The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 21, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898. SOLDIERS RAID THE ORCHARDS NEAR HONOLULU | Board of Inquiry Named to In- vestigate Depredations on Chinese Property. Hawaiian Commissioners Flooded With Memo- rials Regarding Future Government of the Islands. BY HORACE WRIGHT. Special Correspondence of The Call, 3000000000000 0PP9P 0000000 P 0000090006 pY = ® ® Headquarters, District of Hawali, & @ HONOLULU, Sept. 6, 1863, @ * Special Orders No. 1. & @ A board of officers will convene at Camp McKinley to-morrow, @ ® Wednesday, September 7, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to inves- @ @ tigate the acts of vandalism committed upon the property of China- @ @ men, apparently by United States troops, on Sunday, September 4, @ @ and previously. The board will assess the damage; fix, if possible, & @ the responsibility and make every endeavor to discover the offend- @ @ ers in order that the guilty may be brought to justice and complete @ @ reparation be made. o | L 4 In the course of its investigation the board is authorized to @ change its place of meeting, to visit the scenes of the alleged depre- & @ dations, and is instructed to confer with all officials or persons who @ @ may be able to give reliable aid or information. L4 @ Detail of the Board: @ @ Major Robert T. Emmet, First New York Volunteer Infantry. o | @ Captain H. L. Hardin, Eighteenth United States Infantry. ® » Second Lieutenant Charles C. Crowell, Tenth Pennsylvania Vol- & | @ unteer Infantry. @i @ By command of Brigadier General King. . L4 ® SAMUEL S. SAXTON, Adjutant General. & @ Offictal: H. M. MERRIAM, Aid-de-Camp. @ * @ PPOPIVPOPPPOVPOPPVPPVO00000000000000® HONOLULU, Sept. 12—The forego- ) that form has already been decided | ing special order tells, in brief, a story | for us. { of numberless annoying depredations The bar sent a memortal, ,m response on private property by the small hood- | {0 @0 inyitation from the Commission, lum element In an otherwise well be- (25 followst = . | haved body of men. The incident Te- | pur that the judicial system of Hawail | ferred to capped the climax, and put an | should be continued as nearly as possible | end to the patience and forbearing dis- | e pe n alike of the citizens and the That the Supreme Court of Ha- | military authorities. On the Sunday | shall continue to be a court of I in question about 100 men from Camp , excepting only as to such matters McKinley raided the pineapple and ba- | fwamay be within the jurisdiction of a | nana fields of the Chinese in the ad- | Second—That a Federal Court be estab- | jacent Manoa Valley and committed lt’lf’?;@d\}"giawuu» ?’_“h ”331“3“3*" Jurisdic- | wholesale depredation and serlous | {n tha senoiat icised by Federal Courts | damage. A formal complaint, lodged | Third—That the present system of a | with Mr. Sewell and President Dole | Purely appellate Supreme Court and Cir- | vx: e ‘ H cuit Courts for each island, and District | on behalf the Chinese, was imme- | Courts for each district be preserved. diately attended to by Mr. Sewell and Oib‘;:‘:lcrgl!’h—;l;h% tr,fe J!\:dgr_‘s lnhl all‘ Fcur!lS' the military authorities, and the | ederal Juage be appointed by the Gover. | amount of damage is being determined | nor of Hawali, by and with the advice | in a friendly manner. There have heen | and consent of the Senate of Hawali, to | on the part of the troops. It is almost the revenues of the Territory as superfluous to say that an example will y be appropriated by the Territorial be made of the guilty ones—when they | “e8!slature. e AlBnoveradl The Chinese have followed their pre- The “little unpleasantness” between | }lous memorial with an able argument the ‘ull\lu‘:lmd‘ military authorities In re- | o5, ‘ex_Minister to Washington, on be- gard to the po: ion of the barracks | half of the rice planting interest. In in the Executive building remains in | this he shows that unless favorable leg- statu quo and the civil arm of the Gov- | Islation be granted, enabling Chinese 2 it for the present “holds the |laborers to be imported exclusively for i Xgl\fiur in the rice fields, this industry A feeling of reliet pervaded the com- | W1 PETISh Tt has been proved by the runity on the publication of a state- | the Hawalian, Portuguese and Japan- rarded to Hon. Harold M. Se- | ese cannot successfully cultivate rice, i agent of the United |nor can they reclaim the swampy mo- -fining the status of the Ha- |rass lands and turn them into profita- | ailan Government during its tempor- | ble rice fields as do the Chinese. There | ary tenure of office. The following |are now under cultivation in the is- may given as a brief condensation |lands about 10,000 acres in rice, yield- of the points at issue determined by |ing from the lands leased an income of | the ruling of the Federal Government: | over $200,000 annually to the white and | 1. All vacan in upKninll\'o offices to | Hawailan landlords, and producing an be filled, as a rule, by the Hawailan Gov- | average crop of 20,000 tons of the value ernment’ as heretofore; but an oath of al- | of $2,000,000. About 15,000 tons are re- 1 nce to Hv: (fs‘.',fdfi?mrlf:d‘rfi rf;gulr&"-lé quired for home consumption and the | Hawali remains .n force, 2 land laws of the United States do not apply to Hawaii. 