The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1898, Page 8

8 v ennredEore s i T BAR FRENEINENG B TUREIIME, FEEA L el e e THE POUND [S NOW [N POLITICS Animal Society Loses and Captain De- lany Wins. | Grave Charges and Hot Shot of No Avail With | the Supervisors. | Martin Stevens Assails Delany Fiercely and Is Celled to Order. ; | CITY MUST FIND A POUND. Osborn, the Antmals, Is Not to Be New Master of Lost| Favored. There was a hot battle before = the | Board of Supervisors yesterday after- noon in the question' of the control of the public pound. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals lost, but not before some of the hot- | test volleys that have ever been fired at a public official had been fired at Captain Delany by the representatives of the society. At the outset Captain Delany made a grand play, as he stated for the vindication of his honor. The whole matter concerning his honor was . re- ferred to the Finance Committee on motion of Britt. Later in the engagement Martin Ste- vens, on behalf of the society, made bold charges of corruption. = He was called down by Britt and the Mayor for using language too severe for the occasion. He stopped without apology or modification of his remarks. “It {s commonly rumored that - you are a boodler and that you expect to get a rake-off when Osborn becomes:| poundmaster,” said Stevens. It was. this remark which struck the Mayor and the Supervisors as going beyond the limit, and the speaker’s attention was called to the fact that his lan- guage was pretty rough, considering that he spoke by courtesy of the board. He closed without apolegy further than'| this: “I don’t say that I know these things,” he said, “but the gentleman owes it to himself to demand a thor- ough investigation and to do all in his power to see that the matter is cleared up, if he be honest. If it be| rushed through and his skirts be| cleared here, I promise him that the | charges so boldly made in the public prints will be ventilated before another | body.” Later Mr. Stevens said the | boodling accusations made against the captain would be brought to the at- tention of the Grand Jury. Then Delany made a speech demand- ing an investigation, and the whole | matter of the charges was left to the Finance Committee, which will report | at 11 a. m. Friday. () | Later in the session the board re- luctantly allowed representatives of the society fifteen minutes to speak on the charges made against Poundkeeper Holbrook. Martin Stevens was the man selected to do the talking, and he | began by solemnly stating that Hol- | brook had never had a fair trial or] been under the impression that he was in any way under fire. ‘“Although we are prepared to show that Captain De- lany and the judges who tried this case were unfair, we desire also to state that we want a fair hearing now, with- out reference to the serious and most blighting charges made in the public | prints,” said the speaker. ‘“We are | also ready to take up those or any other charges of corruption.”™ The whole question was soon rushed | to a vote on the motion to appoint | Osborn in place of Holbrook. This motion was finally carried by a large | vote, the following favoring Osborn: Delany, Haskins, Devany, Sheehan, Rottanzi, Stanton, Morton, Britt and Rivers. During all the deliberations there were many directors of the soclety | present, particularly Messrs. = Cole, Hutchinson, Stevens, Partridge, Gruen- hagen, Holmes and Seymour. | After it was announced that Mr. Os- | born would be the next poundkeeper, there were some warm words. He had | accused Holbrook of trying to get what | he called a “rake down” on horse-shoe- | ing bills, but Holbrook explained that | the charges were wholly false and that | the trustees knew all about the circum- | stances, and that there could be no semblance of truth in any of these mat- | ters. President Cole of the soclety was | seen at his home after the decision of the Board of Supervisors. He said: “I am not autherized to speak for the board, but I will say that I do not see how we can ever stand Osborn. We did not care to make any charges against him, but he cannot give satis- | faction. I do not think the trustees | will allow the city to use our premises with a man like Osborn in charge. We have lost the fight and that settles it until there is another board. It is hard | to say what we will do with out prop- | erty. We may lock it up and awalt | better boards, or we may sell the prop- | erty and go out of business entirely. | There is no question whatever in my | mind that Osborn is a stench in the nostrils of the board. He cannot use our pound nar conduct the affairs of the city there. It is a clear loss of our| fight.” i “If Captain Delany says he never| talked with me on the bribery ques- | tion,” said Mr. Wadham of the society to a reporter, “he is a common lar. I. will swear to my charges and make | them to his teeth. He cannot