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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04

unwholesome subjects by stepping far out
side the proper road of news. That pub
Usher who can best understand the serious
ethical obligations that environ him and
who can most firmly resist the temptation
to increase his circulation at the expense
of his moral duty is the one who in the
end Yields not only an immediate infiu-
enre for good, but who comes TO COM
mand respect which is the real measure
of power.
Japan's action is as much rebuke to
our sensational newspapers as punish
ment OF her own, and that this rebuke
should have come from a nation which was
civilized" only yesterday is as amusing
as eloquent. So long as there is abundant
machinery for pandering to any unwhole-
some popular appetite the tendency toward
general disqualification IS strengthened
and the temptation to make money out of
vice increased. And yet the highest
decency in journalism, combined with suf-
ficient energy and intelligence, is really
more directly beneficial to the publisher.
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REPUBLICANS AT WORK.

Now that the Republican Council of Cal
ifornia, composed of representatives of the
leading Republican organizations of the
State. has entered upon.a campaign whose
Objects to secure the Republican National
Convention for San Francisco, a system
attic effort to this end has been at last I'M
dertaken. 1t is particularly gratifying to
know that every one of the workers APP
pointed in the forty State Senatorial dis
:tricts has cheerfully accepted the task i'm
posed:Qpon him, and that these forty men
are among the leading and most influential
Republicans of the State. Besides having
in view the National Convention, this
working committee is to- secure harmony
and purity in the party, work for the NOM
nation of the most worthy candidates,
give the nominees the earnest support of
the party and extend sympathy and moral
backing tothe candidates elected on the
Republican ticket.
1t is. particularly in the efforts to secure
the National Convention that the Repub-
iean forces of the State should receive the
hearty cooperation of all citizens without
regard to political bias. 1t is easily con-
ceivahle that if one of the two great parties
holds its National convention here the
other will follow suit; and hence there is
an opportunity for strong cooperative
movement by these two powerful agencies
to bring both the conventions to US. In
addition to the efficient work which can
thus be done the various civic organizations
devoted to the advancement of the State
and of its several parts can throw the
weight of their influence into the fight,
and this, with the work that can be done
personally and privately by. every citizen
who has friends in the Eastern States,
ought to accomplish the greatly. desired
result. AS it is: also greatly important to
the other Pacific States to have oneor both
the conventions at San Francisco, they
can more than double the influence which
California is able to develop.
It's suggested, therefore, that the Repub-
licans of the other Pacific States follow the
example set by those in California and
begin a systematic campaign. 1t would
he almost impossible for such an array of
influence to be overcome, particularly as
there are so many obvious reasons why it
would be proper to hold one. or both the
conventions here. Here is grand oppor-
tunity for the whole coast country to dis
play its energy and skill. The interests at
stake are so grave as to call for the most
earnest. efforts that our people are capable
of making. 1t is a matter in which no sort
OF political prejudice should play a part.
In starting the fight the Republicans of
California have given a conspicuous evil
'dence of their devotion to the interests of
the. State, and their efforts deserve the
support of all progressive citizens.
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cidents ofsuch journeys: Indians, bad weather
and no water
"We had organized military body and had
company of infantry under Captain Marsey
which was sent out by the Governor as guard
for rs. Well, won't annoy you with the de-
tails of the trip from Arkansas covering the Ell
tire route but when we arrived in Santa Re on
the afternoon of the Sd of July we learned that
the Comanches and the Apaches-very bad In
dians, Niles-had banded together and were
preparing to run off 5000 head OF cattle belong
ing to some settlers thirteen miles south of the
CITY, A company, or rather two companies
now think OF it, were being formed under
a Captain Chapman to go on the warpath and
put stop TO the business of cattle-stealing.
We saw them leave the town and wished them
the usual good luck and whole skins" The
narrator stopped here and chuckled to himself
in a manner which indicated that he had re-
called something very funny. His mirth
lasted nearly a minute. Presently he picked
up the thread of his story and went on: "The
Indians cleaned out both companies, drove
most OF them, the soldiers, back to Santa Fe and
stampeded the cattle into their own country.
They even took some of the palefaces' horses.
never saw so many disappointed men in one
bunch in my life"
"Where did your fighting occur, Thomas?
You haven't told me that yet" inquired Mr..
Searls.
''Well, I'm coming to that in moment. You
see when the defeated hosts came back to
Santa Fe with nothing but disgust we emf
grants concluded that it was our duty to form
company and give them q few lessons in the
art of handling redskins. With this end in
view we got all the able-bodied men together
we were able to muster. and on the morning
of the Fourth proceeded to take the trail. In
the afternoon we came up to the two bands,
hut how
the moment we came in sight they put spurs to
their ponies and disappeared in a cloud of dust
among the low rolling hills of the plains. 1t
was useless to follow them, because their ami
mails had the advantage of a fresh start, having
rested the whole morning and part of the night
before, while an advance guard drove the
stolen cattle into some safe retreat. OF course
we came back empty-handed, but we were not
as unfortunate as Chapman's company. After
that we took up our march again and arrived
in San Diego in October just in time to get in
vote for the adoption of the constitution of
California. l was from a slave State myself,
but voted for the constitution of a free State.
"That Indian experience was about the
worst encountered while coming across the
plains, but since then have seen many more
distressing sights in the midst of civilization
The reign of the palefaced desperate was
much worse than anything the emigrants en-
red man is seldom much worse than the bad
white man. Niles, the traditional bad man of
1849 was pretty hard crowd"
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Music and
Mll siiciallS.