3. Mr. Dole is to continue to sign as President of the republic of Hawail. 4. Processes of court are to run in the wall. ‘republic” does an independent of the republic of he use of the word not necessarily imply government. name here are many other points upon which office-holders would like more definite instructions, but they prefer not to anticipate an evil day by asking too many pertinent questions, calling forth, perhaps, impertinent answers. Apparently our Commissioners are taking life pleasantly enough. They are being most hospitably entertained by the social class, who probably desire political favors and can afford to en- tertain lavishly. The most successful non-political reception was a luau at Ainahou, given by Princess Kalulani, which was attended by the notables of all nationalities and of all grades of opinion. In sociabflity and it probably eclipsed anything fore given in Honolulu, even in the luxurious days of twenty years ago. But the Commissioners are by no ans idle, for they are being almost crushed under the weight and volume of memorials suggesive of the views of different interests and nationalities in regard to the character of the gov- ernment we should like to have, unless - ————————————————————— \ 4 ADVERTISEMENTS. WHOLESOME ADVICE. For People Whose Stomachs Weak and Digestion Poor. Dr. Harlandson, whose opinion in dis- eases 18 worthy of attention, says when a man or woman comes to me complaining of indigestion, loss of appetite, sour stom- ach, belching, sour watery-risings, head- aches, sleeplessness, lack of ambition and a general rundown nervous condition, I advise them to take after each meal one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, al- lowing the tablets to dissolve In the mouth and thus mingle with .the food eaten. The result is that the food s speedily digested before it has time to sour and ferment. These tablets will di- - gest food anyway, whether the stomach wants to or not, because they contain harmless digestive principles, vegetable essences, pepsin and Golden Seal, which supply Jjust what the weak stomach lacis. I have advised the tablets with great guccess, both in curing Indigestion and to build up the tissues, increase flesh in thin nervous patlents, whose real trouble was dyspepsia, and as soon as the stomach was put to rights they did not know what sickness was. A H0-cent package of Stuart’s Dyspep- ela Tablets can be bought at any drug store, and as they are not a secret patent medicine they can be used as often as de- sired with full assurance that they con- tain nothing harmful in the slightest de- gree; on the contrary, any one whose stomach is at all deranged will find great benefit from the use of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure any form of stomach weakness or disease except can- cer of the stomach. Full size package at druggists 50c or $1, or by mall from Stu- art Co., Marshall, Mich. Are balance is exported. The profits from | this industry are widely distributed | among all classes and not alone among the Chinese. To cramp this Industry would practically mean the return to | barrenness of nearly all the land under | cultivation and a considerable resulting loss, not only to the community at large but also to the revenues of the| country. The number of Chinese la- | borers engaged In rice cultivation ranges from three thousand to five thousand a year, according to the times of planting and harvesting. The Hawaiian friends of the Chi- nese have also presented a numerously signed memorial which is so unique that it is given in full, as showing the aloha existing between the races: Whereas, The prohibitory laws of the United States against Chinese immigra~ tion and the decisions thereon by the Su- preme Court of the United Statés and by the Secretary of the Treasury and the promulgated opinfons of thé Attorney General originated from the fact that such immigration affected or threatened | to affect the interests of the United States and endanger the good order of certain localities thereof; and whereas, such con- ditions have not’ obtained In Hawall nor | are likely to do so, in fact, on the con- | trary, the immigration of Chinese into | Hawalil has proven beneficial to the coun- try and its continuation is essential