The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1898, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCQ CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898. The 1 e Call e s - THURSDAY —— = = - JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. APRIL 7, 1808 Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ;’UIS[;ICATiQN OFFICE .Market u“d Third Sts.. S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS 917 to 291 Stevenson Street 3 Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is cerved by carriers In this city and surrounding towns | for 15 cents a week. By mail $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEE One year, by mall, $1.50 ! OAKLAND 0 e 908 Broadway | NEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE............... Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGOQ OFFICE .........Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | 1 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open unti! | 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 | c'clock. 615 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2991 Market | street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 fisslon street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventb | street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open | until 9:20 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untll 9 o'clock. — e AMUSEMENTS, “A Gay Deceiver.” ore Acres " Jay in New York.™ April 8, Furniture, at THE LAGGING MESSAGE. when the war spirit of this people is ed the public is not deaf to reason. That | 1 ssage of the President was a dis- | freely stated at the time of its ap- nce. That the second one will be a disappoint- | ment there is no cause to believe. So far as may be judged by the inevitable leakage of executive Cabinet sessions, by the utterances of the President himself, it will be virile, decisive, and, instead of bidding forl peace, lay down the only grounds on which peace may 3 be secured. That these grounds will involve the | erican honor there can be no ques- nt of the country is so manifest ve officer could not ignore it, even if nd President McKinley is believed to | be in full accord with the people. Therefore (hcrcl will be no protest at the withholding of the message | and information that this is done for “good and | icient” reasors will be unmurmuringly actep!ed.; The conditions upon which this line of conduct is constitute a strange reflection upon the charac- | he people whom we may soon oppose in arms. There is fear that a message presaging war would precipitate assacre of Americans in Havana. What | manner of people are these civilized savages? There | is no talk in New York about killing the resident Spanish. In San Francisco nobody breathes a threat | against any native of Spain. They are more secure | f back in their own troubled realm of Castile. | he record of the Spanish nation must be borne in mind. A feel which found expression in jubilation 1en the Maine was blown up, or in sneers at the bodies of her dead, must belong to a people unworthy of trust. The same riff-raff who gloried in one whole- le murder would not hesitate to cut the throats of defenseless aliens. ‘he message can wait. t w holding up of 2 . Thelis that an exe he so desired AN IMPERTINENT JUNT@. HE statement is made that the Cuban Junta will | Tvier e to accept any solution of the Spanish | question which shall not involve the immediate | independence of the island they love so well and so | hiully stay away from. If this is true the imper- | tinence of the Junta is something as entirely without | precedent as the blowing up of the Maine. The threat to fight against American troops sent to Cuba nless they be t to carry out the orders of the | ta is as bad as treason. The peculiar intelligence entering into the com- position of the Junta has an entire misconception of the position of this Government. This country is rot inspired with the spirit of war because of Cuba’s wrongs. It has not been stirred to a frenzy be- cause of a lot of agitators it has tolerated. This | country, on the other hand, is acting for itself and not for any swart clique ungrateful for an asylum it afforded. In the harbor of Havana is the rusting wreck of an American battle-ship. Had the Junta heard of this? Had it heard that the ship was sent by treachery most foul to the bottom of a “friendly” port whither it had gone on a mission of peace? Has the information percolated through its gray matter that 266 American seamen were murdered when that ship went down? People of the United States decline to accept the | notion that the stars and stripes are no protection to | the men serving in the shadow of the flag. They re- member a long list of indignities and indecencies heaped upon them by Spain and not properly re- sented. They recall that the history of that nation is 2 history of shame, that its presence in the West is | a blight and a menace. Who breaks bread with you and cuts your throat is no desirable neighbor. There- fore Spain