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

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Main—-1874 BRANCH OFFICES: { 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until " 9:30 o'clock. 2 339 Hayes street; open untll 9:30 o'clock. { 713 Larkia street; open until 9:50 o'clock. 6W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open mntil 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until § o'clock. 110 Ninth street; open until € o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : | 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: | Rooms 31 and 82, 34 Park Row, New York Citw | DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent- i THURSDAY.........ccn JULY 2, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. ——— e s PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION { and PROSPERITY. FOR PRESIDENT— WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohio FOR VICE-PRESIDENT— GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey (;\"EMBER 3, 1896. ELECTION Altgeld is the boss. New York Democracy is no longer in the band-wagon. ‘Whitney would now be very glad to have the thing arbitrated. Bland and Boies had better pool their issues and toss up for first place. Silver Dick brags on his cornfield hand- shake, but the people won't shake, Altgeld may declare for new silver, but all the same his name means old gold. Populists will not walk into the parlor of the Democratic spider. They are too fiy. Country people will find has spread herself for their Fourth. that the City benefit on the Start the wheels of prosperity moving and competing roads will flourish all over Catifornia. After the Chicago convention is over 8t. Louis will have another inning, and it will be a big one. Nobody can fool the people this year. They are going to vote for prosperity all over the Union. If Democracy needs any more roasting Chicago can be relied on to furrnish the weather to do it. In preferring the leaderskip of Altgeld to that of Whitney, Democracy shows what it is made of. Iilinois will determine the fight at Chi- cago and then cast her electoral vote for the St. Louis ticket. Chicago will be the best place in the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896. A DISCREDITED PARTY. However the Democrats may shout for free silver and bimetallism at Chicago, there is little danger that the American people will trust to their incompetent hands the great cause of the restoration of silver to its rightful place as one of the money metals of the world. That party under its present leadership, at any rate, cannot be trusted on any platiorm. The measures which it advocates are not more discredited than the men who advocate them. The people will not trust a party bossed by Altgeld and composed of men who will submit to such a boss. What the country needs now is not only a policy of good measures, but an administration of men capable of right government. It is fortunate for the country at this juncture that the character of Democracy and of its favorite leaders is so well under- stood. Without the experience of the last three years many sincere supporters of bimetallism would have been tempted to | vote for the Chicago ticket if it declares for free silver. We have had that experi- ence, however, and no class of people have forgotten 1t. It is known that the Demo- cratic party is an unorganizable mass of discordant factions. It is incapable of carrying out any policy. It is not only unfit to govern, but cannot even administer with success the routine business of Na- tional affairs. Under these circumstances even the most ardent silver men will trust the Re- publican pledge to promote bimetallism by international agreement rather than | Democracy no .matter what it promises. The Republican party can be counted on to give the country a successful adminis- uration of public business. It will abolish the deficit tariff. It will provide ample revenues for the Government. It will re- sume the patriotic task of decreasing the bonded debt which Democracy has in- creased. it will protect American indus- try, revive trade and assure to every workingman employment at good wages. These things it will do without fzil and when it has done them it will go forward to the great task of establishing a true bimetallism without injury to any interest of the country. In the great work of statecraft men are not less important than measures. The | most prosperous commonwealth can be | reduced to bad conditions if the Govern- ment 18 in the hands of incompetent men who can do no more than meddle and muddle. Great men are needed for great tasks, and in party government there must be barmony, organization and discipline in the ranks and among the lzaders of the party entrusted with the task of govern. ing. The people have bad enough of Democratic confusion under this adminis. tration, and will not repeat the experi- ment. They will not raise to office on any platform the party of such discordant elements as Brice and Bland, Whitney and Altgeld, Gorman and Tilman. They will restore to power the party that knows how to govern and govern rightly, the party represented by the soldier candidate McKinley—the party of patriotism, pro- tection and prosperity. “TUNCLE TOM'S OABIN. At the ripe old age of 85 Harriet Beecher Stowe passed away yesterday. She stood