The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1902 PUT OUT 10 SEARCH FOR GONDOR Cruiser Leaves Port in Quest of Missing W arship. Eritish Admiralty Is Losing Hope as Days Pass Without News. Hears No Tidings of the Sloop Since Her Departure From Esqui- malt Forty-Two Days Ago. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. Jan. 20.—H. M. S. Phaeton left Esquimalt this afternoon to cruise between Victoria and Honolulu in search for the missing warship Condor. The Admiralty is much alarmed regard- ing the safety of the sloop-of-war and on Baturday orders were received from Lon- don by cable for the Phheton to proceed 2 and for the 2, which was in the drydock € repairs, to hold h in o to proceed at a mo- ment's notice. On the recelpt of these orders from the Admiralty the work of repairing was suspended on the Egeria Phaeton left at 3:30 o'clock this oon. After I trip to the ts, 10 test her recently overhauled she will make a cruise in the before proceed- all probability ralian liner gs advices of ing warship. expected to reach port vith her qflmins, news anuary As the sail- lly make the voyage to t half that time, the ived, if she has hich has reached made the passage he brought no news of t when about 200 miles out hted uantity of lumber, deckioad of some ce it looked as e spars among the did not go close iers Organize. —Twenty-five Clara County direction. are: G. A. ownsend, C. H. Hoard. At the National— Francisco; at the of San Francisco; Nichols and_wife the Albany—J. B. i3 at ynrovia ADVERTISEMENTS. “ e Won’t Die Of consumption® is a remark often made of a fleshy man. The remark expresses ar recoguition of the fact that of consumption is emaciation, ing cured. Emaciated peo- ple with obstinate coughs, bleeding lungs, might-sweats and weakness, have been perfectly cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. 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If of quality in use the nearest post aristocracy work UNITED STATES LAUNDRY Office 1004 Market Strest Telephone—South 420, Oakland Office—54 San Pablo Ave. Weekly Call, $1 per Year 20.—The following | aT0CK GAMBLING LEADS T0 GRIME Cashier of a Great Falls Bank Short in His Accounts. Disgraced Official Is Under Arrest and Unable to Give Bonds. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 20.—Her- bert H. Matteson was arrested in Helena this morning, charged with the embezale- ment of $2,00 from the First National Bank of this city, having, it is said, used the bank’'s money in heavy speculation in stocks. Matteson’s exact shortage is a | g&‘fir Dln%‘%. estimates varying from | 25,000 to $180,000. The shortage has been known by the | bank officials for several days, but had been kept a secret until fuller investiga- tion had been made. The money &ppro- priated by Matteson was on deposit with correspondents in the East and was lost | in stock gambling. Matteson made & full confession to Bank Exeminer Lazear this morning and stated that he had made considerable money on rising copper stocks, but when the slump came he attempted to cover on long deals until he became hopelessly involved. His | transactions were made in Boston and | New York. Besides losing money belong- ing to depositors of the bank he claimed | to-day that he lost also $40,000 which had | been left him by his father, who died sev- eral months ago. His wife went East| four days ago in an effort to secure money | to muke her husband’s deficiency good, | but failed and the arrest followed. | Matteson was secretary of the Great Falls Business Men's Association, a prom- inent soclety man and a member of one of the leading churches. He wa$ never| known to live extravagantly. Before leaving the city this morning for Helena he turned over property and money esti- mated to be worth about $20,000. Arrangements have been made whereby ¢ the loss will be made up and the stand- | ing of the bank sustained. Matteson was brought back from Helena | this evening and locked up in the City ! Jail. He refuses to make any statement, and when he tries to talk his_emotlon s | such that he breaks down and cries like | a child. | The First National has a capital of $200,- 000 and & surplus of $55,000. Among the published list of stock directors is H. W. Cannon of the Chase National Bank of New York. SUITS INVOLVE MUCH LAND AROUND GII;EOY! Residents Will Contest the Olaims | Made by John Martin’s East- | { ern Heirs. | SAN JOBE, Jan. 20.