The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1895. S “S;':i‘g 5cp, Ay CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—46 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ per w JAY CALL—$1.50 per year. KLY CALL—$1.50 per year. e Fastern oftice of the SAN FRANCISCO v and Weckly), Pacific States Adver- tising Porean, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country on & vacation? If no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to idress. Do not let it miss you for you will )rders given to the carrier, or left at ice, 710 Murket street, will receive ¢ attention. ..MAY 21, 1896 e e et The cry is for factories. The mill-wheel will work a revolution for us. — Some people favor an enterprise only to head off another. Spending money is natural, but to spend it well is a fine art. Let your coin manifest your public spirit as well as your tongue. Morey has wings, but it is only a fool who neglects to clip them. If this is an off year for politics all the money theorists must be off with it. It is surprising how many troubles they have in the East that don’t trouble us. The path of individual enterprise soon becomes the highw of public progress. The only motive-power of a good many people is derived from the force of habit. Manufacturing enterprises will take the place of land booms in the coming revival. Only men who have resources in them- selves can make use of the resources of nature. To a man who knows how to profit by it even a disappointment may be a good in- vestment. The injurious insects now in California are those that have two legs and talk about hard times, Itis difficult for a braggart to talk of hing except himself without losing loquence. The busiest man is half an idler if the work which he is doing accomplishes noth- ing for the race. If the excitement of enterprise contin- ues even the raw material will be worked up after a while. The man who is too wise to learn from iss Anthony must have cut an extra set of wisdom teeth, About the hardest and least profitable way to kill time is to take a hurried trip round the world. Some people use the longest pole to reach the persimmon, and some use it to reach the sour grapes. Stockton will soon be laying its ear to the rail and listening for the rumble of approaching good times. “How to be happy though rich” is a problem that most poor men would like to assist millionaires in solving. If the racket in the Democratic party keeps on treir next National Convention will be suppressed as a prize fight. The horse might be jubilant over the prevalence of the bicycle did he not reflect on the propinquity of the butcher-shop. The Fourth of July ought to present an opportunity for San Francisco to have the ndest festival ever scen in the West. Perhaps Cleveland may seek revenge by sending his bock in as a Presidential mess- age and make the Government publish it. Puropean investments in American se- curities may make a bull market, but it looks too much like a John Bull move- ment. All over the State the demand is for factories, and those localities that desire them had better start in before the rush comes. The German Kaiser is at that point in his career when kings discover that their swords may not prove as hard as their hearts. Carlisle has opened his campaign for what he calls “hard money,” which is a deliciously appropriate name for gold these hard times. = Senator Palmer’s question, *“Is the Demo- cratic party worth maintaining?’’ has the defect of assuming that somebody wishes to maintain it. This is the time of the year when birds are building nests and a young man’s fancy lightly turns to contemplate the cost of a summer outing. The Cuban insurgents have not yet ex- hibited that devotion to principle which transforms patriots into martyrs and mar- tyrs into torches of liberty. It is now the season when, as Bobby Burns would have said, “the wind doth blaw,” but it is not blowing dust into the eyes of people who live on clean streets. Montreal proposes to hold an interna- tional exposition next year at the same time with that of Mexico, and Uncle Sam will probably have to take them both in. Calamitous as has been the Cleveland administration the Supreme Court decision annulling the income-tax law tears the last wisp of straw from the aistended body. If it be true as reported that the yacht Defender is to cost $200,000, it would seem that international yachting races wili have to be carried on after a while at the cost of the nations. If the frost-ridden people of the Western States do not see in their affliction a provi- dential notice that California is the best place to live in, their intellects are im- pervious to wisdom. The grin on Bismarck’s face as he be- holds the rebellion in the Reichstag has less of sympathy for humanity than of amusement at the weakness of a Chancel- lor whom history will never accuse of being & man of blood and iron. There must be something wrong with a domestic restraint that makes it possible for boys to organize in bands of burglars, end it might be profitable to inguire into their home lives and ascertain to what extent ignorance is the cause and who is responsible for the ignorance. KNOOKED OUT. The income tax, which was mangied to the verge of being unrecognizable by the first decision of the Supreme Court, has now by the same court been killed utterly. The court declares it to be unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect. Thus are we rid of a stheme for establishing a system of class taxation, a plan to burden thrift and industry with unjust exactions, an at- tempt to introduce an inquisitorial method of raising revenues, an effort to make even the folly of free trade seem wise by sub- stituting for customs duties another means of providing the Government