The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. UBSCRIPTION RATE 6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ —¥1.50 per yea: £1.50 per year. try to the front. ith the manufacturers. must get out of the era of raw al and cobblestones. lifornia will help all the Pacific Coast bey help one another. dent we are going to have reason n. Itis ev to be proud of the conv: and capital are on the best footing n they stand on thé same platform. ornia should live up to the resolu- vs’ Convention. The manufacturers have no wheels in r heads except those that mean busi- wi Calif tions of the Manufactu erprising tongues and silurian pocket- boks. rediction of five prosper- sy one from the Huntir oilis yea present outlook. that Worth did not in- eeve, it would seem that ce it ap vent the balloon the wrong man die How would it do to require a Governor to give his reasons when he signsa bill as well as when he vetoes it? Get the WEeEkLY CALL that appears this ingand take neral review of the tries of the S g Chang now a chance to W v N her he can make peace any better thar ) he made war. etary Morton wishes a new kind of plow and advises agricultural students to harrow their brains for it. You are advertising the State and its tries when you send the WEEKLY LL to your tern friends. Tt is not certain yet whether Gresham is actuated in his present activity by a birth of patriotism or a passing spasm, When the Legislature adjourned the members should have carried the attaches te-baskets. There are difficulties in the way that ent going, but they get out of the way when enterprise gets there. away as well as the v man who recognizes the impor- tance of better transportation facilities should subscribe to the competing road. The Cleveland ad tration may as well undersiand they cannot agitate the Hawaiian Republic by shaking Thurston. In taking the $5000 jewel from Terry Mrs. Langtry probably intended it as a les- son for him and an advertisement for her- self. Men of intelligence may differ as to the g our streets, but there be only one opinion about the need means of improv ca Senator Edmunds bas aptly described the income tax Congress as a body of mis- guided gentlemen who have now vanished irom the face of the earth. It is noted as one of the curiosities of fashion that Queen Victoria never had a dress made by Worth, but it is not denied she might have looked better occasionally if she had. 1f Japan insists that China shall open her ports to the commerce of the world, there is certain to be an increased demand for silver money and a corresponding benefit to the silver miners. It is asserted that not a single member of the late Congress has as yet madea re- turn of hisincome tax, and it would ap- pear thatall are waiting in the hope the Supreme Court will knock it out. No one who has followed the series of articles in the CALL on our art and artists can have any doubt that San Francisco will become a flourishing art center as soon as our wealthy people become more liberal in their patronage. Larmeti In his address at the opening of the Man- ufacturers’ Convention Hugh Craig aptly characterized the situation of the mining industry, by saying that while the State owes the miners much they have only scratched the grass roots and the mother lode has been hardly touched. In saying, “the man Chambliss of San Francisco, who is tramping over the coun- try with ‘copy’ for a book of scurrilous assanlts upon the so-called society of the chief city of the Pacific, is in contemptible business,”’ the Chicago Times has shown clever aptitude for neat paragraphing. 1f California cities and counties wonld give the preference to California material in all contracts they might lose something in the cost of construction of* public works, but they would more than make it up in the indirect benefits resulting from the promotion of home industry and the employment of home labor. Boston permits her Common Council- men to provide themselves with gold badges at the public expense, but when they attempted the other day to provide themselves in the same way with fountain pens, a storm of indignation broke out and was abated only by the action of the Mayor in vetoing the appropriation. It is not surprising to learn that Senator Morgan is in favor of annexing Cuba, for heisa curious Southern survival of that old Jacksonian Democracy that was thoroughly American and always ready to push “manifest destiny” to the extreme limit. He may sometimes allow his patriotism and desire for expansion to verge upon jingoism, but the country will not judge him too harshly when they contrast his Democracy with that of the cuckoos. POWER AND LEADERSHIP. The address of O. E. Moore at the Manu- facturers’ Convention yesterday contained within itself the suggestion of the solution of nearly every problem that California will have to solve in developing her manu- facturing industries. These, of course, are various; but they may be fairly divided into the two classes of problems of power and problems of leadership, both of which must be solved before we can achieve any great results. The problems of power include those of fuel and transportation. The problems of leadership include the statesmanship that is to give protection to our industries and the business energy and sagacity that is to devise and carry out the means of making them profitable. As possible solutions of the problem of supplying power to drive the wheels of machinery, it was pointed out that the water power of the State trans- mitted in the form of electricity might be made of use, or that in the coal mines and petrolenm deposits there may be found an abundant fuel for all our needs for years to come. The