gag;ggg5!iggHiiirTaygaag,g WitMzm tim'Mffr THE PTTTSBURG- DISPATCH, BUNDAT, . NOVEMBER L . 189L 10 - sax icon until he paw an announcement In the newspapers that Kansas had elected delegates and instructed them for Seward. This was Lincoln's first disappointment in his effort to organize his friends to attain the Presidental nomination, but his philos ophy was well maintained. Equal to the Emcrcency. Without waiting to hear from his friend who had contracted to bring a Lincoln dele ration from Kansas, he wrote him, saying: "I see by the dispatches that since yon wrote Kanbas has appointed delegates in structed for Seward. Don't stir them up to anger, but come along to the convention, and I will do as I said about expenses." It is not likely that that unfortunate experi ence cost Lincoln his $100. but it is worthy of note that soon after his inauguration as President he gave the man a Federal office with a comfortable salary. When he became seriously enlisted as a candidate for the Presidental nomination, he soon learned that while he could be of great value as an adviser and organizer, the great work had to be performed by others than himself. He gathered around him a number of the ablest politicians of the West, tmong whoa were Norman P. Judd, David Davis Leonard Swctt, O. M. Hatch, and Mr. Medill, of the Chicago Tribune. These In en had, for the first time, brought a National convention to the West, and they had the advantage of fighting for Lincoln on their owu ground with the enthusiasm his name inspired as a potent factor in their work. They went there to win and they left nothing undone with in the range of political effort to give him the nomination. Two positions in the Cabinet, one for Pennsylvania and one for Indiana, were positively promised by David Davis at an early period of the contest, when they feared that there might be seri ous difficulty in uniting the delegations of these States on Lincoln. It is proper to ray tnat Lincoln had no knowledge of these contracts, and had given no such authority, and it is p;oper, also, to say that the con tracts were made in both cases with compar atively irresponsible parties who had little power if any, in guiding the action of their respective delegations. The Promise of Cabinet Positions. Certainlv Lane and Curtin, who were the most important factors in bringing their States to the support of Lincoln, were not only not parties to these contracts, but were entirely ignorant of them until their fulfillment was demanded after Lincoln's election. I have good reasons to know that in the cae of Pennsylvania, that contract, vhile it did not of itself make General Cam eron Secretary of War, had much to do with resolving Lincoln's doubts in favor of Cam eron's appointment in the end. There were no political movements of na tional importance durine Lincoln's adminis tration in which he did not actively, al though often hiddenly, participate. It was Lincoln who finally, after the most convul sive efforts to get Missouri into line with the administration, effected a reconciliation of disputing parties which brought Brown end Henderson into the Senate, and it was Lincoln who in 1SG3 took a leading part in attaining the declination of Curtin as a Gubernatorial candidate that year. Grave apprehensions were felt because of the 70,000 Pennsylvania troops in the field who had not then the constitutional right to A ote m their camps, and also because of the bitter factional feud between the Curtin und Cameron w ings of the party, that Cur tin could not be re-elected. Indeed, Cur tin himself and his close political friends looked :pon the contest as almost utterly hopeless. Lincoln had no prejudices arainat Curtin, on the contrary, he pro foundly appreciated his patriotic efforts to aid him in the prosecution of the war, but lie Feared Cnrtln's Defeat, nnd Stanton, who was never friendly to Curtin, was aggressive in his efforts to pre vent his renomination. Curtin's health was broken, and it was believed by his own household that the strain of a great contest mch as he would be compelled to accept if nommatea, wouia be more tnan ne could turvive. His devoted and estimable wife, who shed luster upon every public honor he cttained, appealed to me with tears in her eyes to take absolute measures to retire him from the field, and the Governor heartily as sented if he could be permitted to retire in any way honorable to himself. Of Curtin's renomination there was no doubt whatever if he permitted his name to be used, and it became merely a question how he could retire eracefully. Entrusted with this mission, acting entirely upon my own judgment, I went to Washington, called upon Colonel Forney and told him my mission. I said: "Senator Cameron will desire the retirement of Curtin because he is his enemy; I desire it because I am his friend: may we not co-operate in bringing it aaoat?" Cameron was sent for, the matter was presented to him, and he at once s id, with some asperity, that "Curtin should be got rid of " I suggested if Lincoln would tender to Curtin a foreign mission, in view of his broken health, it would solve the difficulty and enable Curtin to retire. To this Cameron agr.ed, and within half an hour thereafter we startled Lincoln by ap pearing before him