CITY NEWS IN BEIEF.Fair, nearly stationary temperature to-day.Staking out the Valleyrailroad to the Stanis-

laus River began yesterday.Archbishop Riordan left yesterday for Rome.

Father Crowley has gone to Ireland.Close to 20,000 shares were pooled yesterday

by Valley road stockholders In the pool trust.Carl Johnsen, alaborer, residing at 334 Third

street, has been missing fornearly three weeks.There la no tidings of Smith, the missing

cashier of McGlauttin &Co., the grain mer-chants. .

At the preachers' meetings yesterday the so-cialisms of Moses and of Professor Herron werediscussed.

S. D. Richardson delivered an interesting lec-ture on Mexico last night before the Academyof Sciences.

The artists of San Francisco willeive a recep- Ition to the members of the San Francisco ArtAssociation.

Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon was the recipient !of a testimonial from the Young Woman's Suf- !frage Club last night.

The second shipment of 2000 tons of steel'

rails for the Valley railroad was made on Sat-urday at Scrantou, Pa.

Supervisor Dimond's amended anti-street-stealing ordinance was passed by the Board ofSu pervisors yesterday.

Mrs. Stanford has demurred to the paymentOfany claim ofthe Government against the es- itate of the late Senator.

BurtFlinnwas arrested last night forbeat-ing;a woman with whom he had been livingatMason and Eddy s1

Almost every day tho Call gives a new ma-rine picture. *Acollection of these engravingswill some day be valuable.I'J. F. Kelly and Emaniiel J. ftone, who arewanted in Oakland for burglary, were arrestedon Xarke: street last night.

The Society of California Pioneers have re-adjusted the requirements of dues to encouragethu coming in ot new members.

amera club cyclists had a most enjoy-\u25a0onlight run to the ocean beach and

back through the park last night.

Ex-United Btatet Senator John M&rtin otlai;-as believes that silver will be the onlyquestion in the next campaign.

J. Waller, a stranger on his way to Red Bluff,was swindled out ol over $100 by tnree bunkomen inGolden Gate Park yesterday.

George E. Watson, a despondent millhand,shot himself through the mouth a; 514 aTwenty-first street Yesterday alternoon.

Police Judge Campbell announced yesterdaythat he would recognize both C. H.Forbes andJohn C. Enos as nis Prosecuting Attorney.

The charge of assault with a deadly weaponagainst, Count Nicholas Faedorff, or Fredru-k---6oa, was dismissed by Judge Campbell yester-day.

The will of Xickolaus Becker bequeaths$100,000 :o his listers, providing that the es-tate is not to be distributed until after five

The Pioneers rejected with derision andscorn a projKisition that the annual electionsof the society be held by the Australian ballotmethod.

Jacob H. Sharp, who ia accused of havingembezzled the estate of the late Joseph Spanier,ci*ar-deeler, surrendered himself yesterdaymorning.

Judge Hunt and a jury are trying a caseinvolving the sanity of a perspn* now dead.The title of the case is Dennis Gilfeather vs.Ellen Gouly.

Four of the six favorites won at the track yes-terday. The -winning horses were Red <T*en.Mamie Scott, Midas, Hueneme, Arnette andTar and Tartar.

The Finance Committee of the Board ofSupervisors was yesterday appointed to call apublic meeting and arrange for celebrating theFourth of July.

Trains will be run hourly between San Fran-Cisco and San Jose on the coast division line bySrtTi Maieo. Palo Alto will be no longer a ter-minal forlocals.

The United States Quartermaster. PacificCoast Department, will soon let coal and wood icontracts for the liscal year amounting to Inearly $100,000. !

The members of St. Andrew's Society listened <

to a lecture by Y.C. Lawson last night,and ]completed arrangements for Saturday's ex- >

cursion and picnic.

The Builders' Exchange will remove from itspre»f nt location ou Post street to a new build-ing to be erected for it at New Montgomeryand Mis>ion streets.

The Mayor's vetoes on the Alta plazaauthorization and the change of grade on Six-

street were sustained by the Board ofSupervisors yesterday.

Anroaio Radovlch, who disappeared fromSan Francisco in 1877, has a large sum ofmoney awaiting him in the hands of hisnoj.hew, J. L.Radovich.

The Marine Hosdtal Department at Wash-ington announces that bids for supplies on thisfeast will now be received. The "curbstonebidder is barred in future.

John Cronin, a plumber 22 years of age,struck Policeman Harry Moran la.st night onfctanyan street, and was arrested for batteryand usir.g vulgar language.