construction of the projected com- peting road through the San Joaquin, offers a solution of the transportation prob- lem that only needs to be carried out to the full extent of competing lines in every section of the State, to rid our industries of the incubus of oppressive freight rates. Protection to our industries we may as- suredly look for as soon as Cleveland re- tires from office, and we may even hope for some steps in that direction from the next Congress, despite Cleveland’s pres- ence in the White House. Certain it is that some means will have to be devised for raising an additional revenue, and the Republican Congress will see to it that every dollar of it will carry at least an in- cidental protection to the industyies of the country. Perhaps the most important point of the whole problem, however, is that of leader- ship along industrial lines. Mr. Moore said: I remember when Pittsburg was less a manu- facturing city than San Franciseo isnow. But by indomitable energy they tunmneled the mountaims for a railroad, opened their coal fields and made their business. What we need is more of the pluck and enterprise of Eastern men. We have just now seen what co-opera- tion will do in the new railroad, when a man of nerve steps to the front and asks the people tofollow. Who will take up the development of our coal fields? Who will lead ina great electric-power plant? That is indeed the question of the hour. ‘What capitalists will come forward for the great work? The convention we trust will find some answer toit before it ad- journs. ~ HYDRAULIC MINING. ‘We publish in another column a commu- nication from Mr. Devlin, attorney for the Anti-Debris Association. It is scareely worth while at this late day to enter into a controversy on the gquestion of mining debris or hydraulic mining in California. The subject was pretty thor- oughly exhausted a dozen or more years ago, at a time when mining in this State was supposed to be in a condition of deca- dence and agricultural and horticultural pursuits were advancing. The valleys were arrayed against the mountains in a legal contest, which lasted some yearsand which resulted in the hydraulic mines in all the ] central tier of counties being closed down by injunction. While it is true, as our correspondent, Mr. Devlin, says, that there was no Con- gressional enactment against hydraulic mining, the effect was practically the same. Injunctionsfrom Federal and State courts closed down the mines in all that portion of the State drained by the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin rivers. This was due to the efforts of the association Mr. Devlin represents. But it did not appear to be content to close down those mines alone which were doing actual or ap- parent injury to farming lands or navig- able streams. It sought and obtained injunctions against mines large or small in such counties as Plumas and Sierra, per- haps two hundred miles away from any navigable streams and from where any possible damage could be done. Mines in mountain canyons and ravines, far distant from agricultural regions, were treated in the same way as those close to Marysville or deep water. Hundreds and hundreds of such claims are still under injunctions is- sued ten ora dozen years ago. The men who owned them were suddenly impover- ished and Yendered financially unable to carry on a legal contest. The Anti-Debris Association, feeling its power, seemed to have no compunction whatever and no judgment. Any hy- -draulic mine, no matter how distant from navigable streams or farming lands, came under its ban. As a result the whole hydraulic mining region was gradually de- populated, fell into decay, and the property of the miners was practically confiscated. It is of record in the report of the United States engineers that the value of the hydraulic mining property, reservoirs, ditches, etc., involved in the contro- Versy was ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, while the value of the farming lands really injured was only about $3,000,000. This, question of the rivers at all. All this ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS’ worth of property was rendered use- less. It could not be utilized, worked or sold. As to the annual product of these mines there is a difference of opinion. The miners say that in the height of their prosperity the yield was $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 a year. Mr. Devlin says the United States Mint shows the yield was only about $3,000,000 a year from this source. The fact is the Mint statistics were at that period much less accurate than at this time and the miners themselves were apt to be better authority than the Mint. If, however, the yield were only $6,000,000 a year it was an amount we could ill afford to lose. As to the hydraulic mines being partly worked out and their yield now less, it may be stated that there are-many hundreds of acres of auriferous gravel yet untouched which capital will open when it has assur- ance of safety for the investment. After the hydraulic mines were closed down ten or twelve years, the people of this State began to realize that a mistake had been made. The miners held a .conven- tion and placed their case before the peo- ple, asking relief. The farming com- munities of the valley were asked to be present and came. Upon the assurance of the miners that they did not intend or desire to inflict the injuries com- plained of in the past, the opposing in- terests agreed to petition Congress for re- lief to the miner. Mr. Devlin was himself one of the two gentlemen who drew the memorial to Congress, stating the facts of the case and asking for special laws for the relief of the