The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSbAY, JANUARY 2, 9 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. rsily 8nd Sunday Car1; oneweek, CALL; one year, x months, by mail. Tsily and Sunday CALL, one month, by matl.. £unduy CALL, one year, by mal by mall; WEKKLY CALL, one.y BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, &an Francisce, California. | Telephoe.... i Main—1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 C Street. Telepbone......¢ Maln—1874 | BRANCH OFFICES | omery street, corner Clay: open until | 717 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'cloc! SW . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; Open Tl § o'clock. 818 Mission street: open until © o'clock. 346 Niuth street; open until § ’clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : #08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 84 Park Row, New York City. | DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. THURSDAY, ... JANTARY 2, 1896 | SPEAKS FOP ALL. THE CALL ig year before nergency bills will come home'to you When a leap year starts everything is no the junip. Pledges made for reform last winter are still binding. ‘When a man is- trying to get even he is not necessarily odd To-day the swear-off becomes effective, | or at least it should Pablic epiri vating [ We must make'a good home market for | home goods s'year. | of a_cause. | But.in the intervals between elections the | | that the Street Department was in in- | competent hands, and when balked by | a new issue which will ‘be difficult to de- | looked down into a rulf in which lurked | with which we are environed are not BEGINNING THE YEAR. No new resolution bas a value unless it is based on exvperience.- The past year | nhas been rich in lessons both of injury | from betrayals of a public trust and the discovery of the fact. 1t is never suf- ficient that there is a popular impression of official rascality, and still such an im- pression would never exist in the .absence | ‘When this sentiment is em- bodied in the form of an official expres- sion ‘we have a legal basis for re- form. In the absence of an effi- cient Grand Jury and dilizent peace officers and criminal courts the corrective power of the ballot is always available. most serious popular:-interests may be compromised, and there isat presént the danger that a corrupt political machinery may be able to perpetuate the evil. - The Grand -Jury just 1mpaneled: cannot do better than resolve to pursue to the end the work which the last Grand Jury so valiantly began. That body discovered the courts on a technicality, courageously returned to the attack and made feat. It pursued the disgraceful bucket- shops masquerading as poolrooms, and shadowy forms of official connivance and corruption. It only half-turned thekey in the lock of the penitentiary; the present | Grand Jury, by that act of the old body, is | charged with the duty of opening the door | for ‘the admission of any official . rogues who would be better behind bars. To purge San Francisco of political ras- cality would be only the bezinning of the useful things which those who have as- sumed to guard the welfare of California should resolve to do. All the various as- sociations which have charged themselves to protect and advance the interests of the State should resolve to appreciate the serious responsibility which they have as- sumed. ‘They represent in an embodied form all the decency, all the hopesand all | the aspirations of - the better elements of | the State.. Their organization has been created and indorsed by the peaple. Their work will be the effort of all that is best in the State. Weakness of endeavor and failure of effort will proclaim the unworth ‘of California and will be' notice meant for our enjoyment. At the same time ho citizen not an ac- | tive member of these organizations is re- | lieved of the smallest ‘share of responsi- | bility. No representative body should be il | expected to be more than representative, < are over and it will be a | 3RY more than a stresm should be sought | above its source. For the people to lose be tied in some re- ue of it isn't, before we see another. e | | If we are to have a better-governed City t have better men to govern it. will not be the winter of our dis- —there will be no legislature in it. a happy him to have interest in the things which concern their welfare would be for their representative bodies to relax their diligence. - The em: vloyer who is less alert than his agents 4 :good thing to begin|to the world that the natural beuntiesi :‘ot};se:m?'i;?g;;po?e‘;fi]g“:fthf;:‘yci'::,‘:1 w never prosper. The people must resolve to stand behind these represent- ive bodies and in every way urge them forward. We need the Nicaragua' canal. A rail- road funding bill would - be the ruin-of California. “We must lighten the burdens which hamper our ocean ¢commerce. We must seek ta push the market for our prod: ucts into all: countries reached by sh and rail. We . must invoke . the | aid of the Government -to ' secure reasonable rates for overland trarsporta- tion.” We m resolve generally ‘to | show the world what California is and tic National Convention is if anybody wi | products of our soil and climate shall come | what Californians are, to the end that the | | | I | { 1 I | [ a reasonable argument THE CALL has no inituence to use with that company. The editorial referred to was one com- mending the idea originating in one of the southern towns in the State of