The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1895, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1895. 15 Time has swept swiftly by since gold was .n 50 busy that 1 knowledge of ands or their story, ex- hered in early youth in the Sandwich cept such as we other lands, w the hat was being handed around for the heathen. But now i rs of our next-door neighbors | ves to the front it is well to In the first place, then, the Kanakas | were nev nib I know we were | made-to t were; books of a | blood-c e been written | about cann out there, but let us see | the first reliable authority says. “Cook’s Voyages Pacific Ocean,” vol. ITI, | p.53: ‘“aptain Cook with four .wnmr»ni killed ‘with stones in the water close to | shore.” P.69 me natives brought about | 1 on board, our horror lesh of Captain Cook; having been burned ed to a high place and a great chief. * * * portunity to see if cannibals. We ut found they all hally we asked the er they had not eaten showed the greatest it was the custom with The bohes were restored thesfollowing Sund: pped up in a great quéntity of fine cloth, with a spotted cl of black and fle to be the e rest of the fle these delicious ,and lying in a | armament. t | and soon after had the satisfaction of see- to forty tons each, and perhaps forty can- his smaller craft, commanded by his son, and killed all the crew except the mate, Davis. They also captured the boatswain of the other vessel, John Young. These two men married native women and be- came powerful for good and evi Vancouver came next, in , bringing presents and promising the King a ship and artillery. He made three voyages. is ponderous books, like those of Cook and La Perouse, as well as those of Rus- sian navigators, are elaborate in detail and full of stirring illustrations. No land in the world with such brief history has had so many and such reliable historians as the Hawaiian Islands. It may be mentioned here that these early vogagers found almost no animals there. Even the pussy cat was unknown. Sandalwood seemed to be preferred by the Chinese. As the chiefs claimed all the lands they had endless revenues, giving only the Jeast little whisky, trinkets and gin'to those who bore the wood from the mountains to the ships on their shoulders. In exchange for the sandalwood the King and his chiefs obtained silks, velvets, clocks, carved wood and trinkets of all sorts; all gleamed in such barbaric splen- dor as has not been seen since the days of Montezuma. This monstrous wealth at- tracted merchant ships of ail nations. Russian shipments came from Alaska several years later under command of a famous botanist who, getting a grant of land, endeavored to obtain possession and drive out the natives and English. But the King now had quite a fleet and stout He drove out the pretenders ing their acts repudiated by the Cazar. There was something really heroic in the way the Kanaka giant with his club pro- posed to knock out all Russia. He had about forty sail for his fleet, from twenty nons. His bloodless victories emboldened him to dictate a letter to George III, de- manding that he should send him the Shig and brass guns which Vancouver ha ised him when he took possession of not want theirs; we want them. Wedo not want their property, nor their lands, nor their kingdom.’ ‘When we reflect that, according to_their own historian, the idols were burned and the priests driven out and the temples of pagan worship destroyed, we begin to ask whether the missionary has done so much for the heathen after all. Thathe has done something is true. Buthas the missionary done as much for the heathen there as the heathen has done for the missionay ? And when we rcad from their authority that the natives were so alarmed at their aggressive grasp that they protested in mass half a century since and brought out the above declaration to them, the world may be permitted to ask how that declaration has been complied with. The reason is they have taken their property, their lands and their kingdom. HERMITS OF MT. HAMILTON. THE NEW YORK " SUN" OPPOSES LECTURES BY OBSERVERS AT BERKELEY. ARTHUR RODGERS UPHOLDS THE PLAN OF THE UNIVERSITY REGENTS. The Regents at their last two meetings have discussed a plan of instruction in the university by observers from the Lick observatory at Mount Hamilton. Their action called forth the following editorial comment in the New York Sun of March 4: The University of California enjoys the unigue and world-wide distinction of iuci’udiux in its equipment the grandest telescope on earth, the unrivaled star-gazer, at_the big end of which is set the Lick glass. How much of the university's own money it contributes to the support of the Mount Hamilton observa- tory we don't know; but even if it pays every cent of that institution’s expenses we must deprecate the