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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
MUSIC.

Mr.. .Paur and his were in fine fttle Ia "A
Opera House memorable for the music PLAYED
and the manner OF the performance. Tho nro
gramme was evenly divided between Beethoven
and Wagner. the former being represented by thu
three instrumental movements from the ninth sym.
phony and tho third "Leonore" overture the
Idy, prelude 10 the third act Of "Lohengrin." tia
prelude and finale Of Tristan and Isolde" and
the Ride OF the Valkyrior." from die Walkure
IL was somewhat too generous scheme but our
visitors were Violently determined 10 make an i'm.
preston that would last through the musc-barrsn
summer months, and they certainly dd It, With
the Scherzo OF the symphony Mr. Paur carried M,
audience Ga remarkably fine and numerous one by
the way completely off its feet fguratvely speak.
ing. more dashing performance could scarcely
be perceived, though We fancy Beethoven woud
have been startled by the tempo which was 80 n.
variaby rapid especially In the Trio as 10 defeat
some Of the composers gracious purposes In ,hs
proportional or exposItory part OF the first nova
ment he could also have wished greater deli1Ara-
ton and elasticity but the Illustrative portion va,
superb In its cearness and orllllancy The Wag.
ner numbers have figured before on the pro-
grammes which Mr. Paur has devoted to that com.
poser but he has never given them with greater 20.
feet. Even the somewhat tawdry overture 70 RI.
enzi" was made positively uplifting and y no
audience had had it's way the "IOhengrn" music
would have been repeated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
TWO NEW SHIPS.

The launching OF two new ships Of the Navy,
successfully effected yesterday at Newport
News, IS an incident upon which the Nation
Is to be cordially congratulated 1t is not In all
respects a novelty. Since the time when, IN
der the patriotic Administration OF Chester A.
Arthur and the constructive genius OF John
Roach, the building of a new Navy worthy Of
the United States was auspiciously begun. the
people Of this country from Maine 10 Califor-
MIA have become accustomed 10 the launching
OF warships Yet, though accustomed, they
have never lost interest in them The launch
ing Of the twentieth or thirtieth vessel Is as
aspiring q spectacle as that OF the first and
its appeal TO patriotic pride and 10 feelings Of
Increased confidence in the security Of the
Commonwealth is no less strong. Indeed such
feelings steadily deepen and strengthen as the
people see that naval reconstruction was no
shortlived spasn, but has become a systematic
labor and fixed habit of our National life
In these fifteen years Administrations have
changed. and policies Of Government but the
principle adopted IN 1883 has never been aban-
doned. From having practically no Navy at
all the United States has risen TO be the fifth
sea power in the world, with prospect of soon
being the fourth. and perhaps the third
But IN one respect yesterdays launching was
not only novel. but actually unique Not before
has this country, and seldom has any country
sent from the ways in a single day two
lrst-class battle-ships. Never has any nation
launched, together or separately, two such ships
as these since no such ships have ever before
been built. 1t is entirely within bounds to saw
that the Kearsarge and the Kentucky Will. when
complete, be so superior 20 any others aioat
under any flag that they will form a class apart
and distinct by themselves. The Indiana has
been pronounced by competent and not too
friendly authorities TO be the most effective all
round fighting ship In the world. These two
will be decidedly better than she. II has often
been said that the United States Navy should
be and is ship for ship. equal TO any in the
world When these two vessels are in commits
Aion 1t may DO confidently said that to the ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
MIR. ELLSWORTH'S DUTY.

