The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1898, Page 22

22 KOTZEBIE RICHER THAY KLONDIKE A Miner Says It Is “the Richest Spoton Earthit Took Out Fifty Thousand Dollars in Nuggets in Ten Days. News of the Wonderful Find Reached Here by Letter Yesterday. POSTAGE ON IT WAS $80. New ElI Dorado Is Entirely American Terri- The on tory. The first authentic news from the | Kotzebue Sound gold fields reached San Francisco vesterday. It was written | at Rampart City last November, and has thus taken over four months to get here. It is from John Ross to J. A. Ral- ston of this ecit The latter gentleman has spent years in the Kotzebue Sound country, and many a big hunt has he had on the Kowak River. As the result of one expedition he and his compan- jon ecured the skins of 162 deer. Yet | he never dreamed of the untold millions | hid in its streams. | Mr. Ralston is well known In this city, and numbers among his friends Howard M. Hough, president of the Union Fish Compan A. H. Herriman of Herriman & Mills; Lawrence E. Nco- nan, president of the Lynde & Hough Company, and Lieutenant George M. Stoney, whom he met on several occa- sions when the latter was surveying the Kotzebue Sound country. Ross, the gold hunter who wrote the accompany- | ing letter, is under many obligations to Mr. Ralston, and naturally he sent him | the first news of his discovery. The | two men mentioned in the letter reached Seattle some months ago, but | their little sack of $25,000 cut very little figure when compared with the hun- | dreds of thousands that were coming | from the Klondike. | Rumors of the wealth of the Kotze- | bue Sound district have reached here | at different times, but nothing so defin- | ite or startling as the present commu- | nication. When Captain Cogan was on his way back from the Arctic on the | | or sugar, last plug of tobacco I had for it. I hated to part with the last plug, for gold was more plenty now than to- bacco. We went on up the Creek. The native led the way to a small riffle, where he had found it, and we commenced to work and found it in such quantities as to make us almost crazy, often getting ten ounces to the pan. In ten days we washed out| $50,000.” Ross warns his friend tokeep themat- ter quiet, but in view of the fact that seven or eight vessels are already on the berth for Kotzebue Sound and more are ready to follow, he came to the conclusion that there was nothing to be gained by keeping the matter secret. Over a thousand gold-hunters have al- ready secured their passage on various sailing vessels bound for the Kowak River, and they will reach the new gold fields just as speedily as Messrs. Rals- towr and Ross. In fact they will all ar- rive on the ground together, as Mr. Ralston will go to St. Michael on the first steamer to rejoin his friend, and the barkentine Jane A. Falkinberg will call at that place for them on her way to Kotzebue Sound. All of the eight sailing vessels bound north are taking away stern-wheel steamers, 80, as before stated, all will reach the head waters of the Kowak River about the same time. Ross’ let- ter to Mr. Ralston is as follow: RAMPART CITY, November 16, 1897. Friend Ralston: if_this_letter reaches you. when I left you at_St. Michael on the 27th of last June. You were bound for Dawson, and all those at St. Michel were very much excited when Clarence Berry arrived there from Dawson with 5o much dust. You left on the Bella on the 25th of June, and on the following day I left with the natives in a skin boat for Port_Clarence, that being as far as I could induce the natives to go. From there 1 got another native with a skin boat to take me to Kotzebue Sound, but I could not induce nim to go up the river unless I gave him whisky. Not having the requisite I_was obliged to look for some one else. Not having much trade in their line, I was finally obliged to give them what tobacco I had for our own use. Jack Hayes had a gallon of alcohol and some drugs, and with this we made about four gallons of whisky. With this we finally induced the natives to continue up the Kubuck (Kowak) River, as far as we wanted to go. Our original intention was to go as far as Fort Cosmos, but before we got there the Indians told us two white men had gone up before us and were on a small stream where they were getting plenty of gold. We thought this too good to be true, but concluded to follow on around to where they were. Imagine our surprise to find them with not less than $25.000, which they had taken out in fifteen days. The mosquitoes were nearly hell, and as we had not much provisions, we started in to do our best. Our fondest hopes were more than realized, and in twenty days we cleaned up with I should think about $50,000. This was about August 25, and our two friends were _thinking of coming down the river in the hopes of getting to St. Michael before the last boat would leave for San Francisco. They started, but we concluded to stay ten days longer and take our chances in