The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1897, Page 6

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. Address All Communications to W S. LEAK E PUBLICATION OFFIC . «.....710 Market street, S8an Franc! ‘Telephone Main 1863. EDITORIAL ROOMS. this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. r; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. .One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE ..908 Broadway Eastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE BRANCH OFFICI fontgomery street, corner Hayes street; op: open until 9:30 o’clock open u 143 Ninth street; open unt u 9:30 o’clock. NW. coruer Twenty-secon oven tiil 9. oc, WHERE PRAISE IS DUE. WIFT and vigorous has been the response of the Govern- ment to the petition of THE CALL urging relief for the ice- | bound whalers in the Arctic. Secretary Long, to who the information of the plight of the whaling fleet was promptly laid the facts before the President, and the President sent, | without waiting f meeting of the Cabinet called into consultation the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy and the Treasury departments, and at once arranged for dispatch- 1 expedition to carry food and supplies to the endangered ihe rezul ing sa Noslight praise is due to the high officials at Washington, who so readily gave their attention to the needs of American in far-off Arctic seas, und so prompily devised | means for relieving them. It must te borne in mind that the President and all the members of his Cabinet are at this time busy in preparing their reports and getting ready for the ap- proaching session of Corgress, co that they have little ieisure for outside affairs. Nevertheless, in spite of these engrossing ,ations, they gave their time and their energy to this de haste to accomplish it. of the Department of the Navy, to whom ressed, showed a warm interest in the to act in connection sailors te ocy the petition was cuse from the s with thec 3 ld be cbtained concerning the con- transmitted that information | dition of the whaling to the Pre: as soon as THE CALL sent it forward from San Francisco. The Secretary moreover frankly stated to our | Washington correspondent that his depariment had no au- showed unmis: a relief expedition, and THE ¥ to pro takable eviden Carn es of gratification when overcame that difficulty by offeri of the Navy found in the President a chief prompt! \plies. to furnish the su The Secretar g ana eager to do all in his power to forward Asthe Navy Department had no shi relief ble for such a voyage re: the time, the President called n:o consulta- tion the Secretary of the Treasury to see what couid be done by | the marine service of the revenue department. Secretary Gage re ponded promptly as S ary Long had dore, and at | ements to equip the Bear for the work. ads of departments only but the chiefs of staff, navy and in the treasury, entered with alacrity and Chief Shoemaker of the rev- the resclution enue marine, when asked by the President if that service could do anything for the icebound sailors under the conditions that n terpr vered: “We ha Later on, in rep ve done it before, and we to a similar question, he said: “Ion!y know that men are pe that we have been ordered to perf that we have accomp! things before, that the Bear is a stanch and valiant cra what has been done can be done again.” Chief Shoemaker found a cordial and strong aid in Captain Hooper of the same service, who has made twelve trips to the Arctic and 1s familiar with the dangers of the frozen ocean and also with the means for overcoming them. Captain Hooper is to have charge of the of superintending the equipment cf toe relief ship, and like Chief Shoemaker has no otber thought | than that of performing his duty and savinz the whalers. Both | the chief and the captain speak in the highest terms of Captain Tuttle of the Bear ree that no better n:an could be found tis expected of the expedition. It is probabie that the plan of relief to be followed by the Bear will be essentially the same as that outlined by Lieutena Stoney of this city and published in THe CaLt. This plan was transmitted to the officials at Washington by our correspond- ent there to show that; relief is feasible, and that fact had, no doubt, much weight in determiningz the Government to act at once. Let credit be given where credit is due. We have at Wash- ington a government that is genuinely American. It protects industry at home and gives aid to the sailor on tke sea. It acts with vigor and with patriotism. It will save the ice-bound whalers from destitution and death. d them, an surro can do it again. v in i H to accomplish all One of the crew of a whaler recently arrived in port had earned during his cruise $186 26, and the charge against kim for outfit was only $170. This would have ieft him the magnificent balance of $16 26, which of course is more than a sailor could expect for a single season, with all the pleasure of Arctic frost- bites thrown in. So he was charged §6 as shipping fee, and for his eight months on the deep can show §1026. The joysofa sailor’s life are something to write poetry about. THE RIGHTS OF