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THE CALL CALENDAR. Junk. 1894. Su. M. Tu. . Th.l Fr. »a. Moon's Peases. j j 1 2 /£& June 3d. ' "JSP New Moon. 3 *56789 _ JnnelOth. v»JJ First Quarter. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ■ --v June 17th. " 1 17 18 19 |20j2122 j23 j V£? Full Moon. .. .; IgTlaT as" "a7i^7l"^" To <D Li"t D 5u a 6 r?; r . THURSDAY ~TNK 14 1894 VISITORS TO COUNTRY RESORTS. City subscriber ,v to THE CALL visiting On country during the summer jnonths can hare their paper sent to them for any period a* sired— one vreek or longer. Orders can be gicen to the carrier or to either the Branch Office, 71<> Market street, or Business OJfin. B2S Montgomery street. ZSTOTIOE ! Any of our patrons who fail to find THE MOBNINO (ALL for sale by travnboys vsill confer a favor by notifying this office if the fact, naming the date and train. A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE. Congressman Maguire is reported as saying that Mr. HuntitJEton will spend a good deal of money to defeat him for Con gress this year. Before the election the tariff will be settled for a time, and a good many voters may be induced to condone Mr. Maguire's free-trade notions in con sideration of his activity against the h 11 to refund the Central Pacific dpbt. Under •' these circumstances it is hoped that the ! three gentlemen who control Kepublican nominations this year will pick out a 6trong man to oppose LJaguire with. The latter may do good wort against the Cen- I tral Pacific funding bill, but tbis city does ' not wani a free-trader to speak for it in Congress. Mr. Maguire voted for a tariff j bill which stripped beet sugar and wool of protection and greatly reduced duties on fruits. It should also bo remembered that • unless all sisns fail the uext House will be Republican. San Francisco should, if she wants her interests protected, be rep resented by a Republican. The three gentlemen who will name candidates for the Republican party this year are doubtless aware that power en tails responsibility. The personal am bitions which they may have ir. view can only be relieved by a wise exercise of their power. The political condition has ar rived where tlie machine will be tolerated only when it is run in the interests of the people. THE SENATE COMPROMISE. The St. Louis Republic is justly indig nant at tbe fcenate surrender to the sugar trust, but attributes the fact rather to the opportunity than to the men. The Repub lic sa>^ : Tl:ls blackmailing comprotnlse has proved the necessity or a revenue tariff as a policy of legislative morality, if no economic reasons were Involved. It has proved ihe necessity or having Southern and Western men with South ern and Western ideas in command of the Dem ocratic party. Tariff-for-revenue policy will not com pel Senators to D 8 honest. Under a tariff for revenue fhere may be a duty on sugar or there may not li will depend upon the view Congress takes of if. Some of the strongest tariff-for-revenu»- journals in the country advocate a duty of 1 cent a poiiua oh sugar on purely revenue principles. There are other articles which may be treated in the same way. The purpose being to get a certain amcunt of revenue, discretion may be exercised in the selec tion of articles to be taxed. It will not do, therefore, to attribute the compromise of which the Republic complains to the opportunities a protective tariff affords. In legislation opportunities can always be made. If tlie people elect rascals to office the people must tak« the consequence. It is or little use tc try to throw tho bl?me upon circumstances. '1 hat a number of Democrats in high position got rich through the manipulation of the sugar schedule of the tariff 1)111 is now generally believed. But the country will wait with some curiosity to see i! the Democratic House will carry out the blackmailing coin- Bromise the Senate appears to have en tered into. QUEER BANKING. The financial plank ol the Kansas Popu list convention is positive in the demand for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. But the cuncludnp clau9ft of the plank is less clear. It leads as follows: The Comptrollei's report for 1593 sliows that during the year IT>B national batiks suspended, leaving financial ruin in ilieir w;ike. We aj:«lii reiterate our condemnation of this, the so-called best bankiug system the world has ever kuo wn, and demand in its stead hanks of deposit under the control of. the depositors, and tlie deposits guaranteed by the Government. The currency nf national banks is guar anteed by the Government, but depositor* in such banks have to look out for them selves. The currency of banks of <lepo=it ruieht also be guaranteed by the Govern ment providing the Government was al lowed to determine wbat securities should be held as the basis ot currency. But tbe demand thatab<nk shall be under the control of depositors and that deposits shall be guaranteed by the Government denies authority to the Goveromeut yet holds the Government responsible for losses. Whether tne Populists mean that the Government shall stand between de positors and loss from bank failures is not cle.tr. If it does not the concluding clause in the plank is without obvious meaning; if it does, Government revenues should Ite doubled at once. With the deposits under the control of depositors— that is, the bank officers whom the depositors ruay elect, and the Government guarantee ing depositors against loss, the Govern ment would stand, to lo3e an amount of money equal to its present revenue. THE PLACiUE IN CHINA. Dispatches state that a disease which Is called the plague is raging in China, and that it nas already caused an exodus from Hong-Kong of