frighten | me nor intimidate me in any manner. I will be more specific. The remarks were made one day last November, when I called on him at the store where he is employed to see that other | people do not steal. He is some sort of a floorwalker at the J. J. O'Brien | store. I think he is a crooked boodler | and I shall make my charges boldly | before any court or any body of citi- | zens.” Wants Her Trunk. | Mre. 8. B. Parrish, wife of the ex-Chief | of Police of Portland, obtained a search warrant in Judge Conlan’s court yester- day for the recovery of her trunk from the Carrolton House, on Market Street. | Bhe went there on January 21 and en- gaged @ room, which they were to charge | 14 onth for. She remained three | or ays, paying them $5, but they | refused tc dellver her trunk, which con- | tains about $00 worth of articles, unless she pald the full month's rent. ——mes The “Koh-I-Noor” copying pencil is lar<ely taking the place of fountain pens® er | both the insurer and the [TIS NOW AWAR TO THE KNIFE Commissioner Clunie Out for the Under- writers. He Says the Insurance People Broke Faith With Him. The Letter to President Haven That Precipitated the Trouble. WON'T RENEW LICENSES. Outside Companies to Be Authorized Business Im- mediately. to Transact Insurance Commissioner ‘Andrew J. Clunie has at the present time a big fight with the insurance companies and particularly with that organization or ‘‘compact,” as he calls it, known as the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pa- cific. ~ The fight began about five months ago, when letters were sent by him to the seventeen New York com- panies doing business here, calling their attention to the fact that under the laws of New York certificates of au- thority issued to companies organized under the laws of States, other -than New York, and doing business there, absolutely expired at the end of & year | from the date of their issuance. - Also that by such laws entire discretion was vested in the Insurance Commissioner of New York as to whether any such company should be permitted to. do business in that State; and that . the effect of the retaliatory law of Cali- fornia was to subject New York com- panies doing business here to the same obligations. - Notices of a somewhat simflar nature were also sent to local agents of Pennsylvania and Connecti- cut companies. From their knowledge of the feelings of the Commissioner they evidently felt that these regulations were direct- ed at the “compact” and were fearful of making applications for annual 1i- censes, apprehending that the same | would be denied on account of their affillation with the “compact,” and in- stead set about to arrive at an amicable understanding with the Commissioner. As a result Attorneys T. C. Coogan and W. S. Goodfellow were named by the Board of Underwriters as the board’s representatives, with full | power and authority to represent. the organization. To this end negotiations were carried on for some time, finally resulting in an agreement embodied in the follow- ing letter written by .the Commis- sfoner to President Haven, with the assurance of Mr. Goodfellow and Mr. Coogan that the same would be accept- | ed by the Board of Underwriters: Office of the Insurance Commissioner, State of | California—San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1395. Charles D. Haven, President Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific—Dear Sir: Shortly after my assumption of the duties of this-office | 1 conceived it to be proper that I should under- take an investigation as to the reasonablenes: of rates of premium charged for _insurance agajnst loss by fire throughout this State, with a view, if possible, property owners should it be found that:the rates were more than compensatory to the companies engaged in the business. At the outset of my inquiries I ascertained that there existed in this State an assoclation known as the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, composed of most of the companies | authorized to do a fire insurance business in this State, and of which you are the president, The objects and pawers of this assoclation aré set forth in article II of its constitution, as follows: ARTICLE IL Its function shall be the regulation of: 1. Rates of premium and policy forms, ex- cepting rates of premium on property located in_the State of Washington. 2. Prevention of rebates. 3. Compensation for business. 4. Premfum collections. 