making a sharp contrast of Catifornia’s various cli- mates by displaying oranges and lemons in an ice palace. That editorial said noth- ing of the plans of the carnival managers in the premises, but evidently the idea has been adopted by them, for C. F. Mc- Glashan, president of the Truckea [ce Car- nival Company, writes the Visalia Board of Trade that the offer of tnat section to send a citrus exhibit has given the man- agement much pleasure, and that suitable arrangements will be maae for its display. ‘While it might have been more regular for the managers of the carnival to make ar- rangements with the express company, in case this has been overlooked the express company can do a graceful and useful thing by taking the initiative and offering the customary concessions. ATFAIRS IN OUBA. The Cuban situation has recently taken on some new features of great significance. Not only have the insurgents advanced almost to the walls of Havana, but they | are systematically destroying all sugar cane which growers begin to press, while giving notice that no cane will be de- stroyed which is not intended for the im- mediate manufacture of sugar. Theim- portance of these two recently developed | incidents of the rebellion will be appre- ciated when they are submitted to anal- ysis. With regard to the investing of Havana, | the rebels are displaying no hurry. They | are well aware that their present slow and patient tactics are far better than haste. While the money and power which control Havana are in sympathy with Spain, a majority of the city’s population are friendly to the insurgents. For the insur- gents to hover as a menace in the distance is to put the loyalty of the rich Spanish adherents on a strain and give time forthe love of freedom among the common peo- ple to work as a leaven. . The natural re- sult of such a policy, in the absence of one or two overwhelming victories by the Spanish forces, will be to produce - in- Ha- | vana such a condition of anarchy as that | which Paris suffered aiter the battle of Se- | dan. That would mean the rising of the | gates to the insurgents. This end is being hastened by the burn- | ing of the cane crops in the interior. It | was a signal act of diplomacy on the part | of the insurgents to exempt from destruc- | tion all crops that are not to be manufac- tured at once into sugar. To heed Gomez’ | warning not to manufacture is to withold a rich and greatly needed revenue from THE PLACERVILLE INCIDENT. BisHOP WINGFIELD DISCUSSES . IT IN'A VIGOROUS MANNER.. BEXICIA, Cal., Jan 1.1896. Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR ST Allow me a brief reply to your telegrams from Placerville. : The Church of the Savior at Placerville is not a union church, as some may be led to suppose, but is the properiy of the Protestant Episcopal church, and was built by the Epfs- copalians of the town, assisted by friends of the church outside the congregation, on a lot presented by the late Charles McLean, for many years a resident of the place and the agent for Wells, Fargo Express Company.. It was paid for in full and consecrated by th late Rev. Dr. Kip, s is testified to by Mrs. Fowler. who wes confirmed on the-occasion.” - The present vestry do not know in whom the church property is vested, but think it was deeded to “trustees,” which is not atail likely, inasmuch as the property ‘of the churchis usually -vested in the name of the vesiry, or the Bishop and his successors in office, orin &0 incorporated vestry. Therefore the asger- tion of the sender of the telegram that the ves- try contracted with Mr. Peirce for his “services to bersi\'eu gratuitously for life” is. not only absurd, but is far .from. creditable to the so- called vestry, E & The fact is that Bishop Kip sent Mr. Peirce as & missionary to_Placerville, and in that ca- pacity he has scted ever since. Bishop Kip told e many years ago that he had given him a great deal of trouble in consequence of his in- dependent ana defiant spirit, and that he had concluded two or three times to remove him, which he could not have done had he been rector of & parish. It is simply ridiculous to say that Mr. Peirce *so arranged at the time of the building of the church to-prevent it becom- ing & part of the diocese and under the con- trol of the Bishop, and thereby. sn)ajeclhlg him to removal from his chosen field during his lifetime.” Ii Mr. Peirce is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary of New York he is no credit to the pulpit, for hi§ average congrega- tion is about six women and one or two men. Nor doeshe ‘“‘conform strictly to the letter of the Protestant Episcopat.ritual.” His popu- larity s not due to his devotion to the min- istry, but to the fact of his being a devotee to secret fraternities and to his presents to'the children. He told me many years ago that he had spent $6000 in distributing picture-cards &nd little books to the young. Your correspondent charges me with “taking exception to.Mr. Peirce’s devotion and time given to the different lodges and assaulting and insulting him, striking him a cowaraly blow like a living bruiser, and expostulating with him against his connection with the Ma- sonic society, which detracted so much “from the church.” All of which 1 will briefly dis- pose of by saying there js not a single word of truth in it, or-if a strong expression will dis- plosc‘ of it bettér, “It isa lie outof the whole cloth.” Your correspondent, to- make the situstion more sensational, says, “‘the woman screamed,’ “‘the Bishop entered into & discussion with two men,” both of which statements are in opposi- tion to the facts. - As for the ettendance of a Deputy Sheriff; T do not believe it, as I saw but two men present and I know that neither was a_pubiic officer. Then as for the prepared affidavit read by Mr. Peirce, standing not in the chancel nor in the pulpit, but like myself on the fleor of the aisle of the church after morning service had been read—in which he aflirms that I said: *‘Ah! Thatis what keeps men out of the church; they are here, when they ought to be in church.” thatIsaid: * He¥, my boy, nothere but in the church, sir; - “‘that I then “struck | with clinched fist, a violent blow on his affirm- ant” and followed - it with the ~words “Not Spain, and to ignore it is an invitation to 2 & | here but in the church; my boy,” in which he ruin. Whatever may be the political ncli- Teaflirms that he “heard these threatenings nations of the planters (we may be sure | andfelt the beating of the fist, under ‘the they are with Spain), if they defy Gomez | :’l\lr:mg o gll':‘;nnfnllw“n?ik‘z'?u of per; Feas 4 : E Ay simply as false they accomplish their own ruin without| gay'that there ia not an jota of truth in' such aiding Spain, and if they heed his warn- | afiirmations, however solemnly they were ing they lend to that act & color of assist- | made. R el ey, manuiactured e S out of the whole cioth.” ance to his cause, = This isone of the ablest | Finally, it 1s stated By your correspondent pieces of generalship that modern warfare.! th hat I ‘‘apologized for the impulsive language has developed. It will paralyze business |l 1sed.”” This is enother mizsiatement of fact. I have been 1aught to call aspadea spade’; in Havana and reduce the common people. and when I stigmatize inischiood as s lie” | to beggary. very short step. Thus the delay in investing Havana and From that to insurrection is a | 4o not nse such a term nnder impulse- or tad | feeling, but simply with a view of ‘calling things by their right and proper names, let the consequences be what they may. Iwillgoso | the policy of destroying the sugar crop fAr.as to say that 1 do not bélieve Mr. Peirce under the conditions adopted have a com- mon purpose, and in the natural order of things will produce the result desired by the rebels. : Minor incidents of the campaign are the Last year a good foundation was laid for the constructive work of municipal reform this year. Utah -will get into the Union ‘in a few and then Oklahoma will begin knock- t the door. Cleveland will ‘observe that.the green- k ill. doing business-and shows. no y settled. were:Dunraven and the rnia expects Congress to defeat the fundin ill-and hasten the' construction of the Nicaragua canal. We shall'neverarrive to the fallness of the new era until: the "gold ‘réserve ceases to bea'distu The toughest.dilemma of - the -time is.to be in' a- posi where :;you can neither meet-a bill nor dodge ; Thé year may. -yet give: Europe. a-sur- prise party and fnike the hations Gance to the sound. of a war drum. If the old year hasleft-many fights.on | ple busine_ss Pproposition based on justice | our hands it has also Jeft us good -organ- | and constituting a necessary rule of busi- | izations to carry them on. It begins to look as if silver wounld be the rising metal this yea a big year for gold mining: There is no longer any talk about panics, and Wall street has evidently determined to let the revival move along. The enthusiasm for miunicipal reform shouid be as strong this year as it was last winter and a great deal wiser. Congress is the frying-pan of ‘politics, but the fat will be in the fire when the Republican Convention meets. There will be a good deal of local finan- cial talk for the next few days, but it will mean business and not politics. It may be a new. era, but the cobble- stones, the Solid Eight and ‘bad sewers re- main with us as three of a kind. The Grand Jury will not be a working successor of - the'old unless it takes up the good work and carries it further along. Aslong as Cleveland and Carlisle can keep the country talking about bonds they will never say anything about the deticit. It may be true as reported that butter contains forty times as many mierobes as oleomargarine, but if so the microbes-are good. We are fairly into the Prasidential elec-| tion year and yet no man is‘even under the suspicion of being a Democratic can- didate. Democratic prophecies of a coming split in the Republican majority in Congress are most assuring signs that it won’t hapven. ‘We shall have a festal wintér, a_carnival spring, & campaign summer, an election fall and a rousing Republican year all through. The Senators continue to talk of Vene- - zuela when the people “have settled that question and wish to hear something about Cuba. If the ‘Senate is really opposed to an: other issue.of Cleveland 5 per cent bonds it-can head the issue off by promptly pass- —_— |'discovery that the savage tacties of the | zebels overmateh the ‘fine military dis-| cipline of the Spanish troops; that thead- | vent of winter, on which' the Spaniards counted so much, has shown merely that | to be regarded .as necessary to ‘all the [ 'world, and the intelligence of our :people | an essential factor “in determining the course and cheracter of civilization. nd still it “'will’ be | i COLLECT -THE - DEBT. | Tt is unfortunate that there should have ! developed ‘a lack of unanimity in San Francisco on ‘the subject of the’ fund- ing and the collection of