A WOMAN. EARCH among newspaper files for anything more inde- cently brutal than the Ezaminer's treatment of the Durrant case would be vain. It was particularly indeceat and brutal because of a pretense that it was written from the depths of a soul racked by sympathy. The writer not only insulted every reader, but with the wanton cruel'y of a vivisectionist laid bare the agony of a wretched mother and played upon it, delighted with the quiver of heart-strings, recording each moan and gloating over every tear. Portraying the scene of meeting between the mother and her condemned son, giving details lin- geringly, with the accompaniment of crocodile overflow of the discerning eye, was an outrageous proceeding. The mere pre:- ence of a third party at such a meeting was an afiront against propriety as recognized by all the world but a Hearstling; was vulgar, atrocious, inexcusable. But to that brood nothing is sacred. There is natural pity for Mrs, Durrant; she isa woman, a mother, and in distress. hone can blame her that she pro. claims the innocence of her boy, albeit he is the most guilty of sinners. Whatever her faults, the fact must be remembered thatshe is not on trial. Yet the attempt to work up a maudiin sorrow, with her personality as a center, the tendency to make the woman seem a martyr, to create the impression that the State, in inflicting tardy punishment upon a monster of iniquity who has long defied it to place him on the gallows, where he velongs, is not only wrong but to the healthy mind disgusting, The Fzaminer is of course at liberty to follow its hyenas-like habit of prowling where the cleanly would not go, but it should not spread a feast of 1ts collected bones and ask the public tc be | its guest. Sailors who objected to brutal treatment at sea are in jail as witnesges, while the men accused of crimes against them are out on bafl, This is the way it happens frequently, and in each instance fails to increase the respect in which the article known as Justice, but apt to be something else, is held bv peop'e who from the view point of total outsiders have watched it work. It is pleasing to learn that once more the last of the Dalton gang has been wiped out. Yet there is something almost de- pressing in the way the last of that gang survives so well a pro- cess which is supposed to be destructive of longevity. | of | the public not only | the information gathered by its own special correspondents, THE SHAM “APPENDIX.” UR esteemed contemporary, the Vermiform Appendix of the New York Journal, denies in detail that it is a news-thief and a fraud, and offers $1000 of its baseball tournament money to “‘any charity’” which will prove that THE CALL’S cor- respondent hasreached Dawson City or ever sent aline of news from that point. It says that THE CALL is nothing but “‘a re- port of the likes and dislikes of its proprietor,” and denies that the Appendix is a report of the likes and dislikes of ss pro- prietor—which allegation, we presume, is based on the fact that its proprietor for business reasons lives in New York, where he can report his likes and dislikes in the paper to which the Ap- pendix is a worthless attachment. Notwithstanding the strength of the denials and affirma- tions of our highly prized contemporary, however, we must in- sist that in the domain of news-getting it is a fraud, a pretender, a bluffer and a blatherskite. Its “‘news” consists mainly of screaming headlines and falked pictures. The most important information in the Hawaiian annexation matter it has never printed. We refer to the memorial to Congress of the Hawaifan people. From the north it has obtained nothing but mushy letters from Poet Miller, obscene pictures and headlines. Ithas | stolen all it" has ever published about the bottled up Arctic whalers bodily from THE CALL, and has added insultto injury by proposing to contribute to an impossible relief fund money obtained by questionable methods from the public. The Appendix may protest as vigorously as it pleases, but we shall continue to distance it in obtaining the news. By way of warning, however, we will add that the next time it breaks into our pressrooms and steals an early copy of our paper we will have it arrested for petty larceny. So long as it picks our pockets in daylight we will have to stand it, but this thing of robbing us under cover of darkness must be stopped. We trust that no ‘“‘charity” in this city will join issue with the .4, on the question whether or not it is a news- paper. Certainly no “charity’” will venture near the office of the eAppendix unless dressed in steel armor with padlocked pocket To go any other way is to invite robbery. A paper that will pilfer news will pick pockets, lie and rob henroos d steal sheep. It is not safe for any honest person to do business with it. Under no circumstances whatever would the 4ppendix pay $1000, even if we should take the trouble to convince it that THE CALL’S correspondent had reached Dawson City, and the *charity” which might be tempted to compete for that sum would probably have its pockets picked for its trot The thing for tt to do is not to attempt to lure more “‘charities” into its