The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1896, Page 16

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. 16 e 1 | CHIEF CROWLEY MAY NOT RETIRE, Doubts as to His Eligibility to Be Placed on the Pension List. i WORDING OF THE ACT. His Seven Years' Service by | Election May Not Be In- \ | cluded. | LEGAL ADVICE T0 BE TAKEN.| | Third street. bim to withdraw his- resignation, and coupled with the aoubt as to his eligibility to retire on the pension list the probability is that he will be prevailed upon to do_ so and carry on for three vears more With the same honesty of purpose, integrity and efficiency as in the past the work which he has made a life study. L ! The communication and _resolutions of the California State Protective Association regarding the reform oi abuses in the liquor traffic, which were published in last Thursday’s CALL, were read at the meeting of the Commissioners, and action thereon postponed for ten days. Policeman Anthony Sweeney, who joined the force in December last, was dis- missed from the department for being in- toxicated while on duty, and for the same offense Policeman Thomas Callahan was fined $100. A charge of incivility pre- ferrea by a lady against Sergeant Colby was dismissed, and the sergeant was fully exonerated. CHARGED WITH BURGLARY. Quick Capture of Harry Viley and Wil- liam Prisco. Harry Viley, a young man, was arrested about a week ago for stealing two boxes of hats from.the store of McGiffen Bros., 136 To the surprise of the ar- resting officers the case was dismissed by Judge Low on Saturday. Yesterday Viley was arrested by Police- 1 Action on His Resignation Postponed | Till the First Meeting in : April. Chief of Police Crowley will not retire at least for a month and probably not for three years vet. The Police Commissioners held a special meeting last night when the Chief's resig- | nation was read. The Commissioners pointed ¢ to the Chief that there wasa - | doubt as to his eligibility to be placed on‘\ the pension list. Section 3 of the pension act reads: henever any person, at the taking effect of ter, shall have been duly ap- orn. and have served for the YEATS OT mOre &S & member in pacity or sny whatever of the regu- constituted police department of any county, city and county, city or tow which may be hereafter subject to_the provis- jons of this act, said board shall be ordered and emporwered to order and direct that such hall, aiter becoming 60 years of age s service in such police departmentshall | ceased, be paid from such fund a ion equal to one-half the amount of s ary attached to the rank which he may have | I d police department for one year ng the expiretion of said term of ® h 1 The Chief served seven years from 1866 to | election and has served sixteen | 3 appointment. There wasadoubtin | the minds of the Commissioners as to whether the seven years’ service by election could be counted in as the act says, “'shall bave been duly appointed and sworn.” | They therefore prevailed apon the Chief to | let the matter of his resignation rest until the first meeting in April so that there would be ample time to take legal advice | on the point. it If the seven years cannot be counted in | the Commissioners will insist upon the | Chief withdrawing his resignation so that | he can serve the full twenty years by ap- pointment. In connection with the Chief’s resigng~ tion the following letters from Kev. Thomas Filben of the First Methodist Episcopal Church were read: SAX FRANCISCO, March 2, 1896. Crowley, Chief of Police—DEAR SIR to assure you oi the sympathy of & d a father in the loss of your boy. | od of all consolation comiort youin avement. I was on the point of sending you the above words when the news of your proposed resig- nation reached me. Will you permit measa citizen profoundly interested in the weal of the City to urge you to reconsider your astion. 1 voice the sentiment of the commnnity and I | speak the sense of the reform elementof the | City when I say this. Ineed not repeat to you | my confidence in your administration goiten | from & careful canvass of i, and from considerable test of it in its| on o the work of reform now in hand | and so heartily and effectively aided by your | department. So much is justin sight in t line and our confidence in yourself for the im. partial administration ot the law to this end | isso great that we cannot but feel that great | me by your retiring before the | good work so well begun is completed. Never in the history of the City was this so true as now | nk I know how weary and how disheart- | ened you must be, but I pieaa for thesake of | our City and for interests dear to you as to us | you do not press thisright of yours that have so well earned at this iime. Sin- THOMAS FILE SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 1896. Police Commissioner Tobin—DEAR SIR: I have sent Ly this same messenger a letter to Chief | arnestly urging him not to press his resignation at this time. I want to say to you what I have written to him, that