The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1896, Page 6

VEMBER 5, 1896 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Eundsy CALL, one week, by carrler. .oux,: Daily end Sunday CALi, three months by mail 1.50 Daily «nd Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. Bupday CALL, one year, by mai WXAKLY CALL, one year, by mal BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Selephone.... Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 7 Clay Street. sl .. Maln—-1874 Telephone.. BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montgomery sitees, corner Clay: open untl) 0 o'clbck. street; open until 9:30 o'clock. n street: open untll 9:30 o'clock. £W . corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open ol o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 126 Miuih Sireet; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : 905 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. AVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e Now for prosperity. The advance agent is here. There are good prospects for all. Everything in sight is as good as gold. What will Grover say about it in his message? American business knows how to pro- tect itself. It was not a landslide, but a continental upheaval. Every State that Bryan visited went for McKinley. _— It wus not coercion but cohesion that did the job. The agitators of the country got the grand shake. Conservatism knows how to assert itself on occasions. ‘The solid South has melted into the rest of the Union at last. In the new era of prosperity California should take a leading part. ‘We have seen the ena of cheap money, cheap !abor and cheap statesmanship. Confidence has been restored and every- body feels that better times are coming. ‘We have seen the end of the solid South and there is comfort in that for patriots. Perhaps the Cuban question may de- velop into a crisis, but it won’t be a big one. Even those who voted for Bryan will soon have reasons to be satisfied with the resuit. Now then, Popocrats, take your crow good-naturedly—turkey time is coming for all. ‘We can now turn our attention to Great Britain and take up the Venezuelan mat- ter again. Democrats and Populists may now dis- entangle themselves from one another and see where they are at. The eurviving Bryanite can be dis- tinguished in thes days by his eagerness to change the subject. Cleveland is great on phrase making, but he cannot invent one to express his feelings on this occasion. The Chronicle may rejoica for a time over the defeat of Colonel Taylor, but it will be sorry for itself before long. There will be lots of new blood in the next Senate and it ought to be good blood and young blood with vigor in it. Now is the time for enterprising men to get together and make bplans for the de- velopment of the State. There’s millions in it. California has done well, but had there been no dissension in the Republican ranks in this City it would have been a clean sweep. \ Now that honest money Democrats have come out of the wilderness they had better stay out and enlist for life in the party of prosperity. It is no longer polite in the East to speak of “taking the cake.” The cultured phrase is to say that McKinley walked off with the premium tulip. Before Willie Hearst started a news- paper iIn New York the State weas Demo- cratic by a large majorit¥, and now it has become almost solidly Republican. It 13 stated that high steppers will be the favorites at the horse show in New York this season, but it is not explained whether this refers to the horses or the ledies. —_— Republican success in California was largely due to the fact that the party trea- son of the Chronicle was offset by the coarseness and offensiveness of the Ez. aminer on the other side. Let due honor be ziven to the Republi can State Committee. It had a hard fight in combating the fusion of Democrats and Populists and has snatched victory from the very jaws of defeat. Protection, sound money, reciprocity, internal improvem:nts and the upbuild- ing of the American merchant marine are things we may expect in the near future, and they cannot come too soon. Two things of local note are made clear by tneresult of the elections—the Ezaminer gained nothing by its fraudulent tactics and its coarse caricatures and the Chronicle gained nothing by its party treason and personal spite. Rk e Had it not been for the firht made by the Chronicle against the regular Republi- can ticket in this City there would nave been a much larger victory for the party in the State and loyal Republicans will not fail to take note of the fact and act on it. According to the latest report of the Commissioner of Patents there were issued last year 22,057 patents, or one to every . 