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The herald., 1896-06-12
Tho Victory of Variety

Music halls and variety shows are dis
placing the legitimate theaters in the
great cities of the world. London, Par
Is, Berlin. Vienna and New York have
successfully borne evidence of this fact
in the gradual increase in number and
prosperity In each of these cities of the
places of amusement where light vau-
deville entertainment is furnished, and
the corresponding decrease In number
and prosperity OF the houses In which
drama and opera are given. The change.
like most changes which affect or are
affected by the tastes of the entire pub
lie. has been gradual. 1t has even had
moments of complete arrest and per-
iods of retroversion. But these move
mentS and periods were as insignificant
comparatively as those corresponding
ones which biologists have noted in the
material notifications of the earth's
surface. The process of evolution from
the day of the drama and the opera to
the day of the variety show has been
marked by no abrupt declensions. Its
graduatiOns were almost imperceptible.
measured by such brief spans Of time as
are comprehended in the memories of a
single generation. But division of the
past century into decades, and the allot-
ment to each decade of it's own theatric
characteristic will lay them out to even
the Impractical eye in divisions as dis
tinct as those of the chromatic prism.
But the process of declension is not in
question. 1t is the motives-the ami
mating causes of the declension-which
attract the attention of the inquiring or
speculative mind. Why are Shake
speare's plays now virtual drug or
the Market" and why does the skirt
dancer or the six-voiced vocalist attract
the crowds and draw princely salary?
Is 1t that the plane of public intelligence
has become lower? Is it that the popu-
lar mind has become more volatile or
more frivolous than of yore? No. In
vestigation into other realms Of mental
application into other fields of applied
The reason for the supersedure of the
theaters by the music halls is simple.
Parallelism in it's simplest form fur
nisheS the clew to it. Within ten years
the metropolitan world has grown vast
ly buster. 1t requires twice the appli-
cation and twice the mentality for appli-
cation to make a living in a big city
nowadays that 1t did decade ago. And
as the world has grown busier-as men
have grown busier--as the daily grind"
of supplying the family larder has come
to demand and absorb more and more
of the mental effort and application the
minds applied-the mental springs bent
further and for longer times each day
than of yore, have come to relax with
commensurate violence and sudden
ness-have come to fly from the extreme
of compression and application to the
antithetical extreme of liberty and re-
Taxation. And the music hall perform
ance, the variety show, the entertain
ment without plot or purpose or con-
tinuity, is the extreme to which the
minds of metropolitans, super-applied
in the day, fly for relief at night.-New
York Journal.
The herald., 1896-06-12
a few days and is at the Ramona with

q few days and is at the Ramona with
his wife.
B. j. Seyluss of the Pony mines, Ariz-
ona, is in the city and Is at the hotel Ha-
mona.
S. b. Toby and wife of San Francisco
are among recent arrivals at the West
minister.
A. Reinhart. q well-known merchant
of Norwalk. Is at the Nadeau on a busi-
ness trip.
Mrs. T. B. Dlbblee and the Misses P. j.
and Inez Dibblee Of Santa Barbara are
at the Hollenbecls.
Mr.. George Moreau, New York buyei
for the Vile de Paris, left the city last
night for San Francisco.
N. w. McChesney, f. s. r. Prentiss and
f. M. Burnell. all of Chicago, are regis
tered at the Hollenbeek.
w. L. Pierce of San Diego came up to
this city yesterday afternoon and Is
registered at the Hollenbeck.
Edward Mckay and wife of Sacra-
mento arrived In the city yesterday and
are registered at the Nadeau.
w. H. Wyman Of Montreal and w. r.
Milligan of Toronto are prominent Cana
dians now at the Westminster.
John Hamilton Gilmour, the WE'LL
known desert litterateur, is In from Palm
Springs and stopping at the Nadeau.
Miss Beaver, Miss Ethel Beaver and
Miss Virginia Fitch form party from
San Francisco now stopping at the West
minister
The herald., 1896-06-12
The Human POrkcr

