The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1895, Page 6

THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. N FRANCISCO c States Adver- ing, Rose and MONTHS. ry ona vacation £0, it is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to youraddress. Do not let it miss you for you will iss ft. Orders given to carrler, or ieft at ness Of yrompt atte HURSDAY s the fireworks go: Money w Progress has Marysville for a friend. me men always get their luck in the neck. eathers are beginning to ple who take too much time generally Pe. e ity H clipped. > soundest gumption is home con- sumption. The Kaiser is expected to make a grand- stand The most substantial fabric on earth is a lottery ticket. Very few people talk of politics now ex- cept the peliticians. r Democracy or Populism will be lost in the next shuffle. he lottery would have to crawl if news- papers did g Not every woman who cultivates a large ‘waste makes the best wife. Once more there is hope this generation wiil see the new Postoffice. abundant excuse now There is certainl; 1 hi for Olney to pull o There will be much formality at the Kiel ities, but very little fun. You share in the profits of the seller when you buy home products. before vou kill it is sim- ply planting the seed for another crop. Beiore the summer is over Sacramento will be boc e State Fair as a fiesta. 1 health is y thing that expe- ces dis ort from summer camping will boom when the Ostran- z Gun Company of Boston is cured bya n the city for f prosperity was se- early unanimous vote to bond The grand procession on the Baltic canal ving to follow after the water carnival on the lagoon at Santa Cru There is not a dise springs of Calif Jove and polit e that the mineral cannot cure, except It seems that Germany as well as Eng- 1 intends to try the game of monkey- with the Monroe doctrine. s not yet been shown that the girl t of the Santa Cruz mountains wears bloomers and rides a * 1574 wheel. Kaiser William is no great orator, but when he is expected to make a speech all Europe becomes an ear trumpet. The one hard way of doing a thing right has a discouraging fight to make with the ten easy ways of doing it wrong. The reason why our contemporaries pub- lish lottery notices is a mystery story, but there are no prizes for guessing it. The talk of nominating Cleveland for a third term has at last made noise enough to draw a remonstrance from Dana. The Republican League Convention in Cleveland will satisfy the country by giv- ing us the Ohio idea revised to date. The New York Times has figured it out that the people of that city spend $5,500,000 for churches and $6,500,000 for theaters. Now that Marysville has taken the wel- fare of the Sacramento Valley on its shoul- ders the San Joaquin will have to look to its laurels. Salmon P. Chase having been lying in an unmarked grave for twenty-two years, his admirers have at last decided to erect a monument to him. If the girls of Oakland had had theirown way they very likely would have been willing tobe voted for in an election for Goddess of Liberty. The search for the lost Lady Sholto Douglas seems to reveal the fact that Lord Sholto, in whose company she disappeared, has become microscopic. The Grand Jury having sheathed its sword, made bloody with Supreme Court gore, the grave Judges have hurled a Lurtling javelin in return. So long as our wines were sold at a price that entailed a loss to the makers the peo- ple of the Eastern States thought they were hardly worth buying. It would be Interesting to know how many of the defaulting Olympic cashier’s friends who saw him squandering money at the races were members of vhe club, Professor Gayley of Berkeley undoubt- edly had the evils of lottery in mina when he condemned what he regards as a preva- lent gambling spirit among Californians. President Cleveland has shown how - cheap are the honorary titles bestowed by iy some American universities by declining the honor of becoming a LL.D.at the hands of one of them. S e The Maryland free-traders who are try- ing to defeat the re-election of Senator Gibson have the logic of the situation on their side, but Gibson has the key to it in $he hands of Gorman. JUDGE BEATTY'S LETTER. The letter of Chief Justice Beatty ad- dressed to Judge Hebbard, in whose de- partment of the Superior Court the report of the Grand Jury was recently filed, is a masterly production as to itsdiction and a most timely one as to its propriety and effect. In its review of the facts of the case and the falsities of the Grand Jury re- port it is ample and unimpeachable. In its expression, by the only means open to it, of the rightecus indignation of the Supreme Court at the baseless innuendos of the Grand Jury, it is dignified and severe. In its exposure, not only of the demerits of this Grand Jury report but of the Grand Jury system itself as at present administered, it is full and clear and com- plete. We say again that the letter of the Chief Justice is timely. It follows hard upon the heels of the official report of a legally constituted body, known as a Grand Jury, and supposed to possess certain iarge and undefined powers of a semi-judicial nature. It uncovers the fact that this body, after several months of secret session, has made use of its assumed powers to evolve and formally file among the records of the court which created it an unfounded and libelous intimation against the and integrity of the highest judi- eial tribunal in the State of California. It is indeed timely to have the ques- tion brought sharply home to the minds of thinking men, whether, in fact, the Grand Jury system provides for the em n of such scandalous matter and gnarantees immunity to those who give it official sanction under the guise