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NEWS OF THE COAST.
Palo Alto Awakens From
a Three Months'
Sleep.
OPENING OF STANFORD.
One Hundred Candidates to
Face the Examination
To- Day.
FRESHMEN EYED ASKANCE.
Talk of an Early Rush Between the
Sophomores and Their
Rivals.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Sept.
I.— Palo Alto and the entire college com
munity will awake to-morrow morning
from a three months' sleep. The opening
examinations begin to-morrow and con
tinue all day. Probably a hundred or
more candidates will face the ordeal. The
larger portion of the incoming class will
present certificates of admission from rep
utable preparatory schools, which entitles
them to freshman standing without ex
amination, except a preliminary test in
English composition, which all students
are required to pass. For meeting the en
trance requirements of the university can
didates" are offered a choice of twenty-two
subjects. These subjects are all reduced
to the unit of a high school year, making
twenty-eight credits, and placed on an ex
act equality. Twelve credits are necessary
for admission to full standing, and these
may be made up of any twelve, including
English, which the candidate chooses to
elect.
jgHe selects from the following list : Eng
lish, elementary algebra, plain geometry,
solid geometry, trigonometry, advanced
algebra, physic?, chemistry, physiology,
zoology, botany, drawing, American his
tory, English history, Grecian and Roman
history, English literature, -Spanish,
French, German, elementary and advanced
Latin and Greek. Solid geometry and trigo
nometry together count one credit; Eng
lish, elementary algebra, French, German,
elementary and advanced Latin ana
Greek, two credits each ; all others one
credit each.
From present indications the freshman
class will be large and good-looking. The
few sophomores already here are looking
askance at their new rivals and speculat
ing upon the probable outcome of the first
rush. Last year the initial conflict oc
curred during the first week. Several
juniors are quietly circulating rumors of
an early rush, and it is quite probable that
the end of the week will witness a "scrap"
of large proportions.
College journalism has always prospered
here. The prospects for a good year are
unusually bright. The editors and busi
ness managers of. the various publications
have been here for some weeks past, and
are the busiest people in the community.
The Daily Palo Alto has often been ranked
as the best college daily in the country.
It always contains more reading matter
than the other college dailies, and as a role
is better edited.
This year it will be in charge of Joseph
Timmons, '97, and George Wilson, '96,
editor in chief and business manager
respectively. W. J. Neidig ' and J. M.
Switzer will direct the weekly Sequoia,
and Edward Moslin Hulme, whose poetry
has appeared in several coast magazines
will be at the head of the University An
nual. James W. Clark, '97, the business
manager of the Annual, will not return
this year, having entered the lowa College
of Law.
The publication of a humorous periodi
cal at Berkeley will probably start a
similar enterprise here ; there is an
abundance of material. A monthly jour-
na], devoted to the more permanent
literary work of the university, is expected
to appear during the year. The faculty is
heartily in favor of it.
The attendance at the Palo Alto pre
paratory schools, Manzanita and Castel
laja halls, and the Public High School,
surpasses the attendance of all previous
years. The enrollment is considerably in
creased by the presence of a number of
Eastern families, who have moved here for
educational purposes, and who are build
ing permanent homes.
• The reopening of the university infuses
new life into Palo Alto. Students infuse
new life into everything, for student pat
ronage is practically the sole support and
mainstay of the town. An idea of its im
portance may be indicated by a few rough
figures. Eleven hundred students were
enrolled last year; 1000 of these may
be reckoned as visiting students, who .
spend annually an average allowance
of $300, or a total of $300,000. A large
portion of this goes to merchants in San
Francisco and San Jose, but the bulk of it
is consumed within a radius of three
miles of the quadrangle.
Incidentally, student allowances afford
' some interesting statistics. They range
all the way from the boy who has abso
lutely no income, save from his own per
sonal labors, to the senior of last year's
class who received from his father a May
allowance of $250. A former manager of
the Student Co-operative Association, the
local supply stoic, said: *
"I had opportunity to learn a great deal
about student allowances. External ap
pearances were no criterion whereby to
judge a student's financial standing. One
of the worst dressed men in the university
received from his home all the money he
could spend. I have frequently cashed
large drafts for t him. There were others
more or less like him. On the other hand,
several of our ultra fashionable young
men, supposed to have a good bank ac
count back of them, 'were really on the
ragged edge throughout the year. Like
wise some of the girls. ' I think, in general,
the girls have smaller allowances than the
boys. A number of fair co-eds were
obliged to maintain themselves at $30 and
$35 per month. One girl, well known on
the campus, used to present a $25 draft to
me on the first; day of each month. She
may have had more than that, but I doubt
it. Her companions belonged to the $50
and $75 set."
ACT OF A PRIX GET OX FATHER.
