The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1900, Page 14

13 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, EA AIDING RNEST WORKERS A CHURCH Fair Maids to Preside Over Pretty Booths in Order to Swell the Building Fund. rnest workers of the Trinity s Ev cal y engaged pre- grand bazaar, will open in Mission hursday evening. The | Saturday evening. e has been pre- Miss Millie Flynn, n Dodd, Knicker- 1 other well-known the preside shrenberg, M. win SAYS A STRANGE MAN | Lutheran | f booths and £ | - & | THREE YOUNG LADIES WHO ‘ AF DEEPLY INTERESTED : | - & TRIED TO STRANGLE HER Peculiar Tale Told by Alice Du Poister! | another of Mr. Is Doubted by Police. the pre: per- the wor basso of the G pany, and I mous brother, n taking their America wrote & Sons as follows: WAY & SONS, We leave for Europe Womld you kindly London house to have for our use there at thie ocoas sion to thank xtend iction an been and are b masterworks only. yours. N DE RESZKE. ARD DE RESZKE. The personal indorsement of rtists should be taken consideration by any one emplating purchasing a 0. Mr. Edouard de Reszke will sing to-night in “Don Giovanni,”” on Thursday night in “Romeco et dJu- ette,” on Friday night in “Les Huguenots’ and on Saturday night in “Faust.” 1 the Sherman. Steinway _ sales- Clay Visit rooms_of Co.. who are the Pacific Coast alers. Steinways are sold on easy de terms when desired. Sherman, Clay & Co. Steinway Piano Dealers, . 18th and_Broadway, ((;"(:r Park & Washington, Portland. 711 Second avenue, Seattle. “villain” in the case . she gave he claimed that midnight she was rudely mebody, who after tylug he sheet around her neck, d some “white powder” on ared that she did not see it It was the same her father's trunk pen tect herself t neck and sprinkle being zed, was ar of lead the red O’Dea claims arrested the girl about three years ling a gold ring from anothe trial, however, she was dis- rison, which, found to be BAZAAR TO BE GIVEN BY CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Many Unique Features and an Art Gallery Will Entertain the Visitors. At the grand benefit bazaar to be given in aid of the elimi n of the debt of the Church of the Advent at Golden Gate Sutter street, on Thursday and afternoons and evenings, Novem- many unique features are ced and the affair promises v entertaining and up-to- date. | There will be a continuous performance | of vocal and instrumental music, tableaux | vivants, under the charge of Kean, the | prestidigitator, who will also practice his | | mysterious art, and McKinley, the accom- | plished illusionist, palmistry and fortune | telling by a seeress versed in reading past and future, dancing in the evenings to the music of a fine orchestra and numer- cus other attractions. Some original ideas in the arrangement | of the hall are ready for announcement and others are well forward in their prep- aration. Among these a prominent at- traction will be the picture gallery under the efficient superintendence of Mrs. George W. Reed, whose husband, the | well-known Bohemian Club man, is lend- ing valuable aid to the coming bazaar. Mrs. Reed has been especlally fortunate in securing ofl and water-color pictures of a high order for sale, as well as for ex- | hibition. Among other artists Mrs. Susan | Looseley has contributed a number of characteristic Arizona water-colors done by her from sketches made in the land | of the cactus. Mrs. Maynard, who has just returned from a summer’'s sojourn in Europe, has donated a collection of interesting wood | carvings from Oberammergau, where she | witnessed the Passion Play. These, with | many religious pictures and other souve- nirs, will be on sale under the superin- | | tendence of the donor. | | Among the young ladies who will assist | | { will be Miss Reed, Miss Weeks, Miss Lane and Miss Henrletta Moffatt in the flower booth under Mrs. Stuart Aldrich; in oth- er capacities will serve Misses Virginia and Roberta Deal, Miss Katherine du | Vall, Miss Wellington, Miss Beatrice Far- num and Miss Wood. ————— Views From Life of Christ. Rev. H. H. Wyman, C. 8. P., enter- tained St. Rose Sodality In Union-square Hall last night with a series of views from the life of Christ. —_———— Ladies' tallor-made suits, silk skirts, fur capes; liberalcredit. M. Rothschild, 52 Sutter.