The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1898, Page 7

v ( THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, EEE DAY, MARCH 17, 1898 A CINCH LAW ON MERCHANTS s Business Men Bill Creating Denounce the a Censor of Weights and Measures. in Unjust Municipal Office Which Fosters the Levying of Blackmail on Reput- ablc Tradesmen of the City. 1 merchants are up in arms aw of 1881, which author- of supervisors to appoint an unty to inspect weights d to charge merchants bections made. tter was never seriously until yesterda use Sec- ary of st the boarc officer who has charge of all the nty sealers, on the ground that they iling proposition. The Board of Supervisors of San Di- County is responsible for the re- of the question as to the justice nd legality of the law, for that body as just demanded that the Governor point J. F. Neely inspector of that ounty. This demand will doubtless b followed by similar action fa all the other counties of the State. Incidentally, it may be said in pass- , that the fees for this unique offi- cial in a city like San Francisco would make the salary of the President of the United States look like the earnings of a common laborer. Fortunately for the rchants of this city, there is not such an official in the city and county. The bill which created the thrifty of- >r fools,” as one of the he chants of the city said yesterday, was re of the late Senator Jere- It has always been strong type of the t with the ap- or or other State | m welfare. Board of to appoint th e to t office a few a sovernor Budd consulted At- t 1d as to the re. He received discretion as to his General said: purpose of this the act in question I am of the opinion The Att Assuming for th or that titutional, when ¢ Board of Supervisors of any county the appointment of such an officer s obligatory upon you as Governor ppointment. disliked the task, and ieved the harassing meas- dd was compelled to intment. la full of specifi ather the nest” peculiar censor of public morals, provides for “but or andard of ghts and r sures of capacity ughout the St than one st if there were ore ndard now prevail- The next p on honors the Sec- ¥ ng him ex-of- aler of weights and meas- s ridiculous in the eyes of State 2 job who have been of S > {ts pas ve had de lord hi of so funny in “The Mikado.” g along the path of equal Jjustice, the law next pro- or the safety of the people and fare of the State’s sacred keep- th als by arranging that “he , at the pense of the lete standard of bal- weights and measures, which 11 consist of a standard balance, a , a pound weight, a liquid gallon half bushel and the usual sub- isions of such weights and meas- eur These provisions were doubtless d on a fear that the gallon and the ound, the yard and the bushel, aff- red in various counti It s feared astrous con- flict between the gallons of Milpitas and the standard of gauging pumpkins in Petaluma. The vigilance of the lawgivers is seen to good advantage in the watchful care b fe that there might be a d of the next section, which shields the | people against wolves in sheeps’ cloth- ing by arranging that the State sealer shall not starve. It provides that no person shall use weights and measures of any character until their accuracy has been certified to by the sealer at €0 much per certificate. This sum amounts to an aggregate that beats a claim in the Klondike. It is made a misdemeanorforanyper- £on to sell goods, wares or merchandise unless the same shall have been meas- red or weighed by scales or rules bearing the official certificate. County sealers shall have the right, according to the new law, to inspect weights measures and beams “at any hour in the day time,” and any person refusing the high official’s demands may be fined not less than $50. And the State law has provided for own liberallv. Section 8 of the law glves the fees as follows: “For sealing and marking every beam, $1; for deal- ing and marking m ures of exten- at the rate of 50 cents for each ard, not to exceed a cost of §2; seal- ing scales from 2 pounds up to 200, 75 ach; from 200 up to 500 pounds, inclusive, each; 2000 to 6000 pounds, $5 each; for sealing and mark- ing liquid measures, if the capacity be gallon or more, 50 cents; if less, 25 cents ane ts. Merchants in all lines of trade re- gard the law as dead letter and look upon the officer created by the bill as a pestiferous nuisance. They do not hesitate to say that the spirit back of the law is as infamous as the motives that led Dick Turpin and his com- panions into the field in olden times. A fair idea of the prevailing epinion may be ascertained from a perusal of the following vigorous opinions of well known local merchant G. D. GRANT, of MURPHY, GRANT & CO.