The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN FRANGISCO ‘CALL, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 98 1005. “OBHELL0” SUNG BY SAVAGE'S ENGUISH GRAND OPERA QOMMPANY CHORUS IS A VERY BRILLIANT ONE| Sheehan Provesa Pleasing Tenor, Winfred Goff a Personable lago, and Miss Rennyson a Handsome Desdemona. Tago has much to commend it. singer’s voice is smooth, resonant e H Grand Opera Jleasing, though not , dcbut at th nd he sings in agreeable and | . d fashion. Then, too, Mr. a little that ops Goff makes a graceful and personable picture in some remarkably handsome costumes and acts the villain with fair conviction. Joseph Sheehan was the , | Othello and possesses a conspicuously , | pleasing tenor. The concerted work| |for tenor and baritone, by the way, " |was most agreeable in respect to the |admirable blend of the two ' voices. 0 new yet one to know | Mr. Sheehan’'s voice is not powerful, kes it. Wonderfully provincial | but it has a peculiarly sweet quality something else we Americans are in | 8nd a remarkable range and much ar- ian has Ik to us of singers for o djgeedisdgbonss e tistry of delivery. He acts also with Watner in German i e e a1y | more convictien than his assoclate, but serman, think you, or Italy | _pyu¢ oh, well, there was never a mo- t ench? Hardly. These ment with either of them, with any of y consider it an essential to the rehension of the opera to under- are singing fortably anc pera grateful o from the cast, of the abandon, elan, slap- ping, gripping something that those graceless Latins drop into with a kick from the overworked prompter's toe! It is the difference between talent and genius, conscience and temper. The Desdemona was Miss Gertrude Rennyson, and a handsome and well- voiced Desdemona. Miss Rennyson is a little variable in her methods, some- times singing quite pleasingly, at other times with a curiously smeary attack that detracts much from the pleasure. There a whole lot of the voice; it is fresh, round and full, and promises to be useful in the Wagner repertoire. = Rennyson, too, should look the as she did with the Desdemona. the smaller parts pleasantly both in voice and acting, was teginald Roberts’ < Miss May Walters sufficed as Emelia and Harri- In ntages nch, most th while are written, and libretto, be ever virile, It was 88 iakiny son W. Bennett supplied a note of % A distinction as Lodovico. Mr. Emanuel, the conductor, was useful, alert, skillful, without any par- ticular distinction. The measure of the house—really a Mozart size—had musi- | not been fully taken last night, and far the | there was quite frequently too much the | of the large and good orchestra. There wasn't enough of the chorus—only that was Mr. Verdi's fault. The Savage chorus is one of the very best that has n last night by | ever come this way. And to hear all There are no | this there was a house that would have he chorus. which | honored the Tivoli. The opera will be ve and skillful, repeated on Thursday evening and Sat- , modest and lay matinee, and to-night there is cast of pri rmen.” hitch in t BLANCHE PARTINGTON. I don’t be- — 3 ter within a Majestic. nd there was not a Bishop's players and Bishop’s scen- ery presented “Old Heidelberg” in at- first in one's . | tractive dress and action last night at comes hardly sa here in the Majestic Theater before a large ly of all that &@nd delighted audience. Prince Karl creations, but Winfred Heinrich, by Landers Stevens, was mest satisfactory, notwithstanding the handicap of the unavoidable compari- son with Richard Mansfield. Harry Mestayer, as the rollicking Graf von ' Asterberg; George Woodward, the Dr. Juttner of the cast, and Orral Hum- phrey, as Lutz, put artistic character irto their work. Mr. Woodward’s per- scnation was admirable, especially in the tipsy scene, which was played strictly within bounds. Kathie, the Prince’s sweetheart, portrayed by Jane Kelton, was so unfeignedly natural as to win the sympathy of the audience from the start. The stage settings were urusually good. The Tivoli. Teddy Webb, Fogarty, Dora de Fillippe, Edith Mason, Aimee Lelcester, Thomas Persse, Willlam Simms, Will Schuster, . Eugenie Barker, Bessie Tannehill, Paul Steindorff and Ferris Hartman, as stage director, were back:: in the Tivoli last evening doing ‘‘Boc- caccio,” by the tuneful Von Suppe. The aggregation was a stronger fun- maker than