The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprictor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrler, 15¢ per week. SUNDAY CALL—#1 WEEKLY CALL The Eastern offi Y FRANCISCO CALL (Dally and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander building, Rose snd Duane streets, New York. 50 per year. ‘Where there is a will to pay there is a v to do it. California’s revival this year is not based on a boom, but on bed rock. Japanis evidently desirous of establish- ing a Monroe doctrine for Asia. Unfortunately for the City old debts cannot be paid by new resolutions. We must pay our debts even if we have to raise the dollar limit out of sight. Having sat down on the Corinto tack, England is proceeding to get up again. If the Chinese are wise they will prefer Japanese domination to Russian assist- ance. No one has counted the drops in the rain, but every one says “there’s millions in it.” California being so regal a State, it is fitting that she should have queens of her festivals. The money crisis in this City is not so big as that of the nation, but it has a worse edge on it. England will now do a little figuring to ascertain what were her profits on the caragua affair. PN An Eastern baseball team has taken the name of Trilby, and thereby run the risk of being mistaken for a football club. The only use Democrats have for their platform in these days is to take upa plank occasionally to paddle Grover with. s do not curtail their trade nd divert it to the United States they will have given the lion’s tail only half a twis Grover will be compelled to issue more of the bonds which bind him to England, but even they cannot cover the deficiency in bis own cor ; cholera in the Japanese army and fever attacking the Cuban insur- s, this does not appear to be a very healthy year for wars. ye As Spain shows no evidence of intention apology, Mr. Gresham will der it good diplomacy to probably con: forget that he asked for it. The contest between bimetallism and the gold standard will probably be fought to a finish by newspapers and pamphlets before the politicians get ready to open the cam- paign. In one thi rate Secretary Mor- ton athy with the country, for ed that he feels a yearning to return to Arbor Lodge perma- nently. & ce little Japan has heard the growl of the R n bear, she has begun to look to the priming of her matchlocks and reflect upon the wearisome length of the road to Pe The ease with which Japan has whipped the oldest and one of the greatest empires | in the world has given her a magnified idea of her strength and a dangerous will- ingness to court enemies whom she cannot suppress. Stockton’s conviction of one of her emi- nent citizens for accepting a bribe while acting as a public officer shows that her generous encouragement of the Valley road is not her only way of expressing pride and public spirit. 0 presents an instructive case in a ment for damages against its water company in favor of a man from whose house it shut off the water at the land- lord’s request, as a measure, presumably, to force the tenant to vacate the premises. It is said that opium eating has become 50 common in New England that twenty per cent of the convicts in the penitentiary at Charlestown, Mass., are addicted to the drug anda the warden has been unable to prevent the practice of smuggling it into the prison. The “filibusters” who were reported recently to be fitting out an expedition in this City for the purpose of reoverturning the Hawaiian Government seem to have been miraculously transferred to Puget Sound, where the clanging of the tocsin makes the clouds rain blood. According to the statistician of the Agri- cultural Department, over 30,000,000 bush- els of potatoes have been imported into this country in the last ten years, and it would seem therefore that Mayor Pingree of Detroit was filling a long-felt want when e set the idle men of that <ity planting potaloes. Ex-Governor Proctor Knott of Kentucky is quoted as saying that the sentimentin favor of iree silver has become so domi- nant in that State that if both Republicans and Democrats by their platforms refuse to give it the freest and fullest considera- tion, then a third party will spring up and carry off the prize. e Until Russia’s great army of Cossacks on the Chinese frontier shall be convinced that the Romanoffs are entitled to the im- perial crown there is a remote danger that if she gives these fierce fighters a chance to smell blood on the Yellow Sea Japan may acquire an ally more formidable than any that Russia ever faced before. Inquiry into the distribution of the State relief fund in one of the drought- stricken Nebraska counties is said to have resulted in the disclosure that while the people for whom the assistance was in- tended received $330, the railroads took $700; and the people are now referring to the State grantasa fund for the relief of railroads. Under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the Hundred Thousand Club of that city, the Fresno Republican has issued a special edition containing a large amount of information of practical value to investors and home-seekers, which will undoubtedly prove a great benefit in advertising the advantages and resourzes of the city and county. BEGINNING EARLY. The extent to which the silver question is being discussed, and the degree of inter- est exhibited in it in all sections of the Union at the present time, is something unusual in American politics. Congressis not in session and there is to be no Na- tional election this year. More than eighteen months must elapse before the question will be submitted to the people for decision, and yet it is being every- where debated with almost as much eager- ness as if the campaign were at band. It is not usual