Senator Ellsworth has taken O position from
which he cannot honorably retreat without con-
Tossing that his concern for pure rural pr1ma'
ries was not real. but merely assumed for the
purpose Of defeating the bill which ne pre-
tended 10 favor. After having had the Pr
mary bill before him in committee for days
Just as It was being put on its final passage
he startled everybody by pleading for It's re-
commttal for amendment to extend TO the
country primaries the protection OF the law.
That IS Just what the anti-machine Republi-
cans want, and 1t is the sure way to restore
harmony by making oil political action so free
and fair as TO command general acquiescence
and satisfaction, whatever be the result OF n
contest. Until such general fairness is as
sured there can be no certain harmony, for.
while It is in the power Of State convention
constituted by corrupt rural caucuses TO domi-
nate the party. there Is no way Of commanding
the respect and support Of voters who have
pure primaries in the cities only to the end
that their voices may be drowned by the shouts
OF fraudulent country delegates.
Let Mr. Ellsworth at once show his sincerity
by formulating as a separate measure suita-
BILE TO rural conditions the amendment which
he sought to fasten on the city bill. He
realizes how necessary 1t Is as a measure OF
harmony He also knows how necessary It IS
es measure Of honesty. He cannot be ig-
norant how the caucuses Of his own district
have been repeatedly carried by the aid Of
large sums of money sent into It from outside
and by free-whiskey campaigns Of the most
d!sgraceful character. he understands how at
many country caucuses more votes are some
times cast than there are members OF the party
IN town. He heard Senator Tibbitss frank and
truthful declaration on the floor Of tho Senate:
THE same reasons exist for granting rural
voters primary reform there arc for grant
ling II to city voters. There is the same fraud
"the same bribery at rural primaries as at city
primaries" AS Mr.. Tibbits says, a conces
sion Of honest primaries 10 the cities and failure
TO give them TO the country Is q confession Of
an intention 10 cheat the average Independent
voter. The Independents in the cities are so
strong and compact that II has been thought
necessary to conciliate them II the intention
IS TO harmonic them by giving them a sem
blance Of political freedom while really con-
trolling them by keeping country independents
IN subsection. the clever course has been taken,
provided It succeeds. But If the machine Is TO
have any credit for honest intention 1t must
give 10 all citizens the same protection in the
exercise Of their political rights.
1t Is no harder to draw a bill suitable to the
country than It would have been to amend the
city bill suitably, and Mr.. Ellsworth. having en-
tered on the task, IS bound to do his duty by
the rural voter. If he does not, they will he
able accurately to estimate his devotion to Do
lltical honesty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
JOSEPH HOFMANN'S RECITAL.

Joseph Hofmann did not give any new revea.
| lions as to hts power % artist at his third
| recital yesterday afternoon In Carnegie Hall,
! though he confirmed and decpened the admiration
which his tremendous skill az n vlrtuoso Of tho
higher and worthier sort has hitherto called forth
The reason for this lay strictly IN the limtat ons
put upon him by his programme II afforded no
smallest scope for great artists powers NJ in
/ terpretation; almost the only item upon Il which
called forth the exercise Of deeply musical feel
ing Chopin's Sonata in r fiat minor Tho
rest was in greater less degree material FOR
the virtuoso purely. II not "A list ~ piece,
that musician Of the gifts and attainments Il
Mr. Hofmann ought to have put before the public.
Yet the conviction was continually forced on his
hearers that In his most purely technical
achievements there never quite lacking the
warm blood and pervading charm OF a deeply
musical temperament.
Such It was however. the programme was
performed throughout with almost consumma,e
mastery. and the young mans playing may well
have called forth the enthusiasm that II did from
audience that filled very many 81 the seats IN
the big hall Mr.. Holman reads poetry and mys-
terry and unutterable sadness and gloom IN The
Chopin Sonata It performance OF much
imagination-of somewhat more Imagination IN
fact than he showed at his last recital in Chopins
b minor Sonata-and displayed the resources
Of variety and beauty OF tone-quaty Of rhythm
and Of large and discerning style. The funeral
sentmentality In the trio: he took the finale az A
bewildering speed, but put more color and accent
into II than some OF those who exploit the ghos'y
Interpretation mentioned-entirely without author
ity, OF course-on the programme Hanfels d
minor variations cannot convey much Of charm 70
audience OF this day and generation even when
played with such fnesse and brhancy as Mr.
Holman lavished on them nor can the variations
by Rubinsten. op. IS. do much more. They are
series OF merciless length that wellnigh exhaust
tho technical powers we'll tho physical
strength OF him who attempts 70 play them. The
concert giver made disclosure OF both that could
only compel the highest admiration; but there
thing he could not do and that make
them interesting. Three short pieces by Rus
sian composer Of unfamiliar name Scriabne. had
n certain interest, gloomy etude in key set
down as d sharp minor charmingly mefodieus
prelude and breathless etude in thirds, AR.
Holman also played two pieces OF his owg7a
bolero and an !ntermezzo; Saint-Saenss arrange
rlent OF excerpt from Glucks "Alceste" and
Tausg's Zigeunerweisen. He yielded with a some
what unw1se readiness TO the audiences demands
for extra pieces. ir1Dc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
THE SUNKEN BELL."

