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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
SHARKEY IN COURT
LEGAL CONTEST FOR THE TEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR PURSE
RESUMED.
NOT MUCH ESTABLISHED.
JULIAN ABLE TO PRODUCE ONLY
HEARSAY EVIDENCE OF CON-
SPIRACY.
LUsTIG's EVIDENCE NOT RELIsHED
Story of the Medical Examiner for
the National Club Bad for the
Sailor.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14-Tom
Sharkey, looking little worse for his
drubbing, was in court today when the
controversy for the possession of the
$4,000 purse was renewed. Fitzsimmons
and Julian attempted to expose the
alleged conspiracy against Fitzsim-
mons, but when Julian was asked for
positive proof, he produced nothing
but hearsay testimony. Julian related
his efforts to have Lynch join him in
selecting referee, stating that Lynch
purposely placed the choice Of a ref
cree in the hands of the National club.
which named carp. Julian said Police
Commissioner Gunst and Riley Gran
nan had come to him before the fight
TO tell him carp had been fixed" He
quoted Riley Grammar as having over
heard conversation between carp and
Joe Harvey, bookmaker, in the course
OF which Harvey said:
Then it's all right, is it?" To which
carp had replied:
You can depend on me-
Julian's testimony sought to involve
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to arrive here Friday A telegram was
received today from Capt. Pratt, super
!ntendent of the Carlisle school, stat
ing that the team will be accompanied
by the Indian band of % pieces. The
indians will present substantially the
same lineup as in their game with
Brown university. In the Wisconsin
eleven two or three changes will prob
ably be made. Capt. Richards may go
into the line. Atkinson taking the
place OF Hanback, Nelson, who is laid
UP with sprained ankle, and O'Dea
VIII play ful1back in Richards place.
The Wisconsin team has been in
active training for over week, pre-
pairing for the game, and is in fine con-
dition. Coach Phil King arrived at
Madison today to put the finishing
touches on the men. Aside from the
fact that the contest will be indoors
and at night the game will be interest
ing in that it will afford an oppor-
tun1ty to study the playing strength
OF a representative Western team when
pltted against a strong Eastern .eleyen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15

Mckinley over Bryan, $3.50. (
non, $3.50. Childs over Reyes,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15

The board will consist of Chief JUS
tiee Start and Justice Collins, of the
supreme court; Judge Robert Jamison.
of Minneapolis; Judge s. H. Moer, Of
Duluth, and Secretary of State Berg.
The most troublesome question for
the board to solve will be the Polk
county division puzzle. the intricacies
OF which have already been published
in the G e. One faction has en-
ployed Judge Ira Mills. and Davis, KEEL
lcgg & Severance. to take the contest
into the courts also.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
SEVENTH DISTRICT.

lolalS ................... ~, IL
Morris over Towne, 707.
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RICE WANTS A RACE.
He Believes He Can Make 1000 Miles
i'm Six DAYS

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-It is said that
the net receipts of the siX-day bicycle
race in Madison Square garden were
1000 Edward Hale, the winner, will
probably make $4,000 by his week s
work. The first prize was $1,000. Then
he was paid for riding certain wheel.
tires, saddle. etc. J. S. Rice, of Wilkes
barre, who finished second, is in bet
ter shape than any of the other rid
ers. He is anxious to arrange another
race with Hale, and is said to have So
600 backing. He is willing to wager
$4,000 that he can ride 1900 miles in
l43 hours
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
FOOTBALL AT NIGHT.
Preparations for the CarIisIe-Wis-
cOnsin Game Completed.

CHICAGO, Dec 14-Preparations are
about completed for the football game
between the Carlisle Indians and the
University of Wisconsin eleven which
takes place at the Coliseum next Sat
urday night. The field has been COW
cred with an extra coating of tanbark
and clay and carefully rolled, so that
it is now in ideal condition. Additional
arc lights have been placed above the
field and no trouble on the score Of
insufficient light is apprehended. Man
ager Alsted, of the Wisconsin team, in
spected the field today and expressed
himself as well satisfied with the ar
engagements. Both teams are expected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
Canada After the Fight

