The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1898. MILLIONAIRE C. ELWOOD BROWN SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE One Hundred Thousand Dollars Demanded in the Sensational Complaint of Mrs. Alta Humphrey, a Shrewd Chicago Widow. Amatory Passages Contained in an Alleged Stack of Sixty Love Letters. Business-Like Wooing of a Married Man at Long A very unwelcome surprise was given C. Elwood Brown yesterday afternoon by the filing of a suit in the United States Circuit Court against him by Emmons & Emmons, attorne; in be- half of Mrs. Alta Humphrey, who de- mas $100,000 damages for breach of pro Mr. Brown is rated as a capi- talist, and is known as a mining opera. tor and ranch-owner. He is a married man, and hence the suit of Mrs. Humphrey is doubly embarrassing. Mrs. Humphrey is a widow hailing from Michigan, but her home has for the last year or two been in Chicago, ere she has been carrying on a real estate and general commission busi- ess, more especially in the handling of mining stocks. Her husband died about = and Close Range. which “may be worth $2,000,000 and may | be worth $200,000,000, or even more.” May 12 he enclosed his picture in a letter to the widow, in which he asked her, “Do you live at a hotel or with friends in Chicago, and can we be by ourselves much of the time when I go there?"” In June—the month of roses—he wrote | her that he “felt a deep and affection- | ate interest in her,” and hoped to see | her next month. A few days later he | indulged in this little outburst in his matory correspondence: ‘I dare say we could learn to love each other dearly. I carry your little picture with | me. when I go into the country, and | when lonely I study it.” He asks her | to tell him truly whether she has an- { other lover, as he has not heard from her as frequently as usual. He desires [nn answer to this leading question. A P e ® L~ < ¢ twelve years ago, leaving her in com- fortable circumstances, and she has by shrewd trading and good investments considerably increased her estate. She is rather an attractive brunette, is 33 years of age, and mother of a son and daughter. It was through a mining advertise- ment that Mr. Brown and the Widow Humphrey became acquainted at long range by correspondence — he in San Francisco and she in Chicago. Later on they met in the latter city. A stack of over sixty letters written by Mr. Brown will be produced in evidence, and it is intimated that they will make very in- teresting reading. The correspondence opened in February of last year regard- ing the selling of stock of the Gowanus Mining Company. A few weeks later Mr. Brown mingled affection with busi- ness, 1 sat for a photo for you to-day,” he wrote her on May 10. Incidentally he told her he did not know how much he was worth. He sald that he owned several ranches, mines, etc., the latter Including one and a half miles of ledge on the mother lode in Amador County, ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY COVERED WITH SORES & SCALES Could Not Tell What She Looked Like. Got Worse with Doctor’s Medicine. Could Not Sleep From Intense Itching. GURED IN ONE MCNTH BY CUTICURA When my baby was four months old her skin broke out, and I thought it was ring- worm. 1 took her to a doctor and he said it was Eczema. He gavo me medicine to give Rer, but she kept getting worse all the time, and you conld not tell what she looked like, her little face and hands were so covered with sores and large scaies. It got under her little finger nails. She was the worst looking sight Ieversaw. 1heardof CUTICURA REMEDIXS, s0 1 thought I would try them. Before Itried them we got no rest at night. She could nog sleep it itched so. After I gave her CUTICURA RESOLVENT, 1 saw @ change in a week. It comnmenced to dry all up and she would sleep all night, and when it was drying up the skin all cracked open, o then I got CUTICURA (oint- 1ment) and CUTIOURA SOAF, and in one month she had not one sore on her face, and I don’t think it is any more than justice to let you know what it has done for my baby. She now is fiftcen months old and has got beautiful skin. Bhe doesn’t even have a pimple of any kind, and she is as fat as pudding. March 7,1868. Mrs. MARY SANDERS, 709 Spring St., Camden, N. J. CoTicuRa Reuroies cure every humor of the skin and scaip of infancy and childhood, whether torturing, die- Sguring, ftching, burning, scaly. orusted, pimply, or blotchy, with lows of hair, and every impurity of the vlood, whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, when the best physicians and all other remedies fail. S5rzRDY CoRE TREATMENT ror TORTURING, Disrige ©Ri¥G Husors, wirs Lossor Hatk.