5. Agency appointment: In the following districts: District A—San Francisco. District B—California (except that part in- cluded in Districts A and C), Nevada and Alaska, District C—Southern California, comprising the Counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside and San Diego and Arizona. District D—Oregon, Washington and Idaho. District E—Montana. . District F—Utah. This assoclation virtually controls the entire fire insurance business of the State, and in the fixing of rates its power is absolute. Under its rules no member is rmitted to effect insur- ance except at board rates, and obedience to this rule is enforced through heavy penalties. To the mind of one not instructed in the nice- ties of the insurance business this combination or compact, judged from the constitution and Tules, presents all the features of a trust, and its objects, viewed from the same standpoint, appear to be those usually had fn view by thé organizers of trusts to force from those re- quiring the articles governed by the trust all the traffic will bear. On the part of the organizers of this asso- clation it is claimed that its maintenance is essentlal to the protection of the interests of insured; that by means of it the expense of fire insurance writ- ing is reduced to a minimum; that through it data are obtainable essential to be had In order t0 fix rates upon any proper basis, and that as a result of the combined experience of its members and the data thus obtained the fixin o raten of prempum will ih the future be based upon scientific principles; and T am moreover assured that it s the intention of its mem- bers to so flx rates as to ultimately secure to the Insured the desired protection at the lowest rates possible in order to effect reasonable compensation to the company for the risk in- volved. These statements appear fair and reasonable upon their face, and if the workings of the sssoclation are on these principles it may be that much good can be accomplished for all concerned. Various conferences have been held between representatives of your assoclation and my- self, and while our respective views of the powers and duties of this department are widely divergent, it has been suggested that we act together in the establishment of rates, that a careful study be made by me of the constitution, rules and transactions of the as- soclation and that when able to understand- ingly do so I make such recommendations concerning the reductions of rates of premiums | throughout the State as to me may seem right, with the understanding that such recommen: dations, if made in a spirit of fairness and cupported by facts warranting clusions, shall be adopted. 1 have already been furnished by you with copies of the constitution, rules and appendix of the association, and have made a somewhat thorough examination of each and have found therein several features which I believe to be inimical to the interests of the citizens of the State, and not compatible with the designs of the assoclation as represented to me by its their con- | organizers. These matters call for immediate correction as a preliminary eondition to any concerted action between this department and your assoclation. One of the constituent elements going to make up the rate of charges for premiums on all fire risks now in force in the city and county of San Francisco is a certain percent- age for brokerage. The amount at present es- timated for this purpose I understand to be betweer 10 and 15 per cent of each premium received. This amount forms no part of the net income of the company, but s supposed to be part of the cost of writing the risk, it be- ing paid to the middle-man acting between the insurer and the insured. Prior to the for- mation of your association the broker and his customer were permitted to make such agree- ments concernng that part of the premium set aside for brokerage as they saw fit and the rate of premium was frequently duced to the insured by reason of rel lowed from this brokerage. n 3 of article 5 of your aseoclation provides as follows: Bection 2—Prevention of . to secure some relief for | Tebates—'No re-| under his displeasure. THE SAN FRANCI O‘CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ‘1, 1898. N eight years there have been fifty- nine d2aths in San Francisco due to. a lack of fenders on street. cars. . Since the first of this young year of '98 three people have been killed, their lives for- felted to the niggardly god who is wor- | shiped by corporatfons. It's an old story, this, of accidents which need never have occurred, of suf- fering that might have been prevented, of life-long sorrow inflicted unneces: sarily, stupidly, wantonly. It's an old story to the ordinary newspaper reader, but seven times every year it comes with all the force of novelty upon some one; some ons who has read with easy, quickly passing sympathy of the victim before the last. But now it is some one's well-beloved who is last onthe list, and his own experience teaches him to realize what others have.endured. The last one to-day is 'a falr-haired little girl, a baby not yet .3 years old. And to the-father ‘and mother ‘has come in an enlightening agony the knowledge of ‘what all this newspaper talk about | fenderless cars means. - William Johnson and his wife understand the question thoroughly ‘now. -1t is exquisitely sim- plified for these two unhappy people. . To them a fenderless car medns the sudden crushing out of a young life, the sicken-: ing thought of a child’s suffering, the un- endurable memory. of a baby’s trust and loving faith in those in whose charge.it is turned ‘to. doubt and. reproach and awful fear. “I can’t blame myself,” says the poor mother. She doesn’t weep now, but there are unshed tears in her low, trembling volce. ‘‘She had left me only a minute, two minutes before. “ “Where are you going? I asked her. ““In the yard,’ she said. “And not five minutes after that my little boy ran and asked me where Hulda was. ““‘She's in the yard,’ I said. ““‘No, she isn’t, he answered, his face white with fright. ‘She’s killed. She's run over by the cars.’ “I went out into the street, but I was | afraid to look, and then, when the people came in to me I knew it was my. child— nobody else’'s.” Poor woman! ~For a moment she had hoped that some other busy mother and not herself had lost the pet of the house- hold. “But now,”” she went on, wrapping and unwrapping her hands in the little shoul- der shawl she wore, “now we must bury her first. ‘We can’'t think of .anything | else yet. ~But why shouldn’t the ‘street- car company pay for -thelr ' stinginess, their cruelty? ‘It can-t bring my baby back to me, but it may make them more careful and save Some other woman's baby—if mine-couldn’t be: saved.” “But it could,” said the father. He was sitting bent forward in his chair, in that weak, bowed attitude a strong man, and particularly a laboring man, adopts, his | idle hands clasped and his head drooping. | “People on the sidewalk ‘waved to the from'the baby vet.” But he didn’t stop.” said the mother gently. “Poor man, he must do what the .company tells him: The cars go flying past here. stop, I-think.” These two love to talk about the little one. She_was the baby, for one: thing, the only ‘girl, and she’d such a sweet, merry temperament that the neighbors had grown to note with an eye-caress the pretty little figure.in its blue ging- ham apron, the warm gray woolen guimpe the bright red short cape and the snug mall hood from which the flaxen curls escaped in straw-like tangled bunches. “I could trust her so,” said the mother | motorman. when the car. was twenty feet | “No, T wouldn’t blame the motorman,” | He couldn't | WHOSE BABY WILL BE NEXT? Grief-Wrung - Hearts in the Home Bereaved by the Latest Fenderless Car “ Accident.” with wistful pride. *“‘She used to go er- rands for me. Why, yesterday morning she went for milk.” Think of this blithe, busy baby of two years trotting off to the dairy or the grocer’s. “‘But she never crossed the street. Yes, just once she did. But I—I punished her, the mother’s volce broke, “‘and she prom- ised me she'd never do it again. “Something attracted her, you see. She was laughing when she came in to me that last time, and said something about a funny dog. ‘Such a funny dog,’ she said. 1 suppose she was running after the dog when—when the car struck her.” If you have a mald for your baby girl; madam, you may be inclined to censure this poor woman for neglect of her child. It your baby has the sheltered corner of some near-by park, your own sunny gar- den for her play-ground, it may seem to you incomprehensible ‘that ~any mother would permit her two-year-old child to play upon the street. But for one child 80 fortunately placed, so well cared for, as your own, there are thousands of Hul- da Johnsons, loved as tenderly and as devotedly. The _children of - the poor must play upon_the sidewalk. The home nest—and the Johnsons’ home fs in a basement— early becomes too small for these sturdy fledglings. They seek air and light and adventure. They seek air and light and so.logical, when is fear of punishment so strong as to prohibit a child from follow- ing joyously, blindly, confidently tne thing it desires? Babfes will continue to play upon the sidewalk south and north -of Market street, too. ~And they will be allured out beyond the limit mothers set for adven- turous, ‘toddling - feet ‘in spring-heeled shoes. ~‘The very boundary that is or- dained will in-{tself tempt them further. ‘Are these pretty trespassers, these tiny malefactors, to bé judged by a Draconian law, while for adult sinners church and State preach clemency? Every car with- out a fender may be destined to crush the life out of some smiling child, eager for freedom, mad with the delight of unac- customed unrestraint. It needs but a slight thing to excite a child’s curiosity. Then hey. for the: other side of the street, where, everybody - knows, the —keenest pleasure is! Snould this golden-halred, baby-faced adventurer slip on the cobole- | stones; should he, all enthralled with the glamour. ‘of discovery, intent on sight- should he, paralyzed for a moment by fear as the onrushing car comes nearer and nearer, hesitate—as Baby Hulda did yesterday—there will be the ‘same hor- | the same -bitter, never-ending