The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1896. TAVARY COMPANY IN AIDA, Opening Night of the Grand Opera Season at the Baldwin Theater. THEA DORRE'S FINE AMNERIS, Corinne and Comic Opera at the Cali. fornia—* Joe's Girls” and “ Sins of a Night.” was crowded from floor to bt by a brilliantly dressed The Bald ceiling last 1 2 andience, eager to welcome the first per- formance of and opera this season. There was more toilette display than is usual at the local theaters. and the cart- wheel hats that so frequently obscure the stage were scarcely at allin evidence, their places being taken by tiny opera bonnets. | But i of its brilliant appearance | the house, with some exceptions, was not Baldwin first-night ‘audience. ant-Pond wedding is supposed to many of the regular habitues and Mrs. Neal and party, Mr. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gibbs, Mr. and’ Mrs. A. Roos, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.’Bunten, Porter Garrett, James M. Hamilton. A. Rebas, Lee Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. H. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. I. Sachs. Mrs. J. S, Sabin and party, Mr. and Mrs. H. Nelsan, 7. 1. Goodman nd party, Dr. and Mrs. T.-Allen, Mr. and Mrs. S. A Schwabacher, Mr. and Mrs. A. Heineman, H. W. Deane, Herman Shainwald and party, O. Ottinger and party, Mr. and Mrs, ; Hopkins, G. A Pope and party, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Whittell, E. J. Coleman and party, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Bibb, Mrs. A. Woolworth and daughter, Mr. and Mfs. A, Blaskower, Mr. and Mrs. H. Canfield, Mr. and Mrs. Hageman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rothschild, Mr. and Mrs. A. Gullois, Mr. and Mr. O. Eggers, Mr. and Mrs. Siegel, Mr. and Mrs, C. Willard, Mr. and Mrs. ?hnrlgs Hathaway, G. A. Sesnon, Mr. and Mrs. erome. At the California. Corinne was greeted at the California last night by an audience that filled the theater. And it was a very well-pleased audience from ‘the moment the curtain went up until Hen- drick Hudson kissed his hand to them and bade them good-night. The musical extrava- ganza. was broken with bits of spe- cialty that varied and relieved the spec- tacle. The comipany is a strong one throughout, although the voices are not of the highest order. Corinne’s singing and dancing and dressing were fetching. Charles Fostalla as Ysabel, the Marquis’ daughter—as haughty as her sire, if not more so—was & star part. His dancing was something in the nature of a rev- elation. Ben. E. Grinnel, the comedian, was especiaily happy as Kill Von Kull, a real estate agent, the first of -his tribe. Among the specialty bits was Lindsey Morrison's anvil song and the Nichols sisters as the “plantation swells?? A little touch of Trilby—a parody—was in- troduced before the closing tableau, in which Grinnell does his Svengali hynotic dance and Corinne, ablaze with diamonds, sings Ben Bolt quite effectively. The California is certain to have crowded houses all the week. By invita- CORINNE. [From a photograph.] N away and the coming Goad-Hooker and | Jarboe-Bull weddings may have helped to , thin out the regular frequenters. The | audience contained a large number of well- known people in musical and artistic cir- cles and the spontaneous applause which | always greets anything good at the| Baldwin Theater was not lacking. Tt is difficult to say-why *“Aida” was chosen as the opening opera, for it does not display the company to such good ad- | vantage as some of the other works in the | repertory. Not that the performance last night was unsatisfactory ; on the contrary | it was marked by some brilliant work, but it was an uneven performance, marked by | too many ups and downs. ‘‘Aida’ also proved trying to the orchestra, particu- ]nrly to the horns, and its requirements in the way of grandiose scenic effects and | cu]smmes were scarcely adequately ful- filled. The overture and the beginning of the first scene were practically inaudible in | the noise of a late-arriving audience. | Payne Clark was the Radames, and his | “Celeste Aida” won him some applause, | though his rendering of the aria left a | good deal to be desired. Thea Dorre as Amneris had not much opportunity in the opening scene to show her mettle, and » what practically saved it was Mme. Tav- ary’s excellent singing in the finale. All through the opera, in fact, Mme. Tavary’s singing was an artistic pleasure. Her acting was neither passionate nor con- vincing. She elected to use the Italian lan- | guage,which she pronounces execrably,and | she adopted a make-up as. novel as it was | hideous, but she redeemed everything by her singing. Her voice was clear, ringing, generally true—even her highest tones | were bell-like, and she sang without effort. In fact Mme. Tavary proved herself to be an accomplished