language used lately by a regent in saying during a_debate on the instruction 10 be required from the astronomers attached 10 the observatory, that “first and foremost the results of the experiments and investigations of the professors at Mount Hamilton should be for the benefit of the students of the univer- sity.” Old James Lick, we are told. when casting about for some means of perpetuating his own fame, first concluded to spend the great sum to be devoted to that end in setting up a lot of statues of himseli. Fortunately Providence suppressed this programme under some wise man’s warning that in case of a war the fo eigners’ guns might knock the proudly surviv- ing forms of Lick into smithereens, and with them his memory; and a colossal telescope A great pestilence, perhaps the cholera, brought about by the gathering together of =" OLD FORT AT HONOLULU. ather than in a group, about 200 | an with the death of Captain a modern Nors ol wrote two large and instructive | about the Polynesian races, un- s to trace their history far ba s of their songs and folklore. This, ver, we have neither space nor dis- sition to deal with; nor csn any one re to set down the cause of Cook's el further than is briefly told in th al just quoted from by his successor. \odore Wilkes, U. S. N., condemns | ok and his crew as the authors of untold | sery to the natives, resulting from dis- < spread among them. xander, the recent and most reliable “Dey ed by the sailors. 1 round and grape shot into the | apoopoo and a cocoanut tree 2 near the landing place rough it, made by one of. the red on_this occision. The e to the village and the houses Iy priests, with all their effects, ned. On Thurs a high | »po, was sent by Kalaniopuu to 1 and on Saturd he deliv- rt of the bones of Captain Cook. was laid upon the bay and on Sun- the remains of the late com- ce iable anthority says the | ere discovered by the Spaniards. | the Spaniards intermarried with | es and became the progenitors of | n well-known families of chiefs, such {aikiewa, the former governor | oning by generations, and allow- | ing thirty years on an average to a genera- tion, we find that Kealiiokaloa was born | about A. D. 1500, and probably came to the »ne about A. D. 1525-30. There is little doubt that thesei were discovered by the Spanish nav Juan Gaetano, in the year To go still further back for'a moment, I cannot help calling attention’ to the fact | that the early discoverers found muny | things among the natives to remind them f the Jews, notably the practice of cir. ion ana the maintenance of a “city on each island. Dr. Emerson of Ralph Waldo’s family, says, in his charming work on canoe navi- gation in Pacific waters, that the twelve islands—eight or nine only inhabited—first began to discover one another about the time Columbus discovered America. It may be noted that Kamehameha the Great, so called because he conquered and tied all the islands togetlier under one Government, was present at the death of Captain Cook, and there and then got his idea of conquering his rival chiefs by the use of cannon. He ouilt great double war | canoes, and in 1795 invaded the island on | which Honolulu now stands, and creating ! @ panic by the use of two cannon given him by the Russians he drove the de less natives over a precipice as the tempted to reach the other side of the | island and destroyed them in great num- bers, He had sixteen white men with him and about 15,000 natives, armed with clubs, spears and slings. o It is probable the name “Islands of Peace” was quite applicable up to the date of this cruel man’s advent, for the natives never | even learned the use of the bow in battle, but fought, when fight they must, with sticks, stones and natnre’s weapons. This | bloody conqueror was a_giant in size and strength. He carried & club, like Hercules, and wore a vellow robe of feathers. He bad five wives. His favorite wife fellill about the first of the century, and he or- dered the sacgifice_ of ten men. Three of | these were 1 ft to death on the spot where | Honolulu n fw stands. 1t is due his mem- ory to say, Yiowever, that when his own timre to die di\w near, in 1819, he refused to let buman saci. % es be made for himself. The first ships after Cook’s discovery were British, commanded by his lieuten- ant, Dixon, 1786. About the same time the famous French explorer, La Perouse, came that way, and then pushed on to Alaska, where Cook had been before him. Three years later Metcalf, an American fur- trader, with two small craft, had a quarrel with the nat He decoyed great num- bers of nativesin canoes before his cannon, and, opening fire, killed and wounded hun- <reds. In revenge the natives captured | in it | bought a | ment. too many marines without regard to sani tary regulations, had broken out in 1805 and swept