The horrible incidents of the free
banquet which turned out to be a
deaths feast, at Moscow, gave a view
of some of the Russian peasantry that
Is not exactly fiattering. The spectacle
of hundreds of thousands OF people
trampling each other under foot like a
mighty dcove of famished wolves, for
the purpose of obtaining cheap gilt
and what at best would be considered
frugal fare by ordinary people in this
country is certainly not an edifying
one. Little else is needed to prove the
utter failure of the Russian despotism
to lift up it's people.-Los Angeles Her.
aid
How about the public reception given
by the Chinese minister at Washington
not long ago? This fete was supposed
to have been attended by what we are
pleased to term the better class" This
intelligent and well-bred concourse, il
our memory does not fail us, acted in a
manner exactly similar to the Russian
mob, the only difference being that it
was on a smaller scal- When supper
was announced there was wild rush
for the supper room. They fought, JOS
tied and tore each others clothes Just
the same as the Russian moujiks. La
oies" emerged triumphantly into the
banquet hall with their dresses torn Off
their backs and almost naked, "eei.tle-
men" with scratched and bleeding faces
and their dress suits in tatters. And
then the orgy began. The human hog
was at feed, with both front feet in the
trough, L'-h"s were ga"0, d from the
table and carried off bodily, bottles Of
wine Nr.sted from th- ma DIS of SER
wants, cloths pulled off the tables, and
men and women fought like beasts for
food they had not even the excuse of
being in need of. At last the Mortified
barbarian from the FL ,wery Kingdom,
who was getting his first taste OF our
higher civilization, had to.send for de-
tachment of police, who finally sue
ceeded in clearing the house. probably
by a liberal use of the club. The human
hog is indigenous to no country He
roams freely from Greenland's icy
mountains to India's coral strand
Whether black. white or speckled he is
the same disgusting porker. He Is to
be met In every walk of life. He is con-
spicuous at every public gathering. and
II there Is anything eatable in sight he
chance he misses his opportunity and
gets left, no four-footed porker ever
sQuealed more piteously for its swill
than he does. If he is in business he
is looked upon by his admiring and en-
vious contemporaries as IAN enterpris-
ing fellow" IT a tramp he Is persist
ent and Unsuitable beggar-but he Is the
human hog. Under whatever guise he
may travel, he is not to be mistaken
For that matter. we are all hogs to d
greater or less extent, and the man who
has not few porcine qualities in his
composition Is very liable to be at the
tail of the procession, n,-Summerland
Advance
The herald., 1896-06-12
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

sarah Bernhardt claims that the wear
Ing OF diamonds destroys the best eX-
preston OF the face, dims the fire of the
e res and makes the teeth look like chalk
Her rad, however, is for costly gowns,
fhe Ias, magnificent acquisition being
lined with the sh ms of 200 ermines.
Miss Ella v. Hoba,-t of San Francisco.
who is engaged to mar ,ry Charles Adol-
phe BALDWIN, son of the .'ate Rear Ad-
miral Baldwin and brother o, MIS-. Dea-
con, possesses what is probably the COST
liest tennis court in the United states.
1t occupies the site of handsome r~esi-
dence which Miss Hobarts father pun
chased for $4,000.
According to information derived
from the archducal family, the Arch
duke Charles-Louis contracted his
fatal Illness during three-dayS' tour
on horseback to the Dead Sea. The
over-exertion, combined with the cold
night air, led to an indisposition the first
symptoms of which were fever and loss
of appetite followed by dysentery. The
archduke was accordingly obliged to
hasten his return, but. although still un-
well, he was able to give audiences for
few days after his arrival in Vienna.
Capt. Harry North, the elder son of the
Nitrate king" is as unlike his father
as son could we'll be. The opinion that
young NOftn VIII play DUCKS ana urdkeS
with his fathers millions has been ex-
pressed, but few things are less likely
to happen. Mr.. Harry North Is not ex-
actly the sort of young man in whom the
Young Mems Christian association de-
lights, but he Is one Of the class known
as steady" and has imbibed good
deal of his fathers shrewdness in busi-
ness matters without adopting the loud
and hamboyant methods for which the
"cOlOneI" was famous.
The Duke of Magenta, in marrying the
Princess Marguerite d'Orleans, has uni
ted himself to great heiress. Princess
Marguerite will inherit one-fourth of the
huge fortune of the Due de Chartres,
while her mother, the Duchesse de Char
tres, will be the coheiress of her parents,
the Prince and Princesse de Joinville.
who possess enormous wealth. The
Princesse de Joinville is daughter of
the Emperor Peter l. of Brazil, and
when she was married in 1S43 her dot in
money and estates was about 1000 000f
Princesse Marguerite will probably be
largely remembered in the will of her
uncle, the Due d'Aumale. with whom she
is a great favorite.
The herald., 1896-06-12
LOS ANGELES HERA1D FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE r.

