The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 1900. STRAUSS, THE "WALTZ KING.” COMING TO THE CALIFORNIA Famous Viennese Composer - and Director Will Follow “At the White Horse Tavern,” Opening on Sunday Next. £ awsits the ap- | & rr Hofkapelimeis- d Strauss and his Vi- next Sunday <+ e ey | notable event err Strauss com- 'ty musieians, in- [ 3 L i & - HERR HOFKAPELLMEIST! DUARD STRAUSS OF VIE NA, AUSTRIA LONEL POWERS POONER SPEAKS (O OF THE TREATY Says the Law of Self-Defense | Millionaire : {ationsasto | Has a Seance With Frank Weodward. —_—— S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 18 Broadway, Dec. 2. Rea! estate brokers about town are en- tertaining each other with reminiscent stories of the meteoric flight through the nel John Powers, whose hasty view revealed the imaginative nly of several millions he pro- est in Oakland property. was a dapper little man, y and plausible tongue that attention. He attracted the picks up steel. That to spend here was every dealer along and lot on his to do business with the onaire from Mexico. Frank Wood- of the Willlam J. Dingee Combany e of those lucky enough to capture 1. The scene Woodward's ¥ office aturday morning o'clock. m time. e colonel, glancing at his am doing my banking in San d 1 have just time enough the bank before closing time if I e next train.” no, colonel,” anxiously replied “d go over to-day. You look at this property . I must go over and “arrange for 1 the millicnaire, casu- ing 2 checkbook from his inside ght rge of n’t want the colonel out "Davie tance that T ow the south not propose Woodward = ticke bie o and the real estate man to_lose him talked desperately. off. At last with The a start I'll have to ask the = 3 1 have missed my tra ¥you Low to honor my check.” The happy Woodwygrd fairly leaped to el ejacuiated the vault to accommodate the Mexican Woodward has not told any one what was the amount of the loan, and Powers is not here to tell either. That same day there was a meeting of the directors of the Contra Costa Wa- +ter Compan®. Among those present were William J. Dingee and William G. Hen- ghaw. presidont cf the Union Savings an! gee. turning to Henshaw, said: shaw, I've g0t a man worth open to the peace and in war. When we are through with him "Il turn him over to you.” “Glad to meet him, I'm sure,” replied the banker. But the colonel has not ap- since to become further ac- ablic work of ours Atlantic, Pacifie or Davis smendment ted, articie Il was in je bound both Grest T'nited States to securs the er governments to the terms pea quainteq. e e————— PIONEER WAREHOUSEMAN Pm QUIETLY AWAY After a Lingering Illness Nathan R. Lowell Is Called to His Final Rest. OAKLAND, Dec. 26 —Nathan R. Lowell, a ploneer warehouseman of San Francis- co, died to-day after months of illness, at his residence, 541 Twenty-ninth street. The deceased was the father of Mrs. John A. Beckwith of this city. He was a na- tive of Maine, 71 vears of age. Oakland This could pot be | had been Mr. Loweil's home for thirty- amendment adopted, be- | five years. The funeral will be held Fri- nation would become a | day from the late residence. The inter- ment will be at Mountain View Cemetery. e Trying to Prevent Deficit. | OAKLAND. Dec. %.—The Board of Berkeley Will Lose Liquor Fines. | pyjic. and Fire Commissioners have in- OAELAND, Dec. %.—The cases of the | structed Fire Chief Bail and Chief of Po- cleven Berkeley lguor dealers whom | lice Hodgkins to furnish recommendations SiAge EAgar fined 3§20 aplece will not | upon curtailment of expenses during the come up befors the Superior Court before | remainder of the fiecal year, that a deficit, | now feared, may be avoided. The money J the benefits of its stipu- thout the Davis amendment or | many think that if we closed t] : 3 against us which ombination againet us. hostiie or might mt least be taken usal to enforce the neutrality § | ; etenme adherence of other math was stricken out. the repeal of the ordinance under which they were convicted. When the case was | available for the Police Department to June 30, 1901, b= $45.502. and the estimated -a morning, in Judge