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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
PAVILION ECHOES WITH LOYAL TRIBUTES To MARTYRS Of THE MAIN

, gracefully or with more perfect ease
and dexterity by the Daubignes or
Paris or the Zarones of Calcutta than.
it was performed last night by the two
San Franciscan athletics.
NJ c. Lawrence, the great trick
bicycle rider, next gave a clever exhi-
bition of what can be done upon
wheel Some of his feats were marvel
Gus. They were accomplished with
charming degree of grace. His style
of performing is totally different from
that of the Martels.
The Lazello Brothers, in their Span
ish ring exhibition, were the next fea-
ture. and they gave their same smooth
performance. The pupils of the Frank.
lin Grammar School were assembled.
upon the stage and sang three selec-'
tions under the direction of *one OF the
teachers of the school. Their voices
were heard with excellent effect over
the entire Pavilion The numbers rem
dered by the school were the National
Russian hymn, an English glee song
and numbers from Hoffman and
Brahms. :
THE Battle of Winchester" was the
eliminating feature of the evening and
was a marked success. The California
Male Quartet sang the war songs
while Company NJ. under command of
Captain G.. F. O'Neal, furnished the
firing of the infantry. This served to
heighten the realism of the scene, and
the musical description as furnished
by Benefits band, under the direction
of Walter B. Rodgers, completed the
effect of the memorable and bloody en-
counter At it's conclusion the vast au-
dience expressed its pleasure by loud
and prolonged applause.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

folio for transcribing and 10 cents per
folio for copying.
1.-The bill introduced by me in the
Senate provides for a salary OF $50 per
month and for 10 cents per folio for
transcribing and cents per folio fer
copying The bill was passed in the
Senate as early as January q, thirty
two Senators voting IN the Affirmative
and none against.
"As soon as the bill had been referred
to the Assembly Judiciary Committee
it met with the opposition of Assembly
man Dibble of this city, who appeared
at the several meetings Of the commit
tee when the bill was under considera-
ton, invariably pleading for postpone
ment Fearing that the measure would
die upon the file, 1 insisted upon it's be-
ing taken up at once. Mr.. Dibble then
moved that 1t be referred to the San
Francisco delegation, evidently for the
purpose of gaining time.
knowing that Mr.. Dibble would dc
all in his power to prevent the bill be-
coming active, / called upon Assembly
man Mulcreavy, chairman of the San
Francisco delegation, for assistance in
forming him of Dibble's attitude to-
ward the measure He assured me that
l could rely upon him to checkmate
Dfbble when the bill came up for fina
passage. On March II, when the bill
was again reached, Mr.. Dibble moved
that it be referred to the San Francisco
delegation, and 1t was so ordered With
out any opposition.
This was the death blow to the bill
as there being but eight days interven-
! ing before adjournment it could not
again be reached. l implored Mr. Null
creavy to report it back again imme-
| diately.
"Assemblyman Lacey then circulated
| a petition, which was signed by ma
| jority of the San Francisco delegation
requesting Mr. Mulcreavy to report the
bill back at once so that final vote
could be taken thereon in the Assem-
/ bly,, to which he paid no attention.
LAS a member Of the Legislative. com
mittee of the charter convention / hat
inserted a proviso in the legislative ar
ticle which limits the expenditures fol
reporting and transmitting testimony
! in the Police Courts to 5000 per month
| in each department, which section ha.
not been disturbed by the freeholders
! in their deliberations"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
LOUD URGES THE CASE
...=. OF THE ZEALANDlA.
House Committee Disposed to Delay
Action on Her Appeal for Ameri-
can ReoiStry
can Registry.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Representa-
tive Loud appeared before the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to-day
and urged that american registry be
granted the steamship Zealandia- Mr..
Loud called attention to the fact that
$3.50, 600 had been expended on this vessel
since her construction, and that this enti-
tied her to the privileges of registry. The
committee took the matter under advise
ment. and finally decided to report the
bill with the recommendation that it lie
on the table, lis is equivalent to a
poStponement
1t seems that a number of letters have
been written to members of the committee
opposing the bill, and these emanate from
rival steamship lines now engaged in the
coaStWise trade of the Pacific and those
who contemplate engaging in the Alaskan
TRANSFORMATION business. The tabling OF
this bill is, in effect, adverse report,
but it may be reconsidered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
REVIV AIS 0E'
COMIC OPERA
The Bostonians Once
Again in M cry
"Robin Hood"
Jolly Japan Returns in the
Tivoli's "Geisha" Re-
vival.
"False Shame" at the Alcazar
Orpheuna Novelties and Morosco's
New Melodrarna.