2890 persons in the country, and when we recall the hard times that prevailed then it would seem this is another proof thal uecessity is the mother of invention. TRIUMFHANT CONSERVATISM. The significance of the overwhelming victory of McKiniey and Hobart is too clear to be misunderstood. Many issues were submitted to the people during the campaign, but all of them when reauced to the last analysis was a choice between the maintenance of the existing order of things and an endeavor to reform them under the leadership of agitators, theorists and dreamers. The American people have had four ;yeurs' experience with theorists in office. | They trusied the management of the affairs of the Government to free-traders | and philosophical speculators, and the result has been disaster. The lesson of that experience has been learned in every household. Even among those who are accounted wealthy there has been tiree | years of enforced economy, and in too many homes of the land there has been absolute destitution. For three years the people have longed for a restoration of good business. They have desired to get rid of theorists in office and to return to the sound and safe methods which experience has taught to be best for our welfare. They were in no mood, therefore, to listen to men who, in addition to tinkering with the tariff, de- sired to tinker also with finance. The dis- tress resuiting from free trade foredoomed any idea of an experiment with free silver. Back of the sincere reformers in the con- test there was, moreover, a whole host of agitators, some of whom were demagogues, some of whom were fanatics and all of whom were inexperienced in puablic affairs and seemingly utterly reckless of conse. quences. If we credit most of these men with honesty of purpose, there would still remain among the most prominent of them some who were clearly seeking the gratification ofambition by methods which were both dishonest and lawless. These men became conspicuous as the leaders of the Bryan campaign and publicalarm was excited at once. The American people in a moment of weakness were willing to trust to such theorists as Gresham and Wilson and others who supported Uleveland, but | never in any mood would they be willing to trust Altgeld, Tillman and those who were back of Bryan. Nocause led by these men could fiad favor with the majority of the Americans. It was a foregone conclu- sion that the people would never follow them in carrying out a policy which would have meant revolution in finance, com- merce and industry. When the Chicago platiorm and the Chicago ticket were an- founced to the people old party lines were | broken up, and the conservative elements | of all parties united for the maintenance of good government. This is the significance of the great vic- tory. The indorsement of protection, reciprocity, sound money, liberal pen- | sions to Union soldiers, the upbuilding of | 8 merchant marine, the extension of in- ternal improvements, the advancement of American industries, were but parts of one great whole, The prevailisg senti- ment in all sections of the Union, includ- | ing even the Democratic South, was the overthrow of every foolish dreamer and dangerous demagogue in the land. How completely that sentiment worked its will at the polls is made clear by the re- | sults before us. The American people | have once more demonstrated their ca- pacity for self-government. They have ! shown to the world that not even under the stress of hard times do they become reckless and foolish. They have attested not only their patriotism but the virtue | which makes patriotism wise enough as | well as strong encugh to maintain se- curely a government of the people, by the | veople, for the people, in unshaken sta- | bility. A FINAL PARADE. Republicans of all ranks and conditions are enthusiastic over the result in Califor- nia and there is a universal demand for a grand parade and torchlight procession in celebration of the victory. The San Francisco County Committee and the State Central Committee will hold a joint session to-night to consider the de:ails of a plan to ratify on a grand scale as soon as possible after the result is definitely reported. It is fit and proper that this celebration bethe finest ever scen in the West. The place of the event has not yet been de- cided upon, but Colonel Stone very properly suggests that to Oakland and Alameda County belong the honor of baving the parade, for it wason the soil of Alameda County that the Siate was saved from the hungry clutch of the Bourbon anarchists who sought to | stampede this glorious State in- to the Bryan column. THe Carn seconds Colonel Stone's suggestion. The county that gave more than 5000 Republi- can majority and again became the banner county of California ought to be honored by the greatest political outpouring ever seen in the Golden W st. GOOD WORK WELL DONE, The success achieved by the Republican varly in California comes even to the most sanguine almost in the nature of a sur- prise. The combination of Democrats and Populists gave a clear majority in opposi- tion to the Republican party when the campaign began. Dissensions in Repub- lican ranks in this City occasioned by a few sore-headed leaders in opposition to tbe regular ticket added to the difficulty of the contest. Itseemed at onetime as if defeat was certain; and that victory has been accomplished is in the highest degree creditable to the men whq conducted the campaign. ’ To Major McLaughlin and his fellow- members of the State Corumittee honor is due fron: every loyal Republican. They managed every phase of the contest with masterly skill and waged it