The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900. ADVANCED RATES WITHOUT ASKING THE COMMISSION Sonthern Pacific Gets Into Hot Water by Its Ar- bitrariness. —_— Cut Fares to Meet Competition and Then Raised Them in Bold Defiance of the Law. ERED Pacific Company has oked the fact that there is a | mission and as a con- | s forgetfulness is in a fair bunch of trouble un- s ago the Huntington | ieir passenger rates from | o to 8 Joaquin Valley | der to meet the competition | em from a combination | 1d Stockton ferry service. | based on a 25-cent rate Francisco that had | sition. This rate | 1 from valley points hit, and hit hard, | from places like Mer- | 1d to this city. the opposition car- night trip on the | as against the | e trip on the | tributing | surround- | was in need ne so strong | >mpany was n it did h’ll a in the t make a I ADVERTISEMENTS. MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY Woak Women Made Happy by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound — Letters from Twe Whe Now Have Children. “Dear Mes. PrxgEAM :—It was my I had ardent desire to have a child. been = ed three years and was ch ss, 50 wrote to you to find out the reason. After fol- ing your kind 2d- e and taking Lydia | E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, I be- | came themother of a beautiful baby B boy, the joy of our home. He is a | fat, healthy baby, thanks to your medi- cine.”—Mgs. MiNDA FisgLE, Roscoe, N.Y. From Grateful Mrs. Lane ““DEAR Mgs. Prxgmam: — I wrote youalet- ter some time ng my case to you. ins through my bowels, and backache, felt tired sleepy all the time, was troubled I followed your u with the whites. advice, took your Vegetable Com- | and it did me lots of good. I v have a baby girl. I certainly be- 1 would have miscarried had it r Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- i pound. Ihad a very easy | as sick only a short time. I your medicine is a godsend to | the eor@tion in which I umend it to all as the best | Weekly Call, $1 perV fe'ar; {up on | the Grand quite unpretentiously and well. | the week at the Columbia Theater. | Intosh in Tivoli on Monday night. GUARDED SANTIAGO; NOW —— An Ancient Spanish Cannon Resting Upon One of the Lawns of San Francisco. OUNTED on an old mortar bed, with its frowning muzzle point- ing out toward Market street, an old Spanish cannon presented to the city yesterday by Major Gen- eral Shafter keeps guard over the City Hall. The ceremony of its presentation had all the pomp, the waving plumes, the rat- tle of sabers and accouterments and the martial music of a military display. Two troops of the Sixth Cavalry and the band of the Third Artillery acting as escort and guard of honor were on one side of the square and a company of police lined the other side. In front of the group of statuary the speakers’ stand had | been placed. | At 12:30 o'clock General Shafter and | Mayor Phelan headed a procession of army officers, public of the Native S Mayor's office the crowd : their appea officlals and officers| n ance with Ge; ral Shafter was the first to speak. He referred to the capture of the gun, with a great many others, when Santiagc 1d_he told how eleven of the finest ut and sent to ¥ n ked of bution amc the *3 two for and Californi; the granted his request. One of Los Angeles; the other was ,* said General Shafter, t here and presented to the’ cit n evidence of the valor and the gl he army ar of 1898, t 10 you as represe the youth of this State ma m and valor of the Ameri- of the United States in and I trans Mayor Phelan made wledgment of the me doubly valuab L he gun was presented by the who had captured it. It was not so much, he said, because the gun was a| Spanish weapon, but because it had been captured by the conqueror of Santiago, a citizen of California. “This cannon,” the M a monument to historic and as such is most acceptable to the city of San Francisco. It will be a reminder of the close connection between the his- tory of this State and that of Spain, and it will be inscribed with the names of those who have made this State possi- vor continued, “‘is iont and of such o grand orator of the Frank 5 n spoke in behalf of the Native order. of Ameri- prize it as *were the s <o eloquently closing wor gentlemen came out of the stand and gathered around the gun, the army men E to the civillans some of its s a weapon. Of its beautles as a t there is no need of explana- It is carved with all the fantastic work of tion mottoes and names and crests with which the gunmakers of the last century loved to decorate their best work. All along the chase there are names and crests and —those of Sloat and Montgomery and | be glad to accept the | | ords ; |an object of interest This ended the ceremonies and then the | then just above the trunnions are two handles in the form of dolphins curvin, up from the barrel of the gun. It is jusi forward of these that the inscription of dedication {is engraved. It is in these ptured at Santiago de Cuba July 17, S, by the Fifth Army Corps, command- ed by Major General Willlam R. Shafter, and presented by him to the city and county of San Francisco in_trust for the Native Sons of the Golden West, and uc- cepted by them as a token of the valor and patriotism of the army of the United States.” Then every one who had been in the speakers’ stand went to lunch with Mayor Prelan and the police withdrew and let the crowd surge around the gun. It was to the passing crowds all the afternoon and evening, for there were few who