den; the freedom with which it is dispensing the baseball tournament money shows charitable wve to expact when they fall into its hands. new people what they | What it should do is to cc 1ce the public that it is a news- paper. As a fakir and news-thief it is a howling success. As anything else it is a fraud and a sham. atural to extol the brave. The human heart thrills at ntion of hero.c deeds. When we read that a Vaaderbiit mse'f to bs courageous in the face of danger, we htless remark of a relative of his ressing u wil 1 a desire, that the public be not ed, but the other thin It seems from the accounts, to y devote considera space, that Van- n in hic house to be llazing. Did he frozen horror and watch that curtain burn and make a smudge in the house? Not much. Without besitation & ied at the rag, tore it down, threw it out and thus averted a calamity; for the curtain was one of a pair, and but for this v. er might have caught. this morning takes another important step in its upward ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. B pr kes a marked improvement in the extent its news From this time onward it will give e dispatches of the Associated Press and has shown h are ready to forget the th which the papers j derbilt found a cur int? Dud Y arrangements made with the New York Herald THE CALL <8 and ma service, but the news collected in all parts of the world by the Herald. Thus Tue CALL news service is now far superior to any ever given on the Pacific C The fact that the nagers recogn erald has enterea into this allianceisa »Tue CaLL as the mostenter- prising and most news g agency on the western side of the continent. The Jflerald never mixes senti- ment with business. It does not make an exchange of news with another paper on account of friendship for the proprietor or the editor. Itgives news for the sake of getting news, and the Herald has been alliel with Tue CaLy simply because after studving the columns of the papers in this city the editors dis- covered that THE CALL was the one whose news reports will give them the most value in return for their own. While the improvement taus made by Tue CaLL is a nota- ble event in its current history it by no means constitutes a halting point in the career of progress on which the paper is now so rapidly advancing. The next great step will be taken in an improvement in the typographical appearance of the paper. The best and most perfect linotype machines are being set up in our new office and in a time comparatively short the readers of Tue CALL will have not only a better and fuller news service, but they will rece.ve it better printed than ever before. As bas been announced the entrance of Tur CaLy into its magnificent home and its appearance in a new and unrivaled dress will be marked by the publication of a new era edition designed 10 be the best thinz of the kind ever issued by a daiiy paper. Itisintended to suow the world what the new era means for California as well as for THE CALL. A copy of that edition will go to the home of every voter in the State, and thousands of copies will go to all parts of the East and Europe. By pen and pencil our golden State will be illustrated as it ap- pears in the glow of the revival of prosperity, and the atten- tion of every capitalist and every Lome-seeker will be attractea to our resources and our indnstri proof that the ma le relia ering As the law has been twisted, defied and scandalized in the interest of an assassin, perhaps it can stand one more twist in the interest of decency. Alihough the statute seems to allow the mother of Durrant to be present at his hanging, for such a course on her part to be permitted would be an outrage upon public sentiment and morals, for which no shadow of excuse could be advanced. If the woman persists in her so-called right to be at the gallows, beyond qnestion she will thus de- clare herself a fit subject for restraint. 1liinois miners intimate that they do not propose to stands the introduction of Chinese to supplant them, and perhaps this is a natural leeling. However, the Federal bench is full of gentlemen who seem determined to nourish and sustain the Chinese at every opportunity and who have become expertin the creation of opportunities. The same thing from different points of view presents a different aspect. Chinamen have not yet reached a vantage ground so notable as to cause them to be regarded as possible candidates for judicial honors. Largely for the sake of Secretary Alger himself it is to be hoped the report that he still delays the beginning of work at San Pedro is an error. The only reason he could have for such a course would be to please Huntington, and even this would be bad policy, as the old theory that Huntington constitutes all by himself the people of California has been so thoroughly ex- ploded that it 1s strange if Alger has failed to hear about it. Whether or not Miss Gladvs Wallis was ever spanked, and if £o, whether or not she deserved it, are two grave questions at present interesting to the bistrionic world. Whatever may be the truth, there could be no possible objection to tie spec- tacle of everybody concerned in the