from start to finish with untiring energy. It may be literally said of them that they organized victory. They brought into the ranks not only every loyal Republican but a soffi- cient number of good citizens from among independents and honest-mopey Demo- crats to overwhelm their enemies, and in the grand triumph of the election they bave a right to wear the laurels of victory. The County Central commttees also de- serve honor and credit for the faithfu! ful. fillment of work entrusted to them, In every case they ably upheld the State Cen- tral Committee and carried out all its plans with the activity and zeal of skillful and resolute lieutenants. To taeir efforts it is due that the vote was brought out in each locality and that so many Republi- cans have been elected in the face of what seemed to be overwhelming odds. An important feature of the campaign was the work done by Republican clubs. These carried out the plans arranged by the committee and rallied to the party those resolute and enterprising men who fought for success in every part of the field, and in the main accomplished vic- tory. Such great organizations as the Union League Club, the McKinley Invin- cibles, the Plumed Knights, the Oakland Alliance, the S8antd Clara County Repub- lican Club and other associations of the kind were among the most potent means of saving the State from the Bryanites. Among these clubs were men represent- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1896. ing every business and every industry of the State. All of them are men who bad affairs of their own to which to attend, and yet during the whole of the long con- test they gave largely of their time, their money and their energy to the cause of ‘Republicanism. They did this for the general good. They did it for the public welfare, and their motives were those of the best citizenship and the truest patriot- ism. Therefore to ‘the State committee, the county committees and the Republican clubs the people of California owe a deep debt of gratitude. They have redeemed the State from what threstened to be a disaster that would have amounted almost to a disgrace. They have put California in line with the progressive common- wealths of the Union and made it clear to the Nation that the prevailing sentiment of Californians is the same as that of the conservative East. They bave removed ber from the column of doubtful States on all such issues as those involved in this contest and made it certain. that her elec- toral vote will always be cast for *‘patriot- iem, protection and prosperity. THE DEFEAT OF TAYLOR. The defeatof Colonel Tay!or in this City was due wholly tc the Chronicle, Boss Kelly, Candidate Laumeister and the gang which supported them in their treason to the Republican organization. The chief traitor in the combination was the Chroni- cle. Witbout the strength given by that paper the conspirators sgainst Republi- can success could have effected nothing. Colonel Taylor would "have been the Mayor-elect of the City and many another good Republican now defeated would have been successful in his aspirations. The effect of the treason of the Chronicle, so disastrous in this City not oniy to the Republican party but to the cause of good government, was felt throughour the State. It disconcerted and discouraged Republi- cans everywhere. It carried confusion into the ranks in every section of the State, and many a Republican who has been defeated at the polis can trace his defeat back to the dishonorable coprse pursued here by a paper which professed to have at heart the interest of Republi- canism, and yet sought by every means in its power to defeat its candidates, weaken its prestige and prevent its victory. California would have given a large and notabie majority for McKinley over the combined Populists and Democrats had it not been for the dissension raised in San Francisco by this gang of party trsitors for the gratification of their personal spite, selfish ambitions and mean jealousies. It is a matter of gratification that any suc- cess at all was gained over so formidavle an opposition aided and abetted by such formidable treason. Due credit will ba given to loyal Repub- licans who in the face of fusion opposi- tion and in defiance of party treason fought and won thesgreat victury for pro- tection and sound money which gives California an honored place in the column of American commonwealths whose elec- toral votes will be cast for McKinley and Hobart. While, however, that credit is given where it is justly due, loyal Repub- licans will also take note where party treason deserves condemnation and will give that also with emphasis and vigor. The Chronicle may rejoice this morning over the defeat of Colonel Taylor, but sooner or later it will have reason to re- gret its course. The Republican party, which knows how to reward its friends, knows also how to punish those who have betrayed it in the heat of the conflict and endeavored to defeat it in the ballot. | Wuen the voice of indignant Republican- istn makes itself heard the Chronicle and its friends will find more cause for sorrow than for rejoicing in the defeat of Colonel Taylor, in the weakening of Republican strength