miner. In drawing that memorial he was the representative of the Anti-Debris Association and Mr. Charles Yale the representative of the Miners’ Association. At about the same time the Chamber of Commerce, State Board of Trade and Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, the Super- visors of many other counties and the State Legislature itself, presented memori- als and resolutions to Congress asking for special legislation which would permit without taking into account the | hydraulic mining to go on under such re- strictions as might be found necessary. Congress did give the relief asked for by- passing the so-called Caminetti law, by which all hydraulic mines may be worked which impound their debris. The Califor- nia Debris Commission, consisting of three United States engineers, was appointed, and they have issued over one hundred permits to mine by this process, and have many more on hand. The miners confessedly do not want to injure the rivers or farming lands, and can- not if they wish. They must and do com- ply with the law. Butthe Anti-Debris Association does not seem to be satisfied with the Government commission which itself helped to create, but seems to evince a desire to keep up the old controversy on the old lines for some strange reason. The people of this State, through its Legislature and other representative bodies, have expressed the opinion that they want this hydraulic mining industry to con- tinue. The law restricts it within certain specified limits, which prevent injury to farms or navigable streams. There seems to be no longer any use for an Anti-Debris Commission. The engineers of the Cali- fornia Debris Commission take its place and adjudicate all differences without prejudice or favor. They permit such mines to work as may work properly, and prevent those which might do injury, closing any which break the law. The valley is sufficiently protected by the law and by the commission appointed under the law. The people of California want to see the hydraulic mining industry rehabilitated. It is unique and peculiar to this State and the cheapest method of mining ever discovered. California wants the gold from these mines and wants it annually. There is now no reason they should not be worked. They cannot be worked if they injure any one, since only when the debris is im- pounded is a license issued to mine. No one wants the rivers injured, but these mines can no longer injure them. Their operations are restricted. The CaALL believes in encouraging all industries and this particular ome, long under the ban, now being provided with special laws in its interest, should be suffered to go on without interference, except from the con- stituted authorities. In brief, the situationis this: Hydraulic mining must be resumed. If it injures any one, the law should provide a redress for the injured party. If no sufiicient law exitts now, one must be enacted. All the interests of California are entitled to a fair field and full protection. There is o ex- ception to that rule. Farms and rivers are entitled to it, and not less so are our hydraulic mines. THE “0ALL" AND THE PEOPLE. * It would be a species of false modesty for the Carn to ignore or put aside lightly the compliment paid to it by an association of workingmen on | Wednesday evening in commending its course toward their industry. In fact, such commendations are in the highest degree gratifying to us, inasmuch as they are evidences that the ambition of the CALL to be the recognized champion of Pacific Coast industries and Pacific Coast men has found favor with the people and won thejr approval. We take pleasure, therefore, in returning thanks for the commendation and gladly make it the occasion of reiterating our policy in this regard. As befits a metropolitan journal, the CArLy reaches out broadly for all the news of the world. The events of European capitals and of the remotest islands of the sea, engage its attention and occupy its energies. Its staff includes correspondents in every land and in almost every in- dustry. Only the rags and tatters of life escape its notice or are dismissed from its reports. In the midst of this vast work of newsgathering, however, the fact is never overlooked that the CALL is primarily a Pacific Coast journal. It gathers the news of the world, but it gathers it for Pacific Coast readers, and in doing so intends at all times to give Pacific Coast interests precedence over those of all the rest of the earth. Whatever power the CALL possesses as an independent newspaper, it intends to use in advancing every industry of the Great West. It will do this without par- tiality and without price. Whenever Pa- cific Coast men are banded together for good purposes, the CaLL will give them every assistance inits power. Capitalists who unite to construct a competing rail- road, manufacturers who meet to devise means for expanding their industries, fruit-growers who combine to market their crops, or workingmen who associate for a mutunal benefit, will find in the CarL a ready and sincere champion. We are pleased, of course, when this champion- ship is recognized and appreciated, and look forward to the time when such recog- nition and appreciation will be found all over the Great West which we so loyally serve. A HINT TO OALIFORNIA. It is a fact that much of the best fruit land in California is contained in that broad belt of rolling country known as the foot- hill region. Itsexcellence depends as much on its elevation above the frost levels as upon its fertility. Its climatic advantages, of course, are permanent, but its fertility is not, for, in spite of all the care that may be taken with its cultivation, it loses by