The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1906, Page 13

TRANSPORT MEADE SOON ~ TO RESUME SEA DUTY. _ ? e W In Drydock Un_ Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) - SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7—5 p. m. aergo g The follow! infalls going Thorough |, v s i sevmrus rizfae e O . | ®eason and rainfall in ,lu( lwen%;:mlr xh‘ogrt : verhaullng. iations S S i | Eureka ... 0. 10.14 17.37 “ Red Bluff . 0.00 4.15 14.62 T'o Run to Manila Again |55 050 i Aiter ree Y e A o 5 DL XGRS o alvem % 2 7{ ldlenes THE COAST RECORD. B T ———— ‘ 2 grgE 23 22 § fefrg: 20 ¢ ower PlateS Covefed ETATIONS. § §§ §g ] g- £ /1% 5 5 : - With Gathering of <. : | Bs 26 8 SE 00 MUSSG'S. | B 52 40 SE o o ot S s Saih port Meade is now on the dry- | 1. huiies 30,16 30 45 BW ::); k rgoing & thorou ‘tl T "xalr\axx‘&lv 30 06 48 N 00 .00 s J we extensive 1 e gines and m l);loa;] .00 itk 5 A Cloudy 00 00 pe a4 3 Pt Oy : 38 E_ Rain .01 : 24 EW Cloudy .00 . 6 BE Clear .00 o 48 NW Clear .00 3 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL ¢ the k & had i FORECAST. Es Cloudy weather prevails along the coast \ - from Central California northward and falr peve weather over other sections of the Pacific — Slope. Light rain s falling along the Wash- - ILL‘A\(\". coast. A storm is approaching th . Washington coast, but an area of abnormally high pressure overlies the pl 4 | P Mountain regions snd will ¥ rain south of Cape Mendocino. [ taking the Conditions are favorable for cloudy weather Secon w stationed at Fort|In the extreme northern portion of California o A tonal Bat- | Monday with showers north of Cape Mendo- - mposed of the | G0, &nd fair weather in other portions of the t osed of | State. Fair weather is probable for Nevada, 1 , NOW Sta- | with low temperstures. FORECAST FQR MONDAY, JANUARY 8. P San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Monda: s light northwest winds. Los Angeles and vicinity—Fair Monda: £ e lght north wind ght aris @ question | Sacramento Vailey—Cloudy Monday; light v fHic south winds = here are | gan “Joaquin Valley—Fair Monday; light north winds. - Cost- udy mnorth of San Francisco bay Resc: s with wers north of Cape Mendocino, fair EROuES - Benuspa Mot - | south of San Francisco; light southerly winds it Come rescued two | o rn coast and light northerly winds . ed boat iate Ea T Lulgi, the they had been | , Local Forecaster. e f f and that for | P + by d & n'a helpless con- TO SAIL. to the ekin and t t Steamer. | Destination. | Salls.| Pier. - i | | & | Junu | [ | S. Barbara. | seatt 4 pm| 2 ‘,)(Mni»r +++ | Seattle & Bel" 12 (] Humboldt ..... .12 5 e - Astoria & Portland)...... 2 « : January 9. | 1 - Coquille River 5 pm|Pler 20 Willapa Harbor_...| 5 pm|Pler 2 Los Angeles Ports.(10 amiPler 2 San Diego & Way.| 9 am/Pier 11 t Humboldt :30 p/Pler 9 : e any - reakwater | Coos Bay .... 5 pm/Pler 8 - January 10. | i - | Arctc .| Humboldt . | 9 am|Pier 2 | Sea Foam..| Point_ Arena 4 pm/Pier 2 Sails From Honeolulu. d | Astoria & Portland(10 am|/Pler 2 bt e | China & Japan ...| 1 pm/Pler 40 P Puget Sound Ports/11 am|Pler 8 5 January 1L | | Los Angeles Ports' § am/Pler 2 : rays Harbor......| 2 pm/|Pler 10 .| Grays Harbor 2 pm|Pler 10 Astoria & Portland! 5 pm Pler 27 - Grays Harbor. | 1 pm|Pier 2 - Coos Bay - | 4 pm/Pler 11 Almost Ready for Service. San Diego & Way.| 9 am Pler 1! M- - -| Grays Harbor 2 pm|Pler 10 che January 12, [ a .| Humbolat ©1..[1:30 piPler 9 Los Angelés Ports| 3 pm(Pler 5 = | Astorla & Portland|/11 am|Pler 2 vest gine. She will run January 13. | ! 2 was $1500. | Pt "Arena & Albion| 6 pm|Pler 2 | 3 i Newport & Way..| § am|Pler 11 e Honolulu {11 am Pter 7 Visit Warships. | N. Y. via Ancon....|12 ‘miPier 40 - Mar 3 were visited by | ary 15. | I * The . warships | .|Puget Sound Ports|il am|Pler 9 - - g et £ Hambors & Way. 12 m(Pler 10 : 4 . s >entaur. . ..| Hamburs ay m|Pler « e e e beeh | F. Kilburn. | Portland & Way...| 2 pm|Pler 20 > ure Wmovements will | January 18, | P T | Nevraskan. | Hoo. & Knhulul..\ 3 pm|Pler 20 | FROM SEATTLE. earas ie will sail on Wednesday | > e Desitutios | B &k = & noluly, Yokohama, Kobe | Cottage City.. Skagway & Way Ports./Jan. 10 Bertba_...... | Cooks Inlet & Way Pts. Jan. 10 iy Banta A +| Seward & Way Ports...|Jan. 16 S Jeffereon. ... | Skagway & Way Ports. [Jan. 17 Alamedn to Arrive To-Morrow. Oregon Valdez & Seward .....