The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY JUNE 24, 1897 THURSDAY CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Dally and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$0.15 | Daily and Sunday CALL, one vear, by mall.... 6.00 Daily and Sundsy CALL, six months, by mail.. 3.00 Daily snd Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.60 ¥ and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail. .65 nday CaLy, one year, by mall 160 | WELKLY CALL, oné year, by mail. 450 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, £an Francisco, California. Telephene .. 5 Main—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephoae.... ... Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICES: 527 Montgomery sireet, coraer Cla; 80 o'clock. 339 Hayes street; open until 615 Larkin street, open until SW. corner Sixteents and Mission sireeis, open Totil 9 o'clock. 2618 Mission street, open untll 8 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'cloc! 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 0" corner Tweuty-second and Kemtucky open till o’clock. OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Booms 81 and 52, 34 Park Row, New York Cltye DAVID M. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are yon going 1o the country ona vaeation * bl €0, 11 15 Do trouble for us 1o forward THE CALL to our address. Do not let it miss you for you will Imiss jt. Orders given 1o the carrier or left at Business Office will receive prompt NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifiy cenis per mous for summer months. After the grand whoop-up comes The Christian Endeavorers’ convention will be our jubilee and we must meet it in grand style. The jubilee managers deserve credit for having carried the whole pageant through without ever once calling it a carnival. The wool schedule of the tariff seems to bave been full of burrs, but it was well scoured befcre the Senafors finished with it. People who wisn to know how Ohio will go in this election have only to mark Hanna. He s leading the way and carry- ing the people with him. The Queen may have been satisfied with | the voices of the jubilee, bur the world would have preferred to hear someihing | from Gladstone and Swinburne. Everybody in London says it was the greatest show ever seen on earth, but the same thing was said of the Czar’scorona. tionand forty other grand parades. The report that the campaign in lowa is to be a ‘‘bitter fight”’ comes from Demo- | cratic source ward to som ‘The Republicans look for- ing ke a sweet sure thiug. The chances of getting the new tariff in force by July 1 are rapidly diminishing, and we may have to celebrate it on the | glorions Fourth as a part of the zood time | coming. Bryan's denial of the charges made by Bateman may cover up the scandal, but it doesn’t £l up the chasm _between himse1f and the Populists, and it is the chasm that will count when election day comes. Weyler has begun a new campaign by | sending a dispateh to Madrid promising 10 end it in three months, wavs, however, for ending it. It he can- | not get the Cubans to retira he can retire | himself. Now that our Government has arranged an agreement with Russia to protect the seals in Bermng Sea, Great Britam will probably reconsider her recent refusal and decide to come into the combination and behave herself. Hardly a week passes without a report of a discovery of a rich deposit of some | sort of ore in Arizona. The whole Terri- tory seems to be a vast mineral bed, and if the Government would shovel the sand off there might be millions in sight. The selection of John T. Dare for the office of Appraiser of Merchandise is another appointment which wilt win for ihe President the approval ot the people of San Francisco. Mr. Dare’s career has won for him the confidence of the public and there will be general satisfaction that the important duties of the Appraiser's office are to be in his charge. 1t is gratifying to know that the pro- posal to make the Mechanics’ Fair this year an occasion for a thorough exhibit of the pure foods of the State is likely to be carried out with complete success. The pure-food agitation should be kept up | until the battle is won, and the proposed | newing popular interest in the subject and strengthening the cause in mind. the public According to the New York Tribune | *“Vermont farmers are complaining that deer are so thick it is impossible to keep them out of the fields.”” This may pe a sign that Vermont is returning to the cendition of a wilderness, but it sounds so much like an inducement for city spo: men to go to Vermont and pay high prices at farmhouses for summer board that the item should have been paid for | at advertising rate In making his proposal for the sppoint- ment by the Government of a committee 10 devise a plan to solve the problems of Jabor, agriculture and capital Senator Perkins shoula have provided that it shall be composed of this year's graduates from our universities. Many of them have offered solutions for these problems in their graduation essays and orations and it is not likely that any one else would care to venture a suggestion. The sugar industry of the State is 1o be promoted by'a new and special advocate, the California Sugar Beet, which is 1o be issued fortnightly, under the