The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1897, Page 6

THE sorscomaon N FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY Pr— 20, 1897. ditor and Proprietor. Postage Free: CALL. one week, by carrier..§0.18 TURKEY AND THE POWERS. During a grave crisis in the affairs of England, when a dangerous issue was | seriously menacing the Government, one | 0f the wits of Pariiament at that time ex- | pressed the situation as it affected the | House of Commons in the quatrain which | has since become famous: 1 hear a 1ion In the lobby roar: | Say. Nr. Speaker, shall we close the door And keep him out, or shali we let him in ‘And do our best to put him out again? The powers of Europe have not profited puily and Sunday Cai, one year,by mall €00 | 1y pg wit and wi-dom embodied in the D R Cars” three months by mail 1.60 | verse. They heard the Turk roaring at v and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 | the doors of Greece, but were not wise ay CALL, 0e year, by mail.. - 180 f enough to shut the door ana keep him WALKLY CaLl, one year, by mall. + 390 | Gut. Believing that it would be of some BUSINESS OFFICE: advantage to have the Greeks beaten and 10 Aarket Stroet, | subdued, they left the way open for the Fan Francisco, California. | Turk to enter, and are now confronted Telephone...... -""“'“’; with the serious problem of getting him EDITORIAL ROOMS: out again. Setophone....o o Y S Mam-ise| Although it is announced that the | march of the Turkish troops on Athens BRANCH OFFICES: | was stopped because the Czar of Rus- 527 Montgomery s:reet, coraer Clay; open®ntll | yia made a vigorous protest, the fact 9:80 o'clock 339 Hayes street; open until 8:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until remains that Edbem Pasha did not check the advance of his troors until he had &W. corner Sixteentl aud Mission sireeis, 0ped | driven the Greeks completely out of Thes- until 2518 Mission street, open ontil 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open untli 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second atreets; open till 8 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: 9.8 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 51 and & DAVID M. FOLTZ, Fastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Areyou going fo the couniry ona vacation? If %0, 11 18 10 trouble fo forward THE CALL 10 your address. Do not let it miss you for you will Orders given 1o the carrier or left at s Office will recelve prompt attention. NO EXTKA CHARGE. The weather Is decidedly picnicky He that can get an outing has an mning. The gingerbread fete is over and now the dogs come in to take the cake. It would not be a bad idea to settle the Cuban question en object lesson in dealing with Crete. The term “flibustering the Senate as an “temporary delay’’ is the proper phrase. Senator Wellington met a Waterloo when he struck Senator Mason in debate on the Cuban question, but he didn't win i is regarded in Senator Mason may not be able to make the old fogies of the Senate go forward, but he keeps waking them up and won’t let them sleep. The Turk stopped his march on Athens when the Czar showed his hand, bui whether he will retire or not depends on the Kaiser's show down. The Sultan is now in a position where he can listen complacently while the European concert talks without feeling the siightest desire tointerrupt it or bring it to a close. Senator Aldrich conferred a favor by letting us know of the opposition to the duty on fruits and wines, for we are now aware that the attack is coming and we can prepare o meet it. The Mission Park movement continues to move on at sufficient speed to engage attention and keep the public interested. Each successive meeting of the promoters | of the enterprise shows good work done and good plans for more in the fatare. Work on the new Federal building 1 promised at an earlier date than was ex- pected last week, and those who have been sncering at the movement in this City to forward the enterprise will soon have fo force a smile and pretend they 1k it We are told that Turkev stopped her onward march because the Czar said s but all the same the fact is conspicuous that she did not stop until she had driven the Greek troops completely out of Thes- saly and occupied at Dhomoko the strong- est fortress on her old frontier. Consul-General Lee reports that 800 American citizens are starving in Havana, and still the Democrats of the House of Representatives postpone a vote of money for their relief in order to give Bailey of Texas an opportunity to show his skill in performing parliamentary tricks. Senator Hoar's reference during the Cuban debate to the mosquito asan in- rect having “very much buzz and very little sting” leads to the conclusion that he is a very thick-skinned gentleman in- deed. To people of ordinarv sensitive- ness the sting of a mosquito is extremely hefty in comparison with the weight of the animal. 