for the American people to be so keenly interested in political ques- tions in off years. Generally speaking, when there are no National elections at hand, and Congress is not in session, poli- tics ceases to engage the main attention of the country. Other subjects come to the front. Trade, industry and improvements and enterprises of various kinds receive more consideration than purely political issues. This to a large extent is true of this year as of other off years in California, for we are giving great consideration to projects of State development; but beyond the Rockies everything tends to politics as if it were an election year and all poli- tics seems to be centered on the money question. Although the discussion of the subject at the present time is unusually early, it can- not be called premature. The real issue between bimetallism and monometallism has been concealed for a long time in a cloud of sophisms that will have to be dis- persed before the great mass of voters will be able to get an intelligent compre- hension of the question to be submitted to them. The discussion of the matter this year will clear away the old dodges and evasions of party platforms in the past, and reduce the problem to a well-defined issue in time for the Presidential cam- paign. This will be a distinct benefit in every way, as it will enable the people to speak clearly on the question and deter- mine once and for all whether we are to continue the gold standard or return to bimetallism. i There is one aspect of the controversy that is distinctly gratifying to every Ameri- can. The very fact that it has been begun so early is a convincing proof that both sides have confidence in the intelligence of the people and are willing to appeal to it. In addition to the arguments put forth by the press every day, a whole host of pamphlets and small books have been cir- culated throughout the country, and before the year is over one or more of them will probably have reached almost every voter who has a permanent me and an estab- lished postoffice address. This, as we have said, is a good sign. It attests the politi- cal intelligence, intellectual curiosity and activity of the average citizen and gives urance that the great issue is going to be decided by the broad common-sense and practical judgment of the whole people. FRESNO OPPORTUNITIES. Under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce and the Hundred-thousand Club, the Fresno Republican has issued a special edition containing a considerable amount of information concerning that section of California. In the way of special editions, the issue is a notable one. It has broken away from the old forms that have hitherto governed editions of the kind, and instead of run- ning up some fifty or sixty pages of florid descriptions and boom articles, it consists of a compilation of facts and statistics of a business nature expressed in a form so compact as to be easily understood. This fact in itself will give the edition an im- portant value as an advertisement of Fresno and the surrounding country. It will not attract the curious by its enor- mous size, but it will attract business men by its matter, and can hardly fail to inter- est every one whom it attracts. It is worth noting, moreover, that the edition does not appeal to capitalists onl It affords proof of abundant opportunities in the great valley for poor men who have thrift and industry, as well as for the rich who have money to invest. The leading editorial in the number says: “The day for poor men has not yet gone by in Fresno County, as it has in some portions of the State where land is held at prices which are a bar to the home-seeker who is not rich. Not only is the most fertile land with water held at comparatively low prices here, but it can be had upon terms which give the purchaser opportunity to pay for it in easy installments.” In giving this prominence to the oppor- tunities offered to men of ordinary means, the editor of the Republican acted wisely, and Fresno County will surely reap a bene- fit from it. There are comparatively few rich men who care to break up their old homes and start new ones, but there are a great many men of smaller means who are looking for an opportunity to do so. Men of smaller means moreover are often more beneficial to the communities in which they settle than are the rich. Rich men are nearly always old men. When they seek new homes they seek a place where they can live quietly and be free from business. They are apt to take little in- terest in the community and almost none in progress, and as a consequence give little help to public enterprises. With home-seekers of ordinary means the reverse is the case. They are nearly al- ways young men who have their fortunes to make. They are compelled to be pro- gressive citizens from the very nature of their circumstances. Their interests are on the'side of public improvements. They sympathize with enterprises of all kinds. They infuse the community with snap and vigor, and by their energy and industry they soon make more money for the com- munity than the richer men brought in. It is men of this kind that transform small towns into great cities, and Fresno is wise in making known the opportunities she offers thera. THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION. The Women’s Parliament of Southern California is a fermidable name for a gathering of the clever women of that region at Santa Barbara, but that need furnish no reason for discouragement. It will be time enough to review their work when it is done. One of the cheap criticisms of women’s efforts to do good is that they find men in- adequate in some important ways, and hence place themselves in a position of antagonism to them. Whataver there