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THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Mr. Cleveland, you will take notice, is
still fishing.
The function of Democracy next year
will not be a party but a rout.
As soon as the fall elections are over the
treasury deficits will begin again.
Buckley declares he is out of politics, but
he doesn't like any one to say he isn't in it.
It seems the hardest thing in the world
for one Democrat to tolerate another Dem
ocrat.
We may yet see Buckley going through
reform Democracy like a trolley-car with
the fender off.
We have plenty of organized associations
now to reform the City if they would all
work together.
The Turks are a slow people, but they
may yet get out of Europe with a tin de
siecle movement.
Hunting for the north polo is as nothing
to the search of an Ohio Democrat for
something to stand on.
Spanish dominion in Cuba is a good deal
like the cigarette habit— hard to give up
and deadly to continue.
If we cannot have a carnival of our own
there is consolation in knowing that" San
Jose is within bicycle distance.
Several of our «• Eastern exchanges have
mentioned the coming of snowflakes,' but
none have called them beautiful. .'J, '• " ; :
If Cleveland won't do anything else for
American supremacy he might start an
other dog team for the north pole.
The Eastern State elections are some
what clouded by a report that both parties
are saving their barrels for next year.
The Sacramento Valley editors vehe
mently denounce land monopoly and yet
each of them seems well satisfied with his
lot.
Perhaps Olney's foreign policy is like the
Valkyrie, and won't, play a3 long as any
thing shows a possibility of getting in the
way.
The people of this country recognize
Cuban independence as a part of American
destiny, and it is time for the Government
to do the same.
There is a growing belief that the Sep
tember surplus is a cunning fiction de
vised by the treasury to serve the purpose
of a campaign lie.
It is an easy prediction that the present
speculation concerning Cleveland's next
message will turn out a decided case of
much ado about nothing. 7". ■>_ 1
The assurance of the Reform Democrats
that they will send Buckley back to the
country is interesting, but it doesn't carry
conviction to the average citizen.
No sooner does & man attain the hiehest
station than slander assails him. It is
now assented General Miles said that Dun
raven was right in the cup controversy.
The prompt action of Great Britain in
China was a good British policy, and wo
need, in this country an administration
with an American policy just as prompt.
The Maryland metropolis having won
the league pennant twice in succession is
now thinking of carrying ont a plan of city
extension under the title of Basebaltimore.
It is asserted in Paris that the bicycle
has struck a heavy blow at literature, as
the people who used to read are either too
busy riding or talking of riding to do any
thing else.
By way of heading off the introduction
into this country of the plum-colored dress
suit from England, Chicago proposes the
adoption of an Uncle Sam suit, of red coat,
white vest and blue trousers.
The latest discussion which engages the
intellects of Texas and Arkansas is
whether an editor with a wife and five
children should be permitted to dodge the
temperance question when it becomes red
hot. T ■-:
The Austrian Minister, having investi
gated the condition of Slavonians in the
coke regions of Pennsylvania, reports that
Uncle Sam is treating them all right, but
the question remains, Are they treating
Uncle Sam right?
Many States contest for precedence in
easy divorces, but Wisconsin is said to
have sure leadership in lax . marriage
laws, and if reports are true matrimony is
so easy there that people often fall into it
without knowing it.
The statement attributed to a professor
of Chicago University that all the essential
food elements contained in a 1200-pound
steer could be put into an ordinary pill
box may have been a strictly scientific
truth, but it is hardly calculated to en
courage Chicago meat-packers to assist in
spreading knowledge round the country. ]
Now that the Democrats of New England
have begun to talk seriously of supporting
Russell of Massachusetts , for . the Presi
dential nomination the country will have
to look sharp and not get William E. Rus
sell, who was Governor of the State, mixed
np with John E. Russell, who tried to get
there and failed. . Up to date ; the reports
are so mixed it is not easy to tell . which
will make tho rust next year. .
THE TRUE PRINCIPLE.
The. following • resolutions in regard to
transportation < were adopted at the recent
session of the State Grange of California:
"The true principle we declare to be
that property invested in the transporta
tion business ought to be subject to the
same risks that attend other investments
and no more, and that transportation com
panies which have been careless or waste
ful in their methods of construction or
management, or which have been so un
fortunate as to lose money through the
questionable practices of their officers, or
whose property has become depreciated by
decreased costs of construction made pos
sible by modern methods, must themselves
shoulder the loss, just as farmers and man
ufacturers are compelled to do under the
same circumstances.
"We therefore declare, as the contention
of the farmers, that reasonable rates of
freights and fares are such rates as will
yield a reasonable interest with a gradual
repayment of principal upon the current
value of the property, which is to be deter
mined by the cost of reproducing the same;
and we demand that the Railroad Com
mission enter upon the work of ascertain
ing and recording the present value of all
railroad properties, and that thereafter
they shall fix such local rates as are likely
in connection with the revenue estimated
from interstate business to yield fair re
turns on the investment thus computed,
and whatever this may prove to be we will
cheerfully pay. '
"We demand of our Representatives in
Congress that they shall use their best ef
forts to cause the same principle and prac
tice to be adopted in the regulation of in
terstate commerce."
