The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—4G per year by mail; by earrier, 15¢ ee! per w SUNDAY CALE—#1.50 b WEEKLY CALL—#1.30 per The Eastern ofice of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rbinelander building, Rose and | Duane streets, New York. Spring fever has the grip now. California art deserves California patron- age. Every city in the State wishes it had a fiesta. is full of it. | The inquest is over, but the examination | is yet to come. | Oakland has paved her way to greatness by making good The San Francisco Mint is coining more nsions than dollars. | Amid the whirl of the fiestas, business keeps right along reviving. turday shopping be sure In doing your § to ask for Californi Populism seems to have lost all of its pop and nearly all of its ism. The coming generation ought to find good streets when it gets here. ¢ht’’ are not timid about are there for. The “Solid E showing what th Don’t fail to attend the Spring Exhibition and show your appreciation of art. No matter who makes the race in 189, it looks like a walkover for bimetallism. Put up the dust for the competing road and down with the dust on the street. California communities that are not talk- ing of progress are not listened to in these days. Los Angeles and Santa Barbara are get- ting a great deal of advertising of the best | kind. Humboldt is bound to have something | S ofa railroad, if she has to build a little one | herself. | Lea e orders for the Sunday CaLy, and | provide yourself with good reading for to- morrow. The cosmic dust theory of the origin of | disease will require us to raise the quaran- | tine s | high. There is a business sagacity in a well- ordered fiesta that twines a golden cord among the rose: )b are decidedly | recently made in Our pictures by telegr: the greatest advance newspaper work. It is evident that going to Emmanuel Church was a step toward the next world in more ways than one. The demand for Cleveland to explain what he means by sound money is clamor- ous, but not expectant. Pledge your business to thé San Joaquin road, and help to emancipate yourself from the exactions of monopoly. It is going to be a difficult.task to get a | jury of intelligent men who have no theories of the Emmanuel Church crimes. The man who says “I don’t know” gen- erally knows as much as the other fellow. An Armenian revolt would be very apt to bring about a cloudburst of war in Europe. There is a specially brilliant sort of | crown in heaven awaiting the citizen who | shall die without having -emitted a | “theory.” In providing for an offensive and defen- | sivealliance with China, the Japanese show a willingness not only to let herup, but 1o | help her up. There would bea riot in Oakland if some San Franciscan should happen to exhibit there one of the cobblestones from San Francisco's streets. No San Francisco silurians live in Oak- land, for the reason that in that city their slumbers would not be lulled by the sound of rattling milk carts over cobblestone streets. J§The next Democratic National Conven- tion will not attempt to nominate a candi- date for the Presidency, but will just leave the door open and let the wind blow in somebody. The Coroner’s jury held the inquest and then the prisoner, but this reminds us that when the parson of Emmanuel Church told the sexton the sexton never tolled the bell. The directors of the Valley road have been making so rapid progress that they are entitled to a rest of a week, and the strength of a strong man after anapis always enhanced. San Francisco has so many pretty girls of her own that she does not wish to be held responsible for any Monterey girls that claim kidnapping as an excuse for their presence here. The presence of so many floats at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara recently may be accounted for by reflecting that there have been a great flood of sunshine and overwhelming showers of roses down there. Stephen M. White may know how to an- tagonize the interests of the fruit-growers, in Southern Californiz, but when it comes to directing the destinies of the San’ Fran- sisco Mint, his power becomes as pallid as his name. Being somewhat hungry and tired after her war with China, Japan may suddenly take it into her head to find some nice, quiet place in the middle of the Pacific where she may be able-to sit down and leisurely eat a Bandwich. Patience is a part of manliness, and the more manliness the greater patience; but when such patience becomes exhausted, as it is in Judge Conlan’s case, it becomes ugiy, and that is the sort of ugliness that “Solid Eights’’ might be well afraid of. The ghost of poor old Tom Fowler, who, with George C. Perkins, was the author of the no-fence law that transformed Tulare County from a sheep-pasture into an or- chard, must grieve to see his widow de- nied an opportunity to earn an honest live- libood in the San Francisco Mint. | the pretense of making or trying a single | character of the incredible. | any act that these men may de. | es | petent in every way, but if Jud | it, perhaps, more accurately, there are | AN INDIGNANT JUDGE. 