The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1895, Page 7

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895 MARCH 13, 1895 JUST ABOUT THE WEATHER. .. _The reputation of Uncle Sam’s weather prophet was saved yes- terday by the precipitation of & few drops of rain. The predic- tion was for showers in the morn- ing and sunshine late in the day. Dame Nature reversed this order of events, but that made no ma- terial difference to those who were thoughtful enough to carry their umbrel- las. The outlook to-day is for fair weather; v stationary temperature; light north to west winds, LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF, lins Debel nas sued W. R. Jannison for E $4 The Union for Practical Progress aiscussed the new charter last night. James M. Morrison of Sacramento bas been appointed Fish Commissioner. Journeyman barbers want all shops to be closed at'8 o'clock in the evening. 04d things were sold and values varied at an unclaimed-bageage sale yesterday. Rev. D. Hanson Inyin was formally installed &s pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church. Thomas J. Bailey, a coal-heaver, fell down a vessel's hold yesterday, breaking his hip bone. A crusade against the water-front wheel- gamblers was begun by the harbor police yes- terday. District Attorney Barnes has asked the Su- pervisors for a bond clerk at & salary of $200 a month. All doubt of Davie’s election as Mayor of Oakland hesbeen swept away. He hasa good 66 years of age, has been me at 1019 Valencia street E. B. Burleigh, alias Bruce, charged with for- gery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been ar- d here. Hansen of the steamer Willamette voyige from San Francisco to Cen- a. ale of Mrs. Kate Johnson’s real property was confirmed by Judge Cofey yesterday in ail but two cases. The New Zealand Company will be out of the ce compact at noon to-day and will t rates. The China steamers will take full cargoes of then cuf flour up to May. Oregon flour is going to the 1 trade. F. Post, & political economist and single-tax advocate, wiil lectureat Metropolitan Hall on March 2! James Bailey, a stranger, fell in the bay from the Oregon doc erday and narroWly es- caped losing his li Thomas Hutchingson and Charles Fennessy were arrested yesterday on the charge of rob- bing Michael Mattison. Attorney S. W. Herve was arrested yesterday on a charge of misdemeanor libel preferred by t 0. F. Meldon. tev. Eaward Nelandier was last night in- stalied as pastor of the Swedish Lutheran urch at 1239 Mission street. The steamer Australia sailed for Honolulu yesterday with & large cargo of general mer- se and many passengers. mains of Mrs. Day, wife of Captain 8, . Day of Fori Canby, were brought down on the steamer ygsterday for burial in this city. The funeral of Frank Wadsworth, the est soldie; : young- in the Union ranks during the civil place yesterday and was largely at- . Bradley and_Patrick Degan, con- the Crocker building, are suing the te for $61,000,which they claim is M. Maher, an Qdvertising solicitor, was ar- ed last night on a warrant from Bakersfield, 1im with obtaining money by false pretenses. Curley Bil rowers of 1 Gerhardt s Santa Clara Cot insists that Jim ty can produce o's illegitimate son, but will not do 1 the will is broken. The final game in the handball tournament of the Olympic Club for the team champion- ship in the first class was won by J. C. Nealon nd Al Hampton last night. members of the Board of Supervisors ted ihe Colma water shed yesterday and estigated the charges that impure creek water ran into Lake Merced. The card offered to race-goers yesterday was poor one,and the betting was tame. ar, Rey Alta, Lonnie B, Three Forks Hyman were the winners. The case against Mrs. H. charged with obtaining money by false pre- tenses, will probably be dismissed, as she says she is ready to pay the mone; In an interview L.P.Drexler demonstrated that t n neisco and San Joaquin Rail- road should pay atleast from 6 to 10 per cent vestment of §6,000,000. police disclosed yesterday a few inci- in the career of Gustaf Broman while in other cities in the State showing s a blackmailer and worse. The steamer Westport arrived from San Pedro rday aiter & voyage of sixty-three hours. the way up her machinery wasdisabled end ten hours were lost repairing the break. The Supreme Court has decided in favor of . Catherine Sandell the suit which her ghters had brought against their father's Their father leftall his property to his he Supervisors have adopted a resolution ordering advertisement for bids for the much- debated franchise on Church street, as re- ed by the Market-street Railway Com- university Regents at the re ing yesterday decided to have reg on £stronomy at Berkeley by the observers on fount Hamilton. Several appointments were made. The Labor Council will deeide whether to favor or oppose the new cherter next