The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢4, 1895. AMUSEMENT. BALDWIN THEATER.—* Dorz CorTyBIA THEATER—“Diplemacy.” MoRosCO's OPERA-HOUSE—“Love and Law..” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE— % S. CORPHEUM—High-Class V GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—* BAY DISTRICT TRACK STATE BOARD OF etxeet, below Seco RADE % Tuesday, Septem= alesrooms, 638 Markct BY EAsToN, ELDRIDG ber 24, Real Est t street, at 12 o'clock noo: WILLIAM J. DINGEE eal Estate Auc- tioneer, 460 and 462 reet, will sell at auction Sautrday, September 28, the Lake Mer- ritt Bonlevard The Beresford Hotel will be closed for re- pairs next week. Anthony McLean divorce yesterday. Work on Tie mence this mo The See Yuy of agreeing to Y Josephine ( obtained his decree of e Commissioners, was changed to James udge Sanderson. = s Yatman will open a two Central Methodist Church leading characteristic of the r to-dey by Forecast Offi- u nces of Alameda dealt with | McCosh” at the Presby- n. wine belonging to the Fair ts a gallon. d of Health has reported 120 deaths | st week against 85 for the corre- ast year. ruzan gave a masterly address on Trend of Religious Thought” at nal Monday Club. Tancisco {md Southern Heigh £ the Spring Valley Water Company | ve & better service in those sections. ret Madden, & dressmaker, wants John is, real-estate agent, arrested for sell- a lot which did not belong to him. d Lubin of Sacramento is here prepar- | s bill for & bounty on agricuitural pro 10 be presented in Congress next winter. soapmakers. | of the Fortieth Id & meeting last evening, in Hall, on Fillmore street, near Bush. en’s court yesterday for the ck Brown on a chergeof bat-| | holic young men of the City will | 1 St. Mary’s Cathedral next Friday even- | m an organization for spiritual pur- | e orchardists are desirous of having the t-growers’ Convention held in Sacramento hange the present shipping and mar- tem. urrer is to be filed in the Jennie Par- d-will case to-day, in which flagrant forgery are to bealleged by the al heirs. Solomon Levin is working hard to secure lon for her hushand and Isidore Wood, who were sent to jail for sending obscene liter- ature through the mail. Reports were made at.a meeting of union carpenters last evening that the building d ivelier and better wages are being than for a long time past. ot George C. Per has written to the State Departn attend the Atlanta Exp sist in advertising Cal The Society of California Volunteers held a at_the Occidental Hotel last 2 Major W. B. Hooper with & their esteem. t of Trade stating that ‘he it n this fall and as- or h Harbor Comm ners will meet with Architects Page and Percy & Hamilton w 1 _definite action will be taken in to building the ferry depot. meeting of the San Francisco Pres- at Lebgnon Church Jonald M. Ross was A moderator for the next six months, The_Solid FEight, less Supervisor Dunker, isted twenty-one municipal janitors and gar- from_ official positions yesterday and ted the places among their friends. L. Rollins was held to answer before the rior Court before Judge Conlan yesterday $1000 bonds, for cutting Thomas Regan, Filbert street, with a razor on Septem- 1 ' 631 - talent experienced another rather at the track yesterday, but two first shing in frout. The successful horsos were: ato, Olivia, Tim Murphy, Mamie Scott and us, dell Easton is 1n favor of the real-estate We men of California meeting for the purpose of meking a grand exhibit of California’s re- sources at the coming Montreal international display Fire caused a damage of ebout $1600 at Hart | Bros.’ harness and robes establishment, corner | Pine and Front streets, at 5:50 P, M. terday. The cause is unknown. The alarm was sent in from box 264. City and County Attorney Cresweil has ad- vised the Board of Supervisors to drop the law- suits hinging on the Potrero extension. This is in line with the judgment entered by Judge Slack on a test case. farguerite G. Daniel has petitioned the r Court for permission to become 8 sole She wants to deal in patent medi- Her husband, C. G. Danlel, does not trader. rines. support her, she says. James Keir Hardie, M. P., addressed a large audience at Metropolitan Hall last night on socialism. His traveling companion, Frank Smith, ex-secretary of the International Labor party, also lectured on the same subject. The District Attorney will close for the peo- ple ia the Durrant case to-day, according to a statement by Mr. Barnes last evening. Mr. Deuprey states that in his opening statement he will give the public & grest surprise. Mayor Sutro’s veto of the $2 25 tax levy was ignored by the Solid Etght of the Board of Su- | pervisors yesterday and placed on file. A test suit will be brought to enjoin Auditor Brod- erick from taking any action in the matter. President J. H. Neff, Vice-President Sam- uel Thornton and Executive Committeeman Charles G. Yale met together yesterday at the State Mining Bureau and talked over the pre- liminaries for the coming Miners’ <convention of October 14. Ah Ling, the assistant cook who is charged with robbing and murderously attacking his employer, Mrs. Dora Reede, was arraignea in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday. He pleaded not guilty, and his examination was continued for two M. J. Hayes, 163 Ninth street, went to 112 Clinton street yesterday