The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1897, Page 6

/ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Freo: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrler..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mall.... 6.00 Daily snd Sundey CALL, six months, by mail. .00 Dally nd Eunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail.. .65 Sunday CALL, one year, by mai! . 1.50 W AAXLY CALL, one year, by m: . 180 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, Californta. Telephone. = reveeneenn. MaID—1868 | EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street Main—1874 Telephone. BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montromery sireet, corner Clay: open uatl 8:30 o'clock. 889 Haves street; open untl 8:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street: open until 9:30 o'clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open entil § o'clock. 2518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clocks 167 Ninth strect; open until 9 o'clock. 05 Polk street: open until 8:30 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms $1 and 82, 34 Pa: DAVID M. FOLTZ w York Citye Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. 1 4, 1897 During the week ending Sat- urday last THE CALL published 4. 4. 929 inches of advertisements, which is & 1 8 inches more than was published by any other PRESIDENT | in governmental policy. posed. army is well known. Congress he has a-sailed the existing order his incessant agitaions for a change. sonal characteristics. | dustrial system as right and not wrong. | are identical. He holds that the welfare of the same measures. | the impulses of its people. He has faith in the destinies of America. He trusts in the common sense ot his fellow-citizens. McKINLEY. The accession to office of President McKinley will mean something more to the | people of the United States than a mere change of administration, or even a change 1t will mean a change in the personal influence of the chief executive of the Republic, and that is of more importance than is generally sup- The influence of the personal character of a general upon the temperament of an It has been a proverb ever since the day of Zsop that an army of hares commanded by a lion would overcome an army of lions commanded bf a hare. 1t has not been so generally noted, but it is none the less true, that a people is Iargely affected by the personal characteristics of its chief executive. confident, cheerfu! man at the forefront of a nation, all business, even of a private | nature, is conducted more vigorously and more confidently than when the high office | is occupied by a man of less sanguine characte. Grover Cleve!and has been a pessimist in his views of the economic conditions of the country. He hus regarded our industrial system as radically wrong. | spoken of our great corporations as a “communism of pelf.” With a strong, He has In all his messages to of things and has disturped the people by He bas denounced not only the tariff, out the currency, and has as seriously disturbed the financial as the industrial world. Asa result of his “'pernicious activity” he has produced during his term of office an inces- sant strife between Jabor and capital, between debtor and creditor, and has injuri- ously affested the welfare of every class of people. President McKinley differs from Mr. Cleveland not only in his polities but in per- He is not a pessimist, but an optimist. He regards our in- He believes the interestsof labor and capital debtors and creditors can be subserved by He has confidence in | His influence, therefore, will tend to promote a more cheerful and & more harmonious | feeling among all classes of Americaas, and, as a result, will have a beneficial effect | not only upon pubtic affairs but upon privai | The contrast between the two men was they assumed toward the Nation in its period of civil war. | the country, sent & sub: vation of the Union. in each man with advancing age. Clevelan ute to the army when he wasdrafted for service. without waiting to be drafted, volunteered among the earliest to fight for the preser- Thed:fferent characteristics thus displayed have grown stronger te interests. shown eariy in life by the attitude which Cleveland, indifferent to McKinley, d has never been a patriot. McKinley is | pre-eminently a patriot above everything else. He isa man who so loves his country | that he is willing to fight for it, and has so much confidence in its usefulness to the world that if need be he would give his life for it. The American people may well rejoice on the day which sees the change from the pessimist to the optimist, from the disturber to the harmonizer, from the egotist to the patriot in the high office of the Presidency. We have much to expect from the San Francisco newspaper during 1 change in the administration and from the change in policy, but when all has been the same time. Hail President Mc Hurrah for Prosperity Bill. To-day the Republ rejoices. Good-by, old Grover, good-by. It is the inauguration of & new era. Now for an American admigistration in all things. Democracy has lost ite incubus, and rejoices with tha reat. Debt, deficiz, depression and disaster will soon be things of the past. 1t is