Monday night, and will effect an_organization to in- nle voters in accordance with that de- cision F. Hagerty has sued Franjg W. Butterfield eand Jane Doe Constance in the Justice Court | for $299 99 damages, charging that the defend- ants sold him poisonous sugar, which made his family ill. ross-complaint in the suit of the estate hn 8, Doe against the old law firm of Mes- ick & Maxwell 1o secure an accounting the defendants retaliate by suing for $61,000 due for legal services. Lewis Miller, aged 32 years, was fornd lying dead in an alleyway behind his residence at Green street, yesterday afternoon. At the Morgue it was ascertained that death ensued from natural causes. Mrs. Sarah A. Lynch, charged with bigamy by her husband, Timothy Lynch, was given time by Judge Campbell yesterday to procure Pproof of the death of her former husband, Julius M. Souss, & sailor. Kayser,one of Oakland’s defeated candidates for Councilman-at-large, will contest the elec- tion of Heitman on the ground that the latter resided in a ward in which another candidate for the same office resides. L J. Truman sent in a communication to the Board of Supervisors yesterday protesting against_the lfl:eg:lnce of Guerrero street, be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth, on the ground that the paving is not up to the specifi- cations. Judge Slack yesterday decided in the case of Harvey Foster in insolvency that_important papers lost might be substituted by certified copies and interested lawyers say this decides for the executors the points at issue in the Fair will case. Attorney L. C. Pistolesi applied for a warrant in Judge Campbells court yesterday for the arrest of F. 8. Sutherland, city editor of the Re- port. on the charge of criminal libel. The al- feged libel was in an item in comnection with the hearing of » charge of vagrancy against Kitry Howard, which was headed “\hat Is & Coffee-roaster?” 1. F. Hagerty filed a compiaint in the Jus- tice ( ’uunbyesterd-y against Frank Butterfield and Jane Doe Constance chargine that the de- fendants had sold him 200 pounds of sugar for $8 50 and that by reason of eating the sugar himself and family had been poisoned and made sick. Heavers that the sugar was unfit for use. Alice Audrien, who was to have been sued for abduction yesterday, was missing when her neme was called in Judge Wallace’s court. It ‘was learned that she had sold out her notorious place of business and had left town. Her bond of $2500 was declared forfeited. The sugeties were: Charles A. Bayly, a druggist doing busi- ‘ mess at 217 Grant avenue and P. Mislaune, a saloon-keeper at 142 Geary street. The North Cosmopolitan Grammar School has made a liberal donation to the unemployed The boys' class of '95 and the girls’ class ave a stereopticon entertainment, in which they were assisted by the “Lend a Hand" Club. The receipts from the sale of tickets smounted to $62 60, and there were cash con- tributions to the amount of $17 40, making a total of $80. The other classes of the school gave liberal donations of all kinds of groceries snd clothing. | M. Rutherford, | 10 LECTURE ON THE SINGLE TAX Louis F. POST, THE POLITICAL ECONOMIST, COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO. A DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER. THE SINGLE-TAX SOCIETY PREPAR- ING A RECEPTION FOR ITs CHAMPION. Louis F. Post, the student and lecturer on economics, is coming to San Francisce. He will lecture at Metropolitan Hall on his favorite subject Monday, March 25. The lecture will be under the auspices of the San Francisco Single Tax Society, and as the lecturer is an eminent advocate of this bonds, and as my case does not come u for trial till April19, I cannot understan: why I should be arrested. My intention was, of course, to be there when my case is | called.” | _One of Burleigh's bondsmen is W. T. Doolittle of Sioux Falls. He wrote At- torney C. L. Potter of this city, asking him to use every effort to get Burleigh arrested, | as the bond was for a large amount. That | letter was received on Monday morning. The attorney sent his clerk to police head- | quarters with the letter and learned that | the police of Sioux Falls were also aiter | Burleigh. 