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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-14

convicted by Judge Cculan yesterday on
a charge of petty larceny and was sent to
the County Jail for four months. He
stole a case of whisky from a buggy in
front of the Cafe Royal, but was cap
tured before he got away with it.
Michael Ryan, a sneakthfef, was con-
victed by Judge Treadwen yesterday
two charges of petty larceny and was or
dered to appear for sentence to-day. He
stole two bicycles in one day and pawned
them. Charges of burglary and having
burglars tools in his possession were dis
missed
j. Tomalty, alias Murphy, and Elmer
Martin, alias Miller, were charged before
Judge Treadwen Yesterday with battery
upon a Chinese laundryman on Howard
street. Martin was convicted and SEN
fenced to six months in the County
Jail. Tomalty was convicted of using
vulgar language. and will be sentenced
to-day. They were also booked yesterday
on the charge of petty larceny for steal
ing an overcoat on Saturday night from
1091k Seventh street
E B. Wolff brought suit yesterday
against L. c. Bertin and c. Lepori for
$211 II on an assigned account of the Ore
gon & Washington Flour Company.
Justice of the Peace Dunno yesterday
gave judgment for plaintiff in the suit of
II. P. Duckett against S. K. Matsuse and
Otto K. Kawkami, proprietors of the
Japanese Opera Company. Duckett sued
for moneys due for scene painting.
NJ H. DeYoung yesterday brought suit
against Z. W. Burnham for S193 so, al
legged to be due for rent of fiat at 1131
Polk street.
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IMPROVED RED MEN
RAISE UP CHIEFS
IN PRESENCE OF MANY PALE
FACES.
An Interesting Ceremony Last Night
in the Assembly Hall Of the
Odd Fellows Building.