to the | welfare of the islands; Therefore, We the undersigned, hereby suggest ior your consideration that the | proposal for ‘a new form of government | shall embody suggestions for a liberal Chinese immigration law, permitting a.l the Chinese residents now entitled by law to the right of a return permit a contin- uance of that right; also that Chinese merchants and travélers may be per- mitted to visit Hawaii for a period not to | exceed six months, good bonds being filed to warrant their leaving at the end of that time; also that Chinese laborers may we permitted to sojourn in Hawail for a erfod not to exceed three years, good onds being filed to guarantee their de- parture; also that Chinese women and minors under 10 years of age who have relatives by blood or marriage residing in Hawali be permitted to come to this coun- ry. And for this we will ever pray. The Portuguese this morning pre- sented their memorial as representing 16,000 persons, nearly one-half of whom were born in the islands. They state that since 1887 they have enjoyed the privilege of the franchise without be- coming citizens, and that they are will- ing to become American citizens if the franchise is accorded to them. They believe that the retention of the prin- ciples of 1887 would prevent Asiatics from voting. They claim for them- selves the merit of having aided in ob- taining good government and of striv- ing to uphold American principles, and, further, of having among their race the largest number of small holdings in the islands, thereby increasing the number of good and independent citi- zens. They object to the poll tax as an outrage to any civilized community and claim that the poor are unjustly taxed In comparison with the wealth- jer classes, and that they cannot com- pete with Asiatic labor and support their families as a civilized commun- ity. They wish the sugar planters and the country to adopt a different sys. tem of labor from that of contract; profit sharing being preferable, they claiming this to have proved success- ful both to the owner and the laborer. They ask that large areas of untilled lands held by large corporations and wealthy land owners be taxed equita- | rather than to assist therein’; | again: bly, so as to compel their division and sale for the benefit of small owners. However, the bonne bouche, after all, is the planters’ memorial, and it has fallen like a thunderbolt from the clear sky upon the heads of those who sus- pected that the planters would en- deavor to destroy popular government by secret machinations in Congress, but would hardly dare come forth in an open, straightforward and manly way and throw down the gauntlet in the public prints, so that there should be no mistake as to their wishes to pro- tect their millions wrung from the soil and the sweat of their laborers’ brows. The memorial is so lengthy that only its salient points can be given here. They understand that only two forms of government are under consideration, that of the District of Columbia sys- tem and that of the territorial forms of Arizona and New Mexico, with a Governor appointed by the President and subordinate offices filled locally and a Territorial Legislature for local legislation. They strenuously oppose a govern- ment by commission, like that of the District of Columbia, and cite urgent reasons in support of their contention. They understand that there are some citizens who favor a government by | commission for a few years in order to “eliminate the bitterness of feeling which has grown out of the transition of Hawali from a monarchy to a Ter- ritory of the United States, by prevent- ing elections and the consequent proba- ble continuity of present party differ- ences which have in the past and prob- ably will for some time to come divide along race lines and embrace on the one side those who have favored, and on the other those who have opposed a monarchial form of government.” They oppose even temporary govern- ment by commission, as it would tend to make the people less capable of eventual self-government. The memorial asks, therefore, for a “territorial government, which may in- | volve as wide a degree of local control as the safety of the general govern- ment and local interests will allow,” and while the chief executive shall be appointed by the President, he must be a bona fide resident of the country, holding property interests therein, and all subordinate officers should possess like qualifications. The planters quote the platforms of the Republican, Democratic and People’s party at their national conventions of 1896 in support of these views. In the same spirit they ask that all Federal officers be bona fide residents of the Territory. As to the election franchise, they “believe that it would be unwise to im- mediately grant full