1f Police Judge Conlan had never done anything before to establish a reputation for manliness and all that goes with it, his refusal to submit to his clerk’s dismissal by a majority of the Board of Supervisors is sufficient to that end. Of the twelve members of the Board there are eight who have won the popular designation of the -Solid Eight,”” with all the suggestion that | belongs to such an appetlation. San Fran- ciscans are too familiar with the shameful meaning of such an expression to require an explanation. How any Supervisor, knowing himself to be an honest officer, could have the hardihood to pursue such a course as to invite such a stigma, or, having had it fastened upon him, should be so lacking in that which ordinarily would lead an honest man to establish his integrity and punish his defamers, is a problem which any man who knows that he is honest and who is proud of his fair name finds himself powerless to solve. TJudge Conlan has defiantly opposed him- self to the last shameless act of the *‘Solid ght.”” -He had a clerk, named Watson, who is said to be worthy and competent in every way. The “Solid Eight,” without charge against him, peremptorily dis- missed him. This might not have ap- peared so disgraceful had they not shame- ly appointed to the office a son of one le i furnishing the true reason for Watson’s dismissal. Such an act partakes of the It leaves not the weakest peg upon which to hang the airiest doubt of purpose or the slimmest hope of error. It issimply a bald and dis- gusting affront to every honest man’s sense of decency, and makes it impossible henceforth to expect a worthy motive in ‘What the ¥ may be forced to suffer from their rcise of power noone can foresee. It is possible only to sit in a helpless despair and be prepared for any overwhelming scandal to oecur. Judge Conlan need haye nouneasiness, for in most men there is admiration of manliness and an abiding sense of decency. | That he has the law on his side in refusing to accept the new clerk there seems to be | no reason to doubt; but in this case legal considerations are secondary to cer- n matters of decency which are in- volved, and in defending them be is stand- ing up for manliness and right conduct, and assisting in the still better work of informing the people what manner of men are in control of their most important affairs. For protecting his own interests, too, | Judge Conlan is displaying commendable | wisdom, He knows that his clerk has ious responsibilities; that Police Court sin the past have brought scandal upon the courts by their dishonesty, and | that the rights of many persons can be imperiled by a crooked or even incom- petent man in that capacity. The Judge must share these r ibilities and suffer from the scandals which ir abuse entails. Upon what ground could Judge Conlan base a presumption that the clerk | C | sougnt to be thrust upon him would prove | | and safe currency. | to be either capable or honest? The young man may be most worthy and com- | ge Conlan | should base his expectations on consider- | ations which ignored the young man's very direct affiliation and his apparent | partnership in a scheme which is most | ouraging on its face, he would show a i ck of that wisdom which seems so essen- | tial to the conduct of his office. A ORUEL REBUKE. It would be difficult to imagine a rebuke | more severe and at the same time more un- | consciously humorous than one which Oakland has administered to San Fran- | cisco. In the Oakland department of yes- terday’s CaL the news was published that the Alameda County Good Roads Associa- tion will find a firm ally in Mayor Davie, and that “one of his pet schemes for the improvement of the city is to put the streets in excellent condition and keep them so.” This certainly is a most lauda- | ble ambition, but to such of us in San| Francisco as would like to find some- | thing in the condition of the City streets to be proud of it is quite startling. | For these many years Oakland has been | famous for her beautiful streets, Her wise | residents know the great value of excellent | pavements, and they may ascribe much of their city’s prosperity to that cause. There are doubtless thousands of San Franciscans who live in Oakland mainly because of the smooth, noiseless, clean and pleasant | streets of that charming city: or, to state thousands of Oaklanders who do business in San Francisco, but who cannot be in- duced to live here. The flourishing livery stables of Oakland probably do as much business asthose in San Francisco, becanse the streets of Oakland are so delightful and | drives are possible to all points and in every direction, while in San Francisco horseback riding and buggy driving are tortures that few San Franciscans have the courage to invite. In addition to this rid- ers of bicycles could tell an eloquent story. It may be really possible that Oakland streets can be made better than they are, but the bone-shaken residents of San Francisco, who will naturally regard the matterin a comparative sense, can hardly imagine how Oakland’s streets can be made better or more inviting except by paving them with gold. Undoubtedly Oakland receives annually more San Francisco money because of hav- ing excellent pavements than would be required to put even in decent order ten, or perhaps twenty, miles of our own streets. And Oakland eminently deserves it, and would doubtless have more were it possible or convenient for more San Fran- ciscans to live in that city. .Of course Oakland has many other attractions, in- cluding a delightful climate and thousands of the most exquisite flower gardens, which give evidence of the pride even of her poorest residents. And then, too, rents are somewhat lower, because ground val- ues are less, her people seeming to possess some sort of instinet which moves them, in the fixing of property values as well as in all other matters, to de the wisest and | most profitable things for the benefit of | their city. But that the splendid streets of Oakland are a special attraction and are efficient in luring so many San Francis- cans from their own City no sensible person will deny. Thus, by reason of making herself pleas- ant and attractive, Oakland is growing somewhat at the expense of her older, more supercilious and immeasurably more stupid and less progressive neighbor. This is as it shouid be, for Oakland has honestly and intelligently earned herreward. And, measuring the possibilities of the future by the experiences of the past, Oakland, with no reason to belizve that San Fran- cisco will ever wake from her slumber, may cherish the hope that as the-popula- tion of the