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COSTA RICA
CHALLENGES
NICARAGUA
War Between the
Republics Seems
Inevitable.
President Iglesias' Por
tentous Speech at a
Banquet
Great Popular Demonstration
at the Costa Rican
Capitol.
AN ARMY ON THE MARCH.
Hostilities Expected to Begin at Any
Moment-Americans Offer
Financial Aid.
Copyrighted, IS9S, by James Gordon Bennett.
PANAMA, Feb. 24.— Advices from
Costa Rica say that on the night of the
20th a large popular demonstration was
made at the capitol. Over 5000 persons
assembled to show their approval of
the attitude of the Government toward
Nicaragua. On the 19th an army start
ed to the frontier amid the cheers of
the populace. Hostilities are expected
to begin at any moment.
Many prominent members of the
American colony have offered to aid the
Government with money. One of them,
James Bennett, will give $60,000, paying
$5000 monthly. The French colony has
offered to take up arms in the defense
of Costa Rica in the event of war. Don
Pedro Perez Zeldon has left for San
Salvador, via Colon and Panama, as
special confidential agent to the Great
er Republic
J. A. Facio, sub-secretary of foreign
relations, has been sent to Guatemala
on a similar mission. Great excitement
was caused at Costa Rica by the news
the blowing up of the Maine and
the flags of all the foreign consulates
were at half-mast for three days.
The newspaper Prensa Libre of San
continues to attack the Govern
rhent, applauding the attitude of the
- dent of Nicaragua. It is feared
that a mob will attack their office.
Later advices received to-day from
Costa Pvica are to the effect that at a
state banquet given on Sunday night
President Iglesias In a speech said the
situation between Costa R.ica and Nic
aragua was such that war was Inevi
table.
ARIZONA'S "WTNG SHOTS.
Result of tlie Territorial Gun Club's
Annual Shoot.
TTTSOK, Ariz., Feb. 24.— The Territo
rial G^n Clnb shoot, which has been In
progress for the last three days, closed
with an elaborate banquet and the elec
tion of the following named officers of the
President. James Finley, Tucson;
vice-presidents— M. P. Chubb, Phoenix;
Walter Miller, Jerome; C. W. Mandesfeld,
Preecott; K. L. Hart, Tucson: treasurer,
J. H. Holmes, Phoenix; secretary, C. R.
Meyer. Tucpon.
The winners were: Individual live-bird
contest. Chubb of Phoenix, 14 out of 15;
Individual bluerocks, Meyer of Tucson,
2? out of 25: Hallowell silver trophy. Fin
ley of Tucson, 45 out of a possible 50 clay
birds; Territorial diamond badge, by the
Tucson Gun Club. 149 against 187 made by
the Phoenix Gun Club, next in excellence.
Racing at New Orleans.
NEW O RLE AX 9", Feb. 24.— Laura May,
in the last race, was the only beaten
favorite to-day. Weather fine: track
fast. Results:
Seven furlongs, selling. Ma Petite won,
Caddie C second, Cherry Bounce third.
Time, 1:28%.
Two-year-olds, selling, four furlongs.
Sir Florian won. Xellie Prince second.
Pansy H third. Time, :49.
One mile and a quarter, Lobengrula won,
Lakr-view Palace second, Inflammator
third. Time, 2:11.
One mile and a quarter, over five hur
dles, Uncle Jim won. Proverb second,
Templemore third. Time, 2:22.
Six and a half furlongs, selling, Hugh
Penny won, Brighton second, Lillian E
third. Time, 1:21%.
One mile, L W won. King's Pawn sec
ond. Jack of Hearts third. Time, 1:43%.
The first large Iron bridge in the
world was built over the Severn in
1777.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.
IN WHOSE
ELECTION
IS CERTAIN
The New Charter Club
Candidates for
Office.
_
Officials Who Will Purge
San Jose of the Gang
of Boodlers.
Work of Brokers in Selling City
Patronage to Be Dis
continued.
