The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898. BOLD THREAT THROWN OUT May Attempt to Take Revenge on the Company That Is On Widber’s Bond. Many City Officials and Employes Involved. A Special Session of the Supervisors Called for To-Day. I will use every effort, officially and otherwise, to compel them to meet this obligation, and I shall not approve any bond of their com- pany hereafter, now that I have an insight into their methods.—Ex- tract from published statement of Mayor Phelan. | When Mayor Phelan made this threat Tuesday he believed he had it within his | power to work great injury to the Fidel- ity and Deposit Company of Maryland. It was uttered while the Mayor was emarting under the impending danger of being sued by the company named for part of the defalcation of ex-Treasurer A. Widber. This company is on Wid- be: bond for $100,000, and its president, Edwin Warfield, claims that the Mayor, as chalrman of the board that made the counts of the money in the custody of the defaulting Treasurer, is in part responsi- ble for the shortage. a formal demand upon the Board of Su- pervisors to bring suit against Widber and the Mayor, if necessary, to recover the amount of its bond. This action was prompted by the belfef on the part of the president of the company that the Mayor d1d not exercise due care in the discharge of his duty as guardian of the city’s money. It 18 only since the present administra- tion came into power in the City Hall that the Fidelity and Deposit _ompany of Maryland made a bid for the bond business connected with the officers and attaches of the various city departments The records show that it is on the bonds f forty-five officials and employes, aside from that of Widber. The total amount represented In these forty-five bonds is 405,000. The complete list follows: Ambrose, Superintendent F. ot 10,000 “ollector's Clerk.. 5,000 hool Director.... veee s $405,000 sproved by the Mayor ase his threatened disapproval in the future is not divulged. As the com- s solvency has never been questioned ay not find it as easy a matter to carry his threat into execution as he pos- sibly thinks. The only way in which he couid carry out his intention of interfer- ing with the company’s legitimate busi- ness would be to use his personal Influ- ence with those who are required to give bonds. It was feared by some of the employes in the City Hall that the Mayor might attempt to attack the sourdness of the bonds on which the company in question is surety, and considerable uneasiness was ADVERTISEMENTS. Scraiched CONSTANTLY Baby Badly Afflicted with Eczema, Hands, Face, and Clothes Covered with Blood. Face Covered with Large Sores. Medical Treatment Useless. Cured by Cuticura. SKIN NOW SMOOTH AND ROSY. My niece’s little baby boy, two years old, 'was 80 badly afilicted with Eczema that he needed constant watching. It was all over his face, and he scratched the sores con- stantly. Mornings, his clothes would be stained with blood, and his face and hands ‘would be covered. His family never could take him out, as his face was always full of large sores. They had medical treatment, and tried everything they heard of. She com- menced using the CUTICURA REMEDIES last spring and found that at last she had a won- derful healer. The sores left his face and he was entirely cured, and now his face is as #mooth and rosy as though no sore had ever been there to mar it. Mirs. L. J. ROOT, Feb. 16, 1898. New Scotland, N. Y. CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS Inall the world there is no other trestment so pure, o sweet, 50 speedily effective for distressing skin humors of Infants and children as CuTICTRA, greatest of skin cures, blood purifiers, and humor remedies. They afford instant rellef, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, per- manent, and economical cure, when the best physicians, bospitals, and all else fail. SrEEDY CURE TREATMEXT,— Warm baths with CoTi- cura Boar, gentle snolntings with CuTicuxa (oint- ment), purest of emollient skin cures. and mild doses of Curicurs ResoLvexT, greatest of biood purifiers and In fact, it has made | BY PHELAN felt on this score. There is no likelthood, | however, that this will be done. | Mayor Phelan yesterday called a special | meeting of the Supervisors to be held to- | day. The board will be asked to take measures to recover from the surety | company the amount for which it be- came responsible on_Widber's bond. The | surety