The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1895 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Tafly and Sunday CALL, one week. by carrier.$0.15 el d Sunday CALI, one year, by mall. 6.00 T aily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mail 3.00 Daily and Sunday Cax €unday CaLi, one WEEKLY Cal .Maln—1868 ... Maln—1874 ay; open until open until 9:30 o'clock. : open until 8:30 o'clock. r Sixteenth and Misslon streets; ‘open until € o'clock. £618 Mission street; open until § 0'clogis 316N inth street; open untll § o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: £08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Pecific Etates Advertising Burean, Rhinelander g and Duane New York Clty. Mr. Cleveland, you will take notice, is still fishing. The function of Democracy next year will not be a party but a rout. soon as the fall elections are over the v deficits will begin again., trea: Buckley declares he is out of politics, but he doesn’t like any one to say he isn’t in it. It seems the hardest thing in the world for one Democrat to tolerate another Dem- ocrat. We may vet sce Buckley going through reform Democracy like a trolley-car with the fender off. ‘We have plenty of organized assqciations now to reform the City if they would all work together. The Turks are a slow people, bat they may yet get out of Europe with a fin de siecle movement. Hunting for the north pole is as nothing to the search of an Ohio Democrat for something to stand on. Spanish dominion in Cuba is a good deal like the cigarette habit—nard to give up and deadly to continue. If we cannot have a carnival of our own there is consolation in knowing that San Jose is n bieycle d nce. Several of our- Eastern exchanges havé mentioned the goming of snowflakes, but none have called them beautiful. If Cleveland won’t do anything else for American supremacy he might starf an- other dog team for the north pole. e Eastern State elections are some- ouded by a report that both parties ng their barrels for next year. are sa The Sacramento Valley editors vehe- mently denounce land monopoly and yet each of them seems well satisfied with his lot. Perhaps Olney’s foreign policy is like the Valkyrie, and won’t play aslong as any- thing shows a pos y of getting in the way. The people of this country recognize Cuban independence as a partof American destiny, and it is time for the Government to do the same. A There is a growing belief that the Sep- tember surplus is a cunning fiction de- vised by the treasury to serve the purpose of a campaign lie. It is an easy prediction that the present speculation concerning Cleveland’s next mesaage will turn out a decided case of much ado about nothing. e a7 o S The assurance of the Reform Democrats that they will send Buckley back to the country is interesting, but it doesn’t carry conviction to the average citizen. No sooner does & man attain the highest station than slander assails him, It is now asserted General Miles said that Dun. raven was right in the cup controversy. The prompt action of Great Britain in China was a good British policy, and we need in this country san administration with an American policy just as prompt. The Maryland metropolis having won the leagne pennant twice in succession is now thinking of carrying out a plan of city extension under the title of Basebaltimore, It is asserted in Paris that the bicycle has struck a heavy blow at literature, as the people who used to read are either too busy riding or talking of riding to do any- thing else. By way of heading off the introduction into thiscountry of the plum-colored dress- suit from England, Chicago proposes the adoption of an Uncle Sam suit, of red coat, white vest and blue trousers, The latest discussion which engages the intellects of Texas and Arkansas is whether an editor with a wife and five children should be permitted to dodge the temperance question when it becomes red hot. The Austrian Minister, having investi- gated the condition of Slavonians in the coke regions of Pennsylvanis, reports that Uncle Sam is treating them all right, but the question remains, Are they treating Uncle Sam right? Many States contest for precedence in easy divorces, but Wisconsin issaid to have a sure leadership in lax marriage laws, and if reports are true matrimony is S0 easy there that people often fall into it without knowing it. The statement attributed to a professor of Chicago University that all the essential food elements contained in a 1200-pound steer could be put into an ordinary pill box may have been a strictly scientific truth, but it is hardly calculsted to en- courgge Chicago meat-packers to assist in spreading knowledge round the country. Now that the Democrats of New England have begun to talk seriously of supporting Russell of Massachusetts for the Presi- dential nomination the country will have to look sharp and not get William E. Rus- sell, who was Governor of the State, mixed ap with John E. Russell, who tried to get there and failed. Up to date the reports areso mixed it is not easy to tell which will make the rustle next year. \ THE TRUE PRINOIPLE. The_ following resolutions in regard to transportation were adopted at the recent session of the State Grange of California: “The true principle we declare to be that property invested in the transporta- tion business ought to be subject to the same risks that attend other investments and no more, and