The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1901, Page 12

12 “UNDER TWO FLAGS” AT GRAND OPERA HOUSE REPRESENTS WASTED EFFORT “The Conquerors” Is a Strong Play and Makes a Great Hit at the Alcazar—“The Evil Eye” at the California. Good Show at the Orpheum—"A Fair Rebel” at Cental H SCENE TRoMm N TiRaL: TWe SACK SEmSTER ') AR FLentiice sad to contemplate the human effort that goes production as “Under Two (Morosco’s) and then to real- terly wasted has been the this effort. To begin with, required a considerable, n on the part of O ical, and her tediou to unite an act as in- e first act presented dummy characters, such such tawdry senti- s there a compli- mechanical disregard | such absolute with such childish dience would accept | the remaining acts the au- your sympathy foresaid first act, d and altogether | self-sacrifice. This of the entire play pitying your hero | with him you feel only | mpz for a man who has every misfortune that has | ette is that of & constant talk is of broil > thirsts for the blood of their country against in who smokes and swears the veriest jack-trooper 2 all. This tigre: -boots has a pretty affection for the hero, who y does not now the difference d rhetoric.” This affection | out in & ries of incidents e assistance of horses, re- | volvers res, thunder, lightning and dust storms to make them go off. And there’s your play! A troglodyte would weep ving to sit through it ana two ormances would shatter the constitu- tion of a_cave-man. The jadies and gentlemen engaged in this extraordinary farrago are entitled to Mr. Webster intelligent, They have an excellent stage presence, a well- trained voice and a quiet strength of man- mer which show that if only they were given a play they could not fail to interest and to move us. The scenery was beautiful and—I was appropriate,” but I should , “much too good for the lines.” L. DU PONT SYLE. that require Alcazar. e author chose to throw at| | Cenquerors™; it has an excellent thing in | the two first ‘acts of the play. The story of “The Conquerors” is briefly as follows: | The scene is laid in Brittany, during the evening and night following the battle of Sedan, September 3, 1870. ~ The chateau Grand Pre in Dinan is occupied by the Prussians, whose presence is bitterly re- sented by the owners thereof, an old| = | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY APRIL 23, 1901 LIVELY CONTESTS FOR PRIZES FOR BEAUTY AND POPULARITY Miss F. M. Hayes and Miss Anna Gerichten Are the Victors at the Verein Eintracht|Local Financial Circles Fair—Ballot Boxes Were Fully Stuffed + of Bodeche, put in with clean, fine touch bK Charles Bryant, and the rest of the characters are all adequately cast. The stage management leaves something to be desired, over-long waits, and fa. ends here and there, but “The Conquerors” is much the best thing that the Alcazar boards have seen for many a moon. Orpheum. Alf Grant, in a specialty down on the bills as “Pictures Taken From Life, ought to succeed this week in proving to the Orpheum patrons that there are a few jokes not old enough to be out of swad- dling clothes and that those selfsame - % | | | | B | | | | | | | | I il | | [ [ | [ i TRANCESCA REDDING cvesmmic - =3 | STAR PERFORMERS APPEARING WITH MARKED SUCCESS THIS | WEEK AT THE CALIFORNIA THEATER, ORPHEUM AND GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. MISS REDDING IS WEARING A STUNNING GOWN. T 7 5 French family. The Prussian officeys in-| bon mots are in his repertoire. In addi- vite a crowd of Parisian dancing girls t the castle, and during the subsequent fes- | tivities an insulting toast is proposed by | one of the officers, one Lieutenant Eric, von Rodeck, that is overheard by Yvonne, | sister of the Baron de Grand Pre. Yvonne | das! a glass of wine in the officer’s face as the retort courteous and he swears to | be revenzed. | The opportunity for revenge presents it- | self in the second act, whe finding | Yvonne in a country i she has gone to meet her soldier brother. he de- fermines to ruin her. She successfully appeals to his chivalry, however, and he leaves her, only for her to fall into worse hands in the person of the landlord of the inn, Bobeche. Yvonne, in the dark, im- agines that it is the lieutenant, repentant | of his good resolution, and remains in ig- | norance that the Prussian officer, to save | her, himself kills the landlord. 