before, Edith Mason was the Boccaccio and Dora de Fillippe the Fiametta. De Fillippe was in fine voice. Teddy Webb kept up his repu- tation as a provoker of one hundred laughs per night. Alcazar, The comedy, “Captain Jinks,” by Clyde Fitch, was presented at the Al- cazar Theater last night to a crowded house. It went without a_hitch and was thoroughly enjoyed. John Craig in the title role made a hit. Lillian Lawrence, as Madame Trentoni, was the soul of the piece and scored one of her greatest successes in comedy parts. John Davies was effective as Professor Beliarti. Luke Conness and Har! 3. Hilliard were excellent as the captain’s two companions. Miss Eliza- beth Woodson did a clever piece of work as Mrs. Jinks. The other parts were well sustained. The Chutes. The new programme at the Chutes is full of interest. John T. Chick and his company present a condensed ver- sion of a border drama, “Jasper,” abounding in surprises. Tipple and Kliment offer a novel musical comedy act. Norma Wills and Monte Collin: are amusing in “A Night in Madrid. Raymond Teal, Mabel Lamson and the animatoscope complete a capital bill. Charles Bigney makes his high dives every afternoon For Thursday night next the amateurs promise many surprises. DOAN’'S PILLS. TRIELE TRAGEDY et ELEVEN PERISH and evening. | IBUYS SUPPLIES -~ WITHOCT BIDS| Panama Railroad ‘Acts. as Purchasing Agent for Isth- mian Canal ° Commission SHOULD BE ADVERTISED 'MEN GET 0 — Committee of Investigation ; Discovers Violation of : BY ' JAMES C ' i s’ i 1t wa; t thing, Mrs. Mar- | could not give a quiet little evening WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—After de-|party at her home without provoking claring its investigation of the Pan- Ppolice invasion, The unceremonious ama Railroad Company closed last' manner in which Patrolmen Sheehan week, the Special Sub-Committee of and Nolan- broke into her dwelling, a | the House Committee on Interstate and | basement at Folsom and Hawthorne Forelfgn Commerce to-day struck a ' Streets, was uncalled for, she added, new lead which was pursued with vig- | [nasmuch as there was no peace dis- ‘or in an examination of Vice Presi-|turbance by any of the inmates, un- dent E. A. Drake and Alfred Ander-!!ess amicable converse and vocal son, purchasing agent of the road. It music could be so designated. And developed that for six months, begin- |28 fOr the arrest of herself and invited | |ning early in May of last year, the SUests — Mrs. Minna Taylor and | railroad company had acted as the 1 . purchasing agent for the Isthmian' | Canal Commission and that a total of | | $215,000 worth of supplies had been purchased in this manner without pub- | lic advertisement for bids. { Mr. Drake in answer to a question | | as to whether he was aware of the in- structions of President Roosevelt -re- garding the purchase of supplies, said that he was and had called the same to the attention of the canal commis- sion. Admiral Walker had told him that the purchases were not covered by | that order, as they were “emergency” requirements. Drake maintained that | from 256 to 33 per cent had been saved {to the Government in the purchases made by the railroad . | This is regarded as a violation of' paragraph 4 of President Roosevelt's letter of instructions to the commis- | sion under date of May 9, 1904, which makes it the duty of the commission “to make and cause to be executed,, after due advertisement, all necessary contracts for any and all kinds of en- gineering and construction works.” In detailing to the committee how it happened that the railroad had made purchases for the commission, Drake , | said that shortly after the railroad | | property was transferred, or after the’| | stock had been acquired and prior to | | the transfer of the road to the Govern- | | ment, General Davis and Major Brooks | | requested certain supplies for which | | they made requisition on ,Admiral | Walker, chairman of the commission. “The chairman had recently been elected a director,” he continued, “and | was at the office and with the gen- | eral idea that the railroad was about | to become a part of the Government's | property he availed himself of its fa- | cilities for purchasing supplies.” “Did you purchase any lumber in | California?’ asked Mr. Townsend. |~ “We had bids from California,” he | replied, “but had not accepted any up | to the time the matter was taken out | of our hands by Mr. Grunsky.” | "1t was stated later that an order | for between two and five million feet ! | of Jumber had been placed on the Pa- cific Coast by the Canal Commission. Drake said Grunsky had contended Messrs. John Brown, Thomas Phelan and Frederick Phelan—she doubted that police annals anywhere contained an outrage to equal it. Mrs. Tayler also warmly denounced the conduct of the patrolmen as un- { warranted. The disorderly conduct al- leged by tHem, she averred, was pure- ly imaginary, if not maliciously trumped up. As the worthy hostess had already testified, interchange of social gossip and occasionally the singing of a song was all that could have been construed to mean disorder. Yes, there was beer, of course, but its flow was restricted by each of the Little Fete Ends in Imprisonment for . the Hostess and Her Guests. . CR:\WPORD.‘ liceman to arrest her spouse amd book | him for threatening her life, and she not only expressed her regret to Judse | Conlan in open court, but also went to Mr. Romero's side and spectacularly lavished affection, . interspersed with | symptoms of remorse, upon him. “‘Mrs. Harrington was at the bottom of it,” Mrs. Romero informed the Judge, “for she came and told me that Mr. Romero was paying attention to other women and that she had heard ! him tell one of them something about me that was untrue. So when he came home I told him I was going to get a divorce, and then he pulled his pistol | | and said he would blow out his brains. Whose brains did I say he said? Why I sald he said he would blow out his | own brains. No, not mine. That's all | | there's to it. It was Mrs. Harrington's | tongue-wagging, I tell you, that caused all the trouble between Henry and me, and If you let him go I'd like to see myself believing what any woman tells | me about him after this.” H Mrs. Harrington was ready to testify | that Mr. Romero had acted and said | j ¢xactly as she represented to Mrs. | Romero, but the Judge dismissed the | case and commended Mrs. Romer>'s | resolve to investigate whatever may be | told her relative to her husband’'s ma: ital behavior ere she again taxes him i with infidelity. . There was no tender attachment ! between “Dick” Gray and herself, Miss Lulu Emory explained, although it might be regarded as significant that she served as his housekeeper when | he became a widower at Vallejo and that now they are separate dwellers | in a Mason street lodging-house. As for his blackening of her eyes and breaking of her coiffure comb, she could assign ‘no reason for it other than that he was of malicious and brutal nature. { Mr. Gray also alleged platonic re- | lationship between the and himself. He said he did not blacken her eyes nor break her hair ! ornament, despite what she had sworn | to the contrary. She received the | facial injury accidentally, by falling | against a trunk, and the comb-frac- | ture he was unable to account for. | How did she happen to fall? - Well, it | was in this way: He kept a small| dog, and to afford the animal free egress and ingress he made a hole in | the floor of his chamber. It was by placing her foot in this hole—which | she probably would not have done it | she had been perfectly sober—that | Miss Emory stumbled and fell against | his trynk. No, she had no right to/ enter his apartment uninvited, but he | supposed she did so because (1) he was an old friend of hers and (2) because she was “soaked,” or, in other words, intoxicated. That's all he knew or cared to know about it. Judge Mogan will sentence him for complainant | [UNGALLANT JUDGE GIVES_ [COURT GIVES 'WOMEN A DOUBLE DOSE NLY A DAY IN JAIL WEBER RESPITE ;.valge Prewett Postpones -Passing of Death Sen- tence ‘on- Awburn Youth MURDERER ‘IS WORRIED Shows Strain When Makin His Plea of Not Guilty to the Bank Robbery Charge Special atch ‘to The Call AUBURN, Feb. 27.