The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, "1898. WANTED IS SIWEETHEART ARRESTED Peculiar Complaint of a Man Who Lost His Watch. Peter Bahrs Asks the Po- lice to Apprehend Mrs. Palmer. She Claims That He Gave Her the Timepiece as a Token of Affection. SAYS HE DECEIVED HER. The Woman Makes Some Serious Charges Against Her Accuser. Peter Bahrs, who claims to own some v in Montana, | chain. Convinced that he was prompt- | ed by a spirit of jealousy, the prose- | cuting attorney, to whom he had ap- | plied for a warrant, referred him to the | Chief of Police. ordered Detective Anthony to inter- view the woman and obtain ‘her ver- sion of the alleged robber; Shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday aft- | | The 1atter, after listening to his story, | | | | ernoon Mrs. Palmer, accompanied by the detective, visited the City Hall | She was fashionably dressed, and in a | rather indignant tone told her story. She gave her address as 762 Howard | street, agd claimed. that she was be- ing persecuted by the mining man from Montans “Some time ago,” she began, “my »and 4 leaving me almost penni- and w our little girl to provide Unable to properly care for her, I concluded to seek employment, in the hope. of earning sufficient money to at least buy us the nec ries of life. “On the advice of a friend I inserted an advertisement in a morning paper, king for a positi some respectable far day Bahrs, who claimed to be a brother of Superior Judge Bahrs, house in answer to the adv He pretended to fall madly n love with me, and asked me to become his wife. T told him that on account of our short |acq =i~ tance I could not entertain his off'r, but laughingly informed him I would think it over call again on the ised to which He prom llowing day he did After a short conversation, during which he declared his undying love for me, he again begged me to ests in Mont that he owr in Seattle. na, and also claimed some valuable property Thinking he was telling the truth I half promised to become his wife. To my surprise a few weeks ago he visited my house and proposed that I should clalm to be the widow of a man who had died in Seattle, for the purpose of getting the insurance, which as due his relatives. He said that the BRLLN BORT LACKS ONITY The Tivoli’s Irish Opera Is Not Notably Irish. The Music Is of All Nations and the Comedy an Hour Too Long. Comedy and Curtain-Raiser at the Alcazar—At the Other Theaters. “Shamus O’Brien” was not a con- splcuous success in New York last season. “Brian Boru” was—and the | distinction is hardly in favor of New York. “Brian Boru,” the words by Stanis- | laus Strange, the music by Julian Ed- | wards and the authors’ description “a | romantic opera,” was produced at the Tivoli last night. to predict its popular and pecuniary fortunes at that opera house. It I shall not attempt | strikes me as a work that should ap- ! peal especially to the persons who did not enjoy “Shamus.” It does nothing that “Shamus” did and nearly every- thing that it did not. The only point Another vessel crowded with passen- gers starts for Alaska to-day. The pass- engers are all bound for the Klondike, but will make their start across coun- try from Copper River instead of from Dyea. By the former route they expect to reach Dawson City in faster time and with not nearly so many hardships as are to be encountered on the Chil- koot Pass. Among the gold seekers are four women, two of them the wives of different members of the party and two 'WILL BR “'i lidh L the Gray, articulation is necessary to the sanity of the plot. The book of “Brian Boru” would | be a good one if it had one hour less | of Strange comedy. The story was fairly forecast in Sunday’s Call, only that account omitted the details of the comic relief. They are terrible. Mr. Strange's fun runs to horse-play; his humor seems to center in that | anatomical feature which is not men- tionable in polite society, and Mr. Leary and Mr. Kavanaugh, who have the roughest of the comedy parts, do not pretend to any subtleties that are not suggested by the text. The production is the best the Tivoll can do in the present circumstances of the company. Arthur Donaidson has been brought out from the East to play the part of Brian. He Is not a sensation nor particularly magnetic, but his voice is reasonably even and sure, his presence is comely, and he has an air of reliability that promises to wear well. Every one in the cast worked hard last night without any one arriving at individual glorification. The chorus was as fortunate as usual, and the orchestra something less through playing too violently. ASHTON STEVENS. At the California. Marie Dressler, John C. Rice, John C. Sparks and several other farce-comedy people of reputation appeared at the