The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1897, Page 6

ISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1897 e CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor, SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday CALL. one week, by carrier..§0.18 Daily and Sunday CALL, oue year, by mall.... 6.00 Dally snd Eunday CALL, six months, by mail.. 8.00 Dally and Bunday Car, three months by mail 1.50 85 150 180 Cary, one month, by mail. BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, sco, California. .. Maln— San Fran Telephone EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone.. ... Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 627 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll 9:50 o'clock. 380 Hayes street: open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin stree:: open until 9:30 o'clock. §W. cormer Sixteenth and Mission streets; open antil 9 o'clock. 92518 Mission street: open until 9 o'clock. 187 Ninth strect; open until 9 o'clock. 1305 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clocks OAKLAND OFFICB: €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 31 end 3%, 84 Park Row, New York Clth DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THURSDAY ARCH 11, 1897 During the week ending Sat- urday last THE CALL published 4619 of advertisements, D94 inches more than was published by any other San Francisco newspaper during the same time inches ich is The iar has been branded. The hypocrite has been unmasked. Honesty has been fully vindicatea. The Examiner is bound in its own prison twine. Legitimate journalism has had a tri- umph. The next order of the Ezaminer for convict-made goods will be copyrighted. Perbaps Willie Hearst’s order for San Quentin twine was a privileged communi- cation. Every package of the Ezaminer bound in twine ought to be plamnly marked: “Made in prison.” : Willie Hearst's address to the unem- ployed; *“Go to San Quentin and geta job on the Examiner.” Long Green may be out of jail and stay out for a while, but all the same the jail will stay there and wait for him. The Senate should have sent the Exami- ner gang to the jutemill where they could have continued to work for Wililie. A sizn of the time: Craminer Jute Mills, San Quentin. Subscribe for the Faker and patronize home prisons.” Bound in the meshes of its convict twine the faker is pilloried before union labor and left to take the consequences. Free labor seeks for work in San Fran- cisco, but the Lraminer prefers to patron- ize convicts because they work cheaper. By condemning disreputabie fakers the Senate has vindicated legitimate journal- ism and deserves the thanks of the press. The next freak coupon will announce *‘Convict twine given away with every copy of the Ezaminer and a yard of pups thrown in."” AMter s1l it is only logical that the crim- inal stoff published by the Ezaminer should be bound with twine made by prison labor. “The cuttle-fish darkens the path of its retreat by excreting filth,” says the Erami- ner, and then proceeds to show bow the thing is done. Remove the prison-made twine and the fake dispatches from the Long Green news- paper and there would bs nothing left but a bad odor. Now that the Hearst fortune has been started to prison by Long Green Law- rence, how long will it be before the Wil lie boy follows it? The fellows in stripes in the San Quen- tin jutemill are not to blame for working for the hypocritical absentee Hearst. They can’t help it. Having dragged the unclean thing out ot the public highway and thrown it into jail, the Senators may now wash their hands and resume business. If Willie Hearst is as rich as he is re ported to be, why is his Long Green man- ager a patron of convict labor while free workingmen lack employment? The only principle at stake between the Legislature and the fakers is the vindica- tion of honesty, and that was done by ex- posing the Jie and jailing the liar. It has long been known that the Eram- iner is headed for San Quentih, but until the exposure of yesterday it was not gen- erally known that much of its stuff came from there. The friend of free labor supports free labor and by free labor does he do his work, but the enemy of free labor sup- ports the prisons and rejoices in the in- crease o1 convicts. The Ezaminer's charge of bribery in aid of thievery was made with a roar likea lion, but its cefense is something of & cross between the bray of an ass and the snarl of a cornered cur. The members of the Senate who voted against the imprisonment of the con- victed liar probably had no objection to being charged with taking bribes in aid of thievery. There is no accounting for tastes. The public libraries which nave ex- cluded the Ezaminer and the New York Journal from their reading-rooms have set 2n example which will soon be followed everywhere. The unclean things must be cast out utterly. 