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The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
ENGLISH GIRLS GAME
They Play Almost Everything but
Football.
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(London Mail
An attempt very properly auashed.
was made to introduce football as game
for women, 1t was seen to be most
unlikely and impossible pastime for them.
and although team of brawny ladies
perseyered In their course for season or
so through the country, laughter and
derision were their main guerdons, ana
the rest of their sex held themselves Sc
verely aloof from following their ex-
ample. syg
At the women's college and schools
hockey is becoming more and more 6ne
favorite winter pastime. The royal mol
loway college team is famous and plays
in it's own splendid field every afternoon
this term and next. The students engage
in games against Oxford and Cambridge
women's colleges, but they do not play
golf at all. Neither do the boat seriously.
The Thames is quite half an hours walk
from the college and tim 9 is precious, SO,
though they hire when they want boats,
there is not one now appertaining to the
college. But they swim in the glorious
bath in their equally glorious grounds,
and are ardent cyclists.
Many of the high school girls in Lon
don proceed to Neasden and other ou5ly-
ing fields near London for their hockey,
possessing no facilities in town for SUCH
exercise. AT aristocratic Gnton-tne nfsi
women's college established at either OF
the arsigies-they have golf links OF
their own, as we'll as hockey Held. Ihey
also indulge in little mild cricket our
ing the summer term, and constantly
meet NEWMAN in open contest or join
with that abode of learning to meet the
Oxford women's colleges at hockey
matches.
At Someryille hall, Oxford, there is a
regular summer term Institution on Sat-
urday afternoons of tennis and lemonade,
to which brother undergraduates or the
'sweeU girls are invited. Asphalt courts
are played on vigorously during the win
ter at Lady MargarsJ Hall, Oxford. where
there are also college boats, the vicinity
of the river Cherwell rendering boating
possible.
Golf and the new fashioned game of
couuet are regarded by the damsels of II
as slow and slumpish. But when they
arrive at years of discretion they admit
that there is something in both, and thai
they are ''jolly difficult to play we'll.
Croquet does not flourish much, there
fore, in scholastic realms, though its
vogue has increased hundred fold dur
ing the past summer in other circles.
Gymnasium work and dancing both
are extremely popular among school girls,
and college ones ALSO. At Holloway col
lege there is superb floor in the long
galleries devoted to library purposes, and
here sometimes the students are permit
ted to trip it gayly.
Fencing is another exercise to which
women are becoming more and more de
voted, but il does not seem to appeal to
their colleges yet. 1t is popular in art
circles, for it has more than "a flavor of
Paris about it, and besides is most ad-
vantageous to those whose occupations
are sedentary. Literary women and jour
nalists are keen on the foils, md there
are clubs in Londo where women may
meet men in mimic combat sometimes
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

There seems to be a wide difference of
opinion in regard to the Filipinos between
Gen. Merritt and Admiral Dewey. The
former thinks they are utterly unit for
self government and must be governed by
a strong power. Admiral Dewey on the
contrary regards them as t-actable and
better fitted for self government than the
Cubans Admiral Dewey has seen a great
deal mora of them than Gen. Merritt,
and fer tkAt reason if no other his opinion
would seem more likely to be the correct
one
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

Probably 1t is for the best interest oil
the country to have the Nicaragua canal
built and controlled by the government.
But it is for its interest assuredly to set
about the work properly and with due
elaboration. Counting the cost and es-
timating the difficulties beforehand are
much letter policy tEan waiting until
after the work has been actually entered
upon. At the present time there is in ex-
istence treaty that binds us not to at
tempt to get exclusive control of this
canal. This treaty is with England and
was made some years ago. 1t is claimed
by some that it was practically
abrogated long ago by England because
of some act in violation of it committed
by her. On the contrary recent efforts on
the part OF our state department. to in
duce her to modify it would seem to
negative this claim. Before proceeding
to build this canal it would be only ordi-
nary prudence to determine what is the
real fact about this treaty, and If it is
found to be in full force to try and get
from England some modification of it,
This can probably be done now. To go
ahead and run the risk of a conflict with
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

ports to be translation of the Spanish
version of the Paris treaty. II it be su-
thentic and of this there is little doubt,
it shows that the abstract of the treaty
already given wss a faithful and accurate
statement of its important provisions.
The sovereignty of the Philippines is
ceted to us, we to pay Spain within three
months $50, o00, 900 and to guarantee to
Spanish ships and merchandise admission
to Philippine ports for ten years on the
same terms as the ships and merchandise of
the United States. The closing article
provides for the ratification of the treaty
by both governments within six months,
or sooner, if possible.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

