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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
TIVOLPS NEW BASSO
TALKS OF HIS Cd
REER.

To know what you want-there's the
rub. To desire it effectively-there's
the rubber! Whether Mr.. Dunsmure
achieves his final desire-and he flies
very high-will be interesting to note
But We left him in the chorus with
Francis Powers.
For year and half / was with
Powers" the singer told me then.
After that I went to Europe to study"
Dear heavenl" I CALCULATED. And
how did you manage it?'
Worked my way on a cattle boat to
London, slept on straw for thirteen
days" the basso replied, with oh, such
an unctuous note! Then on to Italy
oh, I wanted to go right TO the foun-
tainhead. 1 got to Genoa as a sort of
engineers steward. kind of chamber
maid to the engineers, making up beds
and things, and then, Milan"
As the devote says Mecca" Mr.
Dunsmure says Milan" AS he says
"Mahomet," so the singer says Nor
etti,' the teacher from wnom he took
three months and half-think of it,
will you?-just three months and a
half of lessons, but daily.
After the last cent went" the basso
recalled then, Il went back to Genoa,
walked it, with an English fellow that
was also broke. You see / couIdnt t
earn anything because 1 couldn't speak
Italian. 1 do now-rather well'
And when you got to Genoa?" I
fed"
"To Genoa, 175 miles away" the
singer gravely insisted, II sang in
cafes. and got a bed and a place to
sleep if / was lucky-the Englishman's
remittance just took him home.''
"And then you worked your way as
cabin boy back to America" 1 con-
cluded for him.
mo, sir, not so easy. Couldn't get
an American boat at any price. didn't
want me for anything" he said. Il
got out at last on an Australian, pass
ing coal to the bunkers.''
How old were you then?"
Twenty" the singer said. He
squared his shoulders with his charac-
teristic naive pride in himself, to say:
"It takes lot of courage to do that. y
/ agreed and asked what was his
Australian programme.
'Minstrels." he informed me, lust
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for few weeks, then worked my way
TO Frisco. 1 came to the Tivoli here
isn't it funnyp-to ask for job in the
chorus, but they wouldn't even hear
me sing. Then I went to New York
and got into the Bostonians. 1 was
two years with them"
Five years ago-two years" add
ed, that makes you"
Twenty y-eight," he supplied.
And is it worth all that?"
Lord, yes the Dunsmure testified.
There's more to come, too, but not of
that sort
What are you going to do?''
I'm year or two I'm going to study
will. You know bass voice"
'Profundo," 1 thundered softly
"A bass voice." he repeated, docs
not mature until you're thirty-f1ve or
forty"
When you are going to be a de
Reszke?"
"Or a Plancon," he smiled
"Oh, be a Plancon." l urged
''AI the women like Plancon," the
other basso said, rather impatiently.
Don't you like his Mefistofele better
than de Reszke' e's?"
No" he said, "Plancon's has too lit
tie dignity. 1t is too much this kind
of thing" and the big Scot then as
tonished me by a very facile, nimble
Imitation of the Frenchman's manner.
You are jealous" l charged him.
Haven't time to be-" he laughed.
When L see a greater artist than |
am, I'm too busy trying to close up the
gap between US to be jealous. But
Plancon to me is like hod-carrier to
a sculptor in comparison with de
Reszke"
He had to tell me of his farm on
Long Island before 1 left, with its sew
enty-five acres. six-acre lake, and
crops of chickens, asparagus. corn,
beets and the best caulifowers in the
country. "All paid for, not like a
good many Other actor farms" Also
he told me that he was importing two
other long-legged, mellow -throated
Dunsmures this season.
I'm going to put them in the chorus
in The Country Girl I" he said. III
there's anything in them it will come
out, and if there isn't there's no harm
done. Fighting's good. It's good to &c
without things. l jumped, you know
from SIS to $3.50 week in two years
I'm going to tell EN-
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GOSSIP ABOUT WE'LL
KNOWN PLAYERS AND
THEIR MOVEMENTS