of a report of a Grand Jury. Can it be possible that a body of men, chosen by chance from the general mass of citizens, has been given the power and privilege to commit such an assault upon the integrity of the Supreme Court of the State and upon the confidence which the pecple have, or ought to have, in it, without re- sponsibility and without rebuke? The letter of the Chief Justice has shown that such an asumption of privilege on the part of the Grand Jury shall not be mani- fested without rebuke at least. The Chief Justice and the Supreme Court might well have gone further and put the claim of right in a Grand Jury to render such re- vorts to the test. The baseless insinua- tion against the integrity of the court is worse than libelous in the ordinary sense of the term. In its evil effect it is a species of treason and resembles the scandalum magnatum of the older English law in that it assails a high tribunal which is be- yond its jurisdiction and which, since it is not subject to its impeachment, be ought mnot to subjected to its unbridled ecriticisms, particularly when that criticism is as baseless and wan- ton as it has been shown to be in the pres- ent instance. There surely should be some way to make men amenable to punisnment in some form or other for such libels when the libelers happen to be grand jurors as well as when they are not. Whether this is possible under existing statutes may be questioned, but this much has been made plain, viz.: that the Grand Jury system as at present administered is a failure, if not an evil, and that the pernicious fabric should either be reformed or eradicated from the body of our American laws. A SEVERE REPRIMAND. In filing & reply to the charges made by the Grand Jury against the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Beatty is assumed to have acted on behali of the entire court, and thus the matter is made one of the most extraordinary happenings in the history of this State. 1t may be profitable to in- quire into its meaning, cause and effect. The report made by the last Grand Jury appeared at the time of its filing to have been inspired by a desire to make a bril- liant record for thoroughness and fearless- ness. Whether this was because of the shoricomings of the former grand juries or the operation of motives having otherends in view it would be profitless to guess. Certain it is that the report staggered the whole City and made earnest citizens look at one another aghast. It was the severest arraignment of official conduct that had been made since the days of the ilantes, and if it had only been more specific and brought the machinery of the courts into operation to test its charges it conceivably might have done valuable good. When it did attempt to be specific it blundered inexcusably, for Judge Beatty has shown that its statement of all the specific facts upon which it based itsin- sinuations of crookedness in the Supreme Court were absolutely untrue. He further shows that it would have been the simplest matter in the world for the Grand Jury to consult the records of the court, which give the lie direct to the assertions of the report; and yet it was solely upon an as: sumed and wholly erroneous state of facts that the insinuation of collusion between the Supreme Court and certain violators of the election laws was founded. This vital part of that wonderful report having been shown to be utterly untruth- ful, unjust and-worthless, what respect can the rest of it inspire? NOT ALL A JOKE. Certain papers having accused the Syra- cuse Standard of flippancy and midsum- mer jesting in recommending Sitka as an eligible place in which to hold the next National Convention, that journal returns to the charge and declares that on recon- sideration it is more in earnest in the sug- gestion than ever. “We ifavor,” it says, ‘‘getting these councils of the parties as far from the madding crowd as possible, in order that the usual conflict the audiences have with the delegates over the nominations may, be obviated.” It cannot be reasonably denied that there is serious substance in that argun- ment. In urging that the convention be held in Bitka the Standard is, of course, carrying the thing too far, but the tendency is right. A Presidential convention should not assemble in any large city whose people favor some particular candidate to the prejudice of others, In such cases there issureto be a heavy pressure brought by the populace upon the delegates, and every effort made to carry the convention off its feet, as it were, and hurry it into an ill-considered and perhaps unfortunate nomination. In pressing the argument home by the citation of instances of the evil com- plained of, the Standard says: “Over and over again the people who ‘are merely on- lookers have assumed to say who shall speak, and it has not been an infrequent spectacle to see the most distinguished delegates hooted down. At Chicago, in 1892, Senator Daniels was grossly insulted by the audience present in the Democratic convention, and only a threat from the chair that the hall would be cleared gave him a chance to be heard. In Sitka, surely, these things would not be possible.” While the argument is not sufficiently strong to take the convention to the Alaska metropolis, it has sufficient strength to help bring it to 8an Francisco. California has no candidate for the Presidency. There will be in this city no throng of partisans of any particular aspirant trying to over- whelm or howl down the friends of others. This cannot be justly said of any other large city in the Union, for all the others are located in States that have a favorite son whose nomination the populace will seek to attain by every means in their power. California moreover