Cal- | ifornia Court,” a McNally creatlo be reviewed in to-morrow's Call. last night in “Courted Into At the Baldwin. “The Man From Mexico” held the at- | tention of a large audience at the Bald- win when the curtain was up. while the man from Hawaii was the attraction be- tween acts, Pesident Dole and party oc- cupying the lower left proscenium box. At the Alcazar. Frederick Paulding’s “A Man’s Love” makes as pretty a curtain raiser as one would wish to see for the first half hour of an enjoyable evening at the Alcazar. It is full of life and action and gives op- portunities for much clever work. Paul- | ding shows in his wholesome strength in A Man's Love” that he is as capable a laywright as he is an actor. The light touch of Bou bidden Fruit” gives ri cations in the follow! light the soul of V ¢ makes most of th asure of the au and well bey = of the Alcazar comy nd played, d the usual play- ny. At the Grand. The usual large Morosco audience saw last night the premiere of “The Blue and a war ma of pictur- esque excitement, timent and comedy. AVE THE ICY PASSES. Another Large Party of Eager Gold-Seekers to Leave on the Steamer Excelsior To-Day. of them single women, who are willing to take their chances with the men in the scramble for gold. Those booked to leave on the steam- er Excelsior to-day are: E. T. Rhodes, J. W. Masuer, Alex. Haas and wife, C. H. Patchett, P. Hansen, J. Donaldson, H. J. Hatch, F. C. Kelgare, C. T. Beiss, R. S. Hallman, J. H. Abrams, G. E. Parsons, J. R. Nichols, T. Rabblee, Charles Marat, M. R. King, Miss Ida Brown, John Owning and wife, Miss visited police headquarters yesterday morning, and asked for a warrant for the arrest of a prepossessing widow named Mrs. Palmer, who, he claimed, had robbed him of a gold watch and NEW TO-DAY.) HUMORS Instant relief for skin-tortured babies and Test for tired mothers in & warm bath with CuTIcURA S0AP, and a single application of CuTicuRA (ointment), the great skin cure. The only speedy and economical treatment £0r itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and pimply humors of the skin, scalp, and blood. (Uticura Ir w014 throughont the world. Porres DRve awn Cwmwicar Coxromarion, Soie Proprietars. Boston 0 * How 10 Care Kvers Humor,” mailed free. BABY BLEMISHES ™eodul S5 | deceased was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Seattle, | and had no relatives.” “This is like getting money from home,” she claims he remarked, “you represent yourself as his widow and we will have money to burn.” |~ “He wanted me to go to Seattle with him,” she continued, ‘“claiming that we would have no difficulty in getting | the insurance money. I scorned his proposition and ordered him never to | speak to me again on the subject. “Last Saturday was the day fixed for | | our marriage, and after waiting long | after the appointed hour Bahrs finally appeared. He handed me his watch and chain, and after announcing that | he had lost all his ready cash against a brace game, as he expressed it, he told me to realize on the timepiece. I refused to take his advice, and as he had played with my affections long enough I determined to keep the watch as & memento of our marriage that did not take place. him of my intentions he told me to keep the watch and to remember him by it. Since then I understand he has | been engaged in organizing a the- atrical troupe, prineipally composed of women, to visit the Klondike.” Mrs. Palmer then handed over to | Captain Bohen the watch and chain | which Bahrs alleges she stole from | him. She is seriously thinking of com- mencing a sult against the mining man for breach of promise. —_——— Mexican-carved belts, pocket-books and chatelaine bags at Sanborn & Vail's, * After I had informed | | brogue and spirit Gates, George Warmbald, Henry Ros- enwinkle, John Tabler, Paul Krum- neuschler, Theo. Neisser, F. Cihlmann, H. Keemp, R. Walpole, N. C. Denker, P. Jurzix, S. S. Whitman, S. P. Lasat- er, R. N. Woode, C. S. Goodness, E. W. Parks, Robert Maddox, Ralph Murphy, Holmes Henshaw, Thomas Rablee, H. Marcal, G. B. Beresin, H. H. Edlin, Sig. Weissburg, W. Bick, S. Berlin, S. Fried- man, 8. Cheron, James Fulton, A. Nes- bitt, S. Murcheson, James Poe, C. Smith, Robert Jones, Thomas Nesbitt, Charles Bloom, Ray Larson, D. McKin- ley and N. Nichols. Miss Gates goes with the Fulton-Nes- bitt party, and she is thoroughly outfit- ted for the tramp from Orca Station to the Yukon. She asserts that she is not afraid to rough it, and is confident that if there is money to be made or dug out of the ground in Alaska she will not come back empty-handed. Miss Ida Brown goes with another party, but she . which will | | MERCANTILE LIBRARY. I'r. Morrison, Frederick Alves, George H Morrison, William E. Palmer and Ansel | C. Robinson are