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THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. THE SUMMER MONTHS. e country ona vacation * for us to forward THE CALL to sour address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left au Business Office will receive prompi attention. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Fifiy cents per month for summer mo; i Perhaps Andree has had to put his pigeons in the soup. The Yukon boom has had push enongh in it to send the woolen-goods market soaring skyward. The Sultan scems to enjoy the Kuro- pean concert so much that he won’t give ita cent to move on. or quit playing. Becretary Sherman may yet have to re- rign in order to save himself the trouble of repeating his denials that he is going 1o resign. If we do not hear from Andree very soon the world will conclude he has aban- doned his north pole tripand struck out for the Klondyke. From the way her fruit is selling this season Santa Clara County would not swap herself for two Klondykes with a Chiicoot thrown in. The miners’ strike is broad enough to cover nearly the whole of the Eastern coal distr.cts, and it looks now asif it migit be as long as it is broad. It is better for the miner to go over the Chilcoot Pass and pay the Canadian bounty than to try the Canadian throug route and get lost in the woods. If Edison does not invent a world- sweeping machine before long Tesla wiil get clean out of his electric circnit and look back upon him as a chromo. When Secretary Wilson starts his agri- cultural experiment station in Alaska he will receive many inguiries as to the best means of propagating mining plants. The Spani-h Government seems incapa- ble of understanding that any genuine re- form in Cuba must begin by giving the island a good riddance of the Spaniards. Now that the new tariff has killed the free-trade issue, the gold Democrats are trying to rally a few followers by shout- ing & battle cry for the retirement of greenbacks. The report that Spalding, the Chicago bank-wrecker, has compietely broken down may be true, but it sounds likea sympathy dodge to save him from the penitentiary. The programme of the Merchanis’ As- sociation is the best that has been billed for some time, and there is no better stage in the country to play it on asa continu- ous performance than San Francisco. The pressing need at this time of having a thorough survey of mining dis- tricts of Alaska is another argument in favor of establishing a department of mines and mining under the direction of a Cabinet Minister. All the gas companies of Chicago have combined to form a corporation called ““The People’s Gas and Coke Company,” but this is not the first intimation we have had that in Chicago the gas corpora- tions are the people. The number of people who knew long ago that Alaska is full of gold continues to furnish us with a new surprise party every day. Itissirange, indeed, that so many persons could have known so much and profited so little by the knowledge. It is announced that the British Gov- ernment will soon take steps to disfra cbise all persons employed in the civil service, and es soon as the thing is done over there the mugwumps will Legin a clamor for similar action in the United States. Taxes in Madrid have been rais-d so high that the people have refused to pay them, and riots have resulted from an at- tempt to collect them. In the meantime, however. these same riotous people insist on continuing the war in Cuba, just as if they thought it possible to dance the devil’'s dance without paying the piper. An appropriation of public money to send a delegation to invite McKinley to come to California would be appropriate enough 1f we first get a reasonable assur- ance that he may accept the invitation. In the pres=nt condition of City finances and municipal needs we must look pefore we ledp on any sort of a money proposi- tion. It js stated that after months of experi- ment the borseless cab has been success- fully operated as a commercial venture in New York City, and will be & permanent feature of street traffic. Twelve of the caps are now in constant use and can make from four to fifteen miles an hour on smooth pavements. Theyare run by e'ectricity ana are operated at about one- half the expense of keeping a horse. It is now said that the use of the X-ray in diagnosing injuries to the body is of considerable danger, as no one yet under- stands the full effect upon the human system of the powerful forces it exerts. Several stories of evil results from the use of the ray are going the rounds, and in one of them it is said tne injury was so THE POLICE REPORT. The first annual report submitted by Chief Lees since his accession to the head- ship of the police force of the City can be read with satisfaction and 1nstruction by the community. well managed, and at the same time poin Ic gives assurance that the Police Department is well manned and ts out the pressing need of a further equip- ment in order that the service rendered may be more adequate to the demands of the community. The Chief submits in his report a comparative statement of the population and police force