lialf its population. One hundred deaths a day are reported in that city, which is about iour-fifths the size of ban Francisco. Considerable alarm pre vails among those whose business requires them to visit China, and the quarantine authorities at this pnrt are on the alert. The plague of history which devastated Europe in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was a septic disease supposed to be transmissible by contagion. It was so fatal that, in the fourteenth cen tury, one-quarter of the people of Europe are said to have died of it. It appeared to arise from a poison which traveled from some center to the glands, especially those io the groin and the axilla, causing swell ings which suppurated and finally pro duced death from the decomposition of the blood. These were the symptoms which marked cases in the great j lague of Lon don in the seventeenth century. Since 1G64 the plague has appeared in Europe on many occasions, but in a sporadic and not :in epidemic form. Towns and villages have been ravaged, but the disease has not spread. The most memornble outbreaks in our time occurred in 1873 in Irak, in Mesopotamia, in the marshes of the Lower Euphrates, and in 1678 on the Volga. In both places the ca«es were, not extraordi narily numerous, but they were generally fatal. Tliere are places in Asia and East ern Europe where visitations of the plague are periodical even in our dar, but after a time the disease dies where it arose, with out spreading. It has beeu established that the malady cannot be transmitted by merchandise, and some modern doctors have doubted whether it is contagious. Durinc a severe recent outbreak at Alexandria tbe trade of that port with Marseilles and London was not interruoed, aud none of the foreigners died. The physicians conclud ed that the disease germ was in the air, and that only those who had been exposed to it for a long period of time were liable to be attacked. It appears to be a filth disease, springing ' from poor food, want of drainage and miasma. It has been asserted that it only appears in marsh lands, but it .has oc curred in India on calcareous and granitic mountain? 7000 feet above the sea. It is supposed that ft can only develop in hot climates, but it has never broken out in the tropics. It appears to be checked when j the temperature* rises above 85 decrees, if ; the heat is unaccompanied by mnis'ure. j If we can rely upon the published ar counts ! of the Black Death of the middle ages, the one condition necessary for tbe develop ment of tbe disease in an epidemic form : was foul air proceeding from the accumu- ; lation of garbage and tbe absence of drain- . age. It appeared under circumstances i which in our day would have produced I typhoid and diphtheria, though it differs in j its main characteristics from both those diseases. Though Dlague has appeared sporadically on various occasions in China there never has been to our knowledge in that empire any such epidemic as Europe witnessed tn the fourteenth century. In China sanita tion is an unknown art. Even in tbe capi tal city of Peking house refuse is dumped into the streets, as was the custom in Lon don at the time of the great plague. In the large as in the small cities of the em pire < ffal and garbage are left in the thor oughfares to taint the air. Such a course of proceeding in this country would lead to endemic typhoid, diphtheria and scarlet fever. In China it occasionally takes the form which is called plague. It is possible that one of these periodical visits of the avenging deity has just occurred in the densely peopled province of Quantung, and that the punishment has extended to Hong-Kong, which Itself is well drained, but is close to the suburb o! AberJeen, as lilthy a village as there is in China. But we lack information to judge intelligently. One thing is reasonably certain. We need have no fear of plague here. There is no example of an epidemic crossing the Pacific eastwardly and landing on our shores, except smallpox. Tlist is n disease which is no respecter of persons or of san itary conditions. Only vaccination wards it off. Cholera constantly prevails in the settlements bark of Kobe, in Japan, but I. as never been transmitted to this port by tbe steamers. And again, though a ship m,\y bo a focos of disease, contagion has spldom been spread from that sotirc. Cases of plague at Marseilles and Genoa have been ascribed to the arrival of veg3els from infected ports in the Levant, but the cases were few and rarely fatal. There have been no cases of plague being brought to an English quarantine station of late years, 6ven by vessels which sailed from ports where the disease was active. It is probably both contagious and infectious, but it needs certain surroundings and con ditions to become epidemic IS THE DANGER POIINT PASSED? Eastern Democratic journals are nearly unanimous in tbe belief that the action of the Senate on the sugar schedule insures the passage of the tariff bill. The World says: If the Democrats cculJ stand together for tbe concessions toiced by the sujjar trust no other obstacle that remains to be tin mounted is likely to break the line. This implies that the concessions forced by the su^ar ttU3t in a measure released Democratic Senators from an obligation to vote for tbH bill. Whatever obligation rested upon Democratic Senators t« vote for a tariff bill to take the place «f thp McKmley tariff bill was imposed by the Chicago platform. But the concessions forced by the sugar trust were a distinct violation of the Chicago platform. The World assumes therefore that if the Sen ato would accept a sugar schedule that ie admittedly in conllict wi'h the party Dlat form it will accept a tariff bill rart of which is la aecortl with the party platform and part of which is in conflict therewith. But tho House is yet to be tuard from. That body passed a bill iv which sugar, iron ore, c<al and some other raw materU »ls were placed on the free list. The Senate, under the influence of the sugar trust, took suear off the free list. The House is not bound to recognize the right of the Senate to so change ttie bill sent to it as to brine it in confl ct with the plat form. It is understood that sugar, iron ore and coal were restored to the dutiable list for the reason that Senators whose constituents weie interested in their utan THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, I8!