The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1903, Page 14

14 CTAGE VILLAN 9TABS AfiTB[SS% Realism Nearly Ends in| Tragedy at Central | Theater. | Genevieve Kane Is S]:shedi by Henry Shumer Dur- ing a Play. e play that was g t eazer ™ to protect ade 2 mur- Pr - memiventinss DEaS e s L e SHOOTS A JAPANESE WITHOUT PROVOCATION | While Drunk Makes | an Inoffens ———— 1 Boy Is Missing ——— abbed in Saloon Row. THKES HI3 LIFE 10 AVOID ARREST Alfred Schiele Goes to His Grave to Escape Disgrace. Fires TwoShots Into His Body When Policemen Reach His Room. FRTER I550E Alfred Schiele, a machinist, aged 32 yvears, who roomed at the home of Mrs. Julia Schroder at 2026 Folsom street, sent two pistol balls into his body yesterday at noon and died on his way to the City nd County Hospital. Schiele committed he was about to be taken ody charged with an attempt to it an assault on the Il5-year-old er of his landlady. attending to her duties as a janitor in ope | of the public schools, her daughter Ber- tha was alone in the house with Schiele, who was in bed in his room. He asked th she would ald him in placing a pk T his back, and when she con- sented he tempted to take improper lib- r. After making her escape d a Mrs. Crosby, who lives who in turn informed Corporal Patrolman George de Bloise man’s room and rapping on formed him who they were. As they did so they heard the report of a pistol shot. They broke into the room, and just as they were about to reach him ed the pistol again into his left tem- e was taken to the City and Coun- ital in a pateol wagon, but died way. The first shot entered his left breast above the heart, and the sec- ond lodg his brain. e e DISCONSOLATE LOVER THREATENS HER LIFE Mrs. Mary Vliet Secures a Warrant for the Arrest of Fred Crossman. Viiet, 104 Grove street, se- ured a warrant from Police Judge Mo- | gan yesterday for the arrest of Fred a charge of threats against he sald Crossman by the lived a 639 told the Judge she was married on ! d that ever since then Cross- g her life miserable. nown him for five years and n engaged to marry him, but they after which she married * she said, “he followed nd at Hayes d a revolver out of he deorway of a house and some people took me rd Crossman declaring out- ald kil! me, and I am ¥ out his threat.” e G s Robbed His Benefactor. 2 boy 18 years of age, came cently and found a friend in James ( an old peddier, living at 45 Dame skley took him to his him there for a few days. Smith stole a purse from the ained $125. The victim I When Smith was ar- ney was found on him with of 10 cents. He was charged arceny, but the charge was » petty larceny yesterday by Po- . and Smith was sent Mrs. Schroder, at whose | d of the Mission police district. | was an electri- | National Electric | O'Farrell | and | 1| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 «BIG LITTLE PRINCESS” FURNISHES BURLESQUERS A FINE OPPORTUNITY Merry "‘Comedians Convulse Audience at Fischer’s---Ezra Kendall Sets Columbia Crowd on a Roar With HisQuips—--California Gives Fine Production of *‘A Royal Family’’---Orpheum Packed — — | | | — z CHARMING SOUBRETTE WHOSE CLEVER CT 1S THE TALK OF VAUDEVILLE PATRONS AND ARTISTS IN COSTUMES AND POSES WHICH WELL ILLUSTRATE THE VARIETY OF THE PLAYS WHICH ARE 1903. Stevens, Myers, Webb, Hartman, Davis, Lee and Fogarty. The advantage in run- ning an opera several weeks was mani- fested by the absolute smoothness of the whole last evening. “The Highwayman' will be on during the remainder of the present week, but will give way to “The Fortune Teller” next Monday evening, when Anna Lichter will appear. California. The second night of the bright romantic comedy, “A Royal Family,” was wit- nessed by even a larger audience than that which greeted it on the preceding | evening, and the performance ran as smoothly as a railway train down hill. Although cast for a secondary character, that of the Dowager Queen Ferdinand, Phosa McAllister remains the artistic r ; ! | i r 5 —_— N Connty Jail Ter ety Sarn NOW ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES AT THE LOCAL THEATERS. o S 4% s S Sl o Bobbsry Diaigs. UO VASS IS8 the “first, will be quite out of the ordinary and will | feature of the play. 3 a held Harry " of the new bill at ‘hn;nr«(;dh' built for this rlun of n:e p{(m 7 A . e | Other plays to be staged during the Mil- < > bond was fixed at | . g or Jer-Anglin scason’ are “The Taming of of knocking down minutes, its first nive. But | L0 new version of “The Forge a decorator, liv- . at Stockton and morning of July 29 watch valued at $100 the a gold n, a sailor, living at 28 Sac- was held up by two men . mear .avis, early Ztor morning. They struck him on | ace, knocking him down, and took »out $1 in small change out of his pock ets He was cut on the face e Harbor Hospital Colonial Chairs and Rockers at 25 Per Now is a good time to 1 all or g and rocker in the store. neral use. 1e regular price of every Colonial chair Cent Off. pick up a few odd pieces We have taken 25 are made on quaint, Colonial lines of dull mahogany, with heavy rush seats The mbersome. e odd, yet Silk Floss Mattresses t lower prices now. It is a part of a plan to get you acquainted with our Silk Floss Mattresses. If you buy one you'll buy two—that’s why we make these low introduc- tory prices. These mat- tresses are made of the best silk floss and put to- gether right. A §$7.00 Single Mattresses now $5.50 $R.00 Three-quarter Mat- tresses now $10.00 Full-size Mat- tresses now .....$7.50 beautiful ; strong but not Glad to show them to you any time, | Iron Beds Reduced Just a few to be closed out. They are splendid beds in beautiful designs and enamel is the kind that wears. We have - them in both the: double bed and three-quarter size. They were considered special values at the reg- ular prices. +$25.00 Beds now..$17.50 | $29.00 Beds now. .$23.50 $28.00 Beds now..$23.00 1 $14.00 Beds now. .$10.00 and was | it is not worth hurrying din- ner for. “The Big Little Princess,” that takes up most of the evening, however, spells another stunning success for the house. It is a burlesque on Mrs. Bur- nett's new play of “The Little Princess.” and as the original has not yet left, New York the management thoughtfully pro- | vides its synopsis. gest thé possibilities of “The Big Little | Princess.”. Everybody, to begin with, is in it. | out with inspiration. | Mary McLean evidently brought the Miss Pinchin, an acid schoolmarm, upon him. Blake is Rottle, the schoolboy. = Kolb does the school slavey, Dill its enfant ter- rible and Maude Amber the siar pupil, who is turned down by | Mis: as Chief of Police. X Possibly- Blake has it in sheer, classic sillicism. In his white baby dre: with, its pale blue sash, his golden curls tle up with baby blue and his infantile foot- gear, Mr. Blake's six feet are an un- Jimited “license for laughter.” He ljves up to ‘his get-up, bravely, with a joyful grotesquerie that governs the whole per- formance. Bernard s Miss Pinchin is excruciatf ing. His make-up stopped the perform- ance for several hilarious seconds. He looks like the schoolmarm our dreams used to make after we had ‘played hookey, in his sour black gown, viclous collar and ill-tempered wig. He acts it, too, with unctuous relish. Dill is another delight, as the naughty Erminegarter, who never learns her les- sons. He takes off his beard, but leaves on his accent for the occasion, and looks too sweet for anything in his rosy wig, organdie frock and = striped - stockings. His prowess with the “‘spit ball’’ aroused a ruck of reminiscent admiration. Kolb as the serving lady, Specky, adds yet another to the figures of fun and has, perhaps, never been morg comically cast. Maude AmBer, too, as the little prin- cess, iz fetching as usual, particularly well cast, in fact. She has a charming song, “Bug-a-Boo,” that is most prettily chorused and set and tastefully sung. There are many smaller parts, all well taken, and a spirit and gayety about the performance that is of the best one gets at Fischer's. The chorus, dressed as schoolgirls, looks its prettiest, sings its best and adds largely to the interest. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. Columbia. Ezra Kendall's second week. at the Columbia Theater i& now on and the prosperity that marked the first week of the comedian's stay «till continues. The star and his very amusing production of “The Vinegar Buyer” will play a big en- gagement, as the comedy has met with popular approval and nothing so amusing has been seen here in a long time. The final performance will be given Sunday might. A really great event will be the co-star appearance next Monday night of Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin, two of the most popular players who visit this eity. They will be surrounded by a powerful company and as the first play of the season will present Geerge Bernard Shaw's great work, “The Devil's Disci- ple.” It