of the nine principal cities of have a smaller force in proportion to the needs of the City than any of them. New York there is one police officer for every 305 inhabitants, while in San Francisco the Union, from which it appears that we In there is but one for every 598, It is, therefors, gratifying to note that the service ren- dered here by the police has been equal to anything accomplished by the force in any other American city. Statistics embodied in the report show much of the work accomplished by the force. Iu many directions effective that little or no success has been attained i service has been rendered, but it appears n the efforts to supvress the sale of lottery tickets, inasmuch as the report shows that, excluding the Chinese, only 1377 tickets were taken up. wholly to the police, but largely to the fac public co-overation is fequired, and this should have been. The greater portion of the report deals police station-house§ by the City and County. ownership of such buildings in order that t needed, and equipped in a way that will pre serve force of police in cases of emergency. polige departments in the larger and more The smaliness of the results shown in this work is mnot due t that in suppressing a traffic of this kind has not been given to the extent which with the importance of the erection of The Chief recommends the municipal hey may be located exactiy where they are ovide them with accommodations for a re- It is pointed out that the history of progressive Eastern cities fully justifies the claim that there would be a profit and benefit to San Francisco in adopting the policy recommended. A gracious tribute is paid by Chief Lees to his predecessor in office in the closing words of his report. force under command of Chief Crowley, an Chief of Police I found all branches of the si cerned, to be eflicient. I found the officers He commends the excellence which had been attained by the d says: “Upon assuming the duties of ervice, so far as the personnel was con- well drilled and disciplined, and notwith- standing that the force is smalter than in any other seaport town ia the United States, and notwithstanding the defectiveequipment of the department, I have found that in this City the preservation of order a favorably with that of any other of the larg These words are well justified. be rightly proud, and it is to be hoped the carried out so that the equipment of the for made upon it. nd the suppression of crime will compare e cities of the Union.” San Francisco has a police force of which she may recommendations of Chief Lees may be ce will be equal to the demands which are ROUTES TO YUKON. Warnings should be given to those making the trip to the Yakon gold fields | to beware of being misled by the mer- chants of Victoria or Vancouver into | abandoning the well-tried route by the | Chilcoot Pass and Lake Linderman in order to try the experiment of a journey via the Stickeen River. Self- interest causes thiese merchants to offer bad advice. The report states that these dealers urge upon the travelers that by buying their otfits from them they can go up the Stic- keen River, sixty miles beyond the bound- | ary line, and landing their supplies on British soil will get the biz advantage of passing to the gold fields duty free. It must be remembered that the traveler runs the risk of meeting Un:ted States customs officers by this route, and even it he does not, the difficulties of the passage | that way will far more than offset any ad- vantage of duty saved. Instead of the Chilcoot’s thirty miles of overland diffi- | culties, by the Stickeen he will have 135 miles of overland travel, through an un- broken wilderness and steep mountain climbing. The mountain ranges are said to be as high, if not higher, than those by | the more northern route. Even after reaching the water part of the route at | Lake Atlin the journey would be two days | longer than to go by Chilcoot and Lake | Linderman. Miners will be wise to stick to the | shorter and Well-known route, and not be tempted to get themselves into perhaps insuperable difficulties by attempting to | evade the payment of duties. The new route is both longer and less clearly de- fined, and their risks would be trebled in its passage. The recommendation of it is | plairly aseheme to gain the trade of out- fitting miners, and the fate of the travel- ers after they had paid *heir money for | supplies would be of small concern to the shrewd merchants of Vancouver and Vic- toria. HUNTING A PLATFORM. The clique of Democratic politicians | who bolted the Chicago ticket last year, but refused to co-operate in the election of McKinley, is finding great dificulty in arranging a platform to which they can hope to rally any considerable number of people in future elections. They have re- solved to take an active part in the State campaigns in Ohio, Jowa and Kentucky this year, but they have not yet deter- mined on what issues they will seek to obtain votes. In the campaign of last year they de- clared their opposition to McKinley on the ground that he stood for a protective tariff, while they uphbeld the banner of tariff reform. That