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TUESDAY...: ..FEBRUARY 18. 1896
AMUSEMENTS.
B&x.swnr Thkati.k. —Grand Opera— " Lohen-
grin."
California Theater—" Richard III."
Columbia Theater— "Tha Old Limekiln."
Morocco's Opera-House— -Wife for Wife-"
i rvou Opera-House.— "Del l'r.'ischutz.''
t'UPHn-ji.- Hi«li-Clan VaucleviUe.
GBOTn'B ."11-A7AB. -••' .US*.."
Grove-Street Theater— Between Polk and
Van Xess— U »fc I. Benefit for Veteran Guard,
G. A. 11.
Shoot the Chutes— Dally at Halght street,
ccc block east Of the Park.
Facieiu Coast Jockey Club.— Races.
AUCTION SALES.
By Faston A Ki.mti do k.— Tuesday, February
28, Real Estate, at 638 Market street, at 12 o'clock
1 (HT).
By W. F. McCord— Thursday, February 20,
Horses, at corner Twelfth and Harrison streets.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Paderewski drew another big audience yes
terday afternoon.
Several accidents, more or less severe, have
happened upon the streets lately.
George W. Faneher, the banker, says the peo
ple of California are too extravagant.
A new propeller for steam vessels that prom
ises power and speed has been invented.
Rabbi Voorsanger addressed the Baptist Con
ference yesterday on "The Modern Jew."
The Woman's Federation occupied their
meeting yesterday with reports of commit
tees.
The garbage-crematory franchise was awarded
to F. E. Sharon by the Board of Supervisors yes
terday.
Customs Inspector Williams has been sus
pended by order of Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle.
A new patriotic society, tbe Children of the
American Revolution, will be organized next
Saturday.
The ecclesiastical council called to investi
gate the charges against Dr. Brown will con
vene to-day. li'
The Longfellow School will probably be
closed on account Of lacVof proper sanitary ar
rangements.
The local labor unionr generally Indorse the
preliminary work of tie recent Labor Union
Convention.
The an«i-Buckley orranization is torn some
what with a fight "wita Sam Rainey and his
political aspirations. '
The Board of Supervisors fixed water tates
last evening at the sine figure that they have
been for the past yotr.
The divorce sut of Melinda Woodward
against Frank G. Voodward came up for trial
before Judge Seavell yesterday.
Extensive preparations for the carnival ball
Feem to warrant -he general expectation that
the event will b*a brilliant one.
Sneakthleves ntered 6. Sonnenfeld's store
on Kearny strpt yesterday, while he was at
luucheonj and-ook some private jewels.
The winninf horses at Ingleside yesterday
were Minnie <*c, Gold Bug, imp. Star Ruby,
Three Forks, "Hukee Poodle and Tim Murphy.
Samuel M.^hortridge, the attorney, ban
queted his fr' d and client, Ignace Paderew
ski, at the Palace Hotel tapestry-room last
night.
J. F. T'i ? who brought charges against
Sergeant dank, wants the Police Commission
ers, whr "^missed them, to hear his com
plaint Baia"Fair8 aia
"Fair 'I'^fty : probably cooler Tuesday after- '
noon ; >"ht easterly to southerly winds," is the
predif ion issued last night by Forecast Ollicial
\V. Htlamm<<n.
A.-.. Zimmerman, the champion bicyclist, is
bei^ urged to make a longer stay here than
l e -; expected, and to race at the" coming in-
d €> - tournament.
ne racing board of the League of American
yeelmen will put into effect at once its
. wly adopted rules regarding amateur and
rofessional rider-.
James Ryan, 22 years of age, was yesterday
fined £50 or fifty days in the County Jail, by
Jndge Foachimsen, for selling pools to messen
ger-boys and newsboys.
Mary Marcella Pfeiffer has demurred to the
contest brought by her brothers against the
wiil of her mother, Jane .Buff. The demurrer
is on technical grounds.
Father Yorke commended the congregation '
of St. Anthony's Church at their fair last night !
ior striving to maintain .the traditions and |
customs of tho fatherland.
E. J. Molera lectured before the Academy of !
Sciences last night on the sources of the his- j
tory of the Aztecs. The lecture was illustrated j
by means of the stereoptieon.
The League of the Cross of St. Paul's parish !
gave a rally last night at the parish church
and heard an address by Dr. Clinton on the j
effects of alcohol on the human system.
The early rising market men enter a vigor- j
ous kick at the San Francisco Gas Light Com
pany's economy in extinguishing the street !
lamps at a very early hour in the morning.
James Kerwin, the well-known sailor board- i
ing-house keeper, was yesterday fined $100 or \
100 days in the County Jail, for selling liquor
without a license in his place on Montgomery I
and Chestnut streets. .
