The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1%96. AMUSEMENTS. THRATER. — Grand Opers—‘ Lucla™ leria Rusticana. ’ 14 THEATER—4 R . : ATER—“Tha Old Limekiln.” Housk—+Wlfe for Wite™” vsy.—+Del Freischutz' Dh-Class Vaudeville. GTOVEE'S ALCAZAR.—“Faust | vE-STREET THEATER—Between Polk and | Van Ness—U & L Beaefit for Veteran Guard, aNIcs' Pavirton—Masquerade Ball, by vening, February ht, Sa EHO one blo: YACIFICCOAST CruTes—Daily at Haight street, Rac CcKEY CLUE: LES ~Tuesday, February treet, at 12 o'clock AUCTION SAl EasTON & Real Estate By o5, Thursday, February rrison stre 20, s, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. of Savoy visited and explored e developments yes- use scandal tsliken the State Woman 10 the donkey that lost its cisco Veterar Volunteer Fire- Sam Leake, Tenacity, ko- were the winners at Ingle- rse men met last for the advance- u lectured on “Celtic u at lnst night's | sity of Califor- | Francisco Teach y of the Un d before the Sen t Monday afternoc e Luigi visited the Itallan und was recefved with The Health Board has issued & 1 railroad old rates, missing s i the probate of vay has been di d last night in o and Rajah lical Society ot » Gas Light Company dis- Gf evaaing its contract extinguishing of the Corona docked yesterday she car- r ot down on_the r’s list. A s the wife of A day; probably cooler Wednes- is the prediction for to-day's d last night by ng Joseph Corbet, him enjoined n of the addresses he Horticultural a lot of ir apan paring for 1o be heid J. A. Cruzan ual meeting of th ciation of the Pacificop rday. It w Fire I ned 1 conclude to- n has_re. s to use Cali- rope on the eu & Co., the go_Goerlitz, n in Justice the Merchants’ to Maneger Vin- liway system rela- e Kearny-street issuing in the case of Madison Babcock The. suit on of School . Kittle She says s he said ie would 1 asks for complaint was . Harrison’s of crueity B. Walker capit day in the ize & new in- Lloyds, or indi- opposition to the has been discharged >wing that he was un- to pay the alimony demanded of him, He was committed to jail for contempt of for mot paying to his wife, Caroline antel, $15 a month, Dr. Cempbell has sent two letters, one to the Mayor and one to the Board of Health, com- rln ng of what he terms negligence in the iealth Department concerning the case of & | on Dupont street afilicted, according to his diagnosis, with scarlet fever. The giving of testimony in the forgery case against J. F. Turner ended yesterday and ar- guments were commenced.” A. P. Black, As District Attorney, opened for the prose- cution and George A. Knight followed him for the defense. The arguments wiil close to-day. Peter F. Lanec has pleaded not guilty to a rge of attempted assaunlt. A motion to dis- he information, and & demurrer to it, n technical grounds, were over- | e Belcher. The trial of one of against Lane will begin this NEW TO-DAY. (liticura THE GREAT' SKIN CURE Works wonders in cur=- ing torturing, disfigur=- ing diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood, and es= pecialiy baby humours. 1cvza Rewr: thronghont the world. O ey o Do L Pores ‘s Citkic. Gozr., Bols Erops., Bosion, Us 8 Ae i DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY OF A BANK. The Market-Street Bank | |{SHOT AT THE CASHIER. Officials Forced Into the Vauit { curred in San Francisco was witnessed by Oakland on Washington's | o’clock. | hallway which approaches the bank on lowing | b =2 | window, which o Looted by Three Masked Men. While the Coin Was Taken. THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. P. J. Donohoe, an Architect, Saw a| Man Leave the Bank With | a Sack of Coin. The liveliest bank robbery that ever oc- the cashier and bookkeeper of the Market- street Bank yesterday morning at 10 Ordinarily the Market-street institution | is a very quiet place, but the scene was very animated for a few moments at the time the looters made their haul. It appears that three men entered th e right-hand side of the Gutzkow build- g, and proceeded up to the cashier's of them first climbed through, following his entrance by calling E pet wasin the way and one of them ripped it up. The result was the same, however, and the door still remainad open several inches. This seemed to aggravate them considerably and one suggested that we be killed immediately. 