will be the first production here of the plece and Miller intends to give it a superb presentation. There will be’l over 100 people on the stage. The settings The mere mention of the cast will sug-| The parts are all ““fat,” and dealt | Barney Bernard’s the mercenary | Pinchin ‘when papa loses his job— | ! programmes and a mnew production ot | The advance sale of seats for | master,” “Camille the first week will commence Thursday | morning. The management annouaces that positively no orders for seats will advance of that date. be considered in Orpheum. The Orpheum was packed to the duhrs‘ again night and every number on the new bill was received with acclaim. Elfic Pay, “the crazlest soubrette on the | American stage,” created a laughing fu- | ror. Her art is indescribable and she is | Miss Wynne already the talk of the town. voice Winslow's sympathetic soprano gained her repeated encores. Lew Haw- kins was immensely amusing in his stories and parodies, and Sidney Wilmer | and his company in “A Thief in the Night” scored a hit. The Kaufmann troupe of bicyclists and four othep excel- d one of the strongest d at the Orpheum in lent acts comnle months, Central. At the Central Theater the gallery was in its element last night and the orches tra was almost as demonstrative in its enthusiastic appreciation of the scenic: sensation, “Man's Enemy.” The play abounds in .thrilling situations and the interest never lags for a second during the four acts. The hero of this melo- drama «struggles against the hereditary curse of drink, and “Man’s Enemy” de- scribes the course of the “downward path” from step to step with a vividness that is startlingly -effective. The play shows drink as a source of tears, an- guish, poverty, crime, murder, and as a contrast to sin and its folly .the glory of virtue is happily illustrated. The pathos of the plece is relieved by an abundance of genuine humor, but the whole play is certainly a moral sermon in action. In dealing with the drink evil, the author has held “the mirror up to nature.” The glamour ahd agreeable colors that often surround temptation are set forth, and the retributive effects are portrayed with 4 master hand. “Man's Enemy” is a big hit and will be a strong drawing card all this week. Herschel Mayall, as Harry Stanton, gave-an impersonation that was strongly realistic. Stanton ‘“goes the pace,” weds an adventuress, is disowned by his father, but is saved on the brink of the abyss by the love of a noble woman. Kugenla Thais Lawton, as Grace Lisle, the girl whose self-sacrificing love a=d angelic influence achieve the reform- ation of Stanton, was charmingly sympa- thetic, while Genevieve IXane portrayed the adventuress in a strikingly clever manner. Henry Shumer made a villain effective enough to arouse the wrath of a_ hero-worshiping house. Elmer Booth was excellent in a Hebrew character, and Myrtle Vane, as the gay soubrette, and Ollie Cooper in a child’s part, earned ap- preciative applause. The whole Central company shows to remarkdble advantage in “Man's Enemy.” Tivoli. “The Highwayman” entered upon its last week at the Tivoli last evening, and with fully as large a house as greeted the initial performance of this DeKoven mer- rymaker. The ground floor and the gal- leries were well filled and applause came from all sections of the building very fre- quently. Camille d’Arville was in better voice than at the beginning of her pres- ent engagement, which is saying much. She was cleverly second by Cunningham, | & Lillian Kemble re-| ceived most of the applause for the grace | and naturalness of her acting and added | a few more links of steel to the popular- ity in which she has been held since her | ippearance here with this company. | Frank MacVicars, the Cardinal, is a good, | casy going man and one most acceptable | to the lovers as an assistant. The Louis Seventh of Thomas Oberle is a surpris- | ing performance, and rather deranges one’s ideas as to the style of a King who speaks in the delightful chappie dialect, “Don’t you know.” It is a disappoint- ment that Elsie Esmond is cast in a part that docs not afford her an opportunity to display her surpassing merit as a| soubrette. But she is welcome just the | same. The comedy has caught on to the popular appreciation and will continue to draw good houses for the remainder of the week. Alcazar. White Whittlesey commenced the clos- ing week of his starring engagement at the Alcazar Theater last night