issue served well enough for the leaders, but it did not| have much weight with the people. The vote cast for Palmer and Buckner was | hardly large enough to be worth count- ing in the general result, Even tbis plea, | however, has been taken from them now, for it is universally conceded that with | tue adoption of the Dingley bill the tariff | issue in American poiitice has been settled for the rest of this generation. It the gold Democrats should go to the peo- ple with a cry for further tariff changes they wouid not get votes enough in the whole Union to carry a county. In their preseut efforts to find a plat- form they seem inclined to adopt a radical plank of monetary reform. Not content with the Republican pledge to restore bi- metallism by international agreement and to revise the crrrency and banking laws of the country, they favor the immediate | retirement of greenbacks and the trans- fererfce to the banks of the privilege of | issuing the whole of our paper currency. Such a plank as this offers but a forlorn bhope, but the gold Democrats are des- perate and they are clinging to it like drowning men. It is altogether probable that the efforts | made by the gzold Democratsin Ohlo, Iowa and Kentucky this fall wiil be the last | they will ever make in American politics. Without a party organization, withouta following and without a platform it is impossible that the small slique of cuckoo leaders can achieve anything that will be salisfactory even to themselves. There are but two parties in America to-day. A man must either vote with the Republi- cans for prosperity and the conservatism of the established principles of society or he must vole with the Bryanites for what- ever profit he may hope to gain from civil disturbance, class antagonisms, free trade, free silver and a general political and indusirial revolution. A London Shysmi-n advances the theory that kleptomania is a disease peculiar to the rich and is due to in- berited instincts for wealth which have assumed a degenerate form. This is a lucid explanation of the social phenome- non that poverty-stricken thieves are never known to show any signs of klepto- mania. < The free-trade lezgue announces that it will begin atonce an agitation for a new tariff. Nothing, it seems, will settle that league except a club that weighs ten | civil service.” | cuted without making MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. The first anniversary number of the Merchants’ Association Review makes in- structive reading, and all who are inter- ested in City government will do well to lock through a copy of the paper. The members of this organization, it is said, pay more than half the total amount of the taxes collected by this municipality. for the City in the past and will no doubt continue to do valuable work for the public welfare in the future. Their opinions are entitled to the most respectful attention, and by supporting some of their leading recommendations much good will be accomplished. Their ideas can be found very forcefully and concisely stated in this August Revicw. Two ideas to which they give such promi- nence in their paper that they are, as it were, legends inscribed wupon barners hung out on their outward walls, are “A modern charter will place our Uity in the dation act wastes yearly $1,000,000 of the public funds.” They publish on the first |p2ge of the Review a memorial addressed to the Board of Supervisors on the line of these two mottoes, and deprecating any increase of taxation. Among the accomplishments in which the association can take just pride is the improvements in street sweeping. Twice their recommendations have been adopted by the City, and now they are advolating an extension of the street cleaning. They urge the expense of $50,000 on Fepaving some of the blocks most in need of it in the central and much-traveled parts of the City. Attention is called to the success of the experiments in street-lighting by electric arc lamps, which have been conducted by voluntary subscriptions of merchants and property-holders. For the past six months 228 arc lights have been maintained on | the principal streets without expense to the City, with the result of clearly demon- strating that electric lighting should su- persede gas. The condition of the sewers is charac- terized as ‘‘deplorable,” and an entirely | new system of sewerage is said to be im- perative on a scale of such.magnitude as to involve the expense of millions. They have laid down the following ad- mirable programme of progress: ‘‘Clean and wholesome streets.’”’ ‘‘Encourage legitimate enterprises.”” ‘*Attract visitors and home-seekers’’ ‘“Greater care in handling garbage.,’”’ ‘“‘Systematic sprink- ling of streets.’” ‘Remove the cobbles.”’ “Secure the best pavements possible.” “Adopt a new charter.” ‘Inaugurate “Bond the City for im- provements.”” ‘“Introduce an improved sewer system.” *The best noiseless pave- ments.” “Keep taxes down.” If the first round dozen performances set down on this programme can be exe- impossibie the thirteenth and last, then, indeed, will a grateful public applaud the wisdom which planned the reforms and the energy and skill wh.ch carried them to a successful issue. There are several very interesting lead- ing articles in the Review, written by men specially qualified to speak on the sub- jects considered. The topics treated are of importance to every citizen. Alto- gether the issue is a most creditable one. CUBA'S FREEDOM. The latest news from both Spain and | Cuba clearly indicates that the beginning of theend is now reached and that the end is to te Cuban independence. Weyler's ecently offered peace terms have been scorned by the insurgeuts in a manner which proves their assurance of success is noimere boasting. Most important news of all is a collection of opinions expressed by influential men in Spain to the effect that the attempt to subjugate the Cubans must be abandoned. The New York Sun has gathered and published « number of opinions on the Cuban war uttered by prominent leaders in Spain and by Spanish papers. Some of these are as follows: Senor Siivela, one of the ablest of the Conservative lead- ers, said in a letter published in El Iinpar- cial of Madrid: “Withiz a short time toere will be a complete rseparation be- tween Spain and Cuba.” Hs maintains that the abandonment of Cuba would be less injurious to Spain than the further prosecution of the war. General Pando agrees with Silvela and declares that the war must end soon for Spain’s own sake. Ex.Premier Sagasta and Marshal Martinez Campos, who was once Captain-General of Cuba and is the most r nowned of Spanish soidiers, have become convinced that Spain’s war upon Cuba isa failure, The veteran Republi- can leader, ¥i y Margall, saye in his newspaper organ: “If Spain is to be saved from ruin we must abandon Caba. Let us make peace.’” The Sun continues: ‘‘A number of the more important Spanish journals have begun (o speak more seriously than they had spoken previously of the Cuban situation.” An article in E! Pais said: serious as to require the amputation of a | pounds and is in the hands of a man who ez, means business, “The country has decided not to make any more fruitless sacrifices. ‘Not one They bave done much | vanguard of progress” and “The consoli- | more soldier, not one more. cent’ is now Spain’s motto.” Iv is plain from this that Spain is get- ting sick of the long and futile struggle to conquer the island. A little more per- sistence by tue insurgents joined to the advice of the United States to let Cuba go free may induce the Spaniards to yield, and the long-fought-for treedom will be attrined. PERSONAL. H. P. White of Amoy, China, is & recent ar- rival hete. J. Nicholas of Denver, Colg., is at the Cos- mopolitan. Mrs. A. E. Upton of Merced is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Senator D, A. Ostrom of Yuba registered at the Grand yesterday. W.B. Woods, a capitalist of Henderson, Iowa, is at the Cosmopolitan. Dr. Henry E. Whiting and Mrs. Whiting of San Jose are in the City. William Swanson, a wealthy merchant of Los Angeles, is in town. W. IL Watson and mother of Bancroft, Nebr., are al the Cosmopolitan. Alired Dagget, the attorney, of Visalia, is in the City. Ifeisat the Lick. Webb Vincent of Fort Dodge and S. L. Moore of Boone, Iowa, are at the Russ. G. G. Kimball, the banker, of Red Bluff, was among the arrivaishiers yesterday. A. M. Hardin, a business man of Hollister, is in town, accompanied by Mrs. Hardin. George R. Summers, wife and daughter of Sturgeon, Mo., are at the Cosmopolitan. Charles Graham Gardner of Japan was among the arrivals at the Liek last night. Miss H. Morris and Miss J. Howes of Sonora, Tuolumhe County, are at the Cosmopolitan. Miss M. A. Fahey of Sonorais visiting Major and Mrs. Willlam Fahey of the Cosmopolitan. William Lipphardt, owner of a general store at Martins Ferry, arrived here yesterday. He is at the Russ. Among those who arrived here yesterday bound for the goldfields of Klondyke was A, A. McDonald, a well-known mining men of Grizzly Flat. Robert Oxnard, the beet-sugar magnate of Nebraska and Utah, is at the Palace, accom- punied by Mrs. Oxnard and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Winslow of New York. S.R. Young, an extensive 1and-owner of Tur- Jock, Ney., who is alxo proprietor of alarge general store, is at the Russ House. He is here ona business trip and will remain several aays. M. C. Healion, one of the leading officials of the Great Northern Railroad, arrived here from his home in St. Paul yesterday, accom- panied by his nephew, Frank R. Ward. He is al the Palace. A big delegation of prominent Texans ar- rived here last night, and are at the Grand. Among them are: United States Marshal R, C. Ware of the Western District of Texas and George H. Walker and F. N. Wash of San An- tonio; Fred Peck, D. H. Hart and Mrs. Hart of Austin; 8. B. Earnest or Laredo and William 8. Smallwood and Richard F. Burges of El Paso. Marshal Ware and several other gentlemen, leading officials of T xas, were here abouta year ago, when they brought a large number of Chinese for deportetion to China. C2LIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. W YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.