the washing-out process of the abundant rains of that region, more than it yields up in production of fruit, Thisis a serious prob- lem, which has existed for all time in all countries, and the scientific spirit of the :ga has set about to discover a solution or it. . Professor Shaler, who writes on popular scientific subjects so wisely and entertain- ingly, has called attention to this im- portant fact, declaring that the present inefficient and ill-resulting methods of plowing, especially upon undulating lands, cost the agriculturists of the United States 250 square miles of soil each year by erosion. Quoting Professor Shaler’s assertions, Secretary of Agriculture Morton has called upon the students of the University of Nebraska for suggestions of an implement which shall be an improvement on the plow. He says: In my judgment the coming implement should spade the land and turn itover, asa man who pushes the spade with his foot into the ground and, drawing the spade out, turns the soil upside down by the twist of his wrists. [ Possibly & rotary spader coula be invented. Possibly an implement consisting of a large number of revolving knives counld be made so that in passing over the surface of the field it should chop up thé soil and sub-soil for two feet in such a manner as to render the percola- tion of the rainfall, down to the depth at which the ground has been stirred, very easy and perfect. He declares that the plow impacts every furrow over which it passes and thus ren- ders the soil approximately impervious to rain, and adds: The draught of a plow is downward to such an extent that the full force of the team’s strength is exhausted in pressing the bottom of the furrow into a polished trough for the con- duction of rain down the side-hills. We must have some method of tillage which shall stir up the soil and subsoil to the depth of eighteen inches and more. 1f it were possible to loosen the soil and subsoil down for three feet all over the State of Nebraska, we could then, with an annual rainfall of twenty inches, make abun- dant and profitable crops. Until deep plowing —through subsoil tillage—becomes universal in that commonwealth, there will be, year in and year out, no certainty of remunerative erops. In those districts in California which are not irrigated, deep and thorough cultiva- tion is as essential for the retention of the rain as for the beneficial chemical effects of airand light. The trouble with operat- ing such a machine as Secretary Morton suggests is that while the level lands of the valleys would present no obstacles, the rolling contour of the foothills might. But whatever the difficulties, the inventive genius of the age ought to be able to over- come them, and there is no reason why the stadents of the University of California should not lend a hand in the matter. The defeat of the bill in the New York Legislature providing public flogging for men convicted of assaults on women and children- is said to have been mainly due to the showing that the whipping-post in Maryland and Delaware has had no effect in diminishing crimes against the person in those States. AROUND THE CORRIDORS, Reiley Grannan may be a calm, collected, de- liberate young man while placing a $20,000 bet on a doubtful horse, but he is very bashful and reticent in the presence of & newspaper men. He was moving around the Palace Hotel last night looking as though somebody was about to yell, “They’re off,” when & CALL re- porter engaged him in conversation. “Suppose, Grannan, you had a favorite horse, and the betting opportunities were good, would you put up your last dollar on that particular animal?” The plunger took a handful of twenty dollar pieces outof his pocket and began to shuffie MR. GRANNAN WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PROBLEM, [8ketehed for the ““Call” by Nankivell.] them, as is his wont at the track. He shuffied them several seconds, and his keen, sharp eyes twinkled as he finally turned round, and said quietly, but slowly : “No, & man would be & fool to do that; the favorite doesn’t always win.” The twenty-dollar pieces clinked again and Grannan looked across the corridor in a half- dreamy way, smiling to himself. ““You consider Pittsburg Phil a—" The twenty-dollar pieces flew faster and faster and the plunger smiled a little. “Say, what are you asking me all these ques. tions for? Yon ought to know more about these things than Ican tell you. Don’t you read the papers? Of course, I am delighted to be of any service to the CALL, but—" Mr. Grannan allowed his twenty-dollar pieces to remain in repose a few moments and finally placed them in his pocket. They remained there but a moment, and when they came out again the stack was a little longer. “Who do you consider the greatest plunger among the betting men?” This question caused Riley Grannan to relax his grip on & portion of the money he was shuflling, and he looked very much like the man who was asked what he thought of him- self. e laughed a soft little laugh, and again began to clink his money. Few men at the Bay District track are as well known as Grannan. He is one of the famous plungers of America, and whether he wins or loses it never scems toaffect him. Hisfavorites are elways played heavily, and many betting men follow his cues with implicit confidence. He is not 25 yearsof age, and has already made and lost several fortunes. Controller Colgan and Harbor Commissioner Colnon have smooth, shiny pates, and thereby hangs a story of mistaken identity which Ed MeCabe, the Governor’s private secretary, tells with much gusto. After searching for a residence in Sacramento for some time, Governor Budd and his family went to reside at the