1In this letter it was stated that | Burleigh had been forging paper, butto Wwhat extent was not mentioned. ENIOKERBOCKER QUARTET. ‘Debut of a Promising Organization of Male Voices. The Knickerbocker Quartet made its first appearance at a concert given in the Maple | Hall of the Palace Hotel last night, and | had every reason to be satisfied with the | reception given it by an audience which | nearly filled the hall. | The quartet, which consists of D. M. Lawrence, E. P. Evans, D. B. Crane and | H. Williamson, is certainly not hampered | by lack of voice. All the performers had | powerful vocal organs and produced a | greater volume of sound than is usual in ‘\vocal quartets, without apparent effort. LOUIS F. POST, THE NOTED SOCIOLOGIST. Drawn by a “Call” artist from a photograph.] v p school of political science it is expected that his discourses will be especially at tractive. Mr. Post first came here two years ago, and his address at that time was well re- ceived. He came again last year and was likewise favorably regarded as the apostle of a new political philosophy. He was formerly a journalist and lawyer in New York, but became a ready follower of the Henry George school of advanced ideas on economic issues. “He is one of the most advanced thinkers and clearest reasoners of the day,” said Joseph Leggett in discussing Mr. Post vesterday, “and we intend giving him a grand reception. He is an extremist on le tax questions, and believes that the | s theory and principle should be npilie«l not only to the economics, but to the home, to the arts and to the esthetics of life. He in his discussion of the i ion on Mr. Post will enter the State by the south and will deliver his first lecture at Los Angeles on March 16. He will take art in a joint debate with Judge R. M QVidney on the subject of single taxation on the following day, and will speak at Visalia on March 22, after which he will journey on te San Francisco. After s ing here on the 25th he will go to Vakland. where he will address the single-tax stu. dents and citizens on March 26. He w: then go to Santa Rosa. Mr. Post’s northern tour will include Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and all the important points along the route eastward. The Single Tax Society has appointéd the following committee to receive and en- tertain the lecturer: Joseph Leggett, H. L. Pleace, A. H. San- bon; Thiomi: Wation 8.1 Gatla it M. Welcome and James S. Reynolds. HE ISWANTED FOR FORGERY E. B. BURLEIGH, ALIAS BRUCE, A FUGITIVE FROM SIOUX FALLS, ARRESTED. ONE oF His BONDSMEN ALSO ANX- 10us To HAVE Him TAKEN Back THERE. Chief Crowley received a letter on Mon- day from W. H. Martin, Chief of Police of Sioux Falls, 8. D., inclosing a photo- graph of E. B. Burleigh (alias Bruce), who E. B. Burleigh, alias Bruce. [From a photograph. ] was believed to be in_this city. Chief Martin stated that Burleigh was wanted in Sioux Falls for forgery, and asked that he be arrested. Detective Seymour was detailed on the case, and he recognized Burleigh on Market street from the photograph he had in his pocket. Seymour at once placed him under arrest and locked him up in the tanks. Burleigh is about 40 years of age and short in stature. Chief Martin was notified of the arrest yesterday morning. A reply was received o hold Burleigh and an officer would leave at once to take him back. Burleigh was seen in the City Prison. He disclaimed any knowledge of fcrgery in Sioux Falls, and said he never was therein his life. “I was arrested,” he said, “in Louverne, | Minn., for failing to cancel Government stamps on cigar-boxes. I was released on | When the performers have sung longer to- gether they will no doubt gain delicacy > finished shading. Last night with considerable animation enthusiastically applauded by a ndience. 5 liamson, the second bass, added | to the effectiveness of the organization by his deep low notes, though he did not monopolize more than his just share of the volume of sound. Two encores followed the first number, “In Silent Mead.” “The Tear” was also encored. All the quartet’s selections were unaccompanied. One of the vocal soloists who took part in the concert, J. C. Hughes, easily Te away the palm. “Will o’ the Wisp,” which he sang as an encore to *“Thou Art My Life,” by Maccheroni, was given in | splendid style. R.P. Evans, while pos- | sessing a voice of considerable power, | showed the need of study, and Miss Char- | lotte Vera Wate’s faulty production en- | friendly H tirely marred a_voice that if properly lac might do better things. Mi: Rosina Rosin, who sang a ballad by Tost was one of those singers who are popnlarly upposed to be contraltos, on account of extreme throatiness, Professor Lombardero played the over- ture to “William Tell” as a mandurri olo in a manner that made his little in- trument almost as effective as a small or- estra. He was ably accompanied by T".’ 1 | | i mil Cruells, who later on in the pro- amme played a_pianoforte ‘‘Scherzo” of S OWn composition. M.E. | “THE CLEMENCEAU OASE. Season at the Alcazar Theater. The version of “The Clemencean Case’’ given {8t the Alcazar this week is & strong dra- | matization of a strong story, and a large au- | dience was present at the opening performance | of the new company. None of the salient | points of the novel have been omitted, and the | story is as strong now, even after numerous resentations, as it was when the book was the iterary sensation of the day. The part of Iza, around whom the story re- volves, was taken by Rose Stillman, whose form is well suited to the part and whose acting was acceptable. The strongest part was that of Pierre Cle- mencean, which was very well done by Mr. Henderson, who made guite a success Constantine Ritz_was well placed in the | hands of Henry Gilbert, and the other parts were fuirly done. Between the acts Miss Clara O'Brien did some clever juggling, and the O'Brien Sisters did a new whirlwind dance nicely. 