vocal artist, and that covers a multitude of shortcomings—even a weird make-up. But who ever heard of an Aida whose *‘golden hair was hanging down her back” ? | Mme. Tavary indulged in this adornment last night, but in deference to Aida’s Afri- can origin she: had compromised for her | blonde locks by painting her face a dusky. | brick red, and she wore a cafe au lait colored .jersey, which did not produce the | illusion of being epidermis, and which | taken in conjunction with lily-white hands, Erudneed a decidealy patchwork | effect. ut Mme. Tavary sang as an artist | should sing, and that is saying much, very much for her. “ Beautiful Thea Dorre did not indulge in startling skin effects. Nature made her a brunette, and she only wore an inky wig and some costumes which would "have been considered ravishing confections in | ancient Egypt. The effect was entirely satisfactory to the beholders. She threw | s0 much majesty into the part of Amneris | that she seemed to have grown inches | tailer than when she played “Carmen” last | year. Her acting of the wily imperious | princess who tries to wrest Radames | from poor Aida was marked by passion and intensity. There were moments when she rose to the height of tragedy, as in the prison scene with the tenor, whom che positively inspired into distinguishing himself, a jeat which he had not accomplished before during the evening. Loud and long applause greeted the duet, All through *“Aida,” however, . Dorre proved herself to be a brilliant actress and singer. She sang in Italian, which she | pronounced in a way that won the “bravos” of the members of the -local Italian colony present. A. Avrahamboff, a new basso, dis- tinguished himself greatly as Ramfis. He has a fine, well-trained voice and a majestic presence. Max Eugene, another new-comer, did well as Amonostro. Both these sirigers have won distinction in Europe. - The ensemble work in the triumph scene was one of the best parts of the per- formance iast might. 'he choruses. all through the work were satisfactory and the orchestra did some good work, though | ul:lc brass strayed off the pitch occasion- ally. Among those in the house were: : Box 1—Mr. Calegaris and party; A. Sbarbaro and family. Box 2—H. Levy and party., Box 4—James Elder and party. Boxes 6 and 8—H. Barr and party. J. M. Tobin, Mre. Bert Wertheimer, Mr, and Mrs. H. C. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wie- land, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stone, Mr. and Mrs. F. von der Mehden, Mr. and Mrs, F.Jarboe, Mr. | | tior: of THE CALL the newsboys of the City will “take in” Corinne and the Kimball Opera Comique on Friday eveni At the Columbi The second week of “Men and Women” was ushered in by &n_sudience which filled every seat in the Columbia. The Frawleys have cer- tainly made their mark in this City. The plays which they have presented have alt been fresh, well acted and replete with interest. “Men and Women” is one of their best and gives ail the members of this well-chosen band of finished actors a chance to shine. Daniel Frawley as the assistant cashier is at his best, while Jennie Kennark as the govern- or's daughter shows s fine appreciation of her ¢xacting part, which she has mastered to per- fection. The otaer characters are well taken and the general effect of the piece is harmo- nious and pleasing, while the sensational scenes, though full of fire, are never over- drawn. At the Tivoli, “The Gentle Savage” mei with & warm re- ception last night, and both ‘piece and savage deserved it. The composition is & fantastic and certainly much overdrawn picture of bor- der life and the strange manner in which In- dians and cowboys, monks and balletgirls, | drummers and Spanish hidalgos come and go is rather bewlldering. The capricious piot hinges upon the efforts of asavage American Indian to attain a higher moral and social plane. Hav- ing money, he is able 10 observe civilization, and becomes so disgusted with its hidden can- cers and worthless shams that he turns from modern culture with loathing. Unable to re- lapse into his native barbarism, he com- promises by becoming half-civilized, in which condition he js charming. Ferris Hartman makes & great hitin the part, which, in other hands, might be an utter failure. Gertie Carlisle, as the little drummer boy, is effective to a_remarkable degree for her ten- der vears. She gives promise of making a brilliant record as an actress, while her voice, strong, accurate and expressive even now:, must develop into something far above the ordinary if not too severely taxed during its formation period. Much care has evidently been taken in tire rehearsals for the piece. for all the parts are exceedingly well taken. “Der Freischutz” is promised for the next week, but it Jooks as though the “Savage” might re- tain his gentle sway for at leasta