may have been in the conduct of a few individual women to invite contumelious remarks of this kind, the great masses of the women who have at heart the gooa of humanity understand that in public as well as in domestic affairs they are the complement of men, and that the logic of their social and domestic value carries them into all the fields of activity where the value of their labors as complements to those of men can be made available. Asa rule, beginners in great efforts are tempted to aim too diréctly at the ends to be accomplished, forgetting the fact that, except in the case of a few especially bril- liant individuals, there are no short cuts to great achievements; and even in these exceptional cases the hard test of time often stops the accomplishment of the value which it at first was supposed to bave. Taking the case of women organized todo good for mankind, they can never hope to accomplish the best results by aiming to overcome the greatest evils first. Reformation of public morals is best undertaken by incul cating in individuals such habits of thought and conduct as naturally will lead to a general expression of right thinking and doing. In other words, education of the individual means the uplifting of the state. Socrates taught that there is no crime, but only ignorance; that knowledge of evil induces the doing of good, and that good has its root im understanding. This makes the whole subject individual. It is not possible to conceive of a good government by a people of a defective moral sense. In inducing personal thrift, energy and sobriety women have a distinctively power- ful influence, manifestly greater than that which men can exercise. In other words, by molding the individual they can shape the state. California offers a particularly inviting field for such work by women. There are resources to be developed which their energy and tact can bring to view. When one sees the Woman’s Building at Chicago, which ranks among the greatest houses of the world, one sees what women can achieve in a business way. There are things to be accomplished in California by the exercise of just such energy as this, and if the earnest and intelligent women of the State should turn their united at- tention to these the labor of developing the State would be reduced by half. MAYDAY IN EUROPE. Once more Europe has passed the dreaded Mayday in safety. There were disturb- ances here and there, it is true, and in Budapest there occurred a riot which would have been called serious in former days, but in these times when outbreaks so much more violent are expected from the great Mayday gatherings of workingmen in European cities, it will be generally re- garded as of but slight importance. As a matter of fact there is but little op- portunity now given for Mayday riots. The old saying, *“That which is foreseen never happens,’” is justified in this instance. The governing powers of Europe have so clearly foreseen the possibilities of danger- ous outbreaks resulting from the holiday parades of May that they have everywhere taken precautions to prevent them. The military arm of the lJaw may not be visible in any street, but it is none the less near at hand and prepared for swift action, The experience of past years has taught this fact to the workingmen, and, of all days of the year, Mayday would be the last to be selected by revolutionary leaders for an outbreak against the existing order of so- ciety. It is a striking illustration of the per- verse development of the present genera- tion in Europe that Mayday should have acquired a reputation that excites dread and anxiety in every capital. The festival has been from the most ancient times one of the most joyous of the year. It was particularly a festival of the working peo- ple, and as it was celebrated by simple rec- reations in the fields and woods the ob- servance of it was so inexpensive that all could share it. It wasa day when every- body gave themselves up to the delight of living in a flower-bright world and being tor the time conscious only of the happier side of life; were as freé from discontent toward the governing powers above them as they were loyal to their own May Queen. All this has been changed in the great capitals of Europe. Mayday is now the occasion when workingmen meet together mainly for the purpose of recounting their grievances and devising means to redress them. The agitator has usurped the place of the May Queen, and deep discussions occupy the day instead of light laughter and merry dances. Out of all this there is to come something of good in the end. It would be to doubt humanity to regard with distrust the ferment which now per- vades European labor. Freer laws and | better customs will undoubtedly result sooner or Jater from the discontent with the existing order of things. Such good results, however, are apparently a long way in the future. At present there is nothing evident but the ferment, and Eu- rope may well be pleased that her May- day has passed so quietly. THE POLICY OF JAPAN. While the reports of the intentions of Japan toward China and the extent of the European protests against her policy can- not be religd upon in every particular, they are sufficiently consistent with one another and with the known facts regard- ing the Orient to justify the belief that Japan has no intention to humiliate Ghina, but is actuated by the colossal ambition of regenerating the Chinese people and organ- izing an Asiatic alliance powerful enough to defy Europe. The only thing which affects the credi- bility of this theory of the Japanese policy is the vastness of the undertaking. There is nothing in the conception of the plan beyond the reach of ordinary statesman- ship. The rulers of Japan need not have been more sagacious than other men to see that the encroachments of Russia in Siberia, France in Cochin China and Eng- land along the Chinese coast have threat- ened an eventual European domination in the Orient, with the destruction of the in- dependence of Japan itself. So long as China remains stagnant, bar- baric and weak, so long does Japan stand without a nafural ally agalnst possible FEuropean aggression. It is clearly to her interest, therefore, to rouse the Chinese people to a sufficient degree of civilization to be able to resist a military power in case of a war with some great European nation. These considerations lead her statesmen to seek a position from which they can exerta reforming influence on the Chinese Empire. They also account for the extremely mod- erate terms granted to the conquered country. 