to collect a bill, He cleims that one of the male occupants of the house thrashed him, breaking a bone on the right side of his face. He was attended at the Receiving Hospital. District Attorney Barnes announced last evening that the State’s case against Theodore Durrant was nearly completed. The chief witness yesterday was W.J. Phillips, who cor- roborated the essential facts of Pawnbroker Oppenhejm’s testimony. A warrsnt for the arrest and deportation of Wah Shee was issued yesterday by Judge Mor- row. The Chinese is just completing a ten years’ sentence in San Quentin for burglary, and the Marshal will arrest and deport him as soon &s he leaves the prison-walls. Mrs. de Long, an elderly woman, who lived on Frederick street and De Long avenue, was found unconscious on Market and Eighth streets. She was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital and died in a.few minutes, the cause being spoplexy. The body was removed to the morgue. . The financial results of the presentation of «As You Like It” at Sutro Heights on Satur- day for the benefit of the Channing Auxiliary Fund net above $3000, of which the Columbia Theater gets 55 per cent and the fund 45 per cent &fter the first $1000, which was, guaran- teed the theater. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion assert that while tne Sutro Raflroad Com- peny has ordered its steam boilers from a local corporation, it has specified a pattern that is cnly made in the East, inereby violating the spirit of the agreement under which the street- car franchise was obteined. At the meeting of the Debris Commission yesterday & permit was given to_the owners of the Homestead mine near Gold Lake in Sierra County to use & hydraulic stream in their mining operations. Permits to construct em- pounding dams were granted to the owners of the Canada and Argentine mines in Sierra County. | ch | from a new: ALONG THE WATER FRONT. The Local British Representa- tive’s Title Raised to Con- sul-General. INQUIRY ON THE BAWNMORE. More Monotonous Belgic News—She Is Still Ashore and Resting Easlly. Hereafter the title of the British repre- sentative in this City will be Consul- General, and the first officer to bear it will | be J. W. Warburton. The Consul-General | will take charge of the office in Novem- | ber and Vice-Consul Moore, the present | official, will probably be continued in the | institution as Consul. | The increased importance of the con- | sulate in this City hasimpelled the British | Foreign Office to raise the rank of its rep- | resentative in the chief Pacific Coast City. | Other changes in the offices on this sea- | board will follow, as a matter of course. | The Portland Vice-Consul will be raised to | a Consul ranking next to this consulate. | The position of assistant chief wharfinger | is the only question of stirring importance | before the Board of Harbor Commissioners now. Edward Short, the whartinger at Mission No. is strongly in the lead for the place. His best and probably enly qualification is that he will fill both offices at $175 per month, the assistant chief’s | salary This is a s bad beginning in the way of economy However, James Boobar, the outgoing chief, who is favored by many licans, and Thomas Casey, Mr. Colnon’s choice, are looking forward to the place. It 18 very probable that whoever the president of the board favors will be sen, and Short, to use a popular phrase, is on to himself, and will remain quietly where he is. The British naval court held before Act- ing Consul-General Moore to investigate the wreck of the steamer Bawnmore has made its report. Captain Woodside is exonorated from all blame and retains his certificate. The findings of the court conclude as follows: Tpon the evidence given the vessel appears 1o have been navigated in a seamanlike and proper manner, and, in the opinion of this court, the stranding of the ship is attributaole to an'excess of current setting in toward the land, of which the master could have no knowledge in_the th ather prevailing since leaving Cape Fl The error in the compass 50 appears to have contributed to | | thud. ing of $1500 a year—nota “ | Repub- | to drop on two agents with a dull, dull It is no secret “‘on the street” that these agents are Mr. Capelle of the North German Lloyd steamers and Daniel Web- ster Hitchcock of the Union Pacific. No shadow of coming disaster has cast itself as yet over either of these men. The deponair Mr. Hitchcock laughs at the charges of rate cutting involving him, and Mr. Capelle thinks the whole matter a joke that has the fault of going too far. A trifling fine of $250 or so is the penalty that may be 1nflicted on any violator of the local compact to not pay commissions. With these men a fine is likely tomean a fine, as every man in the association has a good sized deposit up, and all the judges have to do to square things is simply to extract the amount of the fine from the cash aeposit. Smith, secretary factotum and prose- cutor, winked the other eye yesterday when asked about the situation. He de- clined to give any information and pro- fessed righteous indignation that Tae CALL | should have dared to poach on the ticket men’s preserves, and report all that goes on at the star chamber meetings. The Railway Commissioners will meet to-morrow at 1 ». . Just what will hap- pen nobody knows exactly. That 8 