—At the Plaza, A. J. Elliott; Cadillac, F. E. Burlow, J. W. Flynn; Mariborough, Joscph Josephs: Ash- land, D. Lursen, C. A. Stoniatin; Grand Union, Mrs. E. 8 Loud; St Deais, T. M. McFarlane; Murrsy Hill, R. Kenuedy, Miss McLennon; Imperial. Miss Lucille. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hickey, Miss May Hickey, Miss Olive Hickey, Master F. Hickey left the Piaza and sailed on the St. Paul for Southempton. Mr. and Mrs. Audrew Welch also sailed for Europe. THE MODEST HEROES. We often hear of heroe: Who rescae maidens fair, By catching them o8 swiftly They are falling through the air; Aud then the papers iell us. How these me:: 80 strong of heart Wait unill a crowd bas gathered, And then modestly depart. But if you will just take notice, You wiil generally find Thac th- nobie hero hasn't Fauled to leave his name behind. We often hear of people Who induige in noble deeds, Looking to the Orphan’s comfort, Wiplug out the widow’s needs; ‘Whose poilanthropy in many hown, s have it published ‘Thut ihelr names shall not be known, But if you will just take notice You will generally find That tne novie benefocior Leaves a little clew benind. —Cleveland Leader. NATIONAL MONUMENT TO LIN- COLN. Philadelphia Ledger. Congressmen Lorimer's bill to erect a $500 - 000 monument in Washington to the memory of Abraham Lincoln has at lesst one merit if not more. It provides that $25,000 of the amount shall be appropriated for the design, 'and that sum. while not an extravagant amount, 18 probably enough to secure the com- petition of really good artists. if it is fairly expended and the product judged by artistic and not by political thorities the result should be a'design for & monumentof whnich the country need not be ashamed, as it is of so maeny of the so-called works of art now in ex- istence in it. If Abranam Lincoln is to bave a Nationsl monument at all it should be one worthy of his merits and of the dignity of the country by w!u‘h it is buiit. TREAT RANDSBURG WITH FAIR- NESS. Randsburg Miner. The San Francisco CALL and the Examiner have contained some good acoounts of our camp recently. In choosing among the great City dailies our people should bear in mind that both thess pupers have always treated Randsburg wiih a spirit of fairness and govern themselves accordinely. ENJOY PROSPERITY AT HOME. Philadelphia Press. Young men who are hurrying to the Yukon will miss the opportunity of participating in the great revival of prosperity which is now headed this wi WITH YOUR COFFEE, Yukon—Since the Klondyke discoveries the *40ers will have 10 give way 10 the '97ers. Wheeler—Why, of course. The '07 represents the must advanced type of wheel The '49er wouldn’t ba in it. But who's Kiondyke ? What wheel does he make ?—Philadelphia North Ameriean, «“This hotel is run on the European plan, isn’t it ?"* asked the hungry-lcoking guest with the long hair and buckskin trousers. Yes, sah,’” rep.ied the waiter. Well, I haven’t time to look over the bill of fare,”’ rejoined the other, resignedly. *Bring me some English breakfast tes, a Hamburg stesk, Swiss cheese, some German fried pota- toes and French coffec cake or Vienna bread—I don’t care a darn which.”—Chicago Tribune. “Truly,” mused the Sultam, 943 Queens should make a full house.” “I wonder what the game is now?"” muttered the Grand Vizier, who was familiar only with draw poker. At that moment the postman eame with a number of utimata from the great Christian powers, and the conversation naturaily sought other channels.—Detroit Journal. Practical Father—I want to buy a waich for my boy—the cheapest you have. Honest Denler—I'm afraid I can't warrant the cheap ones to keep very good time. Practical Father—Oh, that doesn’t matter. Just make it so that he canopen the back ot the case.—Tae Stra “What sort of a season did you have ?” asked the first Riaito stroller. ‘“Good,” replied the second. “The ghost walked regularly every week.” 1 is what Igvould call a commendable spirit,” responded the first.—Life. d“Th;y say, count, that you are deéply in ebt. “Why, certainily. You oblige,"—Fligende Blatter. - - ! krnow noblesse MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. The season of grand opera which opens at the Tivoli on Monday evening is to be con- ducted by Gustav Hinrichs, who has always been associated with progressive movements in the history of opera in this country. In several Eastern cities, especially Philadelphia, Mr. Hinrichs has been instrumental in fatro- ducing operas which were new to the Ameri- can public, and he has been prominently con- nected with operatic enterprises for a number of years. During the coming season Mr. Hin- richs will conduct an opera which is quite un- known in this City, and 1ndeed is practically A new work to this country, though it has en- joyed a great vogue in Italy for a number of years. This is *La Gioconds,” Ponchielli’s greatest work. Ponchielli was the master of Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puceini and most of the other composers of *‘young” Italy, and some of the pnpils have shown their admira- tion for him by takinz whole chunks out of his operas and inserting them into thetr own scores. The “Gioconda” is a grandioss