The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANOCI O CALL, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1897 THUR;DAY ¥170HN D. S}RECKELS, Propriztor. PUBLICATION OFFICE . Market street, San Francisco Telephone Main 1863. 517 Clay street EDITORIAL ROOMS. Telephone THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by carriers in this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week By mail §6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL....... ...One year, by mail, $1.50 reteeeirseesss 908 Broadway OAKLAND OFFICE... Rooms 31 and 32, 34 Park Row. NEW YORK OFFICE BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o’clock. 339 Harves street; open until 9:3) o'clock. 615 Larkin street; opzn until 9:30 o’clock. SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open until 9 o’'clock. 2518 Mission street; open until 9 o’clock. 1243 Mission street; openuntil 9 o’cleck. 1500 Polk strest; open until 9:30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky streets; open tiil 9 o’clock. THE TELLTALE PICTURES. HE iilustrations in vesterday’s CALt showing the degree of progress made during the last three monthsin the con- struction of the Hall of Justice told the story of ‘‘masterly inactivity” better than words could tell it. Three months ago | the South Kensington Museum are sought out by Americans THE MENAGERIE SCHEME. HE proposed Mission Park has been put forward on the Tmenagerie line by promising that itis to be a zoological park, in which animals more or less wild and nasty shall roam for public inspection. There is well-grounded doubt of the scientific or spectacular value of a zoo. The zoological and botanical societies of Great Britain oc- cupy 470 acres in London with their respective gardens. Patis and Vienna have zoos. In Central Park, New York, many animals are kept, and the nuisance they create has caused much protest from residents arouni the park. Life to the windward of a bear cage or a lion’s den is not as satisfactory as if fanned by the odors of Araby. How many people visiting { London or Paris resort to the zoo? The British Library and | in the British capital, as in Paris the historic buildings, the art | galleries and the works created by the genius of man, but who goes to see a monkey eat peanuts or the king of beasts nose | his fleas? | The only beneficial public use made of the Paris zoo was | during the siege of the city which ended the Franco-Prussian war, when the food supply ran low and the people ate their way through the stock of animals from the monkeys to the boa constrictor. As San Francisco is not likely to be isolated and besieged, the creation of a place of bad smells as a war reserve is not necessary. We have already a fine park area, only partly developed, the building site presented a scene of bricks, mortar, timber and granite lying confusedly about the excavations. A snapshot of thesame grounds at the present iime shows a difference merely In point of view. At this rate representatives in Con- gress from the State of Alaska will have public buildings under way at Juneau, Sitka and Skaguay before our Hall of Justice is tall enough to look over the fence that inclos2s ths lot. Early in June the Building Committes of the Board of Supervisors issued an ‘‘ultimatum” to the effect that if the con- tractors failed to commence active operations on the hall within a week the City's architect would proceed to have the building erected according to the plans upon which the contract was swarded, the cost to be charged against the contractors. No further move has been made in the matter. Isthe Building Committee a party to the scandalous scheme of delay? Isthere a combination of committee, architect and contractor: Is the $300,000 appropriated for the Hall of Justice to re- main idle in the City treasury for an indefinite time while hun- dreds of honest workingmen are going idle, and while property- owners in the vicinity of the site are being seriously damaged by the inexcusabie delay? How long is that money to be with- held from the channelsof trade, to the detriment of the City in general? It is customary in some cities to award a bonus for work finished ahead of time and to exact a forfeit for failure to com- plete work within a certain period. Is it possible that in San Francisco only the taxpayer must er through the failure of contractors to abide by their azree- ment, and that the contractors realize bonuses for delay? Per- haps an investigating committes of citizens would be abie to | clear up some of these grave doubts, and perhaps the citizens | will be forced to take a hand in the matter. This should bea warning note. The people are losing patience. After seeming near its final determination a nice point in troom procedurs remains undecided. Whether or not it is vroper for a lawver to emphasize his emotions by a hanay move toward a pocket wherein reposes a large pistol, and thus placein jeopardy the dignity of the beach and the hide of in- nocent spectators, may unever be known. Because the propriety seemed clear enough to Lawyer Crittenden he | indulged in it to a di-quieting extent, whereupon Judge Slack, in whose nd the clarity was wanting, or of different effect, imposed a fine of $250. In lieu of the cash Crittenden was wiiling to tender an inexpensive