in the front rank of America’s most distin- guished women. But she won her distine- tion in the cause of human liberty, which she labored for with sublime heroism. The great heart of the woman went ont in sad- ness yet with determination when she saw for herself the withered fruits of slavery, and all its fruits were withered, | she believed. Hence as & humanitarian | Harriet Beecher Stowe will live in his- tory, and what greater legacy could the | have left those who shall follow her foot- steps in the work of righting human wrongs and in leading the worid upward | than a life spent in doing good ? There was just such inspiration as is | born of the eternal fitness of things that | prompted Mrs. Stowe to write “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” It was nota work of high literary merit, and the authoress took the | greatest liberty witb what is called the | poet’s and the novel writer's license 1o draw upon the wildest imagination to Union to skip next week and Monterey the best place to vis The Cleveland administration hurt the country but did net ruin it. The Glorious Fourth is still with us. Ii David Bennett Hill expects to nise‘ bis head above the crowd at Chicago he will have to climb a pole. The only way for Populists to fuse with Democrats is to leave the middle of the road and take to the woods. 11 the Chicago convention should result in anarchy, Governor Altgeld can be counted on to pardon it out. According to the estimate of TrE Caty | correspondent who interviewed him, Alte geld is cunning but not great. “A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end,” is Cleveland's latest sonorons phrase, but he hasn’t ex- | plained to what end he is fighting. The Southern Pacific Company swore it | couldn’t, it shouldn’t and it wouldn’t re- duce freight rates in the San Joaquin, but it did. What grinds California Democracy is the increasing evidence that the Illinois boss is a bigger man than their own Daggett. The Democratic promise of a free-trade | boom was a free-trade bust, and their | promise of a free-silver boom will end the same way. The announcement that Reea is to take the stump for McKinley will surprise nobody. The stalwarts are always to be counted on. Among your preparations for the Fourth of July don’t forget to clean up your back yard and make yourself safe against the uncertain firecracker. The heads of the administrative depart- ments at Washington are hastening to Chicago and Cleveland keeps on ssying nothing about offensive partisanship. The experience of the past three years shows the industries of this country can never prosper without protection ana, therefore, the people will vote for protec- tion. Now that the Southern Pacific has re- duced rates in competition with the V. road, the Railroad Commission should see to it that the rates are made uniform throughout the State. The record of McKinley, like the record of the Republican party, is one of true Americanism, and that is the reason why the party and the peoplu accept his leader- ship with enthusiasm. It will be interesting to wateh the Demo- crats straddle the tariff issue and dodge the administration record, while trying to make s race in a campaign where these things will be more talked of than any- thing else. | further intensify situations and environ- ment which surrounds characters pictured by the brain. According to all the rules | of novel-making, Mrs. Stowe was justitied | in plcturing siavery as she did in “Unecle | Tom’s Cabin.” But it so happened that she had ma- terial facts enough for a true and substan- | tial background. It may be said that she | took a picture already finished, but fin- ished in colors that were dark and dull |and gave it warmth and glow and z | And fortune favored her by laying in her | hands every thread of the social and po- litical fabric wnich destiny had commis- sioned her to unravel, separate and ex- pose. Public opinion was hesitating, | doubting and restless, and a picture of that which was then in the fullness of its might and strength was needed in colors that should reveal in lignts and shadows itsinmost soul. Harriet Beecher Stowe un- dertook the work, and “Uncle Tom's Cabin” was the finished product of her | effort. MEXICO UNDER DIAZ Mexico will have a Presidential election next November, but there will notbea very exciting campaign, for there is bat one candidate, Porfirio Diaz. Disz was made President in 1877 after the manner of making Presidents in Mexico in those ' days, and at the expiration of histerm in | 18%0 he wvisited the United States and | spent some time in studying our political and economic ways and methods. He came in a semi-official capacity, being | president of the Judicial Council, which { aided him very much in entering official | circles in this country. In 1884 he was ;-g-i.u elected President of the republie, | | sgain in 1888 and again in 1892, If he lives to complete his next term he wiil bave served as President five terms, four | of them being continuouvs. At his own | suggestion the constitution was amended g during his first term, making 1t ineligible [!nr & President to succeed himself, but | after the lapse of one term he wouid be eligible. But after Disz was elected in 1884 his administration of the affairsof the republic being so satisfactory to the people, the constitution wss