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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-10
NEW ARTISTS
AT THE 4lV0LI
Brilliant Opening Of the
Grand-Opera Season
With Aida"
"Rosemary's" Second Week.
1.-THE Charity Ball" Revived
at the Columbia.
Gus Williams Gives a Monologue at
the Orpheum -Powers' Play
Opens Tonight.

The Tiyo,i grand opera season opened
last night, with smooth, even and alto
gether satisfactory performance of Aida. ="
The house was crowded and hearty ap-
pIause was the order of the night
The most interesting feature OF the rep
resentaton was its even excellence. The
orchestra, conducted by Gustav Hinrichs,
was an important factor in the success Of
the night. The instruments were well
balanced and the orche stration was made
subordinate to the vocal score. The prin-
cipals were satisfactory and the staging
and costuming showed a careful eye TO
effect ii the chorus failed to touch the
power and breadth OF grand opera effect
at least It was we'll balanced and tuneful,
The greatest interest conferred round the
appearance of the new principals and the
temperance OF favorites OF former sea-
sons. Fernando Michelena, the tenor OF
last years Tivoli fame, easily won back
his old place in popular favor by his i'm
passioned singing and acting as Radames.
He was in excellent voice and did clever
work.
Nine Selma KronoId, the new falcon"
of the troupe, exceeded the expectations
formed of her. She possesses rich, full
voice, in the full freshness of its power,
role without any screaming or apparent
effort, except in few of the highest notes,
in going up to which her voice lost some
of its sweetness.
Mrs. Katherine Fleming Hinrichs, the
Amneris of the cast is another newcomer
in local opera. She was evidently suffer
ing from nervousness last night, but she
succeeded, nevertheless, in making good
i'm preston.
AbramOff, who is always a satisfactory
artist, barring an occasional tendency to
stray from the true pitch, did brilliant
work as Ramphis, and William Mertens,
formerly of the Tavary Company, put
plenty Of fire and passion into his inter
probation of the ill-starred King OF
Ethiopia.
AS drama the work would have been
more effective if the artists had agreed to
avoid a diversity of tongues, MIchelena
pronounces Italian with such bell-like
clearness that one could pardon him for
adhering to that tongue. Nine. Kronold
and Mrs. Hinrichs also sang i'll Italian,
Mertens affected English and so did West,
who played Pharoah, and the minor char
acters all used the common tongue. In
grand opera, however, this is detail, and
it did not drtract from the success OF the
perform ance.
Tonight Romeo and Juliet will be
produced.
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AND THE TIDE
TOLD TIE TALE
Cashier Buja Flees When
His Books Are Fished
From the Bay.
His Employers Believe He Is
a Defaulter and Buja
Is Arrested.
Champagne and Women on a Limited
Salary May Be the Key to
the Mystery.

Nicholas Buja cast his bread upon the
waters in vain. When the Tide came in, it
brought with it the evidence of his un-
doing in the shape Of the books of his en-
ployer that he had committed to the bay,
in the hope that they would thus be lost
TO sight. A passing longshoreman fished
them out for mere curiosity, and then
Buja's sin had apparently found him out.
Buja until yesterday was the cashier and
confidential bookkeeper of the fruit COM
mission house OF i. Scatena & Sons at 104
Washington street. To-day he is fugitive
from the eyes OF his employer and those
OF Chief Lees, while mother and two
sisters know nothing OF the whereabouts
of another young man who is suppos to
have gone wrong.
Scatena learned of his employees doings
when a longshoreman called upon him
yesterday morning to tell him that he had
picked up in the ebb tide, near the Pacific
street wharf cashbook and ledger be-
longing to the hrm. Buja was in the Office
during this conversation. AS the ong-
shoreman and Scatena crossed the stree
30 saloon where the books were tempo
rarily deposited the cashier stepped to the
ments later he saw his employer emerge
from the saloon with Two water-logged
books under his arm, and the cashier made
his exit in q most stage like manner
through the rear door, and since that time
has not been seen.
A hasty glance at the books and the
mysterious departure OF the cashier con-
WINGED Scatena that something was wrong.
The suspicious were verified later in the
day when Buja failed to return. A younger
mem Der of the firm at once waited upon
Chief Lees and asked that the MISSING
man be arrested If discovered, pending an
inves tigation of his accounts.
Buia lives with his mother and sister at
$40 Green street, and has been in the en-
poy of the fruit firm for long time. In
his capacity as cashier he handled all the
money of the firm, running as high as
$1,000 day. His salary was Sl20 a month,
ana according TO the reports OF his COM
panions he lived al a pace for some time
past far beyond his means. AS mem Der
OF the Olympic Club he was known as one
Of the highest 'rollers" in it. He was
frequent visitor at the Cliff House, and
generally made the journey with one or
TWO women companions IN carriage.
He was married about two years ago very
suddenly, and after a three days honey
moon he and his wife separated Since
that time his course has been rapid and
his conduct eccentric. His employer
some time ago noticed that his actions
were those OF nervous, much trou bled
young man and that he often elected
his work, but having full confidence in
his cashier at that time, Scatena attributed
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ALICE RIZ'S SUIT.
She Wants a Divorce, for Her
Husband Deserted
Her.
She Suffered From His Neglect and
Friends We're Not Able to Avert
the Marital Catastrophe.