wrangle, including the fat Kowalsky, being spanked right now, until forced to give a good and suflicient bond to drop the subject. Contractor Bateman now promises to have the Hall of Justice done by July 1, 1898. He is too sanguine. Haa he named July 1, 1998, he would have been saved the necessity of renewing the promise, which is too valuable a commodity to be trifled with. PERS ~NAL. M. F. Taylor of San Simeon is at the Ocei- dental. Dr. E. G. Case of Ukiah is registered atthe Baldwin. H. S. Allen, a mining man of Sonora, is at the Grand. Dr. I M. Proctor of Placerville is staylng at the Grand. W. Richardson, a lumberman of Truckee, is at the Russ. Sheniff J. W. Cummings of Modoc County is at the Grand, A. M. Rikert, a mining man of Rossland, is staying at the Grand. Charles Allen, a merchant from Spokane, Wash., 1s at the Grand. Lieuteneat G. 1. Patterson, U. S A, arrived at the Paiace lust night. C. Lauritzen, a merchant of Hollister, is registered at the Grand. Dr. Edward B. Moseiey of Benicia is a late arrival at the Occidental. D. 8. Rosenbaum, a merchant axd banker of Sacramento, is at the Palace. J. R. Roggio, a stage-line proprietor from Angels Camp, is at the Grand. John F. Moody, a lumberman from Truckee, is meking a short stay at the Lick. John McBean, a mi ing man of Nevada City, is among the latest arriva.s at the Russ. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Perry of Los Angeles are atthe Lick. Mr. Perry isa lumber merchunt. Thomas Flint Jr., State S:nator and Master Mason, is in town from San Juan. He is at the Grand. N. Wines, the stage-line proprietor, is in town from Santa Barbara. He hasa room at the Baldwin, Charles Mclver, & vineyardist and wine- maker of Mission San Jose, is at the Palace with Mrs. Mclver. Dr. W. P. Matthews of the State Board of Health is down from Sacrameuto. He has & room at the Grand. W. W. Seamean of Sacramento, Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instructions arrived at the Lick last night. Jonn J. Byrne of Los Angeles, general passenger agent of the Senta Fe system, ar- rived here yesterday for a short visit. Dr. F. W. Hatch, Superintendent of the Ag- news Insane Asylum, is at the Lick, registered from his headquariers at Sacramento. A. C. Cleveland, & Neyadan pcominently identified with the politics of his State, ar- rived at the Palace yesterday from Carson. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Bulmore of New Almaden are guests at the Lick. Mr. Bulmore is super- intendent of the quicksilver mines at New Al- maden, M. M, Davis of New York, assistant elec- trician of the Postsl Telegraph Company, ar- rived here last night and is staying at the Palace. Frank Brown of New York, trainer for James R. King and manager of his horses, arrived from the Eust lastnightand is registered at the Baliwin, Mrs. J. F. 'aldwell, wife of the so-called night from Saraiogs, accompanied by Mrs. A. L. Churchill. Joha A. Gill, Pacific Coast {reight agent ot the Vanderb.lt lines, left here last night for Cuicago snd New York. He will be gone abcut three w . Frofessor Oliver Peebles Jenkins, head of the department of physiology iu Stanford Uni- versity and lecturer in Cooper Medical College, is a late arrival at the Palace. Adolph Ottinger, the ticket broker, returned Tuesday night, with his wile, two children and maid, irom Germany, where he has been for the pust two and a half months on & visit to his parents. A G. Hay of Glenwood, ex Santa Cruz County and a big i Graud. He is soon going to Australia 10 settle tneestate of his brother, who recentiy died 1n Sydney, New South Wales. W. H. Chapeau, one of the pioneer book- makers of the country, arrived at the Palace last night from New York. He spent last win- ter here and will siay here all this winter, de- voting particular attention to racing. Edwiu C. Ewell, manager of the Railway Guiae and formeriy manager at Stanfo:d Uni- versity of T! , leaves to-day with his wife for Santa Barbara, where he will spend the next two mouths. E. A. Wadleigh ot Salt Lake, general passen- ger agent of the Rio Grande Western Railway, ervisor of and John Sebastian of Chicago, general pas- | senger agent of the Chicago, R Island and Pec fic Rallway, arrived here last night from the Northwes! Roy Carruthers, a well-known New York sporting men, who has just completed a suc- cessful season on the Eastern tracks, arrived here isst night and is at the Palace. He owns Howard Mann and Song and Dance, the former of which he wiil run on the local tracks, as Howard Mann has proved himself a great mud horse. Lewis H. Smith, City Attorney of Fresno and formerly president of the Republican Club at Stanford University, from which he was grad- uated in 9, is at the Occidental. Though probably the youngest official ever elected in Fresno, he polled the largest vote at the last city election and defeated his mature Demo- cratic opponent three 10 one. CALIFCRNIANS IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Nov.10.—At the Great Northern— F. A. Crellin, Mrs. D. Crellin, Oakiand; Miss Jehn, Alameda; F. L. Orcutt, San Francisco, At the Auditorium—3. E. tlade and wife, San Francisco. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK., W YORK, Nov. 10.—At the St. Denis E. C. Culler; Marlborough — H. Donnelly; Goldtree, Miss H. Goldtree, J. Lev Metropolitan—G. Wickward, California; Union Square—Dr. J. H. Feuss. CALIFORNIANS IN wASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—J. J. Cousins, San Francisco, and E. Cove, Riverside, are at the St.James Hotel. J. E. Briggs, San Francisco, is at the Raleigh. A PRAYER. Teach me, Father, how to g0 Sottly as the grasses grow: Hush my soul to meet the shock Of the wide world as a rock: But my spirit, prop: with power, Make as simp e a5« fl wer Let the dry heart fill iis cup, Lixe u poppy 100king up; Let life lignily wear her crown, Like a poppy looking down, When Its hare s fi 1-d with dew, And its Life begins anew. Teach me, Fa'her how to be Kind and patient as a tree. Joyrully the crickets eroon Luder shady oak at noon : Beetle, on his mission bent, Tarrich in hut coo | g tent, 1ot me, niso, cheer a 5pot, Hidden fiel s or garden grot— Place where pas«ing souls can rest On the way a «1 b heir best. ~—Charles Edwiu Markham in the Nov. Scribner's. THE VAL ANT GENERAL. “Foolish Fables” la New York Press, There was once & great general who was sent to subdue a rebeliious isle. “‘Are you sure you can?’ said the King. *Watch me,” he replied. Attheendof ayear he sent a thousand old socks stuff-d with bank notes to & neighbor- ing safe deposit compuny. “Are they almost subiued?” asked the E!nl. “Well, I rather xuess!” he replied. ’ At the end of another year hie sent a pile of piliow cases full of gold coin to be put to his account. “They must be unearly subdued now,” said the King. Strel” he repiied. At ihe end of a third year, he sent a load of bedticks ammed w.th family plate o his banker. ‘‘osubdue them!” said the King. ““What for?” askec the ge:cral. THE WISDOM OF SANITATION. Boston Herald. The arithmetic man has now been tackling the yellow fever problem down Eouth, and he figures it out that the pecuniary loss to the three States of Louisiana, Mi-sissippi and Ala- bama will not be less than $60,000,000. ana tnat does not inciude the geueral pusiness stagnation which each State has suffered. This is considerabiy more expensive than the ul- ternative of urst-class public sanitation down there. -owner, isat | quois, the students’ literary | | bas made & careful study of the bas-relieis and MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, Eir Arthur Sullivan, one of the best-known and most admired of modern composers, has had a particularly brilliant career. His father was an enthusiastic musician who for many years beld the position of bandmaster at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The child early gave evidence of the talent he possessed and which Mr, Sulltvan carefully fostered, taking him every day with him to the re- hearsals. Incredibie as it may seem, little Arthur had barely reached the aze of 8 years when he was thoroughly acquainted with and could play every wind instrument with the exception of two. Sir George Smart took great imterest in him, and with hisassistance the boy was admitted to be one of the Children of the Chapel Royal, St. James, on singing with a sweet, pure voice “With Verdure Ciad,” ac- companying himself on the piano. In 1856 he won the Mendelssohn scholarship. When his voice broke he went to Leipsic, where he studied under Hauptmann, Moscheies, ete. being the fizst theatrical representation since the close of the Turco-Greek war. Now all the theaters are going to reopen their doors, 0 the great joy of the unfortunate artists, who were threatened with death by starvation. The question has been very warm cussed at Marseilles as to the advisa giving theaters Government support Charly has been declared adjudicator, but nothing definite has been settled. In alarge meeting the Mayor questioned the intentions of the municipality, and made a long speech combating the principle of subvention, which, however, was coldly received, showing that the Marselilaise popu ation did not intend to go without thelr grand theater this year. The opera of Faust was given at the Opera- Comique last week for the 1099th time. The ballwas fuil, and Mile. Ackte received vol- leys of applause. Figar@ says that the surety Is ‘R SULLIVAN, the Well-Enown Compos “Ppinafore” and Other ST e i ety aia s e s Thcallaat e S IR SULEEVERR TSI CER g 1t (CompofeciofE SEmaforsiia | Operas. In 1866 he was asked to compose an overture for the Norwich Festival, but finding no sub- ject suitabie he was inclined to give it up, but | | his father urged him to try again, assome- thing was sure to come up to direct his | thoughts into & new chaunei. Thomas Sulli- | van's words proved strangely U in three days he died suddenly of aneurism of the heart, and his son, who was passionately attached to his father, flung himself 1nto the | work on the night of the funeral in order to take refuge from his ing grief. His beautiful composition, Memoriam,” was the consequence. other well-known piece was of overwrought feeling brother through & severe iliness and had | hardly left his bedside for several days and nights, when, finding the invalid bad fallen into a