The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1900, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900. “DIE WALKUERE” IS SPLENDIDLY SUNG Wagner Strikes Note of Exalted Hu- manity in Second Number of Cycle. — DYCK IN TH MARKED DIE WALKUERE.” WHICH IN THE HE WITH PRO- N OF By Blanche Partington The glorious, swift d rush of 1kyrs' ride” carried everything be- with its magnificent swing and gripping rhythms. The wild | avenly . the satisfying | . high level | ed to ion of this in its tender and and interwoven que of other motives here in scarlet and g was heard with | The delicious “Slumber”’ hiss and roar of “The motive went with exquisit brilllant touch, and the whole chain of themes, woven into colossal har- | 3 . made fuller, purer, nobler music than we have yet heard, even from Wag- ner himself. | The curtain rises on Hunding’s hut, dis- covering Siegmund and Sieglinde, both | children of Wotan and first of the new | race of heroes (Volsungs which is des- tined to redeem the world from the power of gold. To them comes Hunding and discovers his wife Sieglinde's to the hero and Siegmund’s identity with | the enemy of his race. But Slegmund, a | wandering guest, has right to the night's hospitality and it is here, after Sleglinde’s caring for the disarmed warrior, that the | iful love-theme Is sung. 3adski is a noble, womanly, tender Steg- | e, developing an unsuspected tragic ¥ | power in the troublous scenes which fol- most promi- | jow, and showing a full capability of hold- delight nd bright Fire' things—Mr. er with him has so long of arms. After the boast- be pu is we may beauties he® crowa ana possible to — - - ing to a high level of emotion. Van Dyck ADVERTISEMENTS. sings the Siegmund, and with all the genius of interpretation, fine vocal fitness | nd keen sympathy with his role that has | ed his work throughout the | time done by Mr. Bispham | Mme. Schumann-Heink, and a roy- | convincing god and goddess they tan, as Mr. Bispham sees him, Y incarnation of majesty, god- , as the best of us can concelve of | | the gods: and the part is sung with a | rich dignity and fervent power than | which nothing better vocally need hr“ | asked for. Mme. Schumann-Heink's Fricka is of like character. Every mo- ment of her appearance is instinct with meaning. No need of English trans) on for her part in the play; each ges- look, expression, one may run and | read She has a volce of extraordinary this successful hali-price iy-to-wear, outing hats—to-da rich- ness and power, one note from end to nness itself, and uses it with de- ease. It occurs to one, by the | ) _ way, ,s the frate and jealous Fricka | en are taking ad- gives Wotan several pleces of her royal the littleness of mind, that the gods have troubles of their eek to fill every and that. on the whole, they are i for days to | amusir incompetent, helpless | il crowd. h, }?;?“‘];c. In the second act also appears Brunn- o I} hilde, last night and throughout the ve been paying— ou will pay next your money's yur money back. The gon, ' z&;‘n;?kit Jt. “Ring’” Mme. Nordica. The part fits the | artist llke her coat of mail An herofc figure she is, brilliant, stately, yet withal womanly, as she pities the un- fortunate Volsungs. This is the real| ordica, and the part Is an inspiration. | | " Mr. Blass gave us a good Hunding, and | | the Valkyr parts were sung by Schumaan- Helnk, Van Cauteren, Baumeister, Homer, Scheff, Marylli, Olitzka and Bridewell. Damrosch was in best form last night, the orchestra did its most, save in a lit- tle slack rhythm.in the violins in “The | | Valkyr Ride,” and the scenic machinery | | was something to wonder at. | { To-night the third number of the cycle.; | “'Stegfriea,” double worth or y: will be given, and it begins, for the Information of many, at 7:4% by | Grau time, which has acquired an un- | accustomed significance to our laissez- faire San Francisco ways. FORCED TO SIGN ORDER | AT MUZZLE OF REVOLVER | Sonna Miller, a Carpenter, Makes a Serious Charge Against a Saloon-Keeper. Sonna Miller, a carpenter, residing at 27081, Harrison street, secured a warrant | from Judge Fritz yesterday for the arrest | | of M. Tiernan, a saloon-keeper at Day and Sanchez streets, on the charge of exhibit- ing a deadly weapon in a rude and thireatening manner. Miller sald he had been working on a building