Ernestine Krelinghs.s petitioned the Superior '
Court to appoint a receiver to care for the
property on Guerrero street, near Fifteenth. |
She alleges that F. W. Kreling, in whose hands !
it now is, is unduly incumbering it.
Simon Baruch, proprietor of thf; Golden Gate
glove factory, has assigned. His liabilities are
about $10,000 and assets may not be more
than half that sum. Baruch lost money in I
business and real estate speculations.
"Bill" Lange, the big center-fielder of the i
Chicagos, now spending his vacation with his
people, at 415 Spruce street, has a four-legged
chicken, which is alive and well, and which
he intends to take East with him in March as
fa mascot for his club.
The poolrooms continue in operation under
the most adverse circumstances. No informa
tion whatever -is allowed to leave Ingleside
track. The rooms lay ridiculous odds against
the starters and wrong jockeys are given in
almost every instance.
Police Judge Low has sustained the de
murrer interposed by Attorney Samuel M
Shortridge in behalf of the poker-players arl
rested last week. He claims in his decision
that the ordinance under which the players
were arrested is unconstitutional, as it con
flicts with the State law.
Alice E. Johnson is suing the Chicago
Amusement Company and Gustav Walter for
$750, the balance due on a six weeks' contract.
Her contract was to sing at the Orpheum for
$160 a week, irom November, 1895; but she
was discharged after four days. She wants the
rest of her money.
The First National Bank of D. O. Mills & Co. is
suing to foreclose on $150,000 0f the bonds of
the Carson and Colorado Railway Company
pledged as surety by Thomas Bell for two
promissory notes, one for $15,000 and the
other for $50,000. J. W. C. Maxwell and
George Staacke, executors of Bell's estate, are
tbe defendants.
I'etra Barboa is suing her husbana, Jesus
Barboa, for a divorce and incidentally for ali
mony. He left her twenty-one years ago, and
he has turned up again with another wife and
tour children. He was a garbage collector
when he left I'etra, nut since then he has been
to Mexico, and in other walks of life has
amassed a fortune of nearly $80,000. A share
of this the plaintiff wants.
SHARKEY-GREGGAINS.
The Heavy- Weight Boxers Will Meet at
the Auditorium in an Eight-
Round Contest.
The National Athletic Club has secured
an excellent program me of indoor athletics
for its next exhibition, which will take
place at the Auditorium on the evening
of March 6. Apart from a series of four
round bouts between the most expert
boxers of this City the managers have
signed Tom Sharkey, the heavy-weight
pugilist, who easily disposed of Billy
Smith and '"big" Miller of the San Fran
cisco Athletic Club at Colma, against Alex
Greggains, in an eight-round contest,
which will be decided on points.
Greggains is a decidedly shifty and clever
exponent of the "art" of fisticuffs, and his
many friends are of the opinion that he
will prove a difficult target for Sharkey to
hit, when the time will come for hits and
misses. The champion pugilist of the
United States navy is evidently well aware
of what Gregpains is capable of dome, and
he has sufficient confidence in his ability
to prove to the fireman that scientifically
•and otherwise" he is the better man.
Sharkey will train at the Cliff House, •
and in all probability Greggains will do
his exercising spins at Barney Farley's old I
rendezvous. The contest should prove
very interesting.
A DINNER TO PADEREWSKI.
Samuel M. Shortridge Banquets
the Distinguished Mu
sician.
FOURTEEN GUESTS PRESENT.
A Menu That Was Nothing Less Than
an Epicurean Dream Confronted
the Feasters.
The tapestry-room of the Palace Hotel
glistened with carnation and white, the
! national colors of Ignace Paderewski, the
master of music, whose wouderful hands
have ma.de harmony that has moved the
people of two continents and wet millions
of eyes with tears.
The occasion was a banquet tendered the
Scene at the Round-Table Dinner Given Paderewski by Samuel M. Shortridge at the Palace Hotel.
[Sketched by a "Call " artist.]
•
' artist by his legal adviser and friend,
: Samuel M. Shortridge of the firm of Del-
I mas & Shortridge. Fourteen plates were
i set at the round table and fourteen gentle
j men mingled their conversation with
j sentiment and wit.
The center of the board was set with
I foliage and flowers, while carnation can
] delabra shed a soft crimson light over the
I guests and diffused its tints throughout
• the room.
On the right of the host sat the guest of
1 the evening, Paderewski, and on his left
| Claus Spreekels. The other gentlemen
I present were Hon. F. W. Henshaw, I. W.
Hellman, Hon. Van R. Paterson, William
; Greer Harrison, J. OHara Cosgrave, Hugo
; Gorlitz, Colonel Isaac Trumbo, Hon. A.
: A. Sanderson, Colonel John D. Spreekels,
! Hon. D. M. Delmas and Hon. W. S. Van
i Fleet.