the directors of the com | pany. The Coast Collection Company in | corporated vesterday with a capital | stock of $50.000, all of which has been | subscribed. The directors and sharehold- | ers are L J. Truman, J. E. Watson, Fred- | erick Vail Owen, L J. Truman Jr., and | Charles J. King. A PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE | Josephine Kane Has Not Been | Seen Since Last Wednes- day. Detective Anthony Detailed on the Case at the Parents’ Sug- gestion. Much anxiety is felt by the parents of Josephine Kane, a young girl 13 years of age, who mysteriously disappeared from her home last Wednesday under rather peculiar circumstances. The girl has been atter the Turk-street school, between Turk and Buchanan streets, but last Wednesday failed to appear at roll- call > returned to her home as usual .the preceded her asking for an erning her absence. Mrs. 1e questioned her daughter and di vered that the girl had stayed away without any cause. She was severely scol ind told to mend her ways. In noon she went into the basement wood with which to build a n seen since. ane, a painter by is street, is in a daughter’'s dis- lice are of the h voung girl has gone to some family with the excuse that she an orphan. Detective Anthony w: ed on the case and is working dili- nts are almost pros- At the time of the as attired in a and wore at the neon hour, but a note from her had te: po aran | opinion t button As she nder and | has rather dark brown hair the detective | is of the opinion that if she is in the neighborhood she will be discovered in a as the description has been ven. A Small Vote Cast With No Posi- | tive Results Declared as to | Presidential Candidates. The election of officers for the Mercan- | l | | | | and Miss Gates are already chums, and | they and the other two women will Join forces. On the Excelsior they will have a cabin to themselves, and on the march they will cluster around the | same campfire. i The Excelsior was to have sailed last | Saturday, but the alterations were not completed in time. Again she was to have got away at noon yesterday, but there was a rush of freight at the last moment, and the saillng time had to be again postponed. at which the two may be comedy. “Shamus” had bad comedy exalted by good music, and “Brian’ has hours of bad comedy relieved by very little good music. Be- yond this remote relationship simi- larity stops. “Shamus” told a story, a good, old-fashioned melodrama, and made it vital and stirring and Irish— it had dramatic power and character. “Brian"” has no character, no na- tionality. With few exceptions it is built on the old ballad scheme. Some of the music is amiable, ‘most of it is clap-trap and a very little of it might be called descriptive—that is where a compared moments of few well-known Irish tunes are worked | into the score, either directly or counterpoint. at the close of the second act, in which one of the voices sings “‘The That Once Through Tara's Halls” in concord with an agitated plece for the others, and one or two of the Irish comedy songs have something of the in their make-up. the music might in But on the whole | have been written by twenty men of | as many countries. One moment it wails Wagnerianly, the next it waitzes in the mode of de- funct Viennese operetta, the next it af- fects the metrical sentimentalism that marked the youth of Signor Verdi, and oftenest of all it runs to the mongrel ballad form of to-day. The orchestra- tion is heavy, pompous and puffy; it has no more regard for the lyrics than it has for the drama, often drowning ‘ them at just the moments when thelr | ticles of incorporation yesterday. Charles | coughs and colds; 10c. 417 There is a good quartet | Harp | | The scenery Is espacially notable, and the company does well. At the a;lxeum. The Orpheum retains but two of the | acts of last week's bill for the edifica- | tion of playgoers this week. Paula and | Dika and Barney and Russell are still to | be seen, and the Blograph Is on with new | scenes for a week. Zita, the winsome BYPSY ylolinist, also returns. The new features are up to the standard, which | means that they are excellent. Profes- sor Gallindo does some modeling with clay that is as artistic and clever as could be wished for, and Carter de Ha- vén, the boy singer, does some very good work. The’ horizontal bar work of Rice and Elmer is new. They are surprisin exceedingly clever. Almont and | Dumont, in their character musical se- | lections, were good. An entirely new programme of orches- tral music opened the week at the Oberon. The Cuban fragment, Chiquita, is still the sensation at the Chutes. —————————— New Incorporations. The A. Van der Naillen School of En- gineering incorporated yesterday with a | capital stock of $50,000. The directors are | Albert Van der Neflien Sr., Victoria Van | der Naillen, Albert Van der Naillen Jr., Ralph L. Van der Naillen and E. BE.