The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANC ISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1899. | { JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprieter. | MONBDAY .. ...co0vove.pv0ni-OCTOBER o, 1890 O S OS U Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ot s e e e S M e el e e e PUBLICATION OFFICE Market. and Third Sts., S. F Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS ..2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574, DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 16 CENTS PER WEEK. Singie Coples, B cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postags: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year. PAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), ¢ months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month BUNDAY CALL One Year. WEEKLY CALL One Year. All postmasters are authorized to receiv. subscriptions. Bample coples will be forwarded when raquested. | | ©OAKLAND OFFKE.. ...908 Broadway ‘} C. GEORGE KROGNESS, | Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquetto Building, | Chicago. RESPONDENT: Herald Square NEW YOR! €. C. 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NW. corner Tweaty- second and Kentucky strects, open until 9 o'clock, AMUSEMENTS. every afternoon and alties. evening, Octo- BUSINESS GETTING AHEAD OF CASH OME weeks ) it was seen that the remarkable » was drawing large sums from > but it was thought rercial circulation, n was merely tem- zeneral com porary. It is now seen, however, that it is becoming more pronounced and that there is a growing scarcity of the circu The stringency has been most markec and from time to time ¢ of discount in 1k of Er ced its outflow of gold to fc zn coun- tries last w two ad- | vances were e rate from 3}2 to 5 per cent, which is ver The str is severe in Ger of G cent. the exports | ally as the Bank ¢ e and is taking | These advances will proba’ 1 States, esp! gold to the Un: ce has also lost »w coin at home. asures to keep the y s affect New York high, bei wanted in large a and legitimate trade. There New York as in the three other r, in spite of the high vhere e these condit is now 10unts for speculation is no in stri 1cy s of interest, hos borrowers b ed to pay 10@13 g compell per cent, while 8@10 per cent were the easiest rates ob- wveek. Many operators considered these le last rates altogether unnecessary and the result of | gh anipulation, but is admitted that 6 per cent will or some weeks to come, as New be the minimum York is being heavily drawn upon for funds to move the Western crops. It is believed, however, that in the early winter months currency will return to New York it y does when the crops begin to move, when the money market will natural This, at least, is the expectation of Wall street, which looks for a quiet stock market until that There is no stringency sufficiently severe, however, te as usu ¢ ease off. ime arrives. to cause any apprehension. The Transvaal situation is an important factor in the case, as it is broadly asserted in some quarters that England needs the gold mines there to recuperate her diminished supply oi gold, though English authorities pooh-pooh the bare idea of such a necessity. The fact remains, however, that in this country the needs of a phenomenally active domestic and foreign, are exceeding the immediate and Congress will probably be When business is as rushing as it has been for a year or two, large amounts cf money are required to carry it on, hence as far as the money market is concerned 2 moderate falling off in the volume of trade would nov be unwelcome at the moment. But there are few signs of any*decrease at present. True, the distributive trade is reported quieter in some sections, and some States, notably California, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey and several of the Territories, show slightly increased liabilities in failures, though the country at Jarge shows less failures than at this time last year, the suspensions being remarkably small, as repeatedly remarked in this column. The great staples, however, continue as active as ever, and the bank clearances at New York, despite the interruptions caused by the Dewey reception and the yacht race, are larger than ever before. Thus, in spite of a-tight money market at the country’s financial center, the business of the nation continues heavier than ever | before known. And the gratifying feature of it is | tiat it is apparently a genuine business, a legitimate demand for all sorts of goods. It is a curious condi- tion, to say the least. Generally, when money ad- | vances and becomes somewhat scarce trade falls off. For the rest there is nothing new. Prices for all | commodities continue firm at the recent sharp ad- | vances, and mills and f{actories are turning down orders all over the country. The demand for prml