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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 7-, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DATLY CALL—$6 per year by mall; by carrier, 15¢ per week. SUNDAY CALL—#$1.50 per year. ‘WEEKLY CALL—$1.50 per vear. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Dally and Weekiy), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander building, Bose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you goin+ to the country on & vacation ? If £0, 1t 15 1o trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention, FRIDAY.. _JUNE 7, 1895 Pienics are in full blast. It is only hungry fish that snap at bait. Patience is often ‘only a form of laziness. In some respects the whole world is a chestnut. Every day at this season is a holiday for somebody. The European war cloud has begun to hover again. The only way to take time easy is to take it by the forelock. These are the days when we are proud of the trade wins Nothing is so amusing to theé murderer as our juty s There is prosperity in the air even when a hot wave strikes us. In Illinois, at any rate, Altgeld is a big- ger man than Grover. Kentucky promises a straight fight be- tween silver and gold. The four hundred thousand are now eager to get in the swim. The best citizens are those whom the publie schools are producing. Democrats are not sawing woed 80 much as splitting up their platform. Even the peacoc! wise enough not to spread his feathers in a storm. Jim Corbett has now an opportunity to try to knock out a divorce court. pbeiteaabtithen The weather inclines everybody to pleas- ant thoughts of the Santa Cruz swim. Enterprise is the sunshine that putsa rainbow of promise on every prospect. Although the oyster is not noted as a sport, it keeps pretty close to champagne. There is nothing profane about the dam- ming which the people of Santa Cruz are doing. The New Woman would convince us that there is no bifurcation of intellectual habili ments. Since Wall street has become a bull mar. ket the people are more willing to bear with it. By and by you will be able to dropa nickel in & slot anywhere and get an an- swer to Coin. If Turkey persists in roasting Armenia she may get all Europe in the fire before she knows it. The revival of California mining indus- tries will go a long way toward settling the gold question. It will be hard for California to do with- out new comets when Professor Barnard goes to Chicago. 1t appears the Japanese think they.can invade California as easily as China and get more loot by it. Perhaps Oscar Wilde consoles himself on the treadmill with the reflection that he is tramping on Philistinisin. As most of our desires are purely ariifi- cial, it is unfair to complain of the woman who puts rouge on her cheeks. Until the European powers learn to agree with one another the Sultan can hardly be expected to agree with any of them. A grand hotel near the park will be ex- actly the thing needed to complete the at- tractions of the City as a summer resort. One of the strongest proofs of returning prosperity is the fact that the Republicans have good prospects of carrying Kentucky. The most unfortunate men are those whe will not be able to seek the society of the Summer Girl at the coast or in the mount- sins. Tt is doubtful whether the discussion of the money question this year will take the edge off the campsign of '% or sharpen it up. There issaid to be a widespread beliefin Europe that France and Russia have agreed to whip England at the first oppor- tunity. Now that the miners of Colorado have become quiet the sheepmen have broken loose and begun to advertise the State as a, fighting center. Ifit is true that the rumors of Oscar ‘Wilde's insanity are unfounded, the poor wretch is denied his only possible claim upon humanity. It is as much the duty of merchants to inform purchasers what desired articles are produced in California as it is for Cali- fornians to buy them. It is hard to find a man in these days who does not see an advance toward pros- perity in every step taken in the construc. tion of the San Joaquin road. In sending a leading citizen to the pene- tentiary for malfeasance in office, Alaska shows a tendency to violate the customs of the Republio and set up for herself. The Brentwood (Contra Costa County) Enterprise has issued s edition which ably pictures the resources of one of the most attractive sections of California. —_— The queen of the Santa Cruz water car- nival is going to wear a gown imported from Paris for her coronation, but even that will not be sufficient to conceal the loveliness with which the sunshine of Cali- fornia has clothed her. The fact that the loss of the Colims was coincident with the presence of a load on her deck recalls the other fact that few of the small steamers plying between San Francisco and northern points fail to sin sgainst providence in this regard, GOOD FOR MINERS. The announcement of Irwin C. Stump, published in the Cary yesterday, that a company is soon to be formed in New York to exploit American mines in ways similar to those employed by a London syndicate in developing the mining wealth of South Africa, opens another vista of coming prosperity to the State. There are good reasons for believing that California is still the richest field for gold mining on earth, and now that sufficient capital to undertake the work of development is about to be provided, it would seem to be fairly certain that this industry of the State will once more become one of the most profitable within its borders and by its yield advance the prosperity of all the others. Under the operations of the proposed company, as outlined by Mr. Stump, any mine-owner, upon thé payment of a small fee, can have his mine examined by an ex- pert of the company. If the expert’s re- port is satisfactory, the company will either buy and develop the property for itself or will endeavor to sell it, charging a com- mission. Or, if the mine-owner wants enotigh money to put up a mill, the com- pany will do that and take a share of the returns. Or the company will take a prop- erty, with a view of opening it up to see what it contains. 