1t is about settled that the Tammany Democracy in New York will join the Bryan wing of the party and kick the zold men out. Inthe meantime David Ben- nett Hill talks diligently of local issues and tries to harmonize the factions on a platform which means nothing. Itisa good fight as it stands, and the hardar it gets the better it 1s, Senator Hoar is reported to have said he “*would bave free hides for New Eng~ land shoe factoriesif he had to stay in Washington until October,” and if he reailv said it he should be assured there are Western Senators who will have the mde products of the cattie industry pro- tected if they have to tay in Washington until November. In order to accommodate the greater number of delegates at the Postal Congress at Washington the discussions are carried on in French, which shows how much benefit France still retains from the old- time power that enabled her to make her language the one of universal use in the diplomacy ot nations. The only tongue that approaches a world language is that of England, and yet {o this day when in- ternational gatherings are held itis always found that more members can speak French than Englisb. Thus custom lives long after the cause which brought it into existence has vanished from the world. The managers of the jubiles parade in London have decided that peers and mem- bers of Parliament must pay for seats on the stands provided for them, and there is naturally a howl. New York gave free seats to Congressmen and Governors on Grant day, and the British dignitaries think they should have asgood treatment as is accorded to similar folks in this country. The howl, however, is not like- 1y to have much effect. Whosver has a reat must pay forit. London is not senti- meatal in money matters, and has so many Lords hanging around that she is not guing to do kowtow to them to the extent of letting them into her show as deadheada. and Kemtucky | therefore, that the voice of bt just to give Earope | impolite expression; | o'clock. } saly, and, by the capture of D omoko, put Turkey in possession of the strongholds of her ancient frontier. It does not appear, the Czar was decisive in the matter. The probability is that the Turks went just as far as they in- tended to go, and have stopped because they are satisfied with the position they now occupy. Lord Salisbury, in an address on Tues- day evening before the Junior Conserva- tive Club, declared the powers would never allow Christian communities to pass from Christian rulers and fall to the Sultan’s Government. That, he said, would be something which the public opinion of Europe wonlid not tolerate. There is something of encouragement in | Salisbury’s words, but,unfortunately, it has | been cleariy shown ever since the pre-ent | crisis in the Levant culminated in war | that the wishes of Great Britain in the matter count for little, and that the only power which can be looked to for a settle- | ment of the issue is the alliance of the | three emperors. This alliance mav be disinclined (0 permit the Turks to remain in possession of Thessaly, but it remains to be seen whether that disinclination is | sufficienily strong to impel them to make j war against Turkey if the Sultan would | refuse to abandon his conquest. It is clear the situation has not been I rendered in any less degree dangerous to the peace of Europe by the success of the | Turks. It has simply j\ut & new problem | in the place of the old one. It is not now a question of liberating Crete but of liber- | ating Thessaly, and the difficuity of the powers is increased by the fact that Turkey is not now despondent as she was Iwhen the Cretan troubles began, but is | erect, flushed with victory, confident in herarms and apparently ready for any | contest which Europe may impose upon | ner. 1 SPEEDING THE WORK. } In an interview with our Washington | correspondent on Tuesday the Supervis- ing Architect of the treasury stated that | so far from there bemng any prospect of | forther delay in the construction of the new Federal building, as was sneeringly asserted by the Eraminer, the plans and | specitications for tae work are so far ad- | vanced that they will be completed much sooner than was thought. “When you | were here Iast,” said the architect to our | correspondent, “I thought they would be | ready in tnirty days, but I am told by the | engineers and draughtsmen that they will be completed in about a week.’ It is now theexpectation cf the treasury | officials to advertise for bids for the work | of excavation and laying the foundations | of the building in about two wesks. These advertisements will run until nearly the end of June, at which time contracts will | be awarded and the work of construction | will immediately begin. These promises | are 5o definite in their nature there hardly | seems room for further doubt upon the | subject. ‘We have virtually won the battle fora | =peedy beginning of the work and may | now direct our energies to the end of ob- taining the use of Californian material | for the edifice. Nothing should bs im- | ported from the East which can be ob- | tained in this State, for we would lose a arge partof the benefits to be expected from the construction of the building if any great portion of the material used in it were obtained from distant localities. THE CALL directed attention some days | ago to a report from Washington that a | Now Englana company was endeavoring 10 obtain the contract for furnishing stone for the building and urged the commercial and industrial bodies of the City to exert their influence to defeat the scheme. It is gratifying to note that a prompt response was made by several of the most influen- tial organizatiousin the City. The pro- test of our people against the use of East- €rn stone has been sent to Washington and will doubtless have due weight and in- fluence there. We must, however, keep close watch on the business at this time. The contracts will soon be let and now is | the time for action on our partif we ex- i pect to obtain all the possible benefits from them. FEW YORK POLITICS. The incorporation of Greater New York, which will go into effect the first of next year, has keenly stimulated the politicians | of that city. The prize to be struggled for at the elections, which occur this fall, is one of the greatest in