The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1899, Page 15

14 TRIO OF BRUTAL WIFE-BEATERS IN POLICE COURTS e i Pitiful Tale of Annie Harkins. THE WORST ON RECORD FORCED TO SUPPORT HER HUS- BAND SINCE MARRIED. LT ik | John Prancis Healey Nearly Killed His Wife and Milo C. Damon Made Three Unsuccessful | Attempts. { i LR taie was related by Mrs e =3 he hands of I adwell's yes Frederick Warde, or as sweet dreams. Such day tors by a Orphe n, an could not pinc have red sure they TP LT of the Assc \agers for h a cloudburs way, 404 04040404040 4040404040404040404040+0 @+0+040 40+ 0404040 MAN WITH THE HOE AT THE LOAN EXHIBITION MILLET'S FAMOUS PICTURE SHOWN AT INSTITUTE. Many Celebrated and Costly Paint- ings in a Wonderful Collection All Owned by Local Art Lovers. 4 oy r away from G ition at the Those Who much for re- ngs on exhibition rep- masterpleces m the brushes of ¥ specim artists. collection, all the prop- and art celebrated Meyer i WAS SUICIDE. The Man Found Drowned Tied the Weight to His Body and | Jumped Into the Water. i Kowalsky adm Jacques and The most the and probably e paintings on ex- plecs OF tros tine 2 Siien “Man With Hoe,"” wn man m Crocker. An s placed upon It ns that » both at day cture has with equai s two splen- lings.” owr 5 . are two agnificent studies of from two different stand was the obicet al observation Pond, the s Bazet. This deili- ows famous sport close to the Bag. of coloring ois de Boulogne, atelle Castle of C In the Divorce Court. e n T omte d'Artols | the month ———————— More New Lawyers. | For the past two days the Commission- ers of the Supreme Court have been ex- n rty-seven applicants who de- dmission to practice law. Of this r only twenty-seven came up to the T isn't every day that a player— not even as eminent a tragedian as a nger as Camiile d’Arville—has the opportunity of facing a $2500 audiencs. Ttisa Pme eatrical experience 10 be with in the rosiest of dream afternoon at the " the * dozen, as they strutted to the plaudits of the been themselves were not walking > help 4 to be used in tiding t & n were peo- who had secured more than $2000 The exhibition will continue throughout | red standard Following are the of _the cessful applicants: 1 H. Brow William McKin- { Harry Donnelley, James D. Mer dith, Peter V. Ross, Robert Richard Dr. Parker's « op | Maurice Hirsch, Albert 8. Johnson, W. H. & cough. Never All aroggists. * | Gorrill, John F. Quin, Robert Erskine | " MAJOR MITE . DID A EBREW "CarE WWALK .. worth of seats, and others were com- ing, dripping, to buy standing room. The reason was two-fold. First and clation of the efforts of managers and players on the occasion of the great volunteer benefit, had come in person, unmindful of the storm, to voice it. Secondly, the cream of the bills of all the theaters was offered for thelr eu- tertainment. The managers of the nine theaters of the clty, who form the assoclation, were all smiles as they stood in .he front of the house to ceive the in- coming They could readily be distinguished by *thelr good looks and by natty badges pinned under bouton- times such player folk nieres on their lapels. Under their svertaken by ness or Instructions a number of young ices. Outside *he Women 0id programmes and Kept the of the morning had be- change ull they had piled up $200 for a torrential downpour. It was the fund. In this corps of active and make a manager think un- persuasive femininity were Nellle woe. The best that any Schiller, Georgla Cooper, Elste Dare, e city could have Reta Winfleld, Baby Ruth and Hazel rawn a cor- Lyons. A few minutes after 1 o'clock, with the house packed, the curtain went up on a programm® of so many gool Harry D. Danforth, Paul Armand n oseph Matthew Hickey, Sol Will A. Dower, Arthur Willam_ 0. Park George T. Shaw Jr. Adam H. S. Gans, M. Wright, John h' Wilson, Joséph F. Donaldson and m B. Ware Jr — o Artists’ Outfits. Pyrography, oll color and water color outfits put up in nice boxes for Christmas Sanborn, Vall & Co., Til Market . et e i 0SGOOD PLEADS GUILTY. The Man With Two Wives Will Go to State Prison. George L. Osgood, under Indictment for bigamy for having wedded Tillle Alice Glover and Nellle Kinsella at about the same time, pleaded guilty