again amended so that he might serve, two | terms, and just prior to the election in | 1502 by a little twisting of the constitution it was made to mean tbat President Diaz | could serve several more terms. It would not be fair to say that Porfirio Diaz is the only man in Mexico capable of being President of the republic, but the country has forged ahead so rapidly and upon such substantial lines under his ad- ministration that there is no disposition to make a change, and as he is perfectly willicg to stay right on at the head of the verament, and as he is not quite 66 years old, the chances are that he will round out his official life in 1900. No doubt Mexico would have gone shead without the resolute determination of Diaz to make the country a republic in {act as well as in name,.but it would have been a slow process interwoven with revo- lutions. When Diaz became President in 1884 Mexico was but little better than a great camp of the soldiers of men who had political ambition, but by degrees they were quieted down, and meanwhile Diaz worked hard and succeeded in interesting foreign capital in mining, railway and other enterprises, which diverted the at- tention of the people from the thick-flying pronunciamentos of faction leaders. And now at the end of twelve years of continuous rule of President Diaz, Mexico presents an orderly and industrious front, with inaustrial and commercial enter- prises growing in every direction. How well Europe and the United States know this to be true is told in the constantly in- creasing output of Mexican home-made Roods and wares and the corresponding decrease of merchandise imports, All these years President Diaz has been work- ing Mexico up to whers her home indus- tries would furnish a market for the prod- ucts of field and farm. That is to say, Presidens Diaz adopted the policy in 1884 of turning Mexico into & manufacturing country, so that only such articles as could not be made at home would be im- ported. The immense increase in manu- facture, mining, railway, commercial and other wealth-buiiding agencies shows how well his plans have worked. It is not sar- prising, in view of what has been done to develop Mexico's resources in the past dozen years, that the people want to keep the man who bas accomplished =0 much at the head of the Nation. THE ETHIOS OF PROTECTION. It is conceded by every one that it is the duty of the Government to prevent the in- vasion of the country by objectionable persons and diseases from other countries. We object to such intrusion because it would be hurtfal tous. There is nothing in common between the purpose of our po- litical and social establishments and whatever is at war with their object. Therefore whatever measures may be re- quired to protect them against their ene- mies the Government is bound to adopt, because the Government is the expression of the will of the people collectively. That is to say, the Government is the power and the will of the people central- ized, and its authority may be diminished or increased at the pleasure of the people. The purpose of the Declaration of Inde- vendence of July 4, 1776, was to enable the people to better protect themselves against invaders of what they conceived to be their natural rights, and a Government was formed that there might be & union ot effort under well-defined regulations. 1f it is the duty of = people to devise ways and means to prevent the invasion of their homes by men whose presence would be harmful to the mora! sense, and the invasion of their homes by diseases that would be harmful in a physical sense, how is it that some will say that the right to exciude those things which undermine the home and destroy the product of labor does not obtain in 1he law of self-preserv: tion, which permits the erection of barriers against moral and physical disease? It the right obtains in the first instance, it surely does in the second. All know what protection against vicious characters and diseases is for, but it appears there are some who cannot see that there is an inti- mate relation between the consequence attending the intrusion of hurtful social and physical enemies and those intrusions which despoil the product of labor. The expanding productiveness of the people of the Orient is reaching this way. When the sons of China and Japan began to pour into this country we thougnt little of it. We now know to our serrow whata mistake we made in allowing this invasion in such droves. But we are being con- fronted by an invasion of all our indus- trial markets by the product of the labor of a people who are just emerging from primitive ways, but whose cunning is quick to see the =advantage to them which lies in our improved machinery when combined with their theory that 5 to 20 cents fora day of twelve hours’ work is munificent compen- sation. Already China and Japan sare counting upon a market in foreign lands that shall make them the industrial nations of the world, because no nation whose operatives are not satisfied with a cup of rice a day for food and a few cents & day for wages could compete with them in an open market. Then iet us close our markets, The people of the United States should not lose sight of the ethical side of the question of the invasion of our country by these antagonistic irade and social in- fluences. Protection to our miils