege of Law. In addition to these dis-tinguished representatives of the law andthe sciences were the followingRegents :Timothy Guy Phelps. General J. F.Houghton, A.S. Hallidie and. J. H.Bonte.: Promptly at 11 o'clock these gentlemen

fathered at the junction of Stanyan andlaight streets, where carriages and an

elegantly equipped four-in-hand werewaiting to convey them to the Sutro site.Colonel W.C. Little, as master of cere-monies, carefully reviewed with the visit-ors all points of interest, dwelling partic-ularly on the magnificent view of GoldenGate and the uninterrupted vista of theCity itself. Engineer Newberry was alsoin evidence, explaining ina clear, succinctway the grading necessary to be done, thelocation of the buildings, should that sitebe selected, and the

-possibility of using

the surrounding hills*for building pur-poses should the occasion arise.

Allthis and much more Mr. Newberryand Colonel Little explained to thevisitors, not omitting even the slightestdetail. Outside of the natural attractive-ness of the Sutro site, as seen by!thosepresent, the • way in which details werepresented - weighed not a little in thebalance of opinion. "Dr. Cole was alsoprominent in discussing the merits ofSutro's gift,and he was ,politic enough tocoufine his remarks to' that site alone.None of those present were apparently in-clined to nor did they utter one word ofreproach against the Potrero tract. Theywere content to give expression to theirfeelings -and preference only so far as itrelated to the ground on which they stood.

The Regents were the only gentlemenpresent who did not openly express them-selves as favoring Sutro's offer. In factthey, were perfectly non-committal, thoughGeneral Houghton did say one or two nicethings about the Sutro site after the visitto the Potrero tract. Every nook and cor-ner of the Sutro property was visited, evento climbing the big hillthat acts as a nat-ural windbreak. •

About 2 o'clock an elegant lunch wasserved in. the ."forest," which begins justwhere . the proposed • Affiliated Collegebuildings would, end. \ These \ trees, nowgrown to giant size, ;;were /all,planted byMr.V,Sutro, -. resulting \u25a0;*in..a '\u25a0 scenic , effecthardly equaled in the County of San Fran-cisco. When •Colonel 7Little announcedlunch an incident occurred that came nearproving serious to Dr. Titus and his wife,*and there are some who are unkind enoughto attribute itto a remark made . by Gen-eral Houghton! : 7"- <\u25a0''In reply to the invitation to lunch, the

general suggested that'-it could be servedright there, to which Mr.:Little repliedthat itwas already on the table among thetrees.; General Houghton incautiously re-marked, "What .is;the matter with;thesand- which .is here?" The

'words

had hardly left .his., lips when . theblack steed' of Dr. Titus started offat arapid \ rate, and but/ for [the .activity ofGeorge Gadcn *;might ''\u25a0(have '\u25a0-;\u25a0 done *seriousharm to to the occupants of the buggy^7. ;

After lunch; the "entire party visited thePotrero site offered .by John ;Center, andwhile they all admitted it7 was a most de-

sirable site from a commercial standpoint,it:was considered *by the majority notnearly so suitable for the AffiliatedCollegesfor many .- reasons "as the one just left.Singly and collectively the visitors ex-pressed their appreciation of the generosityexhibited, by;Mr. Center, but =untilsome-thing better can be offered. their choice re-mains with the tract first visited.

The Regents were as 4- non-committalabout the Potrero site as they, were in re-gard to the Sntro tract, so

'far as positive

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."Ido not conceive how any one can ob-ject to the Sutro site, either on account, ofits distance, location or supposed inacces-sibility."said Judge Evans after the partydisbanded yesterday. "Naturally Itis oneof the loveliest spots Iever saw, and theview both of the Cityand Golden Gate issimply magnificent. The hills form a nat-ural amphitheater, which, according to mymind, is one of its most charming features.Ido not believe the Regents will refuse toaccept it, and Iam confident they wouldnot if they would only visitit.' .

MrSutro is now having the library andAffiliated Colleges tracts graded, and Jstreet opened from Second avenue toFourth avenue.

VIEW OP THE PROPOSED SUTRO SITE, SHOWING A PEW OP THEVISITORS OP YESTERDAY STANDING INTHE MIDDLEDISTANCE.

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ADMISSION DAY.How It"Will He Observed in This State7-747 by the Native Sons. 7*7 -•'

Admission Day will be more generallyobserved this year by tbe Native Sons thanever before.