FOR HONEST GOVERNMENT
Men Who Have Been Chosen to Lead
the Battle Express Some Inter
esting Sentiments.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 24.— Not a dissenting
vote was cast to-night when the New
Charter Club was called upon to elect
the ticket submitted by its nominating
CQmmittee. The ratification by the
members was not only unanimous, but
was manifested in a most hearty man
ner, and there were very few absen
tees. About fifty new members were
admitted to-night.
An entire city ticket was adopted,
with the exception of City Clerk. Guy
W. Campbell had been selected by the
nominating committee for this office,
but in the following letter he regret
fully declined the honor:
San Jose, Cal., Feb. 24.
Gentlemen: It was but yesterday fore
noon that I was made acquainted with
the possibility of my nomination for the
office of City Clerk. My first Judgment
was to decline the nomination and 1 so
expressed myself to Mr. Ball, but upon
being pressed by Mr. William G. Alex
ander, I consented to "look it over." I
regret that after giving it the thought
possible in the limited time at my dis
posal. In Justice to my business a.nd
business relations I will have to decline
the nomination. Thanking you for the
courtesy and the honor of the nomination,
I remain respectfully,
GUY W. CAMPBELL.
Immediately the remainder of the
ticket had been adopted seriatim
and then as a whole the nominating
committee was instructed to retire for
the purpose of selecting a candidate
for the vacancy. After being out some
time they returned and asked for fur
ther time. They were granted until
the following meeting of the club,
next Thursday. The committee will
meet next Wednesday and make its se
lection.
The ticket of the New Charter Club,
as printed in The Call this morning,
shared honors with the Maine incident
as a subject of discussion. Among the
best people it *vas spoken of as by far
the strongest combination of names
ever presented to the people of San
Jose for their suffrages. Not a single
name came up for adverse criticism,
and both afternoon papers gave the
ticket unqualified indorsement. The
various candidates, and particularly
the nominee for Mayor, were the re
cipients of congratulation on their
nomination and commendatory remarks
on the work of the club. Everything
points to the fact that the avowed
purpose of the club that in this in
stance the office should seek the man
was carried out.
All the candidates are well-known
business men — taxpayers and men of
means and influence. Several of the
candidates are retired business men
and capitalists, and in them all the
political parties are equitably repre
sented. The feeling over the ticket
among the people generally is one of
enthusiasm and confidence in its suc
cess in the coming election. As soon as
the nomination for City Clerk is made
an early day will be set for the public
ratification of the ticket by the people.
Colonel W. B. Hardy suggested that
the candidates present at the meeting
to-night be heard from, and brief re
marks were made by S. E. Smith, W.
E. Crossman. Adam Riehl, Edmond
Coopers and J. F. Colombet. All prom
ised, if elected, to faithfully carry out
the provisions of the new charter and
thereby break up the rule of the
"gang."
J. W. Cook, the Incumbent of the
office of County Clerk, was the first to
file his petition as a candidate in the
approaching election. He seeks re
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRTTAfc* 25, 1898.
election. Another petition filed to-day
was that of J. W. McCauley, a candi
date for Councilman in the First Ward.
J. D. Miner is reported to be out with
a petition for Councilman at large.
The following signed statements are
made by reform candidates:
I see through the columns of your paper
that I have been nominated by the New
Charter Club for Councilman at Large.
It has not been through any solicitation
on my part, for I have spoken to no per
son on the subject, and my fellow-citizens
have seen fit to select me for that posi
tion. I consider it to be my duty to cheer
fully accept the trust, and, if elected, it
will be my firm belief that the whole new
charter ticket will be, and I will use my
utmost exertions to help run the affairs
of the city in an impartial, honest and
businesslike manner; to see that those
who are now in the employ of the city
are qualified for their respective posi
tions, as well as being sober and indus
trious, and not to employ two men to do
one man's work; and to carefully esti
mate the amount of revenue for the year
and keep our expenses within our in
come: to see that all materials for work
to be done for the city is properly adver
tised, so as to give every citizen a fair
show to bid.