J. S. Oppenheim, pawnbroker, 664 Howardstreet, has been arrested on a charge of misde-meanor embezzlement inconnection with anovercoat pawned by J. Weise.

Alexander McDonald has sued the Gabel]

-iompany for recovery of a $500 pen-

: on him for drinking to excess.atenda he drank in the interest ot the

tinn.The ( liar-makers' Convention created the

California State Blue Label League, adopted acomprehensive and sweeping resolution, in-structed its officers and adjourned to meet inSacranieuto nextyear.

Kit.Annie Walin,of 12 Clara street, has dis-appeared with her three-month-old baby boy,leaving no clew to her whereabouts. Her hus-band charges that she was induced to leaveher home by relatives.

This is a great seaport, and therefore theCall properly pays close attention to maritimenews. People have pot. in the way of expect-ing a new sea picture inthe Call every day,and they are seldom disappointed.

The Loomis-Somers case developed nothingrery startling yesterday. Fisher Ame? con-tinued on the stand. The reading of a depo-sition by the late Mrs. Treadwell, whichpromises to be interesting, willbe continuedto-day.

The Harbor Commissioners, Governor Buddand Mayor Sutro completed their labors on theChina Basin lease yesterday morning, and thisafternoon the directors of the Valley road willconsider the instrument as amended by MayorButro.

The Academy of Sciences has just publisheda work that will be an important contributionto the present knowledge of earth worm* pe-culiar to California. The work is by Dr.Gus-tav Etsen, who ranks among the leadingspecialists on worms-

Inan answer to a contravecor in the SanFrancisco and San Mateo Railway suit with theCalifornia TitleInsurance and Trust Company.C. C. Butler and C. A.spreckels Jr. are chargedwith unlawful manipulation of bonds of thefir.it-named organization.

Washington Porter, a Chicago fruit mer-chant, arrived in this City last evening andsays that notwithstanding the outlook of agood yield of fruitin the East, the Californiafruit-raisers willfind a good market for theirproduce at profitable rates.

The United States Courtof Appeals yesterdaydenied the application for a writ oferror intue case of Dexter Hatch against the UnitedStates Circuit Court of Washington, and Mai-vinShort and Sven Anderson from the UnitedStates Circuit Court of Oregon.

Judge Slack decided that the proponents ofthe set-ond, or "pencil," will of James G.Fairmust either file a regular contest to the firstwin, and thus endanger their inheritance un-der the forfeiture clause of the tirst will,orelse let this tirst will take precedence in pro-bate proceedings over the second will.

The attorneys for the Fair willdated Septem-ber £4, 1894, willcontest the probating of thedocument dated on the lilet. Knight, Heg-gerty and R.H.Lloydare anything but pleasedwith the decision of Judge Slack inadmittingthe will of earlier date to probate instead oftaking up and deposing of the later docu-ment.

.Superintendent A*hworth of the Street De-partment of the Citygovernment was presentedoa .-aturd ay by the clerks and deputies inhi*employ with ahandsome diamond badge of hisoffice. The presentation was made by his rhiefdeputy, Mr.Donovan, who was afterward him-self decorated inlike manner, William H.Max-wellbeing the spokesman.

The board of managers of the Hospital forChildren desires to thank the gentlemen whotook part in the recent performance of the

ityon "Romeo and Juliet" at the BaldwinTheater for the benefit of the hospital. Theboard of managers is also under obligation tothe daily press of thi« City; to Alfred Bouvierand to Messrs. Cohn and rioldstein, for cour-• ndered in connection withthe enter-tainment.

Nothing spurious is found in the AlmightyDollar (Cigar).

PROTECTING THE DEALER.Uncle gam Bay» That the Speculator

Cannot Bid.The head of the Marine Hospital Depart-

ment at Washington has announced thatbids for supplies on this coast will now bereceived.

A new feature has been introduced in

this department that will be beneficial tothe legitimate dealers, as it abolishes bid-ding by speculators. No bids will be re-ceived except from those regularly engagedin or handling the particular line of goodswith which to supply the Government.For instance, a grocer cannot put ina bidon drugs, neither can the drug man hopeto make a few dollars on a contract to sup-ply the service with all the fresh meat re-quired.

This completely does away with thebidder who is not engaged inany businessat all, but depends on his contract withthe Government and his commission fromthe regular dealers to make a living.

Fire Alarms.The alarm of fire sounded from box 78, lo-

cated at Ninth and Folsom streets, was for ablaze In the residence of Dennis Redman, 1145Harrison street. Children playing withmatches caused $100 damages.