Caused His % Prospective , Son-in-Law's
Downfall and Death.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. I.— The cause
of the suicide of Otto Straight at Princeton
Friday has just come to light; '' *
Straight , had for a long - time . been .in
love with a 16-year-old daughter of a
prominent farmer. 7 His love was returned*
by the girl, but her parents objected to the
match, claiming that Straight was disso
lute and dissipated. _:.:.
Straight left his hgrne and weut to
British Columbia, where he soon secured a
good, business and made ; some money.
The girl in the meantime pleaded earnestly
with her parents until they gave consent
to the match. ~~W-M
Straight was informed of the decision o
tne parents and hastened back to claimf
his bride. '■ '". ■. . .
The father, relenting and wishing to
place Straight in a bad light, went to
Palouse, and, giving two men $10 each,
requested them to meet Straight and get
him drunk. .':>'..'
This they did, and when : the wedding
hour arrived he was not in condition to
appear. When he became sober the re
morse over his downfall caused him to
take his life. ■
The girl is heartbroken, and declares if
he dies she will kill herself.
Shooting Affray at Hawshaw.
NOG ALES, Ariz., Sept. 1— Hawshaw
last night Thomas Sheehan was fatally
shot by Lawrence Lemon. He made an
ante-mortem statement, in which he as
serted be suspected an intimacy between
Lemon and his wife, and during the day
he left home, stating he would be absent
several days. He returned at night and
found Lemon at his home. As soon as he
entered the room Lemon fired twice, in
flicting a fatal wound.
Spokane Absconder Returned.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept, I.— Deputy
Sheriff Peter Morrison has returned from
Pittsburg, Pa., with W. 0. Fowler, the ab
sconding treasurer of the Odd Fellows,
who forged a number of orders and left
with the proceeds.
This is the third treasurer of the same
lodge who has absconded .and the mem
bers have concluded to make an example
of him. He will be prosecuted.
Arrest of an Alleged Forger.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. I.— Officer
Talbot this evening arrested a man who
gives the name of Harry Shelby, suspected
of passing a forged check for $50 on the
bank of D. O. Mills of this city.
It is also believed that Shelby is the man
who forged checks on the Bank of Colusa.
He is an elderly man and was intoxicated
when placed under arrest.
A Salt Lake City Hold-Up.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. The
police are looking for Carlos Garcia, who
robbed G. P. Smith, Republican delegate
from Beaver County to the State conven
tion, of $1100.
Garcia left town with his accomplices.
He is said to have come from California,
where he bore a hard reputation in San
Jose, San Francisco and other places.
— »
Breaking Bluerocks at Goshen.
VISALIA, Cal., Sept. I.— ln the final
shoot of the San Joaquin Gun Club, held
to-day at Goshen, Sensaboy won the B
class "medal, breaking 91 bluerocks out of a
possible 100. Shiel won the A class and
Murray the C class.
Passed Away at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept I.— Harry Algar,
a retired railroad man and for many years
a resident of Seattle, died • to-night. He
made the trip as conductor on the first
train over the Pacific division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Death of an Able Writer.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. I.— Major
Richard H. Sylvester, a well-known news
paper writer, died in this city this morn
ing in his sixty-third year. Major Syl
vester was a native of Vermont who went to
lowa while a young man, thence to St.
Louis, and became an editorial writer on
the Post-Dispatch. He came to Washing
ton in 1877 and entered the editorial rooms
of the Washington Post, with which jour
nal he has since been identified. Mr. Syl
vester was principal editorial writer on the
Post and was noted as a graceful and vigor
ous writer.
Shot His Stepdaughter, .
DECATUR, 111., Sept. I.*— A tragic
shooting affair occurred this morning at
Warrensburp in which E. P. Allen shot
and fatally wounded his stepdaughter,
Minnie Defenbaugh. Allen made no at
tempt to escape, but it was some time
after the crime before he could be taken
into custody. It is generally believed that
the man was temporarily insane.
Assassinated by Mexicans.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. I.— Last
nicht while riding along a country road
with his wife, Theodore Butler of Carnes
County, was assassinated by four Mexi
cans. The Mexicans shot Mr. Butler sev
eral times. Mrs. Butler pleaded for
mercy, and her life was spared. A posse
is after the Mexicans, four in number, and
they may be lynched if caught.
A Ferry-Boat Sunk.
DUBUQUE, lowa, Sept. I.— The ferry
boat Eagle Point was sunk yesterday while
running from the Wisconsin to the lowa
shore. She struck a submerged cradle, built
and owned by the Diamond Joe Steam
boat Company. A number of teams and
passengers were aboard, but the engineer
put on steam and ran the boat ashore,
where all safely landed. Loss, $10,000; no
insurance. '
ACROSS TEHAUNTEPEC
Continued from Pirst Page.
particularly the Mississippi River. Valley. It
is only a little over 810 miles from the mouth
of the Mississippi to the eastern terminus of
the Tehauntepec Railroad. The total distance
by rail and wAter from Chicago to the Pacific
Ocean, via Tehauntepec, is only 1875 miles.