—The suit recently | brought by Emma Moore and Susan Spragin, daughters of John J. Martin, the 1old Gilroy ploneer, to recover property | formerly owned by their father, is at-| tracting much attention in the southern end of Santa Clara County, where the land is situated. Title to 4000 acres is af- fected by the suit, and some of this land had been sold before Martin's death. Ac- cording to gossip in Giiroy, the old pion- eer had expected trouble of this kind. It | is said that he twice married Elizabeth McPherson, the last time after his first | wife, Nancy Dalton Martin, had ob- tained a divorce from him. The statement that none of Martin's relatives knew of his whereabouts until three years o is | denied by old - residents of Gilroy, who say that the story that John Martin had another family in North Carolina had | been known for twenty years. | Many years ago, it is said, a woman, | supposed to be one of Martin's daughters, appeared in Gilroy and saw Martin. They had 2 number of conferences, and it was rumored at the time that Martin had made | a settlement with his North Carolina rela- | tives. The woman left town and nothing | more was ever heard of her. Martin never spoke of the affair to oufsiders, but it is supposed that he confided the se- | cret to some of his family. At the time of his death Martin had dis- | posed of’all the 4000 acres of land with | the exception of about 200 acres, and this | property was given to the children by his second “marriage. Tt is said that the | | owners of the land affected will contest | the suit, on the ground that the North | Carolina heirs had previously been settled { with by thelr father. “COLONISTS” ARE MAKING | SAUSALITO THEIR HOME | Evidence of'the Activity of Poolroom | Interests Precedes the Election. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 20.—The warmth of the coming town election In Sausalito is| already felt In that locality. ‘Jake” Ru- | doiph of San Francisco is sald to have | taken up his residence there. In itself | this i immaterial, but as Jacob was a leutenant of former “Boss” Buckley and has performed many stunts with six- shooters in the course of a_turbulent ca- reer, the good people of Sausalito are| wondering and not a few are taking time by the forelock and oiling up their pom- | pons. The friends! of Mayor Adolph Sylva, who is fighting the poolroom element and | ha¥ announced himself a candidate for | re-election, believe that the poolroom peo- | ple have sent Rudolph over to ambuscade Sylva and turn him over to the Coroner. | S¥iva says he is not afraid of all the Ru- dolphs alive. The friends of “Billy’’ Har- rison, who conducts an opposition pool- room, believe that Rudolph’s coming is a threat against Harrison’s life. There bave been no hostilities, but rumors are | thick and Rip pockets are laden with iron. It is said that more than 100 “colonists"” have arrived to vote for the poolrooms in the coming town election. Laws Do Not Reach the Mayor. SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 20.—Dr. Beat- | ty, secretary of the State Board of | Health, stated this afternoon that Dr. Condon, city health officer of Ogden, had advised him that, the City Attorney of Ogden has so far refused to take action in the matter of arresting Mayor Glas- mann, being of the opinion that the laws were inadequate and did not cover a case of quarantine violation by the Mayor. The health authorities at Ogden have | iesued orders barring Mayor Glasmann’s chiidren from the public schools for the present. Pears’ “Beauty is but skin- deep” was probably meant to disparage beauty. In- stead . it tells how easy that beauty is to attain. “There is no beauty like the beauty of health” was also meant to dis- parage. Instead it encour- ages beauty. Pears’ Soap is the means of health to the skin, and so to both these sorts of beauty. Sald all over the world. | goers, OLD FRIENDS ARE GREETED AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER Californians Fill Star Roles in “The Princess Chic.” Warde’s Production Finds Favor. T WAS a grpeeting to old friends all roupd last night at the Columbia Theater, with “The Princess Chic” as attraction. There was Tommy Leary, well-beloved of all good Tivoll to begin with; Maude Lilhan Berri, the Oakland girl who has slipped so cleverly into Marguerite Sylva’s hand- some topboots; and a dash of “The Sing- ing Girl,” *“Robin Hood,” “Lohengrin” and what not_in the way of former ac- quaintances in the score. A good deal of “The Princess Chic” has been lifted—but well lifted—from other operas, but alto- gether it falls into one of the prettiest and most tuneful light operas that have been seen here. There is some more than commonly good concerted work, ambi- tiously conceived and well carried out, and there are a few very pretty lyrics. The plot is occasionally visible to the naked eye, and, while reasonably ingeni- ous, does not suffer from any too painful originality. The