>4. ufacture refused to rote lor a bill that placed them on tbe free lis'. May not the House adopt these tactics? Is the right tn "kick" limited to half a dozeu Senators? May not tbe House exercise this right in defense of the principles so positively enunciated at Chicago? The party can go to the country with a better chance of suc cess without a tariff than with one that conflicts in almost every line with the principles upon which tbe party was elected. It can do better to go to the country in defiance of the sugar trust than with a tariff the most important feature of which was dictated by ttie sutrnr trust. ALL FOR GOLD. In thn June Forum Congressman Hen drix of New York takes the English view of the silver question. He argues that England will not consent to bimetallism if it will make ber food cost more. Mr. Hendrix h«s apparently looked at but one side of the English position. England buys food, it is true, but she also sells cloth and other things her people manufacture. It is of quite as much importance to England to bave a market for ber goods at fair prices as to buy food at the lowest point. Again Mr. Hendrix says: All we have to do with England is to get as much of her gold as we can, and our surest way to ao mat Is to re-establish the confidence of the English investor ia our financial integ rity. Financial integrity means in this con nection the maintenance of the gold standard. If English capitalists could be certain that the appreciation of money would continue some years longer they would invest their gnld in our bonds. But with the possibility that silver may come into use and cause a depreciation in the present value of money English capi talists prefer to hold on to their gold. But the New York Congressman thinks ap parently that the prosperity of the United States depends upon our ability to sell bonds abroad. The country at large kn^ws nothing about Mr. Hendrix. His name doubtless appears in the yeas and nays column, but be is not yet prominent in the House debates. Very likely he is a typical New Yorker who crosses the At lantic every year but lias never heard of the Pacific MAKE HASTE SLOWLY. Mr. H. S. Henderson, temporary chair man of the Tope*a Populist convention, said : It lakes brave men to meet all issues, and we will ht fouud square to them. We will not show tbe cowaidtee of die Keuubllcans In avoid lug the wouian-suffrage question. A party should nut be charged with cow ardice for waiting lo declare itself on v issue the facts of which are as yet but par tially knowD. Nearly all the prominent • tnen who nave 9poken on the woman auffrasre issue propose to let the attitude of women determine their actions when the Issue comes before them for decision. If it shall appear that women generally want the suffrage very few men will per sist in withholding it; but if itappears that women generally do not want it, perhaps a few men will force It' upon them. The women have yet to declare their position, Btod many thousands have signed peti s asking for Die suffrage, but no one knows how many have refused to sicn sucL> petitions. While women. ara making up their mmds on this vital point men can wait. The world is not being very well (joverned, but government might be worse. Women have every protection from the laws that they could have if they baa the making of them. In fact, it is doubtful if woman, with her characteristic modesty, would help herself as freely as man has helped her. Still she shall vote if she wants to. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. W. H. Newerf of Buffalo, N. V.. was at tbe l'alace lint night. He says that the great elec tric supply fiora Magma Falls will be opened to Buffaio about July 1. The coutract Is for 50,000 horse-power, lhat being half tbe total output. A private Buffalo Company Is now constructing another canal, whlcn will have a capacity of 25,000 horse- power. Mr. Nevverf, in sneaking of the possibilities which Uns en terprise will open up for Buffalo and that vi cinity, said that he did not expect to see nwiiy old-established tuanuiactuil'-s move to either Buff ilo or Niagara Falls on accouutof the cost which would necessarily follow, aud that no new ones would be started uiuil the taria question was settled. In Buffalo the power will b.