fortnight. Morosco’s. The melodrama had its usual large following at Moroseo’s last evening te witness the dark enterprises and hairbreadth 'scapes—that did not all get away—as presented under the title of “The Sins of a Night.”” The play is charged with exciting situations, which keep the audi- euce under the influence of & thrill from the first act to the final clima: It will enjoy good business through the week. At the Orphemm. Rachel Walker’s soft, silvery, high notesseem to drive ber audiences to a veritable frenzy of applause, the gifted Creole girl being obliged to reappear again and again to bow her ac- knowledgments. Last night she sang the airy waltz song trom “Romeo and Juliet,” and threw into it such & wealth of artistic fiora- tura, especially in the intricate cadenza at the end, that she was obliged to repeat the closing movement in snswer toa most enthusiastic and prolonged recall. Her other numbers, “For all eternity” and “Love’s old sweet song,” were e({m‘lly good. % Billy Carter, the comedian banjo specialist, gave a number of very taking selections in his inimitdble style, while the Fonte Bons Broth- ers, in their imitation of the sound of bells, were exceedingly effective. The dancers, Howley and Dovle; the De Witt Sisters, and the other participants in the long and inter- eiting programme, all contributed to render the bill most entertaining and enjoyable. At the Alcazar, ‘The Arabian Nights” at the Aleazar is not & spectacular, spangle and gilt entertainment, smelling of the incense of the fer East, as its title might lead one to suppose. 1t is, on the ?onln\'y, one of Sidney Grundy's rollick- ng comedies. Arthur Hummingto, - ward Hoyte) thonght himself '.pc(.lfflffi and under that impression tangles him: seif up A A maze of - difficulties in which Mrs. Hummingtop and her mother ang several gther relatives figure, and keep the audience in an uproar. The play is | acts, and was followed by “Jae's Gi comedy in one act. *“Joe's Girls” is funny skit. It is presented in fine style. Leon. ard Grover Jr. does Ira Bagstock and does it in a form supported by a cast that entitles the ;rlnfilothe magnificent run which it enjoyed n New York, extending over 1400 nights, Bush-8treet Thoater, People call it the “New Bush-street Theater” now, but last night the ancient temple of the drama proved itself an old favorite. A large and appreciative audience filled every portion of the house and laughed and wept in genuine old-fashioned style over the changing scenes in &_very “Uncle Tom’'s Cabin.” The old play is well staged and its characters ably sustained. Edna Clare, as To{u . is a revelution. The strange mixture of rihtneu and ignorance, wit and stupidity with which she endows the unique gur! renders it most_effective. Maud Brink is ard worked in the dual role of AuntOphelia and Eliza, but makes a success of both. Harry West as Uncle Tom is a good interpreter of that pathetic part, while J. Hartwell as Simon Le- gree, the planter, makes & villain with the real old ring to him. The - other char- acters are well sustained and some of the groupings and tableaux exceedingly -effective. The music between the acts is des- tined to become a feature of the performances at this place of amusement if it sustains its present high standard. Last night's entr'acte programme was notably good, the rendering ]0! tlhen“l.lght Cavalry Oyverture'’ being particu- arly fine. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 'S5 The Hopeful Words of the Pres- ident of the Board of Trade. Proceedings at the Annual Meeting— Officers Elected—As to Home Industries. The Board of Trade of San Francisco will have for presidert until next Febru- ary A. A. Watkins, he having been re- elected at the nineteenth annual meeting, held yesterday afternoon. The president read his annual report, from which it appears that during the year the association donated $1000 to the Cali- fornia Miners’ Association, to be used in defraying the expenses of a protest to the Secretary of the Interior against issuing patents to mineral lands claimed as agri- cultural lands. The mining industry, he declared, is undergoing a great revival and promises soon to resume its former magnitude. The association also con- tributed $250 to defray the expense of printing an iilustrated description of the Nicaragua canal and $i00 to defray part of the expense of sending Mrs. Lucy McCann ta the Atlanta Exposition and $20 to the. Manufacturers’ Association. The membership of the association is 201, and during the year there were five deaths — Adolpl Glootz, Isaac Hecht, Joseph A. Ford, C. M. Kutz and R. F. Bunker. He called attention to complaints about settlements without sufficient investiga- tion and said that while these settlements were made through the Board of Trade they were the acts of the créditors only wio'were directly interested. He