* | s | &) the | heet around | MARVELOUS IS MELBA AS i Puccini’s “La Bo- heme” Beautifully Rendered. SR AUDIENCE IN RAPTURES Pathetic Scenes and Tragic Periods Are Vividly Portraued. — By Blanche Partington. | Anether good night with the Grau peo- | ple, Puccint’s *“La Boheme” the pro- gramme and Melba the divine as Miml. { Once only has the opera been given be- | fore here—in '97 by a poverty-stricken, clever little Italian company, who were { only all too fami with the ups and | downs—mostly downs—of the artist life, which the opera so faithfully presents. | The opera was, of course,” pirated—the company had been | where everything goes—and we had the good fortune to get a share of the loot. For they ‘were an artist crowd, happy-go- lucky, lavishly musical, born actors and pathetic ted by circumstances | | for the opera’s interpretation. | | The orchestra was amazingly good, the | principals really excellent, but the chorus! | ohime the chorus! how well I remember | 1t! Gathered in from the hedges and the | highw of the Latin Quarter, from the big-eyed bambinos—whose mothers must | | bring them to the theater for there was no one else to care for the little ones—to the aged grandam whose sweet, old Ital- fan voice still had a worth-while note in it. The scenic | par with the appearance of the chorus, | but there was heart, and life, and genius | in the performance just the same, as one them in the air last nt circumstances! brilllant, vivid, scin- modern | gladly felt under how ¢ | “La Boheme tillating sort of thi ner, but at opposite poles—realistic as he is realistic, and viftly picturesque as | Wagner is reposefully romantic. Puceini | | never by any chance prolongs the musical | expression beyond the limits of the dra- | matic moment. Rather does the move- ment occasionally suggest unfinished mu- al thought, its legitimate expression | denied climax in compliance with the | dramatic exigencies, while oppositely | Wagner will often prolong the dramatic situation beyond all reasonable limit to | allow to his mustcal idea its full frult of | | development La Boheme" has the same | saving lack of set solo, trlo, quartet and the rest of it, as has the Wagnerian mu- | sie, and represents the last word so far of the modern Italian school. { The opera received a delightful interpre- | tation last night. It had just the right tone-coloring, accent, feeling. Melba is a charming Mimi. She sings and acts the part with a pathetic grace that touches the heart and brings tears to the eyes, “Mimi! Mimi!" shouted the audience at the third scene’s close, where she bids | farewell to her poet-lover, and *‘Mimi!” | again. It is an unusual part for Melba, in this regard. No sort of opportunity does the role offer for the lovely vocal gymnastics of which she. is so perfect a mistress; it | is pure, straight, dramatic singing and | the artist here achieves another triumph | in her admirable art of simplicity. The part of Musetta served to introduce Grau’s singers, Miss Fritzi | Scheff, and a pretty and dainty little so- | Miss Scheff's voice 1s light, but | | sweet, and she gave a chic and charming portrait of the little grisette, strange | | brilliant flower of the life of the Latin | quarter. | Mr. Cremonini had a grateful part as | udolfo, lover of Mimi. He sang with | much feeling and acted - ell, more espe- | clally in the scene of Mimi's death, which | was a fine dramatic movement. The part | also suits him vocally. | Campanari did the Marcello and was | well sulted in the role. Mr. Gillibert, | whi first hearing here was last evening, | raised a pleasant barytone in Schaun- ard’s part, but, dear me! he looks like two starved musicians, not one! Mr. | Journet's good bass was heard in the part | of Coiline, and Dufriche and Maseiro | completed the cast The audience was a little afraid of it- self in the matter of expressed enthusi- | asm at first. The atmosphere of *Bo- hemia” lacks dignity, except in its trage- dies, and the audience, unaccustomed to demand upon its risible arrangements n grand opera roused only to a rather| doubtful and condescending applause at | | first. But when the diamonds and dol- | lars were forgotten in the pitiful, small | Joys and troubles of the brave Bohemians, the house was ready with its tears and | | laughter in fullest need. | Not a soul lifted hat or coat till the | | curtain rang down—they were forgotten in the tragedy of a garret. The atmos- phere was very genuine. The sale of Col- | | line’s coat appeared a veritable sacrifice, the mock duel with tongs and poker a | spontaneous jest, and the picturesque | crowd in the Latin quarter just what | it purported to be. It was a