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New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
c. L. ROS,SITER IS PLEASED
INTIMATES HE WILL ADOPT SOME REC
COMBINATIONS OF RAILROAD
COMMISSION.

President Clinton L. Rossiter Of the Brooklyn
2 Rapid Transit Company, when seen at his home,
in Montgomery Place. Brooklyn. yesterday
corning the recommendations made in the report
of the State Railroad Commission was non-con-
initial in his reply to questions as to the way in
which the recommendations would be earried out.
Concerning the most important suggestion-that
optional transfers be given to the trolley cars or
the elevated railroad-he would say nothing He
intimated, however. that the other suggestions
would be adopted. AS he had not received the
report of the Railroad Commission President Ros-
sitter said that he could not discuss 1t IN detail.
'Of course, have read the papers," he said,
''but of them give the rApnrt exactly in the
way, although the substance the
Until L have had a chance 70 study the
report carefully I cannot say just what we will do
in regard TO it,
'I was not surprised at ALL" continued Mr. Ros-
sitter. that the Railroad Commission should speak
highly of the system of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company it is operated The COM
plants of the public made the spur of the
moment, it were. The system was then being
changed rapidly that the public could not under
stand It. They thought that everything that was
proved benefit II they had only waited and aot
made their complaints at once they would have
had better service than we are giving to-day.
The suburbanites especially are much benefited.
ever before, and as a rule the cars are not 50
crowded as before OF & eonrse people have to stand
II am running this road to benefit the company
benefit the public We make it our rule to study
all the time to give the public what is needed The
foanad fbe Somigsioners the Company Intended
'9rhe Commissioners did most excellent work In
deal of time in getting a thorough understanding
of the situation. am pleased with their report"
siter to commit himself on the subject Of optional
transfers. but he would not say that he was a as
other parts.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
BLOWING UP CAMPBELL RUINS
HEAVY CHARGE OF, DYNAMITE SENDS
BRICKS FLYING AND ALARMS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD

The people wllthan several blocks of the ruins Of
the wall paper factory of William Campbell & Co.,
Nos 425 to ABS East Twenty-fourth-st which was
destroyed by fire Friday night. startled
yesterday afternoon by explosion which shook
their houses broke windows and alarmed the
neighborhood generally. Some one said boat
must have blown up, and then some one said a
boat had blown UP. Thousands of persons rushed
toward the Greenpoint ferry, but they quickly saw
the real of their alarm
Assistant Superintendent Cody Of the Building
Department and large gang of men were en-
ployed all day Saturday and yesterday in throwing
down the factory walls, which threatened to col
lapse and destroy the surrounding buildings. To
hasten their work they used dynamite. They
were working the East Twenty-fourth-st. wall
and the workmen put in an extra heavy charge of
dynamite. Wnen 1t exploded the wall fell with
tremendous crash.
The bricks flew in every direction, some going as
far as First-ave.. a long block. Others hit the
Greenpoint ferryhouse, and several members of a
funeral party had narrow escapes. Policeman Nc
Cue OF the East Twenty-second-st. station, stood
at Avenue A and Twenty -fourth-st., and frag-
ment of a brick hit his helmet, crushing it and
raising a lump on his head.
20 my my" the policeman groaned i m
done fort"
man accent ran up to him. He saw that McCue
You're not hurt man he said. why are you
man would never mind it."
''And II my head was as thick as a Dutchman s
neither would l." retorted Mccue He walked over
TO Bellevue Hospital, where surgeon laved the
bump with soothing applications and took couple
of stitches In his scalp. Then he returned 10 MS
large steel chimney was thrown down by totne the
on a tenement house. the property OF Robert De
HiehwaVs awe Several families within were much
frightened and were ordered 10 vacate ny me
ants We're injured. The building is badly dam
aged.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
CORNIsH's CROss-EYAMINATION.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE CONTINUED ALL
DAY TOMORROW.