in the ro- mantic play, “The Three Musketeers.” | The house was crowded, but there was a | lack of the enthusiasm that has usually | greeted the star on the opening night of a new play. Although his D'Artagnan was a creditable effort, the part was not exactly suited to him, and the support was not what it should have been. How- ard Scott as Cardinal Richglieu was most effective, and George Osbourne, Fred J. Butler and Clarence Baker were happily | cast as the three musketeers, but the other male characters were weakly sus- tained. Miss Bertha Creighton gave a re- alistic interpretation of the part of Lady de Winter, the agent of Richelieu, and Miss Juliet Crosby’s Anne of Austria was | finely portrayed.in .every respect. Miss Oza Waldrop was sweet and charming as Constance, the foundling. The piece was magnificently staged and the costumes of the ladies were exquisite. -Grand Opera-House, Those who witnessed the production of “In Harvard” at the Grand Opera House last night were evidently very well pleased, judging from the number of re- calls the principals in the piece were given. The choruses were. particularly good, especially in the second act. Budd Ross and . Anna Wilks scored a decided hit with their duet, “My Red Carnation.” The latter also won the house with her song, “My Palm Leaf Maid.” “ Cheridah Simpson has an opportunity to sing sev- eral songs as well as to do a few stunts on a piano. She does both in a clever manner. The Campbell brothers, clever Indian club jugglers and expert & punchers, appeared for the first time in this city at the Chutes yesterday and made a great hit at both performances with their novel entertainment. Loa Durbyelle, a dextrous shadowgrapher, produced startling and amusing pictures with her digits; Little | Blossom, the renowned coon song shouter, changed her selections, and Hank Whit- comb varied his imitations of birds and animals. TLester and Curtin, the acro- batic comedians; Hathaway and Walton, singers and dancers, and the animato- scope, with new moving pictures, com- pleted an excellent bill. The amateurs will appear on Thursday night. ———————— Declare Mrs. Dahl Insane. Mrs. Annie Dahl, whose strange actions in the Grand Hotel last Saturday aroused the cugiosity of passersby, was adjudged insane yesterday by Judge Kerrigan and committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Ukiah. . | maids refused to proceed with their daily | more serious troubles for | Eddy | for $2450. U3ES T0Y WAGON FOR AMBULANGE Heroic Little Girl Trun- dles Her Brother to Hospital. McAllister Street Car Hits John Walsh and Hurts His Foot. —_— Trembling with fear, her girlish face wet with tears of anxiety, little Kather- | ine Walsh pulled the toy wagon contain- | ing her injured brother Johm up to the | Park Emergency Hospital at 7:30 o'clock last evening and sdught the aid of the physician in charge. 1 Little John had been playing with some | other children around the McAllister | street cars, and in some unaccountable manner he fell in front of one that nearly | cost_him his life. The car was quickly brought to a standstill and the crew, alded by the passengers, pushed the w hicle back and extricated the little fe low from his perilous position. On ex- amination it was found that his leg had been. bruished and his ankle sprained. The boy was carried to his home, a block away, and left to the care of his| little sister. Her young mind grasped | the situation and the emergency spurred | her to action. Without hesitation she | started in search of medical aid. The | boy could not walk, for his foot pained | him and his ankle was already swelling. With unusual foresight, gentleness and | devotion, she lifted her brother into a toy wagon and started for the FPark Emergency Hospital, nearly a mile away. It was a peculiar party that halted be- fore the door of the hospital in an im-| provised ambulance and requested the aid of the doctor. After his wounds had been | dressed John and his sister departed for | home. | | ———————— CHAMBERMAIDS AND | WAITERS ON STRIEKE fluss House Help Walks Out and | Forces Manager Newman to | Issue Emergency Call. Manager Newman of the Russ House yesterday had his first experience with | the more serious side of managerial re-| caus | sponsibilities. e | At an early hour in ti morning seven of ‘the house chamber duties unless an advance of salary wi forthcoming, and falling to get it they walked out of the establishment. An emergency