The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL THURSDAY. MARCH 25, 189 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprictor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dally and Sunday Cazi,one week, by carrier..0.18 Daily and Sunday CaLz, one year,by mail.... 6.00 Dally snd Sunday CALL, six months, by mail. 3.00 Dally and Sandsy CaLi, three months by mafl 1.50 Dasly sod Sunday Caly, cne month, by mail. Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. . 180 WKLy CALi, ome year, by mall BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Steeet, San Francisco, Cslifornia. EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Sireet. Maln-1874 BRANCH OFFICBS: 537 Montgamery siree:, corner Ciay; opem uwatll B:30 o'clock. 359 Hayes street: opex untll 9:30 e'clock. t i1 9:30 o'clock. Mission sireeis; opes OAKLAND OFFICE: #0S Brosdway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 31 end 52, 34 Park Row, New York Clih DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. have t yet subscribed to the d, now is the time to do so. ebate this vexing the dull ears of gone to pi lic, but perbaps they may come together again behind some convenient screi The Cretan ened to boil over, ha to a simmer and ma; once threat- settled down possibly stay in the hquakes have begun to rumble om New York to Montreal, 1 aod the way tze people are n t be popular at Wash- ington, for it is now said the Senate pro- poses to engage in the work and will try to improve on the Dingley bill. he Cubans have taken znother town rom the Spaniards, and before long we may be able to announce that they bave stormed Havana and the whole island. Tennes- law against white- CUBAN VICTORIES. The snnouncement of the capture of Holguin, one of the most important cities of the province of Santiago de Cuba, by the patriot forces under command of Gen- eral Garcia, and the successful attacks on Cano, near Havana, are new evidences added to the many given lately of the ap- proaching collapse of the Spanish power in Cuba. So far from being able to o run the insurgent districts, the Spanish forces are unable to hold their own or even to defend themselves in the cities. General Weylor has been in command in Cuba for about a year, ana has had ample time, as well as opportunity, to put bis policy into force and giveita fair trial. From the first it has been a policy of great severity against all ciasses of Cabans. As result those citizens of the island who id moderate views, and who, while not in favor of Spanish rule, had not taken arms sgainst it, were forced either to go into exile, join the insargents or run the risks of imprisonment and death. They bave in nearly every case chosen to ally themselves with the patriots, and the main effect of the policy of severity, therefore, bas been to strengthen the cause of freedom. In his military policy Weyler has been as unfortunate as in that of goverament. As be has made no friends for Spain among the moderate Cubans, neither has he won for it any victories or success over the patriots. He has made marches at the besd of a strong army through the four provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Ciara, but as the patriots avoided an open battle all that he accomplished by these raids was the burning of homes and the wasting of plantations. He has made a desert and { has called it peace, but unfortunately for | bis army was withdrawn the patriots re- t to the devastated provinces and unfurled once more the flag of Cuban freedom. : The retirement of the Spanish army | from the field bas been foilowed by = | Cuban advance upon their strongholds in | the cities. In several of these movements | they have attacked and captured fortifica- | tions in the Havana itself. Taey have everywhere shown themselves i ve and courageo comes as a conclusive { proof that the nold of Spain is weake; |even on the strongholds of | This bas been the result of a ye | ler's policy. Another si #nd Cuba will be free. State University this ye ter of more than usual | of the new conditions under whicn | growth wilt taxe place in the future. T incressed revenaes granted by the State n with those w! | R. Davis, who spoke for ing guns as weil as for small arms, and will | be farther extended as the present supply of gunpowder is reduced. A new dockyard is contemplated at Gibrsltar and the work has progressed in reciamation and embankment. The lengths of the three docks in the new yard have been fixed at 850, 550 and 450 feet. It should be noted that the sum of 38,000, or nearly $109,190,000, does not cover the entire expense of the navy afloat and ashore. Various other improvements are going on for which separate appro- oriations are made. EFFECT OF MACHINERY. In s paper recently submitted to the American Academy of Political and So- cial Science by E. Levasseur of Paris, upon “The Concentration of Industry and Machinery in the United States,” the suthor gives the resuits of the study of | the industrial conditions of this country as seen through foreign eyes, and also gives a summing up of the sdvantases and disadvantages of machinery, conmd- ered as a geners! economic guestion, to the three classes—manufacturers, laborers and consumers. The first point he notices in our