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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
MAYOR PHELAN
 ANSWERED
Auditor Arraigns His Honor for the Attack Made Upon
 His Office.
Charged With Playing to Small and inexperienced Foh-
 ticianS.

The hostile attitude assumed by Mayor Phelan at the last meeting or the Roard of Supervisors against Au- ditor Frederick brought forth rom that official a communication which in inmates that his Honor IS making grandstand play to tickle the palates of small caliber politicians. and that the attack upon the Auditors office is the result of his Honor's hotheaded- ness to say the least. The letter reads
 Auditors Office, San Francsico.
 March [. 1898.
 To the Honorable the Board of Super visors of the City and County or san Francisco-Dear Sirs: Through the cour- tesv of your Finance Committee, to whom was referred a communication from his Honor, James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco, under date of February ZS, l am permitted to address you on the ninth attack from him on the office Of Auditor.
 In addition to many statements and le- gal suggestions contained in his Honor since "threshed out" by the Mayor and Auditor, there is the following that consider deserving of some notice on my nI therefore recommend that the City and County Attorney be directed to 1nsu- tute suitable proceedings against either the Auditor or the Treasurer, or both, and their bondsmen. to recover moneys pafd as salaries during the current fiscal wear to deputies of the County Clerk ex- cept as authorized by the act of February 13, 1880.' .
 called upon, In courtesy to the hrst mag istrate. to enter suit against myself and Treasurer Widber, I would suggest that he be directed to institute suit TOT the full time that we have been acting con trary to the Mayors interpretation of the law, so that instead of instituting suit for Sl4, ar, the amount of this fiscal years ex- cess, he shall sue for $171 ,556 S3, the amount our offices are subject for, and which has been taken from the treasury through our instrumentality during our respective terms, in excess of s61,200 per annum, the amount declared to be the constitutional limit in the communication under consid- eration.
 | If you should enter suit for the amount that Is now growing in this fiscal year you may be obliged to specify which de- mands of the eighty-five presented monthly are the ones that are illegal, or l which thirtytwo of the eighty-five de- mands are the legal ones. I tried to get | that problem solved by his Honor when | he called to my attention--last October l that his legal mill had ground out the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
SCHEELIS MONEY TROUBLES. They Will Not Interfere With the
 Symphony Society.

Ihe financial troubles of Fritz ScheeI. Who IS being sued by Albert Marks for money advanced in various ways, have caused feeling in the San Francisco oynphony Society, of the concerts of "nich Marks is manager and Scheel ti- iec'or, that the musicians troubles may affect the society and 1t was reported that the coming concert would be postnoned
 There has been no change, however and .nines Will go on just as if Mr. Scheel haI .I,I never such a thing as a lawsuit.
 + we nave money enough on hand now eo siVe our concerts even if we failed to Ser Seri ucket, said Professor Louis Lis ser; ser pTesident of the society. MT. Marks saoi snd MT. Seheel are only employees of the sociesy s n.ey ana their private affairs will have nve .h concerts of the series will be given on one uates proposed and MT. Scheel will foira ffohuuGt al eacn; His private financial af- ciety." 'o uo "ith the so-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

"De feller tumpin' de banjo on de stoige Is Long Lewis, de Mission sprinter, an Windy Richard is him wid de accordion. Yer see de yellar- headed feller dat's jest got up offen de floor? De gang calls him de Par son, an 1t wuZ him dat composed 'Chimmie On de Rock which is all de go on de sout' side now. Dere's de Pertrerer Terror, de feller try1n to do de rag. an der guy pattin' for him e2 Duffy Mulally who broke up de Ire mont Social Club Wid 'er bottle an Ter chair"
 Thus would "Conney' explain to his guests who the famous presonases were and on what grounds rested their claims to distinction.
 The Boo Gang" is a club composed of young fellows who work in the diff ferent foundries. It meets twice week-on Monday and Friday nights and 1t Is strictly stag affair. The ob- feet of the club Is to dance and have a good time, and the price Of admission Is 10 cents.
 Occasionally when the new members have attained a sufficient degree of proficiency in the art of "spieling," a grand affair is held at the clubs reg ular meeting place. Teutonia Hall, 1918 Howard street, and ladies are admitted with escorts. On such occasions the band is increased to three pieces by the addition of tin whistle, and the dane ing, instead of concluding at 10 o'clock. as is the custom on ordinary nights, is kept up until 12 or 1 o'clock.
 To the jaded resident of Pacific Heights. who longs for something new in the way of amusement, visit to one of the Boo Gangs" meetings would be well worth while, and would possibly enable him to understand the difference between toughness and criminal vic iouSneSS.
 The Boo Gang" Is composed, to use the words of one of its members, of de hardes' cobbles on de street.; yet the fun it has is good, clean, honest fun, and the boys who make 1t are steady, hardworking lads, who take this method of infusing a little pleas ure into the dreary sameness of their lives.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