—It seems to me that this law is eimply ridiculous. I never heard of it, and I have no sympathy with it. If a man has not sense enough to know whether a *lieved the law to be a sort of black- | fice of State sealer, “‘a sort of guardian | n application is made by | | regular and reputable ‘deaier is swindling him as to what is the weight of an al- leged pound or the length of an alleged vard he ought to have a guardian ap- be ent to a lunatic asylum tment. It an _ouious nd t do not eve it will “LUFF BROS. THOMAS M. CLUFF of b 1y that this is of robb ter is pushed I would nd fight it to the bitt r of weight 3 . 1 think we ought to should be a regulal . The very thought of hi h golden arvest as thi reaping aw w | To show w much he would make | in my c computation be made | roug four stores. In each is s capable of weighing 4500 ing these the inspector Api cach store weighing under 200 s would net him $12. There on measures in each store. t $4 out of that, and about ever | is simply preposterous. | Then_there | TELEPHONES THAT WILL NOT TALK Complaints Against the Poor Service Rendered. The Tivoli’s Management Refuses to Submit to It Any Longer. A Complaint From President Sabin That Reacts on His | Company. DAMAGE SUIT IN PROSPECT Theatrical Managers Recount Their Troubles With the Pert Manipu- lators of the Switches. In the advertisement of the Tivoll | Opera-house that appears this week is the following brief declaration of war against the Pacific Telephone and Tele- graph Company: of smaller me Altogether he (€000 6000000000000 0 & | would mulct me @ 3 Y | lo On account of unsatisfac- . |3 1 IRVINE OF IRVINE BRO§— | @ t0rY telephone servicenoor- ¢ | This is about as msz a scheme as ever | ® ders for seats will be received ¢ originated with a egl ture or any | & & ottier kind of bodv. The idea of a man | hereafter by telephone. Z rmitted to make so much money inspector would is appalling to ose that would have to stand the drain. fellow would never have to go to the ondike at all. He would have a gold d at his feet. Just see what it t our firm to use its scales and We have six scales coming e $2 50 limit, amounting to $15. e Would be about thirty scales 7 each; there is $22 50. Four 1lon measures would bring down $2, and n smaller ones §2 50; there goes $12'in a Such a thing would result in job- K | v | m and corruption by Boards of Super- s rd of before, for even t lary would be a molecule compared with what this man would make. V. M. DAVIS of perium—The operation of the fee s3 would work a hardship upon thé —mer- the Em- chants, with absolutely no advantage to the c 1 hope that the Board of Supery will refrain from recommend- ing any such appointment, and by this means render the law inoperative. From what I have learned of the effect of the operation of the fee system con- nected with the Sealer of Weights and Measures it would seem calculated to work a hardship upon the merchant, with absolutely no advantage to the customer. sibly some benefit might accrue from the appointment of a salar- ied official for the performance of the same duty if a trustworthy and conscien- on can be found to fill the of- to be hoped that the pervisor: ain_from ommending an , and in ake the noperative. AEL WEIL, OF THE WHITE 1 am emphatically opposed to | the law giving the Governor the right to | appoint a sealer of ights and meas- | for San Fra , for no evil ex- nothing to correct or to be ned by such an appointment. If the Board of Supervisors anticipate rec- ommending any one for appointment to the_office, every effort should be made issuade; them from giving the m to a years, and during that perfod f a complaint . To at- to give short measure would mean gaining of an unenviable business utation which would soon lead to a of customers, most of whom meas. tem | the T tem. There is positively no merit in it that any business man can conscientious- ly indorse. It has been discontinued in all the larger citi of the East and is obsolete. So much so that it m: well be categoried with the dead languages. 1f there is any necessity for a sealer of weights and measures it can be more economically ; the payment of a ez ry_than by the fee s posed to both It would only ng some poll o the office is tem. unnecessa pose of gl tunity to cinch the people any way you may 100K at it. UNITED STATES DEPUTY MAR- SHAL BALDWIN—It is yond my comprehension how an intelligent body of men should s intment of iclt the app icer, and I can hardly place a law that will grant to a on the right and power to such an o single carry on an inspection as he may see fit and char, It according to his own discre- ition on the rights of race upon govern- 1 don’t see how it is possible, and ment. could ever adopt such a prerogative. If | such an appointment were made in this t-city imagine the enormous sums of mone: | that