* used exclusively by the streetcar companies and in lighting the streeis. It Is proposed to furnish the power at 50 per ceut less than present pi ices, which are lower than In almost any other city In the United States. Experiments are to be marie tv the canal with a trolly line with power from this source, atid if successful a bill will be In troduced in the Legislature to build a Hue. Mr. Newerf and his bi oilier own olive orchards near Riverside and Pomona. In which tbey have planted 500.000 trees, many of which are about to bear. Me has given the subject of olive culture much study, and concluded that California was the only State in which olives could be produced successfully. "What Cali fornia wants," said he, "is protection for Its liuits, and we can produce enoujrn here to sup ply the whole United states." Frotessor B. K. Emerson of Amberst College is at tbe Palace, having just returned irorn a trip around the world, winch consumed about eight months. lie visited India, China. Japan, Egypt, Italy and the Hawaiian Islands during his absence. He will visit ibe Yellowstone country prior to going back East. The profes sor's specially Is geology, ana i lie nip be has just concluded was made partially in the pur suit of information on that subject. " There is said to be another reason lor Hie professor's jouruey. which, however, was not given by the gentleman himself. ' It Is said that he Is em ployed by the Standard Oil Company, and (hat while absent he was encaged in looking lino the possibilities of that organization extending Its Investments In foreign lands. Several guests who are at the Palace await ing the oj eulng of thr; Northern Pacific road for travel received mfoimatloii yesterday that lv all probability they could resume their jour ney on Monday or Tuesday of next week, as it is expected the road will be in an opeu condi tion by that time. F. D. Myrr, who recently resigned the posi tion of traveling passenger asrent of the Chi caco, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, has been appointed ceneral agent for the Chicago and Great Western road for the Paclflc Coast, and will make his headquarters iv this city. Admiral Irwin came down from Mare Island yesterday to make some necessary prepara tions for the den.iiture of himself and Mrs. li win to Hie Ka»t. which will occur in a few days. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Victor Maurel, the famous barytone, who created the role of "Falstafi," after submitting to endless Interviews on -My Impressions of I ai-ian." has at last written an article ou (he subject in the last number of "La Revue de Pans." It appears that Verdi's Idea <>r wmiug a lyric comedy was not «uege&ied by I lie "Meistt rsiußer," for In 18CG. wneu In Tails for the production of his "Don Carlo;," he sug gested It to Carvalho. the director of the opera Comlque. The Frenchman, nowever. aid not thluk the Hali.m composer would succeed in so new a line, and discouraged the lyric comedy idea, which caused Veidi to set It aside for more than a quarter of a century. The maestro, who had lone been reading Shakespeare, Moileie and even Lablche, in search of a suit able plot, determined wnen an octogenarian to make his loiiir-theilslied dream an accom plished fact. After the production of "Othello" Maine! MM him the manuscript of "The laming of the Shrew." arranged for Coqaelin by Paul Delair. Verdi, lv a letter to aiaurel, pronounced v "superb," adding: "Happy the composer who touches ihls comedy, but to handle It would require such masters as Rossini and Donizetti. The composers of our epoch are too much given to harmony and or chestration, aud have not tlie heroic courage to 'efface' themselves when necessary. With regard to myself I can only say oue thiug. 'Too late, alas!'" This "too late," meant that Verdi bad almost completed "Kalstaff." People who contend that men of music are a jealous set of people, able to see no merit out side their own works, would find their theories set at naught by reading the tenderly affection ate telegrams that passed between Verdi and Ambroise Thomas on Hie occasion of tbe re cent one thousandth performance of "Mlguon," at Hie Opera Comique. Verdi, ou the aus picious day. wired to Thomas: "The mil lennium of ' MigDonM A glouotis day. for you and tor your friends who, like myself, admire and love you. May you have all the happiness which you certainly "merit. To-day I shall be at the Opera Comique with you In thought and heart. My wife joins with me lv congratulating and applauding you. Our respecis to Mme. Thomas. Verdi." To this Thomas replied: "I am very much touched, very grateful, dear illustrious confrere and fnend.at he very aflfec tiouate leims of your dispatch. No congratu lations could be more precious to me than yours. Our best thoughts for Mme. Verdi. 1 embrace you with all my heart. Auibroise Thomas." Another great success has has been secured by Verdi's "Fhlstaff," tnis time at Covent Gar den, Loudou, where It has just beeu produced by Sir Augustus Harris' spleudid company. A noted critic says of it: "If sparkling melody, the daintiest ;md most picturesque orchestra lion conceivable, and a book brimming over with humorous conceits, the majority, of course, taken from Shakespeare, but some of them tne property of the librettist, Slgnor Ar rlgo, will fascinate the public. Tliis crowning work of a great and octogenarian composer will nil the coffers of Sir Augustus Harris dur ing hi* Coveut GarUeu season for many years to come. The quality most worthy of mention In the music is freshness; one tune follow* an other with a persistence tbat Is positlv lylrii tatlng, for no soonr is one heard than it is replaced by another quite as fascinating, 'l hts may be regarded as the only defect In "Fal siiiff,*'Veidi pouring out hH melodies with a* much prodigality as a youthful spendthrift nours out iiii guineas." It is about two years since Le Figaro Illustr« published a story called "La Cigarette," which dealt with an episode supposed to nave oc cuned during the Carlist war In Spain, jr.tes Claietle dramatized the main points of tue siory while changing a number of the deta Is, and under the name of 'La Navralse" It was set to music by Massanet, and Is now being rehearsed at Covent Gard-n, London, wtti Emma Calve In the title role. It transpire that Mascagnl has also been inspired by the dramatic points lv "La Cigarette" and has been writing an opera in Milan