the debt {‘érnment. .The Union' for: Practical Prog- | ress-has taken issue with the Committee | of Fiffy, charging that the commitiee is | mot.carrying out the wishes of the people | expressed in mass-meeting, for thereason |'that it has failed to take steps for submit- | ting to the people inanother mass-meeting | & bill, to be presented .in’ €ongress, pro- |.viding for Government ownership.of these roads, and that the committee is confin- ing its efforts to a defeat of the proposed { funding ' measures without reference. to |:Government ownership; The. two . propos ns are so radically { unlike in" purpose and :principlé that to |.consolidate- them would : be to: weaken | them both. The matter of ‘collecting the debt by foreclosing the mortgage is a sim- | ness conduct. - Government ownership is | purely a political matter, and as such will | be viewed differently by different. persons. To confound -business with politics in this great railroad question would be to weaken the fight which California is making. The Committee of Fifty has taker zround whose merits cannot be called in guestion. By <o doing it has avoided raising a politi- cal-issue and .creating injurious antagon- | isms. Inthe order of the settlement of the whole question the. coliection of ‘the | debt must come first. . Government owner- ship would be impossible without it. Te | enforce the collection is to begin at the be- ginning. Political considerations might follow if deemed expedient. The collection of the debt would in nowise interfere with subsequent questions .of a political char- acter. “The defeat of a funding measure would mean the necessity for the Government to proceed with foreclosure. - So long as the legal machinery of. the Government is tied aim at the settlementof the question noth- ing can:be done. TIf all such legislaticn is thrown out the Government. will have to proceed with the collection of the debt. The ordinary way 'is:to secure judgment and foreclose on the miortgage. The Gov ernment may then, if it pleases, become a bidder, and so take charge of the property and operate it in the interest of the people. But this'is not the time for raising that issue. 2 ‘ ASSIST THE OARNIVAL The editor of THE CaLL has received a letter from J. P. Carroll of Visalis, saying: “‘Acting on'an editorial in THE CAci I have several citrus-growers interested in the idea of sending -an -exhibit of Tulare County citrus fruite to'the Frost Palace at- Truckee. At their request 1 write you to use your influence with Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express to glve us a special:rate on the same, the fruit to.leave here on Fri-- day, the 3¢ inst.” 3 2 From this we infer that the express com- pany has not made aspecial rate. If it has not-we are confident that it will, as in the past it has always exhibited a com- mendable spirit of co-overation with such enterprises. Likely this branch.of the ice carnival, being of very recent and wholly unexpected development, has not been brought to the attention of .the ex- press company. - It is hoped that:this no- ing -the Housé- bill providing for 3 per cents, ok the only ‘things the old year | owed by the aided railroads to the Gov- | tp with pending legislation purporting to{long. Yourimagination does the rést.—Phila-.| they have lost ground and are beginning | to face the fact that they must make the | final stand at Havana, where their ener- | gies will be divided amons efforts to keep | | the enemy at bay, feeding the people and| suppressing Insurrections within the walls; that the machete, that terrible knife- cleaver with which the natives cut their cane and which splits open the man upon whom it falis, is more formidable in the| hands of dosperate fighters than the finest | sifie that mechanical genius can contrive, ‘ and ragged, hungry and ignorant rebels, | tnspired by a love of liberty and the in- | herent right of self-government, are steadily gaining'ground against the arms | and prestige.of one of theigldest, richest ! and proudest m onarchies in the world. EDITORS IN CONGRESS. i There are twenty-seven editors in the present | Congress. Nine other members were formerly in that profession and four others learned the vrinter's trade and followed it in their younger | days. The list of editors is as follows: | Mr. Dingley, Lewiston Journal, Mr, Bouteile, Bangor Whig and Conrier. Mr. Barrett, Boston Advertiser. Senator Chandler, Concord Monitor. Senator Hawley, Hartford Courant. Mr. Quige, New ¥ ess. Mr. Commings, New York Sun. Mr. McClellan, New York Journal. Mr. Black, Johnston (N. Y.) Journal. Mahoney, Buffalo Express. Robinton, Media (Pe.) Ledger. cranton, Scranton (Pa.) Republican. Mr, Acheson, Washington (Pa.) Observer. M. Russell, Blimbridfe (Ga.) Democrat. Mr. Bartholdt, St. Louis Tribune. 5 I\hn Gibson, Knoxville (Tenn.) Dailvy Chron- | cle. Senator Pritchard, Roan Mountain (N. C‘)‘ Républican. Senator Butler, Clinton (N. Y.) Caucasian, Mr. Taft, Cincinnati Times-Star. Mr. Downing, Virginia (I11.) Enquirer. Mr. Perkins, Sioux City (Ilowa) Journal, Mr. Clark. Keokuk Gate City Senetor Peffer, the Kansas Farmer, Mr. Heetwole, Northfield (Minn.) News, Senator Mantle, Butte (Mont.) Inter-Moun- ain. Mr. Cennon, Salt Lake Herald. t HUMOR OF THE HOUR. The sting of & bee, according to a scientific:| journal, is only one-thirty-second of an inch delphia Record. “Why have you dressed your hair so high; Maud?” i ©_"So I can take off my hat in the theater.”