getting out. Two days after they left a native who had ream hunting deer been further up the came back with plen a nugget that will wel twenty ounces. I gave him the la of tobacco I had for it. I hated to part with the last plug, for gold was more plenty now than tobacco. We we the creek. The native led the w. small riffie where he found it, commenced work and found it in such quantities as to make us almost crazy, often getting ten ounces to the pan. In ten days we washed out $50,000. Oh, how we hated to leave. We had only fifty pounds of flour left, and very little tea so we started down to the mouth of the river, and when we got < i\ “RICHEST SPOT ON EARTH.” Fac-simile of a Portion of the Letter Sent by John Ross Erom Rampart City to J. d. Ralston of This City. steam whaler Thrasher he anchored in Kotzebue Sound, and on his return here traces of gold were found in the mud on the anchor. The genial old whaler also brought back some nug- gets with him which he had secured from the natives. The Esquimaux told him that they had secured the speci- mens a long way up the Kowak River, and it was so plentiful that they could scrape it up with a paddle. In his letter Ross says: “Two days after they left (pros- pectors who reached Seattle last Jan- uary) a native who had been further up the stream hunting deer came back with plenty of fresh meat and @ nugget that will weigh not less than twenty ounces. I gave him the there the weather was getting cold. Ice was making fast in the Kubuck, and the natives told us we cou:u not go down un- til it froze up. They also told us that it ‘was as near to go to the Yukon, as to the mouth of the river, and they agreed to go with us if we gave them some tobacco and whisky when we reached the Yukon. Here we stayed with them until October 15, when we started coming by the way of Zanes Pass and reaching Mulatto after fifteen days’ traveling. There we got somé flour and a little tea from a half-breed trader, and I also got some tobacco for the natives, but no whisky. The natives would not go any further, so I stayed there until November 10, when hearing that there were plenty of lugfuu at angart City we started for this place, which we reached in five days. Skink Miller told me you went down the river on the J. J. Healey, so I sup- se you are in San Francisco now. I 80 gad I hope this letter Will You will be surprised | Remember | | fusely decorated with flags, bunting and | military emblems, and it is the expressed THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH ‘31, 1898. you. I intend to stop here until the river opens ard then go down to St. Michael and purchase supplies from the Commer- cial Company, or else go to San Fran- cisco. 1 have plenty of dust now to charfer a vessel with and take back all the supplies 1 want. If you should re- ceive this letter wait in the city until I arrive, as I will be down on the first boat from St. Michael, and we will return as soon as we can charter a boat and pur- chase supplies. with the mail that is going to leave here to-morrow. I am paying $50 postage on it, but that is nothing, as I have better will say when you see it. the richest spot on earth. Hoping this will find you all well, I re- main, your friend, JOHN ROSS. Kotzebue is country yesterday Mr. Ralston said: ‘‘There need never be any fear of a famine there, as deer are plentiful and fish can be caught in abundance all the year round. In winter you can break a hole in the ice and catch enough salmon and trout for a meal in ten minutes. Ross is right about the mosquitoes. They are something awful, and the only thing that will withstand them is a closely woven wire mask. Just fancy my tramping and hunting over that country for years and never finding an ounce of gold. The Kowak River is far easier to navigate than the Yukon. and ‘there is all the timber that will be | wanted for a generation on its banks. | Ross is a level-headed fellow, and I am | inclined to think with him that ‘Kotze- | bue is the richest spot on earth.”” Hoping this will reach you, I send it | ground than any on the Klondike, as you | In talking about the Kotzebue Sound | | | NEARLY WENT - ON THE BEACH Lifeboats and a Tug Went to the Assistance of the Pioneer. Trouble Between Union and Non-Union Sailors on the Water Front. The Ships Columbla and St Nich- olas Had Their Non-Union Crews Taken Off. The schooner Ploneer, bound for Grays Harbor, had a narrow escape from going ashore early yesterday morning. When she got out past Point Lobos the wind died away to a calm, and do what he e chored. NARROW drifted closer in near the ocean beach life-saving station. liance brought another from Fort Point, but no assistance was required. The station sent expeditions with her. One expedition is going north to survey the mouth of the Copper River, another is going to Cooks Inlet and the third is to _survey an all- American route via the Valdez Pass to the headwaters of Copper River. A tele- gram from Captain Lord