indus- tries is ineir tendency to concentration, which is the natural consequence of the increase in the power of machines, the improvement in transportation and the great growta of capital. He says thata careful examination of the condition of affairs in America convinces one that “the fature is there,” and he is also con- vinced that the concentration of large | capital and large plants is not of much iangzer. The aggrandizement of manu- | fae s, be thinks, has its nataral limits and there will always be room for the sll trader and manufacturer. For the ime is clearly s | him it basnot been peace. Ths moment | rough manufacturer of products of very ge consumption that requite cheap- rather than artistic gnd individual- 1alities, the great machinery plants al have their use and America il be apt o lead in their supply, but in the work of finer finisf, which reqaires spontaneity or delicacy of the human , the French hold the advantage. The revolution in industrisl conditions aused by the development of machinery butes mainly to the enterprising nventive genius of the Ameri- He mentions the statistics of one year,in which America d as compared with 7000 in ance. We bave in the last sixiy years ad more than half a million patents granted. While admitting that the transition from the crude methods of msnufacture which employ many workmen to the ever r and more perfect machinery canses mporarily a great deal of misery e laboring classes by throwing ne s carefully studied prove eon- 1y that improvement in machinery on the whole advantageous to the labor- sses, as well as to the manufacturer consamer. They multiply the of products and therelore MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Lilli Lehmann, singer, is falling in for her share of the sbuse which'a number of New York critics seem de- termined to bestow upon foreign artists this star of Damrosch’s German operatic sesson; and as Nordiea is in the same troupe, it will £0 bard with these critics if they do not finally sueceed in stirring up strife between the two prims donmas At present the eritics who | abused Jean de Reszke are abusing Lehmann, while superlative adjectives almost fall to ex- press their admiration for Nordica. No doudt sgreatdealofthe praise is due to Nordica’s singing, but still more springs from her fa- mous quarrel with Jean de Reszke and Melba. Nordica’s resppearance in New York after her Western tour was mede the other day as Elsa in Damrosch’s production of “Lobengrin.” She was dressed superdly and received the lion's share of the sppisuse. Lehmana sang Ortrud, and the prims donnas amicably shared | the curtain calls, though mosto! them seem to have been m: t for Nordics. The peace s0d harmony between the two prims donnas the famous Wagnerisn [is not much anxiety in Paristo see German | drama unless it be by the famous Meiningen company, but it is probsble that if Bayreuth wouid send s company and its marvelous sesson. Sk posed the cnief female uipment for a series of Wagner operas that e |56 Farisians would welcome the Wegner theater with open srms. John Nash has been eagaged for stage man- ager with the three-star opers company which | iss0on to open st the Casino. The stars are Ilian Russel, Dells Fox and Jefferson de | Angelis. | The Hereford musical festival takes place in | the middle of September. marked “Special Thanksgiving Performances for the Queen’s Reign.” Herr Felix Mot:] has been engaged by Frsu Cosima Wagner to conduet sll the perform- | ances of “Parsifal” t Bayreuth this year. Lenten lectures and musicales are quite s fad this year 1n the East. Jean Lasselle is said to have purchased the 7 ’//4 /) i 7 ,/' j ////,/%//" LILLI LEHMANN, Who Is Sharing Wagnerian Roles With Nordica. is yery besutiful, but Wagner: doomed to be a bone of contention with Nor- | dics; and as Lehmann is o sing some of the fair Lillian’s favorite parts, it will be contrary | to precedent if there is nots rilt within the | e | sumers, they reap the benmefit of cheap prices. lute soon. | With Mme. Foedor protesting yigorous! Peter Healy of Eureks C. C.Ortegs of Sonora is at the Cosmopolitan. T n roles seem | French rights to *“The Serenade,” the Bos- tonians’ new opers. PERSONAL. in the City. The first concert is urrounded by white brilliants. A coronation ;xn' is supposed to symbolize the weddingof the sovereign with fhe nation. election of Thomas C. Piatt to the v:s.:a States Senate reminds the oldest 13- <ant of Massillon, Obio, that for several years Mr. Plait was a clerk in s drugsiore Ihere, his brother, Fred Pisit, being at that time cashier of the Bank of Massillon. e gnnmaking firms of Sir W. G. Armstrong &Tgo.