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THE SUNDAY OKEGOITIAN'; " PORTLAjn?, OCTOBER 7, 1900. POLISH GRAND OPERA STORY OP ITS IXTRODUCTIOIf INTO THE MBTROPOLITAK. Hovr Henry Savngre, a Plain, Bvery- Dsy American, Became a Great Impreasnrio. Grand opera haB always been looked upon as belonging wholly to the domain of art, and being utterly beyond the pale of business. The successful manager has been the diplomat -who could control the singers. As a rule, too, grand opera has fceen conducted at a financial loss. It remained for a hard-headed, prac tical man of business, wholly lacking In experience of amusement affairs, to suc ceed in Interesting a great mass of peo ple in grand opera, to preesnt really art istic performances at minimum prices, find to develop an organization so pow erful that this season it has moved Into the Metropolitan, of New Tork City, a place that has always been held sacred as a. temple for the great singers of the rworld. How this has come about is one tf the most remarkable stories in recent theatrical history. The theatrical and musical world of New York can scarcely believe its eyes when li sees an Eighth avenue manager dictating a new policy to the Metropol itan Opera-House, says Matthew White, Jr., in Munsey. This Is truly a novel and extraordinary spectacle. One might as well look to see the first viojin ousted Bfrom the post of honor in an orchestra an favor of the cymbal clanger. But it is even so. On the night of October 1, when the curtain rose in the great Broad way temple of music, sacred in the past tto high-priced voices that made an ex otic of grand opera, the event marked the invasion of the domain of art by the far ighted, proflt-welghing American spirit of business. For several seasons Maurice Grau has been .furnishing New Tork with a very superior brand of grand opera, always sung in foreign tongues. The wealthy stockholders have acted the part played "toy Kings and Dukes on the other slfe in snaking good all deficits at the season's close out of their own pockets. Evllw of the Star System. The star system prevailed to the fur thest limit. A frog in the throat of a tenor, the chance over-eating of a so prano, meant a doctor's certificate sprawled across the billboard, a ner ous understudy, and a wrathful public. All this at $5 a seat And, meanwhile, the metropolis was without a National opera sung In the native tongue, such as con tributes td the musical education of every city on the Continent of Europe, TO be sure, attempts had been made to estab lish a National American organization, but all these ventures were built on the very lines that the FO-called "Italian school," an uncertain factor, subject to the moods and monetary exactions of the stars who were so thoroughly exploit d had already adopted. They failed some brilliantly, others ridiculously. In Boston a hard-headed business nan, with no particular bent towards music ex cept a liking to listen to it, found him self with a financial problem to solve, and in doing this he apparently has brought a real American opera company into suc cessful being. He was at the head of a real estate firm, unexpectedly saddled with a piece of property in a not particularly attrac tive quarter of the city, a combination structure of hotel, stables, restaurant and theater. The stables were easily let, a landlord was found for the hotel and r s taurant, but the theater, the largest part of the building, was the stumbling block. It was out of the way. and there were plenty of other places of amusement In the city centrally located. In solving the problem of making this white elephant pay, Henry W. Savage, a man without any previous training in theatricals, thought out on cold, commercial llnss a plan of entertainment for the people that lias now been Incorporated Into the scheme of conduct for a world-famous opera-house. Hence, to explain the in ception of the Metropolitan English Grand Opera Company means to relate 'the rise and growth of the Castle Square organization, and that Is a story of grand opera as a business. Renting: It A Failure. The new playhouse was at first let to traveling companies, as were the other theaters at the Hub. After three seasons of this sort of thing, Mr. Savage discov ered that when any money was made the company carried it away, and if there was any loss, he and his partners were expected to help the unfortunates out of town, "So far as I can discover' he remarked, .one day, "we are no better than mere 'ianltors. I propose that we iook the field over and see if we cannot do a llt 'tle theatrical manufacturing on. our own 'account." During his trips to Europe at various -times, Mr. Savage had been particularly Impressed by the smooth, all-round, ex cellent performances at the court opera houses in Germany. There were no stars, tout a first-class ensemble, and the prices were low. To be sure, the theaters were subsidized. On the other hand, however, 'they were generally small, and had but a limited clientage on which to depend. Fl jnally, after taking into account the New Bnglnnder's rating of something musical as a