near Tiernan's saloon and had run up a bar bill of $4, which he intended 1o pay as soon as the job was finished. Saturday Tiernan came to the building where Miller was working and said he The *"DANN'* RECLINING CHAIR A Handsome Christmas Present Easy and Comfortab'e. Price $15. Come and see it. W. A. SCHROCK, 18 New Montgomery Street. would shoot him if he did not pay the 34, PAINLESS Miller thought Tiernan was Joking and ald no more attention to e matter. b EXIEICUION | Pestercay Tiernan again made his Sppeas: Our $5.00 PI'('I | ance with a revolver In his hand, and 0% W00 1 pointing It at ‘his’ iead, produced an or- glove. | der on the boss for $ and threatened to shoot him if he did not sign it. was afraid of his life he signed it. petnlicnniis crbsaton o Attend to trifies to-day and the Impor- tant matters will come along in due time, OR. . L. WALSH e §15% GEARY STREET Hyge and Larkin. Between Telephone Polk 1136 Pacific. i g i Agents of the Southern Paclfic Com-| | pany’s political bureau fn California are spreading the rumor that Charles M. | . the new president of the corpora- will be compeiled to retain the bu- | u and keep W. ¥. Herrin as its chief manager. It is not asserted that Mr. : is anxlous to mix in poljtical af- the expense of the company's < the argument is advancel that Herrin has acquired advantages that | the corporation Gare not surrender. | Morcover, the claim is put forward that turb him, could not safely dislodge him. | It is contended by the superserviceable | agents of the bureau that Herrin will be able to show, when the time comes to play his hand, that he pe controls, | | independent of the corporation, the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, the | State Board of Equalization, several | minor State officers, one important Fed- | 1 office with a long line of deputies, several lights of the judiclary and a bunch of State Senators and Asembly- hardly dare to issue an order to close the political bureau of the law department, as | Herrin would question the decree and | | threaten to pla the interests of the com- | y at the mercy of rapacious politi-| | clans. » Of course, the little busybodies who | magnify | clever manipulators in the political arena designate him as a lobster in politics. It | 1s gene ¢ conceded, however, that he do pretty much as he wills with the | | Iroaa Commission, the State Board of | :alization and the office of Collector | that several State officers make haste to | | in the active affnity | , TINE T0 PUT HERRIN DN ThE RETIRED LIST s QUIET WEDDING AT BRIDE’'S HOME Simple Ceremony Unites Dr. Roths- child and Miss Jackson. Primary Election Law Will Force the Railroad Out of Politics. State and Federal Officers Draw Pay From Public Treasury and Work for the Southern Herrin is so strongly intrenched in power that the new president, if minded to dis- men. In the council of the railroad underlings the talk goes that President Hays would nasty politics for the bureau greatly | the importance of Herrin. The | | United tes Internal Revenue and | bidding of the bureau. To gain| favor of the Southern Paclfic they ne- | lect their duties to the State as readily John C. Lynch neglects his Federal | do the the dutfes. In truth Herrin's political bureau, es- hed by the power and prestige of Southern Pacit is a menace to the commonwealth, It would be dangerous in the extreme if Herrin were a strong, ag- | ressive and resourceful man, but he is vacillating and irresolute, wasting much | of the powe he might exert. Still ‘&‘ DR. MAX ROTH! WEDDED Y CHILD AND MISS LUCIE JACKSON, WHO WERE STERDAY, THE CEREMONY BEING A QUIET ONE BECAUSE OF THE RECENT DEATH OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER. the fact prese selt that many agents rvice of the raflroad’s po- | T 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon ) The geremony took place in the parlor of litical bureau are on the payroll of the Miss Lucie May Jackson Mdlzhe Jackson home on Sutter street, which ral Government. They draw Dr. Max Rothschild were mar- X}:s P[fl ’hut. w}trhmu t_aste([ul lthuxgh Iun-‘ from the people and work for the rlea. Oniy the immedlate | getentatioue arrangement of American They have the notion that the com- friends of the contracting | The bride wore a simple gown of white pany can kKeep them in public office, and | therefore acknowledge alleglance to the | corporation and hold the public in con- tempt California can never attain the measure of industrial prosperity which her re- sources and position entitle her to recetve. until the leech-like incubus of the rail parties were present when Dr. Hemphill pronounced the solemn, binding words. There were no bridal attendants and all the detalls con- | nected with the marriage were extremely simple, owing to the recent death of ah?x P. Jackson, the bride's father. -+ Swiss and in her hair was a_spray of natural orange blossoms, sent from Napa Soda Springs. After the ceremony Dr. Rothschild left for, Monterey, where the honeymoon will be’spent. On their re- turn they will make their home at the Richelfeu. and Mrs. road is thrown off. The Southern Pacific would be vastly better off from a dividend earning and business point of view if the company were out of politics. Confisca- tion of railroad property is not threatened. The ghost of the sand lot no longer stalks at the Legislature. Farmers, merchants business men of the State have no inclination to ‘“cinch” the Southern Pa- cific. On the contrary, they would like to see increased traflic, Improved service and greater facilities for handling the legitimate business of the road. The con- ditions are favorable to the establishment of good relations betweer the people and the corporation. Alded by a good primary election law the people can force Herrin and his under- lings out_of politics. The important duty of framing a law for the election of dele- The Rev. Aloysius Varsi, one of the ploneer members of the Soclety of Jesus in California, died last evening at § o'clock in the magnificent Hayes-street home of the society, which he was instrumental in 'LONG CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST REACHES ITS CLOSE The Rev. Father Varsi of the Soéiety of Jesus and One of the Pillars of St. Ignatius Dies at Advanced Age. -~ taught physics and chemistry for two years. He was later transferred to George- town College, Washington, D. C. Then the demands of the California missfon necessitated his coming to this coast, and he was transferred to Santa Clara Col- ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL SALE DAMASK CLOTHS and NAPKINS. THREE EXTRACRDINARY VALUES, 125 BLEACHED SATIN DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS (Irish manufacture), 2 yards wide and 3 yards long, in very handsome designs. Price $3.50 Each. 75 BLEACHED DOUBLE SATIN DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS (German and Scotch manufacture), 2j gards wide and 3 pards long, fifteen different designs. Price $6.00 Each, 200 Dozen IRISH SATIN DAMASK NAPKINS, 25 inches square, in the very newest designs. Price $3.50 Dozen, We have Napkins to match almost everg design of the above Table Cloths. EXTRA SPECIAL. 150 pairs GOLDEN GATE WHITE BLANKETS, weight full five pounds, gssorted borders. $4,50 Pair, m, n3, us, uT, 19, 121 POST STREET, LINEMER MAY 60 | OUT ON STRIKE Telephone Company Will Not Grant Demands the Men Have Made. in the arrest of the three Smith, a saloon-keeper was charged with receiving stolen property. ADVERTISEMENTS. Wondering about that present? Suppose | you go down this line. The members of Local Union Ne. 151, | law for the future to prevent the intro- 2 | lege ana later to St. Ignatius Colle ates to nominating conventions will come | bullding. “The magnificent pile known as | lege and later to St. Ignatius College of im re the next Legislature. In the first | St. Ignatius College, located on Van Ness ! gfls city. While at Santa Clara College, place it is essential that the representa- | avenue, Hayes, Franklin nn:l (Gr(;,\;r\ | ln?;:zm:;e}\&?' ;v!;;::%nlesd (:;I.g n’?