Alice Rix has sued for divorce. She
asks the Superior Court to release her
from the calling bonds of matrimOny on
the ground that her husband has grown
weary of her company and has refused to
i've with her any longer.
All the particulars of the infelicity in
the Rix household are set forth succinctly
in a complaint filed yesterday by Attor-
ney A. Barnard, representing the fair
plaintiff, who. by the way, signs herself
''Alice r. B. Rix," thus adding two mi
tials that were not generally known to
belong to her name. The name of the
husband is incidentally ated to be e.
ward A. Rix.
Mrs. Rix accuses her spouse of having
willfully left her bed and beard, though
she was at all times willing to receive
him back with open arms. She says tn at
in this he violated mis- marriage VOWS, and
that thereby she has been made to suffer
all the pangs and heartaches that mus
be endured by deserted and neglected
woman. No demand is made by Mrs. Rix
for alimony. and it is not expected that
there will be any contest in the case.
From the allegations in the com plant as
presented by the unhappy wife it is fair
TO presume that there Will be no conf est
when the trial comes on to be heard H.
Judge Belcher's depar tment OF the Su-
perior Court.
Much regret is expressed by the friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rix on account of this
unfortunate outcome of their marital ex-
per!ence. They had hoped to avert the
open breach that has now come, but the
efforts of friends were unavailing. Mrs.
RIx is a writer for the local press, and
Mr.. RiX, it is learned from the city di-
rectory, is q dealer in machinery.
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THE STOCK MARKET.

Comstock shares were iower yesterday and busi-
ness du.l.
The Alta assessment sale iakes place to-day.
The Pacific Gas Improvement Company Will
pay monthly dividend of so cents the san Jose
Water Company one of 50 cents and the Swansea
Mining Company of Utah OF cents per share
amounting $4,000, to-day.
The Con al & Va. management has arranged
with The Kinkead Mil Company to work some 700
tons of low-g ade ore, assaying between $l1 and
$l2 per ton. The treat ment CT this will be In
the nature of test, which, If it demonstrates that
such ore can be worked profit, is of vital inn
portance to the future OF the mine which is known
to ain hundreds of thousands of tons of ore of
low grade.
The Geyser- Marion Mining Company of Utah
paid a CivIdend amounting to $4,000 July 90.
making a total CT $4,000 sin The recent reor-
gantzitlon.
The Ontario mine of Utah parsed its July divi-
deld, aud it is not likely to resume Them for
time
The Daily mine will pay further dividends for
the presen'.
1t is understood that the Santa Rosalla mine
passed its last dividend.
The following mining companies report money
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trance examinat ions. The other "exes"
will continue through tomorrow and
Wednesday,.
Two hundred and seventy three of those
who entered the lists to-day are on the
list of regulars, while the remaining num-
Der were working off their matriculation
'exes" and dividing their work with the
view to entering in January or next May.
The usual scenes incident upon the
opening of college were enacted, notable
among which were the numerous joshes
and jokes played on the green" and I'M
suspecting freshies by the sophomores
and upper cIassmen. Ham IN mild
form was INDUCED in, but the freshmen
seemed 10 be somewhat better posted on
what to expect from the old collegians
the jlbes OF bygone years having been 100
well impressed upon them by their older
brothers. AS 1t was many went to the
library expecting to find the recorder
while Others consulted the janitors as to
what courses they should pursue aud
others were directed to the fraternity
houses to buy their luncheons.
Brand new white junior plugs and
somber senior tiles were much in evidence
on the heads OF upper clas,men. Rush,
ing" for fraternities was feature.
Football Captain Haskell, no has Just
returned from Alaska, Was on hand sizing
up the material for The grldiron. He
found few big men among the lot. He
will issue call for football men the 10Th
and on the 23d will begin work. Coach
Mott think they had better do about three
weeks of indoor gym" work, together
with tieldwork. At the end of that time
il will be almost altogether field practice
1t is quite probable that the team will
be made up largely of this years men.
The freshmen at the university have
begun 10 worry about name for their
class. 1t is the class of 1901, and what TO
call it for short is a puzzle. The class of
1909 called theirs the Century or NIFTY
Mis-" but to get a short, euphonlous
name for theirs has proved problem for
the members of the 1901 contingent.
Some have suggested Century One as
suitable cognomen to be INCORPORATED
into their class slogan.
The announcements of courses at the
State University have not yet arrived, and
1t is more than likely that work for the
upper classmen will not begin on Thurs
day afternoon. as has already been men,
toned in The CALL. Registration on
Thursday will 20 on Just the same
1t may be a whole week before the upper
cassmen will be abe 20 get down to
work, on account OF Governor Budd's hav-
ing locked up he State Printing Office.
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MARSION'S FAMILY EAST
His Oakland Widow Will Have
to Fight for the Es-
tate.
tate.
A Son Appears Who Declares That
His Mother Is the Legal
Relict.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
QO8 Broad WeY. Aug. 8. {