being a gold-pro- ducing State, but in close sympathy with the silver States, will afford an impartial field for the settlement of the much-dis- cussed money question. In this City both sides will receive an eqnally favorable hearing and the convention can in undis- turbed deliberation formulate that con- servative policy which, while displeasing a few extremists, will win the support of the great masses of the people. Here, therefore, the convention should be held. The words of the Syracuse Standard can be taken as a jest only when associated with the idea of Sitka. In reality they afford a strong, valid and convincing argument against holaing the convention in any large Kastern city and make clear one of the unanswerable reasons why San Fran- cisco should be selected. CONSPICUQUS RESULTS. The Manufacturers and Producers’ As- sociation is certainly making its pressure felt in a very direct and positive manner. As it is composed of persons who manu- facture and produce an exceedingly wide range of articles here in California it has more than an indirect interest or a vague patriotism in seeing that its manu- factures and products are consumed at home; and as it has a membership run- ning into the hundreds and is composed of men of influence it is a most powerful organization. Although it has only begun operations it has already brought the State and some municipal institutions under its influence and has suddenly and summarily put a stop to official preference of foreign articles. Its power and influence will increase with its membership and every manu- facturer and producer who has allied him- self with it will reap the benefits which it secures. For naturally it will first protect the interests of its own members. This is right, and it will have the effect of induc- ing all manufacturers and producers to become members, to the end that an over- whelming influence will be created in time which will be exerted in a!l possible direc- tions. It hence becomes the interest of all manufacturers ana producers to join the asscciation. The ways in which its power for good can be exercised are innumerable. It rep- resents industrial co-operation in its most benign aspect. By increasing the con- sumption of honie-made articles it will keep among our own people vast sums of money that are heedlessly sent abroad, and this is a clear addition to the wealth of the people. Befter than that, however, is the fact that an increase of home con- sumption means an increase in the num- ber of persons employed and a consequent decrease of idleness, suffering, despair and crime. It is not possible to imagine a more beneficent scheme in whatever light it may be viewed. Every additional member increases the power of the association not only in in- fluence and prestige, but also in the ability to discover means for meeting Easter competition, This is a very complex mat- ter in itself. Aseach member has a per- sonal financial interest in the work of the ciation he constitutes himself a watch upon the field of consumption in his par- ticular line. When he discovers the char- acter and extent of this consumption he brings the whole tremendous force of the association to bear in the seeking of a remedy. Not only this, but it is evident that as each member is himself a consider- able consumer he will buy of his fellow- members in the association whatever he may require in their various lines. With- out considering the outside influence which the association can wield, it is clear that by becoming a member a manufacturer or producer finds a greatiy enlarged market within the association itself. There is no possible danger that the as- sociation will ever be able, even though it should be so unwise to desire, to constitute a powerful trust that could exclude com- petition. On the contrary, its efforts will only sharpen the energies of its foreign competitors and tend to a general reduc- tion of prices. This reduction will be all the easier for the association to meet by reason of the increased facilities for pro- duction which an enlarged consumption will enable its members to enjoy. The whole subject is exceedingly inter- esting. We do not see why every manu- facturer and producer in the State should not become a member of the association, and we believe that before long the asso- ciation will have inspired the organization of citizens’ leagues pledged to consume articles of home production where the quality and prices permit. MARYSVILLE ADVANCES. The Cary recently had the pleasure of announcing that Marysville had organized a company to construct an electric road far up into the fruit and mining regions of the Sierra foothills. Now comes theequally pleasing news that the people of the city have voted favorably on the proposition to issue bonds to the amount of $40,000 for such public improvements as a perfect drainage system and the filling up of the slough, which for all these years has been an eyesore and a breeder of malaria. A particularly agreeable feature of the vote is that out of a total of 796 votes only 94 were in the negative. There is an important lesson in this view which Marysville takes. It could have raised the $40,000 by direct taxation, but this would have made the year’s burden heavy, and the necessary high tax rate would have acted as a deterrent to settle- ment. Yet the improvements were needed not only on the score of public convenience, but to make the city more attractive to settlers. Both these good ends will be served by the bonding method without the ill effects of a high tax rate. Doubtless the bonding scheme provides that the debt shall be gradually extinguished. Thus, while the city receives the immediate full benefit of the improvements, payment for them is