per cent schedule of Dr. Stanton’s has come from the State Printing Office and gone back agamn after being corrected. It has to be served on the Southern Pacific offi- cials before the real fun can begin, A special meeting of the Traffic Associa- tion’s executive committee is called for to-day at 3:30 ». M. The chief matter to be talked over is the proposed missionary work which 1t. is figured is necessary to draw in_new members of the association. The business portion of the City is to be regularly districted and every member of | the executive committee will be made an active worker on a general membership committee whose sole object will be to scoop in all the new members possible. A jolly erowd of railroad men and ladies, including T. H. Goodman, Sam Miller, William Be Deil, C. C. Crane and Jesse Meehan, returned from a trip up the hill yesterday. They went to Truckee, thence to Tahoe and returning made stops all along the line the other side of Sacra- mento. It was cold at Tahoe, but Host Bliss made things as warm as he could for every one WILL CHANGE TS FACE, { An Old Landmark, “The Beres- | ford,” Will Be Closed for | Repairs. | _— ; Notable Improvement Projected in | { | Historic Building —To Be Sold or Leased. a | Asthe years go by the faces of familiar | City buildings change. So gradually do these transformations take place that it is =N ! ¢ S =1 THE BERESFORD AS IT [Sketched by a APPEARED YESTERDAY. “Call’ artist.] the loss of the vessel, in causing her to be taken inside her course up to the 27th of August, when the error in the compass was ed and rectified. dering these circumstances the court sees no ground for blaming the conduct of the master_and returns his certificate herewith. | The officers and crew appear to have con- | ducted themselves properly and used thei best endeavors to save the vessel. | The Oriental and Ozcidental steamship Belgic, stranded at the entrance of the har- bor of Yokohama, seems'to have settled down on the rocksfor a long stay. Several three-word cablegrams have filtered into this port which have been very interesting standpoint, but a little mo- notonous. They read somewhat in this style: “The Belgic is on the rocks, but | resting easily and will be floated.” *‘The Belgic is ashore and resting easily, and all preparations completed for getting her off.” “The Belgic is on_the beach, resting easily, and it is expected that she will soon be gotten off. Somebody notified the office here that the second officer had lost his life, but no | details of fatal accident bave been given. | However, a dispatch was received yester- day which may shed some light upon the disaster. It says: “The Belgic is still ashore resting easily, and preparations are nearly completed to float her off.” The cruiser Philadelphia has eniisted nearly all the men she required, forty, and the Thetis will ship twelve to fill up her crew. Captain John Ross and six men of the steam schooner Maid of Oregon, wrecked near RoguewRiver, came down on the Crescent City yesterda; Henry Peterson’s gasoline launch Amy is being fitted with a new deck-house at Folsom-street wharf, the old one being too small for the boat. Past Assistant Surgeon M. J. Roseneau, U. 8. has been detailed as assistant quarantine officer at Angel Island. SOMETHING MAY DROP An Inquisition Promised to Prosecute Charges of | Rate Cutting. Trafflc Assoclation’s Executive Committee Propose an Ag- gressive Campalgn. That inquisition of the local association of railway ticket agents will not be held to-day, nor yet to-morrow, but it’s coming. At the stormy meeting of last week, when the ordtory loosened the plastering on the fourth floor of the Mills building, 8mith, the lord high prosecutor, asked for further time. He was givenit, for railway men are proverbially genetous with other people’s time, but he cannot, under the. rules, have more than ten days. He says he does not want more than half that time, so it is likely that a special meeting to try the culprits will be ordered the latter part of this week. It will be a secret affair, something after the sort that resulted in tne burial alive of Constance de Beverly. No one really im- agines that any ticket agent has any fate as bad as that in store for him, but the knowing ones say that something is going only the daily record which can catch them in their flight. Yet step by step the enterprise of individuals is werking to buitd up San Francisco to an equality superstructurally with her sister cities in the East. 3 William Chamberlain, for the past twelve vears the popular host of the Beresford otel, has announced his intention to re- tire from the business, and on the 1st prox. will sever his connection with the well- known hastelry. .The building, which is on the northwest corner of Stockton and Bush streets, will be closed at the time for repairs, and will be thoroughly remodeled, with a view to either a long lease or the sale of the prop- erty. The building, which is the property of John C. and Edward Coleman, was erected in 1871, and was at that time one of the largest family hotels in the City. It has been added to and improved three times since. 