good thing to have in the house, if It was only a melodeon, Mr. Savage de "termined to try the experiment of intro ducing the bargain idea into grand opsra. This meant putting the whole thing on a strictly business basis, finding out be forehand just what your goods would cost and then offering them to the public at the lowest rate consistent with a mar gin of profit. W3th no practical theatri cal experience beyond having once piloted a cantata to amateur performance, Mr. Savagre employed a manager, and the warm weather was selected as the period to test the venture, a time when the house would otherwise be Idle. His First Venture. May 6, 1895, was the opening date, the opera was ""The Beggar Student," and the first prima donna Louise Elsslng, wife of Cyril Scott. The prices were 50 cents for the best seats, with a flat rate of 23 cents for matinees. Special pains were taken to give consistently good perform ances throughout. The chorus was a feature which Mr. Savage insisted should not be slighted. Keeping faith with the public was another item written large in the rules and regulations of the es tablishment. Nobody w as ever advertised as a star; it was always the Castle Spuare Opera. Company will produce such and such a work, and the bill, once announced, was never changed at the last minute be cause some one fell ill. Another point this manager with com mon sense ideas was particular In carry ing out: Printing a list of alternates on the program, which also contains the story of the opera, and the number of acts into which it is divided. This latter will be a gratifying innovation at the Metropolitan Opera-House, where hereto fore one might Imagine himself witness ing either a curtain-raiser or a contin uous performance for all the information tho house-bill gave. A stock opera company was at that time unknown in the land. That the same organization should present a differ ent opera every week, in good style and for half a dollar a seat, was regarded as a marvel. It was an opera bargain in very truth. When Boston waked up to the fact, Mr. Savage found that he could aesilj afford to cancel the Autumn dates made with combrsaUoi" beforehand. For two years the CaSSt "Square stock sang to packed houses, sssd v the fane ther1eojf went out into other dt es who wished that they might be (teat by- likewise. Promotion From 1S- Chorus. Meantime the proprietor had become manager as well. He begaa he policy of promotion from the chorus Tvhlch has proved one of the most valtwMt adjuncts of the system. Mr. Savage ftsa. n0 Pa tience with the notion that It foalttles a singer to have been In the chord & riks. "See that your chorus is made the proper material, In the first place he says, "and there is no better school fi om which to pick your leading people. It gives them the experience and stage pres ence which the mere singer often laclci, no matter to" what high notes she is able to soar.'" The company was moved to Pfclladel- I phla, where it sang for two years to phe nomenal business, and then to New York. The threg sefl6hs of success at the Amer ican are" fresh in the memory of theater goers, and Jeeently branches of the com pany1 hav'S bSett establLsned in Chicago and St Ixrofe and have been equally profitable All this while Mr: savage continued tot devote a large share $f his attention- io his Boston real estate business. He is a man with an Infinite capacity for hartc work, and jet, at the same time, possess-l lng the ability to concentrate hla atten- ( uon on mo muner in imuu, nuciuci n . Ka matMnc -Mr pnqtc nr ciihmltt'nc to nn Interview. "Grand opera Is like the fruit business," he remarked once. "The goods are per ishable if not marketed at the right timet. That is why I started my other com panies in Chicago and St. Louis to ena ble me to save my singers the strain of learning so many new parts by switching them around in the old ones from ona city to the other. It Is a far simpler mat ter for a tenor to jump on a -train and travel out to Missouri to mg Travort than for him to study and rehearse tht' 'Huguenots,' for instance, for New Xorki I assign all the roles m pelf work It out. nn n rirlrfsr-T-nnrr1 vstfTn " I Extensive Travel. From this it may be imagined that here is a manager who knows his peopte well Last "Winter he covered thou-ai.do of m les In railroad travel, moving from one to tho i outer oi ms ora.niu.iiuns. f I regard the new enterprise, he says himself, "as merely the legitimate out- j growth of the work accomplished by the Castle Square Company. The taste for good music has been cultivated in the masses to such an extent that they are t ready to support better offerings than I could iriora to give mem at me Amsrc can. A man must run opera on commoii sense principles and with reasonable prin cipals, just as he would the shoe busi ness, or any other occupation In which iaw materials are required for purp'oses of manufacture." The sale of seats for the season of English opera at the Metropolian opened a week ago last Monday. All day there was a line of people In rront of the box office which stretched well out Into the ctroet. The