visions is so sharp in the West that the great packing houses there are from a week to a fortnight behind | in their orders; and it has been often observed that | when provisions are active business is brisk all over | the land. { commerce , both supply of currency called upon to reinforce it in some manner. The Mechanics’ Institute of this city is making a | record as a splendid school for librarians. Last week | two of its attaches were given positions in other li- braries. One went to take charge of the Mercantile { and the other of the public library at Alameda. | —e e Even the worm will turn. The Citizens’ Republican ’ party, stung by treacherous ingratitude, has decided that if Dan Burns wants any more touts he will have te look to his stables. give to those cities material adva | urged under the ! | the results may be se: | that the merchants of San Fra | a reception given to a negro, it is clear the worst part { man, no longer an invincible prejudice against his + South. |‘met the negro carpenter, truck gardener, the con- THE TRAFFIC @SSOCIATION. "1 OR some time past the merchants of St. Louis, [ Chicago and other important points of the Mississippi Va have been engaged in an efiort to induce the Interstate Commerce Commission to so change the existing freight diffe iges over the cities of the Atlantic and the Pacific.coasts. The movemer 1d of the St! Louis Associatiomr has e to the coast jobbers, and it is | rentials as to | now become a m clear that unless sc ne to counteract it ething be dc ously hurtful to our interests, not only in the city but throughout the State. Under such circumstances it is gratifying to note wcisco have organized | to conserve the trade interests of California and the | coas The Tra just been formed has been brought together and established mainly for this contest. In fact Charles Holbrook on taking the chair at the first meeting of the pro- moters of the movement said: “We are called for the purpose of organizing a traffic association to combat the proposition of the St. Louis Association, which has asked for lower differen- tials to intermediate coast points, and also for graded rates from the Atl Coast to St. Louis and Chicago. Its effort is to secure a rate lower than that | enjoyed by San Fr: 1f St. Louis can ship 100 | pounds to any interior point cheaper than we can ship a carload out here, it is plain that the San Fran- cisco jobber will have to go out of business.” | From the ea which our merchants | 1 into the contest, it is evident the time | when they were content to do business “indifferent to } They are now aroused to the | y of entering into an incessantly active com- trade ever alert and That in itself is a good sign of the new , and the city and the State are to be congratulated he change from the old order of things. The San F fight the battle alone. fic Association which ha | ntic ncisco nestness with have enterec fate has gone by. necessi and of being petition {c vigorous, on o Association will not have to Our dispatches of yesterday the large commercial houses of Bos- announced tha ton, New York, Philadelphia and of Galveston realize the importance of the issue to them and would on their side oppose the aggressive pretensions of the St. Louis Chicago assume that the merchants of the Puget Sound cities, of Por join alsp in the contest, for in proportion to their nd boomers. It is reasonable to 1d and of Los Angeles and San Diego will | trade the issue affects them as much as San Fran- | cisco. | The question, it must be borne in mind, concerns not only the jobbing centers but all the country round | ancisco is the great market and ornia products and whatever injures about them. all C the city will in the end be injurious to every interest The Traf ion, there- erits the hearty co-operation of the people | its contest for the since it has for its object the welfare of | | | | | arge. mmercial interests v in c of the coast, all. circulars ntry is authority for the beliei | The wide distribution of throughout that Major General Miles wants to be President of the | United probably other | things that the general wants and can't get. appealing the States. There are several The life of Poundmaster Slinkey of Sausalito was saved the other day through the sa gacity of a yellow In common gratitude he should give up his call- ing as executioner of l return fro dog. ines. THE PROBLEM~6F7THE SOUTH. | Atlanta Co ums were given to a desc a banquet tendered to a The hz N a recent issue of ti stitution two col- | 1 reception and 1 his ed by a large | ption hor w3 guest on 1 s fil gathering, in of the most distinguished men and wo of the city. The address of wel- come was by Governor Candler, and speeches were made by the State Commissioner of Now the man to whom egro—Booker T. Wash- Education and other officials. all the honor was done is a ington. When Southern