The musician was in his happiest mood
i and Mr. Shortridge, the fluent host, made
his guests feel that the entire assemblage
was of one family. The conversation was
sprinkled with brilliant strokes of repartee
I and Paderewski absolutely lived the whole
j evening in the- midst of representative
'• American gentlemen. He expressed him
self as delighted with the new West and
found here an element of sociability that
is not encountered the world over.
A lyre, constructed of California nuts
and glazed over with native syrups, stood
upon the mantelpiece as a compliment to
the pianist, and the menu was an epi
; curean dream.
MENU.
Huitres de l'Kst sur Coqullle.
Consomme Begence.
ilors d'Oeuvres Varies.
Tlmbalcs de Grenouilles a r.viirore.
Filets de Truite, .Sauce Colbert.
Pommes Polonaise. Concern toes.
Selle a'Agneau a la Chopin.
Supreme de Pun let a la Meyerbeer.
Sorbet Parfait Amour.
Canard Mallard P.oti. tielee de Groscillcs.
Celen Mayonnaise.
Asperses, Sauce Mousseline.
Glace de Fantaisle. •
Petits Fours. Marions laces.
Lyre en .Nougat.
Fruit. Dessert. Cafe.
vis.
Sauterne Cruse et Fil3 Freres.
Amaontillaao.
Chateau Larose, 1874, Barton & Gnestier.
Pommery and i.reno Sec. *
Liqueurs-
The menu card was trimmed with car
nation and white ribbons, and the guests
took them away as souvenirs of a dinner
that is not likely to be repeated under
such pleasant conditions and with so
many genial guests for some time to come.
The feasters sat at the table pntil nearly
midnight, after which they departed for
the apartments of Mr. Shortridge, on the
fourth floor, and listened to the delightful
music of the guest of the evening and the
entertaining conversation of those who
were present.
The memory of that feast will linger
with those who were there for many years,
and the divine interpreter of the old mas
ters says it is one of the bright spots in
bis tour of America.
TWO BEARS AT THE BEACH.
A Case in Which Officers Put a Stop to
Cruel Practices.
For some time past on Saturdays and
Sundays two men have been exhibiting
performing bears on the road leading to
the Cliff House. Last week complaint
was made to Secretary Rolbrook of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals that these animals were being
cruelly treated. Last Saturday the secre- j
tary and Officer Hooper visited the place |
and discovered that the animals were |
overworked, were not given sufficient food
and water arid were made to climb a I
rough, square 8 by 8 inch timber and -that j
in doing this they tore their flesh and bled
freely.
The officials . spoke to the men and j
warned them that they must be more care- ;
ful in future, whereupon one of them said j
that the bears were his and he could do
just wbai he pleased with them. Hol-
Drook told » him* that if he continued he
would summon the patrol wagon ana take
the whole outfit to the Central station.
While the officers remained- there was
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1896.
no cruelty practiced and on the following
day, when the officers went there again,
they noticed that the owners of the ani
mals worked only one at a time, giving
the other an opportunity to rest, that
they discontinued the use of the timber
for climbing and that the animals were
furnished food and water.
A GLOVEMAKER FAILS.
Simon Baruch Assigns to C. Hellwig
After Losing Money in
Business.
Simon Baruch, proprietor of the Golden
Gate glove factory at Battery and fine
streets, has been compelled to make an
assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
Friday last he turned over his business
ami all his available assets to Christian
Hellwig, whose name now appears where
Baruch's used to be on the door of the fac
tory and showrooms.
Baruch stated that his liabilities were
about $10,000 and his assets pretty
neaily as much. He. gave as the' reason
for assigning that he could no longer carry
on his business with profit, but, on the
contrary, he had lost heavily in endeavor
ing to continue.
Hellwig, to whom the assignment was
made, is the vice-president of the Legal
iet-Hellwig Tanning Company on Clay
street. Baruch dealt largely" with this
concern, having purchased most of the
leather for his factory there. The tanning
company, therefore, "is one of the principal
creditors. . ...-.'".
The assignee had bookkeepers at work
on the accounts of the glove company yes
terday, and had a man taking an estimate
of the stock, etc., in the factory, with the
object of ascertaining the correct con
dition of Baruch's affairs. The assets con-
sist of stock, machines and book accounts,
little else of Baruch's property being avail
able for the creditors. A member of the
tanning firm stated yesterday that the
general opinion was the assets would not
amount to much over $5000.
The same person said the real cause for
the failure was that Baruch's business was
too small to be conducted profitably in
face of competition from the extensive
glove factories of other cities, and that the
proprietor had "eaten himself up" in
keeping open so long. Besides, Baruch
became involved in real estate specula
tions that proved disastrous and con
sumed his spare capital.
LONGFELLOW WILL CLOSE
An Epidemic of Scarlet Fever
Feared by the Health
Officials.
The Board Is Now Determined to
Stamp Out the Disease in the
Schools.