The cook should examine carefully thelabel of the baking powder and see that sheia not imposed upon. Ifthe grocer sendsanything but the Royal send itback, asone cook did five times until she got theRoyal. The only safe way is for the cookto have the finest things to work with, anathe Royal is not only the finest but theroost economical to use, because it goes somuch further.

Gifts to Fool the Public.The condemning of alum as an unwhole-

some ingredient in baking powders by theGovernment authorities, as well as by phy-sicians generally, has not deterred manu-facturers of such powders from foistingthem on an unsuspecting public. Follow-

iing is a partial list of the alum powdersfound inthe stores:

"Calumet," "Chicago Yeast," "Kenton,";"Grant's Bon Bon," "Hotel," "Taylor's OneiSpoon, "Climax," "Snow Puff," "Snow Ball,"i "Giant," "Milk,""Crown,1'"Unrivaled, "Silver

Star," "Davis' 0. X.," "Forest City," "Mon-i arch," "K.C," "Loyal," "Manhattan," "Crys-; tal." "Hatchet," "Home," "Echo," "Perfec-I tion," "Rocket," "Town Talk," "Vienna,"| "White Rose," etc.

Itis safe to reject all brands sold with aprize. Allpowders sold at 25 cents or lessa pound are sure to be made of alum. Dr.Wiley, the Government chemist, in his offi-cial examination of baking powders at theWorld's Fair, threw out all "alum pow-ders," classing them as unwholesome.

NO TIDINGS OP SMITH.The Police Stilt I!nut ing for the MliS-

ing Catthler.The mystery surrounding the disappear-

ance of Cashier Smith of McGlauflin &Co.is still unsolved, though the police aremaking a thorough investigation of thecase. Many theories have been advanced,but one after another has been explodeduntil now no person is found bold enoughto offer an idea.

McGlauflin <fe Co. have repeatedly as-sured the public that their books are per-fectly straight, and that the firm can offerno suggestion to throw light on the disap-pearance. ItIs possible that the youngman has done away withhimself in a fitoftemporary insanity.

There is an article on this market seldomequaled and never excelled— Jesse Moore Whis-ky. Moore, Hum <b Co. guarantee its purity. \u2666

Catarrh cured and no pay until cured.Treatment at office free. 925 Howard street.

*

ONE QUESTION, SILVERSo Says Ex-Senator Martin of

Kansas About the ComingCampaign.

SOUTH AND WEST TO UNITE.

The Choice of a President WillProbably Go to the

House.

John Martin of Topeka, who has beenfor many years an interesting figure inKansas politics,arrived in this City yester-day. Mr. Martin is the only Democratwho has represented Kansas in the UnitedStates Senate and was elected in 1883 toserve out the unexpired term caused bythe death of Senator Plumb. His term ex-pired on the 4th of last March. SenatorMartin has come out here in the interestof the Hudson Reservoir and Canal Com-pany of Arizona, of which he is president,and of the Central Arizona Railway. "Iam here," he said, "to get the railwaybuilt and to get established that greatestenterprise of the age

—the Hudson Reser-

voir and Canal Company. The enterpriseis well under way and on a solid founda-tion."

The Senator speaks in no uncertain wayon the silver question. Asked yesterdaywhat part silver would play in the nextNational campaign he said : "There can-not be the slightest doubt about silverbeing the leading question in the nextcampaign. Can you imagine any otherquestion of importance ? The tariff is outof the way. If the Republicans get con-trol of the next administration there ma y

be a little revision of the tariff, but noth-ing essential. They can't fight a campaignon the foreign policy. That is a questionthat could not become of importanceexcept in \u25a0time of war. Having thesequestions out of the way and having nolocal issues that can divide the parties,there is no question left except the silverquestion."

'What do you expect the National con-ventions to do with the subject," wasasked.

"The Republican party will do as italways has done, adopt a*platform whichcan be read both waysand nominate a manto fit it," replied the Senator. "In theDemocratic convention they are going tohave a row. The party is now practically,in regard to the silver question, just in theposition itwa3 in 1850 inregard to slavery,Two-thirds of the members of the conven-tion or more will be comprised of silvermen, and it willadopt a platform in favorof the free coinage ot that metal on a ratioof 16 to 1 and will nominate a man insympathies with that platform."

"Not Mr. Cleveland?'

was asked."No, not Mr. Cleveland. But Idon't

blame Cleveland and have never joined inthis hue and cry against him. He has beenhonest and fair and consistent with allhispreaching. He never was a silver man."

