The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1900, Page 11

THE. SAN FRA CHARLES GUTTING INEW YORK ACTRESS LIES AGRIN 1N JaIL Four Days of Freedom Ends With Arrest as a Sus- pecied Burglar, — Unsatisfactory Explanation About Merchandise Causes Detention of Man Who Was Saved by His Sweetheart’s Father. s prison cell, be- his sweetheart's ) a prosecu n condition a West Berkeley ng of breaking lot of tools and neisco. The girl so strongly that uperior Court ask for a dismissal Judge Greene granted rch, his Hon- observations, and r that court. k seems to have passed side of the street. es Kyte Hamerton iscellan & mer- 1 gold mantel watct 1 ting has not yet t Miss wed E. Hirschfeld Robbed of $100 by a Trs ho Enters His Store te at Night. 7—E. Hirschfeld, Sixth street and Uni- Berkele At dressed man ed for e left the mp. his back open d his store one. He heav and ~Th r the him. - —————— RICH UNCLE STANDS READY TO PROTECT HIM Woman Says Chris Fa sely to Marry aughter, perjury, and as already d no way come e In the m. for- person the annullment nviction of his ~o————— SAYS HE WAS A TARGET FOR TEAEKETTLE AND SHOES Patrick Explains Why He No Lo ares to Support His ife, w ck Carlin has arlin and a long cross- v alleged acts ¥ r { his spouse t because he denied f & wife she hutled a later him beat rs th his c. {3 holding ages and using f other women s that because of Mrs ghbors at red much = compelied to flee He walls that he t as a laborer with and cannot n's support. presents Car- s affairs are in the Robert Edgar. —_——————— Major Cloman’s Appointment. "RKELEY, Dec. 17.—Major Sydney A 2s profe of military ihe University of me of the breaking out American war, has just ) the important office of the Department of ising nei at ral of Jolo in the Philippines, rters at a a His ludes all the islands south Panay, by far the wildest nteresting part of the Philip- He visits every post in the depart- few months dbapalec Was in the Peking Siege. BERKELEY, Dec, 17.—Dr. Anna Glass, f the men who went through the Peking. arrived from the Orient y and 1= the guest of Mrs. A H. of Aliston way. Dr. Glass had f the women and children’s hos- the English h-ano: before the x sin During the siege she ounded soldiers and shared privations. B Insane on Religious Topies. 3 D. Dec. 17.—Judge Hall to-da: aries T. Ehert, a machinist lden Gate, to the asylum at wert revealed his ident to urt as the architype of all “hoo- he prophet Jonah—but by a slight ral anachronism believes himseil matc friend of the apostie Paul. int g was held for | strict Attor- | time he getting away | This landed in ivestigation | to dispose of know | Memberof Frank Daniels A PATIENT AT FABIOLA Company, Far From Home, Undergoes Severe Qperation, but Is Recovering. YOUNG ACTRESS, WHO, MANY M WEALTHY PARENTS IN W A CAPITAL OPERATION AT F ILES FROM THE HOME OF HER YORK, IS JUST RECOVERING FROM ABIOLA HOSPITAL. 1 AKLAND, Dec. 17.—Miss Georgia W. Pinkham, who in her stage life is Lonita Naloi, has Jjust passed through a severe operation for appendicitis at the Fablolz | Hospital in this city. Miss Pinkham is ba New Yorker, where her parents and relatives are wealihy and of high so- clal standing. The young lady desired to put her dramatic and vocal ability to some use; she adopted the stage as her profession and joined the Frank Danlels Company in the “Ameer.” She remained with the company until it reached Oak- Jand last week, and was then taken with a severe attack of this very dangerous SHYS YOUNG MEN 00 NOT WORSHIP | Secretary Jacks Declares | That Materialism Has Captured Youth. Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 1T. thoughtful Christian knows true when I say that only 5 he young men of our country are Christian We have 7,000,000 men under thirty years of age that never darken the doors of the church from one year's end to anc her."” Such was Secr ry Noel H. Jacks' re- mark in the cow of a farewell address “Evel that it is per cent of to the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion. Continuing, he said: “] find in my own work that the num- ber of young men who profess to believe in Ingersoll, spiritualism and material- ism “is appailing “The census of 1900 reports for our country a population of 10,000,000 young men under thirty vears of age. These young men are to shape our politics, give color to our education and give charac ter to this great republic. Goethe has said: “The destiny of any nation at any time depends upon the