those who ere at present workiug in nterest of civic reform have come to prize he efficiency of the Police Department and the sterling worth of the Chief himself. Es- ly for myself I want to say that having in al relation to test the spirit and work of the department, in this matter we have come to revise & judgment formed from cur- rent rumor, and are ready to bear testimony to the efficiency of the depertment in Chief Crowley’s hands, and his own readiness to be atour service in every way for the public good | and to enforce the law without fear or favor. We are disturbed lest some of the good work now in hand, and much already accomplished without any flourish of trumpéts by the police under his direction may be jeopardized by the change. I trust he will think better of his purpose and that as the passing of the days help heal the sorrow of his heart in the loss of his boy. he will heed the call of his fellow-citizens and give himself for all the that he shall still have strength to this work, than which none is more important in the City,and for which 1o one is more competent, both by reason of his ability and by virtue of the increasing con- fidence of the community, than he. Sincerely, THOMAS FILBEN. The Chief, after the meeting had ad- journed, expressed himself as greatly grati- fied by the contents of Rev. Mr. Filben’s letters, which were entirely unexpected by him. It was a source of great gratification to him to find such a kindly recognition of his services from such a source. ““I never had & doubt,” said the Chief, “but that my seven years’ service in the department by election would be included in my claim to be placed on the pension list, and it was exceedingly kind of the Commissioners to cal my attention to the fact that it was open to doubt. “They do not want me to resign, but if I insisted I feel sure the Legislature would pass an amendment to the pension act to cover my case. The matter will be laid before able attorneys and we will see what decision they arrive at. I do not, of course, want to retire and lose my pen- sion, as it would be all I would have to live on.” Friends of the Chief have been urging —e e Instantly Relieved And Speedily Cured by (iticura WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS A warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP and a single application of CUTICURA, (ointment), will afford instant relief, per- mit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, permanent cure of the most distressing of itching and burning skin and scalp diséases, after all other methods fail. = Sold throughout the world. British depot: F. NXwBERY & Soxs, 1, King Edwardat., Lon- )/ cerely, | men T. L. Ryan and J. Tyrell and Special | stolen. | the price of admission, even should he Ofiicer Con Kelly, on the charge of burg- lary. William Prisco, another youth, was later arrested on the same charge. Between Saturday night and yesterday morning the tailor-shop of Cederbloom & Dyhr, 410 Kearny street, had been entered, and a suit of clothes, a pair of trousers, shears and mathematical instruments | The police were notified, and | Ryan, Tyrell and Kelly found all the | stolen articles in Viley’s room, 119 Fifth street. After his arrest he confessed to the | burglary and told the officers where they | could find the suit of clothes. Frederick Warde Makes His First Appearance as King | Lear. Canfield at the Columbia—Midnight Float at the Grand Opera-House. Other Matters. | Frederick Warde made his first San | Francisco appearance last night at the Baldwin Theater in the character of King | Lear. | On the whole, the actor proved himself | to be a capable exponent of the role. He subdued his melo-dramatic tendencies toa | great extent and played the part of the | affiicted old king in a kev more true to life than has been the case in some of the | modern plays in which Warde has ap-| peared lately. ' The tempest scene, although a little spun | out, was a fine piece of acting on Warde’s | part, and the scene in Cordelia’s tent was touching and sincere. All through the | Lear was even and artistic. | The support was, on the whole, satisfac- | tory, particularly on the part of the men. | Miss Fanny Gill ’s Cordelia was a little | hard and unsympathetic. The sisters’ parts of Miss Lucia Moore and Mrs. Isabel | ‘Waldron might with advantage have been | harder. The play was well sitaged and | | costumed. At the Columbia. Eugene Canfield, the bright particular star of the Fireman’s Funmakers, is in no | danger of a diminution of his luster by | comparison with the lesser lights of the | company. almost without exception, dim. James H. | Bradbury as a grandiloquent rain king, | Shorthand, pert and business-like, are | painstaking 1n their respective roles and | contribute much to the fun of the evening. But Cantiela’s drollery alone is well worth chance to play a solo part throughout the evening. Heis a master of facial expres- sion and his mild grimaces remind one of Sol Smith Russell's serious but mirth- vprovoking countenance. He