1t has been used continuously as a hotel since its erection, and it is probable that it will be so continued after its renovation, although it has not been decided as yet by the owners under what management. WANT THEIR LIBERTY. Mrs. Levin Working Hard to Secure a Pardon for Her Husband and His Accomplice. Mrs. Solomon Levin is working hard to secure the pardon of her husband, who is now serving a year in the Alameda County Jail for sending obscene literature throug! the mail. She had tried again and again to get Judge Morrow, District Attorney Foote, Assistant District Attornev Bert Schlesinger and Postoffice Inspector Erwin to sign a petition for his pardon. She made a special appeal to Mr. Erwin and cried bitterly when she met with a re- fusal. Then she wentdown on her knees and begged, but the inspector was obdu- rate, and when Mrs. Levin approached hysterics he left the room. A l‘;w min- utes later the weeping woman left the building but said she would try again., She has already secured the signatures of nearly all the jurors, but without those of the prosecuting witness and the Judge and District Attorney who tried the case she has no hope of success. The cases against Solomon Levin and Isadore Wood were very clear and the sen- tence imposed was considered very lenient. They are well treated in the jail, Levin being head steward and Wood chief cook. They pine for liberty, however, and In- spector Erwin is determined they shall not get 1t until they have served their term. ———— * An Electric Company Incorporated. Articles of incorporation of the Merced Falls Eleetric Power and Mnnufiwkurlni‘ Company were filed yesterday by Attorney John T. Flem- ing. The capital stock is $1,000,000, of which 60,000 is actually subscribed, as follows: John T, Fleming, $10,000; R. H. buncan, $10,- 000: Aagustus Laver, the City Hall architect, #10,000; Basil Owen of England, $1 5 Herman Jahn, $10,000. Small Fry Swindlers. Some of the mennest of these are they who seek t0 trade upon and make capital out of the reputa- tion of the greatest of American tonics, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, by imitating its ontward guise. Reputable druggists, however, will never folst npon you us genuine spurions imitations of or substitute Tor this sovereign remedy for malaria, rhenmatism, dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint and nerv- ousness. Demand, and if the dealer be honest, you will get the genuine article, 'HIS POVERTY PANACEA, James Keir Hardie Says That One Can Be Found in Socialism. AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE Gathered to Listen to the Scotch- man’s Exposition of the Social Problem. James Keir Hardie, M. P., and the re- puted greatest living exponent of social- cadences, and at times his rhythmic8cotch grou could hardly be distinguished from is quotations from the poets. In opening his iecture he made an apnlogy for the slight difference in his speech from that of his hearers, and ex- pressed sympatny for them in that they had not been taught the Scotch language. He continued : But if our aceents are somewhat different I believe our interests are the same, and where interests are the same some means of com- munication will be found. John Bull may be great and imposing in his own eye, but Uncle Sam could hang him to his watch-chain without feeling in-the least in- commoded. There are many National attri- butes in which you are gzreater, and many which I admire as being ahead of what we have in the old country; but I cannot help re- marking that your reporters have the greatest and most fertile imaginations. He then launched into the pith of his subject as follows: Here we areat the end of the nineteenth century, one of the most wonderful the world has ever witnessed, when we have machinery working in the production of wealth and cre- ating four and eix times the amount that could be produced by hand. But while the wealth TRANK SMiTh y&to( 3 TALKED OF CAPITALISTIC < MICROBES . JAMES KEIR HARDIE. [From a sketch made by a *“ Call” artist.] ism, assisted by his traveling companion. | Frank Smith, ex-secretary of the Inter national Labor party, entertained a well filled auditorium and gallery at Metropol tan Hall last evening with lectures on the problem of poverty and socialism, in the course of which the latter was put forth as | a panacea for all the ills tha% the body | politic and social economy is heir to. The | meeting was under the auspices of the San | Francisco section of the Socialist Labor | party. The reception committee comprised the | following named gentlemen: J. C. Gar-| rett, Messrs, Beresford, Seltzer, Warnecke | Jr., Lewis, Stubenrauch, Laccuse and Copeland. Chairman J. C. Garrett, in calling the meeting to order, said that Mr. Hardie was a lecturer of international reputation, but, he continued, his lectures have been unfairly reported by the press ot this coun- try wherever he has spoken. He added that his pleasure was heightened by moticing in the audience so many who are not usu- ally seen at socialist meetings. The en- trance of the noted socialists upon the stage occasioned an outburst of applause. The first address of the evening was de- livered by Frank Smith, ex-secretary of the International Labor party of London. In speaking of the social problem he said that the existence of one hovel, in his opinion, took away the grandeur and glory of a hundred palaces. He referred to the House of Commons as a vocal windmill, and said that the mem- bers chattered there like a_lot of parrots, and that the entrance of