'She, for the insult offered her, tries to Kkill him, and then, repentant, nurses him back to health. The second scene is one of simply tre- mendous power. It struck sparks from first to last. The others are more loosely knit, the interest rather petering out 1n‘ the necessary explanations toward the last, but the play is one of strong inter- est, good dialogue, and teeming with ef- fective incident. The honors of the evening are with Miss | Convere, who displayed an _unexpected | emotional depth as Yvonne. Her concep-| tion of the character was marked by ad- mirable refinement, grace and force. Joa: eph Kilgour struck the true brusque note of the soldier, but failed rather in the The Alcazar has a good thing this week in Psul M. Potter's four-act play, “The sentimental side. Perhaps as good “work as any was done in the excellent sketch EUVERY EOLRME come requests Shoes for men and women. In our NEW DEPARTMENT are found only those Shoes thatwill do credit to ourstore. The buying and selling of Shoes has been our business for twenty-three years, and the success shows our judgment must be good. People living in the in- terior can be served as well as the city folk. we have made for our $3.50 | tion 1o his humorous sayings Grant has a +Mason and Lorena £00 song full of rhyming wit and a sen- 1 repftation that proves his versa- All these goot bits in Grant's fa- - ought to make him the headliner on this week’s programine, but the bill is so l;ull of good things that he is only one of many. Barnes and Sissons in a farcicai | v, “The Mystcrious Pill,” a telling | ct full of fun; MHe. Adelaide, a dainty | bit of femininity, wiio dances and balances | n & e rope; Mme. Marion von Schrader, a lady with ‘a splendid soprano voice and an operatic reputation, and Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper in a ‘dark- faced specialty e Darktown Circus,” are the other new numbers on the pro- gramme that win the approval of the audience. The holdovers include Josephinc Gassman and her pickaninnies in an en- tirely new repertoirc, Francesca Redding and her clever company in her last week’ . success, “Her Friend From Texas.” and | Horace Goldin in his mysterious illusions. ;r:;?fimfnencanx biograph, presenting u serles of new views, c: B el concludes the excel. Central. Mawson’s military drama, “A° Fair| Rebel,” drew a crowded house last night | and was presented satisfactorily. The scenery was more than usually elaborate and called forth the spontaneous applause of the spectators. There are live horses on the stage and many thrilling situations, lsufl'lcriemt to keep up the interest in what s otherwise a weak play. i€ £00d ana cast mith excellent qisaiiLy tion. Mr. Cuml‘nlnist asd Colonel Ezra Atwoo Monteith, the fair rebel, dlagld(!:!ll:'r!zl:: honors with Ozra Waldrop’s Joan Fitz- hugh, James Corrigan's Major Stillman and Mrs. Belmour's Aunt Margie. Rich- ard Scott in the role of Captain de Perrin played the ungrateful villain's role so well that he was hissed b that v the indignant gal- Fischer’s Concert House. Fischer's Concert House was crowded to its utmost capacity last night, and Paraskova Sandoline, contraito, after singing the aria from “Mignon,” was given four encores. ‘“Scenes in China- town,” presented by Oro Dalton and Oro, proved a most amusing sketch, and Eva Thatcher and Charles Chenowith in their act, ‘Married Life in the Twentieth Cen-, tury Jack Symonds, the'| .l‘ v;'ere funny. monologist, sang new songs and stories, and Gis Leonard: musien]: comr :’:el:;xé p};fi'ed Dtn texlhx'aordin&ry instru- . e rest of the program unusually good. i g Tivoli. Although in its third week, “The Idol's Eye” drew a large audience to the Tivoll Opera-house last night and was thorough- | ly enjoyed. The encores were numerous and it seemed as if the audience could not get enough of the ever popular “Fairy | Tales.” The principals in the cast, Fer- ris Hartman, Alf C. Wheelan, Arthur Cunningham, Edward Webb, Maud Wil- liams, Annie Myers and Bernice Holmes, were all in splendid voice and made the opera go brilliantly. Olympia. There is a new bill and a good one at the Olympia this week. The three Mal- vern brothers made a big" hit With thelr acrobatic act sud Jeanstte o her Australian cockatoos were well celved. B California, “The Evil Eye” drew another large au- dience to the California last night. The plece went very smoothly and is assured of a good week's run. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE 15 MADE J. B. Moisant Is Accused of Stealing Bonds Worth $1200. It Is Also Alleged That He Is a Fugitive and a Kidnaper. John B. Moisant, under the name of John Moore, is a fugitive from justice and Captain Seymour, who has a warrant for his arrest on the charge of felony embez- zlement, has wired to Deming and EIl Paso, hoping that he may be captured at one of these points, as he is believed to be on his way to Mexico with his kidnaped child and valuaple securities belonging to R. Dannmever, stock broker, 100 Front street, who is his wife’s uncle. The warrant was sworn to before Judge Cabaniss yesterday morning by Dann- meyer, who accuses Moisant of embezzling 500 shares of Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company’s stock of the value of $1200. Moisant got the shares Friday to negotiate an oil deal, but he did not do anything in the matter, and when he failed to make his appearance Saturday, Dannmeyer became suspiclous. He made inquiry and learned that Moi- sznt had called upon his wife, who { living in this city with her mother, and had asked a§ a favor to be allowed to take their child to the Orpheum for the matinee. The husband and wife have been Living apart for some years. Mofsant did not return with the child. Dannmeyer notified Captain Seymour yesterday morning, and it was soon dis- covered that Moisant had left on Satur. day evening’s train for El Paso en route for Mexico, and it is presumed that he has the child with him. It is alleged that Moisant took other securities belonging to Dannmeyer with him. Some are not negotiable and are only of value to Moisant personally. Moisant has been connected in business with Dannmeyer for the past thirteen years, and has been residing in San Sal- vador. He arrived in this city a few days ago, and it is believed that his principal object was to secure possession of his child. Other charges will probably be made against him if he should be ar- rested. Late last evening Captain Seymour re- ceived the following dispatch from Dem- ing, N. M.: Man on train. wired to J. Paso, Have Could not get him at El H. White, Chief of Pol Texas, to hold him. LEWIS I. MARSHALL, Justice. Charles F. O'Callaghan, attorney for Dannemeyer, was seen last evening at his residence and positively refused to give any information as to the alleged embez- zlement by Moisant. The attorney pro- fessed to be in ignorance of the residence of Dannemeyer and also of Mrs. Moisant. An hour after O’Callaghan was seen he visited Captain Seymour at the Hall of Justice in company with a man named Prescott. The attorney was shown the dispatch from New Mexico, but did not vouchsafe the detective any information that might be of value. The detective department has not been furnished with the address of Mrs. Moi- sant, and Dannemeyer is as silent as his attorney regarding information as to whether Mrs. Moisant will charge her husband with kidnaping her child. lady did not visit police headquarters and the detectives were unable to locate he last night. The_Police Department is of the opinio that Dannemever and Moisant have had a family and_business quarrel and that the charge of felony embezzlement has off. lice but little foundation. COAST LINE CHANGES TINE A slight change of time will take place on the Coast Line to-day, by which the Coast Line Limited will leave this city at 7:30 a. m. instead of 8, the first San Jose local at 6:45 a. m. instead of 7, and Sunset Express at 6:15 p. m. instead of 7. VETERINARIES KILL MANY MORE GLANDERED EORSES Steeds of Ninth Cavalry Suffering From Dread Diseasc Shot and Carcasses Burned. The shooting of the horses of the Ninth Cavalry found suffering from glanders still continues at the Presidio. Forty have been killed since the arrival of the animals at the post eight days ago, and to-day twenty-five more will be released from pain by bullets from army revolv- ers. Despite the precautions taken to pre- vent the spread of the glanders the dis- ease seems to spread daily. Private Ogletree of the Eighteenth ln-l fantry was shot through the left arm yes- terday morning by the accidental dis- charge of his rifie. The bullet fractured the bone in the forearm in two places. Word was received yesterday at army headquarters that the trarsport Sheridan had left Manila with