bids fair to become as illustrious a prince of low cora- edy as Russell is in the more refined do- | main of dramatic humor. | The story includes a successful exhi- | bition of a rain-machine, the frantic e: ploits of a cut-rate ticket broker, the fre quent expulsions of a collector, the di jon of a fortune and the location of evéry- body in a home on Knob Hill. At the Grand. Gilbert and Goldie in their comic spe- | clalties are a drawing feature at Morosco’s Grana Opera-house this week. They ap- pear at the most unexpected times, when the ladies of the audience are waxing tear- ful or nervous over the threat of | a tragic situation, and dispel all| fears with laughter. They appear upon one of the floating roofs in the flood scene, and while the mimic waters are presaging destruction and death, Goldie tells Gilbert about his father’s convivial ‘habits, which were so confirmed that a hackman had to take him to his last drink, because he couldn’t walk fine. The scenic effects of the flood scene are copied from the sketches in Harper's ‘Weekly after the Johnstown disaster. The audience was much entertained by the surprise on the bridge, when “some itin- erary workmen,”” whom the hero eallea tramps, gave a young fop a ducking, and when all made way for the train that rumbled across, seemly to their peril. The play bas all the dramatic elements of an insolvent squire, one good lover, one bad, a murder, a villain foiled and ulti- mate happiness for all but the plotter. The acting falls short of the situations often, the tragic appearing to be the comic more than once. Grover’s Alcazar, good performanee of Auber’s pretty opers, “Fra Diavalo,” was given last night at Grover’s Alcazar. W.T. Carleton, who played the title role, was said to be suffering from a severe cold, but it did not affect his voice to any pal- pable extent. He played his part with the required dash and deviltry. iss Rena Atkinson made a charming Zer- tina, both vocally and histrionically. Her singing of “On Yonder Rock' was especially | applauded. Jay C. Taylor was a heroic Lo- renzo; the score suited his voice well and he Played the role with agood deal of animation. hé other characters were in good hands and the chorus and orchestra did their work well. Tivoli Opera-House. “Rip Van Winkle” last night, at the Tivoli Opera-house, was one of the best performances that have been given there for some time. The pretty opera was well sung and acted, and the staging was exceptionally good. Carrie Roma, who made her reappearance at the Tivoli, in the role of Gretchen, was in as good voice as ever, and acted as Kleu-ntly. She was warmly welcomed by her iriends in the audience and was frequently encored. Kate Marchi made a coquettish Katrina and lttle Pearl Landers. and little Gertie Carlisle were effective in the children’s roles. At the Orpheum. Les De Filippis, the clever French terpsicho- reans, in their original dance, “Sur le Boule- vard,” and the Clodosh, Alburtusand Burtram, champion club-swingers and jugglers, and other specialists, were particularly good last night. ————— Death of an Old Soldier. The body of Charles Wolfer, an old soldier, was found lying in an almost nude condition in a vacant lot south of the Five-mile House on the Mission road yesterday afternoon. The Coroner was notified and the body was taken to the Morgue. John Renock, a friena of the deceased, called at the Morgue and said that Wolfer was on the United Sta! msion list, Y don. PoTTER DECG AXD CHEM. £ Coxr.,Sole Props.,Boston,U.5.A ) and that he was slightly demen The cause of bisdeath is not {nown. | drama, however, Warde’s interpretation of | | Indeed these lesser lights ars, - Percy Vere as an agile collector, and Bessie | . PADEREWSKI ON CHINESE MUSIC, Thinks They Have Only Two Tunes in Their Repertoire. HOW ONE OF THEM GOES The Great Pianist Starts Home With the Pleasantest of Memories. TOOK MARSICK TO CHINATOWN. The Parisian Violinist Gives His Impressions of Mongols and Their Orchestras. Paderewski left on his return trip yes- terday morning. He took with him many dollars, the entire outfit of a Chinese i wildest kind. l explained. “There is nothing more weari- some than those crushes where most of the people dole out the same quantity and quality of flattery while others expect you to_flaiter them. I mean the really sym- pathetic people whom 1 would want for friends. But I was so busy,” he said with a smile, “I had so much to doand see when I was not practicing or playing that I really could not find the time. One of the principal things the great pianist allowed himself to do was to revel in Chinatown and its bizarre attractions, Night after night he went through the Chinese quarter, lavishing largesse on all that pleased him tul all Chinatown rang with the wonderful tales of the generous stranger, with the long, flowing hair, who “fi;fl listen sympathetically to anything odd, One of the first courtesies extended by Paderewski to Marsick, the violinist, was T take him into the Chinese’ quarter. Accompanied by one or two iriends