half the King's army and all his great chiefs into the ground. Tk to have tempered the hanghty pri giant savage and he retired to his home, had a brick room built for himself and wives and” with his own hands tilled the A wise and good Andalusian had, mean- time, set example by setting out oranges, grapes, pineapples and so on. The mns_ on tasting these, told the Spanish husband- man that he was the better and truer man of the two. In fact, he now began to show so much good sense and moderation that the one remaining indedpendem island sent submission and desired to share his posterity. In the spring of 1811 Jobn Jacob Astor’s ship Tonquin drew in at Honolulu and took on a crew of natives. In my history of Montana you will find_that two years later, after the British had captured Asto- ria at the mouth of the Columbia River. the Hudson Bay ¥ur Company took about 100 Kanakas to the head of that stream as trappers. The river Owyhee, & rich min- ing stream, was so named by them, after their own island of like name. And,in- deed, from this time forward, the natives pushed out in many directions over the ea, notably with the New Bedford and Nantucket whaling fleets. The King himself often went to sea. He even California ship and sent her time after time, manned with his own race and kindred, to Canton loaded with sandalwood. We cannot help admiring the old man’s swift advance- He had begun life with a club and carnons; he now had ships and parks of artillery. He could not read or write, but he could dictate a letter like a_trained diplomat. In 1813 one of Astor's ships was lost on the coast. The shrewd old savage took the best possible care of the crew, but after the fashion of the most aiproved old Snglish custom, claimed and kept all the “‘salvage,” ship and all, for himself. I can not better illustrate the bold and shrewd character of Kamehameha, the giant, than by again quoting from Alexander: “By the advice, and under the direction of John Young, Kamehameha proceeded to erect a fort at Homolulu to command the harbor, which was commenced in Janusry, 1816, and completed in a year. It nearly square, measuring 300 to 400 feet on a side, with walls about twelve feet high and twenty feet thick, built of coral rock with embrasuresfor cannons. It stood on the seaward side of Queen ‘street, and across the lower part of Fort street. About forty guns, 6, 8 and 12 pounders, were afterward mounted, and it was laced under the command of Captain eckley. Eight 32-pounders were after- ward placed on Punchbowl Hill.” _This remarkable old, man died in his eighty-third year. His colossal statue stands before the palace at Honolulu, but noone to this day assumes tosay where his pagan priests {aid his bones. He is regarded by the world asone of the Eg»atcst sovereigns of history, but, with im ended tattooing and also the tabu—a word with all its significance which has become a part of our own language. A year after the abolition of tattooing and the burning of tabus the first missionaries arrived—March 20, 1820. A boat havin, been sent ashore the son and successor o the giant heathen King sent back his words to the ship Thaddeus: “The tabus are abolished, the idols are burned and their temples destroyed.” This year the King and court removed from the big island— Hawaii, which is 100 miles further from San Francisco—to Honolulu. This has been the clé)nal ever since. A school was soon opened and the court were the first scholars. Commander Wilkes says that Ka- naka children can learn much faster from books than white children. It soon became the fashion to read and write. The Bible and 00d books of all sorts began to appear in the native language. The natives have had at one time as many assix newspapers, but now they have been mostly suppressed or at least restricted of all liberty of ex- pression. In 1836 the natives became so much alarmed at the encroachment of the mis- sionaries that, according to Alexander, himself a son of a missionary (and a most worthy one), they held great meetings to protest, and the missionaries themselves met and resolved: ‘‘We desire to proclaim tothem and to all the world that we do being suggested ai the same time Mr. Lick took to the idea with pleasure, and so it happened that finally in the Mount Hamilton objective he left as noble & monument as the wisdom and beneficence of man ever devised. But it was left more with a thought of the world than of the University of California. To exact instruction for the students from the observatory staff contrary to the advice of that brilliant and enthusiastic worker at its head, Professor Holden, or without consulting him, as there are signs of doing, would be conrary, it seem: would ainly be a very unwelcome act to the rest of the world, reflecting no glory or profit on the university, Don’t hamper the