The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—%Dr. CALIFORNIA THEATER—Herrmann, the Great. COLUMBIA THEATFR—“The Lottery of Love.” Roger La Honte.” e Lucky Star.” CrrREUM—HIgh-Class Vaudeville. GROVER'S ALCAZAR.—*Cad, the Tombo, L MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)— Aunt MECHANTCS' Thazksgivin harley’s PILION—Annual Elks Carnival November 27. B PaviuioN — Horse mercing Tuesday, December 3 S1100T THE CruTes —Daily at Haight street, ope Liock east of the Park * Pacirie Coast Jockky CLu.—Races—Opening Noveml 28. Show, com- Races. Park, Thanksgiving Day, FOOTRALL—At Centra November 2 SESHOW—At Mechanics' Pavilion, Tuesday, AUCTION SALES. 3 & —Tuesday, Nov. 8 Market street, BY HAMMERSMITH & FIELD—Jewelry, Watches, Iverware, at 118 Sutter street, at osePE T. Music, at 747 Market , on S vember 30, at 11 o'clock ur CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. aghlin_ was committed to the asylum yesterday. weather forecast official predicts southeasterly winds for to-day. ialist order, to be known as the t Society, has been formed. Wells of Redlands has accepted & MeL e Second Unitarian Church of this | Nash, ex-stage manager of the s his suit for salary against Mrs. Goodsell addressed the Methodist rs in Chinatown try to punish < who testified against them, and t e arrested. Dr. C. 0. Brown is acting as avor Society of ire resident of the the First Con- h was indorsed as prospective y the joint mass-meeting settlement at North d by the Woman’s Chris- ion. serance U Buyer & Reich has confessed on & promissory note for $31,590 58, of Daniel Meyer. Governor Budd, Peter Babe Murphy were the g of the Pacific Noonday Ciub tele- to Washington asking ariesin Armenia. fe Deposit and Trust Com ted assignee of the affair Improvement Com- rooked ation of < obtaining proof of ¢ fy another accl Superintendent the e, king of Round Vall rm in_the County J terday nin, Ford says the sh s not expecte ooting was pur Kearley, who gi oy, was arrested yesterday on ancy and obtaining money b; The Market e Ing! een this City and Portland has jons that the steamers port = unabl or a steam launch, to I Periwinkle, which was from Goat Island. teen petrified bodies have been found last four years among the 3700 remains om the two old Jewish cemeteries enth and Dolores stree! him with grand larcen and wagon from J. L. on October 18. er says the Horse xt_Tuesday, will eq in New York or elsewh veral new and attractive of two Indians of Del N e forgery of an order upon wh ived & kez of beer and then got has been affirmed Croc s T Garcia, 65 years o and Manuel arbers on the Ba d Iast night on char girls. e report of Dr. Case’s sermon in ue the subheads of the discou ppear, “Atheism, Mormon These should have read monism, Roman Catholicism alar fight for the passenger trade Mgere Island and Port iso, 42 5 years old, Jara Coast, were ar- preferred by three Gor » of the th Thomas Malon et, on the morning of Septe ay held to answer before Judge Conian in §: the Coroner’s to the shoo last Thursday, b shooting was ac ould pro homas Marqu { Levi Stra in the establish- attempted to com- me ity yester- d overboard, but was eamer's boat and resusci- & prepossessing young wo- dge Campbell ve of Klamath Falls, Or., who sdvert e, and the case was continued until to- the Units M. D. Howe idence is & point in favor of nent. al sensations oceurred at the trial of the oreross mining suit in Department 4 i Jourt T An attorney accused a witness of te; £ a lie on the stand and both were fhreatened with punishment States Dis The secu: the oung millionaire of Geor, Napa C as therford, a inty,was quietl at 8t, Helena to Miss Lulu Worrell, a pretty graph operator, who was employed for pe time in this City and Oeklend by the Western Union telegraph Company. The rancho Real de Las Aguilas, in San Benito Coun ne of the possessions of the estate of Jose Vincente de Laveaga, has been 1d, subject to the order of the Probate Court, 30,000. The ranch contains 23,650 acres. ] petition for confirmation of the sale was filed yesterday. % The'ship Anglesey, which docked at Mission- treet wharf yesterday, had a terrible experi- ence rounding the Horn. For twenty-four hours it was impossible to work the ship owing 10 the running-gear being frozen. Nearly the entire crew was frost-bitten and some of the men have not yet recovered. A. F. Williams, a young man living at 722 Washington street, was carrying a toy pistol in the outside pocket of his coat to give to & friend on Pine street last night when it fell through & hole in his pocket to the ‘zmund and explofied, the bullet lodging in his left leg. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Vice-President Sonntag, of the Manufactur- ers’ and Producers’ Association, Says & mass- meeting will have to be called in which the matter of appealing to Congress for aid against the Japanese labor invasion can be discussed s0 that American industries will be protected against the pauper labor of the Orient. Mrs. Josephine Gottliebson, wha lives with her husband in a lodging-house at 928 Mission street, ore_out & warrant in Judge Lowe's court’ yesterday to search the premises at 107 Hayes street for the remains of her brother, who, she declared, bad been murdered ten vears ago. She was prompted to thisaction efter frequent consultations with mediums. vesterday on the subject of five | read a paper on ‘‘Book | s his occupation | e to accommodate the | by the Supreme | urray, a former sccomplice, ss he | ome damaging statements upon | married a short time | FROST-BITTEN SMILORS, The British Ship Anglesea Was in 61 South and the Men Suffered. 1 | CANVAS AND RIGGING FROZEN. For Twenty.Four Hours It Was Almost Impossible to Work the Ship. The British ship Anglesea,which docked at Mission-street wharf yesterday after a that Captain H. Lewis never wants to en- counter again. For nearly three weeks the thermometer was always at from 28 to 32 degrees below zero, and on one occasion the running gear was frozen so stiff that it | spossible to work the ship. The | erew were all more or less frostbitten, and | the captain himself got badly nipped while sttending on the men. It wasal- most impossible to keep them awake and the waich on deck was half the time around the galley fire. Argument was of | no aviil, and many and many a time | physical force had to be used during that | terrible fortnight to keep the men awake | and at their posts. | Night and d the coffee-pot was kept boiling and every Jack on board got a cup- | ful whenever he wanted it. The captain and officers suffered with the men, and some of them still bear the evidence of the terrible time they went through. The man who suffered least was Augu He had the galley | tus Connor, the cook. fire to keep | mirably at his ‘ with a record. He | has defeated every s ‘ to come up coast, and now American marines re speaking, he is not in the heavy class, but still he is confident that he could ‘givu Sharke ight to a finish. After | vanqui, his class, from | Jobn o’ Groats to Land’s End, he sought around for some means of reaching San Francisco without exp The Anglesey was ready to sail and | nor applied for the job and got it. | “If he is as good a fighter as heisa | cook he will be a hara man to beat,” said Captai i ay Connor a p ilor who has_dared him on the English to see what the like. Strict a man is came to sl)eak of rounding the Horn he time. Thin E | wind the st p was worked to 61 degre ) oze to death. ora day blocks and it took the If half our time to keep a E: heel. We were under snug | voyage from Swansea, had an experience | weight | wanted a cook. Con- | canvas of course, buthad it comeon to| of the country,in a recent address, and her followers believe the times are ripe for such an innovation in San Francisco. l The purpose 1s to open headquarters in | that vicinity, where mothers’ meetings, | lectures and children’s classes can Le held | and where practical training in household aris czn be given. Itisalso the intention | to train young people from the churches |1 ematic missionary werk in that | The plan contemplates a large kinder- | garten among its permanent institutions. |~ Whether the work of the college settle- " ment will be taken up by the recently | organized Federation for Public Good or | the Woman’s Christian Temperante Union has not been Cecided, but the question will ‘ undoubtedly be considered at the meeting | for yperfecting the organization of the fed- | eration to be held at the Y. M. C. A. Audi- | torium on Tuesday afternoon. Invitations for that meeting will be sent to all the women’s societies of che City to-day, asking that they send delegates. | i DR. BROWN, PRESIDENT. Coup d’Etat of the Pastor of the First Congregational | Church. The much-discussed affairs of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor are in statu qno. The only action taken since the society showed such energetic opposi- tion to Charles J. Nagel as its president for the ensuing year was Dr. Brown’s as- sumption of the duties of president him- self. He stated that he would discharge those duties for the present, and exercised the prerogatives of the office by appoint- ing the eight committees upon whom de- volve