— Detrolt Free Press. “You are fagged, but you must give up all headwor, “Why, that spells ruin! I'ma hairdresser.”— La Petit Provencal .| Husband—Really, I didn’t notice the dresses; Mrs. Brown, though, wore her gown en traine, Wife—It's & wonder you noticed that much! Husband—Couldn't help it—I stepped on it. Wife—Is that you, George? Husband—Yes, dear. Wife—Oh, I'm so glad! I'm always afrsid there’s & man in the house till you come.— Pick-Me-Up. Bobby—Popper, what do they have to have s ‘man to pray for Congress for? . Mr. Ferry—They don’t. He takes a look at Congress and. then prays for the country.— <Cincinnati Enquirer. First Judge—Breach of promise still running? - Second Judge—Going wonderfully. Nostand- 4ing-room. What are you doing? First Judge—A building contract. Wretched -business; net a soul in the place!—Puanch. Professor Snore is very absent-minded. ‘wife rushed into his study and exclaimed: : “Just think! I've swallowed & pin. What 1 I do? % 7 - “Ah, well,” he replied, ‘‘don’t worry sbout 1t. Here's anotlier pin,” taking one out of the | lapel of his coat and handing it to her.—Pear- His tice will be sufficient.'Beyond the force of -son’s Weekly. intended to state untruths, becsuse Ido not think him responstbie for what he afirms. This is the most cheritable construction I can put on his strange unirotherly . treatment 10 e brother cler, n, and especially to his “Reverend Father in God,” the ‘Bishop of Northern California, and therefore his su- perior in the church.’ 1 entertain towsrd him no 4l will, but pray for him that he may abandon hi% wild afirmations and seon be re- stored to his right mind and heart with an earnest determination to devote himself to the fnifillment of the solemn vows tion, J.H. D. Wy THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. The - st Blue and Gray stand side by side ainst the th "Aing And face the decp and-w bal § With hand Sp true and warm; No former strife, no section's pride, Makes manly bosoms &z, The Bloe and Gr v stand side by gide— One country and oneé flag! No royal threst. no British sneer, No panopiy nor pomp, N f 6ds nor craven fear ovemay dwamp; “ast, West, in one array ide by side, the Blue and Gray— One country and oue flag! —New York Sun. NEW ARMY FATIGUE CAP. Yeésterday the officers and men of the regular. army &1l over the United States wore for the i thelr new fatigize caps. They: are so tin appearance from the. caps which hited States soldiers.have wory for a half- century as to be distinctly. noticeable. In shape they are like those worn by the officers of the navy, and aré.not only different | in form from the old army caps, but- the visor falls down over the brow, being a protection to the eyes of the wearer. The soldiers are so well pleased’ with the new headgear that they have been wearing them when off the post and away from the ofli- c You see,” said a Presidio artilleryman yes- terdey, exhibiting his new cap, “the orders from the War Department were that. the army Soldier Wearing the New Fatigue Cap. should come out in their new caps on New Year's day all over the cpuntry, but the men would put them .on when coming down- town. Of course they wouid look out and not let any of the officers catch them. But to-day they are & part of the regulation uniform. “They are not as hendsome as the old ones, but are more comfortable. The boys have named them the ‘Dutch caps,’ and by’ that title they will be known everywhere; I guess. They cost Uncle Sam about. 74 cents apicce, contract price. Thé officers’ caps have a gold i his ordina- | band'and a prettier device, which makes them look emarter, and the high privates do. ot show up quite as well.” PERSONAL. J. R. Pease of London is in the City. William V. Bissill, a business man of Tacoma, 18 here. 2 3 3 J. B, Wilcox, a in town. Easton Mills, & banker of Paso Robies, is at | the Palace. The Rev. E. B. Hays of Modesto is at.thé Occidental. Senator Frank Mc Lick House. < James Millar, a minin, arrived here. E --Senator Frank McGowan of Humboldt County’ is at the Lick, A. Eolomon; is in this City. 8. Solon Holl of Sacramento is among thé recent arrivals. - 2 W.H. Banks, a mine-owner of Harqua Hala, Arizone, is at the Russ. . W. H. Maloney, a well-known politici: New York, is in the City. - Colonel C. W. Taylor, manager of the Victor. | placer mine, Glendale, Ore., is in the City. R. C. Blossom, the mining and business man of Battle Mountein, Nevada, is in the City, | J..E. Jansen, owner of lumber mills at Eureka, Humboldt Bay, is among recent ar- rivals, G. H. Baber, one of the pipneers of Forest Grove, Oregon, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. Jenkin Morgan, the capitalist of Nevada €ity, has arrived at the Palace and has taken rooms for the winter. R. C. Blossom, one of the owners of the Cen- tral Nevadan newspaper at Battle Mountain; Ney., and interested with his father, J. A, | Blossom, in a general merchandising business | at thesame place, is in town. He is here fora few.days’ stay. Colonel A. Bernaf, a wealthy merchant of ‘biisiness man of San Jose, is Gowen-of Eureka is at the g man of Alaska, has & merchant of Helena, Montans, | an of MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. There is something of poetical justice in the reception meted out in Berlin to Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Ivanhoe," Yearsago this composer | hed two paths open to him. His ““Light of the | World” opened the higher way. “The “Sor- cerer” and “Trisl by Jury” led in a less ex- | alted rond. Sir Arthur chose operetta “be- | cause there was money in it.” In his mature | years he has been taken with the desire to | leave more lasting 1ootprints on the sands of | time than “Pinafore” or “The Mikado” were | likely to.make for him. With thisend in view be wrote “Ivanhoe,” which had a success of Sir Arthur Sullivan. [From an engraving.