\‘»'”c‘xr‘,?fi.f".'; tives of the people—not the agents of the | Streets, is a lasting monumen 0 his | 5 oy 1 SEpoy e ilroad —Shanl organize the 3 slature | labors in the cause to which he devoted | D¢ one of the finest In its acoustlcs and seating properties attached to any college. His labors at Santa Clara College {Or nine years brought him to San Francisco, St. Ignatius College was then on Market street, between Fourth and Fifth, In the Senate and in the Assembly the | his life work, extending over a period of Republicans are dominant and the fssue | more than half a century. R is squarely up to the Republican part Of all the Jesuit fathers who did so ve so-called Stratton primary law |much to advance the cause of Catholicity 5 . w:{t‘h ;\)as:wr\ the lmmsnu\xr;n lwo) ,,l;,: and education on the Pacific Coast Father | 2nd When an advantageous offer to sell 7 4 s | was made Father Varsi successfully con- ago met the wants of the people, but the | Varsi stood most prominent. It }\,m l(:uo : Tie) e s amrastdIly, con- Supreme Court found a way to set it aside | to his persistent efforts that St. fld“'l ;‘“‘ | rection the present home of the Society of as unconstitutional. Extreme care ghould | Chureh and College have attained the | Jesus was erected. He was made provin- a0 5 ry | Prominent positions they now occupy. clal superior of the soclety in 15i7, and be taken in the enactment of a prima Father Varsi bectme o member. of the | held that exalted position for more’ than £t | soctety ot 3 fivé years. He also filled many other po- | duction of a joker. Teresa. Cagliari, island of Sardinia, on A lawyer In the office of Code Commis- | v, .'a 1045 “he then belng 16 years of nge. sioner W. C. Van Fleet prepared the suit | . to overthrow the, Stratton act. Informa- | Noreoq e aeemn o e fonowen tion comes to The Call that a well-known | his desires and entered promptly after his lawyer-politiclan is framing a new pri- | novitiate the College of St Michaels in mary law and paying frequent visits to | his native town. He then went to Turin, W. F. Herrin to obtain suggestions on the | Italy, and continued his studles, = subject . foom the 1a M /depmEtuie | tlon he was sent to the best theological Southern Pacific. Scheming lawye | schools in France, studying in Toulouse service of the corporation may endeavor [and Valse, and then went to the Univer- to insert some provision or requirement | sity of Paris, where he continued his theo- in the new law which will invite another | X&i‘;fll‘ Sty nf;»rgmg,g;_igr:l}g" °{,v.§ff adverse decision from the court. Many | from which jatter place in Belgium came good citizens deplored the decision which | a number of the most noted members of set aside the Stratton act, not simply be- the Catholic clergy of this State. cause the protection to voters which the | _After his ordinatlon Father Varsi was Jaw accorded was taken away, but chiefly sent by his superior to Boston, where he because confidence in the judgment of a esus in the College of Bauta | sitions in the order, besides engaging in m{ld‘l of the charitable work. n later years he prepared quietly fo the inevitable. On Monday, mr>¥11!fn; Father Varsl celebrated an early mass retired to his room-and died there yester- day afternoon, surrounded by his fellow- workers in the soclety. He closed his ca- reer after fifty-five years of earnest and conscientious labors, loved by all who knew him and endeared to his brother priests by a life of self-sacrificing devo- on. The remains of the deceased father will beJ)Inced in-the chapel of the Gentlemen's Sodality this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be brought to the church to-morrow evening, where the office of the dead will be recited at 8:30 o’clock. The funeral will take place on Friday at 9 o'clock. Inter- ment will be at Santa Clara. high tribunal seemed in danger of being mpalred, Surely the Legislature should take no chances in accepting a primary law framed in the councils of the rallway cor- poration. The bill should be framed by members of the Legislature. It should represent the judgment of able, hones. and intelligent men chosen by the people to make laws. The committee or joint committee having charge of the measure should invite the views of men learned in the law. The committee should be com- posed of the ablest representatives of both political parties, as the legislation pro- posed s purely non-partisan and for the benefit of all the people, irrespective of party affiliation. Give the people the protection of law in contests for the election of delegates to & nominating convention and they will take care of themselves. Appointed con- ventions and delegations chosen by the free and easy methods of the old fash- foned wide-open primary generally regis- ter the will of the boss. Give the people a primary law and they will see to the nom- ination and election of Rallroad Commis- sioners who will reduce