The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1903, Page 7

CRUELTY CHARGE NOT SUSTAINED Governcr Writes of the Southern California Asylum. >— Business ng Criticism Sacramento. Methods From The Ca ADVERTISEMENTS. Are Kept Off the Operating Tablc by Electro-Chemistry. ctro-Ch off 1 sly thankful and am glad to knowledgment of my cure.” CONSULTATION cwally | (R X-RAY EXAMINATION | Specialties — Consumption, Catarrh, | Bronchitis, Asthma, cancers, Tumors, Deafness, Head and Ear Noises, Rheu- matism, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Piles, Dis- eases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels, Special Diseases of Men and ‘Women. All Chronic Diseases. T—1f you live at a dis: & personal examination. | write for instructions for cxamination and treatment { ELECTRO-CHEMIC INSTITUTE, | 118 GRANT AVE, Cor. Post St., SAN FRANCISCO. r m. to5 p. m. and L to 8 undays, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. ents for ladies and gentlemen. ry has hemi he operating | { { | I PINERD' PLAY 5 WELL DONE New Bill at the Tivoli Entertains a Large Audience. | | E Stockwell at His Best This ! Week at the Central | Theater. | e Ap new to 8an Francisco, by Pinero, three new people serve focus the atic interest of the ¢ nighte: Alcazar last evening. Bountiful.” The » were James Durkin, iing man; was “La » Block, with a New York reputation ustify, and Frances Starr, a new In- genue. Witn these people and the others the cast the co ation was the ngest th seen in the Al- for many possibl} the ful is pos- large heart. she is in a and this she g in the first act. worthless uncle, k 1 impersonated v P . also a cousin, I 7 the flesh Durk 1 an aunt to Lady s sgusted with the | Heron idle and ly sponging on losures to be inger »nald Hero Bountiful tells him plainly for his uselessness, it De g € honest living. Ife finds his way to family able of A Osbourne). There ws him and, for his such manner e sequence matrimonial Donald and the arr appears announce- < place in 1l and her 1o’ with - is trying are in a with them bankruptey he Veales having brought about the h of erty. There is a baby in a sick wife, whos »ming down- ny weeks is e act death y were to find his wife whe is doing, - t for them when without warni and without If Fre Star on the would owing dies y suf- for some thz to preserve t scene her memory is finely staged a church scene. The choir boys villegers come into the ding of Lady Boun- Richard Philliter. Five clapsed since Donald went to America. He has returned. At the altar Sir Richard generously declares that there no wedding that day. He recog- act. which will be nizes that the love of Donald and Lady Bountiful is still strong and he will not | stand in their way ere were several scenes in which Miss She d, which was abundant. was tive and emot ral when she told Donald of his worthlessness; pathetic when condoling with the wife of Donald, in her mean lodging; but the last act was her best To generalize to say that the predictions to a ay was emotional. w with few excep- ginning to end. Miss Block such mobile features that she can express much in a look. She has , fine stage presence kin probably b ) which he can make a stronger he was generally entirely d upon the situations. to win a great name ss. She is pretty air of spontaneity. The play was wi before the curtain emotional and has an 3 Tivoli. roise Thomas' *“Mignon” was given interpretation by the Tivoli era company last night. That iful 1y era is always a fa- ancisco music lovers arly demonstrated by the plaudits of the audience. The members of the company to whose tender mercies the | score was consigned were all more less equal to the difficuities which the production of “Mignon™ entails, and bar- ring a slight unacquaintance with the music certain unimport parts inci- dent to a first night's production the opera was admirably presented. To Cloe Marchesini was intrusted the title role, which is as different to ready achieved success, as day is to night, In woman whose love for doomed to disappointment is given its fullest expression, and to say that Mar- chesini sang and acted the part admirably putting it mildly. Marchesini was, if anything, too somber in her portrayal of the love-lorn gypsy girl. Her voice de- picts a depth of pathos that is realistic in the extreme, and the tender passages were given with