officials, dependent for office upon the votes of white men, can take prominent part in | | | | There is no longer an unreasoning antagonism to the black of the race problem in the South is over. work and his worth. Of course the fact that Wash- ington has carefully abstained from politics and has advised other coiored men to do likewise has much to do with the favor shown by the politicians of the South; but it would be unjust to attribute all to that fact. The president of the Tuskegee Institute has done and is doing a great work not only for his race but for his sectio nd the better class of Southern whites have not only the intelligence to recognize it but the honesty to admit it and the justice to com- | mend it. The warmth of the welcome given to the guest of the evening was equal to any that could be given to The Governor said: “I am heresto-day to say T am glad | to welcome him back to We of the South more such men. Especially we need them in Colonel Glenn, the State School Commissioner, said: “I look upon this great man as the peer of any man of his | day and ti I regard him as being in front of one of the greatest movements of decades—a that will produce like good to both races. Professor Washington began his address by saying: “The presence of the Governor of the State of | Georgia, the State Commissioner of well as other distinguished citizens of the white race, who join this large and representative negro audience on this occasion, is added proof that the noblest mem- bers of the Anglo-Saxon race in the South have a| deep and abiding interest in the -progress of the | negro.” He then went on to discuss the race prob- lem, and among other sanguine and things said: “So long as the negro is permitted unmolested o secure education, property, employment and is given the protection of the law, I shall have great faith in our being able to work out our own destiny. Over and over again, while in ‘Europe, I had constantly impressed upon me the advantage which the negro has in the South in the opportunity to enter success- ful business as compared with poor people in Europe. If you ask me for the source and foundation for my encouragement over the 'prospects of the race, I would point you to the negro who is engaged in busi- ness in the South. In all parts of the South T have the most eminent educator of the white race. this country .and to the need do Georgia.” movement | Education, as | encouraging tractor, the butcher, the mierchant; they speak hope- fully and encouragingly. Everywhere they tell me. that in business in the South there is practically no color line. Two races are to live in this country to- gether, and he is an enemy to both who tries to array one race against the other.” An incident of this kind is more illuminating 7o the race problem in the South than all the specula- | within the last few months especially, upon behalf | British people and by British gether. It shows that among the better and the dominant elements of both races there is a sincere detesmination to do justice to one another and to establish a sure foundation for the welfare of their States. Booker Washington is educating more than the pupils who resort to his institute. The whole nation is learning something from him, and his influence to-day is as helpful as that of any man of which the white race can boast THE TRANSVAAL SITUATION. 1 OTWITHSTANDING the alarming reports of N imminent danger of war in the Transvaal which come from South Africa, the declarations of British statesmen on the subject continue reassuring. It is true that troops and munitions of war are being rapidly forwarded to the Transvaal frontier, but the powers on both sides which make for peace strong, and unless something sudden and unexpected, like the sinking of the Maine, should occur to pre- cipitate a conflict, the crisis may yet be passed in safety. There is a very strong peace party in Great Britain and it has been actively at work on a campaign of education during the last two or three weeks. One of the most eminent among them, Mr. John Morley, who represents a Scotch constithency in Parliament, recently addressed his constituents on the issue and pointed out clearly the folly of the course which the jingoes are pursuing. Quoting the saying of Dean Swiit, “I have never heard that ten men armed to the teeth are not a match for one man in his shirt,” he are assumed that in the conflict the British would be |. successful, but argued that such success would be inprofitable at present and dangerous in the future. Warming to his subject he sai “The British and the Dutch have got to live together in South Africa. Fuse them. Do not say to one race, ‘You are to be at the top, and the othier shall be at the bottom.” No. Let there be fusion, not paramountcy. Are you going to fight them for paramountcy when you know, apart from its guilt, it can only lead to