} 1 Vladivostock, East Siberia, is at the Palace, on his way to London. Vladivostock, the capital, | which is the Pacific terminus of the railroad | from St. Petersburg, now has about 14,000 | people, besides 500 soldiers who are stationed there to meintain order. For two months the water in the harbor has been frozen sofhat Tegular steamers, specially made for the pur- | pose, have had to run constantly in order to break the ice and keep the harbor open. These | steam ice-breakers will run steadily through | the long Siberian winter. | $ —_— THE CHRISTMAS “CALL.” | An Excellent Paper. Placer Representative. The fifty-two page Christmas edition of THE MORNING CALL was an excellent paper. Though | so large as to'be rather ciumsy, the matter it| contained was especially valuable to any one | interested in our great State, and makes us | very willing that it should be a giant rather | than a pigmy. Hit the Nall on the Head. San Francisco Velkstreund. THE CALL has hit the nail on the head with its Christmas edition. It is remarkable that | there should be so much really readable mat- | ter in the 336 columns, when we take into eon- | sideration how mucn nonsensical matter -is generally presented in the English newspa- pers. The proprietor of THE CALL is a practical newspaper man. The ieading article “Jesus of Nazareth’” surpasses all others. Excellent and Valuable. The Palo Alto. The San Frangisco CaiL issued a fifty-two page number Christmas morning which was & most - excellent’ and valuable production; Every leading industry. of the. State was made the subject of ‘a‘eoncise and: interesting paper by some well-known authority upon the sub- jeet.. From wliterary, historical and statistical | point of view, thé number was & very credita- ble production. - - ' | Bright and Fresh. | Martinez Gazette. The Christmas edition of THE CALL-was.a | mammoth namber of fifty-two pages. Ths | average “blanket sheet” attracts but little. at- | tention, as it is too frequently filled with Hoom | advertising and stale reading matter, but: tae | Christmas CaLy is. bright. and fresh from the first to the last page. It contains jn addition 10 the usual news of the . previous day many timely articles by the -‘ablest writefs ~and thinkers of the age. In fact, Charies M. Short. ridge has again stepped t the front in a most successful scoop of all his contemporaries. Of Interest to All. Santa Rosa Republican, The Christmas edition of the San Francisco CALL is a big thing every wey it may be consid: ered.. The paper'consists af fifty-two seven-col- umn peges. These pages-are filled with: the best thoughts'of the best sriters of California. | Most of the vari¢d -and pumerous indusiriés and advantages of the State are treated at con- siderable length. Nearly a hundred writers contribute special-articles over their own sig- natures. -The paper is, indeed, & great journal. istic fcat, but the, editor. can scar expect many people to resd it through. Thers is too much of it for busy people who have a living toearn. At thesame time every one will find something of special interest to himself in this great newspaper. . Of a High Order of Merit. Fresno Expasitor. THE CALL'S Christmas humber of fifty-two Ppages is a paper thatrefiecis unbounded credit on all concerned in its pudlication. It hasises- eral very valuable papers from men who.can spesk with authority on subjects which they write about,and they are men whose view. esteem in England some years ago. By what is vulgarly known asa “pull”’ he has succeeded in pro@ucing “Ivanhoe” in Berlin; and in spite of the fact that the Emperor has been several | times to see it, the press and the pubic are not | atall favorable to the work. One newspaper, which is enthusiastic over the costumes and | scenery which heve been lavished on “Iva hoe,” propases that they should be utilized for Marschner's opera, “The Templar and the Jew- ess,” whieh is also founded on Str Walter Scott’s celebrated romance. In the meantime “The Mikado' is attracting | | crowds ta the little Berlin theater Under the | Lindens, which seems to _emphasize the fact | that Sir Arthur Sullivan, having chosen the way of operetta, must keep to it—in other words, he has made his bed and has to lie in it. “An antiquary in Rome, M. G. Koppe,” sa. | tary of the admiralty | Probably Henr: | used for the V giving a series of violin recitals in London. Although very young, she is said to show remarkable talent. The Philharmonic Theater at Trieste lias suc. cessfully produced @ new operetta, “La Trec.” ciaiuola di Fierenze,” the music of which s due to a young lady composer, Miss Gisella della Grazie. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PECFPLE, Mrs. Ernest Leverson,.who writes so amus: ingly in Punch, is a very pretty womian, quite young and always beautifully dressed. Joseph Chamberlain, the. British Colonial Becretary, has just received acomplimentary name from three Bechuana. chiefs, who have teen visiting England. He' is callea .\Ic.m(l. bodi, which means “He who puts ihings right.” One of the richest heiresses in the world is Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas, the 11-year-old daughter of the late Duke of Hamilton, whose income is now about £160,000 a year, and will be well above £200,000 by the time she is of age. Ouida, after the enforced sale of her beaut!