• . i —
The alarm in the Board of Health re
garding the threatened epidemic of scarlet
fever in the Longfellow School on Silver
street has not abated, but is rather on the
increase, and unless something comes up
in the meantime to change the minds of
the members,., tbe'' school 'will be con
demned at the regular meeting of the
board on Wednesday, and it will be or
dered closed unt.il the institution is put in
a thoroughly sanitary condition.
The reason of the increased apprehen
sion is that though the first case of scarlet
fever traceable to the school was reported
some time ago and every effort has been
made to stamp out the disease, new cases
continue to come in. and in some localities
where children from the school live the
trouble seems to be spreading.
Yesterday a new case was reported,
making nine that have thus far come
under the notice of the board. It is
feared there are other children in the
neighborhood of the school who have been
stricken, but whose cases have not been
reported to the board.
Inspector Stout of the Sixth District,
which embraces the section south of
Market street and east of Sixth, has re
ported to Health Officer Lovelace that he
has examined the school thoroughly and
that it is in the worst' possible sanitary
condition. The open vaults are rotting
away and are so crude and decayed that
it is impossible to properly cleanse them.
He has taken samples of .the wood work
that is so objectionable to the board and
will offer them for their inspection.
Health Officer Lovelace will visit the
school to-day and inspect the sanitary ap
pliances, or, rather, lack of them, and on
his report the board will probably act. He
said yesterday that if the conditions were
as he understood them he would quite
likely recommend the immediate closing
of the school.
A number of other schools where the
sanitation is in bad condition will, be in
spected shortly, and the Longfellow may
not be the only one to be closed, as the
board is determined not to allow an epi
demic of disease to gain a foothold with
out making a vigorous effort to arrest its
progress. . '.
A number of cases in the western por
tion of the City will be closely investi
gated, and if found to emanate from de
fective sanitation in school buildings the
offending institutions will be closed. ,
At its meeting to-morrow the board will
probably issue an ultimatum to the Boards
of •: Supervisors - and Education I to J replace
wornout sanitary appliances with modern
sanitation, or They will see the machinery
of the' School Department; brought to a
sudden stop.
AWARDED TO F. E. SHARON.
The Highest Bidder Secured the
Garbage Crematory Fran
• chise.
MERLE'S OFFER WAS REJECTED.
Mayor Sutro Has Given His Reasons
for Vetoing the Bituminous
Rock Ordinance.
By a vote of 8 to 4 the Board of Super
visors yesterday awarded the franchise to
construct a crematory to dispose of the
• garbage of this City to F. E. Sharon, whose
bid wae $2510 cash, 2 per cent of the gross
{ receipts for fifteen years and 5 per cent of
| the gross receipts forthe remaining thirty
j five years.
The matter came up in the form of a
resolution submitted^ by Supervisor Di
mond providing that the Sharon bid be
accepted, the Health and Police Com
mittee having recommended that the bid
of L. V. Merle af $5500 cash without a per
centage of receipts be accepted. Super
visors Taylor and Dimond spoke in favor
of the acceptance of the Sharon bid, Super
visor Hughes opposing it. The latter said
that while much had been spoken of the
prospective profits of the franchise to the
City, no real showing had been made, and
that in his opinion the $5500 bid was the
highest. v;y ;
Supervisors Taylor and Dimond said
that it was preposperons to suppose that
the amount the City would receive from
percentages of receipts in fifty years under
the S haron bid would be less than the dif
ference .between the cash bids. They
claimed that their investigations and
those of | the engineer of the Merchants'
Association showed conclusively that the
Sharon bid would net the City many
thousands of dollars during the term of
the franchise. When the matter went to a
vote the only votes against awarding the
franchise | to ' Mr. Sharon were those of
Supervisors Benjamin, Dunker, Hughes
and Wagner. Bjß
Mayor Sutro' veto message on the bitu
minous rock ordinance was read. It was
as follows:
To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors,
City and County of San Francisco Gentlemen:
Order 'i960, relative to bituminous rock speci
fications, was passed on February 3, 1896, by
your honorable body and has been by me very
carefully considered.
Desiring to perfect legislation that should be
fair to all and yet result in the best obtainable
work invitations were sent out through the
press and by personal letter to a number of
prominent contractors to meet me at the
Mayor's office for the consideration of your
order.
On last Monday a very long and exhaustive
examination was had of the order in the pres
ence of a large number of interested parties
and capable critics. _
It seemed to be the admitted opinion of all
the contractors present that the proposed order
was defective in at least two respects.
The requirement that the rock shall not be
reduced in | "open kettles" has the necessary
ettect of excluding certain contractors who
have stationary plants.
The clause that requires the rock to be de
livered on the street in its "natural condition,"
as taken from the mine, will operate in exclud
ing certain contractors, and also making com
plete the railroad monopoly that would have
the transportation.