apology, which, as observers remarked, “Didn’t go.’” An appeal and much language fol- lowed, and just as the climax seemed in sight necessary official | documents were lost and the episode closed, & circumstance to | be deeply regretted. Now won’t know whether or not to make gun plays, and tha morbid throng remains uncer- tain of being form adjourned by the bailiff or informally by a double-action revolver of nervous disposition. o of such condu torn | There can be no particular objection to the Pennsylvania Democrats opening their convention with a fight on the stage, since this accords with their feelings better than the ordinary fashiou of cpening such gatherings with prayer. However, to their motto, ‘‘Bryan—Special privileges to none,” people have a right to take exceptions. It is inconsistent and calls up a pain- fuol episode in Bryan’s recent career, for toride on & pass isa special privilege. Portland’s only woman lawyer has been arrested charged with assault to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Unlor- tunate as this episode may appear in some respects, it will give the lady an opportunity to establish a reputation for shrewd- ness. To do this she has but to firmly decline to conduct her own case. Senorita Cisneros, whatever mistakes she may have maae, deserved better of fate than to be the instrument to pulla monkeyish yellow kid's chestnuts out of the fire. A woman of pride would rather go to a comfortable jail than be made ridiculous. There is every reason 10 believe that the Spring Valley Com- pany cannot show clear title to the streets of which it certainly takes possession. It has not even a squatter’s right. Butit has the streets, and trifles like these do not trouble it. Ban Jose papers complain that that city has no Superin. tendent of Streets. But it might have one and be no beiter off. Look at S8an Francisco. but Golden Gate Park is praised without stint by visitors from all over the world. Perhaps not more than one-fourth of it is finished. Before making another park let the beautles of this one be spread to the ocean beach. Buena Vista is another striking park site already owned by the city. From its summit the bay and ocean are both visible and the view is most in- spiring. But this beautiful site is not developed at all, and probably not a thousand people in this City know that it is a park re- serve and not a hundred a year visit it. Plenty of park is a good thing, but it is probable that San Francisco has now more park reserves than London or Paris, and more than any other city in this coun'ry except New York. With a majority of this park acreage yet to be developed it is nothing shor t of folly to leave it untamed and spand hundreds of thousanis of dollars in a new project of doubtful utility and largely th= fruit of real estate speculation. If the proposition is stripped of its animal show feature it appeals but little to the favor of our citizens, who desire a more rapid improvement of the parks we have. The idea of a zoo is therefore used to divert attention from the uselessness of the project. The City needs many things more than it needs a few sad and mangy animals hell in unnatural confinement. Ina climate friendly to the best pavem:nts because frost is unknown here, we have probably the worst streets of any city on earth | outside of Asia. The wreiched pavements which are common on our bestand busiest strests, as well as on the worst and quietest, are a disgrace to a city of our positionand pretensions. If we have money for improvement let us not throw it at birds and beasts, but pur it into propsr modern smooth and sightly paving on the streets. People would like to know whether the gentlemen having a contrect in relation to the Hall of Justice understand it rightly. Possibly they regard it as a contract not to erect the structure. The contractors may be assured with the utmost confidence that this view of the matter is incorrect. Not only this, but that the public is getiing very tired of adelay for which no excuse has been given, and for which the most defily framed excuse would be inadequate. To see the work put into other hands would suit the general temper, which is apt to roil more or less at adog in the manger, especially 1f the dog stay after a few suggestive bricks have been shied at him. 1t is noted with a sense of pleasure that the proprietor of a howling dog has been arrested for maintaining a nuisance. | Lhere appears no reason why the journey through this vale of PERSONAL. Dr. H. R. Bulsiner of Boston is at the Grand. E. 8. Ward of San Jose is at the Cosmopoli- tan, Dr. A. E. Osborne of Elaridge is at the Grand. Captain 8. B. Pritchard of Sausalito 1s at the Baldwin. W. C. Bird of Birds Landing, 8 merchant, is at the Grand. Rev. J. A, Jones of Haywards arrived last night at the Russ. H. Walcott and wife of San Rafael are at the Cosmopolitan. W. J. Morgan, a merchant of Hongkong, is at the Cosmopolitan. B. Cohn, a merchant of Pomeroy, Wash,, is a guest at the Grand, Dr. Frank L. Day of Providence, R. L, is a guest ot the Palace, C. A. Campbell, a Red Bluff merchant, is reg- istered at the Grand. William McCurry and family of Merced are at the Cosmopolitan. George A. Parker, a fruit-exporter of Visalia. 