an intuitive knowledge of their vocal requirements. Adelina Tromben’s Felina was the exact antithesis of Marchesini’s Mignon. Trom- ben was at all times joyful, and the rhythmic quality of her voice is admir- | ably suited to the joyous strains which Thomas has evolved for the gay actress. Tromben at all times shows the thorough cultivation which her voice has under- gone, and especially is this truye of the “staccato” numbers, in which she is per- fectly at home. Miss Eugenie Barker was happily cast that runs | after a scene | the | character of Carmen, in which she has al- | Mignon all the pent-up sorrow of a | 4. man seems | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1903. WATSON REFUSES Company Takes Grou TO TESTIFY CONCERNING RAILROAD REBATES —_—— Former President of the Collapsed Porter Brothers nd That Any Revelations He Would Make Might Incriminate Himself| | { | } | | | | | [ | | i | | | | FORMER PRESIDENT OF PORTER COMPANY, WHO | HAT HIS TESTIMONY CONC NING TRANSPORTATION | MIGHT PROVE INCRIMINATING TO HIMSELF. | B AN = = A {3 ICAGO, Oct James S. Wat- | business has since been managed by for r president of the Por- | trustee and while the creditors were w. (\_/ tas . Nivon O oREr - inabinad w‘mf Ix;;rl:n 411\]r:{bmu\r!\ r‘\(f the w;(s xam i % | son oe of New York presented an ol testify before Bankruptey Referee | oaim " Doe was formerly in charge of the Frank Wean to-day regarding| New York office of the concern and he rebates which he is said to have receiv !;Nilll several hundred thousand dollars from transportation compar in con-| was due greed share of the nection with the large commission busi- | profits. Part of these profits, he con- T f that cencerr - | tended, consisted of more than $1,000,000 The witness took the position that such | in rebates. stimony might incriminate him, as giv- | Former Judge Payne objected Yo his! or receiving rebates is an offense | client testifying in this regard and then the laws. The question was|the question whecther the witness would submitted to the ref for an|be immune from penalties for testimony Watson was at the head of the Porter | Bros. Comp y when it failed a few months ago with large liabilities. The' @ pofeimieieioled a Frederick, and her song in the second act earned two recalls, besides the un- stinted admiration of her ers. Giulio | Cortesi as Laertes acted with his usual | intelligenc: 1 what little ing he | had to do was done with the instinct of a | ifredo true artist. edeschi was not as fortunate in his rendition of the numbers assigned to him. There is too much of the nasal tone in his voice, which also has a bad habit of getting away from the control of its possessor. Travaglin splendid voice gave unbounded pleasure and aided in making a_harmonious whole of a very fine production. Central. | “A Midnight Bell,” Hoyt's charming ew England comedy drama, captured a crowded house at the Central Theater last night and is by long odds the finest production in which Comedian Stockwell | has yet appeared. The beautiful play is staged with a perfectness of detall sel- dom attained anywhere. This is espe- cially true of the snow scene, in which schoolboys and schoolgirls are observed coasting down hill on sleds amid showers of snowballs hurled by thelr sledless schoolmates. Another remarkably picturesque effect is the village church, with its towering’ belfry, from which the dramatic midnight arm is rung. The district school scene, in which examinations are held by Dea- Tidd (Stockwell), took the audience storm and the applause was wildly | enthusiastic. The chorus of childr singing “Cricket on the Hearth” and jear dem Bells” made an immense hit, as did also the programme of music at the village sewing bee, where the gossips have their say about their absent neigh- bors between songs and discuss dough- nuts and cider to finish up with. “A Midnight Bell” has many sweetly pathetic touches woven into a fabric composed for the most part of whole- some and healthful humor. Tt is a posi- tive treat and the whole company séemed to enter into the full spirit of the splen- did drama. “A Midnight Hell” was writ- fen for Stockwell and it was in that play he scored a triumph at the Alcazar years Many people who saw him in the al production cheered him last night calls were the rule after As Deacon Tidd Stockwell a . Herschel Mayall is just