The nautical conditions for sailing vessels
are much more favorable at Tehauntepec than
at Panama. Navigators always avoid, if pos
sible, the region of calms on both sides of the
Panama isthmus. . .%&S&®&&i^M*^'*f£!£Btm^
This advantage may be considered by some
as of little importance, on account of what is
supposed to be the rapid substitution of steam
for sail ; but as far as the United States is con
cerned the advantage of good nautical condi
tions is important, and will be for many years,
as the sailing tonnage greatly predominates
over steam.
It now takes a sailing vessel 140 days to
go from San Francisco to New York
around Cape Horn, a distance of 15,420
miles. By steamer it requires sixty days
via the Straits of Magellan,' a distance of
13,000 miles. By the Southern '- Pacific
Railroad to New Orleans, and thence by
water to New York, it is 9286 miles. By
the Tehauntepec route, a distance of 4280
miles, it takes only twenty days. The
necessity ;of passing twice through the
torrid zone is obviated, and that danger to
cargoes avoided.
This route is especially valuable to grain
and coal traffic, as shipments can be made
in bulk and transferred by means of the
grain elevators, which are similar to those
used at Chicago and Buffalo. The grain
can be inspected in its passage, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars ought to be
saved to the farmers of this coast.
: Let the Traffic Association,' Chamber
of Commerce, the Manufacturers' Associa
tion, the Board of Trade, the Half-million
Club and everybody who takes an interest
in California help to keep the Tehauntepec
Railroad before the people. No subsidy
has been asked. The road has been com
pleted ; the wharves are now being built.
A new transcontinental route is open.
Why . ■ wait for ." and dream of other lines?
This is practically an accomplished fact.
The Pacific Coast and San Francisco cannot
fail to secure its full benefits. Other linesor
routes equally favorable may be opened in
the future for business, 4 but the Tehaunte
pec route 7 has been completed while we
nave been passing resolutions.; . -777 .
The Pacific - Coast Steamship Company
now runs steamers to Mexico, and it would
be only a little further to continue the line to
Salina Cruz or to Tehauntepec Bay. Then
the Pacific Coast/ and San Diego, San Pe
dro, San Francisco and Pueet Sound would
be immediately " benefited' .*; and freed from
the giant monopoly and octopus ; now dic
tating to California' and demanding all the
traffic will bear. Lvmai* Bbidges, C.£. '
THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.
NEWS OF THE COAST.
The Monterey to Be
Docked at Mare
Island.
WORK ON THE BOSTON.
Already a Better Cruiser Than
When Originally •
Built.
SALE OF CONDEMNED STOEES.
Armament and Ammunition of AH
Kinds to Be Placed Under
the Hammer. ;7.
VALLEJO, Cal., Sept. I.— The monitor
Monterey arrived at the navy-yard yester
day morning, and on rounding Lighthouse
Point a salute of thirteen guns was given
to the flag of Admiral Beafdsley fly
ing at the Philadelphia's masthead. The
crew of the monitor speaks well of her
behavior in deep water, and would
trust their lives on it even on a voyage
around the Horn, though that would
hardly be necessary, as in case it were to
be sent East at any time it would go by
way of the Straits of Magellan. ,
The monitor will remain at the yard for
some time, and while at the yard will go
on the drydock for the customary scraping ,
and painting. The present commander,
Captain Francis J. Higginson, will be de
tached Monday and Captain Theodore F.
Kane assume command. , A number of
changes will be made in the officers before
the Monterey goes to sea again.
No orders have yet been received for the
flagship, and it is not even surmised when
the Philadelphia will next be sent.
The Boston is fast nearing completion,
and is resplendent in a coat of white paint,
which has recently superseded the red
lead. When in commission it will be a
much better cruiser than when originally
built.
The alterations of the lower levels of the
stone drydock will be made as early as
possible, to allow of the larger type of
warships to be taken in dock. The lower
altar is to be partially cut away, and then,
after the dock entrance has been enlarged,
the largest ship in the world may be taken
on without fear of injury.
On account of increased work in the
steam engineering department, the force
is being daily increased. The machinery
for the yard tug Umatilla is well along,
and by the time the hull is ready, if the
funds do - not become exhausted, she
will be ready for _» trial trip, possibly
within the next two months.
It is understood that Lieutenant Knapp,
appointed by the department to see how
the labor regulations regarding employ
ment of men are being carried out at the
various navy-yards, will reach Mare Island
Navy-yard about the latter part of the
month. The officials here say they have
no fear of the result of his investigations.