bay region increases, and Oak- land shall recover her water front and then install wharfage facilities for the proper handling of deep-sea traffic, she will in time command the commerce of the Golden Gate. She knows that San Francisco al- ready is taxed a dollar a ton each way for | | the Orie the ferrying of overland freights across the | bay, and that this can be saved to Oakland when she becomes sufficiently strong to require that overland railway companies give her the benefit of her geographical advantage. It is not expected that San Francisco will be able to show a present understand- ing of the large problems which Oakland is intelligently working to solve in the evolution of her greatness, or will be suffi- ciently alert to seize an opportunity which likely will not be discovered until it has been lost, BRYAN'S QUESTIONS. The open letter which ex-Congressman Bryan has addressed to President Cleve- land, asking a definite statement of what he means by ‘‘sound money” and ‘‘safe currency,” is not likely to be answered by the President. It ought, however, to be answered by some advocate of the gold standard who has sufficient sincerity to believe in the justice of his cause, and sufficient courage to be true to it. The demand for the remonetization of silver has not come from silver mine owners seeking to enrich themselves, nor from demagogues striving for a means of arraying the debtor class against their creditors. It has come from business men of all kinds. It is heard not in this country only, but throughout Europe. It is expressed in the arguments of some of | . z | i the ablest financial experts in the world, 3 & or, tly | ' of el foyn smnuben, Seliul @ DRy | as well as some of the greatest statesmen. It is not the outcome of party politics, for political leaders have sought to evade it for years. Itisan issue arising from ex- isting conditions, which clearly manifest a tendency toward industrial stagnation and ruin unless the monetary system of the nations is given a broader basis than that of gold alone. The demonetization of silver has brought about an increase'in the value of money and a decrease in the value of all products, which has entailed an enormous loss to all classes of producers. It must be borne in mind that the whole eivilized world is in debt. Nations, states, coun- ties, cities, towns and railroads are all more or less mortgaged to the capitalists, | and in addition to these public debts are the private obligations which affect every industry. The constant and continuous dimintition in the prices of all products renders it every year more difficult to pay off these debts and put industry and trade once more upon an independent footing. The experience of the industrial and commercial world since the demonetiza- tion of silver has amply demonstrated the need of two money metals in order to maintain the equilibrium of values. By the test of that experience bimetallism is the only sound monetary system and the only safe currency. So far as this country is conce :d there is no doubt about what the bimetallists mean. They have a right, fore, to demand a similar definite- of statement from their opponents. ssue is bound to be the controlling The one in our politics until it is settled, and the gold men can gain nothing by mis- representing their opponents and claiming to be the sole champions of sound money THE SUNDAY “ CALL.” To the world at large the most important topic of the day is the treaty of peace be- tween Japan and China and the means by which the conquered country will pay the large indemnity demanded by the con- queror. This question, which affects the whole civilized world, is ably and interest- ingly treated by Frank Carpenter in the | Sunday Carr d%d should be réad by every one who wishes to be thoroughly informed on this important phase of the aifairs of Perennially interesting to Americans is the character of Abraham Lincoln, and every incident of his career is well desery- ing of study. Readers of the Sunday CALL therefore will find a rare treat in an article by the Hon. Joseph Medill detailing his recollections of Lincoln and describing the plan of campaign adopted by his friends to put him forward as the Presidential candi- date of the Republican party in 1860. In- cidentally Mr. Medill relates the anger of Seward against him because of his support of Lincoln, and narrates a conversation with Lincoln himself in which Lincoln ex- pressed the belief that his friends were aiming too high in naming him for the Presidency. In the nature of lighter reading the Sunday Carn offers a large variety. Among the more important articles of this kind may be mentioned another of those charming outdoor studies by a naturalist which have given somuch pleasure to cul- tured readers, a breezy sea sketch by Denis Kearney, who was a sailor before he became an agitator, and the continuation of Cavtain King’s thrilling story of Fort Frayne. In addition to these special articles the Sunday CaLy contains all the news of the day, a varied miscellany of general in- terest; notes on science, literature and art, and is particularly rich in items of Pacific Coast news and industry. The pictorial work ably illustrates the leading articles and adds to the attractiveness of the paper. No better newspaper for family reading can be found anywhere, and those therefore who wish to provide their households to-morrow with good reading on live topics cannot do better than to leave orders for tne Sunday CALL. THE OROSSLEY TELESCOPE. The announcement that the $5000 neces- sary to obtain the Crossley reflector for the Lick Observatory has been subscribed will be received with more than ordinary satis- faction. The promptness with which the money was given is in itself another notable proof of the increase of public spirit among our wealthy citizens, while the object to which it is to be devoted is one