regret in | another mother's heart and - the same empty place in another household. There. will still be accidents as the city grows older and more populous and more streetear-ridden; - 'but these -are' the things ‘that cannot be guarded against. The newspapers have preached the mer- ciful gospel of the fender, but the slaugh- |"ter of the innocents continues. However, in- time the streetcar companies will | themselves provide ‘the remedy. The | campaign of education on what a fender- so perseveringly and so unfalteringly that one ls almost tempted tp prophesy the beginning of the..end. ~This poor little Johnson ‘baby and - her - grief-stricken mother will retain their places near the foot of the cruel list.: There will not.be many successors -to their suffering and sorrow. - This. baby’s death has. done much for the safety of other children: As Mrs. Johnson says, with & sobbing catch in her throat: “It may save some other woman’s baby. e | bate, discount, commission, abatement, pecu- niary -or other valuable consideration shall be pald or offered directly or indirectly to any in- sured persom, firm or corporation, or to_ his or their agent, or to any person not authorized: | Penalty—*For each violation of this section the penalty shall be the cancellation of the | policy or policies, and the prohibition to write or piace within one year the risk or risks cov- ered. And stipulation 3 of the agreement which you require each broker to sign is as. follows: “Not to pay or offer to pay any rebate, dis- count, commission or abatement of premium to any person, firm or worpuration whatso- ever directly or_indirectly, nor make ‘or offer any pecunlary or other valuable Inducement to obtain business.’’ These provisions are intended ‘to prevent the insured -obtaining - the benefit of any rebate satisfactory to -himself and-the broker. This to my mind is wrong. The money when earned belongs to the broker and not to the company, and what the broker sees fit to do with his own money. does not seem to me to be any affair either of the assoclation or its constitu- ent companles. It is mainly ‘in the clty and county of San Francisco that the system of brokerage pre- vails. Throughout the interior of the State of California the broker’s place is supplied by the local - agent, whose compensation-is a certain percentage. of the premiums = received. The | same prohibition against. rebating is. placed upon him as upon the broker, and. virtually the same agreement is exacted from him. The same objection applies to this ‘prohibition as to-that placed on the broker and its abroga- tion is likewise required. Under present conditions no benefit is se- cured to the insured by dealing directly with the insurer. The rate of premium charged by the company, whether placed through a broker or directly by the Insured, is the same. If placed by a broker the company paye. him, 15 per cent of the premium; if placed by the in- sured no allowance 1s made, but that part of the premium estimated for brokerage is .con- sumed by the company in addition tothe amount originally set aside In the rate for its profit. _ Absolutely no justification. exists ‘for this. The only attempted excuse offered for it i8 that to allow the 15 per cent to the policy holder would jeopardize and interfere with the business of the broker. no disposition to prevent any one hiring a broker to place his insurance if he so desires. At the same time if there exist persons seek- ing insurance, who, from economical or other motives, are desirous of transacting their own insurahce business, common justice requires that they should reap the benefit of that originally set aside to pay for the service they are rendering. It seems to me that the mere statement of this proposition is Its own vindl- cation. Some plan should be devised to ob- viate this injustice. In conclusion permit me to assure you that the suggestions made herein are ones believed by me to be for the best interests of the people of the State, and if acted upon by your asso- clation it will afford me the greatest pleasure to co-operate with you in an endeavor to se- curs reasonable rates of premium for insur- ance in this St.*» sufficient to enable the com- panies to maxe a fair profit on their invest- ment, which should be all that they desire. Respecttully ycars, ANDREW J. CLUNIE, Insurance Commissioner. The letter was sent on January 22, and no answer has been received there- to. The Commissioner believes that by this long silence the underwriters have broken faith with him. He now con- siders himself released from all obliga- he terms “this insurance trust.”” He declares his intention of using every power of his office to work its dissolu- tion. The order made by Commissioner Clunie last Saturday declared invalid and Insufficient not only the bonds of the foreign companies, from whom the larger amount is claimed for back taxes, but also those of the different