—Warm bathe with CUTICURA B0, gentle anotntings with COTICURA, purest of emolllent ekin cures. and mild doses of CoTicuRa Res0LYENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. Soid e world. PorTER DRUG AXD CHEM. LW0OD BROWN. 2T { 4 \ U N SN L | Humphrey, a pretty brunctte of determined and business-like habits. of racy letters from her erstwhile adorer, and thinks $100,000 would be a fitting balm for her outraged feclings. who is a married man, is not saying much. he was also full of business and mak- ing money. He sold Mrs. Humphrey stock of the Gowanus Mining Company to the extent of $200, agreeing later on, in a letter, to repurchase it and pay her 7 per cent interest, if she be- came dissatisfled with her investment | or could not dispose of it. Returning to San Francisco Mr. | Brown continued to correspond with Mrs. Humphrey, who, however, one day suspected that there was something queer in his transactions with her. She noticed that the signature on the Gowanus certificate of stock was “C. Jlwood Brown,” while the name signed | to the letters was “Cryil Brown,” but the handwriting being the same. Brown explained the discrepancy by stating that C. Elwood Brown was his cousin. The day for the marriage came, but Mr. Brown, it s said, falled to appear in the Tole of the| bridegroom. The disappointed widow wrapped herself in a robe of gloom and would not be consoled with the excuse that Mr. Brown was pre- vented from keeping his engagement by press of important business mat- | ters. She offered to come to San Fran- cisco to have the nuptials performed, but Mr. Brown put her off from time to time. Mrs. Humphrey's suspicions | and wrath were at last fully aroused | and patience having ceased to be a| virtue she consulted a firm of Chicago | lawyers, who instituted an investiga- tion through Emmons & Emmons of this city. It was learned that Cyril Brown and C. Elwood Brown were one and the same person; that he was a man of wealth and married, his resi- dence being 3201 Pacific avenue, where | he lives in elegant style. He was iden- tified by his-photograph, which the de- ceived widow had forwarded. Mrs. Humphrey arrived in San Fran- i early last week and went into hiding, her residence being known only to her lawyers. A day or two later suit was brought in Justice Groesinger's | court against Brown to recover $219 20 on the mining stock investment. The | next step was the filing of the damage suit for breach of promise. In her com- plaint Mrs. Humpl.rey alleges that she | was utterly ignorant of the fact that Brown was a married man until the month of April, 1898. It was on the Sth of August, 1897, she states, that Brown contracted to make her his wife. = MRS, ALTA HUMPHREY. | €. ELWOOD BROWN, the well-known capitalist and mining man, hag been sued for breach of promise of marriage by Mrs. Alta of Chicago, who is also a widow Shc says she has scores Mr. Brown, | “I may as well know it,” he says, “and | save making a wild goose chase.” | _The widow, in anticipation of Mr. | | Brown’s visit to Chicago, had admon- | | ished him not to expect too much of |of her, to which he is said! |to have written in ,reply: “What | !I know of you I admire, and I see no | |Teason why we can’t grow fond of | each other. You say you are not beau- tiful, for which I am heartily thankfus | We have beautiful ‘women’ enough | here, but one can’t trust them (as a| rule) across the street.”” Mr. Brown then refers .to the case of Mrs. Brad- bury, whom he scores for running| |away from her elegant Los Angeles | | home with “a good-for-nothing Eng- Hshmnn:" ‘“We ought to tar and feath- er him,” he writes, “and spank he She is a typical Native Daughter. Again he assures the widow of his re- sponsibility, telling her that he values his holdings in lands and mining prop- erty at several million dollars. Mr. Brown went to Chicago in July and remained there about a month, during which perfod it s ai. leged he was frequently in the soclety of Mrs. Humphrey, of whom he became very fond, and ac- cording to the widow’s story proposed marriage and was accepted. At the same time that Brown was making love + Judge Morrow Indignant. Another step was taken in