|Jan. 20 . Ste Company’s steamship » = schedu e from Henolulu SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. T Tt A e a2 ARRIVED. Newpeort Due To-Morrow. Sunday, January 7. Mai eamship Company's liner Stmr Brunswick, Ellefsen, 13 hours from arrive from Ancon to- | Fort Bragg. | { Stmr Brooklyn, Hansen, 15 hours from Men- o docino, . £5 2 Stmr Corona, Gielow, 20 hours from Bureka. un, Mopn and Tide. Stmr Santa Cruz, Hall, 9 hours from Santa x a Coest and Geodetic Survey— t of High and Low Waters Cruz. . B Chico, Martin, 53 hours from Coos Stmr Atlas, Badger, 48 hours from Astoria; to_Point Richmond direct. Power schr Mary C, Campbell, 9 hours from occur at t bout 25 | Fort Ross x ; the height | Stmr Breakwater, Johnson, 32 hours from both places. Coos Bay., Stmr_Maggle, Corning, 4 hours from Half- JANUARY 8. | moon Bay. Schr Santiago, Anderson, 16 hours trom | Monterey, In tow of tug Relief. Schr Annfe Larsen, Jensen, € days from Coos Bay. Tug Relief, Marshall, 16 hours from Mon- terey, with schr Santiago in tow, SAILED. Sunday, January 7. #tmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego and way ports Stmr Curacao, Paulten, Guaymas and way por | Stmr Columbla, Doran Astoria and Port- land Stmr North Fork, Nelson, Bureka. Schr Ida McKay, Lehtola, Burek: Schr Churchill, Huftman, ‘Coos 3 Schr Matthew Turner, Treanor, Puget Sound. BPOKEN. Jan 5—30 miles west of Point Arena, schr Oskland, from Portland for San Francisco (per schr Annie Lersen, from Coos Bay Jan 7). TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS. Jan 7, 10 » m—Weather hazy; wind NW; velocity’ les per hour. height and then the mumber the depth given hyl DOMESTIC PORTS. reference is the mead | TATOOSH—Passed In Jan 7—Schr Ludiow, j from San Pedro for Port Hadlock. Passed out Jan 7—Stmr Dirigo, from Olym- pla for Port Los Angeles; Fr bark Plerre Lotl, from Tacoma for United Kingdom, CRESCENT CITY—SailedJan 6—Stmr Man- delay, for San Franclsco. BELLINGHAM—Sailed Jan 6—Bktn Bene- cia, for San Pedro. TACOMA—Sailed Jan 6—Bark Guy C Goss, for_Redondo. COOS BAY—Salled Jan 6—Schr Compeer, for San Francieco. Jan 7—Stmr M F Plant, for San Francisco; stmr F A Kilburn, for Portiand. Arrived Jan T—Schr Ivy, hence Dec 24. Arrived Jan 7—Stmr F A Kilburn, hence Jan 4 via Eureka. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Jan 7—Stms James an 6, + exposition of the tides les are given in the left he successive tides of the n g there are but three tides, as The beights given are in of the United States Movements of Steamers. ARRIVE. P T—Stmr Argyll, Terje from Seattle; Br ship nanshire, from t Salina Cruz. P ! e Sailes Jan To-Stmr Redondo, stme Tumpico t o al R e Marie and Fr bark Bmma Laurans, for South Redondo, and safled Jan 7 ‘San Francisco. O ORER A Arrived Jan S—Stmr Pasadena, 7—Sthr San Buen- schr Oregon, hence Dec 25, Sailed Jan 7—Stmr Blizabeth, for San 1800, sfimmm_auld Jan 7, noon—Stmr Tre- -/ Portland & Astoris . New York via An North Fork. . ¥. Kilburn. mont, for Yokohama, eic; Ger stmr Pentaur, S R dat b Bl e o Duppere for Francisco; etwr Santa Monica, for §Faleacia... san | ENIOYS CREAT CELEBRATION Anniversary of Purchase of Building by the Y. M. H. A. Is Benefittingly Observed PROMINENT MEN SPEAK Dr. Jordan, Rolla V. Watt and H. J. McCoy Offer Most Cheery Congratulations The Young Men's Hebrew Association, Inc., celebrated the purchase o. its bulld- ing, 1970 Page street, last evening in the presence of an assemblage which packed the great athletic hall. Notable *among the visitors were the | presence of Dr. David Starr Jordan, presi- dent of Leland Stanford Junior Univer- sity; Rolla V. Watt, president of the Young Men's Christian Association, and H. J. McCoy, general secretary of the assoclation. . In his remarks Mr. Watt, who was given a hearty reception, said: T come to extend to the Young Men's Hebrew Assoclation from the Young Men's Chiristian Association the hand of fellowship. The spirit of fraternity among the peoples of different faith and race is broadening. There is and can but one supreme being, one all-wise, all- powerful and everlasting God. There is but one race, “the human race,” and with this common understanding there is ample room for co-operation, A unity of purpose would bring unity of method in work and thought. The Y. M. H. A., the Y. M. 1. and the Y. M. C. A. may fraternize at most points while dif~ tering in a