1f it is not satisfactory aftera certain amount of work has been done, it will be dropped and the loss ac- cepted. It will be the aim, also, of thé company to list the stock of mines on the exchange and offer it for sale to the public. With a company having ample capital ready to undertake work of this kind, the mining industry ought certainly to expe- rience a marked and rapid advance. It is only because abundant capital and the highest mechanical appliances have been employed in the work of development that the mines of South Africa have been made profitable. When the mines of California have been exploited to an equal depth and with an equal thoroughness, the results will, in all probability, surpassthose which have so profusely repaid the enterprise of the London syndicate. Up to this time we have hardly dome more than scratch the surface of our oreribbed mountains, and therefore the highest expectations of what will result from a more exhaustive system of mining are hardly likely to prove too sanguine. i THE COLIMA DISASTER. The arrival of the steamer San Juan with the survivors of the ill-fated Colima will revive public interest in the disaster and strengthen the desire to investigate fully the causes which led to it. This de- gire will be largely gratified by interviews with the survivors which we publish this morning, but it is possible that a satis- factory decision cannot be reached until an official investigation is made and the testimony of all the witnesses is compared and tested under & thorough examination. It seems to be the general opinion that the loss of the steamer wa$ due mainly to the overload of lumber on the upper deck. On this point the statements of the sur- vivors made yesterday are in accord with the dispatches received at the time of the wreck. It remains to be determined, how- ever, whether the overloading was one of those errors of judgment that occur despite the utmost care, or whether it was the result of a culpable indifference to the safety of passengers and a reckless dis- regard of the conditions under which the voyage was to be made. Men of good judgment will not hastily condemn the steamship company, but there certainly seems evidence of bad management some- where in the loading of the ship, and now that to all, except the relatives and the near friends of those who perished, the first shock of the tragedy is over, it is to the determination of that problem that vublic interest will be mainly directed. Strangely enough it appears that under our laws, whether the Colima was care- lessly loaded or not, no damages can be re- covered from the company by the sufferers. The liability of & ship-owner for any loss is limited to the value of the ship and any collected freights, provided the loss, though caused by negligence, was not done or suffered with the knowledge of the owner. In the present case this practically amounts to depriving the victims of the disaster of any possible redress, for their claims would lie only against the Colima, and she is at the bottom of the ses, and is worth nothing. We publish in another column an inter- view with the eminent admiralty lawyer, Charles Page, in which all the material points of law applying to the case are tersely presented. A carefal reading of his opinion will make it evident that some change is needed in the maritime statutes in this respect. Navigation is not the hazardous thing that it was when our laws justly exempted a ship-owner from re- sponsibility for perils of the deep. At the present time, with our comprehensive knowledge of the sea and its coasts, our improved methods of navigation and superior construction of ships, there is no reason why the owner of a steam vessel should not be as responsible for damage done by negligence as the owner of a railroad. If the Colima disaster leads to an agitation which brings about a revi- sion of the law on this important subject, her loss, which has been so heavy in prop- erty and in precious lives, may result in making ship-owners more careful and ocean voyages safer for all who travel hereafter. THE SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION. In calling the INinois Democratic Con- vention to order on Wednesday, Chairman Hinrichsen stated the convention had been called for two reasons. First, to forestall the action of the National silver party, which might otherwise carry away from the party ranks a good many Democrats, and second, to open up the discussion of the .money question long enough before the meeting of the National Democratic Convention in 1896 for the party to arrive at a basis of agreement on the issue, and thus avoid the discord that now threatens to hopelessly divide it during the Presi- dential campaign. No one who has paid the slightest atten- tion to the condition of the Democratic party can doubt that these reasons area sufficient justification for the convention. That party which once with some show of reason called itself a conservative party