that transportation com- panies which haye been careless or waste- ful in their methods of construction or management, or which have been so un- fortunate as to lose money tnrough the questionable practices of their officers, or whose property has become depreciated by decreased costs of construction made pos- sible by modern methods, must themselves shoulder the loss, just as farmers and'man- ufacturers are compélled to do under the same circumstances. ‘‘We therefore declare, as the contention of the farmers, that reasonable rates of freights and fares are such rates as will vield a reasonable interest with a gradual repayment of principal upon the current value of the property, which is to be deter- mined by the cost of reproducing the same; and we demand that the Railroad Com- mission enter upon the work of ascertain- ing and recording the present value of all railroad properties, and that thereafter they shall fix such local rates as are likely in connection with the revenue estimated from interstate business to vield fair re- turns on the investment thus computed, and whatever this may prove to be wé will cheerfully pay. “We demand of our Representatives in Congress that they shall use their best ef- forts to cause the same principle and prac- tice to be adopted in the regulation of in- terstate commerce.”” These resolutions not only state a just principle, but disclose the superior intelli- gence and broad spirit of fairness pos- sessed by the farmers of California. It is to be observed that the principle lying be- hind that of subsidies is not touched upon, but that was unnecessary. Still, as it is important it may be discussed here, as some canfusion concerning it is prevalent. In the case of the subsidized lines of the Southern Pacific Company, for instance, the General Government not only advanced many millions of dollars in aid of the en- terprises, but gave them besides an enor- mous part of the public domain. These favors, had the lines been honestly con- structed and managed, would have brought the cost of construction, maintenance and management far below tbat which wou!d be required to-day to reconstruct the lines without a subsidy. Yet we see that the Southern Pacific has so burdened itself with unnecessary debts as to have an- nulled the benefits which the public had a right to expect in return for the subsidy and 2s to have enabled the company to exact tolls exorbitant and unjust and pro- hibitive of the development of the regions which it traverses. Itis as unjust for the people to be made thus to suffer as it is to permit the com- pany to enjoy enormous wealth which it did not earn and maintain charges to which it is not entitled. The whole diffi- culty is that although the principle of gov- ernmental aid necessarily involves that.of governmeuntal direction within reasonable bounds, the Government has been incon- sistent in neglecting to exercise such direc- tion and in permitting only oneof the parties to a contract of public policy to enjoy the benefits. It was coubtless a thorough understanding of this matter that induced the State Grangeto adopt these resolutions and thus express the con- clusion of all the great principles consid- ered together, The resolutions are so just that they are earnestly recommended to the attention of the public officers to wham they are addressed. SUBDIVIDING LAND. While the Sacramento Valley editors have expressed in convention a determina- tion to work for the subdivision of large land holdings, the telegraphed accounts of the meeting do not inform us what method was proposed to accomplish that end. It seems sirange that the intention of the constitution in this matter has been ap- parently lost sight of within the last few vears. Prior to 1879, when that instrument was adopted, the evil of large holdings was fally recognized and a provision was in- serted in the constitution to remedy it. This was simply that unimproved lands should be assessed at the seme rate as con- tiguous improved lands of the same quality and capacity. ‘This provision of the con- stitution has been ignored ever since the adoption of the instrument. Its enforcement would cure the evil where applicable, but, evidently, it would not reach the large plantations of wheat. The single-taxers smile in their sleeves whenever Californians mention this serious hindrance to the advancement of the State. As a matter of fact, the constitutional pro- vision to which we have referred was in Iine with the single-tax principle, as it was a recognition of the principle that the State has the right to modify the absolute- ness of land-ownership by means of taxa- tion; that is, to impose a tax which tends to weaken the monopoly of land. The constitutional provision was aimed at land held for speculative purposes. If it were applied even in such cases it would unlock many millions of acres of choice land in California, and that would be a start in the right direction. As for wheat- growing, the problem is in process of seli- solution in the manner indicated by Horace Davis—the impossibility of making a profit from the industry. The last important feature of the case is the mistaken business view of those who hold their land for speculative prices. They have tried this course from the beginning of the State, with the result that although prices did rise to & high figure several years ago as the effect of astonishingly large profits made in