The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1898, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1898. = 1 candor _be said that the very large audi- | ing performances, and are making quite DEVANY TAKES A FLING AT MAYOR PHELAN Declares That He Is Not an Expert in the Art of ‘“Hefting” Sacks of Money. Another Money From the Step Made Toward Extracting| City Treasury for the Proposed Monkey Ranch in the Mission. th all its attendant | of impending battles prizes, could not keep £ the Board of Su- ers from being crowded capacity with Interested citizens, to listen, to protest and to ad- t under discussion v zoological v termed to unload *'in the real Tt of captures i nd-easy discussion be- isors and a number of ted for more than three blow was struck the s designed to break open the for tl tion of a sum that wil than 3 : resolu- proceedings to acquire alleged (o be sary stablishment of the scted key ranch in t y the following vote Ayes—Devany, Haskins, Delaney, Sheehan, Dodge, Rottanzi, Morton, Britt, Rivers. Total, 9. Noes—Smith, Clinton. ann asked to be excused from d his request was granted ate was in progr there nge of words between E. and Supervisor Shechan, have become something were It not for the prompt a pro. Mission was adopted Total, 2. | intervention of the ser- who held Mr. Troy in his upervisor Clinton also gave some to the p »dings by ref ion “clean s was not the o yesterday's to as a member of ted the mem- and the large assem- to a timely and very tion on the art of “heft- living illustra- tute alure in that b s Honor ular referer method and ex- efting” the money sacks in f the City Treasury.. The the manner in which Jint the essay. pe it preliminary to bringing st the board, the Company presented hat it be granted us suit ectric Lig zes in the erection of ¢ city limits that had al- ted to its rival, the n d ¥ was referred ctric Company to the Str of the seven members then and without a dissenting on_the resolution for the ‘“repair’ Mission and ac us- contract betweer nn & T . of the “jobs” action’ taken « the city had been aw notwiths offered to on a trifling pi ed to withdraw reet Committ of the May led to the the that The the bout led b to-day Flyn tract absence Superviso chair, but du monkey ranch p: entered and took osition tr post of dut After ned and read for furnishing vices to the various city and county institutic the resolution authorizing the Cily A to begin ndemnation pre against the owners of thé ducation and goats and simil 'ns was brou t up All the Supervisor he s unflnished iness. were pres- ent Clinton moved that the matter be post- poned until the_first regular meeting of the board after M. 26. He asked for th postponement, he said, because he wanted to bring out’ a full expresion of people—not only of the people of the sion but of the entire city. He dec that he thought it was the almost versal sentiment of the people of the sion that no park wa district at this time. He wanted the n ter deferred until after the charter elec- tion, as If that instrument was adopted the 'Board of Public Works would pas upon the proposition. The motion was lost, only Dodge, Lackmann, Rottanzl Smith and Clinton voting for it. Devany moved the adoption of the reso- Jution. Clinton spoke against it and called at- the ADVERTISEMENTS. WIFE'S AWFUL ECZEMA Torture was so Intense Husband Thought She Could Not Live Twelve Hours. Doctors Within Reach Could Not Even Relieve. No Sieep For Seven Days. Tried CUTICURA REMEDIES. Asleep after First Application. Cured Well and Hearty. 1 desire to inform you what CUTICURA (oint- ment) and CUTICURA S0AT have done for my wife. She was in themosthorrible condition of any human being, from that most torturing of skin diseases, Eczema. She could neither sit down or lie down, her torture was so in- tense. I tried all the doctors that I could reach, but she got so that I firmly believe that she would have died within twelve hours if I had not been advised of CUTICURA REM- EDIES and got them. A travelling man on seeing Ler condition told me what to get, and you may believe that I lost no time in getting them. Greatly 1o my surprise, my Wife went to sieep in two hours afier the first application, although she had not slepi for seven days, nor 1 myself either. I followed up the treatment, and two boxes of Cuticura (ointment) and one cake of Cuticura Soap did the work: completely, she was absolutely cured, and 18 weil and hearty to-day. If this state- ment will do yon or anyhody else any good, use it. It is straight facts, and I can back u all Thavesaid by fifty witnesses. 