and factories and farms and labor is not all there is of protection. If our industries have to yleld to the attacks of foreign industrial enterprises and be piaced on a parity with them we may be sure thatour magnificent free-school system, our church facilities and our social and home life wili have to yield also that we may conform in all things to a power that we have per- mitted to dominate us. There is no com- parison between the standard of living among the working people of the United States and the cheap labor countries of the world. A cup of rice and 5 to 20 cents a day is not our way of living, but if we have to compete with people who do live that way shall we not have to conform to their ways and methods? BOSS ALTGELD. The Democratic party has reached the bottom of the shaft of degradation. Altgeld has forced the party to decorate bim with the epaulets of supreme boss. The people have been fervently praying for a long time for the downfall of the Democracy, but they did not wish to see it Altgelded to death. Were he such a man as Hill or Whitney or Cleveland it would be different, but to be driven like so many cattle by a man of Altgeld’s dimenaions is lamentably tough, as bad and wicked as the party is. Bat it is just possible that the little boss is laying on the party whip with too much vicicusnessand thathe may work up a revolt. He appears to have no respect for persons or principles. Heorders the old-time leaders about as a clown would his trained animals, So to speak, he gives delegates to understand that before they can expect to be ized they must call upon him and have collars fitted to their necks. There is some excuse, however, for the way Altgeld is treating Whitney and his New York foliowing. Last year Altgeid asked the leaderof the gold wing to attend his silver convention, which was to be held at Springfield, intimating that possibly all differences could beadjusted and barmony restored; but Whitney gave Altgeld to understand that be regarded it an insult to mvite a “sound Democrat” toa gather- ing of silver freaks, wild asses and cross- eyed imbeciles. Of course, Whitney was not far wrong in his mesasurement of the Springtieid gathering, but it was not good politics to express himself so freely. But anyway, Altgeld is running the party for two purposes. The first and foremost i to elect himself Governor of Dllinois. The second is to humiliate Cleve- land and his friends ena then drive them out of the party. Itappears that Altgeld rather favors Bland for the nomination, and it may be true, for the Missourian has a very large in Southern Illinois, or Egypt, as that part of the State is called, and influence and votes in Illinois are what the little boss wants for his State ticket. Douglas is fortunate in not having lived to see the degeneracy of his party. PERSONAL. R. E. Donohoe, & liveryman of Ukiah, isat the Russ. J. M. Manning, an attorney of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. Among the Russ guests is 8. Risa, a Super- visor of Butte County. Louis Dean, the Reno (Nev.) eattleman, is at the Russ with his wife. W. A. Allen of Santa Barbara is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Simon Russek and wife of Jiminez, Mexico, are guests at the Occidental. F. D. Fraser, a mine superintendent of Siski- rou County, has a room at the Russ. L. G. Bunnell, an orchardist of Prattville, is among the latest arrivals at the Russ. Professor Herbert C. Nash, librarian of Stan- ford University, is at the Lick on a short visit. J.D. Carr, the well-known capitalist and ranch-owner of Salinas, is a guestat the Occi- dental. Among the latest arrivals at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel are T. W, Jackson and J, E. Fahey of Sonora. Dr. J. McLeish, a mine-owner of Chihunahus, Mex., registered at the Grand yesterdsy with his wife. Treunor Coffin, attorney for the Bullion Bank of Carson, Nev., isat the Grand on a little business trip. Henry Frohman of the firm of Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman leaves the City on a busi- ness trip to-day, A. F. Albert,a well-known traveling sales- man of Memphis, Tenn., is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. T. C. Johnson, who raises fine stock and owns ranch property near Pleasanton, is & recent arrival at the Grand. H. E. Holmes and G. 0. Holmes, who own & large tannery in Sacramento, are among those registered at the Grand. George H. Evelend, who conducts s general merchandise business at Folsom, is registered at the Russ with his wife. Professor Charles B. Wing of the civil en- glneering department at Stanford University is registered at the California. J. H. Talge, J. H. Cowley and R. 8. Ballard, well-known traveling salesmen of Missour!, are guests at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. E. Heavy and wife of Lodi arrived at the Grand yesterday afternoon on their bridal tri; p. ir. Heavy is one of Lody’s business men. | George L. Fischer, manager of the Stockton | branch of William T. Fuller & Co., is at the Grand on one of his periodic business yisits, A. L Hart, who was Attorney-General while Governor Perkins was California’s chief execu- tive, and who is now & prominent lawyer of Sacramento, arrived at the Grand yesterdey with his wife. Timothy Hovkins, the capitalist and founder of the Hopkius Seaside Laboratory