certain lines of pro- duction, that condition has passed, and consequently the demand for land atthe vrices based on those profits has entively ceased, and prices have greatly shrunk in consequence. By pursuing that policy landholders have lost heavily. The time never has been when they could not make more money by selling than by holding. It cannot be said that their losses and folly are entirely their own affair. Ina sense they are custodiansof the public welfare and ought to be educated to an un- derstanding of the fact, as well as to WAYS in which they could better their own con- dition by pursuing a different course. The intelligence of the Sacramento Valley edit- ors will be sufficient to furnish the needed instruction and create the desired pressure of public opinion. JAPAN'S AMBITION. There is nothing incredible in the rumor that Japan is desirous of securing the Ha- waiian Islands. The argument which its ambition would naturally inspire is that the present Government is weak and is maintained in opposition to the natives, and that'it hes the sympathy and support of no great power. Concurrently with this rumor comes another, to the effect that the Government “San itself is aware of its inability to remain much longer in existence., President Dole is said to bau;ld\ng his salary of $1000 a month to a San Francisco bank as a meas- |ure of safety, and he is drawing this i amount in the face of the fact that the Government is running behind $45,000 a month in éxpenses. It is said that the people are refusing to pay taxes on land and that the Government dares not offer the lands for sale, for the reason that it is aware no purchasers could be found who would be willing to take chances with a government delinquent tax title. Another part of the rumor is that the Dole Government would be willing to sur- render the reins to Princess Kaiulani, niece of Queen Lilinokalani, on condition that the United States and Great Britain consent to exercise a joint protectorate over her administration. Probably, if all this is true, such a plan on the part of the Dole Government has been made necessary by the supposed intentions of Japan. It couid well reason that as there was no in- terferenee to prevent the establishment of a republic upon the overthrow of the mon- archy there would be none to check the ambition of Japan in the direction of the islands. ‘Whatever truth there may bein all these surmises, it is an undisputed fact that business is dead in the islands and that ruin is impending. It cannot be expected that the proposed cable to theislands will be laid under existing circumstances, and as its advent would mean a great deal to the wealthier interests of the islands it is not unlikely that some important change will soon take place. The scheme of a joint protectorate would prevent the east- erly march of Japan and secure the power of the United States and Great Britain in the mid-Pacific. TROUBLE IN SANTA CRUZ A sore feeling has arisen in Santa Cruz County over the determination of the city of Santa Cruz to have a new courthouse against the wishes of the people in the eastern end of the county. The county building was destroyed by fire a year ago and it is desired to erect a new one. The people of Watsonville and the coun- try roundabout have taken the matter very seriously to heart. They insist that the times are too hard for the incurring of so great an expense and for the imposition of so grievons a tax burden. They have fought the proposition step by step, thelast move being & suit enjoining the Supervi- sors from making the initial payment to the contractor. A few weeks ago a lead- ing newspaper of Watsonville in a strong, earnest and dignified editorial called upon its readers to consider seriously the matter of severing thatend of the county from the other and annexing it to Santa Clara, where taxation is low and prosperity per- ennial. The residents of Santa Cruz had the power to force the carrying of the court- house proposition, and they exercised it as an admirable expression of public spirit on their part. The only question involved was one of judgment in so- bitterly an- tagonizing a weaker section, which is the center of one of the greatest industries in the State. It is not likely that the people of Watsonville could easily bring about the separation, and so add the fame and prosperity of the -sugar-beet industry to that which Santa Olara already enjoys, butthe very desire todo so indicates trou- ble and confusion in the future and a con- sequent retardation of the county’s ad- vancement. One of the highest duties of Californians is to ve wholly united in mattets apper- taining to advancement. The resources of Santa Cruz are so rich, varied and abun- dant that any hindrance to its progress would be a calamity to the State at large. ‘We trust that the wisdom of its respon- sible citizens will prove sufficient to smooth out the difficulties which have arisen. PERSONAL. Dr. W. F. Wiard of Sacramento is at the Grand. J. Burchell, a fruit-grower from Gilroy, is at the Russ. I L. Delano, & quarryman of Rocklin, is at the Lick. 8. P. Davis, editor of the Carson Appeal, isin the City. G. F. Scott, a merchant of Maxwell, is a guest at the Grand. J. P. Churchill, a banker of Yreks, is a guest at the Palace. Dr. D, E. Osborne of St. Helena i{s a guest at the Occidental. ‘Woods Campbell, a business man from Lake- port, is at the Russ. Colonel Caleb Dorsey