company will probably be repre- | Sented, and will ask that the board begin proceedings against Widber, the Mayor and others who composed the counting | board for the amount of Widber's defal- | cation, so as to protect the company as | far as it is legally able to do so. An in- teresting session is anticipated. Treasurer Rels opened his office for bus- iness vesterday, and announced that he was ready to handle all the business that might be offered. The safe that Chief Lees inadvertently threw out of order by Interfering wi its combination was | opened yesterday, without recourse to the | boring method. All the money in it was counted and found to be correct. Should Widber escape criminal prosecu- | tion by the city authorities, he will still | have difficulty in keeping out of a felon's | cell, as it is the policy of the Fidelity and | Deposit Company to prosecute all persons | who cause it loss by a criminal act. | P i ACCOMPLICES SUSPECTED. Mayor Phelan Believes Wid- | | ber Was Not Alone in Rob- | bing the Treasury. | Mayor Phelan believes Widber was not | alone in looting the city treasury. He| | insinuated to the Grand Jury last night in a letter that he was of the opinion that | others besides the imprisoned ex-Treas- | urer were implicated in the robbery. The Mayor, in his communication to the rand Jury, asks that all the deputies be alled before that body and under oath be made to tell all they know of the dis- appearance of the lost coin _from the city’s vaults. He also wants Widber put in the Grand Jury sweat box and asked many pertinent questions concerning the robbery. Chief L too, he thinks might be able to tell sometning that will bring conviction to the supposed accom- | plices of the disgraced city official. | SUSPENSION MAKES TROUBLE Brown of Berkeley Is Being Backed by the Local Athletes. The Intercollegiate Association De- clared to Be Auto- cratic. The action of the executive committee of the Intercollegiate Athletic Assoclation suspending Everett Brown for two years on account of his harsh criticism of East- ern athletes, has stirred up local athletes and something more will be heard from all sides before the matter Is forgotten. Brown, on his return from the East last winter, told in public about athletic con- ditions as they exist on the Atlantic Coast. Casper Whitney has called our local athletics ,” “pustular” and a4 thousand other such pleasant names, and Brown, according to his observations, discovered that the status of amateur sport in the East was no purer than our | own. This was his opinfon, and he al-| lowed it to pass his lips before a gather- ing of eager listeners. Because he did this the Intercollegiate Association, rising in its wrath, suddenly assumed a censor- ship and suspended Brown for a couple of years. ‘The suspension has caused a great deal of comment and complications are likely to_ensue from ft. William Humphrey, the well-known fosterer of amateur athletics and for many years president of the Pacific Ath- letic Association of the A. A. U., unhesi- tatingly condemns the action of the Inter- collegiate Association. “Brown merely expressed an opinion,” he said yesterday, “and the Intercollegiate Association of which the two California colleges are members had no right to exert a censor- ship of speech. Brown is entitled to his opinion and to the right of expressing it. I think the suspension autocratic and un- called for. Brown will be a judge in the Pacific Amateur Assoclation fleld day next Saturday. We will take no recogni- tion of the suspension unless informed in a formal manner, and then I doubt whether it will influence us any.” The American Athletic Unfon embraces the Intercollegiate Association and the Pacific Assoclation, an affillation bein, the spirit that governs the operations o any component part. In this case it looks as If the home association would ignore the actions of the Eastern body. Prominent supporters of ath{etlcs like John Elliott likewise back Brown. Elliott sald yesterday: “If 1 were Brown I would see the end of this thing. If he has facts let him present them and force an exposure of the methods which he claims ;’;egl:l*lo the athletic conduct of the ast. The West is rarelv recognized in the East in matters athletic, and this is an- other straw piled on the camel’s back. There are many who declare they foresee the time when the load will be heavy enough to break things. —_——— TWO EXPERT BURGLARS. Martin Gavin and Thomas Powers Have