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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-12
ROBBED BY HIS coUNTRYMEN.
Especial to The HeraId.)

Bingham Nov. u.-Marti1 Polezenec. an
Austrian, who has been III camp but one
day. was robbed and seriously injured al
tire Highland Boy Tuesday evening. II
seems that he was going 10 his boarding
house. and while on the road, which is
rather dark he was attacked by six Aus
TRANS and robbed of $50 and severely
beaten During the melee ne received a
fracture OF the skull The police were
notified and made one arrest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-12
SAD NEWS BROKEN.
Great Southern Editor at Home Be-
numbed by Grief.

Louisville. Ky. Nov. n-News of the
tragic death of Harvey W. Watterson.
first communicated to the friends of Hen
~ WattersOn, editor of the Courier-Jour-
nal, created a profound impression in
Louisville, and there was Immediately
formed a pathetic little conspiracy hav-
ing for its purpose the breaking of the
news to the veteran editor as gently rs
possible. Telephone communication with
his country home four miles from the
city. was Immediately stopped. and the
friends deputed to Mrs. Benjamin Rid
ley widow of the consul general to Mex
leo. the difficult task Mrs. Ridley. sud
,denly bereaved a few weeks ago. of the
husband who had been Mr. Wattersons
prOtege and intimate friend. has accom-
plished her mission and tonight the edi-
tor is sitting at his home benumbed by
grief. while hundreds of kilograms from
men Of national prominence already are
pouring in offering coincidence and sym
patty.
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Bond of Affection.

The bond between MIR. Watterson and
his son was an unusually strong one.
their interest in politics and national af-
fairs being mutually keen. and the faith
er's satisfaction at the rapidly widening
career of the son was very great IL was
decided by the family that Mr.. Waiter
son would not be able to undertake a
Journey to New York. and Mrs. Harvey
Watterson was therefore asked to bring
the body TO Louisville, which probably
will be done on Friday or Saturday. The
funeral will probably be held on Sunday,
but this has not been definitely decided
on.
Harvey Watterson was 80 years Of age
He leaves no children. His wife. before
her marriage. was Miss Alice Burrowes
of New York
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THREE YEARS FOR TELLER.

Toronto. Ont. Nov. 11.-Dlncan Comeron
Nct~sIIum late teller of the Farmers
Bank OF Canada. pleaded guilty today 10
the theft of $4,000 and was sentenced 10
three years IN the penitentiary- Mccall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-12
Wife Frustrated.

peculiar feature of the case was that
Mr.. Watterson's watch and a cigarette
ease in one pocket and a pipe i'm another
pocket were not damaged by the fall.
Mrs Watterson was Frustrated when in
formed of her husbands tragic death.
Mr.. Wing said that Mr.. Watterson had
been a member of the firm about three
years He was sure. he said. that death
was accidental, stree WatteTson had no
financial or domestic troubles. The firm :
business was in good condition. Mr. Wing
said. and Watterson had been very sue
cessful
Watterson was born and reared 10
Louisville. ky. When about y years Did
he came to New York and entered the Cc-
lumbia university law school During he
time he was a student there he taught an
a night school. Shortly after becoming a
member of TIE Wing. Russell & Waiter
son law firm N ran for the assembly on
the Tammanv ticket in the upper west
side district but the district was strongly
Republican and he was defeated.
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\ personality is responsible for
the success or failure Of q business
hrm largely TO the extent by which
he IS enabled TO organize and con-
troi ITS forces-to install and apply
the personal influence in his sys-
TENS.
Henry c. Lytton.
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Started to Go Home.

4 Shortly before o clock. after having
Mr. Watterson remarked that he was go
ing home and passed from the library
through the room OF +. II. Bagg. the
managing clerk. into his own private Of
flee. the door of which closed and locked
automatically as he entered. Bagg was
the last person to see the young lawyer
alive.
of the building rushed in ard informed
Thomas F. Wing. senior member of the
firm, that he believed Mr.. WstteTson had
fallen from the window. He looked down
from the window and the mangled form
was seen lying on the roof below
The body was removed to the Waiter
son home after the coroner had declared
that the death of Mr.. Watterson was due
entirely to accident
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FELL 10 FEET
AND MET DEATH
Younger Son of Henry Waiter
son Plunged Through VIM
dow in Skyscraper.
BROKE ALMOST EVERY BONE
HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
is NOT KNOWN.