of Oakdale registered at the Grand yesterday. Dr. C. W. Nutting of Etna Mills, Siskiyou County, is at the Grand. George C. Goodman, & banker of Napa, and his wife are at the Palace. Dr. 8. E. Latta of Stockton was one of yester- day'sarrivalsat the Grand. D. 8. Rosenbaum, a leading merchant of Stockton, is & guest at the Palace. John Finnell, & large landowner of Napa, registered at the Palace yesterday. Commander D. W. Mullan of the United States ship Marion is at the California. W. M. Vanderhurst, & leading merchant of Salinas, registered at the Grand yesterday. J. B. Fuller, & member of the Bank Commis- sion, registered at the California last evening, J. B. Atnerton, & merchant of Honolulu, came in on the Australia yesterday and put up at the Occidental. Dr. John Briodie, a prominent physieian of Honolulu, came in on the Australia yesterday and registered at the Palace. Charles T. Wilder, the Hawalian Consul to San Francisco, 1eturned from the islands yes. terday and is staying at the Occidental. Jay H. Adams, formerly counsel for the Northern Pacific, now & banker at Spokane, arrived here yesterday and registered at the Palace. Henry Waterhouse, a prominent merchant of Honolulu and member of the Senate, was one of yesterday’s arrivals by the Australia. Heis staying at the Occidental. Mrs. A. G. Hawes, wife of Colonel A, G. Hawes, and her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Hatch, wife of the Hawalian Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, came up from the islands yesterday on the Australia and registered at the Occidental. Frank 8. Dodge, an engineer of the Hawaiian Government, is staying at the Occidental. He has been sent up here to look into sewerage systems for the purpose of devising & scheme for the proper sewering of the city of Hono- lulu. Rev.and Mrs. J. B. Thomas and Miss Mott- Smith were ‘among yesterday’s arrivals from the Islands. Mr. Thomas is a resident of Bos- ton and went to the islands to be married. His bride (nee Mott-8mith) is a daughter of the late Minister to Washington. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 9.—Californians at the hotels to-day: San Francisco—M. Z. Eze- keils, the Misses Jones, Murray Hill; C. Cowles, Grand Union; Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Miss Jack- son, Normandie; C. Jost Jr., Bartholdi; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sanderson, Albert. Los Angeles— J. H. McCulloch, Bertlett; E. A. Dial, Morton. California—Mrs. Ames, Mr. and Mrs, H. Martin, Cosmopolitan. R et ADVERTISEMENTS GOMPARED, Los Angeles Times, October 8. The following comparative statement show- ing the quantities of advertising matter printed in four daily papers last Sunday, O« E plains itselfs P P° 9 80N B ex Los Angeles Times.... San Franc! PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Alexandre Dumas is a profoundly bald: headed man of stalwart build, with a floridly- tanted face deeply lined, a heavy mustache and a fringe of curly hair that looks like white wool. His flx:ihinz black eyes, eloguent ges- tures and stately bearing combine to make him a very conspicuous figure, while the brilliancy ©of his talk and the warmth of his nature open all doors to him. He is rising one and seventy years of age, and has been playwriting during eight and forty of them. It is now four decades and a half since he produced that “Dame aux Camelis which first caused his countrymen to admire him. In all his works he calls & spade & spade, and he often hits a nail very hard on the head—so hard, in fact, that the instinctive feeling of the public has always been to take offense. Yet, withal, it never fails to submit. In the conduct of his drama he has never been known to make a mistake. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that he was literally born behind the scenes and has lived | there ever since. He was elected oneof the ‘Immortals” in 1874, and is one of the few surviving giants in that decadent assemblage. Like most men of genius he has his hobby. On Sunday mornings he is invariably to be found, | feather duster in hand, cleaning, moving and changing about the furniture in his library. He will not tolerate any assistance. He has amassed an ample fortune. He now asks some- thing like $6000 for a new play, and he gets what he asks. Yet, withal, he is ever ready to lend a helning hana to young writers who are struggling against the buffets of fortune, Secretary Hoke Smith walks six foot two and is built accordingly, his shoulders being types of the tremendous, He has a plump, clean- shaven face beaming with good health and good nature, small, blue, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones and short hair, which stands up straight. He is past 40. A native of North Caroling, he removed to Georgia with his par- ents while yet a boy, and after recelving his education in the Atlanta schools, became prin- cipal of the Girls’ High School. While instruct- ing pupils there he studied law and-was ad- mitted to the bar. This was in 1876. He soon built up a splendid practice, which was ac- counted to he the biggest in the South, and he is said to have sacrificed something like $50,- 0008 year for e seat in the Cablinet. Some years ago he purchased the Atlanta Journal, and under his management it became one of the leading daily papers of the South. He is| known as the ‘“‘original Cleveland man from Georgia,” having espoused the President’s