1s & guest at the Russ. Marcus, a merchant of New Whatcom, Wash,, is at the Grand. Colonel H. Trevelyan, the Fresno fruit- dealer, is at the Palace. City Marshal Sam W. Finley, of Tuchon, Ariz, is at the Baldwin. Thomas McClosky, a lawyer of Hollister, is a Jate arrival at the Russ. L. P. Wheeler, a cattieman andj storek eeper of Reno, Ney., is at the Russ. Dr. W. D. Rodgers of Watsonville is one of the recent arrivals at the Lick. Frank H. Buck, a large orchardist of Vaca- ville, is & late arrival at the Palace. J. D. Culp of 8an Felipe, the successful Cali- fornta tobacco-grower, is at the Lick. A. Widemann, who has a general merchan- dise store at Gonzalls, is at the Russ. W. A. Brewer of Brewer's St. Matthew’s Hall School of San Mateo is at the Occldental. R. M. Barham, United States Revenue Gauger at Los Angeles, is at the Baldwin. F. W. Yokum, & business man of La Grande, 18 at the Russ, accompanied by his iemily. E. H. Whyler, a rancher ot Willows, arrived at the Russ last night, accompanied by his brifle. Willlam A Farish, & well-known mining ex- pert of Denver, Colo., arrived yesterday at the Palace. Alex Young, a prominent merchant of Hono- lulu, 1s at the Occidental, accompanied by Mrs. Young. R. J. Collins, connected with the quicksilver mine at New Almaden, s at the Palace, accom- panied by Mrs. Collins. L. M. Fietcher, general agent here of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, moved yesterday with his wife to the Occidental. where he will reside, Carl Schreivener, of london, managor Munich Re-fnsurancs Company, foreign de- partment, arrived at the Palace lastnight by the Eastern overland. Captain John Berminghsm, United States Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels and president of the Californta Powder Works, is confined to his home with rheumatism. T. M. Carnegic and G. L. Carnegle, of Pitts- burg, jPa., sons of Carnegie, the great iron- dealer, arrived here yesterday {n ihe steam- ship Australia after a visit to the Fiji Islands. They left in the evening for the East. Joseph H. Sinton of this City, formerly with the North American Transportation Company and aiso with the Union Pacific at Portland, has been appointed Pacific Coast traveling ireight agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. United States Marshal Nick A. Covarubias of Los Angeles arrived yesterday afternoon at the Palace. Hebrought from the south with him for deportation to China six Chinese that had siipped into the United States from Mexico. 1. J. Doolittle of this City was yesterday ap- pointed traveling freightagenton this coast for the Chicazo, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ral- road. The sppointment was ocedsioned partly by the recent death of W, E. Wicker, tbe iocal contrect.ng freicht azent of the company. CALIFORNIANS IN -NEW YORK. NEW YORK Sept. L.—At the Plaza, tears shonld be robbed of the meager measure of its joy by the | nocturnal lament of a canine sorrowing at the lack of somebody J 1o bite, | AN EXPLANATION NEEDED, CCORDING to dispatches from Chicago the Southern Pa- l cific Company has announced that it will not ba a party | to the agreement for giving reduced rates for the Letter Carriers’ Convention to be held in this City. Itis added that the lines of the Westera Passenger Association, which have made low rates for the carriers, are now in a rather unpleasant situation, as they will be compelled to pay to the Southern Pacific its full proportion of the fares across the continent and stand all the reduction themselves. A dispatch such as this coming from an authoritative source imposes upon the officials of the Southern Pacific the duty of making an explanation to the people. San Francisco can never become a conveution city it the Southern Pacific Company refuses to be a party to agreements for reduced rates. Thatroad has more to gain from convention travel to this City than any other road in the country, and if it does not aid in promoting the travel it is a sure thing that other roads will rot. The success attained by Ban Francisco in entertaining the Christian Endeavorers stimulated our energies to the work of bringing other National gatherings here. A convention associa- tion was formed and atonce began to formulate plans for ad- vertising San Francisco and showing its advantages for mid- summer assemblies. An effort was made to arrange for the next annual encampment of the Grand Army. A number of our citizens gave much of their time and no little of their money to the undertaking, and, while they failed to obtain the Somebody in the Fair case has made the pleasing statement *‘We rest.”” Would that the public had been invited to parti- pate! NATIONAL CONGRESS OF FARMERS. N the Farmers' National Congress of the United States, now n gescion at St. Paul, the whole Nation is more thoroughly interested, perhaps, than in any other non-political gathering of the year. As President Ciayton observed, it is doubtful if there has been a proper appreciation of the vocation of farming, “although, like Atlds, it bears the world upon its shoulders.” The farming population of America is a mighty power, and what is now demanded, according to the same authority, is that the farmer should educate himself to a full understanding of his grievances and to a sufficient knowledge of the principles which should be emploved to remedy