The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO C AUGUST 11. FRIDAY, _ a Californian, and what she says goes! There was a bid of 3150, at which the petite actress meouwed préttily, and that Petched a bid of $200 and one fast follow- | \g the half circuit @+ —4-9+0+0+vo+oe@ g in close ord rgeant of Police they charged, ma of the theater, up the center Bhea in the lead, followed by Manager e of $300, Gottlob and the lin £Xo, o, chirped the theatrical cherub from her perch. “That'll never do. Fif- which deploved ne M. Eas Lyon took thelr stand teen hundred.” o) on-bidders cheered and two others bid | $400 and $300, ectively. | “She s 1 the pulpit-like No- structure they c 2 block set in the s D cied M on orchest f 4 body had been bidding but C tone and | block v the Mayor up to this time, and it looked as if the battle was between l_hem 5 fact that both had subscribed liberal | the reception fund gave promise of a I |1y fight. U the ‘‘meouw b ationed Jaston, Shehane ‘b ours e b | “no, no, of oL s | and’ her pretty littie they e | vanced at jumps of $0 to 2 f | “Another por S lull followed, » from the Wallace m: | giving her looked as if the Mayor Phelan’ ever. her cap jumped up aga ing d drop Lo | didn’t, how- feather in | hammer t bid. with 1t the that plause was deafen they separated the R o R SRCRY SRS SRR SRCES secan SC o S alc i o ' in a woman ing. After it had ceased Mr. Easton an- three ht nounced: | 3 | "“Mrs. Townsend bids a thousand and B twenty-five! Mrs. Hopper insists on $1100. | , | Do T hear it?" | Ps He didn’t. There was another pause, but_no voice was raised higher. | ® “Going, golng, going,” called Colonel | . n. “Sold to Mrs. A. S. Townsend for » hree cheers for M Townsend,” | . outed Ma Bela ), and he got | | them. The lady with the feather in her @ | hat kissed the other, Everybody was rml + | tiptoe, wondering who in the world she | & | could ‘be and how v | she had to 3 4 | not be satisfied just the: & | had to go on. JG for the next box? | n bids a thousand dollars,” @ | Friedlander. ¥ | she cz L 4 |furlhv‘ulmw:. and the M or, for whom three hearty ! were &lso given \ The fourth box was sold without muc hl P Qe s edeierieoese® + * > Beoe0eosoeoeoe0e0 auctioneers we 1t will be Im- | ¢ 1—going, going nd be present with | & ® X P —~ e : MRS. A. S. TOWNSEND, i} B KA. A O, N 1 L179 * } ¢ ot *| e { VOLUNTEERS FRIEND, %3 3 INTEERS FRIEND, 111 * *| 9 @ : * ¢ | * *» | @ & * *| e . e el pS! * * s * *| 1 x *( 9 * * | * * » | & * * x *|2 = e * m PERY x * | e * * * *| 2 +« Polg x * e *| o o ‘ * * . . x * i & | x Xl .| * o | ind the * LOoOKED . W r n whicl s % FOR. B0y @ : 1 W I'ennessce mother whese son had b b; : 5 IN THE o * * | GALLERY. @ * * | e 3 * * g 4 x 7 it x R R s x * | & 3 *| 4 . i R B R R SRR SEORS SR St = o % of the Asso S % highest bid was | * im Mott, X% | i e cried some i for boxes. % said _another, o the queen 3 n with a will < % ped then, but bid- | > o 8 the, persuasive elo- | e T @ theaters, and * : nE oL Lelc N, r anothe sold until four-| x e i bee ispose f. Mrs. Ernestine | o ntation will be made I tock the y of Edna_Wallace | * , ! of the benefit. % Hopper in the s nd the_theatrical * X | people be: Henry Miller _paid my B o v T B 95 B 0 T OB M 55 R 5 ST e OF R O M 0 P R for a auiisEoy d;il S\vllL Fr!ed;. 1 of t Alcazar and | ispiciously long. | You to-morrow heum paid s e h iy my room and ¢ Morrissey and 4 h rh'” 3 1 Able to : 1 the work by .,\»} s 1€ g 1 wish to say T 3 | It looke s if she would. 1 turned their at- “Going, going,” again came the ¢ seats, Miss Juliet | warning cry. “Give me twe # repl X \1 .