The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 12

. 12 2 LEGICY SURPAISE 70 MRS, ST. PaOL She Arrives From Mex- ico to Find Jeffreys Left Her Fortune. Efforts Are Being Made to Find Mrs. Foley, Once His Custodian. The publication yesterday of the will of t te Albert Jeffreys and the peculiar revelations which accompanied the’pub- lication caused surprise among the many intimate friend deceased. to whom a reticence, which strange. never be known. e and was all_questions which referred never. having_ told what app: ne great secret of his life to ev in whom he had the greatest t at 8:45 o'clock Mrs. e principal legatee | under Jeffreys’ will, arrived in this city from her home in Altamira. Mexico. She went to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McBride, 1316 Flprida street, ed William M. Abbott, one and John H. Speck as greatly distressed at of her errand to fhis city-and flected when discussing the e late Alfred Jeffreys. She MRS. ST. PAUL SURPRISED. “i camnnot realize that poor Mr. Jef- is dead. The news was a fearful > me, as it was to many others of his friends who knew and fegarded him. That he i e left me the prin- cipal portion of money or property also came as a surprise. Mr. Jeffrey was an old friend of my paremts and, acted in the capacity of agent for my yroperty in this city. My father looked upon him with the love that he would 3 1 was divorced some time husband, Dr. Ambrose St J said to be in Paris. She has| | : property on Ninth svenue, which was| | AP OT given her by Dr. St. Paul. ;/rvsk ;,./g o All Jeffreys' papers, deeds and bank hrs Fagid CHASED Looks and other documents are deposited s the and Merchants' Bank, | | 7o THE % in Lermen, exvects that the >ts will reach this N when the exact t of megy left by Jeffreys will be G FOR MRS. FOLEY. thought probable that Mary A Robert Foley will contest the relationship ‘of Mrs. Foley to £ always a mys Although ake him out on her begging d the city, sk him and when he was pla Joseph's Academy D. Connolly she was and take him clothes. avoided Mrs. Foley there is no s0 far as toschange by which he was ey. to Jeffreys, in_the hope ng identified with the woman. ed that he had not seen her t three years. When she used 2 ber visits gave him ex- Foley, Attorney Lermen has addressed a notification to he>. care of the general postoffice, of the and that part of the Jefireys s both her and Robert TO CURE A COUGH IN.ONE DAY. Use Adam: sh Moss Cough Balsam. physicians for Coughe, hitis and ail throat At all druggists. * e i S g Splendid Band Coneerts. addition to the excellent programmes 1 slready offe llery’s Royal Itallan Band. 2 so ¥ menu will be of- ! fered this afternoon, and to-night Signor Borghesi will appear as barytone soloist Sighor B made a guite successful | debut e few weeks ago, Ty attractive acqui- the band's forces. The singer t, strong barytone, admira- d, and respo; reques rclude Tt Bale mg among his numbere. It is announced that the box office will be opened to-day d the Mechanics' I doubtless be kept rders. This after- excellent and of the nt the following 3 Wagner) ); intermission of twents min- (Sousa); ‘‘Bohemian #0los by Signors Palma prelude act 1 (Wag- (Donizetti) mors De- Marino, Curti, Greeo and h, selection (B: rti; “‘Lohe: Lucia,”” sextet Di Natale Who Jef- | | apd the attorney for the ex- | showed some | ICLOWN A and OId, and Geor ND COLUMB NE MAKE FUN AT CENTRAL THE SAN IRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1902. Revival Pleases Young gie Cooper Makes Main \ Hit-—At the Other GENERAL - BinGBANG o~ M5 | Goo® BEHAYICR- Playhouses of the City ot . * | | | | L DurtPTY Do A 7 1 E i ffii’f". SWEETHEART FER gF KNS B R g 2 e e? o A FEW OF THE CLEVER CHARACTERS IN “HUMPTY DUMPTY,” THE HOLIDAY TRAVAGANZA WHICH IS BEING PRODUCED AT THE 1 CENTRAL THEATER TO ESPECIAL DELIGHT OF LITTLE ONES. 1 | 5 ! DISTINCTIVELY Christmas show ie the Central's current offering, entitled “Humpty Dumpty.” purports to be the full, true and particular account of the adven- | tures of that celebrated personage culled from the “historic documents of Mother Goose. Also “Humpty Dumpty” makes clalm to be the old-fashioned pantomime | of the English theaters—the well beloved of all the English children. There is not much of a story in “Humpty Dumpty,’ | as is perfectly proper, but the gay clown | and aerial fairy queen, the beauteous Columbine and faithful harlequin, the wicked wizard and the agile pantaloon, arc all there. Old King Cole and his good dame are in the cast, with the fid- | dlers three and the classic pipe. There Is {-a hero prince, dubbed the lost Prince of Benicia, in romantic