‘.: Sewuffle, England, and Eir Joseph Whitworth of Newcasile are being consoli- Gated. The former has s capital of $20,000, 000 22a employs 10,000 men, and the latier has a capital of $5.000,000 axd employs 3000 men. The Marquis of Bute has celebrated his siver wedding by giving £1000 te tne town council of Cardiff, the income to be given to poor girls to assist them to marry. The only condition attached is that the Mayorshall read 1o the recipient the first eleven verses of the second chapter of Jobn. The diary of Mrs. John Hays Hammond, wife of the American engineer who was imprisoned. sentenced to death and finally relessed upon the payment of s heavy fine as & member of the Johannesburg Reform Committee, is now in the hands or London printers, snd is swaited with considerable interest. The London Sketch says thst Princess Charles of Denmark is going to vay the Duchess oi Marlborough a compliment by having the hundred lovely rubles snd dia- monds presented to her by the Queen set in & ceinture of gold like that worn by the Duchess. The band will be flexible and the precious stones set close 10 each other, the center clasp being an orpsment of guaintly beautifu: design, studded with gems of great value, E— WITH YOUR COFFEE. Artist—This is one of those pecullar pictures that one has to be far off 1o appreciate. She—And 'way off to paint, I imsgine.— Harper's Bazsr. “Isabel, you haven’t painted sny angelson these Easter ca: “No; I ean’t make them look stylish without big sleeves.”—Chicago Record. “Did your husband have a good time at the insuguration?” ““Oh, he had & royal time. The doctor says e won't be out of bed for & week.”—Cleveland Pisin Dealer. We've got the men. We’ve got the ships At least we think we've got ‘em, For to tae hour of going to press, No more had hit the bottom. —Izdianapolis Journal, “Aceording to theosophy, Julis, we are now the opposite of what we were in former exist- ences.” “My, suntie—what a beauty you must have been.”"—Detroit Free Press. Teacher—Has anything ever been discov- ered or invented tha: hss the property of re- turning toward you when you throw it from you except the boomerang? Small Pupii—Yesm. The cat.— Chicago | Tribune. Hoax—Was Kandid sdmitted to yourliterary club. . Joax—No; he was blackballed. He isn’t lit- erary atall. Why, he has been heard to admit that he dido’t understand and love Scotch | dislect —Philadeiphia Record. Judge—Have you anyihing to say, prisoner? Prisoner—Yes. I'm engaged to be married. I've been engaged for the last ten years. Judge—Why aren’t you married? Prisoner—Because we've never beem out of EIGHTH STREET Mayor Phelan Will Insist Upon Railroad Work Being Done. Mapager Vining Outlines the Company’s Policy on Unused Tracks. Will, Not Abandon Conmtrol of the Rails, Bec:use They May Be Used in the Future. Mayor Phelan intends to extend the field of his inguiries a3 to the manner in which the street railroads of San Fran- cisco ive up to their franchises and the attention they pay to the orders of the Board of Supervisors. While waiting for the conference h the various roads regarding the removal of the unused tracks about the City, he will make an atiempt toascertain why ths Market-street Company does not comp: with the resolutions of the Board of Sup visors regarding Eighth street, from Mar- ket to Foisom. The car tfacks there were laid down while the street was paved with cobb) Later, when the City, acting in conja tion with property-owners, paved roadway wita bitumen, the Superintend- ent of Streets notified the company that the space between the tracks and those between the rails must be paved with like material. No attention was paid to the notice and the Board of Supervisors passed a resolu. tion ordering the work done. Still the company was obdurate and a second reso- lution mrnxemng suit against the com- pany was passed, but with no greater suc- cess. The Mayor intends to look into the legal pbases of the Eighth-street matter and, if Yossib{e, bring about someaction that will result in the street being paved as the street law contemplates. The maiter of the unused rails on B street, now before the Supreme Court, will also be closely looked mto. Genera! Manager Vining of the Market- street Railway Company does not believe | with Mayor Phelan that all railway tracks that are not being used should be removed from the streets of San Francisco. Refer- ring to the proposed action of the Supe: visors he said yesterday that it would be simply entailing a deal of unnecessary labor and expense on the company to make it take up such rails. “Matters are in this shape at present, he explained. “Thereare a few tracks for which there is no demapd just ncw, be- cause of better and more convefiient lines. ) 1 MUST BE PAVED, | the Alumni a the celebration, said the | the same the ople of the | ¢ poon | history of the university might be di- Id like o see & Little f ;) 531, six stages, and very aptly char ementof the former | - 3 e T Y R jail together. Sue comes out to-morrow.— Pick-Me-Up. ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS. Take the Stockton-street line. People do not care to nse that because there is an electric line on Kearny street and s cable | line on Powell strest, each offering better that she is the faloon of the Fremeh ope: M. A. Crawford of Fresno is a late arrival troupe at the Caiifornia Theater, and Mile. | here, Aimee Pascal begging to be zilowed achance | y Tomen o business man of Snohomish, i of showing thet she, 100, possesses the quali- | THE NAVY FOR BOYS. . in town. 3 The desertion of twenty boys from the com! falcon, 1t - 3 R accommodations than the former horse - T Danited States treining ship. Adamme while | tog 1o vonil e o thar imss then & monesh | Thomes H. Ford, s merchant of NevadaCity, | Easrsz IN 1822 Subscriber, Alameds. | line did on Stockton street. For this rea