corps, composed mainly of guests of the hotel and headed by Mrs. Newman, was organized, and within an hour's time the affairs of the Russ House | were running along smoothly. Just about the time, however, that Man- ager Newman was congratulating himself upon the ready manner in which he had been able to overcome the difficulties that | had confronted him the lunch hour had arrived, and with it developed new and the new pro- prietor of the hostelry. The waiters had decided that they should have more wages, and so Informed Manager New- | man. They wouid not take no for an an- swer, and five minutes after the noon | hour, while guests were pouring into the | dining-room for their meals, the waiters | were filing out through a rear enlrance.' Again was the quick wit of the man- ager’s wife brought into play. Marshaling her husband, his brother and a score of | clerks, bell boys and porters into line, she led them into the kitchen, whence | they were deployed out into the dining- | room, and with words of encouragement from Mrs. Newman and many of the| guests the amateur waiters managed to | serve the hotel patrons, who were per-| suaded to accept the inconvenience they experienced in a good-natured way. In the evening a new crew of waiters had | been secured and the day’'s troubles for Newman were at an end. | ———— SELL MANY PROPERTIES AT FALL OF THE HAMMER Lots and Houses in Various Portions | of This City Are Bid In by Purchasers. ’ G. H. Umbsen & Co. sold real estate at | auction yesterday. Nos. 425, 430 and 432 street, between Leavenworth and Hyde, with lots 26x137:6 feet, the improve- ments consisting of five flats, were sold, subject to the approval of the court, for $29,800. Nos. 406 Gough street and 317 Ivy | avenue, with two houses and lot 30x feet, sold for $%00, subject to confirma- | tion. No. 4067 Eighteenth street, with | dwellings, between Noe and Castro, was | sold for $2500. No. 3 Bluxome street, a | three-story building on a lot 25x120 feet, brought $500. Lots on Folsom street, | near Fourth, sold. for $1000 to $6000 each. | Lots on Shipley street were bought for $1250 to $1650 each. Lot and dwelling on Elliott Park, the lot being 22x82:6 feet | | | | and 308 feet from Steiner street, was sold , B Lots belonging to the J. Painter estate, on Bryant and Twenty- | fifth streets, ranged in price, according to | location, from $3%0 to $1650 each. A lot on Kentucky strget, near Twenty-sixth, was | sold for $2000. Lots were sold.on Faral- | lones street from $100 to $285. Lots in Gift Map No. 5 brought $55 each. —_————————— ASKES BUILDING OF NEW SAFETY STATION| Merchants’ Association Urges Such Action in a Communication to Board of Public Works. The Merchants' Association yesterday addressed a communication to the Board of Public Works in which it states that the safety station recently erected at the junction of Market, Kearny and Geary streets has met with the public approval and demonstrated the necessity for more of such conveniences at crowded inter- sections along Market street. The com- munication also calls the attention of the board to a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors, which directs that a similar station be erected at the june- | tion of Market, Powell and Eddy streets. | The * Merchants’ Association earnestly | urges -that the Board of Public Works ‘attend to the bullding of this new sta- tion as soon as the meeting of the G. A. A. is over, as the necessity for providing a safety station at this junction becomes greater every day. The assoclatioh also suggests that the new station be built ten feet longer than the one at Market and Kearny streets. ——————— Marriott Damage Suit Set. The suit for damages brought by Fred. ' erick Marriott against Thomas Williams | and Truxtun Beale, which grew out of a shooting scrape participated in by the plaintiff and defendants, will come up for trial before Judge Sloss September 1 at 10 | a. m. Judge Sloss set the date yesterday. —_— Eppinger Cases Assigned. | The cases of Herman and Jacob Ep-“ pinger, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, were assigned to Judge | Lawlor’s court yesterday. The cases were | placed on the calendar and the defend- | ants will appear before the Judge to-mor- row for arraignment. | L —————— No tired eyes if Bank Stock paper is used. Get “I the real thing. Every sheet has the watermark® | August 17 to | | % 2 l SEEK T0 SETTLE LINEMENS STARE Supervisors Will Co-op~ erate With