- ful furniture by the authorities of the United Italy, which she so hates and reviles, has retired to a villa in the environs of Luccs, where she is coneentrating ali her bitterness against Italians in a three-volume novel. Mrs. Elizabeth’ Anderson, widow of General Anderson of Fort Sumter fame, has the flag which her husband planted over that fortifica- tion locked in a fireproof vault in her house in Washington. e expects eventually to pre- sent it to the Government. Often when Mr.Whistler, the artist, sits down to dinner in his own house, a besutifully made ivory birdcage, containing several little song- | sters, is placed on the table as a decoration. Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, uncle of Al meric Paget Whitney, 1S nosw 84 ye t his memoirs, which will be published soon. He served in_the Crimean War and was secre- inder Lord Palmerston. At the very lo timate, made $150,000 out ot profits connected with Brandon Thomas is share of the much out of “The Archie Turpie, a pier watcliman in New York, has rescued his twenty-first individual from drowning. He keeps a coil of rope handy throw to those who jump or walk off the p! The last man saved was & drunken marize. | LADY'S R:)UND WAIST, WITH SUR- PLICE FRONT. The folded over-lapping or surplice fronts are always preity wash dresses. For silk waists th also very good and admits of & pretty trimming of batiste. This may be for the lower sleeves, with lar a narrow edge to match to lay over the co in the new st 2 Stripes make up effectively if used as shown !'in the {llustration 3 A plain mate nay be trimmed with rows | of lace or braid around the lower sleeve and across the V at th the Roman newspaper L'Italia, “has just di covered a splendid quartet of instruments by Stradivarius. It is composed of two violin viola and a violoncello, and Stradivarius supposed:to have executed the order for Philip the Fifth-of Spain, given through: Cardinal| Alberoni. Each instrument bears in relief the | arms of the Bourbons of Spain, the heads are | inscribed with the royal hilies and the bridges | are of sculptured ivory. The viols bear the | inscription; *Antorins Stradivarius faciebat Cremona MDCCXVIIL’ The instruments are | well preserved, each one being in iis original | case of walnut wood. This quartef, which 1s | absolu tély original of its kind, has a great his- | torical a5 wellas an artistic interest.”” L'Italia, | however, omits to say ‘where the instruments | were discovered, and who owned them when White lawn or are: daintily trimmed with & ru; edge of the overlapping front, e of 1 A ruffle of lace | eonstruetion of kettlearums. The instruments, M. G. Koppe discovered them. | The specialist journal Aluminum indicates | 2 new usé“to which the metal aluminum has | recentiy kiéen put in Austria-Hungary, that is | in fabricating musical instruments. - The band of the Third Regiment of Infantry(the Arch- duke Sir €iarles’ Own) has employed it in the in addition to havinga better appearance than | when ‘made of brass, are lighter, and ae- cording ‘to experts the sound 1s much more melodious. The regiments in garrison at Vienna have also been provided ‘with alumi. | num dryms, and i said they will shortly be | given to all the bands of the Austria-Hungary army. Ity le that the time is approach- | ing wheh the trombone and otber brass instrn- | ments will be. replaced by instruments of aluminum. | A newexperiment mn operatic erterprise is’| | being tricd very successtully st ibe town of Reggio d'Emilia in Italy.. The pérsonnel of the orchestraand of the chorus, “the Mas they sa¥ over there, have united the into a co-operative philbarmonic so¢ie come the impresarios of the municipal during the carnival séasen. A comn townspaople took shares in‘the undeértaking in order to make'a small subsidy for the ill-paid th ilers, and the socialistic enterprise h good shape that thére is eve that the chorus and the orchestra of vill reap :a much larger share f the present season’s gains than has hitherto ¥ 10 he- theater been r wont, for ‘‘the masses” are ill paid | in Continental theaters. | The Emperor William JII is inexhaustible in | his artistic ebullitions. -An officer of his suite | recounts the following incident whi hap- peired. recently at a banquet presided over b his Majesty. ‘During the repast a baad belong. ing toa huzzer regiment was playing the fa- | mous popiilar ditty “Funiculi-Funicule.” The sovereigh-'shook his head at theperform- ance, ba; “No, no, that's not itj the soul | 4 £ concerning matiers affecting the welfare and | o "o: satlusee e Prosperity” of the coast are worth attention | *'¢ ‘l“ e are ‘_‘?1“"0{‘5' S ey from everybody who is capuble of exeriing a | N8t they:Enow how to play thaf,”.and jump- heelthiul “influence on public opinion. -And THE CALL also had abundasnce of splendid entertaining reading for those who read to while away an idle hiour or two to learn what some of the brightest writers in the State have to suy anent the Christmas holidey. Teking the contents of the Christmas number of THE CALL altogether they were of & very high order | of merit. VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS. ‘Will Retire the Deficit. Ukiah Republican Press. Instead of retiring greeubacks the Republi- cans propose to retire the deficit. The Mason and Dixon Line. Ellensburg Capital. A war scare shows usup in our true