freight rates on merchandise from San Francisco to the interfor and on products from the {nterior to San Francisco. It is a 'known fact that the present Raflroad Commission is nothing but an adjunct of the law department of the Southern Pacific. ? Give the people an opportunity to elect their representatives to nominating con- ventions and they will embrace the oppor- tunity to nominate and elect a State Board of Equalizatjon that will assess rallroad property as the constitution di- rects, and not as Herrin decrees. any When the issue is directly made between | symp! the bosses and the people—between the citizens and the railway corporations—the result is victory for the people. Recent- | mhe amateur show at the Chutes takes ly in the Forty-first Assembly District H. | pane yo coTHoRe Igh C. Dibble, who was known as Herrin's | Bpesial femiiras e = -0f - amats chief stand-by in the Legislature, ran six- | fat ladies’ r G G teen hundred votes behind his ticket. The people arose in their majesty, and cast- ing aside party restraints, rebuked the bosses and the raflroad. Give the people an honest primary law and they will choose delegates to nomin- ating conventions who will nominate the right kind of men for State offices. The custom of drawing a salary from the State treasury while working for the Southern Pacific will be abolished. At the recent election Callfornia gave the Republican ticket a majority, approx- imately, of forty thousand. Indications are that this State two years hence will elect a Republican Governor and another Republican Legislature. Yet if the in- coming Legislature should be caught in the snares and traps of scheming railroad lawyers and fail to foster the interests of the commonwealth, the fruits of a mag- nificent victory would be lost. Say Potter Was Not Il The action by which Mrs. Annie J. Pronk seeks to recover from the estate of the late Jesse Sheldon Potter for ser- vices rendered as a nurse is about ready for the deliberations of the jury. The case may be submitted for decision to- day. The prosecution rested when the case was called at the opening of the morning session, and the defense opened. Alice Kennedy, the first witness, testified as to the ability of the patient to sell wine to customers when she was an in- mate of Olga Evans’ Dr. Alfred Lamithe, Calvin G Cheney, Coenen "Torchiana, Henry ' S Edward W. Potter all testifle saw the deceased durlnr plaintiff alleges he was ill, that they the period the and all agreed that he did not complain’ to them’about rmanent illness or manifest any oms of serfous iliness. ———— . The Amateurs To-Night. DROWNS IN TWO FEET OF WATER WHILE INTOXICATED D. C. Wilson of the Portland (Or.) Boiler-Makers’ Union Meets Violent Death. A man believed to be D. C. Wilson was found Growhed yesterday morning in two feet of water in the basement of a build- ing in course of erection on Beale street, between Mission and Howard. The build- ing was being erected by Thomas Butcher, contractor. who resides at 4150 Twentioth street. Mr. Butcher had erected a barri- cade in front of the basement to prevent drunken men and other careless persons from falling into it. Wilson evidently crawled under the barricade, probably to sleep, and fell into the watér, where his ody' was discovered early’ yesterday morning by Charles Hadley, the fos On the person of the dead n was September. Morgue Surgeon Leland showed Tt WL, son had been drowned, and that he was {m‘rdlnately addicted to the use of alco- Fast Time. The express steamers Queen and Santa Rosa are making very fast time between San Franeisco and Los A southern coast ports. fl:! Sod ather Queen ar- rived in San neisco last twenty-four hours from Port Los Apes. —————— Identified as Highwayman. “Punk” Carr, one of the bay pirates arrested by detectives on Monday, has been identified as a highwayman. &, W Pratt of Valleo claims that Carr, In company with five other men, held him issour street last Sat: and after beating him lnver:lr;ll{ogisgg m him. Carr will havi charges placed against him 7»-533.‘"""" detectives are I, the holdup. = OC'UnE for his partners in ———————— Trunks & traveling bags. Before buying ses our “bureau trunk.” A. B.Smith Co., 128 Ellis.