Another change OF bill was made az the Irving
Place Theatre last night, and Nine. Agnes Sorma
appeared IN Hauptman's The Sunken Bell THIS
was one OF the favorite plays OF her repertory
year ago. and the popularity which II then gained
renewed last evening. The actress appears IN
Il TO the best advantage In some OF the parts
which she has acted since her arrival here sne
made her success simply by the trick OF being
natural which often. is scarcely more than a trick
In the commonplace costume OF the present day
Nine Sorma does not always escape looking COM
rnonplace. Her personality makes her interesting.
but II IS in spite OF tho way she looks IN her part
She even appears awkward at times. But ~hen
she puts herself in tho guise OF the elnsh. myse-
rious only half tangible Rautendelein IN draperies
that suggest the waters and mists OF the mount.
ain clinging about yer she Incomes So,'iesT r.
graceful and altogether fascinating one seems
far moro herself as this creature OF the magma
ton than she does the preposterous ana prosal'
Nora the ridiculous wife who is the cehtFa' "s
ure of "FaithcSs." . 4,
Nine Sorma has the quality Of imagination IN
largo measure. and She employs II III ms Paii "a
convey 10 her audience the paihos OF sSu,.ei
being in its longing for state Wich - 1'iil'.'.
better. while seeming worse than Us own, one q.
the most deeply poetical notions ABOUT iarles J.,
their envy OF mortals, in splte OF Az 'ne'' liz
Nine SOrma is most happy IN realizing 1. ~
physical attributes of such part as I'M. Lmgg3i
mean much that without them the par w. 49, "a
be almost worthless. Much or the par ilu'cu, -
pantomime and Il expresses Itself as much tltoush
the winning presence OF the actress as throuss
anything that she says or does she WAS ""S 80
n beautiful picture. whether the eXtgency or 'Dc
moment called upon her 10 be anything esq "
not. . -,r,,r
There was scarcely room for another spectagyii
I'm the house last night. THE Sunken Ben ni
be repeated tonight ana to.morr9 T nsh =, ths
next week "Divorcons' and The RAINING % 49,
Shrew" will be given
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
THE DISPENS4RY BILL.

According to Edward T. Devlne general secretary
OF the Charity Organization Society. and Homer
Folks. secretary OF tho State Charities Aid Asso-
citation. who have written to The Tribune. the
statement made yesterday that the Dspensary bill
now pending before the Legislature. has the sup
port OF those two organizations Is Incorrect
Dr. u. u. St John Roosa also writes TO The Trib-
une 70 declare that the bill takes away from dis
pensary managers their vested rights. and adds
that these managers will object, II need be. the
last extremity: legal. If necessary . to a law
which enables the State Board to refuse TO grant
or annul license dispensary without assign
ing any reason for their action" Or. Roosa pro-
ceeds to say that committee appointed by more
than thirty OF the dspersaries OF this city at
tempted TO secure a conference with tho authors
and hackers Of the DIspensary bill. but that the
conference refused. DR.. Rosa adds that tho
Medical Society of tho state OF New-York and the
homeopathic State. Medical Society have united
In opposing the bill
Mr. Deyne and Mr. Folks say: Whatever views
may he entertained by members or managers (of
the Charity Organization Society and the State
NmaiI,'eS Ald AsSocldI )hl respecting me Dill no
oli1lal acton has been taken upon 1t 10y either
society; and therefore neither society should be
deemed 70 either support or oppose IT.
Tho Dispensary bill has caused much discussion
and some disagreement among New-York physi-
sion or tho Legislature such n bill WAS introduced
ana received tho support Of the state Board OF
than the bill before the Legislature II is as
sumed' therefore, by Its friends that the members
OF the present State Board OF Charities would have
favored the present bill had II not been introduced
TOO early TO como before them. Dr. Arthur NJ
said last night; The present bill drafted only
after a VIDE discussion and It has received the
county Medlcal society. tho Kings County Medical
Association; tho New-York County Medical Asso-
cation ana some ten or twelve other medical or
1t is declared by friends Of tho bill that a great
Of the Charity ORGANIZATION society and the state
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25

single to the opportunity for partisan advan'
tage No matter what else this bill may ac-
compllsh In the interest of the individual voter
or for the public good. ut will be the cause Oh
"dissension in the Republican party. there
store vote aye"
What significant therefore" It Is, to ne sure
To anybody but the active, practical, procession
nj politician It may seem n ridiculous non sequl-
tnr. To the politician it is broad. logical COM
nrehensive: covering the whole case. Ana IL
doubtless applies to all legislation or poi'u-
cal character which these SOlons nave ma uh-
der consideration during the session III any
citizen of an nQurlns mind ask "Wherefore'
when the Tammany Democrat votes Tor OF
against n bill. the responsive therefore must
No simply because the bill will help or hurt
the other side That Is the Tammany Idea OF
politics; Of legislation; of craftsmanship. It's
nm easy lesson to learn. 1t does not tax the
intellect or worry the brain. Concerning all
legislative propositions there IS one supreme
and only test. That Is, "Wl 1t help or hurt
the other fellowsg AS It will help or hurt
the statesman's vote must be cast. NO other
consideration Is Of the slightest consequence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25