work bhim. The latest announcement is that he has been engaged to direct a series of con- certs—first at Stockholm and then at Odessa. And in the meantime what is to become of the Musical Lyceum at Pesaro? Sarasate, who is passing the summer at his native town of Pampeiuna, has presented that city with a perfect collection of personal souvenirs, including a ring given him by the Emoress of Austris, and jewels of which he has been the recipient from Napoleon III, Queen Victoria, the King of Saxony, ete. Anton Seidl’s conducting has been msking quite a sensation at the Bayreuth Musical Festival this year. He hasdirected ‘“Parsifal” for the first time, and itseems that even the orchestra and soloists were perfectly en- chanted with their new leader. At the final rehearsal eil the musiclans put down their instraments the moment the seconad act was ended and applauded Seidl vigorously. In spile ot his long association with America ) I | (%7 il (e GUSTAV HINRICHS, Who Will Conduct the Grand Opera Season at the Tivoli. which presengs snlendid dramatic opportuni- ties for both singers and orchestra. The scene islaid in Venice in the time of the Doges, and the first curtuin rises on the p1azza of St. Mare during carnival time. The best known music in the *“Gioconda” is the “‘Ballet of the Hours,” but the air that always lingers longest in theear 15 the “Rosary” motive, which is oneof the finest contralto arias in modern overa. Mr, Hinrichs is thoroughly modern in his tastes and shines espectally in the inter- pretation of modern lyric drama. The revival of Mozart’s operas, with eftects as given in the time of the composer, seems to be becoming a frd in Europe, and on all hands success has crowned the experiment. At Co- vent Garden Opersa-house “The Marriage cf Figaro” has beeu performed with the recitativo seeco, accompanied, as in the time of Mozart, by the cembalo, that is to say, the harpsichord. Itis true that an auntique harpischord was not used, but an instrument made for the occasion which reproduced perfectly the quality of sound of ancient harpsichords, while possess- ing a greater sonority. This modern harpsi- chord was heard in every corner of the big auditorium of Covert Garden, and on all hands the revival of the old way of giving the reci- tative was pronounced a success. If this cus- tom becomes a lasting fashion there is some hope that the twentieth century may see singers capable of rendering Mozart's music with the required delicacy. The voices of fin de siecle singers have been ruined for Mozart’s music by the effort of bellowing to be heard above the din of a modern orchestra. Sensatlonal reports have been for some time incirculation that the popular Greek composer Spiro Samara had mysteriously disappeared. It was believed that he had enlisted incognito in the Greek army and had perished in one of the battles with Turks. European musical papers lamented his fate and published touch- ing obituary nedices, but it seems that they werea little too premature, for a reporter of the Messagero Egiziano (the Egyptian Messen- ger) has discovered the composer of “Le Mar- tire” and “Flora Mirabilis’’ living in perfect health and comfort in' Alexandria. He said he had never had the least intention of leav- ing his peaceful retreat to take part in the Greco-Turkish war. Thiy ends a pretty litile story aud quiets the minds of Ssmara’s anx- jous friends. He is not the first musician who has had a chance of reading his own obituary, for Remenyi once disappeared and bobbed up serenely after some months, when every one be- lieved that the violinist had been gathered to his fathers. The Parifament of the Duchy of Gotha has carried a proposition, emanating from the So- cialistic party, to the effect that the Opera-House of Gotha, thich is subsidized by the Government of the little country, shall henceforth give seven annual Sunday perform- ances, for which the price of admission shall not be higher than 40 pfennigs (10 cents). If the Socialists get a majority in other Parlia- ments of Germany the same measure will be cartied throughout the country. Afterall this will only be an act of justice, for, according to the prevailing system, the poor are ex- ciuded by prohibitive prices from the state theaters, which they heip indirectly to main- tain, since the subsidy comes from the pockets of the taxpayers. During the sixty years of Queen Victoria’s reign she has gratifica nineteen musicians with the title of knight. Eight of them are still living. This does not seem A very gener- ous distribution of titles to the musical pro- fession. considering that she has given away titles and decorations with a prodigality that would have astonished her predecessors; but itis & good showing notwithstanding, espe- cially when one reflects that not half a dozen of the knights were well known outside the United Kingdom. Among this number were three foreigners—the Germaus, Julius Bene- dict and Charles Halle, and the Italian, Michael Costa. The surviving knight musi- cians are ail English. Two hundred and fifty artists are taking part in the Bayreuth festival this year, with: out counting managers, stagehands, etc. The