delightful show all round, and one is glad to know it will be given again during the season. To-night “Don Gilovanni” will be heard, with Nordica, Frutzi Scheff, Gadski, de Reszke, Scottl and others in the notable cast. JOSEPH LE COUNT DIES IN NEW YORK California Pioneer Succumbs to Injuries Received on Steamer. The death In New York City of Joseph P. Le Count, a pioneer resident of Califor- nia and a well-known member of the busi- ness community of this city, has been an- nounced. Mr. Le Count, accompanied by his wife, left this city on September 28 last for New York by way of Panama. He had been in ill health for some time and decided to take an ocean voyage. Just before reaching his destination Mr. Le Count met with a serfous accident on board the steamer. While walking the deck ‘he ‘fell through an open hatchway and was severely injured. On reachin New York Mr. Le Count placed himsel under the care of skilled physicians and was assured that he would soon be apout. He took a turn for the worse and sank rapidly, finally succumbing to his injuries. oseph P. Count was.the surviving member of the well-known stationery firm of Le Count Bros. of this city. He had been president of the Board of Trade and also of the Associated Creditors, Mr. Le Count presided over one of the first meetings held by the Board of Trade to_promote the San Joaquin Valiey road. Mr. Le Count was 59 years of leaves a wife, a son, Frank P. Le Counz, playing in Mexico, | accessories were on a | night, | Wag- | | calls for close observation . went to the Alcazar MISS ANNA BOYD, TO APPEAR IN ACTORS' CHARITY FUND BENEFIT. ot OST of the plays which our late most un-American of managers Dalyized from the German are the merest farces, whose orig- inal humor, seldom very sub- stantial, has been attenuated almost to | nothingness by the denationalizing trowel of the adapter. To this statement “The | Railroad of Lcve,” presented last night at the Alcazar Theater, is an exception. This play of Von Schonthau's is really a comedy which Mr. Daly's literary hack, in a lucid interval, failed to “adapt” and merely translated, with a change of the characters’ names. The result is a pro- duct decidedly superior to such a Dalylza- tion as “The Last Word”—a product that and delicate appreciation of shades of meaning on the part of those called upon to interpret it. I Theater last night with fear and trembling, for I remem- bered “The Strange Adventures of Miss Brow: and the horrors of “The Country Wife. I came away with a feeling that T had witnessed a performance that would have done credit to almost any stock company in the country. To Mr. Bryant, the stage marager, is due, I am sure, some of the credit for having kept the comedy from falling into the rut of farce, while some is due also to the intelligence, grace and refinement of the new leading lady, Miss Convere. The part of Mrs. Osprey, played by her, gives the tone to the plece; had she struck a low pitch, every other part would, of necessity, have been lowered to correspond. But nothing of this kind happened and the result was correspondingly happy. Mr. Hall, as the lady killing lieutenant, was clever and convincing, though it is rather a long step for him from romantic drama to light, modern comedy. Mr. Emey sub- dued better than formerly his tendency to overact and was well within the picture. Miss Howe and Mr. Montaine were good, as they always are. As Swift, it s said, could write beautifully even about a broomstick, so, I am sure, could the ex- cellent Montaine, if necessary, act even a stationary ghost so as to make you be- leve it was walking. Altogether, a decidedly enjoyable per- formance and all for the ridiculous sum of fifty cents—a performance better than many you will see In New York for two dollars. L. DU PONT SYLE. Tivoli. Merry music and merry maids. and a merry house of merry blades, with laugh- ter loud and much hand cheer, received “The Jolly Musketeer.” And when before the footlights came, our own Ted Hart- man blest of fame, the house rose up with wild applause that lasted minutes without pause. But just as warm a greeting met Miss Annfe Myers, the bright soubrette; these two exponents of pure fun Insure the plece a four weeks' run. Miss Wil- llams sang and played Yvette with sim- ple grace and need not fret, for critics she has all disarmed; and they will praise whom she has charmed. Another new one that can't fail is Francols—Mr. Tenbrook Dale. The hero of the play alone he courts Yvette in