Monday being Labor day and a National
holiday the yard will be closed to work,
but the men on the rolls will receive their
pay as usual.
Mrs. D. O. Lewis, wife of the surgeon of
the Mohican, is visiting at the residence of
Medical Inspector G. W. Woods. Mrs. H.
L. Howison has returned from a trip to
Alaska and the Yellowstone Park. Ensign
H. F. Parmenter, well known at Mare
Island and San Francisco, he having mar
ried the charming daughter of Medical In
spector W. U. Taylor, U. S. N., has been
ordered for promotion in the Washington
navy-yard. V'.J ".
It is expected that a court of inquiry will
soon be held at the yard which will create
much interest to those traveling on passes.
An auction sale of condemned stores will
be held at the yard before long and naval
equipments, from an eieht-inch Dahlgreri
gun to a frying pan, will be sold. The
most of the guns, shot, , shell, cannister,
grape, shrapnel and the great eight-inch
battering shell now stowed up in the gun
park, will go * under the hammer. Bids
will 'probably be received from all parts of
the Union, and there will be enough 45
--caliber bail cartridges sold to kill every
man, woman and child in San Francisco
and every living creature for a hundred
miles tributary.
YOUXG MEX'S IX STITUTE.
Elaborate Preparations for the Grand
Council's Reception.
VALLEJO, Cal., Sept. I.— pains are
being spared by the committee from Val
lejo Council No. 13, Young Men's Insti
tute, to make the eleventh annual Grand
Council of the institute one long to be re
membered with pleasure. When not en
gaged in business sessions the delegates
will be entertained in a hospitable man
ner. The decorations being prepared will
vie with those heretofore displayed at any
grand carnival.
The young ladies here are doing their
'share toward furnishing amusement and
entertainment for the coming visitors..
It is expected that arrangements will be
made whereby the proposed, but now tem
porarily abandoned, excursion from San
Francisco will be held. The steamer Mon
.ticello will be abie to carry some 250 people
and may be secured for the purpose if . an
excursion by rail is not made. •
WEXT OUT OF EXIS TFXCE.
Tlie Xcw York and Xew England Road
Merged Into Another System.': ■' 4
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. I.— 12 o'clock
midneght, August 31. the New York and
New England Railroad, the bone of so
many corporations' contests, became a
thing of the past and rose from its ashes
to the New England Railroad Company. '
The transfer was made by Thomas C.
Piatt and Marsden J. Perry, receivers of
the New York and New England, in purr
suance of the decree of the United States
Circuit Court. General order No. 1 of ! the
New England Railroad Company, signed
by J. T. Odell, second vice-president and
general manager, repeats the information
given to officers I and employers of the re
ceivers of the New York and New England
Railroad Company and announces the fol
lowing officers of the new corporation : v
. Grant B. Schley, president; Gordon
Abbot, vice-president; ; J. T. Odell j second
vice-president '■ and ; general manager; 6 W.
H. Porter, - secretary ■',: Amos *T. French,
treasurer; : James J. Perkins, assistant j sec
retary: George B. Hippen, assistant treas
urer; W. H, Dudley, auditor; L. ', B. Bid
well, chief engineer. 7
A Blow to Blmctall lsts.
• LONDON, Eire, Sept. I.— The ; Times
will to-morrow^ say . that the statement in
the Commons of the Rt. Hon. A. J. Bal
four, First Lord \ of ; the Treasury, that ;he
would 1 always favor !an internaiional
agreement *■'" in 7 respect 7of ' . the currency,
but -that he had no right *to pledge
his colleagues, nor any reason for
thinking ,; that such an agreement
at the present * moment would result from
an international i conference, : gave a blow
to the ■:. bimetallists . in Germany *] and the
United States. ,; They have now ho course
but ; to acquiesce in a definite postpone-"
ment of their favorite project.* The Times
will add:. "We trust the trade revival now
in ; progress will ; complete the cure and
that we ' will hear less of . bimetallism in
any quarter." "
Carnegie on the Irish Question.
• LONDON, Eng., Sept. I.— The Times
will to-morrow publish a . column ' letter
from Andrew Carnegie on the Irish ques
tion. He urges the present Government
to create a central authority in Ireland to
deal with private bills, which authority
must - afterward be i developed into such
; shape as to inaugurate such home rule as
the States of the American Union enjoy
under the Supreme Court.
: Both Duelists Wounded.
MADRID, Spain, Sept. I.— Count de
Benalua, who was an ■ intimate friend of
the late King Alfonso XII. and Senor
Martinez de Roda, who some time ago
married in New York the widow of Ex-
President Barrios of Guatamala, became
involved in a * quarrel recently which re
sulted in the sending and acceptance of a
challenge to fight a duel. The meeting
took place on the French frontier and
both duelists were wounded.