of the worthiest to which the munifi- cence of wealth can be directed. For special lines of work a reflecting telescope is better adapted and yields niore satisfactory results than a refractor. The Lick Observatory, being without a re- fiector, has been heretofore somewhat hampered in its work. The gain of the new . instrument, therefore, was necessary to complete the equipment of the observa- tory, and fortunately it is an instrument well worthy to stand beside the great re- fractor which has made the observatory famous all over the world. In giving recognition to the generosity of our own citizens who have raised the money required to defray the cost of bring- ing the glass here, our people will not overlook the honor due to Mr. Crossley, the Englishman who has given not only the telescope and its mechanism, but the big dome that covers it. On the part of Mr. Crossley, the gift was a donation to science pure and simple. He selected the observatory on Mount Hamilton as the ob- ject of his generosity solely because the re- flector can be of more use to the cause of science there than in any other position. It will come to the Lick Observatory, there- fore, as a species of tribute to its command- ing site, and in the new position will no doubt fulfill the lofty ambition of the donor, and prove in the highest degree serviceable to the advancement of science and our knowledge of the heavens. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Max Popper of former political prestige has s¢id that he does not care a whit about lead- ing the Democratic party again. Mr. Popper said so again in the Palace Hotel yesterday to & CaLL reporter. The interview occurred while Mr. Popper was leaning against a leather trunk in the cortel and in amood fitting the quiet which prevailed on all sides. “Mr. Popper,” said the reporter, “would you accept the leadership of the Demoeracy if it were tendered you ?” Mr. Popper shook his head. “Not if they would follow your dictation in every particular?” He shook his head again. “Then you have no faith in thei‘deslre to reform?” Mr. Popper munched his toothpick, and con- tinued to shake his head. Presently he seratched his chin, and, in a ruminative man- ner, said: “I have hed one chance at it and thatis suf- ficient. Iattempted to—and the people prob- ably remember the oceasion—conduct the prim- | aries so that the voters would each have an in- dividual ballot to cast for the candidate or delegate he favored. Well, we started off all right, but the men I trusted with the work did just the thing I should have foreseen they would do—stuifed the register from the jump. That's what they did, and 1 know it. Natur- ally I felt that any further attempt to purify the primaries was useless, so I stepped down and out.” “Do you think they objected to you person- ally, or the prospect that your plan would have a purifying effect?” “Simply that they did not wish to be puri- fied. They would rather avoid it. It will be & MR. POPPER, RETIRED POLITICL. [Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankivell.] long time before munieipal polities will be pu- rified. The conventions are corrupt, and it Jooks very much as though they will remain 50.” “Why do you speak particularly of munici- pal conventions?” “Why, becanse the patronage in a State con- veution is so widely scattered that it is not worth while to stoop to the chicanery so-ap- parent in munieipal gonventions: Here in San Francisco both the candidate and the delegate reside, and they never lose track of each other when there are any fragments of patronage to distribute.” “Are the delegates entirely to blame?” «Not altogether. If itwere not for the cor- porate influence there would be less corrup- tion. The corporations furnisin the ammuni- tion to keep up the war on respectability, and the consequence is that the better class of busi- ness men will not be subjected to the annoy- ance of attempting to reforu: men beyond it.” “There is hardly any prospect that you will make any demands on the Democratie party in the future, then?” “My dear sir,” said Mr. Popper, with a posi- tive twang, ‘‘you can safely repeat that I want absolutely nothing. I merely wanted to see one primary in San Francisco conducted prop- erly, and I found it impossible to bring it about. There is but one course to pursue in view of the facts, and that is to retire in the face of an overwhelming opposition and let the end occur.” Alexander Goodfellow, part owner in a group of mines in the Acton district of Los Angeles County, is in tdwn to arrange for & new mill. Speaking of his district last evening at the Russ, he said: “The history of ourcamp is like that of many another in California. A lit- tle mining has been done there for many years in a small and crude way. Just now & number of good mines are being worked and more being developed, and there can be no question that the camp has a big future. The trouble all over California isnot the want of good mines, but the fact that they are all too near home. Similar developments to those lately made about Acton if made in Alaska or somewhere else away off would create an excitement nere. I belleve that if our mines were in Alaska I would be safe in asking three times as much for them as I would expeet to get now. Mining men with money should look more closely near at home, and I believe they will soon.” W. J. Robertson, car accountant of the “Nickel Plate,” last night, in speaking of the want of accurate knowledge in the East of the greatness and wealth of California, said: “You don’t seem to advertise your State in the right way. Oh,yes, we hear of California enough, but most of the stories, true ones, I mean, too, that come to us of California are largely dis- counted. Noonein the East ever seems to get any true idea of the wonderful country you have unless he comes ont here and sees for him- self. Take the