disguise as a gar- dener’s son and a servant of old King Cole. He is naturally in love with the charming princess, who has the .engaging name of Sweetheart and is King Cole's aaughter. Miss Georgie Cooper 'as the princess makes the hit of the piece. Miss Cooper is chic, piquant and pleasing, and with but little to work with carries things | gayly along. Landers Stevens is the dis- | guised hero, and is effective as far as the part goes. fairy gueen, and the Leando brothers are Humpty Dumpty and Pantaloon. In the temporary absence from the cast of John World, Jack Leando does well as the clown in the harlequinade that follows the extravaganza. The costumes and scenery are elaborate and pretty, and spe- cialties that please are furnished by Min- pi dell, Dreyfuss and Georgie Cooper. . | P It is not easy to say things too good | of Davia Warfield and “The Auctionee | this week illumining the Columbia | 71eater. 1f vou can get a seat—which I [ tsn't likely—this afternoon at the Powell- | street theater, -you will have a memory that is a gift in itself. This San Fran- cisco actor has come back one of the best | players that have graced the local stage | for many months. He is fitted with & | play—slight in itself from the story side— that gives him an excellerit chance display his varied talents as a ‘“char | 2cter” actor and is supported by a com- | rany in its principal personis well in line | with his own level. As the East Side auc tioneer, with his sweet domestic affec- tionsy fine concept of friendshin and at 245259 GEARY ST. ONION SQUARE. Accept best merry hristmas L e 1t | Miss Lawton is a dream of a | to | the same time humorously crooked fash- of doing business, Warfield is a con- | | stant delight. The play affords him a ely varied gamut of comedy and pathos | n and the actor rings true to the last note in both. It is a beautifully satisfying | ormance. Miss Marie Bates, . Mrs. | . is a deliciously funny Irish 'man, as fine in its way as Warfleld's work. Then Robert cher, as the ward capital, and Miss wo The stage settings are ex- cellent. There will be an additional per- formance on Sunday night. The Tivoli Christmas piece is going with | a rush and a swing. The cow has become | a star of the first magnitude, the glant has made a hit as large as himself and | the rest of the company are winning | laurels by the peck. “Annle Myers is | Jack—every one know that ‘Jack and the | Beanstalk” is the plece—and is all her | piguant, merry self in the part., Hartman | has an inspired make-up as a scarecrow | and does much for the piece as Happy igan. Webb, Cunningham, Fogarty, | Davis, Almee . Leicester and } very much at | Much praise has been | and ballets | rspersed and | Bertha Frances Gibson are all home in their roles. beard for the pretty dance with which the piece is in the settings are unusually splendid and | artistic . There are plenty of good songs, | pical and otherwise, and they are well | sung, as always at the Tivoli. .« % is giving her “Camille” | this week and the vast audiences that | have tested the capacity of the Grand | Opera-house during the production wit- ness that her interpretation ‘has the ap- proval of the playgoers. Packed houses have prevailed and for the remainder of | wéek the limitations of the great ' will bg tried. To-day a special matinee is offered. Beginning | Monday night *“The Jewe: the power- | ful emotional play by Dr H. Mosen- | thal, adapted by McKee Rankin from the | Nance- O'Neil original German,. will be the offering, | with a special w Year's matinee on Thursday. . . | *“Rudolph and Adolph” still continues to do good business at the California, | with Mason and Mason in the funniest German characterizations that have ever been seen here. A special Christmas | | matinee will be given this afternoon, | the last performance on Saturday | night. On - Sunday night tie California” will | | present a noted Eastern comedy star in the person ~of | Harry Beresford, who | | comes here for the first time in Broad- hurst’s -clever farce ‘“I'hne Wrong Mr. Wright.” Beresford has a big reputation throughout the East. as. a funmaker, and many Eastern critics have gone to the | length of classing Beresford with Stu- | art Robson, Willlam Cran | Goodwin. Be this as it may. it is the consensus of opinion in theatrical ecir- cles that he is.a ‘‘comer” among the comedians, - The stock company at the Theater Re- public is distinguishing ilself this week in Rosenfeld’s roaring comedy, *“‘His Ab- sent Boy.” The sudden jump from seri- ous drama to hilarious farce was an ab- rupt one, but the clever people at the ; Republic made it without a falter, and | | are