with the money needed to carry it on. Chief Justice Fuller in delivering the opinion of the court stated that the vre- vious decision was confined to the consid- eration of validity of the tax on an income from real estate and on an income from municipal bonds, but that in the present case the court was able to broaden the field of inquiry and take the whole subject into consideration. Thus the decision affects the entire law and declares all of it equally unconstitutional and void. Nothing, there- fore, remains of this supreme blunder of the Democratic party exc-pt the unforget- table memory of it that will continue in the public mind as a constant warning against the folly of trusting such a party with power. The decision of the court will be accepted by the people not only as a vindication of the constitution but as a trinmph of jus- tice and equity. During the stress of war for the preservation of the Union our peo- ple submitted to this form of taxation as they would have submitted to any other burden to raise revenues to maintain the army in the field. None the less, how- ever, was the tax felt even then to be un- American in its methods and unjust in its results, and accordingly, as soon as the condition of the treasury permitted, the law was repealed. The attempt to re- establish it in a time of profound peace wasone of the greatest follies that even the Democratic party was ever guilty of, and can only be understood on the basis of the old saying, that ‘“‘whom the gods ‘would destroy they first make mad.”’ One of the effects of the decision will be to diminish the revenue of the Govern- ment. This will require an immediate change in the tariff, but, fortunately, that work will fall to the hands of a Republican Congress, and we may look for such an alteration as will not only increase the revenues but afford more protection to our industries than they now have. Thus the overthrow of the income tax will be aoubly beneficial and the country will profit by it in more ways than one. TO BE CONGRATULATED, As one of the first and one of the yery few leading newspapers of the country to denounce the income tax law, the Carv justly experiences a sense of gratification in knowing that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided the law to be unconstitutional. It is still more gratifying to know that the very legal grounds upon ‘which the CaLn based its opposition were those upon which the Supreme Court made its de- cision. These are already familiar to the readers of this paper. The people are to be congratulated on the decision. Taxa- tion is one thing, and taxation which violates the rights guaranteed by the con- stitution is another; and no method of raising revenues is safe or wise that de- parts in the slightest degree from consti- tutional methods. An interesting incident of this decision is the fact that the Supreme Court did not “leax.” The dispatches recently have been announcing that this and that Justice would surely make a certain de- cision. These blind guesses have proved utterly at fault in this case, and this is much to the credit of the Supreme Court’s machinery. It might hap- pen that a few hours’ foreknowl- edge of a Supreme Court decision might mean thousands or millions of dollars to interested parties, and it has been charged in the past that such leakages have occurred. Certainly in this case there has been nothing of the kind, and that is another matter for congratulation. Those who have not made statements or paid taxes under the Jaw have nothing to fear, and those who have will receive back their money in good season. This closes one of the most wretched episodes of the present administration. AN EXAMPLE TO THE CITY. The water carnival which Santa Cruz has in preparation bears the promise of being one of the most beautiful spectacles that California has ever witnessed. 1t is emi- nently to the credit of this charming sea- side city that, while it will employ all the flowers, pageantry and tournaments that might be devised for an inland city, it will, in addition, avail itself of the advantages for picturesque effects which the Pacific Ocean and the San Lorenzo River offer. We are to be shown, for instance, the gathering of a brave fleet before the city, and a furious bombardment of roses, cap ulation must follow, and then the invading queen will take possession. Besides, what charming effects are to be secured from the decoration and illumination of the vessels in the harbor (and we may be sure that there will be a generous number on this occasion). The wide, sheltered and placid mouth of the San Lorenzo Riveris to be utilized for aquatic sports and spectacular effects. Santa Cruz, in this entertainment, will be setting an example for San Francisco. The imagination is inadequate to conceive the splendors of a waier carnival on the bay of San Francisco. From all the emi- nences of the City the bay may be seen, and in addition to that the possibilities of Goat Island for illumination are alluring. A carnival, which should include fireworks and illuminations at night and races during the daytime, with all the opportunities for pleasure which would be offered by trips on barges and boats during the progress of the festival, could be made as brilliant as the former carnivals of Venice. One interesting lesson taught San Fran- cisco by the festivals of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Oakland, Healdsburg and Santa Cruz is that the true metropoli- tan spirit which has enabled Chicago to achieve such wonderful tasks is more preva- lent in these California cities than in the metropolis. It is by working together that the people of the interior cities have been able to give their brilliant festivals, This spirit has not yet been developed in San