To prevent, if possible, collusion in the
awarding of contracts, and where there is
anything which would indicate any such
collusion to throw the bid out, as, for in
stance, the contract for building the Ju
lian street sewer. The engineer's esti
mate for that work was $10,500. which in
cluded 30 per cent for profit for the con
tractor, yet, when the bids were opened
the lowest was $12,900, and the contract
was let for that amount, which would
suggest to all men honestly inclined that
the Council was derelict in its duty and
was not looking out for the city's inter
ests.
To exercise judgment and care in the
improvement of our streets so as to ar
rive at the most satisfactory and perma
nent results with the least expense to the
city or citizen who has to pay for the
same. To secure best rates possible for
water and lighting, not in an arbitrary
manner, but after a careful investigation
as to the per cent on the respective in
vestment, and above all to so conduct the
affairs of the city as to inspire respect
and confidence in the minds of our citi
zens, that their affairs are honestly and
economically conducted, and that " such
reputation shall spread all over the land
and be an inducement for strangers to
settle in our midst. J. P. JARMAN.
Heretofore it has been difficult to get
good people to stand for Councilman.
This nomination came to me entirely un
solicited and unexpectedly, but I con
sider it a duty I owe to the city and to
my fellow-taxpayers to run. I believe it
is time the taxpayers should take hold of
municipal affairs. Our taxes have got to
be so "high that it takes half of my jn
come to pay them. a»nd if it keeps on in
creasing as it has done it will be a vir
tual confiscation of my property.
Some fifteen or twenty years ago we
were careful to get taxpayers to fill the
offices. Our taxes were 80 cents on the
5100. It has since gone up to $1 25 on the
$100. If the present regime is allowed to
continue there can be no telling where
the tax rate will stop. I have no fight
against any particular man or body of
men. With me it is simply a matter of
self-protection.
As Cuuncilmen we propose to have the
laws enforced as we tind them. While I
don't believe in being penurious in public
matters, yet I think a certain amount of
economy can be practiced without injury
to the city. Having been one of the
Freeholders I feel in duty bound to get
the execution of the charter provisions in
the hands of the friends of that instru
ment: that is, in the hands of men whs
will give it a proper Interpretation.
MAURICE O'BRIEN.
The first purpose and most important
of all is to carry out in detail all the pro
visions of the new charter, and to see
that every section of it Is enforced as
intended when it was compiled. This is
what induced us to go into this fight.
We wish to get the carrying nut of the
new charter Into the hands of its friends.
We intend to give the city a close busi
ness administration. One of the main
objects will be to lift the Indebtedness,
said to be between 180,000 ami 1100,000,
from the city, bo as to got it on a cash
basis. The financial provisions <>f the
charter can never be fully enforced until
the city is on a cash basis.
Efficiency and not political pull is one
of the axioms under which we Intend to
work in filling all the appointive offices.
With the Councllmen we have nom
inated there will certainly he no chance
for corruption in or with that body, if
those men are elected. The awarding of
all contracts will be made fairly and
honestly, because these men are all
above mercenary motives. There will be
no temptation to any of these Council
men to do any wrong.
We are pledged by the charter to k^p
the running expenses of the city within
the dollar limit, and it will be our am
bition to save as much out of that as
possible and place it in the cash basis
fund. I have an idea that we can save
about $30,000 a year, If things are not in
too bad shape when we go in. We will
have to expert the books and find out
exactly what the financial condition of
the city Is. If we are elected we will
give out a report very shortly after our
term of office begins, showing where all
the money goes, and where we can econ
omize without reducing the efficiency of
any of the departments. We don't want
to run the city on a niggardly basis, but
we do intend to practice a proper econ
omy, just the same as any business en
terprise would use in the conduct of its
affairs.
San Jose undoubtedly in the past few
months has been badly scandalized by the
conduct of some of its city officials, and
we hope, as far as passible, to remove
the odium that has resulted. Our efforts
will be directed toward placing San Jose
where we believe she rightly belongs,
among the first cities of the coast as an
educational center, as a city of home and
as a desirable place for people who wish
to engage in business or to invest money
Our aim in general will be to make San
Jose one of the best governed cities in
the country. s. E. SMITH
Adam Riehl, nominee for Council
man Second Ward— The only thing
that induces me to accept the nomina
tion for Councilman is that I believe
I can aid in securing for the city of
San Josh a different management of its
municipal affairs from the administra
tion we have had here lately. I shall
do my best to bring about a system
of expenditure that will be the most
economical and beneficial to the city.