the Unitea States. | Greater New York will te as populous and 2s rich as almost any State in the Union, and the patronage at the disposal of its officials will be enormous. The municipal struggles of the past will be almost as ! nothing compared with that which will engage the people of the combined city in | the contest to determine to what party or set of men shall be entrusted the responsi- bility of beginning the new government and laying the foundations of 1ts future administration. Under normal conditions Greater New York will be a Democratic city. There is, however, a large independent vote, and it is believed that if this vote can be united with the Republicans it will be possible to attain a complete Republican victory this fall. To that end Senator Platt and the abler leaders of the Republican party are now directing their energies, It happens, however, that among the independents of New York there are a large number of mugwumps who can never combine with anybody anless they are permitted to have their own way. It is this rule or ruin element among the so- callea good citizens of Greater New York that constitutes the danger at the presant time. Some of the leaders of this party seem determined to nominate a citizens’ ticket separate from the Republican ticket, although all the wiser leaders of the party warn them that such a course would in- evitab'y result in the triumpk of Tam- many Democracy. The 1ssue is one of sufficient importance | to interest the whole country. If Tam- | | many obtains control of New York this fall it will be able to exert a powerfal in- fluence upon the Congressional elections next year, and may possibly hold lis power long enough to affect the Presi- dential election of 1900. This makes the issue a matter of National concern. It is to be hoped that sufficient pressure can be brought upon the leaders of the so- called *“‘good-citizens’ movement” to in- duce them to combine with 1he Repub- licans. 1t iscertainly to their interest to doso. They cannot expect gond govern- ment from Tammany. They will be well assured of 1t under a Republican ad: stration, and it would be a monstrous folly for any number of men to set upa third ticket and thus divide the vots of the better elemext and leave to Tammany a virtual walkover. LAND AND LABOR. Now that the promotors of the plan to provide work for the unemployed by fur- nishing them means for obtaining land on which they can work with profit o themselyes and eventnally ~establish homes, have an opnortunity to obtain the co-operation of so great a captain of indus- try as Claus Spreckels, the chances for success are so greatly increased as to ren- der it well nigh assored. It seems that nothing more is now needed than ordi- nary sagaci'y and energy to put the col- onization plan into operation and make it a genuine triumph for humanity and in- dustry. In the interview between Mr. Spreckels and Major Winchell of the Salvation Army, and ex-Mayor Ellert, which was published in THE CALL yesterday, Mr Spreckels expressed a willingne:s to do everything in his power to aid the pro- ject. He pointed out that more than a hundred families have already been in- stalled on land which he owns and have been provided with everything necessary to enable them to cultivate their farms with profit. There is room for many more such families on tand owned by Mr. Spreckels, and he specitied that he would soon have 600 acres in one tract and 6000 acres in another, well fitted for beet cul- ture, on which he would be giad to estab- lish famalies, provided the men are indus- trious and really mean to work. Mr. Sprackels is not the only man who is willing to give aid to the projact, nor are his lands the only tracts that have been offered for seitlement. It is stated that since the scheme was first advanced, Major Winchell has been offered upward 0f 300,000 acres in different parts of the State. As it is the intention to assign only ten acres to each family, this would make room for homes for all industrious anemployed in California. Of course, the land 1s not everywhere equally valaable and the inducements to settlers are not in all cases equal to those offered on the beet lands of Mr. Spreckels. Nevertheless it is probable that there is hardly a 10-acre tract in all that has been offered out of which an industrious and thrifty fami'y could not make a good liy- ing and save money. The plan is one of such importance it will engage the attention of all who are interested in the problem of the unem- ploved. 1In ordinary hands but little would bs expected from it; bat when ai- rected by an organization like that of the Salvation Army, which has so frequently proven its ability to manage men 1n large masses, and aidel by such experienced capitalists and business men as Mr. Spreckels, the outlook is sufficiently en- couraging to justify the most sanguine expectation It is within the limits of probability that we are on the verge of solving the problem of the unempioyed and the proolem of big estates at the same time by opening land to the landiess and making way for homes for those who are now homeless under conditions that promise prosperity to all who industriously profit by the opvortunity offared. MILES AWAY. Up at Athens at break of dav. Causing rift in Lhe Greek aismay, A message was borne 10 the people scared Telling that peace was at last declarad: Peuce was deciared at tue b eak of day, With Uncle Sam’s general M1 3 away ! Switt flew the smo<e from the field; of gore, the batile was ou no more, grew bigh where the fighters met, Ana tiowers In the trenches were Lhickly set, And ail wos a8 calm as 4 sSummer day, With Uncle Sam's general Miies away ! The first that he met was & gentle maid: “How goes the battle?” he eagerly said. The maiden repited: “You ought, sir, 10 know The trouble was ended a long time ag>."" Jie looked rather biank, and he'd nothiag to say— For Uncle Sam’s general had been Miles away ! —Clevelund Pluin Deaier. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Banquet to the Delegates to the Su- preme Grand Circle of the Com- panions of the Forest. Last Tuesdsy night the delegates to the Su- preme Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest and members of various circles, in all numbering eighty, assembled in hall 6 of the Foresters’ building, where they were called to crder by Mrs, Sarah Beverson, supreme grand chief compenion, who announced that there would bs an impromptu entertainmeat prior to the banguet that had been prepared in honor of the visiting delegates. George J. Berger, supreme grand left guide, delivered a short address fn which he felici- tated the convention upon the great harmony that had been manifested, and declared that although the order had decreased numerically it had gained in finance and in securing class of members who, understanding the true status of fraternity, now work for the com- mon good of the order. Mrs. Marion J. Perry of Alba Circle of Vallejo read from manuscript—a roll 27 feot in length—a humorous skit in verse, but the versification was not aslong as the paper on which it was written would have led the lis- teners to believe. It wasa happy description of nde.egale’s visit to the previous convention at Ukiah and of ths sights and scenes there, Toere were some remarks by Mrs. Halpr ner, supreme sub-chief compsuion, P. F. Me Nuity, a past officer of the order, 'and John Falconer, the tounder of the order on this coast. The tenor of the remarks of the two lastnamed was that the success of the order depends upon the inajvidual efforts of the members to maintain its principies, n ihe sinking of selfish_ambition and in theicarry- 1ng out of the idea of the greatest good to the greatest number. The convention was con- gratulated upon the good work that nad been done during the past year and upon the fact acertain disturbing element had been nd the hope was expressed that never again enter the nalis of the or supreme grand circle. The nearty applause that followed these remarks showed that the audience was in strong sympathy with them. An adjournment was then taken to the Mai- s0n 3t. Germain, where covers were spread for the number that had assembled in the hali. The head of the tabie was occupiea by Mrs. Saran Beverson, supreme grand chief companion; Mrs. M. F. Halpraner, supreme sub-chief companion; Mrs. M. E. Falconer, su- preme grand treasurer, Mrs. Florence N. ifor- row, supreme grand secreta: and other grand officers. In thatassemblage there were but four representatives of the sterner sex, and the place was almost an Adamless Eden in which the greatest harmony and good nature prevailed, and us for merriment there was no end to it while the company remained assem- bled there. After an excellent menu had been discuss ed between the exchange of bon mots, anecdotes and reco.lections of the events of the conven- tious, slfl and present, the iounder of tue order, Mr. Falconer. on behalf of the Supreme Grand Circle, in a speech full of fraternal feel- ing, presented to Mrs. Minnie Asher, past su- preme grand chiel companion, a pair of pure water diamond earrings, as a token of the ap- preciatiou of the work the lady had done in behalf of the order during the past fourteen years. There was an appropriate return of tha ks, ana afler aresponse o & toastby Mr. McNulty an adjournment was taken until the followitig moruing to wind up the affairs of the convention. Miss Mary Brough of Alba Circle, Vallejo, a delegate to the convention, is the guest of Mrs. Beverson, supremo grand ghief companion. Hesperian Parlor, N. 8. G. W. There was a pleasant gathering of the mem- bersand friends of Hesperian Parlor in Mis- sion Parlor Hall on Seventeenth street last Tuesday evening. 1t was a social, and there were many couples who took part in the dance that was kept up unul midnight. Oue num- ber on the programme, secially arranged for this parlor, was the Cuban waltz, and it proved quife « feature. The function wasin charge of the following named: Floor manager, William D. Moller; assistant floor manager, Charles H. Ehlert: reception commitiee—H. A. Andrews (chairman), W. E. Connor, F. G. Normar. Jr., C. W. Etrine, W. A. W. Monahan, E, B. Carson, . Hicks; floor commiite:—C. M. Bell, 8. S Foster, Elmer Clark. H. A. Anderson, H. T. Shepstou, Louis Oisen; arrangsments—Lyman J. Fenu (chair- man), Cha les H. Eniert, Wiillam D. Moller, D. A.'Handley, John L. Peitret. Golden Era Circte, F. of A. Golden Era Circle, Companions of the Forest, Foresiers of Amorica, gave social last Tues- day evening in Washington Hall, which was attended by a large number of people, who passed & most enjoyable evening. The affair was under the direction of A.Kenn, floor man- aeer, Miss M. Cohen, assistant, and Mrs, E. Michaels, Mrs. Barron, Miss Sarah Cohen and H. Marks of the reception committee. ¥riends of the Forest. Lincoln Parlor of the Friends of the Forest had a very enjoyable entertainment and dance last Tuesday evening 1n Washington Hall, under the direction of Mrs. J. K. Mack, Mrs. Nellie Meyers and Mrs. H. B. Buiiug, and there was presented an interesting and entertain- ing programme, of which the following were the most prominent numbers: Piano solo, Mrs. Watson; recitation, “The Father of Peck’s Bad Boy,” Mrs. Jenny