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Local sporting
men are discussing proposition made by a
number of men from Toronto and Hamilton.
ont. to have Corbett and Fitzsimmons meen
IN Canada. proposition is that a com
Dination be made of well-known Buffalo.
Toronto and Hamilton citizens and big
purse offered, the fight to take place in Ham
ilton. There is hall in that civ canah1o
of holding at least 10000 people, and the Can
adams say that they are reasonably sure of
non-interference by the authorities 1t is
SAID that a Hamilton man, who is pushing
the scheme. is now in New York, with the
object of consulting Dan Stuart
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
ICE YACHT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Pepin Ice Yacht club announces that
the races for the championship pennant of
the Northwest and the y. B. Hudson cup -
won by it at Lake Minnetonka during the
season of 1885 will be run at Pepin. over
the Pepin Ice Yacht club course, beginning
Dec. Il, pennant and cup to go to club win
ming first two races. All yachts must be
there Dec q. There will be no classification.
The Pepin Ice Yacht club will have help on
hand to set up yachts, and one man with
each yacht will be boarded free of charge at
Hotel Pepin. rafssf
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PRETENDER TO ADVOCATE.
His Son to Succeed to Don Carlos !.
Claims.

MADRID. Dec. IA dispatch to the I'M
parcial from Rome says that Don Carlos the
pretender to the throne of Spain, intends to
abdicate his claim in favor of his son Don
Jaime. The present Dor Carlos is the grand
son Of the pretender to the Spanish throne,
also named Don Carlos, and is called by
the Spanish legitimists Charles VII of Spain.
Don Carlos is said to have displayed a wan
ing enthusiasm during the last few years
over the claim put forth in his behalf to the
throne of Spain. Since the last Carlist war
he has come into a fortune estimated at
between $4,000, GOO and O,OOO, 900. A cam
paign for the throne Of Spain would neees-
sarily involve the expenditure of a large
amount Of this money, and would be dis
countenanced By the court of Austria AZ
which court Don Carlos desires to stand well.
In view of the present activity of the Car
lists in Spain and Don Carlos Discrimination
to lend himself to the plans of his followers.
his abdication of his claims in favor of his
eldest son. Don Jaime, has been predicted
The latter is past twenty six years cld and
was educated In England and Austria. By
express permission OF the ear he is serving
as an officer in Russian cavalry regiment.
and is said to have hopes of Russian support
for his pretensions to the throne OF Spain.
He is described as a youth Of adventurous
and ambitious disposition.
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Torrance Defeats Kent.

The opening game for the week in the am
ateur series at Foley's was assigned to Kent
and Torrance. Both played in their very
pest form. Kent went away with good
lead, and for time looked a sure winner
a bad streak, which Torrance was quick to
take advantage of. With three runs in
doubles, he caught and pressed his opponent
ana won out by IL billiards. He had double
1gures six times. with 26 for the high run
Aent had five doubles, with Is for the ton.
pair at 200 even. 'ne
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Backing for HaDIan

TORONTO, Ont, Dec. H.-Edward Hanlan.
the oarsman, will visit England in the spring
He has been trying to arrange scuIling races
with Barry, Harding and Others Jose e.
Seagram, a millionaire and well-known rae
ing man OF Waterloo, is willing to back Han
ian against scullers on the other side Of the
ocean.
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Articles Signed

LONDON. Dec. 14.-"Dick" Burge. of Eng
land. and Eddy Connolly, of Boston. have
signed articles of agreement for boxing
match before the Olympic club of Birminee7
ham on Jan. rs. for Il 600.
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upward. as it vision of the paradise OF
Mohammed had been youchsafed him.

While The ballet was resting from its ar
duous exertions l chatted with some of
the brightest girls and found that in their
humble little way they were cterishing
humble little ambitions of their own. 1T
takes fortune to be educated for a pre-
miere, and can't afford lessons" said the
little dark-eyed dancer Lots and lots of
premleres have graduated out of the ballet
though, and that's what / hope TO do.'
u rather be singer. said little per-
son, with big serious eyes, who did not look
over IA. MY mother is letting me have a
lew lessons and they say am very high
soprano, but you see there was chance to
earn something in the ballet, so applied. ,"
Practical little peoplel How bravely they
seemed determined to make the most
OF their poor little chances. II they ever
withstand the temptations and hardships
OF their lot and battle their way out of
the ranks they will be able to talk with
more authority than the pampered Mrs.
Kendall about needing 1.-THE epidermis OF
a rhlnoceros and the strength Of a man."
MARIE EVELYN.
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Baldwin Theater.