expressed himself in favor of being merciful to mer- chants who have become embarrassed from any cause beyond their control, but that when failures are tainted with frauds the parties should be pushed to the wall. He deplored the system of indiscrim- inate credils, and suggested a careful scrutinization of the people asking 1t and asked whether credits ought not to be restricted, and if it would not be a kindness to many who are striving to start in business by buying a stock on credit from wholesale dealers. The custom of extending dates, he said, is injurious alike to debtor and creditor. He then spoke of homeindustries, and declared that the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ Association is doing good work in that line. He spoke of the work of the San Francisco committee on commerce . In closing he said: The outlook for 1896 is certainly very en- couraging. Greater employment for the in- dustrious, better wages for services rendered, higher prices for our staples are among the certainties, the only uncertainty clonding the situation being the derangement of the Na- tiona) finances. At present it is impossible to predict what the action of Congress will bo in regerd_to currency, the bond issue and,the proposed change in the tariff. The questions all have the greatest influence upon busi- ness, and it will continue to depend upon these subjects being handled intelligently and patriotically without regard to party or to section. The report of Secretary H. L. Smith shows: Receipts of the board -for the vear ending February 1, 1896, $4,770 38, inciuding a bal- ance on hand February 1, 1895, of $23,463 06. Of these receipts $12,525 were derived from members' dues, #7046 30 from non-members, commissions, 8659 46 from interest on deposits, and $4076 56 from law department fees. The disbursements 6f the past year amounted to $31,405 78, including $23,911 23 for salaries, renls, insurance and other running expenses, $6124 55 for farniture and renovations to the rooms, $20 for the Manufacturers’ Convention, | $1000 donated to the California Miners' Asso- ciation, $250 for Nicaragua caneal literature, and 100 given to the State Development Com- mittee. There is a bresent cash balance of $16,364 60 in the hands of the treasurer, and sundry bills for the month of January due and unpeid, amounting to $2029 75. he total membership of the Board of Trade February 1, 1896, was 201. During the year eleven new members were admitted, and six- teen members resigned &nd retired from busi- ness. The number of cases reported to the board A. A. Watkins, President of the Board of Trade. [From a photograph.} for the year was 1028, of whieh 662 cases were acted upon. The amount of liabilities ag re- corded was $2,687,671. The number of credi- tors’ meetings called was 723, and 477 com- mittee meetings were also called. Of the 662 cases acted upon, 294 were actuaily settled and 368 are still pending. The average percentage of the settlements was 50.6. There were 863 dividends, amount- ing to $673,194 33, paid through the office of the board to creditors of estates. Of the 662 failures reported to the board dur- ing the year 519 were in the State of Califor- nia, and 130 were 1n San Francisco. The great- est number of failures in any line of trade was 160 in the general merchandise business. The grocery business had 139 failures, furnishing goods fifty-five, dry goods forty-eight, hardware thirty-three, boots and shoes twenty-one, and liquors eighteen. i A At the next special meeting an_amend- ment to the by-laws offered by J. Lievre will be'acted upon. It providesthat if an creditor-member objects to a seitlement it shall be referred to an arbitration commit- tee, to be composed of persons nov related to either creditor or debtor. The following directors were electea for -the year: A. A. Watkins, to succeed him- self; H. M. Holbrook, to succeed E. N. Newhall. and Frank Brigham, to succeed Webster jones. 8. Feuchtwanger was c_hos:én for one year, vice Henry Payot, re- signed. 2 The board then elected the following officers: A. A. Watkins, president; . Nicketburg, first.vice-president; F. J. Par- sons, second vice-president; L. Scott, treasurer; H. L. Smith, secretary, and Joseph Kirke, attorney. The angler fish angles for his prey, From the upper part of his head project: two long tentacles, with fleshy extremi- ties, which wave about in the “water and attract small fish that, approaching and attempting to, seize the small bait, are themselves captured by the angler. ALONG THE WATER FROT The Affairs of George F. Smith & Co. Still Being Inves- tigated. CREDITORS ARE MORE HOPEFUL. Arrival of the Italian Warship Cris- toforo Colombo Eagerly Looked For, The affairs of George F. Smith & Co. are still under investigation, but the various ship-owners and captains interested are now a little more hopeful. A