they went to one of the merchants’ clubs on Jackson street. An orchestra of string | and wind instruments was there in waiting with a vocalist of high repute, who sang women’s, parts at the theater. The orchestra waited more than an hour beyond the appointed time. They had heard of the great musicians that they were to play for, and they were anxious to exhibit their skill. i When Paderewski and Marsick were ap- proaching the clubroom, word was passed up that they were coming. The band at once began a clamor of music of the This continued after the visitors had entered and were seated. The two noted artists sut together beside a small table. They were inter- ested in the music and utterly oblivious to everything else. The Chinese band played on, and the musicians lookea as unconscious as if the presence of their great visitors had not been anxiously looked forward to for several hours. Both Paderewski and Marsick leaned for- ward listening intently. Their headsalmost touched as they noaded the time to the string and wind orchestra, a very happy music and accentuated the rhythm with extended hands. Once 1n awhile one PADEREWSKI AND MARSICK ARE INTERESTED !IN THE CHINESE] ORCHESTRA. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.) impression of California and a very de- cided admiration for the music of the Mongohans. The great pianist differs with John L. Sullivan, Miss Blanche Walsh, J. J. Cor- bett, for whom 'Corbett road is said to have been named, and other em- inent histrions in at least one par- ticular. He does not consider San Fran- cisco a *‘jay town.” “I bad anticipated much pleasure from my visit to San Francisco,” Paderewski said. “My expectations have been ex- ceeded in every particular. My reception, the kindly hospitality extended me, the glorious City, its hills and its sunshine, the appreciation and sympathy exhibited at my recitals were far above my most sanguine hopes, and still I had looked forward to a great deal.”’ “And were the financial results what you expected ?” was asked. *Indeed, yes. In fact, our returns were far greater than we had figured upon.” **And what, of all things, impressed you the most?”” “The wonder of it all!” he exclaimed promptly. “The wonder of it all?"’ was queried. “Yes,”’ he explained, *‘that it should be| here at all. I went to San Mateo. To be sure I had seen more elegant country houses, more picturesque stretches of ‘would raise his voice and sing the air the vocalist was screeching. An affirmative nod would follow from the other, who, perhaps, would join the chorus or make some remark upon the peculiarity of the music. For an hour the concert proceeded. At times the music was slow and compara- tively soft. Again it would be shrill and loud, and the movement rapid. Every change was noted by the auditors, who be- came greatly interested in the various in- struments. Paderewski was - particularly pleased with a bamboo flute. This had a sad, sweet tone, »ven when Chinese airs were issuing fron it. A species of mandolin | also excited nis curiosity, while the ear- piercing flageolet, with its bagpipe-like tone was not so favored. Marsick was more pleased with the littte two-stringed fiddle, which has s head like a mallet. He took it in his hand and tried to play. His method of holding the in- strument caused much amusement to the Chinese and he abandoned all attempts to vlay on it after having succeeded in win- ning several plaintive shrieks from the unwilling strings. But he admired the rattlesnake skin that covered the head of the fiddle. ‘“There is no doubt that the Chinese lay tunes,” Paderewski said, in discuss- ing this music. ‘But, listen as I could, I only discovered two. There may be others, i of course, but at the theater, at the tem- PADEREWSKI'S IDEA [Written for “The Call OF CHINESE MUSIC. " by the great pianist.) lawn and woodland. But when I remem- bered that fifty years ago there was noth- ing, that the country was regarded by the rest of the world as a wild desert, I actu- ally could not grasp it all. The giant strides that bave been made in changing these places from uncultivated wilder- nesses to resorts, replete with every de- sirable feature of the highest civilization, astounded me. “‘And San Francisco affacted me the same way. The magic growth of such a mighty and Cmagnificent ity would be im- possible anywhere else. “Next to the marvel of the City’s being I think Chinatown interested me the most. That and the wide liberality of the people. ‘Why,” he added, *I understand that on one Sunday a thousand Frenchmen may parade the streets singing ‘‘La Mar- seilleise” and that Americans, Germans, Italians and Russians all look on with in- terest and never interfere; and that the next week the Italians may occupy the streets, or the Germans, or the Irish, and that never is there clashing. I don't know where that could be e!sewhere.”’ Paderewski said tnere was one thing he regretted greatly. That was that he had not been able to meet and know intimately some of the many people to whom he was vle, at the restaurants, at the clubs and in the houses we did not enter these same tunes were being played. Both were of the same general class. 