* International Brotberhood of Electrical | China ‘Workers, who constitute a large mlj:my Orockery of the linemen employed by the telephone company and the various electric light | Glasswaro companies of San Francisco, have decided | Famoy to go out on a strike on December 1 ll‘ thelr demands for & shorter workday and | Jardineres increased pay are not granted. | ‘They ask for s, day of eight hours and Lamps-—Ornaments 11 es o per day. Se; ?r?e{'%r‘{“fmfi«ms Anq are paia”wages | Silverware varying from §1 50 to 33 25. 1 o The Pacific States T;lsphnfne" (‘nm;;’m;r)‘ | Busts—Figures employs a larger number of lineme | San Francisco than any other corpora- | Dinner Sets - thers affectes are e Sa Foancisce: Gas and Blectric Company, | Fish Sets Mutual Electric Light Company and In-| dependent Elec(r(g leat and Pr;wer r‘..m. Game Sets any. None of them have made any di- | Poet response to the demands of the union, | Onyx Tables and unless the linemen withdraw from om M". their P‘\sltlon'x S‘rl}x in :\'hlrh (25’) ;}T? 3 will leave their employment, must result. The union makes minor demands con- Plates, Salad cerning pay for overtime. They ask for e ool & half’ for w Tk up il mid- Sets, Borry d “double time’ 'or work after i fi{"ang ?;:n Sunduys ana holidays. Sets, Toilet President Sabin of the telephone com- pany Issued a statement yesterday to the | Sets, Vases employes of that corporation in which it | Olooks, Stel, was asserted, among other things, the *“terms of employment shall be dic- | tated by the undersigned and no one else.” | David Keefe, president of Union No. 151 sald last night that the linemen woul avold a strike if possible. “It is a_matter of life and death with us r. Keefe sa'd, “and we shall not o' out it treated with any consideration. %le believe our demands are just. Our craft is the poorest gu.ld of any when the severity of the work and its dangerous character is considered. Only about one insurance company in twelve will take a risk on one of us, and nearly all the bene- ficlary orders are closed to us. In view of such facts, $3 per day does not seem un- reasonable. INVESTIGATION IS A Everything that’s Beau- tiful for Christmas Our Prices Just Like Finding Money. Great Ameriean Tmorting Toa (. CITY STORES. 210 Grant Ave., bet. Post and Sutter. 861 Market St., opp. Powell. 110 Sixth St. 1419 Polk St. FARCE, SAYS REED | 112 Third St. 1819 Devisadero Sts B A Taikich G 148 Nipth St. 2008 Fillmore St. 30086 Sixteenth St. 521 Montgomery Aw 25168 Mission St. 705 Larkin St. 2732 24th St. 355 Hayes St. 52 Market St. A75 Haight St. OAKLAND STORES. 1033 Washington St 1237 Broadway. 1185 23rd Ave. 816 E. 12th St. 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1355 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St., near Fourth, in Inquiry Into Spring Valley Company’s Property Values. The Board of Supervisors again falled to get a quorum last night for the pur- | pose of investigating the value of the Spring Valley Water Company’'s property with a view to fixing the water rates for next year. Only seven Supervisors put in an appearance—Brandenstein, Braun- hart, Comte, Connor, D'Ancona, Reed and son. Reed attempted to have the board pro- ceed with the investigation even though there was no quorum. “We are wasting the time of the prop- erty owners and of the Spring Valley of- ficials,” said Reed. *‘This investigation is a farce so far as it has gone; we should take it up seriously.” Brandenstein, who was in the chair, | ruled that there could be no investigation | without a quorum and the meeting then | 3285 Mission St. ST. GERMAIN BILLIARD COMPARNY, The | Manufacturers of Standard Billlard and Pool Tables. Lager and Steam Beer Pumps. adjourned. | ———— Ladies’ tallor-made sults, silk skirts, fur capes; liberalcredit. M. Rothschild, 528 Sutter.® L —e—— Sailors Steal From a Ship. 0. K. Olson, a sallor; 8. S. Sunborg, sallmaker, and Harry Smith, sailor on the British ship Crocodile, were arrested yes- ctive Cody and on on the charge Bl , mlial Weakness, Impotence and TEIS W ELL-ENOWNAND RELIABLE OLD Spectallst cures Blood Poison, Gonorrhasn, Gieet, Steictare, Se al Disorders. Book on Diseases of ‘ and the captain, Willlam Wilson, noticed | Overiyesryexperionce Terms that the storeroom had been entered and | pioEiT T AEC IAY twenty cases of salmon valued at been stolen. He notified the police and Cody was detailed on the case, resulting Me, i P. ROSCOE MeNULTY, --.b 26; Kearny St,, San - 4