associations In this country. having
1900. 600 shareholders, the,. are apous
220. 900 debtors to 1,5S0,000 creo.. LOTS, or
more than seven creditors to one de- '.oi' ~
Free coinage at 16 to would uhdoubr~'
edly help the debtors. 1t would enable
them to settle their obligations to their
fellow members at so cents on the dol
lar. But are the 1,500,O creditors all
bloated bondholders whom it would be
wrong to legislate out Of their property
in this way? And are the 220, 900 borrow
ers all poor and depressed by heavy
mortgages at usurious interest? Not
much! The debtors are usually worth
more than the creditors. Will the seven
creditors out of sympathy for the one
poor debtor this year vote to cancel one
half of his debt? Not II they know on
which side their bread is buttered.
The whole free coinage superstition
is delusion. There are far more cred
itors than debtors, and, strange as it
may appear. the creditors are compar-
atively poor.
The herald., 1896-06-12
PERSONALS

j. X. Armsby of Chicago is registered
at the Westminster.
G. w. Pritchard of Providence is stop
ping at the Hollenbeck.
Thomas Keogh of Sacramento Is
among Nadeau guests.
John G. North, prominent Riverside
lawyer, is at the Nadeau.
W. S. Woodruff prominent attorney
OF san Francisco, Is at the Westminster
A. Z. Stoner and wife of Glendora are
among recent arrivals at the Westmin-
ster.
Rev. S H. s. Gallaudet and wife of
beck.
DR.. r. c. Remondino, one of SanDiego's
pest known physicians, is at the Hollen-
beck
w. M. Hammerschlag of Newark. N. j..
beck.
G.. J. Carpenter. prominent stock
raiser OF Big Sandy. Texas, is at the Ra-
Dr. M. @. Jenison, leading physician
= ssn Antonio, Texas, IL In the city for
The herald., 1896-06-12
MINES AND MINING

w. A. Roren and Charles Binkley have
left for the desert. bound for the mines
in which the former is interested 1t Is
now his intention to devote his attention
to he mines enirely, believing that the
property being developed will repay l.
The claim is twelve miles north OF
Harper, on the Atlantic and Pacific, and
is known as the Robert Earle. 1t is
owned by w. A. Boren, w. A. Boren jr.
F, NJ. Peak and Earl Ames. The shahft
is now down twenty feet, and at that
depth twenty-four-inch vein of 5000
ore is found, and the richness of the
assay increases with depth.-San Ber-
nardino Times-Index.
A new strike has been made in the N
G. mine in the Rice district only few
miles from Warmers ranch. VIC. Moore
head has been secured by the Leon man.
agement as superintendent A very
fortunate selection for the company. l.
Menifee Wilson. the father of the Men,
ifee mining district, is still holding down
the boards at the Alice, and Is hopeful
and happy. Judge Noyes filed loca-
ton Monday on the Riverside mine and
Sheriff johnson on the Lone Star,
They are both in the Hemet mining dis
trict. The quartz mine owned by w
A. Hayt and w. S. White, situated in
West Riverside, promises to turn out
well. The shaft is down seventy feet
and the ore averages $13 per ton. The
following new mining locations were
filed in Riverside last Friday:O. Rob-
erts. Live Oak Oil company; S. E. Walk
er, War Eagle; Jeff McElvain, La Gre
ma; j. T. Tuttle. Galore. Reports come
from the mines south of town that ev-
cry one is doing well. and that the men
are averaging from SIS to $S per day. And
what may appear strange there is not
man in that section that is desirous
to sell out either his claim or an interest.
New Era.
l.. Hansen was down from the noun
tains again Monday, and to say that he
is enthusiastic over the coming pros
poets OF a lively mining camp being in
the Tauquitz mining district is putting
1t mildly. Mr. Hansen's best claim, the
one he takes the most pride in is the
Little Lily. He says the ledge is a well
defined one and can easily be traced for
twenty miles, and has a width of 100 to
800 feet. The majority of the claims
already taken are on this ledge
The rock has been assayed by different
assayers of Denver and Los Angeles. and
each assay brings the cheering news that
the rock pays to be mined. The rock will
run from $25 to $1,000 per ton. Hartman g.
vaughn having taken rock from their
claim that assayed repeatedly from 5000
to $500 per ton.
Tne mines are nearly all located about
twenty-eight miles east of this place
Strangers are passing through San ia
cinto almose daily on their way to the
mines. At least fifty having gone up in
the past four days with teams and pro-
visions enough for long stay. The ten
stamp mill of the Hemet Belle mine has
been brought into use, but on account
of not doing good work another mill is
now being negotiated for in San Fra n
cisco. Mr.. Hansen leaves TODAY for Los
Angeles to close up a deal for a, small
mill.-San Jacinto Register.
The herald., 1896-06-12
Theatrical Notes