opinions of the young men who are under twenty-five rs of age.' If this be true, then young manhood is occupying a place of supreme It is also true that in that - is great danger to our land sacred institutions.” Secretary Jacks declared that the need of the age was young men of integrity and plety, with heart, brain, talent and consecrated to the service of A public farewell reception to Mr. Jucks will be held to-morrow evening at the association rqoms. The affair will be quite informal. A banquet in honor of Mr. Jacks was given this evening at the Hotel Metro- pole by the directors of the Oakland and of the San Francisco assoclations. Secretary Jacks will depart on Wednes- aay for Hartford, Conn., where he will take charge of the Young Men's Chris- tian Assoclation of that city. ——————————— POLITICAL PLUM IS PLUCKED BY PROWSE Republican Candidate for Justice of the Peace at Haywards Ap- pointed by Supervisors. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—The Board of Su- pervisors to-day awarded the position of Justice of the Peace of Haywards to Charles Prowse, who was indorsed by the Republicans of Eden Township. The ap- pointment was made necessary by the death of the incumbent, Joseph Pimental Prowse has heretofore held the office of | Town Recorder of Haywards. His only opponent was William Dale, a Democraft, who presented & petition from members of his party indorsing him for the office. The_successful candidate had the backing of Supervisor Talcott. s s SR, ! Hard Fight in Forgery Suit. OAKILAND, Dec. 17.—The prosecution in the Baines forgery case to-day called Danfel Ames, the handwriting expert, Wwho testified that Barnes wrote the flo- titious signatures to the insurance poli- cies on which the suit was brought. The defendant is making a stubborn | fight. His claim i that the alleged for- geries were signed to applications made out for married men at the request of their wives, on the “hushand don't know" plan, which he contends is regularly recognized by all insurance companies. —_———————— [ Unitarian Club Lecture. ALAMEDA, Dec. 17.—"The Law's Con- trol of Organized Labor and Organized Capital” will be the subject of an address which will be delivered by W. H. Jordan | before the Unitarian Club Wednesday | night. There will be several songs by the | Elks' Quartet and solos by Robert Lloyd | ana Will M. Ogllvie. et e S 1 Want Municipal Water. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.-~The Oakland | Single Tax League has adopted resolu- tions favoring municipal ownership of water works. : | trouble. She was removed to the Fabi where it was decided that would have to undergo an operation, h was performed to-day success- ola Hospital, < s Pinkham’s relatives in New York been much worried over her con- and have ordered that every care en to aid in her recovery. This fliness made it necessary for the roung lady to cancel her contract with Frank Daniels Compan; offered a leading position with the | Alice Nielsen Company. Miss Pinkham is possessed of a rich contralto voice and no mean amount of dramatic talent, and | she expects to join the Alice Neilsen Com- pany when it arrives in Oakland next veek If her recovery is sufficiently rapid L o e e e e e e e i S B UTILIE MENORY OF WATKISO Aitempt of City’s Counsel to Supplement Company’s Reports. PERAE SR L | Oakland Wfice San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 17. was taken up with an attempt to supple- ory the accounts at hand bearing on the cost of constructing the company's plant. The company first, however, attempted a little surprise along the same line by re- cailing Expert Kiersted, who was dismi: ed from the case last- week, and trying to offer in evidence some of the docu- ments from which his data were deduced. Judge Hayne objected to the admission of the evidence and the court sustained him. | President Watkinson was put on the stand by the city for cross-examination. to get his testimony on the statements furnished the City Council by the water company. The admissibility of this line of cross. questioning was fiercely assailed by the company’s attorneys. Judge Hayne main- tained that he was at liberty to put to the witness questions suggested by the city’s expert on_ the reports which the witness had admitted preparing and which he had testilicd were correct. These reports, he contended, were pertinent to the statements of Watkinson previously made garding the money spent on con- struction in each year. The court decided to allow the questions. Hayne then went | It was Judge Hayne's purp | | | | over the ltems contained in th | for 1886, W ot | “Here,”’ he sald, “is a big bill for soda water. or for operating purposes?”’ The witness replied that the soda wa- ter was posted to the construction ac- count and explained that it was used in resuscitating the small boys who were sent into the asphait-covered pipes to scrape them out. The sun’'s rays beatin on the pipes geherated noxious gases nnr‘l the boys had to be hauled out by a rope | attached to one leg and soused with soqa | pop to revive them. An‘nt‘her item attracted the attorney's suspiclous attention. ‘“Arsenic, forty dol- lars,” he read. “Was th: Al er for the consumers? he poison, it was explained, was used to kill gophers and squirrels operating near the company’s dams and reservoirs, The examination was repeatedly inter- rupted by the company's lawyq 3 had to be repeatedly quashed by the court during the dav's proceedings. e \ FINAL TRIBUTES TO LATE HENRY SEVENING Funeral Services Were Conducted Under Masonic Auspices Before Large Number of Friends. ALAMEDA, Dec. 17.—Funeral services for the late Henry Sevening were held to- day at 1 o'clock at Masonic Temple, the auspices of Oak Grove Lodge Ne s ¥. and A. M. The services were led by ‘Worthy Master C. H. Wever. Several gongs were sung by the Temple Quartet of Oakland. Rev. George R. Dodson of the First Unitarian Church made the funeral address. A large number of friends attended the services and the floral offerings were many. ‘The all-bearers _were: E. Minor Smith, J. E. Baker, Peter Kline, Colum- bus Bartletf, John Ellsworth, Joseph F. Forderer, T.' W. Leydecker, J. R. Know- land and F. W. G. Moebus. —————— Presbytery Elects Delegates. OQAKLAND, Dec. 17.—The Oakland Presbytery has elected the following dele- Fte- to the General Assembly of the resbyterian church, which will be held in Philadelphia next May: Rev. R. C. Stone, Rev. G. W. Lyons; alternates, Rev. ¥. H. Robinson, Rev. H.'H. Dobbing; lay delegates, C. E. Cornell, Andrew Jones; alternates, G. T. Webster, A Young. ——————— M. W. Mather Seriously Ill. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Mason W. Mather, who intended to spend the winter at her reeidence in this city, has been called to Plumbago mine, Sferra Couns Dacause of the serious Hiness of her Buss band. \ -39 4 , and she has | To-day’s hearing of the water rate case | ment from President Watkinson's mem- | s that used for construction | | at put info the | BHNKERS CHARY OF ELECTRICIT Burglar French’s Kit for Safe-Cracking Under Investigation. St Financiers’ Association Moves to Have Information Spread Broad- cast About Recent Attempt to Rob California Bank. GEosrrile— Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call. 1118 Broadway, Dec. 17. ‘The Bankers' Association of United States has commenced an investigation of the recent find by the Oakland police of Burglar Clarence French's remarkable collection of electrical implements which were to be used in an attempt to force the vault of the California Bank in this city. Through the medium of the Pinker- ton Detective Agency the assoclation has taken steps to have the discovery of tools and all of the evide SUFrOuNG- iNg that exiraordimary sate-cracking ex- periment transmitted to every bauk in the country with which the association | has affiliations. Lhis move is unusual and has been taken to properiy inform tinan clers that they may guard agamst this up-te-aate method of breaking into their strong boxes. Special attention was called to the French equipment because of the excel- ient photographic reproductions of the kit which Were made by The Call. Agents | of the Pinkertons began their inquiries to-day by making application to Chief of | Police Hodgkins for descriptions of the | tools ana wires, together with copies of the photographs, the negatives of which | were made for The Call. The outfit was compléte in every par- ticular for the work which the burgiar de- signed, namely, to meit by electrical cur- rent the steel covering of the vault. The tools, wires, were so handily ar- ranged that ians who examined | the paraphernalia declared it would have been successful but for some un- foreseen obstacle. The current for the | | earbon point was to have bcen obtained from wires connected with an_ elevator motor in the Masonie Tumple block, in which the California Bank is located. Since the police made pubiic their find | some aditional facts have been brought to light wihch indicate hew near to the move was the boid electrical burglar. He had bored holes through the partition sep- arating the bank rooms from the elevatior | well and had everything ready to make his_connections. Electricians estimate that the burglar covld have melted down the obstruciing steel in twenty minutes and then have removed the combination lock and freed the bolts and bars of the massive door. There s no burglary of that character of record In the police books of the United States. Some time ago the German police had an experience with the method, which ;rnsk suceessfully operated in a Berlin ank. HIGH TRIBUTE TO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Dr. Wheeler to Represent American Philological Association at Great Convention of Scientists. BERKELEY, Dec. 17.—President Benja- min Ide Wheeler will represent the American Philological Association at a convention of seientists which will be held in Philadelphia, December 28 and 29. He will read a paper on ‘“The Causes of { Uniformity in Phonetic Change.” The paper will be heard at a joint ses- slon of the American Philological Ass | ciation, the American Oriental Scclety, the Spelling Reform Assoclation, tho Archaeological Institute of America, the | Society of Biblical Literature and Exe- | gesis, the Modern Language Association | |ana the American Dialect Society. Each | soclety will have a single representative | address this session, and Dr. Wheeler has been chosen to represent the first named He will also speak at a session of the | Archaeological Instituts of America on the archaeological work now belng car- ried on by Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst for the benefit of the University of California. ————————— CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR CONVALESCENT SOLDIERS Oakland Red Cross Society Appeals for Donations to the Presidio Celebration Plan. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—The Oakland Red Cross Society has decided to co-operate with the San Francisco branch to provide | Christmas gifts for convalescent ssldiers, | numbering 725, now a: the Presidio gen- eral hcspital. The articles recommended for donation are handkerchiefs, mufflers, | woolen or felt slippers, soap, Kknives, meatchboxes, tobacco and the like not in- cluded in the army supplies. Good reading matter is in great demand. Arrargements for a Christmas eve ceie- bration are in progress. A tree brightly decorated and illuminated with electricity is to be installed in the main hospital din- | ing-rccm. For the convenience of donors | the Oskland socfety has established head- quarters at the Mutual Benefit Club, 1119 Jefforson street, for the receipt of gifts. Comm:ttees will be on duty there Wednesy day and Thursday from 9 a. m. ’nl‘l B3 p. m. to recelve donations. et A os i P Some Political Plums. OAKLAND, Dee. 17.—Mrs. R. P. Thomas is a candidate for postmistress of | the Assembly. | "Rev. George B. Allen, formerly of East | | | | | | Oakland, s a candidate for Assembly | chaplain. { | “John W. Mott of West Oakland will| | be a clerk to Assamblyman . F. Mc- | Wad~ A. R. Waters of Niles has been | slated as secretary to State Senator E. K. | Taylor of Alameda Native Daughters. During the past week Mrs. Ema Gett, | grand president, patd official visits to Las Lomas, La Vespero, Fremont and Buena Vista parlors and on_these visits she was accompanicd by Past Grand Presidents Mrs. Belle W. Conrad, Mrs, | Mary E. Tillman/Mrs. Lena Hilke Mills, | Lizzie Douglass, Lucie Hamersmith, | | Mrs. A. D. Coddingion. Eliza D. Keith | and Aeting Grand Sccrefary Sarah Oster- | ' man. At each piacc visited the grand | gresldem was recelved with a most cor- jal fraternal welcome and at each there was an exemplification of the work io demonsrate the proficiency of the officers. In La Vespero Parlor, where the officers were all dressed in white, it was particu- | larly good and highly commended, as it was also in all the parlors. There were a number of speeches for the good of the {order and a Ereat deal of good feelink | was manifested. In Buena Vista Parlor | Mrs. Genevieve Baker, the grand vice | resident, was presel Las Lomas Par- | or presented Mrs, GeM a fine souvenir | silver spoon, La Vespero Parlor present- | ed her a out glass vlne&nr and oil set and Fremont and Buena Vista parlors gave her beautiful flowers. Las Lomas Parlor, the bright subordi- nate of the Mission, had