'he Clemenceau Case” is to run for this week. | i Successful Popular Success of Temperance, Hoyt’s “A Temperance Town” opened its third week at the California Theater last night 10 & well-filled house. The comedy hasbeen a great success here and will be continued until Sundey night, - Next week Miss Emily Bancker in “Our Flat.” =l DISCUSSED THE OHARTER. The Union for Practical Progress Spend a Profitable Evening. The Union for Practical Progress met at the Builders’ Exchange last night, and spent the evening in considering the new charter. Alfred Cridge was the principal speaker. He opposed the charter because in his opinion its great length would cause interminable litigation before its real mean- ing was decided. A general discussion followed, and the majority of the speakers opposed the document, though most of tll:em confessed that they had not read it through. Among those who spoke were: M. M. Foote, F. W.Lynch, A. D. Miese- aes, P. J. Healey, M. McGlynn, J. M. eynolds, Joseph Leggett and Dr. John A. Miller. Pursuant to resolution, President C. C. Terrell a%poinhd five men to prepare ten- minute addresses uyon subdivisions of the charter. These will be delivered at the next meeting of the club, which occurs on the 26th inst. F. W. Lynch and A. D. Miesegaes were appointed " delegates to a meeting of the | Lamr Council next Monday night, at which a decision for or againgt the charter will be reached, and a permanent organ- ization formed to influence voters in ac- cordance with that decision ————— Indicted for Counterfeiting. William J. Dean, D. Paquet and Giovanni Montelbaum were indicted for manufacturing and passing counterfeit money by the United States Grand Jury yesterday. ean and Paquet were caught at work in Oakland and Montel- baum in Solano County. Their cases will be set for trial in a few days. e —— Accident to a Coalheaver. Thomas Bailey, a coalheaver, working on board the bark Highland Light, unlogding at the Howard-street bunkers, fell down in the vessel’s hold yesterday aiternoon. When he ‘was taken ashore it was found that his right hipbone was broken. | with the concerts. [F MR. SCHEEL I§ ALLOWED 10 G0! HORRORS UPON HORRORS! THIS CITY WoULD HAVE To CON- FESS ITS JAYNESS. MUSICIANS SHY AT US NOW. ONE MORE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH HicH-Crass MUsic on a FIrRM FOOTING. There is a great fear stalking among the real music lovers of San Francisco that has a tendency to drive them, as indi- viduals, to seek the vicinity of some busy boiler yard where they may be unable to think. - To think is to unbridle this fear, and the fear brings chills and the headache, just like a case of grip. The fear is that Fritz Scheel will be buying a ticket for the East one of these early spring days, and to the Chicago newspaper man and him of New York, also, will repeat the awful saying: “San Francisco is a jay town.” Oh! Oh! That to this extremity we we should come at last. Et tu, Scheel! But it is exactly this extremity that con- fronts us, and if Music herself shall be heard running disconsolately into discord, this thing shall plead her excuse. She is distraugnt. Mr. Scheel, with all the art and cHarm and magic of his baton, has failed in San Francisco. Why? ‘When the terribly inquisitive newspaper man of those unfeeling Eastern newspapers shall put the question Mr. Scheel can do no less than shrug his shoulders, and then the reporter will do no less than write down by way of interpretation, “San Fran- cisco is ajay town,” for Mr. Scheel speaks no English, whereby he might possibly ex- | plain that he meant no such thing. But | if Mr. Scheel goes East he will probably be willing to let his shrug stand unexplained, S spoke the English, for against | any explanation that anybody might un- ; | | dertake stands the fact that Mr. Scheel, backed financially as_it is not often the fortune of men to be backed, failed of pub- lic support in San Francisco. Ten thousand dollars have been sunk in the four weeks of symphony concerts. The rent of the Auditorium has been paid up to the 1st of April, but the series of con- certs which were {o continue through eight weeks will concludeat theend of the fourth | for lack of patronaze. “‘The reason is not because the music has | not been all that was expected,” said | James H. Love in a talk about itlast night. | Mr. Scheel is giving music equal to that | given by any orchestra in the country. He | 1s a better conductor than is the head of | the famous Bosto ymphony orchestra, and he has