1t was Enthusiastically robin Hood
crowd that flied the Baldwin to the
limit last night, and raised storms or
complimentary noises over the gooo ola
tunes of young Mr.. De Koven FER
sons who habitually practice staying
away from the theater turn out when
the BoStonianS are in town ana topln
Hood" the bill. The seductive QUANTITIES
OF this merry masterpiece are unprece-
denied and unrepeated in the counts
of American comic opera. MI. lie no
ven has written many things since
"Robin Hood"-lots of lively comic OPP
eras and tons of stodgy music criticism
for the World and the Journal; but he
has never since fondled the popular ear
with the sweet insistence OF his firstsuc-
cess. l can remember when nearly all
the critics had their little ming at
robin Hood" when the scores or OLD
England and young Italy were ran
sacked to prove De Koven musicai
Belasco. 1 remember myself, young and
positive, declaring that Mr. DE koVen
had spoiled an excellent Italian tune
with his treacley Promise Me-. NOW
we let all that pass. Robin HOOD is
sublimated beyond reach of the carping
critic; it is serenely indestructibie; It's
transatlantic folk themes are the for
gotten Holenshed, the exclusive Boccac-
clio, of master; It's jolly good cheer de-
fies the boneful clatter of the pald
skeleton at the feast-and Woulo
sooner praise 1t.
One performance of robin Hood" by
the Bostonians differs very little from
another, and they are oil good. L
think the lasting popularity of the
work is largely due to the fact that 1t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

Wolcott was modest and melodious as o
Mimosa San. All the parts were played
and sung with the enthusiasm of:
premiere, and naturally with much more
familiarity and schooled cooperation.
1.-The Geisha'' itself as well as the Tivoli
performance of it. has been reviewed at
an earlier date than this. 1t is the most
internationally successful of all the mod
ern musical comedies, the best of any of
an Oriental locale that has been written
since THE Mikado." In London, The
Geisha is still running; in New York 1t
has endured three REVEALS at Lays, in
Berlin and in Paris 1t has been success.
fully produced, and only few days ago
it commenced a season in Moscow. The
present representation is a credit. to the
Tivoli and to the town, and while another
run of seven wees is hardly to be ex-
pected a fortnight at least should be
profitable both to the Tivoli and its
patrons.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

TN spite of many other attractions
and much to divert the minds of the
people from indoor performances
there was a large attendance at the
Miners Fair for the benefit or the sur
viving relatives of the Maine olsasIei
last night
Those who attended the fair fell into
the spirit of the occasion, feeling that
while the programme itself was IN
+ense1v interesting they were giving
+ha tribute of their presence more TO
>+he cause of the unfortunate dead than
10 the entertainment. This spirit was
ks1-,nced time and again, when the peo=
nile gave vent to their feelings on such
occasions as: the playing of. national
airs.
In addition to many entertaining fea-
Ynres there was a general spirit OF
relationship throughout the PaVll-
ion. The vaudeville features of the en-
tertainment were numerous. A COM
posite view of the various performances
would show a wide range of features,
being what an old Snowman called
"a big show for two bits in any coun-
try"
There are fine prospects of good re-
turns from the proposed auction sale
of goods More than $1,000 was realized
from the. two performances yesterday,
and there is prospect that the auc-
ton sales will swell this sum to figure
that will do a great deal OF good TO
those left in distress.
The evenings programme was
opened by the Martels in their bicycle
act, which was loudly applauded. Each
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Braunhart's Arraignmen
of Court Stenog-
raphers.
Public Sentiment Aroused
Against a Pernicious
System.
Clause In the New Charter by
Which Relief May Be
Secured.