These resolutions not only state a just
principle, but disclose the superior intelli
gence and broad spirit of fairness pos
sessed by the farmers of California. It is
to be observed that the principle lying be
hind that of subsidies is not touched upon,
but that was unnecessary. Still, as it is
important it may , be discussed here, as
some confusion, concerning it is prevalent.
In the case of the subsidized lines of the
Southern Pacific Company, for instance,
the General Government not only advanced
many millions of dollars in aid of the en
terprises, but gave them besides an enor
mous part of the public domain. These
favors, had the lines been honestly con
structed and managed, would have brought
the cost of construction, maintenance and
management far below that which would
be required to-day to reconstruct the lines
without a subsidy. Yet we see that the
Southern Pacific has so burdened itself
with unnecessary debts as to have an
nulled the benefits which the public had a
right to expect in return" for the subsidy
and as to have enabled the company to
exact tolls exorbitant and unjust and pro
hibitive of the development of the regions
which it traverses. * 7^-7 —
It is as unjust for the people to be made
thus to suffer as it is to permit the com
pany to enjoy enormous wealth which it
did not earn and maintain charges to
which it is not entitled. The whole diffi
culty is that although the principle of gov
ernmental aid necessarily involves that.of
governmental direction within reasonable
bounds, the Government has been incon
sistent in neglecting to exercise such direc
tion and in permitting only one of the
parties to a contract of public policy to
enjoy the benefits. It was doubtless a
thorough understanding of this matter
that induced the State Grange to adopt
these resolutions and thus express the con
clusion of all the great principles consid
ered together. The resolutions are so just
that they are earnestly recommended to
the attention of the public officers to whom
they are addressed. 7 77 ■7 : v'*';7 - :
SUBDIVIDING LAND.
While the Sacramento Valley editors
have expressed in convention a determina
tion to work for the subdivision of large
land holdings, the telegraphed accounts of
the meeting do not inform us what method
was proposed to accomplish that end. It
seems strange that the intention of the
constitution in this matter has been ap
parently lost sight of within the last few
years. Prior to 1879, when that instrument
was adopted, the evil of large holdings was
fully recognized and a provision was in
serted in the constitution to remedy it.
This was simply that unimproved lands
should be assessed at the same rate as con
tiguous improved lands of the same quality
and capacity. This provision of the con
stitution has been ignored ever since the
adoption of the instrument.
Its enforcement would cure the evil
where applicable, but, evidently, it would
not reach the large plantations of wheat.
The single-taxers smile in their sleeves
whenever Californians mention this serious
hindrance to the advancement of the State.
As a matter of fact, the constitutional pro
vision to which we have referred was in
line with the single-tax principle, as it was
a recognition of the principle that the
State has the right to modify the absolute
ness of land-ownership by means of taxa
tion; that is, to impose a tax which tends
to weaken the monopoly of land.
The constitutional provision was aimed
at land held for speculative purposes. If
it were applied even in such cases it would
unlock many millions of acres of choice
land in California.and that would be a
start in the right direction. As for wheat
growing, the problem is in process of self
solution in the manner indicated by Horace
Davis— the impossibility of making a profit
from the industry.
The last important feature of the case is
the mistaken business view of those who
hold their land for speculative prices. They
have tried this course from the beginning
of the State, with the result that although
prices did rise to a high figure several
years ago as the effect of astonishingly
large profits made in certain lines of pro
duction, that condition has passed, and
consequently the demand for land at the
prices based on those profits has entirely
ceased, and prices have greatly shrunk in
consequence. By pursuing that policy
landholders have lost heavily. The time
never has been when they could not make
more money by selling than by holding.
It cannot be said that. their losses and
folly are entirely their own affair. In a
sense they are custodians of the public
welfare and ought to be educated to an un
derstanding of the fact, as well as to ways
in which they could better their own con
dition by pursuing a different course. The
intelligence of the Sacramento Valley edit
ors will be sufficient to furnish the needed
instruction and create the desired pressure
of public opinion.
JAPAN'S AMBITION.
• There is nothing incredible in the rumor
that Japan is desirous of securing the Ha
waiian Islands. The , argument which- its
ambition would naturally inspire is that
the present Government is weaic and is
maintained in opposition to tho natives,
and that it has the sympathy and support
of no great power. ./ >/i ■ .'.-4
Concurrently with this 1 rumor \ comes
another, to the effect that the Government
itself is aware of its inability to remain
much longer in existence. ; President Dole
is said to be sending his 7 salary of $1000 a
month to a San Francisco bank as a meas
ure of . safety, and *he is "drawing this
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1895.
amount in the face of ' the fact that the
Government is running behind $45,000 a
month in Expenses, lt is said, that the
people are refusing to pay taxes on land
and that th« Government dares not offer
the lands for sale, for the reason that it is
aware no purchasers could be found who
would be willing to take chances with a
government delinquent tax title.
