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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

his Father Said to Be a
Wealthy Physician in
Germany.
he Has Been Despondent of Late
and Often Threatened to End
His Life.

bERhELE4, CAL, Oct. 11.-An autopsy
held to-day over the supposed suicide
found yesterday morning in the gum.tree
grove back of North Berrelev confirme /
the belief that death hau resulted from
prusslc acid POISONING. An inquest will
be held by Deputy Coroner Streightif
tomorrow evening.
h Kassebaum. who keeps q saloon at
o0l Mission street, San Francisco, called
at the branch morgue this afternoon and
Identified the body as that of a man who
had occas .onally called at his saloon,
giving the name of Otto Mann. He had
told several trequenters OF the saloon that
he lived on Minna street. between Second
anc Third, but had newer gwen the num-
Der OF the house. He is a brass-worker by
trade, and year ago wa, foreman in the
Thomas Dav Gas and Electric Company's
plant on Mission street.
vi late he has been respondent and
ollen remarked. in a nalf-jcculRr way that
lie could easily end his life. 1t is even
SAID that at times he would produce d
bottle of poison, which he always carried
with him, and remark that there va. no
use In mans struggling in The agonies
oil death when a mUuthful of this will
put him peacefully to sleep"
About week ago he made inquiries re-
Earding the Berkeley hills and has not
been seen in the saloon since then.
The local u,horities are not completely
satisfied as to the mans identity, as the
Initials 90. T. T." on his shirt would in
dictate that the name which he had given
was assumed, but this may be accounted
tor by the fact that he often purchased
secondhand clothing.
The deceased is a native of Stuttgart, in
the province of Wurtemberg. Germany,
whore II is said his father IS a doctor OF
considerable means.
The absence OF papers of any kind indi-
cafes that the suicide had pen premedi-
tated. Deputy Coroner Streightif and DR..
Woolsey are both certain that they nave
seen The man within the last lew DAYS on
the streets OF Berkeley. The mans un-
usual size attracted their attention, and
they are almost positive that he is the
man they saw.
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MR.. TOOHBY AND TEA,
He Tried to Recall a Report
That He Had Made to .
the Collector.
His Judgment Reversed in Several
Gases by the General Board
of Appraisers.

The Treasury Department Yesterday
notified Collector Of the Port Jackson that
the United States Board of General APP
praisers in New York had overruled the
decision of Temporary Tea Inspector Too
hey that certain shipments of teas were
below the Government standard. The
board found that the teas were up to the
standard and that they should be allowed
10 be landed.
The shippers of those teas were J. A.
Folger & Co.. A. Schilling & Co. and Till
mann 81 Bendel. A large quantity of teas
i'm ported by Chinese merchants was re-
jecied also by Mr.. Toohey and his rejec-
ton was sustained by the Board of A p
praisers.
There has been some talk concerning
the peculiar action of Mr.. Tooney with
reference to teas imported by Schiiling &
20. Mr.. Toobey, after the usual examina-
uon OF this lot of tea, made report TO the
Collector that it was below the standard
de shortly afterward met Mr.. Schilling,
and that gentleman convinced him tina
the teas were all right and that Mr.. Too
hey had made mistake when he reported
adversely to The Collector. Then Mr.
Ioohey went 10 the Collector and asked
permission to withdraw his report and
make new one, but Mr.. Jerome informed
him that report once filed could not be
Withdrawn. AS the only way of correct
ing the blunoer of the tea examiner Mr.
Schllllng hled his protest with the General
Board OF Examiners in New YORK, and
they decided that the tea was up to the
standard and that Toohey was wrong.
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BENNETT is RESTLESS.
Wants to Go to San Quentin So That
His entence Can Begin.