1t is not unlikely, moreover, that they account for the vigor of the Rus- sian protest. A reformed China taught hew to use the weapons ef civilized war would be a serious menace to Russian dominion in Eastern Siberia. It would mean Asie for the Asiatics and would so redress the balance of power in the world that international politics in the future would be altogether different from what it has been in the past. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Thomas A. Edison, the electriclan, 1s one of the few poker players who invariably win. His opponents accuse him of possessing a mys- terious power to see through cards. Sardou’s success as a playwright has made him a millionaire. Nevertheless, he labors eight hours & day with his pen unceasingly, and when not laboring gives himself up to the heartiest enjoyments. The Empress of Germany was so0 anxious that nothing should be left undone to give Prince Bismarck pleasure on his birthday that she had all her children write letters of congratu- lation to him, herself guiding the hands of the younger ones. The first woman publisher in this country was Charlotte Fowler Wells. She went into business in 1841 and still continues her call- ing. She saysshe is so fond of her work and 50 occupied that she has no time to realize that she is growing old. AROUND 'THE CORRIDORS. “Santa Rosa owes a great deal to Mr. Short- ridge,” said Mayor E. F. Woodward of that pro- gressive town last evening. *He sent a special correspondent to write up our town without €08t OF tax of any kind to us, something up to then unprecedented in metropolitan journal- ism. His course naturally forced the other city papers to follow his lead, with results to the State at large that are as gratifying to all thinking citizens as they are surprising. The CALL spoke so kindly of Santa Rosa thatour citizens felt they owed it to that journal and to themselves to demonstrate that they wers in every way worthy of the good words be- stowed. This prompted the project of the rose carnival, which promises to be as greata suc- cess as any similar fete held within the State, ““Our town is in a very satisfactory condition and as prosperous as can be expected under existing circumstances. There are £100,000 worth of residences under construction. As our homes are of a modest character, ranging irom $2000 to $5000 each, this sum, it will be seen, represents quite s number of new buildings. We have just finished the erection ofa handsome $30,000 high school, and the old one will be devoted to the use of grammar pupile. “There is also in contemplation the erection of municipal water works. The question of the validity of the bonds to be issued for them is now before the Supreme Court. A decision is looked for within the next thirty days. If it is favorable, the contract will be let immedi- ately and they will be constructed this year at 2 cost of $165,000. It will be a pumping system and the water will come from wells containing absolutely pure water, which has been 8o pro- nounced by Professor Hilgard of the State Uni- versity. A reseryoir will be constructed that will give & pressure of from 75 to 90 pounds, ample for all fire purposes.” “I am a crank on a number of things,” sald Max Meyberg, the manager of the recent Los Angeles fiesta, when accosted in the guest- room of the Union League last evening, “but just now I am taking great interest inthe movement to bring about a ‘United California’ in the fullest sense, and in this connection fiestas. These diversions are but in their in- fancy, to my mind. A yeer ago I gave Los An- geles its first object lesson in them. Then we spent about $9500; this year we disbursed more than $32,000, s0 you can see how the idea has taken hold there. The outcome this time was that we had between 25,000 and 30,- 000 people there, which will do us more good than ten times the amount of money would have done spent in most any other way. Iam strongly in favor of their regular annual cele- bration. They not only offer & diversion to our own residents and relax for them the strain under which they are too inclined to labor in their pursuits, but they draw a class of visitors there who are in search of pleasure, and I would rather have one such than a dozen seek- ers after health. Such festivals make better people of all who witness them or take pert in them Aremarkable feature in this connection is that while on the closing night there was an assemblage of more than 25,000 people in mask on the streets, completely blockading streetear traffic, there were few or no disturbances of any seriousness.” “Qur trip up from Los Angeles was most in- teresting,” said W. C. Patterson, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, just after he had placed his name on the register of the Palace yesterday afternoon, “and I am sure it will be productive of much good. The text from which I would preach is that we should have more of these intersectional jaunts. The commingling