and unrestricted suffrage either in the interests of the general government or the local com- munity, or of republican government.” They give these reasons: “That a large portion of those heretofore eli- | gible to the electorate have been and are hostile to a republican form of gov- | ernment—and for some time to come there is every probability that the guiding principle of their action will be to hamper and obstruct the evolutionof responsible representative government and “A large proportion of those heretofore eligible to the electorate are | unaccustomed, either by race instincts or personal participation, to self-gov- ernment, except in the most limited degree.” They conclude this branch of the subject by asking for the retention of the property qualification for Sena- torial voters. They support the retention of the present judiclal system and ask for appointive Judges, believing that if they are made elective it would be dis- astrous to the public interests. They ask that Hawaiian and mixed juries be abolished as tending to perpetuate race differences, and that the system of nine to three in civil and criminal jury cases be retained, after a success- ful experience of fifty years. They contend that the labor supply most vitally affects not only the con- tinued prosperity of Hawall, but the very existence of its leading industries. The penal contract system was intro- duced as a matter of necessity to se- cure laborers, and was derived from the American shipping contracts in the early whaling days. They show that between 1878 and 1888 the Hawalian Government expended $1,019,000, and the planters $1,000,000, in the importa- tion of labor from abroad, as it could not be obtained in the country, and that from the latter date from 3000 to 5000 laborers had been annually im- ported, principally at the expense of the employers of labor. To secure the planters from loss the penal contract system was adopted on the lines of the American shipping contract, and has become incorporated into the Hawaiian gystem, but it is falling into disuse, ex- ept to secure advances made to newly {mported immigrants. Out of 35,000 la- borers there are only 10,000 under con- tract, and these contracts were almost exclusively made abroad. They do not ask that the system be perpetuated. They say: ‘‘Contrary to usual com- ment and understanding in the United Btates, the average cost of labor in Ha- wail does not vary much from the average cost of similar labor in the United States. The average cost of or- dinary fleld labor in Hawali, counting in the lodgings, medical attendance, wood, water and land for cultivation, almost universally furnished to the la- borers, does not in any case fall be- low $16 a month, in most cases comes to as high as $18 a month and ranges upward to $20 and even more & month.” They then claim that new plantations will require at least 5000 more laborers -and the coffee industry “many thou- sands more,” and “either these labor- ers must be obtained from beyond the borders of Hawail or the development of the country will be checked and ex- isting industries hampered, if not ex- tinguished.” It will be a long time before a white American farming pop- ulation can be obtained, and it is an open question whether “American la- borers will be content to accept the | wages which the Hawalian agricul- tural Industries can afford to pay; meanwhile the necessities for labor are fmmediate and pressing and not less than 7000 more laborers are required. They conclude tHeir memorial by ask- ing that ‘“a transition period be al- lowed, during which the agricultural interests of Hawall may readjust them- selves to make the changed condition of affairs, during which time the full immigration laws of the United States shall not be extended in their entirety to Hawail. If American laborers can be induced to come to the Hawalian Is- lands and work for wages which will leave a margin of profit to the em- ployer, we will be the first to welcome such laborers and such a solution of the problem.” The Chaniber of Commerce of Hono- lulu has presented a memorial, Hon. J. B. Atherton, president of the Hawai- jan Sugar Planters' Association being also president of the Chamber of Com- merce. ~The chamber recommends for the best interests of the country "a territorial government based on the form of the present Western Territor- ies of the United States, with only such modifications or changes in the pres- ent Hawaiian laws as may be required by the constitution of the United States, or be otherwise necessary to properly adapt them to the American system of government.” They recom- mend the retention of the present Ha- waiian judicial, financial, police and other conditions, and assert that “as a matter of general principle, it will be sound to make no changes in our