new burdens and new responsibilities and new difficulties? * * * A war of that kind will not be a war with honor; it will be a war with deep dishonor, and what a mock- ery will such a war make of all the professions that have been made, emphatically and in capital letters ot What a farce—what a hypocritical farce—to send your important representatives to The Hague to try whether something cannot be done to introduce better principles into the relations between states! What a farce, what an example for this country, which has hitherto vaunted and boasted—and justly peace! and progressive causes! What an example for us to set to the armed camps and the scheming. Chancel- leries of Continental Europe! What a shadow cast upon the reign of the Queen! Yes, empire they say— empire. Yes, but we do not want a pirate empire.” In addition to the moral aspects of the controversy there are material considerations which for some time past been strongly affecting the British mind. It has been estimated that if peace be con- tinued the gold output of the Transvaal mines will in the coiming year amount to about $100,000,000. There is already felt something like a gold stringency in Europe, and with the venture of providing a gold standard of currency for India the British financiers are not inclined to lightly shut off the bullion they now have a right to look for from the land of the have | Boers. In addition to the valuable gold export the Trans- vaal has an annual import trade amounting to more than $100.000,000, and the British have had the lion’s A v share of it. ar would mean a loss, therefore, to | manufacturers and merchantsas well asto gold miners. All of these items are being taken into account by the statesmen. Joseph Chamberlain has been posing as an imperialist of the military type, but by birth and training he is a trades He knows the value of industry and com- merce. It is not likely that he will venture to run counter to all the interests with which he has been Despite the gathering of the . the promise of peace is there- fore good. Great Britain would of course like to dominate the Transvaal, but she is hardly willing to pay the price. L sent out some time ago to the effect that in 4 order to provide a revenue sufficient to meet the expenses of the Government, Congress will be vrged by the administration to undertake a radical revision of the war revenue law. It is stated by the Philadelphia Ledger that among the probabilities of the revision are that the rigor of the law will be increased, defects which have resulted in a serious loss of revenue will be corrected and new subjects for ernal revenue taxation will be ingeniously sought. Such a revision as will cure in the existing law the defects which have resulted in a loss of revenue will be cordially approved by the people, but they wiil expect something more. Under the law as it stands re has been practiced wholesale tax shirking some of the large corporations of the country, the most notorious offenders being the express com- panies. It will be expected of Congress that evils of that kind be remedied as well as those which diminish the revenues of the Government. The Call recently obtained from Senator Perkins and the members of the House of Representatives from California statements plainly declaring their purpose to assist in putting an end to the outrageous extortions which the tax shirkers have so long prac- ticed. It can hardly be doubted that a majority of the House will stand with them on the issue, for the wrong done by the express companies has not been practiced in this State only. From every part of th= Union comphaints have been heard and in several States besides California the people have in many cases appealed to the courts for redress. One of the extraordinary features of the tax shirk- ing is that while the courts have uniformly declared the plain intent of the law to be that the express com- panies shall pay the tax, the corporations-have gone on with the shirking as if the decisions of the courts were worthless. Every day of delay adds an enor- mous sum to the amount taken from the people by the companies, and yet for some reason the courts scem willing to grant them delay. Tt will be remembered that when the corporations wished a prompt decision on the income tax law ths courts provided a way by which final judgment was given before the first installment of the tax was due. Since a similar promptness cannot be obtained in the present instance to protect the public from the rapacity of the corporations, Congressional action be- comes imperative, and it will be with no little"satis- faction the people will note the undertaking of the revision of the ‘law, man so long associated. yrees on both sic REVISION OF THE WAR Tdax. ATE reports from Washington confirm those in And they still continue to send out reports to the effect that the Prince of Wales i¢ giddy. As if any- thing else was to be expected of a man in such an itions of theorists, or policies of politicians put to- | exalted position. it is in the front of great moral, pacific | by | 1 AN OPINION FROM THE BENCH. SAN JOSE, Cal., Oct Editor of THE CALL—Dear Sir [The plan you propose to follow in the publication of articles under the head of Shakespear History, etec., mend your plan to al pleasure in reading suc from the pen of so many able and distinguished writers meets with my sincere ap- proval, and I most cheerfully com- . 