hard to tell whether Cleveland feels sicker over his gout or his go out. In going into retirement Mr. Cleveland will for once be the right man for the place. For this forenocon Cleveland is still President, but oh, what a difference in the méring. The wine with which Los Angeles will cheer herself for the new era will be her new port. Where Cleveland tore down McKinley | will build up. After the destruction comes the reconstruction. Centon will now resume its former posi- tion as a way station and cease to be a political storm center. Now as for the venerable mother of McKinley, all the people in the country will rise up to do her honor. McKinley’s inaugural address wili be awaited h eagerness, but not with anxiety. The people know him. As a matter of fact this ought tobea public holiday, for the people have rarely felt o much like making a jubiiee as they do now. Let us push the demand for immediate work on the Federsl building. Let us be among the first to start the enterprises of the new era. The bill providing the payment of the Southern Pacific claim of $1,310,427 has been defeated in the Senate. Mr. Hunt- ington will attend the inaugural with a black eye. * Cleveland’s veto of the immigration bill was bis iast lick at the prosperity of the country, but, fortunately, we shall soon bave an exira session of Congress and can | pass the bill again With the coming of McKinley capital | will bave its protection, labor its oppor- tunity, industry its reward, and confi- dence long banished irom the country will return at once. With a strong, cheerful, sanguine, pa- triotic man at the bead of affairs we shall s00n have a better feeling among the peo- ple, and business will go forward with confidence and enterpris After the Democrat comes the Repubti- can, after the free-trader comes the pro- | tectionist, after the egotist comes the patriot, after the blunderer comes the ktatesman, and alter the depression comes good times, Every throb of joy at Washington to- day will be responded to throughout the country, and the people everywhere will be in sympathy with the joyous thou- sands who cheer the arrival of the ad- vance agent of prosperity. Don’t forget to attend the mass-meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to inaugu- 1ate the movement for speeding the work on the new Federal building. It will be 8an Francisco’s way of celebrating the in- coming of the new adm inistration. TrE CALL was the first to announce that the Government Commission would ren- der an award 1n favor of 8an Pearo harbor, and the official report published yester- day confirms our announcement in every detail. It is alwaysso. There are never any fakes in THE CALL. There will be hardly even as much as & serious factional antagonism to the Me- Kinley administration in the next Con- gress. An era of good feeling has re- turned, as it was in the pleasant days of Presidept Monroe, and the people can look forward to a period of rest from po- Jitical agitations and disturbances of our economic and industrial system. Hinton Rowan Helper, whose book, «Tue Impending Crisis,” was one of the sensations of the anti-slavery contest, is still living and has written a letter to the New York Times declaring that Senator Sherman nas entered *deeply into the de- plorable dotage of dangerous deficiency.” He meant merely that the Senator is too old tobe a good Secretary of State, but the phrase sounds as if he desired to wipe the Ohio man off the earth. McKinley. 1 accounted for it will be found that the chief benefit whbich the American people will | receive from the inaururation to-day will be the removal of the influence upon public hife of Grover Cleveland and the substitution of that of the soldier statesman, William THE MASS-MEETING. | The mass-meeting which will be held at the Chamber of Commerce to-day for the purpose of requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to urge the | United States Government officials to im- | mediately issue orders for the con-| | struction of the new Federal building in | | | | this City is one which has a rightful | claim upon the attention ot every public- | spirited citizen. The object is important and it is imperative that it should be | strongly supported here, in order that the | desired end may be accomplished. TrE CALL began & new agitation on this | subject & short time ago, because it recog- | nized the importance of prompt action at | this juncture. Itis known that the delay i in the construction of the work has been | due partly to the action of a newspaper in | this City, which opposed the construction | of the building, and partly to the determi- nation of the Cieveland administration not to carry on any public work which it |could avoid. At the present time boih | | these obstacles to success have ceased to | | be of any great potency. The newspaper | which opposed the building is now com- | peiled to resort to_indirection in conduct- | ing its warfare. It no longer dares to di- | rectly antagonize it. The administration | | of delay and deficit goes out of office to- | day. The people are uniied and a new administration comes into power. If, | therefore, we act with due vigor at home | and induce our delegates in Congress to | act with equal vigor in Washington