a holly berrs party in Mission Parlor Hall and a Christ- mas tree. There was a large number of young ladies and gentiemen present who ‘were most delighlfullfioenter(s!ned by the several committees. Lou Moller, as Santa Claus, distributed presents with a lavish hand and made everyhod¥ happy. Dur- ing the evening, x!? way of divertisement, two little ones, Evelyn Pollard and An- nie Driscoll, gave an exhibition of fancy dancing. The following named were in charge: Floor director, Miss Julia Mol- ler; assistant floor director, Miss Mattie 'arris; oor committee—Miss Lucy Relincke, Miss Rose Smith, Miss Marga- ret Dunn and Miss May Lacy; reception committee—Mrs. . Daggett, Miss Kathren Harmon, Miss Mary Waters, Mrs, Hattie Ehlert and Mrs. Lizzie Schro- der. Grand Secretary Miss Laura J. Frakes bas gome to her home Sutter Creek, ta spend the houdu‘\; has inted Sara The grand president h Osterman of Sans ‘arlor secretary ad interim. This who is stln}eoorll!;lur.l ha; br:en appo a special organizer parior in Mendocino County atter the hoi ays. Suit for Sailor's Wi E. M. Nordberg filed a suit in the United States District Court yesterday against the American schooner Carrie and Annie for $499 33 alleged to be due him for wages, mafntenance and transportation from Golovin Bay, Alaska, where he had been dismissed by the captain of the schooner. | @ant Marston after viewing the proceed- {3 TULARE'S CITRUS FRUIT SHOW IS ‘MAGNIFICENT e . Lindsay’s Famous Exhibit Is Placed in the Grand Nave of Ferry Building. | HUGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP, DESIGN FACED WITH CITRUS AND OTHER FRUITS, THAT NOW STANDS IN THE FERRY BUILDING | i | } HE Lindsay exhibit, famous throughout the State as an expo- | sitlon of the capacity of Tulare | County for growing high grade | citrus fruits, has been located at the ferry building at the foot of Market street. Yesterday fifteen hundred lemons | and oranges were attached to a huge de- sign of a centrifugal pump that stancs seventeen feet high and Is supported by & table twenty-two feet by twelve feet i dimensions. Coupled with the pump is a design of an electric motor, which is also decorated with oranges and lemons. Thes: designs are the central feature of the ex | hibit, but there is an excellent display of citrus fruits upon the table. Over tho whole are the words “Lindsay” and “Tu- iare County,” thus announcing to the Crowds of people who pass by dal locality where the fruit grew. The fruite used in the decoration of the pump and motor are tangarines, lemons, pomolos and Washington navels, which SALOON MENWIN BERKELEY FIGHT Trustees Pass to Print Ordi- | nance Providing for Licenses. ily the | BERKELEY, Dec. 17.—Preliminary ac- tion was taken by the Town Trustees to- njght for the repeal of the present pro- | hibition law. An ordinance was passed | to print providing for the granting of li-, censes for saloons. Vigorous opposition | was made by the temperance people to | the ofdinarce. The meeting was closed | by the Trustees hurling charges of hypoc- risy and deceit at each other amid great excitement. Five hundred Berkeley residents attend- ed the meeting, and nearly three hours | were occupied by difféerent tempernm‘e“ people addressing the board. The vote at | the close of the discussion was: | Ayes—Staats, Dowd, Hoft and Marston. | Noes—Le Conte, Turner and Frame. After the vote had beén taken Turner | changed from the negative to the afffn- | ative and gave notice of reconsideration. The license ordinance provides for a li- cense of $7 a quarter, an increase of $25| over the last saloon ordinance. To se-| cure a license the petitioner must have the signatures of the five citizens near- est his place of business. A special ciause {s introduced which makes it impossible to grant licenses to women. Trustee E. O. Turner opened the discussion againsi the new ordinance. He sai “We cannot afford to go on record as letting these men run over us and defy our ccurt and our laws. “The temperance ordinance cannot be enforeed,” sald President W. H. Marston. “The best case we nad was lost last week and the jury was only out five minutes.” “Liguor is sold openly. We propose tc settle this matter In a businesslike way," said Trustee Hoff. Trustee Staats said: “My vote shall be cast the only proper way fo regulate this evil.” The following \”?" spoke against the repeal: Mrs. Adelaide Marquand, Mrs. R. M. Rhodes, J. L. c Barker, E. L. Corvelle, ¥, Fisher, O. G. May. 