1can’tthan CUTICURA REMEDIES enough, for I thought one time that I should have to bury my wife, and I was never so happy and glad, a3 when 1 saw that deadly, fiery red hegin to leave. Feb. 20, 1398, JONE, Clarkesville, O. CUTICURA REXEDIES appeal to thoee who have suffered Jong end hopeleesly from torturing, diefignring humors, with loes of halr, and who have lost faith in doctors, medicines, and all things human. Every hope, every expectation awakened by them, Las been more than ful- filled. Their success has excited the wonderand approval of physictans familiar with the marvellous cures daily efficted by them. 8014 throuehont the word, 528 throuchont the world, Forres Drvo axp Cuxw. g~ Low to Cure the Worst Eczeme,” mailed froe. | the purchase of | | | | tention to the organized and persistent efforts made the best people of the Mission and of the city to prevent the fon of the purchase. *“Why are | ple so anxious to have us spend he “Where had the | its origin’ scheme was con- in aow lawyer's office, where abou n_men were present, ibout a year ago. I been informed that they a t it and some ad- joining land to a certain real estate agent for $300,000, vet an attempt is being made ie city a part of this t 357,000.° He asserted that. the money sked for the purchase of this could be much better us tion of schoolhouses, for the payv streets, hospital and f and added that not le: be required for the and improvement of the He pald a tribute to The Call for its stand in the interests of the people and the taxpayers. e stated that the owner of The Call was a resident of the Mission and a large property-owner in that district, yet he was opposed to the z00. “We about to face the ¥ r since 1864, he continued, hould be the duty of every membe this board to keep the appropriations to the very lowest figure. This is not a time to waste the public money by spending it for a monkey and parrot pleasure ground. If we have money to wpare let us put it out Greely to supply the sinew: war for our countr; Britt declared that the questjon of cost | ceip | w | eventuate in war, of absence from the State, to take effect whenever he responds to the call of the eneral Governmen! for the services in lgho Sanitar; Corps of the National Guard of t State; the said leaye of ab- | sence to continue during the time his ser- vices are so required. Supervisor Clinton introduced the fol-| lowing resolution: Whereas, War has been declared by this country against Spain, the primal cause of which was the cruelties practiced in Cuba by and through which that island was becoming depopulated; and, Whereas, The people of all classes and de- nominations throughout the worid viewed with horror and dismay the utter disregard paid to the rights of the people by Spain, who, by barbarous and inhuman acts, has at last suc- ceeded In almost decimating Cuba; and, Wheras, vention had been adopted by our Government still_further horrors would have shocked the sensibilities of humanity; therefore, Resolved, That this board is in entire sym- pathy with the policy adopted by our Govern- ment and will to the full extent of its power | ald, by such appropriations of money as may be required, the relatives of those city officials in necessitous circumstances who may resign their positions to give thelr services to the National Government. It was referred to the finance commit- tee. A resolution, introduced by Supervisor Rottanzi, requesting the Market Street| Railway Company and the Sutro Rail- v Company to file annual statements | of earnings with the clerk of the board, was adopted. ings of these companies may be ascer- tained. A resolution was adog(ed calling on the City Attorney for furt reference to the litigation whereby the Creek, by reason of the “neglect or de sign of the City Attorney's predecessoi The property is valued at about $20,000. The object of the resolution is to ascer- | tain if the case can be reopened. Permission was given the Alpine Ath- letic Club to hold monthly entertainments | of boxing and wrestling in its club rooms, at 28 Golden Gate avenue. The privilege was accorded the Occi- dental Handball and Athletic Club to give an exhibition of amateur boxing in its club rooms at 120 Grove street, between the 15th and 30th of May, 1898. The heads of the various municipal de partments were requested to report to board on or before the I5th of July, the condition of their respective de- o partments for the fiscal year ending June | 30, 1898, embracing all their operations, re- and_expenditures. . Jouett was aw: year, ending June 30, supplying the Fire Department, public offices and departments with coal and wood. The resolution awarding the con- tract had a war proviso in it as follows: “That it is expre understood that 1f the present difficulty with Spain nd sald war shall in- 1899, for erfere with the Soifvery oF toarc the safa C. TE. Jouett shall not be held responsible for deliv- eries under this contract.’ Clerk John A. Russell was granted a leave of absence for ninety days, he to select the time for his vacation. This was tendered him as a mark of apprecia. tion for his thirty vears of continuous DODOOVVOV0OOVCVV VOV DVVOVTVODADIY > of the T) tee be come to your committee the introduction of coin or money glven way to the more conserv which s vored generally by preference to hefting. ance have not been introduced. hefted. zor-back districts. counting of public mone ina HOGOAATOBBHOBHE0000000VN0NB00L B OB BB oY is cssential to obtain results. Moreover, It is © tion act permits the hefting of public money & The most liberal Interpretation of the laws could not construe these © words In this manner, and it is extremely doubtful if so construed such © construction would be upheld by the Supreme Court, for © consolidation act does not permit that the sacks of money shall be heft. < ed, but the imperative duty is lmpo: & treasury. 3 Your committea regrets to note that the numerous calls on the time & of our chief executive in attending to social & with the v audable efforts on his part to promote and encourage pu- & rity iIn local politics, and in correcting the alleged mistakes of the voters © of the city and county by appointing men to office in lieu of those who © he belleved were mistakenly elected by the people, encroach so much © on the time which the duties of his office demand,and res; © that such relief be given him whereby o should not be discus-ed at this time. said a jury must first pass on the the land, and that after that would Le the timé to take up the question of whether the money should be appro- ed. He asserted that if the courts pri; condemned the property for public use | the Mayor, there would be no obligation on the part of the board to appropriate the money for the land. George Center spoke against the prop- osition, ving that this was not the time to appropriate money for a park that was not needed, when there were So many other public improvements that were crying necessities. He declared that he Industrial School tract would be a good location for the proposed park. At this point Supervisor Dodge gave the first indication of a change of heart on this matter. He asked if the reduction of the price would induce Mr. Center to walive his objections. To this Mr. Center responded that it would not, as the cost of improvement would be very great. The land was the most rocky in the city Dodge moved a littie closer to the real estate jobbers. “If the $37,000 asked was reduced to one-half,” he volunteered, *I would be inclined to consider the matter favorably, as the right of way would be secured between the Missfon the district south of the park. This would cost alone probably $50,000. A. P. Van Duzer said the property be- longed to the Crocker cstate, and that Stanford offered it as a gift to the city | ten years ago, but that the city found it could not afford to take it. “It is fit only for animals that fly or have a peculiar ability for climbin; he remarked. “The Crocker people attempted to improve and ell it, but had to give up the undertak- ing, as nobody wanted to live there. Don’t you know that this is a scheme of the Crocker estate,” he as ““to unload a worthless property on No matter us how low the price is this year, it will be | lower next year.” Dr. John A. Miller, Max Popper, John F. English and E. P. E. Troy addressed the board In opposition to the proposed condemnation proceedings. Troy declared that If this resolution were passed it would be the crowning scandal of the board. This led Supervisor Sheehan to move that no mo mert be heard. Trey had taken his seat, but rore ot this fling and shouted at Shos A nevr sought a place. 