we | | can be reasonably sure of immediate suc- | | cess. The importance of the work cannot be denied by any one. There are many in- | dustrious men belonging to the building | trades who are out of work and who would | | find employment if the proposed building were begun. There is need also for an in- creased activity in business, which would be brought about by the circulation of money expended by the Government in | the construction of the building. There is | the further fact that such an edifice is | needed by the Government officials in this | City for offices. All these things taken together constitute a strong reason why the construction of the building should be | speedily undertaken, and it is reasonably | | certain that if prover representations are | | | | made to the officials of the new adminis- | tration the work will begin witkout fur- | ther unnecessary delay. This being the siluation of affairs, it | seems hardly necessary that any urging should be needed to bring out a large at- | tendarce at the proposed mass-mesting. | The movement begun by THE CALL is | supported by the State Board of Trade, | the Supervisors and the Mayor, the Cham- | | ber of Commerce, the Labor Council and | | all men of public spirit in the City. Under such leadership no citizen should | hesitate in co-operating with the work. | Let us have a grand mass-meeting to-day | and inaugurate in San Francisco a move- | ment which will put us into perfect har- | mony and make us sharers in the work of | the new administration which is to be in- augurated simultaneously at Washington. THE MONOPOLY BEATEN. The announcement made exclusively by TrE CALL some days ago that the Govern- ment commission appointed to select a site for a deep-water harbor in Southern California would give its decision in favor of San Pedro was confirmed by the official report, which was published yesterday. This confirmation is anotherevidence that TuEe CALL never publishes fakes. Icasserts nothing positively which it has not inves- tigated. When it reports a thing as true the public can rely upon it. Notwithstanding the announcement pre- viously made by Tne CALL the public was well pleased yesterday to receive official confirmation of the success of the people in the struggle with the monopoly. A deep-water harbor at San Pedro will be a penefit to all California. The immediate gain from the money expended in the construction of the work will be great, but far more valuable will be the gain de- rived from a good harbor opposite Los Angeles free from monopoly control and open to the commerce of ths whole coast, of the Orient and of the islands of Aus- tralasia. Caiifornia has, therefore, good reason to rejoice in the award of the Com- missioners and may richtiy look forward to immediate and far-reaching beneficial resuits from it. The decision given by the Government commission in favor of the harbor at San Pedro was not the only defeat of the Southern Pacitic Company announced yesteraay. It will be remembered that when the claim of the Southern Pacific for $1,310,427 was approved by the House of Representatives and asum appropriated for its payment THE CALL predicted the claim would be defeated in the Senate. This prediction was also confirmed by the dispatches yesterday. The SBenate adopted | about the new system, and since an amendment to the bill providing that the money appropriated for the claim should be turned into the United States treasury and held there until the settle- ment of the claim of ths Government against the Pacific roads. This was another triumph of the people over the once all-powerful monopoly. Taken with the emancipation of the whole of the Ban Joaquin Valley from monopoly freight rates by reason of the construction of the competing rond, these two successes may be fairly considered as the be:inning of the end of the Southern Pacific’'s domination in California. We are now on a right road to commercial and industrial freedom, and have only to persevere in order to obtain a complete triumph. Let the people remain united, harmonious and resolute, ana the new era, which dawns to-day with the inauguration of the McKinley administration, will bea most prosperous one for California in every senss of the word. THE BUILDING TRADES. THE CALL publish d yesterday a review of the condition of the building trade in this City, which shows that, while the present condition is not altogether satis- factory, the prospects for better things are bright. Itdid not,of course, give & full statement of all the work of construc- tlon now under way, for much of it is in private hands, and therefore not available for publication. Enough was shown, however, to make it evident that while the construction of buildings is not so active now as it has been in the past, yet | there are evidences that a large increase will be seen 1n the near future. According to a table just completed by the Building Review of Ban Francisco the | most prosperous year at this season for building in San Francisco was 1891, when during January and February 210 edifices were erected ata total cost of $1,777,636. The record for the first two months of this year is only $612,535. This is a tremen- dous falling off and shows the effect of the depression brought