That the gush business was somewhat
oyerdone in the Presidents southern
trip. is evidenced by the fact of the intro
ductipn of bill in the House to pension
rebel soldiers. Of course such measure
has no chance of passage, but if debate
should spring up over 1t it would cause
a good deal of hard feeling and arouse
resentment supposed to be allayed by the
Spanish war. The less the Civil conflict
is referred to the sooner it will be forgot
ten. Condemnation of the conduct of
the Southern people or apologies for it
do about equal mischief. the former by
rousing the Southerners and the latter by
infaming the Northerner. The old adage
the least said the soonest mended, ap.
plies here.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
INCREASE

jeremiah verrin, Oxford, $40 to s14
j ohn Coyne, Bethel, S. to $40.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

One of the rumors from Madrid is that
Silvela is likely to- succeed Sagasta as
premier and that if he does Dupuy de
LONE, the Spanish ambassador at Wash
ington who was sent home for his insult
ing letter, will be made minister OF for
eign affairs. Should this happen it is pre-.
dicted that De LONE will undertake to
get some revenge by making it exceeding
ly unpleasant for the American minister
10 Madrid.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, December a1.-Tne follow
ing pension changes resulting from the
issue of December 8, are announced for
Maine:
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

The New York Journal is in favor of
expansion, but against any considerable
increase of the regular army. Most OF
the expansionists are not quite so absurd
as that. Most Of them realize that If we
undertake the government of the Philip
pines and Porto Rico we must have a
large standing army.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER %.

The government would do real services
to Lieut.. Richmond P. Hobson if it
would assign him to active duty on ship
board where there are no women to kiss
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22

The payment of pensions to Confederate
soldiers might not be contrary to the
letter of section of the fourteen tn
amendment, but it would be contrary to
its spirit.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
4 PECULIAR
 DISAPPEARANCE
Josephine Kane Has Not Been Seen Since Last Wednes-
 day.
Detective Anthony Detailed on the Case at the Parents Sug-
 gestiOn.

Much anxiety Is felt by the parents of Josephine Kane, young girl 13 years of age, who mysteriously disappeared from her home last Wednesday under rather peculiar circumstances. The girl has been attending the Turk-street school, between Turk and Buchanan streets, but last Wednesday failed to appear at roll call. She returned to her home as usual at the noon hour, but note from the teacher had preceded her asking for an excuse concerning her absence. Mrs. Kane questioned her daughter and dis covered that the girl had stayed away without any cause. She was severely scolded and told to mend her ways. In the afternoon she went into the basement 10 get some wood with which to build nre and has not been seen since.
 Her father, w. H. Kane. a painter by trade, living at 140S Ellis street, Is in a quandary concerning his daughters dis appearance, but the police are of the opinion that the young girl has gone to some family with the excuse that she was an orphan. Detective Anthony was detailed on the case and is working dfli- gently. as the parents are almost pros trated over the affair. At the time of the girl disappearance she was attired in dark green dress, button shoes, and wore no coat nor hat. As she is slender and has rather dark brown hair the detective is of the opinion that if she is in the neighborhood she will be discovered in a few days, as the description has been carefully given.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

