The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1899, Page 7

, HEALTH BOARD GUILTY OF A PUBLIC OUTRAGE Emergency Hospitals Closed to Aid a Shameful Raid. Political Doctors Prey Upon the Fears of Citizens to Force the Board of Supervisors to Provide for Political Rascals. - THE SAN FRA [®) i S 30 CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 1899 f Health has gone as far its threats to injure the ypardize the health of its peo- i to force the Supervisors to pro- 't the public treasury for the v and disreputable herd of Burns aigner: When the Be s in ard of Health took office shamelessly appointed rly unqualified for the posi- *h they had been chosen. roustabouts, tenderioin loaf- litical parasites were placed where they could render gervice and. would feed upon bounty. f the city were justly inc but the Board of Health replied that t d the city £ blackguare affairs of life and death tened that if it did not blanche in the way 18 g- {mpu- public had no mus pay s chosen to *h a de forced to that was us raid. It £ neci par- ancisco vhieh Ars. rantic ve that the Board accom- s in its to force open the has hat the order r f Health ing hospitals > City Hall, ont and the >ark. °n abolished, the de- 1 inspection has been bacteriological annex, f ridiculous in its ef- bonic plague where has reached an inglor- istants in other depart- ved and ry 1 made to de. istration of health s city 1s been utterly unscrup- forts to accom- treasury as it mpudent in its ap- 1 ruffians to pub- scheme has no geous action this direction ng Hospital at mbers of the . that they have ey intend Utterly closed its main upon the absurd s in an unsanitary con- ranged report in refer- of the hospital Plumbing In tion or closing the hospital e the lame ground that it ¥ un- " as emergency cases ital is in a bet- s been in years, ietermined of the cit{ to rated in an almost after midnight this had dec fact d during rred $475 to the hea making the impre ich Health Officer d to be imperative. will cost no more than they can be made with- hin two days. The Board owe , that the hos- lose, and at midnight the locked atte inight, the the Ith One of the dants, Dr. Morrison, howe ed on duty. Shortly after - Officer McGee brought a patient in all haste to the hospital. a sol- at the CONTRACTORS I A LIVELY WA OVER QUARRIES Gray Brothers Shut Out Their Rivals. L e 2z companies and e within an ace of be- the throes of fierce t of Telegraph Hill yes- and had it not been for ce of Sergeant Chris- 1ad of police there might it need for the ambulance > Morgue wagon. has been waged long between Gray Brothers and more Company reached 1 > laborers of both com- i for duty yesterday morn- armed to the teeth and thirsting for i bitterly Gray Brothe the Cushing-Wet- more Company ha been busily engaged for the last few years tearing big holes in the rocky sides of Telegraph Hill. Their qguarries at the base of the hill between Lombard and Winthrop streets are ad- ning, and the boundary line has been a bone d I of bitter contention. About a week ago Gray Brothers blasted the ext western end of their quarry end the falling rocks and debris blocked a road w h was used by the teams of the Cushing-Wetmore Company traveling In and out of their quarry from Lombard street. This move on the part of Gray Brot forced their rivals to use Win- reet as a thoroughfare to thelr thrap [ arry TUnder the provisions of an ordinance 1 by the Board of Supervisors on third | The bureau of | i no shadow of | cept | | | Presidio. Riley was taken from Ab- bott's saloon on Grantavenue, apopular resort for thieves of both sexes and one | of the most disreputable places in San Francisco or anywhere else. Riley had been skylarking with one of the women | of the place and thrust his hand| trough a gla door. The wrist was frightfully lacerated and blood issued in spurts from an artery. The patrol wagon was hastily ummonded and, serving as an ambulance, sped in all haste with Riley and Officer McGee to the Receiving Hospital at the City Hall. When the wounded soidier arrived there Dr. Morrison insolently refused to | attend him. The physician declared | that the Receiving Hospital had been | »d officially at midnight and no pa- | rergency or otherwise, would be r red. The Board of Health is| taking sperate measures to force the doors of the treasury. The soldier’'s wrist was still bleeding | 3 . He was becoming weak | \ loss of blood, but Dr. Morrison d haughtily on his officialism and ti p ned to render aid. Efforts were | to secure by telephone permission | rom