Secretary Briscoe of the civil service
commission has ordered that applicants
shall imprint their thumb marks upon
their examination papers, to obviate the
present proxy nuisances. He acknowl-
edges that the idea came from Pudd'n-
head Wilson.
Clement Scott. the dramatic critic Of
the London Telegraph, finding himself
at the first night of Beerbohm Trees
King Henry ~. placed behind the big
hat Of an extremely tall woman. devot-
ed his analytical talent to description
of the obstructing article.
James O'Neill doesn't like bicycles. In
st. Paul recently he gave his wheel
views thus: mo, / don't ride bicy-
Gle. A horse Is good enough for me, and
the drives about my summer home at
New London are too delightful to be set
aside for passing fancy. Besides, this
wheel craze, which is only a fad, Is on
the wane. Over in England the best
people have dropped the bicycle, and in
Paris the interest Is beginning to die.
Inasmuch as we get our fashions from
quence that the craze will lessen here"
A New York letter says: Jennie
Worrell. of the once famous Worrell
family of singers and condolences, was
yesterday committed to Blackwell's s ISL
and for five days by Police Justice Crane
upon a charge of intoxication. Miss
Worrell is sadly changed in appearance
since the time when she was great fa-
vorite in this city. She is bloated with
dissipation and raggedly clothed. The
police justice recognized her name and
asked her If she had any home or friends
She replied in the negative and was sent
to the workhouse. One of Miss Wor-
rell's sisters is the widow of George s.
Knight"
Thomas H. Davis and William T. Ke-
ogh are negotiating for one of the new
lightning action guns, such as the Cuban
Junta in New York dispatched to Cuba
recently on the filibustering steamer
Laurada. This gun is described as
noiseless, smokeless and operated by q
secret force, which is able to project in
a minute enough bullets to slaughter a
large part of the Spanish army in Cuba.
1t is the invention of Joseph c. Perreault
of Montreal. 1t will be used in their
contemplated Cuban war play, Held Up
AT Havana. Capt. Macmillan Jantsha,
the Austrian military expert, who is op-
Grating the new gun in Cuba, will be Sc
cured if possible to appear'in the play.
The herald., 1896-06-12
FOUR YOUNG STREET ARABS
Arrested on Charge Of Stealing Lunches
From Q SchOoihonse

-Four youngsters were yesterday after
noon arrested by Officer Robbins on a.
charge of petty larceny and brought to
the police station. The boys were Louis
qe ooto, John Ellis, Wilkie Collins and
Henry Red, and were stated to have
entered the schoolhouse at Seventh and
Lemon streets in the morning and stolen
the scholars lunches. The specific
packet of victuals upon which the COM
plant was sworn out belonged to Bruce
Forbes and was valued at Is cents.
Inc officer found the boys swimming
in the river and got all four by Camping
on their clothes and compelling them to
come to him and dress. When lined up
before the police clerk 1t was found
that Collins had been in twice before
for petty offenses and the Ellis boy once
for stealing papers. The lads were at
once taken before the justice and ar
raigned, June 13 being fixed as date for
trial
The herald., 1896-06-12
AT THE THEATERS

ORPHEUM-This house has had a
week of unusual prosperity for the dou-
BILE reason that it is the only theater
open and also because the present pro-
gram is an excellent one. Ransone still
remains the same jolly prince of jokers,
His repertoire of local hits and comic
songs Is exceptionally good this week
and he is always the great inimitable
Ransone. Fields and Lewis, the merry
parodists, have made a rattling hit. The
clever trick violinist, Mons. Chevriel.
claims full share of applause for his
astonishing work on the violin. Irish
humor never had two better exponents
than Morton and Mack. Their present
turn is a rollicking one. Carr and Jor-
dan, travesty artists, the three brawny
athletes, the Nightons. and Watson and
Dupre, each contribute a bright turn
and there is a perfect reign Of fun all
along the line.
The herald., 1896-06-12
Who Is Oftenest rIentioned

In Paris the manager of a clipping
bureau whose agency reads all the
papers of the world recently made a
calculation as to who is oftenest men
toned as public character Napoleon
l stands first. although this Is probably
in consequence of the passing fashion of
things Napoleon that set in some time
ago. Then comes the Emperor of Ger
many, then Prince Bismarck and in the
fourth place Mr.. Gladstone.
The herald., 1896-06-12
Sis for SE

We can sell new cottage of five
rooms, good lot, street improved, at SIS
per month, which will rent for that
Your interest will be less than SIS per
month This beats renting by $40 per
month, besides the increase in value.
Better see this. Langworthy Co., 226
South Spring.
The herald., 1896-06-12
More Creditor. Than D.htor.

