The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1901. MRS. KINCAID PRESIDES OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD TEETING She Is Addressed as «Mrs. President,” “Madam,” “Madam President” and “Mrs. Chairman.” OR"S Bl NMAN STILL » D MAT TERS TH NS TARS. CHAIRMAN" MRS.KINCAID LISTENED INTENTLY FOR A “MRY IR" TO JAR PRESIDENT R MODESTLY® YENTURED DIRECTOR CASSERLY ‘BROKE THE ICE"IN A DEYCEDLY PWOPAH MANNAH DON TCHERKN! ADDRESSING THECRAIRAS MADAME PRESIDENT: TIME “TORS, MEMBE! ALL MALE , 8 ASSISTANT SECRETARY HOOE ALMOST (REATED A PANIC BY ADPRESSING THE PRESIDELTAS SIMPLY ——— OF THE FAIR SEX PRESIDES OVER A MUNICIPAL BOARD, AND HER EEM TO VARY IN THEIR OPINIONS AS TO HOW * MADAME " SHE SHOULD a red letter day | body was called to order >mething » board meets tHe ent was in apple-ple | t e School Directors mposed leau Brum- r of Mrs 't violets posy | of red 2 y groomed. 1 his assistant, Mr. and Superin- P RELATIVES THINK SHE TOOK POISON Much Mystery Surrounds Sudden Death of Minnie Boscus. The friends of Mrs. Minnie Boscus, who | x ysterious circumstances at Tuesday night, believe ed sulcide on account of her husband. Last | of her relatives visited th manded that an autopsy held on her body to ascertain whether GRAPE-NUTS. GOV'T LUNCHES. Eminent Doctor Orders Grape-Nuts. An old physician in Washington, D. C., comments -ral practice Gqvern- ment employes have of taking with them H uncheon buttered rolls and a variety of non-nutritious les of food, which 1t down and go on with thejr work. and gastric troubles 4 in all such cases where he has called in for consultation the orders been to abandon all sorts of food for nday lunch, except Grape-Nuts, s a ready-cooked, predigested food concentrated form of nourishment. = eaten with a little fresh milk or which can be secured from the who pass through the bulldings art .1 To while Direc- | tendent Webster was also present to wel- tly ) & m. Mrs. Kincald en- e board-room and took her seat ble, where her asso- She was neatly red dress, trimmed and wore no jeweliry. eeting ~will please come to or- 1 as she rapped the table 1. “The secretary will call jansen stood up as he called of the Directors, and while Directors answered, ‘‘Here,” Kincald politely answered, “Here, “Phe secretary will please read the min- t of the last meeting,” said Mrs. Kin- c and she listened attentively to .dr. Hansen. Every presiding officer has a pos: d Mrs. Kincald is no exception to She sat yesterday with her left | g on the arm of her chair and leaned her face on her finger tips. the credit of the male Directors no | e error was made during the meeting | ddressing Mrs. Kincaid and those | ht that she might be addressed | as 3 dent” were disappointed. Director Casserly was the first to form- ally address Mrs. Kincald. With a court- s seat and In a| ? - or Mark was the next to place | himself on record and in taking part in a | iscussion addressed Mrs. Kincald as Irs. President.”” | Director Denman was not quite sure of | the manner in which Mrs. Kincaid should | be addressed, and though he spoke a num- or not she was a victim of self-destruc- Boscus gained considerable noto- v some time ago by forcing the man afterward called husband to marry Armed with a six-shooter she forced m to accompany her to the chambers of Justice of the Peace Kerrigan and in the presence of several witnesses she com- pelled him to Ilisten to the ceremony which made them husband and wife. She had the revolver in a convenient pocket of her coat and, according to her own story. she would have shot Boscus had he re- fused to affirmatively answer the ques- tion wh er or not he took her to be his lawful wife. Shortly after that marriage Boscus left bis newly wedded wife and went to San Jose, where his parents reside. The un- fortunate woman seemed to WOITy over his desertion and she became very fll. Tuesday night one of the occupants in the house where she lived heard her groan ing, and. entering the yoom, he found her breathing her last. In a short time she died and her body was removed to the Morgue. There was | found in her room an empty vial, which the deputies at the Morgue are inciined to believe contained poison. As the friends of the dead woman are anxious to know whether or not she committed suicide, it has been decided to hold an autopsy on the body. ERIN IS THE