of the people from the various portions of the State would be most beneficial. In this way we would come to know each other better and be more likely to co-operate in the promotion of the welfare of the State at large.” The committee appointed by the San Diego City Council to confer with the Arizona Cen- tral Railway people in regard to forming a connection with the road they sre to build from Salt Lake to Nogales will arrive here this morning. They are to meet to-day at the Grand Hotel with Colonel Wells Hendershott, who represents the Arizona Central Railway and the Hudson Canal Company of Arizons. The members of the San Diego committee are the Mayor, William A. Carlson, U. 8. Grant Jr. and 8. J.sill. ~ HARTFORD TARS TOOK THE RAIL- ROAD. The story which appeared in the Eastern dispatches relative to the starboard watch from the old United States war steamer Sara- nae taking possession of Corinto ten or fifteen years ago is not the only instance where American bluejackets have played a striking role on Nicaraguan soil. In the latter part of 1883 ebout a dozen of the Hartford’s crew took possession of the roll- ing stock of the little railroad running out of Corinto to & small town some twenty-four miles inland. The sailors bought their tickets and boarded a passenger train, when the conductor and brakemen attempted to put them in a dirty, poorly furnished second-class car. A deal of the warlike spirit of the old fighting Hartford was in her men, anda row took place between the Yankee mariners and the railroad em- ployes around the depot. The sailors captured the train and proceeded torun itin a shipshape manner. Chief Boat- swain’s Mate James Blake was elected president of the road, Captain of the Maintop John Hogan and Captain of the Foretop Patrick McClend were chesen vice-presidents, while Ship's Writer Smith was made secretary. An ex-railroader was put in chatge of the trainand a machinist climbed on the locomo- tive. 'Then they took formal possession of the road in the name of the Upited States and the Hartford, and pulled out for the country and further conquest. They stopped at every station and for every- body who appeared at the roadside,and in- vited all the population to ride free. In ashort time they had the cars full of deadheads and were rapidly bankrupting the finances of the company. Men, women and children accepted the pressing invitation of the generous “mari- neros” to bdard the train, and poor peasants ‘who had never traveled on anything more mag- nificent than a burro, found themselves rolling first class through Central Nicaragua like grandees. The new owners of the line were shrewd enough not to venture too near the large town at the terminal of the road, where a force of Nicaragua’s standing army was await- ing them with open arms, but ran back and forth through the country. But the fun of the sailors couldn’t last always, as telegrams were flashing between Corinto and the capital, and the wires were sizzling with righteous indignation against the lawless invasion of the American Government upon the free soil of the little but courageous republic. A dispatch went from the American Minister to the commanding efficer of the Hartford, and & squad of marines were sent ashore to corral the enterprising railroaders. They were cap- tured & short distance from the seaport, where they were found out of fuel and steam in the engine too low to outrun their captors. The sailors were rushed aboard of the ship to es- cape the infuriated populace and given a lec- ture on the wickedness of filibustering, and all put on the “bad conduct” report, which meant no more liberty on shore for many long months. The Minister apologized for his indiscreet countrymen, and serious international compli- cations were averted. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “I think Bilthus must go into very low so- “He says he has been best man at no less than twelve weddings.”—Detroit Tribune. Lawyer—Did the parties come to high words? Witness—No, sir. They were about as low as Iever heard come out of anybody’s lips.—Phil- adelphia Inquirer. Mrs. Gray (to friend who has been to the prayer-meeting)—Did you have & good meeting? Mrs. White—Rather uninteresting. None of the men who spoke had ever done anything ‘bad.—Boston Transeript. “This is as good an investment as you can make, madam.” said the enthusiastic bicycle agent, ‘Not only does it cost nothing for feed, but if you ever become famous you can make back all you paid by writing up your experi- ences in learning to ride.”—Indianapolis Jour- nal. Touching the guestion of the antiquity of man, how comes it that even the scientists fear to discuss the antiquity of woman ?—Philadel- ‘Phia Inquirer. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. The temporary occupation of a single point in Nicaragua will increase the hostility of that Tepublic toward this foreign power (Great Britain). The Nicaragua canal will become more distinctly, if possible, an_American en- terprise. The work will proceed as one of Na- tional importance to this country. No stronger stimulant could be desired just now than this temporary outside interference in Nicaragua. The foreign enemy who has landed and under- taken to collect revenue by force 1s ot the one to be invited to take any official part in the construction of the Niceragua canal. These small republics will some day unite in one confederation for national defense. Such a temporary invasion as that of Nicaragua ac- centuates the denger to all. No has yet been made for interference on the part of the United States. But the danger now is thatthere way be other complications that may call for interference.