For several years sensational accounts
have been heard of Miss Ellen Beach Yaw,
the singer with the "Eiffel Tower" voice.
whose range of four octaves surpasses the
compass o. any soprano recorded in his
tory. This young lady will sing for the first
time in this City at the Baldwin Theater
tomorrow evening. Appearing with ner
will be Macmillan Dick, a violinist of
some reputation, and Miss Georgiella Lay,
who IS said 10 be a gifted pianist.
Inc following programme will be per-
formed: Polonaise IiszD, Miss Lay;
"Ballade ct Polonaise' tVieuxtemps) Mr..
Dick; Willamette" (Dell' AcquaJ, Miss
4aw; (d) "Estncelles." (Moszkow-
SKID, 90 Dedication" (schumann-
LiszO, Miss Lay; "Ronde de Lutins" Bag
zini), Mr.: Dick; "Ah Fors' g Lui, LA
Travlata (VerdD, Miss Yaw; Caprice de
Concert" (Musin), Mr.. Dick; Swiss echo
song lEckerD, Miss Yaw.
=. b. Jefferson, Kiaw & Erlanger's musi-
cal extravaganza, palmer Cox's Brown
les" will be seen for the first time in San
Francisco OH Thursday night. The en-
gagement is limited 10 two and half
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Tivoli Opera-House.

"The Bohemian Girl will be sung for
the first five nights OF this week, with an
at-star cast. Miss Belle Thorne. one OF
the Tlvolrs most popular prima donnas.
has consented to reappear previous to her
departure for the East, as airline. Rhys
Thomas will be Thaddeus. role which he
sang with great success throughout En- :
land with the Carl Rosa Opera Company;
Bernice Holmes will be ths gypsy queen,
John ]. Rafael Count Arnh elm, w. H.
West Devilshoof and Arthur Boyce
Florestine. On Saturday evening the
holiday spectacle of Jack and the Bean
stalk will be presented, after months of
careful preparation. 1t is said to contain
"a wealth OF beautiful scenery, dazzling
costumes, brilliant light effects, gorgeous
balets, sprightly marches, the latest songs
and fine transformation scenes.
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immag-gin-ncr" 1t might be better, under
the circumstances, to call the play 1.-THE
Hypochondriac" and avoid trifiing with
the French language
But the most jarring feature in MOL
iere" is the constant occurrence of the
word madame" Every one knows that
the actors and actresses who visit our
shores invariably make it point OF honor
10 pronounce madame as if 1t were writ
ten ma-dGmn. II may be that they are
glad TO embrace an opportunity of doing
a little swearing unrebuked-or, giving
| them the benefit OF the doubt, they have
never heard the word pronounced la
Francaise. At any rate, it is a stage ira
dltion to pronounce madame Thus, and
the Wilton Lackaye company follows it.
alas! 50 faithfully, that "Moliere" is liter
ally strewn with big, big D-s.
believe taste for melodrama is an
acquired habit like smoking or eating
Llmburger cheese. At first il makes you
sick, then you pity, then endure and then
embrace. This has been the history OF the
Columbia Theater habilues during the last
few weeks. They were not used TO melo-
drama and looked askance upon Human
ity" with surprise and suspicion. The
ladies were afraid of the shooting and
chung to their seats in horror while the
oomoshell was sp!uttering away within
foot of the hero. 1t was not him that
they trem bed for but them selves. When
The New South" was put on the habitues
yentured out timidly, in twos and threes
and said that thew never would he We come
at all If they had not heard that the play
was much less sensational than Human
ity." They were beginning to get the melo-
drama habit, but they would not own it.
The Cotton King last week completed
the work of degeneration, or regeneration
the way you look at il all depends upon
whethsr you have the habit yourself
People who had been in DOUBT during
the run of the first two plays went to see
The Cotton King" and returned the ext
| night, bringing their friends and now
Messrs. Friedlander Gottlob & Co. can
safely produce plays built round" any
piece of machinery that threatens human
lie, Tor the habitues of the Columbia
Theater have acquired the meIodrama
habit.
Mrs. Kendall has been declaring. not
necessarily as a guarantee of good faith
but for publication, that the stage sis a
most terrible. most awful life for a
woman. Nay, it is the most terrible, the
most awful in the world for a woman.
To succeed IN it she must have the epi-
dermis OF a rhinoceros, the strength OF a
mar and The feelings, say, OF craven
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! knowledge that wrong step or false
note may mean dismissal and no bread in
the cupboard next week. These girls have
grievances of their own. What mem ber of
the dramatic profession has not2 But the
chorus and ballet know better than to pro-
claim their woes from the housetop; it
would be as much as their bread and but
ter is worth.
Talking of ballets, l looked in at the Or
pheum the other day, to see rehearsal of
the Christmas ballet, and AdTien Kiralfy
assured me that by the time e festive
season arrived he would have all the girls
dancing in time and on their toes. He
knows his business. so / did not venture to
contradict him, but after seeing the re-
hearsal, / wondered whether he was not of
too hopeful and buoyapt nature.
There were tall girls and short girls, fat
girls and thin girls, girls in bloomers and
girls in voluminous skirts, but with posi-
bly, one exception. they all seemed to be
imbned with the fixed idea that the be-
ginning, the middle and the end of the
art of dancing lies in kicking as high as
possible. The exception was little dark
kitA III q loose-httiBS gown, VIII sway eu
rhythm;cally to the music with her
whole body, and whose head bent
as gracefully as a rose rocked by the
breeze. She came down to the footlighis
smiling and showing flashing set of
teeth, and her wiles reminded me of
those practiced by the great ballerine, who
never come to the Pacific Coast. Of
course the girl danced b. nature. for she
had none OF the acrobatic agility OF a
trained dancer.
With the exception of this nymph,
Kiralfy was dealing with somewhat raw
material. Forward, my children, he
cried. and lump, lump, lump, Kick, kick.
kick was the response from forty pairs of
feet while forty toes waved in the air like
so many signals of distress. Lazy, ley,
ah little fat lazy" cried the ballet mas
ter. banging down his hands on the piano
and stamping his feet at squat little per-
son in cloth bloomers, who was what
school boys call ''funking" her share of the
performance. The little fat lazy gave
kick, just to prove what she could do
when goaded Oh to it, and The ballet mas
ter remarked, parenthetically: "They
haf not the education of coryphees from
the great dancing schools OF Europe.
They haf been taught all wrong. but
like the American dancers better than
Italians, French, Germans, English
They haf more intelligence, more vivacity.
Give them the years of training dancers
have in Europe. An! there would be
corypheesP and kiralfy rolled his eyes
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SCENE IN ACT 5 IN AtA6ANA
AT THE ALCAzAR