must pack up and go. It is true that there is sympathy for the Cubans, particularly for those who have fought and suffered. But the impending fight with Spain will be on strictly American account. The lines to govern it will not be | laid down by the Junta. If that body persist in its absurd and insufferable insolence it should be sup- pressed as dangerous to the public welfare. Spanish Minister Bernabe's talk of a hope of peace has a pleasing sound, but it is based upon the mis- understanding of facts. For instance, he says his country is ghtened, self-respecting, and his people governed by high aspirations and noble instincts. Where are his proofs? It is a strange circumstance that when two convicts at San Quentin desire to fight there seems to be no obstacle placed in their way. No system of prison reform of which there is common knowledge includes rough and tumble fighting among approved forms of amusement. S No wonder the afternoon papers objected to the “extra” issued by the yellow faker of the dawn. They have themselves ample facilities for the propagationl ard spread of misinformation. ferry depot since the structure rose above the' foundation level has been amply demonstrated. | That the money of the people voted for the ere-tion of the building has been wasted, that it has gone to | 0 favored contractors for inferior work or has stuck to | fact that such efforts on the part of such an organ- the fingers of somebody who had the handling of it, | ization are necessary is, however, a matter to be de- ‘Hah: contributed the music. Lotl, who has been shown with such clearness there can be no | plored. Why should an association of private citizens | 1S the youngest member of the French The facts have been laid bare, the figures i lustrating the shamelessness with which the State has | upon the police? been robbed published in detail. In the court of pub- 3 lic opinion the conviction of the robbers has already | species of lynch law; it is an evidence that the police | rimonial alliance: . not to speak of a | ; ; ¢ f oo e ief of | legitimate marriage in France. As the been accomplished. They were openly accused, and | have not performed their ‘duty. Had the Chief of Rreheh lan thkesmol CoRnlamalot weds E dings with Ht}le Japanese and Polynesian Anything like a complete review of the facts hereto- | thing like a proper vigilance and energy it would not | maldens, Loti has sailed away scot free fore set forth would require much space, the original | have PCEH necessary for the merchants of the city to :r:;’r:fh;}?e) ’:(e:e:‘lai::;:sh“fi:‘.geg::;‘.;: exploitation having consumed columns. It may, | combine to put an end to the illicit traffic of pool- | peen officially authenticated, but it is a however, be said in a general way that every con- | selling. The situation, therefore, is by no means | fact that Loti has written so picturesque- tractor whose work was of sufficient importance to be | creditable to the community, for the very 3??}'0"-".11 investigated seems to have attempted deliberately to | given to the Merchants’ Association carries with it | themum,” for instance—that all the world defraud, and, with the connivance of the Harbor|a condemnation of the officers of the law. Commissioners and the supervising architect, to have The very walls represent a cheat, while | the matter. A short time ago The Call thoroughly inside the depot is honeycombed with visible traces of | exposed the extent to which illicit pool-selling is car- jobbery and crookedness. . C. F. McCarthy had the masonry contract. How he which pools are sold exclusively to women axlxd speci- was permitted to put in Colusa stone and was paid at | fied the locations of each of them. Al! the informa- the rate asked for Oregon stone has been repeatedly tion which the police could have required t}) find stated. It was to him a clear and unmerited gain of | the rooms and suppress them was made public. In- $11,000. How he was allowed to substitute brick | formation was also given of the sale of pools to worth $6 per thousand for the specified article worth | minors. With all these facts before them the po!\ce It is known also that he discarded | did nothing, or next to nothing, and pool-selling white glazed tile for marble, eliminated the arched | Went 3’0’}8 as openly as if it were 1cga! and honest tiling, substituting expanded metal, left out terra | Dusiness instead of an illegal and nefarious trade. cotta, at a saving of thousands to himself, and instead S of making a reduction such as the State could justly | duty of the police to suppress them_. That suppres- have demanded, was actually paid extra for having | sion can be .brought about if the Chfcf of Police sees done cheap work after having signed a contract to do | fit to order it. If the officers will raid the poolrooms | good work. The loss of the commonwealth on ac- | and arrest all who are found there and carry away all count of this one contractor has been $45,241. 