''Suppose. Senator, that neither of thetwo old parties adopt strong silver plat-forms?" was suggested.

"The chance? are that the Republicanswillelect the President. But in this way:A third party will carry enough States toprevent an election in the electoral collegeand so throw the choice of a President intothe House of Representatives.

"The present political organizations areillogical and unnatural. Neither party

-••nts anything more than its name.Gu East, and "any man you will find, Re-publican or Democrat, represents the samething on this question of gold and silver.While the Democrats of the East pretendto be great tariff reformers, they are reallyfor incidental protection. The Republi-cans in the New England and MiddleStates are for high protection, but outsideof these States and West they are only forincidental protection. Then the Demo-crats of the West and South do not agreewith their Eastern brethren, but are the

fenuine tariff reformers. In the West andouth the Democrats are nearly a unit as

far as the financial and tariff questions areconcerned, and the Republicans are practi-cally with them. Itis the East against theWest and South.

"Ifthe Democratic party should meet andnominate a single-standard man Ishouldnot support him, and yet Ihave been a radi-cal and extreme Democrat all my life. Inthat case ifthe Republicans should nomi-nate Teller of Colorado or Don Cameron ofPennsylvania on a fairly reasonable plat-form Iwould support them. lam for sil-ver first, last and all the time.

"Incase the Democrats and Republicansboth adopt platforms and make nomina-tions in favor of gold there will be somesort of independent movement—some-thing like this Sibley movement— for sil-

ver, and silver only, and Ibelieve that thePopulists will indorse itand lay aside forthe time their other issues.

"Ifthe Democratic party does not adopta platform in favor of the free coinage ofsilver it willnot carry a single Ftate in theUnion. Senator Morgan of Alabama toldme lately that on any other sort of plat-form the Democrats would be swamped bythe Populists, even in that State. SenatorHarris told me the same thing of Ten-nessee, and so did Cooper of Georgia andDaniel of Virginia of their States."

EX-SENATOR JOHN MARTIN.[Drawn from a photograph.]

JUDGE CAMPBELL'S FIAT.

He Will Recognize Both Enoi andForbes as Prosecuting Attorney

of His Conrt.

When Judge Campbell opened court yes-terday morning Charles H. Forbes, whowas recently appointed by|the Board of Su-pervisors to supersede Prosecuting Attor-ney Enos, appeared and asked that ClerkO'Brien be instructed to enter him uponthe records as being present. He said hewas aware the Judge had intimated his in-tention of deciding to-day as to which at-

torney he would recognize, but his objectin asking to be put on the record was

simply to preserve his rights in any litiga-tion that might follow.

The Judge instructed the clerk to do asrequested and said: "1have concluded totake no action in the matter, because Idon't think Ihave jurisdiction. Ican'tappoint anybody to any office, nor can Isay whether the appointments made bythe Board of Supervisors are legal. Mr.Enos came here with a certificate from theclerk of the board showing that lie was ap-pointed Prosecuting Attorney, and nowMr. Forbes comes with another certifi-cate.""Ishall not surrender the place," said

Mr.Enos. "1am in and if he wants theplace let him get me out."

"IfJudge Campbell," said Forbes, "de-

clines to recognize me Iwillknow how toact."

"You can both report here for dutyevery day," said the Judge, "and we canhave two prosecutors. You can take turnabout for aught Icare. I'llrecognize any-body the board appoints."

The discussion was ended by Mr.Forbesretiring and Enos continued to prosecutethe cases on the calendar.

AMESAGAINTESTIFIESSays That He Was Not Re-

tained by Somers to Prose-cute Loomis.

A DEPOSITION RESURRECTED.

Its Contents Will Be Disclosed Inthe Proceedings of the

Case To-Day.

Mr. Ames resumed his testimony in theLoomis-Somers case yesterday, and al-though itdid not have the sensational castthat ithad on last Thursday, it producedplenty of material for the attorneys tospar over as to its admissibility a3 evi-dence in the case.

Ames said that he was not employed byMrs. Treadwell at the time of Loomis' pre-liminary examination in the Police Courtforshooting McClintock, but that he was

retained by her two months prior to thetime Loomis wax tried in the SuperiorCourt, and that his relation with Somersas his attorney began at the same time.

He said that he was not retained bySomers in the prosecution of Loomis, butmerely to give his advice as to what legaleffect the document which was written byMrs. Treadwell and Somers exoneratingLoomis for shooting McClintock wouldhave in defeating the ends of justice,which Somers was very anxious should bemeted out to Loomis.