Socialist Prisoners . Elected.
ROME, Italy, Sept. Bye-elections
for members of the Chamber of Deputies
were 1 held to-day in Catania, Casena and
Milan, and resulted in the return of the
socialists De Felice and Barhato, both of
whom are serving terms of imprisonment.
De Felice was elected in Catania and
Barbato in Casena and Milan. Both had
previously been returned to the Chamber,
but that body declared their election void.
Severe Storm in Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. I.— A severe
storm in Northern Mexico has
done much damage, especially 7 to,
railroad property. , Twelve bridges
on the Mexican - National Railway, were
carried away. Traffic on the line and
telegraph service will be suspended ■ for
several days. - *..,.-.■■"
Stricken With Yellow Fever,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. l.—A special from
the City of Mexico, says : Information has
reached here from the Isthmus of Tehuan
tepec that H. Aldridge, general material
agent of the Tehuantepec Railway, is
stricken with yellow fever at Cotzacolcos.
His condition is critical.
BULL-FIGHTS IN FRANCE.
Police Prevented the Brutal
Exhibitions at Two
Towns.
One Toreador Was Escorted to the
Spanish Frontier and Then the
Council Resigned.
PARIS, France, Sept. — A series- of
great bull-fights was fixed to begin at Bay
onne to-day and the celebrated Spanish
bull-fighter Mazzantini was specially en
gaged to appear. The police, however, re
fused to let the fight proceed and they
caused Mazzantini to be conducted to the
Spanish frontier. .7-7 7 V*
The people were anxious to see a bull
fight and the action of the police was
greeted with hoots and cries of derision.
A number of Senators and members of the
Chamber .of Deputies and the Municipal
Council intervened with the police to have
the performance go on, but all their efforts
were useless. 7!777i777:7^7-77. '77:7:7, 7
When the members of the Municipal
Council found that the police were deter
mined to prevent the fight and to send
Mazzantini out of the country they held a
special meeting and unanimously decided
to resign. Five brigades of gendarmes
and many mounted police occupied the
arena. The young King of Servia was
present, but his mother had been assured
beforehand that the authorities would not
allow the fight.
At Aries there was a bull-fight in the
presence of 5000 people. Three bulls and
three horses were killed, but nevertheless
the performance was tame and unexciting
and the spectators hooted the toreadors.
It was intended to have a fight at Tar
ascon, but the authorities prohibited it.
The inhabitants were made very angry by
the intervention of the police, and the
members of the Town Council protested
against the fight being stopped. The
police were obdurate, however, and the
fight did not take place.
MRS. STEWART'S DEATH.
An Estimable Woman; Well Known to
the Older Inhabitants.
A great many of the older Inhabitants of
the City will be grieved to learn that Mrs.
Mrs. Sally Stewart.
[From a photograph.}
Sally Stewart died early Saturday evening
at the Hotel Stewart, corner of Pine and
Jones streets. She had not been well : for
four years past, but the ; final and fatal ill
ness was of recent occurrence. : /
/ Her death removes one of the old guard.
She was born at Fayette, Mo., and as Sally
Garner was a noted 7 beauty when she ar
rived with ; her mother and sister at Sacra
mento in 1853. In 1854 she was married to
George W. Stewart, a member of the firm
of Snead, Arnold & c Co. In 1867 they
moved to San Francisco. r Mr. Stewart en
-5 aged in the / grain •_* business "? here with
ohn W. Coleman and Jesse Wall. Unfor
tunate ventures swept away a generous for
tune which he had accumulated. He then
took a responsible position with the South
ern Pacific Company and died in 1887. -,/
- . Meanwhile, -. Mrs. 7 Stewart £ had r retired
from active participation in social matters,
and remained practically /a recluse * for
several years. The fine old families of the,
City .who were her intimates , in 1 the " early
days had not \ forgotten % her, and had kept
as close in touch with her as possible. For
Beveral years past 7: she conducted the
hotel, assisted by her i sister, Mrs. Denver,
widow of _ the Lieutenant-Governor of Ne
vada. / < ' 4 : 4.z -.4 '■ ;.*/■
The only relatives she left here are her
sister, " Mrs. 7 Denver, and } her . niece, Mrs. :
Howard Turner. The funeral will be held
atthe Hotel Stewart this afternoon, the in***"
terment to be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
THE BATTLE OF SEDAN
.. * : * . * -■ .;-..■■.*■
An Anniversary of the Franco-
Prussian War Is Com
memorated.
THE SOCIALISTS OPPOSE IT.
Speeches and Music by the German-
American Colony at Eintracht
Hall.