Ninetv-six elected chiefs, representing
sixteen tribes of the Improved order Oh
Red Men of the hunting grounds OF san
Francisco, We're raised up in pubic last
night in the assembly hall of the Odd
Fellows building in the presence of more
than 1000 people.
The acting great chief who conducted
the ceremony OF raising up, which in 9TH
er orders is called installation, was assist
ed by the fonOwing named district depu-
fies who filled the positions opposite their
names: Thomas Roche, great chleti + -
Swan, great senior sycamore; M l..
Wheeler, great junior sycamore; Y. A.
Lewis, great prophet; L: l. Remy, great
chief of records; =. c. BliCk, great Keeper
of wampum; J. Fowzer, great Sannap; n
l. Stacy. great mishinewa; p Belegarde,
great guard of wigwam.
The hall was decorated with rare good
taste and the center of it had been ar,
ranged after the fashion of council
chamber with the council fire in the mid
die. The several great chiefs took their
several stations after the klndling OF the
council fire and smoking or the pipe OF
peace in due form and proceeded with the
ceremonies. The elected chiefs were es-
corted into the hall six abreast and pre-
sented at the station Of the great chief,
who addressed them according 10 the rlt-
ual of the order - ,
The ceremony was in the amplif1ed
form in which the great chief OF partlc-
ular rank delivers the charges to those
chiefs in the same rank in the subordinate
councils. These were raised up in the fol-
lOWlHS OTuSIs IiOp44SlSi ArCpC4S VI wan
pun. chiefs of records, Junior sagamores,
senior sagamores and sachems. Each
great chief had his work memorized, and
the charges were all delivered in an i'm
pressive manner, but notably so by
The great prophet. The ceremonies con-
cluded with the proclamation of raising
UP and the Quenching of the council fire
by members of ManZanita Tribe.
Among interested spectators who were
on the stage We're the following members
of the Great Council of California: George
w Collins, great sachem; f d. Brandon,
great junior sycamore; {. F. Burgmann,
great chief of records; w. j. Smith, great
keeper of wampum; Porter L. Bliss, great
of the wigwam, and Past Great Sachems
B. F. Josseyn, ". NJ Belts, II. S. Winn,
James G. Smith, Frederick Brandt and
George w. Lorie.
Then followed programme of ten num-
bers of dancing. The following commit
tees had charge of the ceremony and
dancing:
General ComInttee-President, ]. H. Hutaff;
vice president. A. Hausman; treasurer, M Lei
sen: secretary. Henry L. Stacy.
Reception Committee-Frederic Brandt P
J. Smith ManZanita No. 4 F. D. Brandon
Poca hontas No. II: 2. L. Bliss, Modoc No. 81;
n l. Stacy Winnemucca No. 81; George II.
Cabaniss Montezuma No. Il; F. Ralph, All
washte No. SO; F. L. Griffiths, Monadnock No.
Floor Manager-P. S. Seymour, osoeola No.
Floor Committee-M. Leison, Miantonomah
No. g: Alfred Jones, Pohonachee No. 10; NJ.
Cause Seminole No. 81; A. Hausman, White
IS; g. Bossert Arapahoe No rs; ]. H Hutar,
Altahnos No. 81
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fat on them and face our inevitable win
ter starvation with the appetites OF
wolves We have Mr.. Mi1lers company,
we have Mr. Morrison and Miss Roberts,
and now Mr.. Frawley brings US a strong
company well worthy of applause. 1t
lacks but one thing and that is a Frank
Worthing Miss Bates, Mr.. Frawley, Mr..
Hickman. Mr.. Cook are old favorites.
The play too is old, yet ever new. II
you have in you a touch of the concern
of the philosopher. for the race you Will
see in it a dramatized human grievance
the man who devotes his life to guarding
his integrity as an autocrat, consuming
much happiness and producing nothing,
knowing nothing feeling nothing but
tyranny He is common enough IN our
midst well fed, tight listed, self-approV-
ing, bearing the experience OF age put
not a whit of the experience of life. You
can never affix the exact moral tag TO ms
kind but you know it is shocking PAD
form for him to continue to live COO
pity the world If his dominion were COM
nlete Atop of this heaviness come the
dancing rhythms of the Baroness bora
neff of the world, who run you into sun
shine at the point of the bayonet, II need
be. Miss Bates Baroness mas grown per-
ceptibly in dramatic strength.
1t is ever Russian with never snp OF
the tongue If | were asked her distinct
i've qualification should es say eefnrtiess eempgess
successes and makes of Vera the very
woman the author had in mind, The au-
dience paid a fitting tribute to her ability
and in a graceful little speech she easily
always good and he finds Alexander Airy
an easy vehicle for his talent. Mr.; - Cooke
cent at the close of the third act The
climax was one of mistaken vehemence.
The step from amateur to professional is
a long one and Mr.. Matthew does not take
it gracefully, at least not as Boras bora
neff, for he plays the part rather stiffiy
with an unmistakable German accent: OF or
winning. Without challenging our ap-
proval she walked into it most securely,
and I don't believe she knew it, either
ful one. and so let US reserve our judg-
ment of Miss Van Buren until we see her
again. Mr.. Frawley and his company are
worthy our applause and support. Our
nlaudits they have won. We shall speak
that last word Brave all-well done!'
CHARLOTTE THOMPSON.
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STRONG COMPANY
WELL WORTHY OF
MUCH APPLAUSE.
FraWley's Players Are
Warmly Welcomed.
"THE LAST WORD" A SUCCESS
BLANCHE BATES WAS IN HER
HAPPIEST VEIN.
Homecoming of Company Marked
With Cordial Greeting From a
Well-Pleased Audience and
a Speech.
"THE LAST WORD" A SUCCESS
BATES WAS IN HER
HAPPIEST VEIN.

well, I've brought her back said Mr..
Frawley when, after the first act of THE
Last Word" a half-doZen curtain calls
made a speech imperative. In fact he
has brought them all back and few
more to outstretched hands and a most
cordial welcome. Could anything more
happily follow an enthusiastic greeting
than Miss Bates initial speech in the
play, II think I'm pretty well acquainted
already" We are tremendously sincere
in our likes and Miss Bates is one of our
constances.
Is it safe to set eight-course dinners
before public semi-invalided on a years s
liberal soft diet of dramatic gruels and
simples? We're just perverse enough,
though, to grow convalescent and wax
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TIvOLpS BLUE BEARD"