now giving as good a performance | of the funny plece as though they had | been' playing comedy all their lives. Harry Corson Clarke, as Mr. Pennie, has uever‘ been seen to better advantage as ‘a‘ funmaker. His clever work keeps the audience in screams of from beginning to end, and he is ably sec- onded by Edmund Breese, Georgz de Long, Helen MacGregor and the other members of the company. A special | Christmas matinee will be given to-day. ' S . laughter “Charley’s Aunt” is crowding the Al- | cazar this week, and tie ever-popular { farce seems only to increase in interest | | to the theater-goer. There will be an | extra matinee to-day, .and the piece will n all next week. It is cxcellently cast, | handsomely staged and thoroughly ap- propriate as a hollday bill. [ s v ! “The Geezer' runs still successfully at Fischer's Theater. Last night was the largest attendance of any since 'the first performance, and that the bur- lesque will have a phenomenal run is a certainty. All the new features were | received with much applause last even- ing, and the principals were given the me ovdtion as if they had but just made their -appeararice. There will be a holiday matinee to-day, and a matinee on New Year's day nard promise a number of surprises for | the holiday. An ola-fashioned todd. 18 a great drink if made of ‘Jesse Moure Whisky. A little sugar, a little water, then the gure stuff—‘Jesse Moore” Whisky, ® - | Euperinterident W. S. Palmer has recom- | vision superintendent because, according | the collision resulting. Superintendent Paimer holds the freight engineer culp- able with his conductor for failing to se- | omitted therefrom. | Broadway if Haehnlen had made a cor- Kolb, Dill and Ber-1 | K BLANE FOR OAKLAND COLLION Railway Officials Accuse a Crew of Neglect. Freight Conductor and Engineer Are Dis- | ~ charged. Injured Pilot of Passenger Train Is Removed to a Hospital. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—As a result of an investigation into the cause of yester- day's collision at Ealt Oakland between the Sacramento local passenger train and a San Jose extra freight train, Division mended to General Manager James Agler. that Conductor Edward L. Haehnlen and Engineer T."E. Dixon of the freight.train | Ve discharged from the service of the | Scuthern Pacific Company. | The decislon did not come as a srprise to Haehnlen, because he frankly acknowl- edged his error in reading the frain regis- ter at First street and Broadway, there- by allowing his freight train to move while the Sacramento passenger train, an hour late, was on the main line head{d toward him. | Dixon was held blamable by the di- | to'the evidence adduced at the inquiry this morning, the engincer saw the west- bound passenger train in time to have | averted the collision had he not mistaken the incoming train for the Seventh-street lccal. The latter runs on a parallel track to the main line,- and Dixon, supposing that the Sacramento train had long since arrived at Oakland pier, pushed along. cure from Haehnlen a proper register check at First street and Broadway. *The | cvidence, "according to the superintend- 3 indicated that Dixon had failed to heed a rule of the company whigh covers such cases as arose yesterday If operat- iug trains. The regulation reads as fol- lows: % Enginemen before lcaving any registering station ‘will require from the conductor a check on proper blank showing the numbers of alk ruling trains, if any, togethér with time of ar- rival or of departure, and must assure them- selves that no train affecting thelr rights is MR. PALMER EXPLAINS. In explanation of his action recommend- ing the dismissal of both men Superin- tendent Palmer sald to-day: “The Southern Pacific Company has rules and regulations for the operation of its trains to safeguard not only the public who travel but the lives and the property of its employes. In the case of yesterday’s accident at Jast Oakland my inquiry proves beyond alt doubt that both Conductor Haehnlen and Engineer Dixon failed to obey the simple rule that is set for handling such trains, The men were in too great ‘a.hurry to get out. The conductor went to the register book at the station and failed to properly read | the record. If he had observed the reg- ister accurately there could have been no collision, for it showed that the Sac- ramento train had not arrived and was still out against him. He should have held his train. “Engineer Dixon did not obey.the rule concerning the check. He did not re- ceive any check from the conductor untll after the collision. occurred, while the check he did get was not in proper form. Further than that