1t can be readily understood that Mr.. Orr.
comprehending the implication contained In
Assistant Corporation Counsel Creamer's asser
ton that he was large stakeholder in the
Manhattan company. was averse to announcing
publicly that he sold the few shares which he
owned he learned that the Manhat
tan was likely to ask for franchises. and
his obedience to what he considered TO be his
duty should be valued accordingly. 1t is
pleasure 10 add that no respectable citizen OF
NewYork would feel the slightest uneasness
concerning Mr.. Orr's official conduct II Mr..
Creamer's rank misstatement were the truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25

weak but unusually strong. Preparations FOR
April settlements cause more shifting than
usual because the settlements are larger, Dut
create no strngency. 1t Is natural that the
banks also make reasonable preparations Tor
larger demands in case of war than had been
expected. but even this they have done With
out restricting business, rs the generally we'll
sustained volume of exchanges throughout the
country proves The latest statement OF oil
clearlngs outside OF New-YOrk shows gain of
9.S per cent compared with the same period in
1892, the year OF greatest prosperity. or alarm
in commercial or Industrial quarters there Is
so little as TO cause general surprise, In view
of the excitement prolonged for weeks and the
depression in speculative markets. These, 1t
must be admitted. are strong indications that
those who have kept cool and have shown I'M
shaken faith in their country and Its govern
ment thus far are not likely to lose their heads
in panic II the event they have for more than
n month considered possible should occur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

a number OF years ago John Nanchant sent
from this city TO South Dakota with number Of
other homeless orphan lads. Some time afterward
he drifted TO Alaska and went to the Yukon region
when the gold excitement broke out there. He says
he has succeeded In making about 81 OO0. CO., and Is
about this city TO find a WIFE upon
whom he Will settle 100000 tho day OF her wed
ding.
Several towns In Connecticut have claimed each
that tho first person In this country to receive a
patent had lived In that town. Ii Is doubtful IL any
claim older date than the following: Otis
a. Smith. manufacturer OF firearms at Rockfall is
in direct line Of descent from joseph Jincks az
Lynn. Mass. the first recorded inventor I'm America
In 1855 he was granted patent for an improved
scytae. lie also made the first castings I'm this
country. and IN 1862 made the dies for the farous
pine Tree" shngs In 1914 Mr.. Jincks made for
the city OF Boston the first fire engine in America
and his name Is also associated with other inven
lions OF that time-(ilartford Courant.
The Coroner's jury OF Lake City s c. declares
that Frazier y. Baker. the negro postmaster OF that
town. and his infant child came to their death nv
"glmshot wounds from the hands OF parties I'M
known 10 the jury" The Charleston News and
Courier" is mortified and indignant at this ending
OF the case. and says: While we cannot blame tha
solicitor or the jury. II is evident that there is some
thing wofully wrong in the judicial machinery OF
hnis stats when month after SO atrocous O crime
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
GENERAL BUTTS CHIEF OF STAFF.
LIEUTENANT II. g. CLARK ADJUTANT OF THE
FIRST BATTALION. TWELFTH REGI-
NENT. CHOSEN

First Lieutenant Henry Schiefelin Clarke. adJu-
tant OF the First Battalion, 18th Regiment, has
been appointed Assistant Adjutant-General on
the stan OF General Butt. with the rank OF Lieu
tenant Colonel
Like many OF the appointments which have grown
out OF the creation OF tho new brigades. this one
will be credited to the 18th Regiment. The new
chief of staff enlisted private In the Tenth
Company on March 10. 1850. made corporal
November .. 1851. and sergeant December II. 1884
lie received his honorable discharge April /.
1884, and entered the service again first lieu
tenant of Company d, 18th Regiment. on January
II. 1898. He became adjutant May ., 1893. and held
tina: place when appointed by General Butt as his
chief Of STAFF. He Is member of the st. Nicholas
Society and the Society OF Colonial Wars.
The appointment Of Lieutenant Colonel Clark
leaves only the places of JudgeAdvocate and one
aid to be filed on the First Brigade staff which
is now composed follows: Lieutenant Colonel
Henry Schienelin Clark assistant adjutant gen
eral: Major Walter r.. Lambert. surgeon; Major
Newbold Morris inspector; Major Schuyler Scheffe-
lin, Inspector OF rifle practice; Major Frank B.
Keech engineer: Major Robert 7. Narnum. com
missary Of subsistence; Major Francis T. Under
hill, quartermaster; Captain James W. Girard. jr..
aide -de-camp.