the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth regiments on board. —_——————— S. H. FRIEDLANDER IN CANNING BUSINESS Also Rents Opera House at Eugens, Or., and Will Book At- tractions. Word was received in the city yesterday that S. H. Friedlander, the well-known theatrical manager, has recovered from his recent illness and says he will shortly embark in business once more. Mr. Friedlander will be interested in a salmon cannery on the Columbia River in Oregon and will also lease the opera- house at Eugene, Or. Weekly Ministers’ Meetings. Rev. J. N. Beard discussed the use of individual communion cups at the weekly meeting of the Methodist ministers yes- terday. He informed his brethren that he had inaugurated their use in his church and had found it a success. A delegatiion of ministers from the Presbyterian Min- isters’ Union, composed of Drs. Bell, Be- vier and_ Willard, attended the meeting and asked that a committee be appointed to co-operate with the committees from other denominationai bodies to arrange for a final evangelical movement on the first_of the year under the leadership of J. Wilbur Chapman, the famous evan- gelist. Rev. John Stephens, Rev. J. N. Beard and Rev. S. D. Hutsinpiller were appointed a committee to aid the project. ev. F. K. Baker was appointed a com- mittee of one to drafi suitable resolutions thanking the Federal authorities for their excellent work in endeavoring to_curtail the slave traffic in Chinatown. Rev. R. H. Fink read an interesting paper before the Presbyterian Ministers’ Union on eople do 10t Attend Church on ————— Mrs. Nellie Davids Remanded. Judge Cook yesterday morning heard the application of Mrs. Nellie Davids for her release on a writ of habeas corpus and discharged the writ remanding her into custody. Later she appeared before Judge Cabaniss and was instructed as to her rights on the two charges of burglary against her. These cases and two cases against her of petty larceny were con- tinued till to-mocrrow and the Judge fixed her bonds at $3000 or the same amount in cash. * —_—————————— ‘Wait Until Thursday. The doors of the California Shoe Com- pany are closed and will open this Thu dav. $20,000 worth of ladies’ and men's $3.50 shoes, all celebrated_makes, will be sold on that day for SL65 a pair at_the bankrupt shoe sale of the California Shoe Company, 1506 Market street. above City Hall avenue. * The | N BRATNOBER HAS MADE MILLIONS Excited Over News From London. — | | ~ Dalton, the Klondike Pioneer, Said to Be One of Lucky Party. Mining and financlal circles were agog with excitement yesterday over the news published in The Call that Henry Brat- nober, the well-known and popular mining expert and capitalist, had sailed from London for home after clearing up more than five million dollars in the modern Babylon. ‘When the Klondike excitem its height Bratnober went to region for the Rothschilds, backed by un- limited capital. He became acquainted in Dawson with Jack Dalton, the man who founded the famous Daiton trail, and the two became fast friends. On returning from Dawson Bratnober { | severed his connection with the Roths- childs and branched out for himself. He assoclated_himself with the late Thomas Mein, A. Wartenweiler, J. H. Sayre and others who are prominent in fnancial circles. One year ago Bratnober revisited the Klondike and returned to this city with Jack_Dalton. The two started for Lon- don just before Christmas and Bratnober at the time stated he was “out for big game.” It is understood that Henry Callahan, a mining expert, is the man who gave cer- tain information to Bratnober, that the latter used to great advantage. Whitaker Wright Remembered. Hundreds of people in_this State have reason to remember Whitaker Wright, who visited California about twenty years ago, #nd was the head of many disastrous mining ventures in Lake County. Wright finally dropped from sight and went to London, where he ingratiated himself with members, of the aristocracy, mem- bers of Parliathent and other prominent men. He then went to Australia and started the “Lake View Syndicate” of mines and the British public swallowed the bait with avidity. Money fairly poured into the coffers of Wright and his associates and the arch-promoter became 4‘(;‘\352 - | a financial pillar in ILondon. He secured a footing in the “LoMdon and Globe Syn- MISS GERICHTEN, THE MOST POP- dicate,” a solid cgixcern.da‘nd‘soi)d