Los Angeles fiesta, for instance, It is one of the grealestsights to be seen in the country, but people in the East will know allaboutthe Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans and the carnival of the ‘Veiled Prophet’ in St. Louis and never pay attention to your flower show. Idon’t know what the trouble is, but you certainly want to try to make the East take the facts that go on about California more seriously. There.is not one of uson thisex- cursion who has not been astonished and sur- prised at what we have seen.” M. 8. Gregory, the big Sheriff of Amador, was telling some friends the other evening in the Grand about & plucky deputy, and wound up by saying: “When you find & man as eool and steady a8 a rock in the face of danger you can beton him. Butthe most dangerousmen are those who laugh or cry when they have a dis- pute on hand. I knew s man named Drew down in Texas who was noted as a very bad man. When he was doingany shooting he would laugh loudly—a hard, demoniacal laugh, without any merriment in it. Up at Indian Diggings, many years ago, two men named Archer and Pawson had a disputé with & German about a claim, When they claimed the property and said they would take posses- sion, he broke down and cried and they, sup- posing that they would have no trouble in taking possession, marched on the ground. The German took up a broken pick and laid them both out. Archer was badly hurt and was a long time getting over hisinjuries. After that whenever he saw a man start to cry he got out of the way.” Broke a Wagon. The Third-street electric cars are responsible for another accident. As car 1103 was nearing Market street, coming from Mission, it ran into the express wagon of L. Favilla, breaking nearly all the enokesoutot oneof hisfore- wheels. Bystanders declare that the motor- man did not ring his bell nor try to stop, and that the expressman was turning to get out of the way when the car struck his wagon. UP TO DATE IDEAS. A recent invention which the Secientific American illustrates is & horseshoe made in two sections—one light, the other heavy, and especially adapted to racing animals or those in training. The light section is permanently nailed to the hoof and the heavy section is put HORSESHOE IN TWO SECTIONS. on while the horse is in training. It not only gives the weight desired in training but pre- serves the sharp edge of the light section, which is needed to prevent slipping. It is claimed thet this invention will also lessen the expense of shoeing, rendering it unnecessary to change as often as is done with the old- style shoe. PERSONAL. Dr. N. Sposoti of Stockton is at the Grand. Robert T. Devlin of Sacramento is at the Grand. R. C. Croxton of the army is & guest at the California. J.J. Hebbron, a stockman ot Salinas, is at the Grand. Frank G. Ostrander, an attorney of Merced, is stopping at the Lick. C.W.Blamm of the navy registered at the California yesterday. George B. McKee, ex-Mayor of San Jose, is stopping at the Lick. Sol Nathan, & merchant of Susanville, regis- tered at the Lick yesterday. # Timothy Lee, ex-Chief of Policé of Sgcra- mento, is stopping at the Lick. J. G. McCallum, & prominent attorney of Los Angeles, is Tegistered at the Grand. Judge J. E. Prewett of Auburn and Mrs. Prewett are stopping at the Grand. J. W. Cook, City Clerk and Assessor of San | Jose, and Mrs. Cook are guests at the Lick. F.'R. Bwain, one of Controller Colgan’s’ depu- | ties, is stopping at the Lick with his bride. F. C. Lusk, a prominent attorney of Chico, was among yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. George A. Wiley, superintendent of the Cook stock farm at Danville, came to town yesterday and registered at the Grand. K. B. Soule, menager of the Lick, has re- turned from the Los Angeles fiesta, and says that reports eannot do it justice. 2 Chester Wells, H. B. Price, J. R. Brady, H. I Ward, J. R. Potter, W. B. Penguet, J. H. Ryan, M. G. Powen, Louis J. McGill, E. R. Pollock and K. J. Griffin, naval cadets, who have been iu quarantine on the Coptic, came ashore yes- terday and registered at the Occidental. In the evening they started East for Annapolis, where they have been ordered for examinations. When Henry C. Gesford, the new Insurance Commissioner, was coming down Thursday evening some boys hurled stones against the carin which he was sitting. A pane of glass was broken and a number of fine pieces got into his eyes. He came over to the Grand and an oculist was called in and extracted the glassp He thinks that therd will be no perma- nent injury to the eyes, Mr. Gesford returned to Napa yesterday morning. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Though the heir of Prince Borghese is soon to marry arich wife, the historic Palazzo Bor- ghese, at Rome, is offered for sale, 1 The Duc de Morny, probably the foremost amateur photographer of the day in France, is reported to have paid something like $60,000 for his camera equipment. Thomas A. Edison is very fond of children. He delights to show them through his work- shops and to mystify them with his magic. To them he is the real wizard he is often called. J. M. Barrie, the novelist, opened his literary career by writing leading articles fora Notting- ham paper. David Christie Murray commenced his journalistic career on the staff of a Birm- ingham paper. There seem to be no limitations to the versa- tility of Emperor William. At the Berlin Acad- emy he exhibited recently an oil painting—a marine, representing two 1ronclads in combat —which was declared by many—not courtiers— to be really creditable. On the first anniversary of the death of Louis Kossuth the great patriot’s grave was visited by thousands of people. Men and women streamed to the Kerepes ehurchyard from all parts of Hungary and deposited laurel crowns on Kossuth’s resting-place. Edward Burne-Jones, the famous British ar- tist, 15 of