cause when he was in need of friends in that State. Perhaps his most notable political feat was.to transforra the Georgia delegation to Chicago from e Hill to a Cleveland delegation. In this way he received a National reputation as a politician, and e has duly entered into hisreward in the shape of the most weighty portfolio in the Cabinet. He is a glutton for | who are bravely struggling to achieve their freedom. The Cubans have steadily antici- pated some kind of help. from us, either moral or substantial, and by every reason they do 10t expect more than they have a right to. 1t will not redound to our National credit that we_remained passive and negative toward Cuba until she finally won her independence Without a syllable oi encouragement or & token of practical assistance from us as a ssopla- Behind all these diplomatic barriers and these international restraints there nnmistakably pulsate the deep sympathies of the popular eart. Whatever may be our duly toward Spain, there is nothing in nature to forbid our manifesting for the cause of the Cubans the strongest expressions of our sincere sympathy. Philadelphia Bulletin. The Cuban rebellion is as sincers an exhibi- tion of unselfish and patriotic courage strug- gling against the tyranny of & netion incom- petent to govern the island as has been wit- nessed in the history of the various American revolutions in the past century. It is an aspiz- ation and a movement which cannot be crushed out, and which the proximity of our own republic and the ever-increasing com- munication of republican_idess to Cuba will continually strengthen. Nineteen-twentieths of the American peoplé wish it well, and the time cannot be far distant when this moral sympathy must find expression at Washington. Chicago Times-Herald, Cuba is our neighbor—after Canada and Mex- ico our nearest neighbor. There is no other country toward which the eyes and longing heart of Cubans in the hour of their supreme 4gony turn as they do to the United States. This country is the day star of their hope. Its history, its institutions and its laws, its mil- lions of free and happy homes, have taught the Cubans all they heve ever known or dared dream about of political freedom and human rights. Springfield Republican, The Cubans are going to get a lotof sym- pathy from the United tates, if not a recogni- tion as belligerents. A monster petition to the Government to recognize them is in the way of being started at New York, and & mass-meeting is to be held at Music Hall in Chicago ina week, under the auspices of leading citizens, to give voice to the sentiments of ihe community in the matter. There is no question about the feeling of the people toward the Cuban pa- triots. Atlanta Coustitution. The outcome of it was a great republic of freemen, pledged by their destiny to offer to all other peoples struggling for liberty a lively aud cordial sympathy. The question arises, have we offered it to the people of Cuba, who are struggling against the most tyrannical and sinister goverhment that the human mind can imagine? Have we done our whole duty by thet brave people fighting for their libertiés? Chicago Tribune. If Cuba were free she would pass under American trade influence; she would buy from her customers; she would have better rail- roads and highways. Her remarkable re. sources would be developed by American capt- INSIGNIA OF AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES. [From Munsey 1. Soclety of the Cincinnatl. 2. Sons of the Revolntion. 3.8ons of the American Revolu- 6. Society of Colonial Wars. tion. 7. Aztec Club. 4 Military Society of the War of 8. National Soclety of Colonial 12, 1813. Dames. 5. General Saciety of the War of s Magasine.] 9. Society of Colonial Dames. 10. DPaughters of the American Rev ion. 11. Daughters of the Revolution. Naval Order of the United States. work. He works on an average fifteen hours & day, end sometimes more, but often does not get through half his business. Though strongly opposed to appointing women to public office, he is a devoted family man, who drinks noth- ing but water. He has a horror of growing fat, and in his leisure moments he indulges in box- ing. He cuts a fine figure on horseback. RECOGNITION OF CUBA. Philadelphia Times. If the United States had acted in imitation of Spain at the time of our Civil War we should have recognized the Cuban insurgents as belligerents long ago. Within little more than & month after the first battle of Bull Run, that Was no more a viciory for the insurgents of ALFONSO XIIT, THE YOUNG KING OF SPAIN. the South than was there a victory for the Cuban insurgenis the battle of Baysmo, from which the nish commander had to flee for his life, the Government of Spain recog- nized the Cenfederates as belligerents. We bave, therefore, high authority in the example of Spain to ncolufzs the Cuban rebels as bel- ligerents. ¥ Boston Courier. 2 The feeling presses closer and closer to the American heart that it belongs to the United States—if not before that -time, then when Congress meets—to sertously consider the pro- - priety and the policy of extending belligerent Tights to the struggling Cubans and thusat least manifest the sympathy of our people with those of another country ,nekh_box tous tal and her business wonld rapidly increase ir she had the moral protection of this country and were freed from Spanish exactions and ab- sorptions. Kansas City Times. Undoubtedly the recognition of the insur- gents would give the Cubane great moral sup- port. It would help their credit and give them standing. Spain would consider the action of the Government as an affront, no doubt, but that would be a matter of small consequence. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Henry Waterhouse, a leading banker of Honolulu and a member of the Senate, was one of yesterday’s arrivals on the Austral This outbreak of cholera is going to be in the end one of the best things that ever happened to Honolulu,” he said last evening at the Occi- dental. “It wall be the cause of our adopting one of the grandest systems in the world for keeping the city clean and healthy. Steps are being taken already in that direction. The first thing that will be done is the walling up of the sides of the stream that runs by the town. Then all the flats will be filled up where there is stagnant water. The plans for further work will be decided in the future. “The Board of Heaith could not have handled this case better than they did. Then they were backed up by the citizens, who all cheerfully volunteered their services. The board was not a close corporation, but oftan called in citizens to advise with them, and everybody worked in harmony.” “Was there much talk about the Pproposed restoration of royalty with Princess Kaiulani ‘when you were léaving?” was asked “‘For some time past the royalists, annexation- ists and everybody else have been a unit politically. The only question at issue was to get rid of the cholera. No, there has been no such talk. Tshould have known something of it had there been. [was speaking with the President and Minister of l?o Affairs an hour and & balf before sailing an nothing of the sort was spoken of up to that time,” The encampment of 1896 will be held in St. Paul. and there Buffalo and Baltimore will contend for encampment honors of 1897, The attraction of Niagara Falls counts something in favor of Buffalo. That city only lost the prize at lnm;ville by 23 votes. In 1900 San Francisco will enter the fleld without much work, as the fifl:b‘?’? 't'lh!: former great reunion on the Pacific Coast is still the talk of veterans in the Last. The Louisville Encampment adopted a plan where. by two posts consolidated m?o one two-thirds of the membersof eaclt post. The consolidated post may take the rank of the senior post. BOTH SHOWING HOW, Salem (Or.) Statesman. _Mr. Hearst of the San Francisco Examiner 1s going to New York to show the people there how to run a great n T, he orning Jnoumnl{n oflvh .“Tg 0. CASE L howing ME. Hoarst ho — X owing Mr. Hearst how to newspaper in San Francisc xs < MUSIC AND Mpsmmus‘. THese ITEMs ARe DIRecT FroM LaTesT ENGLISH, FRENCH, GER- MAN AND ITALIAN PAPERS. Great singers get such big prices nowadays that they are able to become patrons of art themselves. For instance, the tenor Tamagno (7000 francs a performance) is build_ing, as an sttachment to his villa at Varese, in Italy, 8 private theater which he intends 10 inaugurate SIGNOR TOMAGNO. [From an engraving.] early next year with a series of grand operatic performances. It is not Tamagno's intention to Teserve his theater selfishly for himself and his friends, he has slready announced that he means to give performances for sweet charity thereand he will also encourage young and talented composers. Asa preliminary Tamagno has commissioned the maestro Gnagna to write him an opera, which will be performed at the openingof his theater. Ivan Caryll, the popular light opera com- poser, has just met with a touching adventure in Scotland. The maestro is a Belgian, and not having the least idea that it was against the law, outraged Scotch Sabbatarianism by going out fishing on the day of rest. He was accosted on the lake by a member of the High- land Vigilance Committee, who commanded him to desist, and when the merry melodist refused the Scotchman cut his boat loose from its anchor and. then rowed rapidly to lend. Then there was a dreadful discovery. The Laird who had “personally conducted” the composer to the spot had rowed away in his own boat, promising to come and fetch his friend ashore in the afternoon, and the victim of Scoteh bigotry knew nothing of the naviga- tion of the waters or even where he was, and dared not set the sail, and just as he was mak- ing up his mind to row a Scotch mist swept suddenly down from the mountains. He shouted -‘Yo-ho! yo-ho,” and *Hsaul away,” and “Heave ho!” and various other things which his librettists had imposed upon him as genuine nautical expressions, but no voice an- swered his, and in the blindlng fog he fancied himself off the coast of Newfoundland. Early the next day a search party from the castle discovered the Sabbath - breaker busily en- gaged, it is satd, in setting some lyrics which he had in his pocket. At any rate the com- poser of “My Honey” went up to London di- rectly after and deposited with his publisher two new plantation songs, “De Little Black Coon Up Dar” and “Way Down de Ohio.” Considerable interest is being aroused in England and France by a traveling orchestra of Russian musicians. “These artists,” says La Semaine Musicale, ‘““use instruments which are quite unknown here, and which have the aspect of large pipes of & conical form, bent toward the mouthplece and varying in dfmen- slons from a quarter of a yard to & yard in diameter. One of these instruments that only produced one note