work of the great telescope or of the other, lesser glasses enjoying the pe- culiar advantages of location on the height of Mount Hamilton. Every day of astronomical activity there is pregnant with added know- ledge of the great problem of where we are at, not only in space but in the history of fate. Regent Arthur Rodgers, when shown the editorial yesterday, said: “I think that the idea of the editorial is all right as far as it goes, but it is hardly complete. If it is intended to express a fear that the astronomers are to be diverted from their work as observers there is no foundation forit. As I understand the views of the Regents their desire is that the original work of inveslifn!ion or research of the astronomers shallnot be interfered with to any material extent. My motion outlining s plan of instruction in the university to be given by the Mount Hamilton professors was not intended in any way to interfere with their work there. Indeed, it was made after conference some time ago with different observers. The plan suggested is not intended to be an elaborate one, nor to require any important part of the time of any observer, ‘It seems evident that an occasional de- scent into the world of the observers, whose life at Mount Hamilton is so isolated and so circumscribed and monotonous, would naturally tend to broaden them. Theirs is a monkish life. They are up at all hours of the night in a high altitude, and liable to become nervous, irritable and cranky. “The plan suggested does not interfere with important work of any of the astron- omers, but it gives his observations a more direct purpose, and brings the hermit in contact with the bright minds of the Uni- It will develop a me iration for better work in both the professor and the student. It will induce a_definite expression by the observer of the results of his observations, as well as the philosophy of hisscience. Their home is essentially a hermitage in tie moun- tains, and the advantages of a visit occa- sionally among intelligent people for a Eurposc ought to be apparent to every- ody.” THE MORESBYS LONG TRIP. A BRITISH SHIP DISMASTED IN A GALE IN THE AT- LANTIC. Over Two HUNDRED anp ForTy Days Out FRoM LIVER- POOL. The British ship Moresby is now out 241 days from Liverpool and 91 days from Montevideo. The vessel encountered a severe gale in the Atlantic and was partly dismasted fa the storm. Big seas were shipped, and at one time the gallant vessel was almost on her beam ends, with the tips of her yards dangerously near the water. Her decks were filled with water and everything was awash. The galley was gutted and cooking utensils went by the board. The wind howled through the rigging and ssars went down to the deck wnfi)arun, and sails were blown out of the bolt ropes and the bulwarks were smashed and forced outward by the impact of water. The Moresby narrowly escaped founder- ing, but she weathered the gale and man- aged to reach Montevideo under jury rig. She was temporarily repaired and sailed again for San Francisco on December 30, She is making a long pas of it, but un- doubtedly she had a hard time rounding Cape Horn. Her long trip has grown grass on her bottom, and trailing weeds through the rugged waters off the cape makes the voyage a difficult task. When she arrives here she will be put on the dry- dock. Up to a year ngg the practice of docking British ships in this harbor was a very un- common occurrence. English owners often expressed a desire to do so, but the charges, they claimed, were too great. About six months ago the charges were reduced, but still San Francisco enjoys the distinction of beinF the most expensive harbor-in the world, and shipping men claim that dock-owners are standing in their own light. During the past six months more British vessels have been drydocked than ever before in the history of the harbor. It is proéwled to name a new street in New York City Parkhurst avenue, even if it does break the rule that honors of this sort shall be conferred only upon peopie who are dead. Lt e “If you don’t take Langley’s Directory, you don’t get the names.” Out Monday. to the spirit of Lick’s gift, and it | PARIS, March 15, 1895.