LAND OF SWEET MELODIES Father Mc].ongimnr_l;ctum for the Benefit of the League of the Cross. The Rev. Father Thomas P. McLough- lin of New York delivered an able and en- tertaining lecture at Metropolitan Hall last night on “The Ancient Melodies of Erin.” The lecture ‘was given for the benefit of the League of the Cross Cadets. It is estimated that fully 2000 people, who were anxious to hear the learned lec- turer, were turned away at the box office. Richard C. O'Connor acted as chairman, and in introducing Father McLoughlin to the large audience, expressed a hope that the day Is not far distant when Ire- land will again take her proper place among the nations of the earth, dor the noon hour. The doctor says: rr reasons 1 would prefer not to me used publicly. Do not ob- r furnishing same to any hon- est inqu I have been prescribing Nuts in numerous cases for about i a half and am pleased to say tients have reason to be thoroughly with the results. I am myself ng believer in Grape-Nuts and shall tinue to be so long as the preparation the results I have obtained thus The doctor's name can be had of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. o far es Father McLoughlin, who is a fluent and eloquent speaker, won the favor of the auvdience when he announced at the out- set that he was proud 4o be able to say that he is the son of an Irish father and mother. He then gave a brief history of the Irish people and their love of coun- try and of music. “The golden harp on the banner of green,” he, “4s sym- bolic of Ireland, the nation of music and song.” He next compared the melodies of Ireland with those of other nations and said that they were universally admitted to be the purest and sweetest on earth. Father McLoughlin nnf several of the old-time melodles of Ireland during the Souree of the lecture and Madame Mare quardt rendered a harp solo. Other vocal numbers were Charles E. Hay and Miss Daisy V. Keane. —— ber of times, he did not address his re- marks to the lady at the head of the table, but spoke to all present. After half an hour, however, Denman evidently had made up his mind. He did not agree with the ““Madam President” of Director Casserly nor with the ‘‘Mrs. President’” of Director Mark, and went on record by addressing Mrs. Kincald as “Mrs. Chair- man.” Secretary Hansen contented him- self with “madam” and so Aid Assistant Secretary Hooe, while Superintendent Webster thought it more dignified to use the term “Madam President.” The meeting lasted an hour and Mrs, Kincald showed that she was well acquainted with parliamengary rules, cor- recting her assoclates when they made motions contrary to Cushing’s Manual. The board established two new classes, one in the Sherman Primary School and one in the Washington Grammar School. Miss M. Stebbins of the Mission Grammar School ~ was ied to the Sherman Scoool and Miss E. Chase of the Marshall Primary to the Washington School. Miss May O'Brien was assigned to the Mission Sfihfiol and Miss V. Casserly to the Mar- shall. Leaves of absence was granted to the following named teachers: Miss BE. Mc- Donald, from date until the opening of the fall term, 1%01; Miss Lena Booth, Edison Primary, from date to the end of the March vacation: Miss S. M. Kingsbury, Lowell High School, from January 21 to opening of fall term, 1901; Miss F. A, Deane of the High School unassigned list was uulg‘ned to the Lowell High School during_the absence of Miss Kingsbury. Mary BE. Clarke was appointed janitress of the Winfield Scott School in place of Mrs. Boyer, resigned. assigned CLASSIFED LIST OFASSESSMENTS Assessor Dodge Prepares a Comparative Statement for Two Years. Assessor Dodge yesterday issued a classified list of assessments of the mer- cantile interests of this city for the In- formation of the merchants. The nssess- ments of the various firms and corpora- tions for 1898 and 1900 are shown, the total increase for last year being $11,372,082. The assessments of the quasi-public corpora- tions show an increase of $23,408,107. The recapitulation of the statement shows the total increase in the assessment roll of 1900 over that of 1898 and the extent to which the varlous classes of property have been increased in valuation follow: FeEr s ABSESSMENT ROLL. 1898. Assessed value of real estate $189, 448,545 | $190,457,425 Asssesse: provements Assessed value ra Increase on quas! public cor 1 408,107 .. 