Mnes has been very reticent throughoutthe trial inhis testimony, saying nothingthat was not absolutely necessary andpleading that his memory had become rustyon the matter in hand and that he had inevery way tried to forget the unfortunateoccurrences in connection with the Loomistriai, but the attorneys for the plaintiffaresatisfied that he knows more than he iswilling to tell about the subject and areusing every known method in the legalprofession to get him to talk freely on thequestion.

Mr. Watt surprised Mr.Ames consider-ably by saying that ifhe was not employedin the capacity of Somers' attorney in theprosecution of Loomis he must then beconsidered as a co-conspirator in Loomis'proscution, as he was known to have beeninterested in the case from the start.

At this point Attorney Watt asked thewitness upon what facts he based his con-clusion that he was at any time Mr.Somers' attorney. Ames promptly an-swered that he had not yet reached thatconclusion. -'Did you have any communi-cation with Mr. Somers prior to the timeyou were employed by Mrs. Treadwell?"continued Mr. Watt."Ihave no recollection of any such com-

munication," answered the witness. Hesaid that he became aware of the shootingaffray in the Russ House to which Somershad been a witness prior to the time ofbeing retained by Mrs. Treadwell upon thecase, but was unable to say who told him,Mr. Somers or Mrs. Treadwell, but hewas sure that itwas either one or the otherof them.

"Mr.Bomers and Mrs. Treadwell wereboth present," continued Mr.Ames, "upon

the first interview upon the matter of theprosecution of Loomis." But itwas Mr?.Treadwell that he looked to for his fees,and although Somers took some part inthe communications he did not considerhim a client from a legal point of view butsimply in a friendly manner gave himsome points in regard to certain mattersMr. Somers wished to be informed upon.

"At that interview," asked Mr.Watt,"Mrs. Treadwell alone consulted you inregard to the case of the People againstLoomis?"

"Yes," answered Ames; "she said thatshe wanted me to represent her in thetrial and Itold her that Iwould do so andtook her statement upon which to base thediagrams and questions Iwould ask thewitnesses."

The court then instructed Mr. Ames toproduce the notes and diagram given tohim by Mrs. Treadwell, at his next ap-pearance on the stand

The deposition of Mrs. Mabel Treadwelland Calvin Somers which was made at thetime of the original suit by Loomis for ther. cry of damages in Judge Wallace'scourt was produced by the plaintiff'a at-

torneys and the reading of its contents tothe jury was commenced.

Inthe opening statements Mrs. Tread-weli states that she never retained Mr.Ames as her attorney in the Loomis case,but that she did consult with Wm.Matthews and W. C. Burnette inregard tohim "prior to the time of the instigationof this blackmaling suit against Mr. Som-ers and myself to recover damages foralleged malicious prosecution."

Atthis point one of the jurors asked tobe excused as he wished to catch someboat, he couldn't tell which one. Itmayhave been simply a tired man's excuse togo home, but the case was continued nntil10 o'clock a. m. to-day when the readingof the deposition willbe continued.

SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOOMIS-TBEADWELL CASE.

THE BUILDERS' EXCHANGE.

ItWill Be Moved From Post Street toNew Montgomery and Mission

Streets.

A special meeting of the members of theBuilders' Exchange was held yesterdayafternoon at 16 Post street.

C. C. Terril], the president, stated thatthe meeting: had been called to considerthe location for a new home for the ex-change; that the board of directors had

Ithe power to act, but bad concluded to callthis meeting to obtain the views of themembers upon the subject.

Three propositions were laid before themeeting. One was from the Sharon estateoffering to erect a building, 52x80. at thenorthwest corner of New Montgomery andMission streets, and rent the same to theexchange for a period of five years at$2400 a year, with the understanding thatafter the expiration of three years, upongiving six months' notice, the" estate canregain possession of the premises and thatuny time after three years the exchangeday vacate on giving six months' notice.

The second offer was from the owners ofthe Pacific Stock Exchange ouilding onMontgomery street, between Pine andICalifornia.

The third was from W. E. Fisher offer-ing to let the exchange occupy its presentpremises from month to month.

The matter was discussed at some lengthand when put to a vote itwas unanimouslydecided to accept the Sharon estate i»opo-sition.

After the meeting Mr. Terrill said thatthe location chosen is an admirable one,as itis within easy reach of all the lines of

!cars, either direct or by transfer, and the

Icrowds that collect around the exchange| daily will not be the source of complaintjthere that they have been on more crowded!thoroughfares.