2 ’ : , Throughout the list there runs a similar record of | fore illicit pool-selling in San Francis o’ will cease broken trust, of trickery and double dealing. The | to be a public scandal and an open temrtation to Batemans, for instance, were paid extra for their con- | young men and foolish women. The continuance of sideration in using Oregon pine for the interior finish | the “’_I is due to the negligence of the police, and the aiter they had agreed to use oak, pine selling in open | Necessity for _mllerfc.reucc on the part of t?xe Mer- market then at §20 per thousand and oak at $120 per chants’ Assoc'mtlon is a proof of the necessity for a thousand. True, they claim to have used more of the | change in police methods and police management. pine than they had intended to use of the oak, but there is reason to question even this statement. The Batemans were paid extortionate prices for certain | fl denial. they had no defense to offer. succeeded. $75 has been told. extras, getting erty. paper may hold up sion, while ours is not. ernor, with the consent of one member of the State | NOW FOR THE PENALTY. THAT rascality has marked the progress of the EFFORTS made by the Merchants’ Association instances four times the price | at which any outside contractor would have been glad | of a chance to do the work. The plumbing, the gal- vanized iron, the steam heating, have all been char- acterized by a similar disregard for honesty and of the terms of the several contracts. an old story; This grows to be it becomes as a tale that is told. The purpose in making this series of exposures was | not merely to entertain readers, to harass unfaith- ful officials or bring the community into disrepute for ! its toleration of such palpable crime. to the proper investigating body the way to check the rascals, to pave for the offenders, if not a way to | the penitentiary, at least one to private life. The pre- liminary work is done. The facts are common prop- | Upon the Grand Jury must rest the burden of | treating the officials as they deserve to be treated. A | to condemnation, perhaps to | scorn. It can do nothing more. The machinery of the law is not at its command. CALIFORNIA READY. MONG the first and foremost commonwealths | in the Union to make ready for the possibility of war is California. A few States have pre- | ceded us in voting money for war purposes, but this | is due to the fact that their Legislatures are in ses-é Moreover, such precedence Loone of foxm rather than offfact, iox.' o ks pros impossible that when it becomes necessary to over- | this time, however, not in connection with vide for war emergencies by authorizing the Gov- 1 the city's sewers we m: e in opera. He has gone to Paris to person- haulchelciys i ay have a Superintendent ally superintend the production of some THE SUPPRESSION OF POOLROOMS. to bring about the suppression of poolrooms in the city are in themselves commendable, and it j‘ be called on to perform a work which the law imposes Any enforcement of law by private citizens is a| Police and the force under his command exerted any- | Academy, is a naval officer with a singu- lar capacity for falling in love and get- ting marrfed to the ladies he meets in different ports. It Is saia that he has contracted no less than six different mat- ly about some of his spurious weddings— the alllance with sweet “Mme. Chrysan- MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. At the Opera Comlque, the other day, : e e the first performance was given of “L'Ile is gratifying to law abiding people to have _!he a8SO- | du Reve” (The Dream Island), described ciation actively assisti : cork of the kind. The [as a “Polynesian IdylL” The opera is Y atugm W0 based on Pierre Lot!’s successful novel, “Le Mariage de Loti,” and Reynaldo " | France at the fact that ‘‘Samson wllli not be heard in London this season. An opera by Emilio Ferrari {s soon to! be produced in Milan, written to the verses of the “Cantico ai Cantici” a| drama by the late Cavalloti. Special in-| terest will attach to this work on ac-| count of the tragic death of Cavalloti a | few weeks ago. He was one of the most | distinguished politicians in Italy, and was | a brilliant orator and journalist. Caval-| loti considered himself insulted by some remarks in a newspaper article written by a pol I rival. and a duel was the| consequence. The pol n's friends thought little of w..s. as he had alreaay | fought thirty-two uels without serfous| consequences. It was also his adversary’s | sixteenth duel. On the field Cavalloti, | who was very near-sighted. received a | sword thrust in t .e lip. He signaled that | the wound was only slight, when sud-! denly he put his hand to his mouth and | fell forward, dead. The sword thrust had | There is no excuse for the inaction of the police in ried on. It gave elaborate descriptions of rooms in Downtown poolrooms are unlawful and it is the the paraphernalia of the dens, it will not be long be- — REPAVING MARKET STREET. MORNING contemporary, commenting upon the project of repaving Market street prior to the construction of a main sewer and a final