The best interests of the tax-payers
and residents will always be kept in
view.
Edmond Coopers, nominee for Coun
cilman Fourth Ward— l have only thi ,
to pay. I will try to do my duty., and
work for the best interests of the city
and tax-payers. I can say no mor?. I
did not expect to be nominated. It was
a surprise to me. but under the cir
cumstances I consider it my duty to
run. I feel It a great honor to be one
of the nominees of the New Charter
Club.
J. F. Columbet, nominee for City
Treasurer — If I am elected I shall fol
low out the law as I did before when I
occupied the same position for six
years. My intention is to carry ont
the new charter to the letter and
guard the funds of the city against
any and all illegal attempts to raid th»
treasury. I shall always consider that
I owe the first duty to the people. I
shall fulfill all the duties of my office
to the fullest extent, and shall see that
all moneys due the city are promptly
collected and that all expenditures are
properly accounted for.
"\Y. K. Crossman, nominee for Coun
cilman. First Ward — If I am elected I
propose that we have an economical,
business administration. I recognize
that for the first year we will have a
trying time in the endeavor to live up
to the provisions of the new charter.
It will be my aim to keep within the
limit of taxation fixed by the charter,
which Is $L This is the main thing for
the taxpayers. The present Council has
left us a big deficit to meet, and this
will force us to the strictest kind of
economy. All the provisions of the
charter must be lived up to to the let
ter. One of the most important effects
of the new charter if it is properly en
forced is that it takes away the busi
ness of the broker In positions con
nected with the varir.-us departments of
the city government. These brokers
will be out of business if we elect the
New Charter Club ticket.
Here are the editorial expressions of
the two afternoon dailies of San Jose
on the proposed ticket of the New-
Charter Cluh. The Herald says:
The nominating committee of the New
Charter Club made up a ticket last nig-ht.
The nominations were made by secret
ballot after a full discussion of the candi
dates. The proceedings were harmonious
The ticket will be submitted to the club
to-night for its consideration. It Is pos
sible that the larger body may not so
readily agree upon all the candidates as
the committee has done. It would there
fore be premature to-day to accept the
names agreed upon last night as the
Charter Club ticket. There may be more
or less change in Its make-up.
But at present this much may be said.
The committee has presented a list of
candidates that almost without exception
are men of solid standing and repute in
this community. We do not propose to
discuss them individually to-day. We will
let that wait the formal completion of the
ticket, its acceptance and promulgation
by the club. But it is on the whole a good
ticket. We do not see on It the names of
any political hacks, chronic office seekers
or "professional purifiers."
The News says:
The nominating committee of the Char
ter Club made a very good selection of
candidates. The affairs of the city would
be in safe hands if the ticket is chosen,
providing none of the candidates find it
necessary, in order to secure election, to
tie themselves to influences which it is
the determination of the people to steer
clear of. The example set by the Charter
Club will have to be followed by the Dem
ocrats and the Republicans, if they wish
to win in the spring election. The strong
est men will have to be put forward, and
men who have not been mixed up In petty
politics in the past.
RUNNING FIGHT WITH
A BOLD BICYCLE THIEF.
Escapes From a New Hope Con
stable and Is Only Recaptured
After a Battle.
STOCKTON, Feb. 21.— The news of a '
running light between an escaped crim-
Inal and officers at New Hope has reached j
here. The escape was arrested by Deputy !
Constable Awre this afternoon for the i
theft of a bicycle from this city. Awre
telephoned here this morning for informa
tion in regard to the wheel and then !
started out in pursuit. He finally came
upon and after a neat coup arrested the
criminal, who was armed with a pistol,
disarmed him and brought him back to
New Hope, where, according to the re
port, Awre left him in charge of another
man while he went to change his clothes I
to bring the prisoner to this city on the
evening train.