New York, Nov. u.-Harvey w. Wat
terson, lawyer and younger son OF
Henry WatteEson, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, plunged to his death
from the nineteenth floor of his offiee
building at 81 Wall street late this after
noon His body-shot downward for IL
feet and landed on the roof OF ten-story
building adjoining. Almost every bone
was broken and the head crushed and
death was practically instantaneous
While there We're no eyewitness 10
the tragedy. evidently il was entirely ac-
cidental. Mr.. Wstterson's hat and coat
We're on his closed desk. Presumably he
had attempted to lower the window. and
either stumbling over the radiator. which
was in front of the low sill or losing his
footing in some manner unknown. pitched
forward and down to death on the roof
of the building below. Mr.. Watterson
was 80 years old and married. He was
junior member of the law finn of Wing
Russell AZ WatterSOn.
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"A word to the wise" By
turning in one club yesterday
candidate leads for 227 prize.
See page 6.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

juvenile actors on the American stage.
is a very nervous man. Otherwise
suppose he would lack temperamental
fire. At any rate. he is nervous
Colonel Thompson. who is at the
head of the show. when I told him 1
should like to meet Mr. Scott. said.
Come right along" He led me to the
stage after the first act on Monday
night.
There was Mr.. Scott in the stars
dressing room-for there is caste in
dressing rooms. too-excitedly pacing
the floor and praying for garters- He
had left his at the hotel. He acknowl-
edged the Introduction, but concerned
himself with his missing garters.
I'D wear yours" said he to Colonel
Thompson. "only you're too fat I feel
when 1 am on the stage as though my
hose have gathered in rumpfes about
my ankles. It's agony, I tell YOU.
His scorntenance displayed the horror
of the situation and so he got mine.
Such hurried gratitude you never saw
In all your life. We made a nasty ap-
pointnent for the following day and j
left
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dorff said: ."And when George Kop-
pitz died it was. a. sad blow TO several
amateur composers in this city, that I
know of. Many a chord combination
and many a smoothed out progression
was due to Koppitz' assistance. and he
has made many an orchestration for
those whose initial compositions were
not worth his fine labor But l name
no names" said sSteindorff; only I'm
wondering who is doing their orchestra
ton, now that. he is dead"
Steindorff's second grand opera sea-
son at the Tiyoli was in 1902 Then ne
produced "Zaza." which was the first
and last time it was ever played in
America 1t was Leoncayallo's setting
of the Sardou yarn. Then followed a
routine of two years and his band work
at the park. After that came Edward
Mcdowell, in 1904, which is still an
other love tale.
You remember the. great American
pianist played his own concerto with
orchestra. Steindorff led the orches-
ira and played his Indian suite.
Never in my life said Steindorff,
have been so nervous as / was when
/ played that suite. Even then the
malady which afterward destroyed the
composers life was apparent. He was
nervous wreck and paced up and
down back of the scenes. / could hear
his footsteps and could catch occasional
giimpses of his worn face as he passed
by in the wings. If I may say it, he
wasn't nervous because we were
wrecking his music. for we were not;
indeed, he was good enough later to
compliment me and the orchestra on
the interpretations; but he was just dis
| tressed and worn and quivering with
keenly wrought nerves.
In my opinion, Mcdowell was the
/ greatest composer that America has
produced, and he was lovely soul, as
well. Though Chadwick's and Foote's
compositions are fine they do not reach
the heights to which AsacDowelrs muse
ascended;s they have not that unmis-
/ taxable stamp of genius which marks
the works OF the greatest minds in
music. McDowells compositions have
But the greatest pleasure of my mu-
sical activities in San Francisco was In
the work at the park. where for six
years led the band And it is my
! greatest ambition to give to the mass
/ of the people music which they can
understand and yet music which will
educate and cultivate. Think of the
scores of the operas which no one hears
nowadays, but yet which contain gems
of rare and imperishable beauty Only
/ with a band or orchestral organization
are they to be brought from oblivion
4 and made of service and delight today
Besides, think know why Father
Steindorr loves his memories of the
park band.
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Scott does not believe the failure %
The Royal Mounted was right. ne
wants to try it again. but will not. 10
seems. for Brady and Grismer have him
scheduled for another Broadnursr play
TT is not generally known" said
Scott, that when Broadhurst wrote
The Man OF the Hour, het had me in
his mind as leading man for the show
The production OF the play was post
poned from 1905 TO 1906. because IL
was thought I would go with It then
But by that time Prince Chap was
making such a success that it would
have been foolish to end, the tour. and
so stayed as Prince Chap, and It Is
only for the few weeks OF the San
Francisco fengs cement that 1 VIII play