Besides the general celebration at Sacra-mento there will be local celebrations atSonora, Gilroy, .San Diego, Cambria,Downieyiile and Weaverville. GrandOrator William M.Conley will speak atSacramento, J. B. Curtin at Sonora,

Stephen M. White at San Diego, E. S.Riadon at Cambria, F.R. Wehe at Downie-ville. •

The celebration at San Diego is to be agrand demonstration of all Southern Cal-ifornia.

A rumor that there will bo but-limited

accommodations .at Sacramento duringthe festival is denied by Secretary Hen-derson of the Sacramento Native Sons'joint committee. He says that he has athis disposal accommodation for 12,000people and that the rate has been fixed at$1 per night. w-;. /

STANTON MEETS CLUNIE.The Railroad Commissioner

Says That They Are StillGood Friends.

HE EXPLAINS HIS ATTITUDE.——*r—

————Why He Was Inclined to Grant the

7 Company's Application for-\u0084\u25a0'•\u25a0 .Delay.

Railroad Commissioner Stanton de-clared yesterday in just so many wordsthat he intended to do his duty towardthe people in the present movement for re-duced railway rates. Incidentally, headded that Andrew J. Clunie was still hisfriend, or, at least, Dr. Stanton said he be-lieved that they were very good friends.Itwas Clunie who made the doctor's fightin the State Democratic . convention andnominated him, and when, as RailroadCommissioner, Stanton would not vote onLa Rue's resolution calling for a compre-hensive reduction of freigbt rates in Cali-fornia at least 15 per cent, Clunie ex-pressed his feelings in strong language. Inspite of this, however, they remain goodfriends.

- 'The doctor explained his position with

regard to the adjustment of rates, thoughhe was very cautious not to commit him-self on any point which might prejudicethe case in question in favor of the rail-way company. \ \̂u25a07'7_77-4z"Ifeltit was the proper course to pur-

sue," said he, after some thought, "thatwhen the railroad urged delay yesterdayto give them the time asked, but mean-while to take up the complaint laid beforethe commission from the Salinas Valley.

"There was a clear case of discrimina-tion there. Itwas given in The Callthis morning, and it was one that calledfor prompt action.

"Inmatters of discrimination in ratesthe railroad people are as competent topresent their arguments immediately asina week in favor of this discrimination.The whole matter of rate-making is arbi-trary, and there must be some reason fordiscriminating. For .instance, Dr. Gon-zales complained that if relief were notgiven the Salinas Valley farmers theywould be compelled to convert their wheatlands into cattle ranges. Here is the peti-tion:

The rate of ?3 per ton for grain from Gon-zales to San Francisco is manifestly unjustwhen but $2 50 per ton is charged for a simi-lar amount of grain hauled from Pismo to SanFrancisco, a greater distance by116 miles. Inshipping our grain we are, hv reason of theexorbitant charges, compelled to pay theSouthern Pacific Company one-fourth thecrop. In many cases, particularly wnen thegrain is poor in quality, we are compelled togo further and give an amount equaling onesack, inevery three. ,

The producers are compelled to eventuallypay the exorbitant freight rate of $6 40 perion for the actual necessaries of life shippedhere from the City of San Francisco, lithecondition of affairs now existing is allowed tocontinue for any length of time we will beforced to convert our valuable agriculturallands intocattle ranges, at a great loss.

"There seems to me to be no reason whythe railroad should ask for time to explaindiscrimination of tbat sort. In this casethe rates, compared with other rates, areunreasonable and unjust, and the SalinasValley is entitled to a reduction. And,further, wherever that condition is foundin the State there should be an immediatereduction infavor of the farmer. Now myplan has been to give farmers in the Salinasvalley, or in any other part of Californiawhere such discriminations exist, thebenefit of a reduction, and then take upMr.LaRue's resolution as it stands andgive them the additional benefit of the 15per cent horizontal cut.

"Ifit were decided to give 2or 7. or say10, per cent reduction to place them on anequal position with people favorably situ-ated in the matter of rates, then we wouldhave a level plane upon which to make Mr.La Rue's resolution applicable. The peoplein the Salinas Valley don't ask anythingunfair, anything unjust, to my mind.

"Myargument on the La Rue resolutionwas that we should first have adjusted alldiscriminations wherever they existed, sothat wecould have an equitable basis forour calculations inmaking a 15 per cent orother reduction."