| Cochran. Letters of incorporation of the Rallway Advertising Company were filed yesterday. The directors are C. Lin- coln, Willlam H. Mathews, W. E. Bene- dict, J. 8. Macabe and D. BE. Besecker. The Morrison Lumber Company filed ar- tlle Library Assoclation, which promised | on the surface to be so exciting, turned out to be a very tame affair, so far as the 1000 subscribers were concerned. Only 120 of them saw fit to vote for the men and women into whose hands the destiny of the assoclation will be intrusted for the | next year. Of this number there was anything but a choice as to whether Thomas Magee or | Edward Perely would be the president. | The vote was & tie as between these two | candidates, each receiving sixty, and| while the tally-sheet showed only 120 cast, yet there were three ballots cast which failed to count for either candidate. A similar condition of facts was made ap- | parent in the result of the general ticket | where there was no opposition, each can- | didate receiving 122 votes, while Charles | J. King received 61 votes and Captain E. | Deniel received 62 for the office of record. ing secretary, making 123 votes cast for this office. The result of the election shows that the regular ticket has been elected with | the exception of the two ladies for trus- | tees, Mrs. George Gibbons who was de- feated by one vote, and Mrs. Lovell White, who got 54 votes to Eilsha Brooks' 61 The final result: | President (tle); vice-president, Barry | Baldwin; treasurer, T. R..Bannerman; re- | cording secretary, Captain E. Deniel; cor- responding secretary, Wm. Doxey; trus- tees, Dudley C. Bates, George H. Caban- iss, Frank P. Deering, Edwin Fretwell. Alfred Bouvier, Julius Kahn, Elisha Brooks, Thomas P. Woodward and Ed- ward B. Young. e A AR e s Low's Horehound Cough Syrup for Sansome st. *| SUICIDE’S NEW TO-DAY. YES, I AM OFF TO KLONDIKE! We clothe you for the city or KLON- DIKE. Our outfitting department shows every article required for the man who braves the cold regions of the north. We have one great advantage over all competitors—we can make special garments in our white=labor workshop; make them of all-wool, made to fit and made to stand the rough usage of the goldfields. Our new department for children’s, - boys’ and youths’ clothing is now open. In our gents’ furnishing department we are (as an advertisement) s:lling latest styles and shades at cost. See our blankets, fur coats, gloves, extra heavy underwear and hosiery. We not only want your trade now, but when you return from Kilondiie. COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS, S, 1 WOOD & (0, 118-122 Market Stregt, " POOR SOLACE. L b I W, 1\‘(\4 ' = i MISS MILDRED A. CLARK, A maiden, just in the flush of young womanhood, dead by her own hand be- neath her loving mother's roof. A malden beloved by all who knew her; with more than falls to the lot of most young women to make her cling to life and rejoice over environments calculated to confer happiness upon almost any mortal being. Such 1s the sad story of Miss Mildred A. Clark, who deliberat self to death at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Clark street, at 5 o'clock p. m. yesterday. s There is no doubt that the unfortunate young woman's terrible act was the Tesult of a mind temporarily unbalanced. The deceased had been seriously {ll for several days past with a severe cold and nervous ration, superinduced by arduous labor in connection with a musicale in which she took a prominent part on the evening of the 3d inst. At about the hour above named Mrs. Clark left her daughter's bedside, where she had been tenderly ministering to the patient, to step into an adjoin- ing room for a moment. Almost immediately the mother heard the report of a pistol in the chamber which she had just quitted, and, rushing back into that apartment, she was horrified to find her daughter = weltering in her own blood, with a smoking pistol in her hand. She had shot herself in the mouth, and death was, of course, almost instantaneous. The deceased was 25 years of age and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was of charming dis- position and possessed of many qualities of head and heart calculated to endear her to her intimates. With vocal talent of a very high order, she gave promise ot rare distinction In musical art, her superb voice having received flattering pralse at many musical entertainments in this city, where she had lived during the greater part of her life. She was an only child, and if she had any reason, in her sane moments, to wish to end her life, it is not known to the grief- stricken mother. % g v shot her- 16 Webster