—Rodolphe Salis, the gentleman beer-seller and Seigneur de Chat Noirville, finding himself very much bored in the country, has returned to the Rue Victor Masse, Paris. Boldly he has arrayed himself in his old grayish-brown tunic of Piedmontese form and is now ready to recommence his extravagant speeches, his addresses to the “literary | highnesses’ of Montmartre, the quarter where is found the brain of Paris. Not vet has Salis recovered his sparkling wit | of former days, but on the stage of the | “Black Cat” Tavern he has gathered a company of young musicians and poets who in the future must be famous. Goudeski and Mentoza both have much talent. The first is blonde, bald and timid in appearance, but his poems are very ironical, a mixture of the ideal and a play upon words. Dr. Mentoza is a poet who sings with a most agreeable voice his own verses, which re exquisitely delicate. All those who hear him say that his declaration of love to | SALVADCR cats racing over the ocean; in another, the cats waltz with naiads, and in still another they are whirling through space over red- i ook & Nouihs of wrought-iron cats are used for gasjets and heads of cats are seen in the stained-glass windows. There are stuffed cats and wooden cats with glass eyes and long red tongues. but the most startling of all are those with arched backs and angry tails, who stare at guests from chimney On the second floor is a real picture gallery, and here are some gems that are comic, others that are horrible, For in- stance, the “Virgin of the Guillotine,” & woman seated on the dread instrument, her dress that of a sans-culotte execu- tioner and in her hand a device, “J’attends mes amant: is horrible. In the cafe hangs Willette’s famous pictures symbol- izing the artistic life of Paris. If repre- sents a crowd of harlequins and clowns issuing from the old windmill on the top of Montmartre and pouring down toward the rich quarter of Paris. On the road are mournful-looking wemen and men who | have lost their illusions, farther on are the old before their time, and at the foot of the hill one seesa few spectators. It THE FOUNDER AND PROPRIETOR OF THE [Drawn in Paris “CHAT NOIR.” Jor the “Call.”) a Japanese is a chef d’curve of poetry. | Salis still shows us the Chinese shadows, the most popular entertainment ever given | at the ““Chat Noir.” With a piece of white | cloth for scenery and shadows for actors Caran d’Ache there has caricatured all | extraordinary events. To-day he is re- placed by Henr: Riviere, who, with Frag- erolles, represents the “Enfant Prodigue,” | a Biblical poem. The splendid voice of | Fragerolles is heard, we see long proces- | sions of laborers returning from their work | and camels bearing their burdens. Witha | few pieces éf zinc and painted cardboard Riviere shows us the cloudy heavens and a | veritable sunset on the Nile, while in the | distance the shadows are drowned in a | misty light. Not only do we have form, | but color and movement. The ‘“Chat Noir,” or Black Cat Cabaret, | dates from 1881, but in 1893 Rodolphe Salis sold the place, and until January, 1895, the | famous cafe was like any ordinary beer | garden. Now that Salis has returnea to | his beloved institution the Montmartre | quarter will continue to receive the visits | of Parisian celebrities. Montmartre is re- mote from the center of Paris, but accessi- | ble to those who like nuvel!{. The Notre | Dame de Lorette quarter at Montmartre is | occupied by artists who are not successful | was in the little journal published by Rodolphe Salis that Willette first became celebrated. Besides pictures there are other works of art presented by artists not yet famous. 0dd” as the decorations are the inscrip- tions, rules and regulatior For ample, hali-way up the staircase leadin, to the tiny theater is an inscription which commemorates the fact that on a certain night the cafe was visited by President Carnot, “who is the successor of Charle- magne’ and Napoleon.” The ground- floor of the establishment is devoted to in- strumental concerts, and here, while Parisians drink beer and eat sandwiches, they listen to an orchestra which cannot be excelled in Paris. Among those who have assisted in deco; ating the *‘Chat Noir” are: Ex-Queen Is bella of Spain, the King of Sweden and Norway, the Prince of Wal es, Dom Pedro of Brazil, the Queen of Tahiti, Marechal de MacMahon, Sarah Bernhardt, Emile Zola, Cogquelin and Victorien Sardou. Salis arrays his waiters in the green palm-embroidered coats of the French Academicians, and addresses his custom- ersin the French of three centuries ago, in the language of Rabelais. Little did he dream when he was surrounded only by 4 [(Drawn in Paris M. RIVIERE PREPARING HIS SHADOWS, Jor the “Call.”] enough, not wealthy enough to live in the Boulevard Malesherbes, as'did Meissonier, orin the Avenue de Villiers, the home of Munkascy. Poets and musicians are also reprecented in this quarter, and for a long. time the Black Cat was the reiuge only of | b the Bohemian with long hair and unkempt beard, the rendezvous of the incoherents, *‘decadents’” and other eccentric people. Some years ago Rodolphe Salis was a starving artist, and when tired of his pov- erty he wrote to bis father for help. *‘Go into business or starve,” was the reply of this very inartistic father. Salis therefore decided to do something original, and estab- lished himself, not as an ordinary beer- seller, but as a gentleman beer-seller, Be- cause