solists that have piayed as stars in the great orchestras of the world. The prices that have preyailed during these E ices of the Metro- ents for re- y low, and ttends. These concerts have been fathered in such form as makes their failure nothing less than a wonder. The sum of money ary to carry them through was sub- scribed at the start, and everybody sup posed they would be the social craze. Just ook at this.” Hanging at a des k near the entrance of Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, where this conver- sation took place, is the following appeal for aid and Yst of subscribers to the funa, and it was to this that Mr. Love referred: I earnestly appeal to the public to contribute toward Guarantee Fund, now in process of collectiom, to enable Mr. Fritz Scheel to con- tinue his Auditorium concerts. Subscriptions will not be collected unless a sufficient sum is assured. 1 will receive all contributions and adminis- ter the fund. JouN P Mrs. de Young..... [§250 Henry Con 5 Lloyd Tevis...... 100 Cash, C. W. H . 100 Mrs.John Cunnin Mrs. John H. Boalt 100 ham......... 100 James D. Phelan.. 100 W. H. Crocker. 100/ Miss Hobart....... 500 Sachs.. 25 IR0 baux.. 10 Annie Dona- 100! hue . 100 50 Fred Zech Mrs. H. 50| Claus Sprec Cash 5 60| W. Mayo A. A Wheeler. LW Blaskower & Co eSaites Albert Pi: lorence Mills 25 = Herzstein.. 100 Edgar Mil . 50 Judge k. Hayne... 25 Dr. A. Barkan 50/ S.W. Rosenstock.. 25 50 |R 25 25| Arthur Scrivn 25 25 Mr. Greenwood.... 100 50| Mrs. Kahn_. 10| W. O’'B. Macdou- rs. Ira 26 ough.. -~ 50 Mrs.T 40| Jerome Lincol: 50/7. N. ¥ 50 Cash.. .. 20 M 250 C . - 120 50 Miss Buck: 10 Ingham 20, 25 Mr. Carrigan 20 Total.. This amount has been sup some $600 secured at u ladies' tea given by Mrs. Robert A. McLean and other sums by Mrs. Tucker until it reached about $10,000. This sum was subscribed and given outright and was in excess of the re- ceipts of the concerts, but it has all, or most of it, vanished. The salary list alone, exclusive of that of Mr. Scheel, amounts to about $1100 per week. To this must be added the rents of the Auditorium, light, heat, service, advertising, etc.—and that is where the money went. The arrangement for Mr. Scheel’s personal services is private and confidential between himself and John Parrott, president of the Metropolitan Mu- sical Society. “Scheel and his men all want to stay here if they can,” resumed Mr. Love. ‘“‘But Scheel can go wherever music is appre- ciated and get his own figure, you know, and Reiter and _the other well-known solo- ists are in receipt of about three offers per day. Now, if they are allowed to go, it will be to San Francisco’s hurt in a measure that she will not soon recover from. They will not be readily induced to come back, and all of their costly and artistic kind will spurn us. Already the effect of this failure is apparent. I had about completed arrangements with Ysaya, or rather with his manager, R. E. John- son, to come here, and I am to-day in re- ceipt of a letter which briefly expresses regrets ‘because Mr. Ysaya must return to Europe.’ Briefly, they have heard that 00d music does not"fir‘ in San Francisco. ilmore’s band, which intended to come here in May, has also sent regrets, “Now, the odd part of all this is that these concerts are not attended even by the ople who profess to be lovers of music. fany of the people whose names are on that list for liberal subscriptions and who are never tired of talking about the neces- sity of providing high-class music to culti- vate the taste of the people do not them- selyes attend. A lady whose name is among the liberal subscribers was in here the other day talking just that vu{. 1 said something about the beauties of the concert the preoedinglnight- She said she had not been there. I spoke of the concert of last Thursday evening, one of the finest of the series. She had not been there. T expressed the hope that she would attend the concerts yet to come, but she feared her engagements would not permit her to be present. S “Now, the fact is that is just the trouble these society ladies | Concerts were givi | that organi: undertook to crowd the house they could | do it with little effort; their presence alone would do much toward it«t&leir following would do it. Many say there had been too much music all at once, and perhaps that istrue. The need seems to be some relief | to the music—the people cannot sit through | somuch of it. Scheel gave too much for | the money, really, with his ample pro- gramme, and complaisance in the matter of encores. *‘Rut Scheel himself was conscious of the necessity of relieving the strain of 2n even- ing of music by providing something to engage the eye as well, and at the time Mr. Parrott made this engagement with him was training a ballet of seventy-five girls to perform marches and dancing to the | mus; Now there is to be another effort, this | time in