local laws unless some specific benefit is to be obtained thereby or there are other strong reasons for so doing.” They de- vote considerable space to shipping matters and give cogent reasons in support of thefr request to delay the extension of the United States coast- ing laws to Hawaii, at least for the present, and until such time as Amer- ican shipping is available to transact such business. You will find the latest things in wall paper at Clark's, 653 Market street. © COMPLAINT FROM THE NEW YORKERS Dislike Their Camp at Honolulu. SAY THEY ARE NOT WELL FED FREQUENTLY DRILL WHILE HTUNGRY. Their Tents Pitched on a Lava Bed, the Dust From Which Invades Every Nook and Crevice, Despite Precautions. Spectal Correspondence of The Call. CAMP McKINLEY, Honolulu, H. I, Sept. 12.—On the evening of September 3, for the first time since July 29, when Colonel Barber, with Lieutenants Win- throp and Griffith, sailed for Honolulu on the St. Paul, the First Infantry, New York Volunteers, officers and men were united. On that Saturday morn- ing at 8:30 the Scandia, bearing the last of the four detachments, into which the regiment was divided for transportation, reached port after a plezsant voyage and tied up at the wharf. The baggage and mall were unloaded and in the middle of the af- terrcon the troops took up the dus line of march for Xapiolani Park. Lieutenant Colonel Stacpole was in command, with Major Scott, Major Emmett and Companies A, B and D. They arrived in camp so late that it wis dark long before tents were up and much dissatisfaction was expressed by the men at having little or no sup- per served. Many visited the neigh- boring companies and either asked for supper or used the kitchen outfit for preparing their own. We are settled at last and can take note of our surroundings. Our camp is at the foot of Diamond Head, a slop- ing plain cut by numerous little gul- lies of from three to ten feet in depth, some of which are bridged over within the encampment. Covering the sur- face of the ground is broken lava in some places, but for the most part a couple of inches of very light volcanic dust. The particles of it fill the air at all times. Companies marching out to drill stir up great clouds of it Everything is covered with the dust; it sifts into every crevice. The occu- pants of some of the tents have spent much labor in sweeping clear the space fronting their tents, sprinkling it and packing the earth down continually. This does much toward doing away with dust, but is quite useless unless the whole camp Is systematically po- liced in this way. The ground inside the tents, too, is treated in this same way in a constant endeavor to do away with an ever-present discomforting fea- ture of camp life here. Some inge- nious men have constructed bunks and hammocks in the trees which stud the encampment and find their sleeping quarters more comfortable than the hot, crowded tents. The food question i{s an important and aggravating one here. It is ad- mitted by all that at no place since we came out May 1 has the food been so insuflicient, Lest week one company of our regiment refused to drill, com- laining that they were insufficiently ed-and unfit for the labor of drilling. There are kicks and kicks made to commanding officers as to the quantity and quality of the rations served. And the depot commissary is blamed, and refutes all the accusations through the daily press here, and, moreover, lays the blame at the doors of the compa- nies themselves. And while boards of investigation are being appointed and getting to work investigating, the men are hungering. - But better times are promised, and even within a week im- provement is to be noticed. The conditions outlined here, it may be imagined, have made the men—well, not quite discontented—but somewhat doleful, homesick. All were eager to see Hawalian service while war was in Progress. But now that merely the conditions of peace are unsettled, there is a growing feeling that duty s at home and at business. There is to be no outlet for martial valor, and no pa- triotism remains with a volunteer army at peace. We are everything but sol- diers by trade and profession, and anx- jous to be back to duty and home. There is even envy for the Seventh California, which is reported about to be mustered out. At the Presidio we were envied by them. This picture of the feeling among the enlisted men is as black as it can pes- sibly be painted. It can be relieved by a bit of softer color. I strongly suspect that the failure of the paymaster to materialize on the 1st of the month accounts even morg largely than the men themselves suspect for their feel- ing of unrest and discouragement. They are not “hard up,” but “busted”— that’s the plain truth. We are five miles from town, and the carfare there and return