Another part of the rumor Is that the
Dole Government would be willing to sur
render the reins to Princess Kaiulani,
niece of Queen Liliuokalani, on condition
that the United States and Great Britain
consent . to exercise a joint protectorate
over her administration. Probably, if all
this is true, such a plan on the part of the
Dole Government has been made necessary
by the supposed intentions of Japan. It
could well reason that as there was no in
terference to prevent the establishment of
a republic upon the overthrow of the mon
archy there would be none to check the
ambition of Japan in the direction of the
islands. ; 7.T.V •;.
Whatever truth there may be in all these
surmises, it is an undisputed fact that
business is dead in the islands and that
ruin is impending. It cannot be expected
that the proposed cable to the islands will
be laid under existing circumstances, and
as its advent would mean a great deal to
the wealthier interests of the islands it is
not unlikely that some important change
will soon take place. The scheme of a
joint protectorate would prevent the east
erly march of Japan and secure the power
of the United States and Great Britain in
the mid-Pacific.
TROUBLE IN SANTA CRUZ.
A sore feeling has arisen in Santa Cruz
County over the determination of the city
of Santa Crus to have a new courthouse
against the wishes of the people in the
eastern end of the county. The county
building was destroyed by fire a year ago
and it is desired to erect a new one.
The people of Watsonville and the coun
try roundabout have taken the matter very j
seriously to heart. They insist that the
times are too bard for the incurring of so
great an expense and for the imposition of
so grievous a tax burden. They have
fought the proposition step by step, the last
move being a suit enjoining the Supervi
sors from making the initial payment to
the contractor. A few weeks ago a lead
ing newspaper of Watsonville in a strong,
earnest and dignified editorial called upon
its readers to consider seriously the matter
of severing that end of tbe county from
the other and, annexing it to Santa Clara,
where taxation is low and prosperity per
ennial. - :7*:£7-4
The residents of ' Santa Cruz had the
power to force the carrying of the court
house proposition, and they, exercised it as
an admirable expression .of*' public spirit
on their part. The only question involved
was one of judgment in so* bitterly an
tagonizing a VenKersection, which is the
center of one 'of the greatest industries
the State. ' It is not likely that the. people
of Watjfonville could easily bring, about
the separation, and so add the. fame and
j prosperity of the -sugar-beet industry to
\ that which Santa Clara already enjoys,
but the very desire to do so indicates trou
ble and confusion in the future and a con
sequent retardation of the county's ad
vancement.
One of the highest duties of Californians
is to De wholly united in matters apper
taining to advancement. The resources of
Santa Cruz are so rich, varied and abun
dant that any hindrance to its progress
would be a calamity to the State at large.
We trust that the wisdom of its respon
sible citizens will 1 prove sufficient to
smooth out the difficulties which have
•risen. ' •'"--. "' 77 ■■
PERSONAL.
Dr. W. F. Wiard of Sacramento is at the
Grand.
J. Burchell, a fruit-grower from Gilroy,' is at
the Russ.
I. L. Delano, a quarryman of Rocklin, is at
the Lick. .'•*. ■_-■ : : ,*• 4;.
S. P. Davis, editor of the Carson Appeal, is in
the City.
G. F. Scott, a merchant of Maxwell, is a guest
at the Grand.
J. P. Churchill, a banker of Yreka, ls a guest
at the Palace.
Dr. D. E. Osborne of St. Helena ls a guest at
the Occidental.
Woods Campbell, a business man from Lake
port, is at the Russ.
Colonel Caleb Dorsey of Oakdale registered at
the Grand yesterday.
Dr. C. XV. Nutting of .Etna Mills, Siskiyou
County, is at the Grand.
George C. Goodman, a banker of Napa, and
his wife are at the Palace.
Dr. S. E. Latta of Stockton was one of yester
day's arrivals at the Grand.
D. S. Rosenbaum, a leading merchant of
Stockton, is a guest at the Palace.
John Finnell, a large landowner of Napa,
registered at the Palace yesterday. ■" ;' -
Commander D. W. Mullan of the United
States ship Marion is at the California.
W. M. Vanderhurst, a leading merchant of
Salinas, registered at the Grand yesterday.
J. B. Fuller, a member of the "Bank Commis
sion, registered at the California last evening.
J. B. Atherton, a merchant of Honolulu,
came In on the Australia yesterday and put up
at the Occidental.
Dr. John Br'odie, a prominent physician of
Honolulu, came in on the Australia yesterday
and registered at the Palace. T
Charles T. Wilder, the Hawaiian Consul to
San Francisco, i eturned from the islands yes
terday and Is staying at the Occidental. *
Jay H. Adams, formerly counsel for the
Northern Pacific, now a banker- at Spokane,
arrived here yesterday and registered at the
Palace. '-''//■/■/■■A >
Henry Waterhouse, a prominent merchant of
Honolulu and member of the Senate, was one
of yesterday's arrivals by the Australia. He is
staying at the Occidental.
Mrs. A. G. Hawes, wife of Colonel A. G.