The trial of Roland B. MoineuX will tomorrow
enter its eighth week, with every possibility of
stretching out to at least another eight weeks.
When the early adjournment taken Friday
the cross-examination of Harry S. Cornish had
been opened. and tomorrow he will resume the
stand again.
1t is known that the cross-questioning of Cornish
by Barlow S. Weeks will be particularly severe,
and may If general expectations are realized be
productive of interesting developments. The
continued cross-examination of Cornish will take
up the whole of to-morrow's hearing. and, 1t is
said, will In all likelihood extend over Wednesday.
A A. Harpster and Professor Witthaus who
stand. Before the prosecutions case is closed. Mr..
Osborne proposes to offer further evidence that
Moneux wrote the address the poison package.
TO this end he has retained several other experts
in addition those who have already been sworn,
bank cashiers and other lay witnesses whose busl-
ness requires the constant comparison of hand
writings They will not be called on, however to
testify at any greater length than mere express
sion of opinion, without going into the reasonings
on which their opinions are based.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
IN MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
MASONIC LODGES ATTEND SERVICES IN
COMMEMORATION OF THE ONE HELD
IN THIS CITY ONE HUNDRED

YEARS AGO.
The hundredth anniversary OF the funeral
service held by the Masonic lodges of this city
when the death of George Washington was an
nounced in 1893 observed yesterday by the
lodges OF this jurisdiction.
Seventeen lodges Of the Eighth Masonic District
were represented at the service in the Fourth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, and the services at the
Church of the Epiphany were held under the
auspices of Hope Lodge. Gavel Lodge No 70s. F.
and a. NJ. and York Lodge No. 1s7 F. and A NJ
attended the Church of the Saviour.
These special services at the request of
Grand Master Wright D. Pownall of the State OF
New-York. who recently issued an encyclcal to all
the Masonic lodges under his Jurisdiction sug-
gestng that the fraternity commemorate the an
niversary by the attendance of the members of the
various lodges at service the clergymen OF the
churches selected being asked to preach sermons
on the life and character of Washington There
were no Masonic ceremonies in the churches but
the Masons who attended wore their regalia The
Grand Lodge attended in st. Andrews Protestant
Episcopal Church. where the Rev Dr. George r
Van De Water. the Grand Chaplain of th6 State
preached. Services were also held in the Temple
pr. Or: Van De Water preached special sermon in
liam and a Mason. Referring to the fact that Wash
Perhaps it is ut as we'll or this Re oouIrv Mater said
ne left no descendants to detract from his fame"
Ihe lodSes or the sixth and seventh districts OF
New-York yesterday afternoon attended St Paul's
seating capacity anS neUpI %s sfoed ned n TaF M Meeyond its
majority of the men were In Masonic regalia Ths
Rev. Dr. George r. Van De Water officiated assist
ed by the Rev w; Montague Geer. the Rev. Robert
motifs Kemp and the Rev. T. j. Crosby WASH
lngtons pew was draped with the National nas
and was unOccupied. 7
Memorial services were also held hv tbA Ioau..
of the Fourth District in the Grand iodTs Rao1,
Of the Masonic Hail. Twenty third-st ana Sixth
ave. IN the afternoon The lodges taking ma ~
were 81 Johns Independent Royal Arch Holland
ANTIQUITY, Prince of Orange. Pioneer Washins.
Ton, Adelphl, Alhten, Mount MOrlah Benevolenf
pirigo Lotus. Howard. Concord, Manhattan
Hancock strict oSssrvaan' mon'g9merS Naval John
District Deputy Grand Master George H. Phil
ups IN his Introductory remarks, told OF the ser.
wee held a hundred years ago In st. PauTs chapel
ON the table In front of him the Bible pre-
serVed oy 81 Johns Lodge. which Washing.
ton in this city "e"'@
The Rev; John T. Patey OF ST. Luke's Their
delivered the address Washington
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