The premier of the Tivoli's summer bur
lesque, Blue Beard" attracted large
audience to the theater last evening, and
when the curtain fell on the last act the
general verdict of all present was that
the production was one of the most sue
cessful seen at the theater in many years.
There is a pleasing freshness in every
part of the production, the lines are up
to date, the most popular music is in
corporated and the costumes and scenic
effects are in keeping. The entire COM
pany was accorded an ovation at the end
of each act, and as for the encores, they
were demanded until the actors were
tired out. Edwin Stevens. William Pru-
cite, George Cooper. William Schuster,
Annie Myers, Charlotte Beckwith Phil
Branson and Ada Palmer Walker and the
rest of the company made individual
"hits" with their songs, jokes and dances,
and the box office of the Tivol is likely
to do rushing business during the time
that blue Beard is kept in the bills.
The ''whirlwind dancers are a distinct
novelty, and their dances last evening
were redemanded by the audience over
and over again.
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NATIVE SONS NINTH OF
SEPTEMBER CELEBRATION
IT MAY BE HELD AT SANTA
CRUZ THIS YEAR.
All Depends on the Railroads De-
cision as to Reduced Rates.
Transportation Committee
Is Appointed.

At a meeting of the Native Sons 9th of
September celebration committee held
last night Chairman Lewis F. Byington
announced James P. Dockery, Fred w.
Lees and Percy V. Long as his selections
for the transportation committee. Upon
this committee depends whether the cele-
bration will be held in Santa Cruz this
year. The railroad has not been over
generous in the past to the order, and
strong efforts will be made to induce it
to make favorable terms, so that the sea-
! side city may have the benefit Of the
largest gathering in the history of the
| organization. The committee will wait on
the railroad officials to-day, and one ar
gument for reduced rates will be the fact
that the golden jubilee celebration will be
held in this city next year and will at
tract large numbers.
Following is the entire celebration COM
mittee as at present constituted:
L. F. Byington, chairman; T. E. Hearty
of San Francisco Parlor. secretary; David
and H. Schaper of Sequo1a Parlor, vice
chairman.
twenty-five parlors are represented, as
follows: CalifoTmia;-W, D. Shea, J F.
Martin, F. r. Neville, r. J. Sands; Gold
en- Gate-David Wilson, Edward ]. Bar
ton. James T: Bailey; Mission-D. B. Bow
ley, H. A; Bilay, a. S. Groth; San Fran
cisco-C. r. Heverin, Thomas E. Hearty,
E. L. Rittore; FL Dorado-E. c. Anderson,
J; F. Jewell, J; c; Martin; Rincon-W. c.
Foley, P. F. Mertes, G. W. Korts; Stan
ford-D. C. Martin. G. D. Phillips. ]. w.
Lewis; Yerba Buena-F. "; Lees, L. J.
Aubert, F. c: Jaeger; Bay Gity,,H. g. W.
Dinkelspiel, Z. w. Levy, j. NJ. Liebest;
Niantic-L. F. Byington, ]. B. Keenan,,
F. Mordecai; National-A. R. Vaughan, F.
]. silvey, Charles Hufschmidt; Columbia
Hesperian-L H. Kohn, H. F. Shepston.
]. F. Roxburgh; Alcatraz-H. 7: Anstro,
A. K. Daggett, A. E. Goetz; Alcalde-J.
A. Devote, NJ. Sullivan L. j. Watson;
South San Francisco-E. ]. Taaffe. l..
Johnson, L. c. Pistolesi, H. Schaper; Pre-
| cita-G. Van Orden, J. E. Behan, j. S.
! Earls; Olympus-Andrew Mocker, o. c..
Pratt, ]. T. Cosgrove; Presidio-E. t.
Finch, E. E. Fisher, Philip Werner; Mar
shall-A. Nickel D. Harrison. j. Rose;
Dufflcy, w. G.. Eden; Athens-J. N. Fo-
garty, B. F. Woolner, r. J. Montgomery;
| Piedmont-D. w. Doody, B. A. Rathjen,
! D. J. Barr; Brooklyn-G. H. Hans, NJ. S.
! Hauser, H. A. Sagehorn.
| Chairman Byington has issued call for
| meeting of the full committee to be
! held at Native Sons Hall tomorrow (Sat-
urday) evening. 1t is expected that Grand
President Frank Mattison will come up
| from Santa Cruz to attend He is desirous
of having the celebration in his town and
will offer splendid inducements on the
! part of the residents to bring 1t there.
! Invitations to participate will be extended
to the parlors of Oakland, Alameda and
| Marin County.
Judge r. G. Rust has called meeting
| in the latter part of this month to ar
| range the districts of the State and ap-
point deputies to exercise supervision
over them.
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Broke Into Several Residences and
Got Away With Plunder.
Billy Page, Noted HOusebreaker, Arrested by the
Detectives in Bush-Street Lodging-HOuSe.
Stolen Jewelry Found in His Room.