about by the free- trade Congress and the Cleveland admin- istration. If it stood alone there would be reason for discouragement among work- ingmen who are engaged in building, but fortunately there is ample reason for be- lieving that a change is at hand, and that with the incoming of the new administra- tion there is to be a new era in building as well as in other industries, and that before the year closes there will be an abunaance of work for all who neea it. Among the new structures which we may expect to be undertaken in a com- paratively short time are t e Hall of Jus- tice, Affi iated Colleges, the Mission High School, the Menlo Park Academy of the Sacred Heart, and the new Federal build- ing. in addition to these there will of course be a large number of homes, stores, offices and shops of various kinds erected by private parties. The ferry depot and the great Spreckels building will continue to employ many men for some time to come, and when these are completed there will be others begun to-give work to those who have been engaged on those struc- tures. In an interview published in THE CALL yesterday Vice-President Butcher of the Builders’ Exchange expressed himself as decidedly hopeful of the outlook. ‘“There are many private and public buildings under way now,” said Mr. Butcher, “and the prospect is that within a montb sev- eral hundred or even a thousand men may find lucrative employment in these lines of industry.”” This opinion is shared by others, who are in a position to know rot only the present condition of building trades, but the prospects of the future, and their assurances may be taken as significant of the coming of better times for all who are enzaged in building trades. DOING GOOD WwORK. Alameda Argus. THE CALL is dolng good work in agitating fora new Postoffice for 8an Francisco. The land has been bought, the appropriation has been made—it is THE CALL’S self-imposed task to ascertain why the work of erecting the building does not o on THE TWEN.Y-: OUR-HOUR SYSTEM Atlanta Constitution. On the 1st of May nextthe twenty-four-hour system of time measurement wiil be adopted by the railways, postoffices and telegraph sta- tions of Belgium. In order to meet the national demand for new timepleces the clockmakers of Belgium have been hard at work for several months Dast. Of course, the new system will be uni- versally adopted throughout the country, as the action of the railways alone would render this inevitable. If it proves to be successful,as it 1o doubt will, other European countries will follow the example of Belgium, and in course of time the new system will find its Way across the Atlantic. ‘here is notning in the least repugnant \.g By is twenty-four hours in length there is no good reason, either practical or scientific, Why the divisions of the clock should not correspond Wwith nature’s measurements. As the twelve- hour sysiem has been in use so long ihere are (housands of people who will be loath to give it up, but rentimental considerations should not outweigh practical advaniages, and if the new system is a better one the old systom should be discontinued by all means. Fex . ONAL A. Gube of Paris is in the City. D. L. Bliss Jr. of Carson is in town. H. M. Griffin of Denver is at the Palace. F. W. Hanson of Salt Lake is at the Lick. D. E. Lute of Alaska is a late arrival here. N. B. Mackintosh of Scotland is on a visit here. Dr. and Mrs. Millican of Keswick are at the Lick. John Rulon-Miller of Philadelphia is at the Palsce. John H. Milznerof Tucson, Ariz., s at the Grand, X J. K. Mankowski, a merchant of Seattle, isat the Grand. Ex-Speaker J. C. Lynch of the Assembly is at the Baldwin. B. L Little, a well-to-do resident of Eureks, is at the Russ. Deputy Sher:ft C. H. Hussey of Point Arena is at the Russ. William Chisholm of Halifax, N. 8., arrived here yesterday. A. H. Hart, a wealthy silk-desler of New York, is in town. Willlam Tormey, a hotel proprietor of Va- llejo, is in the City. Thomas Couch, the mining man, of Mon- tans, is at the Palace. H. E. Young, a manufacturer of Cincinnati, arrived here yesterday. F. E. Baker, a leading attorney of Woodland, arrived here last night. County Clerk Jobn Whicher of San Luls Obispo is at the Baldwin. A. T. Elliott, a business man of Bozeman, is s late arrival in the City. H. M. La Rue of Sacramento, State Railway Commissioner, is in town. G. H. Wright and Mrs. Wright of Fargo, N. D, were among yesterday’s arrivals. Eugene J. de Sabla Jr. of the Nevada County Electrical Power Company is at the Grand. Ben Stern, manager for Fannie Davenport, has arrived here. Eighteen years 8gohewas aTesident of this City. Walter Jones of Bakersfleld, who surveyed the lands of Haggin & Tevis there some years since, s at the Baldwin. Dixie W. Thompson, the wealthy resident of Santa Barbara who owns ranches in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, is in the City. Herman Oelrichs has arrived here in con- nection with the suit to quiet title to the Lick House. Heis living at his tamily residence, 1120 Pine street. Con Cohrs, one of the leading cartle-growers of Montana and who in 1881 had become the cattle king of that then Territory, is in the City. Mr. Cohrs is & Norwegian by birth. B. G. Maynard of Stockton, freight and