H-street home of R. C. Irvine, ex-Assessor of the county, and whom sanguine Democrats hope to see the the next Mayor of the city of Sacramento. Irvine and Colgan are great friends and never meet without bantering each other and exc:&nging Witticisms of a friendly, personal sor During the Governor's recent illness there were frequent inquiries at the H-street resi- dence as to Jis condition. The doorbell and the telephone kept up a constant duet. One evening there was a ring at the door, and as it opened Irvine appeared at thehead of the stairway. He heard an inquiry for the Governor and the mention by the caller of a name beginning with C. He looked over the bannister and recognizing, as he thought, the smOoth, glossy crown of his -friend Colgan, shouted down to him in playful mood: “Come hither, sweet youth.” The words were hardly out of his mouth when he saw a dignified face, upturned at the foot of the stairway, and through the glasses which the visitor wore he could read the sur- prise of his unfamiliar guest at being greeted 1n this way. Irvine hurried downstairs with an explana- tion and the usual apologies which such an occasion required. E. L. Colnon, now Harbor Commissioner, then Budd’s private secretary, was making his first call on the Governor at his new home. “I have given up identifying men by their degree of baldness,” is the after statement which Ir- vine now makes. “f can recognize a man with full-half or three-quarters view. 1 never make FARMER AND MINER. Editor Call: In an editorial in your paper of March 17, 1895, you say: “When hydraulic mining is released from the restrictions of un- just law and permitted once more to use the mountain streams in the work of separating the precious ore irom the earth it will send & stream of gold across the State to revive all its industries and advance the welfare of the Unton and the world.” In previous articles you have expressed simi- lar sentiments. I am satisfied that you do not wish to do injustice to any one and that your course has been and will continue to be marked by the spirit of fair play. I, therefore, ask you to look at the other side of the case. The counties of the Sacramento Valley are organized into what is known as the State Anti-Debris Association. This association ls engaged in preventing hydraulic mining injuri- ous to the navigable waters of the State, and is kefz very busy in attempting to attain this re- sult. L What are the “restrictions of unjust law” from which hydraulic mining s to be released? There seems to be an impression that some special laws have been passed against hydraulic mining, and if it had not been for the passage of these laws hydraulie mining might be pros- ecuted. This is not true. There is not and never was any special law preventing or at- tempting to prevent hydraulic mining. Hy- draulic mining may be carried on like any other business, but like any other business it is subject to the laws of the land, the laws that govern every man. Nearly all the hydraulic mining that has been conducted on the water- sheds of the rivers of the Sacramento Valley has been done in entire disregard of the prop- erty rights of others and in utter contempt of the rights of the nation in the navigable waters of the State. The people affected by these injuries have appealed to the courts for protection. The Federal Government has stepped in and brougnt suit to enjoin the hy- draulic miners from destroying the navigable waters of the State and bay of San Franeisco. The courts have declared the law es it has always existed, and in every civilized country must always exist—that is, that no man can so use his property s to injure another’s. This principle exists in every system of jurispru- dence. It has often been enforced by the miners themselves to preventsome other miner from injuring their property. Is itan unjust law that one man shall not destroy or injure another’s property? No one objects to hydraulic mining where it does no injury. No onecould. But where hy- dreulic mining injures private property, or where it impairs the navigability of streams, it ought to be prevented. If hydraulic miners will purchase ground on which to dump their tailings and will prevent them from reach- ing and injuring those below, no one could ob- Ject, even if he wished. The right of protection to property is guaranteed by the constitution, How can hydraulic mining be permitted to the injury of property without restraint? What Government would be worthy of the name that did mot protect its rivers and navigable waters? If California has one crying need it isin- creased transportation facilities. The Sacra- mento River and its tributaries are navigable for over four hundred miles. The saving for charges for freight affected by this water com- petition is over $1,000,000 per annum. This sum is equivalent to interestat 5 per centon $20,000,000. To preserve the navigability of the Sacramento River and its tributaries is to preserve an investment equivalent to $20,000,- 000, and as the State increases in population the investment will increase. Why should this be destroyed to let a few private mine-owners make nioney? The importarice of hydraulic mining has been greatly overestimated. . The reports of the United States Mint Show that the difference in the gold output of California when hydraulie mining was at its zenith and when it was prac- tically stopped was only $3,000,000. This sum Tepresents roughly the output of the hydraulic mines. Of course anything can be asserted about what the hills contain, because nobody knows, but the Government statistics show the truth. Many of the hydraulic minés are now worked out and the annual output will be greatly less