to the charge against him yesterday and will be sen- tenced on Saturday. The original Infor. mations agalnst Osgood were recently dls- missed by Judge Lawlor on review, the law not having been adhered to in their preparation, but the court instructed the Grand Jury to find an Indictment. The result was that Osgood, with both wives willing to testify against him, quit his fight charge against him VAMOS A MEXICO To the Ancient City and Back for Half Fare. The Southern Pacific has just announced the sale of excursion tickets from this city to the City of Mexico and return for $85, which is & trifle less than the regular thirty-day rate for one way only. a grand opportunity for a ¥ it and storied city, and is the very best time of the year to make such a trip. Tickets will be on sale Sunday and Monday next only, good for forty days to return, making liberal provi- slons for stopovers and side trips. Inquire at 613 Market street for full particulars. el Suicide Identified: The body of the man who cut his throat at the Berkele: last Tues Morgue by William street as that of F. real estate Dooly of 319 Bush C. Jones, recently a Stockton. is thought to have led t suicide. —_—————— Hitchcock School. The formal opening of the Hitchcock School, San Rafael, presided over by Rev. C. Hitchcock, will take place Monday, De- cember 1%, ‘There will be appropriate services and a reception. . foremost, San Francisco, glad of its first opportunity to testify its appre- House, 18 Mason street, on | night, was identified at the | 4040404 0404040404040 4040404040404 0 CERE MoN things that, before it was rung down a few minutes after 5 o'clock, It almost surfeited with Its richness. The first act of “Mother Earth,” with the en- tire Alcazar company, was the cur- tain-raiser. Everybody admits that this first act 18 a poem, and never was it better played, even In its own home. After ihe actors had responded to a curtain call, Hamilton Hill, the Aus- tralian barytone, one of the stars of the Orpheum’s regular bill, wrs com- pelled to respond to three encores and, strange sight, was rewarded, as fow male actors are, with flowers. ‘What disappointment the audience may have felt by reason of the non- appearance of Miss Lichter the Tiv- oll by reason of illness w removed when Major Mite came on, breezy from the Chutes, made up a la Cor- nille. His imitation of the actions and intonations of the Parisian chanteuse was richer than the real thing, which appeared later. He sang ‘‘Dat Nig- Bel a financial song, that the audi- ence will never forget, and *“T'rowed Him Down" in an accent so unctuous that the house went with the much-abused Ethiopian. Major Mite was rewarded with a bouquet half as UNHAPPY MOTHER . ENDED HER LIFE | or liberty and pleaded guilty to the | BY HER OWN ACT |Ollie Williar Turned On the Gas. BROKE HER WORD TO HARRY SHE HAD PROMISED HER YOUNG SON NOT TO DO IT. R Mrs. Ollle B. Williar three years ago | left her husband, and her sad story was | ended ye y | 1aid on a slab in rd when her dead body was the Morgue. Sickness and poverty had fallen to her lot and weary of her struggle she chose the fate of the suiclde. yesterday morning unconscious room in the Ashworth House at 320 Mason street. Employes of the place noticed the strong odor of {lluminating gas issuing from her room. They broke the transom | and passed the bellboy through, so that | he could unlock the door, the key being on the inside. The gas turned off and an entrance having been effected, the unfor- tunate woman was found just as she had retired on the preceding evening. It was thought at first that she was dead, but a | faint fluttering at the heart and a barely perceptible heaving of her bosom were evidences that she was gtill living and the police were notified by telephone. The unconsclous woman was hurried in an ambuiance to the City Recelving Hos- pital and was placed upon the operatin table for the purpose of administration o | restoratives, but before the surgeons had | time to roll 'up thelir sleeves she expired. | Sh addre reading e Harry, dear love, forgive me for breaking my word. Your MAMMA. Her son has been attending school at Holtt's Academy in San Mateo County. Last Monday she told him that she was tired