The "A T's," as some one has joy
ously labeled the artistic temperament,
are responsible for many and curious
things. The violent enthusiasm is one
of them. both pardonable and delight
full. Mixed with the Californian climate
this sometimes becomes a very ebul-
lient quantity. In the visiting victim,
actor or musician by preference, the
enthusiasm commonly takes the form
of large and perhaps not wholly un-
businesslike admiration of this place
and all the things thereof. But, alas,
again, these fervors are frequently as
evanescent as they are violent What
cruel, cruel wisdom, Mascagni, thou
hast taught US here with thy just
horrid remarks about US to those
Parisiansi
But all are not Mascagnis. Some keep
a warm corner in their hearts for us
even after they get on t'other side of
the bay. Nay, with some their kindness
seems to increase with distance. Mrs
Fiske, greatly to our credit, is one of
these. Mrs. Fiske, it is true said nice
things about us when she was here But
Mrs. F'iske has said nicer things about
us behind our backs than she ever said
before us. She said them in Chicago
too. If she will only now prattle them
in New York in that terse, pointed way
of hers we may be recognized even
there as having some little artistic
right to be.
Here is just what Mrs. Fiske said in
Chicago TO the Record Herald in a very
ably written interview by their critic:
"Thus ensconced, Mrs Fiske devoted
an hour TO a cool. purling stream of
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New Yorker Is surprised.

LONDON. July 2.-When William
MacDoweH of New York arrived at
Windsor Tuesday to meet the famous
company of royalties. statesmen, di-
vines and men Of letters. whom he had
invited to celebrate with him the ami
versary Of the signing Of Magma Char
event. double disappointment awaited
him.
Not a solitary one of the party turned
up and he found that Runnymede ISL
and had become private property with
particularly stringent regulations
against trespassers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Among the pleasantest musical gOs-
sip that has Hoated this way lately is
that Herr Fritz Scheel. who got lost on
his way here last spring. will most
likely be the first of the music-makers
with US this autumn. The local sym
phony lovers were grievously disap-
pointed at Mr.. ScheePs failure TO ap-
pear here last March. Hope ran high
among them after the splendid series Of
concerts given here by the conductor
at the beginning of last season The
permanent orchestra seemed an ac-
complished fact, the foundations OF
such an organization as has made Bos-
ton world-famous, and that we shall
surely have here some day. however
far, securely laid. The March series OF
concerts was 10 clinch the matter. It
was to be the second half of a trium-
phant season. But, like the male mos
quito, that doesn't bite, there wasn't
any. If the rumOr Of the present sea
son be correct. Mr.. Scheel will be here
in August.
Manager Will Greenbaum's list Of ar
lists for the coming season is already
a particularly engaging one. 1t in
cludes Madame Gadski. a soprano who.
1 fancy, is going TO surprise US with
her development She was the one
singer Of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany here whose performance unmis-
takably prophesied growth. Others on
Mr. Greenbaum's list are Josef Hoff-
man. EdOuard de Reszke. David Bis
pham, and the Incompatible ChOpinist.
De Pachmann. Mr.. Greenbaum will
also have the handling OF the CreatOre
Band. and promises further a series OF
symphony cOncerts-whether by Duss.
Scheel or Gericke at present a secret
Nor do the Greenbaum activities end
here. Under that gentleman's enter
prising management Ben Greet and his
company of English players will ap-
pear here. Mr. Greet. now in New
York, leaves there shortly for London
to gather together a new company that
will come directly to California. They
are to produce, in the Elizabethan
fashion, Hamlet" Much Ado About
Nothing" Twelfth Night and The
Merchant of Venice" and will also re-
vive "Everyman." feature Of con-
siderable local interest will be the pro-
duction Of a miracle play by Professor
Gayley Of the University of California
entitled The Star Of Bethlehem" The
Greet plans also include an elaborate
production of a Midsummer Nights
Dream" at one Of the local theaters for
a special matinee. with a couple OF
hundred children as fairies and a large
orchestra to give the accompanying
MendelssOhn music The other plays
will be given at the Greek Theater in
Berkeley and at Lyric Hall.
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BILL OF SPLENDID
FEATURES IN STORE
FOR THEATER-GOERS

With Barbara Frietche'' James NeiIl
and his clever company will this after
noon open summer season at the
Grand Opera-house. There will be as
sociated with Mr.. Neill many of the
players that have made his company
so favorably known of late years, nota-
bly, Miss Edythe Chapman, who will
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new play. The Edge Of the Storm
]. Fred Zimmerman announces that
Bertha Galland viii appear in Romeo
and Juliet, next season
Edouard de Reszke is to sing in
sixty concerts, from Boston To san
Francisco. under the management OF
W. F. Pendleton and H. G. Snow.
Viola Allen viii play Perdita in
production of The Winters Tale"
next season.
Henrietta Crosman is not idling
away her vacation. She is studying a
Shakespearean character in which
she will appear in the near future.
Ezra KendalIs play for next season
is called ''Weatherbeaten Bronson" It
is the work of Edward r. kidder and
is rapidly nearing completion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