is 20 cents, so that the men are thrown on their own resources and are compelled to remain in camp. They have been used to the freedom of San Francisco, with its myriad attractions, and the contrast is disagreeable. Most of the men, I know, are practically pen- niless, and to be so in what is practi- cally a foreign country is, to say the least, tantalizing. But conditions are bound to improve; they are im- proving. August pay is expected in a week’s time. Its arrival will make all the difference in the world. Company E has started a com- pany canteen, supported by the com- pany fund. Each man is given a ticket, to be paid for on the arrival of his pay, good for $1 in trade at the canteen, where tobacco, pies, soft drinks, con-- densed milk, etc., are sold at less than usual retail rates. It is the general verdict in the company street that it is the best institution they have yet or- ganized. All have the privilege of bathing at Walikiki, with its fine sandy beach and delightfully warm water. And the necessity in this warm climate of bathing is turned into our chief pastime, many going in twice a day and remaining several hours at a time. Brown canvas suits have been issued, so that, although neatness in a blue uniform would be out of the question, the brown can be used for loafing about in camp and for drilling and the blue saved for dress. Canvas uniforms, too, are verv cool and durable, which is an important consideration in making the many excursions through thickets and Jjungles and over rocks and mountains which the men are accustomed, to make while off duty. Sunday is practically a holiday, as there is no duty from reveille to retreat calls. And during that interval few are found in camp. Large watering carts are now driven through the camp at frequent intervals through the day, tending thereby very materfally to solve the dust question. On September 4 an important order was issued by command of Major Gen- eral Merriam, constituting a military district of all the Hawaliian territory, with headquarters at Honolulu and with General Charles King in com- mand. All troops present, numbering nearly 3000 officers and men, were con- solidated for administration into two camps —one, Camp McKinley, un- der command of Colonel Thomas H. Barber, comprising the First Infantry, New York Volunteers, and the battalion of Second United States Volunteer En- gineers, commanded by Major Lang- fitt; the other, called Camp Otis, being made up of all expeditionary forces here, the commanding officer being the senfor officer of those forces present. This leaves Colonel Barber, the First New York and the Volunteer Engineers still the permanent garrison of the mili- tary post which they came out to establish, and which it seems as though they were to maintain. General Merriam returns to-day to San Fran- cisco by the Australia, and undoubt- edly his experience and observations here will be the foundation for sugges- tions and reports to Washington which will materialize here in “orders” in two weeks’ time, more or less. JUDGE ANTONE ROSA SUCCUMBS TO DROPSY HONOLULU, Sept. 13.—Antone Rosa, the well-known Hawailan lawyer, ex- Attorney General and ex-Circuit Judge, died on the 9th, of dropsy, be- ing within a few weeks of his forty- third year. He has been seriously ill for some time past and his death was not unexpected. He leaves a widow and three small children, and a brother, George Rosa, now in the Auditor Gen- eral's office. Princess Kalulanl’s reception in honor of the American-Hawailan Com- mission party given at Ainahau on the Tth, was a brilliant success. General Merriam and staff, Admiral Miller and staff, General King and staff, Colonel Barber and staff, Government offi- cials, army and navy officers, ex-Queen Liliuokalani and several hundred prominent soclety people of the city attended. The United States troopship Arizona sailed for Manila at 5 o’clock last even- ing. A lot of malil for the soldiers in the Philippines and the fleet was taken aboard just previous to the sailing. Stores and coal had been loaded on Saturday, and everything was ready for sailing yesterday morning save a few little odds and ends. The follow- ing were the passengers on the Arizona for Manila: Dr. Corbusier, Lieutenant Boutelle, Lieutenant Colonel Barnett, Lieutenant James, Lieutenant Colonel Martin, Captain Evans, Lieutenant Lanza, Lieutenant Wright, Mrs. Rus- sell, Mrs. C. McC. Reeve, Miss Russell, Miss Laswell, Miss Garlick, Mrs. Dr. ‘Woods, Mrs. Dr. Beere, Miss Killian, Mrs. Palm, Miss Rolph, Mrs. Leonard, Miss Mythe, Mrs. Woodruff and son, Miss Albertin Schaefer, Mr. Dwight, Mr. Cadwell, Mr. Leonard, Mr, Kubel, Mr. Durst and Mr. Tanner. A Passing of a Humboldt Pioneer. EUREKA, Sept. 20.—Captain Edwin Tomlinson, a pioneer, aged 89, died at an early hour lhl}:s murnlnfi.