There is a further consideration that It is my
desire to bring to the attention of your hon
orable body. It is a fact that some bitumen Is
naturally deficient in sand.
To remedy this defect and produce a pave
ment of the proper consistency it Is necessary
to have a certain admixture of clear, clean sea
sand. The percentage is not very great, but
some Is required. The order therefore should
provide that a certain amount of clear, clean
sea sand, in quantity not below nor exceeding
a certain percentage, should be permitted to
be used in bituminous street work when neces
sary, and that it should be the especial duty of
the inspector to see that not more than the re
quired percentage is used.
For the above reasons the order Is returned
unsigned, with the suggestion most respect
fully preferred that the amendments above
named shall b* incorporated therein and be
returned to me for approval. Very respectfully
yours, Adolph Sutro, Mayor.
At the close of the reading of mes
sage Supervisor Spreekels moved that the
communication go to j print, a course that
was adopted.
Veterans of California. G. A. R. were
granted permission to give benefit theatri
cal performances at the Grove-street Thea
ter without payment of license for the week
beginning to-day.
The committee on Fire Department was
authorized and instructed to obtain copies
of all patents on water towers that have
been issued, numbering 1349, at a cost of
not to exceed $360, the cost of each copy
being estimated at 25 cents.
Supervisor King introduced a resolution
imposing a license of $"> per quarter on all
nickel-in-the-slot machines, including
those on phonographs, scales, musical in
struments, candy machines and devices for
playing for cigars and liquors. It was re
ferred .to the License Committee.
The : report of the ; joint i Health and
Police and License Committee, laying the
poolroom ordinance over until Judge Wal
lace decides cases now before him, was op
posed by Supervisor Dimond, who thought
the matter should be disposed of at once:
that it would be useless to carry the ordi
nance over any; longer. Stockton '„ and
Sacramento bad decided within awe to
close the dens, and San Francisco should
be able to do the ; same thing. /He moved
that .the .committee be instructed to re
port at once. The motion was lost by a
vote of 8 to 4— Supervisors Spreekels, Tay
NEW TO-DAT.
" Pure and Sure."
Only rounded spoonfuls are required not heaping spoonfuls.
lor. Hobbs and Dimond voting in the af
firmative. ',/;'.
A . resolution was introduced by Super
visor Diiiiond, and carried, authorizing
the Mayor to lease to Charles Ruhland and
Karl C. Zimmerman, for the term of one
year, block 210, bounded by Point Lobos
avenue, Clement street, Twenty-ninth and
Thirtieth avenues, to be used for the ac
commodation of livestock.
A resolution presented by Supervisor
Spreekels was adopted granting the Cut
ting Fruit Packing Company permission
to lay a freight railroad track on Eighth
street, from Townsend along a portion of
the block toward Brannan, so as to reach
its premises on the southwest corner of
Brannan and Eighth streets, the track to
remain down at the pleasure of the board.
AT THE CITY PLAYHOUSES.
Katie Putnam Makes a Remark*
able Hit in "The Old
Lime Kiln."
Revival of "Der Freischutz" at the
Tivoli— "Wife for Wife" at the
Grand Opera-House.
There was a large audience at the Colum
bia Theater last night to welcome Katie
Putnam and her company in '"The Old
Lime Kiln."
The play, which is by C. T. Dazey, is
something on the lines of "In Old Ken
tucky," but it bristles less with sensa
tional incidents and contains fewer special
ties. There is nothing approaching tne
"Kentucky" race scene in strength, but on
the other hand, "The Old Lime Kiln" af
fords the best possible opportunities for
Katie Putnam to assert herself in her own
sparkling and vivacious way.
The first act is supposed to ' pass in Yel
lowstone Park, where Robert Morris lives
in a shanty with his daughter, Margery,
and ekes out a precarious living by acting
as a guide. Years before he had been un
justly accused of robbing his father's safe,
and had retired from the world in conse
quence and became an opium fiend.
The park is visited by Robert's father,
Horace Mervyn, and by John Morton, the
villain who had really robDed the safe.
Morton's son, a captain in the United
States army, is also with the party.
Margery acts as guide and the captain
falls in love with her, which perhaps ac
counts for his father not being depicted as
a villain of the deepest dye. There are
moments all through the play when he
almost captures the sympathy of the audi
ence by tumbling on the brink of repent
ance.
The voice of nature seems to speak in
Horace Mervyn, as it always does in stage
fathers and grandfathers.
Although quite unaware that Margery Is any
kith to hira he oilers to adopt her, a proposition
which she accepts, after first making her father
promise to forswear opium: The end of the
drama is occupied in tracking the villain to
earth, and during the process Miss Putnam has
opportunities to give charming exhibitions
both of comedy and pathos. The most exciting
scene occurs in the old lime kiln, where the
captain con.es near losing bis life through the
ferocity of a subordinate villain, one Bud
Markley. This thrilling incident and the res
cue quite brought down the house.