than what it was years ago. Leav- ing aside all question of justice, on what line of policy can a course be defended that would destroy the rivers and the rich Sacramento Yalley? These last for all time and are ever a source. of wealth. The hydraulic mine con- tinues but for 8 day and leaves only a barren spot behind. There is no law operating against the hydraulic miner that does not exist all over the United States and the civilized world. The people of the Sacramento Valley ask for no special legislation. They ask only for protec- tion. Times have been hard,and doubtless many merchants would like to sell goods to the hydraulic miners no matter what the effect upon the State by the resumption of this class of mining might be. Many hydraulic miners wish to unload their worthless property on in- nocent investors. These people talk of the fet- ters on hydraulic mining. What fetters are these that do not apply to everybody? Shall hydraulic mining be allowed to be carried on asin the past to the destruction of property and the injury of the navigable streams? No hydraulic mining has ever been stopped ex- cept by an order of court. Is it proposed to render the courts powerless to grant relief where property is being destroyed? - I so what 1s the use of Government, what a mockery is justice. Your journal has a wide circulation, and what you have said has resched the eyes of many; you have demonstrated that you desire to be fair on all public questions, and hence in the name of fair play, and in justice to the other side, we shall ask you to give this com- munication space in your columns. ROBERT T. DEVLIN, Attorney for the Anti-Debris Association. Sacramento, March 18, 1895. MR. HUNTINGTON'S SUCCESS. From Life. “How Mr. Huntington Succeeded” was the headline of a recent newspaper paragravh wherein & metropolitan reporier recorded what he said were utterances of Collis P. Hunting- ton, “the great railroad magnate,” about his own career. Being asked to what he attrib- uted his success inlife Mr. Huntington is re- corded to have replied, “Attention to my own business.” But he did not himself go so far as «How far has 8 man a right to bury his tal- ents under a bushel?” For the last four years and more this question has been continually asked apropos of Rafael Joseffy, but no ques- tions, argument or entreaties have been able to lure Rafael away from his peaceful home on the Hudson. In the very heyday of his popu- larity the great pianist chose to retire from the world, and devote himself to solitary practice and to the instruction oi a few favored pupils. It was known that he was not rich, but im- pressarios tried in vain to tempt him with golden bait. Joseify would mot give one re- cital, and refused all extravagant offers to play even one solo in public. As a reason, he sim- ply stated that he was happy in his home, with his piano and his pupils, and to all the wild extravagantrumors that flew about regarding the real cause of his retirement from public life, Joseffy deigned to make no reply. At last theimpresarios gave up hope, for even if they had arranged to have him seized by main force and dragged into the concert hall, all of them RAFAEL JOSEFFY. combined conld not have made him play when they had got him there. Butnow, of his own accord, Joseffy has emerged from his retreat, has played in Chicago and announces his de- termination of playing elsewhere. And after pointed love, & collapse of all his faculties, or any other extravagant cause that had driven Joseffy into retreat. He simply refired to de- vote himself to eleven hours a day study. The prize of Rome is a scholarihip given by the Paris Conservatory to the student who stands highest in composition. It entitles him to free education in Italy during a certain number of years, and while in Rome he is ex- pected to send home a composition showing the result of his foreign study. This prize has been won by a number of famous composers, many of whom have had their day and are dead. Weckerlin, the librarian of the Paris Conservatory, has just made the interesting find of an opera bouffe written by Bizet. Ludo- vic Halevy, an old friend of Bizet, has given the following information about the work: “It was written when Bizet was only 18 or 19 years old. His friends heard all about it and at- tached more importance to the work than Bizet did himself. Curiously it indicates ‘a great taste for Italian music. Bizet, before go- ing to Rome, was strongly opposed to the style of operas he had heard performed at the Ital- ian theater in Paris. During his sojourn in Italy, however, he heard the Italian masters interpreted with the brio that the artists of that country give them, and, falling for & time under the spell of his surroundings, he took an old Italian libretto entitled -Don Procopio’ and wrote for it the score in question, which hesent to the conservatory instead of a mass or some sacred work—a substitution which earned him some reproaches. ‘Don Procopio’ contains charming passages, and Bizet even took themes from it and placed them in works of his which have since become popular.” The production of Miss Augusta Holmes' opera, “The Black Mountain,” has caused the French papers to remember that there are a number of other rising women composers in Paris. The following account is given of Mlle. Chaminade, who began to compose when she was only 8 years old: “The pieces that the in- fant phenomenon wrote were not perhaps very remarkable, but still they had enough in them to attract the attention of Bizet, who inter- viewed the child at considerable length and pronounced her to be very giited. ‘And you must take care,’ he said, ‘not to destroy her in- dividuality.’ Mlle. Chaminade’s teachers were very severe, however, and the quick- witted child sometimes suspected them of over- acting on account of their belief that a girl could not master the intricacies of the strong- minded part of music. One teacher in partic- ular criticized all her efforts to write fugue so severely that she played him a trick by copy- ing one of Bach’s less-known fugues and hand- ing it in as her own composition. The pro- fessor glanced gravely through it and re- marked, ‘You have much imagination, made- moiselle, but you will never make a writer of to assert that he had succeeded in life. The re- porter took that for granted. Allthat Mr. Hun- tington claimed was that he had made money. Mr. Huntington is an able man whose views on most subjects are worth hearing. It would be interesting to know his own opinion of his own career, and his views as to whether he has really sueceeded in life or not. There is no doubt that he has made money. When he hired out in 1849 at a small salary ina general store in Sacramento he had no capital, but now he is supposed to be master of somewhere be- tween six millions and twenty. Attention to his own business has brought him abundance of money, but it seems fairly questionable whether his title to success would not have read more clear if at some period of his life he could have afforded to have neg- lected his own business a little, and paid more attention to the interests of his neigh- bors. The opinion seems to obtain in the State of California that unless Mr. Huntington's close attention to his own business can be modified or in some way offset, the population of the State might as well abandon their claim and go eisewhere to live. His job as president of the Southern Pacific Railroad is to try and make the people of California pay the interest | on the debt of that railroad system. The peo- ple find this obligation onerous, chiefly be- cause, as ihey insist, the railway owes about three times as much as it cost, or as it is worth. They insist that the State of California has been run for years in the interest of the South- ern Pacific Railroad, and they maintain that it is high time that that, or some new railroad system, should be run with reasonable regard to the interests of the people of the State. So & mistake if I can see & man’s shouldershnd the way he holds his arms, but when all that Is to be seen Is the crown of the head I give up trying to make a definite identification.” Dr. E. H. Goodhue of Riverside is in the city enroute for Hawaii, where he goes to take & position, under appointment of President Dole, as Government physictan. There are twenty- three physicians in this class and they are all Tequired to treat the natives free of pay, but are entitled to fees from all other patients. A source of income to many of them is in_accept- ing medical charge of one or more of the lar, plantations from each of which they receive n annual salary. Physicians on the island, who follow this hand-| oy nf:'m“ are said to enjoy very they are doing their best to build some mew railroads for their relief. ‘Would Not Tell the Truth. The case against A. J. Wheelock, stockbroker, Leidesdorff street, charged by Mrs. Elizabeth Jones with obtaining money by false pretenses, ‘was dismissed by iudgehcunpbeu mu"li;ck that she went to eel i‘;; J.‘l'iifi“fif:dm xumhm Western Union leposited §10, and after- ward found he had no such s for_sale. While giving her evidence yesterday the Judge interrupted her and said: “This witness does not seemed inclined to tell the truth, and I'will dismiss the case.” - Baltimore architects are organized. fugue.’ Aiter that she lost faith in her teachers.” Miss Chaminade has written &8 number of sue- cessful pianoforte works, as well as a dramatic symphony, ¥The Amazons,” given successfully at Liege and Rheims. The ballet music has also been applauded in France. The effect of art on international policy is only just beginning to be felt, but who ean pre- dict what widespread political influence it may not attain to in the twentieth century. Everything seems possible when we see France and Germany hobnobbing—not over the uni- versal brotherhood of mankind, but over a mutual love for one another's painters and composers. Le Figaro says: “People are be- ginning to understand that art must be cosmo- politan. And of all the means which can con- tribute to unite peoples and excite between them sentiments of mutual sympathy the most powerful are those which art and science put at our disposal. A few insignificant people may still be willing to hiss ‘Lohengrin’ and ‘Die Walkyrie’ because they are the works of a Ger- man, but let us applaud these magnificent ‘works just as the Germans have applauded our ‘Faust.”” Endless stories h&ve been eirculated as to the cause of Miss 8ibyl S8anderson’s retirement from the Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau Com- pany—she was jealous of Eames and Melba, had guarreled with Antonio Terry, Mr. Abbey had broken his contract with her, etc., but the reel fact of the matter seems to have been that Miss Sanderson was suffering from a physicel collapse. In spite of her beauty, clever acting and artistic phrasing Miss San- derson’s lack of voice prevented her from obtaining anything like a popular success in America, although certain critics have given her s good deal of praise. This failure to win the public no doubt had itseffect upon her health, though scarcely to the extent that has been represented. Abbey was anxiousto re- tain her till the close of the season. In writing of the operatic schools which young composers of the present day would do well to take as their models Paul Montigny says in Le Figaro: *‘Theatrical