"That might delay everything until thecrops were moved, and then the farmerwould have to wait for another year forbenefits of the reduction," was suggestedto the doctor. >&\u25a0*£\u25a0-"ltwas not intended tocause delay, but

on the contrary to give relief at oncewhere it was most needed, and then tolose no time in following it up witha gen-eral reduction. If we had taken up thematter yesterday concerning the SalinasValley itwould certainly have placed thefarmers there in a more favorable positionat the termination of the investigation.Our time spent so far in itshould havebeen given to these discriminations."Iam in favor of meeting the issue at

any pointand meeting it squarely."John Boggs, a Democrat of forty years'

allegiance to his party, and a resident ofColusa County for an equal number ofyears, was seen at the Palace Hotel lastevening. Concerning the recent record ofthe Railroad Commissioners he said:"Ido not reside in this railroad district.

Mr.LaRue is the member from the districtin which Colusa County is situated. Thefarmers, so far as Iknow, are very wellpleased with his course in the board. Iam not prepared to say that Dr. Stanton, jthe member from the San Francisco dis-trict,has disappointed :the farmers of thisState. Iunderstand that he solemnlypledged the convention which gave himthe nomination that he would vote for areduction of rates, and if he fails to standby that pledge the farmers will be greatlydisappointed." .

John Boggs was chairman of the cele-brated Democratic convention at San Josewhich, nominated General Stoneman forGovernor and TV. W. Foote for RailroadCommissioner.

EGYPTIAN KECOKDS,

Dr. Chapman Shows How Late. Discov-eries Refute History and Con-

firm the Bible.'.Dr. E. S. Chapman delivered an inter-esting lecture at the Young Men's Chris-tian r Association yesterday afternoon onthe records discovered inlate years intheburied cities of Egypt. ; .-

i7."The discovery of these records," he8aid, "has resulted in a very material re-construction of ancient history as it washanded ;down ;to us. :Herodotus \u25a0 walkedover the old buried ruins of Niuevab; yetnow he is directly contradicted by some ofthe tablets that have since been unburied."

Speaking of the bearing of these tabletsand other records found on old testamenthistory.;:he Isaid: ;"First, itv has -beenclaimed 'iby the enemies of \ the Bible thatthe books could not have been writtenwhen they claimed for\u0084 want of a writtenlanguage. .'But \u25a0 these.tablets

'show that

there were written languages before thetime of1Moses. .Again, these records es-tablish the antiquity of the Bible by prov-ing the truth of the facts mentioned ,wnich could -not have been known- ofshortly after the books of Moses areclaimed 7to. have ;• been * written. Therecords prove the ;. historical accuracy ofthe Bible. *\u25a0• .

"While these records have forced us tomaterially reconstruct history, .the :Biblealone has stood ;the comparisons. In thetenth chapter of

'Genesis it is

'said that

\u25a0 Assyria '•was ';peopled .' after ;the flood bydescendants or Shem and Ham. This: hasbeen ridiculed for hundreds of years, andithas been

*claimed7 that Assyria was set-,

tled * by descendants of'Japhet. 7But now

these unburied :;records * show that theAssyrians were of Hametic and Semitic

ldescent." 77-.. \u25a0•"*- :\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0 . ,:;': "4;:4:7l

1 {.The lecturer gave many; illustrations

connected withthe sojourn of the Israel-ites in;Egypt. /'Many of*the claims ofthe enemies of the Bible were based on thebelief that Pharoah was one of the Egyptianline of Kings," he said "now these rec-ords show that he was one ofthe ShepherdKings." 7 -,-777:'-

THE 7 SAN FRANCISCO -CAIX, MONDAY, * SEPTEMBER 2, 1895. 7

MONDAY .SEPTEMBER 2, 1895 NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.

BUSH STREET THEATER.First Production of

THE ROMANTIC HISTORICAL OPERA,

CAPTAINCOOKLIBRETTOBY MUSIC BY

SANDS W. FOBMAN. NOAH BRANDT.

COMMENCING MONDAY,

CCDT "> and continuing for One Week.Oidr 1,.\u25a0\u25a0*-*••' HATINEE SATURDAY.

Sale of Seats Daily from IOA.M. to5 P. M.at the Bush-St. Theater.

POPULAR PRICES POPULAR PRICES$1, 75c. 50c, 35c, 25c.

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rfIieDLAfIDtfLOOTTLOD*o*- u»bs.vu.inimu»—

A iMPORTANTREALLY EVENT

.'-- AND ITOCCURStc_>-_ktic3-:b[i»

First Production in« San. Francisco of OSCABWILDE'S Q eat Society Drama,

"AWOMAS OF 10 IMPOJTAICi"'

THE STOCKWELL PLAYERS.,HENRY E.DIXEY.MAURICEBARRYMORE,L.R.STOCKWELL,WILLIAMO.BEACH

ANDMISS ROSE COGHLAN. 7.7.:

Preceded by the Amusing One-Act Curtain Raiser,

"~"^'TIUEaiAJo!-?s'^Reappearance of MR.HENRY E. DIXEY*.