Perry; vocal duet, Mrs. Jingle ana Mrs. Boyer: recitation, “She Would Mason Be,” Mrs. L. B. Leviti; recitation, miting a Rock,” Mirs Burham; vocal solo, . J. M ccitation, “The Theater Kat in the Pit,” Mrs. L. B. Ripperdan and reading by H. B. Burlingame. I'ne programme was foi- lowed by & dance, and auring the evening collation, including icecream and cakes, was served. FERSONAL. ers of Watsonville 1s in the T. J. Field, the banker of Monterey, is in the City. Tom C. Gorril, & mining man of Sonors, is in town. Willlam B, Parker of Vacaville is at the Grand. - Joseph B. Hugnes of New York is at the Palace. J. C. T. Crofts of Calcutta is st the Occi- dental Ex-Judge John M. Fulweiler of Auburn is at the Lick. F. A. Cressey, the banker of Modesto, is at the Lick. Distriet Attorney Francis A. Free of Madera is in town. A. B. Llewellyn, a business man of Seattle, is at the Russ. Dr. D. W. Edwards of Los Angeles arrived here yesterday. Joseph Bililon, ownerof a general store at St. Jonn, is at the Grand. John L. Hudner, an attorney of Hollister, arrived here yesterday. J. D. Culp of San Felipe, who is engaged in raising tobaceo, 18 in the City. Isaac Upham sailed on the Australia on Tuesday for the Hawailan Jslands. Will W, Edwards and Mrs. Edwards of Gold- eston, Tex., are among receut arrivals, aWilliam French, accompanied by E. Guthrie of Butler, Pa., are at the Cosmopolitan, Mayor W. H. Workman of Los Angeles ar- rived here yesterday and is at the Occidental. C. M. Crosby of Ashtabula, Ohlo, who is touring this State, is staying at the Cosmo- politan. Jaret T. Richards, the well-known attorney, of Santa Barbars, arrived here last night, and is at the Palace. Malone Joyee, for some time past City pass- enger agent of the Oregon Railroad and Navi- xaton Company, has taken the position of coust traveling agent for the Missouri Pacific. Hi Rapelje, the Under Sherift of Fresno County, is aguest of the Cosmopoli‘an Hotel. Rapel je will bs remembered as the officer who was instrumental in the capture of Evans and Sonntsg, the outlaws. He came up in com- pany with his wife, A. 8. Baldwin has returned here after three weeks in Chicago, New York and other citles. He says Chicago and New York are buliding boulevards, zoos, buying sites for future school buildings and in every way ere showing en- terprise notwiths‘andiag hard times. J. Stanley Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, the agent of the North American Commercial Company, arrived hera last night from Wash- ington, D. C., where ho has been 1or the past five montus. He will remain until Saturday evening, when he wiil sail on the steamer Del Norte for the Pribylof Islands. Mr. Brown is the son-iz-law of the former President Gar- fleld. He says it is conceded at Washington that as soon ss Congress geis through wiin the tariff it will take up the money question. CALIFORN«sNS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., May 19.—At the St. Cloud, A. P. Stults; Broadway Central, J. Johnston; Union £quare, A. Kutzer: Savoy, Mr.and Mrs. L. Lewin: Pack Avenue, Dr. M. E. McClun; Vendome, P. Rehfesch; Marl- borough, D. H. Haskell; Imperial, C. O. Poole; Murray Hill, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Stadford. A. McDonald and Mrs, McDonald left the St. Cloud and sailed on the Paris for South- ampton. Mr. Swanberg also sailed for Eurore. S, Bauman is here buying. WITH YOUx COFFEE. It is easy o explain why we haven't had a rainbow in a long time. The milliners haven't left any color for the heavenly arches to come out with.—Chicago Journal. Collector—This is the tenth time I've been here afier this bill, Housenolder—I'm sure nobody can say that you are not attentive.—Boston Trauscript. “Madam. your husband has been arrested for arson.” “Tmpossible! in his life. Why, he never started a fire —Columbus (Ohio) State Journal., “Is he a good churchman?” “Well, he doesn’t pray so loud as some of them, but he pays his pew rent s good deal mmore promptly than most of them.” ~Chicago 'ost. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Frau Materua will never sing 1n public again, either in concert or opera. Generul regret is expressed in the European papers at her decision, which she declares is irrevocable, for while Materna’s grand voice is far from being what 1t was in her zenith, she isa much more accomplished singer, from the standpoint of vocal technique, than most of the younger Wagnerian artists now before the pubiic, and she interprets the Bayreuth master'’s music with an authority that noother livingsinger can claim, She was Wagner's ideal prima douna for his heavier female roles, and he himself taught her exactly how he wished his music to be interpreted. Materna said farewell 10 the operatic stage in Vienna in 1894, with the intentionof devoting herselfto teaching and concert work. About s yeer ago she received a Government pension which made her inde- pendent, but she still continued teaching and occastonally appearing in pubiic. The other day a grand banquet was tendered her by & number of Viennese journalists and men of letters. Materna made aspecch and astonished the company by announcing her irrevocable Wood; “Impromptu” (Chopin) Roscos Warren Lucy; “Elegic” (Massenet), Miss Carolyn Boyan; recitation, selected, Mrs. Alista Shedd Langstroth; () “I Love Thee” (Grieg), (b) “Time Enough” (Nevin), Andrew Youuger Wood. Mme. Nordica has notsucceeded in making avery lasting impression in Paris with her Elsa in ““Lohengrin.” This is an extract from Le Figaro's criticism: “Her appearances at Bayreuth have given to her vers exotic talent the official and very serviceable siamp which she was in want of before. The public courteously received this artist, whose stylc, werm, itis true, is lacking in sincerity and simplicity; whose pronurciation is very de- fective, and whose voice, although pretty when she sings softly, is not always in tune when she sings with force.’ It Is the fashion in Paris to give song recit- alsof every conceivable variety. Toe latest song recital nas been inaugurated by Manrice Lefevre. Me catls it “Chansons en Crinoline,"” and in it he reviews a number of popular “Ihave here a neat and pretty little letter opener,” began the agent. *‘So have I ut home," said the business man, sadly. “I'm married.”—Cincinnati Commer- cial Tribune, “Yes,"” he said, *Tam up to my neck in debt, but it is my misfortune, not my fault.” our misfortune?"” es. Yousee, I nave a faculty of making such an excelient impression upon people that they still persist in trusting me.”—Chi- cago Post. ‘Why are you sad, Mabol, darling ‘I was thinking, dearest, that this was the last evening that we could be together until “Do I et my riparian rights with this wheel?” asked the lady of language. *“Get what?” asked tho clerk, surprised into rude abruptness. “Riparian rights, I seid. Do you repair it?” —Indianapolis Journal. ONLY ADMIRAL IN TOWN, New York 1ribune. When Admiral Brown retires from the navy ina fow weeks he will become & resident of Indianapolis. “That is my old home,” he says, “andone of the lovellest places in the world. My wife's friends and my friends are there—from which you must not infer that we haven’t {riends everywhere. You can sail around the world all your life, but you never form friendships and attachments like those that are made in the early days, when the heart is ‘young. Besides, 1'll be the only admiral in Indixnapolis; whereas, if I settle in Washington, 1'd be one of for hen a man - N AT -~ P AT 2 FRAU MATERNA, Who Will Never Sing in Public Again. intention of disappearing entirely from public life. She concluded her address by reading the admiring letters which Wagner wrote her when she created his Brunehilde at Bayreutn- “Letters,”” said Materna, ‘‘which will always remain the most glorious and cherished souvenir of my career.” Americans have heard so much during he past winter about Jean de Reszke being the one aud only great operatic tenor to be pro- cured, even at a ruinous expenditure of Amer- ican dollars, that it ought to interest Amer- ican opera-lovers to see that Monsieur Jean's nose fs entirely put out of joint in Paris by an Italian tenor—none other than Tamagno, who has been & good desl despised on this side of the Atlantic since Jean’s sway began. magno {5 no artist,” say Jesi mirers. ‘‘He has a phenomenal voice, & mere sccident of nature, but his art s conspicuous Dy fts absence.” Well, Tamagno has just burst upon Paris, and in a few representations has succeeded in discounting the popularity that Jean has been laboriously building up for years. In the first place he performed the miracle of making & national theater (the Grand Opera-house) give Verdi's “Otello” in Italtan, which was & new departure, and aroused ali the French jingolsts against him— before he sang—for even the jingoists have marshaled themselves under his banner now. The enthusiasm over ‘‘Otello” {s said to have reached the delirium point, and President Felix Faure terminated the gala performance by decorating Tamagno. The criticisms are unanimous in Tamagno's praise. Following are a few random extracts: Le Petit Journal— “One must consider Tamagno as & prodigy of natare.” Le Journal—“Tamagno defies criti- cism on account of thé startling superiority of his tragic power and of his voice.” LeGau- lois— ‘Otelio’ puts the genius of its inter- preter side by side with the genius of its crea- tor.” And so on through the whole list of papers. Jean de Reszke, in spite of his superior fin- ish, never in his best days had a phenomenal voice, and considering the arrogant way in which he has *bossed” American operatic affairs for at least one season on (ko strength of bis European reputation, it is pleasant to find that Lu Paris, his very strongnold, Mon- sieur Jean is being made to find that he is “not the only pebble on the beach,’” as they say at the music halls To-fhorrow evening the Musicians' Clup ot 8an Francisco will give a grand coucert at the new hall, 223 Sutter strect. The concert is an invitation one and a very enjoyable evening is expected. The following musicians com- pose the membership of the club: Fresident, Louis Lisser; vice-president, Alois F. Lejeal; secretary and treasurer, Julius Webster; H. J. Stewart, S. Arrillaga, P. S Allen, Willie E. Bacheller, Emil Burth, Sigmund Beel, Charles G. Buck,L. Crepaux, F. Dellepiane, Arthur Fickenscher, 8. G. Fleishmann, Otto Fieiswner, Donald de V. Graham, Gustav Hinricns, W. H. Holt, James Hamilton Howe, Alfred Kelleher, E. W. Kent, F. Loui King, Nathan Lands- berger, John Marquardt, Sigismund Martinez, John W. Metealf, Giulio Minetti, Bernbard Mollenhauer, H. B. Pasmore, John I Pratt, W. A. Sabin, Martin Schuitz, J. Stadtfeld, Fer- | dinana Stark, Robert Toimie, V. Ursomando, Theodor Vogt. Last Monday, the 17th, the summer season of opera of Covent Garden Theater, London, was 0 commence, Some curiously minded people will persist fu styling it the ‘“royal italian opera,” which, of course, It is not, as French, German and English works are glven in the language in which they were written. Maurice Grau, as managing director of the new syndicate, may be said to have stepped into the shoes of Sir Augustus Harris, and the genial Neil Forsyth is appoiuted secretary and business manager, with full