Miss Putnam played the little ingenue, Mar
gery Morris, on refined and original lines.
Although she assumed a rough accent her
pleasing voice saved her from any trace of
coarseness, and through all her hoydenishness
she was graceful and chic. Her singing was
pretty, though she performs the artistic feat of
singing without a voice and her dancing was
warmly applauded.
The supporting cast was a fairly good all
round one. E. M. Kimball was effective as
Horace Mervyn, and Leonard Mitchell played
the part of Bud Markley, the lime-burner," on
thoroughly realistic lines. Dutton Wansor and
Iva Thatcher, as Corporal Stumps and Biddy
Flinn respectively, endeared themselves to the
audience by their Hibernian wit. E. L. Lee
looked the part of Captain Norton better than
he acted it. The rest of the cast was satis
factory.
• Tivoli Opera-House.
The Tivoli put on "Der Freischutz" last night
instead of letting "The Gentle Savage run an
other week.
A decidedly better presentation of Weber's
romantic opera was given than when the
"Freischutz" was presented some years ago in
this house. Miss Ida Valerga had been en
gaged to play Agatha, and as her methods are
those of grand opera and not those of opera
bouffe, she was able to give a satisfactory ren
dering of the role. Miss Valerga was in good
voice last night, and as she threw herself
heartily into her role and acted and sang with
plenty of abandon, she aroused hearty ap
plause.
Miss Kate Marchi's sweet, light voice was
heard to good advantage in the role of Annie;
she acted gracefully too, and did not pain her
audience by pirouetting in the bridesmaids'
scene, as her predecessor did the ; last time the
"Freischutz" was produced here.
Martin Pache sang and acted effectively as
Max, and John J. Raffael made a thoroughly
satisfactory Casper. The rest of the opera was
not unsatisfactorily sung, and the scenic
effects in the Wolf's Glen caused a curtain call
at the end of the third act. v
Baldwin Theater.
"The Huguenots" was performed last night
at the Baldwin Theater with the former cast.
There was a large audience and the artists
were warmly applauded. .
At the Orpheum.
The Orpheum presented a programme of
bright and varied entertainment last night.
The Pantzers, in their remarkable feats of
head-balancing, were obliged to respond again
and again to enthusiastic recalls, while the
new monologues of Billy Carter and Carroll
Johnson, interspersed . with the latest comedy
songs, were .received with earnest manifesta
tions of approval..
The Garrisons repeated their success of last
week in a well-drawn serio-comic sketch. The
new feature on the programme was the triple
horizontal-bar act of the Waltons, in which
straight and grotesque athletic feats were dar
ingly and skillfully performed. The bill is
strong and popular and reflects credit on the
management by the happy organization of its
j members.
At the Grand Opera-House.
John A. Stevens' thrilling four-act drama,
"Wife for Wife," attracted a large and appre
ciative audience .to its opening performance
last night at the Grand Opera-house. Many
of the scenes j are absorbing in their in teres
and the play itself, while intensely dramatic,
is in no part far-fetched or overdrawn. Dar
rellJVinton as Edward Walton a .Southern gen
tleman of the days before the War, sustained
his character with all his old-time individu
ality and able appreciation of the exigencies
of the part.
It is no' long since Mr. Vinton returned from
Southern California, where : he < made ; a great
name for himself as a ; powerful and realistic
actor. Especially in Los Angeles he was a great
favorite with playgoers and did much to build
up the fortunesof the Burbank Theater during
his engagement in that city. : .
Miss Essie Tittel, as Edith, Walton's wife, by
her tine senseof the requirements of her role,
did much to supplement the effect of Mr. Vin
ton's best scenes. She- has the same maidenly,'
gentle stage presence as ever, and her old-time
trick of keeping her .dramatic force in check
until the climax of some exciting scene calls
for a burs; of passionate fire, seems still to be
one of her strong points. She carried her
audience by storm more than once during Jlast
night's performance.
Charles E. Lothian as Barney Elliott, and
Eugene Moore as George, Walton's mulatto
servant, were both deserving of special men
tion, while the other characters, as' a rule, were
well sustained. The Grand Opera-house has
gained much in the engagement of Louis Ita
lians as stage manager. The performance last
night seemed to proceed with a snap and a
dash wnich indicated that a man who thor
oughly understood his business was pulling
the wire.i. "Wife for Wife" will remain on
the boards during the present week.
At th*» California.
"The Merchant of Venice" drew a fine
audience to the opening night at the Cali
fornia. -.Mr. Keene gives the part of Shylock a
, strange, weird' intensity, differing in some
particular.? from any other actor's Interpreta
tion of the role. The soul-enthralling, all
absorbing avarice which Shakespeare gives the
old man is brought out in so passionate a man
ner as to make the love of gold seem like Ins
very life.