1 distinctly heard the words “Let’s kill them.” I suppose they were too excited to have me turn the combination and shoot the bolts back and bad I leen requested to do so it would have taken me some time. However, in a few moments after we had listened to the threats and the curses of the raiders one of them went over to the cash tills and I heard the money rattlej as it was being re- moved. From the sound outsids the door T was pretty sure that it was being gnarded to prevent our getting out.” S glon TN DID NOT “WANT OUT.” The Cashler Says They Were Con- tented to Stay In the Vault. “Did you make any attempt to look through the aperture made by the partly open door so as to get a better sight of the men for the matter of future identifica- tion?” was asked. “Not the stigntest. We did not want to get out. We were too well satisfied where we were. There were a great many things outside that we did not want to get mixed up in. We were absolutely without arms, and everything was quiet and peaceful where we were. Oh, don’t make any mis- take about our wanting to get out, even just to take a look at the way things lay. t one time I thought of going to the vault door and pushing it open, but Hay- hurst reasoned that it would be a foolish hing to do, and I finally agreed with him. We remained there something less than five minutes, and could hear the men moving about the bank helping them- selves. After a little time we heard the front door open and close, as though some one was leaving, and we came out of our temporary prison to find the men gone and a few coins of small denomination GEORGE H. HOPKINS, CASHI ! ER OF THE LOOTED BANK. upon the gentleman in charge to throw up | his hands and do it quis The lack of haste that Cashier Hopkins evidenced ap- peared to offend the robber who had suc- ceeded in entering so unceremoniously through the wicker-framed window, so he forthwith punctuated his demand witha | pistol-ball, which tlew past the head of the cashier and lodged, after glancing from a frame over one of the desks, in a door of heavy oak. By this time the cashier, who not seem to be in a hurry at first, suddenly took it into his head to do as requested ank the offending hands went up with great haste, after which another man w sk like his brother in crime | through the entrance that seemed to be most in use, and added to several voci juests that both Cash- | ier Hopkins and Bookkeeper Hayhurst | get into the vault and stay there until | the men had helped thems.lves to the | loose gold and silver visible in the cash | tills on the left of the window. In the meantime the third robber was maneuver- ing around the door which he had fast- ened by fixing a screw between the door frame and the casing. What happened after the desperate men had taken posses- sion of the office is best told in the words of the cashier. ! | “1 was standing at my desk,” said he, “when I heard some one coming into the room from the hailway. I turned and | started toward the window, but was sur- | prised to see the first man bound through itas lightly asa cat. He got on the coun- ter and took several steps to the right, all the time carrying a pistol, which seemed to be a foot long, in his hand. ‘Throw up your hands, I say,’ he commanded me, but as I did not realize the situation I did not obey him. *Throw up your hands,’ he yelled again, and immediately foliowed his request by raising his revolver and taking a shot at me. The bullet passed by my cheek and lodged in the door after glancing from a part of the top frame of the desk at which I was working, when the entrance of the three men attracted me. The powder marks are on my face. Then, and only then, d alize that robbery was intended an S ‘Do not make a fool of yourself. will throw np my hands of course. in 1 I se. You !} have the drop on me and I am willing to quit.” In theinterval when we were talk- ing the other burglar got through the window and was giving his attention to Mr. Hayhurst, who was also covered with a gun. Immediately after my hands went up both men approached us and ordered that _we get 1nto the vault as soon as possible. “Were you forced in the vauit as stated this morning?"’ inquired THE CALL repre- sentative. ¢‘No, we went in without further parley. What else could we do? We had no arms and they had the dead ‘drop on us. It would have done no good to talk the matter over when they seemed to be so desperate and we retired at once. It wasa very fortunate thing that I had shot out the bolts and locked tbe combination or we would bave been smothered to death.” “How did it happen that the bolts were shot outand the combination locked ?"’ “Well, tive years ago I gave an order when we were running a bank up in Fresno that when the doors opened in the morning the combination was to be ret and the bolts shot out so as to make it 1m- possible to shut the vauit. I took that recaution because I had read of so many Eankcashiers who had been locked in and absolutely smothered to death before as- sistance conld reach them or the combina- tion could be learned. Itis very danger- ons to remain long in a tightly closed vault and 1 did not propose to be caught in such a predicament. *‘When we had entered ore of the rob- bers attempted to close the doors entirely, but the protruding boits made it impossi- ble. They thought it was because the car- | him that he was without ¢ | boo | saw. scattered over the counter near where the cashtr: usually are. | “Imade a y examination of theoffice | and the safes, but found that nothing but the tr: had been disturbed. They got away with some notes besides the coin, and | misl have been very familiar with things | to ave arranged the plan so successfully.” | “How much was secured in ali?" “That i could not say, us I have not yet counted the balance. There was not much, however, as we never keep much coin in sight. We donot propose t tell the amount until it is definitely known.” *‘Is there not generally a revolver in the | vault?”? | *‘No; had there been I would have made | a fight and stood my chances of getting out | of it with a whole skin. I would have had | the advantage of snch 4 fizht from the start, | as the iron door was between me and the | men. I very much regret that there was not a revolver on hand. I can assure you that had there been we would have been in a much different position from the one we are in now. I was not in the least bit nervous and felt as cool as I do this mo- ment. By George, it's too bad 1 hadn’t a gun,” said Mr. Hopkins, with a grieved expression, but it was perhags better for at variety of weapon. = 5 *‘I could not describe the men with any accuracy,” he continued, ‘“‘as they were too well masked and it was all done so | rapidly. Further than the fact that the man who burned me withsowder wasabout my size and wore a long coat I am unable to give descriptions. three of them came down below the collar and completely covered up the neck and breast. 1saw very little of the third man. He appeared 1o be busy watching the front door, having pulled down the curtain after jamming in the screw to keep it tightly closed. I donot think he got inside the. railing at all, unless it was when I was in the vault. Perhaps hecame in at the door near the end of the counter leading down from the right, but if he did I was not aware of it.” That was about all that Cashier Hopkins had to say regarding the affair, and the eeper bose him out in so much as he The episode of the vault was sub- stantiated, but neitber of the men had much time to see anything. Tlere is no foundation to the statement that all three of the men got into the ele- vator and forced the boy, Froyd Curry, to take them to the top floor, where they escaped into Stevenson street by the aid of ropes previously fixed for the occasion. Curry was in the basement at the time the shot was fired, and says he heard the report, but thought it was the failing of a letter-press or some heavy piece of ma- chinery or office furniture. A close ex- amination of the fire escape was made from the top story, and accumulated dust remained undisturbed on each rung. There is no reason to believe the men e caped by that route, at least from the evi: dence secured after a very careful research. Crowds of curious people hung around the bank entrance all day, and the cashier was the subject of much congratulation on his narrow escape from death both by a pistol shot and suffocation in the vault. The following statements were made to Detective Seymour a few minutesafter the robbery was reported at police head- quarter: W. §. Hookins, cashier, said: “This morning about 10 o'ciock, while I was standing beside a desk, near the vault, I turned my head and immediately after turning my head a fellow poked a pistol at me and said, ‘Hands up.’ The bookkeeper had his hands up aiready. “One of the fellows jumped over the counter and fired off his pistol. The man in the lead who fired off the pistol was about 5 feet 9 inches, weight 150 to 160, had on a soft hat and cark clothes, black mask tied around his face, covering his nose and mouth, “After he fired the shot I told him not to act 80 foolish. The ather two men then came up and forced me into the vault, and I said, “That's all right.! Iknew the vaultcould not be locked, as the custom is to keep the bars thrown out, so the vault cannot be barred. “They worked quite & while, and I guess we were 1 the vault ebont three minutes, and soon as the men got out of the bank we gave the alarm. “The elevator-man was in the basement and the janitor was on the fifth floor. I grapbed my pistol and ran right out. It was not two or three minutes after 10 when this happened. Ithink the last man who had come in had pulled down the curtains and closed the door. “I cannot tell how much is taken. 