all over tne Siate and in the lessening of the vote for the Presidential ticket. A NEEDED REBUKE. The complete discomfiture of the Ex- aminer and the New York Journal by the result of the campaign has given a needed rebuke to degenerate journalism. It has made clear the fact that the American people will not be led by papers whose money is earned by fakes and frauds, whose politics are conducted by falsenood and slanders, and whose circulation is dependent upon those who delight in coarse caricatures that carry vulgarity to the verge of indecency. ‘What has the Examiner vrofited by the campaign in 8an Francisco? What has the Journal profited by the campaign in | New York? Almost every man advocated by these journals in each city has been defeated. Even where they have been successful they have been largely handi- capped by the public condemnation of the way in which they were supported by Mr. Hearst’s organs. In this City, had it not been for the treason of the Chronicle, which largely offset the coarse- ness of the Ezaminer, almost every Re- publican would have been elected. Even as it was large numbers of votes given for the Republican tickst were influenced by indignation against the Eraminer tactics and a desire to rebuke and condemn that degenerate phase of journalism. The disgusting and indecent pictures which were labeled caricatures of Mr. Hanna and which were so insistently pre- sented during the campaign produced a feeling of nausea in the public mind. Popular sentiment revolted at them and reacted to the injury of the cause they were designed to assist, Californians who are natives of Maine or of any of the New England States were outraged by the coarse caricatures of Thomas B. Reed, whom they justly honor as the leading statesman of that section of the Union, and not a few of them who were inclinea to support the cause of free silver re- fused to support it when such support would mean an approval of these carica- tures. Californians who are proud of the hospitality of their State were offended that its reputation should be enaangered by the insulting pictures of a distin- guished guest, and among these also were many who mi ht otherwise have voted a Democratic ticket, but scorned to indorse such offenses against good manners and good morals. The defeat of the men who were advo- cated by these two creat exemplars of fake journalism will be understood by the peo- ple as a condemnation of that journalism as much as of the candidates it supported. Certainly the defeat was so intended by the people. The overthrow of Bryanism is the repudiation of degenerate jour- nalism. The two things are but different phases of the same evil. Bryanism in politics is the natural accompaniment of such journalism as is illustated in the Ezaminer snd the Journal. Such newspa- pers hreed such candidates, and such can- didates promise support to such newspa- pers for favors received. The triumph of conservatism in the election means there- tore a repudiation of fakes both in politics and in the press. It means that morality, honor and decency, as wel! sound money and protection, are included in the steadiast conservatism ol the American people. PERSONAL M. D. Fuller ot Boston is at the Palace. Dr. George H. Worrall of Napa s in the City. C.D. Hyland of Lake Merced arrived here yesterday. Among the arrivals at the Grand Hotel is Cbarles I. Davenport. 8 W. P. Laramore, a wealthy resident of Car- tersville, Ga., Is at the Palace. D. P. Tarpey, a leading citizen of Salt Lake, arrived here yesterday and is at the Grand. James Lée, an old resident of Willows Creek, Will winter in the City and can be found at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. R. T. Barton, the big land-owner and exten- sive grower of raisins, is at the Occidental. He 18 here on a business trip. R. E. Dewey, a large land-owner and an old resident of Spokape, is in town and stopping at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. L Murphy, a fruit-grower of 8an Jose, accom- panied by his wife, isin the City and located at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. J. B. Jones of Epokane, who is interested in mines and real estate and other property in the Northwest, was among yesterday's ar- rivals here. James F. Dennis, a leading lawyer 6f Reno, Nev., is at the palace. He is idenufied with Congressman Newlands and others of the Sharon estate in enterprises at Reno. Fred Barnar of London, England, who rep- resents a British syndicate which has been making investments in California mines, is among the arrivals at the Grand., He has been in California for several weeks. Thomas B. Reed, accompanied by several friends, left at 10 o’clock yesterdsy for San Jose and the Lick Observatory. They will re- turn on Saturday and on Saturday evening Mr. Reed will leave for Maine by way of Ports land and the Caneadian Pacific Railroad. R CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 4.