the Circuit Court yesterday morning in the tedious litigation in which the Woodbridge Canal and Irrigation Company is interested. Judge Morrow announced to the attor- neys and all others having interests in the case that on Monday next he would fix an upset price for the property and that there should be no further delay to the sale. Judge Morrow refused to allow the receiver to put in a bid for his fees and costs, and remarked that it was a shame and a scandal that the property could not be disposed of. He aid not pro- pose to allow tke property to be sold for a song, and on Monday next he would designate the price for which it should be sold. The litigation has been in progress READY T0 SAIL |\GRAND JURY DISCHARGED Judge Belcher Says They Have Failed to Indict Big Game. ON SATURDAY The City of Peking Ar- rives and Will Prepare to Go to Manila. Officers of the Vessel Delighted ‘With the Duty of Con- veying Troops. When She Left Hongkong Prepara- tions for War Were Being Made by the United States Fleet. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company’s steamer the City of Peking, which is to be used as a transport ship to con- vey troops and supplies to Admiral Dewey in the Philippines, reached port last evening and anchored off Angel Island. She was boarded by Deputy Sur- veyor of the Port Chauncey St. John, who extended the courtesies of the port to the vessel, and did everything in his power to expedite the clearing of the ship so that she might be docked as early as possible. Quarantine Officer Rosenau, acting under instructions from ‘Washington, was more lenient than usual In his examination, and as soon as the steerage passengers were landed on the island, the Peking was allowed to dock, which she reached about 9:30. The first news of the war was recelved by the passengers when the pilot board- ed the vessel, but when she left Hong- kong It was expected that fighting would begin at any time. Shortly before her departure from there, the authorities at Washington were cabled that in theevent of war vessels would be needed by the squadron, and the request was made that the Peking be held at that port. The reply was that the Peking might be of more service in the United States than llongkong, and that if vessels were needed by the squadron there were some already there which could be bought. Acting on these instructions two Brit- ish ships were purchased. One is a coal ship loaded with 3500 tons, and was an- ciiored just astern of the squadron. The othcr iS to be used as a storeship, and | into it were placed a number of extra | tpars and boats. When the Peking sailed Dewey was making preparations for war. All the vessels had on their fight- ing paint, the decks had been cleared to a certwin extent, and orders to move The Jurors Say They Were Just Getting Ready ments That Would Have Made Rome Howl. Judge Belcher yesterday peremp- torily commanded the Grand Jury to come into-court and be discharged for “Inefficiency and general inability to reach ‘affirmative action” on such public scandals as the Harbor Com- missioners’ steal. the School Board's rottenness and other matters of equal importance. The following are the citizens who have been on the Grand Jury since De- cember, whose worth as an indicting body has been questioned, and whose services are to be dispensed with. Some of them are very angry and say they did not have a fair chance and that they were about to file indict- ments that would Bave made Rome howl: Albert Geberding, Arthur F. Price, William J. Bryan, Henry Mayer, John D. Daly, John Corbett, Arthur W. Spear, A. H. Menne, Emile Bauer, H. M. Wreden, Aleck B. Truman, E. H. Eigeltinger, W. H. Thornley, Solomon Kampe, James H. O’'Brien, Thomas R. Horton, Charles G. Clinch, H. A. Hedger and R. H. Warfield. “We were in session and were ex- amining witnesses and just getting to daylight on the school scandal,” said a juror last night, “when we got the letter asking us to come into court on Thursday and be discharged. We quit were expected any moment. The fact that the Government intimated | that the Peking would be of use here | was enough of a hint to the officers that | she might be used in some capacity, hut" Captain_Smith knew nothing of the use | to which she would be put until l\e‘ reached here. He received notification | from the company that the ves: had | been chartered by the Government, and | while he claimed that he did not know