The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1899, Page 17

THE SAN FRANCISCO BULLETS FLY ON TRAIN DERAILED CROWDED STREET T SAVE LIFE Tra;ec{y Viewed by Pe-|Prompt Action Averts a destrians of Gotham. Wreck at Stockton. ——— 1 ACTOR ATTEMPTS MURDER ateh to The Cal R | STOCKT( 22.—The prompt ac- tion of Tow ers this evening in Mey -bound Santa Fe pas- the deralling switch a4 probable attend- e passenger engine h a few feet from the and Santa Fe crossing, Pacific freight, which Then Places the Muzzle of His Re- volver in His Mouth and Kills Himself in Sight of Hundreds. running ger averted s th Willis Clark, 42 tried to kill then comm: in front of nger, due here at § and approached the t as the south-bound South- 1 freight was moving out. Tow- erman Meyers saw that the freight would -day. He fired ssing first, and as the pa. shots s girl and two m to be slowing down n & em. He then » derailing switch and o revolver in his n run in at a lively clip. takes to tell it the en- nto the ditch. Engineer Jumped, es- pass hern Pacific freight e wo cars of a long train were Santa Fe track, indicating that would have st been got und he engine r d t upward \ d nd lles on fts hrough his Wife s | fo qard trucks of the baggage car are off the track, but the other o matned There is a dispute among railroad men ther or not Meyers was justified ngineer Armstrong claims were not given and been he could have brought standstlll before the ~ track was reached. as in his ac that if they his engine to Southern P revolver in | FIRE AT DUTCH FLAT. playhouse was ¥y empioy.d. uccessful and : Rear of His Store. DUTCH FLAT, Dec. 23—A number of butldings in Chinatown were destroyed by fire early thi had be Kee. of Wee und in the rear of med he was asleep d was overcome body It is pres »n the fire broke ou smok BOYS OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS MAY ENLIST CONSENT OF PARENTS IS NOT NECESSARY. w by Far-Reaching Opinion Handed Down by United States District Judge de Haven in an Enlist- ment Case. assed eigh d with mill th STRANGE FREAKS OF ‘ AN INSANE CARPENTER Breaks a Pasadena Water Main Be- se His Meter Had Been n issuc 19 years ¢ 1 in the grou der the age not legally f his parents Haven lays down the propos years, enlist ass of per: > permitted the navy and may provide by ent’ of minor ent of parents or guar- nfon states further that the vide that minors be- 18 years of age shail not al service without or guardians and the cus- accordance with rt ordered young 1 opinion rton into t dy of the United States naval a thorities to serve r the full period s listment. Bert Schlesinger, the a for Norton, will take an appral United s Clrcuit Court of Ap- peals. —_———— ROW IN A ROOMING HOUSE. The Landlady, a Doctor and a Real Estate Agent Mix Things Up. Iver buckled walst. He had | here would be | being seen. | There was a lively row in the rooming house, %5 Market street, yesterday morn- ing, and as a result the landlady, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and two of the occupants of her rooms were arrested and later re- leased © Cowing. and agent that he should keep his door closed other roomers complalned of the noise real insisted | he made. Cowing threatened to kill her, | and seizing @ chair made a blow at her. | 8he dodged, and Dr. Emil Thiele, who has LA ew Shipping Orders. N aiso an office In the bullding, ran to her S ANC istance. The doctor mixed things up | stor Contl- the real es! agent and soon d him out. ,wing went to the Receiving Hospital and had a lacerated wound of the sealp dressed, after which he secured a warrant in Judge Mogan's court for the arrest of T and Mrs. Johnson on a_charge of About the same time Mrs. John- for Cowing's arrest charges of battery instrue- the rail- ng ship- rious rall- 1l shipments in place fro dge Conlan o and threats against life. ———————— TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS. The Sum of $3,815,669 05 Has Been Collected Up to Date. | Tax Collector Shechan yesterday com- pleted his returns on the amount collected | for taxes of all descriptions from July 1, 189, up to and including November Z Clerk. | lifering clerk of | convicted of petty | for sentence before rday. An earnest plea of a une to save him m ihe disgrace of going to jall was le by ex-Judge Pierce of Los Angeles, ' ze said it was his second of- 1 example had to be made He sentenced him to thirty ail A Pilfering jewelers, The figures of Head Bookkeeper Maguire are as follows: | Personal property secured