efforts in locating him. Last Monday
evening they saw a man answering Ine
description of the much wanted burglar
walking along Grant avenue.
He was followed to a lodging mouse on
Bush street, and as he entered his room
the detectives followed him.
He was closely questioned and as he ire
quenuy contradcted himself the detec-
tives concluded TO search his room. In
bureau drawer they found several articles
of jewelry which had been stolen from
residence in the Western Addition.
Jimmy and a bunch of skeleton keys
were also discovered in his apartments.
Page was then placed under arrest and
taken to the City Prison, where his name
was registered on the small book. To-
day the detectives expect to have suffi-
cient evidence to warrant them in placing
several charges of burglary against him.
Page, so the police think, was accompa-
MED IN his midnight raids by another
crook. who is also well known in the
East. The detectives are looking for him
and are confident of having him in the
tanks in a few days
1t is said that Page was recently dis
charged from Joliet. where he served a
long term for breaking into a house and
stealing diamonds valued at $4,000.
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HUNGRY FOR cHINA's TRADE
California Is to Bid for Extensive
Oriental Business

The California State Board Of Trade has
taken upon itself the task of awakening
an interest on the part of the people of
this State in the commercial Importance
of the Philippines and China AT It's last
meeting General Chapman was authorized
to engage an able lecturer to speak upon
these important matters in various parts
is Hon. F. X Schoonmaker, who is rated
as the best informed lecturer in the coun-
try In order to present the situation Mr..
Schoonmaker will endeavor to address the
commercial and other business men of
the entire State, and he will begin his
course of lectures in Sherman & Clay's
hall next Monday evening. The State
Board has issued about 1000 invitations TO
prominent merchants and business men,
and a large attendance Is expected
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Richard Reynolds Appears Before the
Coroner, Who Believed Him
nead