at Pacific Grove as an adjunet to Stanford Universis rived at the Palace yesterday from his country home ot Menlo Park. Ex-Congressman A. Caminetti came down from Jackson yesterday, made s short stay at the Grand, and took the evening train for Chicago to attend the Democratic consultation over tne precarious condition of the party. Edward de la Cuesta, a descendant of one of the sterling old Spanish familles of Santa Barbara County, srrived at the Grand last night in company with H. J. Loughlin, who is engaged in & general merchandise business at Santa Ynez, near which place the De la Cuestac have a large ranch. District Deputy Exalted Grand Ruler of the B. P. Elksof California and Arizons Ernest Ulman left for Cincinnati last evening to at- tend the session of the Grand Lodge of that order to be held in that eity July 7. During his term he has been successful in instituting more lodges than any of his predecessors. Among the navy officers that arrived here yesterday, are: John D. McDowell, registered | et the Baldwin; Paymaster C. W. Littlefield, registered at the Palace; W. W. Gilmer and E. T. Witherspoon, registered at the Occidental, and R. Godirey Brodrier, engineer of the U. 8. 8. Charleston, who is at the California. A. Mackintosh, formerly president of a large | Seattie bank, sad now interested in mining | properties in the Northwest, is & guest at the | Lick. He is a member of the San Francisco | Gold Mining Exchange, and during the past | year has lived with his family near Menlo Park, his son and his daughter being students at Stanfora University. Frank A. Nankivell, the young artist, who | made his first reputation as a caricaturist on i the San Franeisco CaLL, has been engaged by | Puek. He worked for a while on the New York | World and lster on the Journal, his efforts striking the fancy of the Puck people. Mr. Nankivell is considered one of the most prom. ising artists of the metropolis, and a great fu- ture is in store for him.—New York Fourth Estate, N. Andrews, agent at Colon, Panams, of the Liverpool Steamship Company, arrived at the Palace yesterdsy by way of Panamaand the | coast. He is here on private business. Mr. | Andrews says that at present and for twelve | months past 1000 men b been at work, but | in rather & purposeless way, on the Panama | canal, which he charscterizes as & gigantic conundrum that he and others not imme- diately connected with the enterprise have long since given up as unsolvable. C. 8. Baring Gould, s cousin of 8. Baring Gould, the English writer of historical novels dealing with medieval times, is & guest at the Palace. Mr. Gould is here to see the sights of | America and incidentally to be sway from Jobannesburg, South Africa, during the un- certain storm and stress period that has main- tained there for some time. He ssys he has met his cousin, who is an older man than him- self by many years. This Mr. Gould has Spent a large part of his life in South Africa con- nected in one way and another with the dia- mond business, the principal industry of that country. He was a guest for & short time at the Johannesburg Hotel with Mrs, John Hays Hammond, who he says spent her time worry- ing over the probable fate of her husband. A1l the best positions in Johannesburg are held by Americans. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 1.—At the St Cloud—H. J. Brand; Ashland—Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Carter; Everett—E. E. Caswell; Impe- rial—Mrs. D. Dsvis, J. J. Gottlob; New Amster- dam—A. J. Dibble, B. H. Dibble, Mrs. C. W. Howard, Miss Howard; Astor—G. D. Korts, A. 8. Masgrave; St. James—J. F. Wilson; Bar- | | | servatory of Para, which was offered him at | eitizens, whose memory is tecoming obscured | Halle, known to history as “The Hunehback of | of Charles of Anjou. USIC (& MUSICIANS e s S N The Brazilian papers contain news ot the death of Carlos Gomes, the only composer from the New World whose operas have ever held their own on the Italian stage. ‘Il Guarany,” his greatest work, is highly popular in Italy, and though the opera is unknown here, its grand aris, “Ci era una volta un principe,” is frequently sung by aspiring sopranos. A Brazilian by birth and origin, Gomes was born in Campinos in 1889. After studying in his native land, the Emyeror sent him to finish his musical education in Italy. He went to Milan and worked assiduously with Lauro Rossi, who was then director of the Conserva- tory. Gomes made his debut as a composer in & liftle scene written on a libretto in the Milanese dialect “Se sa mings" (one does not know). A little song in this work about a gun (it was early in 1867, after the campaign of Sa- dowa) was soon in every one’s mouth and the name of Gomes at ance became popular. In 1870 Gomes gave his first great work, “I1 Guarany,” at the Scals, and the opera has held its own ever since. His second opers, “Fosca,” produced in 1873 at the Scals, made & colossal fiasco, although Mme. Krauss, Mau- rel and Maini took the principalroles. He ‘WOD sSuccess again with “Salvator Rosa” in 1874 and with “Mary Tudor,” played at the Scalain 1879. Although he possessed sterling talent as a composer Gomes hss been re- proached with 1mitating Verdi, Meydrbeer and Gounod. The Brazilians were profoundly proud of their compatriot, who had been the only composer from this side to win fame in