would be collected in fees and per | quisites from nearly every branch of com- | mercial industry. ‘The income of an in- spector or sealer would easily exceed that | of the highest paid officlals’in the coun- t s a result of the adoption of this law retail merchants, in my opinion, 1d be compelled fo discontinue busi- s and would be forced into bank- by these vultures who demand the lucrative extortion under the cloak of the law, and the prominent business men would likewlse suffer under the exorbit- ant tax. 1 am in favor of the appoint- ment of a duly authorized inspector, whose business it would be to protect the interests of the public, but he would have to be appointed under a differently con- structed law before he could gain my con- sent or approbation for such an appoint- ment. 1 also believe that such an offi- the | we pt als hould be appointed, but if he is to serve in the interests of the people he ould be placed in office by the people | and not by a body of men who are | themselves servants of the municipality. That any Board of Supervisors should | presume ‘the right to thrust such an offi- cer on the public is outrageous. JOHN ROSENFELD OF THE VAN- | COUVER COAL MINING AND LAND COMP. such an appointment under _an arbitrary law of character I think beyond ques- tion that it is both wrong and unjust. I believe in a public inspector, but not this c villing to have my scales in- P time and whenever the Government sees fit to make such in- pection, but I do not want to defray the expense for the institution of such an in- quiry. If the inspector is appointed in the Intere: of the public, as he un- doubtedly he should be paid and his services rewarded by the public and not by individuals who, though willing to have their weights and scales inspected as to their exact tlr‘(‘urflci'. do not, how- ever, solicit it and should therefore be exempt from paying for it. That such a law should be passed in my impression is a gross encroachment upon the independ- ent rights of individuals and an outrage that should not be tolerated by an intel- ligent public. If a man cannot carry on a business without being taxed for even the weights and measures which his busi- ness ‘demanda I think the best thing that could be possibly done by the State in its ambition to extort revenue from its citi- zens is to pass an edict that will compel them to place their bank and account books and other individual propert the disposal and for the scrutiny of in- spectors whom it may see fit to appoint. ———————e Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. ure their own goods at home, and would quickly detect any such nefarious at- tempt dlin In short the people | are able hd do, protect themselves. I am rnestly opposed to the fee it almost seems incredible that a State | R R R R R R R R R R R R R R This announcement is the culmination of a long list of complaints by patrons of the house, concluding with a vigorous protest by John L. Sabin, the president of the telephone company, to Manager Leahy, and his receiving a practical il- lustration of the unreliability of his ser- vice. Incidentally it may be mentioned Mr. Sabin’s protest will probably result in a suit for damages against his com- pany. Mr. Leahy explained the trouble to a Call reporter last evening as follow: For years we have Kept a telephone in the box office for the convenience of our patrons, but the telephone is gone now, and hereafter anybody wishing to secure seats in advence | will_have to cail for them in person or se somebo At firet the innovation worked sat- | isfactorily and was a great convenlence to peo- ple, but of late it has only been a source of annovance and the cause Jf frequent complaints against the employes of the hou: Frequently peopie have come to the box of- fice and demunded why they were unable to | ez by telephone, saying they had tried repeatcdly and each time had been told that | the line ‘was b Then agaln orders have | been received for seats in @ certain portion | of the house, as the man in the box office un- | derstood the order, but when the parties rived they declared’ they bad called for enti different seats and would refuse to be co: | vinced that the misunderstanding was due to | the telephone working poorly. Everybody who the one he wants and his message goes astra le he appreciates the difficulty in get “*Central,” and having succeeded in getting the haughty young woman there to respond tu his calls the average man knows he Is utterly un- abie to induce her to give him the number he 2 do_so. Our trouble With the telephone service reachs ed a climax one night last week, when Mr. Sabin, the president of the company, called me out of my office and proceeded to denounce the employes for what he termed, among other | things, their discourtesy and incivility. pears that during the day Mr. Sabin called up the box-office by telephone and asked to b some seats re: i for him. The treasur | replied that it would be done and Sabin asked | what row the seats were in. The reply w. that there was Hothing left better tnan t | eighteenth row, which Sabin #aid would an- | swer. When he came in and found where his | | seats were he raised a fuss, declaring the man in the box-office had told him they | | were in the eighth row, and when told that he | | must have misunderstood he claimed he had | been treated discourteously. 