troupe is made np in the foliowing manner: 4 conductors, one chorus-master, 9 pianists for rehearsals, etc., 20 male soloists, 19 fe- male soloists, 78 chorus-sirgers and 124 men in the orchesira. This large band of per- formers hes been recruited irom all parts of Europe, and even from New York and Bostou. Charles Lamoureux has announcad that his reason for glving up his orchestral concerts in Paris is that he intends to devote his en- ergies to a lyric theater. In a letter to Le Temps the eminent conductor says: ‘‘The theater will be no more Wagnerian than it will be Rossinian, it will be at the service of art without distinction of school.” When Mascagni accepted the directorship of the Musical Lyceum at Pesaro there was a good deal of regret expressed among his ad- murers, for fear that henceforth he would be 100 much occupied with his academic duties to tind tme for composing and directing.’ The regret was premature, however, for Mas- cagni’s academic duties sit very lightly upon Seidl was at one time an intimate friend of Richard Wagner. Humperdinck, the fortunate composer of “Hansel and Gr:tel,”’ is putting the finishing touches to anew opers, entitled “Mimer, the Blacksmitin,” This has no connection with Wagner's work, “Wieland, the Blacksmith,” the scenario of which the Bayreuth master wrote without ever putting it to music. Hum- perdinck’s book, which was written by M. O. Weddigen of Wies baden, is founded on an old fairy tale. A competition has been opened in Belgium for designs for the Vieuxtemps monument, to be erected at Verviers in memory of the great violinisi-composer. The competitors must send in their designs to the city fathers of Verviers before November 30, accompanied by a life-size bust of the master, either in plaster or terra cotte. The Richard Wagner Museum has been opened successfully at Eisenacn, in Thuringia. Itis very comuvletely classitied and conains many objects of great interest to disciples of the master. Most of the exhibits in this col- lection formerity belonged to the Oesterlain Museum in Vienna. Each year in Italy the Government gives a prize for the composition of a requiem mass to commemorate the death of King Humbert's grandfather, King Carlo Alberto. This year the commission appointed to pass judgment on the works submitted has crowned the com- position of a young Piedmontese, Count Carlo Gomis de Trana, An auction sale of stringed instruments held in London recently produced the total sum of £2000. The highest price was brought by a fine Antoine Stradivarius violin, dated 1729, wnich brought £610. A violin by Rug- geri sold for only £350, another by Nicolas Luport brought £48 and a fine violoncello oy Amati realized only £73. Nicolini, Adelina Patti’s husband, continues tosink. He has been taken from her castle at Craig-y-Nos to Mubles Head, near Swanses, in the hope that sea air will benefit him. Miss Auna Miller Wood hus returned home to this City and will remain till the autumn. It is her intention to give a concert here be- fore her departure. She willalto be heard in other California cities. Miss Wood, who was well knowu here as a contralto of exceptional sbility, went about Lwo years ago to study in London with Henschel. After several suc- cessful appearauces in the British metropo: is she went to Boston, where she at once se- cured a lucrative church position. Since then she has sung frequently in the East, always creating an excellent inpression. MEN AND WOMEN. Thomas A. Edison is said to enjoy reading trashy novels. 5 J. Howerd Nichols of Boston has given a $10,000 library to the town of Kingston, N. H. The late Miss Rosalie Butler of Stockbridge, Mass., left $50,000 to the State Charities Ald Association. Ex-Empress Eugenie of France recently visited and inspected the United States ship San Francisco as it lay at anchor in the port of Smyrna, Asia Minor. 3 Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his daughter will spend the winter in Vienna, in order that the latter may receive musical in- struction from Professor Leschetizky. Miss Annie Crosby Emery, Ph.D., of Ells- worth, Me.,, who has just been elected as- sistant professor of classical pbilology in the University of Wisconsin, graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1892, and won the Bryn Mawr fellow- ship of her year. Silas Hinkley, a son of the millionaire presi- dent of the Poughkeepsie Electric Railroad Company, 18 heaving coal as a stoker in the employ of the company at $1 50 a day. He is a Harvard graduate, but took his present place voluntarily in order to learn the busi. ness thoroughly. Melton Prior, the English war artist, has been through fourteen campaigns, and has been wounded eight times. Thiee times his name has appeared on the list of those killed in battle. His duties have taken him all over the world, and he has attended almost every important royal wedding of the past twenty- five years. General G. W. Custis Lee has presented to the Lee-Jackson Camp of Confeaerate Veterans of Lexington, Va., a lantern used by his {ather, General Robert E. Lee, in his tent dur- ing the Civil War. Thelantern, says the Balti- more American, is large and substantial, the metal work being of brass, and it is in a good state of preservation. A candle was used to furnish light. It is greatly prized by the Veterans as a memento of the war. Ex-Senator McConnell, who has just been appointed Indian inspector, has had a varied career in politics, and waen he represented the new State of Idabo as her first Senu‘lur his long speeches are suid to have driven Senator George Edmunds into private life. He has been by turns a miner, a stock-raiser, s mer- chant, & banker. He has lived in Nevada, California, Oregon and Idaho. 