editorship of A. C. Unsworth and G. F. Weeks. editors announce that “‘no pains will be spared to collect all the news of the indus- try, in California particularly, and throughout the United States and Europe secondarily. Experts in the preparation of soil, in the cultivation of the beets and in the manufacture of sugar will con- tribute articles founded on their experi- ence, and in every detail the Sugar Beet will aim to cover the field with complete- ness and vrompiness.” There is a prom- ising field in California for the new paper as well as for the industry it is to cham- pion, and the well-known ability of the editors is a guarantee that they will culti- vate it with success for all concerned. attention. | the | old question, “Will the Queen abdicate ?”” | Tnere are two | The | { | swod there is nothing new to be said. POLITICS AND PROSPERITY. The address of General Grosvenor at the opening of the Republican State conven- | tion in Obio was a masterly statement of the reasons why the people should support the Republican party in the coming campaign. for concerning issues which have been so thoroughly discussed and are so well under- 1t contained nothing new, of course, Nevertheless the orator set forth the old | tamiliar truths in sentences so terse and words so ringing that the speech may be | fairly said to have sounded the keynote of the campaign and farnished the party with | the rallying cry which wil! bring all of its voters to the polls on election day. | between politics and prosperity. much to the prosperity of the people. at this juncture. The main portion of the speech dealt with the close relation existing at this time The opponents of the Republican party, as the speaker pointed out, are mever happy when the country is prosperous. For that reason, Democrats and Poputists alike are trying to convince the people that there | have been no signs of returning prosperity since the election of McKinley. They cry | out “‘calamity’’ because they wish calamity, and, as Mr. Grosvenor said, “They forget it was the Democratic party that struck down the greatest development of prosperity this country ever saw, and brought humiliation, suffering, bankraptcy and practical beggary npon the people of the Unitea States.” After referring to a truth known to every intelligent wan that business cannot re- cover in a day from the effects of the blow struck by the Democratic tariff, and that until a new tariff is in force we shall continue to suifer in all our industries from the ruinous competition of cheap labor countries, Mr. Grosvenor went on to point out that ever since the election of McKinley there has been a steady improvement, slow but sure, which shows that Republican success last November has already added “Prosperity is coming,” he declared. | prices of commodities produced in the United States are higher to-day than when | the Democratic party went out of power. slow; it is coming and everybody knows it.” There will be no question among intelligent men of the soundness of these | statements. They constitute something more than a stump speech. | argument why the people should give an unbroken support to the Republican varty | 1t will require wise statesmanship and enlightened legislation to | restore to the industries of American labor the prosperity which prevailed before the | protective tariff was broken aown, and there can be no hope of such statesmanship and legislation from the Democratic leaders. | Atthis juncture politics and prosperity are 20 closely bound together they can- | not be separated. Those who desire a revival of industry must vote for it by voting for the Republican party and fortunately there is no doubt but the people of Ohio | will do so in the coming as they did in the last November. “The Grant that the return to prosperity is They furnish an The lesson of the miserable fate of the | Torolobampo colony seems to have been wholly lost on Eugane V. Debs and his lieutenants, who are now busily advertis- | ing the scheme of a Utopian common- | austrial competition shall exist and where | the true brotherhood of man shall be ) ushered in to bless and beautify the world. dictions for that colony of heaven-on- | earth which ended in woe and disaster {only a few short weeks ago. Rich and | poor joined the army of enthusiasts in- | tent on building up a terrestrial paradise | on Mexican soil, far away from the mad- ding crowds of big cities; far away from clashing interests in the trades and occu- pations of men; removed from al! the tur- moil and worry of industrial strife; out | of heering of the siren voice of ambition, the struggles and achievements of private enterprise. | succeeded in getting away irom all these things for a brief period. Then they | wanted to get back among those very con- | ditions to which they had bidden adieu. Topolobampo was composed of all sorts of people, and they soon ranged them- selves into ‘‘;ets.” Ambitionsgrew among them and increased the discontent and gissatistaction. Crops failed, the treasury became bankrupt, a famine ensued, and | while some perished others reached their old homes in the East through the aid of friends and were thankful to get back into the every-day world. The “‘perfect social democracy” was proved utterly impracti- cable, Mr. Debs does not propose, however, {0 