on the subject, which he hoped to have produced at the Scaia. Upon ai'plying for authorization to produce the work, however, the proprie or ot "La Mg.trette" In formed ihe unfortunate composer that all richts were reserved for Mas«enet, and Mas cagnl has therefore been obliged to abandon his partly written work, which is said to be very line. Johannes Brahms towers so high ahove all living composers of German birth that It is not surprising that Fuller Maitland should, in the latest volume of "Masters of Couteniporaiy Music," devote ;i thhd of his space to this repiesentatlve of ihe classic branch of the art. Auoihei third Is assigned to .Max Biucli. Karl Goldmark and Josef JOieinberger, while thir teen lesser folks rtc-ive a page each. The fact Is. at the present time Germany Is lather badly off for really grea; creative musicians. The piesent generation looks rather to Russia, to France and to lialy for ihe ndvent of genius. From the far uortn come every year exception ally gifted instrumentalists and vocalists. As Fuller M.iltiand observes: "The successor to Brahms (who is In his sixty-second year) should now be. in active work, If ihe great line of Ger man masters is to b>- maintaln-d." The following authentic anecdotes Illustrate the passionate admiration which the composer nt "1 he <iei man Requiem" entei tains for the classical giants of the pa«t: •Brahms took sonr- Mends ro dine at a certain n staurant In Vienna, where the host, when asked to pro duce his best wine, remarked. 'Herein a wine thai MV|>M«ea all others as much as the music of Brahms does that of other composers. 1 Well then.' said Brahms, 'take It away and bung us a bottle of Bach.' " For Hayden, 100, Brahms has a warm affection, and his hero woinhipof Keetliovi-n goes so far that one of Ills favorite iesori« Is the old restaurant In the Wlldniarket wheie Beethoven used to dine. An interesting conceit, recently elven In London, was that of the "Working Girls' Club Union. Founded In 1883, the union now con sists of tweuty-six clubs, the members of which are engaged during the d y iv different occupa tlnus. This was the lust fills' club In the world. El eveu of the clubs took part in ihe recent concert, wliii'li was a coutestfor a challenge picture. Previous to the connection the girls uiiutd tin ir foices :n a performance of Ailliur Somervell's "Joan of Arc." Society was pres ent in full force, headed by the Pilncess Chris tian, and a number of celebrliies, includiug Mrs. Humphrey Ward, also enjoyed the really excellent singing of th.- woiking girls. A season of Euglish opera is being given at the Graud Opera-house, New Yoik. Because ihe peiformancs are In the vernacular they draw immense audiences, though the singers are not all they might be. The critics say of the soprano. Mine. Tavarj-, "the sluglnc quality of her voice is not what Is was"; of Mie tenor, Payne Clarke, they add: "If he only knew how to phrase, how to color his voice and now to act a bit, what a wonderful lenor be would De"; while the conti alto, Lizzie Annaudal, is dis missed with, "her voice no longer obeys the singer as once it did." Tne admirers of Mme. Adellna Puttl appar ently suffer no diminution id point of numbers, for, in spite of rival attraction;), the huge Albert Hall in London was nearly full at a r-ceiit afternoon concert Riven by tlie diva. Special Interest attached to the occasion, owing to the fact that for the first time in her career l'aiti v.-as announced to sine an item by Wagner. It was only the simple little sons "Traewme" (Dieams), wtih harp accompaniment, but its rendering was a revelation to those accustomed to the harsher German method, ana no (ewer than five recalls followed. A younc pianist, Leopold Godowski, Is excit !dr considerable atteniion In theE.st. lie Is said to be a virtuoso, possessing tbf distinctive faculty of execution to a plieuomenal d-giee, indeed, the consummate ease with which be plays eveiythlnc a:nio*t exasperates his crlilcs, win) remind him that there are times when the passionate stormy feeling* <>f some nm«ic de mand an appeal ance, at least, of physical effort iv their rendering. AYagnerlan literature, whlcu is already so rich in interesting documents, has Just beeu in creased by a delightful study on "Tristau aud Iseult," with winch Maurice Kutferath, one of the most authentic writers on the subject, con tinues his One series entitled "The Theater of Richard Wanner." which commenced with "Tannhauser," and is to tiuish with -Parsifal." The veteran singer, Sljrnor Catnpaninl, re cently reappeared befote a London public, and showed by his rendering of Beethoven's "Ade laida" that although his voice may be some what worn he Mill possesses the true Italian method of singing. Arthur Arglervicz. a boy violinist, Is aston ishing large audiences in London. The free dom of his bowing, the dignity of Ins style and the depth of feeling which he shows are said to be remarkable. The old Dufch masters, as interpr ted by the Amsterdam a Cappclla Choir, have proved such an attraction in Eugland that the choir has decided to »rel— g iis stay in mat country. A grand success is being achieved by an lialiau operatic company at Alexandria in Ecypt. Th • basso dado is especially admired. The repertory embraces such works as '"La Forga del Destino," "Rigoletto," "Faust," etc. The latest work of George G. Henscuel, a "Stabat Mater," for soloists, chorus and or chestra, will be given in England on October 15 a( ihe Birmingham Festival. The following is a new story of GoldmarK. the composer of "A Rustic Wedding," "Mer lin." etc. Goldmaik. after some casual eon* versation with a lady to whom be was a stranger, announced himself as the composer of "Tbe Queen of Sheba," (Die Rooigia yon Saba). "Dear me," was the lady's comment, "that must be a very lucrative post." Tbe recitals of Ernest Schmidt, a voting vio linist belonging to a San Francisco family, are well spoken of by the E.tsiei-n papers. Mme. Seveno dv Mlnil, the celebrated ptan- Iste, has charmed a Parisian audience with a minuet ot her own composition. Miss Pauline Smlib.au American, has made an excellent debut in "Lalla Kooku," at the Opera Comique in Pails. Kugened'Albert, tbe pianist, has finished a tragic opera. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Rev. 11. c. Cave, wfco made a sensational ad dress at the unveiling and dedication of a mon ument to ihe memory of piivae soldiers and sailors of the confederacy at Richmond, Va.. Memorial day, is a resident of St. Louis, and pastor of a fashionable sectarian church in the west end. Clark Russell, the brilliant writer of sea stories. Is in a very delicate state of health. Few people would imagine that much of the picturesque and magnificent work of this fam ous author hat beeu done while he wus racked with physical pain. Such, however, is the fact. Scots living In London say that Robert Bu chanan is not treated fairly Dy the English press. Wbenev.r he lays himself open to crit icism for something said or done, as is the case once In a while, the papers speak of him as a cautankeious Scotchman. Asuford Taylor, who is named as a grandson of President Taylor, disappeared from Denver. Colo., recently, after a two months' stay, and already six women have turned up who claim tbat he promised to marry them. George H. Wilson, who was secretary of the Bureau of Music at the World's Fair, nas been appointed buslnesss manager for Tbeodore Thomas. He has been secretary of the Chicago orchestra the past season. Princess Tom Is an Alaska Indian woman. She Is the richest of her race in the far North west. She is a shrewd trader and wears upon her arm thlity gold bracelets nvide of $20 gold pieces Queen Victoria has inspected a number of villas in the neighbor hood of Florence with a vltw of purchasing one. which her Majesty In tends to present to Princess Beatrice. Prioee Henry of Prussia was recently travel ing tn Southern Italy incognito under tbe odd name of '"Butcher." THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Wealthy Americans who think England oilers them freedom from taxailou will be Interested Id the knowledge thai the oew English tax law provides for levying what Is known as "the death tax" on the property of foreigners, whether owned In England or elsewhere. The Inequality of thin tax Is obvious. Americans can avoid it by living at home.— New York Mail auu Express. Certainly there is something Impressive In Ibe Idea of an electric automatic mitrailleuse pouring forth its deadly shot without any one to load and fire It. The French Inventor may be oversangulne In thinking that it will put an end to war, but it surely will make it disagree able.—Boston Journal. Taxing the breakfast table and the savings of the people and crippling the industries by which the people earn a livelihood and accumu late savings Is what the Bourbon tariff conspir ators call "industrial emancipation." We won dei what coulincatlou is likt\— New York Press. When a Senator speculates In securities about 10 be aflected by his vote he is selling bis vote, and If there la not honesty enough In the Senate to expose and punish him for doing It, then the Senate Itself is for sale and only waiting a purchaser.— New York World. Having notified the country that It Is again on the road through the slaughter-bouse to the grave, Colonel Watterson once more resumes his familiar attitude of The Alan Who Told You 80. Let the band play.— Philadelphia Inquirer. ' Civilization's march, though slow, Is sure and steady. Even Queen Victoria has been com pelled to "come out in a card" denying a sensa tional newspaper story about her granddaugh ter.—New York Commercial Advertiser. The grounding of the cruiser Columbia will furnish additional proof of the fact that our naval commanders have no equals In discover ing dancers after it is too late to avert disas ters.— Piltsburg Dispatch. Our esteemed contemporary the New York Times seems to think that It Is unwise, im politic and imprudent to protest against the income tax until the Income tax has become law.— New York Sun. Most of the Senators admit that they met Mr. Havemeyer, but it was only In a social way, as one friend meets another, and they are all sure that they took no sugar In tuelrs.— St. Louis Star-Saylugs. _ The lives of two Kansas women were saved by their corsets, as the bullets fired from a re volver were stopped by the steels. Who will say now that the corset is unhealthy ?— Chicago Time*. Petitions containing nearly 300,000 names in favor of female suffrage have been presented to the New York convention. Certainly a great show for woman's writes.— Philadelphia Times. The 30,000,000 taels to be spent on the re curring birthday anniversary of the Dowager Empress of China will be taels of woe for her poor subjects.— Philadelphia Record. A doornail that ought to be dead— the one used to nail the door of the Senate Investiga tion.—Philadelphia Record. The regular monthly revolution in Salvador appears to have passed oft quietly, and the obsequies of the defeated party are now in pro gress.—Chicago Herald. Corbett Is said to have the knack of keeping as well as making money. Mitchell found him very -listed.— Philadelphia Ledger. Speaking generally, a' "blowout" is a picnic at which one can blow in all his money.