Hawes, and her daughter, Mra. F. M. Hatch,
wife of the Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, came up from tho islands yesterday on
the Australia and registered at the Occidental.
Frank S. Dodge, an engineer of the Hawaiian
Government, is staying at the Occidental. He
has been sent up here to look into sewerage
systems for the purpose of ■ devising a scheme
for the proper sewering of the city of Hono
lulu. '':'/ /'■'': a 7 4 /' ''■//.'-//"'f-'^-' '•:■■. ■*-"'*''. v-l:*-.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. j Thomas and Miss Mott-
Smith were among yesterday's arrivals from
the Islands. Mr. Thomas is a resident of Bos
ton and went to the islands to be married. His
bride (nee Mott-Smlth) is a daughter of the late
Minister to Washington.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW- YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., Oct. 0.-Californlans at
the hotels to-day : San Francisco— M. Z. Eze
keils, the Misses Jones, Murray Hill; C.Cowles
Grand Union; Mrs. A. W. Jackson. Miss Jack
son, Normandie; C. Jost Jr., Bartholdl: Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Sanderson/Albert. Los Angeles—
J. H. Mcculloch, Bartlett; E. A. Dial, Morton.
California— Ames, Mr. and Mrs. H. Martin
Cosmopolitan. . '
ADVERTISEMENTS. COMPARED.
; Los Angeles Times, October 8. T 7
The following comparative statement show
ing the quantities of advertising matter printed
in four daily papers last Sunday, October 6, ex
plains itself:
Dos Angeles Times ......... ....; Tin
San Francisco Examiner........... ,""""'".' f)5
t San Francisco Ca11.... .-.;....... *•■.- kj
Han Franciaco Chronicle 77... '777.'... 7. 43
T "LINERS."
Los Angeles Time 5...';. .......... ' 1307
San Francisco Examiner '■'■"■'" " ' 10") 0
San Francisco Ca11.. :........ -*'■■'• * 910
San Francisco Chronicle.. .... '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'. 746
There are no local comparisons to make. ■!■'•' ''
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Alexandre Dumas is a profoundly bald
headed man of stalwart build, with a floridly
tanned face deeply lined, a heavy mustache
and a fringe of curly hair.that looks like white
wool. His flashing black j eyes, eloquent ges
tures and stately bearing combine to make him
a very conspicuous figure, while the brilliancy
of his talk and the warmth of his nature open
all doors to him. He is rising one ' and seventy
years of age, and has been playwriting during
eight ana forty of them. It is now four decades
and a halt since he produced that "Dame aux
Camelias," which first caused his countrymen
to admire him. in all his works he calls a
spade a spade, and he often hits a nail very
hard on the head— hard, in fact, that ' the
instinctive feeling of the public has always
been to take offense. Yet, withal, it never
fails to submit. In the conduct of :' his drama
he has never been known to make a mistake.
This is undoubtedly due to the fact that he was
literally born behind the scenes and has lived
there ever since. He was elected one of the
•'lmmortals** in 1874, and is one of: the few
surviving giants in that decadent assemblage.
Like most men of genius he has his hobby. On
Sunday mornings he is invariably to be found,
feather duster in hand, cleaning, moving and
changing about the furniture in his library.
He will not tolerate any assistance. He has
amassed an ample fortune. He now asks some
thing like $6000 for a new play, and he gets
what he asks. Yet, withal, he is ever ready to
lend a helping hand to young writers who are
struggling against the buffets of fortune. '.' " ■ .:
Secretary Hoke Smith walks six foot two and
is built accordingly, his shoulders being types
of the tremendous. Ho has a plump, clean
shaven face beaming with good health and
good nature, small, blue, deep-set eyes, high
cheekbones and short hair, which stands Up
straight. He is past- 40. A native of • North
Carolina, he removed to Georgia with his par
ents while yet a boy, and after receiving his
education in the Atlanta schools, became prin
cipal of the Girls' High School. While instruct
ing pupils there he studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar. This was in 1876. He.soon
built up a splendid practice, which was ac
counted to be the biggest in the South, and he
is said to have sacrificed something like $50,
--000 a year for a seat in the Cabinet. Some
years ago he purchased the Atlanta Journal,
and under his management it became one of
the leading daily papers of the South. He is
known as the "original Cleveland man from
Georgia," having espoused the President's
cause when he was in need of friends in that
State. . Perhaps his most notable political "feat
was- to transform the Georgia delegation to
Chicago from a Hill to a Cleveland delegation.
In this way he received a National reputation
as a politician, and he has duly entered into
his reward in the shape of the most weighty
portfolio in the Cabinet. He is a glutton for
INSIGNIA OF AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES.
-'•,;»; [Front Munsey'.t Magazine.] ,
1. Society of the Cincinnati. 5. General Society of the War of 9. Society of Colonial Dames.
2. Sons of the Revolution. • 1812. 10. Daughters of the American
a. sons of the American Revolu- 6. Society of Colonial Wars. Revolution.
_ i_,.!?. n- __ . . - .. 7. Aztec Club. 11. Daughters of the Revolution.