has in later years been following the leadership of men who take extreme views of every issue. The rank and file of the party has, of course, felt the influence of this leadership, and as a consequence the majority have also become extremists. Not a few of them are inclined to go over to the Populists or to the proposed silver party, while others are ready to follow Cleveland and Carlisle into the camp of the extreme gold-standard men and oppose bimetallism under any possible terms and conditions. With the party in this discordant state it was certainly an act of political wisdom. to try to harmonize it. The proceedings of the convention, however, were by no means calculated to effect the object de- sired. From first to last there seems to have been no word spoken for harmony or any suggestion of a plan by which the fac A ¥ tions could be brought together. On the contrary, the convention was dominated by extremists, whose speeches were di~ rected mere toward driving the other fac- tion out of the party than inviting them to an agreement of mutual compromise. Governor Altgeld’s statement: “You have got to have a President who will be in sympathy—a President who will be willing to stand by the great American people and not by the bondholders of Europe”—was a blow at Cleveland that could not haye been more unmistakable if Altgeld had named him. Surely there is nothing in that statement suggestive of harmony, and vet it was greeted with ap- plause. Moreover, it fairly expresses the general tenor of the speeches that were most applauded. The thing verges on the absurd. Here was a convention of Demo- crats in one of the greatest States in the Union, called for the express purpose of providing a means of saving the party from discord, and yet applauding most tu- multuously when the man who represents it as Governor of Illinois denounces its National chieftain as an agent of Euro- pean bondholders. With such harmony as this in the ranks it will hardly be worth while for the Democrats to hold a National Convention. Indeed it is doubtful if such a convention could be held without be- coming liable to suppression as a riot. AN INADEQUATE SYSTEM. There will never be a cessation of the outery against the absurdities of our crim- inal jury system until its imperfections have been eliminated. Like many other things which we have borrowed from Eng- land instead of having the originality and independence to create standards better suited to our needs, this feature of the English common law isso absurd in its ap- plication here as it would be ridiculous in the criminal procedure of the Continental nations. The fact that the English law re- quires s unanimous verdict of twelve jury- men to convict means nothing more than that the law seems to suit Englishmen: and yet in all the things that go to make up the National life of America there is hardly a country of Europe to which our National temperament is not more closely allied than to that of Great Britain, Had it not been for a series of peculiar acci- dents, including our partial descent from the British, the heritage of the English language and of the written laws of Eng- land. a nearer geoeraphical contact and certain business relations, the salient tem- peramental differences between Americans and the English would have made them natufal enemies. The American criminal jury system is one of a series of absurdities which operate to shield the criminal, discredit the courts, encourage crime and make lynch law the final resort of justice. Equally as absurd is that grotesque fiction of the common law that the accused is deemed innocent till his guilt is proved. In these two absurdities He the beginning of the inade- quacy of our criminal courts. If the Federal Government should set the example of reform, the individual States would quickly follow the lead. In the June number of the American Magazine of Civies Horace F. Cutter calls attention to and gives the history of a bill intro- duced by Senator Perkins of California in the United States Senate in August, 1894, It provided that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, under the Federal laws, the jury may consist of twelve, or any less number upon which the parties may agree, but that in felony cases there must be twelve jurymen; ‘“‘that in civil actions three-fourths of the jury, and in criminal cases five-sixths thereof may render a ver- diet”; butin criminal cases below felony a jury may be waived by consent of both parties, and in civil actions by consent o6f the parties in the manner prescribed by law. As Mr. Cutter very truthfully declares, the civil jury system of California provid- ing for a verdict by nine of the twelve has proved most successiul and satisfactory. Even a verdict of ten out of twelve in criminal cases, as proposed by Senator Perkins, while giving a defendant in a criminal action an advantage not enjoyed by the defendant in a civil case, would be a great improvement on the present plan. In a country whose whole system of gov-. ernment is based on the will of the major- ity we find the requisite of &4 unanimous verdict in criminal cases a gross anachro- nism. Even the Supreme Court of the United Btates, deciding as it does questions which may affect the vital welfare of the whole Nation, is permitted to render a simple majority verdict, and that is very much looser than a five-sixth verdict by a jury. Mr. Cutter rightly declares that there is nothing in the Federal constitu- tion requiring a unanimons verdict, and he leaves the clear inference that such a verdict is contrary not