—Oakland Tribune. As for our relying upon the Clayten-Bulwer treaty to prove to the British that they should not occupy Nicaragua territory it is to be hoped that no such step will be taken. We must get id of that treaty, whieh virtuaily puts Greas Britain upon the seme footing im Central ‘America as that occupied by the United States This treaty was a grave diplomatic blunder on the part of the United States, and we have sev- eral times tried to have it annulled. In fact, Secretary Frelinghuysen, under President Ar- thur, practically repudlated it and showed that Great Britain hersel had violated its pro- visions. The treaty stands in the way of the Monroe doctrine and we are inclined to belteve that Great Britain would not be sorry to have this Government resort to it and thus give i new recognition.—Stockton Mail. Ii the principle that European nations oan assess damages and enforce their collection by force in this hemisphere is to be permitted and recognized as sound international law,and Cleveland evidently intends that it should be, the most disastreus future to American inter- ests and freedom is sure to follow. The prin- ciple Mr. Cleveland has recognized as correct would allow the English to take possession of New York and its custom-houses if the conn- try fails to pay the sixty edd million dollars he has forced it to borrow of Great Britain. Of course Great Eritain would attempt nothing ot the kind at Corinto either if a Blaine and Har- rison, instead of & Gresham and Cleveland ‘were in charge of the affairs of the country.— Los Angeles Express. The Monroe doctrine has grown into a prin- ciple firmly imbedded in the American mind, and for many years has been understood to be an unwritten law in the administration of the foreign policy of this Governwent. To aban- don it now, when our sister republics are threatened with dismemberment, and when England is falsely laying claim to a portion of our own Alaskan territory, would be cowardly in the extreme. The only way by which this question may be settled at once and forever will be for the United States to extend jurisdic- tion over all countries to the limits of our natural boundaries—and these extend from Cape Horn to the Aurora Borealis.—Spokane Daily Times. The fixed pollcy of Great Britain is to oppress and finally absorb every wesk and helpless state on which she dare lay her hands. Thet she is a robber of nations the history of the Old World has demonstrated over and over. Heretofore for a long time she has not ventured to place Ler heel on any American country. This was solely because she feared the practical application of the Monroe doc- trine. Let her cease to fear and the western continent will be checkered by the victims of her omnivorous greed. Bhereachesout a hand tentatively now and she should be compelled to withdraw it. The Monroe doctrine shoula be maintained.—Fresno Republican. The Monroe doctrine, so vehemently invoked nowadays, was not the jingo declaration which some suppose it to have been. Itdid not even require the United States to defend sister re- publics from conquest by European powers. much less did it call upon this country to take up the petty quarreis of our neighbors. The sentiment of the United States, however, is rightly opposed to Old World nations taking possession of American s0il, and the action of the President in warning England not to at- tempt to annex Nicarauguan territory will meet the approval of patriotic citizens.—River- side Enterprise. Nicaragua, in offering a three-by-four island to Great Britain in lieu of the cash indemnity demanded, appears to seek to involve the United States in the contention, hoping this country will then Lave something to say in the way of enforcing the Monroe doctrine. The Monroe doctrine is sound in principle, what- ever may be its standing ininternational policy, butit was not intended as a shield behind which these little Central American republics could conveniently hide themselyves whenever they saw fit to insult other nations.—San Ber- nardino Review. Sir Julian Pauncefote may have convinced Cleveland, Gresham & Co. that it was against the ¢‘precedents” for us to even protest against the forcible invasion by Great Britain of an American State without a formal declaration of war, but there are some millions of good people in this country who firmly believe that such men as U. 8. Grant, James G. Blaine and Benjainin Harrison could not have been so convinced —Daily (Or.) Astorian. The country demands not an aggressive for- eign policy, for we are not seeking to acquire territory, but a firm and seli-respecting policy as far as the treatment of our citizens sojourn- ing in foreign lands and European interference with American affairs ere concerned. These are things which the people have the right to and will demand.—San Bernardino Times- Index. President Cleveland will probably find an excuse for going fishing again just about the time that affairs between Great Britain and Nicaragua come to & crisis. The hooking of one spotted sucker s of more moment to his Majesty Grover the Fat than the honor and welfare of this entire Nation.—Los Gatos Mail. The British lion is growling a little down in Nicaraguan waters, but the American eagle is on the wing for the same lecality and the bird o freedom will set up a terrible screeching if any attempt is made to puncture the Monroe doctrine.—Pasaden4 Star. If the Monroe doctrine isn’t robust enough to prevent England walking all over Nicaragua and Venezuela, it is high time that the United Btates was adopting a doctrine that is.—Tuol- umne Independent. Every American is supposed to have the Monroe doctrine pinned in his hat and the George Washington chip on his shoulder.— Pasadena News. The Monroe doctrine has no more connection with the Nicaraguan affair than the doctrine of transubstantiation.