1 am onl ng to do my duty as a good ~it{zen in fight- ing scoundreis in office.” Ho r.ade an attempt to get nearer to Sheehan and to continue his remarks, but was prevented Dby the order of che Mayor and the cfforts of the sergeant-at-arms. W. M. Bunker, Mrs. Joseph Touhey, Dennis Sullivan, 'John H. Grady and Dr. C. G, Kenyon spoke in 1avor of the pro- posed zoo. At the request 0 ane of the Supervisors Mayor Phelan stated that he would favor the purchase of the land in question if the price were not a fancy one. He added that he thought $250 t v for the lands un- der consideration would be excessive. Supervisor Clinton asked his Honor if did not think that the het = POty WOUld | e Otavit 1s Teewia _SiaEwalia. become cheaper next year. The Mayor replied that he believed not. Supervisor Lackmann introduced a res- olution asking that the City Attorney be asked if the board could be compelled to appropriate the money for the purchase R aAand AL It 38 COnACMDEd p o jury and its value fixed. The resolution ‘was adopted. The original resolution was thenadopted by the vote already given. Bupervisor Rottanzi was granted leave istrict and | . politicians out of employ- | PHELAN A POOR HEFTER. Devany Says the Mayor Is Far From Being an Expert in That Line. It having come to the knowledge of a minority mittee, through the public press, that a large de urer of the city and county, and as there has been no 1 report made to your honorable board, your committee is unable at this time to more than refer to this unfortunate affai s, however, to point out to your honorable board that a s counting the public moneys has been Inaugurated which, in the judgment of your committee should not be encouraged. through a communication sent to the press by his Honor the Mayor. The system to which your committee begs to draw the attention of your honorable board is known as “hefting.” The system was in vogue at the time when evidences or tokens of value were represented by such articles as were captured in the chase or any nat- ural product representing value which in their nature were hefty. Since the p tive banking Hefting has its advantages Before the introduction of scales weighing, the hog-raisers practiced hefting exclusively. could heft several hundred hogs per diem, and it is sald they were 8o ex- pert they could tell within a fraction of a pound the weight of A real good hefter is now seldom encountered outside of the ra- However advantageous the applied to hogs, it is obviously a dangerous practice when much as from lack of skill or practice the hefter may not have retained that delicacy of touch which functions may be performed without further 1oss to the municpality. fed fegegeR=gegeR:FoRegeR R RuReFeR TP TR g F o] | °d of counting the moneys In the of your finance com- lecation has occurred In Your commit- em of This information has ctice of hefting money has method of counting—a method and commercial institutions n where modern appli- for A good hefter the hog tem of hefting s as applied to the want of doubtful If the consolida- section %4 of the and other functions, together pectfully suggests these multifarious - duties and fededetetetatatatatetututetuatatututatuatatnutuTuteutotutnteteTeTuutatatatutatutnTatugugeReaReReguReReRey el P. DEVANY. o OO0 0OOOH He | and faithf . Tue of | S raithtul service as clerk of the board, an supplemented this. pi generosity by tendering Mr. Rus:e 1 ifg.ngg portation to and from New York or any place in the = East that he may T, Rlilisnssll %}l]lfll’lk‘ed the Lonrd and e latter was thanked by the board for his klndnes’su:g Mr. Russell. Before the board adjourned Mayor Phelan’s attention was called to the report that had been made by Devany on the “hefting” matter. He had not been present when the report was ordered flled as part of the board’s records, The Mayor denfed that he had made any communica- tion to the press on the matter of the count in the Treasurer's office, and that he had used the word “hefting.’” He said that the word had been put into his mouth by a reporter of the Chronicle. B STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work of the Board. The following is a complete record of the street improvements that passed the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’'s ses- sion: S elect to AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. Lower terrace, Serpentine place to Pluto street, westerly from same—Pi; L Cowillams, i Palmer, Randall to Fairmount—p; eteoto L C. Williama. Pe mmer, ‘enth avenue, K to L—Curbs, paving to . Donnelly, S go RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK. Central avenue and Halght—Sidewalks. Church and Thirteenth—Curbs, sidewalks, paying, ete. 5 Church, Thirteenth and Hermann—Curbs, vaving, étc. ighth, Howard to Folsom—Sidewalks. Lombard and Scott—Paving. o Ninth avenue, K to 125 feet south of P— Grading, .curbs,’ sidewalks, paving, etc, Twenty-fifth, Clement to Polnt Lobos ave- nue—FPlpe sewer, etc. Third “avenue,’ Clement to Callfornla—Grad- ing and paving. Twenty-sixth,” Valencla to Mission—Curbs, paving, ete, Waller, Central to Masonfc avenue—Curbs and paving. Fulton, Willard north—Curbs, sidewalks, etc. San Jose avenue, Alvarado to Twenty-third— Pipe sewer, ete. Seventh, northwesterly line of Irwin—Curbs, grading, paving, ete, Hubbell to Irwin—Pipe sewer. . Haight, Shrader to Stanyan—Paving, pipe sewer, efe. York and Twentieth—Paving. Stevenson, Twelfth to westerly termination— Paving, sewering, sidewalks, efc. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. (pChestnut, Fillmore to Broderick—Curbs, pav- ng, ete. Chestnut, Broderick to Baker—Same. Chestnut, Van Ness avenue to westerly line of_Laguna’-Same. Steiner, Lombard to Chestnut—Same, Steiner, Chestnut to Francisco—Same, Pierce, Lombard to Chestnut—Same. Pierce, Chestnut to Francisco—Sam Devisadero, Greenwich to Lombard—Same. Same, Lombard to Chestnut—Same. Devisadero, Chestnut to Francisco—Same. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Lloyd, Scott to Devisadero—Dasalt. O'Farrell, Broderick to Devisadero—Bitumen. ‘Pierce, Halght to Waller—Bltumen. Twenty-gecond and Alabama—Bitumen. PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED READVER- TISED. Scott, Lombard to Chestnut—Grading. San Jose avenue, north line of Twenty-fifth to northerly line of Twenty-sixth—Paving. Unless the humane policy of inter- | This is asked in order that | | the amount due the city from the earn- | er information in | lost certain property along Mission | rded the contract | shall | ipment, carriage or the | EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED. Alamo square—Sixty days to J. W. Ferris for construction of wall, Seventeenth, Uranus to Ashbury—To J. W- Ferris, 50 days on contract. | (Florida, Twenty-sixth to Army—To Warren | & Malley, 30 days on grading. | PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COM- | MITTEE. | Ban Bruno avenue, Fifteenth lo Division— | Grading and pipe sewer. | , Seventeenth and Ashbury—John W. Ferrls, | to use rock from the Seventeenth-street cut for | paving. De Long avenue, Frederick and Flint Tract— | To_pave by private contract. | San Bruno avenue, Fifteenth to Division— Property-owners to grade and sewer. | A, Fifth to Sixth avenue — Property-own- | ers’to construct sewer. Twenty-fifth avenue, Point Lobos to Clement | —Property-owners to construct sewer. | . South line of Army and Precita avenue. Ala- | bama to Potrero avenue—Property-owners to | | blast and grade. San Bruno avenue, south line of Fifteenth to Division—Property-owners to grade and con- struot sewer. Street outside the eity limit—Residence and property-owners, for the erection of electric- light poles. Kent, Mason and westerly fermination— Property-owners to lay curbs, paving, etc. owners to con- | Buena Vista square—Propert. struct water tank. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTEE. Miesion, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Alice L. Cummins agalnst sidewalks. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE. | Bush and Baker—In favor of repaving. Union and Sansome—In favor of removal of monuments. | yElimore, O'Farrell to Geary—Against side- walks. Fifteenth south, Dolores to Church—In favor of sidewalks. Mission District—In favor of having streeis swept | Laguna, North Point northerly—In favor of referring construction of sewer to City En- | gineer. Alamo square—In favor of extension of time | on_work. Market—In favor of canceling bill for pav- ing. | ~Van Ness avenue and Clay—In favor of tem- | porary obstruction of sidewalk. Fulton and the great highway—In favor of erceting a_temporary obstruction. | Stevenson, Twelfth to westerly termination— | In_favor of curbs, paving, pipe sewer, etc. | Potrero avenue and Eighteenth—Against pav- | ing. | "Potrero avenue and Hampshire—Same. | Same, and to Alameda, lameda to Fif- | teenth,” Fifteenth to Sixteenth, Sixteenth to to Marip Mari- Potrero avenue and Sixteenth, same and and Mariposa—Against Seventeenth, Seventeenth | posa_to Eighteenth and | Fifteenth, same and | Seventeenth, same raving. |~ Halght, ‘ paving. | Shrader to Stanyan—In favor cf York and Twentieth—Same. District bounded by Cortland, Holladay, Es. meralda avenue and Folsom—In faver of grid | tng. Potrero avenue, Mariposa to Ninateenth, in- pavine. | cluding crossing—Against n tavor of removing Cambridge to Wayland— obstructions. Other petitions