mifer of wag nery and the building for.whfch
he lis rreparfag plans willbe raised on the site
E:of the theater. OF Ballemstadt. The repertory
t Mill be composed.of Wagner works, and pee,
pie will only. be admitted with" inyitations
Signed, by. the :priIice. The orchestra will be
directed BY Klnghardt' 8. +: ~ =;
Stories from Paris state that Sfbyl >Sanderson.
is sfiIilI An American woman, who has often
seen the fair singer in Paris was Speaking the
other day Of the failure OF s@nderson this
country, and stated that. apart from the, fact
that. the pretty singer was. emotionally all
stirred,up when she was oye- here, there was
the. other fact that she had been: Presented
wrong, and had she been. seen: in g Thaisi"
Americans would have gone mad over .herf
even if she had sung: mo other role: ~
Edouard Strauss and his orchestra have just
played before queen. Victoria at Windsor.
After the concert the. Duke OF Coburg took
Strauss to the Queen. who recalled thetaet tnat .
ffty-fiye years previously the elderStraIss mad
played ut her wedding at Windsor Castle. u E
am pleased" she added, inGerman; '.to meet
the son of the man, whose. perfor nave
remained indelibly in nay memory. =
f. The Marquis OF Lorne has writtenan opera:
with Hamish MeCunn, to deal with which
joint stock concern, bearing the imposing title
OF 1.-THE NatfonalCeltic Opera Syndicate" has
no less than $1,000: -
: The success that has attended Levi, Richter
and MottI ais travelling conduetor-yirtuosi has
tempted Welngartner to follow in their path
The Berlin Opera-house, OF: which he is con-
.ductor being closed, he has visited Vienna,
Mannheim and ;Brerent where he has won.
"frantic triumphs.' -. -
: They are talking in Paris Of: mounting
G1uck's "Orpheus'' with all the ballets and
advertisements which managers have always
cut cut from the frstproduction of the work.
siegfried Wagner, "the heir to the name"
has proved somewhat OF failure, financially
speaking, as a conductor this yearin London
Henri Marteau, the young yiolinist, has been
forced by the French law to abandon his art
for a year and serve in The army, =
Zelfe de Lussans Carmen has been very
roughly handled by the London critics this
season. Indeed, they have made fun of it.
Stalls sold for as much as $25 each: at the re-
cent Patti rentree at Covent Garden, London.
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PERSONAL.