made a deeper sound than any the contra basso can make. The musician who plays has two of these pipes, into which he blows alternately. Some of them are capable of producing one, others two notes, and the effect resembles the deep tones of an organ.” “The difficulty of per- forming on this orchestra of Russian horns,” says Le Menestrel, ‘“lies in the absolute pre- cision which is necessery and which is pro- digiously difficult to obtain on such instru- ments, when each performer ouly produces one or two notes. The inventor of this system was & Bohemian named Maresch, born in 1719. His music found favor in Russia, and he was generously recompensed by the then Emperor.” Johann Strauss’ new opera will be produced this month at the theater An der Wien in Vienna, and afterward at the Lessing Theater in Berlin, Tne operetta is called “Asperula.” This odd title is explained by the fact that the pretty little plant, the asperula, is used in Ger- many and Austria as & drink infused with white wine, generally Rhine wine. ‘The opera contains some pretty drinking songs as well as & waltz round the asperula barrel. Itisnot the first time that this plant has had the honor of inspiring a poet’s lays. Without counting the charming verses that Maurice Bouchor has consecrated 1o it there still exists in Germany & poetical legend in which the asperula is elevated to the dignity of Prince Charming. Western nations often find it difficult to realize how much attention is paid to art, par- ticularly to musical art, in Russia. An ac- count of the new conservatory at St. Peters- burg, which is rapidly nearing completion, gives some idea of the money which is lay- ished in this direction. The building, which is an imposing ome, is conveniently close to the Grand Theater. The conservatory, how- ever, will contsin a fairly large theater of its own, furnished with the latest improvements in stage mechanism, for the pupils’ perform- ances. Anotherlarge hallis destined for the recitals of the Imperial Society of Russiaff’ Music. The interior decorations of the con- servatory have been the object of most artistic care, and the accessories will leave nothing to be desired. The building will be lighted by not less than 3000 electric lights, The composer Zollner, who was so successful with his “At Sedan” & short time ago at Munich, has just produced another lyric act, “The Surprise,” at the Royal Theater at Dres. den. This opera also relates an episode of the war of 1870, and is based on a work by Von Wildenbruch, the favbrite poet of William IT. The success of “The Surprise” was ‘“discreet,” as they say in Italy, in spite of the excellent conducting of Von Schuch. The composer, who was for years chorus-master of an orpheum at Cologne and who is now musieal conductor of & large music-hall in New York, went back to Germany to be present at the first perform- ances of his operas. The Italian Government gave the composer Luigi Ricei of Trieste the order to wr!tx; the oficial hymu for the fete of the 20th of Sep- tember at Rome. It appears from the Italian papers that this hymn has not given general satisfaction. It is accused of being so lacking in melody that the people cannot remember it. Ana to think that Verdi in hisearlier man- Der was obliged to hold back some of his most celebrated airs till the last moment; forin- stance, ‘‘La Donna e Mobile” was suppressed until the final renearsal for fear people should be singing it before the first night, O tem- vora! O compositores! In an essay on operatic Jibretti, which Mascagni hes recently written, he says that over 1500 books of operas are written in Italy every year, and that of these about 200 come tohim. Every Itallan believes he can writes libretto, and among his would-be librettists are a railway porter, a sailor. a shoemaker and s pig-doctor. One libretto submitted to him dealt with Italian unity, the dramatis personz being Garibaldi as a barytone, the Pope as a besso and Victor Emanuel as a tenor. Another libretto, entitled “May Day.” dealt with a strike, and boasted an elaborate chorus, “We want an eight-hourday.” There are thirty-three works on the pro- gramme for the coming oOpera season at St. Petersburg, and of these, thirty are the works ©of Russian compogers. Among the lstter are 3 operas Which have never yet }een pro. ;l:xrc:i—fimphml." by Arensky; “Christmas Night,” by Rimslty-Korsekoff, and “Orinstele,” by Tanaieff. i i g, Hargid Bo r Augustus Harris hag, with b tai‘ prepared an operatic yersion of Vicar of Wakefield,” and’ 8ir Artaur Sullivan 15 considering whether he will supplyithe mu. sic. The present title is “Olivia.” violinis h Joachf The famous violinist, Josep! Just been named director of the Royal servatory of Berlin. [ETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, THE “EXAMINER” CRITICISED. it e Cc Sir: I take the fol- To the Editor of The Call-SIR: I lowing clipping from to-day’s Examiner and ask if this: contumelious ‘ireatment should be given to a matter of o much importance? The Examiner say! : Extensive preparations ¥ in progress for the joint reception of the Ourw:n.fll (n.u? KRn- ‘Bunko Men's clubs to_be hald rct the Sto ezvous in honmor of Mr. Buckley e at first that the main stairway - on It was inten £ n stair should be brilliantly iighted, bat this idea has been abandoned in defsrence to thewishes of a number of those who deire to particijiate, but do not care -act police attention. Ot D ored by the opjosition to Buckley yesterdny that Chief Crowley hrended to rald tho Louse for vagrants by midnight and fill all bis jalls. When the ramor was #t afioat there was some talk of pc!lpomnf the reception or holding itin the gymnasium of the Cdma Athletic Club, But toward evening it was leamed that the Chret bad no such intention. 