by real e | estate .. In addition there has been collected d wol Tteal estate, first ins e s ke, troubleTiod shir | Real estate, second installment.... | l"nr- November 21, when taxes became | Gelinguent, the sum of $6702 82, making a Personal property unsecured by real grand total of $3 815,669 05. The grand total on the books, as re- turned by the Assessor, for collection is $5.976,451 89, leaving the sum of $2.160.512 §4 estate SN ohie et Taxes of previous years. Total ADVERTISEMENTS. COULD TRY THEM ALL. A Drug Clerk’s Experience. | ywing letter from Mr. H. B. Pine street, Scranton, Pa., ex- itself and will be of interest to 5 remains on the second installment of real estate taxes, which falls due on January 2. 1800, and becomes delinquent thousands who have suffered the tortures | Apr) 29, 190, of that common trouble, hemorrhoids or | ————— piles | IDENTIFY THEIR GOODS. r. Stark says: I feel it my duty to| e Charles Huth, the restaurant man at 311 Montgomery avenue, who was arrested Friday for being a ‘“fence” for wagon thieves, was arrested yesterday and booked at the City Prison on two charges of receiving stolen property and other ac- | cusations will probably be added to the list, Yesterday several grocers who had suffered by huvi:s articles stolen from their wagons called at the City Prison to have & look at the miscellaneous coiee- tion of articles found on Huth's premires. H. W. Mangels of Fillmore and Green- wich streets, Iidentified several cans of salmon, stolen, along with oiner articles, from his wagon on December 12; Henry Tietien of Eighteenth and Sarnchcz streots identified two sacks of sugar and four rolls of butter; Wolff Forwarding Com- pany identified several boxes of cigars and A, Herzberg, %1 Point Lobos avenue, write an unsolicited testimonial ng | the Pyramid Plle Cure. Since a boy I| have suffered untold agony from plies. I| have tried all avallable remedies, con- | sulted many physiclans, but without help or even rellef. 1 have been employed as a drug clerk for the past fifteen years, consequently have been in a position where 1 could try ail of the new and old remedies for plles, but as before stated to no avail. “About six weeks agol was again suffer- | ing from my old trouble, and as an ex- periment tried the Pyramid Pile Cure, and Jet me say that it gave Instant relief and | lly cured. 1 am sure aiso | is permanent | +1 shall always recommend the Pyramid | to any one suffering from any form of | §i¢ {dentified several articles, plies and shall do what I can to advance | The detectives are satisfied that the four the sale of 50 excellent a remedy.” Signed | thieves ‘n “the tanks"—Julian Nichols, H B. Stark | Edward Lynch, Willlam Shulach and The Pyramid Pile Cure is the most | Louls Blumenthal—were implicated in the popular and widely known of any remedy | stealing of McCoy & Co.'s wagon Thurs- ever oftered for piles. day morning and expect to have ample It is the most popular because it is the | proof against them soon. most successful. It cures every form of | ———————— The Swindlers Must Suffer. les without pain or detention from daily | The Supreme Court has affirmed the occupation and contains nnln I:‘IP or elb)_-l SHER0.5F. Y SUMPYPY T PR conviction of A. B. Camubell and €. D, Spencer, who were found guilty of grand stance larceny in Los Angeles. All druggists sell the Pyramid Pile Cure at 5 cents for full sized packages. he Santa Fe track, passed | & ury he Agers were 1" shaking up by the sudden | moment the engine was Chinese Merchant Found Dead in the | After the flames | as | yet to be collected. Of this amount $1,767,- ) 'CHRISTMAS SURPRISE AT | MAJOR HARNEY’S HOME | | —_— A WL W Wi\ | : g : g g : b |3 RO LOROHGHION SHARATORG BOROROKOR OROROROROO . | AJOR P. J. HARNEY broke a record last night. For the first time tn his life he was unable to make a speech. He was struck dumb when he entered his home last night, and had it not been for the A t'mely assistance of ex-Governor Budd and his colleagues on the Harbor Board the major's calamity might have stald with him many hours. His remarkable experience was entirely due to an elaborate Christmas surprise party, planned by the employes of the Harbor Commts- sion. As the major entered his home and saw the glittering baubles of the Christ- mas tree reflected in the burnished surfaces of a massive silver service, that he knew he had not ¢ ' earlier in the day, he impulsively looked at his hall lamp to satisfy himself that he had not entered the wrong house. At the same moment an orchestra filled the parlors with the music set to the march of a mquering hero”; a loud laugh came from the darkened dining-room, and was followed by a boisterous clapping of hands. The major was still in a trance till he heard, clear above all other rbances, musical or oral, the Oaklandesque laugh of W. D. English. Then the situation dawned upon him -echless. 