whether he was to go with the vessel, it | is generally believed by the officers | aboard her that the majority of them will | be retgined, and all are anxious to go | with the troops. Captain Smith says that | his vessel will be in shape to leave for | the Philippines by Saturday, if not sooner. The freight will all be out by Wednes- | day at the latest, and then, after going | into drydock for twenty-four hours to be | relieved of some of her foulness, she will be in condition to enter the Government service. | W. O. Barker, the freight clerk of the Peking, when asked to make an estimate | on the number of troops and amount of freight the vessel could carry, said: “The Peking s licensed to carry 800 steerage | passengers, and can accommodate 100 | cabln at present. If fitted up as a troop ship she ought easily to accommodate 3000 men and carry tons of freight be- sides.” It is rumored that the Peking will | leave on Saturday under convoy of the Charleston, and this rumor is believed by the officers of the vessel. The steamship was a day overdue when | she arrived last night, and the cause of the delay was heavy head winds en- countered. There were no severe gales, but the wind was dead against the ship all the way over. Officers on board say that never before in their experience have they known of a voyage in which the wind was dead ahead throughout a trip. The passenger list this trip was the largest the Peking has ever had, there being seventy-four cabin and 500 steerage pas- | sengers. Two hundred of the latter were left at Honolulu. . Among the cabin passenrerss were two captains and nine lieutenants of the Ja- panese nav. They are here to take back two cruisers, which are being built in this country. One of them is the Chitose, | reached Honolulu, and she was buried at | from relatives in Germany influenced her business disgusted at once. We have found more indictments than most any Grand Jury they ever had, and were prohing deep down into the harbor scandal and the school question, as well as into the Pavilion accident and to File Indict- the Widber affair, but this letter set- tled it all. Judges generally consult with the jury and act more in unison with it. This was a strange way to do with us.” Judge Belcher said last night: 25 ¢ am willing to continue any jury that is likely to do anything, but this body is torn to pieces by internecine wars. Assistant District Attorney Dunne, who has the Grand Jury in charge, told me ‘this morning that there was not the slightest chance that they would be able to reach affirmative ac- tion on anything of importance. Fore- man Gerberding corroborated the statement, as did Secretary Price and Mr. Truman. Only a few weeks ago they had resolutions up wherein they asked to be discharged. So I decided it | was time to get rid of a jury that had been working so long without being able to negotiate business on matters that are of grave importance. I had intended to get in a new jury that might be able to agree, but if these people can agree on things of vital in- terest they can go ahead. By the way, why did they quit last night? If they are really able to indict or to agree why do they need more time than un- | til Thursday? The- can do a great deal in the next three days. I acted for what I thought was best in ¢he cir- cumstances.” Some of the jurors, when told what Judge Belcher said, stated that they would have been glad had he called and discussed matters. They agreed that their foreman served unwillingly and looked upon the proceedings as a farce. which was launched from the Unlon Tren Works some time ago, and the other is being built in Philadelphia. They expect to be ready by September, when they wiil be taken to Japan by the officers who ar- | rived last night. Rear-Admiral Miller and Lieutenants Rodgers and Andrews of h!s‘ staff were also passengers, who were | much interested in the news of the naval | battle at Manila. ; 551 Miss Catherine Noack, a tourist,- who | was a passenger on the Peking, died 0(‘ heart disease just before the vessel that port. She had been ill before she | starxe?i on the trip, and had been warned | Tot to attempt the voyage, but messages to, k the passage. B{l‘[s two \'el.lspls were sighted by the P"e- | king during her voyage. One was the Ga- | lilea, which was met on the 3d inst. Tne other was a bark, whose name was not | learned. Captain Smith signaled her ask- | ing if there was war or