the line of opera. The great cost | of bringing the great numbers of high- | priced people incidental to the production | of opera away out here has been a bar in that direction, for it was shown in the re- cent effort in that direction that we have ho theater large enough to make a return of the money invested. The cost of bring- ing the Abbey & Grau Metropolitan Opera Company, orchestraand all, was estimated ‘ at $87, “Now it is thought that with an excel- | lent orchestra, together with a chorus in | constant training, the principals and rima donnas could_be_brought here and San Francisco treat itself with grand opera just whenever the words might be spoken. | So there is to_be a meeting next Frida afternoon, an initiation affair, with a cor cert to go with it, to take steps in thatd rection. “The idea is to organize a ladies’ auxil- iary to the Metropolitan Musical Society after the plan of some Eastern organiza- tion, the members to pledge a certain financial support to all good music, thi opera idea in particular. If this shall suffi- ciently materialize it will result in Mr. | Scheel and his orchestra remaining where they are. “Whatever happéns,” said Mr. Love, | “Mr. Scheel must acknowledge that there | are some people in San Francisco who can | work wonders in behalf of music and I | don’t think he will meet their equal in | many places. They are John Parrott and others at the head of the Metropolitan | Musical Society.” While admitting and regretting the ill success that has attended the later con- | certs under the direction of Mr. Scheel, | some musical people attribute it to other | causes than lack of appreciation. They say that Mr. Scheel’s concerts called out | | crowds at_first and were an unqualified saccess. But interpreter and Mr. Scheel required an for everything he said. | suffered through ‘bad management. n for benefits in which no one had any interest, the bar in the | place had a tendency to prolong the waits | inorder that a few might satisfy thirsts, | and popularity waned in consequence un- | til Mr. Scheel fell into debt. With a good | business head, and managers looking after d suc- the orchestra it is hoped and belie ss will attend it. “Why shouldn’t it?”’ said a member of | the society. “‘Scheel is a better conductor | than Paneér of the Boston Symphony, and | his muic is on a level, if not superior, to | tion. ~Their concerts are | thronged at high prices, tickets are held at a premium and speculated upon. Why | should they not be here—unless—unless— | it is a jay town?”’ BY THE AMERICAN BAND.? Over Five Thousand Persons Carried | Away With Wild Delight—An Ex- cellent Programme. There were more than 5000 persons in | the Mechanics’ Pavilion last night listen- ing to the masic of Director Roncovieri's merican concert band, and if the enthu- siasm of the big crowd was an evidence of | their feelings the work of the largest band | in America was joyfully accepted by the | San Franciscans. | School children were, as is usual on | | ; | | General Bentine Arrives With Aid. [Sketched by a **Call” artist from the screen.) Mondays and Saturdays, admitted free, and as a consequence there was a constant series of juvenile rushes and scurries be- tween the several pieces rendered. If the little ones got in the way of their elders it was accepted as part of the plan of pleasure, and good-nature prevailed on all sides. Of pretty women there were scores, and the many unincumbered young men | looked right and left in semi-bewilderment at the dainty forms that met them on every side. There was fun and amusement, and the more sedate people looked on and langhed reminiscentally. It was a car- nival of music and jollity from which criti- cism was barred. The various illustrations of the music were received with wild outbursts of de- light by the young folks, and the shrill whistle of the omnipresent small boy often threatened to drown the energetic efforts of the hundred men on the stage. The medley selection of orular songs brought out in strong relief the ability of the street whistler, and there were many more accompaniments than there were actual musicians. But it was when the Midwinter Fair was recalled in detail by the screen pictures and the band that the crowd went wild, and insisted on_encore after encore. The Turks, the dancing irls and all the attractions of the Midway laisance were shown on the screens and recognized with delight. g 3 The views of celebrated paintings which brought George Washington strongly to the front proved that patriotism was Syet strong in man, woman and child in San Francisco. The well-known nesro pictures of the **Darktown Events'called out strong applause, as did the next piece, which was descriptive of General Custer’s fight on the Little Big Horn. 2 The piece is a splendid work and the Indian motifs especially well brought out. It is in parts as follows: Sioux Indian