—Judge Prewett to-day postponed for two weeks the passing of sentence upon Adolph We- ber, convicted of the murder of his mother. The extension of time fol- lowed the court reporter’s announce= ment that it would be impossible for him to have the great m: of testi- mony written up before arch 20. Weber will therefore not be sentenced until March 27. Weber appeared in court to-day and pleaded not guilty to the charge that he robbed the Pla- cer County Bank. The youthful mur- derer is showing the strain to which he has been subjected. To-day he was not shaved and was slouchily 2 dressed. His face bore marks of mental suffering. _———— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Postmaster General Issues Ovders Establishing City Free Delivery Service May 1, at Salinas. WASHINGTON, Feb, Jesse S. Dungan has been commissioned post- master at Woodland. Messenger ser=- vice will be discontinued at Aromas, San Benito County, from March 10. Gustaf Johanson has been appointed fourth-class postmaster at Sunnyside, San Diego County, vice Richard Smith. The Postmaster General has issued orders establishing city free delivery service on May 1 as follows: Salinas, Cal., two carriers, one sub= stitute, twenty-two letter boxes and twenty-two steel posts. ADVERTISEMENTS. i - HunyadiJanos Natural Laxative ‘Water, the surest, saf- ost, best REMEDY Yor Constipation and =1l Bowel allments. ¥You cannot afford to suffer when rellef Is w0 easy. Begin now. Go to the druggist to- day and say distimctly “HUNYAD! JANOS” Take half a arising. A | that Paclfic Coast lumber was cheaper | gentlemen playfully protesting when | battery. A ¢ the Statements of San Franclsco | Citizens Not More Reliable Than | st ovomer to e Those of Utter Strangers? red. his wite, sh ANSWER IT HONESTLY | l -EOF;SOUTH murdered his wife, shot to death Mil- ton S. Hubbs, and then, to free him- self from the worry and strain of a trial, turned the smoking gun to his own head and blew out his brains| vesterday.at Springville. Infidelity is alleged to be the cause of the triple i tion. ght terest to with San ts of only one a swer. ded or ignored. killing. For some time Elster had citizen speaks | suspected his wife of infidelity, and charged several men with frequenting the welfare of San| his house while he was absent. Shortly after his breakfdst yesterday statement is reliable; Elster left his home to see a neighbor tranger’s doubtful. but half a mile away. After transact- f is the best proof {ing what business he had with this man, Elster started back home and on | the road he met Hubbs, who was rid- | ing In a buggy with a friend named { Blake. Eilster stopped the men in the road. They were on their way to Por- terville to play a game of ball. As Hubbs and Blake brought their horses | longshoreman, of street, says “When a backache for four or ne of the attacks being particularly when t was a difficult ¢ primedinge s s "”; % ,"‘ to a stop Elster walked up on the side O case, that man knows ;¢ the vehicle occupied by Blake and backache I always thought | handed the latter a letter which he was some medicine which asked him to mail. At the same time act directly on my kid- he drew a revolver, leveled it at Hubbs neys and bring relief when those at- | and fired two shots in rapid succes- tacks occurred but wuntil [ ysed sion. Both bullets took effect in the body of Hubbs and he fell over in the buggy ®eat. Blake attempted to turn the vehicle around, intending to hasten to Springville for assistance, but El- ster ordered Blake at the point of the revolver to proceed down the road. El- ster fired another shot, which took ef- fect in the neck of Hubbs. After shooting Hubbs Elster turned Doan’s Kidney Pills I met with very fitdd cess. I just told my wife the other night that for the last six months my back and se of Dec was never in bet- I attribute the change s Kidney Pills.” dealers. Price soc. ,_ Buffalo, N. Y., for the United States. ilburn C sole agent and started across the fields for his Remember the name, Doan’s, and | home. When he arrived his wife was e % wabetite. 4 gone, but his two little girls, aged eight and ten were in the house alone. Elster knew that his wife was but a rt distance away, and he went across the road to the Dillon home to find her. He knocked at the door and Dillon came to answer the call. The latter knew that trouble was brewing, and told Eister to postpone an in(erq view with his wife. Elster insisted that she come out, and Dillon stepped into the dining-room and called Mrs. RBister out. While Dillon was gone Fister stepped into the haliway, and as his wife approached he grabbed her by the arm and said: ‘“Come out on the porch. I want to talk with you.” Mrs. Elster refused to leave the house, and while he was holding her by one arm he fired two shots into her breast. He released 'his hold on her and she turned to go into the bed- room. As