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908 Broadway, Aug. 8.
When G. w. Marston and his "wife'
lived in this city fo- several years no one
knew that he had family on each side OF
the continent. According to story that
is suggested in a SUIT filed this afternoon
Marston was never married to his Califor-
MA companion and had wife and family
in the East. This news is a great surprise
to his many acquaintance here, who re-
garded the old capitalist a whole-souled
example of propriety.
Several years ago 6. w. Marston, 1t is
said. came West and made some invest
ments that p owed profitable. He lived
in several paris of the coast, but mostly at
Fruitvale. Some time ago he dled and no
will could be found although it was be-
lIeved that he left an estate worth not less
than $50, 600. This was taken In charge by
the widow and in the course OF a lew
months it would have been placed In her
POSSESSION by the courts.
A few DAYS ago son OF Marston's arrived
from the East and commenced an inyesti-
CATION. He had heard OF his fathers
deatn and OF the widow" and as Mrs.
Marston is still living and has never been
divorced her son is anxious to know more
a bout his fathers widow. MRS. Marston
could not be found, and 1t Is understood
she has gone TO San Diego.
This afternoon a suit was filed that fills
In the rest of the story. 1t states that the
right name Of the alleged widow IS Hattie
Goodwin and not Hattie Marston, and
that she was never the wife of g. w. Mar
ston. whose real name is II. w. Marston.
1t is also stated that Hattie Goodw win is
now in the possession of the estate and
that it is feared she may attempt to dis
pose of it when she learns that she is not
The legal claimant TO it. Public Admin
istrator Knight is made the plaintiff In
The suit and he asks for injunction on the
aHeged widow and also on the Oakland
Bank of Savings.
Mrs Marston or Goodwin has left town,
ii is said, 10 avoid the notoriety conse-
quent upon the exposure, and her friends
declare that she was properly married to
Marston and believed him 10 be
widower.
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ilntug companies report money