and protests rep>c:cd cn ad- | versely or filed. ROBBED { NUMBER OF CLEPHONES | W. Hare, a Young Man, Caught in thie Act. Tried to Open a Box in a Sixth - Street Saloon. Willlam Hare, who is sald to be well connected, was arrested Jastnight whilein the act of rifing a telephone box in a sa- loon on Sixth street, near Howard. Foe | some time past a number of telephone boxes have been broken open and their contents taken. The manager of the tel- | ephone company enlisted the services of | the police, with special instructions to arrest the culprits, as they had injured | their busines: |~ Shortly after 9 o’clock last night a spe- | cial officer, whose beat {s on Sixth street, | happened to visit the saloon near Ho ard and discovered Hare, who is only 18 | years of age, in the act of rifling the teie- »hone box. He had a steel jimmy in his hand and was vainly endeavoring to open the door of the box. After watching him for several minutes and realizing that he | intended to secure-the contents of the | box, the special accosted him and asked him’ what he was doing. For a reply the | youthful culprit struck bim in the face | and started to run away. The officer, | with the assistance of a bystander, after a short struggle, placed him under arrest He was then turned over to a regular po- lice officer and taken to police headquar- ters, where his name was registered on the ‘small book. The jimmy which he used was found in his coat pocket. Hare, who seems to be an innocent- appearing youth, clalmed that his father is a cigar manufacturer on Sixth street, and that the supposed jimmy he carried was used by him In making cigar boxes. | He declared that he did pot try to rifle | the box, but was at a loss to explain how | it was he had Inserted the jimmy in the | door of the receptacle. Theé police claim that Hare answers the description of one | of the men who have been systematically robbing telephone boxes. To-day a thor- ough investigation will be made, and the detectives believe they will connect Hare some | with at least thefts. A C.WIDBER IS REINDICTED A Budget of Important Busi- ness Transacted by the Grand Jury. of the numerous The Alleged Jobbery in the Ferry Depot Will Also Be Inves- tigated. At the session of the Grand Jury last night the chief business transacted was in connection with the Widber deficit. The defaulting treasurer had already been indicted of embezzling the lump sum of $16,000, but as it has since been dis- | covered that the actual amount fs $1i7 | 083.79, he was reindicted for the full amount, in order to preclude the possi bilities of any technicalities arising from the fact that he was not indicted for the full amount. Mayor Phelan, Chief Lees and_Chief Deputy de la Montanya were placed onthe stand and testified that a formal demand | had been made on the ex-Treasurer for the missing money, but he had said that he was unable to produce it. Christian Reis, Widber's successor, also testified that he had made a formal written de- mand on Widber for the money. The case of E. J. Stanton, who brought the sensational charges of corruption against Dr. Ragan, was next taken up, and the ex-teacher was fndicted for ex- tortion. The Manley will case was also taken up, but the examination was not finished. It will be resumed at the next session. There ‘is still much important business to come before the jury, and two special sessions will be held.” On Wednesday the frauds charged in connection with the purchasing of school supplies will be taken up, and on Friday the alleged frauds in the construction of the ferry depot will be investigated. —_————————— Held for Murder. John L. Carney, ex-Deputy Superintend- ent of Streets, was yesterday held to an- swer before the Superior Court by Judge Joachimsen on the charge of mur- dering Leon Durand at 1080 Howard street by striking him over the head with a heavy iron bar. MARTMAN IN “THE PURSER” The Farce a Good One; the Star Funny, but Immoderate. “Nancy Hanks” Shows Jansen and Company in a Better Light. Very Gay Parisians at the Alcazar and Sumptuous Melodrama at Morosco’s. ductions. ence that filled the auditorium at the Alcazar last night to laugh at the “Gay Parisians” missed none of the inndeent though a trifle suggestive sparkle of the | best of French farc The plece went with a snap and a crisp adroitness that left no time for pause between the con- stant bursts of merriment which greeted the funny situation: Stockwell was in his best vein as_the middle-aged deceiver, and Wal 2 as the stutterer gave him