the chief work of the society. A special meeting may be calied for the «election of a president soon. That will depend upon Dr. Brown. The young people say they are quite willing to elect ahy one in the society to the office of | leader but Mr. Nagel, Y PETRIED BODIES nd he succeeded ad- | |Found in the Old Cemeteries ze-fighter, who | | Near Nineteenth and | Dolores. Seventeen Remains of Hebrews Solidi- fied by Chemical Action of Water in Graves. | The disinterment of fifteen bodies yes- | terday at the two old Jewish cemeteries near Nineteenth and Dolores streets was | the occasion for reviving a story published 1 in THE CALL a few months ago regarding the discovery of petrified remains in one of these resting-places for the dead. Petrified bodies have been found, seven- | teen in all, according to reliable informa- | tion. The most recent and at the same time most periect of the human fossils was discovered three weeks ago in the old Hills of Eternity Cemetery, formerly the burying-ground for the congreeation of | the temple Emanu-El. Michael Goldwater, o is superintend- | THE BRITISH SHIP ANGLESEA, / i w [\ ON WHICH THE ENTIRE CREW WAS ALMOST FROZEN TO DEATH, ; [Sketched by a “Cal?”’ artist.] | blow we would have been in a fine predica- | ment. Then we would have heen com- pelled to get hot water and send it aloft to melt the ice in the blocks in order to get | the running gear in working order. “When the thermometer was at 30 de- | grees pelow zero we had hard work to keep the men awake and I got my hands frostbitten rubbing some of their frozen limbs. They wounld crawl in behind the galley fire and, although iwe kept a stove constantly alight | in the forecastle, it did not seem to warm | up the place. They would get as close to it as possiple and once they dropped asleep | it was u case of thump_and punch to get Ii the sleep was al- as them awake again. | lowed to continue it wonld have resulted in death. When a whaler goes to the Arc- | tic he is prepared for the frozen north, but we were not and our men_ could not | get on enough clothes to keep them | warm. Scme of them are still on the sick list, and will be for some time to come.” Captain Lewis was very much disap- Pointed yesterday. He has been gone rom home for over a year and was calcu- lating on getting back to Swansea inside of six months. is wife was coming out here to join him,and then when the wheat cargo was aboard the Anglesey was to sail for Liverpool. That was the programme the skipper had mapped out, but it is not to be carried out. South Africa, like Australia, is short of wheat, and the An- glesey has been ordered to Cape Town. From there she will probably be sent to South America, and 1t .will thus be eight- een months before Captain Lewis sees his wife and family. NORTH BEACH SETTLEMENT. Lectures and Mothers, Meetings and Kindergartens to Be Opened. A plan for the establishment of a college settlement at North Beach is being con- sidered at W. C. T. U. headquarters. Miss Frances Willard strongly com- mended such a plan for all the large cities ing the work of removal, speaking of this case said yesterday : It was the body of a very handsome woman, & little past middle life. Her parted lips showed feeth that gleamed white as crystal. The face was shrunken considerably and ‘there was very little hair on the head. All the clothing nad long since molderea away, ex- posing a body as white as marble and as hard as stone, for I tapped it with my cane to find out. Iknew the woman in life and I attended her funeral ten or el even years ago. 1 remem- ber she was buried with a little cap on her | head, but there was nothing left of that. Of the 1700 bodies removed@rom that ceme- tery in the last year seven were petrified, and all'such were found in graves that were partly filled with water. All the graves near Cum- beriand street and some near Nineteenth street had water in them. They had been dug too deep—down eight or nine feet. We never found any petrified bodies in earth alone. There is some mineral in that water that causes the bodies to petrify. _About five months ngo we found a body pet- rified black. The nails; the fingers nné the toes were all intact, and the whole body was one solid stone, All the coffins that we take out of these deep graves are filled with water, and we have to tap the caskets tolet the water out. A petri- fied body weighs a great deal, and with the water in the coffin it takes six or eight men to raise it out of the grave. A petrified mother and her babe were disin- terred about four months ago. Irememberher in life, for she has been dead