0 PO RO O DO DD BT % bec Ex-Gov equanimity a speech the ex-Governor. ng to restore the major's useless he ded to make the Christmas season,” salé affection of our fellowmen. tainly a happy opening of We all value the esteem and We value it most when we can ourselves that we have at least par- s tlally merited it. Major Harney can justly appreciate to the fullest ex‘ent $ the motive that has brought us here. Anxious to show our high regard for & Major Harney. we have made him this little present. which we hope he G live long to use, with his estimable wife and charming children. As a ma £ Major Harney is the peer of any man- one little glance that we are now tak- % ing into ome life testifies to his value as a husband and father; as a & friend. I need say nothing, and as a servant of the State he Is.deserving of o the highest confidence.” & President Kilburn of the Harbor Board sincerely indorsed all the ex-Gov- 82 ernor's remarks, and when he concluded Major Harney was sufficiently col- lected to tell how he had been held under without any suspicions on his part, by Mr. Budd and Rudolph Herold. In a few well arrest all the afternoon, thougih and Mrs. Kilburn, ex-Governor hosen words Major Harney ex- referring to T y telling how that en invited by Mr. Kilburn to join them at the Harne: had RN w raised the excuse that he did not care to meet ladics in the evening, wearing red shoes. Rudolph Herold, still wearing his red shoes, paid a high compliment to Ma- gentleman, jor Harney, and said that the day after they met they became firm friends and had so remained ever since. Mr. Herold sald he was personally under a debt of gratitude to Mr. Harney for the readi the major had shown in taking him on the inside of water front problems. Speeches were also made by Mesers. Yulick, Jenks, Henderson, O'Brien, Gogdrich and others. A banquet followed the presentation, and several toasts were drunk, including that of the Governer of the State. O ONONONORON DUO% ORO NOOR OO HONGOLOR ONONONONO WORURONON GROVOLONOONON GO '. o 3 =3 5 K s B | @ORONORONCON OO OO ONO N ONONONONONONON ORORONO% YOUNG MAN ARRESTED | FIRST RECIMENT IS ON A SERIOUS CHARGE STILL VERY UNSETTLED John Hagerman, a Drug Clerk, Ac- All Because the Upper Office Is So cused of Robbing a i Very Slow—Discussion as to | Woman. Life in Camp. John Hagerman, a young drug clerk, | All matters affecting the First Regi- was taken into custody last night by Of- | ment of the National Guard of Califor- and charged at! nla are as they were a week ago, The the City Prison with robbery. The pris- | authoritles at Sacramento are examining oner was arrested on a warrant sworn to | the muster rolls of the twelve companies | ¢ Mrs. Robert McCord, otherwise known | and also examining the oaths and the | le Henderson” and “Myrtle An- | surgeons’ certificates, to the end that the oung woman who tried to end | lists shall all be correct when the order lay morning by swallow- | is finally issued admitting the regiment | formally into the guard; but that upper office iIs very slow. | Captain ‘Havens of the Fifth Regiment, | commanding the company at Banta Rosa, has secured a range site on a lease for | two years near what is known as the Rock Quarry, close to the city. The | ground which was obtained a few days | ago will shortly be graded and ranges at | 200, 300 and 5% yards will be established. The company at San Rafael is making | arrangements to obtain a suitable range | near that city, and expeets to secure one | within the next two weeks. | There is no certainty that a division her life 1 | ing carbolic acid s was published exclusively in The | Call on Wednesday last, Mrs. McCord was | attacked in her room in the Parker House and robbed of $40, and was 50 upset by the | action of her husband, who participated | in the crime, that she swallowed the poi- son. The woman was taken to the hospi- tal and placed out of dan On learning of the robbery Captain Wittman detatled Officers Joy and Wilson on the case, but | ¢ were unable to find the men who | setrated the crime. McCord was set on having her hus- his companion punished for the 0 