The exorbitant bills collected from
the city by the stenographers of the
several Police Courts have aroused
which permits such wholesale depletion
OF the city treasury. desire to find
some means by which the evil can be
corrected is earnestly expressed.
State Senator Samuel Braunhart,
who is thoroughly familiar with every
detail relating to the pernicious system
by which stenographers run up such
enormous bills; yesterday gave his
views on the subject.
II am informed" he said, that in
many instances the only reason for
holding persons to answer before the
Grand Jury, after preliminary eXamin-
alton before the Police Judges. is to
pile up enormous stenographic bills, the
Grand Jury almost invariably dismiss
ing the cases. on the ground that there
was no probable cause.
when persons charged with felony
are not held there can be no charges
for transcribing testimony, and many
have been held over for this reason
only. l brand this as an outrage not
only against innocent persons, but q
technical, excuse Iof pllLeiIHS lile pun
lie treasury.
at the last session of the Legsla.
ture 1 introduced a reform police court
bill which, had 1t been passed. would
have corrected the evils existing. not
alone saving enormous sums to the tax.
payers, but also protecting the limo
cent against long Imprisonment while
awaiting trials or investigation by the
Grand Jury. The fees collected under
the present law allow $40 per diem fol-
the taking OF testimony, Is cents pei
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Alcazar.

Marshall would have no false shame"
should he see the play as 1t was pfe-
scented last night at the Alcazar. 1t was
bad enough to have the lines garbled
with bad grammar, without having
Wright Huntington try to bring about a
combination of his Bowery walk with an
English accent. AS a rule, the company
at the Alcazar is fairly up to the play
presented but in the present instance
there is either lack of study or of COM
prehension. 1t is possible that as the
week grows older there will be keener
appreciation of the parts. If so, Alcazar-
goers may have enjoyment for the com
edy itself is well worth seeing, even at
this end of the century
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
TWO CHANGES IN THE
CABINET OF COLOMBIA.
American Correspondent to Be Ex-
PEELED Because of Attacks
Upon Spain.

Copyrighted 1885, by James Gordon Bennett
PANAMA, Feb. 2S.-The following Cabi-
net changes are announced from Bogota:
General Isias Lujan succeeds DR.. Pedro
A Molina as Minister of War, resigned;
and DR.. Nicanor InSignare has assumed
fine portfolio of the Interior, vice DR..
Antonio Roldan.
DIR. Emilio Bobadillo, the noted Cuban
writer and critic, signing himself Fray
Candil," travelling Colombia special agent
of New York Life, has been. by the order
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pre-
vented from going to the interior, and
will probably be expelled from the coun-
try. He is now in Cartagena. The step is
taken, it is supposed. at the request of
count of virulent writings against Spain
published in the Panama Star and Herald.
Bobadillo stopped here for few months,
and formed part of the staff of the STAR
Herald.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

horse, ton of flour, any quantity of
: evaporated vegetables. cases of sam
pies of various food products, two
suits of clothes, cedar tank. in fact it
is almost impossible to enumerate the
varied assortment of goods and arti-
cles to be disposed of at this wonderful
sale for the Maine relief fund.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

about 2 p. m. on the sleigh road TO the
Comstock mine, about four miles east of
town. "A messenger was sent to town,
and about 100 men turned out with SHOW
els, as it was reported that three men
were buried. A. Southworth and J. S.
Arvey We're taken out with slight inju-
ries, but when the body of William Lade
was discovered life was extinct.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Orpheun.