'Charles Hadlen spoke for the repeal. At the close of the meeting the temperance people crowded around Trustee Turner to congratulate him on the stand he had taken. Presi- ings for some time suddenly exclaimed: | “They are all congratulating you, but| ou are in a business where you don't | are to express your opinions. I -am an: independent man. I can voté according to my convictions. “I don't blame Mr. Turner,” said Hoff. “He's a poor business man who is striv- ing to keep up his end. But he hasn't any right to be on this board if he can't Vote according to his convictions." “T call _this gentleman to order," claimed Turner. from the board.” ° “You are a hypocrite,” cried Hoff. “You sald this temperance ordinance was a farce, and now vou vote to uphold it. You have a legal right on this board, but morally you don't belong here.” —————— RANCHMAN CRAZED BY SOFTENING OF BRAIN Well-Known Resident of Centerville Adjudged Hopelessly Insane and Sent to the Asylum. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—George P. Hauck, a wealthy Centerville ranchman, was committed to Agnews to-day by Judge Hall. ck was sent to a private sani- tari in Livermore some weeks since by his wife, who had letters of guardianship issued her on account of the evident fall- ing of her husband's mind. The treatment ex- “I demand protection at the Institution was unavailing and !nuc‘!rlpldly lapsed into hopeless lun- acy. e has property valued at 0006 here and in Pennsylvania, where he has a brother, a wealthy business man. ning hysiclans ascribe NAVE, AN ADVERTISEMENT OF TULARE'S PRODUCTIVENESS. | California The ' examink Hauck's trouble to softening of the brain. are worked into various figures. A few public-spirited men in Tulare County have | shared the expense of the installing and | maintenance of the exhibit in the ferry bullding. The design _originated with Charles J. Carle of Lindsay and was de- veloped by Mrs. W. T. Simms and S. A. Baggs and wife. When exhibited at the | San Joaquin Citrus Fair at Tulare (rom\ November 2 to December 2 of the present | year it took first and second prizes over | all competitors for “best display of citrus ruits.” ‘Thousands of persons will view the ex- hibit daily here. The display is made pos- | sible by the co-operation of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners and the | State Board of Trade. There are now acres planted to citrus fruits in Tulare County, where there were only wheat | flelds eight years ago. The county will | ship out of the State this year car- | ioads of citrus fruit of as fine quality as has ever produced. It Is claimed that oranges ripen in Tulare County two weeks to one month earlier than in otner portions of the State. -H-H—H-.; CLOSING DOWN POWER PLANTS Oakland Transit Company Shuts Up Three Stations. | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Dec. 17. The Oakland Transit Company has | aken the final step in its general scheme for the concentration of its power plants, and last night the power house of the| Alameda branch at the West End, Ala-| meda, was closed down. From now on the entire system will be served from the power house at Piedmont. One by cne the many different power | stations of the Oakland Transit Company | have been closed. When the Transit Com- | pany was formed out of some eight aif- | erent lines it found {itsel with | four different power houses filled with expensive machinery and as many differ- | ent car houses as there were lines that had been absorbed. This meant the spend- | ing of a large amount of money for oper- | ation of the different power plants and a | large amount of money for taxes upon the car houses. Manager Kelly dete mined that he would consolidate every thing at the Piedmont power house, this | being the most central and commodious of the many plants on the company's hands. First the East Oakland power house was closed, and turned into a car house. | Then the power house on Grove street in Temescal was closed and rented to the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, | which is us it for a_power house to | supply its_electric lighting plant for Berkeley. Now the Alameda power house | has been closed, but the machinery will | be allosved to remain and it will be gsed ae a reserve or emergency plant. This will cause a flen saving in labor, for one crew at the Piedmont power house can keep the entire system supplied with clectrical power. Power from the Pied- | mont plant is now :g&x:d from Berk: ley through Oakland, t 1a mecda, Highland Park and out to Leona Heights. The Oakland Transit Comj tiating with the Standard Electric Com- pany for power when the latter corpora- tion gets Its plant at the Blue Lakes in | working order. The Standard Electric Company already_has a contract to sup- | ly the Oakland Railroad system on San Pablo and Telegraph avenues. and if It ts the Oakland Transit Company’s lines ftewlll operate evervthing in Oakland ex- cept the Haywards line. 