settlement with the digging corporations, says that damage to the surface from building a sewer and lay- ing gas and water pipes need not be considered. “Under good management,” this eminent reasoner declares, “it is as easy to relay a section of pavement properly as to lay it well in the first place.”” It is | impossible to controvert this self-evident truth. But what about the fact that during forty years of muni- cipal life not a section of pavement in San Francisco has been “properly” laid in the second place? It is not incredible that our esteemed Market street | improver may be induced to perceive the error of its It was to open | | arguments by applying them to its own business. An engine in its basement is necessary to run its presses. But suppose the architect who designed its tall struc- | ture, upon submitting the plans, had said, “Oh, yes, du Reve” (The Dre ‘The plcture represents the famous novelist PIERRE LOTI, on Whose Successful Novel, “Le Mariage de Loti,” Hahn's Opera, “L'lle T Island), Is Based. I L\, character costume as an Arab Shelk. an engine must go in, but I have not yet decided | but it is easy to reconstruct, you know.” Men and acters in the work wear French naval money will do anything.” Will our contemporary | uniforms. Monsieur Clement sang the i i role of the glittering but delusive Loti. please inform an expccltant public what wou_ld ha\{e TETE oAl A e duph tivaltor o Pl kappened to that architect soon after making this | (o £0 to an opera house and see a singer, speech? wearing his uniform and bearing his J e x name, go through a love-making and ; Z\c‘>r does the adfhtmna.l statem?nt th_at where pav- marriage which he himself has actually ing is not done aright the fault lies with the Super- | experienced. intendent of Streets help out the argument. It is not The aged Verdl is still to the front, : 3 5 with a “sense of responsibility,” but the contingenc: Board of Examiners, to at any time raise money - 4 8ENCY | new sacred music suitable for Holy z 5 is so remote as to be scarcely worth considering. We | Thursday and Good Friday. The peren- needed for public defense, and thus in the matter of | Y 2 appropriating funds for the threatened war we have been ready and prepared all along. More impressive, however, than the mere voting of appropriations contingent on the outbreak of war has | : _ : sewers have been laid or gas and water pipes ar- | ing of solo and quartet work for female been the action of Governor Budd in notifying the £ 2E ) ranged. Consequently it is safe to assume that we | YOIces- The vocallsts chosen to interpret Government at Washington that California will fur- the music are Miles. Ackte and Louise nish the necessary number of competent officers and men from her naval militia to man the Monadnock s = 4 S desiring to interfere with the plans of our = - C v or Monterey complete should occasion arise. That | o > "8 t e CONtempor- | months ago from the Paris Conservatolre, : A ary or those of the contractors who hope to mak where she won the grand prize for sing- this offer was regarded as of the highest value in the = < Deioumate Ay ; : f ou rork—; Vi 2 ing. She stepped straight from her music emergency is made evident by the fact that the Navy | ... dollars thOf dE it ‘haft repaving Market | S5, ) ¥ the boards ot the Opera Com- Department, through Assistant Secretary Roosevelt street prior to the.construction of a main sewer and | jque, where she made her ap’“m“‘;‘ce st : : ' | conduits for water and i tel i Marguerite, in “Faust,” with such suc- at once telegraphed to the Governor asking him to gas pipes and telegraph wires | 2 . ~ " hat she became a popular Parisian 2 : is a scheme so wild as ss ev Seitat proceed immediately to put the naval militia of the | - . - 2 to actiially surpass even the | jqo) ¢ once. She s said to recall Chris- State in a condition to meet any sudden call for their | 50> of a Board of Supervisors. Boards of Super- | tine Nilsson, both in her beauty and her Y callfor their | \icors are famous for beginning at the wrong ends of | Voice, and the fact that Verdl has select- services by the President. ed her to render his new music speaks 7 i o “ nial old man of music will conduct his have had no Superintendent with a “sense of respon- T Bt el e T if we are to judge from the fact that 150 miles of | toire. Strange to say there are no solo streets have been accepted in which no permanent never will have one. If war comes with Spain it will be in e i things. Were it physically possible we could imagine | volumes for her future success. war upon the sea. There will be of coun o z them building the roofs of houses before the founda- e se a descen $ H < 2 tions. But in repaving M et | upon Cuba, but as the great mass of the inhabitants 5 PaYie Varketistroctccording doithic : ; lans proposed the present board has gained a niche | Liege Conservatory, in place o. wesar of the island will welcome our troops as liberators, | 5 LSES Y E = = " | in the temple of fam i “soli ine” Thompson. This will be like coming