barytone, and tho' Salassa’s volce was stronger, Salassa’s salary, too, was longer. But Tenbrook’s singing hits the spot; "tis light and graceful, and I wot that every night his voice he shows a greater favor- ite will disclose. Full tide of humor, flood and ebb, are seen in Mr. Edward Webb; with belly round and goggle eyes he proves a very glad surprise, and he and Ted together run and win the lively race for fun. With these few rhymes this screed must close or taper gently into prose. Ferris Hartman and Annle Myers should be proud of the warm California greeting they received from a house packed from the orchestra to the back skylights. The audience rose up at them and clapped and clapped again their delight on welcoming back the two old Tivoli favorites. Annie somehow or another seems to have been improved by her temporary eclipse. Her conception and execution of the role of Verve were a surprise even to her most enthusiastic admirers. As for Ferris, he was at his best. He fs one of the few singers whose articulation is all that can be desired. Fun bubbles out of him like soda water from a spring—easily and nat- urally. Maud Williams, the leading lady, is tall, good-looking and graceful. She has a sweet volce and one that Is all sufficient for the role, and her acting last night left nothing to be desired. Mr. Dale's bary- tone, while not strong and rotund, is pleasing, and he made a good appearance in the role of Francois. It was a severe test to put upon him to appear just after such splendid singers as Salassa and Fer- rari, but he withstood it as well as could be expected. Mr. Webb was very funny. The chorus was well drilled and the cos- tumes gorgeous. California. The Royal Marine Band presenied an exceltent programme at the California Theater last night. The “piece de resist- ance” was the fantasie from Herbert's “The Singing Girl,” with incidental solos. The prelude, aria and duet from the and two daughters, Miss Susle Le Count and Mrs. Slocum, wife of a naval officer at Mare Island. —_—————— The favorite of favorites—Jesse Moore “AA" ‘whiskey, fourth act of “Traviata” was magnificent- iy rendered and the finale by Signors di Girolamo, Creatore and De Titta was superb. A harp solo by Signor Setaro, a trumpet solo by Signor Tavani and a tenor solo by Signor Glannini were well ALCAZAR PRESENTS CHARMING COMEDY Ferris Hartman and Annie Myers Noisily Welcomed at Tivoli. Fine Show at Alhambra. 1900. received by a large audience. Those who do not hear this band miss one of the greatest musical treats ever offered in this city. Orpheum. The bill at the Orpheum this week is a most attractive one and among the new- comers there are some who are more than usually entertalning and amusing. Tone MacLouth made her bow to the vaudeville stage and met with a most flattering reception. She is a young girl of much promise and her singing is marked with rare expression and feeling. ‘She was particularly happy In the songs ‘Comin' Through the Rye” and “Annie Laurfe,” and was warmlv applauded for her efforts. She will doubtless be a great success in vaudeville. Max Waldron,the fe- male character impersonator,is clever and graceful and at once established himselfas a prime favorite . Sie Conditt and Lillian Morey give a touching sketch, “The Ties that Bind,” and it had the merit of draw- ing tears to the eyes of the ladies. It is | full of pathos and the characters of the | patient and manly husband and fretful | wife are admirably portrayed by the two artists. The Brothers Martine are clever acrobats and Stelling and Revelle are | amusing and unique as horizontal bar artists. The holdovers—James F. Dolan and Ida Lenharr, W. J. Hynes, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hiatt and Anna Boyd—were as | entertaining as ever. Alhambra. Lovers of Hoyt's farces who stay away | from the Alhambra miss a treat. *A Stranger In New York,” presented by a | capable company, occuples the boards at | the theater this week and is presented iIn | a more than pleasing manner. John L. | Kearney as the ranger” {s a surprise | to the audience, carrying the difficult Hoyt character through in a thorough manner. To the McCoy sisters, however, and Sam Marion is due the success of the performdnce. These lively people keep | the audience convulsed with laughter. | The other people in the cast are up to| the standard. Fischer’s Concert House. The programme at Fischer's Concert- house was almost entirely new last nigrt and every number was warmly applauded