The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the bay off Hathaway's s
wharf, between Spear and Steuart streets,
yesterday morning by Joseph Gray and
Joseph Gomex, boatmen. 1t was taken
to the Morgue and in the pockets of the
clothes was found a letter addressed to
Richard Reynolds, bearing the date of
last August The afternoon papers pub
Eshed accounts containing the informa-
ton that Richard Reynolds had been
drowned. and last evening Reynolds, alive
and sound, appeared at the Coroner's Of
flee to prove his mortality. When shown
the letter Reynolds acknowledged that it
belonged to him, but could not account
for its presence on the person Of the dead
man, whom he says he does not know.
The only information he can give is
that while rooming in a lodging house
near the water front last summer he be-
came acquainted with a young Italian.
who occupied the room next to him. Rey-
nolds thinks that he may. possibly be the
party who was drowned, but cannot iden-
ton. The body is that of a man ABOUT
IS years old, dressed in a black, we'll
worn, diagonal suit, and is feet inches
in height. 1t has been in the water about
eight QaVS.
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management that, money or no money
he would stay by him for fifteen more
days. and the brave singer, although he
suffered would not break his word
am a man of honor" he said. AFTER the
fifteen days I will sing no more.
Miss Repetto, Ferrari and Mrs Baldo
Travaglini are living together in all har-
mony in indulging in primitive house
keeping in q modest suite or rooms on
Green street near Powell. The singers
have impartially divided the household du-
ties. La diva dips her hands in soapy
dishwater; Madame Travagi, PeepaiT1S hino
self at the table where he gallantly pours
the wine and dishes out the macaronl.
The artists were in the nlost oL .irel1 ,irad
how their honor had been smirched
Mademoiselle Repetto told the tale Wnlle
her two companions played slleIll ., az
compartment with shruss anu eS CIV"
e"Imigi Bergami, the stage directeur,' y
said the diva, said to me, oh, things tnat
Tere awful No no; / cannot say them.
A demoiselle cannot say again what he
has said. And then Ferrari, he was an
gry that the directeur should speak So
anf aHonor' on S'h 'honor! interrupted Ferrari. Il
am a man of honor"
'Then when Ferrari said he would not
sing went on the lady, 'Travagllnl sald
honor. 1 have given my word that Viii
stay with you for fifteen Gays yet. AIteI
that YOU have no basso.
Mile Repetto is positive that Lam
bardi is not mourning his principal singers
on account of monetary reasons. Lam
bardi he owes US money. yes. SAID the
diva ''But what of that? Have we nor
our art? We let that go, only we said N
the future we get our money in advance
before we sing And that is probably
why he was angry, concluoed the pllnis ia
donna. land why his stage directeur said
to me things you do not say 10 young
lady" ,r ,oo.-od
with her reception here and says she Will
return next season under contract with
Manager Friedlander, "the little man, but
| the good man, and-oh, no, no! not Lam
| bardi."
| nothing of a contract to bring the Repetto
out here next season, and as for the story
| of the insulting director, the manager
| declares he does not believe word OF It
''The fact of the matter is, said Fried
lander, that Lambardi has contract by
| which ne can prevent these people from
! singing in this country. They are anxious
| to return to Milan, and are using the In
| suit as an excuse. AS for money. know
| that I.ambardi does not owe them cent.
| There was some Indebtedness when they
got here. but they have been all paid UP.
| and I saw the receipts. Personally, con-
! tinued the manager. "I have nothing to
do with the company. l book them as
would any other show, that is all. know
these three singers. He has enough talent
| in his company to make up several oper-
attic organizations.
Wednesday night and last night the
company played in San Jose, and to-day
they leave for Los Angeles.
Victoria Repetto and Joseph Ferrari
will leave on Sunday for their home in
Milan
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NOT MONEY BUT
THEIR HONOR
WAS At STAKE
Lambardi Is Minus
Three Warblers.
PRIMA DONNA WAS INSULTED
BARITONE AND BASSo STAND
BY THE DIVA.
Some Talk About the Impresario,
His Iron-Bound Contracts, and
Salaries Demanded in
Advance.
BARITONE AND BASSO STAND
BY THE DIVA.

Lambardi, the moving impresario, is
minus three of his warblers. Victoria
Repetto, diva; Joseph Ferrari, barytone,
and Baldo Travaglini will know him no
more La Repetto and Ferrar have al
ready cut him dead, and Travaglini will
in fifteen days.
1t is an affair of honor Luigi Bergami,
the stage manager, 1t is said, addressed
Mademoiselle Repetto in such a fashion
that the lady Immediately questioned his
gentle chiding and resigned, and the barry
tone threw down his music roll and said:
''Oh, my art; my honor! Dios! Dios! 1
will not sing!'
Travaglini felt the same, but, unfor-
tunately, could not speak the same The
basso had given his word of honor to the
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-14
RESIDENTS PETITION
FOR COOP'S DISCHARGE
BELVEDERE LAND CO.'S SUPER
INTENDENT NOT POPULAR.