only nine or ten years. oo In the old Hills of Eternity Cemetery there are just three bodies left, three hav- mg been removed yesterday. Butin the old Home of Peace burying ground across the street twenty-five or thirty graves still remain unexplored after the removal of 2000 bodies in the course of five years. _The cemetery authorities have been par- ticularly careful to guard all these cases against publicity that might result in the new graves being robbed of their curious remains. e A Society Engagement. Fred C. Siebe announces the engagement of his daughter Millie to Fred J. McWilliams of this City, son of James McWilliams of Hong- kong, China. THE RATE WAR OPENED, The Steamer Sunol Carried Pas- sengers to Vallejo for Ten Cents. NO CUT ON' THE OTHER BOATS. Southern Pacific Officials Angry Be- cause Their Steamer Is Not Patronized. The rate war between San Francisco and Vallejo is in full blast. Passengers can now travel at any price ranging from 10 cents to $1. The lower rate is charged on the steamer Sunol, owned by Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co., 25 cents is the fare onjthe steamer Herald, owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, while 75 cents, the round trip, is charged by Hatch Bros. own; it is not so much the dryness of the lines he has to say as his dry way of say- ing and singing them that call forth lJaughter and applause, and there is an exuberance of gooa humor and bonhommie in his expressive pantomime, and even in the upward curl of his prop- erty nose, that seem to put him on pleas- ant and familiar terms with the audience, as well as with his obstreperous pupils. Hopper does not invest the character with any seasoning of vulgarity or vaudeville burlesque; even when he is drunk Dr. Syntax is a gentleman. Edna Wallace Hopper showed unsus- pected comedy ability as Merope Mallard, the seli-willed little heiress. Mrs. Hopper looked about 14 and acted her childish part in a pert, aigy, fairy way, tor which her impersonation in “Wang” would scarcely prepare one. Ida Lester, as the sleepy “Psyche Persimmons, was another charming schoolgirl, and Bertha Walt- zinger received several encores for her singing. “Fare Thee Weil,”” a waltz for solo and chorus, and ‘“How Strangely Sweet,”” were two of her best numbers. | Alfred Klein gave a clever character | sketch' of Lord Lawntennis, the conse- | quential little English peer, and the parts | of the youthful swains were satisfactorily | performed by John Parr and Edmund | Stanley. l Cheever Goodwin is the composer of | “Dr. Syntax,” but several of the prettiest | numbers have been added by John 8. | Hiller, formerly of S8an Francisco and now | musical director of the Hopper company. THE FIRST STEAMER THAT LEFT THE WHARF IN THE TRI. ANGULAR RACE TO VALLEJO. on the steamer Monticello. The rate by the railroad 1s $1 each way. The merry war began yesterday after- noon and strange to say the railroad steamer was not patronized. The steamer was there and the train agents were only too willing to sell tickets, but the people would not buy them. When it began to near sailing time there were only four pas- sengers in the Herald, while the Monti- cello had about twenty and the Sunol sixty | in their respective cabins. The owners of the latter boat depend principally on their freighting business and have only gone into the passenger trade {o protect them- sclves. The $5 or $10 they will make out of the latter traffic will just about pay for the extra coal and that is all they expect or hope for, according to R.J. Q. Aden, one of the members of the firm. The Monticello was the first to get away yesterday. She left promptly on time and was well up the bay before the Sunol got under way. The latter wentaway with a rush, and Captain Dye was confident that he wouid catch the opposition before Selbys was reached. The Herald remained at her moorings until the last minute, waiting to pick up any belated passenger who might come along. Once a start was made the captain seemed to be in no hurry, and the chances are that the rail- road boat was a bad last on the run to Vallejo. Agent White of the Southern Pacific is vory much worked up over the new state of affairs. He considers the cutting of rates a suicidal policy and holds up his hands in horror at the idea of carrying passengerson a three hours’ run to Vallejo for 10 cents when they can_get the same rate for a half-hour trip to Fruitvale or a fifteen-minute run to Oakland. According to him the railroad bad no fight with the | owners of the Sunol, and he cannot con- ceive why they wanted to come in and cut the rate