sale exceeded even, the most sanguine expectatlors of the management, and It may be stated positively that the financial success of the venture Is assured. Explanations are now In order from the wise ones who predicted the fail are of English opera at tho Metropolitan, and congratulations are in order for Mr. Sav age and his associates. BRYAN'S DEAL WITH CROKER Suspicions of an Understanding Seem to Be Confirmed. Chicago Times-Herald. Notwithstanding the prompt and sweep ing denial by Mr. Bryan the reported bargain by which the federal patronage In Now York Is to be Crokerized and Sen ator lilurphy. the friend of the Tammany boss, given a place in the Cabinet in re turn for the electoral -vote of that state, Is confirmed by evidences that are con vincing and by testimony that Is conclu sive. It Is easy to see that Mr. Bryan's de nial Is more evasrte than appears from a cursory reading. As a matter of fact It i does not directly deny the existence of a j compact between Croker and ex-Uov-ernor William J. Stone whereby the heqd of Tammany Is to control the federal pat- ronage of New Tork and also name a Cabinet officer. It does not deny that Bryan has assented to a bargain of tnis' character. The people have come to recognise Mr. Bryan as an adroit politi cian. They do not believe that he would specifically promise In writing to Croker or anyone else a Cabinet position or any patronage. But that there Is an under standing to the effect that Bryan, if elected, will recognize Croker as dis penser of federal patronage in New York is a fact supported by ample testimony and commonly accepted and acknowl edged by the Democratic leaders In New Tork City. That such a deal was made in consider ation of Mr. Croker's promise to carry New York was established beyond any question by the Times-Herald's New York correspondent. The correspondent showed that no matter how strenuously Bryan may deny It the detailed terms of the bargain have become well known to tno leading New York Democrats, and no one believes that Mr. Bryan would dare for a moment to repudiate the agreement made by his agent, ex-5overnor btone, with the Tammany boss. After calling attention to the well-known fact that Croker recognizes but one motive In poli tics and that his sudden zeal for Bryan can be accounted for by no other con sideration aside from a specific promise of spoils, the correspondent makes tne following affirmations regarding the deal with Croker: 1. The deal was first discussed In detail be tween Mr. Croker and William J. Stone, when tho latter spent a week or 10 dnys in New York a month ago. 2. Mr. Stono reported Mr. Croker's terms to Mr. Bryan at a meeting In Chicago attended by Chairman Jones and Committeeman John son and Campau. 3. Upon his return to this city with Mr, Bryan's approval of the deal, Mr. Stone opened National headcuarters here, and Mr. Croker be?an to raise a campaign fund and talk for Mr. Bryan. J 4. Mr. Croker has promised to carry Now York for Mr. Bryan. To do it he has agreed to raise a campaign fund of $2,000,000. and he has promised to give $100,000 In cash to the Democratic National Committee. 5. On his side, Mr. Croker Is to receive the control of all Federal patronage in New Tork City, and ho has the promise of the Secre taryship of the Navy for his bosom friend, former Senator Murphy, In tho eent of Mr. Bryan's election. C The cause of Mr. Croker's recent seal for Mr. Bryan's election Is the promise he has received of Federal patronaga In case of ths lattcr's election. The public has never doubted far a mo ment that Croker's activity in raising a $2,000,000 campaign fund to carry New York for Bryan was Inspired by an under standing which contemplates the recogm tlon of the Tammany boss as the dictator In the distribution of the federal patro ago of that state. It Is not conceivable that Croker could have any deep ana genuine convictions regarding the Issued Involved In this contest. He never was an enthusiastic Bryanite. lie Is not a be liever In free coinage at 16 to 1. He is in politics for spoils. The suspicions of the public are now amply confirmed. Mr. Bryan does not deny that he will recognize Croker as the dictator In New York. The price which Mr. Bryan offers for the electoral vote of New York shows the desperate straits ot Bryanlsm. It should also ad monish the people to use all diligence to avert the national disgrace that would come from dumping Croker Into the arena of national politics. A Pattern to His Six. "Listen. Harriet, XX Hung Chang's wife has 4000 gowns." "Well. Harold, you don't call him ft heathen, I hope." 1 Indianapolis Journal, ' CROSSING THE PLAINS MRS. DUNIWAYS HECOIiliECTIOXS Or PIONEER LIFE. Tantalizing , n Hungry Man on ai Overland Journey Hott Farm Can Be Made Pleasant for Women. POBOTLAND. Oct. 5. (To the Editor.) Our family, consisting of 11 persons, started across the plains with five wag ons, 21 yokes of cattle and one span "of horses, which, together with teamsterff and several other families with wagons, made a long train, of which my father jras ohotser captain. This was In 1852, a'hen J. a dreamy, untaught, Imaginative riiild. was 17 years old. There Is in my -Cfsesa'sn now a battered, tlme-stalnel, ink-besiattered diary, kept during that dx months' journey at my good fathers !pS:'';v:"':K"'' ' ' - .,: ,,Siiisiiil !nr',a. .VHl, - v!