His sentence Can Begin.
OAKLAND. CAL, Oct. lie. r. Ben
nett is anxious to get to San Quentin.
He cnafes at the delay of the Supreme
Court, which may not hand down the re-
mitittur in his case for thirty days. Ben
nett has been in Jail considerably over a
year waiting decision of his appeal, and
now that it has been decided against him
he is anxious for his one years sentence
al San Quentin to begin.
At the County al. there is much regret
expressed that Bennett is to leave. He is
among the oldest of the inmates there,
and has taken prominent part in the re-
lgious work of the Jail. He has acted as
anlan uensis and adviser for scores OF pris-
oners and they are sorry that he has to
leave.
At San Quentin he will make q request
to be permitted TO see Benjamin Hill, the
wife-murderer, who is now in the con-
demned cell. At the County Jail Bennett
was largely instrumental in bringing
about the conversion of Hill, and the two
men have kept up CORES pondence since
Hill was sent across.
Had Bennett not appealed he would
have been free man several months ago.
Tor With the credits which he would un-
doubtedIy have earned, mis- sentence will
only lie for about nine months.
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SUICIDE ENDS PLEASURE.
A. Reno Takes His Life After Several
Days of Sport.

A. Reno, a farmhand..2 % years of age,
who resided in Bakersfield, committed
suicide in the Lack House at an early
hour this morning by shooting himself in
the right temple. Reno arrived from
Bakersfield a few days ago and took a
room in the hotel where he ended his life.
Immediately after his arrival he started
out to see the city and got to drinking.
Last night he entered q Grant-aveuue
sa DON and, walking up 10 two young
men whom he apparently knew, told them
that he had determined 10 kill himself
He left them and went to the hotel.
Shortly after he entered his room the
two young men entered the hotel and told
the clerk that Reno had threatened sui
eide. The clerk Knocked at the suicide's
door and he quickly responded.
The clerk asked him if he had any
thoughts OF suicide and as he smilingly
answered in the negative he was not dis.
turbed. About half an hour later the
sound of shot rang out through the
halls of the building and clerks and por-
tiers hurried 10 Reno's room. He was
found in pool of blood dead. The Coro-
ners office was notified ana the body was
removed 10 the Morgue.
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PRIS0N-MADE GRAIN BAGS.
The BIue-Thread Mark May Cause
Trouble in England.

The Blue-Threau Mark May Cause
Trouble in England.
At the meeting of the Pr son Directors
last Saturday Warden W. E. Hale recon-
meuded that hereafter no distinguishing
msrk be put in the grain bags made by
the convicts. The reason for this was
that the British Parliament recently
passed law forbidclng the importation
of goods or wares of any kind made by
convictS. This law was nsidered by the
Warden as likely to interfere with the
trade of this State, for large quantity OF
the grain sent from This State 10 that couE-
try is shipped in bags made by the con-
victs at San Quentin. He thought that
by removing the mark-the blue thread
that distinguishes the bag made by the
convicts from those made bv free labor
the British authorities would no. be so
likely to make fuss over the violation of
the law.
Permission was given him to leave out
the telltale thread; but whether this will
have the desired effect remains to lie seen,
for the English customs authorities are
not among the most stupid of officials in
the world. II the grain bags m ade by the
convI6ts of this State and filled with Cali
fornia grain are fused entry in the Eng
lis ports there is likely to be no end of
trouble for the shipI ers of this coast.
Either the grain will be dumped out and
filled into other bags the convict made
good being refused entry, or the whole
consignment will lie resacked before the
shipments are allow ed 10 be put ashore.
British Consul. General w ar burton states
that ne has written TO the Home Office
asking if the act will app y strictly to bags
in which grain had been placed before the
notice of its passage had been received
here, but he has not received an answer as
" of
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The HoOsier Doctor" Is a
Quiet Play of Plain
People.
Press Eldridge at the 0rpheum
All But Another Dock
stadter.
TivOli's Bohemian Girl" Alcazar's
Pink Dominoes" and Morosoo's
New Melodrama.