—The Rev. James Campbell aud Mr. Robinson left the Plaza to #ail on the St. Louis for England. At the Plaza, W. Mitchell; Imperial, W. T. Barton; Murray Hill, Mes L. R. Eliert; Holland, D. Klein, Mrs. G. McLear, Miss McLear, Miss Sher- man; Astor, J. Norris; Broadway Central, J. A. Parsons: Everett, Mrs. E. Price; Hoffman, C. Robinson; Grana Union, Mrs. W. L. Vin- cent; Windsor, J. B. Casserly, Mrs. Casserly, Miss Casseriy; Netherland, P. A. Hearst. — PARAGRAPHS AbOUT PEOPLE. Hon. Besil Fielding, brother of the Earl of Denbigh. has entered the Roman Catholic priesthood. The oldest living graduate of Harvard s Dr. Wiitiam Lambert Russell of Barre, Mass., who was in the class oi '26. He is-also senior alumnus of the medical school, being in the class of '31. The new Sultan of Zanzibar is a reformer. He has ordered that women convicted of erime shall be kept in prison, and not, as hitherto, forced to work in chained gangs on the streets of his capital. Mercedes, Princess of the Asturias, who was Queen of Spain for the few months before the birth of her little brother, has just completed her sixteenth year. She is not pretty, but has beautiful eyes and black hair. Those of Jameson’s troopers who were offi- cers in the British army and were discharged by the court will be allowed by the War Office to return to their regiments. The officers who ‘were convicted will be put on the retirea list. As e child King Umberto of Italy was ex- tremely fragile, and as a youth he was very delicate, When he grew older, however, his constitution improved, and nmow he almost equals his late fatner. Victor Emanuel, in robustaess. A London journalist reveals why Sir Henry Irving plays in America. *‘These visits to the United States,” he says, “‘are very profitable, and they enable Irving to spend money in Englaud on productions which would not of themselves pay we.l enough LITTLE GIRL'S bBLOUSE DRESS. A pretty shape for little girls’ house dresses is the blouse with large sleeves. It is made to fall very full at the bottom, being cut slightly circular. The skirt s straight, simply gath- ered into the banud. There is no lining either in sleeve pr blouse. The new home-spun linen and cotton fabrics make extremely serviceable dresses tor house wear, Oneof twine color had the collar and ruffies of light biue bstiste. Another that resembled a wool chevlof being woven in a wide diagonal of brown an white, haa a brown linen collar with ruffles of woite embroidery. Woolens are trimmed with ruffles of em- broidery or ruffl:s of the fabric. An effective and inexpensive trimming for l1'l’1§‘di checked or other fancy goods is formed of ruffies of & plain color to match one of the colors in figured fabric. White {awn with bive slnx or yellow lawn collar and sleeve band is ainty. NEWSPAPER rLEASANTRY. Wayworn Watson—Wot was your daddy’s trade? Perry Patetic—he was & seafarin’ man. Bkipper of a schooner. Wayworn Watson—I take notice it don’t run in the family. Nobody ever seen you skip a schooter, 41d they ?—Cincinuati Enquiser. The seedless graves announced in Oregon will be popular with appendicitizens.—Phila- delphia Record. Mrs. Grumpey—Why don’t wives rise up and make their husbands stand around? Grumpey—Because men never propose to that kind of women.—Detroit Free Press. Mother-in-law—Don’t you know that erop- ping your hair so tight as that will make it fall out? Son-iu-law—Oh, yes; but that’s the way I prefer to lose it.—Judge. Fweddie—Aw, Miss Cudiey, do you believe in this nonsense atout men being evoluted fwom monkeys? Miss Cudley—Some men may have evoluted from monkeys, but I'm sure that you never Fwedate—Hal hal Why do you draw the line? / Miss Cudley—In your case it was degenera- tion instead of evolution.—Cleveland Leader. Brown—I shall have & cold dinner to-mor- row. 8 Jones—How do you know? Brown—My wife went to cooking-school to- day.—New York Town Topics. “ What do you think you will make out of my daughter’s talent?” Al'rv!uwr (absent-mindedly)—About $3 a les- D if the plano lasts.—Life, MUSIC AND Miss Rosalind Ellicott, an English musician. has been elected an associate 6f the Royal Academy of Music, in recognition of her work as a composer. This young woman adds an- other to the already long list of rising femi- nine writers of music who are heginuning to wipe away the reproach so ofien uttered by men who deny the possession of intellectual attainments to women—namely, “Whatever else women have done, no woman has ever written music that amotints 10 anything.” Like most of the male composers, Miss El- licott showed her talent early, for at 6 yesrs of age she commenced writing little tunes ‘which, strange to say, were correctly harmon- ized. She studied composition, etc.,at the Royal Academy when she became old enough to take serious lessons, and in 1886 she produced an overture which was performed at the Glouces- ter festival and at the Crystal Palace in 1891. Eince her debut in 1886 Miss Ellicott has written regularly for the Gloucester festivals. In 1889 her contribution was a cantata en- titled “Elysium,” in 1892 a similar work, “The Birth of Song,” and in 1895 a fantasia for piano and orchestra performed at the Crys- tal Palace. She has also written = choral Miss Rosalind Ellicott, One of the Coming Composers. ballad for men’s volces and orchestra, which was given at the annual concert at Queen’s College, Oxford, while her part song, “Bring the Bright Garlands,” was given by the Bristol Medrigal Sociely