4. Military Society of the War of 8. National Society of Colonial 12. Naval Order of the United
1812.. ;-.f... .: Dames. ..: ..-*.••>. States.-
work. He works on. an average fifteen hours
a day, and sometimes more, but oiten does not
get through half his business. Though strongly
opposed to appointing women to public offlce,
he is a devoted family man, who drinks noth
ing but water, j He has a horror of growing fat,
and in his leisure moments he indulges in box
ing. He cuts a fine figure on horseback. >"• ;'.
RECOGNITION OF CUBA.
Philadelphia Times.
. If the United States had acted in imitation
of Spain at the time of our Civil War we should
have recognized the Cuban insurgents as
belligerents long ago. Within little more than
a month after the first battle of Bull Run, that
was no more a victory for the insurgents of
ALFONSO XHI, THK YOUNG KING OF SPAIN.
the South than was, there a victory for the
Cuban insurgents at | the battle .of Bayamo,'
from which the Spanish commander had to
nee for his life, the Government of Spain recog
nized the Confederates as < belligerents. ; We
have, therefore, high authority in the example
of Spain to recognize the Cuban rebels as bel
ligerents. ... -'••-:,"".•'• ■ z;/:'-4 ■'. \
Boston Courier.
The feeling presses closer, and closer to the
• American heart that it . belongs to the United
States— lf | not before ) that time, then ''when
Congress meets— to seriously consider the pro
priety and the policy of extending belligerent
rights to the struggling Cubans and. thus at
least' manifest j the sympathy of r our people
with those of another country ueiehbbr to us
who are bravely struggling to achieve their
freedom. The Cubans have steadily antici
pated some kind of help, from us, either moral
or substantial, and by every reason they : do
not expect more than they have a right to. --. It
will not redound to our National credit that
we remained passive and negative toward
Cuba until she finally- won her independence
without a syllable of encouragement or a token
of practical assistance from us as a people.
Behind all these diplomatic barriers and these
international restraints, there unmistakably
Eulsate the deep sympathies of the popular
cart. Whatever may be our duiy toward
Spain, there is nothing in nature to forbid our
manifesting for the cause of the Cubans the
strongest expressions of our sincere sympathy.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Cuban rebellion is as sincere an exhibi
tion of unselfish and patriotic courage strug
gling against the tyranny of a nation incom
petent to govern the island as has been wit
nessed in the history of the various American
revolutions in the past century. It is an aspir
ation and a movement which cannot bo
crushed out, and which the proximity of our
own republic and the ever-increasing com
munication of republican ideas to Cuba will
continually strengthen. Nineteen-twentieth.
of the American people wish it well, and the
time cannot be far distant when this moral
sympathy must find expression at Washington.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Cuba is our neighbor— after Canada and Mex
ico our nearest neighbor. There is no other
country toward which the eyes and longing
heart of Cubans In the hour of their supreme
agony turn as they do to the United States.
This country is the day star of their hope. Its
history, its institutions and ite laws, its mil
lions of free and happy homes,' have taught
the Cubans all they have ever known or dared
dream about of political freedom and human
rights. ',
Springfield Republican.
The Cubans are going to get a lot of sym
pathy from the United States, if not a recogni
tion as belligerents. A monster petition to the
Government to recognize them is in the way of
being started at New York, and a mass-meeting
is to be held at Music Hall in Chicago in a
week, under the auspices of leading citizens, to
give voice to the sentiments of the community
in the matter. There is no question about the
feeling of the people toward the Cuban pa
triots.
Atlanta Coustltutlon.
The outcome of it was a great republic of
freemen, pledged by their destiny to offer to all
other peoples struggling for liberty a lively
and cordial sympathy. The question arises,
have we offered it to the people of Cuba, who
are struggling against the most tyrannical and
sinister government that the human mind can
imagine? Have we done our whole duty by
that brave people fighting for their liberties?
Chicago Tribune.
If Cuba were free she would pass under
American trade influence; she would buy from
her customers; she would have better rail
roads and highways. Her remarkable re
sources would be developed by American capi-
tal and her business would rapidly increase it
she had the moral protection of this country
and were freed from Spanish exactions and ab
sorptions.
Kansas City Times.
Undoubtedly the recognition of the Insur
gents would give the Cubans great moral sup
port. It would help their credit and give them
standing. Spain would consider the action of
the Government as an- affront, no doubt, but
that would be a matter of ■ small consequence.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
: Henry Waterhouse, a leading banker of
Honolulu and a member of the Senate, was one
of yesterday's arrivals on the Australia. This
outbreak of cholera is going to be in the end
one of the best things that ever happened to
Honolulu," he said last evening at the Occi
dental. , ' - -.- •
; "It will be the cause of our adopting one of
the grandest systems in the world for keeping
the city clean" and healthy. Steps are being
taken already in that . direction. The first
thing that will be done Is the walling up of
the sides of the stream 'that runs by the town.
Then all the flats will be filled up where there
is stagnant water. The plans for further work
will be decided in the future.