few. . ‘With these greetings I wish the Young Men's Hebrew Asscclation godspeed. Dr. Jordan was glven a tremendous ova- tion and rewarded his hearers with an address of congratulation and advice which dc‘llght? the assemblage. Dr. Jordan 'spoke on the subject of “Influence of Athletics ' on the Moral Man,”” and incidentally let out the lonz- kept secret that he is the oldest baseball player in the United States. DR. JORDAN'S RECORD. He had outlived Spaulding and Wil- liams and kept at the royal game. If he bad done less talking, he said, and more athletic work he would be the happier for it to-day. He attributed the making of young Americans of the period to athletics, and instanced the work in the Young Men's Christian Assoclation and the colleges. He saw a pleasure in baseball, in swim- ming and in all exercises of the kind when not too violent, for they make men stronger, the blood flow better and all over a healthy, vigorous glow. The doctor paid particular attention and offered advice as to the life that should be followed by the young man. He must care for his morals, for vice was self-in- flicted injury. In real happiness there was an electric glow, which passed from one cell to another, and what could be more gratifying to a man than to feel that with his nerves all is well? Vice, he said, was opposite to happiness; it was a kind of pleasure that passed, but leaving a sting behind. Idleness was the parent of vice, and idleness was the open door through which comes vice. Dr. Jordan said that we read daily of men committing sulcide—men who, far gone as the result of drunkenness amd lust and realizing that vice is a deception, kill themselves. ADVISES AN ANTIDOTE. The antidote for all this, said Dr. Jor- dan, is “doing something. The doctor extended to the asgoclation his hearty felicitations and expressed his great pleasure at being present on such an occasion. The Hon. Edward /1. Wolfe spoke on | “Our Association,” and took the opportu- | nity of suggesting that the Hebrew race should join in demanding its rights the world over, at the same time admitting that the constitution of the United States guaranteed to them their rights, and that here they enjoy them. His allusion ap- plied to other nations. He considered that steps should be taken to demand hu- mane treatment for his coreligionists in Russia, and it devolved on Christian civ- flization to raise its voice against the atrocities which are happening there, and to intervene, as had been the case in China and other lands where massacres had taken place. He congratulated the assoclation upon the presence of two of the foremost citi- zens of California, Dr. Jordan and Mr. Watt. McCoy, before departing, took the offi- cers by the hand and wished them and the assoctation “the best of good luck.” The programme was as follows: Overture, Y. M, H. A. Orchestra; address welcome, David Monasch, president Y. M. A.; vocal solo. selected, Rev. J. Rabinowitz; hand of fellowshfp, Rolla V. Wati, Esq., presi. dent Y. M. C. A.; piano solo, selected, Pro- fessor B. W. Fabian; address, “Influence of Athletics on the Moral Man,” Dr. David Starr Jordan, president Leland Stanford Jr. Univer- sity; vocal solo, selected, T. Jack Zekind; ad- dress, ‘‘Our Assoclation,” Hon. Edward I Wolté; violin solo, selected, Fred S. Martin; dancing. of H. —————————— Stberin te Arrive Thursday. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's liner Siberia is due to arrive from Hongkong via Yo- kobama and Honolulu on Thursday, —_————————— A Sermon in Alliteration. It is remarkable when one thinks of them how many words signifying good times there are which begin with the letter “p.” What should naturally fol- low the signing of peace if not pro- duction, plenty, prosperity, power, all of which mean profusion, privilege, pre-eminence, principal, pay, pleasure, prices above par and prime percentage of profit? 3 There is every reason to” expect all these, in mo small measure, the world over, now that capital is freed from the fears which attend the progress of war and can devote its attention to the great commercial enterprises, Nevertheless there are words of grave import which also begins with a “p,” such as pride, profligacy, preju- dice, peculation, which are liable to at- tend a period of prosperity, and it is said that pride ever rideth before a fall. There is always danger that the pace may be so rapld as to constitute peril leading to panic, pain and pe- nury. ‘We. believe that this peace means a world-wide period of commercial ac- tivity, but it depends altogether on the use the world makes of peace. It must persist in a policy of moderation based upon principle, or the road of prosper- ity may be the road to ruin. It should be remembered that both paradise and perdition begin with the same lgtter, and they both start from the same cor- per.