The story that Charles Richman is to
be Ada Rehan's leading man is evident
ly untrue as he asserts that he is to
star in the fall
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

During the engagement Of Mr. and
Mrs. Forbes Robertson in this country
next season they Will produce their
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Henry MiIIer's play TOT next season
will be Joseph Entangled." by Henry
Arthur Jones. 1t will be produced in
New York Immediately following Mr.
MiIler's stock season in San Francisco.
Charles Frohman has selected Hilda
Spong to be leading woman with Mr.
Miller next season
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Kyrle Bellew is to visit US next fall
after an absence OF seven years. He
will appear in his great Eastern sue
cess, "Raffies.''
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Lotta and Belle Tobin. eccentric mu-
sicians, are the stars at the Chutes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
JOKE KILLED HIM |
Private Schneider Finally Dies
of SeIf.InfIiCted Wound.

Private John Schneider, Company E,
Twentyfirs infantry, who, fearing he
was to be cOurt-martialed and executed
for OverStaying leave of absence shot
himself in the head Sunday, April II,
died yesterday at the Fort Smelling post
hospital, after a remarkable fight for
life.
Schneider's suicide was, it is said,
due to terror of military discipline in
spired by prankish comrades who told
him stories Of rigid rules, the infrac-
ton of which incurred extreme punish
ment or death. After enlisting in st.
Paul the Wednesday preceding the at
tempt upon his life, Schneider was as
signed to the Twenty-first at Fort
Smelling.
No sooner had he reached the COM
pany quarters than he heard the start
ling stories, invented to brighten him
of the hardships of army life. He re-
manned at the post till Saturday, when
he was given few hours leave to visit
the city.
Returning late and finding his COM
pany quarters closed, Schneider be-
came alarmed lest he should be arrest
ed and put to death. He left the post
and made his way to the bank of the
Minnesota river, where he was found
unconscious with bullet hole in his
head the next morning. Though his
condition was so serious that no hope
of his recovery was entertained, he was
operated upon at the post hospital, and
his life was heightened over week.
He sank gradually till his death yeSter-
day morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP
PURER THAN EVER
Commissioner Attributes Decrease in
AduIteration to Minnesota Law.

1.-THE maple sugar and the maple
syrup which will be put on the market
this spring will be purer than such
products have ever been before" said
George L. Dingman, assistant dairy and
food commissioner, yesterday. From
tests and analysis made by our in
spectOrs and chemists we have found
that there is a smaller amount of adul-
teration of maple products this year
than in any year since the pure food
crusade was inaugurated.
1.-THE maple sugar and syrup coming
from Eastern states is of a better
quality as well as that made in this
state. To satisfy ourselves as to the
sugar and syrup made in Minnesota
we have sent inspectors right into the
woods to purchase samples from the
refiners. These specimens we have
found to be the genuine article with
out adulteration."
The improvement in the quality Of
the sugar and syrup is due largely to
the law passed by the legislature re-
curing every article to bear a label
stating the material from which it is
manufactured. Many brands of maple
sugar which were formerly labeled "ab-
solutely pure" now appear with the
words maple and cane" printed on
the label
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
RAILWAY COMPANY
MUST FILE AN ANSWER
Section Hand Sues Great Northern for
$12,500 for Personal Injury.

Judge Lewis, in an order filed yes
terday in the district court, overrules
the Great Northern Railway company's
demurrer to the complaint filed by
Nicholas SWartz in damage suit
to recover $12,500 for personal in
juries. The company is allowed fifteen
days from this time to plead to the
complaint.
Swartz was section hand for the
railroad company at Ciontarf and in
his complaint it is stated that on Aug.
%, 1903, he was seriously injured by
being struck by a piece of slate thrown
by a fireman from the tender of a
passing engine. The fragment of slate,
it is explained, was thrown away as
refuse from among the COAL and the
striking of SwartZ was accidental, but
the plaintiff says that the piece weigh
ed about ten pounds, and injured him
in manner to disable him perma-
nently.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
BONFIRE To Be HUGE
Tree Tops viii Be Burned on
Chippewa Reservation,