1tis in vain the liar whines about “priy- ileged communications.” When he pub- lished the charge of “Bribery in Aid of Thievery” he made himself responsible, wnd is rightly compelled to prove his words in public or swallow them in jail. free labor. iner's exclusives. the buiiding where the twine is made. are working for the sole and exclusive use sumer of common twine made at San Quen and indecent newspaper. goods which it needs. The wrong done to the workingmen of to convict labor by the Examiner goes much | is no telling to what extent and degree the criminals. prisons. It is possible that much of the him. the people. dence. In an editorial yesterday appealing to “Mr. Bryan says in his new book that of all dence. the principles of legitimate journalism. ent. libeler and a common liar. truth-speaking, fessed coward and sianderer. present position. journalist. fidence, it honors every trust reposed in it. sympathy from it now, California obtains common twine from that source. auires ihe use of twine of a sort that can be obtained in the general market patronizes the product of free labor, The Examiner is absolutely the only customer and con- tin. THE “EXAMINER” JUTEMILL. The manufacture of common twine at San Quentin is done in what is in reality 1f notin name the Eraminer jutemill. The only twineof a character similar to that made by free labor and for sale in the open market which is manufactured at San Quentin is manufactured for the Ezaminer by contract with Willie Hearst. No other consumer of twine in the State uses the San Quentin article, which cumes into competition with The manufacture of that twine at San Quentin is another of the Ezam- “The Ezaminer Jutemill, San Quentin.”” That should be the name written on The convicts who labor at spinning the twine oi the Examiner. Not another man in all Every other industry which re- The mill virtually, therefore, belongs to the Ezaminer, and of right should bear the name of that faking, lying, hypocritical There is something of more than ordinary significance in the fact that the Ezam- iner, under the control of Long Green Lawrence, who acts as local manager for the absentes Hearst, has at this juncture turned away from free labor to give its patron- age to convicts and to procure the use of prison machinery for the manufacture of the 1t is a sign of degeneracy in more ways than one. The late Senator Hearst accumuiated his large fortune by developing the resources of California, upbuilding its industries and giving employment to its workingmen. That fortune so honestly and honorably made 13 now used to build up prisons instead of homes, to support convicts instead of workingmen and to bring into competition with industries that employ free labor a newspaper that maintains its existence by the cheap and unpaid labor which can be extorted from habitual criminals and from those whom hard misfortune has led into crime and forced to prison. San Francisco by the patronage extended further than appears on thesurface, What | bas been expcsed is but a sample of the iniquity which still remains hidden. There Eraminer throws the weight of its patron- age and influence against the upbuilding of the home industries of San Francisco and the welfare of its working people. The paper is known to ve devoted to crimes and sensatiounal stuff printed in it is written in It is in every respect a convict sheet, and when on the prison houseat San { Quentin there is written the words “‘Kxaminer Jute Mills," there should be written i on the office of the paper in this City *“Prison-made Journal.' FALSEHOOD AND PRINCIPLE, Convicted of lying and sentenced to jail for brazen effrontery in refusing to the Senate the respect due to the highest legisiative conncil in the State, Long Green Law- rence is endeavoring to create sympathy for himself by so misrepresenting the case as to mislead the public mind on the issue at stake. in the cause of the liberty of the press. He speaks of himselfas “a man of honor,” and declares that he suffers imprisonment rather than betray a confidence reposed in He seeks to pose as a martyr The real issue is not that which Long Green Lawrence is trying to impose upon ‘This is no question of privileged communication, nor of the right and duty of an edito to maintain inviolate information which is given to him in confi- It is the simple question whether a newspaper which libels, maligns, slanders, calumniates and belies public men has a right not only to refuse to attempt a justifi- cation of the charge, but to refuse it with impudence and added insult. tbe press for support the Examiner savs: the correspondents who accompanied him during the late campaign not one ever published anything that was given in confi- Mr. McKinley bas said substantially the same thing.” pients that Long Green Lawrence bases his claim that he is acting in accordance with It will be noted, however, that the newspa- per men of whom President McKinley and Mr. Bryan spoke did not “‘publish” what was told them. The Ezaminer did publish what it asserts was told to its correspond- It betrayed confidence to that extent, and by the betrayal has now put the informant in the position where he must come forward and make himself known, or else the editor who acted on that information must go to jail branded as a public It is on these state- The only principle of legitimate journalism at stake in this issue is the principle of A legitimate newspaper when it receives information in confidence aoes not betray that confidence by publishing the information under circumstances which either renders it a wrong to innocent people or else compels the cohfidential iriend to come forward and make his woids good or slink into obscurity a self-con- Andrew Lawrence will in vain appeal to the press for support or sympathy in his He has been sentenced to jail like s common criminal, and it is to criminals alone that he must look for consolation. interviews from citizens to defend him as a representative of legitimate journalism suffering martyrdom rather than to betray a confidence. It is in vain that he coaxes He is not a lesitimate He has betrayed confidence. I- is a faker, a liar, a malignant