did not stop to see and to read the inscriptions it bears. It is ten feet long and weighs six thousand ounds. It was cast March 23, 1754. What ts has been doing ail these years would make an interesting story, but it has probably spilled blood enough to earn a quiet rest on the city's lawn, where its metal heart may refiect upon the past and where it can do no more harm. OFFENBACH 4S | 600D 4S EVER ASTE has changed and the popu- larity of Offenbach, once the king | of comic operators, has been seen | to cease; yet the invention, the art and the good music are there, and it does not take an old-fashioned ear to find | abundant melody in those familiar score: melody that is still fresh and combined with @ musical treatment that makes \)w; frothy operas of these later days sound | like thirty cents rattled in the circulating cup of a ferry-boat fiddler. 4 “The Grand Duchess” is but one of :llnl | | many good things that old Offenbach did for us, not the greatest, perhaps, but it is entitled to the place it filis in the ecat logue of opera 1t in translation and suffers in being chaneed frofn an Intimate satire on the little Ger- | comiques. loses man_principalities that existed prior to the Franco-Prussian war to a quite sim- ple and motl s story supported. I might say carried, by capital music. “The Grand Duchess” is being given at Nore of the principals sins in singing or acting to an unforgivable extent, which | being the case, there is comfort and en- joyment to be had In the hearing of an opera in which all should find, and I think all can find, pleasure. The part of the Grand Duchess is rather well adapted to Edith Mason, and I have nothing but praise for her truly good singing of “Say to- Him” in the sefond act. Persse, of the tired volce, supple- mented this solo with a bit of singing that | was quite discreditable by contrast; if he made the same conscientious effort to sing his best that Miss Mason does his performance would be much better than | it is. However, he does not serjously of- fe B e e e e 2 HM;—o—Q o-o>+0 olff, as General Boum, is the stereo- type comedian of the past, assiduously servile to the traditions of make-up and manner, Miss Olive Vail, a small young woman in a small part, has a pleasing appear- ance and sincerity. The work of the or- chestra is even and compact and the per- | formance moves along very smoothly. | The ensemble at the end of the second | act was particularly well executed. | PORTER GARNETT. | | MIDWEEK NOTES AT THE THEATERS “Because She Loved Him So” will finish Wil- | lie Collier, a man of mark in comedy, will follow with his own farce, “Mr. Smooth.” His cleverness in “The Man from Mex- fco” augurs well for his new play, which | will be seen here for the first time. The distinct artistic success of Burr Me- | “Pudd'nhead Wilson" attracts | more people to the California Theater with every performance. The play will be continu next week., “Diplomac will give way to “Aunt Jack” at the Alcazar on Monday night. The play was one of the Palmer Com- y's greatest ccesses, ““The Idol's E; will be put out at the ‘‘Manila Bound” will then receive its long postponed pre- sentation. At the Grand Opera-house “The Grand Duchess” will give way Monday evening to “El Capitan,” which will be the pro- gramme all next week. The comic opera season cqncludes Friday evening, April 6. The Orpheum’s bill of new specialties is | | programme at Fis enjoying a_successful week. The sketch y Mr. s. Sidney Drew is one of the ma 4 “The Three at the Al t- mbra. and vo- are on the er’s Concert-house. aderewski will soon be in San Fran- cal and instruments and a half pounds in weight since his last visit. The sale of seats for his series of | recitals begins at the California Theater sk’ is exciting cu- | | | [ | Monday, March 26, Wednesday and Satur- afternoons following and Monday afternoon, April 2. e e e Concerto by Sig. Lucchesi. There occasionally occurs something worthy of notice in the way of serious musical composition in Francisco. When Mme. Teresa Carreno was here she was presented with a concerto for plano 0, having taken on, it is said, three |and orchestra, written by Sig. Lucchesl, and the composition is to have a_hearing in Berlin. Mr. Walter Damrosch exam- ined the concerto during his recent visit this morning. The concerts are to take | here and pronounced it a very creditable | place at-that house on the evening of | work. ONE OF THE FAIR SPRING EXHIBITS . [ e e S e e e e e S S X e 3 e e e e B e e e e e e e e e ] Y 0-+0+0-0-0-00Q PORTRAIT STUDY: BY; J. R.’ DICKINSON. the Mary Frances Searles Gallery, will open to the public to-morrow. A pri- vate view of the pictures will be afforded to:members of the assdciation at ng spring exhibition of the San Francisco Art Assoclation, Inaugurating the reception to be given at Mark Hopkins Institute this evening. Many interesting and meritorious examples of the work of California artists will be found in the display. Artists who are doing: good work, but of whose achieve- ments the public is not familiar, may tion. !gain ' deserved ‘recognition- in “this - exhibi- HEALTH BOARD ' GUARDS THE CITY HALL| STILL AT WORK N CHINKTOWN Preparations for Disinfection and Medical Inspection Now Rife. Buoyed by Three Suspicious Deaths It Is Determined to Purify the Celestial Quarter of Filth, S o Hardly had the local Board of Health recovered from its monomania, called plague, when it suffered a relapse. Once more the members of that famous body are In the throes of the dread disease