-- -"-,!,- A & 'r - R1 uiij i ,, I' - 15 , r liiHSIililL'i I " '-it - I I (From a photograph by Mr. Fred Boutledge ) ltie Mazamas are planning 'an exploration of Mount Hood, for the outing of 1001. It will bo tho second time the exploit ha3 been undertaken by the organization, and much U looked for in the way of scleritlflc results. The .telephoto i lew of Mount Hood's crater, whlrh Is reproduced herewith, was token by Mr. Fred Jtoutledse, of The Ocesonlan art depart ment, while maklqg photographic exposures at Government Camp. The -dotted lino shows tho route along tho "hog-back" and across the crevasse to the summit. The flag Indicates tha location of the Mazama. box, containing a register for the recortlon of the signatures of all climbers of the peak. The photograph constitutes an aa-nrate topograiSilc map of the most difficult portion ot tht .ascent, and shaws the route usually followed. The bridge across- the croasso changes location with tho seasons. The descriptive figures on tthe picture have the following significance: Figure 1, warm, barren rocks, whero climbers usually lunch; 2, the sulphur crater; 3, Crater Bock; 4, hog-back; 5, arcasse; 6, Mazama box, containing reg ister. . A communication from Professor JJ. S. Dllle r, of the United States Geological Survey, suggests that the Smithsonian Institution may detail a corps of.scIest!sts to. exploit Mount Hood, ajt the time of the Mazama' expedition. There Is a widespread desire among the scientific spe clallsts at Washington to glvo the mountain tho attintlon. which its great fame and popular ity merit. A number of noted men hn-wj expressed the wish that Mount Hood shall bo surveyed next Summer. command, enforced when neccssany, with a tfox on the ear. This relic of t an era so remote in conditions from thl3 times that created It that Its records, evJm now, seem, to belong to the past hfstorjy of an almost forgotten planet, will -be a reve lation ix my childrens' children, in the coming decades. It Is a sacred memory to me now. Written in a crabbed, chlllsh hand, and almost always under compul sion, It nevertheless recajls so ,much of pioneer fact and Incident for -vfiiich the student of today Is thirsting, that some time before I go hence I mean to get it published In exteno. Today, as I turn Its battered pages and read between its lines. I am a child Again. The most pa thetic of the many memories in recalls are clustered around the beloved dust of the dear ones who started for this Land of Promise, and left their bodies tbur&d. or bleaching in the silent var.tness of "H'he Great American Desert." As tihere yet remain among tho serried ranScs of the pioneers many hearts that heart- resfpon slve to the plaintive touches of memories like these, I yield to the request -of a venerable friend, and herewith present, for republication, some lines, long plnce out of print, that stirred me to uttenance when again crossing the contlnervt. 'after the completion of the first transcontiiient al railroad. I claim for them no 'other merit than as a memory. After TTwenty Yeara. "Written on the Great Plains, opposite my mother's gravte, near Fort Lasatnle, May 5, 1873: Adown the dead andi distant years My memory treads' 'the sands of time; And blighted hope a vision rears, Enriched by'solltuctes sublime. , And down the mystic, dreamy past In chastened mood I linger now, As o'er these prairies oIU and vast ' Move lines of oxen, tired and slow. Their rough-ribbed sides ,and hollow eyes And listless gaze and lazy tread. As under cloudless, burning skies Our way o'er tracklcssi wastes they led, But visions are of long ago. An Iron horso, surnamea "Tho .Storm," Today is rushing o'er the plain; His breath with steam Is quicksand warm. As on he thunders vlth our train. Afar the '.Bocky Mountains rise, Their ru"gd steeps a-clad In mow. While o'er thfe hill tho antelope hies. And Indians- warder to and fro. The buffalo guzes from afar. Where erst im trust secure he fed. Ere man upon hta had mado war. And he was wont at will to tread. Anar our oxen, sihre and slow. Fort Laramie, across,, ajway, Bej'ond yon hills thV- mtoneno. My memory sees, as oi. that day. Just twenty jears ago 'twas seen. There, In the echoing hlllt, hard by, Surnamed "The Black." odc-ned. bywoods, My mother laid her down to die In wild and awful solitudes.' The wild coyot yet roams at -nvill. The timid hare and buffalo. And antelope, and serpent, still In freedom range and come and aso. While Indians jjazo In scornful moods. Gone are the oxen, patient brutes. And drivers, with their song and Jtst; Of ruder days they were the fruits, , And tolling well they dld their bc3tL Tholr day Is past, and now, at ease, Wc glide along at rapid pace, Gazing abroad while thought of those, The days of yore, take present place. And I am self-forgetful, too. For through the long, eventful past. Since last I dreamed