crats of the Senate | certain the title iw i Joctin Dat Tiepe iaet. Ditdey ouiss | oot ks pomixuhe extiches the Figsok ten| 1 10 1AWE Easter Sundey in the year 1522 fell on|son we had to stop it for the time beicg. in the new future. April 7. on to what is done by Tue sct recently ing, and the comments thereon by one of | £uage with the word faleon died, after living | B: V.Setgent,s cattle-grower of Sallnas, is The same istrue is reference to the Baitery the Wilson bill. is as eager as Cecil a unitea South Africa, to be a free republic in- h empire, and of South A- see Lis desire It promises to be iiq , and before the close of the decade we shall probably see The banquet given to ex-Senator Dubois ilver Republicans at Washington all the boiting Republicans who we ‘present mus s that the fate w i le;l very large, and if 0oses 1o keep our prod- we will not complain, so revent her lumber, wool m competing with home in our own market. produc Rhode Island mill-owners report that ordersare coming in for all the fine wool worsteds made there, and as a result mills that have long been shut down are Dow starting their machinery and getting ready for business. This isan illustration of the ind: ial tendency of the whole country. The effects of the coming tariff are already felt and business is improv- ing. 2 The Senste debate on the civil service 1aw brought ont some amusing features of the way in which 1t bss been adminis- terec. Gallinger referred to the law as a “moaumental bambug,” and Hawley de- ¢lared the commission had reached s state of *‘conspicious incompetency.” It is evident that in the work of civil service reform Mr. Cleveland was ss big a bungler 2s in anything else he undertook. Although the outbreak in Crets has to some extent distracted attention from Armenia, the disturbances in that coun- try continu: almost as violent as ever, and the powers will yet have to coerce Tarkey as well as Greece in order 1w re- store peace in the -Levant. In fact, they would render a service to humanity by withdrawing their forces from Crete and landing them ia Armenia at once. One of the notable features of tne tariff debate on Tuesday was the speech of Mr. McLaurin, 2 Democrat from South Caro- lina, who, instead of attacking the bill bs- cause of its protective character, made an earnest plea for heavier duties on Egypt- jan cotton for the bemefit of Southern cotton-growers. It was noted, moreover, that other Democrats from the cotton States appiauded him. Free trade has been slanghtered in the home of its friends. Newlands of Nevada, although he acted with the Democrats on the silver question during the last campaign, now stands ‘with the Republicans on the tarift issue and has warned the Democrats in Congress that *“this is no time to play small poli- tics.”” If the Democratic leaders hope to retain any large portion of the silver Re- publican vote in the next campaign, they must heed the warning. Small politics never wins with any class of Republicans, finest university | bave been a joyous feast, as ¥ fornished | undertaking the construction of the addi- tional buildings which have long been needed, and therefore the building ers is | | & certainty. The increased revenues from the State are, however, by no means all that will be forthcoming when the work of building up the university fairly begins. Gifts of sums of money have been assured from many sources, and some of these will be in amounts large enough to construct | spacious monumental baildings of them- seives. In the aggregate they will reach asum so large as to give new hopes and ambitions to the institution, as will as new habitations to the colleges, classes and musenms. The people of the State will hail with | gratification tne first evidence of the new | work that is to bezin the bu: | They are proud of the univers slthough so young, bolds so hiz ional forces of the | Union. They rejoice, moreover, that the | service of the university is given pr | marily to the sdvancement of public wel- fare. As Mr. Davis said, “Itis the State | | tbat is the end, not the schools; it is man | that is the end, not science or philosoph. it is the plifiing of the race thatis the | end, not buman knowledge.” | THE BRITISH NAVY. The explanatory siatement of the First | Lord of the British Admiralty, submitting boys for the sea which should be remedied by some radical change in the system. That the youths should object, and blamelessly object, as the officer evidently eels, is & serious matter especially as this time when so much of the hope for the f of our country is based upon the building up of 8 great merchant marine and 2 navy competent to protect it. The discouragements should be promptly re- moved, and such bright inducements of- tered as wiil make many of the most spir- ited and ambitious of our boys look for- ward with high hopes to a career upon the sess. The officer states that the boys are well treated in their apprenticeship to Uncle Sam and get plenty of good food, and it is not discontent from such ilis waich caases d: n. He states that the navy is not the best place for boys. The main thing | be deplores in the system is that it de- stroys home and home infiuences. Many of these little influences, he says, even though some of