ery far out of reach of what he terms bnormal c.vilization.” Hedeclares ntion of estabiishing an Eden in one of the Western States. Mr. Debs has some rank as an agitator, but his own out- ne of his plans for *The Socia! Demo- acy of America” will not commend { to thinking people as a man of m wisdom and forethought. A co-operative | colony, to succeed, must conform to soand business principles. If it foilows fads and fancies it will wind up hike the farmer who had so many ‘“sms” to occupy his time and attention that his crops went to | ruin ana his farm to the mortgagee. BRYAN AND JEFFERSON, | and out of sight of The literary societies of tbe University of Virginia have recently received alesson 1n politics of sufficient force and direct- ness to be of interest to the whole coun- try. A short time ago Charles B. Rouss presented the university with a handsome laboratory building and its equipment of scientific apparatus. For the dedication of the building, the literary societies invited Mr. Bryan to be the orator of the occasion, requesting him at the same time to speak of Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the university. Mr. Rouss, of course, was also expected to be present, but when he heard of the invitation to Bryan he wrote to the university a letter, from quoted : While it would give me great pleasure to 1 woula not be abie to listen with any satis faction to an address delivered by Mr. Bryan | upon Thomss Jefferson. Haand his co-con- { spirators succeeded at Chicago in stealing the No. He and his conglomerate political fusion will not be permitted by my presence and silent acquiescence, huwmble citizen though I be, 1o become the champion of Thomas Jefferson. Let us at least prevent this monstrous usurpation and robbers. | Thomas Jefferson is about all that true and loyal Democrats have leltof the great party. Let us at least hold on ‘0 him until we cen right ourselves. To permit a heterogeneous combination of anurchists and party wreckers to use Thomas Jefferson as a shield for their | disloyalty to the public weal would be unpa- triotic and criminal in the highest degree. The letter is justly regarded as an ex- pression of the sentiment of the great body of conservative Democrats. Southern people accepted Mr. Bryan last year because his nomination was sprung upon them unexpectedly, but many of | them did so under protest, and rota few of them refused tovote for him. There Ill’e thousands of men in the Southern States who, like Mr. Rouss, consider the followers of Bryan to be “'a heterogeneous combination of anarchists and party wreckers.” Like him they resent tha at- tempt of Bryan to pose as a representa- tive of the principles and pulicies of Jef- ferson, and Jike him they will refuse to give even a silent acquiescence to what they regard as “monstrous usurpation and robbery."” The new South is changing from the old in many respects, but it is not chang- ing toward Bryanism. The votes for pro- | tection given by many Southern men in both houses of Congress show that the tendency there as in other parts of the country is toward industrial security and prosperity instead of toward new agita- tions and class antagonisms. Mr. Rousy’ letter will open the eyes of the young men of the Umversity of Virginia and make clear to them the wide difference between the principles of Jefferson and the vagar- ies of Bryan. During the jubilee London nearly doubled its population and was literally a city beside liself, I which these words are being extensively | The | THE DEBS COMMONWEALTH. |IRELAND IN THE JUBILEE YEAR. In the reign of Queen Victoria the dark | spot has been the Irish question; but to- wealth, wherein none of the ilis of in- | This sounds about as well as the pre- | | They | | poor rate. day, it is pleasing to note, the prospects ahead are better than ever for a satisface tory settlement of the grievances of the people of the Emerald Isle. It is to be re- gretted that England has not granted to Ireland a system of home rule similar to that enjoved in Canada and Australia, but a tendency toward such a consumma- tion seems to be discernible in the present advanced policy of the leaders. Mr. Arihur Balfour has come to be re- garded as one of Ireland’s best friends in the House of Commons. When he un- folded to the members of that body re- cently an Irish programme of far-reaching character the abplause upon the floor of the House was reported to be unan- imous. Liberal and Tory sgreed that the measures proposed were excellent and just such as the case demanded, and every section of Irishmen cheered Mr. Balfour's utterances. Carson, Sanderson, Healy and Redmond are quoted as saying that no statement of governmental policy on the vexed question has been received with 50 universal expression of agreement as Mr. Balfour’s, The programme will, if carried out to the letter, launch local government in Ireland under circumstances which will enable it to work smoothly and safelv for all classes. terrible azricultural depression, the Gov- ernment remitted halr the rates on agri cultural land in Great Britain, but the old were exacted from Ireland, which is an agriculiural country. All fair-minded men condemned such and the London Times Hicks-Beac! by treatment as rates stigmat zed defense the Sir extraordinary shared in