beneath the blue Arched dome above. these plains so vast. 1 I find 9? mpty yrs n? traw. My mother sleep, dear God, as slept Her peaceful form whm we, that day. Laid her to rest, marcVd on and wept, Too sad to talk, too a "unb to pray. "Was it the breath of anjl's. wins That fanned erewhlle my Severed brow? Did I hear a Hcav'nly SenVh sins. When eyes and ears were cUVed, Just now? O, Mother, memory, God and Truth, Sustain thy faltering. trembltlS one! May 2 regret not years nor youth, Nor that my life, thus far Is d6nc. As through these wilds once mon" so. But let it not be thought that o.ir six j again, months' journey was all tinged with -sad- Jj?he pioneer farmer's wife Is an expan ness. Children are volatile creations. ."d sionlst born. If she does not In some way their tears are like April showers. Thee f et away from the farm with her chll would be days and sometimes weeks that). jren while she and they are young, tho ibarrlng. the stench of putrefying oxen with whtrh fh !,- wnc nimnst alwavs laden, the journey was devoid of other in cidents than the every-day diversion, fatigue and toll of travel. The grandest scenery ceased to Interest us as we faced the bare facts of our physlclal necessl. tics and literally struggled for our lives. To abbreviate a long story, let us pass on to the time, in the latter half of our long journey, when my dingy diary regls- WILL BE CLIMBED BY TELEPHOTO VIEW OP MOUNT HOOli'S CRATER. ters daily scarcely anything but the miles traveled, the loss of cattle by death and drowning, and the ever anxious search for grass, wood and water. The emigration was heavy that year of 1S52, and grass and fuel became alarming ly scarce for belated travelers, as the weeks wore on into the Autumn. When at last, In the closing days of September, when food even for ourselves was gone, wo were mot in the Cascade Mountains by our relatives, Lawson Scott, an Immi grant of '47, and John and Foster John son, of '52, who brought a quarter of beef, some flour and one of them a bot tle of, "O, be joyful," thus horrifying our tee-to taler crowd, It was little wonder that a relative whom my father was bringing to Oregon to reclaim h'n got hilariously tipsy, and Indulged in a car nival of drunken songs, much to the di version of the children, to whom It all was very funny. But this man wasn't a wee bit jolly the prevlouB night. We had tolled all day through the famous Bar low's Pass, and had camped at night at the foot of Laurel Hill. My uncle, who was usually the jolllest of souls, discov ered that we didn't have even a cup of coffee grounds to ease the gnawing of his stomach, and I, who, with my sisters, had fed ourselves on sallal berries, tool in the ludicrous side of the sltua Ion, struck an attitude before him, and re peated his i own words as he had often uttered them, when, romancing over the anticipation of a famine, saying: 'Ten days on half , allowance and two weeks without anything to eat! Lo'd, Lo'd, the prospect tickles me." The poor fel ow, who was really suffering frbm hunger, lost control of his temper, and I suppose I would not have lived to chronicle this event if my father had not Interfered to protect me. From that day to this I have known better than to tantalize a hungry man, no matter what the temptation. The following Summer, after teaching the 'district school In the village of Eola (they called It Cincinnati then), I fol lowed the custom of the country and went, a child-wife, to the then wilds of Clackamas County, where my good hus band had a donation olam. My expe- i rlences there were much like those of Olive Schrelner, though, unlike her, I didn't get world-wide fame by dressing them up for the press. But I wrote them up to real to my rustic neighbors, In fashion, primitive enough, heaven knows, for I was without education and had no knowledge of the simplest rudiments of what the world calls literature. But they were sufficiently diverting to attract crowds to our cabin home, often to re main over night, and always till after dinner, where I was the 'only cook and housekeeper. They also sufficed to keep me out of the insane asylum, which I never visit In these later years without a shudder, for the women's wards are filled with farmers' wives, who, if at all brainy, must either die young, run away, go Insane or lapse Into a state of mental hopelessness for which there is no rem edy. Pon't imagine thqt I see no happiness for women on the farm. A sunny dispo sition can extract sunbeams from cucum bers. With the proper means at tfelr disposal for carrying out their olans for better modes of living on the farm, few women would not prefer that lt"e to any other. As It is, the women who spend their lives upon the farms too often mother a progeny of malcontents, who fill our jails. If boys, or replenish our brothels, if girls. Children have a right to be born under the very best conditions the mother's heart and brain can devlso. That so many fathers see no need of this opportunity for the mothers of men is a palpable reason why they should not hold the "power to legislate for us In all cases whatsoever." My reading on the farm for a long time was restricted to Billy Adams' Argi!