Keir Hardie into the hallways of Parliament was like the introduction of a strange variety of bird into a ane of the feathered tribe. The members looked askance at his cap, and then when he wore Knickerbockers that also failed to Ylease. “‘But it was not the cap they really objected to,” he said; “it was the head under it. The ideas that came from it did not accord with theirs or with tradition.”” Continuing he said: Why don’t we deal with sick nations as we do with sick people? When you visit a doctor he goes down to the cause first and then ap- plies the remedy. So it should be with nations. Their troubles have some fundamental reason. It is this we must discover before we can effect a cure. The microbe that is affecting the health of the body politic of John Bull is the landlord. And heis probably also affecting Uncle Sam's health. But you know this best. The greatest evil in Great Britain is the &rivnte ownership of iand. Some of our subjects, these microbes, own 30,000,000 acres of your land, taking it from the use of your farmers for theirown aggrandizement and your injury. ou have got to uurpreu the microbes. You have got to make it impossible for these para- sites to feed on your vitals. He ridiculed the idea of relief to the working classes coming from any of the political parties, and remarked that an old country politician’s conscience could give points to the hide of a rhinoceros for im- E:netrahimy, and said his audience could st judge of the politicians of this coun- try. He wenton: We want to get rid of these men who get rich at the expense of the laborer. We must de- throne King Money. It is the money powers of the world that rule, not the heads of nations. How are we to getridof them? There is only one way—now don’t get alsrmed--and that is socialism. [Applause.] 1 am glad 10 see you are not afrald of this bogie. Itsimply means that the weakest shall have a chance, and that the strongest shall not crowd him to the wall. It means thatthe pres- ent idle landlord shall be made to earn his own living. Socialism can’t come in piecemeal; it must come as & whole, and it depends on you for its arrival. © He referred to the reé»ort that 182 rail- roads of the United States were in the hands of receivers, and attributed their bankrupt condition to the watering of their stock. . He added that after the Gov- | ernment’s representatives had restored these enterprises to health they.were re- turned to the capitalist manipulators to be again dosed with a hydropathic treat- ment. He suggested that the proper course would be for the Government to re- tain control of them and thus inaugurate a state of socialism. A similar course, he concluded, should be followed with regard to other affairs. x Mr. hardie was then introduced amid | applause. He spoke in slowly flowing | scale of wages is diminishing, of nations is growing relatively greater, the In every coun- try of the world wages are on the down grade and the conditions of labor are growing harder. It is daily becoming more difficult for a man to make his living and at the same time maintain his independence. Every day sees a nearer approach to the slavery of laborers. We have the right to nsk what is producing these results. Wherever you find a competi- tive industrial system you find underpay at one end and overpay at the other. He denied that temperance, iree trade or protection were the causes of the evils of which he complained, and continued: Land should be as tree as air, and should not be owned by individuals, but by the commu- nity as & whole. In like manner individual enferprises should be held in the same way. The worker and the capitalist should be made to work slike and each be made to earn his share of the combined produce of labor and capital. This is socialism. Socialism is reported to mean red-rioting and red-ruin and the dividing up of all property equally among all men.” This is the cry of those who wish to injure our cause. These grisly phantoms of socialism arc held up by those opposed to our views in order to scare off its possible adherents. We are told that if the worker is too urgent in his demands the capitalist will take away his capital to other lands. Land, machinery, railroads and houses are capital. I imagine one of your landlords carrying off a tract of land to some other country; imagine Mr. Huntington with a mile or two of his railroad tracks trailing after him and speeding off to some more quiet nook; imagine Mr. Pullman with a car under each arm heading after Mr. Huntington. But can they take off the bone and sinew and origin of all capital and wealth—the laborer? How can socialism be brought about? This isa question very frequently put. The plan is to Yropngl!e the prineiple of socialism and leave it to each one to apply it himself. Here he advised a thorough course of reading on political economy, and more particularly of works on socialism, of which he gave a comprehensive list. He continued: ‘We want socialism to come not as the result of the poverty of the people; not as the result of the oppression of the people, but as the re- sult (;x the 1ntelligence and eduecation of the ople. Trade unions exist as a foundation of social- jsm, and every man who works at a_trade should ally himself with the union. All good that has come to the worker has come through the trade nnions. As the trade