them are seemingly fool- ish, yet have s never-to-be-forgotten value. Itisa poor discipline, be thinks, which teaches nothing higher than im- plicit obedience to orders. The probiem presented is quite a grave one and it must be solved. We are com- peiled to have seamen from the best blood in the land if we expect to continue a great nation, and we must pot ruin the man in making the sailor. Perhaps the evil complained of might be largely reme- under date of Febroary 22 the naval esti- mates for 1597-98, is a remarkably brief | document, confining itseif to bare facts | expressed in the most condensed form, | | and it required only about fifteen min- | utes for the members of the two houses | | of Parliament to_get a pretty fair idea of | | what has been done, and what new meas- | | ares are proposed. The met total estimate for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 1597, amounts to | $109,190,000, against $109,115,000 for tne present year just closing. The shipbuild- ing vote suows & decrease of $2.555,000, but every other branch is increased, notably the personnel, with an increase of $1,720.- | 000, and the ordnance of $553,000. The number of officers, seamen, boys, coastguard and marines allowed for 189697 was 93,750; the estimutes for the coming year incresse it to 100,050, the increase comprising 121 officers, 2400 sea- men, 265 engine-room artificers, 2000 stok- ers, 1000 marines and 514 srtisans, and others. A grade of warrant officer engineer has been establisbed as an encouragement to engine-room mechanics who have ren- dered meritorious servic:. A reorganization of the naval reserve is shortly to be carried into effect, and also an increase of the number of officers and men, which under tae new order will then be composed of 1400 sailor officers, 300 en- gineer officers, 2200 seamen, 3000 Sremen and 300 boy=. It is proposed to build during the com- ing year: Four batile-ships, three third- class cruisers, two sloops, four twin-screw gunboats and two torpedo-boat destroyers. Inciuding the new programme there will then be under constraction or completion during 1897-98 an aggregate number of 108 vessels of 380,000 tons and 800,000 horse- power, comprising the following ciasses of vessels: Fourteen battle-ships, eight first- class cruisers, nine second-class cruisers, ten third-class crulsers, two sloops, foar twin-screw gunboats, fifty-two torpedo- boat destroyers, eight light- dranght steamers, one roysl yacht. As to the manufactaure of guns, in the 12- inch and other wire-wound guns improve- ments are steadily made, and the conver- sion of 6-inch and 4-inch breechioaders to quick firers is rapidly carried on. Cordite is in general use for wire guns and quick-fire died by arranging for long vacations and rotation in service. The boys could then frequently return to home influences, and they would naturally be lionized by their companions and so gain a fresh zest for ocean life. THE TOUCH OF NATURE. One touch of pature, Shakespeare ‘Wil make the whole worid kin; Alrs these prosaic days nahip is very thin. Beho'd the wild herd turn against The steer with drooping head, e broken-hearted brate opples dead. And gore Tl §5 To-day man spes the stupid ox. Doa’t stumbie, then, or pine, Forif you do your kia will just Help kick you down —Cleveland Lesder. MORE “NEW JOURNALISM.” Cieveland Leader. - The editor-in-chie! of the Yellow Kidlet, the latest addition to the ranks of the “mew journalism,” called for the managing editor and then fell io thinking. “What is up?” asked the managing editor, as he entered the private office. ““Oh, that was & good idea.of yours, gesting Bryean to report the insuguration,” said the chief. . “Thanks. Glad you liked it.” «“By the way, have you cabled the Prince of ‘Wales about covering the Queen’s jubilee for us?” “Yes: he agrees to sign & 800-word article for $2,000,000.” *Good. Now there’s one thing more that I want you todo. I see that Reginald Robert- son, the well-known millionaire, is to be mar. ried next week (o a relative of the Astorbilts.” “Yes, I've artists drawing pictures of the scene as the Coupie 5100d beiore the altar.” “Very well; but that will not be enough. 1 believe he was divorced & few years ago. from & member of the Vsaderston family.” ““Yes. His former wife has, I believe, mar- ried again and settied down.” “AR, the very thing! Hire her to write the wedding. "Pay any price. 1 understaz that ourrivals across the street have made arrangements for one of ibeir lady reporters 1o try toslip In and hide under the table in the banquet room, 50 we've got to do some- thing to take the wind out of their sails. Get the ex-wife 10 write something. the line! Once we get her report in the office, we can fix it up to suit ourseives. culation Here's a chance for a million eir- ¢ a single siroke. Now get outan that our Cuban corre: be sure to roundly sbuse the suthorities at ‘Washington for noi declaring war on account of his imprisonment.” L ] Huguenots” in 1836-37. Her voice was a dramatic soprano—limpid, wide of range—the most beautiful volce, said her contemporaries, that bad ever been heard. taking & benefit at the Paris opera and was to sing Rachael. Falcon, aiter receiving salyos of sppisuse, attacked ber first recitative. Ia- stead