the role OF the honest mayor
NO wonder was nervous about the
performance last night had had but
four rehearsals OF the piece and was
playing with people who had been in
the piece for two years I not only
was Embarrassed myself. but. I en-
barrassed the others, too Think OF
! the difficulty Of playing the mayor. op-
posite the man who for two years had
been saying my lines and carrying
the role TO success 1t was a difncult
experience"
Cyril Scott is Insh. That's why Il
liked my role in The Royal Mounted
/
] land Some one criticised my brogue in
the play just mentioned and said il
wasn't correct Well. 1 guess IL was.
for it's the only way I can speak az
ALL
Minnie Maddern was the first star
with whom Scott Travelled. He. played
with her in Caprice" during the sea-
son of 1883. David BeIasco was his
first mentor and rapidly pushed him TO
the front at the old Lyceum theater in
New York When Belasco left Daniel
F'rohTDan to become artistic director for
| Charles Frohman in 1890 he took young
Scot alorg with him and gave him the
principal part in Men and Women"
Later he wrote s-The Younger Son" for
fScott. When Belasco went into man
agement on els own account he en-
gagged Scott, who played role specially
written for him in The Heart OF
4 Maryland
Later, with De Wolf Hopper. Scott
went into light opera and musical
4 comedy and it was while playing in
London in 1900 in The Casino Girl
that Edwardes saw him and then be-
gan an attempt that has never been
+ abandoned 10. induce Scott 70 make the
London stage his field But Scott be-
came director of John c. Ffscher's
productions and in that capacity staged
'-Florodora,'' "A Princess OF Kensing-
tom The Silver slipper. The Medal
and the Maid and -Glittering Gloria .
He was for five years Augrstin Daily 8
leading man, acting in everything pro-
dueed by that manager from Shakes
peare to musical comedy and from the
standard plays Of Sheridan and
knowles to the modern nonsense OF
sydney Rosenfeld and F. c. Burnand-
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great Mckinley died; of the orchestra
of leo players and the monster chorus;
he. told of the Organization of the San
Francisco symptoms society and of its
brief but brilliantly artistic career
Z wish" said 1. worming a word in
edgewise. 'tthat we had another SYM
phony society now, even If it did lose
somebody else's money.
You will have one said he.
"The concerts were successful then"
he said except that they didn't make
money"
Imagine banker talking that wayi
Then followed my first grand opera
season at the Tivoh when Salassa sang
and Montanari De Spada and Agostini
were the other bright stars. also pro-
duced for the first time in America
Andre Chenier' at the Tivoli."
I've wondered many times" said I,
thinking of the wonderful orchestra
tion heard when .Otello" was first
given at the Tivoli, where you got the
scores of these new operas"
We'll, you know, Doc Leahy was
something of crank about good music
and he accumulated the scores which
filled the Tivoli library. Then he had
reductions made to suit the smaller in
strumental forces of the Tivoh and the
other American opera houses. The man
who made those orchestrations? George
tAOpplkZ- ne pray Gu Tie Ault4 lil6
Tivoli orchestra, and was content to
live obscurely and unknown If only he
could be happy in his music"
Another of Steindorff's love tales this
was.
George Koppitz was the most mod
est and accomplished of musicians
said Father with enthusiasm Ale
lived and died without ever having dis
covered his own. worth. Such skill as
he had. and such sensitive knowl-
edge of the scope and range and posi-
bilities of every instrument, has not
! been equa1ed in this country since he
died. He did nothing but think music
/ study it and love it. That was his re-
ward 1 have heard the full orchestra
/ tion of many of the works he reduced
and I know what wonders he did with
i his limited number of instruments. He
was satisfied to do his work and get
such pay as he could. and then he re-
| ceived his real COMPENSATION when the
lorchestra. under the footlights, sailed
out on the scores which he had pre-
pared. There he sat bent and gray and
played his flute part No one knew thai
! it. was his genius and zeal and love
(which had made. the work possible
s'.When think what the fire did te
i those priceless scores am sad in
ideed: for a 3life's work of industry ans
genius has been reduced to ashes
which the wind has blown away. ant
the labor of love which Koppitz per
/ formed is. become as nothing. 1t is {
pity, is it .not7y
With twinkling in his eye, Stein.
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theater at 9 o'clock Thursday morning
Then the tickets viii be disposed OF
without Discrimination the persons
nearest the box Office being those first
and best served First come. first
served is the motto
The engagement OF David Warheld
begins Monday evening. September T.
and will continue five weeks, during
which time he viii be seen in his two
greatest successes. The Music Master
and "A Grand Army Man" The for
mer play ran four consecutive seasons
in one Of David BelaSco's New York
theaters and "A Grand Army Man"
achieved a success equally notable
Warf1e1d Will bring with him the COM
pany that. supported him In the east
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