Dr. S. L. Blake of Weaverville is at the Grand
Rev. Father Kelly of Cedar Hill is at the Occi-
dental
D. R. Cameron, q capitalist of Hanford, is a
guest at the Lick.
V. Courtois wine-dealer of Santa Rosa, is a
guest at the Grand.
Rev. T. Fennessy of Sacramento registered
yesterday at the Grand.
II. P. Stabler, a big rancher OF Yuba, regis
tered yesterday at the Lick.
DR.. A. B. Mckee of Stockton was one of yes
terday's arrivals at the Lick.
Daniel L. Segrove, a foundryman of Guate-
mala, is guest at the Grand.
Dr. S. L. Craig and family of Fort Defiance,
Ariz., are staying at the Lick.
Isaac Copeland, a well-known mining man of
Vallecito, is staying at the Lick.
W. II. Hatton, a leading attorney of Modesto,
and Mrs. Hatton, are at the Lick.
Rear-Admiral L. A. Beardslee of the Pacific
quadron regis tered yesterday al theOccidental.
E. L. Reed, merchant of Junction City,
Trinity County, was among yesterday IS arrivals
al the Grand.
Barney D. Murphy, capitalist and prominent
Democratic leader from San Jose, registered at
the Palace yesterday.
unlteu states Dlstrlct Judge haWley lelt iot
his home in Carson City last evening. Since
he has been here he has sat in the District and
Circuit courts and in the Circuit Court of APP
peals.
DR.. T. W. Gunsaulus, pastor of the Plymouth
Congregational Church and president of the
Armour Institute of Chicago. arrived here yes
terday and registered at the Palace. He left in
the afternoon for Pacific Grove, where he is to
deliver some lectures before the Chautauqua
Assembly, and will return in time for lecture
here IN Saturday
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1t is always the unexpected that happens,
even in opera: Who, for instance, even in his
widest flights OF fancy, could, have predicted
the latest craze in lyric drama? Five years
ago, when the "Cavalleria Rusticana" made a
Juror with its realistic plot of low life, all the
composers who wanted to- initiate Mascagni's
success, began; to write realistic operas, on
hbrettos describing the loves and hates of low,
vulgar people, who bit one another's ears; and
knitted one another. The mere the librettists
wanted to succeed, the more they piled horrors
on horrors head, till the critics predicted that
the coming opera would be. little better than a
lurid extra to the police gazette, and pointed
to such works as nSanta Lucia" and t'Le Mar:
tire" as proof that the new opera was an
utterly unfit entertainment for the young per
son. And what has: happened? Why the un-
expected of course. Humperdfnek's fairy opera
began its triumphal career d year and q hall
ago, and now the composers have turned their
backs. on realism and are producing our
children's fairy tales for their plots. Massenet
is hard at work on a lyric drama, 'aCihderella,"
Caryalho, the director of the Opera Comique;
is making arrangements to produce a "Sleep-
ing Beauty" by Michael Care: and Charles
Silver, pupil OF Massenets.' Augusta Holmes
is writing still another Sleeping Beauty" and
whole crop of cred Riding Hoods. and
"Jack the Besnstalkr is promised: "
Nine. Melba wants to reconcile two diverse
ambitions She has announced to the di-
rectors: of the Paris Grand Opera that, she:
opera. The directors are willing, but they
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Thomas II. Caswell lieutenant grand COM
mander of the Supreme Council 33 degree A..
and A. s. R., Southern Masonic jurisdiction of
the United States, sat III the rotunda of the
Palace Hotel yesterday afternoon lunching
with Niles Searls. Suddenly in the midst of
cup OF black coffee the latter gentleman looked
over his glasses and said
Thomas, do you remember where you were
July 4. 1S49Y'
The Judge replied instantly. 81 was in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, with 500 emigrants preparing
for q fight with Indians" He lapsed into
silence and stroked his beard slowly.
"And?" answered the jurist in an inquiring
tone.
'You wish to know more of it, do your" re-
sumed the Judge, smiling as though it were
good joke to keep Mr.. Searls waiting a moment
"Pll tell you all know of it. didn't do any
fighting myself, but like various other people
we know of was near it," Mr.. Caswell chewed
his cigar moment, rolled it around in his
mouth and watched the smoke curl upward as
he meditated on where to begin. al left Ar
kansas some months before with party OF
some 300 overland emigrants with view to
getting into California as best I could. The
trip was sprinkled with the usual eyentful in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04
THE NATIONAL. ASPIRATION.