Welsh extraction. He is Rudyard Kipling’s unele. Burne-Jones is almost entire- ly seli-taught. His pictures are nearly all restricted in color to curiously varied tones of bluish purple and ruddy bronze. In appear- ance Burne-Jynes is a pallid-faced, dreamy- eyed mau. He is considerably over 60 years of age. Paris has been excited recently by a realistic novel by A. Hermant, in which a number of persons eminent in society are satirized. It has come out that one well-known nobleman has made an arrangement with the owner of a would-be fashionable cafe, by which the latter not only charges him nothing for what he orders, but even tips his noble patron with 25 francs daily. The fee used to be 50 francs until a scandal in the nobleman’s family in- jured his commercial value. General Annenkoff, constructor of the Rus- sian Central Asian Railway, has been appointed one of the vice-presidents of the International Congress of Geography to be held in London in July next. Russia will further be represented on that occasion by nine or ten other well- known men, including Senator Semenoff, vice- president of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society; M. Grigorieff, secretary of the same society, and Baron Wrangel, director of the Imperial Lyceum. On the withdrayal of the Italian silver coin- age from France and Belgium pieces with the effigy of Pius IX., which had previously been refused by the Governments, became valueless except for old metal. The suddenly discredited coinsare being eagerly sought,and the price is going up in an extraordinary manner. Sixty dollars hes been asked by a Parisian dealer for & fine specimen of the Papal 5-franc plece. It seems that the demand comes from Belgium, where the Catholic perty is celebrating its successes in the last election by having brooches and other keepsakes made from the Papal coins. _— SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, The people of Visalia are working as one per- son for the competing railroad. Ithas nothing but friends in this neck of the woods,—Visalia Delta, The only thing wrong with this Railroad Commission is that the members receive their salaries from the State treasury. If the rail- road paid them as it does other employes no one would object to the commission. —Roseburg Review. California is capable of producing everything that is necessary for existence or desirable for comfort. By making a judicious use of their resources the residents of this State would be the wealthiest and the happiest people in the world,—San Jose Mercury. If Stockton is to hold its hard-earned reputa- tion for public spirit in the new railroad pro- ject it would be well to waste little time in naggling over long agreements. There should be few strings to Stockton’s contribution to the railroad enterprise.—Stockton Independent. The law’s delay and the facility with which a rogue, backed by money and brains, slips through the meshes of justice are growing more serious. What else can be expe¢téd when politicians select public servants who will be useful to their friends?—Santa Rosa Farmer. That church murder mystery at San Francisco is one of the most startling and puz- zling affairs in the history of crimein that city. When the author of the double tragedy has been caught and his guilt clearly proven he should be given the shortest possible route to the gallows.—Los Angeles Times. There isa State law against the carrying of concealed weapons by any person other than an officer, yet many a loafer who can scarcely clothe his nakedness is financially able to sup- port a pistol and a magazine of cartridges. None but a coward and idler has any time to devote to weapons. The man who follows honest labor has no need of them. While the most strenuous efforts at reform are being passed around, why not deal with the pistol- wielders as they deserve.—Willows Review. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “How did the living pictures go out West?” *Not very well. More than a dozen men rose in the audience and covered them with revolvers.”—Detroit Tribune. Colonel Swashington—Cunnel Speed’s mos’ gallant man in battle I evah seed, suh! Colonel Swipinger—So I've hud, suh! * Colonel Swashington—Yes, suh; nevah got crowded but he gave his place to someb’dy else, suh!—Cleveland Plaindealer. Mrs. Richley—Please, Mr. Burglar, don’t take that diamond pin; it's a keepsake. Burglar—Dat’s all right, ma’am; I give yer me word as & gentleman dat I'll send yer de pawn ticket be mail de foyst t’Iing in de morn- in’.—Brooklyn Eagle. O’Kiei—I hiear you caught Jack breaking his pledge; did you catch himin the act? McEll—No; between the acts. He said the play was so bad he couldn’t help it.—Brooklyn Eagle. Man was made to mourn, but he has fixed things so that his wife has taken the job off his hands.—Texas Siftings. Crusty—Women are beginning to get their rights. Musty—So? Crusty—Yes; one of them was lynched in Nebraska yesterday.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Bridget—The new neighbors next door wants to cut their grass, and they say would ye be so kind as to lend them your sickle. Puritanical -mistress—Lend my sickle to cut grass on the Sabbath! Tell them, Bridget,that we haven’t any.—Chicago Inter Ocean. “Miss Skylie appears to have lost her at- tractiveness for the gentlemen,” said one girl. “On, 10, replied the other; “she didn’tlose it. Her father lost it in Wall street.”—Washington Star, 1f England does not withdraw her ¢laims in Venezuela the President should mobilize the Chicago Home for Female Offenders, Governor Pennoyer and the Indiana Legislature.—Min- neapolis Journal. “What! Going toleave your place, Bridget? Why, it was only week before last that your mistress raised your wages.” “Thats jist it, i am not to be patronized by the likes Boston Transeript. “This is as good an investment as you can make, madam,” said the enthusiastic bicycle agent. *“Not only does it cost nothing for feed, but if you ever become fzmous you can make back all you paid by .writing up your experi- ences in learning to ride.”