Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-23
DEATH OF A COMPOSER.
Wilhelm Neils Gade Called to the Other
World.

COPENHAGEN, December 22d.-wiIheim Neils
Gade, q Danish composer, is dead.
lGade was born at Copenhagen in 1917. He
became first violinist in the Chapel Royal in
this city. In 1S41 he won the prize offered by
the Copenhagen Musical Association by his
great composition, Mach lange Won Ossian."
Leipsic. there to complete his musical educa-
ton. Having in 1874 made tour into Italy he
returned to Leipsic in order to undertake, in
the absence and in the place of Mendelssohn,
the direction of the Gewandhaus concerts. In
lSiS he settled down in Copenhagen, where he
became organist, director of music and master
at the Chapel Royal. He was elected one of
the foreign members of the Berlin Academy of
Arts in 1874; in 1876 the Danish Folkething
voted life pensions OF 1900 crowns to two mus
1caI composers, one of whom was Neils Gade.
He was elected a corresponding member of the
French Institute November 16, 1873. Beside his
prize compositions he has. also written five
symphonies, quintet and octet, several pieces
for the vol. e, with orchestra as the "Erl Kings
Daughter" and "epringtide Phantasy," and
many smaller compositions
Young Mems Christian Association.
PARIS, December 22d.-A company was organ
lied to-day, headed by prominent bankers and
public men, to hold the property OF the Young
Mems Christian Association OF Paris. The CAPT
tai stock is half a.million francs, which will be
increased to eight hundred thousand. The So
eisty proposes to buy centrally located lot and
erect a handsome building. Generous assistance
has been given by New York friends.
British Grain Market
LONDON, December 22d.@The Marx Lane En-
press says: English wheats are firm at an advance
of Sd. Foreign is slow. Decreased supplies of
California have enhanced its value six pence.
Flour is steady. AT Atto-day's market wheat was
quiet Foreign is firm. Corn and oats are
steady.
Duel Arranged.
PARIS. December 22i.-Brousse, Vice-Chair-
man of the Municipal Council OF Paris, had
quarrel to-day with Dumay, member of the
Chambsr of Deputies After an angry exchange
Of words Brousse struck the deputy blow in
the face. Tonight arrangements were made
for a duel
Railway Hands on Strike.
GLASGOW, December 22d.-A general strike of
railway hands occurred to-day. Over 1900 are
out. All the North British trains between Aber-
deem and Edinburgh have ceased running The
confusion resulting from the strike is affecting
the oolileries, furnaces and large manufactures
Koch's Lymph.
BERLIN, December 22d.-A statement is made
thst the German Government will grant Pro-
lessor Koch ,000, ,0G0 marks and his assistants
500, 600 marks for the privilege of manufacture
share in the profits from the manufacture.
Remembered His Native Town.
LONDON December 22d-Gustaye Reyilliod,
the archaologist, has died at Cairo He be-
queathed his private museum and fortune,
amounting 10 over fl60,0J9, to Geneva, Swilzer-
land, where he was born
Russian Jews En- Route to Brazil.
BERLIN, December 22d.-Thirty thousand
Russian Jews are expected to arrive in Ham
| burg soon, and arrangements are being made
| to send them to Brazil.
German IroncIad on the Rocks.
CoSsrAsTISoPLE, December 22d-The German
| iron-cad Friedrich Karl has struck on rock in
the Egean sea. The extent of the damage is
yet unknown.