she swore to the war- $rants. During the past few days she has | cam van bo Neia® g, B g A e TR her assallants, and | Crus, for at the time that those ?,'.'"u‘ last night she located Hagerman and no- | bars ‘of the guird who can cren, Tem- | | tified Policemen Colen and 'Magee and | of absence o go 1o wemp. thentan, leave | | they placed him under arr I Bione tohbs . o companies th; A in the farming districts will oy that it will be imposs away. ‘The general regimental camps. But it is of & number of the guard that fhe Paniol | should not be as they have been in the | past. where there is nothing but guard | mount, dress parade, close and open or. | er Residents of the der and the like, but that th, | Empire Sta.e. | they would be called upon to perform }¢ A number of former residents of New | they were In service. This would include York met in the Occidental Hotel a few | Marches, reconnoissance, map making evenings since and organized an associa- | 319 Teborts on, the ‘g\';fldllllon of the roads tion which has selected for its name *“The | 418 to give the sol- diers of the State practical wi New Yorkers.” The object Is to promote | they may know the duties ot a so that erman denied that he robbed the n. Robert. McCord, the man who ran off with the money, is still at large. —_—e———— } THE NEW YORKERS. | A New Social Urganization Composed | cated | ill be s0 busy ible for them to get | talk is In favor of | good-tellowship and soclability among its | insiead of having a picnic and dances. | members and collect, preserve and diffuse | {; lié?sfg;e‘zh‘eh‘cfi.;'p""fi,,s,“}:' will have information respecting the State of New money expended to bring nbout. ?';'3137 | York. The following named were chosen of- ficers: General W. H. L. Blmr\l.xrnl- dent; Max Popper and Colonel W. R. Smedberg, vice presidents; Colonel H. P. | ush, secretary; Phillp 1. Fisher, treas- | results, s0 that In case of nee and men may know what they .ré’?fi’" It was expgcted that the superior of- fice at Sacramento, which is so very slow, would have before this either prepared new set of rules and regulations for the .’ Colonel_Southard Hoffman, E. B. | 8uard or Issued an order discarding th Read, 3. P. Meehan, Dr. 8. W. Sichel, | ErG bose _But neither has been b Willlam McMann and J. N. Much, direct: | it Is stated by men who have studied the ors. The last named will be the executiva | National Guard committee and will manage the affairs cf the new organization. -—— ‘Walhalla’s Christmas Tree. A more jovial and soclable set of people never met In a lodge room of the Odd | Fellows' bullding than that which was in that of Walhalla Rebekah Lodge last night to enjoy the Christmas festival ar- ranged by the members. The room was tastefully decorated with the colors of the order, and at one end was a tree ‘oaded down' with presents for all. Mrs. Merk- dith, the noble grand, was the mistress of ceremonies, and after the close of the lodge invited all to partake of a bountiful collation. A series of games followed, and prizes were awarded to each winner, after which there were dancing,singing of English and German ballads and the dis- tribution of the prizes. Next month this lodge, which is the only German one of the order In this city, will install the fol- lowing officers: Georgiana Hencken, no- ble grand; Josephine Ducrew, vice grand; Emma Greninger, recording secretary; Tillle Lorentz, financial secretary, and Ju- lia Marks, treasurer. laws well a - | millar with the United s(mea"grn.l;!hl’:a | book, that if the superior office will dis card the present rules and regulation; and issue an order declaring that the guard will in future be governed by the lue book so far as it Is applicable in the guard, that the officers le have a sen- sible fiulde to go by. But as it 1s, what lhf A ave to gulde them Is worse than no ug. —— e WAS STRICKEN DOWN BY HEART DISEASE Jacob Michaelson Fell on the Street and Passed Away Shortly After at Receiving Hospital. Jacob Michaelson. a stockbroker, who resides at 204 Ellls street, died at the Re- celving Hospital last night from heart disease. He was stricken while walking with his wife down Sixth street and was quickly removed to the hospital In a coupe. He passed away shortly after his arrival, and at the request of the Cor- > i) oner's depulr the body was removed to A Railroad Change. |he|Calltorn @ Undertaking Company's The Pacific Improvement Company, | "Hhe d The deceased was 54 years of well known in this clty. R and Asks for Extra Clerks. Tax Collector Sheehan yesterday peti- tioned the Board of Supervisors to appro- priate the sum of 340 for the employmen of extra clerks In his office. 