pas- senger agent of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Rallroad, is at the Baldwin, accom- panied by his pride, who was Miss Kittie V. Lewis of Oakland. Colonel John Doyle, & mining men of San Diego, who for two weeks past has been ex- amining mining properties at Randsburg, i3 in the Cfty. He did not buy anytbing, he ys, because e found property too high. ptain Harry A. Palmer of the Omaha Exposition party was delightfully surprised at the Palaco Hotel yesterday morning in meet- ing an old army comrade—in fact, one of his own company—the Rev. E. Thayor Ingie of this City. The captain commanded Company Aof the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry and Mr. Ingle was s musician of the same. This was the first meeting since the {all of 1865. CALIFORNIANS N NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., March 3.—At the St. Clong, J. C. Reynolds; Astor, A. E. King and R. Bonesteel. wife; imperial, NEWSP:PER tLEASANTRY. Sometimes a baby gets to be almost 3 months old pefore her father realizes that there are other things to talk about.—Somer- ville Journal. “Lent doesn’t begin until March this year.” “So I understand. Very late—isn’t it?"” stili, I suppose the Bryan campaign put eversthing back a little.”—Harper's Bazar. Judge—As you have no counsel I'll assign Mr. Baggs to defend you. Burglar—Judge, the last time he defended me I got three years, an’ the evid-nce wasn’t & marker to what it is this trip.—Puck. Mr. Goodman—My friend, I'm sorry to see you coming out of that saloon. Ragged Reubea—Well, gimme a dime and T'll go back.—New York Evening Teiegram. PARAGRAPHS AbOUT PEOPLE Editor Porter, the new President’s new sec- retary, is described as a tall and graceful man, with & winning smile and a hearty laugh. He 18 witty, friendly and generous. McKinley will be the third Methodist Presi- dent of the United States. Of the others cight have been Episcopalians, six Presbyterians, two Unitartans,one ““Christian” and one Free- thinker. The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, objects to her portraits being sold or repro- duced. A beautiful photograph of her was peremptorily withdrawn from circulation some years ago. Lord Dufferin is president of the committee in charge of the celebration of the four hun- dredih anniversary of Cabot's discovery of North America, which will be held this year at Bristol, Cabot's home port. Dr. Rotettson Nicoll says tnat “great as Dr. John Watson's success has been in other fields, he s first of all a preacher, bayond compari- s0n the most remarkable and powerful of his own generation in this country.” Lyman J. Gage's son, Elf Gage, and his pretty wife are popular in Chicago society, and young Mrs. Gage is an especial favorito with her father-in-law. She is a young and vivacious brunette and a musician of consid- erable ability. ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS THE WAR IN Cupa—W. 8. B, Mare Island, Solano County,Cal. The war {n Cuba began in March, 1895, Between the 6th and the 9th of that month there were daily encounters Dbetween revolutiouists and 8panish troops, but these were mere skirmishes. On the 9th of March General Garrish reported an attack made on him by the revolutionists in the vicinity of Los Negros, aud on the 12th there was e sharp engagement belween the revolu- tionists and the regulars. About the middle of the month was received an account of the first engagement of any magnitude. 1t was that the revolutionists under General Masso, some 2000 men, had attacked 2500 Govern- ment troops under General Saldo while the Spanlards were marching from Manzanillo to Bayamo, and thatthe engagement took place near that town. The date ol the engagement Wwas not given, but the Spanish loss was re- ported at 300 killed ana wounded and that of therevolutionists seventy killed and wounded. FROM ENOWBOUND—S,, City. This correspond. ent a-ks if the punctuation in the following lines from Whittier's “Snowbound” is correct, sndadds: I think the first three lines make & com;lete thought and should be followed by & semicolon.” But He who knows onr frame is just, Merclfnl and copm passionat Aud full of awest asgorance ad hope for all the ian s, That L remembereth we are st ‘This was sabmitted to one of the most com- petent proof-readers in San Francisco, and his answer is as follows: I think the poet’s meaning would be better shown by placing asemicolon at the end of the second, ot the third lin . i he third iine belongs 10 the iwo that follow. In reading the lines alond, not baving first studied the meaning, it would be natural to stop at the end of the third line, a- though the “and” between merciful and compas- 1ng is obviously ihat the *aguage” “he remem- bereth we are dus.’ i3 “full of sweet ascurance and hope for all, the comma is left after “is” sitheend of the fourth line (it is & grammatical mark rather than a sense one) the onid cer- tainly be & semicolon after the second line. If tha. fourth Iine comma i3 omitted the meaning is plain enoug! h, i the end of the n —_MUSIC AND MUSICIANS _ Mme. Camiila Urso, the famous violinist, supported by her own company, will give sev- eral grand concerts here atthe end of this month. Mme. Urso is too well known in San Francisco to need introduction, for