by a large audienc Argyle Tully, a| pleasing ballad singer, made his first ap- pearance here and scored a hit, as didalso | Helen Stuart, a transformation dancer. Irene Franklin received several encores for her cornet solos and Olive Vail, bal- ladist, repeated her success of some months ago. Ouhama proved to be a wonderful Japanese equilibrist, and Harry H. Walton, Chinese impersonator, repeat- | ed his amusing act of last week. Little | Claire Fex changed her specialties and the moving pictures are new. Hinrichs® orchestra played a varied and interesting programme. Chutes. Nora Bayes, the phenomenal contralto, scored a big kit at the Chutes last night. | Other good numbers on the bill are Gus | Leonard, the odd musician; Shields | brothers, bicycle experts; Leandor broth- ers, gladiatorial acrobats; Little Alma, child artist; Hunt's dog circus, Cannon, the fat man, in poses plastiques, and new moving pictures. Olympia. The new bill this week at the Olympla is a good one. Mabel Hudson is a clever | performer and the rest of the programme | was well recelved last night and should | insure good attendances for the rest of the week. Managers’ Charity Fund Benefit, The sale of seats for the second annual | benefit in ald of the charity fund of lhei Assoclated Theatrical Managers of ,San | Francisco, to be held at the Orpheum, Thursday afternoon, opened yesterday morning_with a long line in attendance— a line that remained unbroken all day. Hundreds of good seats are still left, how- ever, but it behooves those:who desire to see the monster show to purchase to-day. Yesterday afternoon the committee ar- ranged the programme in such a way that every artist will have just the place on the bill desired—a task that was far from easy. There will be nineteen “turns’’ presented, ranging from numbers by principals from the Maurice Grau Opera Company to the latest up-to-date vaudeville acts. Signor Gaudenzio Salassa was suddenly summoned to Italy vesterday, but his place will be filled by Signor Vittorio Emanuele Castellano, tenor of the Tivoll Grand Opera Company. The doors will be opened at noon and the performance will commence at 1 o'clock sharp. There will be no intermis- sions, and it will be nearly 6 o'clock be- fore the curtain finally falls. Alice Neilson Coming. The opening of Alice Neilsen's engage- ment at the Columbia Theater next Mon- day night will serve to introduce that prima donna for the first time as a star, before her own townspeople, and it is her desire to appear before them in the best possible light that has brought about a very expensive move on the part of her management. To those unacquainted with the average route land out for companies touring the ‘West there does not seem any obstacle in their reaching in due time the various towns at which they are to appear. But the desirable and important towns are few and far between this side of the Rocklies. Miss Neilsen and her company. were originally booked to appear at Salt Lake Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, and she was to have left that city Saturday after the evenlng performance. After due consideration of the situation Miss Neilsen decided that she could not appear in the leading role of “The Sing- ing Girl” at the Columbia next Monday night immediately after landing from the train. So she canceled her Saturday book- ings in Salt Lake and will arrive in this city Sunday morning in a special train with her large company, numbering over ninety people. This step’Miss Neilsen has taken is a very expensive one and means the loss of a great amount of money, but when the pretty young actress decides upon a thing money is no object. Sev- eral theatrical men stated yesterday that Miss Neflsen made a very wise decision, as she carries a large amount of scenery, and if she should arrive here late the stage hands would not have time to ar- range the scenic cffects properly. Ar- riving on Sunday the company wiil have a chance to rehearse and the “first night- ers” will have the opportunity of seeing Miss Neilsen and her support at their very best. Dr. Wm. Botsford, 1170 Market st., noti- fies his patients that he has returned. * AT e e i Goldberg Sues His Wife. Danlel Goldberg has sued his wife, Em- ille Goldberg, to quiet title to a lot on the southwest corner of Washingzon and Leavenworth streets. Goldberz alleges that he deeded the property in question to his wife in 1890 in trust for their mu- tuol bénefit. He now alleg>s that she threatens to