she walked away Elster fired another shot into her body and she fell. Elster walked out into the front yard and blew out his brains by firing a bullet into his left temple. —————— Old Californian Dies. News was received here to-day of the death of Dr. B. F. Josselyn on February 23 at his home at Ontario, Cal. Dr. Josselyn came to this State in the early '50s and had always been | prominently identified with its wel- fare. He was a member of the vig- ilance committee of 1836 and always TEETH OF CHILDREN Few mothers know how vitally important is the care of a child's first teeth. The beauty of the permanent set depends almost entirely upon it. SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER d wi SOZODONT Liquid, prevents cumulation of tartar, yet being free from | grit does not scratch the enamel. Do not eiperiment on baby's teeth. 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WASON. 5 e g e T Soecial Attention toMail Orders | 225 oo, Al 2fer m 5 V A CHRCH NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Eleven per- sons were killed and more than fifty injured, some probably fatally, by the collapse of the decayed supports of the flooring of the Fleet-street African M. E. Church in Brooklyn to-night. Of those killed eight were women, two men and one child. Those killed were: Bertha Green. Teresa Ellis, Samuel Chisholm, Anna Bean, Anna Sullivan, Louisa Smith, Mary Scott, two unidentified women, one unidentified child and one uniden- tified man. Death in nearly every case resulted from suffocation. The building was an ancient, ram- shackle frame structure erected sixty vears ago in the heart of the negro section of Brooklyn, in Fleet street, near Myrtle avenue. It was condemned as unsafe several years ago. Arrangements had been made to- night to hold funeral services over the remains of Sidney Tainter, one of the older members of the church, and the auditorium, which is on the secgnd floor of the building, the ground floor being used by the Sunday-school, was crowded with an audience of more than 200 persons, of whom the majority were women. The congregation was waiting in si- lence for the arrival of the body, and Pastor Jacobs was standing at the al- tar awaiting the summons to meet the funeral procession at the door, when a splintering of timbers was heard, and in an instant the half of the audito- rium nearest the door collapsed, car- rying down more than a hundred per- sons, who were crushed in the wreck- age of the flooring and pews. A great volume of dust for a few moments hid from view the victims. The remainder of the audience, finding themselves cut off from the door, and expecting every instant that the rest of the flcoring would collapse under them, fought madly to reach the windows, and in some instances leaped from them and sustained serfous injuries. ———— MACEDONIAN PROBLEM DISCUSSED IN COMMONS British Government Will Not Under- take Reforms Independently of Other . Nations. LONDON, Feb. 27.—In the House of Commons to-day during the debate in reply to the speech from the throne, Stevenson (Advanced Liberal), intro- duced an amendment declaring that the time had arrived for the Govern- ment to take steps to insure the exe- cution of reforms in Macedona by the appointment of Christian Governors responsible to the powers. Earl Percy, Under Secretary for For- eign Affairs, replying, said the Gov- ernment was not satisfied with the progress made, but was not prepared to press the matter unduly. He de- clared that the villagers often exag- gerated their grievances and the acts of the Turkish Government. Ever since the reform scheme had \been in- augurated there had been sickening ac- counts of outrages, but the Under Sec- retary did not believe the races in the | interior of Macedonia would consent to come under any European power. The British Government did not propose to -Il,gw iu(?::ed to be forced. 