Mayor on Subject. D'Ancona Tries to Secure Publication of Health Bulletin. s With a view to effecting a settlement of the differences existing between the Pa- cific States Telephone Company and its striking linemen, the Board of Super- visors yesterday adopted the following resolutions: Whereas, at present differences exist be- tween the Pacific States Telephone and Tele- graph Company and certain of its employes, known as linemon: and Whereas, a speedy termination of the matter is 6f vital importance to the interests of this community, publie and private: therefore Resolved., oard 'of Supervisors the city and San Francisco here respectfully calls upon the parties to the col troversy in a spirit of fairness and with the Interests of the city in mind, to amicably settle the same; and be it further 1, That his He Mayor be and v requested to appol ree members of auty it shall conference spective 1 parties for the amica settlement and adjustme the existing dif- ferences. Mayor Schmitz said he had arranged for a conference of the interested parties. It will be held at his office to-mor- row afternoon at 4 o'clock. His Honor urged the adoption of the resolution, as it would empower him to appoint a com- mittee of Supervisors that would act in an officlal capacity and aid him in an en- deavor to adjust the differences. Mayor Schmitz then selected Super- visors Loughery, Braunbart and Rea to act on the .committee, The board ordered that the dome of tfie City Hall be {lluminated on the nights of 22, inclusive. D'Ancona desired to know the status of the matter of the publication of the monthly bulletin by the Health Board Mayor Schmitz answered that the board | had sufficient money for the purpose of printing the monthly bulletin without making specific provision for it. “I have vetoed the appropriation for the bulletin in the budget,” sald the Mayor, “and I have refused to sign a de- mand for stationery for the purpose be- e I think the board has other funds it can use.” D’Ancona held that the suppression of the bulletin would look as“though there is an attempt to conceal the true sanitary condition in the city, but the Mayor dis- agreed with him and the discussion came to an end. The tender of the West Richmond Im- provement Club of §1 per year for twenty years' lease of two lots on Twenty-third avenue, near California street, upon w it is proposed to erect a clubhouse, was referred to the Finance Committee. ADVERTISEMENTS. ELEVEN ULCERS On One Limb Excruciating Pain Physicjans Little Value. CURED BYCUTICURA « I wish to say that my mother has been a victim to ulcers from varicose veins for thirty-five years. Eleven of these terrible sores have existed at one time on the limb affected. Excruciating pain and intense suffering was endured with all sorts of remedies on trial and numberless physician's calls and pre- scriptions applied, but all practically with but little benefit. However, at last the remedial agent was found in Cuticura Ointment which surely proved its weight in gold, alleviating pain and caugsing healing processes to commence and a cure speedily effected. “She has also used the Cuticurs Ointment with marked beneflt in ery- sipelas of the face and eczema. The Cauticura Soap has also established a record only as the best; cleansing, puri- fying and healing in its nature, hav- ing proved itself a most excellent and valuable anxiliary to the Cuticura Otnt- ment. I would remark that this tes- timonial is entirely unsolicited, bein; voluntary contribution for hamaaity’s sake, and the commendation of the Cuticurs Remedies to the fullest con- fidence, being satisfled of their purity, gennineness and almost miracles wrought.” H. L. Morsz, Mareh 16, 1898, Cabot, Vt. JUST 5 YEARS LATER Mr. Morse Writes, March 4, 1903, that Mother Couid Not Live Without Cuticura. “Your letter of the 25th February received and will sayin reply that my mother having used Cuticura Oiitment for twenty years or more, and haviog used other remedies, has found that no other remedy will ease the pain and beal varicose ulcers like the Cuticura Remedies. Mother says she could not live without them.” H. L. Morse. No ope ever deserts the Caticura Soap, Ointment or Pills. Ouce used, always used. In facttheyhave become domesticated in every housebold they have entered. dre” Aaer Dr ;,.‘.’?:.Q‘Ar sl : Book LAST WEEK!$ GREAT SACRIFICE i s 3 Auction: PERSIAN RUGS DAILY, AT 2:30 P. M. 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