and unless the malady is broken in its inciplent symptoms the imaginative facul- tles of the several representatives of pub- lic health are likely to run riot with an epidemic of their own creation. Formerly a Chinese could leave this vale of tears without having suspicion cast upon him.. But things are not what they used to be. When he passes to the great beyond these days he dies under a taint that can onl be removed by autopsies, bacteriological analyses and a sporting with supposititious germs. Even tnen his hereatter is not secure. Cultures must be developed from the microbic disorders . that produced his death before the corpse is permitted to pass the gates that divide this world from the next. Three suspicious deaths in Chinatown in as many days have aroused our vigi- lant Health Board to an epidemic of ac- tivity. That quarter will now be purified, cleansed and scraped of its filth. In or- der to do this the Health Board wants $7500 from the Supervisors. Then all will be well and the Chinese district will re- celve the absolution that comes from an ounce of prevention. Seizing time by the forelock is the motto of the present Board of Health. Not only has their intense solicitation about the health of San Francisco guided tneir efforts, but they have also kept a peeled eye open for the country at large. inspectors have been appointed to exam- ine all Chinese leaving the city. At Third and Townsend streets and Twenty-fifth and Valencia, medical experts will stop all Chinese bent upon leaving town and force them to undergo examination and inspection. The entire Harbor Emergency Corps will closely guard the ferry and hold Chinese for medical inspection on the spot. Chief Sullivan has instructed the mounted police in the outskirts of the city to take all suspected cases to the Suy and County Hospital for examina- on. Health Officer O'Brien was kept busy all yesterday morning examining appli- cants for positions of emergency health inspectors for duty in Chinatown. Over a hundred men applied, but only seventy- three were found satisfactory. They were ordered to report at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for ' further instructions, but will not be started out on’ their tour of in- H%e(‘flon until this morning. Armed with about a ton of disinfectants they will in- vade the filthy precincts and subject that malodorous district to the purifying Influences of chloride of lime, formaldehyd and other germ-de- stroying disinfectants. Headquarters for the Health Board assistants in their crusade against filth will be established in Chinatown. At 1106 Stockton street the purifiers will congre- gate each morning before starting out for the day’'s work. The terminal station will be at 834 Sacramento street, where the doctors themselves will be disinfected at in Chinatown nl’fhn he evil that the last quarantine scare wrought has not yet passed away. Ne from Mazatlan recetved in this city terday announces that the steamer Curacao, which left San Francisco on March 8 and arrived at the Mexican port on the l4th inst., was quarantined for three days on account of the alarm that bubonic plague had hit this city. L. F. Lastreto, Consul of Nicaragua, Is in receipt of‘a telegram from the Secre- tary of Foreign Affairs of that country, asking if bubonic plague existed in this port. Consul Lastreto responded imme- diately that no such state of affairs existed. A CLEANSING CHINATOWN. Fifty Policemen to Assist the Health Inspectors. Fifty policemen have been detafled to assist the Health Inspectors In their ef- forts to cleanse Chinatown. They will ac- company the corps of doctors on their tour of inspection and lend them every assistance possible. This action was decided on at a meet- ing of the Police Commissioners yesterday afternoon. Complaints were made that the Chinese greatly interfered with the work of the inspectors by refusing them admittance to certain places, and other- wise hampering their efforts. After a short discussion it was decided to send a detail of ten men each from the Central, Southern, Harbor, California and Mission stations. They will report for duty in Chinatown at 8:30 o’clock this morning. Police officers will be stationed at the railroad_depot at Third and Townsend streets and also at the ferries to assist the inspectors in examining the Chinese passengers arriving In the city, —_——— Metropolitan Police Cloth Favored. The Police Commissioners at™ their meeting yesterday afternoon passed on a number of liquor licenses. It was decided to send to New York for a bolt of metro- Yollmn police cloth, such as is being worn the uniforms of the New York police. The cloth on its arrival will be tested and it found suitable will be adopted as the regulation cloth of the local Police De- rtment. It is $1 a %nrd cheaper than the cloth that is now being used. Further hearln% of the application to reopen the Hotel Nymphia was postponed until to-morrow afternoon at l:g) o’clock. he Firec and Police boards will hold a Joint session this afternoon. Superfluous hair removed without the electric needle. Treatment 50c up. Ladies’ Halr Physicians, room 430, Parrott bidg.* —_— ‘Harry Morosco’s Condition. Harry Morosco, the well-known theatri- cal manager, is still lying in a critical condition at the Lane Hospital. He has undergone a painful operation for appen- dicitls and is atly weakened by t shqck. Dr. Stillman is attending the tient and he gives every hope for ADVERTISEMENTS. 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