some member of the Board of Health to allow the soldier to be treat- ed. Nothing, howev: could be done. The hospital was offictally closed and | the soldier might die on the step. This imax of outrage indicates to what| th the Board of Health is deter- | to go in its effort mands of its politic to obey the 1 master. com T is absolutely no sincerity in the action the board in dismissing | the iployes and paralyzing the T- vice, This was shown clearly by the fact that the Chief Food Inspector and | his assistants have determined to serve mined in the courts. This means that | the Chief Food Inspector and his a sistants wish to add a little buncombe to the blusters of their superiors. announced in The Call on Sund board met yesterday in secret ses and adopted the following resolution The rd 3 ) appropriate the officers espect be it hereby Resolved, That on and aft August, ted by the e fi t day | ns un- declared | . Morrison, Robinson Breez, of McPherson; chem B bakery eterinary ) in- sur- O'Rourk ng inspe ; ly and C ¥: garbage 1 | regg and Coneo; clerk to health M ant market in- h: ambulance drive: aplan a T Jones engineer, messenger, , That the public be hereby notl- il further Park Re- until fur- tice; th examinations h tice. While this board regrets exceedingly to obliged to close to the se very | 0 departments that it fly ity with- possibly The outrageous action of the Board | |of Health in closing the Receiving Hos- pital practically paralyzed last night the work of the Police Department. | Emergency cases that would not be ac- cepted at the Receiving Hospital had to be taken to the City and County | HHospital on Potrero avenue and Twen- ty-second street. If the honorable mem- | bers of the Board of Health could so | complacently violate the first oath of | | their profession and permit people to die under their very eyes, the police | could not. They therefore used their | patrol wagons to hurry sufferers out to | the City and County Hospital. This as a matter of course clogged the admin- | |istration of the Police Department in other directions. Offenders were held | at patrol boxes sometimes for an hour | at o time walting for a conveyance to | | the central or branch prisons. This led | to the additional outrage of leaving the | city unprotected and at the mercy of | whatever malefactors cared to operate, | | The Board of Health has begun a des- | perate and a dangerous campaign to raid the city treasury. | | vantage of this permission with a venge- ance, and on Sunday morning when the representatives of the Cushing-Wetmore Company were sleeping soundly Grays' men were busily engaged in laying the sidewalk, which would virtually block the Cushing-Wetmore Company’s only access d egress to Chestnut street. At each 1d of the sidewalk three stout piles were | driven into the sidewalk to prevent teams ver the sidewalk. ren Cushing-Wetmore's laborers ar- rived yesterday morning they attempt to tear away the sidewalk, and Gr: men stood hard by to prevent their ri from undoing their work. Harsh words were passed and some angry threats made, ‘but Sergeant Christianson and his squad soon quelled the disturbance. The matter will be taken into_court. Patrolmen McGovern, Freel, Connor and | Peshon were detailed to protect the prop- | erty of both firms and keep the peace un- | til the matter is decided by the courts. te yesterday afternoon the Cushing- more Company’s laborers tore up the | objectionable sidewalk on authority fur- | nished them by a written order from | Mayor Phelan. The work of removing | the obstruction was carried on under the | surveillance of the squad of police in at- tendance, and no resistance was offered | by Gray's men. A representative of the Cushing-Wetmore Company stated last nfght that to-day they would enter suit | against Gray Brothers for $25,000 damages. | — e ee——— THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY. MONTREAL, July 31.