—Gal veston News. ■■ : _" SUFFERED NO DAMAGE. Morrison Had Mo Case Against the History Company. The long peudiogcase of Geoige H. Morrison against N. J. Stone, J. L. Herbert, Elizabeth C. Latham, as administratrix of the estate of the late A. & Latham, and the Bancroft His tory Company, was settled by the Supreme Court yesterday, the judgment of the lower court in favor of the deienuauts being affirmed. Morrison brought suit as a stockholder in the History Company to lecover $50,000 uain.ig-s from the aetendant*. He claimed that they were conspiring aud had conspired to divert the l.iisiness ot the company over to the .Pacihc l'ubhsniog Company; that several Eastern books agencies good will, etc., bad been so transferred, aud that not only hud the History Company Mifleied much damage, but a great pan of its block in trade had been loxt. The case was tiied in the Superior Court and submitted upon nine special issues, all of which were decided in the defendan is' favor. In a purely legal opinion the Supreme Court afnims iliat decision. THE DEEDS WERE BOGUS. Cyrus Walker Sues to Recover his Property. Cyrus Walker has brought suit la the Su perior Court against J. K. William*. David Gross aud others to set aside certain alleged fraudulent conveyances ol real property be longing to the plahitiii. The suit Is tlie outcome of the Cyrus Walker foi'Kerles that were recently investigated by the police. In some curious nianuer the name of Cyrus Walker was forged to certain deedi of conveyance, 'ransienlui: some real estate on Florence and Victoria streets over to one J. R. Williams. In turn, Williams, whoevei he may be. tranMenvrt part of tne property to David Gross, who thought the whole transaction boua fid, in consideration of $150 and a cigar stand. Tlie police investigateu (he mailer carefully, but up t» the present lime no arrests have been made. Suspicion points to Guy 8. Wbiicombe aud his accomplices as the perpetrators of the SpK,i l i-V 8p *- cla i ly as l&e sam « wor * n " teen recently done in Portland, Or yes^'rda^evn^w"'^ wlth ''»• County ClerK tlon that nn L .ph aik " express bis convle -Ihe deed, £*?» C h , . peraon as Williams exists, lie and in " , n dL a , ted by notaries pub- Wi.^ i 9" so ODe atte^'d. tl lvf l i XK XK U er lU s 1 e e e^ § :s; aside these bonus deeds, and "0 recover his pe so i5 dV^v uainfit " poilioa »»' wSeTg^; it is said that the police have a tbeorv to th« effect thai Williams ts an liuierate ineehSnle w"o was merely a tool lv the bands « Guv * Wbitcombe and his gang. . . VlUy& " AN AQUATIC FESTIVAL. Belvedere Folk Will Have "A Night in Venice." Quite elaborate preparations Have been made for the water lete and entertainment, "A Night In Venice," which will take place at Belvedere Saturday eveulng. Tne steamer James M. Donahue is to be the Doge's state galley, ana for the occasion will be known as tne Buciu toro. Sbe will lay ac anchor at the Tlburon wlnrf, where visitors may co aboard. The Bucinioro will sail out on the bay during the Illuminations ana water parade along ihe gmuu cana; which lias served the purpose of anchorage for hou*e boats and st-parating Hie terraced suburb limn the plebeian town of Tlburon. From tne decks cf tbe royal barge visitors may see a beautiful aquatic festival scent, above which tbe clltls of belvedere will gleam with illuminations, as nearly every villa will be lighted up and the garden* beautified with Japanese lanterns, which will be all aglow for tbe festival. Labor and the Tariff. These are subjects occupying the minds of most people these days, but soiua time should be found for recreation. The easiest way to get that Is to obtain "Pic turesque California." THE BLYTHE MILLIONS. Second Effort to Secure Them for the State. Another link was added yesterday to the chain of agony surrounding the contest over the estate of Thomas H. Blytne. On behalf of Governor Markham Messrs. Estee and Miller tiled with Hie County Clerk their amended information in support of a mo lion to have the Blythe millions escheat to the Slate. The complaint lv Itself differs very little Iron the minimi complaint. It states that none of the parties contesting iii th> court* foi tliu pioperty ate In auy way connected with much less ueiis of the late Thomas H. Blythe, and that lv the absence of legitimate heirs the vast properly must revert to me State. The coinpiitnt. as Mated on Its first filing. i"» not bruuglit on behalf of the Stale by the At torney-General, owlug to tbe fact that Mr. Hart Is attorney for Florence Blythe- liiuckley, tlie at piesent successful claim nt. Fell From a Car. William Bravion, 1725 ho9t street, an em ploye of tue Omnibus Cable Company, met with a painful accident yesterday alternoon. While st niling on the top of a car, which he was washing, in the power-house, Tenth and How am streets, be stumbled and fell, his ht ad striking the stone floor. He was taken to the Keceivlug Hospital, where it was found that his ear was badly lacerated and that there was possibly a fracture at the base ol the skull. Buy glass of F. N Woods & Co., 51 Firstst.* Bacon Printlnu Comp.inv, 508 Clay street.* Crown fountain pens are t lie best In sta tionery department at Sanborn & Vall's. • Guillet's French noug .t.905 Lai kin. Te12198» Wedding luvitatious, visiting cards and fine stationery at low prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. • Groceries & liquors. C. Brandt, Oak & Octavia,' Paints, brushes, drawing-papers and all architects' and am»tV supplies ac Sanborn & Van's. • Finest eyeglasses, sptcs, 15c. 81 4tlist. Sun day, 73G Market (Kast's celebrated snoestore).