dose, he crept into the next room, but could not close his eves. so lie roused himself and set 1o music Adclaide Proctor’s interest- ing words, “*The Lost Chord.” There is proi- ably no spot 1n the civilized world where the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are not known and admirea. Traveling through the mining | districts of Caltfornia he was one day mi taken for John L., and the disappointed min- ers were disgusted with his weight and ap. | pearance. “Oh, ain’t you the slogger?” ¢Noj; | I am only Arthur Swllivan,” he reptied. | ‘What!” one of them said, with evident sur. prise, ““are you the man as put ‘Pinafore’ to- | gether? Come and have a drink all the same.” Being in San Francisco, he accompanied a lady to the park, where to his surprise and decp emotion the band suddenly struck up “Tne Lost Chord,” which he said was ad- mirsbly played from beginning to end. It was purely accidental, for his presence in Calilornia’ was not known to any one at the time. Sir Arthur has a most lovely home in | Queen's Mansions, London, where every turn bespeaks the ariist. la the entrance ball Arebian iamps hang, giving out their mysteri- ous queint lights in softiy somber rays, while you peep through a lovely screcn of old Cairo woodwork before reaching the dwelling. rooms, e doors are artistically draped with elaborate Persian and Greek hangings, and, nestiing beneath the spreading leaves of rere palms, you meet with large, restful divans upon which Oriental silks of great beauty and price are carelessly throwa. In London M. Bourgault-Ducoudray, the learned musical folkiorist, 1s giving a series of entertaiumentsat St. James Hall upon the vopular Greek songs and dances. As M. Ducoudray is not well acquainted with the English language, he has an assoclate, M. Jack, whoreads the fext. A Greek singer, M. Arames, interprets the songs, and Greek dances are imitated, in ancient costume, by a ballerina of the opera, Mlle. Sandrini, who ! “In | An- | the outcome | He was nursing his | statues of Greek antiguity. The Prussian army possesses & negro musi- caldirector. This artist is named Sabac el Eher and 1s at tne head of the music in Fred- eric I11I's Grenadier Guards, now stationed in garrison at Koenigsberg. He is at present ! giving concerts at the Artistic International Exposition in Dresden, where he is making a great success. The Taglische Rundschau gives the following curious particulars about him: The father of Sabac el Euer, who bore the same name, was originally irom Lower Egypt and was raised at Cairo, at the court of the Viceroy. It was there he bzcame ecquainted | with Prince Albert of Prussia, who took him into his service and brought him to Berlin, where he married a Berlinese. From this marriage was bora in 1867 the future kapell- meister, who began early to study music, and at the age of 18 was admitied s hautboyist in an infantry reglment. In 1893 he entered the Conservatory of Berlin, and 1n 1895, after a brilliant examination, he quitted that estab- lishment to take the musical direction of tne regiment of grenadiers, where he now is. During M. Saint-Saens’ visit to the Brussels Exposition he showed himself in a new char- acter. He made apparent his admirable tal- entas an organist, equal, if not superior, to his virtuosity as a pranist, It is known that a8 an organist the nuthor of “Samson’ is co sidered one of the first virtuosos of the age. The organ is indeed his instrument by predi- lection. He: has proved it by the remarkable series of works with which be has enriched | the literature of the instrument. At this con- cert the master perforined some of these pieces, as piquant and original by the har- mouization as by the elegance of iorm and the seductive melody, & berceuse, some preludes and « fugue, & majestic fantasie. The crown- ing number was an extraordinary fantasie by Liszt upon the “Choral of the Prophet” (forty miuutes!), musically but a mediocre work, per- | haps, but sparkling with effects of which the Hungarian artist alone knew the recipe—and of a difficuity—nothing could be betier to put 1into re!ief the technique of a grand virtuoso. M. Suint-Saens made an absolute triumph of it At Copenhagen the musical and dramatic soirees arranged by M. Bjornstjerne Bjornson have obtained an immense popularity. The old Norwegian poet, {n spite of his sixty-five years, possessesa marvelous organ ol decla- matiou,which fairiy carriea his audience away with the poetry of Vicior Hugo. The French and Norwegian songs sung by Mme. Ibsen, his daughter-in-law, were equally successful, A benefit took placs last week at Athens to raise funds to help the victims of the war, and extent of her voice, the neatness of her diction and charmed the audlence, who recalled her after each act. 4t and Progress Secola, & political this remarkable announceme On the fourth page of the raal of Milan, appears “Wanted a | cever impresario willing to do the business part and pay the expenses for a pianist who will make a record of 100 consecutive hours! A new concert hall has just been bulit at Barmen at the cost of 750,000 francs and which will hold 2000 per. surrounded by a pretty park and has