1 do n think it will be a great deal. 1 unlocked the vault door this mosning. There is some money in the vault. I can’t say whether they got morey or not out of the vault. I can’t say until I have & private talk with Hayshurst. “The most peculiar feature of the matter is that two little coin trays ususlly on the coun- ter I' find now in the safe, which to me is a very strange thing. The Bank of Califor- nia s our correspondent. in Kingsburg, Fresno County. I cannotizive a description of the other men. The skin of No. 1 looked brown, as though in the sun a great accountant, said: “Mr, ed the bank at 9 A few minutes before 10 o'clock three o’clock, masked men came running in leveled their revolvers at for me to hold up my hands. 1 did not obey the first command, and at the second command Isaw that ] could not get &t my pistol, it being on the counter, so I did as they demanded. “One of the men jumped through the window us. | of the paying teller's desk and commanded the cashier to throw up his hands, He did not comply until the third command. Before the third command the man fired a shot over him. Then the men forced us both into the | vault. “We always keep the bars thrown out so that the vauit cannot pe barred. While we were in there they talked about killing. They were in the bank three or four minutes after we were in the vault, and as soon as we heard the door close we gave the alarm.” At this point President Lillis sent Hay- hurst off on a message, and the balance of his statement could not be taken. Enddby THE ROBBERS SEEN. 'F. J. Donohos, an Archlitect, Saw the Man With the Coin. P. J. Donohoe, an architect, whose office is at 330 Pine street, saw oneof the robbers as the latter was leaving the bank with a sack of coin in his hand. Mr. Donohoe told his friend Arthur Me- Guerren, at the corner of Market street and Park avenue, tire following story: I happened down that way this morning about 10 o’ciock, and when nesr the bank I The masks of all | We were formerly | the bank and | They hollered | | & point about the middle of nose and dropping | of the child, is the propricior of the Elgin | clothing of dark material. | What he said to the chief of detectives was | | Thomas F. Grabam, Fred Eggers and | | the State of California has steadily been grow- | heard something that sounded like the report of afirearm, although at the time I did not think that it could be a pistol shot at such an hour of the day. A few minutes after—it could not have been more than two or three minutes—I saw & man alittle above medium height come out of the bank carrying a sack in his hend. ! It looked like a sack of coin, and, in the light of subsequent events, it probably was the best | coin of the realm. At the time, of course, I did not pay much at- tention to the incident.” Afterward T was glad thatI had noticed the man with the sack. I think I could identify him if he was brought before me. As to his dress I cannot speak with as much confidence. < Thinking that the man with the sack in his hand was an employe of the bank I did not pay further attention to him, and could not say where he went after he left the bank doors. President Lillis, as referred to above, was ! closeted with Captain Lees last night. | afterward repeated in part to the reporter. He has the most implicit confidencen the honesty of the cashier and bookkeeper and poohpoohs the idea that the robbery was an impromptu dramatic performance gotten up for the benefit of the principal actors. Beyond giving the amount of the money taken Mr. Lillis could give little other in- formation of interest or importance. “In fact,” he said, “there is nothing more to | say. The story is told. The robbers were | there and the money is not there.” bommds THE MONEY STOLEN. Description of the Robbers as Glver: by the Bank Officlals to Captaln Lees. President Lillis, Cashier Hopkins and | Accountant Hayhurst had a consultation last night with Captain Lees, and the captain advised them, for prudential | reasons, to make public the exact amount stoten by the robbe The toral money stolen was $3600; of this there was in currency $200, in silver $400 and in gold $3000. There was §40 in new dimes, $16 in nickels, $40 in $1 and $2 old bills, ten $20 bills and $200 in new 35 gold pieces coined 1n 1895. It was also decided to give for publica- tion a full description of the three robbers, which is as follows: Description of No. 1, by W. S. Hopkins, cash- ier—Man about 5 feet 9,age between 30 and 35, weight from 150 10 160, medium build, dark hair, face rather thin, smooth, soft voice, American_accent; slim legs, soft black Fedora hat, black woolén clothing, with cutaway coat; wore black mask covering lower part of his face up to his eyes; mask looked like black crepe or black mosquito bar; hat drawn well down over eyes. Description of No. 