The following com panies report Indebtedness
August / Alpha Consolida. ed 1882, Best & Bel
cher. due bank, $500 less S64l cash on hand ;
Becher $3933 Con. Cal Il Va, due bank S26 90 :
Hale & ortross s2475 Lady Washington $1,000
Mexican, due bank $500, less 1927 cash on hand
Occidental consolidated due BANK $2500, less $3.50
cash on hand.
$6333 Al, and cleanup shipment of bullion to be
received.
Weekly reports from the mines are as follows:
Coz. CAL. IL VA-l000 level-West crosscut l,
started from The north drift from the Con. Vir-
ginia shaft station on this level, a. point 200 feet
north from the station, has been extended 2S feet
passing through porphyry mixed with quartz
showing clay seams assaying Doc per ton lo.al
started from the double com par. ment incline up
raise at q point IT'S feet the slope above this
level his been exte ded 10 3ert passing througb
porphyry and ay, with narrow strea IS OF quartz
assaylng roc per tom total length IS feet The
crosscut started from rs drift 10 feet south
OF the incline has Leen extended 10 feet, passing
through porI hyry, clay and streaks OF quartz as
saying soc per ton; total iength 10 feet.
1850 levei-From the niuth floor south DRIFT, at
point 265 feet Ia from its mouth the upraise has
been carried up Is feet. passing through porphyry
and quartz, assaying 90 cents per ton; total
length l29 feet From the incline upraise ! ~ n
point so feet above the sill floor of this level from
near the end of the north drift the upraise has
been carried up 8 feet. passing through porphyTy
moving clay seams aud lines of quartz; total
height l29 feet. from the fourth toJr, from the
we have extrac ed tons of ore, assaying per
mine car samples 81 . so per ton.
From the o d east crosscut started from the
shaft, at point 10 feet in from is mouth an up
raise has been carried up l6 f. ct and north DRIFT
advanced therefrom 10 feet, passing through
quartz sssaying from 81 TO SO per ton. The total
extraction OF ore for the week amounted to tons,
the average ESSAY value of which, per samples
taken from cars when raised TO the surface was
SIS 10 per ton. Arrangeme is have zen made
with the Kinkead Mill Company 10 crush and
concen rate alb Ut TOO tons of lowgrade ore now
| on hand assaying per mine-car samples, $ll IT
per ton.
II the Sierra Nevada mine dayton tunnel
workings during the past week they exiract ed
thirty carloads OF from The north drift; aver
age assay yalus of the ere samples, 1924 per ton .
This ore has been stored In the south dirt Have
com pltted putting in the sill floor and have
started wfDze and sunk the same seven feet. The
bottom In quartz of low assay value On the
800 .vel the west crosscut from the north lat
eral drift "a point 100 feet north from west
crosscut 2, or $50 feet north from the sierra Ne
vada shaft, been advanced during the week
20 feet: to al length I05 feet. he IS IN hard
rock, which the superintendent thinks is the west
country.
CONSOLIDATED California e Virginia, Best &
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PERKINS TELLS
some SECRETS
Government Harbor Experts
Do Not Appreciate
Advice.
What a Congressman Can Do
and What He Should
Not Attempt.
Local Jealousies Over the Estuary
Have No Effect Whatever at
Washington,

Jus broadway, Aug. y.
Senator Perkins holds out very little
hone to the people who want the tidal
canal end of the harbor 10 be i'm proved
first. The vouminous reports, counter
ports, petitions, suggestions and other
communica tons that have been grstu:-
tously sent 10 the War Department are
apparently so many dead letters. Even
DR.. McLean's recent communications are
not likely to produce anything more
agreeable to their writer than a desire
that they be not duplicated, and alto
gether Senator Perkins is of the opinion
that the good people who have quarreled
over the manner in which the harbor APP
preparation shall be expended have
wasted lot of valuable time and labor
In plain English. The War Department
is of the opinion that it knows its own
business and that its paid experts are bet
ter able 10 Judge OF en- glneering conditions
than merchants, health officers and others
who are guided mostly by selfishness.
almost the first thing l met when l
found time to go throug my mall said
Senator Perkins, last night twas four
page letter from DR.. Mclean of Alameda
IN regard TO the harbor affair. 1t was
request that the Congressional delegation
should ask the Secretary of War TO desg.
nate the exact place where the money 10
be expended shall be used. 1t is not the
duty OF members of Congress to DO any
such thing. We secure the appropriations,
but we cannot dictate the details of the
expenditure.
The Government has a corps OF edu-
Gated men who have spent their lives in
studying these questions and mastering
line principles OF labor improve ments.
These gentlemen believe that they know
more about the technical work than any
member of Congress and would not wei
come any effort to overrule them.
Government expert engineers are not
accustomed TO dictation. 1t is very en-
baTrassng to members of Congress who
are working for the general interest of
their State to be brought INTO quarrels
over such details. | cannot undertake to
say Just what will be done, but l believe
hat the department will not suffer any
long delays to occur but will order con-
tracts let and 90 ahead with the work on
the plans of the engineers. This would
be the natural course to pursue, for it
would require very good evidence to con-
vince the War Department that engineers
ought tc be overruled. 1t would be like a
medical board refusing TO take the dag
nosis made of the case by the physician
who was in charge of 1t and ccepting the
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A PRETTY PRECEDENT.
Oakland Heights Reopens the 0ld-Time
house Warnings.