Augustus Thomas has gone back to his
own people in 1.-The Hoosier Doctor" 10
the people who live in "atmosphe and
speak in dialect" ard subdue their
melodramatic cravings for limelig hit and
high climaxes, and live lives that are
eminently fit and respectable for any
stage. This play renews admiration for
I'm Mizzoura," gives US souvenirs ti
Shore Acres" and quaint tokens of that
type OF comedy which Sol Smith Russell
loves 10 see himself play.
l am not fond of ashore Acres" with
its tremendous kitchen realism, nor of the
Sol Smith Russell type of play, which is
written around sad smile and suit of old
clothes; but confess TO unflinching ad-
miration tor "In Mizzoura," play OF in
tegrity, humor and power. So at the
Column oia last night whenever ." The
Hoosier Doctor" reminded me of "ln
Mizzorra" l was happy, when it reminded
me of other plays l was less happy, and
when it reminded me of nothing al all
which it occasionally did was bored.
The play-which any moment l expect
to hear a press agent proclaim as an
'idyi of Indians'-is one of manners
tions; the plot is fragile and flexible and
the action suggested rather than exc
cuted. This last is an old art with Thomas
and one in which he knows few superiors
The Doctor after whom the piece is named
l can describe no better that a a blend
of Sol Smith Russell and Pudd 'nhead
Wilson-the hum Bile, middle aged hero of
a hundred snubs and thousand sacri-
fees.
He has the humor that saves situa-
tions. When the melodrama begins to
reoden he jests dryly, and everything be-
comes serene. When the father is becom-
ing maudlin he turns it away with a
smile. When nothing is doing he fills in
the gap with genial remarks. He is the
safety-Yaive of the piece.
Digby Bell, a reformed comic orera
comedian, plays the star part OF DR.. Will
low. He is neither Nat Coed win nor a
Frank Mayo, but when he is not over
emphasizing the points of the play he re-
minds you mildly of those artists.
Miss Laura Joyce played the doctors
mother-in-law-a really new and hair-rais-
ing version oftbis old boyle ofthe drama
with deliberate conviction, renunciating
the last sem bIance of whatever personal
charm she may possess in private life
Herman Hirschberg, in the role OF a
subordinate sutton, was conspicuous for a
dazzling exposure of teeth and a normal
staGe-langh, and Miss Mabel Strickland
played the Indiana ingenue in what /
should say was the real gumdrop spirit of
hoosier drama. The others were more in
dustrious than brilliant
THE Hoo,ier Doctor" is not Augustus
Thomas at his best, but it has humor of
the qniet kind and may assist you TO for.
get that the author OF I'm Mizzoura" was
recently the author of very pink prob
lem play. ASHTON STEVENS.
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MINISTER'S MEETINGS.
Rev. L. ID. Hanock Criticizes Some of
the Actions of the State Congre-
gationaI Association