Greene’s E rt “hapman, attorney for the | expenses reach $7.310 70. The Fire De- fense, Was U runmunelg 1l with lum- pz:mem fund shows $8.881, with esti- a rircumstance whic! mated cost of operation amounting to $5,- f | 858 50. These flgurutg:e'flh the orig- the town of Berkeley the inal estimates of the rd, liecting the $2750 awarded it by gar Death of Mrs. Sherrett. n Bo Trustees of i e ovane oedl. | BERKELEY, Dec. %_Mre. OAKI1 Ysle hes Datsy, * The couple and bave 3 ground Mrs Lizzie Dunn is sulng H. Dunn for a legal M. e 4 An ancient once sald: - ere only two good men: one of them is Gead and the other 15 not yet . Chutes and Zoo this week a Christmas | | tree, with presents for all the children, | will be shedding gifts around. e A “Dlack ; ballet” and amateurs’ night will be this| evening’s special programme. | REst s | THEATRICAL MANAGERS | HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET -— i | Merry Gathering of Those Who Strive | SHERIFF FOILS MISSES A TRAIN During 2n Interim in the business Din- | .000 who wapts to buy Oakland prop- | to Amuse a Fastidious Public. The San Francisco theatrical managers annual banquet at Del- last evening. One of the feat-| ures of the occasion was a large paint- | ing of the members of the association, all circled about a champagne bottle a clinking their glasses. The faces were rikingly life-like and the picture creat- m The menus were | quite outer cover containing . each ticket representing theaters. ding cf the th, ed programme and ece of origi nality o night * (from t. Scene laid Then follows with Cinderella ors not v Anthony sembles the Great First Officer Officer d Otficer | e Second. McFee of Dublin cotland ter, who Malt Man The Em- ...Tout Man Invited guests toast | were A ark, Charles and Colonel de M ILLINOIS MOB From Mexic) Removes a Prisoner From! Jail in Time to Prevent | a Lynching. WHITEHALL, HL, Dec. %.—A band of probably fifty men forced an entrance in- to the Green County Jail, at Carrolltown, early this morning and made a thorough search for Albert S. Henkle, who is under arrest charged with assauiting and rob- | bing Miss Grace Giller in Whitehall on Monday evening last. Henkle had been secretly removed to the jail at Alton and this actforf on the part of the Sheriff, it | is believed, is all that prevented a lynch- ing. When convinced that Henkle .was not ,in the jail, the men returned to| Whitehall | Henkle was indicted for the murder of | A. J. Allen, a pumper, at the Burlington reservoir near this city, September 3, 18%. After being twice continued, the case was dismissed at the last term of the Circuit Court State’s attorney and he returned itehall. He is about 2 years old WOMEN TRUSTEES CLOSE | THE YEAR DEBT FREE| Park Congregational Church, Lorin, Prosperous Under the Adminis- tntign of Lady Managers. OAKLAND, Dec. 26—The long campaign | of the women trustees of Park Congrega- | tional Church. Lorin, to clear the organiz- | ation of debt and carry out extensive re- | pairs_on the church edifice has succeeded. | At the annual meeting of the church a report was read showing a clean balance sheet, including nearly a thousand dollars of new expenses. > The salary of the pastor, the Rev. E. B. Brad been pa'd weekly through- | out the vear. He has resigned his charge to pursue further theological study, ———— Alumni to Give Military Ball. BERKELEY., Dec. 26.—A military ball and reception will be given early in Feb- | ruary by the Alumni Commissioned Offi- cers” Association of the University of Cal. | tfornia. It will be held either at the Mark | Hopkins Institute of Art or the Native | Sons’ Hall in San Francisco. e ar- | rangements for the ball are under the di- | rection of Colonel George W. Bauer, com- | mander of the association, and of the ex. | | ecutive _committee. consisting of Major Percy Dolman, Major Willlam_Houston, Captain F. Denicke. Captain J. Miller and | | Lieutenant J. McG ’ —————— | i Fire in the Saint’s Whiskers. OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—While impersonat- | ing Santa Claus at the Pledmoanplleo- Church Sunday School Christmas cele- ‘ ration, Harold Haven's long co'l:n beard came in contact with a lighted candle and the inflammable stuff blazed up fercely. The young man's face was badl and but for his quick action In tearing the burning mass away he would have been fatally Injured. The accident cre- ated a great sensation, but after the in- terruption the exercises were continued. ———————e Percy Will Probated. OAKLAND, Dec. 25.