together, accompanied by Forney. "It was the first tims Cameron and I had r.ppcared belore Lincoln to unite in asking him to perform and public act. Lincoln 1Vas Very Willing. I stated the case briefly but frankly, and he promptly responded that Curtin was en titled to the honor suggested, and that it would be a great pleasure to him to tender Aim tne place, but, said ne, "X m in the position of yoang Sheridan, when old Sher idan called him to task for his rakis'i con duct, and said to him that he must take a vife; to which young Sheridan replied: Very well, father, but whoe wife snail I tike"?' It is all very well," he added, "to ay that I will give Curtin a mission, nut whose mission am I to take? I would not offer him anything but a first-class one." To this Cameron replied that a second class mission would answer the purpose, but 3fcrney and I resented that and said that if a second-clas mission was to be discussed we had nothing lurther to Bay. Lincoln deed the conference bv suggesting that as it beemed to be my affair, I should call to see hiin in the morning. I did so, when he handed me an autograph letter to Curtin, tendering him a first-class mission, to be ac cepted at his pleasure, in view of the patri otic service he had rendered and the shat tered condition of his health. This letter I delivered to Curtin. The announcement was at once made to the Associated Press that a foreign mission had been tendered to Curtin; that he had signified his acceptance of it, and that he would not be a candidate lor renominiition for Governor. Tlio IVcopIe Called for Curtin. Cnrtin's declination was responded to within a week by a number of the leading counties of the fatate peremptorily instruct ing their delegates to vote for his renomina tion for Governor. It soon became evident that the party would accept no other leader In the desperate conflict and that no other candidate could hope to be elected. Curtin was compelled to submit, and he was nomi nated on the first ballot by more than a two thirds vote, although bitterly opposed by a number of prominent Federal officers "in the State. Lincoln was disappointed in the result; not because he was averse to Cur tin, but because be feared that party divis iors would lose the State. Both Lincoln and Stanton made exhaustive efforts to sup port Curtin after he had been nominated, and all the power of the Government that could be wielded with effect was employed to promote his election. The battle was a desperate one against the late Chief Justice Woodward, who as s(iant in intellectual strcncth.and who commanded the unbounded confidence and enthusiastic support of his party, but'Curtin was elected by OTer 15,000 wajoritv. One o't the shrewdest of Lincoln's great political schemes was the tender, by an au tograph letter, of the French mission to the elder James Gordon Bennett 2fo one who can form any intelligent judgment of the political exigencies of that time can fail to understand why the venerable independent journalist received this mark of favor from the President. Lincoln had but one of the leading journals of 2ew York on which he could rely for positive support. That was Mr. Baymond'a Xew York Times. Mr. Greeley's Tribune was the most widely read liciiublican journal of the country, and it was unquestionably the most potent in molding Republican sentiment, but Greeley was not in accord with Lincoln. The latter knew how important it was to have the sup port of the Herald, and he carefully studied how to bring its editor into close touch with himself. Brousbt Bennett to Terms. The outlook for Lincoln's re-election was not promising. Bennett had strongly advo cated the nomination of General McClellan by the Democrats, and that was ominous of hostility to Lincoln; and when McClellan was nominated he was accepted on all sides as a most formidable candidate. It was in this emergency that Lincoln's "political sagacity servedhim sufficiently to win the Herald to his cause, and it was done by the confidential tender of the French mission. Bennett did not break over to Lincoln at once, but he went by gradual approaches. His first step was to declare in favor of an entirelv new candidate, which wa an'utter impossibility. He opened a leader on the subject thus: "Lincoln has proved a fail ure; McClellan has proved a failure; Fre mont has proved a failure; let us have a new candidate." Lincoln, McClellan and Fremont were then all in the field as nominated candi dates, and the Fremont defection was a serious threat to Lincoln. Ut course, neither Lincoln nor McClellan declined, and the Herald failing to get the new man it knew to be an impossibility, squarely ad vocated Lincoln's re-electi"on Without consulting anyone, and without any publio announcement whatever, Lincoln wrote to Bennett, asking him to accept the mission to France. The offer was declined. Bennett valued the offer very much more than the office, and from that day until the day of his death he was one of Lincoln's most appreciative friends and hearty sup porters on his own independent line. No Boom for Doabt. The tender of the French mission to Ben nett has been disputed, but I am not mis taken about it. W. O. Bartlett, a promi nent member of the New York bar, and lather of the present Judge Bartlett, of the Supreme