able support playing . Mathieu with a- naturain which rendered his malapropo: ances all the more ludicro M. Bates as Angelique and Miss Gertrude | Paillard the were ster as Marcelle two _led equaled by F more than men of the piece. second acts Miss Foster rec selection, full of patriotis ing that' brought down the farce was as well receive its first presentation in this fair to pile up a run of sever ited a Cuban and a feel- house. ty and bids al weeks. not | ding | Between the first’ and | a hit. PALOMA’S RECITALS. Little Paloma Schramm gives the of four supplementary recitals to-night at the Sherman and Clay Hall. CHUTES. Mandolo, an equilibrist and juggl comedian, made an especial hit at 3 Chutes Theater last night, while Captain Cardon “‘African lion hunt” was = ceived with the custoinary demonstra- tions. —_—— e REIS QUALIFIES. | He Will Appbint an 7Entirely New The | s it was on | Staff of Assistants in the Treasurer’s Office. Christian Reis, the newly elected City 5 | Treasurer, qualified for his office yester- MOR?ECO 5 ¢|day. He filed a bond for $100,000 with Lettie Le Vyne, In “The Wicklow Post- [ Julius C. Reis, Ferdinand Reis, George man. was the morceau that Manager | T. Marye Jr. and Samuel Davis a$ sure. Morosco offered to a large audience last e e ey The play is a comedy-drama that cialty intro- | night. permits of a number of s erald Isle were well rendered oy the Acme | The v - | an especial wveet contralto voice, was 1o genlal George Bowles, impre- | i, SRSl Y Siction and made an 'in- sarlo, entrepreneur and jollier of the |stantaneous hit. Her rendition of an press—in a word, the Bowles who re- |Irish colleen ws l““‘“é‘ a5 wulh.uucl- cently b: i vs- | tained and rpatural. She introduced, ntly bathed Anna Held in the news- | (7,000 gihor numbers, the new papers of San Francisco—introduced at | song, “Remember, the Baldwin last night a new star in the | shape of our old Tivoli friend, Ferris | Hartman, and a new nautical musicai farcical comedy of British origin called | “The Purser,” and which never had been presented before in this country. | Mr. Bowles prepared the American pre- sentation with quiet legitimacy. He ex- ploded no advance torpedoes about the play and if his star has acquired the practice of bathing daily in sixty-four quarts of Dockery-proof milk, the fact | has been kept out of the newspaper: Hartman and ‘““The Purser” were of- fered simply on their merits, and, as far as the flowers and enthusiasm of the Hartmanite audience would permit, were given a fair trial. *“The Purser” is worth seeing, and Hartman is just as g00d a comedian as he used to be in | the old Tivoll day: “The Purser'*| would not set fire to a normal dramat season, but in the present flood of ten- derloin fun it is conspicuously decent, | and, in places, humorous; and with sev- | eral modifications of him, which I shall suggest later, the star ought to be able to dispatch the obligations of ‘the title part. The plot of the plece is quick and easy. Just as the purser and his bride were about to settle down to-several months of stationary honeymoon he was ordered off to sea; and sooner than leave her behind he smuggles -her aboard as a cabin passenger under her maiden name, for it is forbidden oificers of the “Kangaroo” to be accompanied by their wives. The other woman in the case turns up in the gay you:ug per- son of a Mrs. Stanley, lately divorced at the suggestion, she says, of the purser. She is willing to be his any minute, with the whole ship as witne: and he can keep her silent only by promising all kinds of marriage to take place when the voyage is over. This sort of a start admits of no end of complication, which the author, John T. Day, manages very neatly. The captain, the male passen- gers, and the ship's doctor gre soon paying their several devotions to the purser's bride, under his anguished eyes; Mrs. Stanley'is getting caught in the purser's stateroom repairing his underwear, under the wife's eyes; and finally the captain becomes so warm in his attentions to Mrs. Purser that her indignant spouse throws discretion to the winds and knocks him down, and is ordered under arrest, whereupon both women faint in his arms. The disentanglement, like the earlier situ- ations, is done in the widely hopeful way of irresponsible farce, but with considerable fun and situational skill. | In fact, the situations are very clever in Invention, and as the probability of the piece is never insisted on, one does not mind the careless manner in which they are led up to. The