—Indianapolis Jour- nal. \FRO-AVERCA LEAGUE A Call for a Congress to Be Held in San Francisco Issued. Kindred Social Organizations Are Invited to Send Delegates. All A call for a congress of all the Afro- American leagues and kindred racial or- ganizations in California, to be held next July, is about to be issued. The place of meeting will be San Francisco, and over 500 delegates are expected to assemble here. One delegate for every 100 voters, and one delegate-at-large is allowed from each county. Representatives from the East and South are expected, and some of the noted colored orators of the country will speak. The call is issued by the authority of the Afro-American leagues of California, and each delegate is urged to bring statistics showing the population and the different pursuits of each man, woman and child. The number of property-owners and the estimated value of their holdings arealso asked for. The call further sets forth: There aro many good reasons why this con- gress should be held at the present time, which will be Sprarent when the various subjects are presented for consideration and determination. One of the leading objects will be to devise means and adopt p{nns for the immediate pro- motion of a eloser bond of union than now ex- ists among our peofle. and also for an in- creased fellowship. It must beadmitted that the needs of the hour demand united racial action. The frequent declaration of race capa- bilities can only be substantiated by an effort to demonstrate the same. If this can be ac- complished, as it certainly should be, the result will lead to a desire for greater mental im- provement, greater commercial and material rosperity, more refining influences and a geuer social and political condition than at present exists. Another question of vital im- rtance is the matter of mutual helpfulness, RRis avill affect the whole race, and by con- ferring together in an amicable spirit we ma; Dbe able to obtain that recognition in trade an, traflic that shall inspire the youth of our race to qualify themselves for the store, the connt- ing-house, the iactory, the different trades and all the other industries of life. There is another commendable purpose to be accomplished in this congress, and that is a combination of those of our race entitled to the elective franchise, in order that we may be united at the polls, when the emergency requires, and the circumstances make it neces- sary to teach a lesson that shall not soon be forgotten. ‘We most earnestly urge all of our clergz in the State to do their utmost 10 assist in making this Congress s most memorable gathering, and of which we shall as a race be justly proud. - The call is signed by the presidents and secretaries of the Afro-American leagues as follows: T. B. Morton, J. W. Radden, Rev. George E. Jackson (chaplain); San Francisco: J.J. Nei- more, J. M. Alexander, Los Angeles; R. W. Houston, H. H. Gillum, Bakersfield; Dudley Sebree, Henry A. Collins, Stockton; H. B. Carr, Riverside; John A. Wilds, J. B. Wilson, Osakland; George T. Brown, T. J. Sher- wood, Marysville; William Whitting, Jacob n Jose; M. C. ouse, Wil Duncan, San Bernardino; J. M. Bridges, Fresno; Rev. O. Summers ‘of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rey. Tilgham Brown of the A. M. T Zion Church and Rev. W. A. Brinkley of the Baptist Church, Stockton. THEY SIMPLY ACQUIESCE. How the Respective Consuls Regard the Terms Between Japan and China. ‘The Chinese and Japanese consular offi- cials are non-committal and quiescent, re- spectively, as to the terms of settlement between Japan and China. All Vice-Con- sul King Owyang would say, when ques- tioned yesterday, was, “I am not pre- pared to discuss that matter,” and all efforts afterward to induce him to give some expression of opinion met with only looks, not words—looks which indicated that, considering his official capacity, he did not propose to commit himself at all. His attention was called to remarks made by some local Chinese residents. Th&f had predicted that in ten years there would be another war between China and Japan which would end differently. Mr. King simply smiled incredulously. His attitude may be taken as that of Consul- General Chang and Secretary Wong. They ‘have nothin%tn say and do not care to discuss probabilities. > » At the Japanese Consulate Secretary Nyeno was the mouthpiece for the other is{ecret.ary, M. Odagiri, and Consul Saburo oya. 2% “I suppose so,” he replied when asked if the terms imposed by Japan were satisfac- tory to Japanese in this city. In his opin- ion the war will prove a big benefit to China. “Not only will it e{fmnd her trade and commerce,”’ observed Mr. Nyeno, “but it will be a benefit to her intellectually.” FROM HEBREW PULPITS. Sermons Delivered Last Evening at the Temple Emanu-El and Sher- ith Tsrael. Discussing the question, “Have Young People Any Religion?” at the .Temple Emanu-El last evening, Dr. Voorsanger emphatically answered in the affirmative. The great mistake made by people, he said, is to draw a hard line between youth and age. They do not realize that youth and age are merely expressive of certain natural conditions. The ancient Talmud- ists held that no man has reached the years of discretion until he is 40 years old. The disposition of age is toward study and wisdom. Youth speaks through its emo- tions, age through its mind. 5 The learned doctor cited numerous his- torical instances of sudden responsibility thrown on young shoulders, which proved to be well able to sustain it. He appealed to.the older members of the Jewish com- munity not to decry the efforts of their younger co-religionists, The subject of Rabbi Nieto’s lecture at Taylor-street synagogue