unions grow in ;}ower 80 does the power of the capitalist grow. rade unions should be supported by the Gov- ernment and should not be discouraged and fle&roycd whenever it comes in conilict with abor. He charged that religion and politfes were used to keep workingmen apart. The workingmen of San Francisco should organize a party of their own, run it with their own money and use it for their own benefit. Trouble is they will not work together. What right have we to expect help from the pulpit or the préss if we do not help ourselves? If the church to-day were doing its dut; there could be neither poverty on one han nor millionaires on the other. It is true Chris- tianity should be properly appiied. There is & feeling of unrest dimong the down- trodden laborer that is growing,and that gives me dread. The education that has been and is going on among the working people will mafie them in the future demand more leisure, more comforts, and it is this growing feeling for justice that is causing the unrest. He referred to the growing power of the socialist movement in all the great coun- tries of Euro%e, and added thatit was now time for the United, States, the country of greatest liberty, to take her place in the van of this movement. % Mr. Hardicand hiscolleague in the cause of socialism have been in the country but four weeks, and in their use of American’ idioms and slang expressions and their reference to conditions in the United States show that they have been close readers of the newspapers of the United States and close observers of the people and their habits. : During_the evening it was announced that Mr. Hardie woula appear as follows in this city: At the entertainment of the Jewish section of the Socialist Labor party on October 6, at the Temple, 117 Turk street; the entertainment of the San Francisco section of the Socialist Labor party, at the same place, on October 29; this evening at a Jolnt meet] ni of the SBociety of Applied Christianity and the Union for Prac- tical Progress, at the Builders' Exchange, 16 Post street. County Clerk Curry’s Test Case. The case of W. H. Murphy against County Clerk C. F. Curry, to compel the acceptance of fees by the latter, will be tried before Judge Seawell on October 2. In this suit the ques- tion whether County officers shall hold office for four years is involved. AT THE CITY THEATERS, Successful Debut of the New Leading Man at the Columbia. MILTON NOBLES AT MOROSCO' *“Dorcas” at the Baldwin—Fun at the Alcazar—“Ernani” at the Tivoli—-The Orpheum. The Countess Zicka, in “Diplomacy,” has been considered for a good many years to be one of Miss Rose Coghlan’s strongest roles. Her impersonation of the part last night at the Columbia Theater showed that Zicka is still a character in which she can make one of her best im- pressions. One point in her favor is that the Countess is not necessarily a very young woman. Miss Coghlan wore magnificent and cunningly designed dresses, which concealed the ample curves of her figure and made her look a most fascinating adventuress of a certain age. All through the drama she plaved with passion and force, sometimes with too much melodramatic energy, but she gen- erally carried her audience with her, and there was a touch of sincerity in the way that she acted her ‘‘confession’ scene with Henry Beauclerc, in the last act, that sent people home singing her praises. Tt was in the splendid support afforded to Miss Coghlan by the men of the cast that the real strength of last night’s performance lay,s however. Charles T. Richman, the com‘)lny’s latest recruit, is_a finished and accomplished Jeadiug man. His rendering of the character of Julien Beauclerc was not only manly and graceful but was marked by exceptional gen- uineness and sincerity of emotion. Dixey’s Baron Stein was as’ fine & bit of character act- ing as it would be %ossih]e to find, and his makeup was a triumph of art. Too much praise cannot_be given to William Beach’s interpretation of Henry Beauclerc, and Norval McGregor as Count Olaff did some clever acting. The scene in which the Count tells the Beauclerc brothers his suspicions of Julian Beauclerc's wife, Dora, was one of the gems of the performance—the Count's ago- nized desire to be excused from bearing testi- mony, Julian’s fierce but suppressed eagerness to hear the worst, and Henry Beauclerc’'s wise weighing of the case, were all splendidly expressed. Miss Estelle Clayton was too mature a Dora and she seemsd entirely without sympathy for the part. Miss Maude Winter was a pleasant and youthful Lady Fairfax and Miss Rossmore looked handsome and acted acceptably as the Marquise. There was a pretty little French maid in the bill, too, but the cast was one in which the men bore off the real honors. The Baldwin. There was a good house at thé Baldtvin last night, the audience being lovers of music who wanted to hear Pauline Hall and her company in “‘Doreas,” which entered upon the second week of its presentation. Several new songs were introduced, and amollg the number was one for barytone, composed "by Ivan Caryll, sung in “The Artist's Model,” now on the stage in London. It was rendered by H. Chilvers, and proved # great success, receiving well- merited applause. “Trilby” will be the eext attraction at this house. Tivoli Opera-House, Another grand opera production was given yestérday