—The regular monthly drawing for July of the Canadian Royal Art Unton, by which tha winning numbers of the Kentucky Lottery are declded, was held here to-day. The first six winning numbers are 17992, $15,000; 82661, $4000; 67326, $2000; 92942, $1000; 12445, $500; 55999, $300. . In the Divorce Court. | Judge Bahrs has granted Laura E.Nash | a divorce from James E. Nash on the | ground of neglect. Sults for divorce have | been filed by Julta H. Allen against Jonn | Allen, for faflure to provide;Ella Griswold | against James Griswold, for bigamy: John B. Frick against Etta R. Frick, for deser- | tion: Matilda Gore against Wiiliam Gore, | for failure to provide; Max Bernstein against Etta L. Bernstein, for cruelt Dora M. Kocpmann against Louis Koop- | mann, for desertion, and Louis Fredrich | against Adolph Fredrich, for cruelty. | | Als Ocean Water Tub Baths. , Gray Brothers were granted per- a sixty-foot sidewalk on Gray Brothers took ad-L 101 Seventh street, corner \ Mission. ————— | Salt water direct from the ocean. | detects | again on the Philadelphia. | Gallwey | for the use of the United States Volu A RUSH OF WORK ON TRANSPORTS AND MAIL DOCK All Wharves Crowded With Shipping. —_— {ACCIDENT ON MORGAN CITY —— HERBERT GLADSTONE BURNED | WITH GASOLINE. REDo | Barges for the Sacramento Wheat | | Trade — Rear Admiral Kautz Transfers His Flag to the Philadelphia. g It was a question as to which were the busfer yesterday, the Malil dock or the transport wharf. Both were worked to their full capacity, and any person who had to visit either pler was compelled to keep a bright lookout in order to avoid being run over. At the Government wharf are the transports Hancock, Indiana and Morgan City; while at the Mail dock there are the City of Peking, City of Syd- ney, San Blas and Gaelic. All the bag- gage of the Nebraska volunteers was taken off the Hancock during the morn- ing and sent out to the Presidlo. Freight and supplies_were being rushed into the Indiana and Morgan City, while gangs of workmen were engaged on all three ves- s fixing up for another voyage. The Indiana is to sail to. v with 700 recruits and the Mor City is expected to sail on Thursday with about 500 recruits. At the Mail dock double gangs will work night and day on the City of Peking until she is discharged. She will then go on the drydock for an overhauling, and if all goes well she will be loaded and away again for the Orient by Saturday after- noon. The Peking is six days behind time owing to being quarantined in Naga- saki, but she is expected to make up the time before she gets back to San Fran- c! The work of discharging the lic will not be rushed until after the Peking is out of the way. is scheduled to sail on the Sth inst., there will be plenty of time to discharge and load her »efore that. The City of Sydney will be unioaded as quickly as possible and will 1 be overhauled and turned over to the rnment. Her place on the Panama will be taken by the San Blas. M. Freeman, the well-k run Captain E. pllot, returned from a visit to the East without pay until the question is deter- | nown He was gone a month_ and brother in Baltimore and hi hers in Boston. The captain was kept busy ¢ esterday morning shaking hands with friends, and early In the af on went home in order faithful *“right” from being shaken of Herbert Gladstone, a_young plumber, met with a peculiar accident on the port Morgan City yesterday. He w gaged in fixing up some piping and a cup of gasoline on a table He was usin ndle to in the pip on came along > to had close by him. man Wil canc 6 talked for a few moments, and the ghted candle back w was putting 1 T ct with the gasol 1t seriously burned of C and H was taken to the Haj iving Ho. pital, where Drs. Dorr and Himmelsba attended to his wounds. The tleship Iowa w Iron Wor. 0 e orar t d again. When she was getting ready to go on the drydock at Port Orchard considerable heavy equip- put ashore at the iron works. ow to be replac During the ernoon Rear Admiral Kautz hauled do his flag aboard the lowa and raised The change will carry 10,000 sacks of wheat or 12,000 sacks of barley. Chester A has been built by S Ruddell to run in conjunction with the steamer Pride of the Yukon. There is an_enormous grain crop in the Sacramento Valley this vear, and both vessels will be kept busy ail through the ses A sister barge to the Chester She will be named A is now being bullt. | work of art, made by a local wig maker, | | was duly noted on both vessels and a sa- lute of thirteen guns fired. The steamer Noyo arrived from Fort Bragg yesterday with the barge Chester A in tow. The latter is a wheat carrier | built for the Sacramento River trade. She 1s 198 feet long and 38 feet broad. She the Admiral Dew ammell & Rud- dell expect that there will be plenty of | business on the river for the barges all the year round. Captain Johnson of the Noyo was very sick with rheumatism when the vessel reached port. He as taken to the Ger- man Hospital by the mate as soon as the 1 docked. The old bark Colorado has been turned into a barge and is shortly to be towed from Departure v to San Francisco laden with coal. The tug Pilot will tow her down and the