the leading European lyric theaters. On the request of the Emperor he madea patriotic hymn, “Ii Saluto del Brazil,” (Brazil’s Greeting) tor the centenary fetes in Philadel- phis in 1876, and the work was pertormed in that town with considerable success. Last year Gomes refused to become director of the Musi- cal Conservatory of Pesaro, a position which has since been accepted by Mascagni. Heac- cepted the position of director of the con- the same time. He was already failing in healtn, bowever, and when he set ous from Italy to Brazil was obliged to delay his jour- ney at Lisbon. At last he embarked, in spite of the doctors’ advice, but hardly had he ar- rived at Para than his malady, which had made rapid strides during the voyage, carried him off in a few days. The town of Arras. in France, has decided to erect a monument to one of its most famous in the mists of time. In his day he was & famous troubadour, poet and musician, and is still considered as One of the fathers of the Fremen theater and as the in- ventor of opera-comique. This is Adam de la Arras,” although he was & well-formed man. | Adam was the suthor of & great number of | songs, rounds, motets and pastorals which | were full of grace, and for which he wrote the verses as well as the music. Oue of his little scenic poems, ‘Le Jeu d’Adsm” (The Play of | Adam), is considered to be the oldest French comedy 1u existence, while another, “The Play | of Robin and of Marion,” is the primitive and | rudimentary type of modern cpera-comique, although it takes us back a distance of 600 years, to the end of the thirteenth centuzy, since Adam de la Halle died in 1285, at | Naples, whither he had followed the fortunes A committee has been | formed in Pans for the purpose of raising | fonds for the monument, and on the 21st of Junes grand performance was given in the | theater of Arras, at which the existing works | of Adam were performed by artistes from the | Opera Comique, the Comedie Francaise, etc., | and by this means & lerge sum was raised to- ward the monument fund. | Spiro Samara, the young Greek composer, | ‘whose two operss, “Martire” and “Flora Mira- | bilis,” have obtained considerable success in | Italy, is about to put into execution “hfl'l cided to purchase an estate in the Argentina in order to devote himself to agriculture and establish himself permanently in the country that has showered 50 many honors upon him. Infact, heis filled with enthusiasm for the Argentine Republicand for its rulers, among whom he counts meny sincere friends. Mme. Norman Neruda (Lady Halle), the violinist, has just celebrated the fitieth auniversary of her first public appearance and the twenty-fifth of her English debut. A com- mittee, with the Prince of Wales as president, was formed to offer her a jubilee present, and 80 large were the subscriptions that the com- mittee was able to purchase a castle and its dependencies near Trevise and to furnish it. The title deeds of the estate were presented to Lady Halle in & superb case, which con- tamned also a little check for £500, the residue of the sum realized by the committee. The popular artist has not yetlaid down her bow, and if she goes on it will be interesting to see what will be presented to her in another ten years. A young composer of great promise, Miss Antoinette Untersteiner, has just died at Milan. She was born at Constantinople, of sn Italian family, in spite of the German form of her name, and received her musical educa- tion at the Milan Conservatory. She was & adistinguished pianiste, but gave herself up with ardor to composition. Among other works she wrote a dramatic scene, “Sul Bal- tico,” and & symphonic poem entitled “God and Satan.” At the time of her death she was working on an opera. The young lady’s pre- mature end is deeply regretted,as she was considered one -of the most promising of the new female composers. Rosario Termini, a popular Italian tenor, has been assassinated in Palermo. As he was driving home at night from the theater, and hud reached the end of Liberty street, near the Villa Cuccia, four pistol shots were heard out of the darkness. The tenor fell, struck to the heart, and died a few minutes after. Up to the present no trace of the murderer has bean discovered, and the police are ignorant of the cause o! the crime, though it is believed to bave been an act of personal vengeance. Henri Cain, Mme. Calve's fiance, continues to distinguish himself, both as painter and librettist. Massenet's ““Cinderells,” for which be bas written the book, 1s about to be put into rehearsal at the Opera Comique, Paris, and he has just been awarded a medal at the Salon for his painting, “St. George and the Dragon.” The direction of the Comservatory of The Hague, having become vacant through the death of W. F. G. Nicolal, has been conferred on Hevry Viotta, & lawyer-musician, who has published & techn: and biographical musi- cal dictionary, the Dutch title of which is “Lexikon der Toonkunst.” The position of principal of the Guil@hall Bchool of Musle, London, which has been va- | cant for some months, after being keenly com- peted for by & host of cand.dates, has st last been given to William Hayman Cummings. This chofce has given general satisfaction. The Royval Opera of Copenhagen is making | grand preparations for the proauction of a new opera in three