23, on franchise and other sources 11,236,578 Grand total increase. Lees reduction on ol and outside districts.. Net increase of rolls.. The expense for clerl was $71,190: 1598, $104,352 John Scripter Surrenders. WILLOWS, Jan. 16.—John Scripter, who robbed John Achs, a rancher of Orland, of $10 and a gold watch after attempting to murder him last Saturday, returned to the ranch of Briggs Flack, near 'mantown, y and gave himself up. The livery rig which he took with him was found near Orland. BOERS HASS FOR ATTALK ON BRITIH Seven Thousand Re- publicans Ready Iog_Fla,y. General Dewet Will Lead the Burghers Against Their Foe. P LONDON, Jan. 16—The important N-I port received from Johannesburg that | ! General Dewet has crossed the Vaal and |jolned forces with the Transvaal com- | mandoes, if true, probably means the con- | | centration of 7000 Boers with several guns | for another big attack. | There is a rumor current in Cape Town | that several Boer leaders are urging an attack upon the mines. It has been long | understood that General Dewet has been anxious to join the invaders in Cape Colo- ny, and this rumor may be spread to | cover an attempt to break southward. As an outcome of the fact that the Boers in several instances have worn khaki, a Government notice has been pro- mulgated in Pretoria prohibiting efvillans | from wearing khaki and notifying all per- sons who wear this costume, which 18 | likely to be mistaken for the British uni- | form, that they will render themselves ! liable to arrest and imprisonment. | The War Office Issued no fresh news yvesterday. Defensive measures in South Africa | proceed apace. Seven thousand men have | joined the City Guard in Cape Town and | 3000 others have volunteered in the sub- urbs. An additional big gun has been mounted on Table Mountain, A small Boer commando entered Suth- erland, cut the telegraph wires, looted the stores and then proceeded northward. According to the Cape Town corre- spondent of the Dally Mall, the Boers oc- cupled Aberdeen, forty miles south of Graafreinet, Tuesday. A unique feature of Kitchener's fighting scouts s the enrollment of 300 Matabele camp followers for fldin{ and leading spare horses. This is likely to renew the color agitation. L e Y ) DAISY GROGAN GETS A FORTUNE Popular Young Actress Falls Heiress to Half a Million. LA e Special Dispatch to The Cail NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Miss Daisy Gro- gan, a member of Charles Evans' “'Naugkty Anthony” company, now play- ing in Kansas Cliy, is heiress to half a million dollars left by her greatuncle, Jo- seph Le Gueval. The bequest unfolds a bit of family history that reads like a ro- mance. Joseph and Plerre Le Gueval, brothers, lived in the picturesque town of Paimehol, in France, on the English Channel. They parted in 1864, Plerre com- ing to America and moving to the Pacific Coast, where he became Interested in large railroad fimh‘avtl and other projects with the late Marcus Daly. Plerre’s wife had died in France and he was accom- plnénleg by his dnughlwr Annetta, six yoars old. Sixteen years later Annetfa marri Malachi Grogan in San Franciseo. = oo In 18% Joseph Le Gueval came to the United States to seek his heirs. In San Francisco he found his niece, Mrs. Gro- gan, who had become a widow, with her aughter Dalsy. The old man was charmed with the beauty and Intelligence of his grandniece and took her back to France with him to complete her educa- tion, promising to make her his sole heir, Mies Dalsy spent three years in a con- vent, but having developed a taste for the stage she returned to America with ner_mother's approval and was. engaged by David Belasco for the role of Winnie soubrette in “Naughty Amthony,” at the Herald Square Theater. Twenty Aot strect, recelved venty-first street, received a letter France with news of her uncle's d':;’fl’, and Information that her daughter Daisy was sole heir to his fortune of $500,000 Mrs. Grogan was named as sole executrix of the estate, and has engaged John W. Brainsby and Hugh F. Doris, lawyers, to have the will probated and her daughtey placed in possession of the money. Miss Grogan is ambitious to study for grand opera, and she and her mother wil] sail for Europe in the spring. at 43 East Verein Oesterreich’s Officers, The Verein