American companies mentioned, and until these bonds are renewed these companies stand in the same position as the foreign companies, which the Commissioner declares are doing busi- ness here illegally, and upon their ap- plications for renewals of bonds all the questions before raised and also the legality of their membership in the board will be tested. The attitude of the Commissioner is further shown by his statement made last evening that he will to-day accept in renewal bonds from the Continental Insurance Company of New York, the Merchants’ Insurance Company of New Jersey, the American Insurance Company of Boston, the Northwestern National Insurance Company of Mil- waukee, none of which are with the underwriters and which are pledged not to join. The determination of the Commis- sioner to carry the war into Egypt was no doubt intensified by the position of the insurance companies which are The Board of by the terms of this constitution to recetve it.” | There should be and s | tions to make any concessions to what | l Underwriters met yesterday morning | and held a consultation with their at- itorneys—R. ‘Wilson, John Garber and W. S. Goodfellow. The several matters on which the managers and Commis- sfoner ‘disagree were discussed and as a result the insurance people decided to walit and see what move the State | official will make next. In the mean- | time they will pursue the even tenor of their way and transact business the | same: as before: OFFICERS RAID Y ILLICIT STILL Disguised as Farmers They Succeed in Their Purpose. A Widow Who Dsclares She Was Only Making Brandy for Medi- cinal Use. ered an f{llicit still in -Livermore Valley a few days ago, which has been in opera- tion for a number of years. Mrs.. George True, a widow, was the owner -of the raided place. ‘She denied that she had kept the Government out of what was justly due it. Acting under instructions, G. E. Russell and F. A. Fletcher, revenue officials, went to the scene of action disgulsed as farm- ers. . While Mrs. True's attention was oc- cupled with other matters, the disguised officers managed to reach the cellar of her house, and found a few barrels of brandy stored there. A test was made of the. contents ‘of one of the barrels, and it“was found ‘to be different from what the United States certificate on the barrel noise in the cellar, she arrived just in time to see the revenue officers sealing the barrel. She vigorously objected to this proceeding, and denied thet she had f:mt ar;ly wrtJ;g thing. In her excite- ent, she tried to destroy a tag on an- other barrel, but was pre{»ente(ai’.‘ 2 Feeling that they had just caus§ for L{leh‘ actions, the “officers finished efr work by placing a revenue padlock on the cfiuar door and politely telling the lady that an explanation to_their superior, Collector of Internal Revenue Lynch, would be necessary. This the lady de- clded to do, and ‘until she makes her explanations further steps will not be !fl‘kve;‘L ile_searching the premises the rev- emflxie officers found a still of lawful size, ;\; clent to hold five gallons of liquor, rs. True denied that qt had been used during the past two years. The charges against Mrs. True are that she sold and rectified brandy without sanction from the Government, both of which are denied by that lady. Speaking about the trouble, he sald: ‘“The only brandy 1 ever made was for my own use and medicinal purposes. I may have given a bottle away, but it was not done lv;'!‘(vh"the intention of conflicting with the The revenue officers feel confident that in Mrs. True they have discovereu tne person who has been ahn;p!nx large Quantities of the liquor out of the valley, utterly disregarding the fact that there ‘Was a tax due the Government. Mrs. Green Missing. The police were notified vesterday of the disappearance of Mrs. Elizabeth Green, of 426 Eddy street. On January 21 she went to the office of Attorney Bur- dett, In the Claus Spreckels building, and drew $100, as she hgg been in the habit of doing.’ Since then nothing has been seen or heard of her." She is 65 years of age, tall and rather stout, with white hair and wore a black dress and sealskin shoulder cape ; ’Ll-nth d-ltu: W;lonotm, Traps u.n: Is);:n of the latest desi, it O'Brien Golden Gate avenue and Polk street. seelng, be ‘deaf to the clangor of bells; | rible mangling -of another ‘tender body, | less car can do is being conducted so-ably, | United States revenue officers discov- | called for. Mrs. True became aware that | her' farmers had flown, and, hearing a | INEUTRALIZING SYSTEM AFTER ALL OTHERS HAD FAILED. K HAPPY CHINA AT THE TIVOLL “The Pearl of Pekin” Notably Pretty Pro- duction. a The First-Night Hitches Could Not Conceal the Suc- cess. “Victor Durand” at the Alcazar— Exciting Horséemanship at the Orpheumn. | By to-night, or to-morrow night at the latest,: the little old opera house around theé corner should be offering | entertainment