auspices of a certain peculiar and disrep- utable characteristic side partner of a celebrated ex-political boss (whose follow CTS are at present the enthusiasts of his Honor), and who is at present the edi- torfal manager of that widely circu- lated paper-and the pains taken that no evidence of the fallacy of his Honor's po- sitions shall meet the eye of its readers, Is perhaps the best proof possible of the authors own knowledge of their unrelia- bility, and therefore they do not affect the well informed nor the bondsmen of either the Auditor or Treasurer (the bonds are. respectively. S50O00 and s2OO,- ooo). It Is strange that serious matters of this Kind should seem to be such playful subjects to those possessed of no respect Tor public virtue or official regulations.
 Herewith l send copy of my communi- cation to Mayor Phelan, under date of November 2 1897, wherein will be found complete answer to the balance of his communication to you, and which has called out this defense from yours very respectfully,
 WILLIAM BRODERICK, Auditor City and County of San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
JACKSON IS IN FINE FORM. The Colored Pugilist Was Examined
 by an Olympic Club Physician.

According to pr. c. F. Parent a phy- sician selected by the Olympic Club to ex- anime into the physical condition of the colored pugilist, Peter Jackson, the grea, heavyweight champion of England and the Australias. will give a first-rate ac- count of himself when he meets Jeffries This Is what Dr. Parent says:
 SAN FRANCISCO. March T. 1898. Editor of The Call-Dear Sir: By request of the Olympic Club called Peter Jackson at his training quarters in Alameda to make a physical examination in order to ascertain If the reports of his being physical wreck and mere she'll of his former self were true. and l must say was surprised to find him in such fine shape.
 On careful examination found him to be in perfect condition; his heart, lungs and liver in perfect order.
 After the examination I watched him spar three rounds and punch the bag, and he did 1t with his old-time vim.
 DIR. CHARLES E. PARENT,
 a26 SIltter street. city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
The Farmers Club.

The San Francisco Farmers Club will hold meeting this evening at the Me chanics' Institute, 31 Post street, at which a large attendance is expected. The prin- cipal feature will be an address by w. H.. Hammon of weather forecast fame, who will tell the audience What the Weather Bureau Is Doing for the Farmers" After the address the matter of the proposed free public market will come up for con- sideration by the club. It is this body which has in hand the work of putting the States free market proposition on a business-like basis. It's sub-committees are now laboring to devise plan that will be acceptable to nearly all and not work a hardship to any.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

OH Q6 IeSllNlLleS or Q6 swell
 guys on de mort side, but it
 1 don't cut no ice wid de mugs
 uf Howard street, whose bes up havin' dere social toimes wen udder mugs be's asleep" remarked the door keeper at Teutonia Hall last night when three strangers under the chap eronage of Fatty" Blodes applied for admission.
 'I suppose youse fellers tink yer comin' down ter see CT time and have all kinds uf fun poipin' off de gazabas inside. Well, if yeh does yeh better get on ter yerself roight now, fer yer goin' in ter see nuttin' but gentlemen, and every, one uf dem is all will an a yard wide"
 Here MT. Blodes interposed and for mally introduced the stranger guests to the hard featured and athletic-look- ing cerebus, and, taking him aside, whispered something to him that evil dently had a very soothing tendency, for when he again turned toward the strangers he wore a smile of such di- mensions that an appreciative by stander noted it and informed them, sotto voce that "Sully" had "gaSh in his face wot wuz his mout. See"'
 The strangers saw, and entered side | by side with no less personages than "Bandy" Cummins and Punk" Ken ny, the two geniuseS to whom the Boo Gang" the second organization that was holding its regular weekly "old stag dance" within. owes its be- ing.
 AS soon as the doors swung open the strangers were greeted by cloud of | tobacco smoke and the twanging Of a banjo, which, together with an accor- dion. furnished the music. to which nearly a hundred couples kept more or less time.
 As soon as the strangers eyes be- came accustomed to the dim light and they were able to take in the scene,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
WANTED IN SACRAMENTO.
George A. Luxom Arrested on 6
 Charge of Grand Larceny.