The holdovers at the Orpheum are
strong favorites this week, and last night
they received most of the applause. The
Whitney brothers, in their musical novel
ties, We're well received. but when they
introduced a new feature in the form of
a colored dancer the audience forgot the
music in the pleasure of watching the
poetry of motion. Joe and Nellie Doner
do a fancy sketch which is full of sur
prises, and which, barring a little rough
ness, is good Orpheum entertainment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

With the fair in it's last week of life,
the MANAGEMENT is crowding the best
features into the last few days. To-
day the League of the Cross" and its
many friends will take possession of
the Pavilion The ladies will be given
dainty cups and saucers. Lawrence
the famous trick rider, will also APP
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

wegian Skis peculiar kind of snow
shoes. about fifteen feet long. 1t is
presumed some one will bid these in
and help benefit the Maine fund. A
steam pump has also been contributed.
A lady's tailor-made suit, a case of
fruit salts, barrel of crackers, two
boxes of macaroni, two live pigs,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

Selection, die WaTkure" Wagner
Solo for cornet.
Walter B. Rogers.
Fantasia, "Darkys Dream Lansing
Waltz, Wiener Bonbons' Strauss
March, Anniversary ..-...,..:.....--.. Resey
. A circular letter to exhibitors in the
fair asking for donations of goods for
the Maine benefit met with a hearty
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

and prompt response. All articles
given. unless retained in the booths as
portions of displays. were handed over
to Mr.. Filcher. in the State Board of
Trade department of the fair. They
embrace many curiously interesting as
well as decidedly valuable articles. One
firm gave a huge pair Of genuine Nor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
TIME IS THE
VITAL POINT
Testimony Given in the Figel
Case Yesterday About
Minutes.

The Figel case was reopened yesterday
morning. and witnesses were speedily
disposed Of, which tends to show that the
case is being tried in a hurried manner
and will be submitted to the jury before
many more days have passed. 1t has
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Morosco's S.

Saved From the Sea-" a nautical melo-
drama of sensational scenery and heroic
acting, was given with enthusiastic effect
last night at Morosco's.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Columbia.

, ''ShalI We Forgive Her. was attended
by a rather small audience Primrose
and Vests Minstrels will brighten up the
Columbia next week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Two Policemen Fined.

The Police Commissioners met last
night and fined John r. Lewis $50 and
Gilbert Chase s25 for unofficerlike con-
duct
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

Of these clever little people did sep
arate turn and then performed together
on one wheel. Next followed George
s. Meihling and Walter Hoag of the
Olympic Club in. their La Perch act,
which was really the best feature of
the entire programme. This same diff
fcult act has never beer done any more
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

SPOKANE, Feb. ga special to the
Spokesman-Review from Silverton, B. c.,
says: A snowslide occurred yesterday
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Struck by Timbers in a Flume.

KESWICK, Feb. 2s.-Louis Dunoyan Of
Red Bluff was killed near here yesterday
by being struck by timbers in a flume he
was tending. He was a married man and
leaves three children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Chutes.
Buried Under Sliding Snow

This is Chiquitas good-by week out a
the free theater.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

never has passed out of the hands or
this capable company never gone
through the terrible test of being man
gled by third-rate people. subsidiary
singers, good, bad and Indifferent, come
and go in the Bostonians, but most of
the original favorites have stayed and
the newcomers are carefully schooled
in the traditions of the parts. This sea-
son the company, If not in every re-
spect as strong as in the old days, is
stronger than it was couple Of years
ago There is a good balance in the
voices, a willing chorus that acts as
well as sings and plenty of promising
understudies. One of these latter, Mr..
Hawley was called in after the first act
to supplement the tired throat of Mac
donald, who was having a troubled
time of it with the vocal end of Little
tober Ale" with more valor than dis
erection, for as the encores piled up
each one of them found rather less of
him. Having done the work. Mr. Haw-
ley retired, Macdonald resuming play,
and strobe through the rest Of the piece
with large address.
Everybody else In the cast seemed
to be feeling quite well. Barnabee
must have pushed the hands back sew
eral hours. His Sheriff was as good
as new. Jessie Bartlett Davis sang
Promise Me" as only she can, with
that Surging sweetness of Subterranean
chest notes. and acted the part of
Alan-a-Dale with fine boyishness.
Cowles, of course, was gloriously to the
front as Will Scarlet. He did some
strange thing to the "Armorer's Song
that made it less effective than usual
but in everything else he was unfail-
ingly magnetic. Mr.. Philip the tenor
who had beggarly part in ''The Ser
enade,' came out of hiS obscurity with
signal fortune in the part of Robin
Hood. His voice is not colossal, but it
is of most companionable quality and
delicately managed, even to the point
of singing falsetto, without making abb
solute crime of 1T. And Mr.. Philip acts
with telling grace and earnestness.
rockingham got his usual fun out
of Friar Tuck, and reliable Josephine
Bartlett took good care of Dame Bur-
den. Miss Giustis acting. / regret to
say, was inadequate even to the mod
est demands of Annabel.
Alice Nielsen's Maid Marian was a
foregone conclusion. Inpoint of sound it
was excellent. She sang the not often
used exhibition piece, the Forest
Song" and shamed the flute in the
frills. But she acted with vaudeville
sauciness that did not key with the ro-
mantle side of the opera nor with the
sacred traditions of the Bostonians.
ASHTON STEVENS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
Tivoli.