scts, entitled “Dyveke.” The libretto is by Einar Christiansen, and the music by Jean Bartholdy. “Crispino e La Comare,” a comic obera in three acts, will be produced a: the Standard Theater next Sunday evening by a local Ital- ian operatic company, which includes some very talented performers. There will be a chorus of twenty-five voices and Professor G. Martinez will be the musical director. The cast is as follows: Crispino, G. Panizza; An- netta, Flora Peterman; Comare, Lillie Doug- lass; Fabrizis, G. Almagia; Mirabolano, G. Di Grazia; Contino, G. Bertini; A. Grella, A. Biagi, F. Daniele, comprimarii. Musical tholdi—W. H. Gagon, T. McDonald, Barrett J. Eldridge. Sailed for Cherbourg, Plymouth and Hsmburg per Hamburg packet steamer Colum- bia—Mrs. Caswell, James M. Davies, Mrs. Da- vies, Dr. R. C. Mayers, Miss E. Mayers, THE BANNER REPUBLICAN PAPER. Manchester (N. H.) Mirror. The Mirror takes off its hat to the San Fran. | ¢isco Carr. The report of the St. Louls con- vention published after the final day's ceedings & week ago this morning filled four- teen pages net of our contemporary, or minety- eight columbs of cuts &nd FeAding mAter the Pacific Coast THE CALL is what the Mirror is to Northern New England, the banner Re- publican paper for news. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “I dunno,” said Farmer Corntossel, *“but what I'm wrong, but some o’ these here publi- Ccations they gits up nowsdays make me think o circuses.” “1don’t quite see why,” rejoined his wite. “Thar don't seem ter be nothin’ much to em but the pictures an’ most er them ain'tso."— Washington Star. “That's a lifelike picture of your little boy.” “I don't think so. The photographer made him sit still.”—Puck. Mr. Swift—You told me that this horse was without & fsult, but I notice that one of his ‘eyes is blind. Dealer—Sure, sorr, that's not his fault; 1t's his misfortune.—Vanitv. Lady—Is it true that you have fallen in love with the Princesa? Lieutenant—Quite right. I just wanted to see foronce how hopeless love feels.—Fliegende Blsetter, . Center. ished project of his. This is to revive a passion for classical music in Athens. Samers intends 10 have & grand symphony orchestra of & hun- dred artists, the personnel of which he is al- ready recruiting in Italy and France. He will take up his abode in Athens mext December, with the intention of directing his orchestra and devoting the rest of his life to advancing the musical interests of his native land. Early next year he hopes to augment his orchestra wiih & grand chorus. *‘It appears,” says Le Menestrel, “that the fastruction is not alwsys extremely brillisnt in the ciasses at the Conservatory in the City of Mexico. At present they are citing the case of & young singer, who aiter having obtained the first prize as the resultof seven years’ study, was sent to Italy fora few finishing les- sons, and was obliged to recommence her mu- sical education entirely. On account of such things as this, the music-lovers of the Mexicaa capital are about to establish a rival conserva- fory to the official one, where musical education ‘will be gratuitous and where the results will ‘be more appreciable than in the case of the ex- isting institution. At present there exist in the City of Mexico three quartet societies, whose concerts form the delight of amatears. ‘There sre the Conservatory Quartét, the Saloma Quartet and that of the Philharmonic Society, which is said to be the best.”” The barytone, Lasselle, has bidden adieu to the stage to devote himself to commerce, and now it appears that the tenor Tamsgno is about to abandon the scene of his triumphs to spend the rest of hisdays in farming. At least & Montevideo newspaper, L'Italia a Piata, gives that news in the following terms: *Ac- cording to statements from Tam- gathered A #§u0's OWR mouth, this great tenor hasde- AN IDLE FELLOW. Some folks, they say 1'm lazy, An’ fond o' loafia’ round; Thiok t00 much of a daisy’ T urlouxh it out the ground: ‘Would rather loll ax’ listen Where the dews air drippin® down An' the rivers sing ax’ giisten, Than drive the mules to town. The folks air right, 1 reckon: Can’t nuthin’ make me stay When I see the green trees beckon From the medders fur away. ‘When the caitle beils air ringing, Where the crass waves wild and free, Ap’ the mockin' birds air aingin’ Like they're singin’ right at me! The g0od Lord said the lilles Dian't toil an’ didn’t spin, An’ I kinder think his will fs 1 should take the Jillies in! Ap’ I think the world must need ‘em In the sunsbine an’ the atorm, For he sends Lis dews 10 feed ‘em AR’ hislight 1o keep 'em warm. 1 wus born to be & rover, Iullo"m:,olfll bl Where tbe iilijes lean a3’ love me, Than drive the mules to town | —Atlanta Constitation, e ———— PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. It is reported that the Prince of Wales alt gether netted $250,000 by his Derby Wy-o- Little Prince Edward of York goes by the at Marlborough sobriguet of “King Dawvid” House. Queen Vietoria is gy nohn':rnhwnlx‘:n: matier of fact, she cannot take any walking exercise, and can only cross the room with the assistance of her stick and an attendant. The Duke of Atholl is the only nobleman who clothes his men servants in Highland dress in London. 2 Naturally, perhaps, the English papers de- clare that the Czarina is the most besutiful sovereign in Europe.