Rev. DR.. Hallock, at the Monday meet
ing OF the Congregational Ministers
Union, discussed tie recent meeting of
the State Association, which was held at
Santa Cruz last week. He spoke of Pro-
fessor Lloyd in the most glowing terms
but critic zed the selection of one so Young
as Rev. E. d. Hale 10 act as moderator,
and raised the question of whether it
would not have been better TO have given
it to a more elderly man. He also sand
that he thought that the work of the bust
ness committee should have been done in
the rooms where the association met.
Their being outside caused q loss of time
and a great deal of Inconvenience. Dur
ing the meeting a motion 10 discuss B
Fay Mills fail from grace was made. but
1t was rejected
Al the Methodist Minis erial Associa
tion Rev. j. ". Beard read =. paper on
Prison Reform" Mrs. Ida Benson also
addresse the meeting.
Rev. H. Y. Jones of the Congregational
church in San Mateo has received a
unanimous call from the church a Hay-
wards. he is not yet decided as 10 whether
he shall accept IL or not.
At the Presbyterian Ministers Associa-
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The following con. panies had sn ind eb. edness
October ]: Belcher, S749S; hollar, ST. sO4, less
unsoId bullion valued at S7222; Cal 81 Va,
note bank Tor 8 500 less $463 cash on hand
Lady Washington, $l413; Po:osi, $6275; silver
King, $3.50.
or $40, 200, No. g..
The LIE Roi NINE of British Colu mbia pays
dividend OF $4,000 this month
The $4,000 dividend of the Swansea mine of
Utah paid on The 9th
The stockton Gas and Electric Company paid
dividend OF 90 cents per share on the lst, aggle
gazing $500.
he Capital Gas Company Of Sacramento has
omitted its quarterly dividend this month. It's
last dividend was go cents per share, in July,
1895
The Homestake mine of South Dakota will pay
a dividend Of rs cents on the 25th. The amount
is S3l $50.
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Alameda Notes.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Oct. 1.-THE Alameda
Gual dsmen vii hold a meeting tomorrow
night at the residence OF Stanley Stevenson.
Warren Linwood Halle, aged 81 years, son of
Charles Il Halle, died this morning after a
brief illness. His wife died only three months
ago, leaving an infant.
A meeting OF The directors of the Encinal
Recreation club WAS held this evening TO con-
slider applications for membership ana other
business.
1t is expected that the remains of tho late
Captain Etnathan Lewis viii reach this city
tomorrow from Seattle.
Lorenzo A. Brink, a conductor on the mar
row-gauge line. was married yesterday in
Oakland 10 Miss Fannie Cole.
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OCEAN TRAVEL
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co.

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The Orpneum.

Press Edridge, officially known as the com.
mander-in-chief of the army of fun, Is induc-
ing laughter at the Orpheum such as has not
been heard since the memorable engagement
of Lew Dockstader. Eldridge does not court
comparison with Dockstader by imitation ;
tn cir methods are entirely apart and any
analogy lies in the fact that both are blscE-
faced monologuists and both nota bly, clever
Eldridge is strenuously comic. He lokes
with vitality that is overwhelming; he sings
with voice that might have done bigger
things in the dark days when vocalism popu-
larry ranked above vaudeville. and he has m o.
ments Of mi-Wagnerian pause wherein he
talks eonfden TALLY OF the seer is of his craft
in satire that is delightful Very few of his
jokes and but one of his songs have preceded
him.
Everything else is up to the minute, and
the audience last night demanded something
over half hour of the commanders time
ambulance man are the other additions 70
what is retained of last weeks bill.
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The A cszar-

"Pink Dominoes" was the comedy at the
Alcazar las: night, but well done as 1t was,
the production paled beside clever little
turn done py a clever little chap uaned
Jimmie Horne. Made up assLew Dockstadsr,
he sings one of that Comedians best coon
songs, ut Amt No Lie" The Jolly minstrel
would have enjoyed it hugely could he have
been there. Indeed, the imitation was so
himself.
Another clever little one who is STYLED on
the programme baby Ruth" sang a pretty Ii I.
tie oltty ABOUT "yaller" coon baby, and did
some very pretty and graceful dancing
wright Huntington appeared ns Charles
Greythorne, light comedy part which fitted
self and gave very good imperson alton of the
husband who acted as his own father comics.
sor The rest If the company were well cast.
The good old farce will fill out the week u n hi
the production of "Too Much Johnson"
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ton yesterday morning an election OF
o1cers took place with the following re-
SUI: Kew. Barton Perry, president; Rev.
5, S. Cryor, Weep president; Rev. James
"oodworth, treasurer and secretary. A
paper on "Christology of the Old Tesla
ment" was read by Kew. Thomas Day.
AT the Christian ministers meeting yes
'erday Rev. II. V. Morgan gave an address
on mission Work IN San Francisco
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DEATH OF EMIL F. KNORRE.
Bartender at tho Hibernia Brewer
Succumbs to Heart Failure.