Court of that State, had personal knowledge of Lincoln's autograph letter that was delivered to Bennett, and Judge Bartlett yet has the original letter of Lin coln to Bennett, unless he has parted with it within the last few years. Bennett was not only one of the ablest and one of the most sagaciouj editors of his day, but he was also one of the most independent, and in controversy one of the most defiant. He was in a position to render greater service to Lincoln and to the country in its desper ate Civil War than any other one man in American journalism. He did not pretend to be a Republican; on the contrary he was Democratic in all his personal sympathies anu convictions, out ne gave a :auuiui sup port to the war, although often freely criti cisincr the policy of the administration. He had no desire for public office, but he did desire, after he had acquired wealth and newspaper power, just the recognition that Lincoln gave him, and I doubt whether any one thing during Bennett's life ever gave him more sincere gratification than this voluntarv offer of one of the first-class mis sions of the country, made in Mr. Lincoln's own handwriting, and his opportunity to decline the same. Looking as Lincoln did to the great battle for his re-election, this was one of the countless sagacious acts by vi hich he strengthened himself from day to day, and it did much, very much, to pave the way for his overwhelming majority 0USS4. Sent Soldiers Home to Tote. That Lincoln understood practical poli tics after he had been nominated for a sec ond term, is very clearly illustrated in the letter he wrote to General Sherman on the 19th of September, 1864. The States of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania then voted in October for State offices, and Indiana was desperate? contested. Ohio was regarded as certain, and Pennsylvania had only Con gressmen and local officers to elect. The soldiers oi Indiana could not vote in the field, and Lincoln's letter to Sherman, who commanded the major portion of the Indi ana, troops, appeals to him, in Lincoln's usual cautious manner, to furlough as many of his soldiers home for the October election as he could safely spare. His exact lan guage is: "Anything you can safely do to let your soldiers, or any part of them, go home to vote at the State election will be greatly in point," To this he adds: "This is in no senso an order; it is simply intende 1 to impress you with the importance to the army itself, of your doing all vou safely can, yourself be ing the judge of what you can safely do." "While this was "in no sense an order" it was practirally a command that Sherman promptly and generously obeyed, and the result was that Morton was elected Gov ernor by borne 22.000 majority. It was at Lincoln's special request that General Logan left his command and missed the march to the sea, to stump Indiana and Illi nois in the contest of 'G4. He was one ot the ablest and most impressive of all the campaigners of the West, and it was re garded by Lincoln as more important that Logan should bo on the hustings than in command of his corps. Sending Troops to the Front. I recall a pointed illustration of Lincoln's rare sagacity when confronted with embar rassing political complications that occurred in 1862, when I was in charge of the mili tary department of Pennsylvania pertain ing to the draft of troops made under the State law. Harrisburg was an important center of military supplies, as well as the political center of the State. Immense army contracts were men awaraea ana executed under officers assigned to duty at that place. After the draft had been made, the con scripts Degan to pour into tne capital by thousands, and as the demands for reinforce ments in the field was very pressing, I called upon the military officer of the city and urged upon him the necessity of mus tering the new men as promptly as possible. To my surprise he mustered only two com panies the first day out of 1,000 men. On the seceon day, notwithstanding my earnest appeal to him, he mustered no more than two- companies, and on the third day, when I had over fi,000 men in camp, a mere mob without organization or dicipline, the same tedious process of mustering was continued. I telegraphed Secretary Stanton that I had many men in camp, and that they were ar riving in large numbers.but that I could not have them mustered; that I could forward a regiment of troops every day if the Gov ernment would furnish the officers to muster and organize them. A prompt answer came that it would be done. The following m rn ing a new officer appeared of course subor dinate to the commandant of the place who had charge f the mustering, 'and he promptly musterad an entire regiment the first day. On the following moraine he was relieved from duty and -ordered elsewhere, and the mustering again fell back to two companies a day. Tbere tVas Money In It. In the meantime over 7,000 men had been gathered into the camp and it was evident that the question of supplying the camp and the interests of contractors had become para mount to the reinforcement of the army. I telegraphed Lincoln that I would see him in Washington that night, and hurried .on to correct the evil by personal conference with him. The case was a very simple one, and