opera is excellently staged, dressed in handsomest fashion, and competently cast from principais down to the last chorus maid. Even the comedians_carry voices round with them, and since dainty Alice Nielsen’s day there has been no such singing on the local comic opera stage. The chorus owns some audible_tenors and is drilled into & stun- ning efficiency, singing with delightful voice and snap throughout. Mr. Leary was the first of the local lights to make his appearance, and was simply hustled into the enormity of a 8] eecg in the first minutes of the oj ery time he opened his mouth to have another try at Mr. La Shelle’s libretto, the audience drowned him out with im- perious applause, until he had said ‘“How d'ye do?” to them. It was too bad, be- cause Mr. Leary had a nice little ora- tion prepared, that came off later with due honors, however, and in which he ex- pressed the private opinion of all San Franciscans, “that when you get away from Market and Powell streets you are only out camping, and that's what Teddy Hartman means when he talks abott the ‘effete Fast’ After referring feelingly to “fraternal nights” spent with a large portion of the audience, to his Tivoll days, to 'Gene Schmitz and his new band up the City Hall, with ex-Mayor Phelan as bass drum, the comedian retired to hearty applause. He has a good part as Chambertin, and acts with all his old spirit, fun, and clean, fine humor. 'Miss Berri was also very favorably re- ceived, and was showered with flowers, She also was compelled to make a little speech, that was as graceful as it was short. Miss Berri comes back to her home a full-fledged light opera gtar, and it is dif- ficult to believe that she assumed her present role of the Princess Chic and only within the last few weeks. She acts with much aplomb, spirit and intelligence and has a full, sweet soprano voice that is heard to_excelient advantage in the role. Her handsome stage presence is well set off by the rich costumes of the part, and n.n.gsethor the California singer is a de- e Dest voice tn th is e n the company is owned by Edward 8. Metcalfe, who has a round, deep, sweet basso that recalls Hugene Cawles at his best. He has good songs, o e ood as he deserves, and met with avor. Another good voice {s Dor- not so strong othy Hunting’s, who plays the part of the Princess’ page. She sings admirably with a deep, rich, very sympathetic contralto, and is'a handsome and shapely young erson. Hubert Wilkie is a dashing and uneful Duke of Burgundy; W. A. Law- rence, Neil McNeil and Leary are a trio who take excallent care of the comedy; Edna Floyd is a bewitching soubrette and the rest of the cast is all acceptably ta- ken. “The Princess Chic” should see ex- cellent business. e Grand Opera-House. “The young romantic actor,”” Edwin Arden, chose to make his first bow this season in the songless version of the opera of’ “Maritana,” and as Don Caesar de Bazan to share in the hopes, ambitions, joys and sorrows of the good and beauti- ful girl who sang in the streets of Spain for coppers and who repulsed the love of a king to preserve her honor as a wife. Mr. Arden was received last night with true Californian hospitality by a large, interested and generous audience. His uuf)por( ‘was 8o excellent and the roles so fitly cast that the star and the leading members of the stock company seemed to be on a level in all but the characters they portrayed. He has a pleasing presence, a good voice and a manner that suits the part of the rollicking, reckless and brave soldier of fortune. Several calls before the cur- tain for him and Laura Nelson Hall, the Maritana of the play, testified to the sat- isfaction of the audience. Seldom has Miss Hall appeared to so much advantage as she did last night. In all her acting and in all the scenes and phases of dramatic emotion there could not be found one flaw. She displayed several rich and be- coming costumes, which were the subject of approving feminine comment all over the house. Herschell Mayall as the wicked Don Jose, the political prime minister, whose favorite method of dealing with men and things was by the system now known as “the double cross,” ‘was in his best vein, and thoroughly identified himself with the character. Mr. Mayall's acting runs to extremes—he does things either very bad- Iy or surprisingly well—and he does the part of Don Jose surprisingly well, his rich, deep volce and clean-cut elocution being especially enjoyable. The humor of the play is well carried out by H. D. Byers and Mary Bankson, the Marquis and Marchioness de la Rotunda. 