Twenty-Five Cases to - Their Credit. Martin Gavin and Thomas Powers, who wers arrested Tuesday night by Policemen Edner and Brown while trying to break Into the house of T. Varney, a vegetable gardener at Ocean avenue and Corbett road, were booked at the City Prison yesterday on a charge of attempted burglary. Gavin and Powers are notorious sneak thieves and thelr arrest has given great pleasure to Captain Gillen, as they have committed a large number of burglaries in the outlying portions of the Mission district. They were in the habit of waiting until the Itallan gardeners started for the city in the early hours of the morning and then breaking Into the houses. They are guspected of having entered about twenty-five houses and polsoned about a dozen watch’ dogs within the past month. Policemen Edner and Brown were detailed in citizens' clothes to 1oo) out for the burglars and their success in cap- uring Gavin and Powers so i e s00n redounds to etectives Ryan and O'Dea know Gav: Powers well. They nrrested them about eions months ago for breaking into Riley's diug store on Second and Howard streets, but the chay g0t six humor cures. 8014 throuy Corr., Sole Koy B:El‘l“ Porrer DRUG AND CrEX. ‘Every Baby Humor,” malled free. was reduced to_petty larceny ind they monthe each. They have ai h “only 21 years of age each, servi rmy petty larceny. S i CHASING THE 'CULPR Grand Jury Begins to Probe the Newest of ITS TO THEIR LAIR the School Scandals. Experts Testify to the Outrageous Frauds Practiced in the Supplying of Lumber. The committee of the Grand Jury con- ducting the investigation into the repair- ing of school buildings during the first half of the present fiscal year has made its report and the entire body has taken the matter up with the intention of run- ning to earth every man who has had a hand in the gigantic steal. A speclal session of the Grand Jury was held last nigu. for the purpose, and after returning an indictment against Stanton, who is alleged (0 have attempted to ex- tort money from’School Director Ragan (whose brother-in-law John O'Brien, ought to know a whole lot about the latest scandal), proceeded with the busi- ness on hand. Expert Rickards was first summoned to the secret chamber. Mr. Rickards is the regular Grand Jury expert, and as- sisted the lumber experts, Messrs. Holt and Campbell, furnished by the Lumber Dealers’ Association, in.all their investi- gatlons. Each man figured up the amount of lumber used separately, and the result was entered in a book, the accuracy of the figures veing vouched for by all three. Mr. Rickards presented this book to the Grand Jury and exvlained the methods of procedure and the discrepancies be- tween the quantities charged for and what was actuaily found. Mr. Holt followed and gave the jury some valuable points on measuring lum- ber, besides describing his investigations at the various schools and their results. After Mr. Campbell had given similar tes. timony the Grand Jury continued the hearing until next Monday night. Grand Jurymen Emil Bauer, H. A. Hed- er, Dr. Bryan and -A. B. Truman, with sxperts Holt, Campbell and Rickard, continued their inspection of school build- ings yesterdav and the result disclosed as bad a state of affairs as at any of those previously inspected. Short meas- urement and the poorest quality of lum- ber to be obtained were the rule without an exception, waile the city had been in- variably charged the highest contract price. PT£he city had on hand all the plank- ing it has pald for during the first half of the present fiscal year, but no trace of which can be found—and' it is reasonable to suppose has never been delivered— there would be enough to replank every school yard in the city. The Western Addition was the scene of operations yesterday, two schools, in ad- aiuon to the measurement of some addi- tional lumber found in the bill against the Hamilton Grammar Scnool, being gone over. In order that no question could be raised as to the thoroughness of the Investigation several hours were spent at each place and every nook and crevice ransacked for the missing lumber. The Crocker Grammar School on Page street, near Baker, was the first on the list. Here the yard had been replanked and some of the stalrs repaired, the lum- ber bill for the job calling for the follow- ing quantities of No. 1. lumber, but in every lot only the poorest quality being found: 4580 feet of two-inch 1500 feet of two-inch pine; 7466 and 7780 feet of 4x4 