"The Board of Health could not have
handled this case better than they did. Then
they were backed up by the citizens, who all
cheerfully volunteered their services. : The
board was not a close corporation, but often
called in citizens to advise with them, and
everybody worked in harmony."
• "Was there much talk about the proposed
restoration of royalty with Princess Kalulani
when you were leaving?" was asked.
• .:• "For some time past the royalists, annexation
ists and everybody else have been a unit
politically. The only question at issue was to
get rid of the cholera No there has been no
such talk. I should have known something; of
it had there been. I was speaking with the
President and J Minister of Foreign Affairs an
hour and a balf before sailing and nothinsr of
the sort was spoken of up to' that time."
The encampment of 1890 will be held in
St. Paul, and there Buffalo and Baltimore will
contend for encampment honors of 1897. The
attraction of Niagara Falls counts something
in favor of Buffalo. That city only lost the
prize at Louisville by 23 votes. In 1900 San
Francisco will enter the field again, and win
without much work, as. the pleasure of the
former great reunion on the Pacific Coast is
still **}.-. talk of veterans in the East. The
Louisville Encampment adopted a plan where
by two posts consolidated into one by a vote of
two-thirds of the members of each poet Th«
consolidated post may take the rank of th*
senior post. v **-
BOTH SHOWING HOW.
Salem (Or.) Statesman.
■v ; Mr. Hearst of : the San Francisco Examiner
is going to .New York to show the people there
how to run a great '■ newspaper, |he having
bought the Morning Journal ot that city The
Call Is showing Mr. Hearst how to run a reea*
newspaper in San Francisco. . \ .
MUSIC AND :. MUSICIANS.
These Items Are Direct From
• : Latest English, French, Ger-
man and Italian Papers.
Great singers get such big prices nowadays
that they are able to become patrons of art
themselves. For instance, the tenor Tamagno
(7000 francs a performance) is building, as an
attachment to" his villa at Varese, in Italy, a
private theater which he intends to inaugurate
signor TOMAGNO.
[From an engraving.]
early next year with a series of grand operatic
performances.. It is not Tamagno's lntention
to reserve his theater selfishly for himself and
his friends, he has already announced that he
means to give performances for sweet charity
there and he will also encourage young and
talented composers. As a preliminary Tamagno
has commissioned the maestro Gnagna to
write him an opera, which will be performed
at the opening of his theater. .|T*T7 :
i Ivan Caryll, the popular light opera com
poser, has just met with a touching adventure
in Scotland. The maestro is a Belgian, and
not having the least idea that it was against
the law, outraged Scotch Sabbatarianism by
going out fishing on the day of rest. He was
accosted on the lake by a member of the High
land Vigilance Committee, who commanded
him to desist, and when the merry melodist
refused the Scotchman cut his boat loose from
its anchor and. then rowed rapidly to land.
Then there was i a dreadful discovery. The
Laird who ■ had "personally conducted" the
composer to the spot had rowed away in his
own boat, promising to come and fetch his
friend ashore in the afternoon, and the victim
of Scotch bigotry knew nothing of the naviga
tion of the waters or even where he was, and
dared not set the sail, and just as he was mak
ing up his mind to row a Scotch mist swept
suddenly down from the mountains. He
shouted •'Yo-ho! yo-ho," and "Haul" away,"
and "Heave ho!" and various other things
which his librettists had imposed upon him as
genuine nautical expressions, but no voice an
swered his, and in the blinding fog he fancied
himself off the coast of Newfoundland. Early
the next day a search party from the castle
discovered the Sabbath - breaker busily en
gaged, it is satd, in setting some lyrics which
he had in his. pocket. At any rate the com
poser of "My Honey" went up to London di
rectly after and deposited with his publisher,
two new plantation songs, "De Little Black
Coon Up Dar" and "Way Down de Ohio." ,'
Considerable interest is being aroused in
England and France by a traveling orchestra
of Russian musicians. "These artists," t says
La Semaine Mnslcale, "use instruments which
are quite unknown here, and which have the
aspect of large '.Pipes [ of a conical form, bent :
toward the mouthpiece and varying in dimen
sions from a quarter of a yard to a yard in
diameter. One of these Instruments that only
produced one note made a deeper sound
than any the contra basso can ! make.
The musician who plays has two of these
pipes, into which he blows alternately. Some
of them are capable of producing one, others
two notes, and the effect resembles the deep
tones of an organ." "The difficulty of per
forming on this orchestra of Russian horns,"
says Le Menestrel, "lies in the absolute pre
cision which is necessary and which is pro
digiously difficult to obtain on such instru
ments, when each performer only produces
one or two notes. The inventor of this system
was a Bohemian named Maresch, born in
1719. His music found favor in Russia, and
he was generously recompensed by the then
Emperor."
Johann Strauss' new opera will be produced
this month at the theater An der Wien in
Vienna, and afterward at the Leasing Theater
in Berlin. Tne operetta is called "Asperula."