2, by J. F. Hayhurst, ac- countant—Man about 5 feet 10, weight 160, hair black anda straight, voice mediu:n, sounds like an American, skin of face nbove mask was tanned as if he had been in the sun or wind, cheek hones somewhat prominent, face me- dium width, age about 85, square build, stood | erect with head thrown slightly forward, think | he wore black sack coat, soft wool material, | black Fedora hat somewhat worn, black mask | tied at back of neck and pulled up over face to | downsoas tocover up the sides and front of neck. Description of No. 3—This man stood back by the front entrance of the bank door. He | appeared to be an ordinary-sized built man: | They came in the bank about 10 o’clock and | were not there over two or three minutes. The bullet fired at Cashier Hopkins was | found on the floor behind the counter, | about twenty feet from where it struck, | and is now in the possession of Captain | Lees. Detectives Sevmour, Reynolds and Dil- lon are working on the case, the two | latter having been closeted with the bank officers and Captain Lees for some time last nighv. THE HOWARD REPUBLICAN CLUB | Resolutions ou the Nicuragua Canal Unanimously Adopted. The Howard Republican Club held its | regular semi-monthly meeting last even- | ing at Pythian Castle Hall. About 200 | members were present. After the ragular | business of the club had been transacted | the club was addressed on the political | situation of the day by Chris Newman, others. The members were then enter- | tained by an interesting programme of songs, music and recitations. John W. | Koch, corresponding secretary of the | ciub, then introduced the following reso- | lutions which were adopted: WHEREAS, The financial and industrial con- dition of the peopie of the United States and of | worse and worse under Democratic rule, therefore e it Resploed, Tnat we, the members of the How- ard Club, do most earnestly petition the people of this State to put forth their utmost en- deavors to return tne control of the Govern- ment, both general and local, to the Republi- can part Resolved, That we do, individually and as | smbers of the Howard Club, oppose and con- | demn the bill or act looking to the refunding | of the Pacific railroads’ indebtedness. { Resolved, That the compietion of the Nicara- gue canal would be of vast banefit to the peo- | ple of the Peciiic Coast, and would lead to a great reduction in the rate of transportation of our products (o Eastern points; we do there- fore petition our Representatives in Congress t0 use their best endeevors to the passage of & bill looking to the speedy completion of such canal. ! 1 { 1 % A N e The Scene of the Hol Up as Described by Cashier Hcpkins, the Hallway Watching the Front Door. s ——— (Sketohed by a *“ Call ™ artist.] The Third Robber Is Supposed to Be in | officers, | ie returned and s | of Dr. Ford to the child the family bad | had Dr. A. M. Fields examine its condi- | | tion, and he found the child showing no TWO PHYSICIANS AT 0UTS, Doctors Ford and Fields Seri- ously Disagree Over a Case. SCARLATINA SIGN TORN DOWN. Dr. Lovelace Agrees With Dr. Field 2nd Says No Scarlet Fever Symptoms Exist. Dr. Campbell Ford hae prepared a letter complaining of negligence in the Health Department. Yesterday morning he for- warded one copy of this letter to Mayor Sutro and another to the Board of Health. The letter reads as follows: S4N FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18, 1496. To the Hon. A. Sutro, Chairman, and Members of the Board of Health Of ‘an Francisco—DEAR Sies: 1 wish ms}[::enlful to inform you that on the night of February 8 Mr. Beverly called atmy oflice, 7342 Broadway, and requested me to visit his child. 1accompanied him and called at 1803 Dupont stree 1 found the child, aged 6_years, had during the previous week hurt its knee by failing downstairs. From the angry appearance of the knee. and as Mr. Beverly’s brother-in-law was ill in the house with erysipelas, I sus- vected that the knee had been infected with erysipelas and so informed him. In addition the child was covered from head to foot with a scarlet rash. 1 ordered the child isolated and under treatment its improvement was de- cided by the next day, and by the 12th the rash had disappeared and the skin commenced to desquamate, completely confirming the dingnosls of searlet fever. 1ordered the child annointed with o1l and bathed. On the following morning, February 13,1 addressed a communication 16 the Health Of- fice, informing them there was scarlet fever at 1803 Dupont street, 1did not call the following day, the child be- ing convalescent. 