ne reaauy tooK in tne situation. He knew that 1 had labored day and night for two months without compensation or the expec tation of it, to hasten the Pennsylvania troops to the aid of our soldiers in th'e field,, and I said to him that if he would send mustering officers to organize them promptly, I would return and finish the work; if not, I would abandon it and go home. Lincoln was greatly pained at the devel opment, but he understood that a change of military officers at Harrisburg, such as this occasion seemed to demand, would involve serious political complications. He was of all things most desirous to strengthen our shattered armies, and it was evident very soon that he meant to do so in some way, but without offense to the political power that controlled the military assignments at Harrisburg. Without intimating his solu tion of the problem, he rang his bell and in structed his messenger to bring Adjutant General Thomas to the Executive Chamber. Soon, after the Adjutant General appeared and Lincoln soid: "General,.what is the mili tary rank of the senior officer at Harris burg?" To which the Adjutant General re plied: "Captain, sir," and naming the officer. Promptly Made an Offer. . Lincoln promptly said in reply: "Brint: me a commission immediately for Alexander K. McClure as Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Volunteers, with the rank of Major." The Adjutant General bowed himself out, when I immediately said to Lincoln that I could not consent to be subject to arbitrary military orders; that I desired no compensation for the work I had performed and I'must decline the honor he proposed to confer upon me. In his quiet way he replied: "Well. McClure, trymyvway; I think that will get the troops on without delay and without tread ing on anybody's toes. I think if you will take your commission back to Harrisburg, call up the Captain in command there to muster you into the service of the United States and show him your assignment to duty there, you will have no trouble what ever in getting the troops organized and forwarded as rapidly as you wish. Now try it, won't you?" I saw the wisdom of the suggestion and well understood why the President desired to avoid the offense that would have been given bv the removal of the military offi cers, and I agreed to try his plan. When I returned to Harrisburg the next day I sent for the senior officer to come to my office. He came in with all the dignity and arro gance of an offended Csesar and spoke to me with bare civility. I quietly handed him my commission, requested him to musterme into the military service and also exhibited the order assigning me for duty at Harris burg. The Tables Were Tnrned. When he saw my commission, his hat was immediately removed and he was as obse quious as he had been insolent before. When he had finished mustering me into the service I said to him: "I presume you understand what this means. I don't pro pose to make any display of military au thority or to interfere with anything except that which I have immediately in hand. There must be a regiment of'troops mus tered and forwarded from this State every day until the tioops in camp are all sent to the field. Good morning. He immedi ately bowed himself out, saluting in mili tary style as he did so, a grace that I had not yet myistered sufficiently to return", and from that day until the camp was emptied of conscripts, a regiment of troops was mus tered daily and forwarded to Washington. That was the only military authority I ever exercised, and lew knew of the mili tary dignity I had so suddenly attained. When the troops were forwaded to the field and the- accounts settled, I resigned my commission as quietly as I received it and sent it to the President, who, as he had voluntarily promised, ordered its immediate acceptance. The officer who was thus so unexpectedly superseded, and who.wae so promptly made to render efficient service to the country by Lincoln's admirable strat egy, is no longer among the living, and I omit hu name. He learned how Lincoln could discipline a soldier and he profited by the lesson. A. K. McCiajbe. SOCIETY AT GENEVA FAVORITE RESOKT FOB WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOURISTS. THE MUSIC WORLD. first Popular Becital at the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. , THE MiraiE HAUKOPERACOMPAKY Somethlntr of Mascagni's New Work Pro duced at Borne Lost Night. A BUDGET OP GENEBAL NEWS 'ITEMS eonzogno, ine entirely comn tral score or his new opera. "Friend Fritz." This new work of the now famou author of "Cavalleria Ensticana" was finished by him fn the short time of a rew months, and without his having ceased in the meantime to wort on his other score, "Thenantzaus," which as a composition is also almost com pleted. While Mascagni In the "Cavalleria" runs through nearly the whole gamut ol strong dramatic accents and situation-, "Friend Fritz" seems like an idyll, replete with love and tender emotions, and in wuicn cno composer seeks to toucu our manent success of the bpera was largely established by her, were rather strongly stated in that review-. So the fact that it was Galli-Marie who (owin? to the deten tion In England of Marie Boze, for whom Bizet first wrote the part,) sang Carmen at the one very first