This odd title is explained by the fact that the
pretty little plant, the asperula, is used in Ger
many and Austria as a drink infused with
white wine, generally Rhine wine. The opera
contains some pretty drinking songs as well as
a waltz round the asperula barrel. It ls not
the first time that this plant has had the honor
of inspiring, a poet's lays. Without counting
the charming verses that Maurice Bouchor has
consecrated to it there still exists in Germany
a poetical legend in which the asperula is
elevated to tho dignity of Prince Charming.
Western nations often find it difficult to
realize how much attention is paid to art, par
ticularly to musical art, in Russia. An ac
count of the new conservatory at St. Peters
burg, which is rapidly nearing completion,
gives some idea of the money which is lav
ished in this direction. The building', which
is an Imposing one, is conveniently close to
the Grand Theater. The conservatory, how
ever, will contain a fairly large theater of its
own, furnished with the latest improvements
in stage mechanism, for the pupils' perform
ances. Another large hall is destined for the
recitals of the Imperial Society of Russian*
Music. The interior decorations of the con
servatory have been the object of most artistic
care, and the accessories will leave nothing to
be desired. The building will be lighted by
not less than 3000 electric liehts.
The composer Zollner, who was so successful
with his "At Sedan" a short time ago at
Munich, just produced another lyric act
"The Surprise," at the Royal Theater at Dres
den. This opera also relates an episode of the
war of 1870, and is based on a work by Yon
Wildenbruch, the favbrlte poet of William II
The success of "The Surprise" was "discreet "
as they say in Italy, in spite of the excellent
conducting of Yon Schuch. The composer, who
was for years chorus-master of an orpheum at
Cologne and who is now musical conductor of
a large music-hall in New York, went back to
Germany to be present at the first perform
ances of his operas.
r _ ? *il allan ' Government gave the composer
»*?,^ iccl of Trieste the order to write the
official hymn for the fete of the 20th of Sep
tember at Rome. It appears from the Italian
papers that this hymn has not given general
satisfaction. It is accused of being so lacking
in melody that the | people cannot remember
it. Ana to think that Verdi in his earlier man
ner was obliged to hold back some of his most
celebrated airs till the last moment; for in
stance, "La Donna c j Mobile" was suppressed
until the final rehearsal for fear people should
be singing it before the first night. O tem
poral Ocompositoregl
In. an essay on operatic libretti, which
Mascagni has recently written, he says that
over 1500 books of operas are written in Italy
every year, and that of these about 200 come
to him. Every Italian believes he can write a
libretto, and among his would-be librettists
are a railway . porter, "a . sailor, a shoemaker
and a pig-doctor. One libretto submitted to
him dealt with Italian unity, the dramatis
personsa being Garibaldi as abarytone, the
Pope _as : a basso and' Victor ■ Emanuel as a
tenor. Another -libretto, entitled "May Day."
dealt with a strike, and boasted an elaborate
chorus, "We want an eight-hour day."
. There , are thirty-three works on the pro
gramme for 4 the coming opera season at St.
Petersburg, and of these, thirty are the works
of Russian composers. Among .the 1 latter are
three operas which have never yetieen pro
duced— '"Raphael," by Arensly; "Christmas
Night," by RJmsEy-Kotsekoff, and"Or4__3.ela,"
by Tanaieff . " ■ '':'■' -~ £ T T., |> '
Sir Augustus Harris has, with Har»id Boul
ton prepared an. operatic,... version tof.'.Tue
Vicar of Wakefield," and' Sir Arthur Sullivan
is considering whether he will supply the mu
sic. The present title is "Olivia." X -
The famous "violinist, 'Joseph Joachim, has
just been named director of the Royal Con
servatory of Merlin.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THE "EXAMINER 1 ' CRITICISED.
To the Editor of The Call-Sin: I take the fol
lowing clipping ; from to-day's Examiner and
ask if this- contumelious -treatment should be
given to a matter of so much importance? The
Examiner says:
Extensive preparations arts in progress for the
joint reception of the Occidental and Business
Bunko Men's clubs to ha li^ld ft ttie Stockton
stree. rendezvous in honor of Mr. Buckley on
TfaursKlrtV <?-vt_nlnj?« '
It was intended at first that the nnlti stairway
should be brilliantly lighted, bat this idea ha been
abandoned in deference t<> thewishes of a number
of tlios» who deiire to participate, but do not care
to attract police attention. i , , _ T , „
It was rumored by the opioal tion to Buck ey
yesterday that Chief Crowley Intended "> raid tho
house for vagrants by midnight and fill all bis
.alls. When the rumor was ftt afloat there was
some talk of postponing the raception or holding
it in the gymnasium of the Cdlma. Athletic Club.
But toward evening it was learned that the Chief
had no such intention. Bo the reception ought to
be a very large ana brilliant »fF_.ir.
The committee on rpcention and supper ana
literary exercises have not | l".en announced, as
there are still some old indictraenta pigeonholed in
the District Attorney's oflice.lj
The guests' will not be reanlred to appear In
either plain black or striped nits. Thia is for the
purpose of .preventing emDirrassment. Some
citizens will be admitted thnußh the back en
trance down from the alley leading off Bush street.