—Wall Street Journal. . N ¥ FOREIGN PORTS. CHEMAINUS, B C—Arrived Jan 6—Br ship Ditton, from Victoria, B C. VICTORIA, B C—Arrived Jan 7—Br. stmr Strathmore, from Astoria. OCEAN STEAMERS, NEw YORK—Arrived Jan 7—Stmr Minne- from London: stmr Carmania, from Liv- from Havre. 5 ¥ . ARl MOVILLE—Arrived Jan 7—Stmr Columbia, trom New York for proceeded, from New Cherbourg Hamburg. Ne-Arrived Jan TSt New SOUTHAMPTO! York, from New York via Plymouth and Cher- bours. " NAPLES—Sailed ‘Jan 6—Stmr Republic, from Genoa for New York. =) Jan 7—Stmr Lu- QUBENSTOWN—Sailed cania, from Liverpool for New York. : | stances. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1906. ML NELSEN “UTLE T Absolutely Beautiful and With Perfeet Artistry HER CAREER ASSURED Signor Prati, Likened to Caruso, Also Scores a Triumph at the Tivoli My friend Ashton Stevens labeled the little Pratl the “little Caruso”—and bravely the little tenor re-earned the title yesterday. There was another one earned, gayly, in teeth of comment adverse and afraid, in face of severe indisposition, by Alice Nielsen with her lovely “Voi che Sapete.” Only a “little Patti” could so have sung the Mozart aria. Only a Me- zart aria could so have discovered a “lit- tle Patti.”” After it there cannot be two questions of Miss Nielsen's career. The song was almost absolute artistry, the voice therein all but absolutely beautiful. Larger voices there are, but not of love- lier timbre. It is a Mozart voice essen- tially, a Mozart manner. How many greater singers one has heard hopelessly lost in the Mozart simplicities!. Miss Niel- sen takes her cool way among his morn- ing airs as she were born to it, the voice clear, pure, dripping with the young dews, the song consummately Mozartean. In exquisite measure she gets the leisuted grace, the limpid purity of outlind and, above all, the maddening, adorable, devil- ish simplicity of the thing. Its study is an epitome of what not to do, and Miss Nielsen does none of it. A record. As en- core she sang with charm, but without much emotional conviction, Tosti's “Good- by,” and in both was)accompanied with exquisite discretion by Henry Russell, Time to that the coneert was at the Tivoli yesterday afternoon, Miss Nielsen and her company singing, Jose Van den Berg almost conducting and a newly corraled orchestra doing as well as could be expected in the circum- It wasn't well and Mr. Van den Berg, who does neat things with his ac- customed “Don Pasquale,” when con- fronted with a scratch orchestra and hurry-up programme did the other. Miss Nielsen's “Ah fors e lui” was rulned. No wonder that the little prima refused to sing the second half of it and though this was in part due to her indisposition, But bravely this promised also—and it must be remembered that Miss Nielsen's work is still to be judged almost as largely by its promise as by its perform- ance. In the quartet (“Rigoletto”) and the sextet (“Lucia”) the value of the voice, penetrating as a violin, was ad- mirably exemplified, soaring pure and strong above the rest. The occasion was altogether one of new and potent triumph for Miss Nielsen. An undoubted triumph again was that scored by Signor Prati yesterday. But Prati must not leave out mcasures, two of them—in sthe encore, also— from such well known things as YDonna E Mobile.” And he did the same thing with the “Una Furtiva Lagrima.” But this is perhaps un- grateful. Signor Pratl sings with de- lightful taste and has one of the pret- tiest, purest lyric tenors ever heard here. The way he vaults up to his high notes, flaunts them valiantly, and then fines them down to a mere dream of a sound is something to hear. He was tempestuously applauded. Signorina Columbati, the contralto of the company, was first heard here yes- terday. She is a “lyric” contralto, has the same characteristical tasteful fash- fon of singing as her associates, and was most pleasingly heard with Pratj in the “gypsy” duet from “Trovatore. The other numbers were the “Lucia” sextette that got an encore on repu- tation. Mr. Kern was largely respon- sible for the lack of other reason. though he enjoyed it so much that I'm sorry I couldn't. But in a key consist- ently other than his neighbor's, the bagso insisted on starring the bass, and Mr. Verdi accordingly suffered. Very well again went the quartet from “Rig- oletto,” Artfcie, barytone, assisting Nielsen, Columbati and Prati. The “Tyampa’” overture, a Strauss “waltz” that one could decently have been buried with, and a “Lohengrin” intro- duction that rather made you wish you were the orchestral contributions. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. . . . The big hit of the programme at the Orpheum last evening was the Le Brun trio in a scene from “Il Trovatore.” The audience went wild with delight over the beautiful singing of the three tal- ented artists. Antoinette Le Brun has the tones of the nightingale and her sweet voice seems echoing through one's brain long after the performance has come to a close. The funniest thing on the bill is Lewis McCord and company in “Her'| Last Rehearsal.” The piece is not un- familiar to Orpheum patrons and Me- Cord is a great favorite if one may Judge from the reception accorded him last evening. The juggling Piroscoffis were also given a big share of popular attention and applause. Joseph Newman was present with a side-splitting series of melodies and BEdward Davis proved that he has lost none of his popularity in “The Unmask: ing.” Clayton Kennedy and Mattie Roo- ney do a dancing turn full of laughable novelties, Two Mareenas and one Ne- varo have something new in contortion and equilibristic feats. The motlon pic- tures are the best shown at the Or- .pheum for many months. NEW PLAY HITS HOUSE OF LORDS Captain Marshall Also Has Counterpart of Winston Churchill as a Character FRANCE'S MALE TRILBY Young Man Given Ability to Sing Well Under Hypnotic Influence of a Svengali LONDON, Jan. 7.—It is a long time since there has been a new play by Cap- tain Robert Marshall. His last was “The | Lady of Leeds,” which failed so badly that it ¥as not even tried in the United States, and perhaps this setback made the author of “The Duke of Killicrankie™ think that he needed a holiday. Anyhow, he took himself off to the south of France and for several months didn't write a single line. ¢ Now, however, the dramatist is back in London and brings with him a play which has_already been placed and which may make something of a sensa- tion, especlally on this side of the water. Its central character is nothing more or less than a stage counterpart of the Eng- lish Winston Churchill, son of Lady Ran- dolph Churchill and one of the most pic- turesque figures in British politics to-day. The only difference is that the young politician in Captain Marshall's play, who quits his Conservative environment to become a Radical, Is a lord. In fact, the House of Peers will have almost as much fun poked at it in the military dramatist’s new plece as it did in “Iolanthe.” These lfberties are qujte lkely to be re- sented by all concerned, in which case it will be the second time that Captain Marshall's audacity has caused a commo- tion. King Edward, it may be remem- bered, was highly annoyed by some of the sly flings at crowned heads which were introduced in *“A Royal Family,” and did his best to keep English society away from the piece when played at the | Court Theater. | The new Marshall play, which is still | unnamed, is likely to be given at the Comedy, and it is now expected that John Hare may be secured for the part of an elderly peer. He has not been seen in London since he appeared in Barrie's “Little Mary” at Wyndham's. As for Marshall, he must be rich enough to af- ford risky stage experiments, for after making a lot of money at the outset with “His Excellency the Governor,” he has made a lot more out of “The Second in Command.” “7The Duke of Killicrankie” apd ‘““There's Many a Slip,”” not to men- tion “A Royal Famlly,” which was even a greater success in American than in England. For the first time on record an actor is about to run for Parllament. The thespian. in question is “Ben” Nathan, who will stand for a district of Bir- mingham at the next general election, and if he should happen to be sent to Westminster the thing would be in- corigruous