performance, makes very little difference. However, since the phrase "his (or her) oilglnal character" was nnderlined several times during the week, It Is proper to inti mate that the statement should be qualified when It is not intended to have Its natural meaning as designating the artist that ere- hearts throiisiu the, very simplicity of his I ated the role on the first production of the Boland J. flemmick as Consul How Bli Appointment Was Heralded Under the Wrong Name Soma Important Social Events of Recent Date. rCOEBESrOXDESCK OP Till DISPATCH.1 Geneva, Oct 21. Geneva has seldom had a better summer, as far as visitors are concerned. They have come in their thou sands, and have, unfortunately, departed, wit't a er few.exceptions. The hotel pro prietors are jubilant over the profits of the past season, but the shopkeepers tell a very different talc The fin-de-siecle tourist is exceedingly wily, and the far-famed Geneva musical box has lost its attractions, even when disguised in the shape of a chair which, on being occupied, proceeds to give forth melodious sounds. The little carved chamois is a drug in the market, and the only article which continues to hold its place in the "tripping" American's estima tion is the Geneva watch, which is undoubt edly worthy of its reputation. Among ths multitude of our comnatriots who have made mora or less prolonged sojourns here are quite a number of Western Pennsylvanians, and the presence of a great part of them is doubtless due to the fact that the position oi united states Consul m Geneva is held by a well-known citizen of Pittsburg, Mr. Roland J. Hemmick. A short time after Mr. Harrison's inaugura tion a cablegram appeared in the local paper, LeJournalde Geneve, stating briefly that Mr. Phillip Hummic (sic) had been appointed Consul in Geneva. The curiosity of the Anglo-American colony was naturally much aroused as to who and what this Phillip Hummic might be. HIS IXTEODITCTION TO OFFICE. Mr. L. T. Adams, who was at that time Consul, had as yet received no official inti mation ot his removal, and the colony was, for the moment, obliged to curb its desire for knowledge. About ten days later a gentleman walked leisurely into the Con sulate, and, handing his card to Mr. Adams, casually inquired it there was any mail for him. Mr. Adams glanced at the name Boland J. Hemmick and immediately di vined, with his experience of the accuracy with which foreign papers print English and American names, that the mysterious Phillip Hummic stood before him. Expla nations were then entered into, and Mr. Hemmick for the first time learned of his appointment. He had made his applica tion for the post shortly before sailing for Europe, and was appointed before landing. Jlr. and -Mrs. Hemmick, who was Miss Lucy Smith, of Pittsburg, at once started on a house-hunting expedition, which re sulted in their renting one of the-finest chateause on Lake Liman. This place is the property of M. Verne d'Arlandes, who was badly hurt in the crash of the Copper syndicate in Paris, in 1888. Here the new Consul and his wife began their social cam paign, which has been so successful. IMPORTANT SOCIAL AITAIRS. Their first large entertainment was a danc ing dinner given in honor of Mrs. Hemmiek's newly married brother, Mr. L. Smith, and his bride, who was Miss Shannon, of Pitts burg, the daughter of the late Chief Justice of Dakota. In January Mr. Hemmick moved in town and took up his residence al. the Hotel Beau-Rivage, where together with Mrs. K. W. Smith, Mrs. Hemmiek's mother, he gave a "pink" ball which cre ated quite a sensation. Among others pres ent was Mr. John D. Washburne, United States Minister to Switzerland, who came down to Berne for the occasion. The following summer Mr. Hemmick rented Chatean Eccogia, about an hour's drive from Geneva, for a term of years, and since then has kept open house there, spend ing, however, four winter months in town at the Hotel Beau-Rivage. There are cer tainly few consuls in Europe who have made themselves so popular as Mr. Hemmick; and he and Mrs. Hemmick have made many friends, not only in the Anglo-American colony, but also among the Genevese, who as a rule do not take kindly to strangers. OTHER riXTSBUEGERS IN ITALY. Colonel and Mrs. T. M. Bayne, Mrs. Hem miek's sister, and brother-in-law are here, and the cx-TJnited States Congressman de clares that he thoroughly enjoys the rest and change from political life. Later on Colonel and Mrs. Bayne, together with Mrs. Smith, intend going "down to Rome to spend the winter. Mr. Charles S. Graham, who has spent the last four years in extensive traveling, has just left tor Pittsburg, after stopping a few days witk Mr. and Mrs. Hemmick. Another guest, who is also at Eccogia, is Miss Swearengen, of Pittsburg, who intends passing the winter here. Among other people well known in Pitts burg who have visited Geneva during the past season are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Car negie, 'Mr. Max Moorhead, Mr. W. H. Singer, of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.; Mrs. Hayes, Major Clinch Philips and family, Mr. Denny, Captain and Mrs." H. H. King, Mr. W. R. Holmes, ofT. H. Holmes & Son; Mrs.John B. McCune, widow of the. late President of the Union National Bank; Dr. Cyrus