\‘lr:.gl:\lr;-lungr ur":! ayor noddec Gottlob bo he first | The Mayor nodded. hman of New York for| paid the same amount | for his brother, David | r t t ex- York. amount ' tent possible in ecom- r the P i SR S e S S s e e eI eLeP| & + g ) 27 |- R R S e R L e e e o e o S b3 P S e o S THE CHECK THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE SALE. Treasurer Meyerfeld of the theatrical managers’ committee received after the action, In payment of the premium | bid by Mrs. A. S. Townsend for the first two boxes sold at the Orpheum auction for the California Volunteers' benefit, | a cashier's check of the Bank of California for $ | ing of event long to be sincerely yours, | ~ WILLIAM M. SHAFTER, M!fljor General, United States Volun- eers. There were cheers for General Shafter and cheers on general principles, mostly for Mrs. Townsend, whom nobody knew, | but everybody admired. All had it fixed in their minds that she was the lady with the feather in her hat. They were mis- | taken in that, but she certainly had a | feather in her cap, even if she was sitting modestly out of sight. All over the thea- ter the managers were in smiles, and the, bevy of beautiful actresses were pleased | the California Volunteers an |sale of seats went merrily on until 3 remembered. Very |o'clock, when the cashier's tab showed a | | total in premiums of $ 50, just $564 50 more than the managers anticipated from the entire benefit. They were congratu- | lated on all hands and, as became them, | had nothing but good words to say of | their alds. Wendell Easton and his co- adjutor, Colonel J. L. Lyon, a Grand Army veteran, were glven a large meed of praise, as were also their assistants. They included the pick of the office, and | the admirable system which allowed the | auction to. proceed without a particle of friction was_entirely due to their inti-| mate knowledge of all the details and the | untfring zeal with which they carried out | their respective duties. Miss A. Watson Miss E. Klotz and Miss M. Babcock per- formed the stenographic work in master- | after a lull again the Mayor. | ty-fives began piling up until $550 was reached by his Honor. “Have I nine seventy-five?” | “Nine seventy-five,” nodded the lady | in the white hat. St “Nine seventy-five—going, going"—| very slowly—going, going—gone!” | The hammer struck the anvil and the first box was sold. Half a dozen of the managers crowded around the lady to get her name. They got their heads close together while the audience cheered. “Doc” Leahy at last caught the eye of the auctioneer and sald something that could not be heard ten feet away for the cheers. Finally Mr. | and Tw to think how easy one woman was mak- ing the way for them. At the rate the | auction had started they didn’t care much | Taston got his chance. it there wasn't any need for their serv- | ful style. _Besides these the following “Mrs. A. S. Townsend {s the pur- | ices. Mr. Easton thought he might use | assisted: H. Nelson, manager of the chaser, but she will not take the box,” | Edna “":\fllace‘hflnpl efi al tin s]des}}lm, and real estate rdox;’an_mem; A, Hl. uartm - said, “unless she be - | he sent for the lttle lady. She was manager of the house renting depart he said, “unless she be allowed to pay | b 300 28 (b tripped daintily to the ment; W. 8. Armstrong, private secretary $1000 for it.” “Three cheers for Mrs. Townsend,' yelled a man a few rows back. ‘‘ 'Ray!” The three cheers were given and H “ipulpit’” and perched herself on its edge. to Mr. Easton, and Clerks J. Dunne, F. J. she whispered in Mr. Easton’s ear. | Knewing and G. O. Johnson. “The lady say§ we must for | George H. Meyers, treasurer of th ave Ithls next box. You all know her.nssoe:e 1.1 Orpheum Theater, likewise did excellent) | MANAGERS ARE )se of C. 3. Stone “Mrs. Townsend bids $500 for this box. | ed Breweries. She bids $850. Do I get §%007"" { The Mayor nodded and cheers broke for | | him and his woman opponent. “Nine-fifty she bids,” said Colone Aihe =rin Lyon. £ BOE,ER. DS “0ne thousand,” said the Mayor. - “Do I get fifiy?” The lady tk nagers had feathered hat kissed the other. service in receiving the moneys, and his experience was invaluable to the staff. It is all over and it was a good job. The benefit will realize $10.000. possible exception of the actors’ fund enefit in New York City. The surpass- ing success of the affair has more than satisfled its promoters, who say that their gXpectations have beén more than real- Managers Marx and Leahy were ap- pointed a committee to