The. American people will to-day ceie-
brate the anniversary of the independence
Of the Republic. with more ardor than fer
MANY a year past tits doubtful # at any
time since the war the spirit of patriotism
has been more actively manifest than dur
ing the last two years. OF late it:has'eyen
become aggressive: and has made such
marked dem cnstrations that those who
have been out of touch with it have at
tempted to deride it as lingoism:
!. Tie causes Of this swift flaming up of
the National spirit are TO be sought in the
recent OCCURRENCES. in Central America, in
Venezuela, ia Hawaii and ia Cuba: The
people of this. country nave long been OPP
posed to any European interference with
the affairs Of any portion OF this continent,
and several times in the Last two years
they have believed that such interference
might be attempted beyond the'yerge. to
which we could submit This feeling has
kept"the National spirit in a condition of
continual alertness, until it has now deter
mined the Monroe doctrine shall no longer
remain: mere statements in a bygone
Presidential message, but be formulated in
a solemn declaration of Congress as the
fixed resolve and established policy of the
Nation for all time.to come.
. !. II isin this mood the people come to-day
to the celebration of the Fourth of July
Their thoughts for the time have turned
away from all the little transitory prob
lens of the period and are .centered upon
the great aspiration to so establish the
governmental policies OF the Republic in
accord with manifest destiny as to make
the pathway Of the future clear of all
doubts and hesitations. We. have now
become the greatest of the powers. of the
earth, and our popular prosperity and
National grandeur are more. assured than
those of any other Nation: We have
become conscious that strength is always
accompanied by responsibility, and that
number of our population may make us a
large country, it is only. by living with high
aims and being devoted to noble purposes
thatwecan mike great Nation.
The rightful theme of the orators of the
day is to be found in this awakened
patriotic aspiration. Those speakers who
turn aside to discuss the passing dissen-
sions of the day will miss the hearts of
the audience and fail to arouse enthusiasm.
The people wish to hear those large,
divine and comfortable words that tell of
present greatness and greater things to
come. We have heard enough of the
of the time, and on this day we
hope to hear something of. those coming
glories and properties of which the
prophetic. soul of the world has been
whispering to man ever since America was
discovered.
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JOURNALISM IN JAPAN.

The Japanese Government objects most
strenuously to one of the imported fea-
lures of Western civilization, and that is
ultra sensational and flake" journalism.
Besides SURPRISING a number of news
papers. that were violating the prophecies
in this regard, it has destroyed the great
news gathering agency of the empire, be-
cause it sent out "fake" report OF an
Japanese squadrons and published forged
letter on the peace negotiations.
The value of the press as civilizing
agency, and especially as a check on official
-rascality, is exceedingly great, particularly
In America, owing to the loose methods of
many local governments and the absence
in them of that restraint which a free-and-
easy public sentiment fails to impose. But
the impunity which the American press
enjoys under the laws guaranteeing free
speech gives an opening for the invasion
of irresponsible publishers in the news
paper field: 1t is to be noted that as rule
the stronger centralized the Government
the less the freedom of the press; but there
also often goes with this circumstance an
other, and that is higher official integrity
and the lack of a necessity for newspaper
supervision.
This is the case in Japan, whose Govern
ment is singularly free from scandal. But
it is evident that the publication of such
matter as that for. which the news agency
was suppressed, besides being false, would
have an injurious effect upon the Japanese
public mind. The offense was no greater.
however, than that committed daily by a
considerable part of the American press in
lowering the moral tone of the public by
leading the minds of readers to dwell on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04
CROWDS OF. TOURISTS.
An Exodus to the Country on Account of
Half-Rate Fares.