B. King, Mr. S. Hamilton, Miss C. Schmertz, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Waring, Mr. W. S. Kulin and Mr. and Mrs. G. Hutchin son. Genf. The audience room of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, one of the largest in the city, was thronged last Tuesday evening by an intelligent and appreciative audience, assembled for the organ recital by Mr. J. C. Batchelder, of Detroit, assisted by Mr. Homer Moore. The programme was as fol lows: L (a) Fusne in G Minor .Bach (b) Offertoiroin D Fat Salome (c) Impromptu Pastorale Buck 2. Song "There Is a Green Hill Far Away." Gounod Mr. iioore. S. Sonata In D Major, ( No. S).... Mendelssohn (a) Andante. (b) Andante con Moto, (c) Allegro Maestoso. i (a) Mediation t.. (b) Marche Solenellej Lemalgre fi. "The King's Prayer"(Lohengrln)Wagner Mr. Moore. 6. (a) Andante rom Fifth Symphony Beethoven (b) Elsa's Brautgangzum Muenster Wasner 7. March in E flat Salome Excepting the Lemaigre march, a cheap and commonplace piece, the abore pro gramme is a fine sample of a well-ordered set of good, legitimate organ selections es pecially calculated to please a general audi ence. To call it "severely classical," as one cotemporary did in advance, is laugha ble. Mr. Batchelder years ago showed Pittsburg bis maateryof the great classical works and technical "battle horses" of the organ. This time he wisely chose a pro gramme to suit the occasion, being the first of a series of free popular recitals arranged for by the church named. The Bach fugue was one of the shorter ones from a set, not the great minor G fugue; as registrated by Mr. Batchelder (be ginning with Swell mf, Introducing second subject on t'.ie Great diapasons and grad ually building un to full organ) It was made more intelligible and effective, especially to the unskilled listener, than if played ac cording to the strict traditions of the Haupt school, with full organ from start to finish. The piece de resistance was the Mendels sohn sonata, beginning with that noble. plain chorale, followed by the finely trusting unaante con moto, witn melody ana gracetui peuai musical modes or expression. In tne or chestration, however, the work Is entirely modern (In the sense of the Wagner follow ers), and withal it contains a perfect flood of melodic material of the loveliest kind. The opera, which, according to the ex pressed desire of the composer, is to be brongbt out first at Borne, consists of three acts, a prelude and an. other "l"-termezzo sinfonlco" be tween the second and third acts. It demands a personnel of seven, four of whom raust be of the first rank (soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor and baritone), while three are minor parts. Tho first three performances at the Costanzi Theater In Rome, which will prob- aoiv uikb place by the end of tms month. win ne conducted by the composer in pei son. The part of "Susel" will be sung b: )y the composer in per Snsel" will be sung bv Miss La Calve, while the tenor De Lucia will take the part of "Fritz," and the baritone Lherie that of "Eabbi Davtd." In an exceedingly courteous note received by the present writer from Mrs. Minnie Hank last Tuesday, the gifted artiste, apropos of The Dispatch's review that morn ing, nays: "As you seem In doubt as to who created the part of Carmen in America, I be; to state that It was I during the season of '79-'SO, under Colonel Mnpleson. We brought It over to America for the first time, singing it in all cities, Signor Campanini, Del Puente and myself belnir tbe original ones to do the opera on the Italian stage anywhere, either in Europe or America." This information is willingly added to that printed Tuesday, whloh, however, it does not all contradict. Mrs. Hauk's peoullar re lation to this role and the faot that tbe per- opera. The onlyieal valno of the pnrase lies in tne proDaoiuty almost aiays mo fact that the opera whs first produced un der the composer's personal supervision, and that the artists thus received his own ideas nt first hand. Otherwise the so-called "creation" of a character implies nothing an'horltative or standard-giving, and to speak of it as one's "original character" sim ply points out tbe one who happened to get first into that particular field. Crotchets and Quaver. A Fbzsch composer, Anguste Germain, la writing a Wagnerian burlesque entitled "Le Petit Lohengrin." This Is adding In sult to injury! Air interesting overture, composed by Cherubinlln ISIS for the London Philhar monic Society, ba been, recently unearthed and will soon be published. It turns out that tbe rumor of Mrs. Trebelli's being disabled by paralysis was Incorrect. She has returned to London, It now appears, in perfect health. AirroHio Golassi, the eminent baritone, who was to have joined the Minnie Hauk Company, but did not, sang at the Thomas Symphony concerts in Chicago tbe other day and will be heard In concert frequently, this season. EuonrzD'ALBZBTis coming oyer again in the spring. With this addition to the others on tho list Paderewskl, Pachmann, Rum mel. Gruenfeld, Joseffy, et al. America will suffer from planistio plethora. Thb Bostontans will return to the Dn- quesne Theater next week with DeKoven's I "Robin Hood," the clever operetta a la Gil-1 bert A Sullivan whloh Pittsburg admired so much Iasf