libeler, a defamer of honest men, and he has been convicted of these offenses. Honest journalism knows well the principles on which it stands. It respects con- It does not publish what was not given for publication. It does not slander the mnocent. Itdoes not seek to degrade the State and bring a community into disrepute. Long Green Lawrence has long sev- ered his connection Wwtth legitimate journalism, and it is too Jate for him to expect THE UNIVERSITY. i The report published in THE CALL yes- | terday of the affairs of the university must have been in the highest degree gratify- ing to all who take an interest in that in- stitution or even in the welfare of the State It showed that the action recently taken by the Legislature to advance the university will be cordially supported by the munificence of private citizens, and that the university has truly entered upon a new era in its career. One of the notable features in the report was the announcement that Levi Strauss bas duplicated the amount of money which is to be set apart to aid worthy and poor students from each of the Congres- sional districts of the State. The money assigned for this purpose amounts to $3500 a year. Mr. Strauss has added an equal amount. The two tozether make an important addition to the funds which the university will provide for the educa- tion of young men and young women who otherwise would be deprived of that high advantage. Another generous citizen, James K. Mofiitt, a graduate of the class of 1886, gives $100 for library uses and promises an equal sum for similar purposes every ye These are but the beginning of the dona- tions which are coming 1n, and afford an evidencs of the willingness of generous citizens to co-operate with the State in upbuilding the university and making it in every respect worthy not only of the present condition of California but of its golden future. Another important feature of the report of yesterday was the plan submitted by Regent Arthur Rodgers for the creation in the university of a college of commerce. Such institutions exist in the great cities of Europe and form an important part of the education given by the Government. A recent report of British manufacturers on the comparative conditions of the for- eign trade of England and Germany called attention to the effective aid given to German commercs by the graduates of these commercial schools, and declared that until England provided a similar course of instrnction her manufacturers would compete at a dissdvantage with the Germans in extending their-trade in for- eizn countries. It will be seen therefore thatthe pro- posed plan does not lack for good argu- ments in its favor. It will be well if the Regents can see the way clear for the for- mation of such a college, inasmuch as we shall need 1t to promote the trade of Cali- fornia with the Orient and with Bouth America in competition with the traned students of commerce who go forth from the schools of Europe. Taking all things into consideration, the outlook for the university is decidedly good. The action of the Legislature in increasing the revenues has stimulated public interest and given an impetus 1o private generosity, The results will in. crease as the years go on, and in a com- paratively short time Berkeley will take rank in buildings and equipment with the foremost seats of learning in the United States. THE DEMOORATIO CAUOUS. According to reports from Washington, arecent caucus of Democratic managers resulted in nothing. This is in the high- est degres encouraging. It confirms the reports heretofore sent out thut there will be no viruient opposition to the new tariff bill and that the extra session of Congress will be able to perform the legislation so necessary to the wellare of the country with promptness and expedition. 1t is certainly an act of wisdom on the vart of the Democratic leaders to attempt no extreme opposition to the new tariff. The Democrats are in tae minority and are divided among themseives. They could not possibly impose any effective opposition to the Republicans in the Senate unless they could arrange for a combination with the Populists and the so-called silver Republicans. Such an opposition would be of no credit to those who made it, nor would it add any strength to Democracy. It is not sur- vrising to learn, therefore, that the astute Senator Gorman counseled his colleagues against it. The futile result of the Democratic caucus shows how impotent that once strong party has become in National affairs. It is, in fact, no longer an or- ganization. It has no policy on which it and there are no measures of importance befora the country on which it can agree. Some of the Idading Demo- crats in the Benate ars in favor of a pro- tective tariff and would break away from the party 1f the majority attempted a coalition with the Populists to defeat the proposed bill, and some of them are ex- treme gold-standard iwaen and will favor no sort of combination with the free-silver Republicans, Thus while the Republican party has not an avowed majority in the Senate it will be sufficiently strong to pass the bills needed to provide protection for American industry and ample revenues for the Gov- ernment. The McKinley administration certainly begins under favorable auspices, Its friends are united and its foes divided. The country is with it, and what is more it is thorougkly and consistently with the country. OAST THEM OUT. Evidences have now been given that the crusade against vicious journalism 1s pro- ducing good