the depression produced bere by the continuous fall in prices and the in g sirin Mr. Balfour procramme provides for the redress of the glaring grievance under the agricultural rating act. By its terms the Unionist pledge with recard to iocal government is to be redeemed on Unionist lines; and Ireland’s im 1o compensation as a sufferer from the Brit- ish fiscal system is recognized, Uader the new tem both landiora and tenant will be benefited, so that from no quarter will there be opposition. The imperial Government will pay hall the The landiord now pays itas his liability for agricultural land. The tenant wiil be relieved by the payment of half bis assessment out of the imperial funds. Thus it will be seen that jubilee time is not without its rainbow of promise for the people of Ireland. If the measures proposed by Mr. Balfour are put into effect in the near future there will be an | infinitely betier feeling toward the throne and the Government in the land of Grat- tan, O'Connell and Parnell, and Ireland, | instead of being anything akin to 8 men- enter into the enjoyment of the proceedings, | time-honored Democratic party organization, | and now they want to steal its great founder. | | ace, may become one of the strong sup- ports of the empire. Were Victoria to close her reign with the complete pacifica- tion of Ireland, bindinz the Irish people to her by bonds of gratitude and affection, | there could be no exception to the full- | ness of the elory of ber long sway. A BOOM FOR PTRE FOOD. The proposition to make the pure-food exhibit one of the prominent features of the Mechanics’ Institute will be generally approved. Too much cannot be said in favor of the pure-food sgitation, and it is to be hoped that the institute will adopt the suggestion that samples of the brands of food exhibited shall be selected from the various stores where they are sold and examined by a chemist in the employ of the institute in order to insure the ex- hibition of only bona-fide pure-food prod- uets. Itis gratifving to observe the general interest taken in this matter by the Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers’ Association, which will co-operate with the institate authorities in the endeavor to keep out all adulterated foods, There is merit, too, in the idea somebody has advanced that at the exposition articles absolutely pure be kept separate from ‘“‘mixtures,” which many authorities hesitate to call adulitera- tions. The fight for pure food is a contention not only for honest goods, honestly la- beled; it is a grand effort for the protec- tion of the public health, which is men- aced by the deleterious compounds often aitemptea to be sold under fraudulent labels. Praise and support will be ac- corded by the people to those influential men who are working to the end that adulterated food products may be driven out of the mark MAKE THEM PAY REVENUE A short while ago Tme Carn made reference to the efforts of New York mer- chants to secure a reasonable law restrict- ing the free admission of foreien goods as passenger baggage, and guoted figures showing that fully $150,000,000 worth of foreign purchases thus come in free. It is probable that the Senate will adopt the provision introduced in the Dingley bill in relation to personal wearing apparel. The Secretary of the Treasury, is making Conservative | Last year, on account of the | action, | the | tention that Irish agriculture tas not | ncy of foreign competi- | a thorough investigation, and * will soon orint important facts showing the abuse of the present loosely drawn section re- lating to persoval effects. According to Robert P. Porter the rec- ords ot the New York Custom-house show that the officers do not pay much atten- tion 1o people who bring in less than twelve pieces of baggage each. Out of 3925 declarations examined it was found 270 had twelve pieces of bagzage each, 97 had seventeen each, 31 bad twenty-two each, 22 had twenty-seven each, 10 had thirty-1wo each, 4 had thirty-seven each, 1 forty-eight pleces, and 1 sixty-four pieces. The Bradley Martins, when they came home with the trosseau of their daughter, who was to be married to the Earl of Cra- ven, had 138 pieces of baggage, all con- taining wearing apparel and personal ef- fects not dutiable under the present law. People who thus purchase their cloth ing abroad can best afford to pay the duty. By making their purchases abroad and bringing them into this country like ibe smuggler, free of duty, they not cnly de- prive the Government of revenue, but deprive home manufacturers and mer- chants of profits and home labor of em- ployment. The tariff bill should cer- tainly include restrictions on these whole- sale importations of foreign goods by rich families. A FAIR EXCHANGE. valked with Flo lliies grow, Shecrled in fear: *What can this mean? I've lost my beart. Oh. have you seen It Iyiug anywhere about? I only just now found i: out, Lve lost it since you came, I know. You've stolen It!” Your eyes say sql” One evening Along the ow, don't be cross. my dear. Sour heari, yet never fear. e [ have no need of two, Vil g@ve you wine Wi I not that do?” A smile shone in uer tearful eyes, A ralnbow over stormv sxies. She answered: *>luce 1 must confess— The rest I cannot tell you. Guess! ERNEST N EAL LY New York Sun. PERSONAL. J. H. Neale, s