wardance—night before the battle. Bugle-calls in Custer's camp before forming the line of march. Custer's cavalry on march to Sioux’s camp, the sound of horses’ hoofs in the distance. Approach of Custer's cavalry with band playing “Red, White and Blue,” the Indians responding with their cus- tomary War music. Battle of “Little Big Horn,” in which our great general lost his life. Arrival of re-enforcements, General Bentine nd cavalry. Custer’s burial, volley of shots, muffied drums and bugle sounding the last calls over our great general's grave. Finale— “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The picture of General Bentine’s arrival with aid was received with enthusiasm, and the battle scene, when it seemed as though all the band were firm§ howitzers, was particularly strong. Call after call showed the appreciation of the crowd. The night alarm, showing a fire-engine rushing out of its house at the first sound of the bell, was shown without music be- cause the re;{eated encores had practically doubled the length of the programme. As it was, when the last march by Ron- covieri was being played the big crowd seemed half-inclined to stay longer and applaud until they got more music, but tlge tired musicians packed up their instru- | should be consulted rather than the con- | in the mechanical engineerin | of the university, and the third deposited | | tion subject to the orders of the president. | WANT LECTORES ON ASTRONOMY, THE REGENTS ASK MORE WORK FROM MOUNT HAMILTON OBSERVERS. DID NOT PAY DUNNE'S BILL. THE STREET CONTRACTOR MaAY HAVE To BRING SUIT FOR His Pav. The Board of Regents of the State Uni- versity met in regular session yeste s Regents Black, Kellogg, Bartlett, Hallidie, Hellman, Houghton, Martin, Marye and Rodgers being present. A long discussion arose over the recom- mendation by the committee on internal administration that only occasional lec- tures be given at Berkeley by the astron- omers of the Lick Observatory instead of regular lecture proposed at the last | meeting. A letter from Professor Holden favoring the o onal tem was read. Regents Rodgers and Hellman spoke at length against the recommendation, de- claring that the needs of the university venience of the astronomers at Mount Hamilton. Regent Houghton thought that the astronomers were already over- worked and disapproved giving them any more to do. The matter was finally re- referred to the committee with instructions io formulate some plan by which the| lectures should be regularly given. Hadji Ephraim Benguiat has presented to the university an_apparatus for distill- ing attar of roses. The gift was formally acknowledged and the apparatus trans- | ferred to the College of Pharmacy. John Merriam was appointed in- structor of paleontology at $100 a month, his salary to commence August 1 noxt. He has been doing some gratuitous work in that department, and his appointment was_strongly recommended by Professor Le Conte. E. C. Landstrom was appointed fireman i shops, vice s pay is $75 | Henry Deckhard, resigned. H a month. Gustave E. Fancheux was appointed in- structor in French at $100 a month, vice S. D. Huntington, resignea. At the request of Professor Howison, G. M. Stratton's leave of absence on half pay was extended to Augu: 896. Heis an instructor in the university and is in Ger- many studying experimental psychology with a view of taking charge of that depart- ment on his return. His half pay amounts | to $50 a month. It was decided to preserve three copies | of the series of photographs prepared for exhibition at the Midwinter Fair. One of these is to be kept available for future exhibitious, another to be preserved in portfolios as a permanent historical record | in the different departments of the institu- The committee on grounds were given $50 for planting Boston ivy about the building and $500 for other improvements. They wanted $1400. It was reported that to light the library by electricity from the university plant volves an equipment expenditure of $: and an_annual expense of $757 50. To electricity from the Berkeley Electric-light Company would cost equipment $3760, an- | nual expense $1125, If gas is to be us new pipes must be laid. No action was taken. | Bills for the month of Februnary, aggre- | | | gating $17,68199, were approved and or- dered paid. The bill of J. J. Dunne for grading_Col- lege way, a street of Berkeley, adjoining | the university grounds, amounting to $1477, | s returned by the finance committee | vith the report that there were no funds available for its payment. and that the | work had been done without authority. | An opinion from Attorney John B. Mhoon | i was read, stating that the grounds of the | At the First Alarm. [Sketched by a *Call” artist from the sereen.] | | university are not subject to a lien for im- | provements ordered by the municipality. Mr. Flynn was empowered to employ a