—Seattle Press-Times. The memory of President Monroe will be kept greener after a year from pext March.— Salem (Or.) Statesman. PERSONAL. L. A. Strother of the army is at the California. Charles F. Webber of Los Angeles is at the Palace. A. B. Jackson, & banker of Balinas, is & guest at the Grand. John T. Wallace, city editor of the San Jose Mercury, is in the City. Isidore Alexander, s newspaper man of Sac- ramento, is at the California. Commander J. J. Brice of the United States navy (retired) is at the Palace. g Isaac Copeland, a mining man from Vallecj- tos, registered at the Lick yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Lowe Jr. of Echo Mountain are stopping at the Palace. Ex-Congressman James A. Louttit of Stock- ton and Mrs. Louttit are at the Lick. C.Fred Kohl of San Mateo and Miss Kohl came up yesterday and registeredat the Palace. R. M. Green, a merchant and mine-owner of Oroville, has come to town on some mining business and is stopping at the Grand. Willlam E. Curtis, the Washington corre- spondent of the Chicago Record, arrived in the City yesterday and is staying at the Palace. H. D. Willis, & member of the New Zealand Parliament, who has been traveling around the world, arrived here on his way home yes- terday and registered at the Grand. General A. J. Warner of Ohio, the silver champion, has been visiting some friends in the northern part of the State and returned to the City yesterday and registered at the Palace. He leaves for the East again in a few days. Music and Musicians, The New York papers speak enthusiastically of the latest Trilby, Miss Mary Louise Clary, who is performing at the Garden Theater. Other Trilbys have their claims to recognition in the smallness of their feet, or tkeir his- trionic abilities, but Miss Clary dces notap- pear on the stage. All she has to do is to sing “‘Ben Bolt.” The scene is the greenroom of the Cirque des Beshibazoucks. Virginia Harned, the leading lady in the New York production of ‘‘Trilby,” enters and chats with her friends, and 1is then es- corted out a8 if to sing. This greenroom scene entails a regular box setting, which, dif- ferent to the ordinary setting, requires peculiar strength and resonance of voice to penetrate its rear wall. When Miss Harned leeves the stage, Miss Clary becomes Trilby, as far as the performance goes, and sings “Ben Bolt.” The stage business has it that the singer meets with tremendous applause from the audience behind the scenes, and there is a LOUISE CLARY, THE LATEST TRILBY. great deal of clapping, but the applause from the front is nightly so great as to drown it all. It seems that Miss Clary obtained her engage- ment entirely on her merits. A. M. Palmer was not satisfied with the singing in the Bos- ton production of “Trilby” and sought in New York for a contralto with & remarkably power- ful, carrying voice. Contralto afrer contralto applied, including some of the best in New York, but their voices all sounded blurred from the auditorium. At last Miss Clary,a young concert singer, was recommended. She tested her voice in the theater and was at once accepted, for every note of her “Ben Bolt” proved to be deliciously clear and telling, even in the remotest parts of the house. Her suc- cess has been so great that in all probability Miss Clary will soon be added to the ranks of operatic singers. Frederick Cowen, the well-known English composer, has just told an interviewer that every writer of music ought to have $5000 a year independent of his profession. The rea- son he gives is: ‘“Music that aims at & high standard is very seldom remunerative to the cofaposer. This applies the world over, and to every art, except, perhaps, painting. As re- gards music the reason is to be found in the fact that the field is very limited. Take the symphony, for instance. No publisher would pay a great price for a symphony, because there are so few chances of having it performed. It is the same with opera. A grand opera that is performed ten times in the season is consid- ered an enormous suceess. If acomposer is dependent on his art and has to live on it his best chance is with comic opera or with songs. There is no other way open to him.” Cowen, however, has solved the problem very comfortably himself. After making a competency as & song-writer he is turning his attention to grand opera. “Signa” was a fail- ure last year, but he is at work on a new opera for Sir Auvgustus Harris to produce next year. The closing performances of the Metropoli- tan opera season in New York are being marked by the usual wild scenes of enthu- siasm, recalls, flowers, speeches and excitement. All the principals are fatigued by a long sea- son, and this was especially noticeable in the last performance of ‘“Romeo and Juliet,” though the last two acts were splendidly sung by Emma Eames, and Jean de Reszke. At least twenty times did the singers bow their acknowledgments, and finally Eames made a graceful little speech for Jean and herseli. “Shall I go out and give them a skirt dance?”’ she finally said quite desperately, to her friends in the wings. She can rest assured that if she had done so, great would have been effect, and it is staged as probably no theater in the world, except the Scala, could stage it. The curtain rises on & group of women drawing water from a fountain in the piazza. The azure sea glisters in the background and to the laft is Matilda’s cottage, tne interior of which is visible. The women sing a_cheerful refrain, but Matilda remains sad and inattentive, thinking of her lover Silvano, a contrabandist, Wwho has fled from justiee. In his absence Maria has allowed herself to be claimed by Renzo, and she is now regretting her incon- stancy. But it appears that an amnesty has permite ted Silvano to return to the village, and, radiant with joy, he enters the cottage and flings himself into Matilfa’s arms. Their love duet, which is full of melody, 1s superbly sung by Signora Ethele and the tenor, De Lucia. On the piazza the crowd is congratulating Renzo, who has launched a new boat, and in this scene the composer’s art and the wonderful scenic art are so combined as to form s musically dramatic picture of marvelous ef- fect. Sflvano appears among the crowd, every one greeting him with pleasure except Renzo, who refuses to take his hand, and in- sults him by calling him a bandit. The musie of this scene is peculiarly suited to Mascagni’s genius, and he is at his best in Silvano’s re- sponse, ‘‘Ah, no! hai detto bandito,” which is written in a declamatory style, with an or- chestral accompaniment, expressive of agita- tionand tumult. Silvano’s mother arrives, and in response to Matilda’s prayers peace is patched up, and the scene closes cheerfully, while the orchestra repeats the motive of the launching chorus. Silvano and his mother, Rosa, enter and sing a duet, in which he tells of his love for Ma« tilde, and persuades his mother to consent to their marriage. A group of girls appear, carry- ing flowers for a shrine, and singing g plain:ive refrain about lovers who go to sea and return no more, “I have let him go, and now his kisses are for other lips.” These words, overheard by Silvano, recall to his mind that Renzo, who showed such a strange animosity to him, has not gone out with the other fishermen, but the beauty of his surroundings makes him forget 81l disturbing thought, and singing the mae zurka refrain, “The earth and heaven, the stars and flowers, invite to love,” he fally asleep. Matilda, left alone, retires to her cottage and gives herself up to remorse. Renzo enters, how- ever, and wants to renew their love-making, but with all the force of her nature she scorns him, crying that she loves oniy Siluano. After imploring in vain Renzo resorts to threats, saying he will kill his rival, and Matilda, terrie fied, promises to meet him “when all shall have sailed away with the nets.” This duet closes the first act. The second sct opens with & chorus of fishermen behind the scenes, sup= posed to be sailing out with their nets, and tha curtain rises on a beautiful strip of wooded beach, with boats in the distance. While the chorus dies away the sun rises, with magnifi cent scenic effects. The last act of “Silvano” is tragic. The hero wakes, hearing the sounds of Matilda's and Renzo’s voices. The girl has kept her appoint- ment, but filled with repugnance, she refuses to have anything to say to the lover who wishes to force his kisses on her. Silvanosees all, and exelaiming, “Ah, per 'inferno,” seizes his gun and ehoots Renzo, who falls dead. The curtain drops es Silvano rushes in horror from the stage. Such 15 the plot of the opera which has made a bid for the popularity achieved by the “Cay= alleria Rusticana.” Musically speaking, its choruses are said to be its strongest point. Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strest. * ——————— CRYSTALLIZED ginger, 25¢ 1b, Townsend’s. * ——————— PUREST imported cognacs, Holland gin and cordials for family use. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market street. = e PO MARK HOPKINS Institute of Art, spring ex- hibition, open daily, admission 25 cents, Thursday evenings, admission 50 cents. ~ * ———— MARK HOPKINS Institute of Art, spring exhie bition, open daily, admission 25 cents, Thurse day evenings, admission 50 cents. 2 - A Tioga undertaker heads his advertisement “A step in the right direction,” and concludes it with “Children half price.”*Philadelphia Record. —_— Hoov's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood; conse- quently it cures disease. It is the ideal and stand~ ard spring medicine. 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During the three acts of the opera he devises means to raise the money to pay off the installments on the necklace, and finally obtains the present back, on the plea that the diamonds were {alse. A remarkable charity concert was recently given in Paris by the Viscountess de Tredern. The music consisted of excerpts from the great- est masters, representing the ‘“Life of Christ,” such as Bach’s “Passion” music, Handel's “Messiah,” etc. The excerpts were illustrated by stereopticon views taken from Gustave Dore’s illustrated Bible. The Viscountess and her friends were the performers. Another attempt has been made to popularize Franchetti's “Christopher Celumbus” by pro- ducing it at the Pagliano Theater in Florence, but only a single number was encored, and in spite of good artists being in the cast only a small audience was present. Francis Wilson and his company close their season with “The Deyil's Deputy” in Phila- delphia on the 12th inst. Wilson will sail for England shortly after, Sullivan’s rewritten opera, “The Chieftain,” being his guest. Wilson will produce it in New York in De- cember. “Louise,” & new opera by Gustave Charpen- tier, is shortly to be produced at Nantes, It was Charpentier who composed the opera “Vie du Poete,” which was produced two years ago at the Grand Opera in Paris, It is now decided that Paderewski will appear im America in December. In all probability & large orchestra will perform his “Polish Fan- tasia” on the occasion of his first concert. Lili Lehmann has been singing Mozart's music in Paris, and one of the correspondents commented: “She looked like & queen, and did not sing like a German.” Mascagni’s New Cpera. [Transiated from the Italian.] It is exactly five years since the “Cavalleria Rusticana” was produced for the first time in Rome, and since then Mascagni has already Teached his fifth opera. 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