music is taking a turbulent voyage at this moment. Will it, like La Gascogne, ever get into port? Of what saint can it evoke the aid? Those of France are too light, those of Germany too heavy, those of Italy too deceitful. To call upon one isto offend the others,and in the meantime the vessel launched by Wagner seems to have lost the pilot who had promised to guide it into port.” A troupe of Chinese actors recently went to try their fortune in Paris, and the New Theater not only engaged the almond-eyed artists, but had an operetta, “The Green Dragon,” written .and com- posed expressly for them by Michael Carre and Wormster. The critics, however, have not taken very kindly to the imported style of vocalization. One of them says: ‘“Between the French actors who took the parts of Chinese, and the Chinese who took the part of French- men, the audience got quite confused. The most amusing scenes were those written in Chinese, of which we could not understand a word. As for the musical score, it was fairly medioere.” The polyglot operetta has been the sensation of the hour in Paris, however. A French newspaper is responsible for the following: An operatie troupe is going to play ‘Wagner in Egypt, and in order that the African public may better appreciate the beauties of the works the impressario has made certain modifications in the staging, etc.,of the operas in order to localize them. For instance one of the posters reads: “The performance will con clude with the camel-ride of the Valkyries.” “Amy Robsart,” Isidore de Lara’s opers, which wes played at Covent Garden last se son, has just had & great success at Mont Carlo. PERSONALS, Dr. C. Porteous of Chino is registered at the Grand. Stanton L. Carter, an attorney of Fresno, is at the Lick. J.A.Henry of San Jose was at the Palace yesterday. Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan was at the Grand last night. 4 J. W.Wood, a druggist of Pasadena, s regis- tered at the Grand. R. E. Jack, a banker of San Luis Obispo, is & guest at the Palace. E. M. Burns, a prominent resident of Fresno, is a guest at the Lick. J.W.Grant, & mining man of Redding, is registered at the Lick. C. E. Wooster, & well.known real-estate man of San Jose, is at the Palace. J. H. Flickinger, a wealthy fruit man of San Jose, is registered at the Palace. Colonel W.E. Peck, County Tax Collector, Santa Cruz County, is at the Palace. Professor David 8. Jordan, president of Stan- ford University, is at the Occidental. R. C. Casey, an enterprising eitizen of Sacra- mento, arrived at the Grand last night. T. W. Sheehan of the Sacramento Record- Union was at the Oceidental last night. R.G.Dun, the commercial egency New York, is at the Palace with his wi C. Sternbergh, an extensive frui Brentwood, arrived at the Lick ye: R. E. Thompson, editor of the Democrat, was at the Occidental P. P. Mast; a wealthy agricult; | manufacturer of Springfield, Ohio, came to the Palace yesterday. man of SUPPOSED TO BE HUD}OBOL‘S. Brooklyn Magistrate—The evidence shows conelusively, madam, that you threw & stone at a streetcar. Wife of Striker—No, 1t doesn’t, your Honor. Ttshows that I hit the streetcar/—Hudson Register. Rural Ragges—Don’t go near that house, Tatts! The woman insuited me. I asked her for a little light food, 'nd she handed me a cake of yeast. Tramping Tatters—Dat was tough, Roory, but where was the insult? Rural Ragges—Where? Why, she must have thought I wanted to work.—New York Herald, Money would be more enjovable if it took people as long to spend it as it does to earn it. —Atchison Globe. A barber after applying some sticking-plaster to & gesh made with the razor, prepared, noth- ing daunted, to continue the operation. Customer—I only fight up to first blood. The duel is at an end; let us shake hands.—I1 Motto per Ridere. Watts—What made you give that bum a dime? You know almost to a certainfy that heis not deserving. Potts—That is the reason I gave it to him. ‘There is no real charity in giving money to the deserving. It is merely a cold-blooded per- formance of duty.—Indianapolis Journal. Manager (to stubborn actress)—Well, is your mind made up to go on? Actress—No, sir; it is not. Manager—Why not? Actress—It doesn't have to be. Thank good- ness, it's the one thing about me that is nat- ural.—Detroit Free Press. PEOFPLE TALKED ABOUT. A Western publishing house has sent a special representative to the East to persuade Li Hung ‘hang todictate his memoirs for the edification of the world at large. It is well undeistood | that no money could tempt the famous China- man to go into the scheme, but it is hoped that e will see in the offer made him a chance to get his “vindication” to the eyes of all men. Poor Robert Louis Stevenson would shake his coffin with laughter, if he could, at the latest story about him. Itissaid that he imported firearms before his death for one of the con- | tending factions inSamwoa. Stevenson detested and feared firearms, and never discharged one in his life except in a novel.—Chicago Times- Herald. Professor J. H. Webber and W. T. Swingle, two entomological experts, have been sent into Florida by the Government to investigate the effects of the freeze upow the various insect pests which infect Florida orange groves. They are especially directing their attention to the white fly and the red scale. Robert Burns’ great-grandson is the keeper of the Edinburgh powder magazineat Block- hall. A house free of rent, a small garden and $225 a year are the emoluments of the position. Mrs. Peary has announced that an expedi- tion will start for Greenland in July to bring her husband back from his season of Arctic exploration. 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