Mr. Paderewskt has never appeared 10 better ad-
vantage in New-York than he did at the concert
which ne gave with an orchestra under tue ulee
tion of Mr. Walter Damroseh in Carnegle Han
last night. 1t was an undertaking prompted oy An
artists desire to do something in the large forms.
and the comparative indifference with which the
announcement OF il was received py the puolic
(as disclosed by the difference in the demands for
seats for it and the recitals) not without lts
element of singularity, and even humor; but when
the concert room thrown open last night IL
soon became plain that the want OF public interest
was but seeming Carnegie Hall never held more
numerous audience echoed to more gadsome
acclaim AS for the concert itself. though 1t began
with great dignity and beauty, it grew with every
moment and ended with the familiar scene or
fenetic enthusiasm. though men composed large
proportion OF the audience. and the choice OF
niece with orchestra with which to close the
cert did not invite 10 the usual demand for an
added group OF solo pieces Iovelier tribute could
not have been paid 10 an artist than Mr.. Pade-
rewsk received during the two hours OF his enter
tainment in the rapt attention given to every note
of the music and the joyous plaudits which fol
lowed every number on the programme.
AS an exposition OF the qualities In which the
multitude are disposed to see Mr.. Paderewski's
highest qualities, the middle portion of the pro-
gramme. composed Of a set of Chopin pieces, in
vited attention. but all OF the pieces had been
played here before by Mr.. Paderewski, and when
critical comment run out only INTO repetition
of eulogistc phrase, 1t occasionally be spared
| Where the commentator might proftaby dwell
| would be in the department which gave the con-
| cert its reason for being. Mr. Paderewski played
Beethoven's concerto In E-hat and his Fan
| tasie Polonaise. LONELINESS was wreathed about
! every measure Of the concerto. and the fantasia
which grows in impressveness with every hearing.
preached a most convincing sermon concerning the
| spirit of the music of the people to whom the
| composer-pianst belongs. 1t given authorita-
lively. of course but better than that, 1t was
| given so that its beauties home every one
IL
have heard the music for the first time. Mr. Dam
rosch accompanied it apprecatively and spiritedly
and in two OF Dvoraks Slavonic dances won warm
applause for himself and his men
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

Madame Calve emphasizes the want delibera-
ton in Marguerte's conduct and vividly pictures
the tragic development OF the character The prog
ress continues with great strides. In the cathedral
scene she goes outside the book for another bit of
play which accentuates the horror of the denoue-
ment. The represents the porch OF the
church instead OF the interior The device Is not
new, the change having been adopted long ago for
the obvious purpose of saving a change of scene
Madame Calve has a shrine placed in the porch
Votive candles burn before the figure of the Virgin
Mary: others, unlit. await purchase in a font
near by Marguerite takes one, lights it, places II
in a socket and. kneelng. begins her prayer:
Seigneur! daignez permettre a votre humble SER
Vante,
De sagenoulller devant
It is bit of local color. which only helps to
give versimiltude to the scene but also gives a
its awful secret. But this whole scene. whether
enacted in the church out. is pallid and theatr-
cal compared with the corresponding scene in
Goethe's tragedy. and would gladly get rid of
II all If II necessary in order get rid OF IT'S
absurd red devil Another step In the gc growth
of the character and the climax is reached For
the prison Mime. Calve has utilized effects
which she invented for Boito's ''Mefstofele" She
has a huge stone In her cell. and 10 this shA
clings conyulsvely while singing "Anges purs
anges radieux." etc. The stickler for correctness
will scarcely pardon the Introduction of a roadside
cross In a prison cell (when the best IL can only
be said TO be a substitute for a wall crucIhx) and
the aims OF Nine. Calve We're frustrated hv ,hA
instability OF the cross, which. supposed IN he
massy stone, would shake whenever she moved
hut Il will be long before those who saw her will
forget the conyusive intensity of her define alton
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
A NEW YEARS GREETING.

a work too great for him to realize his antici-
pations.
DR.. William Henry Green, president OF the
Theological Seminary, said:
In Dr. Purves's acceptance of the call the SEM
mary will sustain a great loss, and it will mean
a serious loss to the First Presbyterian Church
His work is certainly highly priced The Fifth
ave. church shows good taste in calling him.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

Karl Millocker. Viennese operetta composer, was
horn at Vienna, May 90, asi2. He pupil of
the conservatory of the Society of Friends OF
Music and in 1864 was appointed conductor of the
opera at Graz. In 1866 a similar appointment was
given him at the Harmonietheatre in Vienna; but
this soon fell into bankruptcy and In 1863 Mlocker
vas made conductor and composer TO the Theater
an der Wien, OF the principal homes OF light
onera In the Austrian capital. He composed many
0Pperettas several OF which have been exceedingly
popular outside his native land: Chief of these
Hussar' dsS4 and Poor jonathan" $500. He
also wrote Der Tote CAST uS65l Der Regi-
r,entstambour" DER Vice. Admiral QsS6), DIE
sieben schwaben'' ussO, "Das sonntagsknd'
nee91 Millbcker also published for several years
In monthly instalments collection of pianoforte
pieces.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

- IIVItI @tUE ~ HUIEL CLERk-N ICCOJNTN
Harry T. Lansing thlrty-two years old n, ~,
Qua west Fourteenth-st.. who for three years has
oeeh clerk In the Hotel Marie Antoinette. No 1g7
west sixty-sixth-st. prisoner in the West
Su1 Solrt yesterday charged with grand larceny
silottaBe or loo has been found IN his arcounts
morrow. WV ~ - 'N"i"oNoh To-
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
n n KJyG IRIS, NEWPORT HOUSE SOLD.