Francisco, and hence we have not yet acquired real metropolitanism. It is true that the greater size and variety of the population make the accomplishment of such an undertaking more difficult, but it is true also that the difficulties of organ- izing the public spirit are immeasurably increased by petty jealousies and a narrow view which discourage such leaders as may offer themselves. The sneer is the weapon and refugeof incompetency, and its use has been amply developed here. There are abundant evidences, however, that Ban Francisco is waking. Although its neighbors of the interior are holding carnivals that put it to shame, it is turn- ing an earnest face to the more serious lines upon which its salyation is to be worked out. The old complaint that it is withholding its money from the needed development of the interior is becoming fainter under the movements that have lately gone afoot. It is common now to sread of important enterprises in the in- terior which are “backed by San Francisco capital.” The greatest undertaking ever made for the relief of the people and the development of the State—the San Joaquin Valley Railroad—was undertaken by San Franciscans, and there are other impor- tant ways in which the capital of the City is finding useful outside employment. Besides this we have an awakening of local pride in the appearance and management of the City, and in good time we shall be educated by our interior cities up to the point of holding those carnivals which are the most graceful expression of a fine public spirit. THE . WOMAN'S CONGRESS. The proceedings of the Woman’s Con- gress will rightly engage a large part of public attention this week. Such gather- ings have now become a characteristic feature of American life, and constitute an important force in our National develop- ment. Among the delegates are some of the most notable women in the country, and even among those less widely known are many earnest and able thinkers and workers, whose words well deserve all the attention that may be given them. The proverbial saying, *Woman's work is never done,” is as true of her wider labors in the world as of her duties in the house- hold. One reform accomplished compels the beginning of another as surely as the eating of one meal requires immediate preparation for that which is to follow. The old familiar phrase,*“ Woman’s sphere,”” has long since grown to include well-nigh every department of human endeavor, and there is scarcely any form of advancement in civilized lands that does not depend largely upon the wise counsel and active 2id of women for its accomplishment. With the widening recognition of this truth there has come a more earnest inter- est in all that women undertake to do, and, as a consequence, the proceedings of every convention they hold are watched with careful attention by the intelligent public. It is not easy to determine the exact value of conventions of this kind. The influ- ence they exert is too subtle and far reach- ing to be accurately estimated. Itiscertain, however, they afford an intellectual stim- ulus to the public mind and render it more receptive to new ideas and new aspirations. That much good has come from those held in times past cannot be questioned, and it is equally beyond a doubt that benefits will continue to flow from them as long as humanity is capable of improvement and advancement. Out of the present congress, therefore, we may surely count upon the emanation of a wholesome in- fluence upon the social organism and a stimulus helpful to improvement and re- form in many ways. ‘While the congress as a2 whole may be thus looked to for zood results it is a par- ticular satisfaction to have present at it Susan B. Anthony. This venerable woman, who has, survived to us from a former generation when such a woman’s congress as this would have been met with ridicule and revilings if not with hootings and dis- turbing violence, can bear witness out of her own experience of the many benefits that have come not to woman only but to the world at large from the labors of such conventions. Her presence can hardly fail to infuse all reformers with a true optimism in the cause of human welfare, for her career has been an epitome of the progress of that cause. Within her life- time the American people have made a great advance toward purer manners and juster laws, and it will be with no light or transitory feelings that our people will take occasion to show forth their delight to do her honor. AN ILLEGAL RESOLUTION. The majority of the Board of Supervisors yesterday passed a resolution adopting specifications concerning the kind of bituminous rock that shall be used in paving the streets. The manifest purpose of this method was to prevent the Mayor from defeating the action by the interpo- sition of a veto, which he would have done had the measure been adopted in the form of an ordinance. The only change in the resolution from the ordinance which the Mayor already had vetoed was the insertion of the word *‘coarse’’ before *gravel and sand” in specifying what substances shall not be contained in the rock. This was clearly done because one ot the objections which Mayor Sutro had made in his message vetoing the ordinance was that all our bituminous rock contains gravel and sand and that the insertion of such a specifica- tion would prohibit the use of the mate- rial. % But these two shrewd devices to outwit the Mayor, evade his interference and cre- ate a monopoly in bituminous rock will be found unavailing. It bas been about thirty years since the Supreme Court of this State, in deciding a case sent up from San Francisco, ruled that such attempts to abridge the power of the Mayor cannot stand; that where the municipal charter (as it does in this case) provides methods