—The will of G. W. Percy, the deceased architect, was filed | for probate to-day. Mrs. Emma C. Pe: applied for letters of administration n e estate, the bulk of which is left to her. To each of his brothers and sisters is de- vised the sum of $350. and each of their children is given $100. The office furniture is Jeft to Mr. Percy’s late business asso- clates. The estate is valued at $10,000. OAKLAND, Dec. 26—The Board | HE Works to-day took the second face mal step in the mmdmn‘ of Washington street to San l0_avenue. The_lines of the opening. the land to be condemned and the assessment distriet were defined by resoluti Jackson was directed to publish the legal notice to the prcperty owners. e ———— ‘Will Fight to Free Eadon. OAKLAND, Dec. 282—A. L. scorched | { | | street, { what was coming to his { “half_the pictures an: | Martin, | The Rembrandt that now belongs to | Veuve, Haguette bought some years ago | iat a sale in this city. Haquette is an | | with havil PLACE O h LIF Ernest Haquette Plunges on a Dream, but Is Willing to Make Good. - Becomes the NAKE Believed Harry Veuve Would Die| | TR Cott Love }}_}J Al Before Christmas, but Veuve B5.6510 > - Shoreey, Lives and Compromises on DUNSMUIR AND a Valuable Painting. | SPEND A Few - DAYS HUNTING \ Six weeks ago Ernest Haquette staked | half of the Palace of Art on Post near Montgomery, upon the life | f Harry Veuve and Veuve lived and won | it. Last night he came to claim his own, but erded with a genuine Rembrandt, a bottle or two of wine and a shake of the | hand. The bet was that Veuve should die tefore Christmas of this year. Haquette had dreamed it and be had faith in his dream, and when the time came he was ready to pay his part of the wager and | take Veuve in as his partner. It was six weeks ago that the bet was | made Veuve and Haquette met and | Veuve mentioned that he had seen Ha- Guette's obituary in the papers and he | 4 " RUSHES thought well of it. Haquette called at- . | ‘;"‘” AN 5 tention to the fact that the obituary was A for his partner, Cassanova, who had died a few davs before, and being on subjects grewscme and somber, he went on to teil of a dream he had had. The substance of the dream was that Cassanova had appeared to him and bad said that with- in two or three weeks Harry Veuve would join thLe gathering on the other side of the river. Hzquette and Veuve were old acquaintafees, but Veuve did not see any- tr funny in the dream and he said so, and cftered to btet anything in sight that not cnly at the end of three weeks, but when Christmas came, he would be alive and weil. Haquette stuck to his dream and offered to back it with half of his place of business on Post street and the wager was accepied. The Palace of Art is a curiosity in its way. Its walls are hung with one of the best coliections of paintings in the city, and in cabinets cnd &round the walls curlos and gems and quaint carvi enough to tire the eve. Haquette says $100.00 would not fit the place up as it is at present, being a sport of the old hool and willing to back his word with his all, he cheertully put up the half of his place on the venture that his dream | BETS HALF OF HIS 'HOTEL GUESTS CHASE SCARED - NIMROD INTO THE COAL BOX Alameda Sportsman Sets Out After Game and Himself Quarry in Dunsmuir Hostelry. FRaN® DREAMS WE HEARS THE TR Beus NG e \ THe LANDLORD T Thiniks Mg RAS A 2 BORGLAR would come truc and that he would have the melancholy pleasure of attending the funeral of a defeaied bettor before his Christmas dinner. An agreement in legal form was drawn up and Haquette signed it. and all the others in the crowd signed FRANK COLES HAS A COLD AND HOT EXPERIENCE AT DUNSMUIR. OUT INTO THE SNOW, CRAWLS BACK INTO ANOTHER MAN'S ROOM AND, MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR OR A LUNATIC, HAS A RUN FOR HIS LIFE. THINKING HOTEL AFIRE, HE JUMPS | + LAMEDA, Dec. 25.