of the Valencia says that the Valdez Pass is now in excel- lent condition, and the gold-hunters srel coming and going over it continu- ously. The anxiety felt over the long passage of the schooner Nellie G. Thurston from New York has been set ‘at rest. She passed out of the Straits of Magellan in ‘company with the schooner Thomas S. Negus, and the latter has now been in port for nearly a fortnight. Oscar Mik- kelsen, mate of the Negus, has received a letter from Callao, which says that the Thurston was last seen in_the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands. She may now, therefore, be expected at any time. The Thurston has on board a party of nine- teen gold-hunters bound for the Klondike. The barkentine Catherine Sudden istoba built up and put on the berth for Kotz- ebue Sound. At the present time she is unloading a cargo of lumber, but when that is discharged the work of building a large deckhouse will be at once begun. First-class accommodation for 160 pas- sengers will be provided, and as Captain Fred Green, the old Arctic whaler, is go- ing in command, the passage to the mouth of the Kowak River is sure to be made in quick time. A stern-wheel steamer to carry the gold-hunters up the Kowak River is to be taken along. —_————————— FAILED FOR A LARGE SUM. Cabrera, Rom;& C(;.—Unnble to Medt Their Outstanding Obligations. E. Cabrera and J. M. Roma, doing busi- ness at 123 California street under the firm name of Cabrera, Roma & Co., filed a petition In the County Clerk’s office late yesterday afternoon, asking to be de- clared insolvent debtor. Their liabilities amount to $112,937 84 and their assets, in- cluding rights of action and claims out- standing, are fixed at $183,760 35. Their principal creditors are in Mexico and Central America and the collectible claims they hold are in those countries. The principal local creditors are Miller, Sloss & Scott, $228 02; Hickman & Ma tenson, $930 69; Rafael Roma, $2921 5 London and San Francisco Bank, $33% %0, Mrs. Elise H. Pardou Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch, $156533: J. M. Roma, $11,987 50; Daniel Meyer, $3166 50. ESCAPE OF THE PIONEER. When the schooner got outside the wind fell light and she drifted in close to the Cliff House. where she an- When the fog lifted an attempt was made to sail out from the dangerous position, but the Pioneer only a boat to her assistance, and the Re- THEFRST AT TIE PAVILION Military Display and Ball to Be Given by the Local In- fantry Regiment. The Naval Militia Will Assist to Make the Entertainment a Successful One. The committee having charge of the| military display and entertainment that | are to be given in the Mechanics’ Paviicn | on the evening of the 22d of Avril has | completed all the details of the affair, which is to be the first of the kind given by the First Regiment bf Infantry, Col- onel Smith, of the National Guard since the reorganization. There will be present by invitation the commander-in-chief, Governor James H. Budd, and staff; the division commander, Major-General John H. Dickinson, and staff; the commander of the Second .rigade, Brigadier-General R. H. War- field, and staff; Colonel D. B. Fairbanks and staff of the Fifth Infantry; Lieu- tenant-Commander T. A. Nerny, acting captain of the Naval Militia; and tne staff of Captain L. H. Turner, the officers of Troop A, the officers of the Signal Corps, the officers of the Cadet Corps and Colonel W. P. Sullivan and the board of ofticers of the League of the Cross Cadets. The interior of the Pavilion will be ~ro- intention to make the decorations the most artistic in that line that San sran- cisco has ever witnessed. The programme will include a prom- enade concert, music being furnished by the regimental band; a review tendered to Major-General _ Dickinson; guard mounting by one of the companies; squad drill; gun drill by the Naval Militia; ex- emplification of first aid to the wounded by the sanitary corps of the regiment; physical drill by Company K, Captain Cunningham; hasty bridge building by Company B, Captain Filmer; dress par- ade and possibly company drill by bugle by the Cadet Corps of the regiment. This will be followed by a grand ball. The committee on entertainment is com- posed of Lieutenants Harry F. McGurren of Company D, Carlton W. Seely of Com- pany K, T. P. O'Brien of Company H, Al- bert C. Adler of Company L, Firmen A. Nippert of Company F and George J. Patty of Company C. ———————————— BACK FROM PARIS. Artist Altmann Home Again With the Xesults of Five Years’ Labor. Aaron Altmann, the young student of the Mark Hopkins’ Institute of Art, who left this city five years ago to study art in Paris, returned home yesterday morning a full-fledged painter. ‘While absent from this city Altmann studied for a little over a yvear in the Julien Academy in Paris. Later he se- cured admission to the Ecole de Beaux Arts, where he remained for over two years, Here he worked directly under the direction of Gerome