5 ryce ral) severely critici: the Under Secretary’s speech. He a:elg it showed a lack of sympathy which nullified the good effect of Foreign Sec- retary Lansdowne's preparations. Premier Balfour said it would be im- possible for the British Government at the present stage of the scheme of re- forms to separate itself from the agreement between the powers. The amendment of Stevens was re- dected without a division. and just as good. Drake said his fif- teen years' experience with lumber in the tropics had led him to the opin ion’ that the porous character of sea coast lumber unfitted it for use in Panama. He understood, however, that the lumber was cheaper. Al- though questions were asked as to | whether D. O. Mills was interested in | the California lumber purchase, Drake had no information on the subject. | Admiral Walker, chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, in an in terview to-night justified every act of the commission in the matter of pur- chases of supplies. Every purchase that had been made through or from | the railroad company,*Admiral Walk- | er declared, was made for the pur- | pose of obtaining the best terms an best results in the interest of the Gov: ernment, and time and money had been saved thereby. EVANGELICAL CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED IN BERLIN Emperor Willlam Hopes to Be Desl.g-! nated as the Protector of the Faith. BERLIN, Feb. 27.—Emperor Wil- liam’s Mecca for Protestants, the Evangelical Cathedral here, was con- secrated to-day in the presence of a brilliant assemblage, among which were delegates from all the Protestant nations. The service was simple and stately and was enriched by wonderful music. > Bishop Potter of New York and a long list of American clergy sent a telegram of congratulation to the Emperor. The Emperor and Empress, having upon one side of them Prince Arthur of Connaught and on the other Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, with thirty-two Princes and Princesses of German states, sat in the gallery oppo- site the altar, attended by heralds in parti-colored costumes, with enormous plumed hats. The Emperor,’ standing in the wide vestibule, took a key from the chairman of the building com- mission and handed it to Dr. Dryander, the chief court preacher, who opened the principal door into the auditorium. The imperial party ascended to the reserved gallery to the music of Handel’'s “Hallelujah,” by the organ and band. A simple service then began, the choir chanting the ninety-fifth Psalm and the congregation singing the hymn “To God Alone on High Be Honor.” Dr. Dryander made the dedicatory : address, alluding especially |to the presence of Protestant aelegates from other countries and to the ' message | from the American clergy, which testi- | fled to the spiritual unity of the Protestants throughout the world. Dr. Dryander suggested that it was the Emperor’s desire that this shall be the | altar of the world of Protestantism and that the German Emperor shall in a | general sense be the protector of the | faith. | ——— e Picture Frames ‘And an immense variety of mouldings Jfor framing pictures to order; also ready- made frames in all the new 8| and every tint and color of mat boa and i binding papers made. Sznborn, Vail & | Co., 741 Market street. . RN S R 'RIVER AND HARBOR BILL ! REPORTED TO SENATE ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The Sen- ' ate Committee on Commerce to-day ! ' completed the river and harbor appro- priation bill and it was reported to the . Senate. Among the principal items of ! increase adopted by the Senate com- ! mittee are the following: Tacoma har- " bor, Washington. $115,507; added for continuing contracts, Qakland, Cal, i { $468,000 ; " The old “Mint” restaurant, 605 Com-. mercial st., reopens Wednesday, Mar. 1. 1 {ney.” it came his turn to get the can refilled t a nearby saloon. No, sir, nobody was intoxicated or near to it when the estivity was interrupted by the men in uniform. She (Mrs. Taylor) rec- ollected distinctly everything that oc- curréd, which she could nét do if the inebriety alleged by the prosecution had existed. Who sang? Well, every- body contributed to the melody. Mrs. Jackson warbled with much feeling “Last Night as I Lay on My Pillow,” andinresponseto the insistent demand by a tearful auditory she interpreted “My Wild Irish Rose.” One of the gentlemen sang “She Is More to Be Pitied Than Censured,” and the wit- ness herself attempted “A Bit of Blar- Any concerted numbers? Sev- ral.'” Two male voices united in “Down Where the Wurtzburger Flows” and the full sextet was heard in “Nava—Nava—My Navahoe.” No, there was no instrumental accom- paniment. Then the prosecuting witnesses told of how they did not hear singing, but were positive they did hear sounds of strife. When they entered the base- ment the female defendants were ap- parently too far gone