—Besides belng! the son of his father, the wealthy | A warehouse man, and a favorite | at Tuesday Night Ciub func-: ticns, Frank Coles is also an athlete, a | sportsman,and a volunteer fireman. soi much of an athlete and sportsman is Coles that he will go long distances sometimes | to get the fresh air and a shot at a bird. | As a fireman Coles is quite extraordinary. | He is a member of Sherman Hose No. 3| of the Alameda Fire Department and, it | is sald, that he arises at the first tap of | the gong and runs with the rest of the| as_witnesses. Christmas came and Veuve called Ha- quette over the telephone and reported alive and well and willing to claim half of im. Hagquette wrote a nice little note to Veuve, saying he was glad to give half of the Palace if only to keep Veuve on earth a while longer, and he sent the first in- staliment or the bet—a Rembrandt worth $10000. He sent congratulations. too, for the holiday season and hopes of a happy new year as well. Last evening the new partner, accom- panied by several of his friends, same down to claim his own. Haquette hnew they were coming, but he was game In sMswer to any question about his bet he insisted that half the place was Veuve's— works of art.”” he added. “I made the wager and I bet haif of what I own, but that's all right; I'll have to stand for it.” It was well along toward 12 o'clock when Veuve came down to take posses- sion of his new lgrnpéfl_\’.oe\‘\;{lg hlr{x‘_:‘ere Martin Rob Grayeon, “Tom Wiliame, lot of grouse for extermination. Truxton Beale, Harry Creswell and a| Now, Coles' friend lives a reasonable | ;"’ g“\;m T’hfl;‘ "‘1rk€dn||“ ;fl’dt "k‘fid | distanice from Dunsmuir in the country. | or the keys of the safe, the e ver ance of all the employes of the place. Haquette invited them fo & seat, and then | The understanding was that the country over several cold bottles they discussed | friend would call for the city friend m what should be taken first and whether | the morning. the Veuve half should be allowed to Te- | By some freak of chance the Palace main where it was or should at once be | L. o%, S07, [ERC PN ORAs e quite transferred to any place the new owner | should see fit. Then issue was joined, contiguous to the raliroad station, and and before “Judge” Grayson the case of | thereby hangs this tale. Coles tells the }‘eu\;‘e \-x.d Haqulen’e was tried, finds wer; rest in his inimitable style: e 'ound and conclusions were re: . an . 5 e e fox 15 oan Seiied thet with the tracsler of| YOO sei” Beid he "Y' & the Rembrandt gem the wager should close. There were more bottles and more good wishes and congratulations, and a_song or two and much hilarity over the whole | business, but it was with a !lsh ot rellef | that Haquette found he would not have | good, and that he need not part | bunch who bravely rescue the real estate. | This year Coles accepted an invitation | to spend Christmas with a friend at Duns- | muir, where, the friend said, they would | tramp over the ranges and scare out a to make with his treasures. old art connoisseur, and he knew what | he was getting better than the man who sold it, and he got it for far less than it was wo''h, but its loss means several | gocd thousands to him, and he will make no more rash wagers. & “I shouldn’t have done it was his comment_before Veuye came in and the bet was declared off, “but I made the and if he wants it, half the place is his That would have meant fifty thousand off | Haquette’s Christmas. | ot WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 25.—After a| Christmas recess of three days the mili- tary court of nquiry to-day resumed Its| investigation of alleged brutal hazing at | the West Point military academy. Twelve witnesses were examined by General| Brooke, General Bates and General Clous. They were all of the present first nlus! and classmates of former Cadet Breth. | The witnesses were all questioned as to whether they had held any conversa- tion with other cadets as to withholding of testimony at the Investigation, and ‘all denfed that such a thing occurred. | Mrs. Winberg Discharged. | OAKLAND, Dec. 2%.