she is bound up with the musical history of this State. In 1869 she came here diract from Paris, which she left in the midst of her triumphs to institutea great music festival. There were at that time no regular choral so- cleties, and to secure a chorus she had to fiud recruits from interfor towns in th!s State and from Nevads. The festival wasa great suc- cess and lasted for five days, thousands of peo- ple sttending on each day. The proceeds, which amounted to $27,000, were given to the Mercantile: Library Asaociation. Although that was so many years ago Mme. Urso has continued to maintain her high rank among the greatest violinists of the world. "In Sep- tember, 1895, she finithed a world’s tour in New York, andsincé then she has repeatedly appeared in leading concerts with a1l her old- time success. In these days, when women work on an equality with men, it is interest- ing to remember that Camiila Urso was the firat girl who opened the doors of the Paris Conservatory to members of her sex. She was only a child of eight when she first gave such undoubted proofs of genius that it was decided she must go to Paris and enter the Conservatory of Music. Auber, the composer, was at_that time the director and when he was applied to he declared it was im- possible to let in the little Urso; no girl had ever been admitted nor ever would be; besides danseuse in & terrible storm, and when the clouds that hide the snowy summits are torn asunder the scene suddenly changes to an ice palace in Montreal, with a skating ballet, which ends in a whirlwind of snow, the whole corps de ballet teing buried in flakes of daz- Zling whiteness. The next change s to Long- champs, on the day of the Grand Prix, with a startlingly realistic reproduction of the fam- ous racetrack. The waltz In this sceue is eaid 1o be one of the gems of the score. There are many other brilliant tableaux, and it is sa:d that both in the scenario and in the music Mavzotti has surpassed his “Excelsior.” The new operas continue to deviate more and more from set form. The latest work of the untrammeled deseription Is an “idyle” in three acts by Camille Erianger, which has just been produced at the Paris Opera Comique and which is considered a very curfous and in- teresting manifestation of !yric art. “Ker- maria” is not an opera atall in the accepted sense of the word, neither is it an oratorio; it 1s Iyric fantasie in which with considerablo melodic ingenuity the composer has tried to araw tone pictures, not daly of characters and of\dramatic action, but of scenery. The poem of “Kermaria,” which is mystic in character, was written by M. Gheuel, who has laid his scene in Brittany at the end of the last cen- tury. Kermaria is a haunted gastle crumbling to ruins on the wild Breton coast. Itis ten- anted by the spirit of the Blue Lady who helps virtuous lovers and makes a mysterious organ in the castle do miraculous deeds. In spite of MME. CAMILLA URSO. she was too young, not even & boy could enter ti1110. People of influence were consuited in vain and Camilia began to realize whata very unhappy thing it westo be a girl, still she would not despair—nor relax one effort in the way of practicing. The winter passed and spring came, bringing no hope. Thero were nine places in the conservatory and seventy- six applicants, every one of them boys. Per- sistance finally carried the day, Mr. Urso worrled the officers of the conservatory into hearing his child, though the irritable little Auber lost his temper and said: *“Well, bring the girl, we'll hear her play, but she is sure to fail.” At the examination she was admitted into the presence of the jury—2ight solemin looking men, each with an inkstand and paper. There were Auber, the director; Rossini, the great composer; Carrufa, Aliard and four others. She was given the “andante” and “finale” from the Fourth Concerto by Rode. When she began to piay the solemn judges made no sign of pleasure or surprise, some of them scratched with their pens, others looked at her in a severe manner, but at the conclu- sion of the child’s performance each one voted for her and she was admitied to the con- servatory. The Camilla Urso Grand Concert Company includes, besides the star, Miss Minnie Methot, soprano; Edwin H. Douglas, tenor; and George H. Wesley, pianist. Since she was last here Miss Minnie Methot has been studying in Europe for two years with Mime, Marchesi, and appearing frequently in concert in Paris, where she was often al'uded to by the press as | “La tres jolie Americaine” (the very pretty American). Edwin H. Douglas, who has never been heard here before, is a native of Cleve- land, Ohto. Mme. Urso heard him at one of the royal concerts in Dresden last year and his singing struck her fancy so muen that she at once engaged him for an American tour. He MISS MINNIE MEIHOT. has made s specialty of German songs, English ballads &nd oratorio work. Before Mme. Urso discovered him he had been studying and singing for three vears in Germany. George H. Wesley is an American pianist who has made peciaity of studying Chopin. It is expected that the Urso Concert Company will open their season about the time that the French opera season s drawing to a close. The dates are not yet definitely settled and the