redwood; 576 feet of 14x4 Inch tongue and groove flooring and 918 feet of stepping. This is what was found, the most liyeral allowance being made for waste: 23,000 feet of planking, a shortage of 22,780 feet; 73 feet of 2x4 pine, a 1oss of 1427 féei; a total of 7500 feet of 3x6 and 2x4 redwood, a loss of 7746 feet; 374 feet of flooring where 576 feet had been charged; 162 feet of stepping, only one-sixth of what.had been paid for. In order to obtaln these measurements planks were torn up, the earth dug away from the stringers in order to show their size and every foot of new timber on the prcgflses caréfully and accurately meas- ured. The planking was measured first and when the result was announced by the three experts, who made the computa- tlon separately with the same result, the Grand Jury men became deeply inter- ested. Some assisted in ripping up the planks, while the others took turns in nailing them down after the experts had finished their task. . As an Instance of the thoroughness of the work it may he cited that long ‘and careful search was made for eighty-four feet of 3-inch clear, that appeared among the items in the bill, but it could not be found. In this connection it may be mentioned | that in the bills against every school | visited so far appear onc or more items for insignificant quantities of lumber such as that above given, none of which has been found. Second on the list was the Emerson Primary, on Pine near Scott street. The same careful inspection took place with the same shameful results, less than half the lumber charged for being found, and the quality of that found being the very poorest. ese were the principal items on the bill, with what_the city actually received: 41,87 feet of 2-inch planking charged for, and 19,500 feet used; 16,474 feet of 4xd4 redwood, 6400 feet used; 1782 feet of stepping, 501 feet used; 200 feet of (}ongue and groove flooring, 173 feet used. It was getting late, but the committee was anxious to know something about a charge for 41,610 feet of 4x4 redwood that bad been found against the Hamilton Grammar, so the party went to the Geary-street premises. The yard was re- planked last summer, and the planking was measured last Friday and found to | be far short of the quantity charged for, | but the stringers were not measured. ‘The entire yard was gone over, and two or three pieces found that had been used to brace up the rear fence, the . total amount being 4700 feet, a shortage of 31,910 feet, or 75 per cent of the total amount. That finished the work for the present, at least, every member of the commit- tee being thoroughly satisfled that the grossest fraud marked every job of re- pairing made since last July. Sixteen schools in every section of the city have | been inspected, with the same resuit. Had there been a single place where the ex- perts’ measurements came anywhere near tallying with the amounts charged, there might have been some grounds for doubt, but as it is the members of the Grand Jury are determined to flx the responsi- bility for the loot of the city funds. planking; t of 3x6 BREWERS MUST PAY IN CASH Tax Is Paid Only When the Stamps Are Attached to the Barrels. Right to the Seven and a Half Per Cent Discount Not Acquired by the Act of Purchase. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington notified Collector Lynch yesterday of an important decision af- fecting all beer brewers in the United States with reference to the manner of purchasing internal revenue stamps for beer in barrels, and discount of 7T}% per cent allowed on the same. According to the terms of the decision stamps must be paid for iIn cash and at their full face value. The decision was made by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington in the case of the Ameri- can Brewery Company of St. Louls, Mo., vs. the United States. The contention arose out of an application by the com- pany for beer stamps of the value of $25,- 000. The company tendered in payment for the same a certified check for $23,125, being the amount of the face value of the stamps, less the deduction of T% per centum allowed by section 3341 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States. Such payment by check was in_accordance with the usual course of business be- tween the claimant and the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, at whose office a statement was made in substance 8 LPe hre. temporarily out of stamps. Leave your check and application and we