‘ Tomlinson was a retired sea captain, English by birth. He was a highly respected citizen of this community and a member of the Hum- boldt Pioneers. ADVERTISEMEN1S. WORKING WOMEN WHO SUFFER. 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MODJESKA, And Her Excellent Company. EVENT—To-night and All the Week, Gorgeous and Historically Correct Production of SHAKESPEARE'S ANTONYandGLEOPATRA ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. NEXT MONDAY—First Time Here, E. H. Sothern's Romantic Drama, “AN _ENEMY TO THE KING,-Presented by the New Frawley Company and BLANCHE BATES. Seats Ready Thursday. COLUMBIA THEATER. A RARE DRAMATIC EVENT. NANCE O’NEIL AND THE McKEE RANKIN CO. In the New Version of “LEAH,” Entitled “THE JEWESS.” Next Week—" INGOMAR” and “NANCY SYKES." OPERA MOROSCO'S GRAND 5 ALTER MOROSCO, Bole Lessee and Manager. Commencing MONDAY, September 19th, «..THE... WATERMAN SISTERS In Thelr Great Sin ng Speclalties, fn a Mag- nificent Scenic Production of THE COAST GUARD. Firat Appearance of MIS8 MAUDE MILLER, daughter of Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Slerras. Popular Prices—Reserved Seats, 26c and 50c; Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Sat- urday and Sunday. Telephone Green $61. JLEBNBRA Corner Eddy and Jones Sts, Tel. South 435, MATINEE TO-DAY, 2:15. DIANA “ON" THE CHASE. Admirably presented by MR. & MRS. DREW, Enormous Success of the Sensation ! ! THE MARVELOUS AUSTINS. THE HUMAN FLY, MLLE. AIMEE. In her phenomenal act of Ceiling ‘7\'-.“(!1'1{i DEL PUENTE CORINNE McBRIDE AND DALLON, The Greatest of all Irish Acts. OWERS AND HYDE, ‘With their Picaninnies and 20 Colored Members in Grand Cake Walk. THE HARPERS. Reserved seats, 2ic, 50c; box seats, §oc. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. 25c; children, 10c, any seat. Seats— ALCAZAR i 2555500 THE ONLY FUN IN TOWN. A Good Hearty Laugh in Every Linel ROLAND REED'S Merry Farce Comedy, “LEND ME YOUR WIFE.” LAST WEEK OF HATINEE T0-DAY, Wednesday, Sept. 21. 1":“;?1‘;“;;&?:" seat, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Children, ¢ MLLE. JEANNE FRANKO, Violiniste. : THE PAOLIS & DOG, Comedy Acrobats, LOUIS CAZEAU, the Magician. ¥ELIX MORRIS AND COMPANY'S New Act, “THE VAGABOND." BESSIE BONEHILL, New Songs. ED. M. FAVOR AND EDITH SINCLAIR. By request, “‘THE McGUIRES.” HINES & REMINGTON, in New York Types. THE TOW-ZOON-IN ARABS. THE BIOGRAPH, New Views. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mrs. Ernestine Kreling, Proprietor and Manager. THE GRAND OPERA SEASON. TO-NIGHT and Friday FEvening, _Spectal Saturday Matinee, Flotow's Lyric Opera, C“MARTHA,” TO-MORROW, Saturday and Sunday Evenings, Goldmark’s Biblical Work, THIS SEASON'S TRIUMPH, “THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.” A Perfect Production in Every Detail. Next Week—'"IL TROVATORE,” “ROMEO AND JULIET." Popular prices, 2ic and 50c. N. B.—A reser- Ledhsm: for the matinee, 25c. Our telephone us| DURWARD LELY, PATTI'S FAMOUS TENOR, After a Season of Unbroken Triumph in Aus- tralla, Returns to America and Will Appear in SHERMAN, CLAY & COS HALL, 223 SUTTER STREET. MONDAY, TUESDAY and SATURDAY EVEN- INGS, Sept. 26 and 27, and Oct. 1, 1598, Tickets, 50c; Reserved Seats, 250 Extra. Re- served Seats May Be Secured at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s on and after Friday, Sept. 23. First Concert Monday_ Evening, Sept. 2. And by Bpecial Request Mr. Lely Will Render English, Scotch and Irish Ballads and Operatic Airs. SUTRO BATHS. OPEN NIGHTS. n Daily from 7 a. m. until 11 p. m. ADMISSION 10c - - CHILDREN Sc Bathing, with admission, 2c; children, 20c. OLYMPIA Edgy, Mason—MORE_NEW NOVELTIES. THE AMERICAN ANNA HELD: KELLY & VIOLETTE: CO! LIN & RIDER, Comedy Acrobats; MARTIN’ WONDERFUL DOGS; TRIXEDO, and others. Admission Free. Matinee Sundas cor. fDONONOODOOOONO0CO AD o™ PALACE * SGRAND HOTELS ° SAN FRANCISCO. Connected by a covered passageway. 1400 Rooms—900 With Bath Attached. All Under One Management. NOTE THE PRICES: a 0 o (] (] [+ o “THE FIRST BORN.” Next Week—*IN MUZZOURA.” COMEDY THEATER. —THIS BVENING— BARGAIN MATS. TO-DAY, SAT. AND SUN. 2%c TO ALL PARTS. THE COMEDIAN, HARRY CORSON CLARKE n George H. Broadhurst's Comedy, “WHAT HAPPENED TO JONE®.” ~——Constructed for Laughin Only— 3 s Only- POPULAR PRICES—Seats selling, Comedy Theater and 710 Market st. CHUTES_AND Z00. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, GREATBILL IN THE FREE THEATER. o European Plan.§1.00 per day and upward $5:00 ber 42y tnd emari@ Correspondence Solicited. o JOHN 0. KIRZPATRICK, Mamsger. o Qooocoo0CcCOoNROQO0Q000 imitations. AL Dragsists, or end S B foie Ly o racse Bald by el Local Dregglsts. W. T. HESS, FOTARY PUBLIO AND ATTORNEY-AT LAW, ‘Tenth Floor, Room 1015, Claus Sr-:ckels Bldg. et S . biow Fowe « San Francis:n =