—Mrs. Clara Win- | berg, ‘N‘"edd"rhtmedut o"d"h i‘ry df‘d"i weapon, was discharg lay udge Greep:e of the Superior Court. il rt Police Judge Smith held Mrs. Winberg to answer, the evidence showing that she | had severély beaten two young men with | a bottle. Mrs. Winberg charged the men | insulted her in her room, and the court held that while technically guilty, she was apparently justified. el they Alameda County Transfers. They said, on the contrary, all h:he Jorgens and A -D. Anderson to August | Cadets were anxious that evprything ¥ Nissen, lot on W line of Helen street, 350 § | should be told. of B streét. § 8 by W 133 being sudbivisions | To-morrow €O P. O. Phillips FAaR I Sa W TR Wetls Teast, Map | op Cleveland will be & witness In refarence to the statement made that he came to| §2000. Richard P. Wilson to By e the academy In 188 in order to have his | on W line of Mary street, 200 N of Baneroft way. N_50 by W 130 lot 8 block 11 McGee Berkeley: 32000. Thomas H. and Mary A. Dunakin to Caroline | . Booker, lots 15, 16 and 17, biock F, on cor- | Boos, wWho died three weeks ago, E:nad map of Nicol Tract, Brookiyn Town- :«.- Qo-normt'o. and it is understood that . Cox Ca- NE of Moss avenue, NE 30 by NW 136.25, be- Cadi that he had fng lot 10, blck F. Fiiot Tract. Oukiand; #00. Part in “feet m.m. which o George &, Gray o Marion B. Holcomb, same, m“hwmd grease Willlam C. and Mattie C. Bissell to B. J. mmmhmm&wmwmm Elliot ingle line Essex street, Cadet Bret! m-“w":u w!y'.:r«mw'n:t n:'sm portion | of his tent mor put into a straitjacket. ;fitfllmfl Map of the Newbury Tract, ‘r- t you, make class men ey ; . " hanna M. Caslet (wife of Joseph “Nothing In but bracing, .vn"-:.n M. Caslet, no-lnn.mwm m’-‘vend witness. “In camp T have street. 114 E of Harlan, E 0 by Sa68:3%. por- | pag a class man act as tion block 3. on Map of Property of ‘A. B. | 280 Than. n'cmwnx“m o- Dixcn, st Aleatraz Station, Berkeiey; gift. and carried water and cleaned my Johanna M. Caslet (Erikson) to same, lot on | DOt & llmqwmmhwumwm how cadets have 50 by S 135, lot 18, block F, on Map of a portion | _ The . the. 5 of plat . Peraita ranch. Berkeley: gift. been made to run down the comp ‘Andrew and Jame C. Jomes to Elfen Little- | streets while threw n Luwmmn.u—:‘w...., Tots m-w- see a_man or ex- 13 to 16, block 4. map of Berthier's Addition to sed to the limit of his power of en- Jomes Tract. being 8 subdivision of lots 2 and | & 7 ask: Brool 15, Peralta Tract. Brooklyn Township: also lot | * ~f could not say. sir. but I have seen on SW corner of Talcott and Kinsell avenues. | ¢pom to in order to be ex- S S by 8 3. being a subdivision of lots 3 and m“m With ¢ same; $500. ercise.” A : Charles all_interest %S of Cullen ‘commiss! Society, T E e (wite of street. 163 prac- %.30, SW %77, General ‘rh. el Cosewe. Sl 1AW To hasing because of fin.m-u A published about it,” replied ’ mbm re a man to inquired eral forma- e call “Darn | couldn’t find the kev. | @FF R e R QUEER PRANKS OF HAZERS AT WEST POINT ACADEMY 'Some of the Ridiculous Tasks That Fourth Class Men Are Made to Perform at the National Military College. than?” asked hygienic clothing, being of an lthltfi(‘! the roof again. When I got th was turn of mind. I'm very pertickler what | like a mx'z:. puzzle Lry‘l‘x’x z:;le'{ out I wear to bed. Sometimes 1 don't wear | the window of my room n. ¥ were anythin Sxoept & condensed undergar | .u'filnl:x'l' e ment. at's al wore when I got into| * ought I had the right . bed Christmas eve at the Palace Hotel | I yn and c'fnfled in. I :c‘sof?::r of Dunsmuir. The snow upon the ground | got my feet on the floor than some fellow :u a {rlsot thick and ltl -asntwrll\'gmdg;: wi:,h; black mustache struck a match Tees below ng point. But n't | an the light of it care for that. I'm us‘:?l to the cold. pistol ,l-nto m;‘!uve WS S “About 3 o'clock in the morning I was| “To say that I was scared is it aroused out of a deep slumber by the| mildly. But I'll bet the fellow was as sound of fire bells. At least, I thought | scared as I was. I knew that and se. they were