2,1869. e, Artists, 1l who take h topics. | COMMENDS ITSELF TO ALL Editor of knowledge your paper discussed a such known tion and th self to all. OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 3, 1899. THE CALL—My Dear Sir: Your plan for the dissemination of | through the medium of cannot but commend it- The subjects to be re of such wide inter- est, and the contributors men of; ability that I am sure your undertaking will be to the interests of the cause of educa- e good of society. Respectfully, 2 City Superintendent Schools, AROUND THE ; CORRIDORS Attorney J. A. McKenzie of Merced is at the Lick. H. Marks, a leading merchant of Ukiah, is at the Lick. Dr. Frank S. Smith and wife of Seattle | are at the Occidental. Dr. Rafael Zaldivar of San Salvador is | guest at the Occidental. | 8. Mitchell, who has extensive orchards at Visalia, is at the California. Dr. H. Suggett of Marysville is at | the Grand in company with his wife. | Iroad Commissioner E. B. Edson is | registered at the Occidental from Ga- zell Bank Commissioner B. D. Murphy of | San Jose will be at the Lick for a few days. . Supervisor A. M. Duncan of Mendocino County is registered .at the Lick frem Uklah. - Frank M. Swasey, Register of the Land Office at Redding, is stopping at the Grand. Bank Commissioner A. W. Barrett came | up from Los Angeles yesterday and reg- istered at the California. H. W. Turner of the United States Geo- logical Survey arrived in the city ) terday and is registered at the Lick. Julius Kane, a merchant of Newman; M. McDonald, a Sonoma mining man, nd T. C. White, a Fresno banker, are gistered at the Lick. J. W. Tuttle of Omaha arrived here | vesterday to assume the position of chief | clerk under General Agent W. D. San- born of the Burlington Route. Captain A. D. Miller of Seattle, W. M. Wyatt of Fresno and Thomas Fennell of Portland, Or., are at the Grand from Cape Nome, where they have claims on Anvil | Creek. They brought with them some fine nuggets that assay $19 to the ounce. | | a re; | Five thousand people at Anvil City are waiting to get out before winter sets in. Coal and lumber are scarce and there will | be a shortage of provisions if some do not | succeed in getting away. Wages range from $7 to $20 a day, and there will be plenty of work next winter. They con- sider Nome and Golovin Bay a better country than Dawson, and will go back in the spring. R. §. Forbes, representing a London electrical concern, arrived from Peru yes- terday and is at the Lick. He has just closed contracts for the electrie lighting | of Lima, and will return shortly to ar- range for some projected electric roads. He says that the country is in splendid | } commercial and financial condition. A steam road is contemplated from Arroya to the silver mines at Cerro de Pasco. The newly elected President, Edouardo Romano, has succeeded Don Nicolas Ple- rola, who four years ago, at the head of a revolutionary party, drove President “araces out of power and served his con- stitutional term with great credit. 'l NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. The Japanese battleship Shikishima was recently docked at the Porismoutnh dock vard and is now progressing with a series of trials, which will take about two months. The German crulser Victorla Luise of 5630 tons, built at Bremen, has passed through her forced draught wrial, develop- ing a speed of 19.1 knots. The contract called for 20 knots. The British battleship London, built at the -Portsmouth dock yard, had the keel laid December 7, 1898, and was launcked September 21, taking less than nine months to build and half completing a 15,000-ton ship. Through the Introduction of modern guns aboard ships in the German navy there has been effected a considerable re duction in the personnel. The SBranden- burg’'s complement of 575 has been cut down to 552; Sachsen from 440 to 376 and Siegfreid from 28 to 225. The British cruiser Powerful has left the China station and is due at Ports- mouth, October 23. Her place will be taken by the sister ship Terrible. Both vessels will pass through the Suez Canal and their draught, which in seagoing con- dition is 27 feet, will have to be reduced to 25 feet 7 inches. This will be effected by taking out all the coal except the neces- sary quantity to steam through the canal. The annual depreciation