locations for the concert have not been decided upon, but probably some leading theater wiil be selected. It isintended during part of the season (o engage an orchestra in order that Mme. Urso may have an opportunity of playing concertos. Milan has the monopoly of most of the great first nights in Italy, for it 1s at the historic Scala that the composers when they become famous produce their operas. This season it 18 not an opera, but a ballet, “Sport,” that is creating a musical sensation. Even the first production of Verdl’s “Falstaff” did not create the interest that this ballet is arousing. There is some reason in this, for “Sport” was com- posed by Manzotti, whose score of “Excelsior’” is probably the most attractive and popuiar baliet music of modern times. The plot of “Sport” is very simple: An ex-danseuse and a titled English lady are rivals for the love o1 a French Viscount who has ruined Limse.fon the raceirack through the treoson of & jockey. This trio of lovers pursue one another over two hemispheres., The first scene represents #n acosnsion of the Sierras, made by the ex- his weird subject and the strange and daring | way in which he has treated 1t, the French press hails Camille Erlanger as a coming musi- cian. Itis stated that Jessie Bartlett Davis will | retire from the cast of the Bostotians next | season and star on her own account. Frank L. Perley, the manager of the Bostonians, re- fused to discuss the question, but the deacly work which Mrs. Davis' press agent is accom- pliching looks ominously like a desire to scar. This indefatigable man has bombarded the papers Iately with doggerel, ascribed to tne famous contralto, and with puns which she is | s:id to have composed. The following is a | brilliant sample: ‘“Jessie Bartlett Davis says that the favorite music of dog-fanciers shoufd be barcarolles (bark-arolles)” The latest an- nouncement is that Miss Davis eats carrots | instead of bonbons and that she is never with- outa bunch on her dressing-table. When an actress does strange things of this kind and proclaims the fact abroad, it is safe to predict that she dreams of starring. | | Mme. Adelina Patti has revived her old suc- cess in “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Monte Carlo. A tremendous ovation was bestowed upon her at the first performance, particularly at the conclusion of the mad scene. When the | opera was over Paiti presented the conductor, Arthur Vigna, with a superb parure of rubies sat in wrought gold. Mile. Trebelli will he the vocal soloist at the symphony coucert this afternoon at the Columbia Theater. If it is found to be suc- cessful 1o engnge a celebrated artist as solofs an effort will be made to continue the prac- tice. The orchestra will consist of fifty-five | musicians, and Gustay Hinrichs will conduct. The following is the programme: Overture, “Carnival Romain” (Berlioz); symphony No. 4, £ minor (Brahms); vocal selection, Mlle. Tre- belli, aria from “Don Juan”; fantasie from “Hansel and Gretel” (Humperdink). Marie Brema is creating a great furor at the Monnaie Theater in Brussels, where sh*s) singing Ortrude in “Lohengrin,” and Dallia ! in Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila.” The next Bacon-Minetti concert takes place on Saturday efternoon at the Association Audi- torium. An interesting programme has been prepared for the oceasion, The Lord Mayor of London presided yester- day at the forty-first banquet in aid of the dramatic and musical benevolent fund. It was o rather singular idea to hold this ban- | quet on Ash Wednesdey of ail days in the year. Lillian Russell has been singing in the | Tombs for the prisoners and has not only done an act of charity, but has secured & good deal of free advyertising. In a private letter to one ot his friends Fritz | Scheel has expressed an intention of return. ing to San Francisco, Miss Sibyl Sanderson is singing in “Tann- hauser” and in “Manon” at the Operain St. Petersburg with the tenor Van Dyck. “Lyric comedy” Is the fashionable way of | describing modern works of the opera comique | variety. | Saint Ives Bex, the well-known professor of singing in Paris, is dead. A "RARE PRESENT, County Clerk Curry Received a Scuttle of Coal From the Supervisars Yesterday. County Clerk Curry was the recipient of a present of a scuttleful of coal from the Board of Supervisors yesterday. It was in the nature of a surprise, for such a thing was altogether unexpected. But Mr. Curry had come to his office prepared 1o resist the attacks of the cold and the inclement conditions that have for so long ruled in his office, and as he was protected by & Dr. Nansen overcoat, with ear- protectors and fur cap to match, he de- cided to forezo the comforts of a fire in his private office and to s: are the priva- tions and tne general chilliness to which his deputies and the general public are e ltimatad that dbont 3000 is estimai at abou! daily visit the office of the Conmy%lzrll: lyrgluclimg m:n, vrodmen and I;:hm‘h-an. law- s, ltizants, widows, orphans, w. the Probate Court, pen-xznon,' p:;cd:sg-' servers and others of like character. These have all complained of he arctic condi- tions that bave made life in the County Clerk’s office almost unbearable for se eral months. 