fire bells. As I looked I thought | quick as a flash. I blew out his maich I saw that the hotel was afire. The flames and made a bee line for the door. As luck ‘were coming up the staircase and I could | would have it it was unlocked. see them through the transom. “As 1 was getting out of the room the *“T tried to unlock the door, but I/ fellow let out a whoop that was enough There seemed to | to wake up the dead and fired off his pis- be nothing else to do but jump out the| tol. Of course, that awoke everybody In one window of the room. e window | ths house. They all ked their heads was one of those old-fashioned kind that | out of their doors mrr’as T promenaded closes the minute you let go. ! “Well, T packed my things into my grip | and made for the window. It was a sec- ond-story window. About five feet be- neath me was the tarred roof of a shed. It was covered with snow, and had a steep incline. landed on this roof. All ergarment and up and down that hallway looking for my lost room 1 was, to use an expression you may have heard before, the cynosure for all eyes. “1 guess they must have thought T had snakes or something like that. Anywar, I got tired of the undress parade pretty | quick and sought refuge in the coal box | at the end of the hall, where the proprie- my grip. I slid down to the lower edge | tor found me about an hour later. of the roof and lost a lot of bark off my | _‘“Mine host had two constables with him. knees before I got there. 'y put manacles on my hands and Ore- ““Now, when I had been out there a min- | gon boots on my feet and took me over ute I found that there was no fire at all. | to the town bastile for the rest of tha The bells belonged to the freight sngines | night. In the morning my friend came and the fire was nothing more than the | and told the police force that there was refl‘ec(lon f;‘m'nrllhe hf;] l-.n;plhlxhthe ;mt;.la. noénllaghtlo matter with me.” “It was bitterly cold, an ought | "ol as been under the doctor's o treeze to death before T EOt to the top of | since he came back from Dunemats o b “T jumped and had with me was this und: was a iounh class man the idea of refus-| t.>re was a senti] ing to do all 1 was requested never en- | to withhold e among the cadets Information from the court, !e\:ie‘q myhhud, ah-.‘;' s the witness said: o ‘as there an U re “Directl “No. sir. there was no Spirit of brutality | sentiment is to Rave Setrhiy 1D in it. 'If there was brutality by word, the fourth class man would gesemt it.™ “Then he would have to fight?” sug- | out.”™ “And get beaten?" “No, rot always, sir; the fourth class men have won fights.” “Do vou know of any men spe- | he h) had undergone cially prepared or nstracted in Rentingr" ation befors he came o (e acadesey. “No, iy “Wis Cadet Kellar the same as the rest of the tiaes " Foa for his fight with Cadet i e “No, sir; Kellar was rather a poor . was the reply. sal Kellar ever have any other fight he t 2" asked Genmeral | was not known as a fllhuu‘ e. —52 General Brook: These questions w vidently prompt- ed by the receipt ;P : ne'n'vzw ping sent to the court during the Christ- mas recess, which stated~that unless a T%t!'ucc-‘ En t N Yt whn ‘adet Copley lcs of Ni ork, was one of the sentinels at the Boos- Kellar fight, testified that Booz came the hill toward the fort in a very 4 dent manner. For the first half of ¢ first round seemed to have the bet- ter of the fight, but as soon as he a took all the out down. lasted man N was camp he cadags satd tha: pills when he was a Russell of New Hamp- exercised Booz and eaten fourth class man. Cadet Georse M. —Hhr."hd adjourned at i § o'clock to re- eourt convene at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. SEm—— Miraculous Escape. Withess hesitated and OAKLAND, Dec. % _First Mate Bert that fourth class men knew that they llq of he steamer el miracu- Tecovery un set in. Lee will be removed to his home, way. Berkeley, as soon as permit. —————— Coyotes Run Through Streets. BERKELEY, Dec. 2i—Several coyotes have been seen at different times on the for their boidness. The hen roost B. F. Ellis at 49 Arch was ralded by coyotes last night and |