the music for THE Brownies" and who
is so exactly like Brownie himself that
you have to look at him twice to be quite
sure that he is not fantasie CT Palmer
Cox's brain. Examination of his physl-
ognomy forces you TO admit that Mr..
Douglas is real, though his mblance to
Palmer Cox Brownie continues to faS-
cinate you and compes you to keep your
eyes glued on him in a way which is not
consistent with the rules of good breeding.
But as ii Mr.. Douglas and the company
were not enough Brownieland, Palmer
Cox has TO keep the ball rolling by talking
continually about Brownies and spending
his leisure nj oments in drawing them, as
lie is under fifteen years contract TO go
evolving them continually ont OF his In ne r
consciousness. Reporters come to inter
v.ew him about Brownies. and old
time friends OF his, who have grown into
mlddle-aged, prosperou; business men,
drop INTO the cffice OF he Baldwin The
ater. and exciaim: Hello, Cox! | want
to congratulate you, Old fellow-hear you
nave made fortune out OF Brownies. !"
And Cox has 10 go on telling fresh relays
oil visitors how II came about that he in
vaaed he realms OF Brownieland.
1t seems that he was writing for chill
dren's magaZ nes in New York and wanted
some odd characters for illustrations that
could point moral as we'll as adorn a
tale. 1T was not natural to make animals
talk. he said, "besides l wanted a talker
that could take hign moral stand-
point something like Puck, with his
What fools these mortais be- / had been
brought up among Scotch people and
mad heard great deal about the traditions
OF the Highlands. where they still believe
In tees and hobgoblins. Brownies had
asiwsys taken my fancy. They were intel
ilgent, observing little fellows. who knew
all about mor,as and helped them when
they were good. The Brownies could
noini the moral wanted TO my stories. so
l utilized them Thev ware n na... da
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At the Orpheum.

The new attraction for this week will be
the Joseph Phoite pantomime troupe,
which comes direct from Roster e. Bial's,
New York. For the past three years ii
has been employed in London and Paris.
Joseph and Martha Phoite. supported
by nve other pantomimists. will appear
in an eccentric pantomime called
"Mephisto." II will run through the
holidays. Clermont's trained animals
and Gailetti's monkey comedians are on
the new bill, and so are Cushman and
Holcomb. Kaoly and the komalo
brothers will vie with each other in
acrobatic teats. Stuart has new songs
and the three Dunbar sisters promise new
''coster" songs and dances. The aerial
ballet and Kiralfy's grand opera ballet
will open one week from to- night.
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Columbia Theater.