was “Factors of Destiny.” Dr. Nieto claimed that many weak souls continually lay all the blame for ill success in life to the Deity. There are many inde- endent factors which are_potent in form- ing the destiny of every individual. Re- ligion is one of these, seeing that through it the child’s mind is trained to its percep- tion of worldly things. W here there is the superstitious trait of unusual phenomena, as the reward or punishment of human action, there must necessarily be the nar- rowing down of the reason and a conse- quent shoriness of perception. The rabbi concluded by urging a free and liberal teaching of religion, absolutely be- reft of anything approaching superstition or faith which necessitated the adyancing of miracles as the support of a doctrine inculcated. e Baco Printing Company, 508 Clay strest. * T PrAIN mixed candies, 10¢ Ib. Townsend’s® e e ‘WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. M. & K. wines, 5ca glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Mkt.* — - — MARk HOPKINS Institute of Art Annual Spring Exhibition. Open daily. . Admission, 25 cents. i ——— BThe potential militia ot this country in- cludes all males from 18 to 44 years, and in 1890 the number was 13,289,168, PURE blood is essential to good health and Hood's Sarsaparilla, by purifying the blood, builds the foundation of good health, Hood's Sarsaparilla is the only true blood purifier. — As a dressing and color restorer PARKER'S HATR BALSAM never fails to satisfy. HINDEECORNS, the best cure for corns, 15 cents. —————— No buffet should be without a bottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the South Amerlcan appetizer and invigorator. s SoSsmes S “BrowN's BRONCHIAL TROCKES” will quickly relieve Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh and Throat Diseases. Sold only In boxes. Py NEW TO-DAY. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Wagee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” REMOVED TO 4 Montgomery Street, UN:0Y TRUST BUILDIYG, CORNER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Larkin-st. Investment: having 2 corners; stores and dwellings; renting for $497; lot nearlya 50- vara in size; on oneof the best portionsof the street. Elegant residence; fine view of bay; N. side ‘Washington st., near Central ave.: 32 feet front: fine 2-story and attic home; 13 rooms. 2 baths and all modern conveniences; house finished in hara 2Ea t. Powell and Mason; large lot an o rgo Q Pacific and Walnut; corner; 30 feet front: facing the Presldio reserve; fine view, Dot to be shut oft; $1000. & Investments, $10,000 to $15,000. Warehouse; 412:6 from ships and whter front; Lombard, near Sansome; level log and grade; 187:6x137:6; $13,500; has rear frong also. East and Jackson st, corner; rents $100; $15,400. Post, near Taylor; 25x68:0 to .rear street: old buildings: 2 stores; rents $53; should be improved and will pay well: $10,500. Reduced to $13,000; 9th st., near Mission; 25x 70, and 2 fine flats; should be raised and store put in: a good business: block now. $16,000—Jones st., near Turk; 27:6x107:6, and good 2-story and basement house, 9 rooms, bath and modern conveniences; only 2 blocks from Market st. A bargain; $10,000; rents $80; Main st., below Folsom; 48x137:6; covered with 2-story buildings. NW, ‘corner on’California. st., beyond Laguna; 53x80 and 3 2-story and planked-basement houses, in finest of order; $1800 just spent on them; rents $120: price $17,600; always rented. 2 eary st., near Jones; 35137 :6; a2-4tory house; 4,800. Townsend st., N. side, near Third and the rails road depot; 77:6x275; only $19,350. Fell st., bet. Buchanan and Webster; 55x120 to rear street; covered with substantial houses renting at reduced rents for $120; $15,000. Western Addition Residences. View, 87250 and Upward. Very fine residence and large lot on Washington st., near Laguna; $19,000. Only $ cash, balance essy payments; new residences, now being finished, with all conveni- efll;cer W. s,l%: Bug'g;laln. bet. Vallejo and Green; e view of bay; $7250 each. 5 Very cheap; elegant residence on NW. cor. Eddy and Gough; 137:6x120 to rear street: faces Jei- ferson square:. very fine residence, in first-class order; $45,000. Broadway residence, N. side; magnificent view ; 1arge lot, on the best portion of the sireet; $22,500. ake offer; Vallejo and Octavia corner; 25x 112:6 and very comfortable nsldtgrfdg room’s and ; $10,5 With every convenience: fine view; $10,600. NW. corner on Jackson, near Laguna: 34:4x127 and fine residence, 13 rooms an improve- ) ments; fine view from upper story; $22,500. Houses and Lots, $8000 to $12,000. Geary st.. north side, bet. Leavenworth and Hyde: 26876, and very £00d 2-story; $9000. Corner residence in first-class order. corner Clay and Baker: on rising eround and in select neigh- £ 02: $9000. PoTho0d AT e, near Franklin: 26x137:6, and fine 9'story bow-window house 10 rooms and modern conventences; $6000 can remain on mort- : $10,775. § A newr Powell: 27:6x187:6, and solid 2- story and basement house 11 rooms' and modern conveniences; solid brick foundation: $11,500. Lots $3000 to $4500. Cheap lot, only $300: 27:6x131:3; Fulton st., Franklin. e rondway, mear Octavia; 34:6x137:6; omly 4500. B owrard st.. bet. 17th and 18th: 2 lots, 24x129:6, £3000 each: stone blocks down; cable-cars pass. 33500 each—2 lots, 36x137:6; N. side. Sacra- mento st bet. Scott and Devisadero; cable-cars P*Chieap, only $3250 each; Waller st., N. side, halt a block from Market; flats here rent stegdy. Broderick st., bet. Grove and Fulton: 1t 25 by 100, 53000; cable-carg pass, - eap, Wailer st., N. side, a few feet from Mar- ket st.: fots 26x13%6. only $3500 Cach, ero near Washington; 2 by 110; street paved: fine nelgnborhopde e - 20 ‘Very cheap lot, 37:6x96:3, on Laguna, ne 5 lex; one block from Market bu only §9150.T O GEQ, H. FULLER DESK CO, 638 and 640 Mission Street,