as good in the role of Lawyer Keane ae Joe Grismer was when he played the part here. Fugenia Thais Lawton has the modest, rather sad part of the persecuted school teacher and she played it with admirable fidelity. Millar Bacon filled the amusing role of the mischievous Martin Tripp with credit and Myrtle Vane made a de- lightful Dot, the soubrette part originated by Phebe Davis. Versatile Henry Shumer had the most thankless role In all his series of villains—that of the morphine- using bank cashier whose crime consti- tutes the motive of the story. George Nicholls as the Squire gave an impersonation full of merit and Edwin Emery and Ernest Howell were convinc- ing as the Parson and the Squire's | nephew respectively. Georgle ~Wood- | thorpe was in her element as the trouble- | some old maid, and Elizabeth Harlston and Lola Hinchcliff made the most of minor roles. The case is large and “A Midnight Bell” may be put down as the very best comedy-drama the Central has produced this year. Chutes. Trask and Rogers, black face singing and dancing comedians, made their first appearance at the Chutes yesterday and made great hits at both performances. Their sand dance, illustrative of a base- con by AgO. origin and curtain every act. | | | | { | | painting, given in a bankruptcy case was argued. Attorney Joseph K. Defrees was also present to look after the interests of the Porter Bros. Company. e R S R RN ) ball game, proved a distinct novelty. John Tierney, billed “‘a modern Irishman,” told A lot of original stories; Allan Wightman fashioned heads of several celebrities out of clay and did a cle bit of pastel and Josie Ainsley, a pleasing con- tralto, was warmly encored for her solos. Fischer and Wacker, the comic Tyrolean singers songs, and the animatoscope, sho complete change of moving pictures, com- pleted an excellent programme. The ama- teurs will appear on Thursday night. California. “Mr. Jolly of Joltet” amused a 1 3 < arge audience at the California last night. Ba (u:;vie in the title role is a show in him- self. Fischer “The Paraders” at big house last night. week. Fischer's drew a It is in its second Orpheum. A large audience greeted the players at the Orpheum last night. The new num bers and the holdovers are capable of at- tracting even a larger one. “Cleopatta’ Grand Opera-house, Columbia. “Florodora” is in its Columbia. Concert by Augusta Cottlow. Augusta Cottlow will give her fir: T Hrst eon- cert at Lyric Hall to-night, whon vlrv‘n following programme will be presented: Prelude and fugue for organ, D m. (Arranged for dlano by Ferruceis Busonty Miss Cottlow. o P ond week at the Bruch -Haydn a in (b) Bou- Vieuxtemps legante’”. ... .- Wienlawski Mr. Natorp Blumenfeld. Capriccio. B minor op. T6..... octurne, F' sharp minor, op. 48, C sharp minor, op. 3 Miss Cottlo ‘Chopin Romanze, A minor, op. 5... Tschs o Etude de Concert,' D flat major. . kopsky Polonaise, E major . Liszt Miss Co 8 Trio for iano, violin and ‘cello, B flat malor, op. 52 . ....Rul (Moderato Assal; andants; alicgro mag o™ serato; moderafo.) Miss Cottlow, Mr. Blumenfel Mr. Fred Maurer will plu()l' u:'-_l :’c{m:lvp:';:. ments. Miss Cottlow’s remaining concerts will take place Thursddy night and Saturday afternoon. New programmes will be rcn- dered at concert. ———— Siminoff Temple Dedication. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons will not be in session to-morrow, as in the morning the officers thereof and all the Masonic fraternities in this city and Alameda County, after a Masonic procession in this city, will proceed by special trains to Decoto to be present at the dedication of the Siminoff temple, do- nated to the Masonic Home by Sir Knight Siminoff of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. That body, in full Tem— plar uniform, will act as grand escort to Most Worshipful Grand Master Orrin Staples Henderson. v LONDON, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Sherman, mother- in-law of Bradiey Martin, died at the lat- Mabel Lamson in new illustrated | is the bill this week at the | PREPARATIONS FOR BIG BALL Confederate Daughters Making Ready for Function. Gratifying Social and Finan- cial Success Is Ex- pected. e The arrangements for the Confederate | Daughters’ ball on the 23d inst. at the Palace are going merrily on. The func- CITY & Dry Goods FOR FALL A Knitted Underwear, which, in