and had the ad- vantage of association with some of the best painters in France. After over three | years of hard study in the schools of Paris, Altmann took a studio for himself and studied in the galleries and also worked in the studio of Carolus Duran. The last few months of his stay abroad he spent in travel, visiting all of the great art centers and _exhibiting his work wherever opportunity presented itself.’At the Munich exhibition he received an hon- orable mention and also sold one of his pictures. S g Altmann has confined himself almost entirely to figure work and painting por- traits, but has also produced a number of outdoor paintings that have called forth favorable comment. He brings with him a large collection of drawings, paintings and studies executed while abroad. These pictures all show eat strength and conscientious study. ‘hey aré good in both drawing and color and have a strong aspect of individuality. —_——— Charged With Burglery. J. T. Watson was arrested early yes- terday morning by rolicemen Tyrrell and Sullivan and booked at the City Prison on a charge of burglary. He entered a room in the Grand itrol 1 -house on Tuesday night and stole an overcoat, which he pawned. The pawn ticket was found in lus pocket when searched at tne would the captain could not prevent nis | vessel from drifting close in to the CIiff | House. Seeing that she was in danger of going ashore he ordered the anchor let | g0, and the vessel swung to it for three or four hours until the fog lifted. A light land breeze came up, the anchor | was hove up and an attempt was made to | get to sea. The wind was not strong enough to carry the vessel out, however, and soon she was close in again, this time off the Ocean Beach Life-saving Station. The crew of the lifeyoars;thiuking the vessel in danger, telephoned to the Spreckels Towboat Company for a tug, and then launching their own boat went to the assistance of the crew of the Pio- neer. The captain of the schooner told them that his vessel was in no danger, but the lifeboat remained by her never- theless until the tug Reliance hove in sight. On his way to the supposed wreck Cap- tain Brokaw stopped at the Fort Poin[‘ Life-saving Station and explained the sit- uation. “ne lifeboat was launched and its crew got on board the tug. It was towed around to the ocean beach,’ when Captain Brokaw found that his assistance was not required. During the afternoon a strong offshore breeze came up and the Pioneer finally made a good offing. There was lots of fun on the water front yesterday, and it looked like the old days when union men and “scabs’” had a pas- sage at arms every hour in the twenty- tour. The sallors’ union Is trying to keep wages on vessels going to the canneries up Lo $46 a month, put the Packers’ As: cilation is not willing to pay Imore tnan $4 a month. Twelvemen hadbeen shipped on the Columbia lying at Union-street whart, but a detachment from the union descended on the vessel and drove them all ashore. The sallors were driven all over; the city, and not one of the shipping masters could nnd them again. Sergeant Mahoney and a squad of police were sent trom-the Harbor police station, but in or- | der to avoid any trouble the vessel was moved into the stream and a new crew will be put on board of her there. Captain Polite of the.ship Sparian had the same trouble with his men. He, how- ever, secured a full crew at the lower rate of wages and got away yesterday atternoon. The snip St. Nicholas had also to go into the ‘stream to ship wer crew. Dur- ing the afternoon the union men descend- €d upon her and got every man to go ashore. Seeing that there was no chance whatever of obtaining men while the vessel was at the wharf the captain had her towed out into the stream and an- chored off Folsom-street wharf. Before getting away frenm: the wharf there was a free fight among the Chinese who are 80iNg up to work in the canneries. No one seemed to know what was the cause of the trouble, but rice and slippers were very much in evidence. It was just about mealtime, and the Chinese threw their pans containing rice at each other, and then each Mongol took off a slipper and began belaboring his neighbor over the head with the heel of it. In the meantime every one of them was coughing and screaming at the same time, and never was such a pandemonium seen on the decks of the St. Nicholas before. It took nearly an hour to quiet down the Chinese and then it was found that the whole trouble arose over the fact that one coolle had taken more than his fair al- lowance of rice, The schooner Free Trade finally got away on her voyage in search of “an isl- and of gold” yesterday afternoon. She was to have got away with her aristo- cratic passengers last Tuesday morning, but the law, which is no réspecter of persons, stepped in and delayed the de- parture. Peter Petersen, the watchman, and James Garrett got into a squabble over the ship’s stores and Garrett struck Petersen over the head