Charge of Grand Larceny.
 By means of a decoy letter sent to the general Postoffice George A. Luxom was arrested yesterday afternoon by De- tectives Egan and T. B. Gibson and was taken to the City Prison, where he was booked en route to Sacramento to answer a charge of grand larceny.
 Luxom states that he supposes he Is wanted for taking some articles of jewelry from his sister, Mrs. c. H. Davis. He lived with her for about two years in Sacramento and as he wanted to come to this city and his friends would not give him money to buy ticket he took the jewelry and pawned it for. $20 He was put up to the job by a friend, whose name he declined to divulge.
 Luxom says his father Is one of the oldest conductors on the Southern Pacific and until two years ago he used to work as a fireman. Then he got into bad com pany and was looked upon as the black sheep of the family. He desired to get here so as to be away from his bad com panions and make fresh start in life. He will be taken to Sacramento to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Federal Grand Jurv

onlted States District Judge de Haven Ses.e.oay impaneled a United States Grano Jury for the March term:
 Charles L. Field. foreman: William E 5ridee, Phil $. Beel, l.. c. Coleman, E. A. Engeioerg, Frank B. Houghton, G. Ham burger, A.. B: Johnson, Jacob Lerman, sHeorge M Murphy, Philson Mills, VII nam HtiI n. McCormack Allen Macdonald, sylvester Merrill, Matthew Nunan, Henry rralmer; K Ransome, G. P. Rixford, A l.. scott William A. Searles, Samuel Suss- man, w. P. Thompson and A. H. Wells
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Luncheon for the Children.

MISS E. M. Stevens will give a luncheon 10 the children of the Silver Star Kinder garten at S06 Sansome street to-day from l0:30 to I. The kindergarten Is supported by the Pioneer Kindergarten Association, ana every one interested in the move ment Is invited to attend. Miss Vain wright is the principal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
AlcaZar.

Tn considering the Alcazar's production of "A Gilded Fool' 1t would hardly he fair to hold Wright Huntington's idea of the part of Chaunoey Short up to com parison with Nat Goodwin. MT Hunting ton is not especially graceful nor delicate in the part; in fact, he and the rest of the company frankly pitch the perform ance in the key of parlor melodrama; but there is enough theatricalism and senti- mentality in the piece to make 1t survive this treatment. The stage settings are pretty, and the audience last night was farga and quite enthusiastic.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

Friday, Saturday and Sundays per- formances of the "Geisha" were given to standing room, and there was a good house last night to celebrate the beeinDine Q of the second week of the revival
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Postal Examination.

A civil service examination for the Pos tai Department will be held in this city on March r. The place will be announced hereafter The time for the filing of ap- nlicst1ons has expired.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
MOPOScO'S.

In Grattan Donnelly's "The Woman in Black the first nighters saw a melo- drama something out of the usual vein The villains dabble in hypnotism and low politics, the hero is a candidate for con- gressional honors, and there are several elements Of old fashioned melodrama are not entirely thrust aside, and the audi ence had large excuse for it's enthusiasm over both the play and the acting.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
ChuteS.

Out at the Chutes 1t Is sworn to that
 this is the last week of record breaking Chiquita. Commencing tomorrow morn. ing the new zoo will be open to the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD
Viz Sausalite Ferry.