by which orders shall be made by the Supervisors, these methods must be adhered to with the ut- most strictness, and that any orders, reso- lutions or ordinances passed in violation of them are void; that the veto power of the Mayor was created for wise purposes as a check upon the conduct of the Board, and it shall not be abridged. In this case the Supervisors have violated the terms of the Consolidation Act in passing the order as a resolution instead of asan or- dinance, and their adoption of the resolu- tion, therefore, is of no effect. A case of a similar kind was tried in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County a few years ago. The City Council, by reso- lution, dismissed the Chief of the Fire Department and appointed another man in his stead. This was a method of procedure not authorized by the charter. The court, basing its cision on the old case from San Franci: to which we have referred, decided tl the action was illegal. The deposed Chi who had sued for his salary for the term of his office, was awarded judgment for the entire sum, and the case was never appealed. There need be no uneasiness on the score of the resolution, which our Board of Supervisors has been so desperate as to pass. No monopoly in bituminous rock has been created. The only effect may be a delay of much-needed street improve- ments, but the people are not to blame 1or that. A TFIGHT FOR TRAFFIC. James J. Hill, président of the Great Northern Railway, has quite lately devel- oped a power of which his operations in the Northwest gave promise years ago. Added age and experience have increased his store of wisdom, and it is not unlikely that he will become one of the strongest factors in transcontinental railway busi- 1 ness., - X } He has just returned from Europe, and is saying some very interesting things. One of them is the recent agreement be- tween the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern will reduce the business of the Canadian Pacific and divert it to these two lines. Until recently the United States transcontinental lines have been unable to compete with the Canadian Pacific, by Teason of the great liberality of the Do- minion Government to the line which traverses its territory. The interstate com- merce law, which is a wise measure in most particulars, has been largely instru- mental in diyerting transcontinental traffic {rom the States to the Domjnion. In ad- dition to these matters the Canadian Gov- ernment is offering, inducements to settlers far superior to those that may be had from the United States. It gives cer- tain parts of the land free to settlers, and if they have not means with which to buy seed and farming implements it supplies them to settlers on five years’ credit. As a result the Canadian Northwest is receiv- ing a large number of settlers from the States, and as these are establishing homes along the line of the Canadian Pacific our roads are suffering under thav disad- vantage, - Until very recently the States’ roads, in- cluding the Southern Pacific, were unable to devise a scheme for offsetting the ad- vantages which the Canadian Pacific en- joys. They were compelled to sit idle and see the Canadian Pacific, by means of a line of steamers to the Orient, take nearly the whole of the oriental trade away from the States. San Francisco has suffered most severely from this deplorable condi- tion of affairs. Now, however, by means of a pooling arrangement between the Great Northern and the Nortiern Pacific, in which certain Eastern connections working against the Canadian Pacific are concerned, much of this transcontinental traffic is to be taken Aaway from Canada. A fortunate circum- stance is the fact that the settlement of peace between China and Japan will at once increase the foreign commerce of those two countries. As San Francisco is the gateway to the United States from the Orient, the prospect of an enlarged com- merce which shall be of a direct benefit to California are brighter than they have ever been in the history of the State. MR. HEARST'S TOUR. The departure last Saturday of W. R. Hearst, editor and proprietor of the Ezaminer, for a tour around the worid, with the prospect of being absent for two years, may well serve as an occasion for paying him a deserved tribute for hisservices to S8an Francisco, to the Pacific Coast and to journalism. That which he has accomplished has been no ordinary success. To a man of many mil- lions it is indeed easy to print a newspaper every morning, but to establish a paper like the Ezaminer is not easy. It cannot be done by money alone. Keen observance, careful thought, tireless energy, an ability to understand men and to lead them, and finally an unerring judgment in the selec- tion of the right men for special lines of work, are necessary to attain such a success as Mr. Hearst has accomplished; and that AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Washington Porter of the great fruit-ship- ping firm of Porter Brothers in Chicago, who has been out here some weeks looking up the crop prospeets, leaves to-morrow for the East. Speaking of this year’s fruit crop at the Palace last night he said: “Of cherries there will be about half the usual product. The apricots in the valleys have been killed largely, and the crop will be light, while that of the Bartlett pears will be only about oue-third a good crop the State over. Of plums there will be & fair quantity. Prunes are rather light. Peaches are the only thing of which there will be & full crop. Of grapes there will probably be a full crop it they are not burned before the leaves get out. “But still the fruit-growers will come out better this year than in an ordinary season. Last year, with the strike and heavy crops and low prices, they were working