mp‘ is expected to be v made quickly and ea LAST REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL REORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, N. G. C. Dr. John Gallwey Tells of the In- creased Efficiency of This Branch of the State Service. Dr. John Gallwey, surgeon general of the National Guard of California, has forw ed to General John Dickinson a report of the medical department of the | Guard since its reorganization. When Dr. left for Europe recently he was too ill to complete the report before his departure. In the document the surgeon general reviews the condition of his d partment prior to the appropriation by the Ylate Legislature for its improvement, and his comments indicate that the medical and surgical branch and the equipment and supplies were anything but good. The bill, which appropriated 0, also provided for the c initary corps as a staff department, Surgeon general as an _executive medical examining boards and for tran ference and enlistment of men into the corps, and all to be properly equipped. The reorganization was duly effected, as heretofore published, and the numer: strength of the corps, including na militia, now consists of 20 commiss officers, 17 non-commissioned officer; 121 privates. By the exercise of much in- genuity the purchase of equipment was a | made to come within the limit of the ap- propriation. Dr. Gallwey in_his report highly I es the Red Cross Society axn says that at the outbreak of the Spanis War gave to the Sa Corps, N. G. C., a sum of money for the purpose of equiping’the medical depart- ment of the California regiments with everythin necessary for active field rvice. This money was judictously ex- pended, and in obedience to an order from the commander In chief the entire equip- ment was turned over to the Gevernment teer service, and Dr. Gallwey adds: can safely assert from personal observa- tion that no volunteer regiment at San Francisco possessed an equipment equai to that of the California Volunteer regi- ments. * * * In a report to the sur- goon general, United States army, Colonel iddleton made special mention of the virtues of the above-described equip- ment."” Special mention is made of the various camps of instruction held in 1897, where the corps received much practical knowl- edge and some experience M the line of fleld and hospital service. In the work of reorganization much credit is due to the many executive officers of the Na- tional Guard for advice and assistance, and though the reorganization has borns 0od fruits, there is still much to be one. In concluding his report Dr. Gall- wey states that professional not social qualifications must be the test upon which commissions should be issued, and that “the discharge of social and political debts should not be permitted to disturb the officers of proved ability in the med- ical department.” —_—————— Ladfes’ taflor-made suits, fur capes, cloaks. Credit. M. Rothschild, 324 Post st tion of & | | | | | i | | NOTHER JULIET AND A NEW AIDA CHARM Miss Roberts Makes a flit‘ as Shakespeare’s Ten- der Heroine. —_— N London years ago, when Mrs. Bel- lamy played Juliet to Garrick's Romeo, and at a rival theater Barry was the Montague to Mrs. Cibber's Capulet, the play had the unprecedented run of | twelve nights at one theater and thir- | teen at the other, Garrick’s desire to | speak last oerleaping his terror of the mystic thirteen. Stupendous revivals, with magnificent Scenery, correct cos- tumes and all-star casts, are the only ones nowadays billed, for what is com- mon enough with us, the season’s run. However, if applause is an indication of | popular approval, “Romeo and Jullet” is a success sturdy enough to reach at least | its thirteenth birthday, and need not, to| make good its announcements, die on the seventh night. It is a most pretentious production. New scenery has been paint- ed, some new people engaged and, where the principals are in question, gorgeous Hermann gowns and costumes are worn, | absolutely correct to the period, of course, for Hermann would scarce lend his spund- ing name to anything less. Miss Roberts has spared neither pains nor expense on her Juliet wardrobe and the result is a joy to the beholder. Even her. wig, a perfect Venetian red, is a | teo, after days of patient search for just | the tint. Mr. Whittlesey's costume sym- | phony in red is gorgeous—simply gor- geous—and when one considers the prices at this theater one can but be thankful | that the artisgic sense is so great a part | of some natures that no handicap is