Miss lumberman as Portia might perhaps
assert herself just a little more. She sustains
the role well, 'but seems at times a trifle too
delicately feminine for the part of the valiant
lady advocate. The other members of the
company are fairly good and the stage-settings
and costumes far above the common. To-night
"Richard 111" is promised.
At the Alcazar.
Miss Mina Gleason made a decided hit last
night as "Marguerite." Goethe's "Faust" is a
play which has been so often murdered by
barn-storming pretenders that one almost al
ways fears to see the butchery repeated each
time the classic drama is announced. It has
so many situations which maybe either sub
lime or ludicrous, according to the manner iv
which the roles are sustained, that rarely is a.
perfect presentation of it seen. Last night's
work whs undoubtedly good. Nor was Miss
Gleasontje only one of the cast worthy of spe
cial mention.
Percy Hunting made a magnificent Mephis
topheles, his refined diabolism providing a
splendid foil for Marguerite's gentle simplicity.
As Faust, Francis Powers was excellent, while
Mrs. Fanny Young made a typical Dame
Martha. C, L. Torrence, in the unenviable
role of a man three hundred years in hell, did
what he could with a small and certainly far
from cheerful part. The Brocken scene and
the final apotheosis of Marguerite were ex
cellent in tneir way. The play will remain on
the boards during the current week.
A COMING CELEBRATION.
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Preparing for the Twenty-Second.
The committee of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics having in
charge the celebration of Washington's
birthday held a large and enthusiastic
meeting at Shiels building last evening.
The literary committee reported that the
Hon. J.Taylor Roger had accepted the in
vitation of the committee to deliver an
oration on that day. The committee was
instructed to notiiy Mr. Rogers that he
had been selected as orator of the day.
The programme will consist of an over
ture by the orchestra; opening address by
the president of the day, H. 0. Shaertzer;
vocal solo by Miss "Underwood; song,
"Star-spangled Banner," by grand chorus
of 200 voices, under direction of Professor
John W. McKenzie Jr., Miss Minnie
Powell, soloist; oration by Hon. J. Taylor
Rogers; barytone solo, Mr. J.P. Grodjens;
recitation, Mr. Walker; grand chorus,
"The Flag of Liberty." arranged by Pro
fessor J. W. McKenzie Jr. ; closing chorus,
"America," by grand chorus and audience.
In the evening the following programme
will be rendered: Overture, orchestra;
vocal solo, Del 13. Boraley; duet, Messrs.
Dewey and Ewing; national characters,
the Cotton children; grand expose of the
thirty-second Oriental degree, followed by
dancing.
The parade promises to be quite impos
ing and a principal feature of the celebra
tion; The order will parade with red,
white and blue pampas plumes and wear
white caps. A large delegation of mem
bers from Alameda and the interior will
be on hand to lend their assistance to
make the affair a magnificent success.
Redlands Council No. 7 has also made
elaborate preparations for a fitting obser
vance of tae day.
A parade and literary exercises, also
bicycle races in the afternoon. In the
evening a grand continental ball will con
clude the exercises of the day.
A one-half fare has been* made to the
committee by the various railroads of
Southern California for the day from adja
cent points.
• — * — ■»
Held for Grand Larceny.
Joseph Santry, a former employe at the
Ingleside racetrack, was arrested last night by
Policeman Heaphey and detained in the Seven
teenth-street police station on a charge of
grand larceny. He is accused of stealing $80
from a fellow employe, Patrick Buggy by
name, on the Ist inst.
Ex-Empress Eugenic, in her latest will,
has constituted herself the godmother of
all the male children born in France on
the birthday of her son. The number
amounts to 3834, all of whom she has re
membered in her will.
NEW TO-DAT.
Till!
After considering the suggestions of
hundreds of bright and fertile minded
correspondents I have named my new
Breakfast Food
"OTEO."
| It is quickly spoken and easily remem-
bered. The food once tried will be re-
membered as easily and sell as readily. •
TRY IT!
C. S. LAUMEISTER.
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mrs. Ernestine Kreling, Proprietor <t Manager '
—THIS EVENING
Superh Electric Production
Of Yon Weber's Romantic Opera, in Four Acts. i
Entitled
"DER FREISCHUTZ"
/ ' " •— — OR—
"THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS"
The Most Wondrous Brocken Scene Ever
■ Shown in This City.
REAPPEARANCES OF
— '■ — MLLE. IDA VALERGA
MISS Xlii, MARCHI.—
Next Opera— "RlP VAN WINKLE'"
Popular Prices— 2sc and 50c.
NEW TO-DAT— AMUSEMENTS.
.miCDLAnOtR.OOTTLOD m g>-uSm a-.: ruutUCU • • • •
THE LIME
OLD KILN
X ATI E~ PUTNAM
Will Be in Everybody's Mouth
Ry To-night,
So Great Was the Enthusiasm.