-, a little folio published at Oregon City, in which some of my timid fulmlna lions first appeared. Many were tyie neighbors from miles away who came to our cabin to hear those "pieces' read, or sent their children on horseback to borrow the pa- per. In which cases I would never see it Yx W1" ruu aa f aon m tney arB . W enough to choose for themselves, and the girls, who no longer marry In child- .hood, as they formerly did, will follow t Sem. And yet, tho old farm ought to be a laco to which the children should c lng witTi keen delight through all the days of the! V liver. . It shouxl be a haven of rest for t 'hf cl ild-bearln mother, and a homo where the husband and father should find his chtef attraction. Instead of so often. THE MAZAMA5 IN 1901. as now, a place to eat and sleep and give his orders, like a Czar. I recall one dy In 1E55, while we were yet residing on my good husband's do nation claim. I had been alone, as usual, since daylight, with my one wee daughter, and was getting restless In looking for the good man's return. Suddenly the sky grew dark and an ominous roaring shook the atmosphere. I clasped my baby and instinctively covered her with my boay and crouched on tne floor, witn my oacK to the coming storm, fully expecting In- stant death. When I opened my eyes a few minutes later the wind storm had massed on cnrrvlnc- with It the roof, walls and front door of the cabin, and filling the room with fence rails, clapboards, fire- wood, etc., leaving only the one spot In which I had instinctively taken refuge free from the debris. Then came a 1 all storm, which mercilessly pelted me for many minutes while I sheltered my baby with a patchwork quilt. It was abxost dark when the hall ceased falling, and I started wading knee deep In the treezOng: slush, to the nearest neighbor's I co-dd reach, on account of the swollen "swalesV" Happily, my husband had missed tltfp storm, but In trying to follow the road through the fallen timber, he was so be lated that it was midnight when our neighbor, with whom I had taken refuge, hailed him and brought him to his cabin. From that time to the close of our so journ on that farm, In "Hardscrabble," which occurred three years later, every gust of wind -would throw me Into a nervous chill. And yet I was not partic ularly unhappy on the farm. My husband was sober. Industrious and kind. My children were a source of abiding joy. and t n,.A u f n.ontni vt.i -nHth ' A 1UU11U CilUUll J. i44V.. WAV w.o ,,.- them and my crude. untutoirrd pen. to keep me out of the grave and the insane asylum, which is more than I can say of most of the farmers' wives of brainy tendencies who began life as I did. But I see that my story must end right here, though It seems that I have just be gun It Whether there shall be other chapters or not depends wholly on cir cumstances over which the editor has control. But. in Justice to my good hus band, I must add that for many years of his later life he saw these facts as I did, and often before his death requested me to write them up for the benefit of the world. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY. Sna;scntlon to Schurr.. New York Commercial Advertiser. We suggest to the Hon. Carl Schurz that he address an open letter to Bryan, requesting him to say what he would do about paying the coin bonds In sil ver. This would be a distinct contribution to the discussion ot the campaign, and It Is made rather necessary bv Bryan's omission of all reference to' this subject In his letter of acceptance, as well as In his speeches. Mr. Scurz has, been very voluble In professions of belief as to what Bryan could do, would do. anou would not do. as President, but on nono of the professions thus made has Bryan vouchsafed a word. It Is difficult to seo how, under this lack of co-operation be tween the candidate and his champion. Mr. Schurz can continue his contributions, to the campaign debates. It is obviously' a futile proceeding to rake Secretary Gage over the coals for his views of what Bryan would do when Bryan 1b right here to speak for hlmseu". but re fuses to do so. An open letter from Mr. Schurz to Bryan, couched in the best i gomery"a place, and I want to go out and, Schurz stylo of "now-I-say-to-you-Blr." see the bloody sight." I told him he could asking him what he would do about sll- not go, but to remain at home and attend ver, would bring matters to a crisis and to his work. He paid no attention to arouse an amount of public interest that my order, but took off his apron and im would be tremondous, "" J mediately started off to walk tho dla- THE STORY OF A TRAGEDY DRBNKE?rOnGY THAT IiED TO A BLOODY MURDER. Mr. Hugrslns Continues His Rera- iniscencen of Pngct Sound An Affair of 1S53. Stony Lake, so called by the first set tlers. Is a swall or low piece of land In the prairie joining the Montgomery do nation claim. Fort Montgomery, or Camp Montgomery, as It was called In the days, of the Indian "War of 1S55-5G. It has sev eral large bowlders In it, from which It derives Its name. It Is about two miles