only to the princi- ples upon which our Government is founded, but also ignores a universal knowledge of the fact that unanimous con- currence is foreign to the mental processes of our race. We are to hove, therefore, that Senator Perkins’ bill, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee, will be revived at the next session of Congress. et S FOR HOMOGENEITY. The closing exercises of the public schools, now proceeding, draw the atten- tion to one exceedingly important result which these schools are accomplishing—the creation of a civic solidarity among the young. In a community like San Fran- cisco, which is singularly cosmopolitan, it is most interesting and instructive to ob- serve that all the strange, alien and natu- rally unsympathetic elements of the City are brought into harmony by the schools and steadily led into the broad highway of a uniform American citizenship. And this is not all that the schools are accom- plishing in this direction. Above all things else they are democratic; and even though the lives of the pupils widely separated by social conditions may never again unite, they can never widely diverge, and must rin parallel; each has learned something of his strangely different fellows, and such knowledge as this is wisdom and tends to a strengthening of the common civic bond which the schools have laid upon all alike, All this, of course, is totally distinct 4rom the purely educational feature which the schools represent. It is true that the training and development of the mind and the storing of it with some kinds of knowl- edge that may be useful in after life are the main considerations of the system; and while these are certainly good, per haps the incidental feature of civic homo- geneity is even more important. This being evident, it is clear that the schools themselves, being the very foan- tain from which citizenship is drawn, should represent citizenship in its highest form. Chiidren are wonderfully sharp. They take to the republican idea of gov- ernment with all the zest that so natural a conception of government inspires. It is important, therefore, that the public school system shall represent only the purest and most wholesome idea of repub- lican sovereignty, and that those directly charged with the responsibility of incul- cating ideas of American citizenship should be themselves the highest type that sity for a discipline which shall insure the eflicient working of a complicated machine and that form of repression and terroriz- ing which makes a teacher appear helpless, ridiculous and devoid of individual char- acter, there is a generous interval for the exercise of patriotism on the part of the school authorities, and for the giving of proof that the schools are probably the most important of all the things which constitute the substructure of our people and their government, PERSONAL. Dr. W. P.Inglish of Vacaville is at the Grand. L. Rosenthal, a merchant of Stockton, regis- tered yesterday at the Grand. 8. H. Lashells, a teal-estate desler of Biggs, registered yesterday at the Grand. Frank J. Brandon of San Jose, secretary of the State Senate, 1 & guest at the Grand. J. Cooke Caldwell, an attorney of Bakersfield, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Grand. John T. McCgll, who lately sold his miries at Grey Eagle Bar, in Placer County, to 8an Fran- eisco capitalists, is at the Baldwin. Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston, the moted re- ligious lecturer, registered at the Palace yes- terday. He ison his way around the world on a lecturing tour and will sail for Honolulu by the next steamer. A. E. Welby, the general superintendent of the Rio Grande Western, arrived from Salt Lake yesterday in his private car. He came to visit his wife, who is staying in this city for a short time, and will remain only a few days. ‘Wiley J. Tinnin, who was Surveyor of the Port during Cleveland’s first administrations, and Secretary of State while Stoneman was Gover- nor, came in from Fresno, where he is & lead- ing attorney, yesterday, and is staying at the Grand. e | SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. How the gold men praté of honeést money! They prate of honest money with the same glibness that honest Iago talked to Othello of Desdemona. And they are honest a8 Iago, and no more so.—Salt Lake Tribune. Balmy breezes freighted with the perfume of the tropics; above, a sky and a sun that sur- pass those of far-famed Italy; beneath, & smil- ing violet sea—who can say that Berkeley is not favored of the gods?—Berkeley Dispatch. The hillsof Calaveras County are seamed witn gold-bearing rock and only an effort isrequired toreveal the treasure. The ledges within the boundary lines of this county contain enongh of the precious metal to make a nation rich.~—~ Angels Herald. The prosperity house which will seon be built in Spokane will stand upon real, not fiotitious values. Producing mines, well-tilléd prosperous farms, and employing factories will form the foundation timbers of theé new strue- ture.—Spokane (Wash.) Times. This is essentially an age of association, com- bination and co-operation,and the community that cannot work harmoniously for the com- mon good must drop behind those that can, in the prosperity procession. Natural advantages will notdoeverything.—San Bernardino Times- Index. The man who is capable of earning a good salary, buf who gets a very small one, need not be discouraged. Twenty-five years ago the president of the Great Northern Railway was & freight clerk on the steamboat docks at St. Paul, getting a salary of $40 a month.