to 10 cents. “We don’t want a rate war,” said H. Hatch of Hatch Bros., “but now it is on we will stay with it. 1 don’t know whether we will cut rates or_ not, but I suppose it will come to that in time. We are giving the people of Vallejo, Port Costa 'and | Mare Island a good service, and I think they appreciate it. patronize the 10-cent boat why well and good, that may end the fight,” But time will tell.” A. E. Pryor of Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. says the 10-cent rate has come to stay. It costs only a few dollars more for coal with which to make time, and the steamer might just as well be car- rying passengers at 10 cents a head as not. And so the merry war goes on. AT THE CITV THEATERS “Dr. Syntax” Finds Favor at the | Baldwin—The New Tiv- oli Opera. Miss Pauline French at the Columbia. Gracie Plaisted’s Success at the Alcazar. De Wolf Hopper saved his best produc- tion for the last when he opened his San Francisco engagement with “Wang” and reserved “Dr. Syntax” for the close of his engagement at the Baldwin, *‘Dr. Syntax,” which was played for the first tirfle in this City last night, is not so much a one-man opera as “Wang.”” It affords good opportunities to a number of members of the company, particularly to the women, and in the majority of cases the bright girls of the Hopper combina- tion make the most of their roles. The music of *Dr. Syntax’’ probably does not pretend to be stamped with any particular originality, but it is bright and light, and has the tuneful swing that commends music of its type to the publicon a first acquaintance. The plot of “Dr. Syntax” is drawn from the same source as Robertson’s “School,” but in being converted into a comic opera the story has necessarily lost most of its sentiment along with the bread-and- butter character that flavored Robertson’s once admired drama. “Dr. Syntax” de- scribes in a humorous vein the adventures of a jovial, somewhat “sporty’’ professor, who finds a boarding- house full of young ladies rather more than he can manage, particularly as lovers appear on the scene and the professor is indulging in the little side occupation of making love to the lady principal, of whom he pathetically sings, “Birdie Has Grown Ol1d.” ; The girls keep up the interest briskly enough when the professor is not on the scene, but for all that Dr.Syntaxis the dominating character of the opera. Ho per plays the role in a style peculiarly h If they desert usand | The effective duet sung by Dr. Syntax’s “birdie” and the doctor himself is from Mr. Hiller’s pen, alid so are the pretty ga- | votte for mandolins and guitars in the | schoolroom scene and the finale of the first act. . Among the other numbers the “Hunt- ing Chorus” is one of the best. Hopper’s singing of “Birdie is Growing 01d” brought him so many encores that he finally re- cited “Casey at the Bat.”” The audience was a large and fashiona- | ble one. The California Theater. Herrmann’s opening night at the California seemed to promise well for his two weeks’ sea- son. He has some new tricks, and all the old cnes are as interesting and as cleverly exe- cuted as ever. His cabinet of allegorical illu- sions—something in the nature of those that were seen on the Midway during the Mid- | winter Fair—are far more entertaining than | were those last seen here, but they have one fault, and that is that only those who oceupy seats at or nearly in the center of the house can appreciate them, or, indeed, see more than a very small portion of them. Most of the tricks are only new in their set- tings, but the settings alone are well worth | seeing. The Trilby hypnotic illusion is_one of | these old tricks with a new setting, and yet it was applauded to the echo last evening. ‘The most picturesque scene of all, perhaps. is the Artist’s Dream—a sort of Pygmalion and Galatea, only Galatea walks out of a picture- frame instead of the chiseled marble. Mme. Herrmann’s spectacular dances are as bewildering and dazzling as of yore—more 50, in truth, for new chomatic effects have been added and the general effectis thus heightened. Of course the hat trick is still on the bill, but in & new way, and one is really amazed to ac- count for the whereabouts of the big live duck before it walks out of the eilk hat | borrowed from the audience. Oh, Herrmann is prince of magicians —who else ¥ could carry two shallow dishes of swimming goldfishes in his coat-tail pocket, so far away from the magic tables, and not spill | the water before it came time to materialize them from the empty atmosphere tiat clin around & big red kerchiei. For those who lil | that kind of Yerfmmunce Herrmann's enter- | tainment is as fascinating as ever, but hardly new. At the Tivoli. The best feature of “The Lucky Star,” which was produced at the Tivoli last night, is the music. Although this “spectacular, Oriental fantasie” has never been played before in 1ts present form it is composed of familiar sweets, | which have been culled from many sources, | “The Merry Monarch” not being the least of them. John P.Wilson and G. E. Lask arranged the libretto of “The Lucky Star,” and Adolph Bauer selected, arranged and com- posed the music. The latter gentleman has performed his task better than hix collaborators. The plot has not enough incident, there is too much dialogue which does not scintillatelwith wit, and there are too few situations. Some of the'lyrics are good, es for instance Hartman's song, “What He 8aid,” which was encored till the verses gave out. But taken altogether “The Lucky Star” must depend chiefly upon its music for any success it may achieve. Fhe music 1s well chosen, it is bright and far from trivial and on-the whole it fits together well. “The Lucky Star” was weil staged and cos- | tumed. Raffnel played the part of an overbear- ing lord and Laura Millard made a graceful princess. The Columbia. “The Lottery of Love,” that was once pre- sented to a San Francisco audience in the origi- nal French by Coquelin and Jane Hading, was presented in English at the Columbia Theater last night, it being the adaptation by Augustin Daly. There was a _full house to witness the return of Henry E. Dixey and the first appear- ance on a theatrical stage of Miss Pauline French, who was so successful_recently in the open-air performarce at Sutro Heights. The Pmiv) is founded on_ the marriage of Adolphus Doubledot (Henry E. Dixey), a writer of comic opers, to Diana (Miss French), the daughter of Mrs, Zenobia Sheramy (Mrs. Charles Edmonds). On their wedding day the mother-in-law undertekes to, and does, run the house and soon makes it so uncomfortable for her son-in-law thai he wishes that all | mothers-in-law were annihilated. Mrs. Sher- amy, who was the originator of the bloomer costume in her town, soon induces her daugh- ter 10 assert her rights as a woman and succeeds in _causing her to secure a divorce from Doubledot, conditioned with the Btu“ho that if he marries again he must pay jana a stipulated sum. Doubledot meets his aflinity in the person of Josephine g\hrguel Craven), the charming daughter of Benjamin Buttercorn (Thomas Kierns), and after his_di- vorce marries her and happiness is his. Her father travels, and on his return brings a bride and her mother and they prove to be Diana and her mother. Dou- bledot enters into a conspiracy with Captain Sam Merrimac (Hugh Ford), his uncle, and they succeed in causing a separation between Buftercorn and Diana, and in the end have the pleasure of neingn jana married to Tom Dan- gerous (William Bennett), his intimate friend, who had been madly in love with her before she became Mrs. Doubledot. Dixey as Doubledot was perfect in the char- acter and kept the audience in a roar of laugh- ter. Miss French, who is a very tall young woman, acted the part she assumed in & very acceptable manner despite the fact thatshe did not eppear as much at ease behind the footlights as she did when she fipgelred under the trees. This slight drawback, however, will soon wear away, and in & short time she will become & bright addition to the constellation of professionals. Mrs. Edmonds had & splendid character assigned to her, one that required a great deal of force, but she did not make the most of her oppor- tunity. The characterization of Benjamin Buttercorn by Keirns was an excellent one, and the same m‘ifl“ said of Hugh Ford’s ren- dition of Captain Merrimac, while Bennett was capital as Doubledot’s intimate friend. Miss Craven gave an acceptable Josephine. i During the evening Miss French was warmly & cveland: BAKING POWDER. “Absolutely the best and most desirable baking powder manufactured.” NEW TO-DAY. “Pure and Sure.” - GEN. S. H. HursT, Jate Ohio Food Commissioner. applauded, and was the recipient of a hand- some floral offering. ‘The Lottery of Love.” | which is brimful of fun, will undoubtediy | draw well. i Grover's Aleazar. Those who predicted that Gracie Plaisted would make & success of the character of Cad, in the comedy-drama or “Cad, the Tomboy,” were not mistaken. The little soubrette, who is especially adapted to assume that character, surprised her most sanguine friends by the spirit she put into the part and the natural, unaffected manner in which she carried it to & successful termination. She worked hard and well, and is one of the few who assumed that character in this City who have been able to faithfully portray the creation 6f the author. She received much applause and a.curtain-call. In the second act she, with Leonard Grover Jr. as Tom, the gasman,” gave & number of imita- tions of actors and singers, which were Te- ceived with much vigorous applause and fre- quent encores. Grover's imitation of & Chinese | orchestra given with a bucket, washbowl, dish- pan and gridiron and & tin whistle, Was 85 per- | fect as any ever heard at a Chinese fuueral. | His portrayal of a prize-fight, in_which he put on the gloves with an_imaginary Fitzsimmons, | WS a clever piece of work. { This play, which is always popular, was well cast. May Noble was good as Emma Disbrow, the adventuress, and she was well supported in her schemes by Hereward Hoyte as Robert | Cobb, the blackmailer, and the unele of Cad. | Leonard Grover Sr. wes, like a pure dia- | mond, without a flaw. The other members of thé company did their share to make the play the success 1t was. It certainly ought to araw well, for it is a meritorious performance. The Grand Opera-House. “Roger la Honte,” given at the Grand Opera- house last evening to_a full house, is an un- usually good drama. Tt was first produced atLa | Porte St. Martin, Paris, and it was so successful | that it held the boards for five months and | prevented the divine Sara from presenting | “Joanne d’Arc” for that period of time. There | are very strong situations in it and the lan- guage is excellent. H. Coulter Brinker, in the | dual role of Roger Laroque, a victim of fate, | and Luverson, his shadow, bad a very difficult | task, but acquitted himself in a manner that shows hecan rise to the occasion when there is | need for it. His acting last night can be ex- pressed in one word—splendid. The murder scene in the second act,in which Gerbier, the banker, is killed by Luverson, | was one that held the audience spellbound. The crime is witnessed by the wife and 8-year- old daughter of Laroque,and they both are sure that it was Larogue who fired the fatal {shot. The mother (Minna Gleason) draws the curtains to shut out the sight and tells her daughter (Little Gertie Carlise), “You saw mnothing, you heard nothing”; and when the ‘gendarmes | enter and question the child she obeys her | mother’s injunction. This was s wonderful bit of acting by a child, and her effort won for her many rounds of applause. Fred J. Butler had a fine character as Attorney Morrill, who defends Laroque on the charge of murder. The cast embraced almost the entire company, and nearly ail had good acting parts. The Orpheum. The very attractive programme at the Or- pheum gave intense satisfaction to the large audience that witnessed the new performers. Miss Alice Johnson, a lady with agood soprano voice, who was atone time a member of an | operatic company, gaye a number of ballads that charmed the listeners, and she was deservedly applauded. Sadie Alfarabi, a Rus- | Sian equilibrist, gave a number of astonishing performances; Mile. Marthe Marthy, a French | artiste, gave some pleasing imitations of sing- | ers that were loudly encored; the Judge Broth- ers were remarkably good in double somer- sault acts. The risibilities of the patrons of the house were tested to_the fullest by the pro- duction of the “Devil’s Kitchen’’ by the three Mathies brothers. There were many other good numbers. Pardini’s New Attempt. Eugene Pardini was not taken before the In- sanity Commissioners yesterday. The phy- sicians at the Receiving Hospital say he is suffering from extreme nervousness, and soli- tary confinement, combined with proper treat- ment, will scon make him all right again. He is being kept in a padded cell and & policeman is on duty outside the cell door. As he was quiet yesterday the straps were taken off him, and later he was discovered with a handker- chief tied tightly round his neck and choking him. It was quickly unloosed. Pardini's cases will be called in Judge Low’s court this aiternoon, but owing to his mental condition the probability is that they will be continued for a week. Frank Emond, the blind organ- rinder, appeared in Judge Low’s court yester- gsy afternoon for his preliminary examina- tion, but it was continued till tnis morning. Fourteen little girls were 1 court ready to give their testimon: NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. To-night and Thanksgiving Week! Now for a Week of Solid Fun!