Do you remember after the fire when
the city was in ashes how a band of
musicians was gathered together and
how music was played at the various
camps during Sundays many camps
as could be reached by foot? That was
Steindorff and the remnant of the park
band. Then the third Sunday after the
fire they all went out to the band stand
IN Golden Gate park. II was badly
damaged, but it was still there and
Golden Gate park was herself again,
even if nobody paid the musicians and
the leader forgot to draw his salary.
Music those days was not a luxury.
1t was a necessity. like water and air,
and the boys who played with Stein
dorff those Sundays gave OF their tall
ents as everybody else was doing They
were merely following fathers" ex-
ample.
So you may call him father too
when you listen to the Love Tales of
Hoffman, at the American.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
By Walter Anthony

but his stick. 1 thought IL was an af
fectation, but found it was a habit: and
this is how the habit was acquired.
1t was while Steindorff was musical
director for Lillian Russell's company,
when that charmer was playing The
American Beauty" and looking the part.
Steindorfrs good friend ~yas Gerald
Coventry. who once upon time
was with the Tivoli, but at the
time OF which we are speak
ing he was stage manager for
the airy Lillian. Gerald and Paul were
fast friends. They were wandering
around the streets of Philadelphia one
afternoon before Christmas. Both were
blue and lonesome. They wanted g
Christmas present, probably. Finally
one suggested that they spend a little
money on each other purchasing q holi-
day gift. They concluded that canes
were what they wanted. and so they
one TO his liking for which the other
paid.
MY cane" said steindorf, was a
little more expensive than the one
Coventry selected, so. TO give him
chance to get even on the change, /
suggested that when either met the
other without his stick the caneIess
one should buy We Rugged our canes
economically after that until Coventry
went away with another company. He
took The Belle of New York over
into Australia and suppose he belted
the world before we met again. One
year later, while was in New York, 1
received telephone message from him.
l Was I glad to hear his voice? I should
say I was. and made an appointment
to meet him at once at a downtown
hotel. We met and had dinner, then
we adjoined to the cafe, And there we
We're joined by as many friends as we
cOufd spy. We were so happy we
wanted everybody to enjoy the meeting.
They did. At the conclusion of the
! festivities we received seven checks
each, for II cold bottles which had
somehow disappeared. 1 showed my
! checks over to Coventry, who didn't
seem 10 understand. He had forgotten
I his cane. Poor fellow; he lost that
stick in Australia and he has avoided
me ever since
please do not think I put these on
for the OCCASION" said Steindorff, but
I want you 10 see them just the same. -
He pulled from his vest pocket a gold
watch TO which was attached a fob
with a pendant charm of solid gold and
jewels.
In the watch were engraved the
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
Wanted Some Carters

Cyril Scott. who comes to California
for few weeks in the role of the
honest mayor in The Man of the Hour
and who returns at once TO New York,
where Brady and Grismer are maxim &
other plans for him. acknowledges the
strain of a first nights appearance in
new play before old friends.
He borrowed a-pair of garters from
me on the opening night
1t came about this way: Scott. who
is one of the best and most popular
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