* I'ictcre frames with ornamented corners, perfect finish ana low prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. • • J • — • "Coi/roN Gas." (lie especial anesthetic tor the paiuless extraction of teeth, - has been civen to many millions of persons without In jury, I'ure, «afe%snl efficacious. Indorsed by all reputable physicians and demists. Office I'liplmii build inc. rooms 6, 7,8,10: entrance SOG Mai kel street. • Mokf than 50,000 people read ths "Pacific Slates Watclirnan"; "0,000 bnoa tide sub^cnb* ers: largest leyium .te circulation of any nionthly west of ih- liocky Mountaius. A few fi^t-tla-s advertisements will betaken. Ad dress WM.H. BARNES. St. Anu'3 building, bau Francisco, Cat. • Overlanii Route. The Shasta Home and Northern Pacific Rail road to points In Washington, Idaho, Montana, the Dakota*. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Illinois and all Eastern States is {tie most comfortable and picturesque line of all. Daily train ser vice, with (lining .Pullman Palace and up holstered tourisc cars on all trains. T. K. Statelek, General Agent, C3B Market st. • To Remove Fredericks. Attorney George E. Col well has applied to tlie Supreme Court for a writ cf habeas corpus in Ibe case of William M. Fredericks the mur drrer. Colwell seens to compel the removal of Frederick-" from San Queiirin to the County Jail, pending the appeal from the judgment and sentence passed upon htm for the murder of Cii3hl'r HerrlcK. Ark you weak and weary, overworked and tiredr Hood's Sarsaparllia Is just the medicine you need to purify and quicken your blood and to give you appetite, renewed health anil strength. To the Traveling: Public : Kemember. the Central and Union Pacific are free from washouts, and the only line running Pullman bleeping and Dining Cars from San Fran cl-(CO to Chlcazo without change. Time only 3 y, days from San Franclsro to Chlca;o, and 4V-> days to New York. n. W. Hitchcock, General Agent, 1 Montgomery street, San Francisco, CaL Teachers' Grand Excursions Will leave San Francisco .lune bth. 13th and 20th, under management of A. Phillips & Co., via the Riotirande, -The >cenic Line," and Bock island Railways, to all points east. One change only to Atlantic cities. Upholstered tourist can; com petent managers. For reservations or rates call on or address Clinton jonks, General Agent, Rock Island Kail way, as Montgomery st,, S. F. Fob Throat Troubles and Cocghs use ••Broicn's Bronchial Troches." They possess real merit. Mothers give Angostura Hitters to their children to stop colic and looseness of the bowels. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert <k Sons, sole manufacturers. At druggist* Smith and His Complaint. J. Howard Smith will Dave to tile a third amended complaint, in bis suit against Hie Fer ries and Ulill House Hallway Company. Judge mack sustained some 37 points of demurrer to the complaint yesterday, and allowed Smith twenty days wneieiu to amend. The suit is lor MO accounting and for an Investigation iuto 51,700,000 worth ol bonds. a Cough with a Weak Sys- tem , C onsumption with 'Weak Lungs, or Disease with Loss of Flesh. Take Scott's the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, for any ailment resulting from poor nourishment. Physicians. the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived by Substitutes! Prepared by Scott A Bor-r.o, ft. Y. Ail Dru ; ;ni«;.r. rel6TuThBuly DRY GOODS. HIT Dry-Goods and Cloak House. A REVOLUTION IN PRICES Cloaks, is, • Cloaks, Caps, Wrapers, Jackets, Etc., THIS WEEK! OUR GREAT SACRIFICE SALE TO EFFECT DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE CONTINUED! Great Bargains in Gapes ! 250 Ladies' Capes at 50c on the dollar, made from black and colored cloths, also Moire Antiques and Silk. As these are Dearly all sample capes, there is an im- mense variety of patterns to choose from. CAPES. $2.50. Formerly $5.00 $4.00 Formerly $B.CO $5.00 Formerly $10.00 $7.50 .Formerly $15.00 $10.00 Formerly $20.00 $15.00 Formerly $30.00 $20.00 111 . Formerly $40.00 Ladies' Wrappers and Waists. We have a fine assortment at very low prices. 10,000 yards English Flannelette, in mill short lengths (2 to 10 yards), worth 15c, at 9c per yard. Order by mail. No samples of those. £sf* Bargains ail through the house. Visitors, while in the city, are cordially invited to Inspect our slock and prices. SPECIAL. NOTICE. ft?" Goods delivered free to all places rrbera express rates are not in excess of $1 per 100 pounds. JBS" Mall orders carefully and promptly attended to. Goods forwarded C. O. D. or on receipt or re- mittances by express or mail, .samples free on application. PHILIP KENNEDY & CO. SOUTHWEST CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STREETS. jelO SiiTh HATS! HATS! HATS! THE HAT Makes the Man! Just received 100 dozen of the latest shapes in Stiff DERBY HATS, colors black and seal brown. These Hats are retailed all over for $2.50. OUR PRICE $1.50. Baby Carriages! We would be pleased to have you call and get our prices before pur- chasing elsewhere. An endless variety in Hood or Par- asol Tops, steel wheels and springs, FROM $6.90 DP. Electrical Construction 4K9 REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS. ESTIMATES GIVEN. NOTE.— Special attention paid to- grinding Kaxors, Shears and Edged Tools by skilled mechanics. .Trices moderate. 818 and 820 Market Street, FliolEtri. Blools.. FACTOKY— 3O FIKST STREET. tnyiJO SuTuTa BETHESDA. |f AMERICA'S FAVORITE WATER. 3k Hon. Charles Foster, Ex-Becretary , <3l «'f Treasury:—"! reaara Uethesdsasa y deliifbtrul water, refreshing aii<l lavl«- -■v uratincr. Tilth medicinal properties of . jgj much value." j SgjSSl' Hon. Joseph TT. Fi!>r, Kx-Horer- nor of Illinois:— "I have used Bethesda for many years and deem it the best in the country." LOUIS CAHENft SON, Agents, 418 Sacramento St., S. F. ]e3 tf SuTul'U f'/iaa jfo/?\ ta a/Juf\\ Will Remove 824 Market St., Phelan Bl'd'g, Jalj my'Jl MoTuTh «