that will please every- | body who cares for clean - nonsense and twinkling music. - The company | 'was nervous last night. There were | drags and hitches in the performance, |'and time to .dle of drink between the acts: but in spite of these first-night debilities there was no questioning the | good “value in the Tivoli's “Pearl of Pekin.” The production 1s generous, clever, and in many ways artistic. The | play itself is full of follity; to be sure, | some of . the jokes and interpolated songs are not making their first ap- | pearance on -earth, but on the whole | the book is better than those acrobatic ‘hair-ralsers that. -are thrown at us nowadays, and the music—all of it | that is ‘Lecoeq's - and some that is { Kirker's—is _delicate and humorous, as | véve seldom find the lighter music of to- | day. | I missed “The Pearl of Pekin” when | Louis Harrison presented it here some | seven years back, and I am not famil- ! iar with ‘Lecocq’'s operetta “Fleur de The,” from which it is Americanized by ‘“Gus” Kirker, the kept composer | of the New York Casino “"Reviews,” so everything was new to me last night, that is everything except a song or two and a handful of gags that had dallied with my auditory. nerves in | other shows, and I spent an evening of ‘comfortable good - mature. Unlike | “Brian - Boru” “The Pearl of :Pekin"” pretends to nothing that it is not.. You |-do not come away from it with a griev- ance. I can recommend {t to anyone who wants to_digest his dinner: with somethingthatis light and picturesque. I found it aiso a refreshing contrast to | “The Girl From Paris.”. There are legs in “The Pearl of Pekin,” of course, but they are. candidly seét. forth in pink tights and they are those trusty Tivoli legs that we have learned to look upon | openly and unashamed. . Miss Hall is | the one insctance of naughty lingerie, | but she contrives to leave something to | the imagination. = Miss Hall: was one | of the nervous ones in last night's per- formance, and her symptom was over- work; a little less effort will produce more - effect, for the part of Finette is right in Miss Hall's line, I think, if ghe will: only ease up.a bit and try to see some of the fun herself. | "Miss Walcott also was nervous, but with entirely different effect, her natur- ally timid temperament at times as- sumed the proportions of actual fright. However, modesty is too rare a stage ‘accumpushment to be: wantonly | dis- couraged, and a little of it is very pat to the part of the coy little Chi- nese bride. | It Edwin Stevens was suffering from lany of the ills of 'an . opening, it was not patent. He was en- tirely himself, ‘and more than half | the fun of the performance. Tyfoo, although the longest and slimmest of the many Mandarins of comic opera China, is, in the parlance of the “pur- feshion,” a fat, fat part, and Mr. Ste- vens ‘gives to it the best of that im- perious mirth: of ‘his. ' He missed only once last night, ~and that was in a drunken scene which was long and la- bored. Mr. Leary is not very fortu- nately cast. as the Japanese, but at least he does not overdo. Phil Branson is the same old explosion, perhaps varied a bit by his efforts at a French dialect. An_exceptionally ~happy epi- sode is the ‘“Chin Chin” quartet, sung nd danced by Georgie Cooper; Jennie Stockmeyer, Gracie Gray and Hannah Davies.. 'This, Miss Walcott's singing of Edgar Kelley's mulberry song and the choruses, were the especial musical ‘hits of the night. ASHTON STEVENS. Alcazar. “Victor Durand” 1s well staged ard rather evenly played at the Alcazar. The i | addition of W. H. Pascoe to the company is noted, but he was evidently off -his lines last night, as his playing was halt- ing. Wright Huntington, as Henrl Favart, was strong, especially - in _the third act. Frederick Paulding, as Paul Dean, showed a keen perception of the part, and appeared to better advantage than usual. The company makes a good showing, and: gives ‘a performance- that is calculated to please the audiences this. week. While there are a few individual discrepancies, the gene‘?‘l work is of a smoothness that carries'the story to its termination with strongly sustained in- terest. Orpheum. The sensation this week at the Or- pheum is the great Gautier and his dar- ing feats of horsemanship. There is some- thing more than a display of trained ani- mals, for the performance consists of riding that, In the confined limits of a theater stage, probably never has been equaled here. That some situations are thrilling enough to cause the audience to cease breathing for a second or two was evidenced last night bl{ the audible sigh which escaped when the curtain fell. The Jacksons, in their grotesque com- edy sketch; the Nawns, in a new skit, and the Damm brothers, in startling ac- robatic feats, are the other new features that were well received. Almont and Dumont are here again with their musical specialties,and Carletta, the human