'rie enrll clerke will be employed in stamping the assessment rolls, making out bilis and also the routine work of the office in pre- commencing on the first of the year, will move into new offices In the Crocker building. All the various properties be- longing to the Pacific Improvement people are to be henceforth operated under one head and that head will be the company itself. Varlous branches of the company which _have heretofore been under the care of one or another of the differgnt de- partments of the Southern Pacific will be changed so as to come under the control JALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 | George B. Studd of Los Angeles, Cal. 17 MODOY'S FURERAL 5 POSTPLNED Services Will Be Held Tuesday Afternoon. MR U Special Dispatch to The Call. EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass., Dec. 22— | Yielding to pressure brought to bear by friends, the family of Dwight L. Moody Moody until Tuesday afternoon, instead of holding it on Monday, as at first they intended to do. Some of the details were arranged during this forenoon, and it was made known later that the famlily had consented that public services should | be held in the Congregational church at :30 o'clock. The body will lie in state at the church during the morning. Rev. C. J. Schofleld, pastor of the church, will offi- clate, assisted by Rev. R. A. Torrey of Chicago, and addres es will be made by men who have been associated with Mr. | Moody in his work. Upward of 100 telegrams of condblence from all parts of the United States have | been recelved up to 11 o'clock. Rev. F. B. Meyer of London, who tLas been a prominent speaker at Northfled, and who, with Mr. Moody. held meetings in several of the large cities of the coun- try last fall, cabled from England. Amc | the messages from this country those from Commander Booth-Tucker, | Mr. and Mrs. John Wanamaker, Louis Klopsch of the Christian Herald of the family arrived here during the forenoon The trustees of the Northfleld Seminary met to-day and set apart a spot at_Round eral relatives and close friends Top as the burial place of Mr. Moody The grave will be school property, buc it is very near the Moody home. Owing to the large number of friends who are ex cted to attend the funeral, the Nor eld, the hotel which is used for the commodation of those who attend the {a- titute annually, will be opened. and if »und necessary other arrangements will be made to care for those who come to the funeral. The selection of pallbearers and otl'er details will be attended to on Monday. Lecture by Dr. Voprsanger. - Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, D.D., rabbl of Temple Emanu-El, Sutter street, will lec- ture this evening at the Starr King Afri- can M. E. Zion Church, $5 Stockion street, at § o'clock. Subject, ‘The Com- | mon_ Right of Education.” All are in- vited to attend. CALIFORNI* TEMPLARS AT THE GRAND CONCLAVE The members of Californfa Commandery No. 1 and t » of Golden Gate Com- mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, of this city are making, through their re- spective committees, great preparations for the triennial conclave, to be held in Louisville, ., in 1901, he first named rters in the Galt House latter for 270 mbers of Cali- ters in the lower part of the bullding, while oth- er will occupy the billiard hall. The Knights of Californla will bulld a grand arch at First and Maln stre . that wtil be known as the Califo) the members of Golden ( electr! di y in fromt House. They have made arrangemen:s for a grand display in the parade, and they will entertain in a most hospitable manner, keeping up the reputation that the Knights from California have gau wherever they have attended the claves, The members of California Commande will appear in the parade mounted black horses, and will be cort of Sir Reuben H. Lloy the most eminent grand master, trip across the continent. On the way t St. Louis the commanderies of Colorado, Kansas and Missouri will join in the es- cort to the and th The m dq same I fornia will have their hea on the special es- d of this city nm his The several commanderies of the various States and Territories are all active in the matter of preparations. Up to last week forty-five commanderies had secured | quarters in uisville, and orders tor more rooms were still arriving. One of the features of