dispose of the same for her sola benefit. Hence the suit. ———e——— Big Sale of Wine. Judge Coffey has confirmed the sale of 500,000 tgalluns of wine belonging to the | estate of the late Angelia R. Scott to the Itallan-Swiss Agricultural Colony. The price paid for the wine was 278,125, g e gl gt i Two Insolvents. Petitions in insolvency were filed yester- day in the United States District Court ag Hale's. this vast business makes vast taffetas are all pure silk, are 42 different shades to choose sirable, they are identically the ing over these counters freely at cause a furor till every yard is go 27 inch all-silk swiss taffetas. with that soft finish which in- sures good wear—regular price $1.00 a yard—now, for this sale, 75¢ all - linen bleached damask » * napkin —size 23x23 inches—our regu lar $3.25 napkins — for tk thanksgiving sale, only..82. all-linen bleached table dam- ask—70 inches wide—regular price 65c a yard—for this thanksgiving sale, only....49¢ all-linen damask linen sets—- cne 2% yard pattern cloth and twelve 3 size napkins to match —for this thanksgiving sale. per set, only 55 by us means lessened prices for you. x splendid silk value as this to offer at such an opportune time. these xtra heavy, 19 inches wide, and there $1.50 full-size comfortables at the mail store prd‘fl‘ Hithes filling a likes. specialty. Market street, near Sixth, opposite Golden Gate avenue. the silk sale of the season. colored taffeta silks 49¢ a yard, worth 70c. buying possible, and big buying but never did we have such a from—every one of which is de- same quality that has been pass- 70c a yard, and this offer should ne. only 49¢ a yard—a saning of 21c on every yard. 2000 yards 38 inch fine all- wool homespun suitings, in 3 shades of gray and those popu- lar beige and brown mixtures— excellent value at 6oc a yard— go on sale to-day at.......50€ the linen section is full of thanksgiving hints. the appearance of the table when thanks- giving dinner is served is only second in im- portance to the menu. _good'qu:fliw bleached nap- kins—size 20x20 inches—regu- lar price $1.25 per dozen—for h iving sale, only ...9Se hemstitched dinner sets—one 2% yard cloth and twelve 22 inch napkins to match—ifor this thanksgiving sale, per set. only huck towels—size 18x36 inches—hemmed ready for use —worth $2.25 a dozen—for this tha i sale, each, only 4 4c $1.20. they are covered with silkoline printed in very handsome de- signs, filled with clean white cot such exceptional value that we while they las ton and scroll stitched—and are want you to know of them. t $1.20 each. + CHARGES WOMA N WITH ATTEMPTED EXTORTION C. W. Smith Swears Out Warrant for Arrest of Clara McCann. C. W. Smith of the Reddington Drusg | Company yesterday swore to a warrant charging Clara McCann, who lives on Bryant street, near Sixth, with attempted extortion. The warrant was issued by Judge Cabaniss and at once given to De- tective Cody to serve. Up to a late hour | last night, however, the woman had not been arrested. | According to the story told by Smith, | he has been considerably annoyed of late | by the woman. On several occasions she | visited his place of business, and after pretending that she held a secret concern- ing his past life which would not look well in print demanded money. Falling to make him disgorge, she abandoned her visits to his store and stared to hold him up in street cars and in pubiic building: all the time clamoring for “hush money:. Smith finally became tired of being ha- | rassed by the woman and consulted Cap- tain of Detectives Seymour, with the re-| sult that a warrant was issued for her ar- rest. Smith says he never met the woman un- til she appeared at his place of business a short time ago and tried to blackmail him. He intends to vigorously prosecute her in case she does not elude the police. This is not the first time that the Mec- Cann woman has come under the notice of the police for trying to “shake down™ reputable business men. Several months ago she tried to extort money from a Sansome-street merchant, whose name the police refuse to divulge. She became 80 insistent in her demand for “hush money” that he was forced to put her out of his store by force. She returmed the following day and threatened to inform his wife of his alleged misdoings unless he pungled up. Leaving the woman in the store, the merchant went out to find a po- liceman and when he returned with one a few minutes later she was gone, CLEVER CROOK 5 RUN DM BY THE POLICE Steals Silverware From the Home of Collector Lynch. 