Oesterreich, a leading Ger- man-Austrian soclety of this city, has elected the following named as officers for the ensuing term of one vear: Ed Lam- ber; gresident; Joe Lechner, vice presi- dent: Jul Tarnotzy, recording secretary: Robert Kffinger, financial secretary: J. Eisenzopf, treasurer; V. Housw(cik.' requisiter; L, Mn}x';:holer. G. Winkler, R. Thomo, trustees T. Soboslay, examin: ing surgeon GRAND HOTEL. R Raymond, Napa |F H Mills, U 8 A T Relame, Napa T S Esrey. Hanford Miss D Curtz, Miss Tregonning, fam C Kinplenty: Laape Loop A Miss Tregonning, J H Tyttle & w, Watv|H Curtz, Looy 5 M J Green, San Mateo W B Slater & w, Cal F Cavagnaro. Stockton W E Moldrup, Ala |8 A Willis D L Albert, J J F Clapp, Chicago |A W Morshead. London |G C Dickey & w, S iR Mr Crofton & w, Can|J J H Drain, L Angeles|D W 1 Raberta: mnlnde"ga Blrsnl . Rive E P Tuohy. Spokane |E V Mocune. Serei F D Baldwin, § Cruz/F C Staniford, Cal G E Kennedy, Liverm P M ey, Sacto B Penerth, Tacoma |N W Williams, Redng T Clark & w. Cal Miss C Clark, Cal B G Purlow, Cal R H Cowin, 8an Joee T _H Dempsey & w, Miller & w. Btockin| Seattle ] 5 55 ector., Fckniein, Seattle | Miss B R Rector, Mont H Rector, Mont PALACE ‘W Walsh, Stockton Moore, San Jose 4 Oz H olford, Vancouver R Britten, Menlo Martin, N Y H Johneon, Oakland . Oakland T & Mrs Crofton, B C| J Woodward, Seattle Mason & w, L Ang 'Connor & w. Pa O Bries % % £ 3 R T e ket o E X J k, Sacto B Lankershim,L Ang wtord, Boston dE=aprrdaagdr nay (o] FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON IS RICH IN ITS PROMISE Exhibition Opens To-Day at Mark Hopkins Institute of Art Under Favorable Conditions. STUDY OF A HEAD BY DR. ARNOLD GENTHE, ONE OF THE ARTISTIC PRINTS NOW ON EXHIBITION AT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON IN MARK HOPKINS INSTITVITE OF ART. CLEVER THE WORLD OVER HAVE CONTRIBUTED. HE first Photographic Salon held in BSan Francisco, which will open to the public this evening at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, bids fair to be an extra- ordinary success for a first at- tempt in this direction. The exhibition is to be held under the auspices of the Cali- fornia Camera Club, which has succeeded in attracting the attention of artistic photographers in almost every State in the Union, In addition to obtaining exhi- bits from England and “Bonnie Scotland.” Altogether, about 1500 pictures were en- tered in competition for the various prizes, and of these 70 have been chosen to adorn the walls. The hanging of the exhibition is completed, and the collection. which includes all kinds of photographic effort, landscapes, character studles, portrait studies, genre, marines, in every kind of photographic medium, The latest fads are all represented. A rank impressionism, in which everything is left to the imagination, has a single exponent in C. Ackerman, who shows “A Violinist,” which one must take upon the artist's word only, as the photograph | might be that or anything else one chose to call it. W. J. Cassard of New York is | a realist per contra, and shows some quite | eatable peaches. C. Yarnall Abbott, also | a man of Gotham, has a couple of admir- | able nudes, and some quite wonderful red | chalk heads. Oliver Lippincott shows In- | dian girls in carbon and a good nude; H Lovich has one of the good architectural exhibits, “Haddon Hall' A. C. Pillsbury | has some excellent vanoramic photo- | graphs, of which he is inventor, and Gar- rett P. Ryley of Chicago sends a prize veteran of many exh “Guardians of the Doge’s Palace. From Boston comes an admirable char- acter study of an old woman by H. A. | leaves a decidedly pleasing !mnresulon.l | | tions, MEN AND WOMEN Latimer; Miss Floride Green, formerly a member of the California Camera ub, sends “Home Portr: Studies” of Goth- am's swelldom: James F. J. Archibald, war correspondent, sends a couple of mo interesting war pictures from South Afr! one of which includes portraits of Bobs" and General Kitchener and staff and D. F. Detlefsen of Chicago has a | novel exhibit. The local lights are well represented, and compare very favorably with the best Eastern work. Arnold Genthe has a charming show of portraits: Miss Laura Adams_exhibits some highly original work; W. J. Street, Oscar Maurer, Mrs. Crowell, Miss Martha Galloway are ail ted rieley portrait _collection »n, who illustrated pho- eman from In- t his best. Edward R. Ja tographically * at; is hardly exh! r ana I weeks, in time the C special Thursda ing which 11 have threa evening entertainments. e e e e e e e e e ] TRY T0 KIDNAP A PHOENIX BOY, Lad’s Lusty Cries Thwart the Plot of a Triv of Thugs. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 16.—The kidnap- ing fever has reached Phoenix. On Sun- day night Robert Wagner, the 12-year-old son of Nicholas Wagner, manager of the Phoenix Theater, while on his way to the opera-house, where he lives with his parents, was seized by two masked men and hurried toward a buckboard, where a third man was In charge of the horses. Everything was apparently planned to speedily convey the boy out of town, but young Wagner was successful in thwart- ing the attempt of the masked men to slip a gag over his mouth and made outcries which attracted -the attention of pedes- trians and frightened off the would-be kidnapers. The boy hurried home and informed his arents of the plot to steal him, and the Police . Department was notified. The men who had been attracted by the out- cries hastened to the ‘scene, bt young ‘Wagner, who saw them coming, believed them to be accomplices of the masked men and eluded them. The police picked up the trail made by the buckboard and followed it to the river bottom, near Phoenix, but could roceed no further In the dark. On the ollowing morning a party of deputy Sheriffs searched along the #ver for the trail, but the masked men had concealed their tracks so weil in the fine sand that the police have been unable to locate the trafl. The Police Department at first kept the affair auiet, but to-day made announcement warning parents to closély guard their children. Young Wagner said tLat for more than a week he had noticed two men, whom he now believes to be the masked men, lefsurely _strolling along the sidewalk where the attempted kidnaping took place. They had watched his movementa closely, but s suspicion was not aroused. The elder Wagner belleves that the masked men had been watching for an rtunity to steal the son of a wealthy Phoenix visitor who lives In the same neighborhood and resembles Robert ‘Wagner. Knights Templar Ball. The grand ball which was given last night under the auspices of the Golden Gate Commandery of Knights Templar was a brilllant success, both socially and financially. Over 250 couples were presenc and cipated in the grand march, Which was led by the officers of 1ho commandery and their partners. The passage way leading to the main hall was Doy andevergrecne and iurained by ms y many colored electric lights. The hall if- self presented an even more brilliant scene. ers of flowers and foliage interspersed with lights of various colors were sus nded from the center of the ceiling and attached to the ralls of the balconfes. Harbor Commissioners Meet. The San Francisco Construction Com- pany wants to build a twelve-inch sewer at Francisco and Montgomery streets and has asked the Board of Harbor Commis- sloners to to the same. The matter referred to President Kil- D Taokban (akd for anase’ st ckson or & a the new Fishermen's Wharf to erect a boat bullding plant. He was informed there was no epace to spare. decided that Bate- | order. man Bros.’ claim for $404150 for extra work on the new ferry depot was equita- | | ble and referred the matter to the Legis- | lature for settlement. | D. J. Fleming was appointed collector, vice A. M. Furlong, time expired. The death of Thomas Ryan. coliector at Broadway Wharf, was reported to the board. Mr. Ryan was taken sick Satur- | day afternoon and died yesterday morn- |ing. He had a host of friends in San Francisco who regret his death. One of his daughters is now acting as private secretary to Judge Estee in Honolulu. Koot A i ST et “BECKY SHARP” NEXT ON THE CALIFORNIA BILL Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske Will Open Her Engagement Next Monday Evening. One of the most important events of | the dramatic season is the Minnie Mad- | dern Fiske engagment, which will begin next Monday evening at the California | Theater. Mrs. Fiske will appear in the | | name role of “Becky Sharp,” a part which | {she created and has made famous throughout the East. The play is, of | course, founded upon ‘“Vanity Fair,” and the arrangement is said to afford Mrs. | | Fiske perhaps