One Of the largest bonfires ever seen
IN the state will be started next week
on the Chippewa Indian reservation.
where the branches and tree tons of
timber cut from 100000 acres of IN
dian land will be burned. The compa-
mes that purchased the timber from
the government last year will be re-
qmred to clear the land and the cheap
est way to dispose of the refuse will
be to burn it.
The confagration will continue over
a week, and Gen. c. G. Andrews. chief
lire warden of the state, will go to the
reservation to see that precautions are
taken to guard the forests surrounding
the cleared area.
The timber, which was part of the
national forest reserve, was sold bv
authority of congress to the highest
bidders and the proceeds amounting
to $3,OOO,OO0, were devoted to a fund
for the benefit of the Indians. The
100000 acres from which the timber
was cut was 95 per cent of the forest
reserve, and the remaining per cent
was left standing, to be sold in the
future.
The state forestry board will begin
planting young trees on the reserva-
ton, which will become a national
park.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
CENTRAL HIGH TO HOLD
COMMENCEMENT JUNE g
Exercises VIII Probably Take Place
at the Peoples Church.

The commencement exercises of the
Central high school seniors will be
held on Thursday evening, June 8,
probably in the Peoples church, al
though the place has not been definite
ly decided upon. The valedictory ad-
dress will be delivered by Miss Emily
Schones, and the salutatory by Miss
Anna Doyle. Each of the twenty-five
students on the honor role also wrote
essays to be delivered on this even
ing, each one choosing his or her own
subject, and from these nine best were
selected by a committee composed OF
Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, Walter Cha
pin and Armand Albrecht.
The successful essayists and their
subjects are: Walter Mallory, "A Gov
eminent Proposition" Milton Fire
stone, Reform and the Citizen" Miss
Lillian Goodenow, "Tusitala;" Miss Ma
bel Bridges, Music, the Universal
Art" Miss Kate Tallman, college and
the Modern Woman" Miss Nellie
Overpeck, "The Bible in Literature; I"
Miss Melinda Rhinehardt, 1.-The Japa-
nese Drama" Lynn Rood, "The Latest
Discovery" and Harvey B. Fuller Jr.,
Concerning the Money Power"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
SOLDIERS BEAT FIRE
Fort Smelling Boys Do Battle
With Prairie Fire.

Three times during the present week
has the garrison at Fort Smelling been
called out to battle by the booming
of the alarm cannon. Three times have
officers and8meH been called from their
quarters to fight an enemy which
threatened on each occasion a destruc-
tive invasion of the reservation.
Monday afternoon a prairie fire
swept up the Minnesota valley and
gained footing in the southeast cor
ner of the post. Again on Tuesday aft
ernoon an alarm was sounded and the
men went forth to meet and conquer
a sweeping volume of flame that eat
up grass and shrubbery as it ap-
preached the reservation from the
south. For a third time the alarm
sounded yesterday afternoon, and a
determined struggle took place before
the order to return. to quarters was
sounded.
At one time yesterday afternoon the
fire, which started in the rear of the
officers quarters, assumed alarming
proportions, and the artillery was called
out to reinforce the infantry which had
been ordered to make the first charge.
The men found the work of extin-
gushing the fires to be no mere play,
for being without fire-fighting appara-
tus, they were compelled to meet the
flames in a hand-to-hand encounter,
used wet gunny sacks as weapons.
Every indication of warfare was ap-
parent yesterday afternoon when the
booming of the cannon announced that
the enemy had returned for another as
Sault. The barracks of the Twenty
first were quickly emptied and compa-
MES formed in front of their quarters
Officers appeared and took their places
with the men in as short notice. AL
most before the echoes of the gun had
died away across the Mississippi the
command was ready to do battle. Com
m1ssary wagons were hurried from the
barns and a detail filled barrels with
water, which became the ammunition
Other details from the fire squad pro-
cured gunny sacks and by the time the
regiment was lined up around the fire
the munitions of war were ready.
Then began a long fight in which for
some time the odds appeared to be
about even. AS the officers quarters
were in danger from the blaze, the ar
tillery was called out to increase the
fighting force Slowly but surely the
flames were beaten out and after the
last spark was eXtinguished the men
returned to. the post fatigued but tri-
umphant. ...-a
The cause Of the fire which broke out
yesterday afternoon is not known, but
1t is supposed that some one burning
refuse on the plain in the rear of the
officers row, allowed bonfire to smol-
der, and that the wind spread the
sparks in the dry grass.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
MUST PAY COSTS OF
SUIT AGAINST CITY
j. r. Broderick Ordered to Foot Elk.
penses of Action in Light Contract.