An Exodus to the Country on Account of
Half-Rate Fares.
The half-rate fares made by the different
railways for the Fourth of July have
tempted great crowds to travel. Thou
sands of City folk left town last evening for
all points of interest within easy distance
of San Francisco, and from these indica-
lions the railway men expected that gen.
eral exodus would take place this morn
ing. Special arrangements were made to
accommodate unusually large crowds by
the Southern Pacific on all it's lines leav-
ing San Francisco, and also by the San
Francisco and North Pacific and the North
Pacific Coast railroads.
The summer tourist travel has been much
heavier than in former years. Sixteen cars
full of tourists arrived yesterday from Los
Angeles and Oregon, and still more left
town. These, added to the holiday
outing throngs, have made the railway
men exceedingly busy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04

ado you think that Dickens would deceive a
friend?'
"Of course not. None of his friends would
believe word he says."-Washington Star.
The Intermediary -Chaperon-You stole d
kiss from my niece.
Youth am willing to return 1t.
Chaperon-Very we'll. Of course, you under
stand such things must be done through me-
Detroit Tribune.
"It's terrible strain"
"What is?.
"That one from er."--Pick-Me-Up
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has been printer for sixty-six years. He Is
now so years old, but can stick type as rapidly
as any composition in his Office -.
DR.. Paul Pasquin of St. Louis, discoverer Of
the consumptive serum, is breeding guinea
pigs on which to experiment, the demand hay
ing exhausted the supply in that city.
Sir Henry Irving declares that one of the
most singular sights he witnesses from the
stage is the apathy in applause of the women
who are among his sincerest admirers--as COM
pared with the demonstrations of the men.
Frank Vincent, the well-known traveller and
explorer, has had conferred upon him by the
King of the Belgians the Royal Order of the
Lion for his work in Africa. Mr.. Vincent Is
the first American to receive the decoration.
There was an element of superstition in the
betting of the ex-King OF Servia at the Paris
Grand Prix, when he won 100000. A mare
had won every eighth Grand Prix race previ-
ously run, and his idea that mare would win
the 1895 race proved correct.
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Van Dorn,s Jnfatuation.

Clara Deguire of 221 Mason street swore out
warrants in Judge Conlan's COURT yesterday for
the arrest of P. Van Dorm, on the charges of
malicious mischief ana disturbing the peace.
The offenses complained of occurred on Mon
day, when Van. born on being. refused adj
mittapce to the house smashed one of the win
dows and raised general disturbances. Van
Dorm is infatuated with one of ihe inmates,
who does not reciprocate. He was arrested on
q former occasion. - -. =.
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A CAUTION.

Little Tommy bought some crackers, firecrackers
red and blue,
Put them safely in his pockets, likewise put some
matches, too. :;
Matches somehow got ignited; my! the sparks
they few around
When the racket had subsidized little Tom could
not be found, II. ". s.
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Passing a Forged Check.

Thomas Parry, 800 Minna street, swore out a
warrantin Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday
for the arrest OF Washington Frank on charge
of forgery. On June 20 Frank got check for
$50 signed by August Dubois and drawn ON the
First National Bank, cashed by Parry. When
the check was presented for payment it was
discovered that Dubois signature had been
forged.
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UP-TO-DATE IDEAS,

Autograph letters from prominent statesmen
at the Cleveland convention were reproduced
in the Chicago Tmes-Herald. AS that journal
declares: every turn of the pen and every
characteristic downward or upward stroke was
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sent clicking from Cleveland to Chicago, and
the messages not only bore their own import, but
they prove conclusively that a new invention
in electricity has been perfected and that q
new factor in facilitating business has jumped
into the field" Professor Elisha Gray is the
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BROUGHT TO PUBLIC NOTICE.

A Boston police captain is responsible for the
statement that not one murderer has escaped
the police OF that city in the last year.
story is going the rounds in London that
the Shahzada wished to purchase the wife of
one of the Aldermen in that city recently.
Captain Bradford OF Hackensack, N. j., is
about to test in the courts the question whether
a clarlonet, played by the hour by neighbor,
is OF not an abatable nuisance.
Editor D. B. Cooke of the Niles (Mioh.) Mirror
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inventor of what is now termed the telauto-
graph. His portrait and sketch transmitted
by telautography are reproduced for compare
sen.
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CATARRH cured and no pay until cuerd
Treatment at office free. 925 Howard street. >
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5000 patrons attest that DR.. Eddy's method
of extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no
danger, no after effect. 822 Geary street.
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The. .bTtumfnots pavement which Van
Ness avenue isato: have viii. be a grateful
change from the present dusty roadway.