—That Greatest of All Successes, CAD, THE TOMBOY! GRACIE AS CAD. LEONARD GROV JR. AS THE GASMAN, A Barreltul of Mirth, Songs, Imitations and Burlesque Opera—s Perfect FANFAREOF FUN. Matinees Wednesday, Thanksgiving Day, Saturday and Sunday. PRiCES—10c¢, 15¢, 25c. Wednesday “Pop” and Thanksgiving elegant 60c Book Souvenirs given toall. i Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢. Thanksgiving Matinee, Night Prices. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). S GRAND OPENING NOV. 28. FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12, 12:50, 1:45 and 2:15 P. M. Fare for round trip, including admis- sion to grand stand, §1. Take Mission-street elec- tric line direct to track. A.B. SPRECKELS, Presiden RUNNIRG RUNNING RACES! fig RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRIOT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 3:00 lu.’ M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass e gate. W. S, LEAKE, Secre NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FRICOLANDER.GOTTLOD & Co- L£35ES ANDMATAGERS "+ ONCE | AREAL MORE | HIT! HOUSE CROWDED AS USUAL. THE SAME GREAT ENTHUSIASM, MR. HENRY E. DIXEY And His Merry Company of Players in “THE LOTTERY OF LOVE!” The Cast Includes MISS MARGARET CRAVE § and MISS PAULINE FRENCH. 3—MATINEES THIS WEEK—3 Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), and Saturday and Sunday. Monday Next—JOLLY JOE CAWTHORN. LIFORMIA| okl -ruantnsl’”%gg" PROPS. EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. THANKSGIVING MATINEE THURSDAY. REGULAR MATINEE SATURDAY! Enthusiastic Welcome to HERRMANN THE GREAT! DON'T— The Hypnotic Tilusion, FAIL—— TRILEBY T The Sensational Aquatic Mystery, THE SPRAY OF LIFE AND—— MME. HERRMANN'S New Spectacular Dance QOreations. L AN | “ano Co, mmflwv ° TTHEATRE “\ PRORS. TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK, MATINEE SATURDAY. A7 Special Matinee Thanksgiving Dl‘l' at Popular Prices—25¢, 35¢, 50¢, 75 The Successful Successor of “WANG “DR. SYNTAX” A Novelty in Comic Opera as Presented by DE WOLF FPPER And His Celebrated Lyric Organization. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRs. EENESTINE KRBELING Proprietor & Managa: —TO=-INIGET — SUPERB PRODUCTION Of the Brilliant Spectacular Oriental Fantasie, “THE LUGKY STAR" MIRTH !— DANCE!? SO Beautiful Scenery ! Picturesque Costumes ! Startling Light Effects! Appropriate Accessories! Artistic Groupings! Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessoe and Managas THIS EVENING AT EIGHT. ——A GREAT HOLIDAY BILL !—— Magnificent Revival of the Famous Drama, “ROGER LA HONTE” Or, A MAN’S SHADOW. Special Thanksgiving-Day Matinee. EVENING PRICE3—25¢ and 50c. ily Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powalt. WEEK OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, THANKSGIVING WEEK CARNIVAL AXT: NEW ! FRERES MATHIAS, MME. MARTHE IARTHY, MISS ALICE JOHNSON, THE JUDGE BROS., SADI ALFARABI And Our Great Specialty Company. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 15¢; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. ARE YOU COLD? TEXIEIN SHOOT THE CHUTES It Will Make Your Circulation the Largest in the City ! Haight St.,;ar the Park CONCERT AT 2 AND 8 P. M.—— ——ADMISSION 10 CENTS. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). —3 Nights, Beginning TO-NIGHT,— The Greatest of all Farce Comedics, RLEY’S AUNT! Popular Prices. CHA Secure Seats. BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH! MECHANICS’ PAVILION. COTING EVENTS BRING GLAD TIDINGS. 18 Elegant and Cos!lyjize: for Competition. Special Lady’s Prize—For lady with hand- somest bicycling costume, high-grade $105 Bicycie, winner’s choice of make. ANNUAL BELIXS CARNIVAL In aid of its CHARITY FUND— THANKSGIVING EVE, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27 GRAND PRELUDE. Electrical I1llusions— A Beautiful Transformation Scene, Amazonian Peregrinations, Bloomerinn Peripatetics, Trilbyan Saltatories, Turkish Pirouettes. Admission, 81. 600 Box Seats, 50¢ extra. 2100 Reserved Seats, 25¢ extra, Reserved Seats on Sale at Kohler & Chase’s Mausic Store, 26 O'Farrell street. Performance at 8. Grand March at 9:30. SECOND ANNUAL HORSE SHOW ——MECHANICS' PAVILION—— Tuesday, December 3d, to Saturday, December 7th Admission, Daytime. o ...50c Evening Prices, General Admission, $1 Reserved Seats, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Reserved Seats now on sale at H. S. Crocker’s Store, 327 Post street. FOOTBALL. University of California vs. Stanford, THANKSGlVlz!_‘:fi’DéYfi.Novembar 28, CENTRAL PARK, San Francisco. RAIN OR SHINE. Seats now on sale by E. T. ALLEN 00, 416 Mar- ket st., S. F.: CLABROUGH, GOLCHER & CO, 605 Market st., §. F.