mine-owner of Sonors, is at the Lick. George 8. McKenzie, Shefiff of Nape, 1s at the and. T. J. Field, banker of Monterey, is a guest at the Palace. Dr. A. Jump of Downieville is a guest at the Russ House. J. D. Thompson, rei isat the Lick. W. J. Loring, a mining man of Angels Camp, | 1s in the City. Thomas Burden of Portland, Or.,is st the Cosmopolitan. R. W. Reque, s lumberman of Sissods, is at the Russ House. B.T. Booze of the Sterra Railway arrived in town last evening. Captain William Edwards of Petaluma was in town yesterda William Miner, a mining man of Mariposs, is a guest a: the Grand. F. W. Hobron, a merchant of Honoluly, is | stopping st the Occiaental. F. M. McKircher and son of Portland, Or., are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Miss Violet Ross and Miss H. Ross of Port- lang, Or., are st the Cosmopolitan. E. A. Van Dalsen, a contractor of San Jose, registered at the Grand yesterday. F. M. McKirchen of the Portland Building and Loau Association is in the € L. G. Nesmith and wife of San Jose registered at the California Hotel last evening. W. M. Cake, & well-known lawyer of Port- ing at the Baldwin Hotel. E. T. Earl of the Continenial Fruit Express, scramento, is registered at the Palace. tter. a prominent mining man of is registered at the Palace. J. . Lyndon, Sheriff of Santa Clara County, tered at the Grand Hotel lest night. P. Jenkins of ¥ was at the Palace Hotel yesierdsy. Rerry, president of the | Yaeht Club, arrived in the City yesterday. an, saperintendent of the Copper inas, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel 2. M. Suackeliord. & well-known hotel man is stopping &t the Oecidental. svernor W. T. Jeter of Santa the City, stopping at the Palace qstate desler of Salinas, Professor 0. on G. Dr. A. E. Ostorne, manager of the Home for Care and Traiuingof the Feeble-Minded, is A. G. Hubbard of Redlands is a guest at the Oceidental Hotel. Mr. Hubtbard 1s a prom- inent merchant A. B. West, Dr. Barnard snd Walter Rhodes of Denver are in San Francisco, slopping at the Palace Hotel. Tom T. Lane, superintendent of the Ulica mine, arrived in the City last evening and registered ut the Palace. Dr. C. B. Cooper and wifs of Honolulu re- turned from an Eastern trip yesterday. They are on a wedding journey aud will shorely sail for the isiands, | | | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June 23.—At the St. | Cloud, T. A. Tuitie; Gilsey, Mrs. Miller, 8. B. Peterson, Miss Peterson; Albert, W. Herring- ton; Stuart, L. A. Saalfield; Holland, T. Cun- ningham, H. T. Scott; St. Dents, J. Hughes. G. Davidson left the St. Cloud and sai ed on the St Louis for Southampion. M, Marcuse is here buying. THE SUGAR BEET IN CALIOFNIA. Corespondence of the New York Sun. The reason sugar is going il over Califor- nin is because beets do not freeze in the winter there, and they can use loss machinery and | feed out all the beets to stock after the sugar tracted. In Nebraska the beets have to be harvested and treated, before the frosts come. Ten thousand dollars worth of machinery in lifornia will manufscturo as much sugar as £50,000 worth will in Nebraska. Stiil Nebras. «n is doubling her acreage of beets and chic- ory. There is one chicory farm at O'Neil, Neb., coveriug 2500 acres. The old McKinley bill put 2 cents a pound duty on manufactured chicory and letraw chicory come in free. This policy brought twenty-seven chicory factories from France and Belgium to America. = The Wiison bili 100k off that tariff and the twenty- seven McK iniey chicory factories closed down { and our money went to Europe for chicory sgain. The new Dingley bill puts 2 1¢ cents on manufactered chicory, 1cent on raw This tariff wili brine bnek the factorles again, and chicory will take the place of much woeat land in this couatry. WITH YOUR COFFEE. “And do you think you can make my daugh- ter a happy woman?'” asked the father. | “I guess so,” replied the young man. “What make of wheel does she preler?”’—Yonkers Statesman, “She is one of the country’s greatest act- resses,” remarked a member of the profession. “On, I don’t kmow,” replied the young woman who is inclined to be jealous. “For what reason do you doubt her emi. nence “I haven’t heard of anybody making her large offers to #o on the vaudeville stage.”’— Washington Star. “Mr. Tillinghast left me §50,000,"” remarked the interesting widow to young Hilow. “My dear Mrs. Tillinghast,” replied Hilow, “you should husbend your resources.” “Oh, Frank, dear, this is so sudden. But are you really sure you love me?’—0dds and Eny Mrs. Cheerington—Always cultivate s sym- patnetic character. Mrs, Clumly—Yas; they're so usefull to tell your troubles to.—Brcokiyn Life, Virtue has its own reward, but it travels on & slow freight in getting there.—Atchison Globe. “Why is it,” asked Slug Four, “that your clothes are about three years behind the times? You make good money.” “Early training — home influences,” ex- plamed Slug Seven. “I was the third in a family of six boys. I didn’t get my clothes until the two ahead of me had their turn at them.""