deceased was a member of the Ancient and had no relatives"
 This is like getting money from home" she claims he remarked you represent yourself as his widow and we will have money to burn"
 He wanted me to go to Seattle with him." she continued, claiming that we would have no difficulty in getting the insurance money. I scorned his proposition and ordered him never to speak to me again on the subject.
 Last Saturday was the day fixed for our marriage, and after waiting long after the appointed hour Bahrs finally appeared. He handed me his watch and chain, and after announcing that he had lost all his ready cash against a brace game, as he expressed it, he told me to realize on the timepiece. refused to take his advice and as he had played with my affections long enough l determined to keep the watch as memento of our marriage that did not take place. After I had informed him of my intentions he told me to keep the watch and to remember him by 1t. Since then I understand he has been engaged in organizing a the atrical troupe, principally composed of women, to visit the Klondike."
 Mrs. Palmer then handed over to Captain Bohen the watch and chain which Bahrs alleges she stole from him. She is seriously thinking of com mencing suit against the mining man for breach of promise.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

at which the two may be compared is comedy. "Shamus" had moments of bad comedy exalted by good music, and Brian has hours of bad comedy relieved by very little good music. Be- yond this remote relationship simi- larity stops. "Shamus" told a story, a good. old-fashioned melodrama, and made it vital and stirring and Irish 1t had dramatic power and character. Brian" has no character, no na- tionality. With few exceptions 1t is built on the old ballad scheme. Some of the music is amiable, most of it is clap-trap and a very little of it might be called descriptive-that is where a few well-known Irish tunes are worked into the score, either directly or in counterpoint. There is a good quartet at the close of the second act, in which one of the voices sings "The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls" in concord with an agitated piece for the others, and one or two of the Irish comedy songs have something of the brogue and spirit in their makeup. But on the whole the music might have been written by twenty men of as many countries.
 One moment it walls Wagnerianly, the next it waltzes in the mode of de- funct Viennese operetta, the next it af- fects the metrical sentimentalism that marked the youth of Signor Verdi. and oftenest of all it runs to the mongrel ballad form of to-day. The orchestra ton is heavy, pompous and puffy; 1t has no more regard for the lyrics than it has for the drama, often drowning them at just the moments when their
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
The Tivoli'S Irish Opera Is Not Nota bly
 Irish.
The Music Is of All Nations and the Comedy an Hour
 Too Long.
Comedy and Curtain Raiser at the Alcazar-At the Other
 Theaters.

"Shamus O'Brien" was not a con- spicuous success in New York last season. Brian Boru" was-and the distinction is hardly in favor of New York.
 Brian Boru," the words by Stanis- laus Strange. the music by Julian Ed wards and the authors description "a romantic opera" was produced at the Tivoli last night I shall not attempt to predict its popular and pecuniary fortunes at that opera house. It strikes me as a work that should ap- peal especially to the persons who did not enjoy "Shamus." It does nothing that "Shamus" did and nearly every thing that 1t did not. The only point
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

tile Library Association, which promised on the surface to be so exciting, turned out to be very tame affair, so far as the lOOO subscribers were concerned Only 12O of them saw fit to vote for the men and women into whose hands the destiny of the association will be intrusted for the next year
 or this number there was anything but a choice as to whether Thomas Magee or Edward Perely would be the president. The vote was @ tie as between these two candidates, each receiving sixty, and while the tally-sheet showed only 12O cast. yet there were three ballots cast which failed to count for either candidate A similar condition of facts was made an parent in the result of the general ticket Where there was no opposition, each can didate receiving 122 votes while Charles J. King received 61 votes and Captain F; Deniel received 62 for the office of record ing secretary, making 123 votes cast for this office.
 The result of the election shows that the regular ticket has been elected with the exception of the two ladies for trus- tees, Mrs. George Gibbons who was de feated by one vote, and Mrs Lowell White. who got 54 votes to Elisha Brooks 61 The final result:
 Baldwin; treasurer, T. R. Zimmerman: re cording secretary. Captain E. Deniel: cor responding secretary. Wm. Doxey; trus- tees, Dudley c. Bates, George H. Caban- iss. Frank P. Deering, Edwin Fretwell Alfred Bouvier. Julius Kahn, Elisha Brooks, Thomas F. Woodward and Ed ward B. Young.
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,ain. Convinced that he was prompt