1?0 ltntjmrecrmlon ought to very large ana brilliant sfixir. e commaiitee ‘on reception And supper snd literary exercises heve not Leen announced, as there are still some old indictnients pigeonholed in the District Attorney’s office. The gueats will not be remired to appear in either plain black or siriped wits. Thisis for the purpose of preventing emWrrassment. Some citizens will be admitted thbugh the back en- trance down from the alley lealing oft Bush street. Is it proper that the “Busiess Men’s Club,” organized tp “do business” in a great city, should be treated with this lort of malevolens flippancy? g it not eminently to the dedit of “lambs” to have sequired the art ofshearing rathes than indulge thefolly of beifz shorn?” And is it not their privilege to bleal for their she herd, that he may lead them p pleasant stalls in the City erib? "To me 1t scems pratseworthyin Mr. Buckley” admirers that they shouid prodaim themselv as that will simplify the taskbf the voter and the work of the police on eltion days, and we should be grateful for the het that during the time they are housed in tl¢ occupation of entertaining Mr. Buckley our qtizens need not keep their hands on their pofketbooks while walking the streets, \ 1 think the Examiner ought fo have taken these things into consideration I traist it will treai the subject hereafter with a seriousness becoming its importance, aud tlat as & mease ure of Grand Jury convenience ind_public se« curity it will procure and publih the names, and, if possible, the pogtraits of pil the gentles men who will lend the grace of felr presence to the reception. A DISSATISFII) DEMOCRAT. San Francisco, Oct. 9, 1895. POTHUNTERS ARRESTED. TWO MEN HEAVILY FINED FOR TLLRIAL SHOOTING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY| To the Editor of the San Francito Call—SIRt Having traveled over the countffor several months, and having conversed wih a number of people in different parts of thy county re- garding game, they all seem to ghink that hunters heve respected the law bettl this year than heretofore. \ Quail and ducks are very plefiful this season and those who are fond of ra{, guail o duckshooting cgn get as full & bx in this county as in any of the neighboring cjunties. While performing my duties arotkd Alva. rado, October 3, I saw two huuters \yalking out to the fresh water ponds belongirk to the Willow Lodge Shooting Club. The parties looked rather suspicious,so I watche| them uctil I saw them shoot, and as they 3ad no ossible way of getting out without beir seen Yhii in the tules near & little trail untf they came . Each had a string of fine sprigy cori- sequently I arrested them and took ghem before Judge Quinn at San Leandro, there the; pleaded guilty and paid their fine 0{$70. ave the names of C. W. Crane and§". L. Crawford. 1 am going to do my ntmdt to have this violating_ stopped and will havedep- uties throughout the county. Yours resiect- fully, J. C. DoNova Fish and Game Warden, Alameda Count, A NOTE FROM RECTOR PRENDIR. GAST. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—Sg: Contrary, no doubt, to the intentions of Ar, McAvoy, some of your readers may have fy. ferred from the tenor of the interview wita him published in THE CALL of Monday that i would have cost$50 to have a requiem mass at the cathedral for the deceased child, Marie Hernandez. Now, with exceptions so rare as not to be worth noting, we arrange for requiems and all other funeral services, not with the unders taker, but directly with the family or friends of the deceased. The expenses of such services are invariably as follows: For requiem high mass, that is mass with organ and choir, $20; for requiem mass without music, 85; for what is known as the Libers, or, as it is sometimes called, the blessing of the body, nothing what- ever. These conditions are so reasonable as ta elicit in some instances expressions of astons ishment. Moreover, it sometimes happens that even the requiem mass is celebrated—to use the famillar phrase—not indeed without some ex< pense to the cathedral, but without any exs pense to relatives or friends. Thus in the case of Marie Hernandez the Rev. Father Byrne, who had administered to the child the last rites of the church, was prepured to say the requiem mass on the day of her burial, the cathedral bearing all the expenses incident to the function. In fact he awaited, fasting of course, the hour appointed for the mass, 9 o'clock, to learn at the last moment that the body was not to be brnuihl 1o the church at all, and consequently that the requiem was not to be. The complications that led to thig unexpected result it is not my purpose to at- tempt to disentangle. I wish merely to show, asI hope I have shown, that the cll-iedrnl was at the service of those who were interested in Marie Hernandez for the requiem mass withe out one centof expense (o &ny person what ever. J. J. PRENDERGAST, Rector. The Cathedral, October 9, 1895, “ESPECIALLY THE CALL." DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA, REV. F. H. 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