LADIES’ MERINO VESTS and DRAWERS, in white or gray, three-quarters wool tion is distinguished by two features that augur well for its success—it formally in- | { augurates the winter season of gayety and | |at the same time has for its object the | caring for the men who wore the gray. | As to the first feature the debutantes, the | { belles and the dowagers are holding long | and solemn conclz with thoughtful | gownmakers and it is a safe assumption | that stunning trappings will be evolved. | And where could a fellow expect to find gayer galaxy of beauty than among ! the women of the sunny South? It is whispered that the buds are expectant of radiantly merry hours, and tie belles— | well, Southern belles with their beauty and buoyancy are ever merry—likewise those about shem. Then the inspiration of giving a tithe to the gallant old men who need it is sufficlent to breathe vital- ity into the stupidest kind of a function. with this dual feature of pleasure charity the s of the Con- federacy ball is assured, and that thers will be hospital beds—and those a-plenty— for the poor old stranded veterans after the proceeds of the ball are garnered in is no longer a matter of doubt. The fol- lowing ladies are lending thelr best ener- gles to making the affair the success it promises: Mrs. Arthur W. Foster, Mrs. William M. Gwin, Mrs. William F. Her- rin, Mrs. Willlam B. Collier, Mrs. Selden | |S. Wright, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. | Alfred Hunter Voorhies, Mrs. Wakefield | Baker, Mrs. John Garber, Mrs. Eleanor | Martin, Mrs. Ynez Shorb* White, Mrs. | William L. Duff and Mrs. Willlam B. Pritchard. ves i So and TER And still charity in the pleasant guise | | of pleasure holds forth its beckoning hand to us. This time it is the ‘“household shower” of the splen plucky little | Alden Club of the International Sun- | shine Society. Now, there are scoffers | who laugh at the Sunshine Society and | call it sentimental and maudlin and other | unpleasant names, but if they could be- | hold-the lifting of heavy burdens by this: little society they would become wiser and better men. The tender solici- | tude of this little band of maids for the | afflicted is manifested daily in hospitals | and in the homes of sorrow. Now they ask for help and this is the manner of the aski A “houschold shower” is to be held s Club on Saturday afternoon, from 2 o'clock un- til 6. goods will be on and your change | same October rything in the line of household ale—at moderate prices, back! Such an oppor- tunity for the many couples threatening | matrimony, and for such an excellent cause, too. On last Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. | L. J. Hanchett celebrated their golden wedding by giving a dinner at the home of their son, Louis Edward Hanchett, 1911 Broderick street. The decorations were in tones of vel- low, fitly commemorative of the hour. Telegrams were received during the day and evening from scores of friends from | afar, and the gift of a beautiful ring—an ornament of rare workmanship—was re- ceived from Mrs. George Crocker, the daughter, now in New York. The engagement of Miss Sadie Eliza- beth Rattigan to Paul Jerome Regan, son of Mr. ¥. J. Regan, has been announced. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. J. Rattigan, and is a girl of | splendid physique and fine personality. She was graduated from the Ursuline | Convent in Santa Rosa and has devoted | much time to music. The young people will be married within a few months. The wedding of Miss Eleanor Glynn, | niece of Judge R. J. Tobin and Captain John Mooney, will take place at high noon Wednesday, the 2ist, at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Father Prender- gast, vicar general, will perform the cere- mony, at which Dr. Pawlicki and Miss | Glynn will a The fair bride-to-be | will be given into the keeping of the | groom by her uncle, Judge Tobin, with whom she has always made her home. The trousseau of the bride is said to be | rarely beautiful, her wedding gown being | a robe of exquisite Irish point. The | couple will reside at the Hotel Majestic | after their wedding trip. % e Mr. and Mrs. David Hirshler have is- i invitations for a musicale on Wed- day next. of the Port, entertained a few friends at luncheon terday . Mrs. Edward Deering issued cards to forty ladies for Friday, the 9th inst., to meet Mrs, Kugene Grace, the president | of the ifornia Women's Whist League, | of which Mrs. Deering is secretary. The | guest of honor has just returned from an extended Eastern trip, and the ladles present will profuse in their welcomes to her. 