of modern war vessels has been figured by Japanese navy officials to range as follows on the first cost: Armored ships, 3.9 per cent; un- armored vessels, 5.4 per cent, and 6.5 per cent on torpedo craft. According to this showing an armored ship completed dur- ing the present year would in ten years hence only represent a value of 61 per cent of her first cost, an unarmored vessel 46 per cent and a torpedo craft would be | meda, Cal. | Unite that the vessels had been kept in good repairs during this period at an average expenditure of say 2 per cent per annum, the alleged depression should be reduced correspondingly. As a matter of fact the hulls of the two first types are practically indestructible if properly cared for; the motive power may also be preserved for a great number of years with proper treatment, and the only serfous and un- preventable depreciation of the vessels enumerated is due to the fact that they | rapidly become obsolete, and there are scores of these in the several navies. A third-class sheathed cruiser, named Infernet, was launched at Bordeaux Sep- tember 7. She is 2452 tons displacement, 311 feet 8 inches in length, 39 feet 4 inches breadth and 15 feet 6 inches draught. The engines, of 8500 horsepower, are to give a speed of 20% knots. Her battery embraces two six-inch, four three and a half-inch, elght six-pounders and ten one and a half- pounders. The launehing took place with the engines and boilers in the ship, and she will be rapidly completed, tons, recently completed, passed through ! her eight-hour full-power trial on Sep- | tember 12. With 259 pounds of steam the | revolutions averaged 1085, developing 13,763 | horsepower and giving a speed by log of | 15.5 knots. The coal consumption was only. | 1.72 pounds per horsepower per hour. The | designed horsepower was 13,500, which | was exceeded by 263, but the intended speed of 18.75 knots fell short by one-| fourth of a knot, if the log recorded accu- | rately. The ship was down to a draught | of twenty-six feet on an even keel, which exceeds the draught legend by seven | inches, or about 350 tons extra displace- ment. Great difficulty was experienced in building the Oriental drydock at Shang- | hai. The soil was muddy sand, without cohesion, and to secure a solid foundation 3500 twelve-inch piles of twenty-four foot length were driven over the area of the bottom. These piles were capped longi- tudinally, upon which again transverse stringers were laid, all of which timber work was bedded in seven feet of con- crete and floored with three-inch plank. The keel-blacks are spaced with four-foot centers, with six piles under each block, and when recently a vessel of war weigh- ing 7000 tons was docked there was no | sign of sagging or other infirmities of the structure. A sheathed cruiser of 6375 tons is to be buflt at the new Russian Government yard at Windau. The vessel is to be 412 feet in length, 53 feet 6 inches beam and 20 feet § inches draught. The engines, with twelve Normand boilers, will devel- | 20,000 horsepower to give a speed of knots. Tnere will be three funnels and two military masts and the armament will be eomposed of four S-inch and two turrets, twelve 6-inch Canet quick-firers of 45 calibers, of which eight in casemates and four on upper deck; twelve 3-inch | 50-caliber quick-firers in battery and eight 6-pounder Hotchkiss, besides five torpedo,| tubes, of which two are under water. The’| crulser will have the unusual high free- | board of 20 feet 6 inch ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MARY ANDERSON—E. H. P., City. Mary Anderson, the actress, was born in the city of Sacramento July 28, 1859. THE CULTIVATOR—S. S., French| Camp, Cal. The California Cultivator is published in the city of Los Angeles, MISS PERMEAL FRENCH—R. P., Ala- The sketch of Miss Permeal French was published in The Call of De- cember 35, 1888, NO SPECIAL VALUE—H. F. A., Maga- lia, Butte County, Cal. A United States dollar coined either in San Francisco or in Phaladelphia does not command a pre- mium. SIGNOR TAMAGNO-V. Q., City. This department has not been able to ascertain the exact number of times that Signor Tamagno, the singer, has been in the States. He has, however, during the past four years appeared in New York City and once in San Francisco. TO CLEAN SHELLS—J., City. The fol- lowing is given as a method of cleaning shells: Make a lye by boiling strong ashes; allow it to settle; pour the lye over the shells and boil them six or seven hours, or longer if they are large. Then soak and wash often in fresh water. MINING LOCATION—L. B. J., Port Wine, Cal. A married woman has the right to locate a mining claim, and she may locate on the same lode with ner | husband and adjoining his location. A { minor could locate a claim, but a minor | cannot give a power of attorney. Without a power of attorney a father could not