control over the front of the house. Of the three noveltles ranged the most interesting is Mancinelii’ +‘Hero and Leander,” which made a great sen- sation when given in oratorio form st the Norwich Festtval last autumn. willbe “Inez Mendo,” by a composer Who writes under the name of Fred Regnal, and “Evengeliman,” by Wiihelm Kienzl. On Wednesday evening, May 26, Andrew Younger Wood wiil be given a benefit concert under the auspices of the Van Ness Fraternity at tho Second Unitarian Church on the corner of Twentieth and Capp streets. Mr. Wood ha Dbeen & member of the Unitarian church chotr for two years and for one year has had charge of the music. Previous to that he was for six years in St. Luke’s choir. He has a full bary- ‘one voice of considerable power and range. It is his intention to adopt music profes- sion and to cultivate his voice so far as is possible here. The concert on May 26 is for the purpose of assisting him in his proposed musical studies. The programme to be ren- dered on that occasion is as follows: “‘Taran- tein), Roscoe Warren Lucy; *‘De- (Luckstone), Miss Georgia Cousins; “La (Correll, 1654), cadenza by H. Leonard, Armand folomon; “What I Wouid Be” (Caryll), Andrew Younger Wood; recitation, selected, Mrs, Alista Shedd Laugstroth; ‘‘Tho Dance of the Dragon Flies” (D'Hardelot), Miss Carolyn Boyan; zither solo, selected, Charles MayerJr.; duet. “Night Hymn at 8ea” (Goring- Thomas), Miss Georgia Cousins and A. Younger American ad- | The other two | songs dating from 1843 to 1863, which touch on the crinoline eraze. At the end ot this month will be produced at the Opera Comique, London, & new opera of Greco-Hibernian interest. Its present title is “Tne Maid of Athens.” The book is by Charies Edmund and H. Chance Newton, the music by Dr. Osmond Carr. Mlle. Lina_ Pacdry, a_young prims donna who has made a great success in Brussels, has just been snapped up by Grau for his Covent Garden season in London. Mme. Nansen, wife of the famous explorer, wlil make her debut in London as a vocalist, Sho was, in her own country, & pupil of Grieg. It fs understood she will sing before the Queen. Dr. J. F. Briige has given a lecture at the Crystal Palace, London, on “‘Sixty Years of Music,” as one of a course of lectures to be given there to demonstrate the progress made in science, art, literature, etc., during the longest reign. David Bispham is over 40, and began to sing. MEN AND WOMEN. Mrs. J. C. Echaffer of Evanston, I1L, s to pre- sent a marble bustof Miss Francis E. Willard to the Northwestern University, of which in- stitution Miss Willard is an alumpa. Commodore Albert Kautz ot the navy, who has just been promoted to that grade by the Presideat, is & brother of the late ueneral Kautz, He it was who succeeded in bringing about the first exchange of prisonersin the Civil War. The names in the new city government at St. Louis sound lika a Reichstag rollcall. Mr. Ziegenhein is Mayor,and among the other successful candidates for municipal offices are Mesars. Besch, Wenneker, Reinstedler, Meler, Gast, Gaus, Kratz, Thuner and 5o forth. Max Muller relates that Queen Victoria once remarked to Tennyson tnat she did not mind the stares from strangers he found so an- noying. “No, madam,” the poet replied, “and if Icould clap a seniinel wherever I liked I would not be troubled either.” Margaret Katherine Hinds, one week old on April 6, of Portiand, Me., has a great-gr grandmother, two great-grand fathers, two great-grandmotners, two grandiathers and two grandmothers. On ber father’s side there are four living generations and on her moth- er's side five liviug generations. Sara Bernhardvs late husband, M. Damala, was & Cretan by birth, and the actressis strongly in sympathy with the Greék revolu- tionists. She calis Greece the “ethical foster- mother of France,”and denounces the pow- ers for Interfering with the liberation of an oppressed race. The eight-year-old son ot Senator Mason of Illinois recently lost the money he had been ving for a bicycle by the failure of the Globe Bank in Chicago, and he asked his father by long-distance telephone whether he was to have a wheel or not. “Well, Roderick,” an- swered the Senator, ‘you get the indorse- ment of your Congressman and Il see what 1 can do for you.” Mme. Patti, who is a wonderful housewite, bas a perfect passion for linen. Her cupboards are among the wonders of Craig-y-Nos. With innocent coquetry, Caroline, her faithful ser- vitress of 30 years' standing, has tied up the beautiful sets of sheets, pillow- cases and towels and tablecioths and napkins in pink and blue ribbons, with little upstand- ing bows, 0 the cupboard when opened re- sembles a flower garden. ANCIENT HISIORY REGARDING ThE BICYCLE. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Yang Yu, who was Mr. Wang Wu's pre- decessor in the embassy, did not 1ake kindly to the bicycle. He said they were used exten- vely in China over 2000 years ago, Luton .c:nnn! of ‘lh: ':m“ of that country, who rode not wise. Ut 100 Wi affairs, the Emperor aboli hed the m ture of wheels in the Flowery Kln'dam‘.nuh& LIKB SICK PLOPLE. Chicago Record. “Those who find fault with the slow return of prosperity are like most sick people. "%n;'l thai?"” “Well, sick people may take ten years to sccumulate s Qisease, but th the doctor to eure thein in a week.n )" T PeCt e RESERVE FLEET PLANS, Army and Navy Register. The Navy Department is proceeding with its programme of creating a reserve flcet, & pro- gramme which the Register originally out- lined and condemned as ill-advised. The Register strongly favors keeping, practically, all modera vessels in commission. True, this