dialogue is more distinguished than that of the usual contemporary farce-comedy, and the characters are, for the greater part, quite sharply drawn. | Although the explanatory Aside and the confidential Soliloquy are a bit too prominent, “The Purser” is happy | enough in point of construction to be | played as straight farce without any musical embellishments and without | any funny-man antics on the part of its principal comedian. The two large vital mistakes made by Mr. Hartman are that he is forever coming out cf the | part to make mugs at the audience and | that he sings at all. Perhaps in the ‘“‘concert” scene in the second act a single song from Hartman would not be remarkably disastrous, but the pres- ent arrangement which permits him to sing about every fifteen minutes is | directly against the fortunes of the pro- duction. I know that Mr. Hartman used to sing yards and yards of all sorts of comic song at the Tivoli to an accom- paniment of enraptured boot-thunder | from the crowd, but the Baldwin is sup- posed to attract the very persons who stayed away from the Tivoli on that account. Mr. Hartman's voice is never | in the key and it Is of a fog-horn qual- | ity not sweet to hear. It is blatant and | humorless, and the less of it is heard the bigger will be the success of the piece. With the exception of Gertie | Carlisle no one in the company can | sing a little bit. Even the good-natured | audience of last night, who came with | cartloads of flowers and handfuls of applause, did not take very kindly to the vocal trimmings, and if Mr. Hart- man will scratch the most of the sing- ing and quit mugging there is no rea- son why the piece should not do well. The part of the purser does not ask for any notable degree of refinement and is right in Hartman’s line if he will only reduce himself to the rest of the pict- ure. Lena Merville plays Mrs. Stanley with good spirit and a certain amount of pat worldliness, and Alice Johnson is sure and easy as the bride. The two | male passengers are capitally done by | John H. Brown and Edward Emory, and H. D. Blakeman will be a first- rate captain when he is on better terms with the part. The only bad fig- ure is the Irish doctor of William Rich- ardson. Otherwise the company is evenly good. ASHTON STEVENS. NANCY HANKS. “Nancy Hanks” was entitled to a bet- ter house than was accorded it at the Columbia last night, for it is a farce of some merit and the performance was on the whole an improvement on that of the past week. Marie Jansen appeared to somewhat better. advantage than before and the company too did better. Harry Beresford played the French- man, the Marquis de la Rochelle, grace- fully and temperately both as to dialect and action, and Richard Chandos was fairly well cared for by Clarence Mon- taine; but if it would not be an unpatri- otic thing to do just now it might help the roll materially if Mr. Montaine would train on enchiladas and throw a little more chili into his work. Jessie Bradbury's Henrietta Dash and Sylvia Lyndon’s Frances Lakewood were cor- dially received and the songs and busi- ness thrown in here and there filled in very opportunely. ALCAZAR. ‘While at Alcazar prices one cannot ex- pect a company with names as celebrated and with the artistic finish - of that brought out by Frohman, it must in all The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. smoother working order than at the open- Her costumes w. playing her shapel » to advantage. | | Fred J. Butler, | ling role, re- | celved much apy for_his clever work. TEVROLL: Perhaps Hartman at the Baldwin ac- counted for the small audience. at Tivoli last night to see the second edition of “Sin A number of new songs and and altogether second visit. ' is -well worth a CALIFORNIA. “Trilby” will close with the Saturday |pext me matinee, as Melba sings on Saturday night In acts from overas in_which she | has never been heard The sale of | Melba tickets commenc to-morrow | morning. e | ORPHEUM. The new bill is attracting the usual large crowd. The living pictures are in Quartet and a number of the momhcrs_nf the compan: But Miss Le Vyne, with | place of bookkeeper. The sweet melodies of the Em- | ing | Haye | Coleman | of her b the | Hospital. | wo have been added, | famil | deranged mind. | Board of Insanity Commiss | tody recently for having dec: | beth Grifiiths, not _be opened until the new Treasurer is eng: 0-morrow, as d in recounts the money in the office before he s formal charge. 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