of living and intended to kill herself. He begged and pleaded with her not to do s0, and she relented and promised that she would not commit sufcide. That is of the note, made y ay by the boy's father, H. R. Williar, agent for an Eastern paper con- cern, with office at 214 Pine street. The boy Harry and a daughter, Etelka, 14 ars old, residing with a family at 1849 left a not: neil on her table, in pe 2-year-old son Harry, She was found | in her THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1899. STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE PLAYE LDNESS, W:s “MASTER, TRio " large as himself, responding to two encores with “Hello, Ma Baby" and cakewalk variations simply delicious. s one of the big hits of the aft- ernoon. F ederick Warde and Mrs. Clarence Brune from the Columbia in the Icony scene from ‘“Romeo and Ju- liet”; T. Daniel Frawley, Harrington Reynolds, Harry S. Duffield and Gladys Weller of the California in ““The Littlest Girl,” and the fair scene from “Chimes of Normandy” by the company from the Grand Opera-house, were beautiful features of a long aft- ernoon’s entertainment that scintii- lated with the good things of George Fuller Golden, the silvery songs of Camille d’Arville of the Orpheum company, and with the witticisms of Ferrls Hartman of the Tivoll, the whirlings of the Mohring brothers of the Olympia, the cyclonic revolutions of Bonomoure's Arabs. The Eccentric Comedy Trio and the Tennis Trio of the Orpheum also did loudly applauded turns. It had been Intended that Manager Meyerfeldt of the Orpheum circuit, who is president of the Theatrical Managers' Association, should make an address to the audlience. At the last " BENEFITFISTS FLY 0T IN A SUTTER STREET CAR C. Walter Would Not Be Jolted. . THIRD OF THE ECCENTRIC Com EDY moment ice was discovered in his pat- ent leathers and Melville Marx of the Columbla went on the stage between two acts to make his excuses and in- troduce Frederick Warde, who was down to explain the uses of the bene- fit fund. The tragedian spoke feelingly of the arduousness of the players’ life and of the hardness of the lines he some- times fell upon, good as he might be, through the Inconstancy of a public. “The idol of to-day,” he said, “may be shattered to-morrow.’” The fund, he continued, was to be used for the benefit of such luckless players as might through sickness or other misfortune find themselves in need. For that reason, he went on, he was glad to see such a generous re- sponse, although he had expected nothing less. “1 say to you, he proceeded, “that 1 speak sincerely when I say that in no city of the civilized world are actors received with more cordiality, , if they merit it, with more en- couragement and reward than in this city of San Francisco. And you must be glad to think that the laughter and applause you have given this afternoon may re-echo as music in the ears of some poor actor benefited by your presence here.” | gracefully, $04040404040404040404040 $0404040404 0404 0+04040404040 40404040 404040 40404040+ Jackson street, are the only children of | the dead woman From time to time Mr. Williar had been | sending small sums of money to the woman who bore his name, but she com- plained in letters found in her room that | these remittances In a letter written t hile she was , she wrote: little I get rd e much too small. her son last Septem- on a visit to Los An- from your father won't for the little time I have al and all through October ent, 8o it makes it pretty bad Mr. Willlar sald yesterday that he and hi the past three years. charge of the fune rrangements. QOhhkhkhkhkAkkhk Ak kkkkkkk k@ Copies of The Call’s great Christmas Edition, wrapped and ready for mailing, can be obtained at all news deal- ers’, or at The Call business office. Please place your or- der at once, as the supply will be limited. OX¥X¥XXXXAXNNAXANREXXOD — e ——— RECECTION TO M. BENARD. Eminent French Architect Greeted by His Countrymen in This City. Monsieur E. Benard, the eminent Paris architect, who captured first prize at the international competition for plans for Tk kok ok k ok k ok ok ok k& Kk P the new University of California, was ten- | dered a reception last evening by the French colony of San