results. The library at Port- land, Or., and that of Newark, N, J., have excluded the most vicious examples of decadent journalism from their reading- rooms. The movement, it will be seen, extends from the Pacific to the Atlantic | coast, and we have there.ore a proof that the aroused indignation of the people is not confined to any particular locality, but is acting with equal force all over the ccuntry. It is gratifying to learn that the action taken by these libraries, one in excluding the New York Jowrnal and t.e other in excluding the B8an Francisco Ez- aminer from their reading-rooms, is cor- dially approved by the publicas well aa by legitimate newspapers. It is clear the denunciation of these foul and offensive journals has been beneficial, inasmuch as it has informed public opinion on the sub- ject and roused the people to the evil and the danger of tolerating disreputable journalism in American life. The evils of decadent journalism are many. In the first place such papers are a menace to society by reason of their vicious attacks upon the characters of 200d men and women in private life. The Ezaminer recently gave an example of this vice in its attack upon Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a little while before by its attack upon one of the leading familiss of San Francisco. A second evil is the wrong done to a community by the wholesale slanders against men of public character and the social organism at large. The Ezaminer has furnished an illustration of this offense in its recent charges against the California Legisiature and its efforts to mistepresent our State Government as being corrupt in every departmeni. A third evil is the perversion of public morals by making crime sensational and attractive to ill-palancsd minds. - The- Ezaminer has furnished many evidences of this evil and in its announcements for the forthcoming Sunday edition promises another in the chape of an elaborate and sensational write-up of a child criminal. It will be seen that the time has come when society must take steps to provect itself against these offensive, corrupting, crime-loving and erime-producing news. papers. Men and women in high station who, by reason of their attainments, wealth or social positions, are shining marks for slander, must act together for self-protec- ton a-ainst the defamation of these vicious journals, Institutionsopea to the public, such as the great libraries of the country, must rid their reading-rooms of journals which tend to deprave the people, lest they become the center of corruption rather than of eénlightenment. Officers of the law must take action, lest these vicious journals engender crime among those whose minds are susceptible to the influ- ences of their sensational reports of the doings of criminals, The movement begun on this coast by the library at Portland, and in the East by the library at Newark, will soon be followed by other institu- tions of the kind in every part of the Union. The crusade in the cause of decency has begun to have its effect. We may expect before long to see the Journal, the Examiner, and all others of their foul kind, excluded from the United States mails. The indignation of the people is fairly aroused, and the end of the foul, false, malicious, lying, sensational pub- lishers of what Senator Sherman called “‘sheer idiocy” is near at hand. PERSUNAL. Fred W. Ward of Visalia is at the Lick. Dr. J. E. Combs of Visalia is at the Grand. Dr. C. G. Cargill of San Juan is at the Russ, J. M. Miller of Visalia is atecent arrival here. Benjamin F. Stevens ot Boston is in the City. Dr. Leland White of Malford, Mass,, is in the city. General T. W. Sheehan of Sacramento is in town. F. A. Hihn, the capitalist, of Santa Cruz, is in the City. L. L. Fiscner of Chattanoogs, Tenn., is at the Baldwin. H. Wolfe of Los Angeles {s at the Cosmopoli- tan Hotel. C.W. Tozer, the mining man, of Tulare, is at the Grand. Martin Conrad, a business man of Chicago, is in town. F. A. Hudson of Fresno is among the ar- rivals here. ‘ Frank R. Baker, a publisher of Portland, is at the Baldwin. D. D. Fagan, a merchant of Whatcom, Wash., is in the City. Fred Mason, a manufacturer of Sacramento, is a late arrival here, 8.M. Clement, a wealthy resident of Buffalo, .y 1s at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walters of Spokane are at the Cosmo palitan Hotel. F.C. Malpas, & business man of Portland, Or., is at the Oceidental. Dr. W. H. Wallace, a prominent physician of Eureka, Cal,, is st the Occidental. Edward A. Noyes and E. H. York, business men of Portland, Me., are fn tows Ward Ames, & manufacturer of Duluth, is one of the late arrivals at the Palace. Among the arrivais at the Grand is. Superior Judge N. A. Dorn of Monterey County. C. H. Coats, a wealthy business man of Aus- tin, Minn., is here, accompanied by his wife. T. G. Parker, who has been ill with pneu- mona for several weeks, is rapidly recovering. George J. Campbell Jr. leaves on the San Blas to-day for Central America on a business trip. Sherift 8, D. Ballou of San Luls Obispo ar- rived here yesterday. He is on official busi- ness. F. A. Boole of Red Bluff, manager of the Sisson Lumber and Mill Company, is at the Grand. Henry Muller, a business man of Butte, Mont, s at the Grand, accompanied by sev- eral friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Markly and W. H. Markly, prominent citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, H. J. Mayham, owner of large mining prop- erties at Gold Creek, Nev., is at the Palace, ac- companied by his family. Judge Charles O. Clarke, the early pioneer and prominent miaing man of Siskiyou County, arrived here yesterday. E. M. Buckley, the wharfinger at the foot of Folsom street, has been reappointed for four years by ihe Siate Harbor Commission. B. A. Hawkins, County School Superintend- ent of Madera County, accompanied by Mrs. Hawkns, is at the Cosmopoli tan Hotel. John Elverson Jr., one of the owners of the Philadelphia Enquirer, is one of the arrivals here, Mrs. Eiverson, who is also here, is the daughter of the late Frank Mayo. James L. 8perry, proprietor of the hotel at the Big Trees, Caiaveras County, and one of the pestknown and wealthiest residents of that part of the State, is at the Occidental, CALIFORN:ANS (N NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y.: March 10.