Is it proper that the "Business Men's Club,"
organized to "do business'! in a great city,
should be treated with this brt of malevolent
flippancy?
Is it not eminently to the credit of. "lambs' 1 '
to have acquired the art ol shearing rather
than indulge the folly of belie shorn? And is
it not their privilege to Meal for their shep
herd, that he may lead them p pleasant stalls
in the City crib? • ' ■..:-.-•..•.
.To me it seems praiseworthjttn Mr. Buckley's
admirers that they should prodalm themselves,
as that will simplify the task (if the voter and
the work of the police on diction days, and
we should be grateful for the net that during
the time they are housed in iii- occupation of
entertaining' Mr. Buckley our itizens need not
keep their hands on their polketbooks while
walking the streets. I
I think the Examiner ought ro have taken
these things into consideration I trust it will
treat the subject hereafter with a seriousness
becoming its importance, aud tiat as a meas
ure of Grand Jury convenience nnd public se
curity it will procure and publ|h the names,
and, if possible, the portraits of ill the gentle
men who. will lend the grace of heir presence
to the reception. A DissATiSFini Democrat.
San Francisco, Oct. 9, 1895. |
POTHUNTERS ARRESTED.
TWO MEN HEAVILY FINED FOE ILLIfcAL SHOOTING
■-/■;.,' IN ALAMEDA COUNTY!
To the Editor, of the Son Franci-io CaU— Sir:
Having traveled over the count! for several
months, and having conversed wish a number
of people in different parts of th* county re
garding game, they all 'seem to |hink that
hunters have respected the law bett^- this year
than heretofore. '--\*l":
Quail and ducks are very plentiful this
season and those who are fond of ra_|, quail or
duckshooting can get as full a bej in this
county as in any of the neighboring counties.
While performing my duties, arou_d Alva
rado, October 3, I saw two hunters walking
out to the fresh water ponds belong.!* to the
Willow Lodge Shooting Club. The parties
looked rather suspicious, so I watcheT them
until I saw them shoot, and as they Vad no
?ossible way of getting out without beiig seen
hid in the tules near a little trail untl they
came in. Each had a string oi fine sprigv con
- sequently I arrested them and took fchem
betore Judge Quinn at San Leandro, there
they pleaded guilty and paid their fine ols7o.
They gave the names of C. XV. Crane and*'. L.
Crawford. I am going to do my ntmdt to
have this violating stopped and will haviiep
uties throughout the county. Yours respect
fully, J. c. Donovan
Fish and Game Warden, Alameda CounV.
A NOTE FROM RECTOR FRENJDIR."
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To the Editor of the San Francisco Call— Pfc:
Contrary, no doubt, to the intentions of Ar.
McAvoy, some of your readers may have n
ferred from the tenor of the interview wita
him published in The Call of Monday that i.
would have cost $50 to have a requiem mass
at the cathedral for the deceased child, Marie)
Hernandez. - r
, Now, with exceptions so rare as not to be
worth noting, we arrange for requiems and all
other funeral services, not with the under
taker, but directly with the family or friends
of the deceased. The expenses of such services
are invariably as follows: For requiem high
mass, that is mass with organ and choir, $20*
for requiem mass without music, $5; for what
is known as the Libera, or, as It is sometimes
called, the blessing of the body, nothing what
ever. These conditions are so reasonable as to
elicit in some instances expressions of aston
ishment, ji
Moreover, it sometimes happens that even
the requiem mass is celebrated— to use the
familiar phrase— not indeed without. some ex- '
pense to the cathedral, but without any ex
pense to relatives or friends. Thus in the case
of Marie Hernandez the Rev. Father Byrne,
who had administered to the child the last
rites of the church, was prepared to say the
requiem mass on tne day of her burial, tha
cathedral bearing all the expenses incident to
the function. In fact he awaited, fasting of
course, the hour appointed for the mass, 9
o'clock, to learn at the last moment that tha
body was not to be brought, to the church ac
all, and consequently that the requiem was
not to be. The complications that led to thia
unexpected result it is not my purpose to at
tempt to disentangle. I wish merely to show,
as I hope I have shown, that the cathedral was
at the service oi those who were interested In
Marie Hernandez for the requiem mass with
out one cent of expense to any person what
ever. -:.*-.■: J. J, Prendergast, Rector.
The Cathedral, October 9, 1895.
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731 California Street, Son Francisco. Cnl.)
To the Editor of the CaU— Dear Sir: I beg to
communicate the following resolution o) the
clericus of San Francisco and vicinity ft iti
meeting, October 7: . I, •■ .
"In view of the very satisfactory reports so
far of the proceedings of the general conven
tion at Minneapolis in the daily morning
papers of San Francisco, and especially Thk
Call, the clericus desires to express its griteful
appreciation of the same, recognizing, as it
does herein, a most gratifying respons/ to a
request for full accounts of the action cf our
great legislative body, which was made to the
City press, by representative clergy ani. lay
men." Yours, very truly, "
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