evening at the Tivoli, and its en- thusiastic reception proved the wisdom of the management in taking to the higher walks of the lyric stage. Last night's opera was ‘‘Ernani,” a work which has achieved the greatest popu- larity in this country perhaps of any of Verdls works -except “Il Trovatore.” The = dramatic character of Elvira is well suited to Miss Valerga, both in acting and singing; indeed, her impassioned style quite carried the house. Martin Pache was also quite at home in the part of Ernani and created an excellent impression, though-the part is a thankless one. Raffael as Don Carlos carried off a large share of the honors of the evening; his scene in the tomb was exception- ally good. Bradwick made a dramatic Don Silva, and the rest of the cast was satisfactory. The costumes were resplendent. The Grand Opera-House. Flattered, indeed, must have been Milton Nobles last evening when he saw the large audience that greeted his reappearance in this City, and the hearty applause which followed his entre on the stage must have pleased him much. It wasa hearty welcome to one who is a favorite with playgoers. The play in which he opened was “Love and Law,” a comedy- drama written by himeelf and in which he took the leading role, Felix O'Paff, an attorney- at-law, which role he sustained most admira- biy. The pieceis not a new one on the San Francisco boirds, but, presented as it was last evening, it will certainly fill the opera-house every night that it is staged. The scenery from the’ brushes of Sydney Chidley and Henry Schlotte is admirablé, par- ticularly the view of New York harbor in the first act, and Giovanni Conti in the second. The actors and actresses to whom were as. si%ned the several characters had given care- ful study, under the direction of the play- wright, to the spirit and letter of their lines, and as a result each was letter perfect in wor and action. It is not often thaton a first night a Yeflormunce is given without & hitch, n the character of Ritta, the street singer. supposed to be the daughter of Giovanni Conti, an organ-grinder and keeper of & Crosby-street rendezyous for those who dispose of stolen oods, but in reality an abducted child, Maud dna Hall gave evidence of a talent that those who had seen her in characters more quiet and requiring less action hardly thought her pos- sessed of. In & serious part Julia Blane, who has generally appeared in comedy parts, gave a good representation ot old Rosa, the consort of Contl. As a policeman, Charles Swain, the popular comedian of this house, did not have the opportunity to dispiay his ability to “bring down the house.” He appeared as ill at ease ina tightly buttoned upcoat and belt as do some of our reguiars since they were forced to button their coats and wear belts, The Aloazar, Herbert Hall Winslow’s comedy, “Chip of the 0ld Block,” which was given at the Alcazar last evening, is one that is full of fun, and it certainly pleased the many who witnessed its first presentation, for the applause was fre- quentand the laughter continuous, two sure signs that the work of those behind the foot- lights is satisfactory. Of course there is enough plot to enable the audience to dis- cover that a heavy villain is endeavoring to deprive a young girl, his niece, of a fortane that belongs to her, but there are introduced in it A number of specialties that are taking. R. L. Scott, in the character of major, has & art with s grest desl of action, and he plays gll part well. His imitations of the perform. ers at Tony Pastor’s are very clever bits of bur- les«ine. Gracie Plaisted as Pixey has a part which gives her a splendid opportunity of dis- playing her versatility, and she makes the most of that opportunity. In singing “I'll Not Forget You, Daddy.” she scored a great success. The other characters were sus- tained in a creditable manner, by the other members of the company, each contributing his or her share to the general fund of amuse- ment. The play ought to draw well, The Orphenm. There is no decrease in the size of the audi- ences that crowd the Orpheum every evening to witness the vaudeville performance at this house. Miss Pearl Andrews, the mimic artiste, charms the audience with her correct imita- tions of noted actors and actresses, while Mc- Mahon and Ki.hurmre the people in planta- tion dancing. eir mastery of that style of dancing entitles them to the credit of being the greatest in their line. Hugh J. Emmett, the musical humorist and ventriloquist, gives a wonderfully neat performance, and Haines and Pettingill are extremely amusing in their sketch, “The Only Poolroom Open.” The other numbers are interesting and amusing. “UNOLE GEORGE” IN THE EAST. Mr. Bromley Pleasantly Entertained by His Friends. Telegrams and letters received at the Bohemian Club from Uncle George Brom- ley and others from San Francisco indi- cate that a convivial wave extending on the Atlantic coast from New London to New York has brought great joy to man- kind. One message by wire reads: ptember 22, 1895. Club giving Uncle NEW YORK, Se; Bohemian Club: Lambs George Bromley spiendid reception. A real Bohemian night. Signed] : d Townsend, Frank Meyer, Billy Barton, Barton Hill, Clay Greene, Lew' Chenery, John Malone, W. J. Ritchie, Greer Harrison. The circular from the shepherd of the Lambs’ Club calling the fold together in