—Fresno Republican. When a proper tariff system shall be re- stored, as it will be under the next Republican administration, so that an adequate revenue shall be obtained and proper protection fo domestic industry shallagain be assured, con- fidence will be restored, business will revive, and the nightmare produced by “the change” of 1892 will pass away.~Oregonian. Where there was one person ten years since to expatiate upon the merits of Southern Cali- fornia there are now & score, and the région that was then knowu in but few parts of the civilizea world, and known only as being fit principally for grain-raising and cattle-rang- ing, is now famed in all lands for what it is really worth.—Los Angeles Herald. If there coula be a radical change in the methods ot administering the laws, fewer par- donsof great criminals, more prompt and vig- orous prosecutions and better wisdom in our courts, life would be made more secure and more worth the living, unshadowed by such atrocities as are growing alarmingly frequent in San Franctisco.—Fresno Expositor. The fact is there is nothing to-day that will give a greater impetus to trade and commerce; that will more quickly resuscitate the waning finahces of the State; that will give employ- ment 10 & larger number of men now idle and on the verge of starvation; that will make the entire State more prosperous, than the resumps tion of hydraulic mining.—Nevada City Tran- script. To fully realize the rosy future for our fruit industry it is only necessary for the fruit- growers to effect & combination whereby they can handle their own fruit and thus free themselves from the exactionsof the middle- men who interpose between them and the consumers. The question of shipping and bandling fruit isone of the most important that demands the attention of the California frait- grower.—Watsonville Rustler. This is a peculiar world: One man is spend- ing all he can make in taking a girl to the the- ater and sending her flowers, with the hope of making her his wife, while his neighhor is spending what gold he has in getting a divorce. One man escapes all diseases that flesh is heir to and gets killed on the railroad. Another escapes with a scratch and dies of pneumonia. One man ds oft all his creditors, goes trav- eling and lives lavishly, while another stays at home, pays his debts and dies a pauper —Red- wood City Democtat. SUFPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. She had studied French—Have you any bon- vivant this morning? Butcher—Boned what, mam? “Bon-vivant. Why, that's French for good liver!”—life. Colonel Clay of Lexington—What's curious hole in the ground over yonder? “They're digging a well.” “Ah, yes. For water, I suppose. What queer things one sees when away from home.”—New York Recorder. Xeighbor—How did your daughter’s marriage witn that count turn out? Mrs. Brickrow—Her last letter states that he has spent all her money and she is taking in washing; but then, I presume she washes only for the nobility.—Tid Bits. that Cholly—Say, Fweddy, I had an awful scare lawst night. Fweddy—Deed, deah boy! What was it? Chollie—By mistake I mistook a cuff faw a collaw, and, doncherknow, it was so widicn- lously low.—Buffalo Times. “They say,” said Mr. Jones, “that the Chinese Emperor gets up at 4 o'clock every morning.” “In that case,” said Mrs. Jones, sternly, “it 1is pretty safe to conciude that he’s not in the habit of coming home at 2, hanging his shoes on the hat-rack and putting his hat in the buresu-drawer. Not much!"—New York Re- corder. “Mr. Timmins,” said the old-fashioned girl, “I hope you're not an admirer of the new woman.” “‘Oh, but I am,” confesses Timmins. “She is good for at least three jokes and & poem every week.”—Ind{anapolis Journal. ““Why do you and Bobby quarrel so much? I hope my Willie is not a selfish little boy.” “No, mamma, I'm not selfish, but Bobby is, He always wants to play the games I don’t want to.”—Harper's Bazar. Blobbs—How is it you are never troubled ‘with tramps? You don’t keep s dog, 4o you? Slobbs—No, but my wife bakes her own cake, and they have tumbled to it.—Philadelphia Record. : » Daughter—Frank said something to me last night. Mother—I hope it was apropos. Daughter—It was more, mamma. It was can represent the idea. Between the neces- | apropos-aL—Detroit Free Press. s UP-TO-DATE 1IDEAS. A correspondent sends a sketch relating to the recent crossing of the English Channel on & tandem cycle boat by Mr. John Ruck, of Chislehurst, Kent, accompanied by Mr. R. E. Wicker of St. Barthelomew’s Hospital, London. Mr. Ruck and his companion put _into Margate Harbor on Saturday afternoon, having made the journey thither on the new boat from Wool- Wich, says the London Graphic. The same afternoon they started for Dover, arriving there in the evening and starting on up against Coroner Hawkins. ‘“When is the City going to supply the Morgue with proper appliances?” asked the doctor. "%hat 18 required?” in turn asked the Mayor. & E £ “Well, here is a case in point. A man is supposed to have committed suicide last ni ll:c and an analysis of the stomach has to be made. We have no chemical appli- ances here and in consequence we have to send out to get the work done. No part of the body should leave the Morgue until a decision has been arrived at,but I am THE TANDEM CYCLE-BOAT SECURITAS, WHICH MADE THE TRIP FROM DOVER TO CALAIS. their voyage atross the channel at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning. Perfect weather favored the adventure, and the boat reached Calais Harbor safely at quarter past 3. The ‘Securitas” 4s Mr. Ruck’s new boat is ealled, is twenty-four feet long, and is built on gig lines, with a deck fore and aft. She has two cylinders, one on each paddle-boy, and these help her buoyaney. 