distrfbuted over a sufficiently long range of time not to make the burden un- comfortable or injurious in any one year and in no way increasing the cost of the improvements. In other words, Marysville wisely be- lieves that the enhanced values of property as the result of these improvements will render the extinguishment of the debt an easy matter. That is to say, it has bor- rowed money which it will invest in a way to secure a generous profit. It is merely an application of the principle of credit, without which the business of the world could not be conducted. The enterprise displayed by Marysville will have an inspiring effect on the whole Sacramento Valley, which is a vast empire of unsurpassed fertility. It needs only such a beginning as this to invite the dense settlement which it is so eminently capa- ble of supporting. ‘When the delegates to the Republican National Convention, to be held at San Francisco, shall have taken all the happy little excursions into the interior, and shall have tasted of California’s hospitality, they will wonder why they had lived so long in cimmerian darkness, 2 AROUND THE CORRIDORS. «There is one business man in San Francisco Wwho never lets himself and his employes for- get that rustling is necessary to success,” said Dr. James McComber of New Mexico, as he stretehed himself comfortably in the Russ House lobby. “I'was in a wholesale store on Market street to-day, and on the wall, in a huge frame, printed in staring black letters, I saw a say the hundredth part of what these aldermanic Judases got for the betrayal of the people—it would have been &ll right. Even such rascals do not mind if the public gets & very little pinch of their, plunder; but then, the jail! Why, it is like the ‘discovery of the diphtheria serum, or the phthisis anti-toxine. Let the remedy be injected into very municipal body in the land.—Merced Sun. The omission of the reading oi the Declara- rhymed appeal to the attaches of the estab- | tion ©of Independence at the Fourth of July lishment and the public in general to ‘get in and drill’ I made a copy of the little verse and will take it back to New Mexico with me s a curiosity, for nobody down there would ever think of posting such a notice.” Dr. McComber produced a card on which was written: WINS—IT ALWAYS WINS, Though days be slow And nights be dark ’twixt days that come and go, Still Pluck will win, Its average Is sure. He gains the prize who can the m 0st endure, Who faces issues; he who never shirks, Who walts and watches, and who always works. PLUCK In New Mexico such doctrine will be looked on as revolutionary. They think it is well enough to work part of the time; but not al- ways-—not, for instance, during siesta time in the first part ot the afternoon. Louis Gerlach of the big wholesale butcher- ing firm of Gerlach Bros. in Stockton owns a great many cattle over in Washoe County, Nevada. Last evening he told of & new de- parture in the cattle business of this coast—the shipping of Nevada cattle East. Heretofore Nevada cattle exported have all come this way. “Prices here this year for beef and cattle,” said Mr. Gerlach, “would have been very low but for the shipments made from Nevada East. These low prices would not have been brought about by over-production, either, but by a de- crease in the consumption. The working classes have not as much money as usual to pay for meat. In fact, earlier in the season, judging by the amount of cattle coming in, we expected good prices, but we soon found that there was not going to be as much de- mand for meat as usual. The shipments of cattle from Nevada East, however, have pre- vented a fall in prices. Thisis the first time that cattle has been shipped East, at least within my recollection. All my cattle raised there this year went to Omaha. The freight, of course, was made higher per car, but the cattle are worth as much in live weight in Omaha as they are dressed here. We paid $180 a car to Omaha from Reno, while the price from Reno here is $70. Of course we pay a great deal more per mile this way than East, It doesn’t make any difference to what point you ship cattle from Reno this way, the price is always $70 a car, whether to Stockton, Sac- ramento, San Jose or San Francisco. Charles J. Pillsbury, a well-known ploneer merchant and mining man of this City, who has been making his home in Boston for the past ten years, has come out here in the inter- est of some Boston capitalists on mining busi- ness. Last evening at the Grand he wes speak- ing of the revival of interest in California mines in the East. “While Boston business men are conserva- tive,” he said, “‘they can be approached on the subject of mining with a great deal more en- couragement now than for many years past. While there is such an inclination it would be well worth the care of people dealing in mines not to get too much excited, or it will lead to disaster. Those who are leading the minds of the public in encouraging the development of mines thould exercise great care in looking out for the interests of both the buyer and the seller. It is easy to discourage large amounts of money by injudicious representations. It is better to be conservative. There is no doubt that investments in mining by Eastern cap- italists are increasing, but it can easily be checked and discouraged.” PERSONAL. W.S. Hughes of the navy is at the Palace. P. A. Buell of Stockton is staying at the Grand. ‘ Dr. B.J. Powell of Sacramento isa guest at the Grand. Dr. G. C. at the Lick. W. L. Pritchard, a stock man of Sacramento, is at the Grand. I L. Delano, a prominent quarryman of Rocklin, is at the Lick. Ex-Judge S. M. Buck of Eureka was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. A.W. Barrett, adjutant-general of the Na- tional Guard, is at the California. Judge E. M. Sanford of Arizona was one of vesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. R. Payne, a prominent wine merchant of London, registered yesterday at the Lick. 0. A. Hale, a leading merchant of Sacra- mento, was one of yesterday'sarrivals at the California. Louis Gerlach of Stockton, who owns a great many cattle over in Nevada, registered yester- day at the Grand. W.F. MeCreight of the Albuquerque Citizen and Mrs. McCreight were among yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. J. A.McMutrie of Denver, a railway con- tractor who cut the tunnels for the Southern Pacific Company between San Martin and San Luis Obispg, is in the City and staying at the Palace. Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan, an old and in- fluential citizen ofSan Benito County, who was the predecessor of his son, Thomas Flint Jr., in the State Senate, came to the City yesterday and registered at the Grand. immons of Sacramento is a guest LIVE BUSINESS POINTERS. In Maricops County, Ariz., also have been filed articles of incorporation of the Minnesota and Arizona Construction Company, with & capital of $500,000, of which $210,000 has been subscribed. The principal places of business are Phenix, Ariz., and Minneapolis, Minn. The object is to reclaim the Mojave desert, and for that purpose to build railroads and waterways. The directors are P. L. Grif- fin, Riverside; L. B. Palmer, Pasadena; J. E. Wilson, Santa Fe Springs; A. L. Work, J. B. Hartwell aud D. P. Hatch of Los Angeles. The officers are Judge D, P. Hatch, president; J. B. Hartwell and P. L. Griffin, vice-presidents; L. B. Palmer, secretary; A. W. Jones of the Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank, Los Angeles, treasurer; J. E. Wilson, engineer. The Arizona Land Company has been incor- porated, with a capital of $300,000, in Mari- copa County, Ariz., the object being to deal in lands and to construct and operate canals and waterways for the reclamation of lands. The officers of the corporation are William Christy, president; Robert A. Brown, vice-president; ‘Walter Bennett, secretqry. The seat of business will be at Pheenix, Ariz. The City Council of Napa City will until July 15 receive bids for a franchise for a term of fifty years to construct and operate a street railway in that city; also a franchise for the same term for the construction, maintenance and operation of telegraph, telephone and electric-light lines and wires in that city, A. H. Conkling is the city clerk of Napa. The city of San Luis Obispo will until July 1 at 8 P. M. receive bids for the construction of a combination truss bridge across San Luis Creek, with 24-foot roadway and seven-foot sidewalks on either side. Each bidder must furnish his own plans and specifications. Particulars may be obtained of C, F. Sammann, city clerk of San Luis Obispo. Clovis school district, Fresno County, will on June 29 hold an election at which the proposi- tion of bonding the district in the sum of $5000 for the purpose of purchasing a lot and erect- ing thereon a school building will be submit- ted to the qualified voters. 4 The Supervisors of Santa Clara County will receive bids until July 2 for the construction of & wall and tank to be erected in the county jail at San Jose. — & SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The country will be astonished and many municipal dignitaries will be shocked at the news that several Aldermen of a Massachusetts city have actually been sentenced to fifteen months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, for “boodling.” Now, if it had only been a fine— celebrations this year all appropriaie enough. According to the present administra- tion and the goldbugs generally we are really dependencies of Great Britain, in finance at least, and largely in other things. Under the circumstances why should we read such an obsolete and meaningless document? W. we really need is a new declaration of inde- pendence, with some of the spirit of '76 and '61 to back jt.—Lemoore Leader. Foreign hirth is of itself alone no barto naturalizetion. It does not make the man any the less an American citizen when once the statutes have been complied with, neither does it exact the repression of inborn fondness for the land of his nativity or expect the loss oflove for the people of thatland. Butwhen an alien by legal enactment becomes an Ameri- can, his interests in, his sympathy for, his loyalty to the laws of his adopted country should be supreme.—San Diego Union. A wide, smooth, shaded highway between San Jose and San Francisco is still talked of. It would be a splendid improvement and one that would without doubt pay well. Coxey is right when he talks about the necessity of good roads. There is nothing the country needs more. The old Romans were wise in that re- spect, and their well-built highways added vastly to the strength of the empire.—Los Angeles Times. It is impossible for a pessimist to be & good citizen ora Christian. “He conquers who be- lieves he can,” has been a motto for mankind for centaries. “All things are possible to him that believeth,” saith the Scriptures. A pessim- ist believes nothing worth trying; like the fatalist, he accepts every turn ot the wheel of fortane that hurls lrim farther from prosperity, as the inevitable. There are a few of these strunge productions of nature in every com- munity.—Colton (Wash.) Newsletter. Other pleasure resorts will try to imitate the example set by our city. It will become the fashion to entertain viitors with what will be called Venetian Water Carnivals. But Santa Cruz will always stand easily at the head of the water pageants. She will improve upon the first one, and each succeeding year will invent new delights that will eclipse those of the preceding season.