— — — — — -
The twenty - fifth anniversary of the
battle of : Sedan was celebrated z yesterday
by the German-American colony with
literary exercises at Eintracht Hall during
the afternoon, followed by a concert in the
evening, which concluded with historical
tableaux and a grand bail.
Although given under the auspices of
the San Francisco Krieger Verein, partici
pation was not - confined to one society,
nearly every German-American organiza
tion in the City being represented on the
programme, which was a varied one and
of a high order of excellence both from a
literary and musical standpoint.
Under the direction of Messrs. Hoffman
and Seeman, Eintracht Hall had been
appropriately decorated with evergreen
wreaths, palms, ferns, German and Ameri
can flags, bunting and military emblems
in commemoration of Sedan.
Music for the occasion was rendered by
an orchestra of twenty-five pieces, under
the direction of M. Probansky.
The entertainment opened with a jubilee
overture, which was followed by an ad
dress of welcome by R. Wineke, president
of the day. Mr. Wineke referred briefly to
the patriotic duty of all Germans in ob
serving the anniversary of the battle of
Sedan and the results of the victory to
Germany and the world. r > *
After addresses by E. Brugge, president
of the Krieger Verein, and J. Hoffman,
president of the Veterans of the German
Army, two singing sections, one from the
Hermannssohne and the other from the
Krieger Verein, rendered "The Dead
Soldier." ■- \7 .-,-.
Vice-Consul 0. Lohan delivered a brief
address, and after the orchestra had given
the "Warrior's Dream" Charles Bundschu
delivered the oration.
Mr. Bundschu spoke as follows:
In the animated and patriotic condition of
mind in which we are to-day. carried back to
past times, to the days of that gigantic strug
gle which five and twenty years ago involved
the political life and physical anatomy of two
great neighboring nations, we may well ask by
what right does it become the privilege of Ger
man-Americans to take part in a foreign coun
try in an enthusiastic commemoration which
permeates and pervades our native land. We
have not assembled to-day to recall with
demonstrative arrogance the fearful scenes of
sacrifices which that bloody war exacted from
the German people and their adversary. We
do not seek to indulge in the disdainful enjoy
ment of the disastrous defeat of a nation which
for a time destroyed the peace of Europe. We
only wish, as descendants of the German Em
pire, to commemorate the unification of the
scattered members of Its divided States, united
from the Moselle to the Vistula, from the Alps
to the Belt, which twenty-five years ago as
well as to-day swelled our hearts with honest
and justifiable pride. This quarter of a cen
tury has been nobly devoted to progress, cul
ture and internal development and abundant
equality in the world's competition, as was
fully demonstrated in a splendid and wonder
ful manner at our Columbian Exposition in
Chicago.'
- The united heart and spirit of the German
people demolished the unbounded disdain of
their enemies and compelled a peace of uni
versal blessing. Who then shall dare after a
lapse of twenty-five years to say that it isa
crime against the civilization of our days to
commemorate with .becoming enthusiasm an
event which redeemed and eternally unified
the German nation?
We are none the less patriotic American
citizens because we celebrate the glorious re
sults. We are perfectly aware of the duties
and allegiance we owe this great country and
we rejoice that it is not surrounded by hatred
and jealousy and that the immediate security
of this great commonwealth does not rest upon
its military organization, but we denounce as
false and vicious that spirit which character
izes the struggle of the great Germanic nation
for unity and independence as a "murder of
the masses."
May the blessing of the fair minded of this
country be with you in distant Germany on
this day of commemoration of native emanci
pation and may your continued progress lead
you safely to the highest pinnacle of liberty
and happiness ever reached by the human
race.
The entertainment concluded with a
poem by Miss A. Schnabel, and a declama
tion by Robert Scheel, entitled "Der
Trompeter yon Mars la Tour," interspersed
with orchestra selections.
In the evening a concert was given, con
cluding with tableaux and a ball. The
tableaux represented "The Warrior's
Farewell," "The Warrior's Camp," and
"The Warrior's Return," respectively, the
prologues being spoken by Miss Neta
Muller.
Many German socialists opposed - the
celebration, holding that the commemora
tion of victories won on battlefields at the
cost of human life belonged 'to the cate
gory of ceremonies which civilization, ad
vancing along the lines of altruism, ought
to banish as savoring of a dark and bar
barous past. In accordance with these
views a meeting was held last evening at
the -street temple...
. M. Seiler - presided, and in introducing
the first speaker Ihe tersely outlined the
object of the gathering. He said that the
meeting had been called to protest against
the glorification of a lot of men ■: who had
borne arms in a: dynastic * struggle ?in
which the common people had no interest,
and from which - they had received no
benefits. "Wars," continued the speaker,
"are waged to subserve the interests of
rulers in the lust of ; dominion. This does
not apply to all wars. There are wars for
principle. These are just.