5 Eariy in the season Mr. Curry applied to the Board of Supervisors for a modicum of caloric, but he was informed that the heating pipes were 1n bad con 1tion and that the register would not work. Since then a long and wearisome winter has gzed away, and not a day has passea without dozens of cit zens who had busi- ness there contracting colds, many ot which led to casesof pneamonia. Late yesterday evening word was re- ’ geived that the work of repairing the steampipes will be commenced at the be- ginning of the nex: fiscal year, which will bein June, By that time the weatiier may be somew at ameliorated, end work may he suspended under the rule estao- lished by the ‘‘Arkansas Traveler'” in re- gard to mending his ro’ L. WILL MEET AT FRESH, Third Annua! Gathering ‘of the Al'ro-Americans of Cali- forn a. The League Will Discuss in Congress the Good of the Africaas of This State, T. B. Morton, president of the State Afro-American League of California, has issued a call for the third annual con- gress of the Afro-American League of this State to be held at Fresno on Tuesday, July 20. There are thirty-ihree affiliated organ- izations, containing 8000 members, of colored people in California, and it is ex- pected that over 200 delegates will assem- ble at the appointed time and place. The chief object of the congress is to de- vise plans for forming a closer bond of union among the members of the African race and thus enable them to reap the tenefits which accrue from co-operation and mutual helpfulness, Social and political subjects relating to the Africansof California will be discussed and measures adopted to piace the race on as aavantageous a footing in the vari- ous communities in which they reside as possible. The call concludes as follows: E.ch league is therefore urged to be ener- getic in the collectior of statistical informa- tion and furnish the same to the delegates to bring with tuem, showing the popuiation, oc- cupation, wealth aod business enterprises ot *he race in the counties or districts they rep- resent, and such other data as mey be of use and value in the cougress. Whatever advances the welfare of any por- tion of our commuuitv tends to promote the welfare of all. herefore if we will doour whole duty along this line the congress 1s sure 10 result in benefit not only 0 those repre- sented in 1t, but to California as well. All leagues south of Fresno will senda of their delegates to James M. Alexander, 239 Sou h Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal., and all north of and including Fresno will send their list of delegates to James F. Summers, 1109 Thirty-second street, Oakland, Cal T. B. MoRTON, President. J. F. SUMMERS, Secretary. OPPOSED TO ANY OHANGE. Are Sanchez-Street Property-Owners Not in Favor of Hill-Cutting The organization of Liberty Heights Im« provement Club is the outgrowth of a dif- ference of opinion between certain prop- erfy-owners on Sanchez, Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets as re;ards the changing of the grade across the cap of those streets. Joseph Sheerer and others have pet tioned the Supervisors for a change of grade at the ypoints menticned, which 1f granted would make a cut of about twenty feet. This sweeping gap certain other proveriy-owners on the heights oppose on the ground that it would be equal to a for- feiture of their lots, as the a:sksements. | would be more than the property is worth. In order to fight this proposed grade the Liberty Heights Improvement Club was organized about two weeks ago, and at a | meeting held on Tuesday evening the fol- lowing named members were elected as the officers of the club: President, Horace G. Platt; first vice-president, Rolla V. Watt; second vice-president, J. W. Rug- gles; third vice-president, John Eider; secretary and treasurer, John J. Wood: house. “The question of incorporating was debated for some time with the result that- it was agreed to have the necessary ar- ticlesdrawn up, ana in addition thereto to engage the services of an attorney to enjoin any action that may be taken to change the grade. The following were appointed as an ex- ecutive committee: Horace G. Platt, J. ‘W. Ruggles and J. J. Woodhouse. The grade on the line of Sanchez street has been a bone of contention between the property-owners in that section fora num- ber of years. The official grade as it now stands had been establisied by a former Board of Supervisors, but on a judicial bearing be- fore Judge Hunt this grade was declared to be erroneous in consequence of some informality in passing the ordinance. —————— £PECIAL intormation daily to manufacturars, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Burean (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —————— BETWEEN Townsend’s Glace Fruit—grown and prepared in Californis—and all others, comparison is really absurd ; 50¢1b. in elegant fire-etched bxs. Try them. Palace Hotel bidg.* —— Miss McKinley, & vorite niece of the next President, and Miss Bryan, asecond cousin of the defeated Democratic candidate for the Presidency, have eatered Mount Holyoke for the clase of 1900. They are now boarding to- Hotel. gether in the South Hadle: “The Overland Limited'—Only Three and a Half Days to Chicago. 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