light. Sectional lines are out of sight and we're all for “0Old Glory.” International or Not, It Goes. Los Angeles Times. It ‘doesn't especially inatter whether the Monroe doctrine is or is not a recognized part of international law. Itisa rccoinized pari of the foreign policy of the United States, and as such 1¢+‘goes.” Republicanism Means Prosperity. Los Angeles Times. A strong pressure is to be brought to bear on Congress for. the restoration of. reciproeity, If reciprocity, protection and other RepubMcan palicies were restored to unchallenged overa- ton National prosperity would also be re- stored. £ Progre Dixon Tribune. - Northern Solano is being agitated more just now than at aiy previous: time in her history: Between land subdivisions, sugar-beet culture, creameries, railroads, etc., the conservatlive farmer I8 beginning to wonder where it wili all end. We hope that they will all result as their most sanguine promoters predict and that our cuxn_:nuu;ty will enter upou a new era ot pros perity. B ve Farming. Those Six Amendments. £ Rediands Citrograph. How many of our California readers know that there are six amendments to the consti- tution fo be submitted to the people at the next general election? One extends the right of suffrage to women; one refers to the liability of stockholders; one defines taxable property; one provides for the manner of hoiding elec- tions; one relates to cities, counties aud towns, ana one to municipal corporations. " Ex-Empress Eugenie has recently - de- posited her will with a prominent London attorney, in which, true to her pledge, she has lefta l;fia&:y to each of the 5834 male Rersons of France born on the birthday of er son, Prince Louis. ? ——————— 2 Boston sets an example to other cities with a report that five-sixths of its over- head wires have been placed under ground, and the other sixth is rapidly going there. ing fr the table he took the baton from the hands of the conductor, saying, “Take your turn at listeniing, Il take your placé for & mo- ment,” and giving the signal to commenc with ‘.hezoie gesture, he conducted the mu: cians through “Funiculi-Funicul2” - with dash and verve that were quite Neapoiitan. a There is such a thing as claiming what does | not belong to one in an excess of patriotism, A Parisian journal, Le Menestrel, in a burst of chauvinistic joy at the number of “operas be- onging 1o the French repertoire” which are | being performed at theaters on the German | ide of the Rhine, triumphanily quotes among he list such distinctively Italian works as | Rossini’s “William Tell” = and Donizetti’s | ‘“Daughter of the Regiment.” With such splen- did worksas “Faust,” “Carmen,” “L’'Atiaque du Moulin,” etc., to crow over. it seems in- | comprehensible why a patriotic French paper should rejoice because a German theater is performing Italian operas. There seems to have been & hoodoo over the production of Johann Strauss’ new opera, | “Waldmeister” (Asperula). First, the manage- ment had a conflict with Girardi, the great fay- orite of the Viennese,.who refused 1o play his role because it was:-not comic enough. The old composer at last succeeded in persuading | him to appear, when Miss Dirkens, the diva of the theater, fell sick and bad to go away to the | Alps for change of air. Several directors of foreign theaters who had gone to Vienna to be present at the first performance had to wait a | whole week fo see *‘Waldmeister.” The gper- | etta was at last produced and the Viennese | newspapers speak of it as an overwhelming | success. | It seems the Sultan has not lost his regard for music in the midst of his somewhat di: agreeable conference with the different Euro- pean embassadors. Nero played for his own gratification while Rome was burning, and while his Armenian subjects are being mas- sacred the Sultan spends most of the time he can snatch from affairs of state in playing fay- orite airs' from operettas on the piano. “La Fille de Mme. Angot” is the work to which he is most attached. The Philharmonic Society of Berlin is about to produce a new symphony by Hugo Mahler, an orchestzal conductor in Hamburg who is almost urknown in this country, but who is said to be a composer of remarkable talent, destined to make a great name for himseli. He is also said to be second to no living musician as a chef d’orchestre. The much-divorced Eugéne d*Albert has pro- duced 2 new opera, “Ghismonda,” at the Royal Opera, Dregden. The work only had a success of esteem. The second act, which contains a long love scene, made the best impression. . Miss Anna von Suppe, & granddsughter of the Viennese composer who died Tecently, is | oiten at the waist deep enough to reach the knuckles is very sh. The back mey be made elabo- rate with bands of ribbon fran the waist to the shoulder, where they end in bows that seem also to adorn the front. Dresden.ribbhons are beautiinl on white or plain colors, while plain ribbens are preferred on stripped or figured materials. : A dress of brown_crepon had a plain skirt with a waist after this model, which was made entirely of the ¢repon, except the surplice ironts, which ere of yellowish embroidered batiste with a'scalloped eage which was used for the front, .Fhe -Hining for the waist ir was of green silk and showed through the broidery which'was very open. A ribbon and belt to ntatchi the green lining finishe is’ pretty dress. Piccadilly points of the tiste were set.on the collar. PuURE Mixed Candies, 16¢ Ib. 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