walt on the mer- chants with a view to inducing them to adyertise in the souvenir programme. Press Agent Ralph Pincus is preparing a beautiful sflu\'enlr of the autographs of all the artists who will appear at the ben- efit. It will contain the names of some of the brightest lights in the theatrical profession and will be sold to the. high- est bidder on the night of the perform- ance. It will be placed on exhibition at the Orpheum as soon as completed. Manager Me urer of th anagers’ committee. A letter was recelved from_the Theatri- cal Employes’ Protective Union, HIGHLY PLEASED They Pass \;;;es of Thanks to All Who Assisted Them. Immediately after the auction sale was concluded the theatrical managers ad- journed to the Orpheum Annex. Jacob Qoo e e edesedeQ their services for the benefit. They have postponed their regular meeting next Thursday for the purpose of handling the sla.fn inthe most perfect manner. Thanks were tendered to Louis Roesch & Co. for their contribution of a liberal supply of printing and to Messrs. Gold- stein & Co., the costumers, for their offer to furnish all costumes necessary for the benefit free. until the day of the benefit and will meet this morning at 11 o'clock. RECEPTION FUND GROWING FAST Finance Committee Receives B G o R S A S S A = L3 . Word That Berkeley Will > . . 2 Fall Into Line. 5 The executive council of the finance X ¢ | committee met yesterday afternoon with @ | the following members present: M. H. de & | Young, president; George H. Pippy, sec- ¥ o | retary; A. H. Vail, Henry Sonntag, Grove 3 o+ | P. Ayres E. J. Raisch, Julius Kahn and’ Paris Kiiburn. ! © | The following complete list of subscrip- 4 o+ | tions received up tc last evening was 3 ? lissued by the committee and shows that ' P O R A SR e o o ] BNA © i EoVALLACE % HOPPER- & * HELPED THE § ALCTIONEERS Qe e6e00ieiedeoe® Gottlob called the meeting to order. Three cheers for Mrs. Townsend for her pa- triotic and generous in the premium sale were proposed and given with a will. 1t was the sense of the meeting that the action of Mrs. Townsend was largely in- strumental in making the sale the enor- mous success that it was, and a_ special vote of thanks was ordered spread on the minutes and will be sent to her. The managers desire to express through the press their sincere gratitude to all who in any way assisted in the sale and more especially to the ladies whose pres- ence was regarded as an inspiration. The managers desire it to be thoroughly e ie@ 3 R S R R O e S R e S A SRS SSCER S are still more than 1500 seats left, which | thi¥ morning at 9 . still to rows on sale ny choice sei art be had, as_only the first twelve downstairs have been disposed of. All the | seats upstairs are still avallable, and it has been decided that the first row there The $1 seats are will be o'clock. ed You have no doubt received will be sold at $2 a seat. all in the balco: A vote of thanks was tendered to Wen- dell Easton, Colonel J. L. Lyon and their able corps of assistants who handled the | auction sale with such consummate skill. | 3 X | The sale is the largest ever held in the i - CIVEY. history of theatrica] benefits, with the | X GEORGE DEIVEY. I o e S o St o S o Y B ke o erfeld was elected treas- | which | numbers 100 men, who have volunteered | The managers will hold daily meetings | ! | & Co $50; Greenebaum, | Heller, Bachman & C Sons, $25; Heyn n 3 & Co., §%; Brenner, Ullman & Co., ., $100; Schweitzer & Co.. & Co., $25; C. H. Myer and Bro., § | $10; " Reiss Bros | C to return by way of San Franc rious reasons, I would not be able to enjoy the proverbial hos- pitality of your city, having decided to return to I take this occasion to rencw my thanks for the honor your city has done me and to express my regrets. @+ 049+ 40 +-0+0+@Q — v ® © + + % ® . * GENTLESIEN WHY DON'T You RUY Sa s} MI5S.MENEILL . R e e e e e R O O e O e = R o O R atCR SR SO Y ] §44 25; Murphy, Grant & Co., $150; Sachs Bros. & Co!, $100; N 0 owenbers Currier & Co ;' Scheyer & Bro & Co., § | Meaney, $10; Steinberger & 'Ki > Hail' & Co., $10; Triest & Co., 7 $10; Helbing & Danfel McLeod & Co., $10; Louls Kline & Co., §10; B. Hart, $10; Mendeisohn Bros., $10; D. N.'