The morning call., 1893-06-06

na Is Bong" This Is kept up as good
joke against him by his merry confreres.
Another important member of the visit
ing fraternity is DR.. Hugo Wittmann. who
is here with Mrs. Wttmann. DIR. Witt
mann is the special representative of the
Neue Freie Presse of Vienna. conceded to
be the most influential paper in that diplo-
matte and commercial center. de Is the
author of several plays among other out
side work, and composed the libretto of
poor Jonathan" a comedietta which ran
very successfully in the United States
some wears ago.
T. Thiel of Der Neue Kurs, Berlin, is
one of the standing butts OF the laughter
loving knights of the pencil. Mr.. Thiel is
at Salt Lake City, having been DELAYED by
various causes. He is a capital fellow by
all accounts, but, like Sir John Falstaff.
of bulky build. He formed one of party
that enjoyed a bath in the Salt Lake, and
his brethren declared that when he en-
tered the water is level was raised so as
to cause flood in the surrounding coun-
try.
How do you like San Francisco?" was
asked of Eugen de Koelber. one of the
brightest of the visitors. Mr.. Koelber is
attached to the Egyetertes, or Union, of
Buda- Pesth. He has been special cor
respondent for his paper in England and
tniS country and speaks English like ma
tive.
"San Francisco?" he repeated. why, it
is Paris-a perfect Paris in miniature.
Many of US recognized the likeness in the
buildings, streets and cosmopolitan air of
lightness and good humOr to be found
here.
81 think will let the party 20 on alone
from here. You know they intend to
leave In three days, returning by Portland
and Yellowstone Park. Well. l shall stay
several weeks and send home some San
Francisco letters.
You see, we correspondents have writ
ten about all they want in Europe about
and nothing was ready. California's ex-
hibit? Why, that is perhaps as far be-
hind as any of them. l don't think it will
be in perfect readiness for two months
The causes are generally conceded to be
the lateness in getting to work upon them,
due to the winter in Chicago having been
so protracted. By August we expect many
visitors over from Europe and by that time
we will be in readiness to take up our pens
again. In the meantime | will occupy the
time with sending letters from different
cities in the States"
Speaking of newspaper work in Europe,
n IT. Koelber mentioned that while some
writer's were paid as high rs $50 day,
others worked for an equivalent of $50 a
month. But he was in hurry TO explain
hat S35 in Buda-Pesth was equal to at
least 500 in San Francisco.
Mr.. KoelDer said money itself was very
scarce in Buda-Pesth. The people will
yearly crop. This year the crop is re-
ported small owing to drought. and there
are indications of great distress
Hans Temple, the clever artist, is the
grandson of an Englishman. He speaks
little English we'll and enjoys everything
he sees. He is one OF the heartiest
laughers and merry makers of thr crowd,
He is pupil of the great Munkacsy,
known all over the world, and besides the
llustrierte Ieitung of Vienna works for
all the papers thereabout on occasion. As
Austro-Hungarian commissioner to the
| Worlds Fair he was responsible for the
whole exhibition of art there and it Is ac-
and arrangement.
Another interesting visitor is Hugo
Langewitz of the st. Petersburg German
! Gazette. This is the Russian imperial
paper, though curiously enough it is pub
lished in German. MIR. Langewitz himself
lives at Riga when he is at home.
Asked about press censorship in Russia
he said: There is no press censorship in
ST. Petersburg or Moscow. If anything
dlsagreeable to the Government appears in
any paper notice to that effect is sent to
the newspaper Office. If occasion arises
for third notice of the kind being sent
the publication of the offending paper is
| suspended for three months.
I'm the smaller towns another rule pre-
walls. Every day before publication the
| proofs must be submitted to the police an
thoritles. who biue-pencil as they please. %
In respect 10 the generally believed evic-
| tion OF Hebrews from Russia, Mr. LANCE
wltz declared this idea was mistake. All
! that was required Of them, he said. was
that they leave temporary abodes and 90
back to their native towns or villages.
BESIDES these there is Julius Loewy of