east of Spanoway Lake. I don't know who owns It now, but In 1S53 a discharged soldier named Hunter, who came with the first company of United States soldiers. TfSrifteS? Fourth Artillery, Captain B. F. Hill. In August, 1849, owned It. The term of en listment of this company was five years, which expired; I think. In 1S52 or 1S53. A lirge numSoer of these men remained In this part o the country and took up do nation claims. A verv few of them beinjr married, thqy could not take advantage ( or tne clause- in tne act giving a iuu sec tlon to a married couple, but several of I them took up claims of half and quarter ui-'tuun. m tiv"i. xicanj, un ui mem had a nice little sum of money when paid off, as. besides receiving double pay, allowed prlncljally to Induce them not to ' desert and join the goldseekers la Call- ' fornla, they wure paid an amount equal j to the cost of a, passage to New Yfork by way of Panama, which In those datys was ; Quite a largo s am of money. This money, t wlth thcir ?tTa: Day- another Incentive , to remain, thay did not receive until they ' we finally discharged, so that;a man. ' a"ef serving his full time, was isure to receive quite a respectable sum which tho Government had saved for him. It was sufficient to enable him to commence farming, especially as the land did not cost him anything more than the usual preliminary expense of surveying. As I before stated. Hunter owned the, Montgomery claim in 1S53. Ha was un- I married, and did not, I think, even have' ,an Indian wife. He was a Virginian. about 30 years of age, and was a good- i looking, quiet, gentlemanly fellow. He seldom drank to excess, but when under the Influence of liquor was inclined to be qurlrreli-ome. A comrade ot Hunter's named Buchanan lived with him. Bu- ' chanan was a Scotchman, and well-be- i " e Sle to bSS? SKS?" l0 seo -toimie, woo, Do.ng a Scotch- man. always had a friendiy feeling for a. respectable brother Scot. Besdies. he attended him professionally when tiie reg-. uiar army surgeon was away on leave of absence. Buchanan's bad health, arose from an effort he made with a fellow sol dier to desert and reach Vancouver Is land, outside tho Jurisdiction of the Unit ed States. The man who accompanied Buchrman was named Russell, and the was between 40 and 50 years of age. These men were nearing Port Townsend when they were captured by Snoqualniie In dians, who were on the lookout for. them for the sake of the reward that Contain Hill offered for their apprehension. It 13 reported that the Indians, headed by the ,notorlous Chief Putkynum. cruelly treat- ed them during the time they were pris oners, and in consequence of which. Rus rtrll died soon after he returned to Fort EfLellacoom, and Buchanan's health be tteme very much Impaired. Jn those early days there was a great diol of liquor drunk. Whisky was brought in large quantities in the ships which came here in the early '50s to load with pi es for San Francisco. Tills was bofore spirituous liquors wetre highly taxed. The tax on whisky was small and It was I comparnitlvely cheap. There were fre quent orgies among some of the early .settlersu and one day during the Summer of 1S53, when I was temporarily in charge of Fort Nisqually, Dr. Tolmle being away, tho cook of tho establlrhment, an Eng lishman, who had sufBcred a touch of sunstroke In the tropics, and who peri odically had slight fits of insanity, rushed Into tho room In which I'was writing, and In an excited manner shouted: "Oh, sir. there's been a half dozen men, white and Indians, killed in a big fight at Mont tance about 10 miles or more. The story was: partly true, but the slaughter wasi not so great as- at first reported. It seems that Hunter and Buchanan had ob tained a keg of whisky, and commenced a drinking bout, when an Englishman and an Indian named Utilcut. or Tallman,, a Nlsqually. employed by the company as plains men, or vacqucros, rode by the house. Hearing the noise of singing and! loud talking, and perhaps -smelling the whisky, they dismounted and Joined In. the festivities. As was generally the case on such festive occasions, a quarsel en sued, and high words led to blow3, and ai general fight. An Indian boy In the serv ice of Hunter was In the house, and gives this information. Hunter, who was said, to be very quarrelsome In his cups, foully abused the others, and lunged at Utilcut with a big knife, -ind stabbed him in tha region of the lungs. , Utilcut managed to escape from the house, and made for am Indian lodge at Montgomery's place, about one mile away. The Englishman escaped without being wounded. Another Indian named Tah-hai took part In the spree, but he was, I suppose, too far gone in liquor to escape. Hunter was now a perfect wild man andt turned his attention to pocr Buchanan, who was lying wounded and helpleia upon the floor. Hunter, crazy with the liquor he had drank, lecom menced an attack upen him, and soon cut and pounded the life out of him. The drunken man then threw him self upon his bed and wa3 soot In a dead sleep. The Indian boy. in fear and trem bling all this time, hid himself under a bed and paid