Aportion of the buildipghe said willbetwo stories inheight, while the remainderwillbe one story high with an immenseskylight, instead of a roof. The buildingwillbe used exclusively for the purposes ofthe exchange. As soon as the lease canbe drawn up and signed the work of erect-ing the new exchange willbe commenced.

COUNTEUGENE WAS HEREThe Noble Russian Had a

Gay Career in SanFrancisco.

WAS BEATEN BY A BUTCHER.

A Romance Recalled by the Story

of Bequests to HisDaughters.

The announcement that the daughters ofCount Eugene Mitkiewicz have been leftlarge fortunes by their grandmother re-calls the period when the eccentric Rus-sian cut a very wide swath in this city.

At the period of the Count's arrival in1869 the german was in its infancy, andonce a week it was cultivated at the ball-room of the Grand Hotel.

Count Eugene, en route hither, met abutcher on the train and borrowed $500 ofhim, for the nobleman had a tongue thatcould charm the birds from the bushes.

Society took up the Count with a vim.He was a novelty, titled visitors werescarce, and above all,he could give a hun-dred of new points on the german. Hetolda most romantic story abont the daughterof the Amherst banker, whom he after-ward married despite the violent opposi-tion of her father and the mother, whohasnow made his children heiresses.

The lady loved the Count and on his de-parture for California gave him a diamondring as a gage d'amour and this ring wasafterward the origin of much scandal. Forthe Amherst papers accused the Couut ofstealing the ring, the article being insti-gated by the furious father, and markedcopies of these journals were sent to thiscity. This was a staggerer and was fol-lowed by a sensation at the OccidentalHotel, wherein the Russian figured as oneof the principals.

The butcher who had advanced $500 be-came tired of waiting for bis money. Hehad called upon the Count before, and thatgentleman had taken him to bio luxuri-ously furnished rooms on Kearny street,exhibited his patent of nobility, for heactually was the son of Count John Mit-kiewicz, then Postmaster-General ofall theRussias, and a magnificent jeweled dress-ing-case, which, he claimed, had been pre-sented to him by an English Duchess.

These things had a soothing effect uponthe creditor, but it was only temporary.The next time he met the Count was Inthe hall of the Occidental. He demandedhis money. The Russian was about toshow him a letier from his father, CountJohn, promising a speedy remittance,when the butcher sprang at him and, inthe language of his craft, "took itout ofhis hide" so effectually that the Countwas laid up for a week and the germanlanguished.

Slight and effeminate looking as he was,he was endowed with indomitable pluckand perseverance. He shook the dirt ofthe San Francisco ballrooms from hisfeet and lit out for Amherst, where hisAmerican girl stillpined for him, thoughhe had been forced to pawn the ring topurchase his ticket. Here he married her,and a* far as the records go they livedhappy ever afterward.

Now the girls are rich, and it is notunlikely that Count Eugene may driftoutthis way again in search of good invest-ments.

After all, the best is the cheapest. Thistruism explains the ever growing use ofDr. Price's Baking Powder.

THE PLAYERS' COLUMNOpening Performances of

"Erma the Elf" and "HadesUp to Date."

Promise Already of Ysaye's Suc-cess—Plaisted as Clalr-

ette.

"The American Girl" opened its secondweek at the California Theater last night.The play continues to draw well, Osbourneand the clever children being especialfavorites with the public. The other mem-bers in the cast have warmed considerablyto their parts, and the play is now runningvery smoothly.

Next week the California Theater will beclosed and the famous violinist Ysaye willstarat the Baldwin. Judging from present ap-pearances there is every indication that hisseason willbe a financial as well aa an artisticsuccess.

Morosco's Opera-House,"Erma the Elf" opened at Morosco's to a

crowded house last night. The play is a senti-mental comedy witha large proportion of thecomic element. The roles, less numerous thanusual were all well filled. W. L. Gleason, aaMajor Clufkins, the excitable uncle, was par-ticularlyIr his element, and Miss Hall ravean interesting rendering of Erma. Her yellowpaper dress suited her as ifit had been thecreation of a fasnionable modiste, and the songand dance wh ich she rendered wnen garbed init were neanily applauded.

Miss Hall's mantle of the unhappy wife hasfallen on Julia Blanc in "Erma the Elf," andshe tills it as if to the manner born. MissHeney has not a very grateful part as Helen,but she makes the most of it,although themerry soubrette is more inher line. The moststrikingscene is where Erma, disguised as thedevil, terrifies Raikes in the act of murderinghis wife.