committee information. K. J. Molers, who has spent some time iv Mexico and become possessed of very important facts re fng the Az- tecs, will speak on theirearly history. Dr. Rosenau of Washington, D. C., who is now here, will deliver a_lecture on the re- lation of ‘bacteria to dairying. It will be B ‘important. . “‘There are bacteria in milk that are very deleterious to health, and again there are bacteria that give to butter its fine flavor. It has been sgown lately that if bacteria are removed from milk it will keep sweet for a great length of time. 5 “Dr. Frank Angel will deliver a lecture on an equally important subject, namely, illusions and hallucinations as_a basis of spooks and arplritiogs_—thnt is, as a sci- entific basis, for there is some little basis in everything of this sort. The most of the people who attempt to teach things about spirits, the supernatural, are frauds. Some of them honestiy believe what they say, because of illusions and hallucina- tions which they are Jaboring under. Yet the dollar is a potent thing, and I have my suspicions of most of the people who take |. money in connection with the spook and spirit business. We will go into the sub- ject a good deal at the Academy. ‘‘Rain-making will alsoreceive its proper attention. Of course, nobody can any Cavalier Ettore Frigerio, Licutenant of the Cristoforo Colombo, Expected in This Port To-Day. The Cavalier Is the Second Aid-de-Cainp to the Prince of Savoy. [From a photograph.] composed of Leon Bluhm of Roth, Bluhm & Co., W. Talbot of Pope & Talbot, and George E. Billings of Hall Bros. has been appointed to look into the standing of the concern. A meeting was held yesterday, but the expert could mdke no report as the ac- counts are in such a tangle that he finds great difficuity in unraveling them. About the only thing done during the aay was the appointing of Obarles Nelson to the agency for the bark Colusa and barkentine Mary Winkleman. In connection with the cashing of an $80 check by Gus Gerdau, as stated in yester- {day's CarL, there was a mistake made. Mr. ' Gerdau says that he has honored thousands of checks drawn by George F. Smith & Co. and never knew one of them to be dishonorea. Accordirg to him the story originated as 4 joke. The old-time ship Glory of the Seas got in from Nanaimo, B. C., yesterday after a smart passage of fourteen days. She wag caught in the southeasters that damaged the other vessels that have been dropping in for a week past and was roughly handled. Fifty feet of her bulwarks was carried away, her cargo shifted and one of the crew was washed overboard. It was about 11 o’clock on the night preceding the big storm. Everything pointed to dirty weather and = Captain Freeman ordered four men out on_the bowsprit to secure the jib. A big wave came along and when it had passed there were only three men on the bowsprit. Thomas Dick- son had been washed away. He was a native of Ireland and well known on the water front. This was the fourth réund | voyage he had made on the Glory of the Seas. The Italian man-of-war Cristoforo Co- lombo is daily expected from Fuget Sound and the Italian colony hete is all ready to give her a right royal weicome. Many of the crew have rela:ives and friends in San Francisco. so the stay of everybody con- nected with the ship is sure to be enjoy- able.” Among the officers is Lieutenant Et- tore Frieerio, second aid-de-camp to Prince Luigi of Savoy, who isalso & lieutenant on the vessel. Lieutenant Frigerio is well known in San Francisco and his friends will be glad to meet him again. The following notice to mariners has been issued by the Inspectors of the Light- house Board: Notice is hereby given that the Coos BQE ows side bar whistling buoy, painted black an white, perpendicular stripes, marked with the Jetter “K” in white, has gone adrift from its moorings, about one and a quarter miles out- side of the bar. It will be replaced assoon as practicable. This affects the list of beacons and buoys, Pacific Coast, 1894, pages 31 and 84. There was a row on the schooner Mariou, lying at Fremont-street wharf, that re- quired the assistance of the harbor police 10 quell yesterday. Axel Wilson and Carl Richardson started in to run the ship, and when Officers Cockrill and Shaw appeared on the scene they showed fight.. Cockrill soon had the irons on Wilson, but Rich- ardson and Shaw had a rough-and-tum- ble, of which the former got decidedly the worse. : 4 Thursday last Wilson and Richardson go: drunk and deserted the schooner. On unday they returned snd gave Mate Charles Braun a !icking because he would not give them everything they wanted to eat and then ran away. When they showea uP yesterday two new men were in their places and they started in to run them off the vessel. Then the row began. At the Harbor Police station Wilson and Richardson were charged with disturbing the peaceand resisting an officer. President David Starr Jordan on the Latest Departures in .the Interest of Science. President Davia Starr Jordan of Stan- ford University came up from Palo Alto yesterday on business in connection with the Academy of Sciences, of which he'is also president by recent election. 