1 called on the 15th and sioticed the house had not been quarantined. I called again in the alternoon. accompanied by Dr.J. C. Stinson, and was met by Mr. Bev- erly, who indignen{ly informed us that & man | called with “his little pots and pans,” went in, looked at_the child and said that it did not have scarlet fever and departed without quar- antining the house. 1 immeaiately called on Dr. Lovelace, in- forming him of the facts. I also interviewed the inspeotor, who admitted that he had re- ceived my notice, called at the house and failed to put it in_quarantine; he gave as an excuse that he saw the child in'the bed playing with its toys, and thatthe woman who opened the door toid him that the child did not have scar- let feve This scems to me & flagrant, gross criminal neglect of duty not to_quarantine this house; not only on account of the serious nature o the disease, but because Mr. Beverly, father Dairy, which daily distributes its milk throughout the Citv, furnishing s means of readily carrying the contagion far and wide. I call your attention to the fact that the most common way of spreading this dread disesse, which 1s estimated to have caused one-twen- tieth of the entire mortality of England and America, is by means of milk. The rapidity with which’ the germ life of _scar- let fever multiplies & sultable medium, such as milk, is well known. One scale of the millions that are thrown off from the skin will, if dropped into milk, make a solid mass of culture the size of a teacup within four hours. Cattle and calves are also susceptible to the disease, and in that way wiil increase the contagion. It is well known that the disease is increasing in virulence, and in- ances are recorded where milk is known to | have carried scarlet fever to half the families to whieh it had been delivered, although it had not been touched by the milkman or other members of the infected family. It is my firm belief that not only the house, but also the dairy should be quarantined until all danger of contagion is past, aud_all articles subject to the liability of infection have been thoroughly disinfected. “‘This letter,”” said Dr. Ford yesterday, ‘“‘clearly sets forth the whole matter. “The seriousness of the case, owing to the fact that the father of the child is a dairyman who personally attends to the | distribution of his milk to customers, can- not be enough emphasized, “Milk is the most favorable medium for propagating the disease known. I have learned that last Monday Mr. Beverly was granted a license to sell milk. This shows conclusively that the case has been ac- corded very little notice by the Health ““It is more directly the fault of the in- spector. His duty 15 simply to go to the house mentioned as infected and to tack a placard upon the door. It seems that this inspector, a Mr. Fay, entered the house and, deciding that the child did not have the disease, went away without pay- ing any more attention to the matter, **The case demands a thorough investi- gation. “How did the disease get into the fam- ily? It might have been carried to the child by the father. Not only this, but ervsipelas can be carried through the milk in the same way. Thnis disease is nearly as virulent as scarlet fever. ““The dairy should be guarantined until it has been detinitely settled by microscopic examination of the milk as to whether or not scarlet fever germs exist in 1t.”” Health - Officer Dr. Lovelace said ““There has been a great deal of unneces- sary talk about this matter. In the first lace, on receiving the notice from Dr. Kord, I sent Inspector Fay to the house. d that since the visit symptoms of scarlet fever whatever. “There has been no negligence,’” contin- ued Dr. Lovelace. *It is simpiy a dis- agreement between two physicians. I went to the house and examined the child myself. I found not the slightest symptom of scarlet fever, nor of erysip las. The child was simply suffering” from an abscess in the knee, induced by a fall. had Mr. F ack a scarlet fever Fa, notice on the house yesterday, but after I examined the child, as I say later, I tore the placard down. *‘There is no necessity of posting np such a notice with simply a sprained ‘knee in the house.” Dr. Fields examined the child Monday. ““(found no rash, only an abscess on the child’s leg,”” said he. ‘‘There were no s{]mp(oms of scarlet fever. It is true the child had some fever, but no more than would be caused by a local inflammation.’’ Thers are 2487 different varieties of fire | escapes and ladders to be used in emer- gencies. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GROVE-ST. THEATER (Bet. Polk and Van Ness). BENEBEFIT WEEIX FOR- VETERAN GUARD, 6. A R.! SPLENDID COMPANY! — —_— ——ATIRACTIVE BILL! Commencing MONDAY, February 17. Toay, U&l Tiradey TW0 OF A KIND Saturday Sunday :FUN ON THE BRISTOL SATURDAY MATINEE!