he is the protector of all artists who frequent his establishment he calls himself of ancient lineage and high degree, while his arms are conspicuously displayed over the mantel-piece of the Festal Hall. The sign of the establishment is: THE BLACK CAT. CABARET STYLE LOUIS XIIL FOUNDED IN 1114 BY A. PRACTICAL JOKER. The gentleman beer-seller has only gained by his generosity to artists, for these do all in their power to attract the public and make the business profitable. The cafe is a veritable picture gallery and to a great extent the pictures represent cats—cats in the strangest attitudes and ladies on the wildest-looking steeds, riding in their midst. Strinien, the most lm&a tive of Parisian illustrators. decorated the panels. One panel represents hundreds o}m black joyous companions of his own tastes, that some-day the “Chat Noir” would be in a large house, furnished like a museum, with stained-glass windows presented by great artists, and that his clientele would e found among the elite of society, all grateful to him for reviving the -old-fash- ioned laugh. It is related of Salis that once he announced that he was dead, and sent out invitations for his funeral, to be held at the ““Black Cat.’’ The coffin was closed, the friends and acquaintances as- sembled and made speeches in honor of the dead cabaretier. That was the begin- ning of the burial service, but gradually remarks became less and less compliment- ary, until Salis could no longer quietly listen, and came out from his hiding-place. BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR. THEIR WAGES ARE OUT. North Pacific Coast Employes Receive a Reduction. The officials of the North Pacific Coast road, it is said, have made a radical cutin wages all along the line of the employesof that company, the same to goirto effect to-morrow. President Stetson hiwself is said to be a sufferer to the extent of $100 a month; General Passenger Agent Latham will get along with $50 less salary; General Freighc Agent Russell must content himself with $70 less than he has been receiving, and all the rest of the officials have been shaved proportionately. The cut will probably affect the laborers more than any other class. The deckhands on the steamers will receive $10 less than heretofore, and the Chinese section-hands will get $1 a day instead of $110. All the men in the shops and yards at Sausalito, except the trainmen, will be cut 10 per cent. The cut is attributed to a loss of over $50,000 in operating last year, and the ex- penses of this department will be reduced about 5 per cent by this measure. BARRY TILTS WITH RAUER. THE COLLECTOR FINDS FAULT WITH THE JUDGE'S JUDGMENT. A DEcistoNn Hap BEEN RENDERED AGAINST HiM—MoSE GUNST, DEFENDANT. There was a rather unusualfscene in the chambers of Présiding Justice Barry yes- terday afternoon, when a party to a suit, against whom judgment had been ren- dered, said that the court had erred and insisted that the Judge should withdraw his decision and dismiss the case to enable him to go to another Judge to try again. The complainant in the suit was J. J. Rauer, the well-known collector, and the colloquy between him and Justice Barry was very spirited for a time. “Inever squeal,”’ said Rauer, “when the evidence is against me and I get beat. But here it was all my way and I know I am right. Iwant this case dismissed and I will go before some other Judge.” “But the case has been decided,” said Justice Barry. 2 “Oh, no it hasn’t; that don’t make v difference. I want it dismissed,” said ner. “When judgment is rendered in this court it is too late to get a dismissal. You can appeal it if you want. You can take it before the Superior Court and get me re- versed.”” said Judge Barry warming a little to the topic. “I don’t intend to go to the higher court. I want it settled here.” ‘“You will never ha it tried again in this department,” d the Judge notly. *‘I shall see to it that you won’t.’” “This judgment is all wrong and does me injustice and I want {o have it tried again.” I'll dismiss the case here.” “Why didn’t you have your witnesses here to prove your case if you had them ?” said the Judge. *‘You can appeal, but that is all you can do now in this case. I want you to understana, Mr. Rauer, that T am the Presiding Justice of this department, however much you may think that you are.” The defendant in the case in question was no less important a personage than Police Commissioner Mose Gunst, and the case has rather a peculiar histo; Gunst employed one John Unsworth to paint a number of signs for his cigar-store, the contract figure for which was $250. When Unsworth turned in the work Gunst refused to accept it all, but did accept a part and ““0. K.’ed” a bill. according to his testimony, for §100 on account. Then he went Bast, leaving word when the work done