year, and which has just had a most successful run In New York. "Cavaiixeia Busticajta" will be heard In Berlin at the Royal Opera House, on nmm. ber 13, the anniversary of Beethoven's birth. The dead master's ballet, "Die Geschoeofe des Prometheus," a work little known to the musical world, will be performed the same evening. asd still they come! Mr. Martin RnM.r late director of theBoyal Academy of Mnsic, Dublin, and for seven years choral conduc tor and teacher In Milan, will Join tho fac ulty of the New England Conservatory of Music at the opening of the spring term. February 4, 1892. ' The brothers, Alfred Gruenfeld, pianist, andHeinrlch Gruenfeld, violoncellist, made a very successful debnt In New York, Octo ber 23. The pianist, in particular, was wel comed as a player of high rank; with some limitations, of course, but a strong and In tel esting individuality. THBsnicide of Marie Wilt, while insane, has sadly terminated an extraordinarily brilliant career. Mrs. Wilt was for 25 years one of tbe foremost members of the Vienna Opera. -. Her voice and versatility were such that she sang with facility high soprano or contralto roles, whether dramatic orlyrio in style. Me. Daw Dabb Ezichtoxs Is the composer of an effective and well written processional hymn, "Let the Banner of the Cross,"just published In Sehlrmer's octavo series. Mr. Ezechielsand bis well-trained boycholr.br the way, officiated effectively at Grace Church, Mt. Washington, lasr Thursday evening, in a choral wedding, quite a rarity In Pittsburg. t Thi resignation of Organist and Choir master W. V. Dermitt from the post at St. Peter's P. E. Church, which he has so long, so faithfully and so successfully filled, has been most reluctantly accepted by the church authorities. Mr. Dennltt's health and strength has been too sorely taxed for him to continue tbe work. His successor is not yet announced. aupras's opera,"La Cfgale," was produced for the first time in America last Monday night at the Garden Theater.and proved to be a bright bit of French music, but spoiled by the English libretto and tbe mnslo Inter polated into the score by Ivan Caryll. The cast included Lillian Russell, Attalie Claire, Carl Streltmann. Tozliapletra and Louis Harrison.-JfitrtozZ Courier. The new Auditorium on Penn avenue It progressing apace and will be sufficiently ready for the ciirysantnemum show to be held there before the formal opening. That Interesting occasion will be upon tbe ap pearance of the Austrian Juvenile Band,No vember21 and 25. It is hoped to arrange a half-holiday at tbe schools so that the young people may go to the matinee and hear the playing of the other youngsters, of whose musical meriu the prospectus and press no tices speak so highlv. Manager George C. Jenks has concluded a contract with Gil more and his big folks' band to follow the Juveniles December 15. Gllmore's solo singers on this tour are Miss Emilie Schnee loch, soprano: Miss Emmn Schneeloch (a sister), contralto: Mr. Victor Clodlo, tenor, and Mr. Edward O'Mahony, bass. The rest of Pittsburg's grand opera for this season will be brought to the Opera House on Monday, the 16th Inst, by the Emma Juch troupe. This time it will be sung in English by Miss Juch and Miss Minnie Eandes, sopranos: Miss Lizzie Macnichol and Miss Gertrude May Stein, contraltos; Albert Gullle and Angostino Montegriffo, tenors, with enough more principals, chorus-singers, Instrumentalists and at taches for Manager Locke to muster a roll of 125 members. The conductor Is Mr. Be vtgnanl, who has earned fame at Covent Garden, London. The repertoire will bet Monday, Tannhaeuser;" Tuesday, "Faust;. Wednesday, Lohengrin:" Thursday, "Ro meo and Juliett' Friday, "Cavalleria Rusti -cana;" Saturday matinee, "Ii Trovatore," and evening, "The Bohemian Girl." That will be a week of opera with "something for every shoe." RATTinros, counters and shelving: HAUGH& KEENAa-, su 33 and 34 Water ..Jreei con- Its suave ..In... vt.l. m flnnl. f ntn.lrafl Tint 11 1 n T. ft yet most dignified withal. It was played with affectionate care for every detail; pure and musicianly in conception, accurate and, at times, brilliant In execution. Such were the characteristics of all of Mr. Batchelder's interpretations, which cannot be particularized this mornirg. In the light and graceful morceaux by Salome, Buck and Lemnlgne, as in tLo two orchestral tran scriptions, the player displayed yet more fully his consummate skill In registration, the chief distinctive feature of the true or ganist. He bad spent the whole day (rare example to other concert organists!) In painstaking study of that pai ticulnr organ, adapting his registration to bring out the best effects to be obtained from its verv con siderable resom ces. The result was ample justification of such unusual pains. Probably very few In the audience de tected nny deficiency there may have been in Mr. Batchelder's playing on account of an exquisitely painful felon that covered the striking portion of his left thumb. It was reallv heroic of him to keep his engagement in spite of that obstacle. There nas some Blight shortcoming in the general brilliancy and freedom of his playing, clearly attri butable to this cause. But in spite of that, It must be conceded that Mr. Batchelder's work on Tuesday