been con structed by a society whose only aim it is to beautify the city of Barmen. ons. “Ullranda,” a drama in one act, by Carmen | ° Sylvia (the literary name of the Queen of Rou- manis) has been much applauded at the court theater of Munich, H. M. the King of S.am has sent to M. EL | nt and distinguished a &t the Paris Opera, of the Crown of Mangin, the excel conductor of the orche! the decoration of the Ord Siam. At Zurich it is the intention of the manage- ment to produce for the second part of the senson & complete eycie of Wagner's works. AtSt. Petersburg a ukase of the director of the Imperial Opera {orbids artists engaged in the theaters of St. Petersburg and Moscow to take part in private concerts. Richard Strauss is engaged to conduct two concerts this winter at the Chatelet, Paris. FLASHES OF FUN They had a patent rain machine, and thunder they 1 d make; A snow-box also they possessed that realy took the cake: At their behest the breaking waves the hearer's eurs bedinned; But stili one element defied—they couldn’t raise | the wind —Chicago Journal. | “There’s one thing I will say for your | friend,” said Miss Cayennme. “He is very truthful.” “Howdoyou know that?’ inquired Wiliie Wishington. “Because there is no excuse for his being otherwise. He never says anything interest- | ing.” —Washington Star. “I was astonished at the rece Bicklehorn made. I don't think he had any idea of practical politics.’” | “No? Letme tell you that Bicklehorn has | belonged to three lodges and a Christian Eu- deavor society lor three or four years.”—In- dianapolis Journal. “Does your sister sing much, George?” “Not when I'm arouud.” “What's the reason?”’ “Lalweys leave when she begins.”—Cleve- land Piain Desler. “Did your husband have any luck on his shooting excursion yesterday?” “For him, yes.” ©Is that so? Why, I didn’t see that he brought home any game.” +Of course not, but he managed to get back without shooting himseli.”—Richmond Dis- patch. ~I'm a plain, everyday business man,” said Meritt, “and am nothing if not practical. Miss Wisely, will you be my wife?”’ “I admire your frankness, Mr. Meritt,” re- | plied the fair ovject of his uffections, “because Iam inclined to be rat er matter of fact my- sell. How much are you worth?’—Chicago News. WHATRARE STAMP 5 ARE WORTH. London Tit-Bits. The highest price which the rarest speci- mens of stamps now realize will explain how it is that tbe trade in forgeries has become what it is in these days. The 1840 British stamp V. R. (black), with the letiers in the unper coruer:, Wil casily fetch £10 used nnd £5 unused. The black stamp, wiihcul the let- ters V. R. can be so.d ior 1d and 2d each. The red pe ny English stamp heads are no much more thau waste-paper pric lowing prices are for the rarest stamps: 1 Cabul, complete Issues 2 "B47. Mauritius.. 4 1852, andwich 1 81256 British Guisna 41850, British uiuna. 7 Natal, fist i sue 5 1860, Lape of Go 8 Buenos Ayre Bereedor! 61856, Ca " 10 180, Braz, pe COAL IN BELGIUM, The Belgians are preparing to celebrate the seventh centenary of the discovery of coal. The first coal fire was kindled oy & blacksmith of Liege, named Hullioz, in nis s: i 1197. The discoverer is buried in !hx:‘(i:\};r(l:g of Ladinsart, in (he Pa-de-Calais, and the in- ser.ption on his tombstone testifies that he sunk the first coal pitat Anzin. ihe French word “houilie” coal is suj po-ed to be deriyved from the name of this bl.<ksmith of Liege. WHY NOT TRY IT Iix CONGRE:S? Philadelphia Inquirer. Thereis & tribe in Central Africa among whom speakers in puolic debates are re. quired to stand on one leg while speaking, and to speak on!; R ¥ 8s long as they can so the intelligence of her acung | The edifice is | | that neariy THE S FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1897 =k ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS FY AND KaxsiN—S,, City. Gratify and GRATI Kamsin ran » dead neat over the Bay District Track when both were two-year-olds. GroRGH WALK—O. P., Los Angeles, Cal. k has not returned from hought that be will RE The Rov. Seorge Wi his vacation, and it is U not return. b sLancug LadoNT—H. 8, City. The autopsy in] “he cnze of Blanche Lamont disclosed the fact that she was affecied in the manner stated in your commuu eation. ps—J. H. 8, City. There is no t £ ofticint census of the population of mvvclty? Los Angeles at this time, but it is estimated \hat the population is about 100,000. cLAGSTAFF—C. C. D., City. The flag- staff on the top of the dome of the Ciaus Spreckels building, at the corner of Muarket and Third streets, 1s thirty-five feet in heizht Loris—H. J. C.,ecity. Lorin, Adeline and Ashby are within the corporate limits of BMK{ eley, Alemeda County. Golden Gate is part o Greater Oakland. All, excent Adeline, have separate posioflice Los AN THAT TM. D., Benicia, Cal. A A HALF OF 18 C with the words *E Pluri- bali-dollar of 1836 bas Unum” the reverse below the eag e, does not ccmmand any premium, but vue s wor<h from 75 cents to ndition. without the motto $1 75, according Tue Waite House—W. A. 8, City. Esther, the second daughter of Grover Cleveland, wes born in the White House, at Washingion, September 9, 1303. She wss the first chiid born in the White House while the fatber was y. If a young man not quite 21 yearsof age acted in the man- nerd ribed in your commuunication he would not, by law, be compelled to periorm tne act named; but if he did not as a matier of jus- tice the chances are that he would be prose: cuted nt to prison. :y—Subscriber, City. The wtury wiil close nt midnight on ay of Decemoer, 1900, The first included the vears 1-100, the secon 101-200, and so on. 11 commenced with the year ntieth ceutury will com- ,1901. C HICKENS—T. H., San Mateo, Cal. You have not tise right to take the law 1n your own hands. 