—A¢ the St Cloud, H. E. Davis: Hoftman, G. Bornem W. B. Hamilton, Dr. C. L. Heller; Mankauta: J. Webster. NEWSPAFER PLEASANTRY Tommy—Pa, what i jury? Mr. Figg—Well, T once had a dentist at work on my teeth for half a day, and when he got through he said he hoped I bad had & pleas- aat time.—Indianapolis Journal. adaing insult to in- Little Clarence—Pal Mr. Callipers—Well, my son? Little Clarence—Pa, is a man who lives in Topeka calied a Topekaboo?—Puck. *“I'm too practical to do as heroes do in books, Miss Slight; so It just ask you bluntly, Will you be my wife “No, thank you, Mr. Terse. I myself don’t believe in those silly, bookish notion: the eilly heroines always say ‘Yes’ why, I'll tell you bluntly, No, sir, I won’t.”—Philadel- phis North American. “Fly with me,” he cried passionately. She looked over the aeroplane critically, re- marking on the violation of several princinles of mechanics, and finally sald: “What is the matter with a Pullman car?’—Minnespolis Journal, Young man (who has married an old woman for her money)—Well, old ‘boy, how’s your wite? = Old boy (who has married a young girl for her looks)~Wel, 1f it comes to that, how's yours.—Pick-Me-Up. ~_ MUSIC AND When Melba left the Metropolitan Opera house Company, out of voice and sick at heart with her non-success as Brunhilde, the ma: agement put forward an American singer, Mme. Clementine de Vere Sapio, to take her place. Mme. Spio is & very fine artist, who has been known for years to the concert world of New York, but who has only recently come to the front in opera. Her voice is very beau- tiful 1n quality and she uses 1t with perfect art, but she has tarried tov long on the con- cort stage to be able to step into Meiba’s shoes a prima donna. On the operatic stage she fails to carry conviction, as she goes through 8 dramatic role as calmly and passively s if she were rendering a ballad on the concert platform. Her besutiful singing, however, almost atones for her lack of temperament and there is every prospect that Mme. Clem- entine de Vere Sapio will remain one of the MUSICIANS. the American diva, was an exquisite Zerlina Vietor Maurel made a superb Don Juan. Mile. Fraucisca (Miss Fannie Michelsen), the new San Francisco prima donns, has made another success in concert at Monte Carlo, where she sang Handel’s “‘Blrd” song that Melba affects so much. The landscaps pain er, Henry Schubert, nephew of the celebrated composer, died in Vienna recently. He was 70 years old. e ANSWERS 10 (ORRES: ONDENTS. FrozsnoioNs’ Parests—M. G., City. The parents of Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, were born in Cornwall, Egland. SHEEP SHEARING—Machine, Baden, Cal. It is stated by wool men thst sheep are mot operatic stars for some seasons to come. | shorn by machinery in the United States. It Meanwhile, Melba has been -confiding to the | isa practice in Australia. This department MME. CLEMENTINE DE VERE SAPIO, the New American Prima Donna. press in Paris that she bears Jean de Reszke no ill will for baving induced her to appear in the role of Brunhilde, for she does not believe be did it in order to achieve her downfall Mme, Thea Dorre, who will be remembered as the mezzo soprano of the Tavary Opera Company, bas recently been singing with consideraple success in Florence. Writing from Milan to a personal friend in this City she says: “Every ome here is en- thusiastic about Frank kelcher, a young San Franciscan, He sings with such taste that one would believe he had studied nere for years. He is going to make an artist. 1t 1is refreshing to hear of a talented American gentleman, who promises to be a real success when he has finished studying, as hitherto our men have all turned out to be failures. We have some great American prima donnas, but no temors or barytones.” Mr. Belcher is studying with Cima. Mme. Dorre herseif is now singing the title role in “Carmen’’ at the Dalverme Theater in Milan.. Itis a part in which she has always excelled, but she speaks with even greater en- thusiasm of the role of Anita, in “La Navar- raise.” Thero has been a good deal of talk lately about a day laborer in the arsenal at Venice named Luigi Coccolo, who is trying to make his debut as a composer. Although he has never had any musical instructiom, he has studied alore, and has written two operas. A committee was recently formed in Venice to open & public subscription to defray the cost of producing his works. “Tetlo I'Africano,” an opera in two acts, can be produced for about 3000 francs, while the other opera, ““Aldino de Cittadelia,” will cost at least 7000 francs to produce. Although the commitiee has made 8 very earnest appeal to the Italian public, only 1000 francs have so far been raised. The