the best opportunity of | any part in her varied repertoire. A This is the Cclosing week of Florence Réberts’ special engagement at the Al-| cazar and the last week of ‘“Nell Gwynne.” Monday ‘“Sweet Lavender” will be the bill, and Lila Convere will make her reappearance in the title role. . s . The popular “Cinderella” is in fts last week at the Tivoll and next week “The | Fencing Master” will follow. This is the first time the Smith and De Koven opera has been given here at popular prices and a good production is promised. Bernice | Holmes will make her reappearance in the opera. ““A Stranger In a Strange Land” is doing | excellent business at the Alhambra this week. “A Star Boarder” comes next in . The week’s bill at the Central Theater is ‘“The Two Orphans’™ always popular and apparently still as much so as ever. “Darkest Russia™ will follow. . .o Lockhart’s “Baby Elephant” act is the | chief attraction. at the Orpheum this week, but Eugene O'Rourke and Rose Braham in their sketch, “Parlor A" run it a close second by their clever work. T The Chutes and Zoo have an amusing programme for the week including a “black ballet.” To-night is the always funny amateurs’ night. * s . Fischer’'s Concert-house offers Mjle. At- lantis in aerial acts, Marle D. Wood in new songs, Sid Baxter and others on its goou bill. e Two Ships Libeled. Libels in admiralty were filed yesterday in the United States District Court as fol- lows Charles Sheaf, Willlam Meyers and F. P. Miller against American and Hawailan Steamship Company, to recover §193 67, alleged to be due the complainants for wages as seamen on the steamship Amer- ican, Geor Milne of Aberdeen, Scotland, agalnmh- bark Theobald for 34600, dam- ages all to have been sustained by the British ship Invermark in a collision in the bay of San Francisco on January 3 of this year. ' e MRS K P Chester Speers Promoted. Ch;-.ltef H. Speers, totrm;rlyh assistant ne agent of the Atlan 5nd Pacific railroad under W. &, Blonay now general trafic manager of the Santa Fcint of the Coiorads Miaad mopeer en and his headquarters will ba in Demver Mr. Speers is well known In this city here he has many fri who wish Tims Success tn i new posteten ——e To Cure the Grip in Two Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. | Moore and Marcella S. SAN JOSE FIRM 15 IN TROUBLE Sheriff Levies Upon the T. W. Spring Company’s Stock. SAN JOSE, Jan. 14.—The firm of T. W. Spring Company was levied upon to- day by Sheriff Langford under an execu- tion issued to Joseph S. Silverberg in San Francisco for $33,541 22. The Sheriff at once closed the doors and put the keys in his pocket. The firm 1s one of the oldest in Santa Clara County and until a couple of years ago wi one 1@ MOst pProsperous. It was established by the late T. W. Spring at the corner of Market and Santa Clara streets and has occupied that location for thirty-four years. At the death of Mr. Spring it passed to his children. The execution obtained by Silverberg, who represents Schweitzer & Co. of New York, is for goods purchased in the _clothing lnes. It is directed against Fred Ww. Moore, his wife, who comprise the firm of Spring Com- pany, and was obtained in Judge Dunn’s court in San Francisco. There are costs also of $7 and interest at the rate of 7 per cent from date of execution. Henry M. M. Spring, 2 son of T. W. Spring, was at the head of the company untll about eighteen months ago. At that time Mrs. Emily Spring, his wife, sued him for divorce and obtained a decree on charges of Infidelity. She was granted $150°a month alimony. Spring turned the store and other property over to his sister, Mrs. Moore, and her husband and fled East to avoid the payment of ali- mony. There is nearly $3000 due Mrs, Spring and she also has an execution against the firm and an order of sale. For some time the Sheriff has been trying to sell the store under the order, but Moore has refused to allow him to enter the place. On a number of occasions when the time for the sale was set Moore locked the doors and kept the officlal out. As the Sheriff now has the keys he probably will dispose of Spring’s interest in ths business to satisfy Mrs. Spring’s judg- ment. D — ADVERTISEMENTS. Cures Blood Poison A Trial Treatment Sent Free to All Who Suffer From Any Stage of the Diseasa. 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