1 AT e The burglar who entered the residence of Internal Revenue Collector Lynch at Berkeley on the night of November 10 and stole about $500 worth of silverware | is locked up in the City Prison. He was arrested yesterday on Washington street, | near Sansome, by Detectives Wren :«md1 Dinan. Secreted on his person was a por- tion of the plunder he stole from the | Lynch residence. A loaded revolver was found in his inside coat pocket. After being taken to the City Prison the burglar was put through the sweating process, but beyond giving his name as Harry Johnson and claiming that he had recently arrived from Indlana he re- fused to say anything. Captain of Detec- tives Seymour is satisfled that Johnson is the desperate housebreaker who has been operating throulg{hnut the country. In h?:room in the King House on Fourth street the detectives found a brace and bit, a “jimmy” and several files. Part of the plunder recovered by the detectives from various pawnshops, where it had been disposed of by Johnson, was last night identified as the property of Mrs, M. Gilan of 12 Leibrandt avenue, Santa Cruz. On_the night of October 1 a burglar en- tered her home and got away with a lot of silverware, a banjo and a valuable Japanese knife. The stolen property was found in a Third-streel pawnshop, Whera 1t had been sold by Johnson, torether with some other stuff. ¥ Johnson's method in disposing of nis plunder was to visit a pawnshop and after showing the pawnbroker several pleces of silverware, ask him what they were worth. He would then tell a story of how he had bought the sflverware for his best girl, but as she had transferred her affections to another, he decided to | sell the stuff, expecting to get a little less than he had paid for it. In this man- ner he got rid of nearly all his plunder. The police are satisfied that Johnson, as he calls himself, is an Eastern crook, with a long criminal record. His picture will be sent East to-day in the hope that it will_be recognized and his identity thus established. | | SUICIDE HARRY WILSON A JUNEAU MINING MAN SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Acting Chief of Police Moodith to-day ascertained the identity of Harry R. Wilson, whose sui- cide in South Omaha on Friday attracted considerable attention on account of the finding of papers and bank drafts among his effects indicating that he was a resi- follow: Willlam Boyles, laborer, Stock- ton; labilities $1751, assets $305. Charles M. Cooper. rajlway conductor, Red Bluff; ltabilities $713 20, no assets. @ ——————— Trunks & traveling bags. Before buying see our “bureau trunk.”” A. B.Smith Co., 128 Ellis.* dent of this city. Wilson was a mining man and until re- cently resided at Juneau. He owned an interest in the Gold Hill placer claims at | Dawson. He arrived in this city from Juneau on September 29, and registered at a local hotel, where he remained for several days. He deposited more than 310,000 in a local bank, and had certifled checks for the amount in his possession when he ended his life. George McCord of this city knew the suicide and met him while he was T~ tered at the Hotel Northern. MecCord knows no reason why Wilson should de- stroy himself, as his business affairs ap- peared to have been in excellent shape. e e Yellow Fever Abating. HAVANA, Nov. 19.—Only fifty-stx eases of yellow fever are now under treatment. Among these are two Americans. The disease is abating rapidly in Havana. E— | Sues for His Salary. P. M. Wellin filed a petition for a writ of mandate yesterday to compel Super- intendent of Schools Webster to credi* his demand on the treasury for $4 15 for services rendered as an inspector of re- pairs on school buildings. ~The _action is brought to test the validity of this and many similar claims against the School Department. —_———— DIED. ROGERS—In this city, November %, 1000, John Rogers, beloved husband of Mrs. Lillte Rogers, and father of Charles J. and brother of Terry, James, Michael and Mrs. J. Brady, a native of County Cavan, Ire- land, aged 33 ye: 7 Notice of funeral hereafter. ADVERTISEMENTS. - from the laundry that sends your linen home streaked, yellow, frayed or torn, and just try having it done up by conscientious and first-class met}‘iods in laundering, and your neck won't look like a turkey gobbler’s aiter taking off that collar of points. We will show you what fine laundry work is. 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