with such success that the composer was prompily elected & member of the Incorporated Society of Musiclans, which was then holding a conference in Bristol Miss Ellicott has & remarkable musical mem- ory, beiug able to carry a whole movement in her head before writing it out, Itis scarceiy necessary to add that she does her own orches- tration. She is a good singer and is in great requisition as & soprano soloist at coucerts. Further explanations are to hand with re- gard to the Waguer manuscript discovered at Zurich. Itseems that in 1878 M. Hegar, con- ductor of the leading orchestra in theat town, organized a musical fete in commemoration of the twenty-fiith anniversary of the three grand concerts Wagner had given in Zurich, and Wagner sent him for the occasion, through his editor in Paris, a number of orchestral scores. On the reverse of the sheets were some fragments of music written in the hand of the Bayreuth master. Hegur did not attach muck importauce to them until this yeur, when the idea came into his head of examin- ing them and reconstructing from them an entire symphony, which in the manuscript bore this title, “Second Concert Overture, the orchestraiion of which is not completed.” At first it was hoped that this overture was one of the nine compositions that Wagner wrote on Goethe’s ““Faust,” of which six only figure in the archives at Bayreuth. Now that verifica- tions have been made it is discoverea that the Zurich manuseript is not unpublished, for it is the sketch for the overture in G major, which was played in 1832 at Leipsic, in 1873 at Bayreuth and in 1877 at Berlin, The Flemish Lyric Theater at Antwerp has just produced an unpublished opera by Jan Block, called “Herbergprincess’ (Frincess of the Inp). The occasion was & veritable sol- emnity; there were orations, ovations, palms and embraces, for however great the enthusi- asm of the Latin peoples can become on occa- sion it is not to be compared to Flemizh enthu- siasm when the peopie of Flanders once get egged on to enthusiasm. The success won by the opera was largely merited. The libretto by M. de Tiere is simple, even naif; 1t treats of the eternal combat between pure love and venial love, between gocd and evil. A young musician, Merlin, acandons his flancee for the princess of an inn, a wily enchantress who tries to baffle the pure affection of the fiancee on every point. The opera ends with a scene of carnage, which goes to show that in this world virtue is rarely rewarded, but that vice is generally punished. The Flemish papers say of Jan Block’s score that he is the Teniers of music, and the comparison seems to be just, for he seems able to touch the popular heart and make it vibrate as Teniers did with his paintings. “The Princess of the Inn" 1s being translated from Flemish to French, and will soon be represented in that language. An Interesting letter, contributed by Felix Draesecke to & Dresden newspeper, describes how Richard Wagner first conceived the idea of an invisible orchestra. It was at Paris, during his stay there from 1839 to 1842, he frequented the concerts at the Conservatoire, One day he arrived a little late, and had to wait till the end of & number in & place where he was separated from the hall by & wooden screen, which did not extend to the roof, how- ever. While standing there, Wagner remarked that the effect of the invisible orches was magnificent, and that the sound had a unity which the orchestra did not possess when heard in the hall. From that moment he pro- posed to produce a similar eff :ct, and dreamed of building a theater where he could carry out the reform. There is a good deal of statue-mania all over Europe, but it isin Germany and France es- pecially that the people delight in “statufy- ing’’ local celebrities. A comical instance of how this can be pushed to the borders of ridi- cue has happened at Ruhla, in Germany. The burghers of Ruhla erected & monument to the composer Lux, in the supposition that he was the author of the popular Thuringian melody, “Ah, How Is It Possible Then!” A monument {or one melody was paying dear for it, but now the discovery has been made that the melody in question was really written by the well-known song writer, Kuchen. The statue to Lux has become a luxury that the people of Ruhla do not know how to dis- pose of. Mile. Jane Harding, who is billea among ‘Mapleson’s stars for his Western tour, has just made her Belgian debut at the Monuaie Thea- ter. Le Menestrel says of her: “The beautiful débutaute displayed a magnificence in her toilette and jewelry which amply confirmed all the advance notices. With regard to her powers as a singer and an actress the best that one can say is ihat her pretty little voice and evident desire to please were insuficient for a siage like that of the Monnaie.” It is stated that the relatives of the late Katherina Klafsky are bringing a suit for Hbel against a certain persou who circulated the rumor that the famous singer committed sul- cide. It is astrance fact, however, that very few details of Klafsky’s last sickness and death have been made public. The Emperor of Austria has just conferred on Carl Goldmark the cross of the Order of Leopold, which