chain. Convinced that he was prompt ed by a spirit of jealousy. the prose- cutting attorney, to whom he had ap piled for a warrant, referred him to the Chief of Police.
 The latter after listening to his story, ordered Detective Anthony to inter view the woman and obtain her yer sion of the alleged robbery.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon Mrs. Palmer, accompanied by the detective, visited the City Hall. She was fashionably dressed, and in rather indignant tone told her story. She gave her address as 762 Howard street. afd claimed that she was be- ing persecuted by the mining man from Montana
 Some time ago. she began. "my husband died, leaving me almost penni- less and with our little girl to provide for. Unable to properly care for her, l concluded to seek employment, in the hope. of earning sufficient money to at least buy us the necessaries of life.
 "On the advice of friend I inserted an advertisement in a morning paper. asking for position as housekeeper in some respectable family. The following day Bahrs. who claimed to be a brother of Superior Judge Bahrs, visited my house in answer to the advertisement 1e pretended to fall madly Tn love with me, and asked me to become his wife. told him that on account of our short acc 2i~ ,ance I could not entertain his Offer. but laughingly informed him l would think it over. He promised to call again on the following day. which he did After a short conversation, during which he declared his undying love for me, he again begged me to marry him.
 He spoke of his vast mining inter ests in Montana, and also claimed that he owned some valuable property in Seattle. Thinking he was telling the truth I half promised to become his wife. To my surprise a few weeks ago he visited my house and proposed that should claim to be the widow of a man who had died in Seattle. for the purpose of getting the insurance which was due his relatives. He said that the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
At the AlcaZap.

Frederick Pauldings "A Mans Love" makes as pretty a curtain raiser as one would wish to see for the first half hour of an enjoyable evening at the AlcaZar. It is full of life and action and gives op- portunities for much clever work. Paul. ding shows in his wholesome strength in "A Mans Love- that he is as capable a playwright as he is an actor.
 The light touch of Boucicault in For bidden Fruit gives rise to those compli- cations in the following play which de- light the soul of Wright Huntington, and he makes most of the situations to the pleasure of the audience. The play is well staged and well played. with an
 Genness that Is beyond the usual play .1g of the AlcaZar company.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
MISS MILDRED A. CLARK,

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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
articulation is necessary to the sanity

articulation is necessary to the sanity of the plot
 The book of Brian Boru" would be a good one if it had one hour less Of Strange comedy. The story was fairly forecast in Sundays Call, only that account omitted the details of the comic relief They are terrible. NIT. Strange's fun runs to horse-play; his humor seems to center in that anatomical feature which is not men uonable in polite society. and MT. Leary and MT. Kavanaugh, who have the toughest of the comedy parts, do not pretend to any subtleties that are not suggested by the text.
 The production is the best the Tfvoli can do in the present circumstances Of the company. Arthur Donaldson has been brought out from the East to play the part of Brian He is not sensation nor particularly magnetic, but his voice is reasonably even and sure, his presence is comedy, and he has an air of reliability that promises to wear well. Every one in the cast worked hard last night without any one arriving at individual qualification. The chorus was as fortunate as usual. and the orchestra something less through playing too violently.
 ASHTON STEVENS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

and Miss Gates are already chums. and they and the other two women will join forces. On the Excelsior they will have cabin to themselves. and on the march they will cluster around the same campfire.
 The Excelsior was to have sailed last Saturday, but the alterations were not completed in time. Again she was to nave got away at noon yesterday. but there was a rush of freight at the last moment, and the sailing time had to be again postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
Excelsior To-Day.

of them single women, who are willing to take their chances with the men in the scramble for gold.
 Those booked to leave on the steam CT Excelsior to-day are: E. T. Rhodes, J. W. Masuer, Alex. Haas and wife, c. H. Patchett, P. Hansen, J. Donaldson, H. J. Hatch, F. C. Kelgare, C. T. Beiss. R. s. Hallman, J. H. Abrams, G. E. Parsons, J. R. Nichols, T. Rabblee, Charles Marat, M. R. King, Miss Ida Brown. John Owning and wife, Miss
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
WILL BRAVE THE ICY PASSES.
Another Large Party Leave on the Steamer
 Excelsior TO-DdV

Another vessel crowded with passen- gers starts for Alaska to-day. The pass engers are all bound for the Klondike, but will make their start across coun- try from Copper River instead of from Dyea. By the former route they expect to reach Dawson City in faster time and with not nearly so many hardships as are to be encountered on the Chil- koot Pass. Among the gold seekers are four women, two of them the wives of different members of the party and two
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