—— PRICES—10¢, 20c, 30c, 50c. Curtain Will Rise at § o'clock on Tableaux 1n- troducing Veteran Guard. ORPHEUM. ©'Farrell Street. Between Stockion and PowatL. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, FEB. 17, A Great List of Renowned Attractions! : 'nu-_:"\;r.'ross e CARROLL JOHNSON THE GARRISONS AND—— Our Great Company of Celebritles. Reserved seais, 25¢; Baicony, 10c; Opera coairs and Box seats, 50c. pe- | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENT! I L NAYMAN INCORP D B“i EATRE & FrO?S. Last 4 Nights of the Opera Season! Last 2 Matin. —Wednesday and Satur- day—at $1.00, 75¢ and . TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO. Matinee TO-DAY (50c, 31). . CARME TO-NIGHT....... LUCIA™ and CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA SFAUNT, | Thursday. o | Eriany. " BOHEMIAN GIKL" Saturday Matinee (50c, 7oc, $1) . *CARMEN" Saturday Night—Greal Double Bill—Cast in- cluding all the Company, **THOVATOR and by Request I'PAGLIACCI Sunday Night, Feb. ly Final Recital PabD: EXTRA—NEXT WEEK. Annual Engagement of the Favorite Actor, FREDERICK W ARDE And His Celebrated Company in_Magnificent Scenic Productions of Classic Romance anG Tragedy. wetmiuy S5 The Mountehank Wednesday Nights ana Sat. Matinee .. Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, “THE LION’S MOUTH” Saturday Evening.... L “VIRGINIUS" SEATS READY TO-MORROW (Thursday LIFORNIA/ AL |NeSRED THEATRE | srors | 2nd AND LAST WEEK OF MRE. THOMAS "And His Splendid Supporting Compan: NIGHT *RICHELI® <1 AMLET CeOTH T OF VENIC RICHARD 111 ‘LOUIS XTI’ CMERCHA Saturd; ht. Sunday COMMENCING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, February 24, Everybody's Favorite Comedienne, JOLLY: NELLIE McHENRY Anmd Her Excellent Farce-Comedy Company, pre- senting Her Latest Musical Farcical Success, “THE BICYCLE GIRL!? Bright Music, Catchy Songs, Pretty Dances, Beautiful Girls, Elaborate Costumes, etc. SEATS READY T0-NORROW—Thursday. CALIFORNIA THEATER—Extra. Al Hayman & Co. announce PADEREWSEKI In Three (3) Piano Recitals on THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON at FRIDAY AFTERNOON... February 21, at And for a Final Recital at the BALDWIN THE — SUNDAY EVENI February 2 PRICES: $2, 83. 85, according to location. A7~ Seats for afternoons at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. B3~ Seats for Sunday night now ready at Baldwin Theater box-office. Steinway & Son's Piano used at all the Paderow- ski recitals. 9 ALCAZAR “POP” BICYCLE MATINEE T0-DAY! 0T gent's) i ARK “The apotheosis was classic art.”—Press. Matinee Prices—10cg, 15¢, 253, | Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 500 Monday Next—The Carle Seats Now on on Opera Co. Sale. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mgs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THIS EVENING Splendid Electric Production “DER FREISCHUTZ” —EOgR s “THE SEVEN CHARMED BULLETS” The Most Wondrous Broc Shown in This CAST INCLUDES—— Ida Valerga, Kate Marchi, Martin Pache, John J. Kaffael, W. H. West, Muriel Perron, Arthur Boyce. Grand Chorus !— Superb Orchestral Next Opera—*RIP VAN WINKL Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. ken Scene Ever ity. . FRICDLANDER.COTTLOD & - 123523 AT MANAGLRS THRILLING ~ | INDEED ! OF CHARMING KATIE PUTNAM’S REAT PLAY— The Old ILirme Xilm! And Such a Host of Good Things in Evel SEATS—15 SO EVERYBODY SAYS MOROSCO’S GRAND GPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Managee THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, John A. Stevens' Great Melodrama, | “WIFE FOR WIFE!” Wit! L VI ON and | SLL in the Leading Koles. | 8pecial Matinee Washington’s Birthday | LVENTNG PRICES ‘amlily Circle and Gallerv. 1f Usual Maimnees Saturday and Sunday. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1896 (Washington’s Birthday). PRIZE MASQUERADE BALL VEREIN EINTRACHT! 8%~ Grand Festival March entitled 400 Years | of American Life,” representing- the most im- vortant periods of the history of the United States of America. Prizes amonnting to $500 will be distributed. Louls N. Ritzau’s Military Band of 36 Pieces. Admission......... %1.00 Reserved Seats 50c extra at Goldstein & Cobn's, 822 Market stre Doors open at 7. Promenade Concert at 8. Grand March at 9 P. x. THE WEATHER IS WARM, SO | Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! ADMISSION———— 10 CENTS, Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10 PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Trac FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHiNE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 2. a0 Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-siree: electric Line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W. 8. LEAKE, President Secreiary.