of the purs, ringing voice, dull, muffied notes were heard, and people in the audlence Iooked at one another overcome with surprise. The artist remarking the stupefaciion of her hearers burst Into tears. Itis said that none | of the spectators ever forgos that night. They encouraged her with applsuse and she got through her role—then dissppeared. Ency- clopedies and musical biographies say that no one ever knew what became of her, but the name falcon remained heroic quality of dramatic soprano. Falcon was 23 years of_age when she lost ber voice, and that wes fifty-six yesrs sgo. Every one believed her dead, when a month g0 the memories of another generation were revived in Paris by tae news “La Falcon is desd.” The tragic way in which she lost her voice is always alluded to as one of the most dramatic episodes of theatrical life and Falcon is still cited as the most idesl Valentine that ever appesred on any stege. Speakiog of her death, Le Figaro say; +How many dramstic sopranos has the ¢on- servatory mot thrown on the stage since her time, and of each of them we were told ‘An- other Falcon’? How many of them have not died? and yetthe first Falcon, the dramatic soprano, who gave her name to all the others, wasliving s quietly and silently as if she had been bora dumb. To write her obituary we have to look up the files of dusty newspapers over filty years old, consuit dictionaries, and, above all, get old people to talk--antique sub- scrivers to the opers who say ‘La Falcon? ah, yes; I think I can remember,’ and thus mas- 8ge to recall anecdotes of the famous siar.” The tenor, Vandyck, of the Paris Grand Opera and the Vienns Opers, has been en- gaged for Grau's sesson in London, which will open at Covent Garden Theater on May 10 with “Tannbauser” in French. It is mot im- probable that Vandyck will sing in New York at the Metropolitan Opera-house next season, for the strong cabsl which was raised against Jean de Reszke has had an injurious effsct on the season jus: closed. The cabal sprang out of the Nordica-Melba squabble and the high- salary question. Jean de Reszke is a rich man, and says he does mot care 1o #ing, but if he obliges the mansgement by leaving his Polish stud farm and coming to America he means to Do paid prices that in Europs would be be- yond the dreams of even his avarice. The en- gagement of Vandycx in the place of Jean de Reszke at the Metropolitan would calm s great deal of the opposition which the mansgement had to endure last winter. A pitiful tale of Richard Wagner's strait- ened circumstances 1s unfolaed in a series of letters which the Frankifurter Zeitung hasre- cently published for the first time. They are dated 1862, when the master was at Biebrich, near Mavence, engaged in the composition of the “Meistersinge: The reciplent of the harrowing story of struggle and poverty was | the composer, Wendelin Weissheimer. In April Wagner's affairs resched such a piich that he decided to withdraw to & more se- ciuded place, the carriage which was to take him away had already been ordered for the next morning, when an envoy appeared with an invitation from King Louis II of Bavaris, who generously offered him support and pro- tection. Anns Held, “The Iaol of Paris,” has been queening it in New York all winter on the sirength of her French reputation and the risque songs she has sung whica nine-tenths of her sudience have not understod. Mean- while the Anns Held known to Parls has been singing.all winter at La Scala in the gay French cavital and has known not New York. This is the way a confiding public which takes foreign stars on trust is sometimes beguiled by wily managers. The Anna Held of Paris recently made up her mind to try fresh fields and pastures new on her own account, went off to Sweden and broke her engagement with the Scals. She hes just been condemned by the French courts to pay 25.000 francs damages 10 M. Marchand, the director of the Scala. A good deal of disputing is going on over the scheme for having s German theater at the Paris Exposftion in 1900, It sceins that there In 1840 she was | ynonym for the most | M. C. Tighe, s business man of Maders, is & recent arrival here. | George H. Curry, a mining man of San Diego, arrived nere yesterdey. B. C. Bailey, s mining man of Zeecatecas, | Mexico, is at the Grand. J. E. Dunrcen, & weaithy pusiness man of Bos- ton, is at the Oceidental. C. C. Adams and wife of Sscramento are at | the Cosmopolitaa Hotel. George A. Emith, the extensive rancher of Courtland, is in the City. Curtis Montgomery, editor of the Antioch Ledger, is visiting the City. Ex-District Attorpey John J. Boyee of Santa | Barbara is at the Occidental. | 3. ¥. Burnickel and F. Pegel, both of Chicago, | | TIL, are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. { Robert Ferrall, formerly editor of the Whit- | tier Pointer and other papers, is in the City. | John Lawler, a business man of Prescott, Ariz, arrived bere yesterdsy and is at the | Lick. J. H. Rutherford and W. Harkins, of the | Standford University, are at the Cosmopoltan | | Hotel. | _3.D. Wadsworth, a business man of Senta | Ross, the Russ, accompanied by his daughter. 0.J.5mith, an sttorney of Reno, Nev., to whom Miss M. D. Foiey was some time since mersied, is in the City. | R. H. Stearns, Mrs. Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. C. | M. Cprter, Miss Lizzie Carter end Miss Nellie | Cartdr, ail of Boston, are at the Palace. C. W. Gaffney, owner of large stores in Mon- | tana, who has been here for seversl months, | has returned from s visit to the interior. A.B. Cutts of Minnespolis, general passen- | ger agent of the Minneapolis and St. Louis | Railroad, is in the City, accompanied by Mrs. Cutte. | Ex-United States District Attorney J. W. Osts | of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Oais are at the Lick. | Mr. Oats is & brotber of ex-Governor Oatsof Alabams. | The Rev. J. . Kennedy of St. John’s Presby- teriau Church, will soon leave for s three | | monthe’ visit to Ireland. The Rev. J. Siddell will officiate in his stead till he returns, ex- cept on Sunday next, when Dr. Williams will preach. Varney W. Gaskill, formerly fn the insur- ance business here, is now of Jackson snd president of the Bank of Amador County. which is located there. The Amador Ledger | ys he is preparing to remove his family from akland to Jackson. Among the arrivals at the Palace is s party of prominent people from Buffalo, N. Y., who are here for pleasure. Frank Brundage, one of the party, is a distinguished lawyer of Western New York. Tae others are Mr.and Mrs. F. H. Goodyear, Miss Goodyear, Miss Fiorence Goodyesr and 8. P. Goodyear. They will be here for severaldsys. | George A. Faslor, for a considerable time on the staff of the Report, and who has made successes of one or two weekly papers, has de- cided 1o establish a weskiy in Healdsburg. to be known as the Healdsburg Moon. Mr. Fay- lor is credited with being s careful business man, and he is & very cacable writer and an excellent judge of news, o his psper ought to FROM ATSTRALIA—H. 5., City. Vessels bouna from Austalia to San Francisco in msay in- | stances stop at the Hawaiian Islands, but all vessels do not do this as a rule. RELIGIOUS CREEDS—W. D., City. The figures of the principal relizions in this coun o o atnolics, 7,001 4s ‘Methodista, \529: Baptists, 3,786,024; Presb; Tat6oos. T / et EXPEEOR OF AvsTRiA—F. J. F., Stockton, Cal. The common head of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy 1s the Emperor of Austria. He is the Empéror or Ausuia, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary. GODDARD-SMITH—A. 8., City. “Denver” Ed Smith and Joe Goddard did meet in South Africa within three or four months, but there wes Do kmockont, as the authorities did not permit the figat 10 go on. The whole affair was a fake. Deursxy's WeiGH1—P. S, City. When Boo Fiizsimmons and Jack Dempsey met 1n the | ring at New Orleans January 14, 1891, Demp- sey weighed 14735 pounds sna’ Fizsimmons The men’were weighed five minuies befdze the fight. NaTURALIZATION—H. S, City. When & for- elgner makes a declsration of his intention to | become 2 citizen of the United States, or when | he receives his final papers, the United States suthorities do not notify the Government of waich such foreigner was a subject of tae fact. Razom STRor—H. 8., Clty. If you have al- lowed your razar strop to harden you had better throw it away and buy & new one. You will save time and razor. Sirops are kept in proper condition by rubbing in a little oil oc- casiona.ly and not exposiug them where the | rays of the sun wi.l strike and dry them. | CALIFORNIA'S REPRESENTATIVES —C. L. G., City. Tae United States Senators from Cali- forni re: George C. Perkins, San Francisco; Stepben M. White, Los Angeles. The Repre- sentatives ary John A. Barbam, Sonoma; Marion de Vries, Siockton; Samusi G. milborn, Ozklend; James G. Maguire, San Francisco; Eugene F. Loud, San Francisco; C. A. Barlow, Ban Miguel, and G. H. Castle, Mercedes. 5 A Naxe—H. 8, City. If & person uses s name on cards to signify the charactsr of business conducted the person using such a nams couid commence an action against snother use in fighting | passed by the Legisiat: o maute and inglorious for over half & centnry. | 8¢ the Rass. To-MoRROW—C. G. and others, City. “Is” re. | 2nd First street line. There are better They will go their own way | policy of liveral support to the institn- | -5 c_qeun of the :;”.:Lh!h:' lhu!k'there' Marie Cornelie Falcon created the role of | D.S Bembauer, County Treasurer st Merced, | fers to tae present, comsequentlr it is nnx} lines at the service of the pubhf: on ~?eo- in the Senate the |tion. It provides it with the means for | .S 80 eVil connected with the training of|p,.;,e) 1n “La Juive” and Valentine in “Les | is on a visit here. proper to say “To-morrow is Sunday.” ond, Third and Fourth streets. Therefore they failed 1o gu’oflifl the horse line we operated on First sireet. apa Battery street, and as it did mot pay we were forced to discontinue it. “But here’s the point. San Francisco is growing and is bound to be a large city. “fhere will be a million people here some day, and before that day comes some of these tracks will be needed for transporta- tion purposes. We would be glad to do anything we could Ie’;fly to help the situation; but, under the circumstances, Idon’t think we should be required to take up any of these tracks. There is not business enough to warrant us running cars on thess