"The Geisha" came back to the Tivoli
last night, with practically the same cast
and the same admirable scenic investit-
ure that marked the production of sew
eral months ago. The only change was
that Mr.. Rafael played Mr.. Dunbar's
old part of Fairfax. He did well. Mr..
Stevens was copiously himself in the part
of the proud Marquis. Mr.. Leary got the
usual fun from the Chinese. Miss Hall
was a very live English heroine, and Miss
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
WANTS A CANAL BUILT.
senator Davis Talks About the Need of a Waterway to Connect the Atlantic
 and Pacific.

NEW YORK, May 24-A dispatch to tbe New York World from Washington saws: Congress will soon be called mon to decide the question of build inc canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans Senator Davis, of the senate foreign relations committee, said:
 The need for a connection between the Att antie and Pacific cannot be questioned Our interests demand it With canal between the two oceans in operation now we would have nothing to fear from an attack on our Pacific coast As it is it would take us 60 days to send our feet around the Horn to the Pacific coast cities With the canal we could dispatch men-of-war to San Francisco from New York in 14 days. With q liberal appropriation, say l000900l9 q canal could be constructed through Nicaragua that would be of value to the United States government for all time to come The Maritime Canal company which is endeaYorlne Go soil it's interests to the government started the canal some years ago and considerable work was done, when the hard times of ls82~93 came along and struck 0 death blow 10 the enterprise This company succeeded in getting certain concessions. which t still retains, ane t Is only right that the United States should buy these concessions and pay the cana company for the work 1t has already done
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
MIST PAY THEIR WAY.
s..tas VIII soon Inaugurate Tenn ''' oorary scheme of Customs Tariffs
 for the Philippines

WASHINGTON, May 24. In anticipa- .. If the early occupation of the nIsslinnine I,On islands by the military and rn...f aI forces of the United States, the na, lsasurv department has already be- the formulation of regulations
 "a M q scheme of customs tariffs, which .i,l al be collected by the military au. ''.ar;ties and turned into the treasury tba United States as a military O,tr;bution." The tariff rates now Seino prepared by the treasury de- Oo ortnent will closely follow the Span i~h customs laws in force in the Phil ;.nines. Just what revenue they ..lrrrpduced is not hnown, but the as- r,,n,nfion is that, inasmuch as the Nome Nom government realized from them last year approximately $9,000, 900, the aot,,al amount collected was SIS, 900, : ooO The government will assume control of the revenues as soon as the rrincipal seaports are in our posses sr;on and will continue to control them at least until congress takes snecifc action in the case or until peace has been declared between the two countries.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
BASEBALL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
wEsrnnN LEAGUE srANnTyg.
England and Japan Are AnIes.

LONDON. May 24.--The Vienna cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: "Confrmation is given in we'll informed quarters to the rumor that friendly advances made by England to Japan have already attained a tangi. ble result. Itis believed that an Anglo Japanese understanding has been reached which comprehends all eventu- alities which can occur in the east, and establishes d sort of Asiatic bal ance of power.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
Many Tsilied In a storm.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, May 24.-A tor nado passed through the fruit belt of the Ozark region, spending it's force in the White river valley. At Elm Springs great property damage was done and one man was killed. Two miles east Farmer lillingsworth and his wife were killed. The house of an Italian was also wrecked and the en- tire family killed. Near Fort Smith a Mrs Nesbitt died from fright.