—Santa Cruz Sentinel. The escape of Abe Vandever from the Tulare jail the other day stirred up the muse in Judge Bucknam'’s poetic breast when he heard the circumstances and he casually remarked to a friend that: In Madera they dig through the wall. In Fresno walk out through the door, In Visalia they go through the ceiling, In Tulare break out through the floor. Some years ago special trains were run over the Boston and Albany Ralroad carrying ex- cursionists 150 miles and return for $1 50. It paid. Whether it would or not in California is a question. One thing is certain, that a rea- sonably low excursion rate generally through- out the State would do the State much good. We believe it would be a source of profit to the railroads.—Vacaville Reporter. The outlook for South California, and espe- cially the imperial county of San Bernardino, was never more promising than it is at present, and he who cannot see extraordinary prosper- ity in our midst for years to come is so hide- bound in pessimism that his every sense is dwarfed beyond redemption.—Redlands Citro- graph. No human government ever has been or ever will be absolutely periect. But in all the worid there is not, nor ever has been, & country in which freedom and equality are so amply pro- vided tor and protected as this of ours.—San Bernardino Sun. A roar is made about President Cleveland having gone fishing Sunday. Well, supposing he did, every boy in tire country who has tasted that unalloyed pleasure will be willing to guar- antee that he hada good time.—Tucson Cit- izen. On the 4th of nextmonth we celebrate the principles on which our liverties are founded. On the 4th of March, '97, we will sit down on the administration which caused their per- version.—Angels Herald. A Colorado town is going to celebrate Inde- pendence day on Jjuly 4,5 and 6. They might add thirteen more days and thus show their willingness to keep up the parity,—Ogden (Utah) Standard. An ominous thing happened last night. The moment Miss Anthony begen to speak on the Democratic party the electric lights went out and remained out for half an hour.—Pasadena News. Legislation cam’t help the man who won’t work or the man who prefers to growl at every one else rather than make an effort to help himself.—Vallejo Chronicle. The people desire opinions only as a side dish to go with the substantial food of news,— Fresno Republican. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Mr. Olney is the second graduate of Brown University to serve as Federal secretary of State. The first was Mr. Marcy of Pierce's Csbinet. The king of the Georgia moonshiners, just captured in the mountains, bears the fierce name of “Black Bear.” He 1s a white man named Miller. A bronze bust of Dr. Joseph Leidy, for forty years professor of anatomy in Pennsylvania University, has been accorded a niche of honor in the institution he served so long and well. Commodore Sickard of the New York navy- yard has shown his dislike of tan-colored shoes and bright-hued neckties by forbidding the use of either on the part of officers in the sery- ice under him. Charles Dexheimer, a wealthy and eccentric man of Long Island, provided in his will that his daughter Laura, “‘she of the short foot,” should have $500 more than any other heir “‘because it costs her more for shoes.” Miss Frances E. Willard is again declared engaged. This time the source of rumor is a London paper that has picked out for her “an English gentleman of wealth and position and of prominence in reform work.” Rev. Dr. John Hall’s example in contributing to charity whatwould have been his income- tax has inspired an unknown New York ‘woman to give her income tax, $1,000, to the Foreign and Home Missions of the Episcopal Church of that city. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Mrs. Newwife—And is this the dressed chicken I ordered?. Meat man—Yes, ma’am. Mrs. Newwife—Why, it s perfectly nude!— Exchange. “What is the new boarder's business, Pau- line?” asked the Cheerful Idiot. “‘He is running a bicycle school,” replied the waiter-girl. “Oh! Teaching the young idea how to scoot, is he?”’—Cincinnati Tribune. Miss Youngun—The regents of the State uni. versity have abolished the degree of bachelor of letters. Miss Oldun—T am so pleased to hear it: if I had my way I would abolish bachelors en- tirely.—Indianapolis Journal. First Chicago lady—Have you been to any of the Daniel Tee lectures? New Yorker—You mean the Dante lectures, I guess. Chicago lady—Yes, that’s what they call him, put I think such familiarity shows mighty poor breedin.'—Tammany Times, 1“The truly poetic soulis full of longings,” said the young man. “Thatis the trouble,” remarked the brutal editor, as he handed him abunch of manu- script. “The average poet just lets himself loose on lowging when what his work really needs is shortening.”—Washington Star, ‘“Short and sweet,” remarked the grocer, as he tied up thirteen ounces of sugar and marked it “One pound.”