VII O0U00IIB0 E'STFys From San Francisco, Commencing September
 1s, 1897.
 WEEK DAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael-'7:7S. 's:ao. fl:so a. na.: s1:45 3:45, s5:15. 500. s:3O D. m Extra trips for San Rafael on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1l:30 D. m.
 SUNDAYS. For NH Valley and San Rafael-.s:oo. sio.oo sl1:3o a. m; s1:15. 800. '4:so. SIS p. ID. Trains marked run to San Quentin
 THROUGH TRAINS 7:25 a. n week days for Cazadero and way sta- tions; 1:45 p. m- Saturdays (rnixed train) for Duncan Mills and way stations; 500 e. u. alndaxa for Point RAxaa aud way statinna.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
B0STONIANS IN
 4 BAD OPERA "Rip Van Wrinkle Is the Worst Since he
 Bathing Girl"
Lively Minstrels Chase the Gloom From the Co.,
 Iunlbia.
Sabel and Big Orpheum Bili-Alcs- zar's "Gilded Fool"-MOrOsco's
 New Piece.

The most melancholy thing of mus ical nature that has happened at the Baldwin since that night several years ago when a company that had been appearing In "The Fencing Master smote us with Denver comic opera by the name of 'The Bathing Girl was the Bostonians' production last night of Jules Jordan's operatic version or Rip Van Wrinkle" This was the first time the piece had been given outside the home of the author-composer and for the good love I bear the Bostonians hope it will be the last-or the next to the last, since it is to be repeated tonight AS a rule l am opposed to the sort of criticism that attempts to wipe the work of an author or or composer off the face of the earth on the mere unanalytical say-so or the critic. Burt tke book and the music of Mir Jordars Rip defy analysis; even description could be nothing better than abuse. As Mir. Jordan Is his own ltbrettist he knows what he wants ln that line. and he writes cues for his rnusfc-any old kind of cue that will start a song a-singing-and he leaves the action and story to the seen cry and your familiarity with Wash ington Irving.
 However. the sins of omission are only a detail. It was not the play he left undone, but the music that he dld. which made the first night hideous. At a conservative estimate there are sixty songs in MT. Jordan's opera, no TWO alike, and all cheap. banal ana raw without combining any of the nlt and tnsistence that is often found Tn trivial tunes. The music Is absolutely without reason; 1t Is childish; and so much of 1t as falls to Jessie Bartlett Davis and Alice Nielsen is an insult 10 these artists. It was pitiably grotesque 10 see them wrestling with the atroci- ties of their parts.
 The only way in which l can explain the production of such piece by the Rostontans is that Barnabee. the senior proprietor of the company, would see and hear himself the Joe Jefferson or the lyric stage. The opera could not have gone on without the consent or Rarnabee: the principal part was sim rIy larded for Barnabee; from S:1o un- Iii 1925 the performance is an ava Ianche of Barnabee in the guise Of the young and henpecked Rip
 Rarnabee sings at least dozen songs-serious songs, mind.-wlth voice that would crack a safe. Ana then there is another hour Of him In the wIriskers and emotions of comic opera senility The dogs of the press have always dealt kindly with Barna- bee: on nights when his years have eripped him hard and made his acting and singing next to impossible the crit ics have let it go as good Joke, De- cause it was dear old Barnaoee- put when he assails a part like that or last niobt if is time to call a halt and sug- aast A guardian.
 ASHTON STEVENS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC
 RAILWAY co.
Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market S

Tiburon Ferry. Foot of Market St.
 SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS-7:3o, 800, 11:o0 a. m.: 12:az, S:30, 5:10 6:3O p. m. Thursdays-Extra trip at 1:30 p. Saturdays-Extra trips at 1:5a sUNDAYS-s:oo s:so. u:oo a. m: 1:ss. s:ss. s:0o, 6:20 p. m.
 SAN RAFAEb TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS-6:10 7:50. 9:20, u:10 a. m.s 12:45, $40, 5:10 D. m. Saturdays-Extrs trips at 155 and 635 D. n. sUNDAYs-s:10 $40. n:1o a. m.; 1:4o. 3:4s. 600, 625 D. m.
 Between San Francisco and schuetzen Park ga me schedule as above.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

 LEAVE FROM JANUARY l. 1898 ARHIvl s6:OOA Niles, San Jose and Way Stations... ss:45A 7:OOA Benica, Suisun and Sacramento.... 1O:45A s;OOA Marysville. Oroville and Bedding via 7:OoA vacaTiIle and Rumsey. .............. s:45P 7;30A Martinez, San Ramon. Vallejo, Naps,
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 mond, Fresno, Bakersfeid Santa
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 Fl Psso, New Orleans and East Ss4oR
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 vile and Sacramento. ............ Aes4eA As30p Miles, San Jose Tracy and Stockton .. 7Il 5F 4.sor Lsthrop, Modesto, Merced, BerendA.
 Fresno, Mojsye (for Rsndsburgh
 Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 7t45A
 for Moiave and East ............. @ s.45p f5,30P Sunset Limited. Los Angeles, El
 Paso. Fort Worth Little Rock. St.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Orpheunn.