for nothing and paying their board. This year they will get high prices. The heavy frosts they have had in the East along Lake Erie will help California agreatdeal. Yes, the Celifornia growers will make a great deal better profits and come out better on the season than usual. “The railroed has arranged to put on fast trains to put the fruit through to Chicago in 120 hours. This will be done as soon as there is enough fruit moving to make up trains of ten cars or more and will be of great advantage in getting the fruit to market 1n good con- dition.” Joseph Champion, who has long been one of the owners of the Silver King in Arizona and knows the mines all over the coast, has great expectations of the future of gold-mining in California. “I understand that the bullion coming in to the refineries here is 25 per cent greater in amount than it was last year at this time,” he said yesterday. “I have no doubt that in a very few years, with all the develop- ing there is being done in quartz-mining, the output from our mines will be doubled. ‘““There is one district, that of the mountains of Trinity County, which has hardly been opened up at all, where, I am sure, there will be developed some of the best mining in the State. The ledges opened are all rich, both in free gold and sulphurets, There is not an acre of ground in Trinity County that will not pay for washing. Take Oregon Gulel Mountain. The whole surface of it is being worked off by the French company. I understand that they are now letting a contract for cutting a tunnel 9500 feet long. With all they have done in the way of building ditches, that means a big hydraulic enterprise.” SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. There {s a fertilizing agency vast enough to make every acre in Yolo County fruitful, that traverses it from west to east and rums to waste for want of intelligent application to the soil. This agency carries with it a power which, if generated into an electric current and properly distributed, would be sufficient to furnish & motor for every agricultural and horticultural implement necessary to cultivate and harvest our crops; that would furnish light and fuel for a home upon every 160 acres of land; that would turn the spindles and wheels of a thousand factories and workshops; that would propel an electric car upon all of them, if every public thoroughfare was an electric road.—Woodland Democrat. Now Japan bas forced Western progress on China and to San Francisco is open the rich trade of the Orient—of 600,000,000 people— & trade over which European monarchs dreamed and treated and warred for genera- tions and centuries. San Franciscois the near- estgreat City in all the Western nations to this commercial bonanze; the course is direct, the way clear and there is no reason why the he is now able 1o go abroad for two years is a striking proof how complete that suc- cess has been and how firmly his paper has been established. Mr. Hearst’s methods in journalism have been original in a marked degree. The Ezaminer has features and cheracter- istics of an attractive and impressive kind that are peculiar to itself. In a certain sense this is true of every newspaper, for no two editors of course produce exactly the same results, but in the case of the Ezaminer the originality is so distinct and eminent that the paper takes rank among the very foremost in America, and its par- ticular field of journalism has no rival. ‘While the excellent staff which Mr. Hearst has gathered around him makes it certain the management of the Ezaminer will lack nothing during his jonrney, his absence from the City will be none the less felt as a loss. Many enterprises and move- ments of a public or charitable nature will miss the influence of his cordial co-opera- tion. However, he has well deserved his boliday and his rest and the people of the City and State he has served so ably will unite with his friends in wishing him a pleasant journey. THE NEW ADJUTANT-GENERAL. The new Adjutant-General, A. W. Bar- rett, distinctly announces his purpose to make the National Guard of Cali- fornia one of the best military organi- zations of the United States. He seems to comprehend the work ahead of him, and being a soldier of practical expe- rience ought to be able to accomplish much more good than a simple student of military affairs could bring about. General Barrett perceives that vast sums of money voted by the people of this State to maintain the Guard have been squandered in armory rents and other expenses. He will check this ex- travagance, and judging from the tone ofan interview elsewhere in the CaLn he will demand at once a strict accounting for all military property in the keeping of the various regiments of the Guard. FERSONAL. Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is at the Grand. ‘W. E. Lowel, & banker of Woodland, is at the Grand. Dr. E. S, Bogert of the navy isa guest at the Palace. Senator G. C. Seymour of San Bernardino is at the Grand. Louis Schloss, a real-estate man of San Jose, is at the Grand. y C. C. Wright, a prominent attorney of Mo- desto, is at the Lick. Chief EngineerJ. K. Barton of the navyis registered at the Palace. Andrew Markhem, & railroad man of Santa Rosa, is & guest at the Lick. Raleigh Barcar of Vacaville was one of yes- terday’s arrivals at the Lick. J. B. Hopkins, proprietor of the Napa Hotel, registered yesterday at the Grand. A. M. Butts, a prominent mining man of Salt Lake, registered yesterday at the Occidental. C. C. Powning of the Reno Gazette arrived from Nevada yesterday and registered at the Palace. Dana Perkins, librarian of the State Library) richest products of Japau, India and China should not find their best markets in the City and be transported in American ships con- trolled by San Francisco merchants.