con- | sidered when its demands are making. | As the shadows close about Romeo's life | his costumes grow somber; brilllant red, | thoughtful gray, sorrowful black, Mr: Whittlesey's make-up_was correctly and | mely Italian. The stage manager as made a success of his scenery. The set for the balcony scene, with ifs vine- clad walls, its hangings and its street thought out and carried into the atmosphere of the times. | Alcazar has reason to be proud of its efforts, But ‘“‘the play and the piayers. of the stage, past and pres- r all, not numerous; for to | act’ Juliet well the actress must hav many years of experience that she ceas to looK Juliet. Miss Roberts comes 1o the part with both youth and experience, for | distances is we ane is_the The Julie ent, are, af she was little more than a child when she made her professional debut. She is four. te —not a day older—and of how many Juliets can this be said. They have been | stately and t morous, tender, elo- | quent, seductive, impassioned, and even, | 4s in' the case of Mrs. Slddons, terrific and sublime. Miss Roberts brings to the early scenes a spirit of ct innocence and puri Her childish coquetry in the dance whe 8 out Romeo is so openly without guile that girlhood is | patent. She plays the balcony scene for comedy, and plays it charmingly so. Hut | before this, in the words “My only love sprung from my only hate, too early unknown, and known too late,” a undertoné tragic, the shadow f the impending doom, which many critics con- | sider the keynote of the part, makes itself | vaguely felt. She is weighted with a han- fcap in her scenes with the nurse, for | Leavy lacks real testin acks de- | how one s t mewhat blunts one's intentions. \berts' impatience and winning playfulness met with but little response. With the first touch of sorrow she age: and becomes the herotne, and comedy s | left behind forever. The potion scene grow with experience in the part. n now the latter half is very strong | nd in places done with a subtle insight | that brings the corse of Tybalt paintully | before our eves. In no place does she | overact, and perhaps_the fear of this ter- rible fanlt accounts for the repression in the first part. Miss Roberts has the strength and undoubtedly the work here Will become what she has the power to make it. Her love scenes were all beauti- ful from the ingenuousness of the girl to the passionate ardor of the woman, and her death in the tomb a quiet heartbreak to all. ut we have one more Juliet to love and are happy. Mr. Whittl as a lover is always | worthy ef being loved. So ably did he | plead that, as some one has said before, Juliet might have forgotten her modesty nd come down to him. Apart from the | ove scenes, his best work is done where he slays Tybalt and in the tomb. In the cell with Friar Lawrence he is strong | but somewhat overwrought. But the| parting with Juliet and the tomb scene follow, and then in the satisfaction of | these what did not quite please us is for- | gotten. Mr. Dennithorne’s Mercutio was very good, as were the Benvolio of Mr. Halifax and the Paris of Mr. Moore. The other parts were satisfactory, but not of exceptional merit. But what of | this? Juliet and Romeo, they are the play and they have won our hearts. Be- sides, if one sets about it he can find fault | with anything. Pepys, he of the dlary said of the tragedy, “it is a play of ft- self the worst I have seen.” Still, if I remember aright, he saw a version so im- proved as to save the life of both Romeo | and Jull Miss Roberts and Mr. Whit- | tlarey almost make us wish they had known that version, so unhappy ‘do we feel that their love is for so brief a sea- son, We expected much of both these artists, and we have not been dlsappointed. The most unstinted praise is due them both. The advance sale for the week is so large that an extended run is probable. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. just 1d not to know s R Orpheum. There was “standing room only” at the Orpheum long before 8 o'clock last night. The Nebraska boys to the number of nearly 500 were the guests of honor and the people turned out by thousands to applaud with them the splendid pro- resented by the management. ridges, ‘‘past masters of colored comedy,” set the ball rolling. They served as a splendid introduction to the even- ing’s amusement and nearly convulsed the audience with some of their clever skits. They were foillowed by Herr von As_a lightning painter in oils he and some of his pictures wera 50 true to life_that they evoked storms of applause. Dave