Gates, George Warmbald, Henry Ros-
 enwinkle. John Tabler. Paul Krum- neuschler, Theo. Neisser. F. Cihlmann, H. Keemp, R. Walpole, N. c. Denker, P. Jurzix, s. s. Whitman. s. P. Lasat-
 CT, R. N. Woode. c. s. Goodness, E. w. Parks, Robert Maddox. Ralph Murphy, Holmes Henshaw, Thomas Rablee, H. Marcal, G. B. Beresin. H. H. Edlin, Sig. Weissburg, W. Bick, S. Berlin. S. Fried man. S. Cheron, James Fulton, A. Nes- pitt, s. Murcheson, James Poe. c. N.
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Smith, Robert Jones, Thomas Nesbitt, Charles Bloom. Ray Larson. D. McKin- ley and N. Nichols.
 Miss Gates goes with the Fulton-Nes- pitt party, and she Is thoroughly outfit ted for the tramp from Orca Station to the Yukon. She asserts that she Is not afraid to rough it, and Is confident that 1T there is money to be made or dug out Of the ground in Alaska she will not come back empty-handed. Miss Ida Brown goes with another party, but she
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

The A. Van der Naillen School of En- gineering incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $50. .OOO The directors are Albert Van der Neillen Sr.. Victoria Van der Naillen. Albert Van der Naillen Jr., Ralph L. Van der Naillen and E. E..
 Cochran. Letters of incorporation of the Railway Advertising Company were filed yesterday. The directors are C. B. Lin coin, William H. Mathews, W. F. Bene- dict, J. s. Macabe and D. P. Besecker. The Morrison Lumber Company filed ar ticles of incorporation yesterday. Charles
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

T. Morrison, Frederick Alves, George H. Morrison. William E. Palmer and Ansel C. Robinson are the directors of the com corporated yesterday with a capital stock of S500O0, all of which has been subscribed. The directors and sharehold- CTS are l. J. Truman, J. E. Watson, Fred erick Vail Owen, l. J. Truman Jr., and Charles J. King
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
At the Baldwin.

''The Man From Mexico" held the at tention of a large audience at the Bald win when the curtain was up. while the man from Hawaii was the attraction be- tween acts, Pesident Dole and party oc- cupying the lower left proscenium box
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
At the California.

Marie Dressler. John C. Rice, John c. Sparks and several other farce-comedy people of reputation appeared at the Cal ifornia last night in "Courted Into Court" a McNally creation, which. will be reviewed in tO-mOrroW s Call.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
At the Grand.

The usual large Morosco audience saw last night the premiere of 'The Blue and the Gray" a war melodrama of pictur- esque excitement, sentiment and comedy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

visited police headquarters yesterday morning, and asked for a warrant for the arrest of a prepossessing widow named Mrs. Palmer, who, he claimed, had robbed him of a gold watch and
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

1he scenery IS especially notable, ana the company does well.
 At the Orpheum.
 The Orpheum retains but two of the acts of last weeks bill for the edif1ca- ton of playgoers this week. Paula and Dika and Barney and Russell are still to De seen, and the Biograph is on with new scenes for week. Zita, the winsome gypsy yiolinist. also returns. The new features are up to the standard, which means that they are excellent. Profes- sor Gallindo does some modelling with clay that is as artistic and clever as could be wished for, and Carter de Ha- ven, the boy singer, does some very good work The horizontal bar work of Rice ana Elmer is new. They are surprising and exceedingly clever. Almont and Dumont, in their character musical se- iections, were good.
 An entirely new programme of orches- tral music opened the week at the Oberon.
 The Cuban fragment. Chiquita, is still the sensation at the Chutes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

Peter Bahrs, who claims to own some valuable mining property in Montana,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

Mexican, carved belts, pocket-books and chatelaine bags at Sanborn & Vail's.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18

Lows Horehound Cough Syrup for coughs and colds; 10c. AT Sansome st. .
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
At the OPpheun1.

The scenery is especially notable, and the company does well