While the constable was gone it seems
the prisoner got his pistol away from his
attendant, and .also took the pistol Awre
had left the guard and then_jnade his es
cape. The alarm was sounded and three
men started in pursuit of the fellow, who
made toward the underbrush. Over a
dozen shots were exchanged in the race,
a bullet from the fugitive's pistol tearing
a hole in the hat of one of the men. The
culprit, whose name is unknown, finally
surrendered. and will be brought here in
the morning.
THE DEATH OF
MAJOR SELOVER
Was Well Known in Cali
fornia in the Early
Days.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.— Major Abia \
Selover died yesterday in this city of j
diabetes, aged seventy-four years.
At the outbreak of the Mexican war
young Selover enlisted in the Federal
army from Cleveland. He joined Gen
eral Scott's army at Vera Cruz and
was attached to the staff of Major
Flalley, who accompanied the expedi
tion which left Vera Cruz to cut its
way through to the City of Mexico.
He was an intimate friend of Senator
Broderick. and was seated at the table
when Judge Terry offered Broderick
the insult which resulted in the death*
of the latter in a dueL In 1852 he joined
an expedition having for its object the
conquest of the Hawaiian Islands,
King: Kamehani^ha having approved
of the undertaking. Th« expedition was
abandoned, however. At the com
mencement of President Pierces ad
ministration he was offered the posi
tion of Postmaster at San Francisco,
but declined all political honors and
entered the real estate business under
the firm name <>f Selover & Sinton.
In 1858 he associated himself with
Fremont in the Mariposa estate, con
sisting of an area of seventy square
miles, which were sold in 1563 to a
company in Wall street for $10,000,000
in stock and $1,500.n00 In bonds.
At the outbreak of the Civil war
Major Selover went to Europe for the
purpose of buying arms for the Fed
eral Government, and returning shortly
afterward entered the t>usy life of Wall
street, where he made and lost several
fortunes.
His most unpleasant experiences oc
curred in 1878, when he formed a pool
with Jay Gould and James R. Keene
to put down the Mice of Western
Union.
Keene and Selover sold the stock in
dustriously, but some unknown influ
ence kept buying it in and holding the
price up. Major Selover and Keene
suspected Jay Gould, and the former's
suspicion became bo firmly rented that,
meeting Mr. Gould in Exchange placo
one day near Broad street, he picked
him up and threw him into the area
way of a barber shop. <; O uld picked
himself up and walked away without
saying a word, but Major Selover's im
pulsive action cost him many thou
sands of dollars.
RACING FOR AN
ALASKA MINE
Locations Filed by Several Per
sons, With Trouble in
Prospect.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SEATTLE. Feb. 24.— Arrangements
are now being made and in a few days
three rival Puget Sound companies will
send men to an island in Portland
Canal, southeastern Alaska, to develop
a valuable gold mine which is in dis
pute, and which was the objective point
of a grand triangular race.
In December a young man named
Rogers visited Seattle, Tacoma and
Everett in an attempt to interest capi
tal in a mine which he had found on
an island in Portland Canal, and which
he had not located because it was in
disputed territory. He left maps of the
location in three places. Three com
panies were secretly formed to locate
the property.
Prominent Seattle people arranged
with Rogers to guide a party to the
mine. They learned of the Everett
syndicate just in time to get their man
on the same boat. After the boat
started it was found out the Tacoma
party was aboard. The Seattle party
took Captain Carroll of the Queen in
to its company to procure transporta
tion at the last hour. He unshipped, it
is said, one of the life boats and put
the party's sail boat on the davits.
On the way up the Tacoma party, it
is said, bribed Rogers, and when Cap
tain Carroll stopped the Queen at the
entrance of Portland Canal he could
not be found. At last he was located
in a stateroom of the Tacoma people,
and after a hard flght they had to give
up. Spencer, a Tacoma man, is said
to have driven the Seattle men out of
the room with a revolver. The Seattle
men got Rogers' clothes and went
away with them in the sail boat.
RELIGIOUS
WAR IS NOW
PREDICTED
Emile Zola's Case
Before the Cham
ber of Deputies.
M. Hubbard Makes a
Somewhat Startling
Statement.
Premier Meline Replies to the
Various Interpellations
Made.