enough, for Nathan's last | part was the not very dignified onge of “Tweedlepunch” in “A Chinese Honeymoon.” That, however, was several years ago. Since then Nathan has been interested In a prominent theatrical agency In London. - This has just been dissolved and the erst- while comedian has decided to enter politics rather than return to the the- | atrical profession. The possessor of u! good deal of genuine ability, it is un- derstocd he has been invited to stand for the Birmingham constituency as, a Liberal, and there seems a more than fair chance of his election. All Paris is marveling over the discov- ery that one of its most popular singers is a male Trilby, having been literally mesmerized into fame fifteen years ago. | The amazing story, which, however, is well authenticated, has just been told for the first time, apropos of a recent ac- tion by the town council of Marseilles. This was a refusal to allow a hypnotist named Picquard to hold a seance in their city. It seems that Picquard is well known in the south of France, and it was at Toulon, in 18%0, that he played Svengali to the singer already referred to, During a seance there, Piequard, as his | habit is, hypnotized a number of the au- dience, drew them by his will power to the stage and made them sing. As a general rule they did so very badly, but among the number there was a sailor lad, named Ludovic, who sang delightfully, imitating Paulus and all the popular sing- ers of the day. Before he woke him up again, Picquard ordered Ludovic to fetch a broom next day at the same hour, ride astride it from the other end ol ulon to the theater and, still astride broom, to come and sing. Next day the hall was packed, and the road between it and the home of the singer was lined with amused spectators, walting for Ludovie. He came dressed as he had been the evening before, in his fisherman's cap and jersey, rode through the town on his broomstick, and sang better than ever. When he awak- ened he was furlous with Piequard, but his anger dropped when the’management of the theater engaged him to sing on excellent terms. At his debyt he was a failure, owing to nervousness. There was no Picquard that time, and his engage- ment was a very short one. But Ludovie was plucky and intelligent. Picquard had taught him that he had a voice, and he worked hard to train it. He sang his way up the ladder, and he is to-day one of the most popular singers of his kind in Paris. ‘The name which he has taken is Mayol, and it is the fisher lad of Toulon who created the huge successes “Viens Pou- poule” and “Le Mattchich and earns a princely income in the Paris cafe con- certs. It is seldom that the leading character in a plece is played by four people at the | vals of diamonds only every other week. | tion ot the enormous importauon, break- 'the men in New York who import most Arthur Becker succeeded In bringlng | same theater, but that is what has hap- together a company of clever semi-pro- | pened at the London Vnufi‘evme, ‘where fessional players and made a great hit | “The Catch of the Season” is running. last night at the Columbla in the cele- | The part of the heroine of this musical |- brated German farce entitled *“The Two | comedy was written originally for Escutcheons.” The parts were well taken | laline Terriss, who is the wife of Seymour throughout, but special credit devolves on | Hicks, its author, but when the piece Miss Emma Duden, who made her first | was first put on Miss Terriss was ill and appearance in public last evening in the | could not appear, 80 Zena Dare was part of the Chicago pork packer’s daugh- | chosen In her place. Miss Dare played ter. Miss Duden did her part wel |the part for a while, but then Ellaline throughout and promises much for the | Terriss recovered and took it up. Soon future. 5 afterward, however, Hicks’' plans neces- Mr. Becker will stage his next German | sitated & provincial four for “The Catch play, ““The Great Unknown,” at the Co- | Of the Season,” so his wife had to leave Jumbia on January 28. This promises to | the London cast in, her place being meet with as much favor as the one |taken by the younger sister of Zena Dare, staged last evening. Phyllis, who has played the heroine eyer since, Now she has been obliged to with- Courting 01d Style. draw, owing to a prior engagement for There i8 not a country-bred .man or woman now living but will tell you that life can offer nothing comparable with the innocent zest of that old style of courting that was done at singing school in the starlight and candlelight of the first half of our century. There are few hearts so withered and one of the leading pantomimes, and Madge Crichton, who played “Three Little Malds™ on, has taken the part. And still the tuneful plece runms on. It has now been plaved at the Vaudeville 540 times, but shows not the slightest sign of ‘waning popularity. s e e " All Quiet in Dominican Waters. ficer .