—San Francisco Wasp, Itis asomewhat curious fact that no Amer- jcan city has yet heard Humperdinek’s *“Han- sel and Gretel,” the opere which for a year and a half has been enjoying & European success as phenomenal us that achieved a few years earlier by the “‘Cavalleria Rusticana.” People laughed when in December, '93, I:evi, one of the greatest living exponents of Wagner and Berlioz, undertcok to produce in the Hof Theatre of Munich a little opera based on one of Grimm’s fairy tales, which E. Humperdinck, & teacher in the Frankfort Conservatory _Ilad written to amuse the children of his sister, Frau Adelheid Wette. It struck onlookers as absurd thata theater which even c!'i'tlcnl Paris looks upon as a temple of the highest art should produce an opera for children. The re- sult, however, proved Levi's foresight. The people who went to scoff at “‘Hansel and Gre- tel” remained to applaud, and thedel}ghwd press said that another Wagner—a Wagner E. HUMPERDINCK, made easy—had risen up to bring glory to the fatherland. Within a year from its production at Munich ‘“Hansel and Gretel” had been per- formed successfully on over seventy different stages. Then it went to England, and the erit- ics scoffed at it beforehand, saying that fairy operas might please in Germany and Austria, but that English audiences were not nnsophis- ticated emough to take an interestin the ad- ventures of a prima donna who gets lost in & wood and eats slabs out of & house built of gingerbread. In spite of these predictions “Hansel and Gretel” took like wildfire in Lon- don, and it has now passed its hundredth per- formance with nosign of diminution in popu- larity. “Hansel and Gretel” is to be produced in New York in the autumn. The topic of the relation of music to medi- cine and healing operations has been revived by Professor Taechanoff of St. Petershurg, who has been investigating its physical effects, as illustrated on the bodies of certain subjects. He states that after artificially inducing fatigue in the fingers—that is, muscular fatigue—music exercised & stimulating influ- ence, and tended to cause the fatigue to disap- pear. This was music of & lively kind. When the strains were of & sad nature, the opposite result—that of depression of the muscular powers—was noted. But the Russian professor has gone a little further in his inquiries into the physical effects of the divine art. He lays claim to having proved that on dogs the out- put of carbomie acid was increased by musie by over 16 per cent, and the absorption of oxygen by over 20 per cent. This means increased ac- tivity of the organism, of course, and is a strange result, for the dog,as often as not, ob- jected in a very decided manner to music. The increased vital activity, in his case, may have been the result of irritation. Jo Holz, the new menager of the Water Car- nival, is full of plans for converting the build- ing at the corner of Eddy and Mason streets into an opera-house. “It isstrange,” he said, yesterday, surveying the rows of empty benches, “that no one has ever thought of this place in connection with grand opera. They have discussed the Grand Opera-house, which they cannot get, and the Mechanics’ Pavilion, which it would take a fortune to fit up. This building has a bigger seating capacity than Morosco's, and it would not take an enormous amount of money to put ina roof for the acoustics, and erect a stege. We are going to have the stage built anyway, for itis our in- tention to produce comic opera here ima few weeks. While the changes are being made I shall write to Jo Redding and the others inter- ested in bringing out the Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau company, and Walter Damrosch’s Ger- man opera company, tosee if we cannot ar- range to have this building used for grand opera.” Gossip about tne make-up of Abbey’s apera company next season continues to be contra- dictory, but it seems to be settled that Calve will come back and will sing & much more ex- tended repertory than before, including ““Aida,” Valentine in the “Huguenots,” “La Navarraise” by Massenet, and probably Boito's “Mephistophele.” Both the De Reszkes and Plancon are re-engaged, but neither Maurel nor Tamagno. If “Falstaff” is played it will be because David Bisham, an American who has been singing it in London, is brought over. Sembrich, who is said to have recovered her voice, will come. Nothing is heard about the return of either Eames or Nordica. The latter is probably holding off, es she did last season, for her own terms. Mlle. Cecile Gluck, a great-granddaughter of the famous composer, has just been sentenced in Paris to two years’ imprisonment for steal- ing a jacket. The sentence has been remitted, however, in accordance with the Beringer law. in other words, because it is a first offense: secondly, because the evidence showed con. clusively that it was sheer poverty which drove Mlle. Cecile Gluck to the commission of the theft and the casting of a slur upon her his- torical name. Mlle.Gluck is a governess, and -she has vainly sought for employment. It is 115 years since Gluck retired from Paris to Vienna a comparatively wealthy man, but two months ago the enthusiasm of the French for his works was revived by the performance of the Temple scene from his “Alceste” at the Conservatory. The Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden Theater, in London, this season, is reviving the glory of the days when Grisi, Mario, Patti or Nilsson were reigning favorites. Only one of that brilliant group remains—Adelina Patti, who returns to the scene of her former triumphs this month. The names of Melba, Calve, MacIntyre, Tamagno, the De Reszkes, Plancon, ete., show that Sir Augustus Harris has swept Europe to secure talent. Nightafter night Covent Garden Theater is gay with lovely costumes and glittering diamonds, and night after night old favorites like “Il Trova- tore,” “Faust” and rmen’’ are sung to crowded audiences. Royalty has honored the opera, a8 in the early days of Queen Victoria’s reign, with its attendance, and all sections of society are represented in the great theater, There has been quite a little passage of arms in Italy between Leoncavallo and ascagni, It np':;n to have leaked out that tfile author of an &nonymous article recently published in Italian papers charging the composer of the ‘“Cavallerin Rusticana” with quite number of “‘appropriations” from other composers in his