Dixon saw the train | approaching, but thought it was the west- | bound Seventh street local. That was a mistake which, under the circumstances, could not be excused, because he had not properly informed himself about trains that’ might have the right-of-way over his. “It happened yesterday that the Sac- ramento train was an hour late. That tact wag not known to the freight men, but they should have known that the rain_had not reported in at First and rect inspection of the register. That reg- ister is kept there for the very purpose of protection against the possibility of just such accidents as occurred, DUE TO CARELESSNESS. | “In view of these facts there was no cenclusion to be reached save that care- iessness on the part of these men was | the cause of the collision. My recom- mendation must be that they leave the company’s service.” The orders under which both trains were running provided that the Sacra- mento passenger train should have met the freight at East Qakland. A few feet IS G| HICKER g Oldest in : Ame.rica. Best in the World eent. CUPtAZ & Son 8OLE AGENTS OLDEST AND STRONCEST HOUSE ON THE PACIFIC COAST 16 to 20 O’Farrell St. (CURTAZ BUILDING) Pianos sold on any reasonable terms to responsible parties. We can sell a better piano for less money (quality considered) than any house on the coast. ADVERTISEMENTS. west of the point of collision the tracks run into a single main line. The passen- ger train with right of way was not to stop until it crossed over the switch that runs into the main line from the First Street trestle, and there meet the freight train. Had the frejght waited on the switch instead of .crossing over to ths main line single track the collision would have beén avolded. Such is‘the situation from the company’s standpoint. ‘While the blame has been laild wigh equal effect - upon = both - the freight conductor _and the engineer, and Haehnlen “has ~ accepted his = share of responsibility for the . accident, trainmen < about -the yards - at West Oakland are commenting on the wreck as evidence that the company should take further precautions to avert such acei- dents. Rallroad men claim = that the tracks along the run from First'street and Broadway to East Oakland :should be gudrded by the block system of inter- locking signals. Such "a guard would prevent in greatér measure the possibility of trains coming together. Had such a system been in operation the west-bound passenger would have been held by ‘a signal and could not have passed into the ‘“block’ .in which the freight trafn was running. So far as the two 'men are concerned they Lave the right to appeal to the gen- eral manager In the event that the recom - mendation of Division Superintendent Palmer is approved. Engineer Maurice ‘Shean of the passen- ger train, ‘'who was injured. by jumping from his cab after the steam had been shut off and the engine reversed, was re- moved to-day to -the Southern Pacific Hospital in San Francisco. Shean’s condition is not critical, but he was more. seriotsly - hurt than was at first belleved.' Besides the cuts about his head and the broken leg, Shean suffered internal injuries, symptoms, of which de- veloped to-day. Dr. J. P. Dunn, the gt- | tending Southern Pacific surgeon, directed the removal of the engineer from his res- idence, <1240 Adeline street. Fireman Thomas_ Gilmartin, who was caught in the cab of the passenger loco- motive, was dbout to-day attending to his dutles. (He sufféred a severe strain of his shoulder. An echo of yesterday's wreck wafted into the Police Court this morning when the *drunk”-roll was called by Clerk Hennessy. - Edward Roach offered the plea that he was a passenger on the Sac- ramento local and was celebrating his escape from harm when a policeman carted him' to jall. Police Judge Smith accepted the excise and freed Roach. The Southern Pacific Company pro- poses to extend the. interlocking block switch and signal system from Sixteenth street station to' Port Costa. That 'stretch of track is now covered by a telephone signal system. As soon as the block plan is installed, the line from Benlcia to Sacramento will be operated by the telephone method ¢ \ RS g INQUIRY BEGINS TO-MORROW. Two More Victims of Byron Wreck Nearing Death. At the railroad hospital .no further deaths have occurred owing to the train wreck at Byron last Saturday night. Mrs. Emily Mayer and her son Louis C. Mayer, GRAIN THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE In comparing Grain-O and coffee remember that while the taste is the same Grain-O gives health and strength while coffee shatters the nervous system and breeds disease of the digestive