—Typographical Journal, Stanford Uni. | resno | Sir Arthur Sullivan’s new ballet, “Victoris and Merrie England,” is about the only musical or dramatic performance which has been received “with frantic delight” during the hurry and excitement of the jubilee days. Overwhelming audiences have attended the Alhambra to witness it, and in their ranks have generally beea numbers of people of in- ternational celebrity. The new ballet is & kind of short, legendary history of England from almost prehistoric times up 10 the pres- ent century. It concludes with a tabieau vivant, representing the crowning of the Queen 1n 1857, and a defile of troops from all the colonies and of India. The composer has iatroduced popular melodies into his score, which terminates with “Goa Save the Queen.” As a mere piece of composition “Victoria and Merrie England” does not compare with bale lets written by Rubinstein, Delibes, Tscha kowsky and other Continental composers, but itexactly hits the popular British taste at the MUSIC AND MUSICIANS the melodious name of “Musico-Literary Pil- grimege to Europe and to the Bayreuth Fes- tival.” Its main object s to deposit wreaths on the tombs of Shakespeare, Waguer, Lizst, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Jean Panl, Chopin, Heine, Cherubini, Orlando de Lasso and others. Waugh Lander will b3 the “show- man’ for the party, which will start on the 26th inst. Walter Damrosch, who is actively occupied in engaging artists for his next season’s operatic venture, has come to terms with Mile. Toronta to sing such roles as Cherubino in «The Marrlage of Figaro,” and to understudy Mme. Melba in many of her parts. Mile. Toronta is & Canadian girl, who takes her theater name from her native town, Toronto. Her voice 1= said to be & strong, clear soprano, though perhaps s little hard and unsym- pathetic. It is announced that the late Sir William F. SIR ARTHUR SU Ppresent time and is the reigning attraction of the hour at the Albambra, The mention of this batlet recalls Sullivan’s remarkable versa- tiiity. His great popularity as a composer has chiefly been achieved through the medium of the bright and humorcus operettas he has written in coliaboration with W. . Gilbert. He has, however, demonstrated his versatility by writing works of such serious import es “Ivanhoe” and his universally admired csn- tate, “The Goiden Legend.” The threatened litigation over the late Johannes Brahms’ esiate is another instance of how necessary il is for men of means to leave regulariy authenticated wills. In 1801 Brahms sent 10 hi M. Stmrock of Ber lin, & holographic 0 the form of a Jetter, but Sunrock sent it back in 1896 because it did not comply with the legal requirement | This wilt pas been fourd amoug Brahms papers, but it has uo value. A few woeks b iore his death the mastr begged one of his friends to outiine him & wil), expiaining how he wish<d to dispose of his property. Th will has also been found, Lut it is unsigned. Brahms’ desire was 1o make tno clety of Friends of stusic his legatee, wus & becheior and had 1o blood re.at S nee dea:h it has come to light th lelt a stepmother, the second wife of lather, whom he has alw: s.sted, but, accerding 1o Austrian law, she has no claim (o his estate. As he uever renounced his German cit zenship, Hamburg, his native town, can cleim a!l his property, accordiug to German law. In the meantime the Society of ¥rieuds of Music possesses nearly all his man- uscripts, for Brahms on his deatibed sent them to the soclety's librariazn, According to Austrian law this constitutes s deed of gli. The scclety, however, announces its intention of fighting for the whole inheritance. his generousiy rs- Attention is called By the Strand Musical Magazine to the marvelous changes in musical taste which have taken place since the acces- sion of Queen Victoria: is a far cry, and it seems difficult to realize the of London. In theyear of her Majesty’s acces- sion Beethoven had been dead only eleven years, and a great deal of his music was still caviare to the general public; Cherubini and Spontinl were stiil elive; Mendelssohn was only 28 yearsof age,and toe idol of the British pu Wagner and Verdi were young men of 24, both fotally unknown to fame; Gounod was a youth of 18, and Saint-Saens & baby in arms; brahms and Rubinstein were children, while Bizet, Tschatkowsky, Dvorak, Sullivan, Grieg, and many others who have since become csle- brated, were yet unvorn. Meyerbeer, Auber and Rossini were in the zenith of their {ame. Rossini’s operas were the rage, and famous singers, Such as Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache and Grisi, were in their prime. Those were the days of vocal acrobats. The singers were prac- tically masters of the situation, and lorded it over the composer. In 1837 there were no Monday or Saturday popular concerts. The Crystal Palace did not exis:, and high class orchestral music only appealed to the limited few. European musical papers give detailed obit- uaries of the recent death in this country, at Pieasant Piains, of Max Mareizex, a famous impresario aud composer, who accompanied Jenny Lind in her marvelous tour of the United States. Maretzek, who was 76 years of | #8¢ at the time of his death, was born at Bru- enn, in Austria. He studied ia Vienna, where he made the acquaintance of Liszt, Berlioz and other celebrities. From Vienna he went to London, where he became Chorus master ai Covent Garden, and succeeded in having an opers, “ Hamlet,” produced. In 1847 hebegan his career as an impresario at New