4 *“There were orchestral embellishments and additions, but there were never varia- tions. The same tune was repeated over and over again. Sometimes it was faster and_sometimes slower. Again, the long banjo with the snake-skin head would in- troduce a tremolo effect. The extra fid- dles would make additional flouriskes, and ‘bang! bang! the great cymbals would mark some emphatic feature and the rattle of the drums would be introdnced‘ but the same tune was there all the time.’ “What was that tune?”’ was asked. Paderewski hummed it, beating the time with his hand. A request that he write it met with a decided nod in the negative. “Oh, no; I could not think of it,” said. “But why?"” . “Well, you see, I understand that there 18 a man who is making a study of the Chinese music. Now 1 have been inter- ested, but I have only observed, not stud- ied. So, if I should write itas I remember 1t, I might get it wrong. Then some one would say: ‘The ridiculous fellow! On what can he base any claim to knowing he really indebted for favors. “I do not mean-those who would be merely curious about me, you kuow,” = music when he can understand no better than that? Why, it is full of errors!” “You can see yourself,” he said, “in what a false position it would put me. No; you must excuse me, really.” He wastold that it was his impression of the Chinese music that was wanted. It was' explained thatif a copy of the Chi- nese music was desired it could be ob- tained at any time by sending an ordinary musician with & quick earto write 1t down; Paderewski’s impression of the Mongolian tune could only be written by himself. Paderewski Fromised to write the music. It was not till he was in his private car bound for San Jose on Friday night that he wrote it, however. Then he wrote a few bars before the train started. The jolting of the cars soon prevented further work, but a fac-simile of that which was comrleted is given. When asked if he were contem practing upon his newly acquired instruments, and new style of mus; smiling negative. *No, no,” he said, “I will not play on them. I will consider them as curiosities only, to be hnng[on the studio walls. = Still, it may be that I will, for my own amuse- ment, try to reproduce the Chinese music at times.” M. Marsick was riot at all enthusiastic about the accomplishments of the Chinese | musicians. He said it was the one thing in | music on which he differed in opinion from | Paderewski. { *I was amused by the orchestra,” he said, “but not interested. It was not music—how could it be with such primi- tive instruments? But it represented something typical of a strange race and so was worthy of marked attention.’” GOAYS GLISSY GLAE It -Is Turned Relentlessly Upon the Lega Socialista Italiana. lating hinese Perhnps evolving some c, Paderewski gave a A Meeting at Apollo Hall Which De- veloped Some Bitter Expres- sions of Antagonism. The Italian socialists of this .City were among the most fervid of Pietro Gori's ad- mirers when that noted anarchist first be- gan his propaganda here. For nearly a month Gori and the Lega Socialista Italiana dwelt together in harmony, but now the friendship has given place to mutterings of wrath and the glad hand has been exchanged for the glassy eye. In fact a feud bas arisen which nothing can quench but a great mass-meeting. Gori says that socialists are greater enemies to freedom than is the Czar of all the Russias. The socalists say that Gori is a dangerous, seditious person, against whom all true lovers of freedom sbould be warned, and the strife has waxed so high that arrangements are being made to hold a grand debate in Metropolitan Temple next Monday, at which the socialists and the anarchists will argue out their differ- cnces in English and Ltalian. The first rift within the lute occurred last Sunday afternoon, when the Italian Socialists (La Lega Socialista Italiana) held a meeting in Apollo Hall, presided over by Griseri Dall’ Obrico. Pietro Gori had been invited to be present, in order that those seeking knowledge in the ways of anarchy could question him and have their curiosity gratified. It wasarranged that discussions should be limited to five minutes, and all was going swimmingly when Arturo Conti took the floor, and to use a colloquialism *‘sailed into” the an- archists in a way that made Gori and his partisans almost doubt their ears, for till that time they had fondly believed that Mr. Conti had taken them under his wing. In the course of his remarks Arturo Conti_explained how he had been led to preside at some of Gori’s lectures and afterward found it his painful duty to con-’ demn all he taught. , “For the first two lectures I believed Pietro Gori to be a good socialist, but his later lectures revealed him in his true character. He is the friend of capital, for he advises his followers to abstain from voting, and is not that play- ing into the hands of the