11 Madame Angot'a Daughter."The Tivoli revived "La Fille de Madame

Angot," one of its former successes, last night.It is an operetta exactly suited to the com-pany, and consequently received a 'good all-round interpretation, which gave ris« to con-siderable laughter and applause.

Gracie Plaisted is at her best as Clalrette,for the part gives her a scope to ex-hibit her vivacious acting. Tillie Sal-liuger is also at home as Lange, and FerrisHartman subdues his natural Inclination to-ward broad comedy and shows himself inquitea different light as Larivantiere, the conspira-tor. Allthe other parts were well sustained.

"Hadea Up to Date."The Orpheum's patrons came in their

hundreds, almost their thousands, last night tosee the new extravaganza. "Hades Up toDate"— so much so, indeed, that many of themhad to be sent away on account of the inabilityof the house to hold them.

"Hades Up to Date" is a musical medley, thescene of which is supposed to be laid inHades.Anumber of up-to-date characters meet in thedominions ofold Sate, and forthwith performspecialties and give vent to a number of localpuns and hits,most of which are good. Theregion in which the action is supposed to passgives occasion for a good deal ot lurid localcoloring and also for considerable variety anddisplay incostuming.

All the solo performers were good,but theballet was the weakest part of "Hades Up toDate." The coryphees were too thin and theirdancing leftsomething to be desired.

Anumber of good new specialties were intro-duced during the evening. Among them wereAllen and West, Laurel and Harvey, vocalistsand dancers, and the clever comedians Perryand Tenbrooke.

The Water Carnival.The chief feature of the Circus Royal and

Water Carnival last night was the first per-formance inAmerica of the tiefht-wire artists,Granjeau and May. The former, dressed as aballet-dancer, with the addition of leatherboots and spurs, did some startling andoriginal feats on the rope, while May accom-panied on the violin.

Most or last week's artists are still perform-ingat the Circus Royal, and the Water Carni-val, with its fine spectacular display, was aseffective as it was last week.

Macdonoagh Theater.Peter Dailey and his company were welcomed

to Oakland last night by a crowded house, andthrough the performance of "A Country

Sport" the applause was so great that encoreafter encore had to be given by Dalleyand theother members of iiis company.

"Sweet Lavender" at the Columbia.To-morrow morning at 9 o'clock the sale of

seats willcommence for ihe opening week ofthe Columbia Theater under the managementof Friedlander, Gottiob «fc Co., which takesplace on Monday next. The play will berinero's great success, "Sweet Lavender," andpopular prices willprevHil, 15, 25, 5o and 73cents at night, and 15, 25 and 50 cents for theSaturday matinee.

The Oarr Pupils' Eecital.The piano recital by the pupils of Mrs. Car-

michael-Carr, given inYoung Men's ChristianAssociation Hall yesterday afternoon, was lis-tened to by an appreciative audience presentby invitation.

Miss Hulda Anderson, who played a preludeand fugue inF sharp, by Bach, showed herselfto be a gifted performer.

Miss Meta Asher, who gave a gavotte in Gminor by Bach, and "Butterfly"by lirieg, alsogave evidence of being a remarkably giftedchild. The other performers were Mrs. Carter,Miss Gertie Slotz, Miss Carroll, Miss FlorenceJacobs, Miss Lilienthal. Miss Wade, Miss EdithBien and Mr.Norris. The recital was underthe direction of Sigmund Beel.

Andrew Bogart'a Bong Beoital.Every seat in the Y.M. C. A. auditorlu»,

downstairs and up, was occupied last nieht bythe admirers of tha talented young vocalist,Andrew Bogart.

The occasion was a song recital in which hewas ably assisted by Miss Sophie Newland andMrs. Carroll-Nicholson, two of his fellow-pupils,and Sigmund Beel, the well known violinist.

More than usual good taste and judgmenthad been displayed in the arrangement of thaprogramme, which consisted of ten numbers,all of which were successfully performed.

TO ABOLISH ALL FICTION.*The Librarians Will Discnaa That Im-

port ant Matter Next Monday.

The Central Library Association of Cali-fornia willhold an important meeting atthe new City Hall next Monday. The as-sociation is composed of the librarians ofSan Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and ad-joining cities, and is thoroughly a repre-sentative body.