York, where he was instrumental in introducing many celebrated works to this country, among them “La Juive” and “Mignon.” Maretzek composed several symphonic works and some cnamber music, and has lefta volume of me- moirs detailing his long career. During his Iatter years this dean of impresarios, who was cousin to the celebrated Maurice Strakosch, has been a Lighly esteemed singing master. A comic turn was given to a performance of “Fra Diavolo” recently at the Municipal Theater of Dusseldorf. lu the famous scene in Zerling’s room, just as the prima donna was ‘aying her down to sleep, & ierrible creaking was heard, aud the bed,a folding one, col- lapsed, burying Zerlina in its depths. She nevertheless continued to sing ber prayer ina stified voice, amid general hilarity. The laughter became a roar of smusemeut when the bandit, hidden in the room, began to sing these words: “The poor girl,” and a muffied voice replied, as if from the height of pars- dise, “Oh! the poo—the poo—girl.” The cur- tain had to be iowered, and Zerlina’s couch arranged before the pertormarce could pro- cead. Continuing its sharp business policy of last year, the Theater Royal of Munich will again profit by iis proximity to Bayreuth, and give a grand series of performances,in the hope of Attrecting some of the pilgrims on their wi home from the Wagner festival, at the sacred” Wagner oity. These Munich per- formances will not be exclusively consecrated o Wagner's works , however, for 8 number of Mozart's overas figure in the repertoire. | 1nChicago a society s been formed with *From 1837 101897 | enormous changes in the musical conditions | Robinson’s youngest son is about to enter the musical profession. The musical world lost & friend by the recent death of Sir William, for in spite of being Governor in many important | British colonies, he found time to write an opera and many popular songs. Itissaid that his son inherits his talents. | The De Reszke brothers have made a bril- 1 llant re-entree at Covent Garden. The work ’clluvrn for their reappearance was “Lohen- erin,” Eames singing Elsa. The verformance Iwu s gala one, the Prince and Princess of ] Wales and the Duke of York being present. | atroupe of directed by Iskander Effendi Furah is preparing a perform ance of Meyerbeer's “L'Africaine” in A bic. The performance will be given ior the Maronite Society of Mutual Benevolence. The wandering Saint-Saens hes gone from Holland to Paris to attend the bundredth per- mance of his “Samson et Dalila” at the | Grand 0 Alfred Bru | drama, for w is deser neau s at work o1 another Iyric ich Emile Zola has written what 4 as “the prose-poem.”’ The work Is eutitied ~'L’Ouragan which has won some was given for the first other day. Its reception was netio, avpreciation elsewnere, time in Rome more than glacial. It s ennounced that Fritz Schecl has stepped | into Dvorak’s shoes as director of the National Conservatory of Music iz New York. SHALL WE ANNEX HAWAII? 1t is a great mistake for the pre-ent admin- | | istration to tnke up and complete the blunder | of the Herrison administration. — Chicago Chronicle. | The people of this country will give a hearty welcome to the Territory of Hawaii, soon, we hope, t0 be & State of the Union.—Chicago | Times-Herald. | That poor little kitten, Hawii. which the ( naughty terrier, Jap, was worrying, has taken | refuge in the nest of the American eagle.— Detroit ‘Iribune, We are about to plant our flag where it will | be cordially welcomed, nor are we assuming obligations which will be especiaily aifficuit of fulfiliment.—Brooklyn Eagle. Hawaiian annexation is looking up. Ha- waila’s two “I's" are Doth turned loward this country, and your Uncle Sam is devoting at least one eye to the prospect.—Troy Times. Speaking of Hawaiian annexation, it is per- tinent to remark ihat if Uncle Sam would attend to his own business he wou'd have more business to attend to.—Louisville Cour- fer-Journal, By the terms of the Hawaiian treaty this country is to pay the £4,000,000 indebtedness of the islands. By dint of tall hustling Hawaii was able to furnish the pen for the signing of the treaty.—Detroit Free Press. The value of the islands is manifold. As a strategic point, either military or commer- cial, they afford this country a station in the middle of the Pacific aad on the way to the chiel seaports of the Orient.—Buffalo Times. There'll be one advantage at least gained Dy the aunexation of Hawaii—1t will put a few vessels, smail though they be, under the American flag. Even this addition to our merchant marine will be a gratifying increase. —st. Louis Star. Either Hawaii must come under the control of the United Siates or else Japan or England will take possession. The Government of the islands prefers unfon with tke United States, and the administraiion coincides in that view.—Toledo Blad Huwall should be annexed because we need it. Its Government is now American, but it cannot hold out against foreign aggression without our help. The way to help it is to hoist O1d Glory ss the sovereign flag of the isl- ands.—Chicago Tribune. ‘While it is true that annexation will impose responsibilities and bring complications which many conservative Ppeople would be glad to see the country avoid, yet to a certain extent, as aiready mentioned, these are forced upou us.