JUSTIFIES GEN. BILLOT.
After the Dreyfus Case Is Touched
U^pnn a Vote of Confidence
Is Duly Given.
Special Dispatch to the Call.
PARIS, Feb. 24.— The Chamber of
Deputies was thronged to-day, and it
was decided to request the Premier,
Meline, to immediately discuss the in
terpellations of MM. Hubbard and
Gautier relative to the conviction and
sentence of M. Zola yesterday. M.
Hubbard . (Radical) asKed whether
Generals Pellieux and Boisedeffre had
intervened at the trial by authorization
or by order of the Minister of War,
General Billot. The Deputy spoke, amid
incessant interruptions, on the danger
of a religious war, and concluded by in
viting the Government to end the tu
mult and rioting in the streets.
M. Vivlanl declared that the Social
ists, although they might be divided
relative to the Dreyfus case, were in
entire accord in regard to the preroga
tive of civil over military power. The
speaker then referred to the collation
of the chiefs of the army with the
clergy, and expressed the belief that
liberty was menaced. Therefore, he
asked the Chamber to protest against
the attitude of the generals. (Applause
from the leftists and uproar from the
centrists.)
M. Meline replied: "Popular demo
cratic justice has given a verdict after
a military court, and you will accept
it. General Billot, Minister of War,
gave no order to generals summoned to
testify before the tribunal of the coun
try. One general had been accused on
account of his utterances. Undoubtedly
he spoke a word too much, but you
must remember the frightful charge
thrown in his face."
Continuing, M. Meline said the
charges made against the army were
unjust, and he asserted that there was
not a single officer who had been
guilty of plotting against the country,
even in his dreams, adding: "'Our offi
cers are haunted by other dreams."
(Cheers.)
"If, after yesterday's verdict," the
Premier further remarked, "the agita
tion continues we shall know that the
matter has been made a party ques
tion. Enough injury had already been
done to the nation. The life of the na
tion has been arrested. A portion of
the foreign press has gathered all the
ill we have been saying among our
selves. It will always be punishment
for those who speak ill of France to
receive foreign applause. Every day
there are cases of espionage abroad.
Did the French press get excited about
them as the foreign press did about
Dreyfus?"
M. Goujon moved that M. Meline's
speech be posted throughout France,
and the motion was adopted.
M. Cavaignac, the former Minister,
then reproached the Government with
not uttering the whole truth at the
trial and with insufficiently defending
the officers. He also said he wanted a
powerful army, but one subordinate to
civil power.
The debate was then closed and sev
eral motions presented. The Premier
accepted a vote of confidence in the
Government and approving of the dec
larations of the Government, the vote
standing 461 ayes to 40 noes.
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT
In the programme of yesterday's sym
i phony concert at the Tivoli Mr. Scheel's
' band was most completely finished and
I satisfying in Beethoven's "Coriolanus"
I overture. It has been said before in
i these columns that Mr. Scheel not only
' is the best all-round leader who ever
identified himself with music in San
Francisco, but far and away the best
Beethoven player. We have had better
programme makers. Mr. Hlnrichs was
i almost a model in that line. And of the
| two Mr. Hinrichs is perhaps the hotter
Wagner leader. But on the whole Mr.
Scheel's leadership stands locally un
i rivaled, and in the reading of Beethoven
no one else who has been here since
Theodore Thomas is to be mentioned in
the same type with him. He has the in
stinct and magnetism, and he has the
erudition, too. It used to be said by the
frowsy-haired croakers of the craft, the
soiled soap-shunners who inspire the
common belief that musician and man
| are no closer kin than alliteration, that
< Scheel was a false alarm; that his mi
i terpretations were mere imitations of fa
mous European leaders; that he would
! fall to pieces if ever he attempted to
bring out a work with which he had no
previous acquaintance. Scheel got more
than the usual share of brotherly love.
But he had his revenge a few weeks ago
when he played the Tschaikowsky sym
ohony—a work new to him and to the
world and one that he played with mas
terly analysis and authority. Since then
the growlers have been almost heard to
cease. Their last feat was to offer trust
ful reporters an account of Scheel's em
bezzlement and elopement, when in truth
he had taken nothing more evil than a
week" vacation.