1 explained to Mr. Sabin that his was only one case in many where patrons had found the telephone service unsatisfactory and that I had concluded to put a stop to further com- | aints by having the instrument removed. 1 of ns t had in here was one profanity-promoting devices known the nickel the-slot telephone, from which the renter receives a certain percentage of the receipts after they have reached a certain | amount. Our contract called for the telephone | up to the first of the month, but early the | following morning agents of the company rb-i moved the telephone, taking with them all the cash in the box, a portion of which belonged to us. For this palpable violation of its con- tract we shall bring suit for damages against the company, and I have alr y placed the matter in competent lawyers' hands. The | gservice was wretched, but my contract called for the use of the télephone to April 1, and I | intend to make Mr. Sabin pay for his act. | When he made his complaint of discourteous | treatment by my employes, 1 told him he Would do well to instruct his own employes be- | fore finding fault with others. A more un- | o set than the telephone operators it would | be hard to find anywhere, in my judgment. Manager Friealander of the Columbia, Baldwin and California theaters said he | had recefved many complaints from pa- | trons of his houses about the poor tele- | phone service, but he had not thought about discontinuing the practice of re- | celving orders for seats in that manner. | He had found it did not always work to | | the satisfaction of those who tried it; but | as long as the public found it a conveni- | ence and was will.ng to take chances on the poor servite he was willing to accom- modate it. | ‘Manager Morrissey of theOrpheum was outspoken {n his denunclation of the tele- | phone service. “We keep one man in the box office most of the time,” said he,| “whose duty It i8 to answer the tele- | phone, and a .ard job he has of it. The | trouble is, the service is operated on too cheap a scale. The girls are underpaid and overworked, and, consequently, careless in_answering calls and making | | switches. The greatest fault, however, is | fhe lack of facllities. Too many tele- | phones are maintained on each circuit, | and this causes great confusion and d lay, besides preventing anything like | privacy. Almost every time one uses a | telephone he overhears conversations | | between others, while he waits in valn for the party he wants to answer his call. “The greatest complaint we have to make Is the maddening persistency with which ‘central’ rings our bell when she wants us. Frequently the bell rings a full minute after one of us removes the receiver from the hook, and all efforts to induce the operator to stop the din are unavailing. “ recefve numerous letters from pa- trons complaining that they are unable to secure seats by telephone, but it is not our fault if the telephone company will not connect ug." The theatrical managers are not the only people to complain of the miserable telephone service. It has been growing worse steadily, until it has reached a stage where many subscribers are follow- ing the course of the Tivoll and are dis- pensing with the service altogether. In the Divorce Courts. Eva H. Oyster was granted a divorce from her husband, George M. Oyster, yes- terday on the ground of faflure to pro- vide. Ella R. Clark was granted a di- vorce from W. J. Clark on the ground of failure to provide. Emma Pauline Bryant was granted a divorce from George Bry- ant yesterday on the ground of willful desertion. The plaintiff was allowed to resume her maiden name, Wilbur, —_———————— Rheumatism, kidney & liver diseases cured. Dr. Gordin'sSanitartum,514Pine, nr. Kearny, . F.,Cal. —_—————— For a Writ of Mandate. Katherine M. Ball applied vesterday to the Superior Court to compel the Board of elephone we are | at | Education to restore her to her position as teacher of special drawlnfi, from which position she was removed in Mng 1897, A temporary writ was nted the residing judge and made returnable in epartment No. 7 on March 28. wants until it suits her own sweet fancy to | 18 ap- | | all the companies of thi | eccordance