'ing lately as to the best ways of advancing the Academy and its varied interests. He has completed arrangements for an: inter- esting course of -lectures. 4 “‘The object isto cet lecturersthat people will come and hear.’’ said Dr. Jordan. “We want to popularize the Academy and yet we want to give thoroughly scientitic ALL FOR THE ACADEMY, ®p Dr. Jordan has been doing a lot of think-’ more make rain than he can make the sun shine. Yetso many people have been go- ing about making money out of this alleged power to produce rain that itis time the wliole matter was thoroughly ex- posed. Professor Stanford of Stanford University will take up this topic. . “There will be many other lectures on other imfi:rnnt subjects. These, how- ever, will be the first. "We have also com- pleted arrangements for a number of lec- tures in the Stanford extension course. The first six of these will be on society. Professor H. H. Powers of the chair of economics in the university will deliver the first. It will be on the abolition of poverty. Professor Thoburn will deliver the next on some phase of society. Others will follow regularly from other sources.” FREIGHTS TO THE NORTH, A Letter of Suggestion Sent Out by the Traffic Associ- " ation. It Points Qut How Trade May Be Increased in Oregon and Washington. Traffic Manager W. B. Curtis of the Traffic Association of California has issuea the following self-explanatory letter to tha members of the association: The trade of San Francisco has for some time felt that it was handicapped in Ore- gon and Washington owing to the com- petition of Portiand, Or.,, and _Seattie and Tacoma, Wash.,, in those fields, and to an adjustment of freight rates-from San Francisco not consistent with our position. The difference between rates—say from Port- land, Or., to interior Washington and from San Francisco to the same points—has been so grest as to almost stifle competition from this City; or at least meke it next to impossible for & San Francisco merchant to do buginess there at a profit. This rate adjustment is bronght about by an agreement beiween the Orei?n R'fl"'}' and Navigation Company, the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Southern Pacific Compemy, the Gréat Northern Railroad and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Some members of the coinbine may or may not be willing signers, but .are swayed by the ml{‘ofll{. Therefore, the best interests of the San Fran- cisco trade demand that some’step be taken to strengthen its position in the territory men- tioned, and we should therefore lend support to the line or lines that would extend to us a helping hand. A siatement is attached showing the rat effect via the Southern Pacific Company’s al rail iine, with the published tarifto: the Ore- gon Raitway and Navigation Company, or the Northern Pacific Raiiroad, as comparea with the rates obtainable by patronizing the steam- ers Alice Blanchard or Empire to Kalama or Portland. g]us tne local rates of the Northern Pacific Railroad. _ ‘The rates in effect on the steamers Alice Bianchard and Empire apply uran ‘weight or measurements and at present time are 81 per ton from San Francisco to Kalama or Portland. For all points shown in this paper you should consign via Kalama, wnere transfer is effected and delivery made to the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company. The Oregon Railwayand Navigation Com- any has put on & steamer to Rly between oriand, Or., and way ports south and carry freight at $1 per ton. This action isin direct opposition to 8an Francisco’s best interests, as it serves to draw trade from this port.« The North Pacific Steamship Company, own- ing and operating the steamers Alice Blanch- ;rs and Empire, do not take freight south- bound from Portland to way ports at less than T ton. . On the other hand, we do not expect or be- lieve that any line can long continue to exist at a rate of $1 per ton from San Francisco to ‘ortlaud, yet when it comes toa point where the lines again agree to and do advance rates we should aim to be in &lillon to s&y that rates shall not advance beyond a reasonabie figure, and to that end the supportgiven to the Alice Blanehard and Empire will work. ‘The rates named in the attached sheets are made by adding 5 cents per 100 pounds—g1 er ton—to the local rates applying from Port- and inland. These rates will therefore l‘p ly only when your shipments go at actuel wei Ju. 1f taken by steamer at measurement. your rate ‘will be increased by the difference in the meas- urement weight over