1f the chickens of a neighbor annoy you on your premises you would have the Tight to drive them a but not the right to shoot them. Your remedy lies in making & complaint to the authorities against your neighbor for maintsining a nuisance. nineteenth céntury 1801, and t and mence Ja v uary 1 NOTE> AEOUT NOTABLES. Alexander Siloti, the famous planist, and one of Liszt’s most famous pupils, 1s going to live in Leipzig, where he will be the principal teacher of pizuo playing in the Royal Con- servatory. The late Justin Winsor, librarian of Harvard | University, was the first to demonstrate that | tke position required a thoroughly cultivated and well-educated man, and made it a condi- tion of his acceptance that his rauk should be as high as that of the professors. Sir Edward Reed, who has been putting ths roller boat Ernest Bazin through its paces in | harber at Havre, reports very favorably on the vessel. He attributes the want of success in this model to want of steam-power and lim- ited size, but considers the principle estap- lished. ion. Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister of tha | United states to England, delivered an address | at the Boston University Law £chool recently, in which he said: “The firstand foremost duty of the lawyer must be the necessity of his reslizing that he should always be a gen- | ! ; { teman. M. Charles Blane, the new Prefect of Police in not yet41. The son of a former Sena- he Hautes Alpes, he has climbed the istrative ladder with great celerity, and a year ago found himself at Surete, but a step from his i The eppointment appears to be at the Hotel de Ville. Bernard B. Greene, who built the new library of Congress, says that there was a mis- | epprehension in the newspapers as to why the name of Thomas Moore, the poet; Was not in scribed on the wails of the new building. It was not left off because of Moore’s youthful ns upon the United States, but because 10 room for it. Coilaher, the old boyhood friend of Abraham Lincolu, said recently: “Abe al- ways remained a: the head of bis classes, and Inever knew him to be turned down. His studious habits made him a fayorite with the teacher, which caused & great deal of jealousy { 'mong his classmates toward him, and not being generally liked anyhow, it made him very unpopular.” CALIFORNTA ce fruits,50¢ Ib. Townsend's.* SPECIAL fnformation daily to manufacturary, business houses and public men by the Presy | Ciipping Bureau (Alien’s), 510 Montgomery. * Tex cents for a bottle of Low’s hore- hound cough syrup, 417 Sansome st. * e THE POLISH POET MICKIEWICZ. The Emperor~Nicholas of Russia has given positive proof of his desire to conciliate the Peles by granting permission for the erection of a monument to the memory of Adam Mic- kiewicz, the great Polish poet, in the city of Warsaw. Hitnerto the Russian authority nas forbidden any public memorial of him. The popularity of the idea is attested by the fact 150,000 has been raised for the purpose among people who are the reverse of weaithy. ‘The monument has been enirusted to the Polish sculptor Godebsk1, who received his art education in Pans, and whose talent Dbas been m cated'in Frence. the handsomest cal- 1sg «Cl inusa"'lnnd all other now ready for mailing. Sanborn, 41 Markot st. s B 2 -——— FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS' worth of Mexican carved leather goods, consisting of belts, hate bands, chatelaine bags, cigar-cases, pocket books, billbooks, music-rolls and handbags, Lave been purchased irom a Mexican manufac. turer for 25 cents on the doliar and wiil ba sold ata bargain. Our leather-goods counter now offers the greatest inducements to buyers who \\'];\h luhyurclmsu Christmas presents be- Tore the rush sets in. Sarborn, Vail o 741 Market st. & Eea b oo UNCLAIMED MILLIONS. “CALIFORNTA Porer endar for 1898; al calendar. Vail & Co., The fact that there are sums to the enormous i amountof £300,000,000 of moneyin chan- cery, in England, has excited the cupidity of many, and recently several schemes have been proposed for the disposal of thesz unclaimed milli But o writer in a London paper draws attention to the fact that thess chan- cery junds are practically non-existent, having been appropriated from time to tims | by the' government of tue day, and he sa; that in the event of a claimant_ succeeding in proving his iite to any particular fund in chancery the treasury wouid have (o borrow the mouey 10 meet the particular claim. | XEW TO-DATY. Royal mekes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.