in liquor to do aught else than sit still and scold, while their male companions unstead- ily endeavored to clamber through a window. Thomas Phelan requested Judge Fritz to give him a separate hearing on the ground that he was absent on an errand when the basement was raided and consequently should be ex- empt from prosecution on the peace disturnbance charge. “What was your errand?” inquired his Honor. “I was rushing the can,” Thomas. The Judge ungallantly sentenced the women to forty-eight hours’ impris- onment and the men to half that pe- riod of lncnrcgratign. replied James Murray, with an artificial leg and a crimson necktie, was drunk and very disorderly when Patrolman Riehl arrested him Saturday evening at Ellis and Stockton streets. To display his control of the artificial limb, it was alleged, Mr. Murray pirouetted upon its sound companion and held the bogus member in horizontal position, thus mowing down persons who chanced to be within its reach. One old gentleman ruefully rubbed his right shin as he protested against the reckless spinning of Mr. Murray upon a thronged sidewalk, and by way of retort and variety of assault Mr. Mur- ray playfully swung an arm and knocked him down. Judge Mogan will sentence Mr. Murray for disturb- ing the peace. . . . “I had a cold, your Honor,” said Mrs. Mary Daly when Judge Cabaniss asked her why she had been drunk in a public place. “And you drank whisky for medi- cinal purposes only, eh?” inquired the coul rt. . o, I didn’t,” was the unlooked- for reply. “I took my quinine in whisky, and if the doctor hadn't or- dered me to take so much quinine I wouldn’'t have taken so much isky.” wx?'G?ofl," said his Honor, admiringly. “Go home now and take your quinine straight.” 2 ¢ = Judge Cabaniss said to K. Oheda, a little brown man who was arrested for drunkenness and dis 1y conduct on Dupont street: “P'll fine you $5 and suggest that you eschew indulgence in American intoxi- cants. Whisky is apparently among the elements of our ervilization that you Japanese gentlemen find non- assil .~ The records of this court show that the effect of alcohol on your temperament is to inspire pugnacity. If you cannot procure your native tip- ple—whatever it may be—adopt total abstinence if you desire to avoid trouble.” # Mrs. Henry J. Romero of 335% Sixth m(rnt was sorry she instructed a po- Sirocco Caesar, a. peddler of fruit, drove his horse. with wagon attached, at such a high rate of speed along Market street that Patroiman Heminez and” a lady whom he was escorting | across the crowded thoroughfare nar- ! rowly escaped being run down. | “He was driving at breakneck { | speed,” said the policeman to Judge Mogan, whereupon the defendant’s at- | torney demanded an accurate definition : + — e i of the term “breakneck,” as applied to the speed of a horse. The prose- | cuting attorney said that when equine | velocity exceeds the gait commonly de- | scribed as “wending its way” it is | breakneck. Then the bench inquired | if the defendant’s baptrsmal appella- | tion, “Sicorro,” was not also the name | a desert-sweeping hurricane, and when answered in the affirmative he ordered the descendant of the Caesars to ap- peal to-day for sentence. - B -~ | Patrolman Nelson's face was mobile | when he informed Judge Mogan that | Joseph Stone, arrested for vagrancy, had “a hard name” in Barbary Coast ‘social circles, nor did his Honor re- lax judicial severity of countenance | as he sentenced the defendant to “the stone pile.” . Clerk Pat Gray muttered | something about the court being | “stony-hearted,” and Bailiff Hickey ' remarked that the defendant looked | “rocky.” FEre the attorneys’ table | could participate in the flow of per- siflage the next case was called. —_— Attacks the Brussels Convention. ; LONDON, Feb. 27.—In the House of \Commons to-day H. E. Kearsley | (Liberal) moved an amendment to| the address in reply to the speech from the throne, demanding denun- ciation of the Brussels sugar conven- tion, on the ground of its prejudicial effect in rslllnc‘thte price of the com- b : odity of Great Britain. Joseph Chamberlain defended the convention, ' the advance in the FOR CONSTIPATION Here’s a Good Knife Price Made by Henckeis— one of the world's best makes. o A knife to £y 4 be proud of. Blades of finest steel. Just the right size for the pocket. 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