Meier gave a most in- teresting exhibition of bag punching. His kill at this kind of exercise {s simply marvelous and he at once established himself as a favorite with the Nebraska boys. La Fafalla and the others repeated their successes of last week, and all in all the programme left nothing to be de- sired. —_—————— The Junior Sagamore. Willlam G. Harrison, great junior saga- more of the Great Council of the United States, Improved Order of Red Men, ar- rived in this city last night from’ Indlan- apolis. The visitor, who_is a very prom- inent member of the order, wiil be here during the session of the Great Council cf California. | many more artists like Sala | the_interest of the | given after the fourth act, Which shows Fhe success of the season. This evening | “Tucla” will be given with Anna Lichter | | splendid acting from the start Tivoli Grand Opera Season Has a Brilliant Open- ing Night. OTWITHSTANDING the fact that | San Francisco has been surfeited | with grand opera this year, the | Tivoli Opera-house was almost too | small to accommodate the monster audience that awaited anxiously the | rise of the curtain in order to revel once more in the imperial melodies of a master. Assuredly the management could not have made a wiser chofce for the inaus- uration of its operatic season than Verdi's “Atda”; not merely because this grand musical structure enables an introduction | of every strong artist, but because its PERRERR R R RS | grandeur and grandiloquent airs invest it with a solemnity especially in accord | with the festive sentiment that accompa- nles an opening performance. It did not require long to discover the character of the impression made upon the audience by this initiatory perform- | | ance. Hardly had Avadano concluded his grand aria in the first act when the house ‘ | began to tremble beneath the applause | i that issued forth from the enthusiastic | assemblage. Time and again the artist| bowed, deeply moved by this immense ovation; but the applause would not sub- side until the tenor consented to repeat the last few lines. This applause was honestly merited. A tenor of such crys-| talline clarity and mellow tone quality, | | | tinged with splendid dramatic timbre, is certainly very rare, and by appreciating | such a voice the people merely proved | their fine powers of discrimination. Ava- | dano simply plays with the most diffi- cuit technical parts, and his high notes | are .as delicious as a Kiss. I Salassa, in the role of Amonasro, du plicated his former success. To posse: & barytone of such flexibility and pdwer is to be endowed with one of the richest | gifts that nature can bestow, but to be | S0 intelligent as to make proper use of | such a marvelous organ is the acme of | Sublime art, and applause is but a weak | tribute to stch talent. In the duet in the | Nile scene especially, Mr. Salassa did not | hesitate to drain the last drop in the gob- | let of musle. Imperious and imposing, the | solemn tones dropped from his 1 His phrasing was exquisite; his modulation | s sublime. Would that there were | a. i TLinck no doubt is always heard at | Her big contralto role and her dra- a fine chance to assert itself. Miss Linck is an artist. But | audience was centered | itz, the prima donna, | who kas just arrived from Milan and in troduced ‘herself as Aida. Miss Pross-| nitz possesses a dramatic soprano of a mellow qualit Her upper notes \\‘ore} legant and were brought out clear and Tinging. Her lower notes were uttered with some difficulty, no doubt owing to a severe cold contracted after a day’s stay in San Franc Her histrionic” accom- lishments are great. The Aida of Mis >rossnitz must be pronounced asidealand, far as one can see from last night, the -“controls a soprano that will prove a marvel ere the season is passed. Chorus and orchestra did some praise- | worthy work and Mr. Hirschfeld deserves | much ‘credit for infusing life and snap in both. No fault can be found with his direction; it was exemplary. George Lask, the stage manager, deserves also a share | when praise is distributed. The mounting | was elegant, i Not less than six curtain M est as Amneris. full sway in_ thi has matic temperament ha in Miss Ella Pro; calls were s Lord Edgar, | Ashton. as Lucla, Barron Berthold and Willlam i\écrluns ‘us Henry It will be an ideal performance. ALFRED METZGER. California. Bronson Howard's four-act comedy “One of Our Girls,” which was produced at the California last night, would not be | & success in Paris. It is one of the most | caustic satires on the