New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-15
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRlNCfSCO.
DIR. MAN-SPIRITUALlsTlC KAsCALiii
MIR. SALA-aMACBETH," MUSIC.
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san FRANCisCo. Feb. 14.-Ihe striHe Oh h'.
founders and | oicrmakers has continued al 'N''
wool, II hogan in the Union iron Works, where
y rodrctiop of n per cent in wages was announced.
M course all other foundres followed suit Inc
,no,agers claim that Eastern competition which mas
fi owed reduction in freight rates forces them W
,,1ucc wares or close shops. They claim that men
who have received 80 30 per day ought not 10 Ieei
tb.. reIuction severely. The workmen assert that
I'm, reduction is due to Irving NJ. Scott, owner oi
the Union Iron Works, who desires III thiS way "
offset losses Cn contracts, AMI that average ""to'
have not exceeded 81 70 per day. rs no one can pun
i, fen hours NJ this season. and they are PAID 80
ocent, per hour 1t is propablc that compromise oil
10 per cent reduction will lie agreed Oh.
The Ccv. Dr. Newman who recently retired from
his mint in New-lork. finds his lines cast IN
nl.asant places in this city. 1t is nov known that
he will soon be installed As pastor oil non
scctaran Church, of which Mrs. Leland STANFORD
will be the chief patton. 1t is said Its doctrheS
will incline toward SprituallSm, OF whch MIS-
stanford has been a dcvoiee since the death oil her
only son. Negotiations are now being Carried on
for the purchase of the church OF the late Dr. scott
for which $50. 900 is demanded. Besides MIS-.
Stanford Mrs. Charles Croker is also mentioned rs
interested in the new project The design is to make
for the founders Both Senator Stanford and
Charles Cracker arc said to favor the project
warmly and to give it financial backing which
insures success.
The Cbropjcle this week exposed tho system
adoptcd BY Thomas Late Harris. head OF the spirit
ualistic Community near Santa Rosa. who has
secured control of large estate valued at Toooooo
harris. who claims supernatural powers founded
.ba Rrn of
Armenia Ny. He afterward moved to Portland, III
tho same State where he established the Brocon
rommupity Persecution for free love doctrines
drove him and his followers to Salem, ana from
there here. Among his dupes were Lawrence oly-
phant the English author and his mother. VINO
gave Harris Sl25.OD0. When they discovered tie
free love basis on which the brotherhood was
founded they demanded the return of their money
and after threats of law suits compromised ior
500 600 Other members, who gave their ilttc ioi-
tunes into Iiarrss keeping were turned out when
dissatisfied without penny, and two OF them com
mitted suicide in despair. Harris has written
small library of spirtuast books. His latest con-
wort an old lady of Los Angeles. who brought u
the brotherhood $50 900. All her property at Santa
Rosa which includes several thousand acres In
vineyard and orchard. is in lIarrlSs name, and Is
absolutely controlled 10y HIM.; his WIN the con
trIbutions of the faithful III England ana America
gives nlin royal revenue
The Suprem. Court has affirmed the decision OF
the lower CONF giving Samuel ". Halliday title To
tue entire block claimed Jy the city rs public
park. The property which Is Oh the topmost point
of Clay-st overlooking the bay the ocean. and the
Golden Gate has been ia litigation Tor twenty
years. during which Halliday has held the fort on
The hill as remote for gas, water, and other city
convcnlrnccs AS though he lived III the country:
This decision gives han with bus residence two Iuli
cIiy blocks winch are worth a fortune, as costly
residences building near by.
SHIPMENTS of war material for China. though not
50 heavy ~ recently stated are large and constant:
| rhr French Consulate here has taken no oihcIai
notice of these shipments. manly, perhaps, BECAUSE
Of u change IN the Consul The present oihcaI lia-
been here only few weeks. aud has made no III
vrstgation. Much of the material IN entered on
manifest as ineTChandisc.
George Augustus sala received hearty wclcom"
this week A dinner WAS gwen IN ms honor 10y ihy
bohemian Club and his two lectures Were al 'h!e,l
by large and apprrclatiyr audiences. IN" III llSh
colony turned out ia force. and great applause
greeted his at the CLOSE oil the lecture u
Woolseley. and his tribute To the memory oil
Gordon.
| The music to Macbeth" composed by Edgar ;.
Kelly WAS performed here for The urst time thls
| week by an orchestra of fifty performer, and iul
| chorus The music WIS intended, originally, as All
| orchestral accompaniment 10 the regular play. Du'
| in this instance only solicitors we're read hc
| music WAS pronounced unusually hne by local
cr,tics and calculated establish the reputation o
| the composer wherever II IA rendered Air. Nelly
| * a young man. under thirty thin. and consnnp'
tive looking: a music teacher with small patron
| age but with great ambition 10 do original WORK.