The object of the meeting is to discussthe question of retaining fiction in the li-braries. This subject has been very gen-erally discussed here and elsewhere, andthere is a growing sentiment in the Amer-ican Library Association in favor of abol-ishing entirely all classes of fiction, retain-ing only histories, scientific works andbooks ofsimilar nature.

The leading paper willbe read by Pro-fessor Woodruff of Stanford University,followed by short talks from AndrewCleary of the Odd Fellows 1Library, H. It.Coleman of the Mercantile, ana A. M.Jellison of the Mechanic's. The matter isone that interests thousands of people,and the action of the Central Library As-sociation willbe watched with interest.

To Tour on Wheel*.Four members of the Concordia Juenglingt

Verein Cycling Club, with Charles WeMner ascaptain, started on a tour of one week's dura-tion yesterday. They will vi*it St. Helena,Petrified forest, the Ovften, Santa Ro«a, Peta-luma and other place's uf interest with theirwheels. At the flower ihow in Baste Kos»Professor Weldner, who is alson meml*r of thaCalifornia Camera Club, willcapture as muchft.s posf-iiii" withhis instrun:-

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895. 7

;,AY MAY 7,189S

NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.

CALIFORNIATHEATERAx.IIayman &Co. (Incorporated) Proprietors

A OPLAY And Only 6 Nights MoreNOT and Saturday MatineeTO BE Inwhich toBe* the Krtght-LJght."UISSI-D I of all Comedy Dramas.

THE AMERICAN GIRL!Remember— Last Performance Sunday Next.

At the Baldwin Theater, I "VGAVI?Monday, May 13. | 1OA.1JCJ

AndGban dObchestba INFnVECONfKKISOSLT

Sale of season tickets hot goingon..Regular sale Thursday.

Prices, SI,$150, 2, $2 50. Season tickets, 94,$6 and $8.

Mas. Ebnestink Knv.Lisa .Proprietor <& Manager

EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK,

LECOCQ'S

LAFILLEDE MADAME

_. ANGOTINext Opera-"HEART AND HAND."

Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc.

MOROSCO'SGRAND OPERA-HOUSE.

The Handsomest Family Theater InAmerica.WALTERMOROCCO. ...sole Lessen and Managtf

THIS EVENING! THIS EVENINGiC. T.Dazey's Great Comedy Drama,

"ERJIA THE ELF!"FUN FRO3I BEGINNING TOENDI

Evknino Prices— 2sc and 500.Family Circle and Gallery, 10c.

Matinees Saturday and Sunday.

ORPHEUM.WEEK COnnENCINQ nONDAY, riAY 6.

REILLY AND WOOD'SBig Spectacular Vaudeville , Company.

The Biggest Specialty Company inExistence.HADES IGrand Beyond Conception trt» Tn I See the Golden Shower.UF TO HELL, AS ITIS!DATE. I Mardi Gras inInferno !*V£;

The great chorus, gorgeous scenery and costumes."Aspectacle not to be missed.

Reserved seats. 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera chain.and Box seats, 50c.

Matinee Saturday and Sunday. t-Jr:>Parquet, ti6c; Balcony, 10c; Children, any seat,

10c.-

m

CIRCUS ROYALAnd Venetian Water Carnival,

Corner Eddy and Mason streets.CLIFFPHILLIPS Proprietor and Manager

MOST ARTISTIC AQUATIC CARNIVAL OPMODERN TIMES,'Combined with an—

—UP -TO

-DATE CIRCUS.

PROGRAMME CHANGED.j6^ MONDAY, May 6—Special engagement of

GRANJEAD AND MAY,the World'sGreatest Boundlng-wireArtists.

Evening Prices— Parquet and Dress Circle, Re-served. 25c and 50c.

Saturday and Sunday Matinee— Parquet, Chil-dren, 15c; Adults, 25c

VIENNA GARDEN.Greenwich Street, Between Powell and Mason.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT EVERY NIQHTAnd Saturday and Sunday .Matinees.

Also the Kaiser CelebratedTYROLEAN WARBLERS!

Admission Free.__^

MACDONOUGH THEATER(OAKLAND).LAST NIGHT

PETEB F. DAItKY,The funniest man of our time, In

A COUNTRY SPORT.Beats Sellingat Popular Prices. -:

RUNNING ag&gL^ RUNNINGRACES! Zr®® 3̂*^ RACES

CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,WINTER MEETING.

BAY DISTRICT TRACK,COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1834.Races Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday,

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Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Bain ;or Shine.

___Fiveor more races each day. Races start at 3..

r. v.sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pawthe gate. .... \u25a0•

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