'The Cotton King" has proved such u
success at the Columbia Theater that it
will be continued for another week SUIT
ton Vane's latest meiodrama gives plenty
of opportunities for sensational acting
and staging, and the scene in he calico
printing mllt with the elevator at work is
quite triumph OF realism.
The Frawley company is expected to
arrive here from Honolulu on the 18th
INST. and it will open at the Columbia the
following Monday with new Daily pro-
duction. During the holidays the COM
pa ny will present both Love in Tandem"
and "Tae Railroad of Love-"
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weeks. "The Brownies is described as
all entertain ment OF the nature OF 1892, -
With more elaborate spectacular effects.
The organization numbers owe T leo people.
Frank Deshon, Marie Celeste, Ida Brooks,
Sol Solomon, Charles Hagan and Robert
Cummings, the Brothers Borani, disar-
pearing demons, Newhouse and Waffle.
and little Gertie Carlisle. The Oriental
ballet, the dance of the waiter girls, the
electr cal serenade to the singing moon.
the flying ballet, the German band, the
chase of the matic fireAy, the airship and
colossal seabrd will all prove novelties to
San Francisco theater-goers.
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Grand Opera-House.

Another sensational melodrama, entitled
The Police Patrol" will open at the
Grand tomorrow night. As its title indi-
Gates. 1t concerns the bluecoated defenders
OF the peace. In the first act a millionaire
is murdered when he interrunts a gang of
thieves a work on his safe. OF course. the
wrong people are suspected and it is only
through the exertions of a heroic police
captain (Howard kyle) that the real cn-
prlis are run TO earth. Among other in
terestlng scenes is one in the police patrol
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Rosenthal Is Better.

It has been feared for some weeks past
that the attack of typhoid fever from
which Moriiz Rosenlhal was suffering in
Chicago would necessi;ate the abandon
ment of his tour, but Messrs. Friedlander,
Gottlob & Co. have just received tele-
gram from Woifson stating that the great
pianist is progressing very favorably to-
ward recovery and that as soon as he is
able to travel he will be moved to Los
Angeles 10 recuperate. The doctors be-
Ieve that bv the end of January Rosen-
thai will be able to resume his tour, and
he is expected in this City early in Fe b.
ruary.
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THE BROWNIE MAN IN TOWN
How Palmer Cox, an 0ld-Jime San
franciscan, Found the
Little People.

Palmer Cox, the artist, who went years
ago from San Francisco to New York to
find fame as an illustrator OF fees and hob
goblins, is living at present in an atmos-
phere permeated with Brownies. He is
personally conducting his play, 1.-The
Brownies" through the length and
breadth of the land, and he has just
piloted the company to this City, where
he used to dream OF Brownies when he
was boy.
The artist-ilIustrator is accompanied by
a gentleman named Douglas, who wrote
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barn. The horses stand quietly in their
stalls till an alarm is rung In. Then they
leap to their places under the harness that
drops on them and is snapped automati-
caily and in few seconds are dashing out
OF the barn witt their load of policemen.
The caste includes the strength of Mo-
rosco,s company. May CapwelI bright
San Francisco girl plays at the Grand for
the first time in The Police Patrol"
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AT the Chutes.

The Chutes have a new attraction to
offer to-day in an exhibition of tie United
States live-saying service. A lifeline will
be shot from mortar to a ship at the
en- of the lake, and men will be rescued
from an apparently serious predicsment.
Bob FitZslmmons will give an exhibit
ton both afternoon and evening of his
pugilistic powers. and at half. past A Emil
Mar&eberg will make balloon ascension
and parachute drop
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
Alcazar Theater.

The production of "Alabamaa has made
the most pronounced hit since the new
management took control OF the theater.
1t will be continued this week with the
same brilliant cast.
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Dramatic Bre1ities.

Rose Coghlan says she will not join Palmer's
company playing "Heartsease."
Howard Gould is now playing the leading
part in the Prisoner OF Zenda."
Mr.. Mckee Rankin of THE Danites" fame
has iofned the vaudeville cohorts.
oIskander" is the title of a new play which
Frederick Warde intends to produce.
George Holland has "The Jilt' in rehearsal,
in which Amy Lee will play Phyllis
Marcus Mayer has arranged for production
in London of 1.-THE Mandarin at Daly's The
ater.
Arrangements ere we'll forward for Miss
Msud Adams and John Drew to play season
in London, beginning next Nav Jonn Drew