the di- + - k rectors considerable sto of the “Lake ULAR YOUNG WOMAN AT VE View” mines in Australia. | REIN EINTRACHT FAIR. Henry Callahan, a mining expert, was | | sent from London to Australla by the | - o Lamdfi:km& Globo! Comp-gyhtolrteport on the e View mines, and he left Aus- | could even be guessed with any accuracy. | tralia for home a fow weeks ago, passing No objection was made to stuffing the | through San Francisco on his return trip. ballot-box. In fact, the managers wel- | Bratnober became acquainted with Calla- comed this plan as one that would bring | Dan When he passed through this city | the largest ret: to -them,. and they | & route to Australia and it is generally ge: eturns to o~ Y | understood that Callahan gave Bratnober gsll;; not disappointed in .their expecta- | a tip to “watch Lake View stock.” A prize was also offered for the most Stock Bulled and Beared. popular young lady in the eyes of the| When Bratnober went to London last German colony. Everybody was drawn | winter he “beared” the stock and secured EX + |into the two contests, and when the|a large number of shares. When the | NE of the most exciting contests | at the recently closed fair of the Verein Eintracht was that for the honor of being declared the most beautiful - young . lady. A host of candidates entered the lists, and -as each one had hundreds of admirers it was not until the result was announced in the early hours of Monday morning that the name of the ‘winner L e s i el DESCHAMPS WILL TELL OF THE STAGE Will Deliver Six Lectures on the French Drama at the State University. M. Gaston Deschamps of Paris, literary critic of “Le Temps” and one of the most distinguished of present-day French men of letters, will arrive in San Francisco at | 6:45 Friday evening. Throughout the fol- | lowing week M. Deschamps will lecture at | & g | J ; of California on “The Con- the University o B s o ! orary Stage.” These I ‘;fi?& ma‘:’ public is invited, will be given | in the lecture room of the Students’ Ob- cervatory at 4 o'clock every afternoon | from Monday to Saturday, April 28 to May | 4, inclusive. M. Deschamps will speak in | French. The detailed programme will be ollows: iastonday. April 29, “The Masters of the | Contemporary. Stage”; Tuesday, April 30, | “The Marriage Question”; Wednesday, | May 1, “Family Life”: Thursday, May 2, “The Social Question’ Friday, May 3, «The Heroic Drama”; Saturday, May 4, conclusion, “The Future of the Stage in France.” M. Deschamps_was born at Nelle, Deux Sevres, in 1861. He studied at the College | of Niort, then at the College Sainte Barbe, in Paris, and was admitted in 1882 at the Tpper Normal School. Received as a fel- Jow of the university in 1885, he was se- lected by competition to be sent to the | French Archaeological School in Athens. It is as a pensionnaire of that school that M. Gaston Deschamps explored sev- | eral regions of Asia Minor, and his epi- | graphic work made the subject of several Teports to the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. In the intervals of his trip M. Deschamps acted as literary and | political correspondent of Le Journal des | Debats for Athens. In 18%0 he was man- | aging editér of the Journal des Debats and contributed also to the Revue de Deux Mondes and the Revue Bleue. He pub- | lished in 1892 “La Grece d'Aujourdhui, which was_‘“‘couronne” by the French Academy. The following year he published “Sur les Routes da'Asic,” souvenirs of travel. He then succeeded Anatole France as the literary critic of the Temps, and for the last seven years he has been writing a weekly ‘“fenilleton’” on contemporary literary movements. These essays have been reunited in “La Vie et Les Livres, which count already five volumes. “LOG-ROLLING” BY THE WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Golden Gate Camp No. 64, Woodmen of the World, the largest camp in this city, having more than 1200 members, celebrat- ed the tenth anniversary of its institation in Native Sons’ Hall last night. The oc- casion was made one of what in wood- craft is known as “log rolling”—that is, bringing in_new timber in the shape of applicants for admission into the camp. Three hundred and twenty-five such ap- plications were presented before the en- | tertainment prepared by M. T. Moses, P. H. C.; T. J. Barry, W. D. Ferguson, J. S: | Patterson and M. M. Dodge. The programme was made up