8he is fitted with tandem eycle fittings, and with her patent eccentric paddles will, it is eaid, attain & speed of over seven miles an hour. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Lord Charles Fitzgerald, a brother of the Duke of Leinster, lives in & small cottage on Simpson street, East Melbournie. He ismarried | to a sister of the actress, Athenia Clandius. Dr. A. Conan Doyle is living st Davos Platz, Bwitzerland. He declined a tempting offer for another lecture tout in this country, his prin- cipal reason being that American railway cars ‘were so unendurably hot. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir' pre- sumptive to the Austrian throne, who recently returned from a trip around the world, has given his diary to the public at the request of many of his subjects. The first volume ap- peared a few days ago. i Monday, May 20, was the fiftieth anniversary | of the departure of Sir John Franklin and his gallant eomrades from England to find the north pole. It wasobserved atGreenwich by & céremonial in which the few survivorsof vari- ous search expeditions took part. | When Rev. Dr. Heniry M. Field, thé relfgious editor, wes & college boy he was known among his associates as “Parvus Ager” (Little Field) | {from the fact that he was the. youngest of the family of femous brothers. Dr. Field hus been for forty years the editor of the New York Evangelist. : Dr. William Thornton, who has just died in Boston, was widely known as a student of phi losophy, and he was the author of several med- ical works of value. He was the friend and co-worker of the late Professor Kingdon Clif- ford of England, who was regarded by many as the greatest intellect stnce Sir Isaac Fewton. The cosl-black negro who recently had con- ferred on him the Vietoria Cross was the first of his race to receive this honor. The manisa corporal in one of the West Indfan regiments, which has been doing such splendid service on the West Coast of Africa. He saved the life of his commending officet by throwing himself in | front of the latter and receiving in hisown ‘body the bullets that would have otherwise found lodgment in that of his captain. HPPENINEST ST PUL'S An Institution, an Ordination and a Marriage In Forty- Eight Hours. The Rev. Willlam Maxwell Reily Is Now Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Parish. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, on Califor- nia street, between Steiner and Fillmore, has been the scene of several imposing ceremonies during the past few days. On Tuesday afternoon last the Rev, W. Maxwell Reily was instituted rector of the church; on Wednesday, James B. Eddy, who had been Rev. Mr. Maynard’s assist- ant in St. Paul’s for a year, was ordained a deacon, and an hour later Albert N. Tucker, son of the senior warden of the charch, and Miss Ellen Stewart were mar- ried by the rector. The institution sermon on Tuesday was preached by Bishop Nichols, while R. Tucker, as senior warden, handed over the keys of the church to the new rector. Mr. Tucker was supported by John L Sabin, the other church warden. Among the clergy present on the occasion were: Rev. Dr. Spalding of St. John's, Rey. George E. alk of Trinity, Rev. Mr. Lacy of St. Luke's, Rey. D. 0. Kelly, and the Revs. Mr. thonk.] Mr. McOlure and Mr. May- nard of Oakland. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and after the services a bountiful lunch was spread in the Sunday- school room. The guests were waited upon the ladies of the church, headed by rs. R. Tucker, Mrs. Euler, Mrs. New- lands and Mrs. Nion Tucker. The new rector was for a number of vears in Nevada, from which place he went to Grass Valley. From Grass Valley he received a call to St. Paul’s, and after preaching there a year was finally elected. For the ordination of Mr. Eddy the chancel of the church was again beauti- fully decorated, and then lunch was spread. Before the guests sat down the bridal couple came in and_ the ceremony was performed that made Mr. Tucker and Miss Stewart man and wife. Mr. Tucker Jr. has been connected with the church from boyhood, so that all present took oreat interest in his marriage. After the Tunch had been disposed of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Jr. started for San Jose on their honeymoon, and Mr. Eddy left for Hay- wards where he will have charge of the Episcopal Church. MAYOR SUTRO WILL ACT. He Ingpected the Old City Hall Thor- oughly and Visited Coroner Hawkins at the Morgue. Mayor Sutro paid a visit to the old City Hall and the Morgue yesterday. He wanted to see what progress was being made in the pulling down of the building and also to gain some knowledge as to what was to be done in the event of the quartdrs on California street not being ready when wanted. Sergeant Esola showed him around the structure and the Mayor came to the conclusion that the sooner it is vacated the better. “Tne new quarters will be ready in a few days and then the police and the keepers can be moved away from here, and the sooner the better,” said the Mfo 3 “I beg your pardon, Mr. Mayor,” said Sergeant la, “bat it will be at least a month before the new quarters are ready for the men.” In the meantime all the windows have been removed and a gale of wind will take ‘the roof off the old rookery and h; save Jake Rauer's workmen the uble of pulling the walls down. powerless in the matter because we have no laboratory. We also want a micro- scope and a number of other instruments. Our Morgue is the poorest equipped of any institution of & similar kind in the United States.” | : “Well, well,” said the Mayor, “that is too bad. You certainly should have the appliances you mention, but there is a vod time coming and the Oity will soon e in funds and 1 will bear your request in mind.” To-morrow his Honor will consult with the Board of Bupervisors on the best course to pursue in regard to the removal of the police from the old City Hall. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Estimates for the Next Fiscal Year Submitted and Approved. Four Firemen Heavily Fined and a Foreman Dismissed From the Department. The Board of Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon, when Chief Sullivan submitted the following estimates of the department for the next fiscal year: Salarles. . $422,000 Pensions. 15,600 Running expense... 80,000 Material...... 30,000 Hepaits to houses . 20,000 Vacations of mem! q 3 New honse, Market near Tenth (truck 3 New house, gore lot Bush and Battery New house, Francisco and Stockton New house, Brannan and Tenth. New hotse, Pacifi¢ afid Jones. 'w house, McAllister and P 'w house, Ocean View...... - New house, Masonic and Point Lobos New house, Halght and Stanyan. New house, Engine-house No. 9. New house, Engine-house No. 10, New stable, Bryant and Eleventh One thousand new hydrarts at $2 Setting of hydrants at $45 each... 15,000 feet new hose (394 i) &¢ §0¢. 5000 feetmew hose (3 in.) at 81 25, Four first-class engines at $4700. Bix second-class engines at 3 Three new trucks at $5000.. Making a total of...... $830,740 The board, after considering the various items, recommended the allowance of the same to the Board of Supervisors. Malachi Norton ‘of engine 25 was fined ten days’ pay for neglect of duty. Thomas Shiels, hoseman of engine 3, John Fennell, driver of engine 4, and Eugene McCormick, hoseman of engine 24, were each fined twenty days’ pay for acts and conduct in- jurious to the welfare and good name of the department. George Long, foreman of engine 10, was charged with having failed to respond to six alarms of fire during the month of May, and was dismissed from the de’Bntmem. he following appointments were made: T. J. Harrington, truckman of truck 5; Joseph P. Franks, hoseman of engine 12, and Peter McCabe, hoseman of engine 23, _Plans for the erection of four new en- gine-houses and a department stable were approved, and the board ordered them for- warded to the Board of Supervisors for adoption. AN HAWAIIAN CRUISER? No Quarter Will Be Shown to Filibusters Against the Sandwich Tslands. The rumors of prospective filibustering expeditions against the Hawaiian Islands have put the people of Honolulu upon their mettle. Clay Taylor, the organist of Grace Church in that city, says that the island- ers are not going to be taken unawares, Therefore they have armed a small steam- er, which cruises around the island of Oahn with a keen lookout for some long, low, rakish-looking craft with a filibuster- ing crew on board. is is the second attempt the Hawaiians have made to equip a navy of their own. During the reign of Kalakana there was a corvette with a fair armament, commanded by Captain Jackson, late of her Majesty’s navy. The missionary element Lickefl against the expense of ‘the maintenance of the craft and declared that she was noth- ing but afi'unketing proposition for the use of the King, the royal family and the luxurious cabinet. The republic, which now obtains, has manned its ships with sterner material. The cruiser, though small, is wicked. Her commander is a filibuster hunter, and wants to run across any strange vessel bearing ‘scum” inimieal to the peace and ood government of the loveliest isle of the Pacific. His men are a mixture of Hawaiians and Europeans, and are as anxious to serve and fire the guns as the gallant commander himself. —————— REBONDING OF SPIRITS. It Must Be Done Before the First of July Next to Save Confiscation. The new law governing the rebonding of distilled spirits remaining in general or bonded warehouses goes into effect on J uly 1next, New bonds will have to be given in every instance and none will be accepted for less than $1000. Every distiller or mer- chant who fails to renew his license by the 1st prox. will be liable to have his goods confiscated. In consequence all the whole- sale wine and spirit men in the city are getting their new bonds ready. The new law says: In view of the provisions made whereb: tilled spirits may on and aiter July 1, ?89%?{: deposited in special or general bonded ware- houses under transportation and Wwarehousing bonds which shall continue in force for the full-bonded period, thereby modifyin pre- viously existing mlndons Tequiring 1§a re- newal of such bonds each year; and in order that spirits previously deposited, and remain- ing in either of such warehouses on the said first day of July may be likewise bonded, dis- tillers will on that day file with the collector of the district modified bonds in lieu of the re- newsl bonds heretofore prescribed. Blank bonas for this purpose will be far- nished at an early date, and coliectors will in all such cases refuse to accept renewal bonds for such spirits unless executed in the form preserived. must be given P e = at least equal to the tax the :K:mn remaining in warehouse as nho?n by oflfimd uge, and all provisions of th regulations abots. “named, so far 8% lppuc‘blo? are hereby extended to bo: Ve Provisions of this elrcular. Sesiven