as accompanist and piano soloist with
the Ovid Musin troupe. With him We're
the great ,violinist and Nine Trebelli.
who was then making her farewell tour
of America, They played first at Irving
hall, then they moyed into the Bald
win theater and then the Grand opera
house in Mission street was sought as
the only place large enough to contain
the crowds that wanted to come. Said
Steindorff:
The next time I visited the city was
in 1900 when came with the Alice
Nelson opera company as musical d.
rector. Then it was that found my
old friend Teddy Hartman He was
at the Tivoli, which invited me TO
stay. Il wanted to but couldn't; but
determined to get back here as soon
as 1 could. Hartman and had been
associatedi in days gone by with the
Conried comic opera forces. He was
stage manager, was musical director.
All, I tell you there is a man who
has my. affection. Conriedi He was
the pioneer of Americas light opera.
No one has ever put the money, care
and intelligence into productions OF
the classic comic opera that Conried
spent in, say, The Gypsy Baron. King S
Fool and other early pieces of a
similar kind
We'll. a year later-I mean year
after / had met Hartman mere Wnen
1 was with Alice Neilsen-an he was
with the Tiyoli-I was back again
and for good. That was in 1901. So
I'm not such veteran after all, am I?'
But events are the essence of time.
When events are many the time seems
long, and so it is that Steindorff is. in
fact, veteran. because SO many things
have happened since he came here to
stay in 1901. Personally I would have
sworn he used to lead the park band
Is years ago.
VIII you believe it2" he asked. 81
was really shocked at first at playing
in an opera house where smoking
and drinking were permitted. But
did not expect to be satisfied anyway
with light opera work alone, and then
Teddy was there
To those who know the twain the
affection existing between the vet
eran comedian and the veteran musi-
cal director is like that of David and
Jonathan; Steindorff being David, OF
course, and Jonathan was something o.
a comedian himself, if you remember
so the comparison stands.
Il thought" said Steindorff, "tha'
this city afforded about as fine
chance for yonng and ambitious vet
eran musician as any place in ths
world and SO I stayed.
Then followed more love tales.
Steindorff told how he had beer
elected to lead the memorial service.
held at the great pavilion when tn.
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words: Presented to Paul Steindorf
by Lillian Russell and her company as
a token Of esteem and regard. Febru-
airy. 1886"
On the charm was engraved. TO
Steindon from Montanari, De Spada,
Agostini"
Do you remember those names2 It
was while the Italian song birds were
making musical history in San Fran
cisco that Steindorn gave this city its
first opportunity of hearing Boito's
''AIefstofele" and La Boheme.. with
Montanari and Agostini in the cast.
Those experiences constitute more love
tales of the past and are fine memories
for Steindorff and his innumerable mu-
sical progeny who recall ''Otello." with
Salassa as Iago. and other similar
feasts OF the past
Steindorff came to this city for the
FIRST time In 1887 He was then acting
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
David Warfeld's Season

The AIcazar management makes the
following statement concerning the
Forthcoming Warfeld season.
1T is the desire OF both David Bel
asco and the Alcazar management to
make David Warfeld's coming season
in his native town a memorable in
stance Of absolutely fair treatment on
the part of the theater to the public
IN pursuance Of that desire 1t has
been decided to reserve no seats until
The advance sale opens al the Aeazar
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Crowford's New Farce

James Crawford's farce comedy. 'AlI
IN the Family" based, on the insur-
ance scandals OF recent history, proved
a success in Los Angeles. according
10 the accounts OF the premiere in the
southern city's papers, which declare
the play 10 be amusing and entertain
ing. with plenty OF rapid fire fun
It had been intended to give the com
edy its first hearing in this city. but
the initial production was taken TO Los
Angeles because o< . convention be-
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This decks Attractions

Van Ness-CyriI Scott in the ''Man of the Hour"
American-"The Love Tales of Hoffman,"
Princess-Ferris Hartman in "The Toy Maker
AIcazar- White WhittIesey in "One Summers
Day"
Orpheum- Vaudeville
Central -MeIodrama, ''The King of the Opium
Ring"
National Vaudeville
Chutes- Vaudeville and Amusement Park
Wiewam- Vaudeville
Empire Vaudeville
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Maybe Steindor1 is called father" so
naturally because he is never without
his cane Thereby hangs another tale.
Never do you see him without his
-waltin1 stick Though the rain be
coming down IN bucketfuls he strides
along without the shelter or anything &
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

Then followed more love tales.
Steindorff told how he had been
elected to lead the memorial services
held at the great pavilion when the
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Steindorff came to this city for the
first time In 1887. He was then acting