Francisco in the a: sembly hall of the Red Men's building$ Post street, and his countrymen turned out in large numbers to greet him and congratulate him on the success and hon- ors his abilities have earned for him. In the center of the hall, which was decorat- ed with the French national colors, were two large tables, and on each was a mon- ster punch bowl, from which a champagne punch was freely served during the even- g, Bresident Legallet of the Fourteenth of July committee welcomed the guest of the evening in a brief speech, and he was fol- lowd by A. de Trobriand, Consul General for France In this city; A. Goustiaux, S Brun and E. Raas. M. Benard responded sing his appreciation ks fe » kindness shown him y rench residents of this (‘ll{, and eapecially for the reception in his honor. A string orchestra rendered excellent mu. sic during the evening, and was pronounced a success—a fact that | 1| wife had been divorced and separated | He has taken | the affair | Golden Gate Council + [} + (-3 + [} + 4 * o + o + o . [} + [} + o * (] + -] + [} + [} + o - o . =] + o - L THE NOTED TAA STARTS T0-Di Initial Trip of the Splen- did Sunset Limited. The famous Sunset Limited will start on its Initial trip at 5 p. m. to-day and con- tinue Tuesdays and Fridays until about April 1. Luxury and comfort, swiftness and | | and the | | | safety of passage, attractive and varfed ! scenery, select patronage and prompt con- nections are a few of the inducements of- fered the traveler by this magnificent train. The arrangement of the time sched- ule permits of daylight trips through the beautiful orange groves of Southern Cali- fornia and the picturesque plantations and moss-draped forests of the South. Connections are made at El Paso with the Mexican Central and the through cars of the Texas and Pacific for St. Louls, which will put California passengers in the latter city some ten or twelve hours ahead of all rivals. Equally advantageous connections are made at New Orleans with all limited trains for Washington, New York, Chicago, St. Louls and Cincin- nati and other cities, making the Sunset Limnv;lxl’ilz’nl;l llhe quh'{(es! as well as the most delightful route between Californ: and the East. - —_———— WILL OF CONSUL GREATHOUSE Bequeaths His Entire Estate to His Aged Mother. The will of the late Clarence Ridgley Greathouse, at one time United States Consul at Seoul, Korea, and recent ad- visor of the Emperor of Korea, was filed for probate yesterday. Mary E. ireat- house, decedent’s mother, who offers the will for probate, states that the deceased was 53 years of age at the time of his death, that he left an estate in this city consisting of personal property exceeding $10,000 in value and that the will has been d proved before Horace N. Allen, United States Consul General Seoul, empire of Korea. SAYS HIS PATIENCE “WENT” 4 SLE AT ELBOW JABS IN THE BACK NOT TO HIS LIKING. e s Early Morning Episode Which Pro- voked the Extreme Wrath of the Well-Known Carpet # Man. it Clarence R. Walter of the carpet firm of D. N. & E. Walter has for many years been an ardent follower cf the fistic sport, as far as a religious attandance at prize-fights Is concerned. Peering from the boxes around the ring he imbibed & pugilistic wisdom that was theoretically startling. Yesterday morning he work off some of this theory In a practical wa and now Mr. Walter has the ud 4 tinction of bearing a title that covers the territory confined to a Sutter-street car. It was 8 o'clock in the morning when Mr. Walter boarded a Sutter-street car moving eastward. Owing to the rain a crowd of passengers packed platform and aisles, but Mr. Walter finally ured breathing and standing room along with a strap supporter.. Every stop brought a jar, and every jar brought the elbow of - another passenger full in the small of Mr. Walter's Lack. After several blocks nad been traveled Walter came to the con- clusion that this persistent jabbing had become a habit and should for this reason be overlooked. While this frame of mind there came another elbow jab, more acute and forcible than its predecessors, and Mr. Walter’'s patience was lost Slowly and surely he felt his stock of temper vanishing. Something was said stranger replied with a _retort that unloosened the fists of Mr. Walrer from the strap and they found lodgment on the stranger's person. By this time the assengers began to take a hand in the s. The contestants were sep- e ends of the aisle to protect the safety of riders and keep the peace. Mr. Waiter was most anxious to ex change cards with the stranger, but his ds Interceded. His version of the is as follows: kept poking me In the back until my patience was exhausted. I wi about to expostulate with him when he turned around with a La Blauche swing that jarred. There was nothing left me to do but retaliate, and this I did it this man Is looking for satisfaction t him show himself. 1 tried to avold all unnecessary trouble, but this man de- liberately went out of his way to pro- voke a blow."” On account of the time neces- sary in the p'eparation of the Christmas edition of THE CALL, to be issued Sunday, December 17, NO ADVERTISE- MENTS for that issue will be received AFTER 9:30 P. M. SATURDAY. ——e—— LOCAL COMPOSERS. Gold Medal Awarded to A. F. Lejeal of This City. The Musiclans’ Club gave a concert at Sherman & Clay Hall last evening which was of great importance to the musical cult of San Francisco, Inasmuch as its programme consisted, with the exception of one number, of local compositic The purpose of the concert was to bri out two string quartets which were writ- ten for a competition Inaugurated by the Musicians’ Club something over a year ago. They were sent for examination to | Arthur Foote of Boston, the eminent com- | and must be considered a work of Decedent bequeaths his entire estate to | his mother, who is appointed executrix. The will bears date of October 10, 189, and is witnessed by Edward H. Baldock nd Elizabeth Unwin. —_——— Order of Pendo. There were many of the friends of of the Order of Pendo In the Soclal Hall of the Forest- was due to the efforts of the Fourteenth of | ers’ building last night to enjoy a musical July commit as follows: A. Legallet, president; 8. Brun and J. Dupas, vice presidents; J. §. Godeau, treasurer, A. Richert, secretar e, the officers of which are | and literary programme presented for | thefr entertainment by the social commit- tee of that body. followed by dancing. The programme was | Pratt | could pot have chosen a better Inter] poser, who awarded the first prize—a gold medai—to Alois F. Lejeal of this city and the second prize—a silver medal—to Charles E. Pemberton of Los Angeles The quartets were played in a masterly manner by the Minett! Quartet. Mr. L. jeal's composition created somewhat of a sensation among the musicians present art Its character is of the buoyant class and its rhythmic quality gives it quite a cheer. ful tone. It consists of four movements, each of which is worthy of praise. Another very able composition was a romanza for piano and violin by Giullo Minettl, executed by Hother Wismer and Fred Maurer Jr. It is an emotional work and quite apropos to its title. The criti- cal audience present was so well pleased with this work that an encore was de- manded. Among the songs were three lit- tle gems by W. A. Sabin, W. J. McCoy and Oscar Weil. These three compose: reter for their works than Mrs. C. O. Richards, whose refinement of taste enables her to rasp brilllant ideas quickly. Homer Hen. Fv)' sang a solo by Theodore Vogt entitied “Allah Is Light In Darkness. also a composition of muc embodies the orfental character of m and is made very unique by a wall, which is characteristic of the Arablan chant. There were two songs by Ad Locher, sung by Alfred Kelleher; a composition by P. C. Allen and two by John Haraden also Interpreted by Mrs. C. O. Richards. p O THAT SUIT PICTURED OPPOSITE, IN BLUE, PRETTILY BRAIDED, for 98c. None for dealers. To fit chaps between 8 and 7 years. Shall We Say Come Early? — |It's @ Christmas Gift From l Us to You. RAPHAEL'S INCORPORATED, The ’Frisco Boys, Cor. Kearny St. & Union-Square Av. T THAT WINTER REEFER COAT PICTURED OPPOSITE, IN BLUE, To fit chaps between the ages of —_— — We'll Do the Santa Ctaus[ RAPHAEL'S for 98c. 3 and 8 years. Just Come Early, That’s All! Aect This Year. INCORPORATED. The ’Frisco Boys, Cor. Kearny St. & Union-Square Av. 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