them. Thus will the tiller of the =oil become able to =olve the problems with which he is confronted, and he holds in Lis hands the power to redress whatever wrongs he may suffer. At the special session of Congress, wherein the Dingley bill was maae a law of the land, the influence of this potent organi- zation of farmeis was exerted with the most satisfaciory re- sults, and testimony to that fact is to be found in the agricul- tural schedule of the new tariff measure. “Fair and just protection for farm products was secured’ is the plain state- ment in the report of the secretary of the St. Paul convention, The farmer is destined to enjoy in tbe no distant future many blessings that have been denied him in the past because of his timidity in asserting his rights. He is studying the af- fairs of the Republic, and he is determined to render the career of a farmer in this country one to be desired as heartily as a next encampment, made such an impression upon those to whom they appealed as to encourage the hope that the veterans would honor our City by making it their place of encampment in 1899 if reasonable transportation were provided. The bright expectations raised by these accom plishments are clouded by the news from Chicago. If the Southern Pacific holds to its determination to be no party to an azreement for reduced rates there will be an end, for a time at least, to ail our hopes of having large National assemblies in our City. So long as that rallroad bolds a virtual monopoly of travel to the coast, so long will our enterprises be dependent upon the decisions of its officials. 1f they have not enough Californian patriotism to help build up the State the energies and public spirit of others will be heavily handicapped. Itis surely a short-sighted policy that is guidine the mag- nates of the Southern Pacific. The pennies they will save by demanding full fares from the letter-carriers will not make up for the loss they will sustain by retarding the development of the Ciiy and State from which they gather most of their reve- nue. Nor will an eaterprising and progressive people always submit to be hampered by a monopoly devoid of sympathy with popular aspirations and opposed to uadertakings for the public good. Sconer or later there will be an end to such mo- novoly and every such action as thatannounced in this case hastens its coming. It does not appear thav among the necessaries of a great university there is any place for s ““rush.”” An eventin wh.ch one student achieves a broken leg, and to which another sacri. fices a useful jaw, could, without material loss, be eliminated. A university aoes not do its best work as an adjunct toa hospital. career in any of the other walks of life. Ho desires rural free mail delivery, for one thing; he wishes pure-food legislation everywhere, he aims to see it enforced; and be particularly demands good roads. These bocons he will obtain, and more than these, just as sure as the present outiovk for his indusiry is the brightest in years. Virginia has repeaied the old law providing a ducking for “babbling women.” Whetherthisisduetoforthright gallantry, to the act that women no longer babble, or to an honest knowl- edge that even if they do men babble fully as much, the dis- patches neglect 1o explaia, Among the gentlemen who openly state their hearty dis- approval of the Mission park scheme are many who are not only notsilurians, but in the very front in any mov: for the better- ment of the City, They see no reason, however, for booming any individual's realty. | Kearny street deserves something in the way of @ municipal building more finished and useful than a board fence and a hole in the ground. If placed on trial before any unprejudiced tribunal Rev. C. 0. Brown would undoubledly be found guilty of taiking too much, Fiorence Graceweight; Hoffman, A. Andrew Cadillac, Miss Edmundon; Imperial, C, Kel- lus. H. A. Baldwin and Mrs, Baldwin left the Pleza ail on the St Louis fer Europ:. W. L. Howard and M. Jows sailed for Europs. The Barbarossa brought in Hy. Seekeiyon, Miss May Whipple, Thomas L.Thompson and fam- ily. The Havel brought fn E. W. Britt. THE SHOT OF THE DAY. Thbey play at golf along the downs, And he s tall and she Ia fuic. Her dress is 2ay with reds and brotwns, And his is tr.m aud debonair. Thev play an hour or may be more And neither seems Lo Lry to win, And theu they wander to the shore To watch ihe iire.ess tide come 10, While on the links, with jaunty alrs, Dan Cupd now the zulf ciub swings, His dress ischic. he ligh.iy wears A very modest pair of wings. He s2ts the ball upon the tee, ‘Then towa:d the couple far Away A fleeting giance—a s.roke—aud ho Jias made the triumph Of the day. —Trutn. THAT TEN PER CENT CLAUSE. 