| down on the current of these old melo- | on old but they beat auicker sometimes when they hear, in old-fashioned | WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—A dispatch - waili; sobb - |to the Navy Department received to- f::r::‘r.:l'n:h :t 'B;:-tré.("‘nq‘r" u.l:v from the senior commanding of- “ X th in Dominican waters, with station o5 O vt T the northern coast of the island of Domingo, reports that “All is dies to that fresh young day of hopes | Santo and illusion—of vaeices that were sweet, | quiet. no matter how se they sang; of examinations at Bel- hts that were rosy with dreams, no | During nlcm ‘what Fahrenheit said; rlg 2 a professor saw the that blushed without cause, and of lov- g:‘ e campus. found that, like the oth- the solution of one of 13 STANT SUPPLY | OF DINONDS Dealers Returning From the| European Markets Report ® Searcity of Fine Stones| i1 | i1 MANY ORDERS UNFILLED | | Some of Them Believe That | the Output of De’ Beers Mine Is Fast Diminishing Diamond importers returning to New ! York trom the European market tell sto-| ries of increasing difficulties in getting stones in the sizes and grades suitable for | ; Those who buy di- | 5 the American market. rectly from the London syndicate which | controls the trad~ say that, notwith stanaing the development of new mines, | the output of the crystals in quality up to the standard gems is diminishing. | Importers who deal with the syndicate | say that they stand ready to take much | larger quantities of diamonds than they are getting. The importers pay cash be- fore they get the stones and the syndi- cate fixes its own prices. It is argued, therefore, that the corporation would cer- tainly release more gems if it had thent. Not infrequently an importer is disap- pointed by not receiving a conslgnment of gems when he expects them. The ex- planation, coming from the other side, is that the supplies at Cape Colony and Na- | tal have not been sufficiently large to | make the regular weekly shipments as | formerly, so that there have been arri- At first glance this scarcity of fine dia- monds seems inconsistent with the sta- tistics given out by the customs authori- | ties at New York, showing, month after | month, increases in the valuation of pre- | cious stones and pearls imported to this ! city. While the Appraiser of the port | does not in his statistics separate the dia- monds from other precious stomes and | from pearls, yet it is known that dia- monds are the really large item in the total. For the fiscal year ended June 30 the | aggregate was upward of $33,000,000, this bemng a gain of about $6,000,000 for the year. Since then the “July figures have | been made public, showing a continua- | i | ing all previous records, | Show these figures to an importer for the purpose of convineing him that people are getting more diamonds than formerly and he will shake his head. He will tell you that the valuation is higher, but not | the number of carats. | Diamonds of the size and quality which to-day bring 176 knglish shillings a carat in the rough sold deven years ago for 70 shillngs. In the last year the syndicate made several advances, 5 per cent on | each occasion, besides adding to the cost | by new rules aiecting the size and qual- ity of the precious minerals. It may be supposed that the importers look for relief to the new Premier mine in the Transvaal, the only diamond mine of any importance that is not controlled by the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. When the output of this independent | mine, upon which work began in 1%03, jumped early last year above 70,000 carats a month the attention of the world was attracted. The discovery of the 3032-carat Culllnan dlamond a few months ago added to the Interest. Promises of lots of diamonds were made and are still being made, yet of the stones