uadermp Nearly every Christian denomination in this country has made efforts, more or less successfully, to establish and keep up mis- sions among the Indians, CHEAP COOLY LABORERS, The Commissioners Will Re« sume Their Investigation To-Day. Determined to Warn the Federal Government of the Danger From the Orient. The persistent efforts of Labor Commise sioner E. L. Fitzgerald and United States Immigration Commissioner Stradley ta get at the bottom facts of the cooly labor contract matters are receiving the indorses ments of all who have the interests of the State and the interests of, the white labor ers at heart. A number of people called at the offices of these officials yesterday and encouraged them to go ahead with the investigation, which, in fact, was only bee gun in Pleasanton on Tuesday. The state of affairs in Alameda County is believed to be about the same as in all of the fruit, beet and hop-r: of the State, that is, Japanese and ( esa coolies, by their bosses, hold and control all of that class of labor in California. No white man has any chance to competa with the Asiatics, because the latter hava systems of agreements and contracts that wotlld mean starvation to a white man. The Commissioners, on beginning theip investigation. thought that the cooly labog evil might be crippled by securing evidenca that the United States contract labor laws had been’ violated and punishing the offenders. It is doubtful if they succeed in getting such a hold ugon any one, for the greatest precautions have been taken by the contractors to avoid laying themselves liable to the law by documentary evidence of any kind. Yet as a fact the law hag been broken by the labor contractors giv- ing their ‘“friends’’ in Japan to understand that all Japs sent to this State would be rovided with work. This promise is inding, and as a result there are no idle Japanese coolies among the 8000 now in the State. Japan seems to have sent her worst element to this State, for a large number of tnose here are given to exces« sive drinking and brawling. For all these disqualifications as laborers work is provided for all, and in cases where unruly Japs are too obnoxious they are shifted from one place to another so as not to attract too much public attention to any one gang. 3 The commissioners yesterday had their deputies subpena several business men who will be required to tell the circums- stances under which they obtained their Japanese help. Among these are E. R. Lilienthal of the Pleasanton HOF Com- any, J. A. Folger, the tea merchant on E‘t\lllornia street, A. Schilling, Branden- stein, and Macondray, all tea merchantson Market street, who employ Japs in their stores. Two Japanese boarding - housa keepers who are suspected of possessin considerable knowledge of importance will also be examined, United States Inspector Geffney, inter- preter for the Immigration Commissioner, will have his knowledge placed on record. He has been of great service to this Gov- ernment. So great, in_ fact, that three times Japanese have tried to take his life. Once he was shot at and twice he was poisoned because he gave the Federal au« thorities information detrimental to the cooly labor contractors. Regimental Benefit. An entertainment will be given this evening by the First Infantry Regiment, N. G. C., at the Mechanics’ Payilion, to aid Julius A. Hult, who lost his right arm during the strike aé Secramento last summer. The programme em« Draces g regimental review by Major-General Dimond, also battalion drill, dress parade, band music, presentation of Tobin trophy and dancing. e The Merchants’ Association. There was not & quorum present at the meet- ing of the directors of the Merchants’ Associa« tion last night. This was due to the absence of a number of members from the City. A meeting will be called for 10 o’clock A.M.of Tuesday, June 10. The officers will then be elected for the ensuing year. ? BacoX Printing Company, 508 Clay street. * ————— ‘VERMONT maple sugar, 15¢1b, Townsend’s.* —————— PALACE sea baths, 715 Filbert street, now open for summer swimming season. . ——————— BUY your ladies’ and gents’ furnishing goods at Ploneer Dry Goods Store, 105 Fifth st. ” . ———— Dox'r forget horse sale, Santa Rosa Stoci Farm, at Killip & Co.’s salesyard to-day. g e e WINB-DRINKING people are healthy, M. & K. wines, 508 glass. Mohns & Kaltenbach. 29 Mkt.* B e a— A recent report of the Departmental Committee on Prisons, in England. con- tained a recommendation that the age of admission to reformatories be raised from 16 to 18, and of detention to 82. BEFORE the warm weather 0f summet prostrates you take Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives strength, makes pure blood and promotes healthy aigestion, It is the only true blood purifier. — “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’ Has been used over fifty years by millions ot moth- ers for their children while Teething with perfecs success. It soothes the child, softeus the gums, al- Iays Pain, cifes Wind Colic, regulates the Bowsls and is the best remedy for Diarrhces, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25¢ a bottle. DOWN WITH YOUR thequalityefyour ™ foot wear. That’ssaying much; but mind, there’s no retail profit to pay here; which means fine shoes at the retail price of poor ones. Bring down your feet, put them down on our carpet, and bring down your shoe ex- ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO,, Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers, 581-583 MARKET ST., NEAR SECOND. Open till 8 P. 1. Saturday Nights till 10,