—San Fran- ciscoNerve. S The next Republican National Convention should be held in California by all means, and it appears to be within our graspii we only make the effort to secure it. In fact the East is apparently only waiting for an invitation to come. We suggest that Republican Conven- tion clubs be formed throughout the State, the object of which would be to boom the conven- tlon question. Remember, that if we work hard and work in the right direction we stand a good chance to get the convention. Itisan opportunity that may not be presented to us again soon.—Auburn Republican. President Cleveland threatens to afflict the country with a book of his own writing. It will probably deal heavily with “sound money” matters, duck shooting, ete., and touch lightly, very lightly, on Hawaiian, Nicaraguen and other foreign policies of his administration.— Ventura Pree Press. To pave our streets and supply plenty of lights means to increase valuations and to bring in settlers. A backward, spleepy town has no charms for the man with capital to in- vest, but the wideawake town has.—Riverside Enterprise. If the extraordinary attitude of Admiral Meade toward this administration shall be proved justifiable, it will go far to make him Secretary of the Navy in the next.—Portland Oregonian. If the Valley railroad could be finished in time to move this year's erop it would bea saving to Tulare County of at least one hali- million.—Porterville Enterprise, ‘What the people of the Pacific Coast want is less talk about building the Nicaragua canal. Let work take the place of “chin music.”—For- tuna Advance. % The Jatest want of Pasadena is a first-class brass band. None but those who can play sacred music need apply.—Los Angeles Times. The simple truth is, too many people selfishly shirk the concern which they ought to feel for the common welfare.—Woodland Mail. An Oskland girl was driven insane through love. This is another argument in favor of State division.—Los Angeles Express. SUFPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. “Editor make any collections lately?” “No, poor fellow. He borrowed a shotgun, but no. ‘body would credit him for buckshot.”—Atlanta Constitution. “Aw—why do you make your own ecigar- ettes?” ¢My—aw—doctor ordered me some light exercise.”—Pall Mall Budget. The Wife—One half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives. The Husband—Well, it isn’t the fault of your sewing society, anyway.—Life. Wealth is measured by cattle in the Sondan. “I have only one steed in the whole world,” ‘whispered the Arab youth. “Will you be mine in spite of my poverty?” “Yes,” came the affectionate answer from the maiden; “I, too, have only oce—It s horse and horse.” They took each other's hands. One shake settled it.—New York Herald. Every season has its dark side, and many a loving husband will have his temper ruined for months to come by having to hang the t over the back fence and put in a few hgfirs beating the dust out of it, when it wonld came down from Sacramento yesterday and put up at the Grand. Colonel W.'G. Waters, formerly foreman of e CALL pressrooms and at present managin; ner of the San Miguel Islands, is 1n the Ci Dr. Ygnacio Panama, & weelthy planter San Salvador, came in on the San Blas yes day with his family and registered at the Occi- dental. Charles Denby, the son of the United States Minister to China and secretary of the legation at Peking, arrived from the East yesterday with hisbrideon his way to his post of duty. He has been away from Peking since last November, when he cawe over to his home in Indiana to be married. P SO S Injured by an Explosion. David Llewellyn has sued the Fulton En- ring and Ship-building Works for $10,410 ges for personal injuries caused by an explosion of oil. —————————— . THE grocer sends the new brand of bak- ing powder simply becauseit costs him so much less and he can make more profit by selli:F it than he can on the Royal. The Royalis made from the very finest materials and costs much more than any other brand, which accounts for its superiority, although it is sold to same price. consumers at the'| much pleasanter to put in the same time at e office beating his creditors. — Nebraska jte Journal. PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Princess Mathildeis one of the few Catholics Who are entitled to eat meat during Lent by a special decree of the Pope. A large picture by M. Munkascy, called “Les Heros du Village,” was sold the other day in Paris for 18,600 francs, while M. Schreyers “‘Une Halte d"Hiver en Hongrie” wi Al g! ent for 8000 George Allen proposes to issue an edition of photo-engravings after the steel engraviugs of Turner's “Ports and Harbors of England.” It is twenty years since the last lished. Cechuns “', Ll General Stanton, paymaster-general of the army, has received from Fort Washakie, Wyo., & magnificent war-bonnet made by the Sho. shone Indjans. Itisone of the finestof the kind ever scen by officers of the army. Dr. Orsi has finished his campaign of excay- ations in the island of Rantelleria, and Teports the discovery of a Prebistoric village of the stone age, Of special importance are the for- tifications, consisting of a colossal wall of agger made of stones Toughly heaped together. The strange buildings called Sesi, according to Dr. Orsi, are not dwelling-places, but dome-shaped prehistoric tombs. Queen Wilhelmina will not celebrate her fifteenth birthday until a few weeks to come. She is to marry at 17, and now it is reported that the bridegroom. will be the hereditary Prince of Coburg. This will involve changes in the royal family of England. If the heredi- tary Prince Albert becomes King Consort of the Netherlands he will surrender his rights of succession