home the struggle for supremacy there will not be of long inel b S Losuhichinoleeolid nincidor “chi ioht” wil B . for the wandering Musin, for he was a duration. It will be by navies that the contest will liftycishtiepill ever be likely to aspire. .Th. work | sugent and a “wonaer child” at the same be fought out, and the seaman rather than the sold: will cost $150,000. Half this money will be thrown | conservatory, and in 1565 at the ae of 14 » e soldier £ g - BPn dals, After complet- away if the street is vith S he took two gold medals. Pl 0 e O Duldig | d b Tt it Paris with his professor, and about twenty vears ago played with flattering 1 H success in England, Holland and Switzer- But, as the hod carrier said when he lost a dollar Tt PEE Shasutons 0Tt iay alithan mafsed will have to face its dangers and accomplish the v tory. chased the new vessels from abroad with the emer- gency defense fund, and accordingly every addition to our naval force is doubly welcome to the Gov- ernment. With all our loyalty to the Union, which since the Civil War has become almost a religion in the coun- try, there still remains among our people an intense State pride and patriotism. We are glad at all times to see the flag of the republic borne with honor through dangerous duties, but the gladness has an added intenseness when it is borne by the hands of men who represent our State. has added another to many reasons why Californians + erty worth $2000 cach, and were accepted by Jud 5 ¢ b >l % ge | had this fine opera among the list o are almost as proud of their State as of the republie Vet e firsls mopity ey S e e o m—— S r———— i ing i season at Covent Garden Opera-house, e . Sm)_o, it being incumbered by a mortgage for $1600. | 7 ondon, The censor has positively pro- If the people of this country had their way they Besides, the man, as he confessed to the Judge, is | hibited its representation. This is not ; ¥ o 3 v intrinsic levity, for as would send’s Dolite mote £5 e natets setiing focth not a-cmzer]\. The second only has p'ropcrty assessed | o0 account of any intrinsic Y the advantage which may accrue to a nation by the :t $§aO~HT 5 Judge refused 'to fEtn them ongthe simple process of attending to its own business. This TT" x b].e d’dl“m. Sl theinanes fr peniiny, | EREs on Sl embiects sare e little affair with Spain can be attended to strictly by e public would like to know why home talent. itself. that the offer of % California to furnish competent officers and men to porations, man the Monradnock or the Monterey was so accept- It is therefore with e ¢ a sewer and spiking the guns of the burrowing cor- able at Washington. There were not in the navy| . the r:;:yt'hemsg comes, aisy goes.” Taxes come| - ... e e H easy.: 12 m " tnetin fonurrove, w! > v | cnough men to man the ships we Had before we pur-| el el forgotten for years together In the JAIL THE PLACE FOR THEM. are allowed to qualify on bonds which they crime is common, and it is most inexcusable, be- when an offender is detected that he should be per- place for him. Two men went on the bond of one Cervantes, so | most of his concerts to empty houses. as to permit him to administer the estate of his wife, T Coffey. e ——— The fact that an insurance com, libretto entitled “Peter the Hermit. killed himself. torio form. Great disgus = s has read, and a large part if it has sym- upon the best make. We will put that in afterward. pathized with the omnivorous lover. The Tr v t ildi it, | opera “L’'Ile du Reve” tells of one of ue, we may have to tear down the building to do it, R e e o s sibility” since the consolidation of the city—that is, | the concerts of the Societe du Conserva- parts for men’s voices in the latest work of the master, most of the score consist- Grandjean, sopranos, and Mlle. Delna and The truth of the matter is—and we say it without | Mme. Heglon, contraltos. Mlle. Ackte is a young girl who only graduated a few By royal decree, Ovide Musin has been made a professor of the violin at the world's musical centers. Musin has twice made the tour of the world, and in the course of his journeys has wm;?ered t:\‘er HERE is seldo surprise w both the Americas. He has also exten- mircason o Prise when men sively explored Japan,Javaand Siberiaand has visited Australla, New Zealand and have no property to make good. This form many parts of Africa. Fither owing to g £ o his wandering life or to other causes, ST B Musin lost some of his skill as a virtu- cause it is impossible unless through the connivance | 0so, and could never be relied upu|n to or the carelessn, it i <4 play with his former brilliancy. It is to Saoa Judze SBUC b SUIDDRINE be hoped that now he has settled down A in the home of his childhood he will de- mitted to escape punishment. He is guilty of per- | vote himself more seriously lu: lm\flslc j i 5 again. Musin has not completely for- JSoy somintted hunder such CeruEnstances as may sE’om traveling, however, for he has only : o work great wrong to the community. Jail is the | undertaken to teach In Liege for six more than ordinary gratification that we see Califor- nia taking a foremost place in offering to the Govern- ment men who will serve the nation in the post of greatest danger if war comes, as now seems inevit- it having come int f . 