evening, was, In many particulars, tbe best organ playing that has been heard in Pittsburg for several years, Mr liomer Moore's singing added very materially to tne enjoyment of the evening. Hij is a noble baritone or exceptional range, good quality (or qualities, rather, for he hns unusnal command of the several varieties of tone) and of extraordinary volume. Each of his numbers was distinguished for clear enunciation and for an emotional significance that is rare Indeed. The know ing and the unskillful alike expressed great delight at Mr. Moore's performance. Should he be indnoed to locate here, Pitts burg will have gained, at least, one of the best singers she ever possessed. Mr. Charles uavts carter Having consented actne very last moment to nliy the accdmpanlments, should not be criticised for certain defects which a further familiarity with tho instru ment would probably have prevented. The Music at the Dnguesne. Only a few general remarks can this morn ing be added to what has been said during the week regaiding tho opera performances by the Minnie Hank troupe. Considering nil the circumstances, and especially the low pi ices of the seats, the nork of this company is entitled- to much pra'se; although, as a matter of justice to the com posers, it must be borne in mind that each opera was woi thy of a much more complete and finished production than is possible under these circumstances and at those prices. If this bo always borne in mind, so that no one Is led to mistake tbe impertect performance for the whole art-work as originally in tended, there is nothing but good to be de rived from periormances like these, which, though faulty and Imperfect, were animated by a truly artistic endeavor to do the best that could be done. A special word should be said for the "Lohengrin" production on Friday evening because in that was made the bravest and in many respects a successful effort to overcome tho greatest difficulties. There was much that was enlnyable In It. The chorus, though careless in easier passages, did surprisingly with some of the worst places, as, for Instance, the very com plicated and exciting strains that preface Lohengrin's arrival. Mr. Behrcns got good service out of his small orchestra, too; though It is a pity that he is not pro vided with condensed parts so as to fill in better where Instru ments are lacking. Mrs. Hank's Elsa was a remarkably fine impersonation, worthy to compaio with any on the st.igo to day. This is the more remarkable in view of the meat contrast between this role and tliat with which 6ho is most associated; vet there was nohint of Carmen In her Elsa, which displayed!! seemingly new and complete per sonality all its owu. Mr. Montariol's Lohen grin was a more finished and consistent character than his Don Jose. The American stage has not seen in lecent years many tonors as satisfactory all around as Mr. Montariol. Mr. Stormont's Telramund and Miss Tremelli's Orlrud wei e dramatically ex cellent, xne lormer sung wen except in concerted work; the latter's sonorous con tralto was most effective In the lower reg ister and had not the range to touch the a's and a flats at which so many of OrtruaVs strongest words are pitched. Further hearing of Mascagnl's extraordi nary one-act opera, "Cavalleria Rnstlcana," does not develop any more definite explan ation or Its universal success than was penned Tne day evening. It Is Its distinc tive combination of materials which were mostly known before, but are here sur charged with the electric force of an in tense individuality, and nM concentrated into the shortest possible form it is the woric in its entirety, which alone ex plains its success, its brevity Is certain! its most distinctive leature, and berein shares the tendency or the dav toward con densation as manifested in Kipling's short stories, for instance. In this particular Mascagni is np to the times as no one else is, and this, with his mastery of the technique of composition and the tremendous vitality that breathes through every measure, goes to mako up the overwhelming lmpiesslon which the fiery little work has produced in Pittsburg, as elsewhere. Tho leading roles as sung by Hauk, Mon tariol and Del Puente Were altogether satis fying and evidently did justice to the com poser's intentions. It would be pleasant to seo what an nrtist like Hauk could make of tbe C&rm-like role of Lola, whose briet ap peal ance on the stage ought to show some reasonable cause lor all tbe trouble she'is supposed to have stirred up. The orchestra, of, course, was sadly deficient; Mascagni calls for fonr harps, for instance, and other instruments in proportion. But they did the best they could. Mascagnl's New Opera. Great interest centers upon the produc tion last nieht at the Cnstanri, Rome, of Mascagni'a new opera, "L'Ami Fritz." This is written too early for cable informa tion as to the performance, but the charac ter of the opera may be seen from the fol lowing paragraph lately printed in the Musical Courier, upon seemingly good authority: . Mascagni has Just handsel to hU publiiba SOME RARE BARGAINS IN CHAMBER SUITES! FIVE CARLOADS BOUGHT AT BANKRUPT RAIFI OFFERED FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF MANUFACTURE! 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