no attCnltoa to the frequent calls of Hunter for him to 3how hlm3,.lfl The lad well knew that had he done -o. his life would have been forfeited, for tho cursed drink had made Hunter for the time being a raving maniac The Indian Tah Hal was also lying dead on the floor, choked, it is said, bv the quantity of whisky he had drank, but more lfly he; had been choken by Hunter. After the cause of all this bloodshed was dead asleep, the boy crept from hl3 hi ling; place and viewed .with horror the flScr of the little cabin, which was ilk a butcher's shambles, with Buchanan Ivlng dead In one corner, covered with bioo.X. nnd the Indian Tah Hal dand in snnhev corner, with features hideous and dis torted. About daylight next morning Hunte? awoke, and. sitting up In bed, rubbed his eyes and looked around the room In bewilderment. He asked what was the matter with Buchanan, and the toy told him he was dead and that he had killed him and had killed Tah-hal. and almott killed Utilcut. Hun'cr continued to ques tion him, and after awhile requested the bey to bring him his gun. The boy got alarmed at this, and did not give him the gun, but dew from the housp. and hid a little distance off. In. a few minute he heard a loud report, and creeplns back to the house, found that Hunter had blown out his brains. Nothing was done In the matter. The neighbors buried the unfortunates, and that was the end ot it. I doubt if there was even a Coroner In the country at that early date; besides, a Coroner could have done no good. The wlfnesses were dead, and an Indian's testimony would not be taken in those days against a white man. Utilcut fame home to the fort the next day. and a ghastly-looking object he was. He did not die at once, but lingered for about a yexr, and then, died of apparently consumption. Sorry He Snia It. New York Tribune. Mr. Beckham, who was defeated as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky last year and who is now fill ing the office of Governor rjy virtue of tha decision of a partisan tribunal. Is a can didate for Governor this yeir. and he Is in trouble. He brought It upon himself by an Inadvertent remark In a campaign speech at Bowling Green a few dnya ago. "Fellow citizens and fellow Democrats!" he cried. "I want you to come out In force this year so as to overcome the Republi can majority of last year" and then the candidate paused to hear hl3 audience respond. "We will." But It didn't. It only coughed and wriggled all of It. that Is to say, except a fw antl-Goebel Demo crats and Republicans who were present. They greeted the appeal with what the reporters of debates In Congress call "de risive applause." It Is said that Beck ham blushed when he realized his blun der. If that story be true It appears that there Is one thing which will make a Goebel Democrat In Kentucky blush to know that he has let slip the truth, how ever unwittingly. It was too late for Beckham to recall the fatal admission, and he has ever since been trying to ex plain to his supporteia that the words were spoken without premeditation and "In the beat of debate" as It were. Hla friends hae advised him to stick to his manuscript hereafter. A liocnl Issue. New Tork Tribune. When nn impertinent and forward per son Interrupted him in the midst of his fiery philippic against "tru'ts" the other day with an Inquiry about the Tammany Ice Trust, Mr. Bryan Impatiently waved him aside with the remark. "Oh, that's merely a local matter." General Hancock expressed the same opinion about the tariff 20 vears ago, but he may not hav been so familiar with that subject a3 Mr. Bryan Is with the Tammany Ice Trust through his Intimate association with Croker and Van Wyck. or as ho Is with the Cotton Baling Trust through equally Intimate association with Chairman Jones, one of Its organizers and active promoters. Many a woman dresses to go out, feels irresolute, sits down, and falls into a fit of despondent musinjr. Ask her what's the matter, and she'll probably answer Jnst the blues.' And what are the: blues? Onlv another name, in general, for a disordered liver and a diseased stomach. Cleanse the liver, heal the stomach, purify the blood, and there'll be no more- blues. It can be done by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine puts the dis eased organs of digestion and, nutrition into a. condition of sound health. It eliminates from the blood all impure and poisonous substances, and cleanses the clogged liver.. It contains neither al cohol nor narcotics. "I had liver complaint for the past fifteen years, complicated with dyspepsia and sail atones," writes Mrs. N. Bernicr, of 461 Sim St Oshkpsh, Wis. "I doctored with seven of our gromicent doctors, and not one or all of them ave done me the good, nor begun to do what y?u-r.Tn3'c-nes havt- x have used three bdttlcs i Ph erce' Golden Medical Discovery, due ylal of his 'Pleasant Pellets,' and one bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and have pined about eighteen pounds since I first began to tabs these remedies.'" Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness lie ' JBif M-crft?v;iirr- "S.