peace in the| Umited States, but received no reply, probably because the vessel had no sig- nal flags. The cabin passengers were: J. McD. Carrington, N. B. Kni Mrs. Baruch, Admiral Miller, T Bergen, Lieutenant Rogers, U. M. Foster, Lisutenant Andre Lieutenant S. Hirabe, L J. Okumonutja, I J. N.; Lieutenant H. Hirao, Lieutenant M. Trouchi, I. Churchill, Captain K. Sakuray ight, Mr. and G. M. . N.; Count and Countess Poninski Long, H. H. Sands, Captain N. Kashiwabara, 1. J. N.; Lieutenant R. Kamao, 1. J. N.; Miss J.'S. Sands, Miss Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Holcomb, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. von Schoick, A. Q. Center, J. A. Rumrill, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Cozine, Miss Norrie, Colonel and Mrs. Temple, Mrs. J. N. Hayes and four children, Lieutenant J. Ushida, 1. J. N.; Lieutenant K. Inouchi, L. J. N.: Luther N. Haves, Mrs. E. Hirshberg, Dr. D. G. Walters, Miss Rumrill, Mrs. Coburn, | Lo X Colonel J. 5 DONS THE GLORY - sioners to a Police Captaincy. The Police Commissioners last night promoted Detective John Seymour to the position of captain of police, caused by the resignation of Captain Robin- son. Seymour will then assume the du for the past four years. ————— Sierra Railway Company of Cali- foria. The new time card of the Slerra Railway Company of California. will be- come effective Sunday, May 15. Two daily passenger trains will be run in each direction instead of one, as for- merly. One of the trains, each direc- tion dafly, will have Puliman buffet sleeping cars attached, which is a new experiment for the company. The line is in full operation between Oak- land and Jameston, and is having a rapidly increasing growth of traffic. partment. The new captain is one of the most popular men in the department. Always affable and kind, he has endeared himself to every member of the police force. He has had a wide experience as a detective, and will, no doubt, prove himself worthy of the trust reposed in him. Seymour . member of Hoff, the brutal murderer of Mrs. Clute pected murderer was convicted of the crime, and will be hanged on June 6. The new captain also figured in the arrest of a number of darifig bank robbers, prin- - cipal among whmwmmarlnd Creegan. He will continue to act as detective until July 1, when Captain of Detec- tives Bohen, who has grown old in the service, will be retired on a pension. born in New York on March 1, 1853. He was appointed a police force in 1834, and a few years later ex-Chief Crowley, ‘realizing his worth, made him corporal. He was assigned to Captain Spillane’s division, and made an enviable record. He was appointed a detective on May 1, 1892. Since then Seymour has made a number of important captures, was mainly instrumental in fastening the murder of Blanche Lamont on Theo- dore Durrant, who has since been executed. OF GOLD BRAID. ties of the head of the Detective De- He Seymour subsequently arrested Through his detective skill the sus- | received of Dewey’s victory was from the Mrs. T. Hyde Thomas, Mrs. G. McIntosh and two children, F. Kallenberg, Judge and Mrs. Widemann, A. Fabbia, C. Cushing, B. L. Prior, Miss Elsie Adair, F. B. Sheridan, H. Kurahashi, T. J. Nakigawa, Mr. and Mrs. Landor, C. von Hamm, J. L. Travis, Miss Edna von Schoick, C, Posse, Allen Herbert, | & Dr. A. Dittmar and F. von Schoick. I ) ADMIRAL MILLER HERE. Pleased That the Baltimore Won Laurels Off Manila. “From my knowledge of the ship and the crew I knew that wherever the battle raged the hottest there the Baltimore would be in the thick of it,” was Rear Admiral Miller's remark last night, when | he heard of the Spanish defeat in Manila harbor. Admiral Miller and his personal staff arrived from Honolulu on the City of Pe- king last night, and the first report they pilot who boarded the steamer off the Farallones. *“When we left Honolulu,” said he, “we had not the faintest idea that war had been declared. When the Baltimore sajled for Hongkong everybody on her expected to be in a fight before many moons, but I did not expect to hear that the fight was all over when I reach- ed here. The cruiser had a splendid crew and every man on her was eager to strike a blow for the colors. “The, training ship Mohican sailed for home 6n April 29, but as she will come up under sail the greater part of the way I_do not expect to see her here for some days to come. My own destination 1 do not