W r r. r. B. Taylor have sold for David H.
tSing ir.. his place at Newport, known as White
hall together with stables etc. for S5O,O00
The same brokers have also SOLD Ior Danlei =
f,obslan and others the plot Of ninety acres at
Woodlawn Heights about 400 feet north OF the city
line known the Mclean estate lot soio'"'o'
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
Home Office, 26I, \262, and 263 Broadway. N. Y.

OF Marguerite's remorse her wild, haunted look OF
terror at the entrance OF Mephistopheles. and her
expression of sweet wistfuness and gracious mem
ory when her mind,
Like sweet bells tangled, out of tune
sent her back to the scene OF her first meeting Win
her lover.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
MUSICAL COMMENT.
NINE. CAI.yE IN "FAUsT"-SoMETHING
ABo1Jr DIFFERENT CONCEPTIONS
OF MARGUERITE-MR. PADE-
REWSKrS CONCERT.

Admiring comment has already been MADE IN TINS
journal touching the strikingy beautiful manner IN
which Nine. Calve sang in the representation OIL
Faust last Friday evening. Praise. too, was
spoken of her impersonation of the character Oh
Marguerite. but time did not allow either de-
scription or a discussion of its details. Naturally
enough memories were awakened or the perform
ance two years ago in which she first startled the
public and set critical minds IN ferment oy her
new reading of a part that had become SO en-
cr,1sted with traditions to make originality III
it's depction seemingly impossible. But Nine GAVE
is never satisfied with artistic achievement anu
II was no SURPRISE therefore. to find that she hau
thought out new details of action with whlch 10
body forth her conception of the character Inc
boldest of these was introduced into the hnale OF
the garden scene. Here, by breaking away liolh
Faust's embrace, covering her face as II 10 niue
her confusion and then in moment thro"lhs
herself into his arms with complete abandon anu
devourng his kisses till fantness and lassltuoe ran
through all her frame. she gave sucn eVloehce VI VI
the consuming power of sudden passion as iei'
little or nothing 10 the imagination. In the spoken
drama there would be little cause for comment on
so simple bit of byplay but in the opera. where
and where the words scarcely listened TO oy
the multitude and when apprehended unuers'oou !
by comparatively few, each attitude gesture ana
play of feature ought to mean something. IN the
case of an artist like Calve they do. and the act
described was luminously significant in her expos-
ton the character of Marguerite as she mas con-
ceived it, is therefore. worth while 10 look lhto
her conception of the part.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

Persons who recall a quarter OF century Va
Faust representations may find three impersona-
tions rising in their memories which. ike Mime.
Calves attempted TO rid the part OF Marguerite vi
its conventional slack. They are those OF faulhe
Lucca Etelka Gerster and LlH Lehrnahh- Inc
first alone was authoritative. Nine. GerSter el-
fort at the Academy of Music fifteen years ago was
merely tentative. and she was hopelessly discour-
aged by its failure The part does not belong 10 the
genre in which she shone 10 best advantage put
there was much to admire in her performance ana
much that promised to lead 10 delightful results
had she persisted In her study of it, In the ca
thedral scene she astonished her audience by dis
play of power and breadth Of manner not expected
from a singer who had scored all her great trl-
umphs in music of a lighter sort She was more
over more successful than most OF her rivals III
giving Marguerite that element Of extreme SIM
pcity and rusticity mot 10 say coarseness) Which
Is an integral part of Goethe's Gretchen. Ever
since Faust" first produced In Paris there has
been less conscious imitation or the stage
figure which Nine. Miolan-Carvalho copied from
AIRY Scheffer's pictures. Nine. Gerster cut loose
from the cIoggng tradition, as Nine. Lucca nad
done and as Nine Lehman did when she sang
the part at the German opera Nine, Lehman
tried sophistcate the work of Barber. Carre
and Gounod with too much Goethe, and was, be-
Sides too matronly. Luccas success was due
largely to her dramatic intensity in the cathedral
scene, and to the. refreshing contrast which her
simple directness, appearance and bearing pre-
sented to contemporary Marguerite OF Christine
Nilsson, who nothing short of a grande dame,
even when denying the fattering Impeachment OF
Faust in her first words TO him.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
mrLLoEcKER, THE COMPOSER, DEAD.