'wo additional cars have been put on the Alameda line and other improvements | are under consideration at the request of the Oakland Council. ————— In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce were granted vester- day to Nita E. Bashaw from Levi Ba- shaw for cruclty, Josephine Estivalleze from Julius Estivalleze for desertion and J. E. Jeremy from Theodora Jeremy for desertion. | ny Is nego- | Sults for divorce weré filed yesterday by | E'mm- inst Florian Dittrich for deser- tion, an Eleanor M. :‘fahul John W. | Hope for failure to provide. Chutes. An attractive programme is being pre- sented at the Chutes, including Ahern and Patrick, in_their Irish comedy singing and eccentric dancing. und Rose Lee Tyler, the creole nightingale. Other good num- bers are the Martinez Spanish dancers; Ouhama, Japanese )uPIer and balancer; A. M. Powers, monologist; ton, Chinese, and a se: ing pictures. Ten Years for Burglary. Joseph Wilson, who was convicted by a jury in Judge Cook’s court on the charge of burglary for breaking into the stew- ard’s cabin on the steamer Apache, was sentenced yesterday to ten years in Jol- es of con | There is a gleam | excellent | good. and one or two poor ones. BELASCO'S GEM STILL FLASHING NTTHE ALCAZA “Madame Butterfly” Con- tinues to Please Appreci- ative Audiences. S e Truly Shattuck Is the Star of the Orpheum Bill —“ Cinderella”™ Scores a Hit at the Tivell. "Tis the week before Christmas and all through the town, not a show that's a-stirring is worth half-a-crown—except “Madame Butterfly,” which Is now enter- ing upon the third week of a well-de- served success at the Alcazar. Miss Cros- by has improved considerably upon her rendition of the first week; in many places where she formerly succeeded in attain- ing only odd effects, she now attains ef- fects that are truly pathetic. Mr. Mon- taine and Mr. Scott, as Yamadori and the American Consul, respectively, are now thoroughly up in their parts and get a great deal more out of them than they, did on the first night. The play as a whole is so much superior to the ordinary run of theatrical “attrac- tions” (poor word!) that one is safe in recommending it, even to the most fuudl: ous, as well worth seeing once, if not twice. Nothing of this kind can be said for the farce, “A Serious Tangle” which this week precedes ‘“Madame Butterfly. of originality in the central motive, according to which the action is pushed along and the compli- catlons are brought about through the instrumentality of a character who Is really ignorant of facts which everybody else in the play knows. But this gleam is obscured by the dullness of the treat- much talk, little action and no tell- nes. Mr. Henderson, the new leading man, who will be favorably remembered for his acting _with Mr. Royle in worked hard at his part, but “Friends,” | you cannot squeeze juice out of a dry lemon, and “A Serious Tangle” is not only dry but is also desiccated. Miss Stockwell had the only tolerabls woman's part—that of a slavey, But she | never let you feel for a moment that this a real slavey; you felt rather that this was a lady playing a slavey. at kind of art went out with Madame Ves- tris—end is not worth reviving, 1 cannot believe, moreover, that Sydney Grunsy ever wrote ‘“That tangle is stopped.” You can no more stop a_tangle than you can tangle a stop. Mr. Bryant is mentioned on the programme as re- sponsible for the stage direction; to him, lggre{nre, I commend for unmixing this cholcest of mixed metaphors. L. DY‘ PONT SYLE. Tivoll. Last night the opening performance of the Tivoli's Christmas offering, “Cinder- ella,” was given, and a lavishly funny, bright and pretty, clever little show it is. Ferris Hartman is responsible for the arrangement of the charming old story, and, as with anything that the only Fer- ris touches, a highly original “mix-up” is the result. Perhaps the funniest feat- ure of all is the timely travesty of “Car- men"—“Collar-a-Carmen,” in which the comedian himself does the