cannot be done without more men, but these can be obtained from Congress by earnest and persistent cfforfs. More men are abiwoluteiy Necessary and Congress should be urged to provide them This would be better, \viser Policy than to reduce the strength of the com- Thissioned fleet. The preseni plans of the authorities are not those that might be ex- pected from the heads of one of tue defensiv: Branches of the Government. No requ:sinas & been made upon Congress for more inen. l./h creating # reserve fleet, under the circum stances, the authorities are leaving their guns before firl g & singie shot. This may be an casy solution of the question at issue, but it conuot rightfully be claimed that it is & courageous, patriotic or even politic one to follow. THE MERCHAN1S' ASSOCIATION. A Very Large Attendance Expected at 1ts Aunual Meeting To-Night. The regular meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Merchants’ Association was held yesterday. Those present were: President Dohrmann, Charles Bundschu, W. G. Doane, Hugo 1. Keil, Duniel V. Kelly, M. 8. Kohlberg, Hugo Rothschild ana Joseph Simonson. The following parties were elccted ag regular members: Dillon & Co., Fidelity and Deposit Company, Gray Bros., New York Insulated Wire Company, Pissis & Moore, William Schmitz, K. G. Bchwartze and William Wertsch. The annual report of the board of di rectors, to be submitted at the annual meeting of the association this evening at Academy of Science Halls, was considered ana approved. It recounts the main efforts of the association in the pastand the work that has been accomplished and is now under way. The subject of better lighting of the streets was al3o discussed and a plan adopted which will be sub- mitted at the next meeting. Acknowiedgments to the invitations ex- tended to address the meeting upon the subject of the Colleze of Commerce of the University of California have been received from Regent Arthur Rodgers, Mayor James D. Phelan; A. A. Watkins, president of the Board of Trade; A. Ger- berding, representing the Chamber of Commerce; Irving M. Scott and Colonel M. H. Hecht. All these parties have promised to be present and address the meeting. A large number of invitations have been sent out and it is expected that the hall will be filled. —_—— Japunese Tramp Steamers Tied Up. According to a story told yesterdsy the scheme to inaugurate a line of Japanese steamers to compete with Pacific Mail vessels, which has been hinted for some time, was merely ascheme of some Japanese importers, headed by Manager Ito of the sald steamship line, and has now fallen through. Ito came here and was interviewed extensively. Tne scheme was to carry goods and passengers and tnere were Intimations that Mr. Huntington’s Dboats were liabie 10 go bottom up for want of . Ito is now said to be lodged at & Japanese boarding-house, while the Ha Maru, the first oi his tramp steamers, has hela by the Japanese Government. Tne whols project, 1t is now stated, was started by scme Japanese importers, who hoped to rusa a lot ot goods here before the tariff was raised. —————————— Russian Engineers Going to China. E. Offenberg and Adolphe Gerzof, prominent railway engineers in the employ of Russia, are in the City on _their way to Peking, China, with the view of making plans for railroad communication between Peking and branches of the Siberian road extending from Viadivos- tock. They want first to consult Chin 'se capi- talists_about it. The gentlemen nave lately been examining the Southern Paciric shops in Oakland and consulting with the leading rail- way oficlals. They will leave on the China to-day. A T CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50¢ 1b. Townsend's. FPECIAL Information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * — - e Connecticut has filty-four women who are daughters of soldiers who fought in the revo- lutionary war. ———— Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, The Spring exhibition is now open daily irom 9 A. M. 10 5 P. 3 and grand concers every Thursday evening. Open Sundays. s B 4 ivbi 4 A raflway employe at Vienna recently com- mitted suicide. When his pockets were searched a letter was found, in which he left all his property, namely, the rove with which he had havged himself, to his wife, from whom he had been divorced ten years. Excursion 10 the Eust and Yellowstone Park. A party Is now being formed to make the tour of the Yellowstone Park, leaving here the 29th of May. Ttwill be In charge of Dr.J.C. Branner of Stanford Universiiy. Rates will be very reasonable and accommodations first class. The Yellowstone Park can justiy lay claim to hav- ing more natural wonders ard magnificent scea- ery within its bounds than any other spot in the world, and a trip there is one that will never be forgotten. 1f you would like to join the party communicate at once with J. E. McDowell, Stan- ford University, or TI. K. Stateler, general agent Northern Pacific Railway, 638 Market st, 8. ¥, —_———— The Swiftest Train in the West— 314 Days to Chicago or St. Louls— 4}¢ Days to New York. The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, buftet smoking-car and Poliman palace drawing-room sleeping-cars. Leaving San Francisco a: 5 r. . Mondays and Thursdays, connection is mads at Barstow with this bandsome train. Through cars to Chicago, both Pullman paiace drawing-room and modera vpholstered tourist sleepers, run daily. Tickets also sold via Portiand, Ogden, Los Angeles, Deming or EL £aso to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Ses time table in advertising column. 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