Oakland Heights Reopens the 0ld-Time
house-W Warnings.
OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 8 "A precedent
was sci last night that will doubtless be
followed as the mum Der of beautiful resi-
dences increase on Oakland Heights. The
latest home is that OF w. E. F. Weir and
its occupancy was signalized by the family
keeping "open house" for many hours.
The affair was n genuine German house
warm ng and everyb dy who was in the
neigh borhood was warmly welcomed 10
the refreshments and entertainment.
The elegant two-story house was prettily
decorated and a stream of guests took pos
session al afternoon and evening.
The banquet was served at o'clock and
at there was an amateur entertainment
in which many of the guests took part.
Games we're INDUCED in, and after dark
the Chinese-lantern decoration effects
were very picturesque.
The Weir residence is situated on Cres-
cent avenue. near Perry. and was designed
by D. A. Oliver. Among the guests from
San Francisco were: Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Dittmer, Mr.. and Mrs. {. Bruse, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hauerkin, Mrs Warnke, Mr..
and Mrs. Fortriede and Mr.. and Mrs L.
Cochius. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heyer of
Haywards and William Sierks and Miss
Johanna Muller Of Stockton were also
present.
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nix Barry, the other
Grand Opera-House.

1.-THE Tornado" startling melodrama with
a record that dates back to the Chicago Worlds
Fair, was put on at the Grand last evening.
THE Tornado differs in no way from the
Through is five acts villainy and virtue love
and hate engage bitter warfare, the good
and true triumphing in the end, as it is RICH:
and proper they should do. The cast called
Tor the entire Grand stock company. Julia
Blanc as Mrs. Bridget Wallace was excellent.
Miss Blanc during the past season has played
many and ferent parts and has shown her
Hall, Irma Fitch, Mortimer Snow, Leslie
Morocco and Landers Stevens carried with an
easy grace their respective burdens OF virtue
and wickedness, truth and dishonor.
1.-THE Tornado will be the bill for the entire
week
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Columbia Theater.

The Frawley Company put on its success of
the season. 1.-THE Charity Ball." at the Column
bi a last evening. The play was mounted wit
all the taste and care the management gave
to it on Its previous production and
with few exceptions the cast was the
same as at that time. Miss Bates turned
the fearful Phyllis into the keeping OF
Clara Eleanor Moretti and herself assumed,
with her usual success Maxine Elliotps old
part of stately Ann Cruger Worthing repea, ed
his old success as Van Buren,, the rector OF ST.
Mildred's, and Madge Carr Cook and Phosa
McAllister we've again seen to advantage as
Mrs de Peyster and Mrs. Van Buren,. respect
lively.
.'The Charity Ball" will run for the week
and is to be followed by Haddon Chambers
great play, 1.-THE Idler."
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City Board of EquaIizatiOn.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. 9-The Board of
City Trustees met as Board of Equaliza-
ton this morning, but did nothing more
than organize and then adjourn until to-
morrow morning. The only protest of i'm
portance that has yet been presented was
that of the Ala media, Oakland and Pied
mont Railroad, which was put in to-day.
This company asks that its assessment on
the track from Webster-street bridge to
the tidal canal be reduced from $40, 600 to
ST., $50, tile High-street branch from 5000
10 $500, and the San Jose avenue line from
$1,000 10 $4,000. 1t is also asked that the
franchise be reduced in valuation liz ON
$50 900 10 $4,000. Two or three other
minor applications for reduction were also
presented.
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these peculiarities to domestic unhappi-

these peculiarities to domestic unhappi-
ness.
Strictly speaking, it is not known posi-
lively ii Buja is actually defaulter,
although this is the opinion OF all me M
bers of the firm that employed him. The
circumstance Of he longshoreman finding
the books in the bay, coupled with Buia's
disappearance upon their discovery, mas
led Scatena 10 believe that his cashier
hoped 10 cover up the evidences of his
shortcomings by throwing any falsified
records in the water in the hope that the
tide would carry hem out to sea. An ex-
animation OF the books will be COM
menced as soon as they are dry.
Buia was arrested last night and lod ged
in the City Prison.