Svanish fas- cinator, a la Collamarina, with a simply gokgeous humor. Edward Webb sketches the favorite little tenor Russo in cleverly comic fashion, and the lengthy Richards is an amazing Michaela. The performance was interlarded freely with references to ““one-night” stands and other hits at the Alhambra mishaps of the week and was greeted throughout with roars of laugh- ter. The picturesque side of the show has been amply taken care of by Oscar L. Fest and there are ballets galore, new and pretty. A dance of frogs and a dog and Cat hop delighted the children, and two tiny, real Arablan cream-colored ponies drew Cinderella’s pumpkin chariot across the stage in sumptuous fashion. Cinderella herself, Miss Mae Hill, mads her debut last evening as a star and mada a most favorable impression. Maude Wil- Hams is a shapely and handsome Prince Peerless and Annie Myers has a grateful part as Dandini, the valet. The wicked sisters were_splendidly done by Tom Greene and Fred Kavanagh, and Maggie Levy was a good “bad stepmeother.” Ferris Hartman's chief part is Buttons. a Hartman innovation in the story—and one wonders how it never happened be- fore? He has some good songs. very Edwar1 Webb has the other comedy part as the Baron Boozmont, and adds much to the fun of- the show. “Cinderella” is certainly booked for a long run, and is an zil-round creditable show. It needs cutting in places, but went last night with unusual smoothness for a first-night affair. Orpheum. A few years abroad has developed Truly Shattuck’s talent until ghe title they have given her on the Orpheum bill, “The Em- press of Burlesque,” is a fitting one. San Francisco theater-goers have all seen Miss Shattuck in years past, and of jate the bits of intelligence that came from the East and the Old World as to her suc- cesses served to Increase the public pleas- ure of anticipation when it was announced that she was to appear on the Orpheum stage. She has met the public expecta- tion and more. Her voice has taken on the finesse of greater use and cultivation, and ker figure, always attractive, has lost none of its pleasing contour. A pretty Japanese conceit—the story of love of a Toklo maiden—brought Miss Shattuck to the stage and she retired amid the sincers applause of the vast audience. She was icturesquely gowned in a crimson imona, with bright chrysanthemums in her hair, looking and acting the part she played—the malden of Tokio. Miss Shat- tuck was even more striking in a black- beaded gown on her second appearance, and later, when she sang the march song from “El Capitan,” robed in searlet tights, she received a splendid reception. me. Dorfa, the operatic soprano, was also well received. Her rendition of “The Palms” was exceedingly Impressive. ng the comedies of the year is Vadis Upside Down,” Shean and Charles Christina’s monkey circus is among the interesting features on this week's bill, which is completed by new sketches by Hal Davis and Inez Macauley in “The Unexpected.”” and the Pantzer trio and specialties by Spenser Kelly and the Har- mony Four and new and Interesting scenes on the biograph. Califdrnia Ben Hendricks and his supporting com. pany are giving good rformances of “Ole Olson” at the California. The old- time Swedish dialect play seems endowed with perennial life and is attracting as large audiences as it did when first it was put on the boards. Hendricks' char- acterization 1s too well known to call for comment and the rest of the company are well above the ayerage. An attractive feature is -the singing of the Swedish Ladies’ Quartet. Fischer’s Concert House. George Woodthorpe, with Cogill & Cooper's comedians, defled tradition and appeared in the title role of “The Widow O'Brien,” at Fischer's Concert House last night. Heretofore the well-known cha r has always been played by a man, but Miss Woodthorpe made a dis- tinet hit, and kept an immense audience in roars of laughter for three hours. Beo:{le Cooper and Hope Mosher, as Mrs. O'Brien's hters, were pretty and leasing, and the other members In a ong cast were capable. The many intro- duceedd songs and speclalties were well re- Columbia. Frederick Warde opened at this theater last night in “The Duke's Jester." Olympia. The new bill at the Olympia this is a good ome. Hunt's dog circus som Penitentiary. His companion, John O’Bricn, got ten years about two weeks ago. s clever an animal acf as has been in some time. The Dulcie Sisters -Ene a hit, and the programme &8 13 excellent.