marriage dg con- venance and marriage in high life in the land of the Gaul that has ever been pre- sented on the stage. The first act 1is fomewhat disappointing; it is smothered in sermors and Dr. Girodet becomes al- m a bor The second act is a de: cided improvement and the third is truly dramatic. e Judged from the severely artlstic point of view thers are but two people in the cast, two people who hold the attention of the audience by an »Xhibllkfifll;"f; e | to finish—Blonche Bates as Kate Shiple: tho American heiress, and Aug Cook as the Count Florian de Cre the first the type of the Ameiican girl as | we like to ses her, the other the Parisian man of the world with all the viccs of | the atmosphere in which he moves, with the courage of the successful duellist, and that sense of honov which arises from_the pride of station. 7T. Daniel Frawley had but little more than a walking gentleman’s role as Cap- tain Gregory of the Irish Lancers, who, unlike the Irish captain that one reads | about, is a little bashful and a good deal Woodény. But that {s the fault of the author, not of the actor. Hope Ross was a pretty and interesting French wife in love with somebody else than her hus- band, and the audlence really sym- pathized with the giddy little thing—the tnkappy victim of a false education. Charles King had_a good make-up as Foublanque, and Mrs. Bates as the madame played up to her usual mark of excellence. ““One of Our Girls” will be repeated to- night and Wednesday and Thursday evenings and_ at a special matinee on Wednesday, The remainder of the week, including the Saturday matinee and ths inday evening production, will be de- | loted to ‘‘Mme. Sans Gen Grand Opera-House. Beldom has the Grand Opera-house contained such a delighted audience the one last night, when Von Suppe comic opera, “Boccaccio,” with its spark- ling music, was produced. William Wolff as the grocer, Arthur Wooley as the cooper and Winfred Goff as the barber kept up the fun, and many times tha auvdience was conviused with laughter by their broad and catchy humor. ’The trio in the first act was encored six or seven times. Arthur Wooley's song with | the coopers’ chorus was also repeated | several times. Edith Mason as Boceaccio, | Julie Cotte as Fiametta, Hattie Bslle | 1add as Leonetto and Bertha Ricci Peronella_were in _excellent voice an. Thomas H. Persee as Pietro was as usual | pleasing. Georgie Cooper made her first | appearance as Isabella and was the re- ciplent of numerous bouquets. The choruses were well rendered and the ev lutions of the chorus girls in the last act | called forth loud applause. The opera | went_with a swing and there shou'd be crowded houses during the week. | Ry = ] Chutes. The new bill at the Chutes theater at- | 3 Electricity for Weak Men. 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T (including a splendid as: novelties), Ladies’ Shirt Waists (special b Children’s Clothing (Sch i San Francisco. ; We beg to inform our friends and the public Sale, which at the close of each succeeding Summer season has been an attractive feature Our stocks at present are re- plete with everything desirable and in demand in the line of Dry Goods, and an examination of our spacious show windows will afford the most satisfactory evidence of the excellent values we are offering in Black and Colored Dress Goods Tailor -made (Fine Madras at 7} cents per yard), Boys’ and and Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, Ma}kat, ICSSCSSUSE T USPe | L B B B B e B e e S e i S S e e ] nce Sale. ing out’’ of our various successful REORGAN- reiieved of the neces- Semi-Annual Clearance sortment of the latest Suits, Ladies’ argains), Wash Goods ool Suits a specialty), Murphy Bullding, Jones and McAllister Streets, B ) tracted a goodly audience last night, and Zoe Matthews, a coon song singer who in- stitutes a very favorable comparison with Lizzle Raymond, made an immense hit. | She was recalled three times. Rand, By-| ron and Rand, an eccentric trio, o some of the craziest songs heard here for a long time and did_some wonderfully | funny knockabout work. Hallett and Car- roll gave a clever German sketch, which introduced some good Tyrolean warbling, and Violet Dale continued her buck and Wing dancing. The rest of the bill was| #ood and the moving pictures unusually interesting. The fat ladies’ bicycle race | will be repeated on Thursday, amateur | night, and on Saturday a big cakewalk will take place. | Columbia. ‘Heartsease,” with its romantic epi- sodes set to soul-stirring music, opened a