Webb and Hassan, who are billed as the worlds greatest hand acrobats at the Or pheum, do one of the cleverest turns that has been seen here for many a day, and this appearance of the first turn on the new bill was but a forerunner of the other new good things to come. for the entire bill is replete with high-class spe- cialists.
 The crowning number of the new bill, however, is Josephine Sabel with her Hu- man Music Sheet, in which fifty colored Vocalists, arranged with their heads to represent the notes on a sheet of music made a combination of fun, music and surprise. Indeed, so we'll was this act re- ceived that the curtain was finally kept down because of the sheer exhaustion of the performers. Smith and Cook do a clever skit called 'tThe Millionaires." and are good enough to be retained for some time if the applause they received last night is any criterion
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
Columbia.

The crowded house that greeted the Primrose and West minstrels at the Columbia Theater is evidence of the Dosi+ion held by these favorites in the nublic mind, and the manner in which the applause was showered upon the com panv at each turn indicated that the new features were as acceptable as any of the old ones which have pleased past audi
 Manuel Romaine who was heralded as Boston's greatest tenor, m sang Rose, sts a bit of sensational sentiment in patri, otio song builded upon the destruction of the Maine These were the only touches of seriousness in the entire performance.
 The Quaker City Quartet, as the Music al Blacksmiths. presented new skit that was very fetching and was full of sur sur prfses George Primrose and George Will son have lost none of their power of pleasing, even if time is beginning to tell a little on their voices.
 The strongest vaudeville feature of the performance is the wonderful juggling done by the Mowatt trio, whose marvel ous handling of Indian clubs Is still so out of the ordinary as to bring forth round after round of applause
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

(T ENT may trow CT damp rag
 on de festivities of de swell guys on de mort side, but it 1 don't cut no ice wid de mugs
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
RAILROAD TRAVEL.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
 fPACIFIC sYgTEM)

Trains leave and are due to arrive Rs
 SAN FRANCISCO. (liain Line. Foot of Market Street.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-30
CARD OF THANKS.

Captain T. c. Cree and family wish that they had the words to express their gratitude to the people Of Phoe- nix who have overwhelmed them by their kindness in the hours Of sorrow and desolation through which they are passing They had felt themselves strangers in strange land, but so many hands were stretched forth to clasp theirs in sympathy they now feel that God has been very good to them. Viii the ladies who, under the burning sun, searched the city and surrounding country for the masses Of flowers that covered their darling girl and arranged them so lovingly in their beauty: Dr. Pratt, for his cheering words Of comfort: the little band CT Daughters of the King who showered the roses over their sister, princess and their beautiful cross: the members of the EPwcrfh league, who sang so soft " and sweetly the hymns she loved:
 the members of the c. A. R. and the
Arizona republican., 1898-08-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

r. B. Myers of Los Angeles is in the city.
 Henry Kemp left Sunday night for Los Angeles.
 r. F. Frank of Ontario, Cal, >5 a guest of the city
 F. ". Gibbons, Globe mining man, was in the city yesterday.
 Otto I3ersback of Chicago was reg istered at the Hotel Adams yesterday.
 Superintendent w. B. Creager re- turned yesterday morning from a visi, 10 the coast
 Mrs. C. H. and Miss Nellie Connolly took the M. x P last evening on a visit to Fort Worth, Texas.
 c. o. Allen Of Nogales came in over the Phoenix shor5 line yesterday and is registered at the Commercial.
 Mrs. Kennedy and daughter of the Cartwright neighborhood returned yesterday from visit to the coast.
 c. A. Willis. telegraph operator il; the NJ. & P. uptown office, leaves this morning with his family for stay of a couple Of weeks at the head of the Arizona canal.