printer for one month at $75, to do certain | work which has heretofore been done by a | boy at $30 a month. The boy has accepted | a better situation. | Recommendations by President Kellogg | that W. C. Blasdale’s salary be increased | $10 o month in lieu of compensation for | summer school work, that Professor W. C. | Jones be allowed $100 expenses to attend an important educational convention in | Denver next July, and that Professor Soule be empowered to purchase a needed sur- veying transit were referred to the finance | committee. Its members intimated that their action will be unfavorable. THAT’S FINE! Only one thing cheap about this DIVAN—price. Silk-covered,in- laid mahogany, Not ‘“special,” not “cut,” not | “reduced”—but our REGULAR price. An ornament to any one's par- lor—why not yours? INDIANAPOLIS ments and the crowd left, chatting about the pleasant musical evening. —_——————— NorHING spurious is found in the Almighty Dollar (Cigar). » FURNITURE CO. | As presented by the Superb Comyp 750 Mission St, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & CO. (Incorporated), Proprietors Sceond and Last W MISS 1 BURROUGELS, Supporied by Her Own Exe Company, senting Henry Arthur Jo Powertul Pl JTUODAET By Arrangement with E. S. WILLARD. HAVE YOU Thought that the fiFst Real Comic Opera of the Season is an- nounced for March 18, and that TO-MORROW MORN- ING at 9 0'clock Seats and Boxes GO ON SALE FOR MASTER £ 60 Artists W hitn Under the STOCKWELL’S THEATER. S.F. A.Co................Leonard Grover, Manager Matinees Saturday and Sunday. The Two Greatest Shows on Earth Com- bined in One. $3500 Expenses This Star Week. HUMPTY DUMPTY AND THE BLACK CROOK. ENTIRE DOUBLE COMPANY. Two Clowns, The Star Dog Circus. The Monkey Circus. A Great Army of Specialties. The Glorious Pageant, ““The Shower of Gold.” Positively No Free List This Week. Prices Just the Same—10c., 15c. 35¢. and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater In America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT 8, Second Week and Regular Matinees. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION Of Sims and Pettit’s Great Melodrama, IN THE RANKS! Great Success of MAUD EDNA HALL. ENING PRICES—10¢, 25¢ and 50c. Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. Seats on Sale from 9 A. 3. t0 10 . . Ao Mgs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manager SE=RIGHE ORE WEEKONLY Grand Production Lecocq’s Masterpiece, GIROFLE - - GIROFLA Monday, Ma: In Preparation, LU ARD JR. B Popular Prices—25 METROPOLITAN MUSICAL SOCIETY'S CORCERTS Horr FRITZ SCHEEL, Kapellmetster. ILAST VWIERE ! THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 O’CLOCK, PUBLIC SYMPHONY REHEARSAL. Overiure, “In Autumn”. .....Grieg Sympuony No. 7 Beethoven Suite, Casse Noiset: owsky Fourth Symphony Concert. Friday and Saturday, Popular Concert. SUNDAY, MARCH 17. IRISH NATIONAL NIGHT. PRICES: Admission to Popular Concerts, 25¢; n to Symphony Concerts, 50c; reserved 25¢ extra. Seats on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s daily, 9. M.105P M MECHANICS’ PAVILION. MONSTEIR ——MUSICAL FESTIVAL—— AND— PROMENADE FAIR! AMERICAN CONCERT BAND! ALFRED RONCOVIERI, Director. ILLUSTRATED MUSIC. ADDED FEATURES Turkish Theater! Royal Marionettes! Mystic Tllusions ! Foster's Tamale Grotto! Programme Changed Every Night. General Admission with reserved seat.....25 cents American Night Next Friday. | CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors THE | TIME i ONLY A FEW MORE HOYT'S A TEMPERANCE TOWN From Hoyt's Theater, New York. L. R. STOCEWELL as Mink Jones. — MARCH 18— EEILY BANCKER in “0UR FLAT.” ALCAZAR THEATER. SUCCESS !——SUCCESS! CEARLES RICGS’ NEW YORK COMPANY Tx- LELE CLEMBENCEAT CASI!: TISS ROSE STILLMAN as IZA. THE SISTERS O’BRIEN Late of the Alhambra Theater, London. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THIS SHOW! Prices—75¢, 50¢ and 25c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. In Their Famous Fairy Ballet, for Two Seasons the Craze of New York Ci 3-THE BROTHERS FORREST—3 Eccentric Musical Comedians, Direct from Europe; MAGEE AND CRIMMINS, In the Greatest of All Burlesque Boxing Acts; LYDIA YEAMANS-TITUS, DELAUE & DEBRIMON and ADELE PURYIS ONRI, comprisi GRANDEST SHOW IN THE CITY! ' Reserved Seats, 26c; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairs and Box Seats, 50¢. WIGWAM, GREAT SUCC First Production of the Fascinating Musical Burlesque, POCAEIONTAS! By ALICE YORK and a Magnificent Compan; B9 Reserved Seats, 26¢; Upera Uhairs, General Admission, 10c. RUNNING RUNNING 238 " RACES! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER MEETING, BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATIE_D_AY, OCT. 27, 1894, Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Races start at 3 . 30 sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass t2e gaie. Corner Stockton and Geary Sts.