The water troubles of Belvedere are now
an old story, but the troubles of John
Coop, the superintendent of the BelVe-
dere Land Company, have just com
menced and will probably end in Coop
dismissal.
1t is now nearly two weeks since the
wells of the city among the hills refused
to work, and during that time the best
that the fashionable residents have been
able to get in the way of water has been
a dry shampoo.
They bore their misfortune until pa
tience became a weakness, and yesterday
they concluded that it was time to take
some decided action. The action has re-
suited in petition. got up by e. j. BenJa-
man, which sets forth the unhappy con-
Land Company to remove its superin-
tendent John Coop and place some one
in charge of its affairs who is both COM
petent and willing to discharge the du-
ties he is paid to perform.
Though the petition appeared only yes
terday morning it met with such f1ras popular 1ag
secured before the early boat reached the
city. 1t is thought that when it is pre-
sented to the company only three heee Oh tbai uae
names attached to it. and these three
are in favor of tie movement and are
only restricted by business and social
reasons from openly indorsing it.
The residents of Belvedere claim that
there is plenty of water on the island
and that did Coop properly attend 10 MS
business such trouble as now exists would
not be possible.
The well that was dug last summer is,
they say capable of supplying the en-
tire place, let alone the four or five others
that are available. But so little labor IS
employed in the care OF these sources OF
supply that they amount to but little more
than caved-in sinkholes: Not only is the
discomfort. but to the land owners of
BeiVedere it assumes a much more seri.
Gus aspect when it causes the value OF
their real estate to deteriorate and their
summer tenants to move back to their
homes on this side of the bay.
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ESTATES OF THE DEAD.
Wills Filed and Application for Ad-
ministration Letters Made.

The will of the late James William
Hart, who died May 8, leaving property
valued at $4,000, was filed for probate yes
terday. The estate includes stock in the
California Drydock Company and the
Ship Owners and Merchants Tugboat
Company. The entire estate is devised to
Barbara Smyth Hart and Elizabeth Hart,
daughters of the testator who reside at
Sterling, Scotland.
The Photographic will of Mrs. Bertha M.
L. Ziska, who died on the 9Th inst, was
also filed for probate. Decedents estate
which is of small value, is devised to her
daughter. Alice Ziska Jennings:
Mrs. Johanna Fitzpatrick filed applica-
ton yesterday for letters of administra-
ton upon the $4,000 estate of her sister.
Mrs. Bridget Geary. who died June 2.
s. P. Smith applied for letters of ad-
ministration upon the estate of ]. R.
Moore, who died May 10 in Mohave Coun-
ty, Arizona The estate will not exceed
$4,000 in value.
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SSOR ordering a colored soldier to
~ be less boisterous yesterday after
noon Policeman Silver of the Cali
fornia-street station narrowly
escaped being made a subject for
the Coroner.
Silver was standing at the corner OF
Pacific and Sansome streets when his at
tention was attracted to four colored SOL
diers who were creating a disturbance
The officer accosted them and asked them
TO move on. One of them challenged his
right to interfere with them and threat
ened to blow his head off The soldier
was armed with Jorgensen rifle and as
he attempted TO use it his comrades seized
him and started to drag him away.
Thinking that they intended to leave the
scene without further trouble Silver
crossed the street, after advising the com
rades of the vicious trooper to take him
TO the transport which they intended to
board and which was to carry them and
the rest of the colored warriors to Manila
As Silver crossed the street the desperate
soldier. after breaking away from MS
comrades, raised his rife to his shoulder
and with ali oath he fired point blank at
the policeman The bullet passed In dan
gerous proximity to Stlver's head and he
quickly reached for his revolver.
Before he had chance to return tne
fire the rnurderOus soldier, followed by his
comrades. ran down Pacific street silver
started after them, and after run OF
several blocks he was joined by HOnce-
man McGee who had been attracted TO
the scene by the shooting. Together they
pursued the quartet, hoping 10 mead them
off before they boarded the transport
Para The colOred men managed 10 reach
the wharf first, however. and straight