Metropolitan Opera Company will ptob- ably regret its visit 10 Chicago, for it has been receiving very inadequate support there. The absence of Melbs and Eames has been urged as an excuse, but this could not account for “Carmen” and “‘Faust,” with Calve as the star, being very poorly attended. Some people have been airing the opinion that if Nordica ad remsined with the organization the Schoeffel and Grau Company would have been received with more consideration in Chicago, but. Nordica never was a great drawing card when she sang with that organization either in New York or Chicago, and 1t is not likely that she could have changed the feeling of the Windy City foward the whole organization. The foilowing is the programme for the third Heine recital, which takes place on Saturday afternoon in Goldsn Gate Hall: Sonata for plano and violin, op. 30, No. 2 (Beethoven), sllegro con brio, adagio cantabile, scherzo, allegro finale, allegro, the Misses Heine; violoncello soli (a) Le Cygne (Saint-Saens), (b) Scherzo, op. 6 (Kienge!), Louis Heine; violin soli (x) Benedicius (Mackenzle), (b) Eifentanz (Povper), Miss L. Florence Heine; trio, op. 26 (Dvorak) atlegro moderato, largo, scherzo, finale, aliegro non tanto. ‘Theodore Dubois' new opers, “Aben-Hamet,” has been tried in Rennes, before producing it at the Grand Opera-house in Paris, and its suc- cess seems to have been complete. The music 15 5aid to be very melodious and the orchestra- tion 18 rich and full of color. Dubois s Theo. dore Thomas' successor as director of the Paris Conservatory. it To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the pirth ot William I the German Journal of Military Music hes opened & competition for the best musical setting of a patriotic poem entitled “The Good Soldier.” The successful composition must be one that can be easily sung by soldiers. The Theatrephone Company is now an es- taplished institution in Paris and subscribers who do not want the trouble and expense of attending big first nights at the opera arrange with the company for switches that might. Atthe first performance of “Messidoe” switches were booked for weeks in advance, Little Hubermann, the boy violinist, has been carrying everything before him in Chica~ g0, whore he 16 spoken of asa genus, an artist, a wonder, & divinely fuspired child. Alfredo Donizetti, nephew of the composer of “Lucls di Lammermoor,” etc., has just produced an opera in one act at Sessari with great success. It is entitled ‘“Dopo I'Ave Maria.” “Andre Chenfer” is now going the round of the German theaters with greai success. A celebrated Italian musical eritic, Laurent Perodi, is writing a book on “Women Com- The McKenzle Musical Society will give a soiree musicale at Native Sons’ Hall, on Ma- son sireet, this evenin, Mapleson says he will be to the front again with another operatic venture next season. Members of theaters, opera-houses and con- cort troupes in Paris have just panded them- selves into a soclety to have an Informal din- ner together once a month. The feast is to be called the “Dinner of a thoysand regrets.” Mozart’s *“Don Jusn” has just been a trium. ‘phal success at Monte Carlo, Marie Van Zandt, has not been able to verify the assertion that “James Powers of Queensland sheared 313 sheep in seven and a half hours.” PLACER COUNTY—C. E. R., Smartsville, Yuba County, Cal. Placer County is in the Fourth Internal Revenue District. That district is divided from tiie First by the north line of San Francisco, norih line of San Joaquin, morth line of Calaveras and the west line of Tuolumne County. NEUTRAL—S., City. As the United States has no trouble with the prineipals in the Eastern trouble at this time, a United States war ves- | sel at auchor fn a port mear the scene of the difficulty would not take an active part, but wouid be on hand to receive American Citi- zens who might be in danger. BA1TERY—P. C., East Oakland, Cal. If a per- son desires to use an eleetric battery for remedial purposes an acid or a dry battery will answer the purpose, the choice depend- ing upon the location in which it is to be used. If it is to be moved about a dry or storage bat- tery 1s the most couvenient. OscAR WILDE—Subscriber, City. The parents of Oscar Wilde were Sir William Willis Wilde, a distinguished oculist and antiquarian, and Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, who wrote popu- lar poetry under the name of “Speranza.” Wilde was born in 1856, his parents being residents of Dublin, Ireland, at the time. I VIGILANCE Trups—L K. R., City. James P. Casey, who killed James King of William, editor of the Bulletin, in 1856, and Charles Cora, who killed Uiited States Marshal Rich- ardson shortly before that, were hanged by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco at “Fort Gunnybags,” on Sacramento street, on the 22d of May, 1856. DEAD WiREs—H. B., City. If there are any wires running over the house you occupy they aro there undoubtedly by right of law. The fact that they have not been used for a long time does not give you a legal right to use them. If they are “dead” find out who owns them, and the probability is that you will be permitted to use them for & private line. WITNESS FEES—J. B., City. There is no law of the State ol California authorizing the pay- ment of witness fees in criminal cases, but it a witness comes from & distance and it ap- pears by affidavit or otherwise that he is poor and is unable to bear the expense he has been puttoin coming 10 court to testify the cours may allow such witness the