"The Socialist Labor party is a party of
peace, bent upon educating/ the masses in
their rights. We recognize but two
wealth-producers and parasites."
Mr. Seiler then introduced" Emil Liess,
editor of the San Francisco Tageblatt, who
condemned in* strong terms the / Krieger
Verein celebration as un-American - and
uncivilized. : He did not approve of bring
ing the European international feuds of
twenty-five years' standing to the free soil
of America for exploitation. ■",'
Austin Lewis was the next speaker.
He said in part: -
We protest strenuously against such celebra
tions as have been held to-day by some of the
German societies. What is Sedan to us? Why
are we asked to keep alive the memory of a
cruel and unjust war,/ fought to gratify
the inherited feuds of Napoleon -■_._ the
Third and the Emperor of Germany ?
French- and German workingmen alike
protested , against this unnecessary , slaugh
ter— slaughter for the sole purpose qf
gratifying the lust of semi-barbarous rulers,
intoxicated with power and determined to de
stroy one another, at* any cost of s blood or
treasure. Who bore the blunt of % this conflict?
-Who paid the taxes and carried the muskets?
These rulers are all very much alike, by what
ever name you call them. French . President
or German Emperor, English Queen or Russian
Czar, they are all tyrants,' holding the rod ;of
authority over; their kneeling slaves.* When
they speak by proclamation to their subjects
the poor deluded fools rush off ,to kill and
wound their fellow-men in the name of patriot
ism.
■} 'Alva Appel read a series of resolutions
denouncing the Krieger Verein's . custom
of annually celebrating the j victory *of
Sedan in • strong ;'■ terms. .* The *. resolutions
were adopted • by , a rising vote, and % then
Dr. dv 7 Puy i. was ' introduced las i. the ! last
speaker of the ' evening. He . delivered * a
stirring . address . in /••-. French, which //was
warmly applauded, after which the meet
ing adjourned. •
"CAPTAIN COOK."
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The New Opera That Will Be Presented
Tb-Nightr^j^g^BßHSßl
The historic romantic opera, "Captain
Cook," to be ppresenterd r at the Bush-street
Theater to-night, is the joint production of
, two well-known _ residents of - : this city,
Sands "W. Forman, who wrote the libretto,
and Noah -Brandt, who set the words to
music. '•• : :;-'. -*''■''"
The opera deals with the landing of the
famous explorer on the Hawaiian Islands
in 1778 *. and of the "White God," as the
natives called him, who was to rule over
them. Many opportunities are. presented
for the playwright and the composer, and
as both. these gentlemen have already ex
hibited 7 their talents in : their respective
lines it is safe '<• to say ; that • they have * ac
complished something which will please the
theater-going and music-loving public.
COLLIDED WITH A CAB.
A' Bicyclist -Loses , Control, of His
Machine and Is Thrown Through
.:•■ a Window of a Cable-Car.
James Sheehan, a young man living at
126>«j Bartlett street, met with a probably
fatal accident yesterday afternoon.
He was riding on a bicycle down Twenty
second street, from Guerrero, when the
steering-gear broke and he lost control of
the machine. At Valencia street he col
lided with car 11 with such force as to send
him head-foremost through a window of
the car.. •
There were several passengers in the car,
and the smashing of glass and Sheehan's
unexpected entrance through the window
caused a momentary panic.
Sheehan was taken to a drugstore on
Valencia street, Twenty-second, and
from there to his home. I)r. Coffey was
summoned and found that his head was
terribly cut by the broken glass, and he
had sustained a possible fracture of the
skull. He was unconscious last night, and
the chance of his recovery is doubtful.
ITALIAN OPERA IS SUNG
Performance of "La Traviata"
by the Giuseppe Verdi
Society-
An Entertainment That Aroused
the Applause of the Italian
Colony.
The best performance that the Italian
Philharmonic Society Giuseppe Verdi has
yet produced took place at the California
Theater last night. The opera was Verdi's
"La Traviata" and the enthusiasm of a large
audience showed that the rendering given
to the work was more than appreciated.
The company had secured a brand-new
prima donna and a new tenor for the occa
sion. Signor Almagia, who sang the im
portant role of Germont, has improved al
most out of recognition since he appeared
here in "The Barber of Seville," and the
chorus, as usual with the Giuseppe Verdi
Society, consisted of a fine volume of fresh
voices which many^a professional organi
zation might envy. *
, Signorina Beschieri, the Violetta, is an
Italian prima donna who came here re
cently from South America. Her work
last night showed her to be possessed of a
ringing, powerful voice, which at : times
she is inclined, quite unnecessarily, to
overtax. Her execution was facile, and
she sang with the ease of a tried profes
sional. As an actress she did not realize
all the dramatic possibilities of Violetta'a
role, though in certain scenes, notably the
parting from Alfredo, she was exception
ally good.