know, as I have not received my dispatches. All T know is that I was di- rected to come to San Francisco, and here I am. “The Hawaiian Islands are in no danger nor would they have been had they been a part of the United States.” Two hours after the Mohican left port considerable excitement was created in Honolulu, when the Diamond Head look- out reported that she had come to anchor in Weialae Bay. More excitement was created two hours later, when it was re- ported that she had pulied or had drifted so far into the bay that she could no| Jonger be seen from the signal station. Fears were at _once created that she might have drifted upon the rocks and become a loss. Those fears, however, were allayed when no boats were,put ashore nor signals given. This was ac- cepted on the Bennington as conclusive that her machinery had broken down and she had simply come ‘to anchor until re- pairs were made. In the afternoon she resumed her voy- age without having any communication with the shor PILAR-VORIN 1N PANTOMINE Poetry in Acting of Its Own Kind at the Baldwin Theater. effries Appears at the Grand Opera House and Sharkey at the Columbia. Every master of his art makes his ex- pression of it a revelation to his audience. Unul you have seen .ulle. Pilar-Morin the word pantomime must fail to bring be- fore you the mental picture that fits this exquisite little artist. It is pantomime shorn of its buffoonery, of its exagger- ated grotesqueness. 1t i mute, but infin- itely expressive action. One finds himselt trying to fit words to this poetry of act- ing and one gives it v~ in despair at length; despair of imagining sentences that shall not weigh upon the wings and drag down this butterfly of art, this in- tangible, tragic, poetic thing that is Pilar- Morin in pantomime. Words really are unnecessary. There is but one accompaniment that could do anything but spoil it and that is music. Lachaume's overture is the melodied ver- sion of the tragedy of Sui-Nina, the Japa- nese Empress, whom the law doomed to self-inflicted death when her lord should die. Fine and traric in an Oriental minor, characteristic of the shrill, insistent twang and the deep, rhythmic bass of the East is Lachaume’s music; and it ac- companies the action of the short trag- edy so closely, so fittingly that from ad- miring it at first, one gradually loses con- sciousness of It has become part of the play itself. Pilar-Morin is lovely: lovely when she s coy, but shows her beautiful white teeth in a smile for the young Prince; lovely vien she falls in love with her own 'bewnchflns self clothed in the Em- press’ finery; lovely when her wonder- tully expressive face shows the horror of death in it and shuddering relief when the brave Sui-Nina comes back to re- sume her identity and pay the penalty of Empress-ship. It Is marvelously in- teresting to watch Adzume when the Empress returns. Two deaths instead of one are being enacted in that quaint old Japanese chamber; for the musmee has contemplated the death the Empress now inflicts upon herself. Every fear, every pang, every anticipated agony is reflected in her beautiful face, and when at the culminating moment the:Empress stabs herself, the little dancing girl who S0 nearly met death in her stead, lifts the hem of the satin robe and touches :t to her lips. There is art in that ges- And there is art in the whole produoc- tion. It is strong in detafls. Mlle. Sev=~ erine is 4 tragic actress of no small abil- ity. Edmond Morin makes the part of the young Prince very pathetic, very true ‘and touching with the simple sin- cerity of his acting. There Is not a jar- ring note in the whole dumb minlature— for that is what it seems to one; @& classically quaint drama enacted in & charming setting behind glass, which prevents one’s hearing what is sald and also diminishes the figures and the emo- tions—though the passions, the fear of death is life-size, thanks to the art of these clever Frenchwomen. Scheel’s orchestra precedes the panto- mime in a short programme. It appealed irresistibly to the feet of the audience with the Strauss waltz, and it captured their hearts with the ‘Star-spangled Banner” interpolated into Saint-Saens® Henry VIII. The whole house rose to the entrance of the clans, translated Into Yankee melody. Pietro Marino played Wieniawskl's *‘Polonaise” delicatery and gracefully. When to this Marino shall add the qualities of force and fire he'll play that beautiful