locate for his minor child, but he.could make a location as trustee for his child. BIG GUNS—L. L., City. thirteen inch guns were used by No twelve or the the Spanish fleet at Manila. Thirteen- inch ‘puns were_used in the bombardment of the city of Manila. Twelve-inch guns were fired from the Texas and Puritan in the attack on Mantanzas and thirteen- worth only 35 per cent of the original cost. As, however, it is reasonable to assume inch guns were used In the pursuit of the vessels of the Spanish fleet that escaped from Santiago » Sk United States vessels in the attack on | | | | The Canopus, British battleship of 12,950 | While Fritz Scheel MBERS OF TH - SYMPHONY WANT * TO RECAGMIT Directors Are Slow to Act AMPLE FUNDS AND LEADERS SeSeev e INEXPLICABLE DELAY OF THE ANNUAL REFPORT. et Subscribers Are Indignant Because All Information Regarding the Plans of the Society Are Withheld. e S S There is music in the alr, symphony music at that, and some jarring notes. Some of the most prominent members of the Symphony Society are indignant. be- cause they have so far been unable to obtain a fa statement from the secretary in regard to the funds and plans of the society fér this They claim that unless an official session 1s | called before the fifteenth of this month they will call a special meeting and de- mand information as to the standing ‘of the society. In fact, the date for the spe- clal meeting has been fixed for the 15th of this month and notices to this effect will be forwarded to the members unless an official meeting is called by the directors before that date. The members having regularly sub- scribed to the concerts believe themselves entitled to inforr ation as to the work of the society. Usually the symphony sea- son commences September 15 or there- abouts, and now almost a month has ce that date and nothing has been done, It is asserted that the surplus fund should amount to about 32,000, and that this sum is sufficient to reorganize a new series of concerts. Dr. H. J. Stewart, president of the so- ciety, claims that, on account of the fact that the musicians have raised their rates from $ to $8, it would be financial sui- cide to give a series of concerts this sea- son, and in this contention he seems to have some supporters. Other members claim, however, that at least an effort should be made’ to solicit subscribers and notify the members to renew their sub- scriptions. Such an effort may turn out to be so successful that a new series of concerts would be a_possibility. Secretary Harold Wheeler claims that efforts had been de to call a meeting, but they were in vain, while the members state again that they have so far not receivec any ‘notice. Harry H. Campbell claims that he settled with the secrel%ry at the end of last season and that the society’ was in flourishing circumstances. It would seem, therefore, that the mem- bers are corroborated in their-olaim that samething should be done to revive mat- ters. Another obstacle that seems to be ad- vanced by one side is the lack of a leader. To this the members present the names of three capable gentlemen, Oscar W eil, who has led symphony concerts be- fore and proved a_successful conductor; Max Hirschfeld, who has proved his effi- ciercy on many occasions, and Henry Iiolmes, for whom a petition is being cir- culated by many prominent members of oclety. Upon being asked whether were willing to accept the position, each of these gentlemen declared in the affirmative. Huving sufficient funds and there being no k.of a leader the members do not cee why there should be any more delay in the matter, and a number of them have therefore decided to take some ac- tlon and agitate a movement to reorgan- ze. Mr. Campbell states that a large numbier of the old subscribers have sent in their applications for new cards and ar= now impatiently waiting for informa- tion. TUpon inguiry it was found that a great many of the subscribers are unx- fous 1o have a new series of concerts, and the most efficient man they could have desired for this po- sition they do not see why another capa- ble musician cannot give San Francisco a series of symphony concerts which it neeas and to discontinue which would be wmusical suicide CALL'S TRIUMPH APPRECIATED Stockton Independent. THe Call and New York Herald seem to have scored quite a success by the wireless telegraph used in connection with the yacht race. 4he bulletins appear to have been both frequent and accurate. Of course, we cannot expect the com- petitors of those papers to make this ad- mission, but in the interest of truth and science it must be recognized. —_————————— 0dd Telegrams. Excitement is often the cause of strange telegrams_as well as of strange manifes- tations. A man who had been one of the passengers on a shipwrecked vessel was Peseued almost by a miracle. 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