organs. ‘Thinking people prefer Grain-O and its ben- efits. £ TRY IT TO-DAY. Atgrocers 'nryleuu ; 15c, and 25¢. per package, ‘tle Guild, Elsie Wahlicht, Mora Martyn, Edith however, are in a very precarlous condi- tion and small hopes are held out for their recovery. Coroner Leland will open the lnquest} to-morrow morning at len.o'clock. The | railroad company has agreed to have the train crews present at that time as wit- nesses, but Engineer McGuire will not be sufficiently recovered to give testimony. From a cold blooded standpoint the rail- | road officlals treat the matter philosophi- cally. They claim that every railroad has a certain percentage - of railroad accl- dents and that the Southern Pacific in this Tegard is pretty nearly at the bottom of the list. Owing possibly to. the, weath- | er conditions, nearly all the ‘wrecks of | any’ consequence on the Southern Pacific in California have occurred in either the months of November or December. 39 STOCKTON ST (Telephone, Main 5522.) We extend the compliments of the season to all our patrons. We present herewith an unusually attractive line of specials and low prices for the holiday seasom. A An Acceptable Gift | For the family is an Inexpensive little home. at beautiful Monte Rio Park. Call | at 805 Hayward puilding for particulars. * ———————————— CLEVER CHILDREN TAKE PART IN m&VAGANZA! The - gergéous and .spectacular bur- lesque extravaganza, - ‘‘Antony and Cleopatra,” was presented at the Cen- tral Theater yesterday afternoon, and | made a deep impression on those who were present. More than 150 children participated in the ballet. The costum- ing was very beautiful, and the scenery | equally so. The burlesque abounds in clever lines. The children go through the most in- tricate figures Wwithout a mistake and | with a grace that is good to behold. One of the features of the first act is the “*‘colonial octet,” composed of Ar- thur + Spicer, Phoebe Meyer, Ruth Bas- | tion, . Harold Warner, Albert . Schoener, Pearl McGinnis, Hazel McKenzle and Julia Grasser. These youngsters were at- tired in. the costumes that were in vogue in the last century. The second act was devoted to a grand symbolical ballet by the entire company. The following named took part: The sun—Master Montague Bagten, premler dancer. - Rainbows—Jullet “ Maher, Sit- greaves, Freda Gay, Marle Nichols, Edith Straub, Florence Bland, Elsle Wahlicht. Dew' drops—Eunice Gilman, Hazel McKen- zle, Julia Grasser, Doris Landsberg, Mildred Brown, Martha Bowes, Ruth Bastian, Pearl McGinnes, Nellie Stickney, Ida Griesman, Ed- na_Schauer, Florence Rosengarten. R Storm witches—Agnes Nicholas, Irene Wal ter, Gladis Cook, Jessle Haskins, Cecile Mey ers, Jean Logan, Alice Newport, Eva Cleven- ger, Nettle Stagman, Charles Cordell, Sadie Landsberg, Genevieve Goldstein. Sun_beams—Juliet Maher, Frieda Guy, Flor- ence Bland, Ada Gordon, Marle Nicholas, Myr- Marion Straub, Ruth Wilson, Erma Roper, Elsie War- ner. - Pinks—Dorls Landsberg, Mildred Browne, Rosabel Landsberg, Hazel McKenzle, Mora Martyn. . Buttercups—Vera Wintersburg, Mathilda ‘Abrams, Helen Travers, Norma Harris, Dottie Martyn. Violeis—Bertha Cohen, Martha Bowes, Ruth Heflbron, Margery Boynes, Ora Harrls. Popptes—Irene Blake, Phoebe Meyers, Grace Darnley, Genevieve Hall, Elsie Hellwegan, Forget-me-nots—Ada Griesman, Eunice Gil- man, Pearl McGinnes, Nellle Stickney, Edith ‘onway. Cofoses._Florence Plumb, Sadie Kirschner, Lil- lian Whiteman, Ruth Bastian, Edna Shauer. Cupids—Loraine Wise, Baby Taufner, Lor- alne Sands, Ella DeMeyer, Bessie Neween, Vivian . Young. Another performance will be given to- morrow afternoon. It is an excellent pro- duction, and should crowd the Central. —_————— Orpheum’s Good Programme. The Orpheum Road Show is delighting a large audience at every performance. Nat M. Willis, Galetti’s monkey actors, Vick Long and Idalene Cotton and the five Freres de Luca are all stuning hits. Servais Le Roy, Mlle. Ta!ma and Leon Basco present the greatest combination of mirth, magic and mystery ever given in the city. /The Melani trio delights thoroughly, Mignonette Kok!n is a dainty danseuse, and Rawson and June, the 'Australian boomerang-throwers are THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND. SAT- - URDAY SPECIALS: CREAMERY - BllTTEflm;; 45¢ sqr As good 2s ever. Re; RANGH EGGS. - . - 375¢ per doz. The very best. Reg. 40c. EASTERN EBGS. .. 2736 doz. DRIED APRICOTS. . . .. .10¢ i, A high-grade at a low figur®. Reg. 15c. TABLnE FEUHSA. - 15¢ per can. 'NAVEL ORANGES....30¢ doz. Cholce; good size and quality. ASPARAGUS. - - - -.psr can 20c. 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