prosperous second week at the Columbia last evening. Henry Miller, Miss Anglin | and the others of the excellent support- | ing company still take hold of the com- | monplace roles of -the play in a way that | i | lifts the ordinary to the unusual and de- ludes the auditor in imagining the mix- ture of hackneved anecdotes and time- tried scenes a work of merit. Last evening marked the fiftieth repre- entation of the star and his company 1 in honor of the event photos of Miller | in the player scene of “Hamlet” were dis- | tributed as souvenirs of the pleasant oc- | casion. “Heartsease” holds the boards until| Thursday evening, when an_elaborate production of “Hamlet” will fill the bill for the balance of the week. ADVERTISEMENTS. EVERYBODY'S TALKING OIL On the street corner, in the car, on the ferry boat, ot the theater. EVERYWHERE A big ofl boom is coming that will make fortunes in & day for those that are wise enough to get in at the start. Don't wait to hear your neighbor’'s STRUCK OIL. A few shares purchased now at §3 50 may fix you comfortably for life. Union Consolidated 0il and | Transportation Co., 323 PARROTT BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO. PROSPECTUS FREE. AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA HOUSE TELEPHONE—MAIN 532 THEY LAUGHED—THEY SHOUTED—THEY YELLED AT LAST NIGHT'S PERFORM- ANCE OF THE FUNNIEST OF ALL FUNNY OPERAS, THE NEW MARCH A “HIT."” You Ought to Hear the Chorus—It's a Corker. Orchestra, 3c and 50c; Family Circle, 15c. Dress Circle, 2c; Gallery, 10c. At_the Saturday Matinee the Best Seat in the House, 26c. Branch Box Office Just Inside of Main En- trance Emporium. IDALENE COTTON and NICK LONG, In the Original Protean Comedietta, ‘‘Man- agerial Troubles.” JOSEPH ADELMAN. DAVE MEIER. HERR VON PALM. LAURA JOYCE BELL AND CO. LA FALFALLA. = ELIZABETH MURRAY. PHOITES PANTOMIME. THE_ELDRIDGES. DON'T MISS DAVE MEIER. He punches the bag in rag time. Reserved Seats, 2c; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chalrs and Box Seats, 50c. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. THEATER AN ARTISTIC AND FINANCIAL HIT. MISS FLORENCE ROBERTS Supported by WHITE WHITTLESEY In a Gorgeous Presentation of ROMEO AND JULIET. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. OUR PRICES. . . . . .15, 25, 35c, 50c. Next Week—"THE LADY OF LYONS.” AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORN&THEATER. There’s No Such Word as Fail | AND STILL ANOTHER HIT. MISS BLANCHE BATES ——AND— HER EXCELLENT COMPANY. PRESENTED BY T. DANIEL FRAWLEY, In Bronson Howard's Great Comedy Drama, ONE OF OUR GIRLS. REMEMBER THE SPECIAL MATINEE TO-MORROW AFTERNOON AT 2:15. NOTICE In Consideration For the Thousands Who Were TUnable to Get Seats to See “MME. SANS GENE” This Magnificent Play Will Be Given COMMENCING WITH FRIDAY NIGHT, AND CONTINUING UNTIL Sunday Night, In:luding Saturday Mat. . TAKE MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7. First Production on Any Stage of Clinton Stuart’s Fantastic Comedy, ‘“THE FAIRY GODMOTHER.” COLUMBIA THEATER. HENRY MILLER SEASON. TO-NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY EVED SPECIAL MATINEE WED-, POSITIVELY LAST TIMES. HEARTSEASE. BEGINNING THURSDAY, 3 NIGHTS and SATURDAY MATINEE ONLY CHARLES FROHMAN'S HAMLET ] SECOND GREAT AS HAMLET. AN fiss Anglin as Ophelia; Mr. Stevens as the . Standing as Laertes; Mr. Walcot as the Ghost: Mrs. Boucicault as the Queen Dale as player queen; Mr. Allen as Polol Mr. Lamb as first grave digger, etc., etc. SEATS NOW SELLING. Next Monday—*BROTHER OFFICERS.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. ENORMOUS SUCCESS OF THE GRAND OPERA SEASON! EVERY SEAT SOLD LAST NIGHT! TO-NIGHT, Superb Rendition of Donizetti's Great Opera, S LUCIA”. Repeated on Thursd; Evenings and Saturday TO-MORROW EV . “AIDA”... “AIDA" Repeated on Friday and Saturday Evenings. A GREAT CAST FAMOUS LYRIC ARTISTS CH OPERA. Brillfant Costumes and Enlarged O POPULAR PRICE Telephone for S INGS. v and Sunday Matinee. ““Lucta’ STATELS SACRAMEN ~SEPT. 4= To‘l()*"’ro’ (HOICEST [RUITS. WINES, VEGE~ TABLES, GRAINS & GRASSES OF (ALIFORNIAT 2 WEEKs or RAGING A GREAT STOCK SWOW, Music 7 Engertainment, EXHIBITS TRANSPORTED [REE EXCURSION RATES To VISITORS, WaiTE FoR PARTICULARS, “AB.SPRECKLES ’ETEESJE'SESELA!?V{ PREsmenf CONCERTS AND RESORTS. Those who were thers say the Panorama is a correct representation. Lectures by Prof W. G. ROLLINS oous and evenings. Market st., nr. Eighth, Admission, S0c. Chiidren, 5e. BATHS. NIGHTS. M. TO 11 P. M. 7 A. M. TO 10:30 P. M. CHILDREN, &c.