that come here say that thus far the Premier has had.no practi- cal effect on the gem busimess in the United States. Reasons why the new Premier has not | as yet exerted the slightest influence in staying the upward trend of prices were glven by Henry Fera, one of the oldest of | the New York importers. He said: | “The total output of the Premier mine is now 75,000 to 75,000 carats a month. The | average value of all the dlamonds import- | ed into New York is $37 50 a carat. Not more than six per cent of the Premier stones are up to this average; while 32| per cent have an average value of $12.50 | a carat and 60 per cent are of an aver- age value of $2.60 a carat. “When a Premier stone is of fine qual- ity the price is fully as high as that of a syndicate gem, and naturally so, as the new mine pays 60 per cent of the value of the stones to the Government. “The chief effect thus far of the Pre- mier stones is in reducing the price of bort, which is used for mechanical pur- poses. - These diamonds from the new mine are particularly hard, a quality which increases the amount of labor re- quired to cut and polish them for gems, but enhances their usefulness in engrav- ing, glass cutting and other pursuits. ‘We now get for §1 a carat better bort than formerly commanded $2.” The total exports of diamonds from the Cape of Good Hope at one time amount- ‘ed to nearly 4,000,000 carats in a year. The last year that the total amounted to over 3,000,000 carats, as officlal figures indicate, was 1898. By 1903 the Cape ex- ports had declined to 2,656,557 carats. A year or so ago an estimate was made that the world's demand for diamonds in valuation was $25,000,000 a year ‘and that the Del Beers mines made a profit 4each year of $12,500,00. An official repo; ‘of the De Beers mines for the year 4 out June 90, 1903, sald that its amounted in value to $24,332,500, and last year, notwithstanding advances In prices, this figure was barely reached, because production was less. The usual estimates have credited the De Beers mines with providing from % to 9 per cent of the gem diamonds of the world, and aceording to New York b ‘porters the syndicate still holds this com-, manding position, and will continue to do so until greater plles of fine dlamonds wre revealed in flelds beyond the De Beers control than are now in sight—N. Y. Sun. Two Laughs in Thix Story. The American In the corner of the non- smoking carriage insisted on light! :a clgar. The indignant Brit- hhnmé other corner protested, and protested in valn. At the next station he hailed the guard with hostile intent, but the placid Amerlcan was too quick for him. “Guard,” he drawled, “I think you'll find that this gentleman is travel- ing with a third-class ticket on him.” Investigation proved him to be "‘he:i lll: Ind Britisher was ejected. o 1w5:n:‘ntm little scene asked the triumphant American how he knew about that ticket. “Well,” explained the im- perturbable stranger, “it was sticking out of his pocket, and 1 saw it was the same color as mine."—London Chronicle. San Francisco to St. Louls and Chicage, via Los Angeles, El Paso and Kansas City. Dally service. The most southerly route. Interesting equipment. Courtecus atten- _ Bears the The Original San Francisco Weekly Co. | As Gioverned hy the Naciomal of the City of Mexico. JANUARY 6, 1906. $5.00[2280.. $5.00] 5.00f . O 3387... 5.00{3625.. .00 5.00i 3698. . 10.00I13738. . 5.003824.. 5.00/384%. 5.0011019.. 5.004034. . 5. 56.. 5000/ 17 5.00/10500. 5.0010! 5.00{10604. 5.0010610. 5001684 5006889, . 20 Appoximations from 2012 to 2032, $2.00 each. 20 Approximations from 2238 to 2238, $1.50 each. 20 Approximations from 1145 to 1183, $1.00 each. 120 Numbers ending with 22, $1.00 each. 120 Numbers ending with 43, $1.00 each. Ounly 12,000 Numbers. Women appreciate quality in_anything they buy. Hence thev “took to" this Knife the first time I offered it at my speclal pr It's a regular value, but I offer specially at it figure quoted in order to at- tract a larger number fof women, in the country as. well as in the eity. Tt has three blades of fine razor Steel also a nail file. Has pearl handle, with reinforced ends. Is of dainty and attractive size, ance. My price. ... Cutlegy Ground and Honed. Razors Honed, 25e¢. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. THAT MAN PITTS, F. W. 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