8an Francisco Commerclal New: The discussion of the 10 per cent ad valorem Aiscriminating duty by high officials at Wash- ington will be watched with great interest by the merchants of this country, and where public good, rather than se!fish gain, is hoped for—if any one hopes for public good that does not mean his personal gain—thero isa sincere wish the new law be sustained. Briefly, Great Britain has built a military highw with e swift ferry service at each end, to have a quick service through British territcry, from her capital to her Oriental and Australasian provinces. tier highly subsidized lines have seriously affected the business of the unpro- tected Americad lines of steamers from this cosst to tne Orient, and 10 Australia, while, under the bonding system, her subsidized rail- road, untrammeled by the Interstate Com- merce Commission, has been able to cut under American overiand roads, and has taken away from them a iarge and extremely -valuable trade. Yeurs ago the Commercial News called at- tention to the fact that while no water-borne commerce between American p Orts was per- mitted except by carriers built and cwned in the United States, land carriage was as freely permitted by foreigners as if this highiy pro- tected country was under free-trade rule. For examule, no foreixn vessel can trade on the great lokes between American ports, while foreign railways, bringing goods from foreign seaports, goods brought to these ports by for- eign steamers, carry such goods from Cans- dian cities to tne American side and deliver them in bond at any American point desired. While the “long and short haul” ciause of the Interstate commerce act prevenis the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the Southern Pacific or the Atchison and Topeka from making discrimiuating rates for, say, Asiatic goods landed on this coastand des- tined for ths Atlaniie seaboard, rates that wouid discriminate ngainst Omaha or Osh- kosh, the Canadian Pacific, bound by no such rul charge its local traffic what it pleases, and yet cut under in its through busi- ness, 50 as 10 take from American stesmers aud railways all of the trade 1t desires. Under these circumstances it seems but logi- cal that the Government should supply the same rules to “coastwise” commerce on land 88 10 waler-borne commerce. That such ac- tion will assist the two American lines there is no doubt; that {t will creste & monopoly is improbable; that it will build up American lines, backesd by the great overland roads, is extremely probable. e A RUSSIAN COMPLIMENT, Philadelphia Ledger. Perhaps the highest compliment paid to the republic of France in the welcome of M. Faure at Peterhol was the free admission of the Dpeopie 1o the ceremonies, something contrary 10 Kussian custom. It was a graceful recogni- tiou of the popular form of government repre- sented by the Francn President, which the French people will be sure to apjreciate, A NEW COMPLAINT. Philadelphia North 4 merican. Tke country is prosperous. but it is suffering from an epidemic of Klondicitis, which msy | prove aisastrous to many. 189 SEPTEMBER 2, MUSIC AND A yourg American debutante is to occupy the most important lyric position in tne whole of Italy during the coming season. Her name is Minnie Tracy, and during the last few years she has been studying at Paris. Notlong&go Sonzogno, the great ltalian impresario, ‘who controis nearly thirty opera-houses, heard Miss Tracy, and at once snapped her up to sing the ptima-donna roles in the principal operas he will produce during the coming season at his Lyric Theater in Milan. The historic Beals is to remain closed this winter, so the Lyrie Theater will give tne principal season in Milan, and Milan is the chief Opurl‘: producing town among the “hundred cities’ PURSDRILRS MUSICIANS, is put sausages while you walt. This machine bfi!nr:lht footlights, & hog is conducted alive on the stage, walks into the machine and in & short time reappears in the form of sausages, which are distributed to the spectators as souvenirs. S¢non ¢ vero, ele. a died poor and in & madhouse, w:?r: ;: had bee: largely brought by brood- ing over his failure to make the world recog- nize his compositions. Now that it is too late honors continue to be heaped upon him. Hiy «Bariered Bride” has made the tour of German and Austrian theaters with eclat, and now the Imperial Opera-house of Vienna announces 7, MISS MINNIE TRACY, the Leading Prima Donna in Italy Next Season. of Italy. The large preponderance of Ameri- can prima donnas at Covent Garden during the season just closed shows how much Euro- pean audiences value American singers, but for a debutante to occupy the position Miss Minnie Tracy is to hold may be considereu‘ phenomenal. The poor iyric and dramatic artists of Greece have every prospect of starvation staring them in the face. Badly enough off in times of | peace they have been reduced since the war to a condition of absolute misery. When hos- tilities opened the Government ordered all theaters to be closed. Reduced to the last ex- tremity the artists recently demanded the au- thorization of the state to continue their per- formences, promising only to present tragic | dramas and operss, and to forswear op:rettas and farces entirely as unbecoming the period of national calamity. Ralli, the President of | the Council, has answered that though the deepest sympathy is felt for the artists’ saa plight by the Government their demand cau- not be acceded to, because the unfortunate soldiers who suffered so many privations on | the batile-fields of Epirus and Thermopyle ~might be indignsant and even revolt at sceing a revival of theatrical periormances, which although tragic in their nature are none the less a form of amusement.” So the poor Greex singers, actors and musicians must wait until | peace is concluded before they can earn their | daily