honor of Mr. Bromley says: Three score and ten is popularly supposed to embrace the allotted space of & human life- time, but & Bohemian is coming into the fold who, serenely oblivious to the provisions of Holy Writ, is in full possession of every ingre- dient that' enters.into the composition of a good fellow, & gentleman and & man at three score and eighteen. In the language of the circular the lambs were orderecf to assemble at the fold for *'a convivial bout with the grand old man from the Golden Gate—Uncle George, the patriarch of Bohemia.” Scenes afloat on board Commodore H. M. Gillig’s yacht are thus pictured by Uncle George himself in a letter to everybody in the Bohemian Club: FLAGSHIP RAMONA, September 16, 1895. Harry Gillig is on deck writing for TH®, CALL, < % I will go on to say that to-morrow morning we will set sail for New London, and as we enter the harbor I will be atthe wheel and will be reminded that sixty-three years ago I sailed out of that harbor as a cabin-boy on a topsail schooner bound for the coast of Africa, and that Stanley, the great explorer, was not in it with me as an African explorer. I the people of New London do not turn out and pay us the respect due us, then all I have to say is the people of New London * * * George A. Kuight is here in all his glory, and is fast coming to the conclusion that the yacht Ramona is the only place on earth to enjoy life, and aiter the last I feel about the saime myself. Last evening another telegram was re- eived tunn tUncle George,'” stating con- cisely that he was dining at the Cloisterers’ Club, New York, with Ed Townsend, and having a bappy time. —————— Out of Her Head. A young woman with disheveled hairand hatiess and wearing a light blue dressing- gown walked into the drugstore on the corner of Taylor and Turk streets last night and asked if they would procure a police officer to take her to the Florence Home. Policeman 0’Con- nor was found and he took her to the City Prison. There she insisted upon being taken by an officer to the ho On_being asked her name she refused togive it. She said she had been at the home before, but she did not like t0 go back herseli. Sergeant Shields sent her to the Receiving Hospital, as she appeared to be insane. At the hospital she said her name was Mrs. Frances McMillan and her maiden name was Hart,but would not give her address. — -, A Stockton Editor. E. H. Fontecilla, one of the editorsof the Stockton Record, was in the City last Saturday Mr. Fontecilla reports Stockton to be in & very prosperous condition 1n all departments of usiness. He says that there is a general feel~ ing_of security in all circles, and that the city is showin g & substantial growth. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & G- LE53E5 A'D MAMAGLRS =+~ THIS IS l THE WHAT PRESS WILL SAY TO-DAY : “The most perfec t performance.” “The best play written.” “T'he handsomest costumes.” “The greatest star cast ever seenon the stage,” Hear the STOCKWELL Players in Monday Next—“ ‘FAREWELL” WEEK! TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mps ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! THIS WEEK ONLY— * Verav's Tragic Opera, "ERNANI Y ———TO-NIGHT—— ——CAST INCLUDES—— LAURA MILLARD, MARTIN PACHE, JOHN J. RAFFAEL GEO. H. BRODERICK. WM. H. WEST MABELLA BAKER. ——NEXT WEEK—— “THE BOHEMIAN GIRL!” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Family Theaterin America. CO. . The Handsomest WALTER MOROSC! Sole Lessee and Managae EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. ——SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT—— Of the Illustrious Author-Actor, MX LTON NOBLES!: In His Famous Comedy-Drama, EVENING PRICEA—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle and Gallery. 100. Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. —PTO-NIGET— THE LAUGH-PRODUCING SUCCESS “CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK!” ROBERT SCOTT, GRACIE ELAISTED AND GROVER'S ALCAZAR COMEDIANS. Song, Dance and Merriment! Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Don’t Forget the “Wednesday Pop,” A HUGE SUCCESS. Monday Next—Romantic Drama, “ROSEDALEM DWIN 5. AnD Cop INCORP'D mEATRE PROPS. LAST WEEK!——LAST NIGHTS! Last Souvenir Matinee Saturday ! PAULINE HALL And Her Incomparable Company in ‘e DORCAS” #5-Last Performance Sunday, Sept. 29, Monday Next, Sept, 30— “TRILBY.”” Interpreted by A. M. Palmer’s Company. Seats Keady Thursday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and Powall TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK, OUR NEW, RECORD-BREAKING BILL A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! HAINES and PETTINGILL, McMAHON and KING, MEEHAN and RAYMOND, PEARL ANDREWS ——And Cur Great Comxnly—- ———IN ENTIRELY NEW ACTS {—— Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnairs and Box seats. 50c. GOLDEN GATE HALL. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 8 P. M, REV. ANNA H. SHAW Will Give Her Famous Lecture, “THE INJUSTICE OF CHIVALRY.” Admission (including reserved seat)—50¢. Seats can be secured at Sherman & Clay’s music- store, corner Kearny and Sutter streets, September 24, 25 and 26, RUBNING RURNING RACES! % RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETINGI BAY DISTRICT TRACK, Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:00 £ 2 sharp. McAllster and Geacy sizeet cars pase