'FRANK sAx Fraxcisco, August 4, 1897. Editor Call: A eicy should have some endur- ing memorial oi its bemefsctors, of those who have wrought, among the difficulties of poli- tics, to bring into permenent being institu- tions and modes of administration useful to the people. No reflection upon others is possible in the sentiment which would extend such recogni- tion to the memory of the late Frank McCop- pin. He brought the faculties ofa trained and alert mind to bear upon the administration of every public trust to which he was called, and ineach left permanent resubis mow benef- cially felt and to be always enjoyed by tue peovle whom he served. The creation of our park reservations, the one-twelfth act, the nickel fare on street rail- ways, the re-crention oi the orange-growing industry, are partoi the debt due to his mem- ory prior to his last service in the Postoffice. When he enterea upon that his keen and practieal faculties were at once enlisted in devising means for the betterment of the pos- tal service. To-dey the white cars take their way over every street rzilroad in the Cuy, and as they move (he freshly rece.ved mails are distributed ready for prompt delivery to tue people. y This was his finnl work for tne public, and I bad daily knowiedge o the patient toil which it cost him in ill h:ealth to devise that system, persuade its adoption by the denartmeuntat Washington and reconcile the differences be- tween the Government and the streel raitway companies. We bave had ard will always have many faithful officials, but none has yet excelled him in developing official possibilities for the public good. Many know the gentle and kindly nature that supported the energies of his career, and to us the memory of hi thoughtiulness, his unfailing loyalty, his re spect lor the rights of others, his maily scorn of sham and pretense, will be held in affec- tionale immortality. A permanent and tasteful memorial, thaty wili ‘perpetuate his many virtues and their example, should be placed in Golden Gale Park among the scenes created in his foresight and loved by him to the last. Very truly, Joux P. IRISH. McCOPPIN. OLD GLORY IN ALASKA. NATIONAL MILITARY HOME, LoS ANGELES COUNTY, CAL., AUg. 2, 1897.( Editor San Francisco Call: 1 desire to make the following statement in reply to an article about “‘Old Glery,” published in THE CALL of the 27th ult: On the 18th day of October, 1867, a detach- ment of United Siates troops, consisting of Baitalion H, Second Artillery, and Company F, Ninth Infantry, were lanaed at Sitka, Aleska, from the steamer John L. Stephens and marched to the ““Castle” to go through the ceremony of the transier. As I had the honor of being color bearer on that occasion, I unbent the flag from its staff and 1astened it 1o the halliard of the flagstaff. It was then raised to its piace by Lieutenant George Ros- £oue (son of e commissioner of the transier) and a naval officer whose name I have forgot- ten. As there wasa double halliard onthe flagstaff at the time our flag was rising the Russian flag was lowering and both were saluted by the warships in the harbor. Ou the following day the garrison flag was raised in place of the original, and £ I was orderly for General Rossoue, I was ordered to put the original flag of the transfer in a tin case, which the Commissioner carried to Washington, D. C., to be placed in the Depart- ment of State. There was nothin, occurred to mar the ob- servonce of the trausfer except that in haul- ing down the Russisn flag it fouled in the crossirees of the flagstaff for a moment, which was considered a bad omen by the Russia and caused many of them to shed tears. T! inhabtiants of Sitka at the time of the tra fer were a harmless people, and I must sa that their morals were not improved by tneir coming in contact with civilization. Respect- fuliy, JoHN MCKINNON, Late ot Company F, Nuith U. . Iniantry. MR. LO'S LATEST LAMENT. Detroit Journa.. There is something pathetic in the appeals of the noble red men of Oklahoms, who have more wives than the anti-polygamy law al- lows. They don’t want the law to put asun- der what they have joined together. They are ready to Compromise with the Territory, agreeing not to increase the number of wives ihey each now have to support them, but rather than be reduced toone wife apiece they would die in the attempt to hold what they have. In other words, they vigorously protest against making the anu-polygamy law retro- active, because it would sever fond ties and break up whole families. 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