polonaise as its au= thor might have done. But it isn't the memory of the musis that lingers with you when the Baldwin's empty. It's the expression on Pilar- Morin's face; it's the gentle love or the awful fear in her eves; it's the light or the immobile horror in her features; it's the grace of her quaint dance or the col- lapse of the little figure as it lies In & gayly dressed, tragic heap upon the floor, MIRIAM MICHELSON. The Passion Play. “The Passion Play” continues to attract splendid attendance at the Baldwin Thea- tereveryafternoon. Thereproductionof the play exactly as it is given at Oberammer- gau every ten years proves immensely interesting, as it is placed before the audi- tor in a most inviting manner. The ac- companying music and lectures are cap- itally rendered and add attractiveness to the various scenes of the play, as they are immense’ screen. . is vividly presented and the rapid and continuous. The pic- tures which seem to arouse most enthu- siasm are those representing ‘“The Flight to Egypt,” “The Last Supper,” “The Way of the. Cross,” “The Crucifixion” and “The Resurrection.” although not one of the thirty odd fails to find favor. ‘The Passion_Play” will be continued dally at the Baldwin, except Saturday,at 3 o'clock, and in order to allow many Who are un- able to attend the matineés an opportu- nity of seeing the play, arrangements are | being completed for the presentation of the work on some evening in the near fu- ture. At the Grand. Frank Lindon, in his own romantis drama, “Prisoners of Algiers,” drew a large attendance to the Grand Opera- house last night. Between the second and third acts James J. Jeffrles, introduced as “the champion of England, Australla and California,” boxed three lively rounds with his brother Jack. It was a give-and- take affair from the call of time, and de- lighted the hearts of the gallery gods. “The Prisoners of Algiers” is a sequel to “Monte Cristo,” in a prologue and four acts, and deals principally with the fortunes of Captain Albert, son of Ed- mund Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo. The cast was a strong one, and several recalls were insisted upon during the course of the play. Frank Lindon, as Edmond Dantes in the prologue and Cap- tain Albert in the drama, carried off the honors in company with George M. Hayes as Colonel Danglars. The comedy part of the play was well taken care of by Mau- rice Stewart as Corporal McKenna; and s Eugenle Danglars Miss Maud Edna Hall received a warm welcome back to the Grand Opera-house. A cordial word of praise is due Landers Stevens for his Well-studied__presentation of Benedetto and Leslie Morosco for his handling of the character of Maxamilian Morell “Prisoners of Algiers” should crowd the Grand Opera-house throughout the week. Alcazar. Miss Gertrude Foster won the approval of a large and critical gathering of first- nighters at the Alcazar last evening by her graceful and clever rendering of “Niobe.” She instilled life and animation into this difficult part, retaining through- out a natural grace of manner that charmed every one. The return of the favorites Wright Huntington and Miss Kingsley from their southern tour resulted in-their recoiving an ovation and a large assortment o flowers, which were showered on them b: a host of admirers. Huntington's uatura. acting as Corney helped to add fue! to the fire of humor thatdper\'ad@s the com- edy. Miss Kijngsley did good work as Hattie. Stockwell was in his element as Petravus and kept the audience in a hys- terical condition by his excellent comezg work. Mrs. Bates, as the strong-mind Dot interfering sister, caused shivers to run down the backs of the audience. She was at her best and made things lively for those who came in contact with her during the play. The other members of the company gave strong support, and if Jast night's crowd is a criterion of the opularity of the comedy the theater will Be packed nightly. San Francisco Orphanage. The annual mee..ng of the directors of the San Francisco Orphanage will take lace to-morrow at 10:3 a. m. at San Ra- ael. The management suggests that those wishing to attend take the 9:30 a. m. narrow-gauge boat. ADVERTISEMENTS. effected. Piles .. Paralysis Skin Diseases .. Diabetes .. Ulcers (chronic) Catarrh ....... Rheumatism Bronchitis Epilepsy or suenpeensl s22s3388388 Salt Rheum .. 5 8 are Nervous. 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