with a marlin- spike. A few minutes before the vessel left Main-street wharf Petersen arrived on the scene with a policeman and Gar- rett was arested on a charge of battery. The matter was finaliy settled before Judge Conlan, but before the schooner could get away, John Gilbert, the mate, and Peter Petersen, the watchman, libeled her for wages which they alleged to be due them. This necessitated the vessel remaining in port over night. During the night the boys around Meiggs wharf paid the schooner a visit and got away with two sucking pigs and a crate of chickens that were intended for the table of the aristocratic gold-hunters during the voy- age. When Captain Moore came ashore yesterday he determined that nobody should get on board to serve any more warrants during his absence, so he armed his wife with a Winchester and left her on guard. Nobody more alarming than a boatman came ‘here near the ves- sel. When Captain Moore returned he at once put up sail and started for Alaska. The steamer Valencia, which will sail from here next Sunday for the Copper River, will take away three Government TRIING T0 DOWY TIE POOLROOYS Supervisors and Racetrack Officials Meet in Con- ference. Horsemen Object to Restrictions Matter Put Over for One Week. The conference of the Special Committee on Racing of the Board of Supervisors and the officers of the Ingleside track, held yesterday at the City Hall, came to nothing. It was called to discuss Super- visor Clinton’s proposed ordinance to re- strict racing to forty-eight days in each year. Supervisor Clinton stated that, while he was in favor of racing as a sport, he was not in favor of poolrooms, and had drawn up the ordinance with a view of stamping out the dens. Supervisor Smith suggested that it would be probably impossible to amend the order so that the poolrooms could be closed. President Androus of the Jockey Club said that the poolrooms would handle the racing at other tracks and that re- stricting racing would not have the de- sired result. Vice-President Crocker stated that the track gave employment to 1000 men and boys and that it annually put into circu- lation over one and a half million dollars. Supervisor Clinton claimed that many young boys had been ruined by tne gam- bling feature ®onnected with racing, and Mr. Crocker retorted that it was no worse than stock gambling. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” said Supervisor Clinton, “and I think this matter is too large to be settled at one meeting. I move that the committee hold another session one week from to-day, when we can hear more testimony on the subject.” The matter was then put over for a week. ——————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. — e ——————— PRIVATE AND SAVINGS BANKS. A Good Showing Made by Seventy Large and Small Institutions. A week or so ago the Bank Commis- sloners made a call upon the several banks for statements of the condition of their business at the closing of business hours on March 5. The Commissioners’ secretary has just finished compiling some of the figures, which give the fol- Jowing results as to the condition of the forty-seven savings and twenty-three private banks in the interior of the State: SAVINGS BANKS. Resources— Bank premises Real estate for Bonds and stocks . Loans on real estate Loans on stocks, bonds Loans on other securities Loans on personal security Money on hand Due from banks Other assets ... STILL ON THE TRAIL OF LYNCH Zemansky and Len- non File a Protest With Him. Declare That They Have Been “Dreyfused” Out of Their Positions. The Collector Refuses to Con- sider It Because It Is Not True. HE ACTED ON A CIRCULAR. Took Evidence and Did Not Allow the Accused to Be Present at the Investigation. The ghosts of Lennon and Zemansky, the dismissed deputies of the Internal Revenue Department of this district, will not down. Yesterday afternoon they presented themselves at the office of Collector Lynch and filed with him a typewritten protest against the manner of their taking off. They ask in the document that the Collector make re- paration for the wrong which they claim he has done them, and that this reparation take the form of a reconsid- eration of his recommendation of dis- missal. Their complaint in brief is that the Collector “jobbed” them by holding a secret investigation in their case and by not giving them an opportunity of fac- ing their accusers or of being present at the investigation. Mr. Lynch, after reading the protest, informed the ex- deputies that he would not receive it or send it to Washington for the rea- son that certain statements therein con- tained were false, and that he would be put in the awkward position of send- ing to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue a document accompanied by a statement by him that the matters con- tained in the protest were not truth- ful. He said that if Messrs. Lennon and Zemansky would amend their pro- test he would consider it. % Tthe following is a