bread. And in the meantime they ar: starving. The tenor Cardinale, who some years ago | won the heart of a fair San Francisco prima donna in herba, has just been following the ex- | ample of prima donnas by lettiug himself be robbed of dismonds. It seems that Cardinale | has really sustained a loss of over $20,000 | worth of jawels, and the list he has given to the Spanish police shows that he must have a perfect passion for decking himself out with gems. Heis singing in Barcelona and the authorities have not yet succeeded in locating | the servant who ropbed him. Among the ar- | ticies stolen are a necklace ot pear.s, a pair of diamond earrings, a sword with a hiit st with diamonds, four braceletsset with dia- monds, three diamond rings, four gold chaius, two watchesand & number of other ariicles, which show that the tenor traveled about with a good-sized Jewelry-store in his trunks. Cardinale’s impresario has had to make good a part of the loss in order to_persuade him to be re-engaged for next season. Mascagni spent s great part of last winter triumphantly directing his cwn works in Ger- many and Austris, and people asked, “What is becoming of the Musical Lyceum at Pesaro, of which he is director?” The question is now answered by wailing and lamentation that come from Pesaro. Assoon as the summer neat closed the tneaters the energetic Mas- cagni hied himselt to Pesaro, and, in the words of a man who wriles to the Italian pa- pers, “submitted the poor pupils to the torture of singing and playing through the heat of summer.” While all the other conservatories throughout Italy had closed their doors for the summer vacation the Lyceum at Pesaro resounded with the sirains of industrious practicing, and now that the vacation has at lsstcome the pupils are in a state bordering on collapse. The closing examinations have disclosed the fact that Mascagni has done good work with his pupiis. A part of an opera written by one student was performed and created quite a sensation. This youth, who is named Beineci, is Mascagni’s favorite disciple, and Is said to be a student of phenomenal promise. The Berlin police have commanded Rossi, the celebrated ballet composer, to make great cuts in his new ballet, “The Dream of Love,” which is being performed at the Friedrich Wilhelm Theater. The German authorities are astonished that a composer has dared at Berlin to symbolize the alliance of the “Three Latin Sisters,” while Germany, Austria and Russia are also made to embrace in the dance. Rossi brought into his ballet music.the “Mar- seillaise” and the “Garibaldi Hymn,"” which are generally allowed to be played every- where, but the Berlin authorities have com- manded him to suppress them both from his score. Such 1s art, under the Emperor Wil- liam! Newspapers in Italy persist in stating that, in his oid age, Giuseppe Verdi has foresworn opera and Is turning all his attention to the composition of sacred music. Il Resto del Car- lino, & Bologns paper, ‘A few days ago ths glorious master was st Montecatini, look- ing strong, happy and lively. The few fortu- nate ireads who can claim intimacy with him, state that he has already finished a ‘Te Deutn,’ and is now working on a ‘msss for his own funeral.”” Another newspaper,comment- ing on this news says: s for the mass, O master, we want to hear it thiscentury, and ot wait till you dif The Bohémian composer, Anion Dvorak, continues to exploit plantation melodies as the basis for his compositions. His symphony, “From the New World,” brought him so much fame that he is now e ged in writing an opera which is to be reminiecent of negro minstral Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, " has been chosen as the subject of the libretto, and before long we shall see the victorious Uncle Tom winning the plaudits of the Munich Opera-house or the Imperial Opera of Vienna. Il Trovatore, an Italian musical journal, | Norwegian town, has just been celebrated by | prevent auy disastrous legislation. but under that to celebrate the Emperor’s birthday, on October 4, Smetana’s opera ‘‘Dalibor” will receive a gorgeous production. The nine hundredth anniversary of thein. corporation of Drontheim, the pretty little | the performance of & new oratorio by the Seandinavian composer, Ole Olsen. The pub- lc in this country does not ussociate the name “Ole Olsen” with oratorio. The dean of planists, Chevalfer de Konstkl, continues to bob up serenely in different parts | of the world. After coucertizing in Australia | and China he crossed over to Eastern Siberia, | and has just been charming the musical public at the Russian port of Virdivostok. Itis stated that the well-known barytone Victor Maurel will shortly opsn- a theater in Paris for the permanent production of Italian opera. POWERS OF SUPERVISORS. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: Taere was a towl misapprehension by the ma- jority of the charter con'ventlon last night of stood. Taps were atrached to the vessels. When Enaslighted his torch the other warrior having_one of the vessels lighted his also. Then Fnas extinguished his torch and per- mitted the water to flow through the tap The other warriors followed. Immediately that Anas relighted his torch the taps were turned off, and the section of the uprising stick which was even with the top of tae vessel contaned the order Jnas desired to give. It wasa prims itive arrangement, but there were no wire:. MEN AND WOWMEN. John N. Brown, Rhode Island’s richest bachelor, is shortly to marry Miss Natha.1 Dresser of New York. Mayor Harrison of Chicago recentl made a record ot eighty-two fish and sixty-seven Ircodcock 1u a day's sport near Skanesstation, Mich. ‘‘Personally,” remarks a London writer, “the Marquis of Lorne has quite lost his familiar Highland laddie appearance. He is English— desperately English.” Samuel R. Callaway, president of the Nickel Piate Railroad, end probable president of the Lake Shore, began life as a poor boy on the Grand Trunk Railroad, working for $883 u month. Mrs. Fannie F. Iverson of Atlanta, who was reported engaged to be married to ex-Senator David B. Hid ot New York, several months ago, bas been ‘married to Charles Abbott of Washington. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont is said to value her famous ‘Marble House at Newport at $1,000,000. Sne recently refused an offer from Potter Palmer for it approximating that sum It is assessed at £300,000. Cornelius Vander- bilt's The Breakers is assessed at $938,000. ‘A Texas paper says that ex-Governor Hogg is one of the most populer speakers in Texas. His facial expression is remarkable, and when he makes & good point he stops short and sur- veys the audience with a 100k so comical that his most bitter opponent is forced to laugh. Willlam Watson Wallen will present s pub- Hcpark to the cityof Indianapolis. He has bought for that purpose a tract of forty-four acres of land in the wildest part of the sube urbs of that city, which he tutends to pre serve in 1ts wild state. Professor E. C. Linderman, after whom the great lake in Alaska was named, in talking of his recent trip there, said the other da “In dress I wore silk underwear and red flan- nels, which I steeped in lard oil. Outside my woolen clothing I wore Hamburger overails of corduroy. I never suffered from cold in that dress.”” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS SaM RAINEY—P. C., Oakland, Cal. ‘Samuel Rainey, the politician, is a native of Pennsyl- vania. OLD GOLD—G. 8,, City. The simplest way to secure the gold {that there is fu old jewelry is 10 melt it OLD CoiNns—W. H. F., City, and N. H., Vallejo, Cal. There is no premium on a half dollar of 1837, nor on a $5 piece of 1836. ORGANIZATIONS — A. K. B, City. This de- partment does not vouch for or recommend any organjzation, individual or firm, or de- clure the standing of either, Such information shouid be obtained from mercantile agencies. Parks—D. E. M., City. Golden Gate Park contains 1400 acres. Yosemite Valley fs about twenty miles long by ten miles wide. Yosemite National Park - oceupies atout forty square miles. A RIN—'"‘A Friend in Need,” City. As you do not state whether the bicyele rim you wish to siraighten is stee’, copper or wood, the in- formation asked for cannot be furnished. Pos- sibly the best thing (0 do is to take it to.some expert repairman. = CouRT COoMMISSIONER—G. B., City. The Civil Code of California seys that a commis- sioner, or referee, to whom has been referred the partition of property, is entitled to charge and collect the same jees for the performaun of official acts as are now ailowed or may hereaiter be allowed to notaries in this Siate for like service. The expense: of "the rei- erees. incinding tho<e of a surveyor, where one is employed, must te asceriained by the court, and the amcunt thereof, together with a the te:s allowed by the court in 1ts c tne system as & whole which was outlined in the proposed substitute, but after the storm of | debate broke over the convention no oppor- tunity was given me to present it as a whole, | Itfs true that 1 said on offering the Substs tute that an effectiva check “to ail vicious | | iegisiation was provided in the veto by the | voters, which could bé instantly put in motion | by petition or by & faithiul Mayor. Asamat- | ter of course, this would always absolutely the rules I could nat offer it as a substitute for the section under consideration, although I had prepared and printed it and had iton hand ready for distribution among the mem- bersas a substitute to section 16 as soon as we could take up that section. It reads as fol- lows: Section 16. All laws, ordinances and resolu- tions passed by the Board «f Supervisors or City Council of San Fraucisco +hall bs subject to vetu | wuy & majority vote of the qualified electors of the | munici i aud for this €ass 1o such law, or- | dinance or resolution shali be in force until thirty days subsequent 1o cfficial publication of the | same. Within soch time 20 per cent of the tax- pivers, as shall appear upon the next preceding tax-roll, may present a petidon to (he Mayor of the clty asking for the suomi:sion of any law, or- dinance or resolution to a voieof the qualified electors at the next municipal or zeneral eiec- tion. and the presentation ot such petition shall suspend the operation of such aw, ordinance or resolution until such election, and & major ty vote in favor of it shall be required to make it opera- tve. The Mayor shefl aiso be vested with au- thority to suspend any suchiaw,ordinance or reso- lution by proclamation during the first ten days after officlal publication of the sume, and when so suspended it shall take the ssme courseasif it | had been suspended by petition. 