capitalists?"” After making a number of remarks about anarchists, which were entirely the reverse of flattering, Signor Conti sat down and Signor Gori took the floor, pre- pared to combat with all his eloquence for the principles of anarchy. He was told that he must observe the five minutes’ rule, which filled the cup of his wrath against the socialists full to the brim. “AL! you socialists! you do not know what hiberty is!” he cried fiercely. “You strangle the words back in my throat with your five-minute regulations. Is a man not te have freedom of speech? I scorn to answer you now, but I will hold a meeting of anarchists, to which I will invite you. There I will speak and you tyrants shall have tive hours—days, years, centuries, if you like—in which to answer me. I will show you what the future base of society is to be.” z Ana protesting indignantly, Pietro Gori dashed out of the hall, followed by about athird of the audience, which took this opportunity of showing that it had enlisted itself under the anarchist banner. When the footsteps: of the d?lrting anarchists had died away in the distance E. Bettini and Alvin Appel successively took the floor and said what they thought of ti:at kind of people. : L. Nathan, who spoke next, said that, for his part, he would have liked to com- pare socialism with anarchy face to face with Gori, and he considered it an act of cowardice on the part of the anarchists to abandon the hall. This taunt at the departed one was more than some of the socialists who were wavering a little in their allegiance could stand. . A. Barlotti jumped to his feet and called u Mr. Nathan to either retract the word ‘“‘coward” or leave the platform. The latter said that the word escaped his lips before he was aware of it, but Gori's friends in the audience were not satisfied. They demanded a public discussion, in which the anarchist could take his own part without being tied by any five-min- ute time limit, and finally it was decided that a public discussion should be held. Yesterday Arturo Conti agreed to take the meeting in cnarge. Nathan speaks no Italian and Gori very little English, but it was decided that an interpreter should be resent to translate Gori's words into Eng- ish and Nathan’s into Italian. The mass. meeting that is the outcome of the diffi- culties between the socialists and an- archists will probably take place next Monday in Metropolitan Temple. Gestord’s Suit for Office. The application for a writ of mandate sued for by H. C. Gesford against M. R. Higgins came before the Supreme Court for argument yesterday. The proceeding is one to compel Judge Sanderson to award judgment to Ges- ford in default of an answer by Higgins. Ges- ford is suing for the office of Insurance Com- missioner, alleging that Higgins forfeited the office by accepting and minf: railroad pass. Judge Sanborn allowed Higeins to plead “not guilty” to using the pass, and Gesford’s coun- sel claimed this was no answer. In default of other answer judgment was asked. This was refused, and now the Supreme Court is asked to compel judgment in default of an answer. e e e Railroad Notes. E. H. Hinton, the general agent of the Pan- ams Railroad Company in this City, has re- moved his headquarters from Daniel Meyer's building to 204 Front street, corner of Califor- nis. John McEwing, formerly chief clerk in the suditor’s office of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company at Portland, arrived here esterday and will take up the duties of cashier n the local office of the company, made vacant by the promotion of ard. A'singular Korean hat is a great round mat of straw worn by a mourner. The bat is bound down at the sides so as to almost conceal the head and face of ihe wearer. He carries in his hand a screen or fan, and when in the road, if any one approaches him, he hoids the screen in front of him, 80, that it, together with the. hat, com- Ppletely Wflfllfl hine 5 HAVANA TOBACCO CULTURE Final Success of an Enterprising Californian’s Experi- ment, J. D. CULPS PERSEVERENCE. Expectations That Immense Profits Will Be Realized From the New Industry. Eight hundred dollars net an acre is what J. D. Culp of San Felipe will make out of his tobacco for the next five years, under a contract recently entered into with one of the leading cigar manufac- turers of this City. Mr. Culp has de- voted thirty-five years to the culture of Havana tobacco in California, and through- out all of his experiments, failures and partial triumphs he’ has been satisfied, notwithstanding the prejudice of smokers against domestic cigars, that California could grow a tobacco equal to the Ha- vana product. That he has been able to contract his crop for the next five years at such favorable prices would seem to bear out his judgment. In an interview Mr. Culp imparted a deal of information, both practical and ‘technical, upon the subject to which he has devoted the greater part of his life- time. He said: “If the people could realize the immense profits to be derived from growing tobacco in California