Vienna Dec. 31.-Mill0cker, the composer, who
had been suffering from a paralyllc stroke died
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01
MARGUERITE.
Ali

They in each others arms. Only for mo-
ment does Marguerite shrink abashed at her own
thoughts and feelings, and then she abandons the
struggle of which Goethe tells us next to nothing
In the case of Gretchen. leaving 1t TO be deduced
from the fact that Mephistopheles at first despars
of obtaining power her. because of her inno-
cence and replies to the nsisent urgings OF Faust
with:
Ich sag euch NIT dem sch0nen Kind
Gehts elm und allemal NIGHT geschwind
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

And Mime. Cave? Like her three predecessors,
she refuses to be bound by convention What was
said of her impersonaton In this journal two years
ago can be said of it again. Like them, she con-
celves Marguerite 10 be a simple village maiden.
not a lady OF quality. Like them, she delineates
young woman hurried to ruin by the violence
of a passion which took complete possession Of her
as as it was felt. but more graphically, more
convncingly7 than they, she brings into light the
contrast between her first state of. innocence and
her last of overwhelming, mind shattering re-
morse and contriton. But in the manifestation
of her ideal she differs greatly from her predeces-
sors. Such complete abandonment of the routine
of the opera hers is quite without parallel
Scarcely a pose gesture which tradition has
welded to the work is preserved, scarcely a con-
ventional in the music is accepted as
authoritative. Two years ago she allowed herself
greater liberties in the tempt than she did last
Friday, and the restraint was to the better1lent
of the general effect. She also omitted some pretty
hits of byplay in the garden, which charmed when
first seen. but she added and stronger ones,
like that described at the beginning these
ments.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

For her innovations Nine Calve did not go to
Goethe but to her inner consciousness:
Goethes Gretchen. despite her sweet innocency, is
of coarser fibre than the Marguerite of the opera.
The authors of the libretto made the character
more gentle even. while emptying 1t of most of it's
poetic contents, but Gounod refined 1t by breath
ing ecstasy into all its music. Goethe's
Gretchen eagerly returns Faust's kiss their
first meeting in the garden, and already at the
second meeting presumably offers to leave her
window open and accepts the sleeping potion for
her mother. 1t is the sudden. uncomfortable rush
of passion to which Gounod's Marguerite succumbs.
Gretchen is still In simple amaze that such gen
tIeman as Faust should find aught to admire in
her after she has received and eagerly returned
his first kiss, but Marguerite is transfgured,
alted by the feelings suuging within her. Read
her words and think of them soaring the wings
of Gounod's impassioned melody:
II M m'aime, . quel trouble mon coeur .
L'oseau chante lie vent murmure!
Toues les voiX de la nature
Semblent repeter choeur:
ii taime!-Ah! gu Ill est doux de vivre!-
ESt-ce de plaisir ct damour
Que la fenille tremble ct palpite9
Deman ?-Ah. presse ton retour.
Cher bien-aimei viens!-
FAUST.
Is elancant vers la fenetre ct saissiant la main
de Marguerite)
Marguerite!
NJ Trr7
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-05-05

a genial and courteous gentleman. Il
MAN possessing a knowledge of men
la d 1hngs which thoroughly equip him
fer the duties Of the position sought:
nd relieving that the best interests of
he vlilroad employees, and the state
in general. will be served by selecting
ais lnan as q member of such commits
sion, and further believing that az the
great and growing railroad vote Of this
state, aggregating about 10000, has not
mad suitable recognition at the hands
nf 'ither or any great political party,
hat the time has come when such
Interests should be not only recognized,
but represented in the state govern
mtnt.
We. therefore. earnestly recommend
that all members of railroad nrSaniza-
tinns and all railroad employees in said
state take an active interest in the Sc
lection of delegates to the Republican
state convention to ht. held on Thurs
day. June 2Sth, A. d.. 1000, at T. o'clock
m. in the city of 81. Paul, Minnesota
~ the end that delegates favOlab" to
Mr.. Millers candidacy may be selected
in every county in said state.