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, With respect to annexation, constituting, as it does, n departure from our Nationsl pojioy invincible reasons should be assigned wefore we decide to erect a mew Territory, and eventually.a new State, in & group o islands 2000 miles away.—Philadelphia Lodger. It is folly to look a Bawaii from the standpoint of sentimentalism, Mere size {s not greatness. The acquisition of 8 group of Pacific islands with s barbarous population will not add one fota to the strength and standing of this Re =N York Mail ana Express. Ro ety t the annexation of Butif the alternative is once placed before this couutry, either to annex the Hawalian Islands orsee them gobbled up by Japaa or | about it ited States annexation would receive the majority.—Albany Express. For this we are to cast aside the doctrines of the fathers; for this We are 10 invite entan- gling relations abroad; for this w2 are to start upon a policy of colonial aggrandizement that regards the constitution as so much wast Ppaper, if a jingo may be pleased or the office of a trust placated.—St. Paul Globe. A On business grounds alone the proposed an- nexation commendsitse!f toevery clear-headed American. It would place the United States in permanent possession of a rezion which is capable of almost ualimited trade develop. ment and with which the whole future of American commerce in the Pacific is vitally associated.—Minneanolis Times. 1f we take distant Hawaii, why not near.by why not any other country whose people would like to shift their troubles snd responsibilities on our brosd backs? We have no interests that the possession of Hawaii | would help us to protect or turther. On the contrary, its acquisition would vastly increase our responsibilities, expenses and dangers.— st Louis Republic. But questions of sugar and revenue are only small part of the Hawaiian difficulty. Tb | sobering thing is the great departure from a | our traaitions ana experience in annexing | territory 2000 miles from our shores; in tak- ing s population of mixed races, at least hali of whom would not be allowed, uuder exist- ing laws, to come into our country at all, | much less to acquire citizenship.—New York | Post. The Dispatch has ix the past showed the im- policy of extending the responsibilities of the United States to a group of islands 2000 mites from our nearest coasts, which can only be an expense to us, and which can be of no possib'e use 1o the people of this country unless they wish to embark in a campeign of aggrandize. ment in Eastern Asia, which would be the most unfortunate thing that could be done.— Pittsburg Dispatch. The annexation of Hawail won't affect the Monroe doctrine in any way. It won’t even broaden the field over which it prevails, for Hawaii is already within it. Even the Cleve- land administration didn’t dare to permit any trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific power to lay its hands on Hawaii. When Hawaii is annexed, however, the truth of her actual relations to the United States will be recognized by every country on the globe and all uncertainty about it will be gone.—New York Sun. Cuba is at our doors, Hawaii a long way off. | It is less than 100 m les from Key West to the capital of Cuba; from San Francisco 1o Hono- lulu is 2400 miles. Practically all the expor:s of Hawe1i are to the United States, and nearly allthe importsare from this country. Cuba sends us irom two-thirds to three-fourths of its exports and gets aboutone-third ot its imports from the United States. The gafn to our pro- ducers and manufacturers would be far greater by the annexation of Cuba than by the taking | in of Hawaii.—Cleveland Plain-Dealer. There is reason to fear that the administra- tion favors the business of colonization, and it is already intimated that the annexation of | by the United States. This is notin harmony with the idea that has prevailed in America for many years,and while it may excite the | | Hawail foreshadows the acquisition of Cuba | | | enthusiasm of the people who go in for the | spread-eagle business, it isa policy which is open to most serious objections, and which is believed by persons who have given it sober | thought and attention to be fraught with | fruitful possibilities for harm and mischief.— Kansas City Star, THE DANGERS OF OKLAHOMA, Edmond Republican. An Oklahoma farmer wrote to a friend in the East trying to give him some idea of the | soil out there. He said they have to mow the | grass off the sod floor to find the baby, One samily near him had twin babies with only one cradle, #nd the kid who had to sleep o the floor grew twice as fast as the other. | Where the soil is richest a man dare not stand on one foot any length of time lest one leg be- i-nger thau the other and bother bim in walking. NO CORK IN A CO<&K LEG, Philadepbia Recor 1. The peculiarity of a cork leg is that apart from the name there jsn’t a vestige of cork The origin of the term comes from the fact ihat near y all the great manufact; ers of such articles used (o live in Cork street, Piccadilly, London. CALIFORNIA - Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, who has ac- | quired an international reputation as a trav- | eler, lecturer and orgam zor for the W. C. 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