Dr. Hodghead, the tenor, is a young
American, who has studied with one .of
the leading masters in Milan, and though
his studies were not of sufficient duration
to make him a "tenore assoluto." he is a
valuable addition to the Giuseppe Verdi
Society. He looked well as Alfredo and
won a good deal of applause, for some of
his singing, notably in the scene where he
threw the purse at Violetta. '* ; * ' • '-'
Signor Almagia gave a successful ren
dering of the role of .Germont. Both his
singing and acting were dignified . and ex
pressive and he took the part well. His
singing of "Di Provenza" was especially
good.
Signor Kentra and Signor Merani ac
quitted themselves well as the Baron and
the Marquis, and, with scarcely an excep
tion the choruses were excellently ren
dered.
In fact, bad it not been for a marked
anxiety on the part of the performers to
catch the conductor's eye one could fre
quently have forgotten that the entertain
ment was one given by an amateur organi
zation. Signor Spadina, the director, had
gathered together a good orchestra, and
frequent applause showed that the audience
thoroughly appreciated the performance.
It is probable that "La Traviata" will be
repeated next Sunday.
LAST OF THE SEASON.
The Scores Made Over the Traps at
Bluerocks and Live Birds
Yesterday.
Live birds and bluerocks kept the trap
shooters busy at the Oakland race track
yesterday. The members of the California
Wing Shooting Club and the Electric Gun
Club were 7 out in ' force, and some fair
scores were made. In the morning the
birds flew well and strong, and in conse
quence there was many a miss recorded.
In the afternoon, after being cooped, up
without water or food for about six hours,
the birds were listless, and one-half of
them had to be frightened by the trap rope
before they would fly.
The score :of the California Wing Club
was as follows :
Robinson.. ....*.. ......1 0 2 11001112 1— 9
Fay.......... ....1 0222120120 2— 9
Horning .......0 2200211222 o—B
81ade............*. .0 1110 10 I—B
Fanning ....... 1 1202011102 1— 9
Vern0n..... ........ ....1 01200022012—7
Golcher..... 2 1110111100 I—9
Kendner. 2 110112 11 0 2 I—lo
Lidd1e......... ...2 12 2 2 0 0 2 10 2 I—9
Wagner... .............0 2 12 0 0 0 2 12 2 0-7
A11en.......... ....0 20202 2 2 0220—7
Webb. ............. ....2 10200111001—7
Haight.......... ..0 02101010112—7
Hebbard ........... ...1 0100011120 0— tf
Warder......... 2 112 0 10 2 2—lo
Boos. ......_...... .....0 2000120000 1— A
The ties will be shot off, next Sunday.
A six-bird sweepstake was "shot during
the afternoon with the result that Robin**
son killed six: straight birds,' Fay 5, Fend
ner 6, Slade 6, Horning 4, Haight 5, Webb
6, Vernon 6, and Fanning 6. ; In the shoot--*
off ■ Webb won • first \ money with a clean
score. For second money Horning, Robin
son and Slade killed five birds each, and
they divided the prize. Vernon killed
twelve straight birds, but as he was not in
the sweepstake he had the pleasure of
seeing Webb take all the money.
The Electric Gun Club held it's first shoot
of the season at bluerocks with the follow
ing result: i First class— C. Nauman 23 J
S. Fanning 22, S. M. Fendner 21, Slade 19,
and H. C. Golcher 13. - Second class—
F or^ te -S 20, W. Mohock 20, Eugene Forster
18, F. Fernon 15, A. R. Crowell 15. E. Shaw
15, G. Patchell 14 and H. F. Wagner 13 *
COUNTERFEITER'S- LAYOUT
Found Concealed Among the Bed Slats
of a Howard-Street Lodging- /
House.
John EnriKht, a. fireman, and wife -en
gaged .; ay room last | Satureay 7 night ; , in a
lodging-house on the corner of Fourth and
Howard streets. 7 Yesterday - afternoon -he
went for a walk t and returned ": to his room
tired out. /r/- '-7,. ;>-■';-..••'•..■•• *. •/•-*■■ ■ ••--•.*;■'>**•-.-.■';
.He threw himself on the bed and as he
did so ' he heard something drop on the
floor./ Looking under the bed he found it
was a mold such as is used by counterfeit
ers. On investigating /the; slats of the bed
he found several other molds and a burg
lar's jimmy, , -.47% -
Last night he took the 7* articles to police
headquarters. The facts will be communi
cated to the Federal authorities to-day. .
John Christopher, 1 who died in Sharon ?
Pa., recently, at the age of 104, was a vete
ran of the war of 1812.
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