A GREAT PLAY I
A GREAT PERFORMANCE
A GREAT ARTIST!
j A GREAT COMPANY OP PLAYERS!
AND SEATS RESERVED FOR
1 15 c, 25c, 50c and 75c
THEATRE I '""*•
and AND LAST WEEK OF
MR. THOMAS
KLEEW 353
And His Splendid Supporting company.
i To-night "KICHAKD III"
i Wednesday "RICHELIEU"
. Thursday ««> A MEET"
Friday "OTHELLO"
Sat. Mat "MERCHANT VENICE"
'• Saturday Night "RICHARD III"
1 Sunday "I OUTS XI"
Monday. Feb. 24-NELLIE McHENRY.
CALIFORNIA THEATER-Extra.
Al Hayman &, Co. announce
S In Three (3) Piano Recitals on
! WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Eeb. 19, at 2:30
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. I.. February 21, at 3:00
And for a Final Recital at the
BALDWIN THEATER
j SUNDAY EVENING... February 23, at 8:15
PRICES: &2. S3. »5, according to location.
) ,*»" Seats for afternoons at Sherman, Clay &
| Co.'s.
«ST Seats for Sunday night now ready at Baldwin
Theater box -office. ;
Steinway & Son's Piano used at all the Paderew-
ski recitals. -„. .-, %. ..y , ...
BMUMONPS
KBKhpri EMTRE 'I : props.
Last 5 Nights of the Opera Season!
Last 2 Matinees— Wednesday and Satur-
day—at SI.OO, 75c and 50c.
j TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO.
! To-night (Tuesday) "LOHE
i Wed day Matinee (50c, 75c, $1) "Mi
i Wednesday Night "LUCIA*
"CAVALLERIA RUSTI
Thursday .-. "!•
! Friday "BOHEMIAN
Saturday Matinee (50c, 76c, $1)..."CA1
j Saturday Night— Double Bill— Cm
, eluding all the Company, "TitOVAT LiJL
and by Request "I' PAGLI ACCI"
Sunday Night, Feb. 2:-!— Positively Final Recital
PADEREWS 1.
Monday, February 24— FREDERICK WARDE.
GROVE-ST. THEATER
(Ret. Polk and Van Ness).
3BCBJKT3B3PXV "\7*7"JbJJfc3X5:
FOR
VETERAN GUAID, G. A. R.!
SPLENDID COMPANY! _
ATTRACTIVE RILL !
Commencing MONDAY, February 17.
Monday , a r am m
Tuesday I | A? I
Wednesday v -' *•*• *
Bffi^:;::::;;::::::::::TW0 OF I KIM)
SX?::::::::::1W OH THE BRISTOL
SATURDAY MATINEE!
PRICES lOc, 20c, 30c, 50c.
Curtain Will Rise at 8 o'clock on Tableaux In-
troducing Veteran Guard.
C^^ALCAZAR
TO-NIGHT! A GREAT SUCCESS:
Elaborate Production of the Great Master Drama
from the Immortal Goethe's Idyl,
PAUST!
The Famous Henry Irvine; Electrical Effects!
Grind and Awe-inspiring Scenery!
A Redoubtable Cast! .
JIATIMS WEHESIAI, SATURDAY AW SUNDAY!
Matinee Prices— lOc, 15c. 25c.
Night Prices— lOc, 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c
Monday Next— Tho Carleton Opera Co.
Seats Now on Sale.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater in America.
WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager
THIS EVENING AT EIGHT,
John A. Stevens' Great Melodrama,
"WIFE FOR WIFE!"
With DARRELL VINTON and
•' ESSIE TITTELL in the Leading Holes.
Special Matinee Washington's Birthday
Evening Prk-kj— 2sc anl 513.
Family Circle and Ga'.lerr. 10a
Usual Matinees Saturday ana Sunday.
ORPHEUM.
O'Fsrrell Street. Between Stockton anl Po'»»lL '■
WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, FEB. 1 7,
A Great List of Renowned Attractions!
j THE WILTONS \
j THE PANTZERS "";
! CARROLL JOHNSON :
: THE GARRISONS :
A N D
Our Great Company of Celebrities.
Reserved seats, 'Joe; Raicony, lUc; Oper» caalri
and Box seats. 50
THE WEATHER IS WARM, SO
Shoot the Chutes' and Trip the Trolley!
ADMISSION — - — IO CENTS.
Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10s.
PACIFIC COAST .
JOCKEY CLUB
(Ingleside Track).
FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY.
(RAIN OR SHINE.)'
FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. fl.
ADMISSION 81. 00. '
Take Southern Pacific trains at Third and Town-
send streets Depot,' leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 p. M.
Fare for round trip, including admission to grand I
stand, $!. Take Mission electric line direct
to track.
. A. R. SPRECKELS. W. S. LEAKE.
President. Secretary.
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