& B. Walter, §50; Nonatuck Silk Company, 0; Kahn Bros, Kiein & Co., $25 Relss : California Notion and "To; ire Novelty Company, $ Hobart estate, $10 $30; J. C. Johnso! 10; Wangen ific Syndicate, & Sontag, $20; G Boardman, ckbee & Co., M. Gunn I W M. Speck Davidson .. $100; Char 55 Jchn Reid Roman, $ Rubber 2 & Otter, hild, $10; ¥ Gullixsc The Alien Press Clipping Bureau s WS- isco. my letter of regret that, for va- Jew York. Very truly, 3 g | | f : o B e 1 g S (: 3 +— + — " 1 | | | | I { | \ | & > o Rl | 3¢ 4 o g I T - 165 I + | i L | i 12 | | i i = @ 2 Howorubu® =22 1 ‘W+W®—o—©—m®+®+w@+@+@4—®—+@+®+@+®+*—@ww—e B s et ] SHERMAN’S COURSE FROM YOKOHAMA T The progress of the transp every person in San Francisco. cach aay-s run will be calculated and guessed at and attempts made by the map. ‘ In order to do away W! longitude, and on & chart wi conditlon of the ship is taken into accoun be used & The work of calculating the latitude and longitude dome by one of the most accomplished navigators on the coast. Sine foet long will be placed In the window of The Cail business office. be placed a miniature picture ith the uncertainty, as far as possible, The Call will each day give the probable 11l locate as nearly as possible the position of the ship at noon. In order to do this the present t, and the runs made during her last voyage from Manila to San Francisco will n order to estimate what she will make each twenty-four hours on her homeward journey. and fixing the probable position of the vessel on the chart will be In addition to the map published on On the course that she will probably follow will of the Sherman and from day to day, at the noon hour, this will be moved into a position O SAN FRANCISCO. ort Sherman with the California boys on board is watched with the greatest interest by From the moment the transport left Yokohama until she is sighted off the Golden Gate many to locate her position at a given time on latitude and this page a chart corresponding with the supposed latitude and longitude that the vessel is in at the time. 4 |3 D R e S Stein, Simon | DI OD e O e e O e e @UNNNNN NN NN N MY NN NN NN AN, RN N NN merchants in_their native language. Colonel J. K. Whitton is tryi | make arrangemen with the = | company for excursion rates from ‘ser\'lces to prepare an address to Chinese san Jc The citizens of Berkeley will he asted ribe to the reception fun “he letter_was read, showing that will be made to get a gosd- cause August 10, 18 whom you hive e soldiers’ welcos lay wish to a:- celpt of your communicatin v will gladiy undertake tie | me at the add DECORATIONS ON MARKET SIREET The Committee Will Meet This Morni=g to keceive Estimates. tee met vesterd the decoratio: com- chairman of The exe to hea n:cnded scent lamps for the e cutive proved of port Martin to tion Mar- de 1 anothe mmittee the or decorat t bids ket street ¥ to pole W ved, white and blue bunting, with evergreens and ill add to the plc- tur. | Acc Martin has {s- sued ting of the decors- Union Trust build- or 3 g at 11 o'clock CE R 'ALL READY TO 1 MARCH IN LINE | Organizations Mus* Make | Final Reports Within a Short Time. The grand marshal of the parade wishes jerstood by all or- t are to take part in the they must make their port of arrangements by the 20th fi inst., so that they may be assigned places in_line. Herman May, Ben Davis, Willlam ght. tinued on Page ADVERTISEMENTS. 00000000000000008 PALACE *** ° GRAND HOTELS 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Connected by a coversd passageway. 1400 Rooms—900 wi h Bath Attached. All Under Ome Management. NOTE THE PRIGER: THE [+] © 1 b [ e ® ] [ [ ] | JULIET ® | a letter saying that it wili make a = | CROSBY 4 | paper clipping book giving a full hi e s 3 ? |6 the reception to the volunteers. | ® PaSOED OUT @ | gfrer was accepted with thanks. o i + 1O VS 10 + | % Julius Kahn and_Frank Vail reported h = | £ " | the collection of $477 in cash and cuecks. y I : \\ { idi . ® | A committee consisting of Grove Ayres, A book which will remove the cloud | & W\ K3 PURCHASERS® ¢ | H. Sonntag and Julius K ppoint- e your. future, which wil show 4 . | & ! |ed to confer with the So- you how cate yourselt @ 1 @ | ciety of New York for to be It tells of | . 