acceptably to pay the balance. Unsworth sold his claim against Gunst to J. J. Rauer, who upon Gunst's return called upon him for payment. Gunst ex- plained the situation and Rauer immedi- ately had Unsworth arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The case was heard before Police Judge Low, who dismissed it on the testimony of Unsworth to the effect that the bill was 0. K.’ed only for $100, and that he sold; it on its face. Thereupon Rauer brought the suit in the Justices’ Court against Gunst for the full amount of the bill. At the hearing Gunst testified to his having refused to ac- cept the work, as it was not up to the con- tract, and that he had offered to pay $100 on account and pay the balance when it was properly done. Unsworth was not called by Rauer. The case had been submitted two weeks before, and it was the judgment in this case that the collector took such an emphatic ex- ception to. He went away saying he would return to Judge Low’s courtand bring another criminal suit against Uns- worth for having obtained money under false pretenses, claiming that Judge Bar- ry’s decision Teleasing Gunst from re- sponsibility is ground sufficient on which to bring the criminal action. ——————— THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. It Will Meet to Discuss Art in Its Primi- tive State. A meeting of the City and County Teach- ers’ Institute will be held on Friday, April 5,at1:30 p. M., and principals of grammar and primary schools are authorized to close their schools at noon of that day. The several grades will meet in the class- rooms of the Lincoln and Webster schools as follows: First grade, in Lincoln School Hall, fourth floor, Mrs. Josephine H. Phelps presiding; third grade, in Miss Shea’s room, Lincoln School, second floor, Miss Harriet A. Spalding presiding; fourth grade, in Mrs. McKown's room, Lincoln School, second floor, Miss Marion Hill presiding; fifth grade, in Mr. Knowlton’s room, Lincoln School, second floor, Miss Elizabeth A. Frontin presiding; sixth grade, in Mr. Leggett’s room, 1 School, second floor, Miss Bertha Dwor: iu’esmmg; seventh grade, in Miss Clark’s room, Lincoln “School, second floor, Miss Ernestine J. Arnold presiding; eighth grade, in Miss Jacob’ o0ol, second floor, Mrs, iding; ninth grade, coln School, third a floor, Miss Mary E. Donnell presiding; second grade, Webster School, Miss Clothilde C. Stohr presiding. The work of these meetings will be to discuss questions relating to drawing pre- pared by the general committee, as well as other matters pertinent, and to report the results to the superintendent. Superintendent Moulder announces that in the recently printed ‘‘course of study’’ there is an error as to the school age,which is liable to confuse and mislead, as it con- flicts with section 116 of the rules. The correct rule is: “No child under 6 years of age can be admitted as a pupil in the schools.” Superintendent Moulder is in receipt of a letter from F. J. Bernies, 26 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, asking information about a one-time pupil of the public schools here. It says: Being in_possession of a certain sum of money, and it being necessary toidentify a certain Julia Murtha, who attended school in your city between the years of 1888 and 1892, 1 take the liberty of writing to you for infor- mation concerning her. “The lady referred to is possessed of red hair and light” gray eyes; medium size and build. Claims to be about 16 years of age now. I would like to know at what age she en- tered school and how long she remained; her general deportment and character. Any information leading to a true identifica~ tion will be liberally rewarded. Victoria Hospital Association. The former subscribers to the Victoria Hos- pital Association will be glad to learn that the funds will now be applied to the objects for which they were subscribed. At the annual meeting of members a resolution was adopted suthorizing the deposit of the funds of the association, in equal parts, with the British Be- nevolent Society and the St. Andrew’s Society, in trust, said trustees being permitted to fise the interest only of said funds for hospital pur- poses. The funds have been disposed of in the manner provided for by the resolution. ———— Sutro to Budd. Mayor Sutro sent the following telegram to Governor Budd on Friday: Please permit me to congratulate you upon the freat service you have rendered the citizens of San Tancisco by preventing the streetcar-fare bill becoming a law. Iknow the pressure which was brought to bear upon you: you stood as firm as a k, and to-day we 100k upon you as ‘“the noblest Roman of‘them all.” e . One-fourth of the.visitors to New York’s Metropolitan Art Museum during 1894 con- gregated there on Sundays. 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