of the fol- lcwing numbers: Overture, Hyman's Orchestra; the Great La Croix, the tramp Jjuggler; Charles Morrell, banjo comique; Scott and Wilson, acrobatic comedians; musical selections, Hyman's Or- chestra; Neighbor Joseph Hayes, recitations Waterman Sisters, song and dance artists; EI ton Lambert, coon specialties; musical sel. tions, Hyman's Orchestra; Fairbanks Bros., wizards of motion; Higgins and Fletcher, buck | and wing dancers; Past Head Consul M. T. Moses, A Few Words'’'; Master Higgins, baton swinging, ““the event of the evening” —W. Leon- ard, 125-pound lightweight champion of the Pd- cific Coast vs. Danny Carroll of the Olympic Club; Danny Danziger, 125-pound champion of the Olympic Club, vs. Frank McConnell, 115- pound champion of the Olympic Club. FORTEOUS CLUB CONCERT PROGRAMME ARRANGED The programme arranged for the Por- teous Club concert to-night promises an enjoyable evening to those attending. It is as follows:, ~ Duet from “Mignon" (Thomas), B. Weyl and Miss Heath: ‘Hunting Song” ' (Rondoletto) Child Planist Cecll Cowles; arla from “Frei | schutz’” (Weber), Miss Friedlander; reci tions, ‘‘Lucile’s Device,” “Tommy's Mat necs . Hazel Sexton, from dramatic class; songs, “Eliland” (Trelitz), B. Weyl; songs, (Ru- ‘binstein), - Miss Feldheim: arfa from ‘' Willlam of Orange’’ (Eckert), Mrs. Cox: two scenes in full costume from the opera of ‘‘Hansel and Gretel” (Humperdinck), Miss Heath. Miss Cul- lum, Little Hazel Sexton, from dramatic class. Mr. Fic Mirs Inez Strauch, accom 5. The concert will be under the dlret:tlonI of Madame Anna von Meyerinck. 1 market was “bulled”” by faverable reports from Australia, the London and love Syndicate eagerly bought up all the stock it could lay its hands on and Bratnober and his friends are reported to have cleared up by the transaction more than five million dollars. Bratnober sailed from England on Sat- urday on the Lucania and his friends are eagerly awaiting his return to this city. A. Wartenweiler, who shares offices in the Crocker bullding with Bratnober, de- clined to give any information as to the big deals made in London by Bratnober. “I know that he made money during the winter,” said Wartenweller in speaking of Bratnober, “but I have no information as to this last transaction. I had a cable from him a week ago saying he was com- ing home.” Mrs. Bratnober moved from the Palace Hotel to_ Pledmont when her husband went to Europe and lives in _a palatial home in the suburban city. When Brat- nober arrives in San Francisco he is bound to receive a hearty welcome and | details of his good fortune are eagerly awaited. judges declared the results the victors were made to appreciate the honors of such distinction. From the start, Miss F. M. Hays led the procession in the contest to be voted the most beautiful young lady. While many others disputed with her for the prize there were none who could come up to the standard set by the judges, and Miss Hays triumphantly walked off with the prize. In the contest for the most popular young lady a great latitude was afforded. Miss Anna Gerichten carried off this prize with such a decided majority that even her rivals were constrained to willingly relinquish to her the palms of victory. Pitted against her were many charming young ladies, who, although defeated, frankly admitted that no better choice could have been made. In the shooting contest, ten prizes were distributed among the most expert marks- men, the leaders of the Verein Eintracht Schuetzen section being mainly distin- guished for their marksmanship. Valua- ble prizes were given to each of the lead- | ing contestants in the various shooting classes. The winners in the order of pre- cedence were: Bender, H. Stett! W Harker, H. Kuhls, Captain F. G. Kuhls, C. Auer, L. Streit, O. Ludwig, D. J. Han- sen, R. Liebenscheid. Many a successful man begins at the top of the ladder and goes down—when he has business in the cellar. CAUTION A T no other place in San Francisco can | SOROSIS or ROYAL shoes be bought. | The genuine are branded on the soles. Send-pdstal for Spring Catalogue secame m% Todaobiating, gl Ll aniz? STREET STREET vacifc Coast Agency ROYAL SHOES L NO - |y BRANCH fif STORES viaon, GonorrhosasGle Stricture, Seminal I eakness. [potonce snd thels allied Disorders. 1ook on Diseases of Men, rea. Over™veary experience. 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