authorizes the wearer to de- mand hereditary tities of nobility. The Vien. nese newspapers, in commenting on this, pay & number of well-deserved compliments to the composer. L2 For the inauguration of the monument to the celebrated painter Antoine Watteau in the garden of the Luxembourg, in Paris, Gustave Charpentier has written s cantata in honor of the master who painted 80 many French beau- ties. Edouard Remenyl, the veteran - violinist, 1s expected in this City on Saturday. He will be the guest of Professor Ssuvlet ana in all - MUSICIANS. probability he will only be heard by his friends, as it s not his intention to give con- certs at all during b . An unpublished opera entitled *‘Mataswin- tha,”” words by Felix Dahn and music by Xavier Scharwenka, has been played with suc- cess at the Grand Ducal Theater ol Weimer., A new opera entitled “Among the Cos- sacks,” by M. Elling, has been played with much success at the theater of Christiania. A good deal of local interest is taken In the coming appearance of Fannie Bloomfield Zies- ler, the famous piani: FAIR IN GUATEMALA. A Meeting of Prospective California Exhibitors Next Friday. The following communication to n?e public has been issued by the California State Board of Trade r garding the com- ing exposition at Guatemala next March: At a meeting of merchants, manufacturers and other interested citizens of San Francisco held at the Chamber of Commerce hall in this City last Friday for the purpgse of making arrangements to have this City and State properly represented at the Central American States Exposition, which is to open at Guate- ala on the 15th of next March, progress was made and another meeting was called to take lace at the said Chamber of Commerce hall, K(erchlnls' Exchange building, California street, next Friday, the 6th day of November, 1896, at 2 o’cluck P. M. The election now being over, it is antici- pated that more attention, can be given to these other matters of importanca to our City and State, and it is sincereiy hoped that there will be & large attendance of merchants and others interested next Friday. You are espe- cially invited to be present. The meetings heretofore have not been largely atter.ded, and it has been determined that if indifference shall continue to be mani- fested on this subject of such vital impor- tance, those whoare leading in the good cause will be forced to suspend their efforts. There- fore we ask you at least to give the meeting the benefit of your presence and advice, whether you may desire to exhibit your wares or not. -Bring your neighbors with you; do what you can to secare a good attendunce, that there may be & full and final expression as to what California ought to do in this matter. Yours very truly, J. A. FILCHER, Temporary Secretary. ) JOKE O THE CAPHNS A Grewsome Joke Played on the Master of the Vigilant, Morgue Wagon Summoned for Corpse That Proved to Be a Dummy. a The crew of the big tug Fearless had lots of fun with the men on the Vigilant and Active last Tuesday night. They hunga dummy on the fence, and in the dark it was mistaken for a corpse. In conse- quence the Morgue was rang up by the captain of the Vigilant, and the wagon was sent to Folsom-street wharf to carry away the ‘‘suicide.’”” When the search- light was turned on the remains the hoax was at once plain. It was an old suit of clothes stuffed with straw and a false face for a head. Around the neck was the rope, and one hand was up to the neck, or where the neck should have been, as if to pull the cora away. On the breast of the dummy was the single word “Bryan.” Captain John Siloviteh of the tug Vigi- lant is an ardent follower of sound money and is also a stanch Republican, Tuesday night last he wus on wa ch, but occasion- ally paid a visit to the office at the head of the wharf to learn how the election was going. On his way back to the vessel about 11 ». M. Fred Anderson of the Active, in bis mad race up the wharf, almosc knocked him down. “My God, captain,”” panted he, “there is a man dowan there who has hung him- self on the fence. What can we do?”’ Siloviich went to the scene and oune look was enough for him. It was very dark at the time and only an imperfect view counld be gained. He at once made tracks up the wharf. *‘Billy,” gasped he to the as- ~istant superintendent. *Billy, there's a dead man_hanging on the fence just op- posite the Vigilant. Ringup the Morgue, quick, and have it taken away.”” ‘‘What’s the matter with you, John?"” asked Manning. ‘“Men don’t hang them- selves on election night. What does the stiff look like?"” ‘‘He’s fairly well dressed,” answered “aptain Silovitch, “and looks something like one of the firemen on the Fearless. Anyhow he’s dead, and the sooner you get the Morgue wagon the better.” It was then that Manning rang in for the Morgue wagon, and Deputy Coroner Hal- lett went post haste to the scene. An examination revealed the hoax, and the joke has been on Captain Silovitch of the igilant and Fred Anderson of the Active ever since. Both assert that they knew it was a Bryan joke from the first, but there is not a man around the Folsom-street wharves who believes them. —————— ANSWERS TO C(ORRESPONDENTS SLOOP-0F-WAR