lizard, is retained, and has lost. none of her popularity. Morosco’s. The usual big audience at the Grand saw last night “Down in Dixey,” a lively melodrama with sensational fire and res- cue scenes, and lavish comic relief in the form of negro songs, dances and special- ties. All the favorites were in the cast, and won the accustomed applause or hisses, according to the virtue or villainy of the parts. Baldwin. “The Girl From Paris’’ commenced her second week at the Baldwin to a rather light house. Chutes. Chiquita, the canned Cuban revolution- ist, continues to be a telling attraction at the Chutes. B Asthma and Bronchits cure Guaranteed. Dr. Gordins Sanitarfum, 514 Pine. nr. Kearny, S F.,Cal. A PLEASANT EVENING. to Give a Successful Enter- tainment. The entertainment to be given by the Nano Nagle Debating Society for the benefit of the Presentation Convent will take place early next month. The ladles and gentlemen of the club l A TRIBUTE OF HIGHEST ESTEEM W.J. Martin Presented With a Beautiful Costly Silver Set. W estern Union Telegraph Employes’ Present to the Late Man- ager. . J. Martin, lately manager of the W‘:;le‘l"n Union Telegraph Com.pan,n and now business manager :;r The Cajl, had a e surprise yesterday. seTn'ul;){' R(-I;‘nolds, the popular cashier of the telegraph company, requested Mr. Martin to step into his office for & few minutes, stating that he had some- thing to say to him. As Mr. Martin en- tered the office his eye fell on a large case, containing a beautiful silver serv- fce of seventy-eight pieces. Mr. Reyr}})\lfi_s v ant, saying: explained what it all meant, sayin Martin, since you have been with this company you have won the esteem, love and respect of every employe, and now that you are about to enter other ficlds of usefulness, they have taken this way of expressing their high regard for you and wishing you every good that can fall to the lot of man. They asked me to present this to you in their behalf. Mr. Martin was silent for a moment, and In a few words, which did not con- ceal his emotion, he expressed his thanks to the donors for their elegant remem- brance of him. He added: “I hope the time will come when I will be able to own a home in keeping with this beauti- ful present, for then I will have every one of these, my friends, come and dine with me.” Thus was the presentation made—sim- ple and informal—but it was expressive of the high regard of nearly 100 employes of the big telegraph company. A little later Mr. Martin went among his friends and told them how much he appreclated 1t}he gift and how unexpected it was to im. On the corner of the case, which s of oak; is.a gold plate, bearing the inscrip- tion, ‘‘Presented to W. J. Martin by the employes of the Western Unifon Tele- graph Company, January 21, 1898." Mr. Martin severs his connection with the company after many years' service, fng which he worked himself from the 13%vest to the highest round of the ladder. He began his experience at the keys in Salinas, where he soon became manager. Tater on he held similar positions in San Jose, Stockton and Sacramenio¥and when W. I, MARTIN, Who Was Presented With a Silver Service by the Telegraph Emploves Yesterdau. have appeared before the public many times and their efforts have brought them much applause. They have been trained by the best musical and theatrical pro- fessors and their entertainment promises to be one of the best that had taken place in this city. The Presentation Convent is the mother house of the order. It is one of the larg- est convents in the city and has an av- erage attendance of 700 pupils. —e————— Lagniape {s a New Orleans word. It is applied to a bonus given to pur- chasers at the markets or shops; a sort of premium, as it were. It may be con- | fectionery, fruit, or some trifling arti- cle, but it is expected and given as a matter of course. he came to this city he became the chief operator. From this position he mounted to that of the highest, which he has held for the past three ars. Mrs. Porter’s Gum Drops. James Miller, who claims to have the only right to dispose of candies in the Grand Opera House, is annoyed at the statement made by a Mrs. Porter that ‘“‘gum drops” she had eaten in that place were what cause@ her iliness. He denles, in the first place that there are any gum drops sold at the theater, He says he has ascertained that the lady had partaken of a hearty Spanish dinner previous to going to the theater, and to this he at- tributes her illness rather. than to the “gum’ drops.” EFFECTED BY DR. SOPER’ By this method patients know to a cent what it will cost them for a permanent cure. IT 18 YES OR NO WITH THESE PHYSICIANS. - IF INCURABLE THEY WILL TELL YOU SO, THUS SAVING YOU TIME AND MONEY. All those who are unable to pay the grlces quoted above will recelve services ree by giving satisfactory evidence of their humble clmumlm.ncerg. 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