will notify you when to call for the smA‘lry‘é’:t a month later the application and check were returned to the brewing company with the statement that owing to lge modification of section 3341 of the Revised Statutes by the terms of section 9 of the act of July 24, 1897, the stamps could be purchased only for their full face value in cash. The mllowm% paragraphs from the de- cision will be found of interest: It 1s made the duty of the Collector by Sectlon 3341, Revised Statutes, to keep on hand at all times a sufficlent supply of permits anda supply of stamps equal in amount to two months' sales thereof. The law contemplated the possession of stamps at the time of the sale does not permit transactions involving the sale of stamps for future delivery. The Collector is authorized by law to sell stamps which may be on hand at the time of sale, but it does mot permit the making of executory contracts for future delivery. His agency in the sale of stamps was limited by law to a sale of the stock on hand and did not confer the right to sell for future delivery. The law makes it the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to prepare suitable stamps and furnish the same to the Collector in such quantities as the need of the trade demands. The Collector gets his supply from the Commis- sloner, and his agency attaches to such stamps as he receives from the Commissioner, and be- yond that he has no power to bind’ the de- fendants In the sale of stamps. TUnder the Act of July 24, 1897, a brewer is compelled to pay the full face 'value of the stamps purchased without deduction of 7ic per cent previously allowed by Section 331, Revised Statutes. The purchase of stamps by & brewer does not technically pay the tax on his production; the tax is paid when he attaches the stamp to the barrel for the purpose of putting the product on_the market. The right to the Tl per cent discount is not consummated by the mere act of purchase, but is dependent upon the further condition of the stamps being used by the brewer. e " aciivery and transfer ot applicable to the delivery and transfer of stamps they do not thereby become a com- modity of merchandise in the market. The Collector in accepting drafts in payment of the tax acts without the authority of law and does not bind the United States. The Collector’s agency in the sale of stamps is limited to the sale of stock on hand, but does not confer the right to sell for a future delivery. S e Judgment for Bowers. In the case of A. B. Bowers vs. A. W. e e ST Try our §1 Eyeglasses. Tl0 Market & 11 Geary. | von Schmidt 1y the United Btates Clroult Court to settle a contention regarding the ownership of patent rights in the hydrau- lic dredger, Judge Morrow yesterday gave Judgment for the plaintiff for $1 and costs. The costs amount to about $3000. —————— GRAND DOGS ENTERED. Largest Meeti’;giof the Year Will Be Held To-Morrow at Union Coursing Park. There was one of the largest and most enthusiastic gatherings of the season last evening in Pythian Hall to witness the “drawing” of fast dogs for the all-age stake and the great champlon stake, which will be held to-morrow at Union | Coursing Park. The all-age stake was originally open to forty-eight dogs, but leashmen were so anxious to have representatives in the stake that seventy-elght nominations were recefvod. The club finally agreed to make the stake eligible for sixty-four dogs, and as a matter of solace to the sportsmen who had, under the circumstances to withdraw their respective charges, the directors of the park allowed each owner of a dog or dogs that had to be scratched a small monetary consideration. It will be noticed that many of the crack dogs of the State—prize-winners— are entered in the champion stake. It is regretted that the great Connemara was not among the flyers, but the ones en- tered are all of high class quality, and great coursing will assuredly resuit. The drawing Is as follows: All-age stake—B. Dou g v P. J. Rush's Van Nl.ln:ghl‘;:‘r}l'); Kemnel's Mona vs. I C. Mack's Decorator; Stmmons & ‘Don- ohue’s Moore’s Prescription vs. P. \. Shee- han's_Governor Markham; J. n's Lad: Gay vs. R. B. Kay's Diana; P. Roache's s. E. Campbell’s Bend Along; n Kirk vs. B. J. Heane: y Sullivan’s Mira Monte vs. . Brewn's Alma; A. Johnson’s Tod Sloan vs. F. B. Courtney's The Turk; 8. E. Portal's Laurelwood vs. R. B. Kar's Sylvia; W. Ne- land's Fly vs. S.'W. Smith's Sans Souci M. Walker's Jersey Lily vs. Pasha Kennel's Santa Alicla; Lark ‘s My, Shigtrs icla; Larkey & Rock's Myrtle vs. C. H. McNell's Sportsman’ vs. s Sunheil(r‘n; o B Fortal's rman’s Kingston; E. Scott's Lord Byron va. E. V. Sullivan's Rocklin Belle; Larkey & Rock’s Hercules vs. E. V. Sulliva Mercy May: T. C. Mack's Black Patti vs. T. W. Scheller's I Wonder; G. Smart's_Silkwood vs. Derby Kennel's Little Dorrit; J. J. Ed- monds’ Vida Shaw vs. Al Austin's Douglas; P. A Williams' Minnte E. vs. J. Gleason's For Liberty; McGary and Cavaney's Plgeon Toes vs. H. M. N. 