7 o his = able. Governor Budd has done his duty well, and the 5 possession by the sudden | ong mind with the local tenors who sut and suspicious death of the woman after she had | fers from qualms of consciance when the naval militia that has so promptly responded for duty b : 3 ratorio Soclety rehearses een married a week. San Francisco Oratorio Soclety rehe: week. They swore they had Prop- | qoint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila.” Grau months in the year. On his last appear- ance in San Francisco he played during The English play censor s evidently of an oratorio it would pass muster in the British Isles without question, but operas allowed in operatic form in England. ‘When Rossini's “‘Moses” was creating a furor in a number of European cities its pany is anxious to | production was prohibited ix;d England till . " ic had been adapt to a new A father who shot five times at a man who had !c.nd A G::iv‘cmment $I0,000,090 shm.vs that it recog- | the music e - grossly insulted his daughter was promptly released | 78 @ 800d investment when it sees it. by the Police Judge, which was well. However, there is a feeling that any father under such circum- stances ought to do a little better shooting. ‘When the actions of Moses were attribut- . e SR ed to the preacher of the First Crusade By a little more ingenuity the lawyers for Haynes | the work was produced without question. may establish the fact that brave Li Later, when the public wanted “Moses” l D L etenant Birke | O e produced in ora- t is expressed tn] - cleft his eloquent tongue in two and had mortally wounded his throat. Cavalloti was a popular idol, and the opera “Can- tico di Cantici” (*‘Song of Songs’), found- ed on his drama, will be regarded as a sort of swan song. Next June an effort will be made to transport Bayreuth to the banks of the Thames. There are a great many Lon- doners who want to see Wagner opera in all its glory, but who cannot spend the time reqwsite to travel to the temple of art presided over by Frau Cosima Wag- ner. For their delectation an effort is being made to give a series of Wagner operas in exact imitation of the enter- tainment provided at Bayreuth. Herr Schulz-Curtius has charge of the enter- prise and poor Seidl was to have been the conductor. Efforts are now being made to secure Mottl or Nisksch. Among the artists are to be Nordica, Brema, Ternina and Ella Russel, Jean and Edouard de Reszke, Van Dyck Lieban, Van Rooy and Wittekopf. The entire cycle of the “Nibelung’ will be given and the cost of an orchestra chair for the en- tire series will be $26 50. If the enterprise proves successful, and other cities follow the example of London, Frau Cosima ‘Wagner may perchance find her temple deserted. Statistics have been gathered concern- ing the new symphonic works produced in London last year. It seems that there were sixty-five symphonies which were due to forty different composers. It goes without saying that on their native heath, S0 to speak, the British composers out- number the others. Eighteen Britishers are responsible for twenty-one of the compositions. Then follow nine Russians with seventeen compositions. Ten Ger- mans produced thirteen, nine Frenchmen are responsible for twelve of the sym- phonic works, and finally a Bohemian and a Scandinavian each contributed one symphony to make up the total sixty- five. Not a single American or Italian figures on the list. The Saint-Cecilla Soclety of Copen- hagen is reviving old Italian church music with a success which ought to lead choral societies in other countries to fol- low its example. “Jephtha,” an oratorio by Carissimi, has been found as interest. ing as any modern work and several of Palestrina’s works have delighted the audiences. Signorina Virginia Mariani, who wrote the music of the new opera *“Dal Sogno alla Vita,” which has been produced in Italy, is a graduate of the Musical Lyce- um of Pesaro, whose destinies are pre- sided over by Mascagni. Virginia Mari- ani has two sisters who are also distin- guished musicians. Fraulein Josepha Joachim, the second daughter of the celebrated violinist, has just become engaged to a young pro- fessor of the University of Berne. She has announced that she will never again appear on the stage, which is a loss to art, for her theatrical debut was most brilliant. -tenor Gambarelli, who enjoyed hl:‘hgu::ter of an hour of popularity _xn Italy, has renounced the theater forever and has become a priest. News comes that he has celebrated his first mass at Bergamo. Some amateurs belonging to the c«‘»*rt of Berlin are rehearsing a musical s'kcs h, “The Road to Glory.” Emperor William has snatched time from his manifold occupations to write the scenario for this work. Richard Mand! has had rem_arkabl; uccess in Berlin in conducting his suite “Grisilidis,” which was played by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. THE YANKEE SPIRIT. 