SUNCUHIUs 10 fHS It uTts
Emil F. Knorre OF PIT North Willard
street, bartender in the Hibernia Brewery,
died suddenly yesterday morning while
attending 10 his duties. He had been
ailing for some time with disease OF the
heart The body was taken to the Morgue.
The deceased was q member OF the Nord
Deutscher Verein and the knights of
Honor. He was a man of family ard A
Years old.
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At tho Grand.

"The White Squadron" with its scenic
effects and strong patriotic situations, cap
tured the warm appreciation OF an overflow
ing audience last night. When the third act
reached, with the review of the naval
squadrons. the enthusiasm frequently found
vent in loud applause.
Pascoe was the American commander Fred
Butler was effective as Santos, a slave in the
power of the tyrant. The piece is splendidly
staged and the characters all we'll cast
Mamie Holden and Maurice Stuart Introduce
q neat speciality
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TIvolI Opera Houss

"The Bohemian GIRL with an sI-star cast.
drew good house ct the Tivoli last night.
Tilile Sallnger, as Airline, had the first part
that really suited her since her return, and all
her solos we've warmly received by an an.
thusiastic house. Phil Branson appeared as
Fiorestine, the foppish nephew OF the count.
and was given warm reception.
Michelena, Edwin Stevens Rafael ana Rer-
nice Holmes were in the cast ana the roles
assigned to them were exceptionally handled
Next week the iong-expected "Geisha" will be
given an elaborate Production.
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Father Yorlse,s F,rstLsosure.

The first lecture of the series on Ghosts
for the benefit of the Catho ic Truth Socie ty,
will be given by Rev. Peter C. Yorke a. Metro
politan Hall on next Monday evening Octo-
Der 18. The subject OF the evening will be on
"Ghosts In Gene. al" Frank j. Kierce treas s.
urer of the. society, will preside. Tickets are
on sale from A. NJ. until P. NJ at the head
quarters of the society. room 429, Empor UNI
building, entrance 625 Market street, at 1919
Van Ness avenue, and at the Monitor Office,
529 Clay street.
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The Baldwin

"My Friend From India will be a welcome
guest at the Baldwin until next Monday
night. Then comes the Frohman production OF
"Under the Red Robe"
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and evening and the entertainments offered
are good. Adgie and her ira ined lions: Mile
Ira. the stereopticon dancer; Miss Mae
Tunlson, soprano; the Van Brothers, musical
comedians; the three Wallace sisters and the
ehuseoscope are the principal attractions.
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The Oberon,

Herr Stark and his band PLAYED an eptire,v
new programme at the Oberon last night IL
was enthusiastically received by large audi
ence.
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The Chu.es.

The capacity of the free theater" at the
Chutes is taxed TO its utmost every afte moon
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The southwest wind is the most preya-
lent in England. 1t blows on almost
twice as many days in every year as every
other w.ni.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE

STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
MONDAY Oct Il-2HM
UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid Asked. Bid Asked.
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AUCTION Sales
"fXIl" COOK co.
FASHIONABLE AUCTION SALE

AIT Goods, Ornaments, Chfnaware,
Rich Cut Glass, Dinner Sets, Lamp.
Etc.
am ordered to dispose at auction Messrs
Cook IL Co.'s Fashionable stock, who are retiring
from business
his sale will be the greatest and most ELEGANT
ever he'd In this city, and VIII be sold without
limit reserve
THIS DAY,
Tuesday ............ Get ober IL, 1897
AT 1913 KEARNY ST.,
At o'clock afternoons 1880 evenings and
continuing daily until entire STOCK is disposed OF.
Comfor. abe chairs provided.
p ]. BARTH. Auctioneer.
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BOARD SALES.

Following the sales in the San Franc SEQ
Stock Board Yesterday:
MORNING sEssTnS O.
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A Calling gun fires 5000 shots i'll a m in
MT
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FOOD COFFEE.