'Spring’s Dawn; F. Keenan's Royal Oak vs. Orient Kennel's Uncle Sam; Gibson & Sater's Molly Bawn vs. E. V. Sulli- yan's Royal Buck: Brown & Luther’s Van Nida vs. Curtis & Son's McKinley; J. S - son’s White Chief v, R. B, Kay's (ross Pagen, H. M. N. Spring LM Pat Molloy vs. J. J. Ed’ monds’ Move On; T. Lettisn -{}lenwood vs. J. Tracey's Speed; J. Perigo's Belle Seward vs. Pierce & Sullivan’s Little Dottie; S. B. P tal's Lightning va. £, V. Sullivan's False Flat- terer; O. H. Hoag Jrs Obadiah vs. T. B. Loveludy's Meeta ", Nealow's Van Khapp N s Vi Hendball va. R. C. Soors Mysdrs, ke 3 tery. Champion stake, " entrants—1. Butler's Susie vs. Curtis & Son’s Chartist; W, C. Glasson's Joy Dells vs. George Whitney's Theron: E. V. Sullivan's Jester va. R. B. Kay's Eelipse; W. C. Glasson's Terrona vs. Curtis & Son's_Cav. aller; Pasha Kennel's Firm Friend vs. Pasha Kennel's Metallic; A. Johnson's Mountain Beauty vs. E. V.’ Sullivan’s Flying Buck; J. .};‘p?lll;t::g: }!;2:5:!" J. J. Warren's Sweet Crontn i el’'s For Freedom vs. J. The prizes in the all-; $100, two of $50, four of $25, and sixteen of $ each. ~Champion stake prizes: $250, $125, two of $50 and four of $15. s Hunted for Her Carpets. Sald a purchaser: “I got Pattoslen’s g:&es. tbhen hunted the town over to do er, but returned 23 s Sl ) and bought Pattos: That tells the story. Whether you want to cover your floors with carpets, rugs or matting, the big store in the Mission is the place to get them. Our new spring patterns are here, and never before so cheap. Pattosien’s, corn Mission streets. el e stake are $150, eight of $1250 —— THE LADY MACCABEES. The Lady Maccabees of Mission Hive No. 18 will give an entertalnment and dance in old Masonic Hall, Sixteenth and Valéncia streets, on ' ** ursday even- ing. The committee or arrangements, of which Mrs. L. 8. Bacon is chairman, has prepared & fine programme. NOW THE LOTTERY OPERATOR He Is the Latest Dan- ger to the Trusting Householder. How the Vendor of the Sure - Thing Tickets Robs Hotel Guests. Mrs. Daniels of the Alexandria Loses Money and Valu- able Papers. POLICE ON A HOT TRAIL. They Belleve That the Problem of Many Mysterious Robberies Is Now Solved. The imitation gas meter man, the bogus water inspector and the alleged laundry- men have all had their turn, and for a time have shone in their uniqueness; but the lottery ticket operator is a pioneer in his line, and thus far has had no imi- tators, Burglaries and petty larcenies of a dozen different varieties and a dozen dif- ferent methods have been brought to | light in the past three months, but the profession is evidently finding a higher plane. The police have had to reclassify their crooks and materially remodel their methods. For the past two months the hotel- keepers of the Butter-street boarding- house district have been put to it to dis- cover the perpetrator of the innumerable petty larcenies reported to them by their suests. Purses have been reported miss- Ing, watches gone a-glimmering and jew- els easily picked up and easily concealed | have been reported missing. Though every energy was bent in that direction no clew to the identity of the skillful operator was had until yesterday morn- ing, when Mrs. J. M. Daniels, a guest at the Hotel Alexandria, 781 Sutter street, reported that her pursé containing v uable papers and no small sum of money, | had just been stolen. She fidtly accused | a vender of lottery tickets, who for two months past has made it his custom to visit the house. Mrs. Daniels had just been preparin; for a shopping trip In town. She had lai her gloves and her purse upon the dresser in her room and had stepped for a few | minutes’ chat to the apartments of a friend adjoining. As sne left her room she noticed the agent of the lottery | knocking at different doors and trying the locks of those from which he got no | response. He was working up the hall toward her room. After an absence of not more than three or four minutes she returned