to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 50 that his throne will ultimately fall to the Duke of Connaught. The Duchesse d’'Uzes is a great lady in France, in fact there is none greater, if we ex- cept Princesses of royal blood. Her escutcheon unites the arms of the premier dukes of France and of the ducal house of Rochenart. She is very rich, and she can afford to look upon the 3,000,000 francs she lent to the Comte de Paris at the time of the Boulanger boom as lost money. Itis understood, however, that when the Duc d’Orleans becomes King he will pay off the debt. CIGAR-MAKERS CONFER. They Talk Over Plans With the Officers of the Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation. The meeting of the board of directors of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation called for this evening is likely to be a lively one, as the majorty of the members have signified their intention of attending. The meeting has been called at the request of Directors Saroni, S(.)nntag and Castle, who have a number of impor- tant matters to present. ¥ Secretary Mead requested the cigar manufacturers to meet him last night an}i informally discuss matters relative to their business.” Four factories were represented and the plans for securing patronage of California-made cigars discussed at length. Mr. Mead suggested that, inasmuch as Eastern firms practically controlled the sales in S8an Francisco in particular and the State in general, it would be a good idea for all the factories to unite on one brand and advertise it extensively, thus building up a trade which would force the Eastern goods out of the market. The manufacturers considered such a lan impracticable. Mr. Donnelly of the acific Co-operative cigar factory sug- gested a directory which should contain the names of all {Ke local factories and the dea.ers handling their goods. This plan, he thought, would be the means of caus- ing many people to call for California- made cigars. Mr. Burns, who was present in the in- terest of the Cigar-makers’ Union, sug- gested the adoption of the union label, which would be a guarantee that the cigars were made in California and by white labor. J. D. Culp, an extensive tobacco-grower of San Felipe, Santa Clara County, ex- hibited several hanks of tobacco grown and cured on his ranch. He stated he had been shipping the bulk of his crop East, as the manufacturers of San Francisco did not patronize the home-grown product sufficiently to use up the entire crop. The tobacco was pronounced the equal of the best Pennsylvania leaf both for filler and wrapper., The entire subject will be taken up at the meeting of the directors to-night. One of the important questions to be brought up is the work of State contrac- tors. regarding State prison and asylum buiidings. A report will be made on this subject which will enable the association to obtain an insight into the amount of work being done by California firms. This is considered a yital matter, as many of the supplies are said to come from outside the State. THE STANFORD ESTATE, A Big Claim Against It Withdrawn by H. W. Carpentier and Mrs. M. H. Willlamson. In the matter of the estate of Leland Stanford, the claim of Maria Hall William- son for $50,000 and interest and the claim of Horace W. Carpentier for §350,000 and interest, both of which were allowed and approved by the executors on May 28, 1894, and afterward approved by the court, have been ordered withdrawn. These were claims on promissory notes and are the last against the estate except- ing the Government claim of $15,000.000. The consideration of the notes is not made public in the transaction, but it is evident that the obligation has merely been transferred. The release was ordered in accordance with the following tele- grams. H. W. Carpentier, 103 East Scventeenth Street, New York: Understand new notes have been signed by all parties to your satisfaction. Will you please instruct your attorney here by wire to withdraw claims against the Stanford estate immediately? Answer. RUSSELL J. WiLsoN, EW YORK, May 17. Mrs. Jane Stanford, San Francisco: Mr. Crock- er hagsigned the Carpentier notes this morning. THOMAS M. HUBBARD. George Leviston, 503 Celifornia Street: see Wilson and withdraw claims of Maria I. Willismson and myself sagainst the Leland Staniord estate. H. W. CARPENTIER. COLONEL GIESTING'S PLUM. General Warfield Appoints Him Assist- ant Adjutant - General and Chief of Stafr. General Warfield yesterday appointed Colonel J. G. Giesting assistant adjutant- general. This is the first of some fifteen appointments the commander of the Sec- ond Brigade has in his gift. The new appointee will take the rank of lieutenant-colonel and will be chief of staff. . Colonel Giesting is a veteran of the war, having served in the One Hundred and Eighth Ohio Volunteers as a private, and isa member of George H.Thomas Post No.2, G. A. R. He has been a member of the National Guard since 1886, when he was appointed lieutenant and paymaster of the Second Regiment under Colonel Cutting. He afterward was appointed a major on General Dimond’s staff, and later a lieutenant-colonel and signal officer in the same staff, a position he held until his appointment of yesterday. He is a Re- publican in politics, and has for twenty years been engaged in business in this City 2s manager of the Herring-Ha(l-Maryin Company. . General Warfield last evening, in speak- ing of the %ps)ointment, said that he be- lieved that Colonel Giesting would make a most efficient chief of staff. The new colonel was at the Union League Club dur- ing the evening with his chief and General Dimond, and was the recipient of many congratulations. ATFFILIATED COLLEGES. University Committee Still Considering Various Sites. ] The university committee appointed to