lines at presen:. But let business pick up in & year or two and of them will probably be required. *“Our people don’t want to tear up the tracks ana abandon the lines when per- haps in a year or two there will be a de- mand for them. We want 1o do what is fair and right. It woald be useless ex- pense for us to tear up the tracks now, when we wouid have to put them down again in a short time, in all probability. These lines sre now a source of some thousends of dollars of expense to us every year. We have to keep them in repair and also our portion of the street. g_- employ men specially to look after s Mrs. Saroni’s Will Contes Henry Saroni, sor of the late Marianne Sa roni, has filed a contest to his mother's wiil on the ground that it was Dot properly exe- cuted as required by law. —_————— ToURIsTs—Cslilornia glace fruit, 50¢ Ib, fnel- egant fire-eiched bxs. Just what you want for Eastern friends. Townsend's, Palace Hotel B'a> e SPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, Dbusiness houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresn (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —————— GENUINE eyeglasses, specs, 15¢ fo 40¢, Sun. days, 740 Market st, Kast's shoe-store; week days, 35 Foarth st. Hours 10 t05 p. ». - ————— A recently patented chopping ax has its head in three sections, the blade having a recess cut in each side to receive the ends of the head portion, which is hinged in the head, the two back pieces surrounding person using ihe same name on his cards if Re was 10 engage in exactly the same iine of ‘business 10 enjoin him from using ihat name. ‘Wha resuitof such an action iun court would be would depend upon the facts. CorvMsia PiRx—H. 8., City. Columbis Square, which commences at the east corner of Folsom and Sherman streets, running north east on Folsom street 200 feet, southeast on- Columbis street 550 feet, southwest on Harri- son sireet 200 feet and norihwest on Sherman sireet 550 leei, 18 owned by the City of San Francisco. The City does not own an; y_piece of property that is desig: ) o {a Phe omcial documenty o0 88 “Buas Furk MASSACHUSETTS' REPRESENTATIVES—C. L. G,, City. The United Staies Senators from chusetis are: Henry C. Lodge of Nahaat and George F. Hoar of Worcester. The Representa- tives: are: Q:hé'lyx B. Wright of North Adams, Frederic tleste Henry Walker of mr&'--f?,fl (';'.':r;': 'w’.?:’,h. mouta of Fiichburg, Wiiliam §. Knox of Law- rence, William H. Moody of Haverniil. Wik lism E. Barzet: of Meircse, Samuel W. Mo, be a success. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. N. Y., March 24 —At the St. Cloud—J. B. Wheaton; Manhattan—Mrs. and Miss Schwabacber, D. H. Cross; Amsterdam— C. B. Seabriszie. MEN AND WOMEN. The rumor that both Emile Zols and Bud- yard Kipling are writing novels dealing with the bicycles and bicyciers will awaken wide- spread interest. The festive bike seen from two such widely divergent views will prove instructive. VORY Pierre Loti is trying to interest his country- men in behalf of the fishermen on the coast of Iceland. He wanls to sccumulate funds with which to equipa number of hospital ships, to which the fishermen may be taken for treatment when ilL Queen Victoria’s coronstion ring isnever out . all of Winchester, John F. Fitz I Joha Simpkia of Yarmoath °. toiion and SALARY GRaB—S. 8 B., Willits, Mendocine County, Cal. On the 34 of .I(mu'h 1873, the Forty-second Congress signalized the last days of its existence by passing the act commanly called “'the salary grab.” It passea the House and the Senate aud became a law the same day. It providéd for an increase of the Presi- dent's salary from §25,000 to $50,000 and an ;nenut oi the salaries of the Vice-President, ustices of the Supreme Cou; t cers, the Speaker of the Houss, Senstors, Ken Tesentatives, Territorial delegates and varions other Federal oficials. The act was to take effect immediately, except as 10 members of g;w;'reu. TyBose saiaty was raised from $5000 :::n;gulv“. % the ing ot Tiy-secona Congress. vision of the Dill which gave i ::‘flh-m “grab.” Most of those who voted sgainst 1t covered their increaze of salury into ty measure. the treasury. It was One of the Ars: acts of he sheseadioe re: of her sight, and is worn by her every evening. 1t s & band of gold contsining s cross in rubles, except the Presid: ey be T st e Toatiee ot ind law on January 20, 1874 the handle and being attached to the blade by means of a screw. c —————— THROAT DIsmases commence with a Coagh. Cold or Sore Throat. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches™ give immediate and sute rellef, - —— THE agreeable favor of Aver's Cherry Pectoral makes it essy (0 admisister to chlldrea. Iisgreas merits confirm its popularity. [ S A— Bookkeepers will appreciate a new de- vice consisting of a flat rest, fastened to which is a telescoping tube to slide up in the back of a bock and a flat projection on the opposite side of the rest lying on the edge of the book, thus making a sapport for use in writing at the bottom of the ::o: where there 18 nothing to steady the nd. NEW TO-DAY. Absolutely Pure. Celebraed for it - great leaveatng Assures the strengt and tood acainst alum and au Zorms of adubieration T the chesp BOYaL BAKING FOWDES Co. NewYora | A