| FETING AN AMERICAN EDITOR. Westminster Gazette. Mr. Bok, one of the best known of the younger American editors, has been having & “good time” during his stay in London. Lady Morell Mackenzie gave a dinner in his honor, and later entertsined him with a country- house party at her place at Wargrave. Sir Douglas Straight invited a party of friends to take the young edlior on bis private stesm launch for a cruise on hames. Sir Douglas aiso entertained Mr. Bok at dinner a few evenings ago. Mrs. C. D. Gibson gave him a luncheon; he led the Portland House cotillon with the young Duchess of Marlborough, while Anthony Hope, Jerome K. Jerome, Sir Arthur Sullivan and Beerbohm Trec have all entertained him. Last Sunday week Mr. Bok was the special guest 0f Mme. Adelina Patti at a luncheon of thirty. A TRAVELING COSTUME. Tailor effects are always to the fromt !(3! traveling costumes, and the Norfolk jacket is a favorite model. Cheviots, tweeds, serges and the novelty wools are used for these ser- viceable gowns that are appropriate for general wear as well as for traveling. The waist shown here has & fitted lining, the g00ds being fitted by the pleats. The sleeves sre of the leg-0™-mutton shape, of generous propertions. The skirt, cut with a circular front and two gores in the back, which are laid in box-pleats. The only stiffening used nowis a band from five to ten inches deep all around the pottom. Haircloth wears best, but canvas, wireine and many other substances are used. Mixed woolen goods are much liked, and the top of each pleat may be decked with llny&(nh or smoked-pear] buttons. The favorite leather belt looks extremely well on such a gown. A blue serge gown had each pleat stitched along the edges with white thread and was worn with & white belt. A tan mixture had each plest bound with light-brown leather, and was worn with an inch-wide belt of the same leather. This style of waist is mnch used for bicyele costumes, and the leather trimmings just de- scribed are especially pretty on these, the skirt being bound with the same leather. The skirt shown in this {llustration is the favorite of the newest shapes, and is used for fi rate skirts as well as for costumesof one ic. The waist pattern is No. 7838 and iseut in six sizes for 30 to 42 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 33§ yards of 42-ineh The skirt pattern is No. 7687, and iscut in six sizes for 20'to 30 inches, waist measute. A mediom size requires 5 yards of 44-inch goods. Sorr Baby Cream 15c¢. Ib. Townsend's. * EE s A A NICE present—Townsend’s California Glace Fruit, 50c. 1b,, in Jap baskets. 627 Market, * / TeY Townsend’s Soft Chewing Molasses Taffy* ——————— To enjoy the Fourth take a basket of Town. send’s Cream Mixed Candies, 25¢. a pound. * ——————— Glasses15¢. 738Mrkt. SundayKast shoe store. ——————— 1F you want fine service, fine carriages, com- Petent drivers, ring up 1950. Pacific Carriage Company. . —————— EPRCIAL iniormation daily to manufacturare, business houses and public men by ths Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * e Why the Count Loves Annie. Concord Stn. ““What makes the Count love Anna s the simple maidens cry. “Oh, Anna has the dough, you know,” the knowing ones reply. — Are You Going East? The Atlantic and Pscific Railroad—Santa F route—is the coolest and most comfortable sum- mer line, owing 10 its elevation and absence of alkali dust. Particularly adapted for the trans- portation of families because of its palsce draw- ing-room and moaern upholstered tourist sleeping- cars, which run dally through from Oskiand to Chicago, leaving at & seasonable hour aod in charge of astentive conductors and porters. Tick- et office, 644 Market street, Chronicle building. Telephone, Main 1531 ? ————— Official Route to Democratic Nations Convention, Chicago. Central Pacific, Union Pscific and Chicago and Northwestern lines. Train cerrying California delegates will leave San Francisco July 1t 6 ». 3. Special rate for the round trip to Chicago $72.50. Tickets on sale June 30 and July 1. Sieeping-car reservations now on sale at Union Pacific office, 1 Montgomery street. Call early so 88 to secure best accommodations. D. W. Hiteh- cock, General Agent, San Francisto. —. . Northern Pacific Railroad. Parties attending the Democratic National Con- vention at Chicago, the Christian Endeavorers at ‘Washington and National Eduestional Associa- tion at Buffalo should go or return via the North- ern Pacific Railroad. For particalars inquire of T. X. Stateler, Gen. Agt., 638 Market st, S. F. —————— ‘WoMEN avold suffering by using Parxzs's GIxGER TONIC, as it is adapted to their ills. PARKER'S Hate Barsax aids the hair growth. ——————— By adding 20 drops of Dr. Slegert’s Angostura Bitters to every glass diseases from drinking pollu- ted water are avoided. ————— BEGIX t0 use Ayer's Halr Vigor mow,and by the next Fourth of July your hair will be “a thing of beanty.” —_—————— No Fakes. Myrtle Point (Or.) Enterprise. The San Franctsco CALL publishes the United Press dispatohes, in which there are no fakes. You may not read so much trashy sensations in THE CALL as in the other San Franciseo pa= pers, but what you read you can count 0n. —_— NEW TO-DAY. | GAIL BORDEN | 'EAGLE Brand; «~CONDENSED MILK.. il _competi- fom 'sond for 2and Pricerise 2 American Founders’ Co, Ta Franclsco, Qal,