The herald., 1893-10-01
MATTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Tammany's Weekly Breezy
Budget of News.
The Side Entrance Ordinance ald
the Restauranteurs.
The Dynamite Explosion on tho Watsr
Eront-Intereat In the Dixon
Smith Contest = Per-
sonal Mention.
Special correspondence to the Herald.

Special correspondence to the HERALD.
SAN Francisco. Sept. 20, 1893.
Hardly has the West murder sensa-
ton cooled off before another and more
diabolical crime, il such q thing were
possible, is committed.
The scene of this latest deed of blood
shed is in the neighborhood generally
referred to as the water front, the SUR
roundings being ofsthe toughest kind,
for the most part consisting of dirty
looking saloons and cheap boarding
houses, the habitues of this district are
as rule engaged in sea-faring pursuits,
their manners and customs OF the rough
est kind.
Crime Of every sort is Of almost daily
occurrence, but as long as they do not
commit too fragrant an offense the Off
GERS of the law are content to leave them
alone.
1t was in this locality that the dyna-
mite bomb was exploded with such fear
full results last Saturday night.
The victims we're seamen, who, when
on shore, were guilty of no more serious
offenBe than that Of stopping at Curtin's
non-union sailor boarding house, but
this act was considered to be serious
enough to merit death.
x*x
The Democratic board of supervisors
have passed an ordinance to do away
with the side entrance into saloons, also
all rooms and so-called boxes where the
ladies may wander when in search Of
something to quench their thirst. 1t
looks unfair that the opposite sex should
be thus Disseminated against, but then
the great Democratic party hesitates at
nothing when performing its functions
aH cleanser OF morals; witness the
actions of our board OF supervisors and
the Democratic { p board of Los Angeles
police commissioners.
The saloon keepers of this city are
just about es likely to obey this new
ordinance (if it ever is attempted to bs
enforced) as the tide is to stop flowing.
One of the supervisors, when taken
task for his action in the matter. ted u
well.known business man that it wac
passed to keep the ''long hairs" quiet.
The restaurant men would be pleased 10
see the law go into effect as they w~uli
then derive all the benefit and the anti
side entrance people would stand just
where they did before.
x*x SIX
Last Monday evening the pool rooms
were crowded to suffocation by those uf
sporting proclivities who anxioney
awaited news OF the Dixon-Smith fight.
The crowds kept moving from one patl
room to another in quest of newe long
before the fight took place and when Tho
reports from the ecene of battle did
come it was so quiet during the readlns
Of the dispatches that one could have
heard pin drop. The two pool rooms
where no reports of the fight we're Civ
were Corbett's and Jamison's, the rea-
sons being that these two places have
heretofore held back dispatches of bet
ting contests, and as a result the West
ern Union refused to run their wires
into these establishments.
While sympathy was with Smith the
betting was on the colored boy at odds
of 100 to 55.
Fred Cooper, the weH-known theatri-
cal manager, is here in the interest of
the Burbank opera house. Mr.. Cooper
created a mild sensation among his old
time friends by appearing among them
emblazoned with diamonds and the care
less way in which he threw the twenties
upon the various bars caused Stockwell
to say he knew him when he was poor.
sd x*#
Frank Thompson, formerly leading
man at the Park theater, and his wife,
the well-known young actress, are en-
gagged 40 Moroscas, whore they are fast
gaining reputation second to none.
Thompson says he still has interests in
Los Angeles, 30 the public down there
may hear from him again at an early
date.
x*x
DR.. X. D. Wise was one OF the betters
at Corbett's pool rooms Monday night.
To Judge from the disgusted look that
came over the doctors face when the
result of the fight was announced, he
must have been an admirer of Solly.
Simi Kalieher, as result of his conf
dence in the California boy, telegraphed
home the brief message, lam broke"
TAMMANY.
SEX IN BRAIN