1t will be seen by thoughtful men that the Mayor would be anything but a figurehead or & nonentity if he haa 1o other authority than | this power to suspend all sets of the Super- visors whicn in his judgment were against the | public welfare. That power alone wouid in- | stantly defeat all toe jobs of the “solid eight,” and no boodle would beoffered them. But the subsiltute gave the Mayor other important powers as a member of the board, and the sys- tem I propose includes still other imporiant functions for the Mayor, but I cannot enumer- ate them here. Some members of the convention became uite frantic over the proposal to invest the guy-iour Supervisors with executive author- 1ty, and yet there is not a single city in conti- | nental or insular Eurcpe in which the exec- utive authority is not vested in the Municipal Council, and even the ndvocates of a despotic Mayor concede that these European cities are tbe best and most economicaliy governed cities in the world. However, I am not disposed to urge the adoption of a system which ciothes the Super- visors with the executive authority. It isnot necessary. There is a practical modification of the system which makes the Mayor the chief but not the sole executive, and that will suit me. JOSEPIT ASBURY JOHNSON. 11 Essex strect, Sept. 1, 1897. SPAIN'S EXHAUSTION BY THE CUBAN WAR. London Spectator. People here hardly reaiize what Spain has done in the course of the struggle with Cuba. She bas sent so marny conscripts o dle there of fever and homesickness and wretchedness that at present the Spanish War Office has a greater experience in the matter of the trans. port of troops by sea, not merely than any other war office of modern times, but of any times. Spainin the last few years has put 250,000 men in Cuba. 1hat she does not have to provide for bringing them home is the most dreadful and disasirous fact of all. The Cuban war has done mucn to exhaust Epain 1n three ways. It has cost huge sums of money, has absorbed the energies of ths Gove ernment, and, more important, it has robbed ihe country of ha!f her crop of young men. The conscripts have been sent o die i Cuoa st the very moment when they ought to have been Illlhf their young energies in tilling the soil, winning iron from the mines or working in the trades. In aland where the men have an invineible longing to rest in the shade after 40 and ere old at 50 the nation can- notdo witnout its youth. Spain, then, under its present conditions, is exactly the country tion, must be apportioncd among the di parties Lo the action equitabiy. nt QuoTaTIONS FROM THE BIBLE—J. R., Oakland, Cal._The two quotations you desiré are from the Bible—Yiatihew x s Are not two sparrows sld_for a fartning? And one of them shail not £1il on the grouna withou: your Father. Fut ihe very hairs of your Fe.d as bered. In St Luke xi1:6-7 is the following on the same subjects: Are not five sparrows sold for two far:hings? And ot one of them is forgo ten before God? But even ihe very bairs of your head are all pumbered. Fear not thercfore; ye a‘e of more Vaile tLan MADY SParrows. ail num- LARGE NUGGET—L. C. McM., Douglass City, Trinity County, Cal. The gold nugget re- cently found at Coffee Creek, Californa, is the Jargest that was ever fouud in this State. Its weight is given as 2400 ounces. As tothe | Iargest pugget ever found in the world author- jties donot seem to agree. One authority says the Welcome nugget founa at Ballarat, Australis, in 1858, weighed 2250 ounces while another authority says thut it weighed but 2166 ounces. Another authoritysays that there was found at Donnelly, Australia, in 1869 & nugget weighing 2520 ounces, If that is eorregt, then that nuggetis the largest ever found. KILKENNY CATs—A. O. 8, City. The state- ment that Kilkenny cats fought until nothing was left of them but their tsils has tke fol- lowing foundation: During the rebellion in Ireland in 1808 Kilkenny was garrisoned by a troop of Hessians who amused themselves in barracks by tying two cats together by the tails and throwing them across a clothes- line to fight. The officers hearing of this eruel praciics resolved to stop ii, and deputed one of their number to watch. The soidiers, on their part, set & man to waich for the com- ing officer. One day the sentinel peglected his duty, and the heavy tramp of the officer was heard ascending the stairs. One of the troopers seizing a sword severed the tails of the animais 4s they hung on the line, and the 1wo cats, minus tbeir tails, escaped through an open window. When the officer euntered the room he observed the two bieed- ing tails_on. the line and asked what that meant. He was cooily told that two eats had been fighting and had devoured each other all but their tailé, and these had been tied and huog on theline in proof of the story. CaLIFCRNIA glace fruits, 50¢ Ib. Townssnd's* R S A, Physician (¢examining a corpse) — Three wounds. The first is fatal, but the two others, luckily, are not serious.—Fliegende Blatter. B EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. * e Friend—Why, what are you in such a fuss about? Anything happened? Artist—Ob, botheration, yes! 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