the actual weight. Steam- ers of this line sail from pier 13—Vallejo-street wharf—the next sailing being the Empire, Feb- ruary 7, 1896. {5 ‘The table referred to in this letter shows that the differences in favor of the line supported by the Tratfic Association range from 10 to 25 per cent. LE CONTE TELLS OF DANA A Scholarly Memoir Delivered at the Acdaemy of Sciences. ELOQUENT AND ERUDITE. He Characterizes the Departed Scien- tist as the One Master in Geology. Professor Joseph Le Conte delivered at the Academy of Sciences last evening a | sckolarly and eloquent memoir on the late | James Dwight Dana of New Haven, Conn. He said: By the death of Professor Dana, the fore- most geologist not only of Atnérica, but of the | world, has been taken from us. | My first meeting with Professor Dena was in the year 1850, when I listened at New Haven to his paper on the analogy of reproduction in hydroids and plants. This subject is well known now, but was new then. His slender form, agreeable, resonant voice and magnetic | personality, together with the deep philosophy of his thought and ifs poetical expression, made & great impression upon me. Among such men as Agassiz, Henry, and | William and Henry Rogers, Dana, although | only 37, was & prominent figure, for at that | time he had published some of his greatest | scientific works. Tf it is true, as the positive philosopher Kant has it, that a noble 1ifé is one in which a noble | fundamental ides is conceived in youth and | which the remaining years of that life are spent in developing, then the life of Dana was eminently nobie, for in his early manhood he conceived the idea of evolution in geology, and the efforts of bis entire remaining years were directed to the aevelopment and elabora- tion of that ides. - The idea of evolntion in geology was not clearly known at that time. Although it per- haps was®dimly seen by the leading lights of science, it did not become a vitalizing idea until Dana. ‘Then 1t was set forth clearly, like | a revelation, in his ‘Manusl of Geology.” | The publication of this ides marks an impor- tant epoch in the history of this science. The iden of the develupment of theearth as a unit reconstructed geological science, and on this basis geology ‘became one of the great branches of abstract science, and all through the efforts of Dana. The professor outlined a brief history of | the lawe scientist’s life, dwelling on those | .epochs when he had achieved fame by the | fruits of his research and discoveries. He was born February 12, 1813, at Utica. N. Y., of intelligent New England parents, ana died in New Haven, Conn., April 14, 1895, aged 82 years and 2 nonths. His early taste was fostered by direct contact with nature and under the guidance of such men as Fay Templeton and Dr. Asa Gray. In 1820 he entered Yale College, and on his graduation began a sea voyage on one of the ships of the-United States navy as an instructor of midshipmen. During this voyage he care- fully studied the phenomena of volcanoes, and on his return in 1835 he published his first scientific paper, which was oun **Vesuviuns.” Subsequent to this voyage he made another around the world, and afterward lived the usual uneventiul life of the sci His | achievements and activity were in the world | oilhou’fhl, and whatever field of science he | touched he illuminated. There are few men | whose thoughts have ranged so widely as have Dana’s. He became the highest living autnor- ity in geologv and zoclogy. In these he was foremost, and_in such sciences as physics, chemistry and even mathematics his knowl- edge was vast and thorough. As he grew oider his chief interest and his highest activity gravitated to geology. Dana's wide and exact knowledge in other sciences peculiarly fitted him for geology— fitted him even better than though he were a specialist in that science. The subject of corals, coral reefs and coral | and gradual movements of the earth’s crust as set forth in the subsidence theory of atoms powerfully affected his mind. 7This theory that originated with Datwin, that the flora of the mid-Pacific is sinking, and in correlation 1o 1t that the American continent is rising, particularly along its western border, and has been rising for ages, is one on which he threw much light and to which he furnished many substantiating proofs. Another theory that originated from his labors and that received his carnest attention was the theory of capitalization or “headward development’’—the increasing of the head function over the bodily function. Dana an- nounced this a€ & law of evolution, and as a guide for classification. He discovered it while classifying crustaceans. Like all great thoughts its Aplpll'catlnn is pboundless, and, like great thoughts, it is ac- corded many applications. I myelf apply it as the incmuinf dominance of the higher over the lower and