John F. Broderick must stand the
costs in his suit against the city of st.
Paul and the Cleveland Vapor Light
company, In which he attempted to
nullify the contract for lighting the
city streets with gasoline lamps for
the year 1903.
Judge Orr filed an order yesterday in
the district court affirming the clerks
taxation of the defendants costs
against the plaintiff. In his order
Judge Orr says:
'Tn all cases where a new trial is
awarded for error committed by the
Judge, the costs of the irregular trial
should abide the events of the suit, and
be recoverable by the party who uIti-
mately succeeds"
The amount of the costs involved is
S7S48
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
WILL GIVE HIM TIME
TO PAY SMALL FINE
Court Lenient With Man Who Stole
Flour to Feed His Family.

John Mahaney will not be severely
punished for taking small sack of
flour from an Omaha freight car, it
having been agreed in police court yes
terday that he will be fined but So and
given some time in which to raise this
amount EE
Mahaney appeared before Judge Hine
and showed that through sickness he
had been unable to work for some time,
with the result that the little home in
Swede Hollow did not possess food for
the family He admitted that he en-
tered the car and took the flour, but
contended that 1t was his first offense.
City Prosecutor Helmes recommended
the minimum fine and suggested that
the case be continued until Mahaney
has had an opportunity to earn the
money. Judge Hine agreed to the rec
ommendation for mercy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
WILL ATTEND GOOD
ROADS CONVENTION
Gov. Van SAINT Names Minnesota's Dele
gates to the Big Gathering.

The following delegates were named
yesterday by Gov. S. R. Van SAINT to at
tend the convention of the National and
International Good Roads association.
which will be held in st. Louis, May 1G
to 81:
R H Hall. w. G. Fraser. Rochester:
S.. B. McIntire. Huston; T. Z. Clashman,
Owatonna Ellec Erickson, Albert Lea;
Ole Peterson, New Ulm; c. A. Forbes, B.
F. Beardsley, st. Paul; Nathan Butler. g.
h A M " B. 5 s Ragger! W n maWe E
Carroll Crookston; G.. A. Ralp Crooks
ton; +. W. Lassow, c. A. Cooper, E. I.
Davidson, J. e. Hill. st. Cloud; E. A
Gibbs, st. James; G. o. Coley Grant Rig
gle, Madelia; A. o. Eberhart, Mankato
d, r. THOMPSON Rockford.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
DULUTH REPUBLICANS
AFTER CONVENTION
Will Send Strong Delegation to Labor
With State Central Committee.

Representatives of the Duluth Com
mercial club and leading Republicans
from that City will come to st. Paul
next Wednesday to labor with the Re-
publican state central committee in an
effort to capture the Republican nOmi-
mating convention for their city.
A meeting was held at the Duluth
Commercial club Tuesday and arrange
ments were made for sending a strong
delegation to ST.. Paul to present the
Zenith City's claims to the convention
before the state central committee.
Duluth realizes that it's geographical
location is against her selection, but
her boomers insist that the delegates
want the opportunity to visit the head
Of the lakes country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
SMALLPOX SPREADS
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Flour City Harbors Over Half of 81
Gases Reported for Past Week.

Minneapolis had over so per cent Of
the smallpox cases in the state during
the week ending April 25, and eight
deaths occurred from the disease in
Hennepin county. Since the smallpox
epidemic started in MINNEAPOLIS eighty
one cases have been reported to the
state board of health, and eight of
them were fatal.
There were sixty-ore cases in the
state last week, Minneapolis reporting
thirty-four. Cases were reported in the
following counties: Becker, l; Clay, 1;
Douglas, 1; Goodhue, 1; Hubbard, L lie
Sueur, 1, and death; Otter Tail, 2:
Plpestone, 8; Ramsey, 1; Rice, /;
Stearns, 2; Swift, 4; Wadena, /; Wiki
inson, 1; Montgomery, /; Wright, /.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
WILL CONSIDER THE
MUSIC HALL ORDINANCE
Important Measures to Come Before
AIdermanic Committee on Streets.

At the meeting of the aldermanic
committee on streets, to be held this
afternoon, the music hall ordinance
will be taken up. This is the measure
through which the police aim to regu-
late saloons giving free Aoncerts.
The new hotel runners ordinance
will also come before the committee.
1t is provided in this measure that all
hotel runners must secure a license
from the city council.
Schurmeier's resolution appropria-
ing $1,000 to pay for the intersections
on Rosabel street will come before the
committee.