amount of his actual expenses. CHANGE OF NUMBERS—A. &, City. All houses must bo numbered according to the provision of the ordinances of the Board of Supervisors. If & house is incorrectly numbered the number must be changed. Suck change does not affect taXxation or insurauce. If, however, your num- ber has been changed, and you fear that iv might cause you trouble with the insurance company, notify the company of tne change. PAY OF OFFICIALS—S,. San Rafael, Cal. THE CALL cannot devote the space to answer the question “What is'the salary of clerks and day inspectors in the customs service in the United States?” The figures for the several States can be found—and there are many of them—in the “Officiai Registry of the United States, Legisiative, Executive and Judicial,” which can be seen’ in the reference room of the free public iibrary i1 this City. UNMATLABLE MATTER —Old Subscriber, City. The laws of the United Staies make it a crime 10 use the United States mails for the purpose of sending abusive letters by mail, be the letters sealed or unseaied. On'e section of the 1aw, which covers postal-cards, say Al matter otherwise mailable by law, upon the envelop: or outside cover Or Wrapper of which, or any postal-card upon which any delineations, &pi- thets, terms or langsuge of any ind cent, lewd, lasciv.ous, obsce:e, libclous, scurrilous, defamar tory or tureatening churacter, or calculated by the terms or manner oz stvle of disolay, and obvious y Intended to reflect injuriously u, on the character or conduct of another e written, printed or otLerwise impressed or apparent, is hereby de- clared unmalisble and shail not be conveyed by the mail. A section of the act provides that the pen- alty for the violation of the section quoted may extend to a fine of 5000 or imprison- ment at hard labor not exceeding five vears. Another section of the act passed in 1888 pro- vides a penaity for the sending of unmaiiablo matter through the mail, whether writien or printed, and whether sea¢d or unsealed.” Th rand Jury takes cognizance of such vio: tions. COMPENSATION FOR SLAVES—Z. Y. X., Crows Landing, Stanislans County. Upon the sug- gestlon of Presiaent Lincoln, Roscoe C on the 10th of March, 1862, offcred lh:;:)kl{g:v‘- ing resolution in the House: Resolved, That the United Stat gperie With any sia'e Which may sso'\ grade t of gIVing 10 suo pecuni.ry aid to be used by such-State 1a’ fig e cretion Lo compensaié for the In-onvente: 3 1icaud privae, produced by such hange of hye: m. After opposition by the Democra in the House on the 11th of March 'z;'flfiefig Of 89 to 31. It was introduced in the noper house by Senator Trumbull on the 20th of March and it passed on the 24 of April b [ vote of 32 to 10. No State, subsequent to this Tesolution, which was approved by the Presi. dent on the 10th of April, and prior to'the emnncl“rnunn proclemation, uary 1, 1863, adopted any p.an of gradusl abolition of slavery, consequently no State was entitled to sk for compensation under the proposal. The ffié{,"fi:‘; that the Gov:rnmenl paid for were ere own e ed in the District of THE RUPUBLICAN PARTY—B. E, H., Cit; Democratic party fonnded by Thomug.l::l: son was originally the Republican pariy. That was in 1792, and the first candidate under t arty name was Jefferson, in 1796. Sub. -f'f:gnz ;lhe party became known as the Re- p\?bllc!rl-DemocrlL In 1829 the hyphenized Party dropped the name Rejublican and Le- came known as the Democratic party, by which name it has ever silce been known. At the time of this change ihere was what was known as the National Republican party, with John Quiney Adams as candidate for the Presidency. In 1856 the present Rejublican party was formed, and_Jchn C. Fremont was the candidate for the Presidency, but he was defeated by James Buchanan. IDAHO AND UTAH—A correspondent in a com- munication says that the nickname of Idaho is “Gem of the Mountain,” and that the nick- name of Utah is “Mormon State,’” and quotes an ‘encyclopedis from which bhe obisined these, As already announced in this depart- Iheat the reeognized books do mot give any nicknames for either of these States. The fencyclopedis” quoted is evidently a Iittle off in its assertion. It has given the definition of Idaho for & nickname. The name is Indian and means “gem of the mountain,” *‘Mormon tate,” though mot a populsr name, is un- doubtedly correct. A MiLe—E. R, Oakland, Cal. The ordinary mile, orystatute mile, in the United States and in Great Britain is 1760 yards of three feet each, equal to 5280 feet. A geographical or nautical mile ig (1) the mean length of & min- ute of latitude, equal to 6082.66 feet; (2) the length of a minute of the meridian corre- sponding to the raaius of the curvature of the P riuler tatitude, varylng from 604595 feot 8¢ the equator to 6107.85 feet at the poles; (3) fhe length «f a minute of longitude on the equator, 6087.15 leet. To remove all uncer- tainty the United States Coast Survey has adopted the value oi the nautical mile as equal to one-sixtieth part of the length of a degree on the great circie of & sphere whose suriace is equai to the surfuce of the earth. Ths value gives one naut.cal mile equal to 6080.27 feet, which is very nearly the value of the admiralty knot (6800 feet), adopted by the British Hydrographic office. One square mile contains G40 acres, 3,097,600 square yards, 27,878,400 square ' feet, and 4,014,489,6 square inches. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY—J. N., City. When specie payment was suspended in January 1862, both silver and gold dissppeared from circulation. The place of subsidiary coin was for & time supplied with tickets, due Eills and other forms of private obligations, which were issued by merchants, manufacturers snd others whose business requ red them to make change. Congress soon interfered and author- ized, first, tue use of postage stamps for change; second, s modified jorm of postal stamp, called postal currency, and, finally, fractional paper currency in denominations corresponding (o the subsidiary stlver coins. This aepartment is unable o discover that there ever were any *75-cent greenbacks issued by the United States, and as the law authorized the issue of “fractional paper cur- rency” in denominations corresponding to the “subsidiary coins” sud there being no 75-ceat ieces it is safe to say that no 7o-cent green- acks were ever issued for general circulation. THE MILITARY ACADEMY—C. C., City. A per- son seeking an appointment to the Military Academy of the United States must apply to the member of Congress from the district in which he lives. Appointments are usually madevne yearn advance of the date of ad- mission by the Secretary of War, upon the nomination of the representative. These nom- inations may be made either after competi- tive examination or given direct, at the option of the representative. The representative may nominate & legally quaiificd second cand.date, 10 be designated thealternate. The alternate will receive from the War Department a letter of appointment and will be examined at tho ssme time as the regular appointce, and if duly qualified will be aamitted to the academy in tne event of the failure of the principal to pass the prescribed preliminary examination. Appointees must be from 17 to 22 years of age, free from any infirmity which may render them unfit for military service, and be able to pass a careful examination in reading, writ- ing, orthography, arithmetic, grammar, ography and history of the United States. Bhe pay of cadets is §540 a year, and upon raduating they are commissioned second ieutenants in the army. Tho Government provides quarters and board for the cadets. pahsbirsabadst S PARAGRAPHS A OUT PEOPLE. The eitizens of New Hampshire have raised $8700, with which they will erect astatue o President Plerce in some appropriate place. One of the potsherds, inscribed with the name of Themistocles, with which the Athen. ians voted for his ostracism in 471 B. C,, has been discovered in Athens. Prince Carl of Bayaria is a practiéing phy- sician in Munich. His cousin, Prince Louis Ferdinaud, has recently set up for himself ass gynecologist in Nordhausen, and has hung out. a shingle announcing his office hours from 11:30 to 12:30. Prince Louis is an uncle of the King of Spain and a nephew of the Prince Regent of Bavaria. In the reign ot Edward III there were at Bristol, England, three brothers who were eminent ciothiers and woolen weavers, and whose jamily name was Blanket. They were the first persons who manufactured the com- fortable material which has ever since been called by their name, and which was then used for peasants’ clothing. In a letter to one of his children Guizot tells how on his first visit to Winasor he lost h way and opened a wrong door and beheld for a moment & lady having her hair brushed. The next day the Queen (for it was she) joked him about 1t, and he says: “Iended by asking her leave, If ever I wrote my memoirs, like Sully or St. Simon, to mention how, at midnight, [ opened the door of the Queen of England. She laughingly gave me the desired permis- sion.”” SPECTAL intormation daily to manufacturery, business houses and public men by the Pras; Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ———————— The King of Greece is 52 years old, tall, wel- built, slender and graceful, with the appear- ance of acavalry offic He is a hard worker, approachable and popular. Queen Olga, his consort, is & stately looking woman, and hand- some after the Polish type, though she is the daughter of a Czar’s brother, She is much beloved for her graces and charities by the Greeks, who call her tho “Queen of the Poor.” ““The Overland Limited.” Commencing Surday, March 7, the Union Pa- cific will carry both first and second class passen- gers on the ‘Overland Limited,” leaving Saa Francisco every day in the week at 6 P. M., through 1o Chicazo without change, and all Eastern clties via Niagira Falls. Pittsbure, Washington and Philadelphia, in twelve bLours quicker time than any other line from Callfornia. Tickets and sleeper reservations at 1 Montgomery street. D W. HITCHCOCK, General Agent. ——————— “BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES" give rellet in all Bronchial Affections. A simple and safe remedy. Avold {mitations. ———————— ANY one tronuled at night with & persistent cough can procure much-needed res: by taking a dose of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. —————— Lady Randolph Churchill has gome into racing. It appearsthat shels a partner with R.J. Lacey in the yearling Florentine, which they have leased for the season to Lord Card- ross. Her ladyship is not the first of her rank and sex to enter into competition upon the turi. The late Duchessof Montrose was well koown in racing circles, where she operated under & masculine name—“Mr. Milner.” NEW 7TO-DAY. Absolutely Pure. Celebrated forit: grest leaveulug stre: 1xth and healthfuiness. Assures the 100d axainet alae og all forms of adulieralion common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co. New Yora o