ALBANY—Americus, San Jose, Cal. Theé sloop-of-war Aibany lett Aspinwall for New York S:p.ember 28, 1858, and has not since been heard from. THE SURPLUS—L. G., City. It was during the campaign of 1884 that a ery against the sur- plus was raised by Democratic orators in vya- rious parts of the country. A QUESTION OF LAW—Homesteader, City. The question asked is one invoiving the applica- tion of Iaw to facts, and is one of the class not answered in this department. CuBA—Two Would-be Insurgents, City. There isan organization in New York known as “The Junta,” that 1S In sympathy witn th revolutionists of Cuba. 1hat organisatio might furnish you the information you de- sire. % AUTHORS—L. K. R, City. “The Spy” was written by J. Fenimore Cooper, * Jacob Faithful” by Captain F. Marryat, “The - tsh Coiefs” by Jane Po"er,rgxd *Little i‘;‘::i Fauntleroy” by Mrs. Frances Eliza Burnett, tms) OWL CaRs—Subscriber, City. Noneot the car lines run all night in. this City. There is no prospect that at this time any of the li be operated all night for the -ceommg:::ivél:: of the people who are forced to work o'clock in the morning. - Mt EASTER SUNDAY—P. R., City. Easter Sunday in lflllfilln:‘1847 dia not fall on the 1st of April. In 1846 it fell on the 12th of A; ¢ in 1847 n April 4. The only umuuill;)::l.sr(‘); that Easier jell on th- 1st 1804, 1866, 1877 aua 1888~ ° APl Was in A PREMIUM Do : 2—J. L. G., Corning, Te- hama County, Cal. A United States stlver do). lar of 1779 with six stars facing commands a premium among d.alers of from 10 to 15 ceuts, and one with five stars lacing com- mands & premium of from 40 cents 1o $1 50, SHOWING ITSELF IN COURT AGAIN * Third Appeal of the Hale & Norcross Now Pending, Question of Alleged Conspiracy Discussed at Some Length. THE METHODS oF ASSAYING, Claim Advanced That the Differencs B:tween Two Modes Involves Over $300,000. The litigation to which W. W, Fox and the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Com- pany are parties is once more before the Supreme Court of the State upon the third appeal. The brief of the appellants, the Hale & Norcross Company, was placed on file yesterday. In the case there is engaged a long array of legal talent for the appellants, including W. F. Herrin, Lloya & Wood, Garber, Boalt & Bishop, Bishop & Wheeler and W. E. F. Deal. The brief is very long, and embraces much that is of interest in view of tha/ amount involved and the greatamount of publicity which the case has achieved. A part of the space is given up to the discussion of the allegations concerning conspiracy, which were the sensational part of the proceedings at the outset., ‘‘A simple conspiracy,” says the attorneys for the appellants, ‘‘however atrocious, unless it results in actual damage to the party, never was the subject of civil action, and, though such con-piracy be charged, the averrment is immaterial and need not be proved. “The complainant will not be allowed to extend the inquiry beyond the plaia allegation of his complaint, because he may have charged in other parts of his pleadings the existence of the general conspiracy to wrong the Hale & Norcross Company. Fraud must be specifically charged, and the burden of proof is upon him who alleges it. Hence we find the plaintiff is required to sustain his allega- tions, and faiiing in that he is not entitled to recover. Tried by the standards thus raised the case will very quickly end.” The grounds upon which the third ap- peal 13 based are many, among them being the alleged failure of the proof of allega- tion, the alleged error of the Superior Court in its determination of the value of the ore delivered to the mills, and (hat “the case is wholly barren of any evidence to support or jusiify a finding of fraudu- lent or imperiect milling of the Hale & Norcross ores at the Nevada and Mexican mills.” The brief also sets up that there was a difference of $326,438 54 between the two modes of determining the value of the ore. The battery sample assays show, it was alleged, the true valne and the car- sample assays proved unreiiable. Only the fine ore was selected for sample and that method gave an exaggerated value. These are some of the claims set up on the third appeal. CONTRACT AWARDED Bateman Bros.” Bid on the New Munici- pal Building Was the Lowest Offered. The Board of Bupervisors has apparently determined not to waste any time in get- ting the new municipal building under way now that the bids for construction have been received. When the proposals were opened on Monday they were re- ferred tothe Municipal Buildings Com- mittee to determine which was the most advantageous to the City, and whether the bidders were responsible. The committee held a meeting yester- day and award:d the valuable contract to Bateman Bros. for$ 254,500. Tbis was the lowest bid. The other bidders whose tenders were considered were: T e Cali- fornia Construe ion Company, $269,883 40; J. F. Riley, $274,172; M. McGnhwan, $27: 900; and James F. Leahy, $274,350. The ground on which the main building is to be constructed has been cleared up, and work on the foundations of the fine structure will be begun yery shortly. 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