to her room and discovered her | door wide open and her purse missing. | The alleged vender of sure-thing tickets | in the lottery had also disappeared with- out finishing his rounds. She immediately reported her loss and the circumstances to the management. Chief Lees was immediately communicat- ed with and Detective Seymour detailed to hunt down the culprit. He has strong clews to the man’s whereabouts and he doubtless will be soon apprehended. It is now remembered that every case of theft heretofore reported at the hotel has been discovered directly after the weekly visits of -the same lottery agent. On previous occasions two valuable watches have been missing from different rooms, and other larcenies of books and baubies have been of frequent occurrence. 1t {s probable that the peer of the meter artist has been discovered. PLAY AND OPERA. ‘What Is Being Done in the Local ‘World by Music and Prama. Melba will have another record house when she sings au revoir on Saturday night. The line of ticket-seekers was a long and steady one at the California box office yestercay. The programme for Sat- urday includes Melba in selected acts from “Romeo and Juliet,” “Rigoletto” and | “Faust,” and in the mad scene from “Lucia.” The excellent little production of “Trilby” now in course of presentation at the California goes on the road after the Saturday matinee. Ferris Hartman in “The Purser” plays | all of this week and next at the Baldwin. Pilar Morin, the famous pantomime ar- tist, follows. Marie Jansen in “The Nancy Hanks" will finish the Columbia engagement with | this week, giving way to Robert Mantell | in a romantic drama called “The Secret Warrant.” : : ‘he Gay Parisians” is a big hit at the | Alcazar, where it is likely to score a run of several weeks. “The Wicklow Postman' s keeping up the record at Morosco's;, the Orpheum has an attractive bill and the usual audi- ences; and the Cubans and the animals are doing well at the Zoo. The second edition of “Sinbad” will close with Sunday night’s performance at the Tivoli, to be replaced by a big re- vival of the popular “Wang.” Paloma Schramm gave another exhibi- tion of her precocious pianistic genius at the Sherman & Clay Hall last night. Her farewell concerts take place Friday and Saturday afternoons. Alfred Wilkie's benefit concert comes off on Friday evening at the Sherman & Clay Hall. A score of prominent local solofsts figure in the programme. —————————— TAKEN FROM THE STAGE. Little Norman Philllps, a bright, flax- en-haired boy, aged six years, was re- moved from the Orpheum Theater yester- day afternoon by Colonel Parnell of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The little theatrical wonder has been on the stage for a year or so, alternating between Morosco’s and other local houses, until he eventually securedanengagement at the Orpheum for $2 a week to sing and otherwise amuse the audience. Information having been conveved to the secretary of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children steps were taken to have the child removed. Yester- day afternoon Colonel Parnell sent for Mrs. Phillips and read the law to her covering the case. She pleaded ignorance of the law, and when its conditions were explained to her she cheerfully consented to keep her little boy home. 5 The father of young Norman is at pres- ent In Vallejo. He is a professor of lan- guages and was not aware of his son be- ing engaged in the theater. Mrs. Nor- man was connected with the theatrical profession in the East years ago. She stated to Colonel Parnell that she was saving the little fellow’s earnings for the purpose of giving him a musical educa- tion by and by, as she believes he pos- sesses rare musical talent. The parents of little Norman are respectable and mean to do what is right by their son, as also to comply with the law. —_————— A Schooner in Distress. At a late hour last night a steam schooner was observed displaying sig- nals of distress about ten miles west northwest of Point Reves. Tt fs sup- posed that she is the Weott bound from Eureka to this point, now two days overdue. There was a heavy wind blowing and the sea was running high. The tug Reliance of Spreckels’ fleet was dispatched to her assistance at about 3 o’clock this morning. —— s Try the “Koh-I-Noor” lead pencll, and you will have no further use for others. — ADVERTISEMENTS. The Youngster. To you he is the best boy in the world. 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