the grand en- campment of the United States will be the competitive drill, in which a number of the organizations will take part. Golden Gate Commandery of this city will be in |it, and expects to be in the very fore- front. —_————————— Fair Estate Censured. The following verdict was rendered oy the Coroner’s jury at the Inquest yester- day upon the body of Willlam Ryan, the carpenter who was killed last Friday afternoon by falling through a temporary flooring in the Fair building on Pine eet: “That saild_death was accidental, and further, we find that the elevator shaft was not properly guarded. and wi the owners of the property at street (the Falr estate) for not maintain- ing proper safeguards for the protection | of workmen employed by them on said buflding.” The verdict was approved by the Coro- ner. e Villier Was the Man. An Inquest was begun by Coroner Hill yesterday on the remains of Edith How- land, the twenty-two-vear-old woman Si. Luke's Hospital last Wednesday from the effects of a criminal operation. The testimony of the relatives elicited the fact that A. J. Villler, a printer, was responsible for her misfor- tune and that he had the operation per- formed. Villier went to Los Angeles after the girl died, but was ox_{_x«vled to return to this city iast night. The Inquest was thereupon continued until Tuesday morn- ing at 10 o'clock. —_—e.—— Charged With Burglary. M. T. Dwyer, an ex-Deputy County Clerk, ll\'hli at 9% Steuart street, was in- structed and arralgned in Judge Mogan' court yesterday on a charge of burglary. He is accused of breaking into the room of ‘“Pete” Trovenal, who lives in the same house. The case was continued till Tuesday. M. Lang, another roomer, se- cured a search warrant from Judge Mo- to recover a trunk which he alleges Ewyer stole from his room. All Passengers Escaped. MASON CITY, Iowa, Dec. 23.—A mes- sage received in this citv to-day direct from Clarence Dumbolton refutes the re- port recently received from Vancouver relative to the death by drowninfi of Mrs. Dumbolton and four others. The vessel was caught in the jam and destroyed with its contents, but the passengers es- caped and were at Delawyn. —_— Price on Kang Yu Wei’'s Head. PEKING, Dec. 23.—An imperial edict just issued offers especial rewards for the capture of the Cantonese reformer, Kang Yu Wel, dead or alive. As Kang Yu Wei is in Hongkong. This is regarded as an in- citement to commit murder in a British colony. con- | WELLCOME'S GUILT DECLARED PROVED iSupreme Court of Mon- I tana Disbars Him. el gt GAVE COIN TO LEGISLATORS —_— | Used Money to Influence Votes | for United States Senator | Clark. i —_— ' Epecial Dispateh to The Call | HELENA, Mont., Dec. 22.—The Supreme | | Court to 3 Wellcome disbarment case. an opinfon per curiam by the whole ¢« reviews the recent memorable proceed- | ings had before it and conciudes by fin ing that John B. Weilcome must ve de- prived of the privilege of further actir as an attorney and counselor at law. The court begins Its opinton by revie ing briefly the charges preferred against Wellcome of bribery and conspiracy -to bribe, as well as the recent proceedings he court. The court says in s#ing the case it will eliminate all ges based upon Information, addres ing itseif directiy to the g guilt or innocence of the ac specific charge of bribery. On account the voluminous evidence taken and tion of the used on the ot be- cause disbarment must be made in case at of either the charge of bribery or t conspiracy to bribe ls sustained proof the court will confine Its e charge of the payment of $10.0 to State Benator Clark of Madison County, refer- ring to the cases of Garr, Whiteside and ! Myer only in so far as it is necessary to elucidate the Clark charge. The court discards th evidence bearing on the financial transue- | tons of Warner, Geiger and Hobson us | tmmatertal. It quotes extensively from | the testimony of State Senator Clark as to his meeting with Whiteside, the two | planning to meet with Wellcome for the purpose of getting the money to expose bribery and the scene in Wellcome's room in the Helena Hotel when the money wus paid to Clark. | In a long review of court holds that the Wellcome to State Se ence his vote for Uni: proved and that Wel barred for the act SLITTLE BO-PEEP” AT THE TIVOLI | Tt is a merry Christmas at the Tivoll | with “Little Bo-Peep.” Ferris Hartman has got his second wind and monopolizes the comedy. We remember ““T for many things, but chiefly, I think, for his unthinkable