copy of the pro- est: ternal Revenue, San Francisco—Dear Sir: Under date of March 24, 1898, you notified me that the termination of my appoint- ment as Deputy Collector of Internal ‘Iiiet\'enue took effect from and after said ate. I have also been notified that such ac. :Ilon was taken upon your recommenda- on. I respectfully ask that you recall the SPEAKING, Rupture Cured in Two Months. Occidental, Calif., Feb. 28th, 1898. DR. PIERCE & SON—Gentle- men: I wish to inform you that the Truss which I purchased at your office the 6th of last December CURED me of Rupture fn TWO MONTHS. I am o::r sixty years of age. There is no mistake about the fact that your celebrated Magnetic Elastic Truss will positively CURE RUPTURE, and I heartily recommend it to_all ruptured per- sons. Yours sincerely, C. S. COLLINS. If ruptured, call or send 2c in stamps for our New Bcok on Rupture. Trusses fitted at office without extra Address MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CO., @2() MARKET STRERT, Oppoeite Palace Hotel, San Francisco, John C. Lynch Esq., Collector of In-| recommendation of dismissal, and that the matter of my suspension be reopened for further consideration for the following reasons: 1 You acknowledge that your conclu- sions in the matter were based upon affi- davits submitted to you by Louis Loupe, late Chief Deputy: W. H. Dillard, mes- senger in your office, and B. M. Thomas, a subordinate in Revenue Agent Thrash- er's office. That said affidavits came into your possession after the filing of our answers to the original charges, and that you gave me no opportunity to know of submission of said affidavits, I only learn- ing of the same through the coiums of The Call, a newspaper published in San Francisco -on the 24th inst., in a reputed interview held with you in relation to these charges. 2. If I had had an opportunity to meet and rebut these affidavits 1 could have done_so successfully, and your recom- mendation would have been in my favor and not against me. 3. 1 desire to say that the entire pro- ceedings. from the time of the filing of the charges against me to the time of my “‘termination” notice, have been irregular, unjust and malicious and contrary to the clvil service regulations, under which I have rights, and that I have, to use a modern expression, been “Dreyfused” out of, a position in youf office. Respectfully, i ED F. LENNON. Mr. Lynch was asked later in the day as to his reasons for having denied Lennon and Zemansky a hearing at the investigation and as to why he had not invited them to be present. The Col- lector replied that he had acted under authority of department circular No. 480, which required that the accused should be furnished with copies of tha written charges against them and re- quesied to file a written answer within ten days. That proceeding had been followved to the letter he said. “The circular,” continued Mr. Lynch, “does not require the Collector to have a trial. He is simply to forward his recommendations. I did not give an interview to The Call and I told Mr. Lernon that I wished him to amend his paper because I was not responsible for what was said in The Call, and I did not want to be obliged to send his report to Washington and to send a communication with it to the effect that it was not true.” Up to a late hour last night Mr. Lennon had not amended his report and it is not believed that he will. He says that he and Zemansky are insisting upon their rights and that they do not propose to be “star-cham- bered” and “Dreyfused” out of their positions under the stigma of charges of misconduct. e e a——— PLAYHOUSE NOTES. Theatrical Offerings of This Week and the Next. Anna Held, “A Gay Deceiver” and “The Cat and the Cherub” continue the triple bill at the Baldwin this week and next. Hoyt's new piece, ‘A Stranger in New York,” follows, with Anna Boyd and Jos Coyne in the cast. James J. Corbett, in “A Naval Cadet, 18 doing well at the Columbia. James A. Herne, in his ‘“Shore Acres,” wiu be a strong attraction next week. The California reopens again on Sunday night with the Herald-square Comedians in a farce-comedy called “A Jay in New York.” William Jerome and Maude Nu- gent, the young woman who wrote “Sweet Rosy O'Grady,” head the company. Cheap prices will assist in making the attraction popular. ““The Mummy" will last out the week at the Alcazar, making way Monday for a revival of “Jane,” which is remembered among the most profitable of the season’'s productions at tne Aicazar. At the Tivoli “The Widow O'Brien” closes with the Sunday night perform- ance, giving way to a short week of “The Bohemian Girl,” witn Michelena as Thaa- deus. After that the big Easter burlesque, “Sinbad the Sailor,” with Carrie Roma in the cast. In this production Robert Mitchell, a funny ran of local reputa- tion, will make practically his first pro- fessional appearance. “Ten Nights in a_ Barroom” is doing well at Morosco’s. 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