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NEW YORK: 384 Fifih Ave. Chiromant and Crystal Gazer Announces a Short Season at the CALIFORNIA HOTEL. SUITE 300. DON'T FAIL TO see the beautiful COURT Lounging room, the EMPIRE PARLOR, the PALM ROOM, the LOUIS XV PAR- LOR, and the LA- DIES’ WRITING ROOM. AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLIg:® HOUSE. NOTE—Performances begin at § Sharp; Sat- | urday Matinee at 2 Sharp. TO-NIGHT— Thursday and Sunday Nights, Saturday Mat GREAT DOUBLE BILL. Mascagni’s Masterplece, “Cavalleria Rusticana” And— Leoneavallo's Lyric Drama, “rPAGLIACCI” Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Nights. Ambroise Thomas' Romantic Opera, CMIGNON” NEXT WEEK—“LA BOHEME" and “AN- DRE CHENIER.” Speclal Verdi Night on Tuesday. £ Prices Always the Same.......25¢, 50c and T5¢ Telephone Bush 9. 'ALIFORNI TO-NIGHT The Noted Comedian, EDWARD GARVIE]| | In Broadhurst & Currie’s Musical Farce, MR. JOLLY OF JOLIET Sunday the Perennial Favorite, “IN OLD KENTUCKY.” With its Famous Pickaninny Band and Realistic Horse Race. | GRAND 8234 Only Cleopatra Matinee Next Saturday. EVERYBODY DELIGHTED! TO-NIGHT--All the Week The Burlesque Extravaganza, CLEQPATRA, I5 150 CLEVER CHILDREN IN THE CAST A Suseession of Entertaining Novaltiss PRICES 3iiiiness e Beginning Next Sundsy Matines | THE CHRISTIAN PIANO RECITAL ANGELUS PIANO PLAYER THE THIRD RECITAL of the Season Will Be Given at 3 p. m., Saturday, October I17th —IN— STEINWAY HALL MR. PERCIVAL K. VAN YORX will pre- side at the plano with the ald of THE ANGELUS The Soloist of the Occasion Will Be MR. HOMER HENLEY, Barytone. Complimentary tickets may be had at the store any time before the recital. SHERMAN, CO., Kearny and Sutter st The Weekly Call. $1 per Ycar. l AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA 25 SECOND AND LAST WEEK. MATINEE SATURDAY. THE WORLD'S MUSICAL HIT, FLORODORA With the Number One N. Y. Co GREAT BEAUTY SEXTETTE LAST TIME NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT. Beginning NEXT MONDATY, 'Robert Edeson In Richard Harding Davis’ SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. Stage Version by Augustus Thomas. T Y THURSDAY. MONSTER NEW SHOW! Colombino; Sisters Rappo; Thres Crane Brothers; Wallace Brown- low; A. P. Rostow; Wood and Ray; Clayton White and Marie Stuart Company; Pantzer Trio and Gold- en Gate Quartet and Fanny Win- fred. 10e S0c WHAT'S THE USE TALKING? Seeing Is Belleving. Come, Ses How They Crowd to See In Perfect Condition. FULL OF FUN TO THE LIMIT. Our “*All-Star'” KOLB AND DILL. BARNEY BERNARD. WINFIELD BLAKE. HARRY HERMSEN. MAUDE AMBER. ELEANOR JENKINS, RESERVED SEATS—Nights, Tic; Saturday and Sunday Matine 50c; Children at Matinees, 10c and ALCAZAR 7 ENORMOUS HIT OF THE NEW ALCAZAR STOCK COMPANY With ADELE BLOCK, JAMES DURKIN, FRANCES STARR and JOHN B. MAHER. TO-NIGHT —This Week Only, A. W. Pinero's Beautiful Comedy Drama, Lady Bountiful Evg., 25¢ to Thc: Mats. Sat. & Sun., 15c to 80c. MATINEES NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Next Mon.—Clyde Fitch's Comedy Drama, THE COWBOY AND THE LADY. CENTRAL™" Belasco & Mayer, Proprietors. Market st., Near Eighth. Phone South 833 TO-NIGHT—ALL THIS WEEK MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, Hoyt's Most Famous Comedy-Drama, A MIDNIGHT BELL Presenting the Eminent Comedian, L. R, STOCKWELL In His Great Original Character of DEACON TIDD. Brilliant Cast! Magnificent Scenery! PRICES Evenings. ..10c to 30e Matinees. . ibe, 13c, 230 Monday, October 19—“RANCH 10." Cast, Including: Belasco & Mayer, FISCHER AND WACKER, AND A GREAT SHOW EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE THEATER. Inspect “CABARET DE LA MORT." —VISIT THE “MYSTIC MIRROR MAZE."— Lion Slaying Baboon in the Zoo. LOTS OF FUN IN THE PENNY ARCADE. AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDAY. ADMISSION, 10c; CHILDREN, Be. Ask ®or “n?z‘l;m““ The Great Planiste. BLUMENFELD, Violinist. Lyrie Hall, To-Night and Thursday Night, Saturday Matinee. (Reserved Seats, Toc, $1.00, $1.50 at Sherman, ay & Co.'s. Friday Night, Unitarian Church, Oakland