El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-02

for the second night and WAS 1nfOr NJ ed
at the box Office that the entire orches-
ira with the exception of the last two
rows was sold for the season. 1 made
some further inquiries and learned
that the advance sale this year had
outstripped any previous year, and
that the amount paid ior seats and
boxes Ia month before the opera sea-
son begins) reached S35O,OOO Ro meo
aud Juliet with Eams and Alverez
in the the title roles. will be the first
opera given next month. Ths second
night, December Goth, Calve will sing
Carmen. With the general run of
opera goers Cslve is the greatest favo-
last season great reception is prepar-
ing for her. It will be an event of
lifelong remembrance to see and hear
| how she is receixed next month. Tam
bauser will be sung on the 22nd, with
Milka Ternina as Elizabeth. Ternina
Is new star in the operatic frma-
ment anc there is great int crest dis
played in her New York debut. Mr..
Grau has retained all the old favo rites
aud added some new singers for the
coming season.
1t might be supposed from a glance
at this correspondence for the last few
weeks, that the writer of it had a
grudge against all the departments of
the city government. This. however,
is not fact. Anyone who aims to
cover the news of New York must fre
quently refer to the misgovernment of
the city because this misgovernment
is about the most conspicuous figure of
New York news. Confirming these
observations. must refer to
the action of our remark
able board of education in sup
pressing the publication of the report |
of the superintendent of public schools !
because the superintendent criticised |
the conditions prevailed in the Brook
lyn schools and alleged that the |
trouble lay in the fact that politica |
influence determined the selection of
teachers. The City club. the same
organization that is after the scalp of
our district attorney, will print and
pu ubllsh the report at its own expense,
The board of education recently ex-
cluded the publications of Henry Holt
u Co., from the schools because in q
magazine published by the same house
the editor had referred to. the pre-
sident of the board as ''a fine old edu-
cational mastodop." Only the scholars
suffer from this action, but the board
itself may suffer for its suppression of
the superin tsndent's report; the with
b holding of a public document being q
under the laws of the
state.
Mr. Croker and Mr.. Sheehau have !
made up" That is, Mr.. Croker has
had to admit tn at Sheehau is the demo- E
cratic leader in the ninth district be-
cause the latter carried the district in Z
The last election in spite of Croker's
effort to defeat the Sheehen candidates.
Mr.. Sheehan is all right" says Mr..
Croker. But" he adds, ''it. viii. be =
all right too II he is defeated rextI
ear" Mr.. CrOker's confession of del
feat is only impOr tant because the es-
'ence OF Tammany management and
strength lies in..discipline, aud if oceI
district leader can successfully revolt
here are many who stand ready, for .
'ue reason or another, to make similar 7
Probably in some such !
way, disaffection from within instead r
,f attacks from swithout, will finally
come the downfall of the Tammanv .
The gas mains in the city streets
lave lately contracted the habit oil
blowing up now and then. In the last |
week there have been two such acci- +
|ents, and in each case a person was
,!lled and large number of persons
wounded. One of the explosions took c
lace at the intersection of Canal II
treet and Broadway, one Of the most d
rowded corners in the city. One can
ead1ly imagine the disastrous effects
I downfall of cobble stones q such
point. The trouble arises from the
of earth around the pipes to
~ electric conduits. When the spa ce 9
not promptly filed in the lesky VI
ipes allow the hole to fill with gas and
hen some one throws a match or a.
GIFTED cigar into the cavity causing r
n explosion
One OF the 'saddest recOllections of
lsitors to New York is apt to be the G.
cab charges, which. are never b,
as than 81. Beginning with next jan ~
ary this extortion is to:be done away -
ith by the establishment of an .elec-