4 | given for the benefit of the fund. The @ the enthusiastic © 3 | & ? | Society is now making a trip throughout | | finding what | = in its own private car, and, it comes from and, when lost, how to ' 14 * 5t the reception to the volun- | @ © it. We all like to be at our > ? e | teers, sent word to 'l\.n‘rmdn de Yau | be nd from what I]h;xw learned I ° ? | @eo-o | that the members would gladly sive a am in a position to help you. i i O+0-904-60404040+060 | it when they returned to ? - + I | the tuna for the welcome to the soldiers | The San Francisco Arons hive P STUDY MY METHOD, i i $. | 18 srowing ranidly: | and Plagemann addressed the | Out of all my expertence T have bullt @ . I*| Balance Oregon Volunteers' fund, $24776; | mittee on the proposition. Mr. ag a method of infusing the system with PS T | London, Pars and American Bank, $350; Stock | mann thought that the concert could be | @ vitelizing electricit whien i the @ $ |and Bond Exchange, § *Protective | glven on next Tuesday evening. The so-| | basis of all animal (human) vitality. § )8 & | Associstions e hange, $100; | ciety will arrive this evening, but all their ¥ book tells what I know of this. [ : ) D ein oS piich & Co. $0: H. Ltime will be taken up until Tuesday. @ and vou can have it free if you will @ IS S L e D anas: B e | Mo plaweman stateaithas a0 s ece il | O SR ot Bl e £ ! & kLo, o Tito: Catitorain’ oo | take part and the concert will be on an Y 2 T R. D. Grubb, §10; M. A. Gunst | €laborate scale. i s Chatr : r G a“ I“ . + | R Ch® &5 kadt & cos t2; Benjamin’ Cohens | , C- 8. Tilton was appointed by Chairmar | @ Ll u IWls Ru ® J @ | §11 50; Charles Rebman, $20: Carrol & Tilton, | de Young to solicit subscriptions in 1 702 Market St., cor. Kearny, S. F.; | 4 | $10; Philpot & Armstrong, $: J. W. Weinberg, City Surveyor's office. Lippman L el al ‘;‘,.mg“mn’, A |55 cumn, 1 mankc of Cafitornin, $0; Thomas reported the collection of $1170 in hi ; B Ik R SeE 8 e ® 'n, $25; Willlam Alvord, A 00d | trict. Ste., i ' =i Sl 10; Clabrough, Golcher '& Co., $20:| The insurance committee reported that e Hourn e o S OED T @ % 2 | yihiam Témman, $25; Custom House employes, | the Fireman's Fund contribution has DRUG STORES i : & | $200; George A. 5 | been headed with $100. ? S NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. | P e Endicott Gardner, Federal 30902 0 660 @ 6 6 + 2| Molers' “department Unfon Iron Works, | Chinese inspector, has volunteertd his | — — - S > il ~ | @Ak Ak ke ke ok ok ok ok ko ok sk ok ok e ok ok ko k ok ok Ak ok ok ok ko ok [ sl e E e Ny X ST + o s - i o Nouse - il A GENUINE REDUCTiON SALE! { - PEOPLE ) x -~ 1 % account of ngx | 1IN THE ¢ | % | it mr Sewa o branch store : GALI-ERN : ‘: to my patrons and & | ublle in genera Poaes ! TO MAYOR PHELAN s ¢ ) s chich T wish to tu { :\\DZ h/:‘: ® “: cash before my . Sl | inter stock comes 'In ) MORRISEY, : 5 ‘ ee prices in the window. * FLAGSHIP OLYMPIA, JOE POHEIM, 1 ! LOR. (i ¢ 1: At Sea, June 30, 1899. 201 ;:‘!E\;r’:t(gflm!rys( 5 i 2 > et -208 3 meryst.. > ! : MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN, San Francisco—Dear IETOEEECRER: TEE | % Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note of May 10 e B understool that, al h the sale of ts | : . - o . = sl o 43 South et ool it B e S ar thers | 3 in confirmation of your telegram of the same date inviting me A ioa Angels x x * x * x x b x x o 0000000000000 e American Pla; Correspondence Solicited. JOEN 0. KIREPATRIOE, Manager. © 000000009000007@ RV'T LOST VIGOR, ND MANHOOD Cures Impotency Night Emissions and wasting diseases, all effects of , or excess sod indiscretion. . A nervedonic ead blood builder. Brings the pink glow to pale hecks and res stores the fire of youth. 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