3 scenery is arranged with an eye to the s.rtlutkt: and the costumes are elegant and correct. . Orpheum. This week’s show at the Orpheum is a very good one. The three Faust sisters; Inaudi, the mathematical marvel: Buck- ner, the trick bicyclist, and Kara, the wonderful juggler, who are hold-overs, are still tn.vorl‘u- with the audience, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Crane, in their sketch, “Am I a Wife,” are as popular as ever. This is their last week on the vaudeville #tage, upon which for the last five months they have made such a success. Upon m:y@dumotmwnp&o THREE THEATRICAL STARS WHO ARE APPEARING THIS WEEK IN LOCAL PLAYHOUSES. * Orpheum they will return to the legiti- mate drama, having become members of the Grand Opera-house stock company. Ada Arnoldson, “‘the Swedish sweet sin- ger,” one of the new numbers at the Orpheum, made a good impression last night, and the twin Taylor sisters, who do a musical ‘“stunt’” on skates, made them- selves sure of being among the favorites during the rest of their stay. The Coma family, ‘“‘phenomenal acrobats,” are siX in number and the feats they Der{orz are marvelous. Strength, quickness grace are combined in every one of their numerous tricks. California. A large and appreciative audlience was present to witness the second rendering of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at the California last night. The majesty and the beauty of the wonderful tragedy are admirably portrayed by the Warde com- pany and the production is one which should certainly not be missed by those who can appreciate a worthy presenta- tion of one of the greatest piays of the inspired dramatist. Warde as Marc Antony held his hearers enthralled and the oration over Caesar’s body evoked applause which has seldom been equaled at_the California. Charles D. Herman as Brutus was only fairly good in the first part of the play, but ap- peared most advantageously in the quar- rel with Cassius and on the plains of Philippl. Barry Johnstone as Cassius is only to Warde in popular ap- The rest of the cast is good and ‘'urnishes fitting support to the leaders. Tivoli. The revival of the merry comic opera, “The Toy Maker,” served to draw a large audience to the popular Eddy street thea- ter last evening. The play kept the spec- tators in a state of hilarity for three hours. The work of Ferris Hartman and Annie Meyers earned the bulk of the laughter and applause and encores of songs and dances were numerous. The entire cast and chorus did their very best and the orchestra added to the pleasure of the entertainment. “The Toy Maker” will be seen for this week only and it will be followed next week with a big production of “The Ameer,” in which Frank Daniels made a big hit. In “The Ameer” Miss Annie Lichter' and Miss Frances Graham will make their reap- pearance ‘at the Tivoli and are sure to be royally welcomed. Central. At the Central Theater “The Fire Pa- trol,” a strong comedy-drama in five acts, was presented to a large audience.’ The drama is studded with realistic scenery and powerful situations which afford am- ple opportunity for the display of the talents of every member of the Central Theater’s clever stock company. James Cos , Hallet Thompson Willet, Black- man Stanley Ross and Edwin T. Emery, and, in fact, all the members of the com- pany appear to advantage in the various roles of the Pl)g:l!-l‘ drama. Miss' An- nete Marshall, orglie Cooper and little Allier Cooper fairly excelled themselves in delineation of the characters Which they essayed. Alcazar. The romantic comedy, “For the White Rose,” commenced its second week at the Alcazar Theater last night to a well- GHINESE FORGE INVADES KOREA Means of Defense Inade- quate to Repel the Raiders. Two Hundred Lives Are Lost in a Conflagration in Canton. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 20.—News of more rebellions in China was received by the Victoria, which ‘arrived to-day from the Orient, having sailed from Yokohama on the 7th. There is a story from Korea that several thousand Chinese have crossed the Tumen into Korea, but as to the object of the rald nothing is said. The | telegram says the local means of resist- ance are inadequate. The Japanese Mail says it would seem that there is some serious insurrection at Ping Lu Hien, in Kangsu, where the fatal wounding of a missionary and a number of Christian converts took place. The Governor of the district has been re- moved from his post and the viceroy of Kangsu, together with the Governor of Shansi, have been ordered to combine thelir forces to quell the disturbance. A conflagration is reported from Can- ton, where several hundred houses were destroyed and a large number of lives lost—some reports say 200. The Canton correspondent of the China Mail says: “A number of bodies have been reco ered from an alleyway, but the chief dis- aster occurred in and around a pond. ' It appears that the exit of the unfortunate people was cut off. e flames made es- cape impossible. In their rush and con- sternation some were burned to death and others trying to flee from the flames fell into the water and were drowned.” Convent Is Freed of Debt. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 20.—A release of mortgage for $33,000 against the Domini- can Convent in this city was filled here to-day. This leaves the institution free of debt. The money was raised by con- tributions from friends of the college. @ vimiviiuimininfuimininieioininininiinieieil @ of the stock company. There are enough exciting situations to stir the biood of the most phlegmatic. “The Danites” will be presented next week. Chutes. A large audience enjoyed the new bill at the Chutes last night. Hazel Callahan and Prosper Forrest appeared in a clever terpsichorean sketch which scored a big hit. Du Bell, the aerlal wonder, does some of the most daring balancing in mid- air ever seen here. ‘The Girdeiiers are clever acrobats and introduce several new feats in their line. Other good numbers are Barrington in imitations of musical instruments, Mullally sisters, singers and dancers, and Nellle Montgomery, in pop- ular ballads. A series of new moving pic- tures conclude a strong bill. Symphony Concert Sale. The success of the second series of sym- phony concerts under the auspices of the San Francisco Symphony Society, to take place at the Grand Opera-house on the Friday afternoons of January 31 and Feb- ruary 14 and 28, is assured. Yesterday morning the season sale began at Sher- man, Clay & Co.’s, and all day lonfi a line of subscribers was engaged in selecting choice locations. The prices are n.gee- able to all purses, ranging from $1 % to $3 50 for the three concerts, according to the location of the seats. 'Director Paul Steindorff and his excellent orchestra have in rehearsal many symphonic novel- ties and promise excellent pr which will be announced later. son_sale will last at 5 o'clock. ogrammes, The sea- until Saturday evening DISEASE INVADES LASEN'S TEPEES Epidemic of Smallpox Breaks Out Among Indians. Appeal for Aasist&nce Is Sent to the Department in Washington. Special Dispatch to The Call REDDING, Jan. 2.—Smallpox has broken out among the Indians at Susan- ville, Lassen County, and on the reser- vation and allotments in the vicinity of that town. Willlam E. Casson of this city, special allotment agent, received a dispatch this morning from Chatrman Goumas of the Lassen County Board of Supervisors' and T. A. Roseberry, Regis- ter of the Susanville Land Office, an- nouncing that smallpox had broken out among the Indians and that the authori- ties there were unable to maintain a quarantine. Casson was urged to do what he could to stop the spread of the disease. To The Call correspondent Casson said that he did mot believe he bad any au- thority to aet, but that he had notified the department in Washington and was confident something would be done im= mediately. Smallpox among Indlans is usually ac- companied by great mortality, The first thing an Indian does when he becomes sick is to cover himself with blankets until he perspires freely and then jump into cold water. When an Indian has smallpox and follows this course he gen- erally goes to the happy hunting grounds. The situation at Susanville 1s serious and quick action will be necessary to pre- vent an epidemic among whites as well as Indians. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 20.—Dr. McKen- zie, at whose home in Kern City thers are supposed to be two cases of smallpox, declares that the physicians who diag- nosed the case are in error and that if the quarantine is not raised at once he will appeal to the courts. Drs. Taggart and Shafer have pronounced the disease smallpox, and, as Dr. aggart is the health officer of Kern C#unty, it is not Licely that he will consent to have the quarantine raised. Because of the sup- posed case of smallpox in Kern the schools have been closed for a week. STOCKTON, Jan. 20.—The _publie schools, which have been closed for two weeks owing to the presence of smallpox here, reopened this morning. SOLDIER COUGHS UP TIP OF A BAYONET Supposed Victim of Consumption Sur- prises Doctors and Will Regain Health. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.~After having been given up to die of what the doctors upposed was consumption, James W. lunkett, & veteran soldier of the regular army, coughed up the tip of a bayonet to-day and probably will recover his health. 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