different operas was no other than Leoncavallo himself, Meseagni thereupon with caustic humor retorted that he was at present labori- ously engaged in compiling a little pamphlet of most moderate proportions setting forth in detail the few numbers contained in Leoncav- allo’soperas whicn had (not) been aporopriated. Another posthumous opera by Smetana, the Bohemian composer who wrote “The Bartered Music and | Musicians. and carefully mounted and was received with marked favor. = The appreciation of Wagner’s music is mak- ing rapid strides in the Spanish peninsula. At a Wagner concert recentiy given in Madrid, under the direction of Maestro Campanini, ex- cerpts from “Tristan and Isolde” and “rarsifal” were presented to a delighted audi- ence. Van Westerhaut, a Neapolitan composer, has just produced a successful opera in Milan. It is entitled *Fortunio,” and the pot is taken from Theophile Gautier's romance. A new operatic work in two acts, entitled “Ruit Hora,” by Ettore Ricca, bandmaster of an infantry regiment, was brought out recent at the Teatro Nuovo, Pica, with great success. 10 CLEANSE CITY WAS, Street Committee Taking Into Consideration the New Specifications, The Merchants’ Association to Con- tinue the Work Until a New Contract Is Signed. The Street Committee, Chairman Spreck- els presiding, met in special session yester- day morning to consider the specifications for cleaning and sprinkling the streets sub- mitted by the Merchants’ Association at the request of the commitiee itself. President Dohrman of the association was present, as were also Deputies Dono- van and Ford of the Street Department. The specifications were gone through item by item and so discussed, but no de- cision was reached with regard to them. Mr. Dohrman was, of course, spokesman ior the specifications, and Ford and Dono- van served as its critics. The paragraph which specified the number of men to be employed on the streets each day was ob- jectionable to them. They thought it would require a great number of deputies to watch and keep tally on the men. Mr. Dohrman did not think so. He said the Merchants’ Association employed but one superintendent and that he had no difficulty in keeping track of the work. He said further that whoever got the con- tract the Merchants’ Association would watch the work in the same way and would be quick to complain if it was not done ac- cording to specifications, Supervisor Benjamin thought that the :\i'ué;es to be paid the men should be speci- ed. Dobrman said he thought it bad policy to do so. The work was done by the square yard; if the price was inserted it would of course mean that the best wages would be paid. This would necessitate employing only the best men, and that would mean that very many poor and feeble men very much in need of work but who could not earn the higher wages would be de of a livelihood. It would be e zly unfair to them. He said th had many old and fecble men on its pay- rolls who were paid in proportion to what they could earn. The aim of the asso tion also had been to employ marrie men—in other words, to give the work to those who needed it most. Ckairman Spreckels i1 he did not think it advisable to touch the subject of wages in the specifications. Mr. Dohrman informed the cr,mmmx that the cost of cleaning the streets under their plan was $451 70 a day. The committee framed a resolution for recommendation to the effect that the Mer- chants’ Association be requested to con- tinue the work of cleaning the streeis through the month of July or until the contract is awarded again and at the rates agreed upon. The committee will meet again this aft- ernoon to consider the same matter. ————— HYDRAULIC MINING. A Test Case Has Been Filed Under the Provisions of the Caminetti Act. The United States has begun suit in the Circuit Court to compel the North Bloom- field Mining Company to operate its hold- ings under the provisions of the Caminetti law. These proceedings have been con- templated for some time, and several weeks ago the Ciarvannounced that an action against the North Bloomfield was to be begun. The Caminetti act makes it compuisory upon all hydravlic mining companies to submit to the supervision of the California Detris Commission. Quite a number of corporations have failed to comply with the law and United States Attorney-Gen- eral Judson Harmon has decided to make a test case of the North Bloomfield Com- pany. The new law prohibits hydraulic mining when it tends to obstruct the navigation of any stream and countaminates 1t to such an extent that it is of no further use to farmers and others who may occupy its banks further down. All mining of this class has to be carried on under the super- vision of commissioners appointed by the Governors of the various States. and fail- ure to comply with its provisions means the closing down of the mine. —————— They Are Very Indignant. Fink & Schindler, who have the contract for furnishing the Spreckels building, say there is not the skightest truth in the story published in a morning paper yesterday stating that they were having tronble with the furniture- workers. Neither is it true that they pay skilled labor only $1 50 a day. The pay of the workmen varies’ from $2 to $5 per day, accord- ing to the class of work to be done and the 1z Bride,” has just been produced in Mannheim, the German adaptation of the libretto being by Herr Kalbeck. The work, which is in three acts, is entitled “Dalibor.” It was well sung skill of the workme: ey Ho, for the Mountains. Another enjoyable family excursion to the Santa Cruz Mountains will be given on Sunday next under the superintendence of Colonel Menton of the Sontiiérn Pacific Company. 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