se]ect‘ a site for the affiliated colleges’ building, for which an appropriation of $250,000 was made by the last Legislature, held another meeting last evening at the office of Dr. W. F. McNutt on Sutter street. Those Jprescnt were: Dr. W. F. McNutt, Major J. L. Rathbone, Otto Weéihe, J. B. Reinstein and L, L. Dunbar. The mem- bers discussed in an informal way the vari- ous proposals that have been received from time to time since the project was set on foot. About fifty sites are now under con- sideration by the committee, but the mem- bers are no nearer to a solution than they were at the close of the first meeting. It is the intention to select from tne whole lot five or six sites which seem best suited for the purpose and submit the same to the university regents’ commit- tee, This committee will make a final de- cision. While there is nothing in the na- ture of inharmony in the deliberations of the committee the selection of a site is a rather difficult question to decide because of thevaried interests represented. The dental people want a central loca- i Sunday —————— ~ “Asblind asa mole” is not a se tion as a necessity for clinical work, Tp, medical students would like a locatioy near the City and County Hospital. Foy, fifty-vara lots will be required for th, buildings, which must be accessible ¢, streetcar lines and within a reascnable dis-, tance of the City and County Hospital. “There has been no proposition to leasy the Mechanics’ Institute block,” said Dy, McNutt last evening, nor has the matier ever been discussed to my knowledge.” FARM WORK FOR SAILORS, The Question of Calling a Genera] Strike Proposed in the Sea- men’s Union. At the regular meeting of the Coast Sea. men’s Union, held last evening in the hall, corner of Mission and East street question of advancing the wages of sa from $35, the union rate, to $40 was pro. posed. A number of members expresseq themselves in opposition to the increase g4 the present time, as they believed they were winning the fight and one victory 44 a time was sufficient. This called out ap amendment from the $40 advocates in t}, form of a proposal to call out the en union and bring matters to a crisis 4 once. They insisted that vessels were lyi for want of crews, and only a strong ment on the part of the union would ;¢ anend to the wage war. This was gy opposed by the moderate element, and the question went over till next Mond ing. ’%he officers of the union are d the supply of szilors in the port by ing employment for seafaring men in country. Every day from ten to fiftee men are sent away, and over 100 men we deported for agricultural purposes week. D NAPA TO CALISTOGA. All Parties Are Ready to Start Building the New Electric Road. The article relative to the proposed elec- tric road between Napa City and Calistoga, published in the CaLw of last Saturday, has caused much favorable comment in both cities. W. C. McGeorge, the operator and pro- moter of the scheme, said last night that all parties are ready to go to work imme- diately. Great enthusiasm has greeted the project, and there is no doubt that it will result in developing trade in the val. leys. Tt is also proposed to light all between the two points with elect y o establish telephonic and telegrap communication. Connection will also be made from Napa City to the Donahue line, which will bring within reach Healdsburg, Petaluma and Ukiah, saving about one hour’s time between & Francisco and the Napa Valle; sibilities of Napa becoming a A great com- mercial center are good on account of its being at tidewater and with facilities equal to any city of the interior. BAY CONFERENCE TO MEET, Two Interesting Talks on the Congrega- tionalist Programme. The spring meeting of the Bay Confer- ence of the Congregationalists will be held today at the First Congregational Church, corner of Post and Mason streets. Rev. C. 0. Brown will be the moderator, hool Superintendent J. H. Moore 1 give an interesting talk upon Grace Church (Philadelphia) and its nmc} pastor during the a At the evening s will speak on the “Chang Method of Temperance Refor e e “BACON Printing Company. ——— Pineapple and cherrie GEo. W. MONTEITH, law oflices, Crocker bldg.* WA T e TRY our ‘‘Atlas Bourbon” and you will want 0c 1b, Townsend’s.* none other. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 29 Market.* Limmeos T HUSBAND’S CALCINED MAGNEsiA.—Four first premium medals awarded. More sgreenble to the taste and smaller dose than otk 2 For sale only in bottles with re mark label. comparison, as the mole is pe good eyesight, although its eyes are very small—about the size of a mustard-seed. ———— THE way to give strength to the weak and body is to purify the bloed. Hood's the only true blood purifier, makes pure gives health. Try it now. — THE time comes ybody needs PAR- KER'S GINGER ToNIC. It 0ften saves life. PARKER'S HALx BALSAM cleanses the scalp. e W recommend the use of I T. Siegert’s Angos- tura Bitters to our iriends who suffer with dyspep- sia. FoR COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THEROAT DISORDERS, use “Brown's Bronchial Troches So'd only in boxes. Avoid imitations. T The three counties of Knox, Athens and Fairfield, Ohto, return a certificate that there are no cigarette-dealers in them. PERFECT GEMS, THCSE LOVELY DINNER SETS, Selling for a Mere Song. DINNER SETS COMPLETE. Pure White Set complete. $400 Rich Brown Decorated Set complete. . &T5 Dainty Harvest Decorated Set complete. ..... 57 Decorated Gold Enamel Set complete. . 700 Gold Iluminated Decorated Set complete, exquisite.... 825 Decorated Tollet Set, 165 Decorated Toilet Set, extra large size. 265 Newest and Richest Shapes, designs and decorations. Don’t fail to see them, Gems of beauty. 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