and the many advantages this State has over any other in the Union in this regard, the subject would com- mand more attention. Hailstorms, which are so destructive to tobacco crops in Eastern States, are almost unknown here. There are no droughts in the tobacco area of @alifornia, and during my thirty-five years’ experience, 1n which time I have | cultivated as much as 900 acres in one season, I have not expended $35 in ridding the plants of worms, which are a bother- some and expensive pest in the East. During a period of four years I hardly saw a worm in my tobacco fields. When they did make their appearance the yellow- jackets and a fly kept them pretty well thinned out. The Eastern tobacco-grower is compelled to expend $100 an acre an- nually for fertilizers, and even then the tobacco fields of Pennsylvania and Con- necticut are playing out. These fields used to produce first-class cigar wrappers, but the product is now used for binders. Instead of needing fertilizers out here we have to tone down the soil. Irrigation is unnecessary on my land, but where the soil is light it might be necessary to give the plants a start when they are set out. “My fields are laid out in two-acre tracts, and provided with windbreaks. No dust accumulates on the plants. I get two cropsin ayear. The firstcrop will average 1000 pounds to the acre, one-half of which | can be utilized for cigar-wrappers. The per- | centage of wrappers of tobacco grown in Havana isabout one-quarter of the crop. My second crop is from suckers, and will yield 500 pounds, but with.a much smaller percentage of leaf fit for wrappers.” “Do _you import vour seed every year from Havana?’ Mr. Culp was asked. “I believe this is the only part of the United States where Havana tobacco re- mains true to its species; where the seed year after year reproduces the same kind and quality of tobacco. The cigar you are smoking is from seed brought out from Cuba and first planted here fifteen years ago. 8“The best Havana tobacco is grown dur- ing the dry season. The crop is not so large as one produced with plenty of moisture, but the quality is better, and I will tell you why: A tobacco leaf consists of two skins, between which isa cellular formation. Upon the upper skin or epi- dermis are numerous hairy protuberances, which under microscopic examination are found to be the iungs of the plant. At the apex of these hairs is a small poisonous deposit or tobacco gum, composed largely of paraffine, & bitter extract and an es- sential oil which imparts the aroma toa cigar. Much rain washes this resinous substance off and thereby impairs the to- bacco. Cnemists have claimed thatthe flavor of Havana tobacco isdue to a low percentage of nicotine; but I have satis- fied myself that it is in this deposit of gum. I have a large ball of it which I have collected. It is very susceptinle to varying temperature, becoming soft ana plastic in a heat equal to that of the midday sun of a summer aay, and perfectly hard in the temperatare that would prevail after nigh:hfi. 3 “Did you ever notice the wilted appear- ance of g tobacco plant during a hot day, and how vigorous and strong it appears in early morning? When the weather is very warm the escape of the gases essential to vegetable life, owing to the softened con- dition of this gum, is detrimental to the health of the plant. “In this connection I have made an- other discovery. Spots on tobacco leaves have been attributed to various causes, and the average smoker hunts for a cigar with that sort of wrapper on it under the misapprehension that he is getting some- thing superior. When thereisa break in one of these hairs the substance which is deposited in these cells, and makes the essential part of tobacco, exudes, that part of the lenrdies. and the spot is'the result.”” “What of the old Consolidated Tobacco Company and its failure?”’ “That was due to causes outside of the merits or quality of the tobacco. Of course the tobacco was inferior to what it now is. ‘We did not pretend to grow wrappers at that time. And to show the vprejudice that existed against a home product, and exists in a lesser degree to-day, we usea a great deal of Pennsylvania tobacco for wrappers, and cigars made wholly out of the Pennsylvania crop were, in the opinion of many local smokers, nk with the taste of Gilroy soil. The company was or- ganized in 1872, and it must be apparent that twenty-three years of experience since then has made a valuable addition to our stock of information on the subject of growing Havana tobacco in California.”” “Do youknow how much tobacco is an- nually imported by the United States?” ““About $30,000,000 worth, principally from Cuba and Sumatra. The area on which tobacco is grown in Cuba is 21 by 71 miles and contains 16,000 plantations. The approximate value of the annual product fs $23,000,000. In California we have ten times that area where tobacco can be suc- cessfully grown, and _there are sections of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Texas adapted to its growth. These facts will convey an idea of the vast possibilities of the ipdustries if we can produce a to- bacco that will compare with the Cuban article.” F. W. Brigfs, the manufacturing tobac- conist, was also interviewed and expressed the opinion that the prejudice of the smoker was the only thing that prevented the eomfleu success of the domestic ar- ticle. “If,’ said Mr. Briggs, ‘“we can grow a tobacco which in appearance is identical with Havana tobacco and which will deceive the oldest smokers, why shouid we not encourage and promote the industry and thereby add to the wealth and popular reputation of California?"’ Jacob Brandt had similar opinions. He has devoted many years to the tobacco business, and is willing to stake his repu- tation and money on the proposition. A. Rosenshine, of the firm of M. Rosen- shine & Bro., frankly confessed that he had smoked some of the California goods and thought they were from Cuba. I think,” he said, “Iam a pretty good judge of cigars, but they fooled me.” M. P. Koblberg said: “It is the finest tobacco outside of Cu compares favora- bly with much of the Havana tobacco. 1t isa fine smoke. The aroma is delicate, and the ciglr in appearance coula not be distinguished fram Havana goods.”” M. J. Josepb, of Esberg, Bachman & Co., ! peals to in the tobacco busi- R ‘::elzrl?orlty-two years, and ness on Hh i o acconist to tell the difference I defy any tobacconist A eted between the Californian an i duv’i'tiuiam Lewis thoug! with “‘a better taste t ic filler.” m’i‘sl:eclnlluwing is an extract fro‘;p a l?\g':: written by a member of a lea t::go‘n v e indivi y. doubt xb;nbesc domestic tobacco Ih?vc- ever smoked and I consider it has an {m' mense future. 1 have also g:venlg ed cigars to my Spanish and Cuban I'lgn : and none of them suspected on the boa that they were smoking anything elsethan cl avana cigar.” o s Tfi:;n]:}acu are gsufflcient to justify the hove that 1t will not be many_years befo{e California’s tobacco crop will be eagerly sought after.” The culture of tobacco cer- tainly offers an opportunity for the fal;m- ers of this State to produce something more profitable than wheat and barley. Mr. Culp has developed the business to 3 point where failure is improl;nble, an with a knowledge of his experience suc- cess seems to be assured. .- Held for Robbery. Harry Clark, alias Church, conducted his own defense in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday when he appeared for his preliminary exami- nation on (ge charge of robbery. He was ac- cused by J. Harrison Smith, ex-City Surveyor, of stealing his gold watch and chain in a saloon on O'Farrell and Jones streets about & week 8g0. After hearing the evidence the Judge held Clark to answer before the Superior Court in $10,000 bond: e - — South Side Social Club. The South Side Social Club was organized last Saturday night av Irish-American Hall. The following officers were elected: Fresident, John McNamara; secretary, William McManus; vice-presidents, rcher and M. Shaughnessy; Sergeant-al-arm McLaughlin. The names said: ht it a fine tobacco, h,i, any other do- of 176 members were enrolled. The next meet- ing will take place Mondsy, March 9, at 8 P. ., in the same hall. The Lane Case. The Lane case has proceeded as far asthe arguments. As a last witness Lane himself was put on the stand. Ilis testimony was brief. He said that at the time the girlssay they were at his house he was at the Merchants’ Ex- change. The case will go to the jury to-day. ——— It is now generally believed that new lakes, canals, etc., become filled with fish by means of birds. The birds, after feed- ing on fish-spawn elsewhere, alight on these new waters and drop some of the spawn from their bills. NEW TO-DAY. “Red Letter i The reason why : Every new customer we make during ‘‘Red Letter Days” means a steady cus- tomer the year around. Can’t help but be. Can’t help but like our furniture and want more. That is the reason why. ‘When & great big hall-stand like this sells for 1!45 rou can get somethiug of an idea of what “Red Letter” sales amannt to. Hall-stand. dpas. Tmagine the richest grained oak you ever sawe that’s the kind of wood it is made out of. 714 feet high 4 feet broad French-plate mirror 214 by 3 feet—deeply bev- ‘;Ktir-nad. deep seat——shoe box 4 triple hooks All hand-carved Highly polished ——$45—worsh $75. We have just 5 of this pat- tern—g hall-stands—5 new friends, steady customers. Come early; no telling how quickly they will go. Don’t stay away just be- cause you don’t need a hall- stand. The whole store to pick from at ‘‘Red Letter” prices: Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. BUY DIRECT FRON THE MANUFACTURER. REFINED BAR IRON $1.75 base ANGLE IRON 2.25 flat BAND IRON. . 210 e Round Edge Tire Steel. 2.15 flat Toe ex 2.40 <« Plow g 2.25 « German Hammered 3.75 base Pick & 4.00 ¢ Machinery ke 2.00 ¢« Spring L 2.50 < Cold Rolled G 3.25 e Finished Shafting... 3.25 Terms :—Cash. F. 0. B. Cars or Steamer. JUDSON W’F’G. cO. Gity Offico:—Cor. Howard & Beale §ts., SAN FRANCISCO, .