with and a [0 DRILL ON Tower Being Erected for the Use of the Fire Laddies. Chief Sullivan Desirous of Es- tablishing a Pompier Corps. They Have Done Splendid Service in Eastern Cities in Saving 1 Lives at Fires. The necessity for having a conven- ient place for fire drill purposes has long been apparent to Chief Sullivan, as the present mode has had many drawbacks. It has been the custom to select some building every Sunday morning, as the extramen could not at- tend any other day, but the constant complaints from residents in the neigh- borhood was a source of annoyance to | the Chief and the men. | To put a stop to all these annov- | ances it was decided recently to erect a tower on a lot in the rear of engine | house No. 32, on Seventeenth street, | be finished | near Folsom, and it will | | | | | has to use a telephone frequently knows how | often he is switched on to another line from | How the Tower Will Loock When Finished. t the end of this month. It will be feet high with a slope at the bot- tom to give it strength. It will have a metallic stand and fire escape, such as are used on many of the buildings in the city, and the men will be drilled | in that kind of work, connecting the | ladders with the stand pipe so as to get the hose to a certain position or to the roof if necessar; It is the ambition of the Chief to start a pompier corns in connection with the department, but unfortunately this is | impracticable until the department, or at least a portion, is placed under the fully paid system with the men con- tinually on duty. With this object | partly in view of the Chief in his last | annual report recommended the follow- | ing: “I respectfully recommend that department now responding to alarms of fire in the mercantile district of the city be | placed under a fully paid system, with | the entire force continually on duty, in | ithorized by | the provisions of an act of the Legisla« ture, approved March 4, 1897, entitled ‘An act to provide for increasing the ef- ficiency of fire departments within mu- nicipalities of the first class in the State of California.”” A pompier corps was first introduced in St. Louis about twenty years ago and since then corps have been estab- lished in New York, Boston and ah large Eastern cities, and they have done splendid service in saving lives and property, especially in New York. An attempt was made about fifteen vears ago to establish a corps here, but it had to be given up, as it was im- possible to get the men properly drilled under the “call” system. The men must be constantly on duty to make an efficient pompier corps. The pompier ladder is a hickory stick partly in vie wthe Chief in his last about fourteen feet high and on each side are handles for placing the feet upon. Each team has three pompiers and each man has a belt around his waist with a snap which he attaches to the pompier, enabling him to use both his hands in hoisting the pompier to the next story window. By that means they can climb all over a buila- ing. | ab, Hypnotic Wonders. No one need go to Paris now to see all that is marvelous in hypnotism. In the hypnotic wards of many hospitals of this country are hypnotic subjects that a mere glance, 1t is said, throws them into the trance state. But In order to overcome that obstinate kidney sistent use of Hostetter's Stom- L e P ucessary. Use It also avstem. atically for malarial, bilious, dyspeptic, rheu- matic and nervous diseases. 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HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC Dis "HAY’FEVER| 638 MARKET ST, OFP. PALACH Hotel. Telephone &70, Doe W8 Valencia street. Telephone “*Chureb’” & ASHS HONEY AND LR BITTER AMUSEMENTS. fi' @ Titalre RIEDLANDER GOTTLOB 8C° LLSSEES B AAAREY SECOND AND LAST WEEK. PRIMROSE & WEST'S BIG MINSTRELS. A HOST OF LEADING STARS! A LONG LIST OF FEATURES! EXTRA... ...NEXT MONDAY America’s Greatest Indoor Show, RICE’S “1492.” 60—PEOPLE—60 Handsome Accessories. Beauty Galore. SEATS NOW READY. Every Evening anbluding Sunday), MATINEE EA:‘;[;F%;:\F\:‘.( All This and MOST EXCELLED Madeleine Lucette Ryley's Merry Comedy, the MYSTERIOUS MR. BUGLE! Presented by JOSEPH HOLLAND And a Splendid Cast Sunday Night Begins the Last Week. SEATS NOW READY. HELD. Baliforria Ficalr FRIEOLANDER GOTTLOB 8.0 wesstss B Arane LAST 4 NIGHTS—MATINEE SATURDAY. The Great Farce Comedy Success, TOWN TOPICS. With the Celebrated WORLD, KELLER AND MACK. Prices—Iic, c and 50c—No higher. COMING—F. Marion Crawford. Coming—A Will H. Fox, comedian-pianist; Burke & For- rest, comedy sietch artists; Athas & Collins, Australla’s favorites; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mo- Intosh, ebony fun; Jose Quintet, greatest vocal- ists; Josephine Sabel, vivacious chanteuse, in- troducing the great Human Music Sheet—50 col- ored vocalists; Rudinoff, fantastic delineator; last 3 nights of the Human Music Sheet: also of Webb & Hassan, hand acrobats; Smith & Cook, dancing comedians. Reserved Seats, fic; Balcony, Chairs and Box Seats, Gc. SIX FREE LECTURES On Spirit, Boul Phrenology sad Health, at METROPOLITAN TEMPLE oo Fifth st., near Market, by MRS. O. S. FOWLER, ‘Widow of the Iate Prof. 0. 