The Teachers Cooperative Building
and Loan association of New York city
has 615 members. OF this number sew
enty-dve are borrowers of funds--that
u. debtors to the others. II this ratio is
maintained in the 5000 building and loan
The herald., 1896-06-12

Try our port and snerry wines at rs
cents per gallon. 4. Vache & Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets Tele-
ph,n 300.
The herald., 1896-06-12

Charles Layer, from the City of Mex
leo. is among recent arrivals at the Hol-
leuheck
The herald., 1896-06-12

Paint, floor, 75c. s2s s. Spring.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-12

could at alone in granting belligeren-
cy. but said that the belief that it co uld
only existed in the minds of certain very
estimable gentlemen in the Senate
chamber just now in very excitable
frame Of mind. He said that he did not
agree with Secretary Olney politically,
but he was not afraid to trust him in the
diplomatic affairs of this government
At 2 pm. as there were other senators
vino desired to speak, objection was
made to the resoluticns maintaining its
plac and it went to the calendar under
the rules. Speeches may be made on nAthe
consideration Of the conference report.
Mr.. Sherman. although yielding TO Mr..
Turpie Democrat of Indiana, to conclude
his remarks on the Dupont case. said that
he should be compelled to insist upon the
consideration of the conference report,
which the rules permitted to be called up
at any time.
Mr.. Turpie at 2.05 took the floor on the
Dupont case concluded his speech, ssand
then, ,safter an executive session the Senate
adjourned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-12
RoBBINe THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
A Scheme Whereby the Treasury Was,
Pillaged of $4,000.

Chicago, March 1.-THE Times Herald
says: Thousands Of dollars have been
filohed from the city treasury through q
clever scheme concocted by three tax
sharks, clerk in the oomptrollers' Office
and another in the department. of special
assessment tax receipts. 1t is another
grab at special assessment fund, and
while it is not known just how much
money has been obtained it is possible
that $40, 600 or $25, 600 slipped out of the
peoples vaults before the conspirators
were detected. Investigation has already
developed that they have obtained st
least $40. 600. Neither Comptroller Weth-
erel, City Treasurer Wolfe nor Chief of
Police Badenoch will give the names OF
these implicated in the fraud. The tax
sharks have been located. 1t is probable
that several arrests will bs made today.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-12
in THE HOUSE.

The House today resumed the con sider-
alton of the post office appropriation bill
The provision in the bill to make the pay
of inspectors, hereafter appointed, $1,000 a
year, increasing each year of service until
a compensation of $1,000 is reached, was
ruled out on point of order.
Mr.. Quigg, Republican Of New York,
moved TO reduce the appropriation for
ths pay of inspectors from $4,000 to
Sl76, 900 SO as to cut off the appointment
of 80 additional inspectors which the
committee intended the post Office depart
ment to have. Mr.. Quigg characterize d
the ''spy SYSTEM as pursued by the de-
partment in the past two years as shame
and disgrace.
Mr.. Cummings, Democrat of NewYork,
made a vigorous speech against the spy
system and policy of the postoffice depart
ment Mr.. Quigg closed the debate in
favor of the amendment. After the dis
oussion it was adopted 161 to 63. No
proposed and the committee rose and IA
vorably reported the bill to the House.
Mr.. Bromwell, Republican of Ohio
moved to strike out tho appropriation of
1886, 600 for special facilities on the trunk
lines between Boston via New York and
Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans.
A vote on the motion resulted, yeas Ill,
nays 1874. The members from the east and
south voted in favor of the appropria-
ton. The bill passed and the House ad-
iourned,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-12
A BANK CASHIER FAILED.
And Now Some of His Backers Are wor.
ried About Their Money.

Bath, N. Y. March 1.-THE announce
ment of the failure of W. W. Allen, the
late cashier of thesFirst National Bank,
has caused considerable excitement in
financial circles here. Allen was the
principal stakeholder in the Hammond s
Port Wine Company for v hich a receiver
was appointed yesterday. His liabilities
are $103,000 and his assets $50, 600.
c. S. Bronnell & Co., hardware deal
ers, of which Allen was the "compa N.Y.
were closed by the sheriff tonight on
chattel mortgages. Allen was interested
in numerous enterprises and large num-
ber of people are interested as end ors-
ers of his notes.