of the highest over all. Begin- ning with the lowest form of life—the protozoan—and ascending upward to man we find the numerous functions to have a ten- | velopment. In the numerous functions the | highest part, the braim, receives the most at- tention; in the brain the highest gangha or the cerebrum; in the cerebrum the external gray matter, and in the gray matter the domi- nating development of the highest part is evi- | denced in the increasing proportion of the frontal lobe. % As there is an increasing disposition of mind | secretary; H. | ton and L. & F. Nonnemau. islands interested him greatly, and the mighty | S dency toward more rapid and more perfect de- | C- over body; so is there of the reflective faculties over the faculties of action and of the moral over all, and in civilization we find the same analogy. The most potent causes are slow in effect and are remote from ordinary notice. It was these causes that took a great hold oa Dana. Geology before Dana was & htstory, and with him it hes become a philosophy of "history of absorbing interest. For the first time there was recognized a tiny cosmos. Before him geology was a study of a succession of forma- tions, and after him it became & study of eras of development tending toward a definite per- fection. “He shadowed forth the evolu- tion of the earth as a whole. To show the development of the earth he chose North America as. an epitome of the earth’s history. This idea of our organic deveiopment of the continent he worked out in all its details, and this has come to be the working ides_for scientists generally. If the American geologists have be2n especially suc- cessful in developiug the theory of the forma- tion of mountain ranges it is because Dana led the way. Another idea that received an ardent accept- ance at his hands was that put forth by Agassiz of the early existence of the great northern ice sheath. As & teacher Dana stands in great eminence. He could never have written such a book as his “Manual” had he not been a life-long teacher. Teaching and research are closely ailied—the one reacts upon the other. 1t is impossible almast to separate the teacher from the man. ‘I dare not enter the inner sanctuary of his_home or his home rela- tions, but no one has been with him who has not been impressed by his simple earnestuess of character and his ardent love for truth for truth’s sake. In all his works may be seen his open receptiveness of mind and a periect will- ingness to modify his own views to laudable correction. Our master in geology is taken from us. Let us bOYe that if thewhole of his mantle carinot fall on one of us, it may be parted and the fragments fall on some of us. NATIVE: SONS” NEW HOME Dedication of the Modern Lodge Building to Take Place Sunday. The Exercises Will Be Followed by a Ball on. Tuesday Evening February 1I. The Native Sons and Daughters ofthe Golden Westare now busy making prepa- rations for the dedication of their new hall on Mason street. Sunday afternoon. Feb- ruary 9, has been decided upon as the day upon which the dedication exercises will take place and they will be followed by a ball, to be given in the hall of the new building on Tuesdav evening, February 11. The following will constitute the coms mittee of arrangements: G. H. 8. Dryden, chairman; P. E. Troy, . W. Dinkelspiel, ; C. Mars- Members of each of the various.parlors have been appointed to act on the recep- tion committee. Following is the com- mittee appointed : Chairman, Lewis M. Bannan; Parlor No. 1, Frank B. R Dockery; Pacitic No. 10, e Thomas'W. Doyle; Golden Gate Levy, W.A.King; M No, Cord, Adam Karl Locke, J. Fi 3 T. Gates, P. Pheian; o 2 Joseph Feig, J. P. Hettich; Stanford No. 76, J. H. Mangels, W. W. Ackerson; Yerba Buena No. ‘84, Clarence Musto, H. G. Richards; ul Magner, J. Lindeman 0. 105, W. A. O’Leary, W. E tional No. 118, €. H. Johnson, Brown; Columbia N thew O’Brien W. Fel 157, California James P. D. No. 29, M. L Clark, L. Ferguson, nsterm cisco F. C. F. C. N A._ White, J. C. Seagrace; Precita No. 187, W. C. Miller, 1. T. Reynolds. Those who will constitute the ball com- mittee are: Floor director, Frank W. Marston; assistant floor director. john P. Donoven; California No. 20, Frank P. Sherman (floor); Golden Gate . 29, H, C. Pasqueie (floor); Mission No. 38, Milton D. Garratt (floor); Stanford No. 76, E L. Head (floor); Yerba Buena No. 84, C. B. Bay No. , M. Savannah ; Hespe- , William A. W. Monahan (fioor); o 0. 145, F. W. Sink (floor; No. 160, R. D. Barton (floor); Bay 104, Eugene W. Levy A reception committee, to see that all are well cared for at the ball, has been se- lected and will be composed of the follow= ing gentlemen: Stanford No. 76, Dave C. Martin, chaj California N 5 in; Rincon No. 72, A 121, Dr. Theo Retters; Precita George N. Van Orden. 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