Yesterday Mr. Scheel played the "Cori
olanus" overture with discriminate virtu
osity he kept well within the dignity and
huge poise of the major part of the work,
and gave full swing to impulse in the
closing measures, making of them an ex
oui^ite pathos; and it is reasonable to
suppose the interpretation was his own. j
Moszkowski's symphonic suite, "Joan of
Arc," was creditably done, considering
that rehearsals of it had been necessarily \
few by reason of delay in the coming of
the score; especially creditable in the
march and the final movement, and espe
cially dull in the slow movement—descrip
tive of Joan's inner strife and visions of
the past— which was made to sound un
lawfully dismal.
Rubinstein's "Music of the Spheres"
was given in place of the announced Saint
Saens poem. It could not have been re
hearsed very, often. The concert closed
with the scenes of Wotan's farewell and
the fire magic from "Walkure." This
Wagnerian excerpt was played with ur- i
gent dramatic feeling, and, bar a few
shortcomings in the violins, was, perhaps,
as interesting as is possible to make it
without the actors and the scenery.
ASHTON STEVBN&
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Lively Fusillade,
We malic our opening bow on Men's Spring
Apparel to-day, and at the same time we open fire,
as we have in the past, against high prices.
We show up the prettiest, the largest and the
only new stock of Spring Goods for Men's Wear in
town.
Of course, all our announcements bring out a
crop of imitators, but then why should you buy the
base imitation when you can get the genuine for
less money ?
Assault One.
We show you opposite the
new spring cut of the W^^^^itfZ^^
single-breasted sack suit. ?^f^^C!Ms- -^-?J?£i%.
It's a very ' natty affair, |^^t=*^JtS ~?^^^
and in brownish effects, the (^S^^'^^S <^^
swell thing for spring W^^^^pA JWrv
wear, full-weight fabrics. / / y 1 [l\ /V* (\
Want to own the original ( A Vj „} / / \\
of this? They're . billed to \\o W . - *\®i Jr
sell at $7.50. \^ ; JJ r J )
For Friday and Satur- A/. f\
"'1.95. /iJ«
$4.95. IWm
Assault Two, . .
A\ i \l/—\/ C^ Want to own the prettiest
\\\\ \\ L )fp/'' ] Spring Top Coat in town?
*^N^Jfcfe ir^^^r y/, Opposite -we picture it.
■ It's " real swell affair,
"Z^^Bfl *S%>* J\\ made from those fine Eng-
■^^ZJw I ) I \ lish covert cloths, with
'"'' lyw!f J Ik sleeve linings of satin.
ill■ W ' 1/ J Nothing in town at $12
/((I Ilili^p B^f that's any better. There's
| . -iTi several shades to pick
Mtßßnmmitt' X You can own the one like
4 IT h/# ''' picture on Friday and
JP. \J Saturday for
WT $7.50.
Do you want a pick from ■■■■■■
the flowerbeds of spring? ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
The prettiest things in I ■ I I I ! _
Suitings, the prettiest I i 7 | i«l
things in Overcoatings for ■■■■■■
spring? Do you- want to .' ■ >..
&c placed right in line with <&$> jj/ HB &==i^
what is the real swell '^h?f I^Tn^Mii^i
Z/^/^/ 117/// f/?r// 7/O7X /l9r i^^^,v»i/^
want to see the new Cut- (A- • ijßß&tiffi^f Mff\
away, the new spring —^f c -jnBBJK''" i §1' I \
cut of the Cutaway, or \t~^^SmßuH& I .! )
those pretty English serges \\ ft I JBHi^i I HI
in Double-breasted or .--==*,. |Q \Ctm H§ '(l[ W". -
Single-breasted Sacks, in *m m s JB E^ raW -
0/7^ «7^ &Zaofc, or f/^ose d *^ W f
These are the buds of the alljj^^itj
season, and they blossom t*««s ;
forth to-day and Saturday _ ' : -
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$10.00. Ililfi
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"^season, we undersell all §
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