8. Fowler, the Cele- brated Phrenologist of New York. 10c; Opera Friday, March 18, 8 p. m.—'Manhood; Its Virtues and Faults,”” gentlemen only. Saturday, March 19, 8 p. m.—“Electricity; Its Application to Disease.”” Classes taught the application of electricity to cure disease, beginning March 22. Phre- nological examinations daily from 9 a. m. till 9 p. m. un‘il March 31, at the California Hotel, on Bush st., near Kearny. DURWARD LELY, PATTI'S TENOR. @ Recitals of Seottish Song and Story. Y. M. C. A. AUDITORIUM. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21 “A NICHT WI' BURNS.” TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, ROSE, THISTLE AND SHAMROCK. General Admission, S0c; Reserved Seats, Tic. Seats on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, cor- ner Kearny and Sutter sts., on and after March 17, or at Box Office Evenings of Concerts. RAClNGl RACING! RACING! —~—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter, Meeting, 159765, Beginning MONDAY, March 7, to March 13, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACE TRACK. RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNEBDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. SHARP.—— Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 and 8 p. m., connecting with train stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Returning—Trains leave the track at {15 ana 448 p. m., and immediately atter the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres. R, B. MILROY, Secretary. CHINESE THEATER AND MOVING PICTURES. s14 Washington street Theater, Chinztown. Four nights, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 50 Chinese actors. moving scenes, including special scenes of Chinese New Year's procession at Marysville and San Francisco, lhcwlnfi great Chinese dragon. First and onl; T is wonderful scene will pe on exhi- tion. AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. ‘Walter Morosco. Sole Lessee and Manager Sims & Buchanan's Great Irish Racing Drama, THE ENGLISH ROSE! PICTURESQUE IRISH SCENERY. JAUNTING CAR. CELTIC WIT AND COMEDY. RUINS OF BALLY-VEENEY. Evening prices—l0c, %c, 50c. Matinees Satur~ day and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MRS. ERNESTINE KRELING. Proprietor & Manages —LAST NIGHTS— Of the Brilliant Japanese Musical Comedy, “THE GEISHA!” The Prettiest Production of the Year. NEXT SUNDAY EVENING-Special Produe- tlon of The Most Laughable of Musical Comedes, “THE WIiDOW O'BRIEN,” SONG—DANCE—HUMO! POPULAR PRIC! ND' TS. On account of unsatisfactory telephone serv- ice no orders for seats will be received here- after. ALCAZAR. ——TO-NIGHT,—— ATURDAY AND SUNDAY, EE_SATURDAY. E 1 o THEN-—— “THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY” Bids San Franciseo Good-by. MONDAY NIGHT—A Hot Farce, ‘“THE GIRL UP TO DATE.” Y. M. C. A AUDITORIDM. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT 2:30. LAST VIOLIN RECITAL. MARTEAU ! Accompanied by LACHAUME. RESERVED SEATS, $150. SPECIAL! METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, Grand Popular Concert —BY— MARTEAU AND LACHAUME And s Grand Orchestra of 55 Pieces. d LACHAUME Conducting. $1 and $150. Seats on Sale sco Music Store, 225 Sutter st. SEATS BY PHONE, MAIN 254, BALLOON ASCENSION THIS AFTERNOON. FIREWORKS TO-NIGHT! . ZOO.,.. IN THE CHUTES. FINEST WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY! CHIQUITA AND A BIG PERFORMANCE. Includinig Captain Cgrdono's Group of Trained ons. Feeding of the Carnivora at 5 and 10:30 p. m. Open Daily from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. 10c to All, Including Zoo, etc.; Children, Se. Comer of Meson and OLYMPIA— Comg ot Hoeen, America’s most beautiful music hall. _Great- est free bill in the world. ADAM SISTERS, balladists; MONTALAIS, soubrette; LESLIE, vocalist; MARION, danseuse; MULLIN & WARD, novelty- boxing; ARNELDO and ten others. House heated. Admission free. Metropolitan| ILLUSTRATED CONCERT. Temple Mr. e Thomgs. Sololst. Az, To-Night. James Hamilton Howe, Conduc- MADE ME A tor. Admission 2 cents. Reserves at Byron Mauzy's. MAN AJAX TABLETS X CURE AL Nersous X ‘Mo b5 "Abuse OF other Tndis- Foet VMY ot O34 i oung o it man for etudy, buslnsss or marFiage; Tasanits’ and Conenmption 1 Saoatand altsets & CURE whera Al sihoe. 12l To gl avon having the semaine Aux Tebicts. 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