costumes, and now that he is with us again he outdoes all his pre- vious efforts in the matter of g costuming. There is humor in h the by ted States Se: lcome should be Gainsborough In the first act, and his habiliments in the second tearfully and wonderfully wrought. The question | is, can he ntinue to exceed himself? “Little Bo-Peep” fits the occasion suf-| | ficiently well. It has a certain celerity nd the pauses bet laughs are not too long. Yet, ndid I would suggest to the theatrical mechanic who constructs our up-te - burlesques that it would be wiser to dump things on the stage too hurriedly. his xture of ?nlld stuff and good .nnu)%h ff 1s not alr to any one—neither the public, nor the actors, nor the author. When the Tivoll proposes (it might be more corre to say when the management of the Ti oll thinks) to produce another extra t ganza, let it pause. How much better would it be to take pains! How much better to cast aside the mass of indif- ferent dialogue and make tBe thing clever | from beginning to end. | This would necessitate, perhaps. the ing over of a contemplated production a six-month or a year, but in the end we would be served with an entertain- ment that would not only appeal to the easily pleased, but would Interest the most blase listener. That would mean a | record-breaking run, and therein the pa- tient author would find his reward. “Little F " has its foundation In B h bu and the original rhyme out occasionall; 1 wonder if it has er struck the paraphrasts of English burlesque that it might be well for them to make t versions in rhyme. A mod- ern extravaganza with genuine claims to literary merit would offer a new interest. Of the people at the Tivoli some honor | able mention may be made. After Hart | man and very close at that, comes Alf Wheelan, who, if not good enough for first comedian, Is almost too good for | second. As ‘old Mother Hubbard he | makes much of the fun. Annie M | 1s not prof | with IL-- with a much improved v minent, but she carries her same snap as | mer also sings and right well. thou | merit lles chiefly in a few tricks of vocal- | 1zation that she seems to have effectively developed. There is in the second act a travesty on the male quartet, that (u accompanied) abomination that fs me | than half-clever. Without further detail however. “Little Bo-Peep” cannot fail to amuse, and. while we attend the coming of the consistently clever burlesque, we can be very satisfactorily entertamed by this “holiday attraction.' PORTER GARNET. A Great Center of Fun. There are but few centers of amusemen* In the city that have become more nopu- lar than the Steeplechase, Central Park. The_spirit of festivity so inseparable to the holiday season has not been lost siwht of by the management. and a long line of extra attractlons has been provided f.r the patrons. The resort is about to take several rapid leaps ahead in the amuse- ment line. The new manager, S. P. Mur. phy, who has had years of experience at Coney Island. New York. has introdu -e¢ many new features. which have added greatly to the popularity of the place. He has many attractions In_view. and is de- | termined” to make the Steeplechase the greatest place of amusement in the city. Killed at a Crossing. PALMYRA, Mo., Dec. 23.—Peter Nichol, a well-to-do colored farmer, was return- ing home In a wagon, when a train struck and demolished the vehicle at a rallroad crossing, killing the old man. one of his daughters and a grandchild. Another daughter was badly injured and a sec- ond grandchild has since died from its in- juries. —_—e————— | Street Orator in Prison. “Con"” Walsh, a well-known street-cor- ner orator, while under the influence of liquor, harangued a crowd at Powell and Market streets and annoyed ladles who were passing by making remarks to them. | He was arrested for disturbing the peace and yesterday morning he told Judge Mogan that he was addressing the crowd on the bond question. The Judge advised him i1 future to hire a hall. He was con- victed and ordered t« appear for sentence | Tuesday. Sole Agents WEBER, KRELL And 5 other makes; PIANOS. C. F. MARTIN GUITARS and MANDOLINS And STELLA MUSIC-BOXES. —the If you buy of the company to which they properly ring the same for transfer to Tax Col- + belong. ector-elect Scott. Cor. OPEN EVENINGS. LONG-LIVED PIANOS Are Standard Pianos We have them in Baby Grands and Uprights— Cash or installments. is not our fault. SHEET MUSIC /3 OFF TO EVERYBODY. 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