1 Old Uncle Sam he sez: I'm gittin’ playea out, 2 “They're growin’ <o In the big U. That they've got no use fer 4 The East and the West don’t seem ter hitch And the North and South won't miX, | And all that jibes with their pesky tribes Is money and politic Old Uncle Sam had said his word, And be set him down and sighed, But a sneakin’ mean little rascal heard That ed on the other side. “Well, .'" sez he, "'l can pay my grudge, That feller is almost gone There's a chance ter lick,”" so he fetched a kick On oid Uncle Sam's pet corn. Old Uncle Sam he felt the whack, And riz with & kinder moan, - “My folks hain’t standin’ behind my back- Sez he, ““I must fight alone.” He stopped, for up from the land behind, In thunderin’ crash and beat, Rang out the hums of a thousand drums, And the tramp of a million feet. 014 Uncle Sam he turned his head And looked at the monstrous throng, ‘Who s With the starry flags outspread, The ol “Star Spangled SORE: i And there wa'n’t no North and thers wa'n't ng South, And there wa'n't no East nor West, But each was part of a mighty heart That beat In & nation’s breast. Old Uncle Sam he heard 'em yell In a voice like the ocean’s roar, ““Go in, and we'll back yer up as well As our fathers done afore. We'll give yer money, we'll give yer men, e We're with yer heart and hand, & And we'll strew our slain from the Gulf Maine Fer the honor of Yankeeland.” Old Uncle Sam he whirled around, And his face was all aglow, And he sorter smiled at that furrun hound, And he sez: ‘“Well, I dunno, We may seem lost in' the greed fer gold, Divided and all upset, But when we're right and we I reckon we're true blue yet. —Joe Lincoln in L. got ter fight, W. Bulletin. A TRAVELING LIBRARY. To the Editor of The Call—Sir: On Mon- day last I read your article on “A Travel- ing Library.” I believe you have broached a long felt want in all rural districts. By all means place books in our hands if it can possibly be done. Your readers, I think, would like to have you unfold, in all its details, the plan by which books in the State Library can be made use of by those who are distant from the cap- ital, and especially as to the defraying of the Increased expense incurred. The people know they are taxed to pay for the books; they know therefore that they are entitled to read them: they know it would be a great boon to them it they could have them to read, and there- fore it is to be hoped that The Call will continue, what it has so well begun, an agitation for a measure of justice to a large number of citizens whose isolation has caused them to suffer from neglect and non-appreciation. JOHN ROBERTSON, Cotaty, Cal. —_——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. LARGEST COUNTY—E. K. R., Los An- eles, Cal.—The largest county in the State of California is San Bernardino, which has an area of 20,160 square miles. GERMAN IN SCHOOLS—H. A., City, The German language is not taught in any of the night schools in the city §f San Francisco. ‘ BONDS—Lucius, Cal. All acts of the United States authorizing the fssuance ot bonds provide that the princfpa. and Interest shall be paid in legal coin. None provide in direct terms that such shall be paid in gold coin. GERMANY AND CALIFORNIA—N. M., City. The area of the German Empire is 208,670 square miles and that of California is 158,360. The estimate in acres as given at the office of the United States Sur- ;D(:)yor for the State of California is 100,- UNITED STATES POPULATION—K. N., City.—What the population of the United States is will not be definitely known until the census shall have been taken in 1900. According to estimates fur- nished the compiler of the New York World almanac for the current year, the same being furnished by the Governors of States and other officials, it appears that the population was on the first of last January 77,705,622, FOUR NAVIES—u. D. C., City. Accord- ing to Whittaker's Almanack, thestrength of the navy of Great Britain is 639 vessels of all classes and 93,750 officers and men. Another authority gives the following figures for the nations named: France, 439 vessels, 537 officers and men; Ger- many, 298 v els, 19,614 officers and men; Russia, 260 vessels, 68 officers and men. Aggregate of ...e last three given: Ves- sels, 1107; officers and men, 141,519, —_—— Solid cream Easter eges, 5e. Townsend® —_——— Cream Klondikers. 10c. Townsend’s. * e e Special fuformation supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monte gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ¢ —_— 27 CANADIAN LAND-GRABBERS. The action of Canadian officials in the northwest in putting their custom-houses at the summit of passes on territory claimed by the United States may put to the test that friendship for the United States which Britons are professing just at present. The United States may busy with Spain, but not too busy to pre- tect its own boundaries. 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