NextProduction,"THE DISTRICTATTORNEY"

Bwa \t lN&A_73fc__*rA'»nAYN,«*

***T*\ *lprops. .

3d Week and Last But One of MR. JOHN

JDT*ZETVxTTO-NIGHT (MONDAY),

Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings andSaturday Matinee,o*^".

"THE3yLA.S_K_E_D

_B_A_____il_.."Thursday, Friday and Saturday Ev'gs,

"THEBUTTERFLIES."Next Week— 4th and Last of Mr.Draw's

Engagement— "CHRISTOPHER JR."-"THE BAUBLE SHOP," Etc.

MOROSCO'SGRAND OPERA-HOUSE.

The Handsomest Family Theaterl n America.WALTERMOROSCO... .Sole Lessee and Maaag«

EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT,

FIRST PRODUCTION INTHIS CITYOf the Best of AllWar Dramas,

"ACROSS THE POTOMAC!"-q__KB_MB_MB_«MM[----M--MB_B__r

100-PEOPLE ON THE STAGE-100

EvEsmfo Peicks— 2sc and 50aFamily Circle and Gallery. 10c.

Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday.

TIVOLIOPERA-HOUSEMsa. Eb__ksti_s-k kkliso Proprietor ifcManagae

sEAson OF (MD ITALIAN OPERA!—BEGINNING THIS EVENING

With a Superb Scenic Production of Gounod's Im-mortal Opera, inFive Acts, entitled

"FAUST!"TO-NIGHT! 7*v

IDAVALEROA, WILLIAM WALSHE,ALICECARLE, JOHN J. RAFFAEL,MARELLABAKER,GEORGE H.BRODERICK.

WILLIAMN. WEST inthe cast. .TO-MORROW EVENING

MARTINPACHE—

-and LAURAMILLARD.Special Scenery! Correct Costumes!

Elaborate Accessories!Popular Prices— 2sc and 50c.

ORPHEUM.O'Farrell Street. Between Stockton and PowelL

TO-NIGHT (MONDAY),SEPTEMBERS,-GRAND OPENING!

FALL AND WINTER SEASON!A lAfi.flFH.__lT SEW COMPANY!

MOKELAND,THOMPSON, ANDBUSH.EARBIANUTROUPE,

WRIGHT AND O'BRIEN,HUGH EMMETT,

MONS. CEBALLOS,LES FRERES MARTINETTI,

JOHNNIE CARROLL.Reserved seats. 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnaln

and Box seats, 50c. .SS" Secure seats days in advance.

MECHANICS' FAIR.

NOW OPEN!

MECHANIC.' FAIR!'GREATER THAN EVER!

ADMISSION:

DAY—ADULTS 25c, CHILDREN 15c.

EVENING—ADULTS 50c, CHILDREN 25c

7 Bsj^^^ijTo14™p^^attr_acti vc-».Pavilion ExhibitsEMBRACING \ DISPLAY ofELECTRICAL POWERTRANSMITTED FROM

2 °*FOL,SOMt°

Twmmm MaAVMv jf-UGT/-f cXr_A__T_sr

jf3>jblc?ijst cr.THE GREAT AMERICAN

•CONCERT BANDTOSSE. T^kHS?OW KT\tm__. *^**U *C>vY\\*BVT-3.; EXCURSION R./*VT£_.__»__ FOR VISITORS.&WMRSMITHx cm. chase_ SECTY. PASS.

AMUSEMENTS. .Baldwin Thfater.— "Thc Masked Ball."Columbia Thwater— "A Woman of No Im-portance" and TThe Major's Appointment."Morosco's Opera-house— -Across the Poto-

mac."TivoliOpera-house— "Faust."Orpheum— High-Class Vaudeville.Mechanics' Fair.—Larkinstreet, near Market.Hush-Street Theater.— "Capt- Cook," com-

mencing to-night.STATE Board of Trade Exttieit.— s7s Market

ttreet. below Second. Open daily. Admission free.California State Fair—Sacramento, Septem-

ber ato 14._^

AUCTION SALES.William J. Dinger— Beal Estate Auc-

tioneer, 460 and 462 Eighth street, will sell atauction Saturday, September 7, some beautifulsubdivisions of "business property on Sac Pabloavenue and Twenty-third street.